The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

WANTED A GOVERNESS.-A NOvEL MODE OF SEDUCTION. In the Timet newspaper a short time since attention was greeted to the case of a wealthy miscreant., who was in the .bltof answeting the advertisements of young ladies who tinted to go out as governess. His plan was to answer these advertisement, appoint an interview, and, if possible, ruin th poor governes*. The following will serve to show up tbl!1 Wretch in his proper light. It is the story of the mother 'Of one of his deluded victims, which she told this week at the Marlborough Police-court:— About twelve mongths ago I advertised in the Times for situation for my daughtar, as governess in a gentleman's mily, and the address given was E.C., Morris's Reposi- tory ot Arts, Bishopsgate-street within." In the course of a or two a note, which was worded thus, was received:- Mrs. Dalton would be glad if the young lady would come any morning to Marlborough-square, Chelsea." The dumber in the square was given, but I cannot recollect what t Was. I replied to this note, saying that it would not be Convenient for my daughter to call 011 a morning, but that r •he would come any evening that might be named, unless the advertiser would like to call upon her at my address, Which was in the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate. The )troper address was given in my communication. On the following, day I received-Mother note, signifying that it Would not be convenient to adopt the Tatter proposal, and it desired that the young lacty would wait upon Mrs. Walton the pext evening. On the evening in question I With my daughter, who is between eighteen and nineteen of are, got into an omnibus in the city, and on being ••t down we had. great difficulty in finding out this Marlborough-square. 1 knocked at the door, and on its elllg opened I inquired for Mrs. Dalton, when the answer 1 received was that she was not then in. but that she was one into the city upon some law business, and would be in a few minutes. I and my daughter were then "hown into a back parlour, where a young lady was taking music lesson with another female, who was represented to e her governess. We waited half an hour, at the expira- tion of which period a thin lady-like looking person made appearance, and I said to her, "You, I presume, are the lady who answered my advertisement V' She bowed assent, and sitting down said, Mr. Dalton will be in in a few lrlinuteL" He shortly afterwards entered in a great hurry, aaying, I've made all the haste home I could to see the young lady, and if she'll he kind enough to play something on the piano I shall be greatly obliged to her." She com- plied with this request, and he approved of her performance TVery much. He expressed a wish that she would play to a friend of his, a Mr. Meves, and asked me to allow her to •come over and spend the next day with his family, which Sunday, and he should then see more of her. I did not altogether like appearances, but as J. formerly knew Mr. Meres I consented to the proposal and, after attending Divine Service, I and my daughter repaired to the house. We arrived there a little after two, and were ushered into a tack parlour, the blinds of which were partly down, and the froom was consequently nearly dark. An elegant dressed Toung man was playing the piano, and when he saw me he immediately left off. We seated ourselves, aud I said I "Would wait until Mrs. Dalton came. In about an hour she Arrived. She speedily went out of the room, and I said to the gentleman at the piano, "You are not Mr. Sieves 1" To which he repiled, No, madam, I am and I don't wish to be." I then told him that Iny business there was that of seeing Mr. Dalton, who was about to engage my daughter as a governess, but that I did 110t at all approve of the proceedings from the commence- ment. To which he made answer that Mr. Dalton was a Madman, but that he was not so mad as he was vicious, and that it was not a fit place for my daughter to be in." I ex- messed a wish to go and take her away immediately, but he No don't do that, Mrs. Dalton herself is a respectable -oman, and your daughter will be safe with her for the present." About 3 o'clock Mrs. Dalton came in, and I said Mi-. Dalton wished my daughter to come here, and as I am •obliged to call upon a friend I'll leave her in your particular •charge for a short time." In the course of an hour and a *>alf I returned and eaw Mr. St. Felix (the gentleman before Uuded to as the piano player) together with Mrs. Dalton :ad her children. Mr. St. Felix was beginning to play and sing when, just at the moment, Mr. Dalton rushed in in a great passion, sweating that he would have no strangers in his house, and that his piano should not be played upon. Mr. St. Felix, addressing him, said, How dare you ask viwpoouiAA women hprp to insult them!" when he directly ■creamed and called murder and police he ran out of the room, and shut himself up in the kitchen, and my daughter, owing to the ftight into which she had been thrown, went into hysterics. As soon as she recovered she and I left the house.' Last week I again advertised in the Times" for a similar situation for my daughter, with the address E.L., 13, William-street, Regent's-park." The advertisement, to tthe best of my recollection, appeared on Wednesday. On Saturday I received an answer (it was shown to our re- porter) and it was thus worded, Mrs. Dalton would like rto hear further respecting the age of the young lady, her Acquirements, &c. Address for Mrs. Dalton, care of Mr. IMartin, solicitor, 45, London-street, Fitzroy-square." Be- tween 9 and 10 last night, Sunday, (continued the applicant) I was about retiring to bed, there came a knock at the 4oor; it was opened by the landlady, who told me that a gentleman had called respecting an advertisement in the Times," aud wished to know if he had applied at the right He further said that it was rather late, but he had better call as he should like to see the young lady her- self. I went to him, and said, I know you, sir. I'll Notice your letter to-morrow, and I desire that you'll in- •tantlv go about your business." I then shut the door in his face, when he said, •' Oh! very well, Ma'am," and hastily made off. He was the same person whom I saw in Marlborough-square, and whom I have from tllefirst been ¡g1"en to understand was Mr. Dalton. The miscreant is described as of middle stature, and about -45 of 50 years of age. His attire is known by the name of shabby genteel," and he walks as if afflicted with rheuma- tism. It is hoped that this full exposure will have the effect of "fusing the fellow to desist from those infamous practices long pursued by him, and which are degrading and ju- vinous in the extreme. have pleasure in announcing that the Government have determined upon erecting horse and foot barracks for this district. Capt. Boldero, M.P., Major ■Selwyn, and Mr. Povgnnard, from the ordnance department, &*ave this week visited our city, for the purpose of selecting an appropriate spot of ground, and we hear that they have fixed t Horfield, upon which the buildings will be shortly com- menced Bristol Mercury. Ma. RICHARD CARLILE. The body of this eccentric man al on Monday night removed to St. Thomas's Hospital for •dissection, in compliance with his dying request, and with a long expressed desire that it might be subjected to anato- mical purposes for the public THE GREAT LEAGUE FUND.—We learn that up to the Present time the return of subscriptions made to the League an aggregate of nearly, if not quite, forty-jive thousand pound* This is, of course, exclusive of London and many other places, from which large sums may be expected. In- deed, a very large number of cards are still out and we u nderstand that even additional cards are being issued daily. Nor is there any desire to call in these cards prematurely; so that the great League Fund is still to be regarded as only in progress, 'tfieugh, doubtless, very satisfactory progress; but still is by no means approaching to completion.—Man- chester GUll, dian. MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Monday morning, the work- lnell at L)a!ketty quarry, in the neighbourhood of Brechin, on entering their bothy for the purpose of preparing break- fast, were alarmed to find a human body in the chimney, Within two feet of the ground, quite stiff. It was com- pletely fixed in the vent, the legs being on each side of an iron rod, used as a crook tree for suspending their pot; and they had to pull down a part of the inside wall to get out the rod, so as to relieve the body. It was discovered to be the corpse of a young man named Mills, son of Mr. Mills, dentist, and clerk to the Messrs. Anderson, writers in Ar- broath. The poor lad had left that place on the afternoon ?f Saturday, with the intention of visiting his father, then Brechin, and he had got within a very short distance of Itl destination, when thus mysteriously called to enter upon journey from which there is no return. The bothy is almost close upon the road, and the top of the chimney stalk fa said to be nearly on a level with the surrounding rubbish of the quarry. It is conjectured that he had lost his way, having got benumbed with cold, had resolved to take shelter in the bothy until the next morning. From marks n. the door, he had evidently tried first to break it up, and elng unsuccessful, had attempted to get in by going down tbe chimney, which was a very narrow one however, he had descended, with his hands upwards or over his head, ntil he reached the crook rod, where he had become per- fectly helpless. BANKRUPTS, (Friday.)-—Daniel Button, Albion-place, Battle-bridge, pawnbroker Henry James Smith, Surry- c*nal, Old Kent-road, coad-merchant Henry Marklow, Henley-upon-Thames, innkeeper Thomas Norrington, brittle, Essex, wheelwright Henry Cooley and James Thompson, Willesborough, Kent, tea-dealers—John Brom- Well, Northampton, buildar-J ohn Beek Gibson, Northamp- ton, linen-draper—George Greatly, Hatton-garden, jewellei -Robert Simmon, Victoria-place, Hoxton Old-town, linen- er, George Fendall, Woodstock-street, butcher—Thomas ■M'Enteer, Liverpool, provision-merchant William Waid •Harvey, sen. and jun., Mansfield, Notinghamshire, coach- anak.en. »

"¿:7 HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY. The Duke of WELLINGTON, in presenting the papers re- specting our military operations in Affghanistan, postponed his motion for thanks to the troops employed there from Thursday until Monday next. The noble Duke also, in reply to Lord Monteagle, stated, that it was not the intention of Government to introduce any measure for the alteration of the Bank charter, or on the subject of banking, during the present session. Lord CAMPBELL then, according to notice, moved that a select committee be appointed to consider the law of defa- mation and libel. He explained the extreme deficiency of the present law, its exemption from improvement, while both the commercial and the criminal code had been rendered more simple and humane, and the anomaly it presented as to tha punishment adjudged to written in comparison with spoken libels. This he illustrated by several examples; and, after speaking in high commendation of the leading journals of the public press, lamented that the law was as powerles to protect them from the attacks of those whose crimes they exposed as it was to repress publications which existed only by pandering to a vitiated taste for scandal. As instances of the inadequacy of the present law, he adduced a case in which, in despite of the most conclusive evidence as to the truth of the statement, a verdict had been given against a journal which had denounced an escaped convict, and also that in which his Lordship had, while Sir John Campbell, so ably conducted the defence of the limes in an action for alleged libel upon a person accused of having been implica- ted in a conspiracy to defraud the principal continental bankers "of Europe. With respect to a most important point-proof of publication—the decisions were most con- tradictory, while in punishing the offender the law took no account of his comparative culpability, but awarded the same sentence whether the libel was the result of false information or wilfully and corruptly committed. He proposed the ap- pointment of a committee only from diffidence of his own opinions, but was convinced that private character would be best protected, the liberty of the press secured, and itslicen- tiousness restrained, by rendering the law more humane, more certain, and more in accordance with prevailing opinion. The LORD CHAWCKLLOR 2180' regretted that thefreforms and amendments intemled tobeeWected had not been em- bodied in a specific measure, but neither he nor Lotd Den- man opposed the appointment of a. committee, and the motion was accordingly agreed to. TUESDAY. The Duke of WELLINGTON, after directing that the paragraphs in the Royal Speech which related to our victories in China should be read by the Clerk, proposed that their Lordships should express their approbation of the services of her Majesty's fleet and army in the course of the operations by which such important success had been at- tained. He narrated with extreme particularity, but with- out adverting to any subject of dispute, the places at which the forces had been engaged, and the circumstances of then- achievements from the first commencement of hostilities, comparing, as he proceeded, the relative difficulties which the troops had respectively to overcome, and especially specifying the series of operations by the united services from the attack of the heights of Canton to the conclusion of the war, as unprecedented in the naval and military history of this country, and attended by wonderful suc- ceBS." The excellent arrangements by which ships and soldiers had been in each instance so combined as to co- operate most effectually, and the good understanding which subsisted between the Commanders of the naval and land forces, deserved particular commendation, as it was to this that their uniform, rapid, and almost bloodless victories were to be attributed. Lord AUCKLAND had the more satisfaction in expressing his perfect accordance with the high praise which had been bestowed upon the forces, as he had selected Sif H, Gougli and Sir W. Parker for the service. Lord Brougham Lord Haddington, and Lord Minto, shortly expressed their entire concurrence in the vote; and after a few words of high eulogiuin upon Sir H. Pottinger from Lord ABERDEEN, the resolutions were carried unani- mously and their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY. The House of Commons went into committee on the subject of the forged Exchequer-bills, and Mr. GOULBURN rose to announce the views of Government respecting them. He said, that the objections which he had originally nter- tained against compensation had been materially diminished by the report of the Commissioners appointed last year to investigate the case. They had divided the bill-holders into four classes. The first comprising the great bulk of the claimants, who had become possessors of the bills in the common course of business, and without blame. The amount claimed by these was £187,000, and this amount it seemed fitting that the public should make good. The se- cond and third classes had become holders under circum- stances of less caution, but not circumstances under which the Government would think it right to withhold tlw com- pensation. With respect to the fourth class the case was different; Rapallo and Solari, unaided, could never have effected their frauds upon this great scale. They had placed bills to the amount of many hundreds of thousands of pounds in the hands of Morgan, aud Qe much more in the hands of Mariner. The amount was itself a circumstance of sus- picion still more suspicious was it that they would not permit the sale of any one of those bills. The general result would be, that of the £377,000 found in circulation, the public might properly be called on to make good an amount of £262,000. After a desultory conversation respecting the liabilities of parties, Mr. ESCOTT expressed his regret that such a vote of public money should be asked, while it still was left a mat- ter of obscurity whether the absence of a high public officer, during which the losses had taken place, was a culpable one or not. A vote was then taken of Exchequer-bills to the amount of £262,000. Lord HOWICK rose to move a committee of the whole House, for considering the reference in the Queen's speech to the long-continued depression of manufacturing industry, with a view to determine whether some legislative interpo- sition might not be necessary for the relief of the people. He was convinced that the country, in its present state, could not safely be left to itself; but still he would not have proposed this eomroittee if he had not believed that the cau- ses of the distress were within the reach of remedy. Not months only, but years, had now elapsed since the general commencement of that still prevalent distress. Prices had fallen, and employment was diminished. Not only in man- 'ufacturing and agricultural districts, but among the mining and shipping interests, the general privation was felt. Whether in the lower or in the upper ranks, there was hardly a family which was not called on to retrench some comfort or enjoyment to which it had been accustomed. He would not go into details extending over the kingdom at large but he would state the condition of the great town of Sunderland, which he represented, and the county of Northumberland, with which he was most particularly connected. Those con- cerned in the coal trade of Sunderland had reduced the quantity of employment in the mines to the minimum allowed by their agreements with their workmen, by which the latter were deprived of about one sixth of their ordinary receipts. He enumerated a variety of failures among ship- builders, merchants, and traders, and added that the con- sumption of meat was less than half of what it had been in 1840. Sunderland, indeed, had had a special aggravation of its distress by the late tax on coals; but he feared that a similar pressure could be shown to bear upon other towns not labouring under that peculiar disadvantage. In the county of Northumberland also distress was heavily and generally felt. Farming stock had fallen in price, notwith- standing the concurrence of almost all the circumstances which are found in general to raise it. 1 he wages of ag- ricultural labourers had not yet partaken the general de- pression but symptoms were apparent that these also would shortly be effected. The numbers of casual poor had greatly increased, and appeared to be even yet increasing. The revenue had fallen off, and mainly upon excisable articles— the articles of general consumption and comfort. A forced economy was painful enough in any class of life; how se- verely must it be felt by the humbler classes, when by de- grees, the father of the family found all his own enjoyments cut off, then saw his wife and children declining into rags, and at length was compelled to deny them the luxury of bread! Notwithstanding the abundance of the last harvest and the mildness of the current season, the present winter was one of extensive suffering. It was always difficult to satisfy the distressed that their grievances were not owing to some fault on. the part of their rulers and he himself was impressed with the conviction, that the present state of things could not have subsisted so long, without something amiss in our institutions. He did not look for a remedy in an alteration of the currency; that would rather aggravate than alleviate our evils we must not deprive ourselves of a fixed measure of value and a certain medium of exchange. Nor did he refer the mischief to the amount of our taxation. Some supposed the sources of our evils to be over-specula- tion over-production, and the too-extensive use of machi- nery but over-production could not be an evil when it was universal; a nation could not have too much of everything useful and agreeable. Others attributed our condition to the Poor Law but the same miseries were prevalent in Scot- land, where this Poor Law had no place. The intense competition which now existed in every walk of life was no doubt an active cause of depression in prices and in wages, but that competition was owing only to the want of a pro- fitable field for the employment of capital and labour. Ar- tificial barriers had been erected to shut put that held, but it was in our power to remove those barriers. 1 hey had been erected for the very purpose of narrowing our inter- course with foreign nations, especially in articles of food. An impoit trade was established in cattle, or corn, or coffee, or sugar, must eventually generate an equivalent trade of export, and so give employment to your capital and labour. Your export trade, therefore, must always be the measure of your import trade. Poor and barbarous nations are bad customers to you, because they can give you nothing in return for your exports. But if you exclude the produce of countries which are rich and civilized, you reduce them, as far as you are concerned, to the state of poor and barbarous ""Mr. GLADSTONE admitted the general tiuth of the picture drawn by Lord IJowick of present distress; but qualified it by explanations respecting several of the suffering interests. T The employment of labour was now, he would not say a little more plentiful, but a little less scanty, than of late, and there was some increase of the deposits in the savings-banks. Lord Hovfrlck had moved for a committee, but he had shrunk from announcing any specific remedy to be laid before it. Why had the noble Lord proposed to go into a committee without being prepared tfl produce any measure for their consideration 1 It should seem that he must have calculated upon the rejection of his own motion. Even the measures of last yeur, specific as they were had, during their discussisn, the ill effect of unsettling the public mind. What, then, must be the inconvenience and disadvantage of originating a committee for reconsidering and reconstructing the whole system of last year, without the suggestion of anything to supply its place 1 The noble Lord, to be con- sistent with his own argument, should have moved for the abolition of all restrictions but perhaps this form of motion hadtbeeu chosen for its convenience. It avoided the awk- wardness which had attended Lord John Russell's motioIf on the fixed duty at the opening of last session, and it had this great advantage, that it did not pledge anybody to any- thing. He, however, would Rot confine himself to showing the objections against this motion ( he thought it his duty, holding office, to go further, and state the viejys of the Go- vernment. The fitness of relaxing restrictions, where relaxa- tion might be practicable, was on all hands admitted f the question of this was simply, what amount of such relaxation the state of the country would bear! The great object was not so much to cheapen foreign goods as to create additional trade, with due care to avoid any great shock to the trade already existing. On that principle the measure of last year had been founded, and he believed that not only had no branch of domestic trade sustained any serious damage from it, but even that there was already a tendency to enlargment in the markets. He instanced the articles of timber, oak-bark, hides, indigo, turpentine, and other raw materials. The great object at the bn-c of this motion was, no doubt, the Corn Law. But gentUmefi opposite did not agree about that law; some were for a total j others, with Lord John Russell at their head, were for a fixed duty. Corn had never, for centuries, been dealt with on the same princi- ples as other produce and under the system which had so long prevailed, enormous investments had been made. In the abstract, to be sure, the same theory which was good as to cattle was good as to corn; but by any great alteration of the import law respecting cattle, there was no displacement of labour ..n4. c^pit^l; but capital and labour would be dis- placed to an immense gmgunt by a sweeping change on the subject of corn. TUESDAY, In pursuance of a notice given some days ag9, Loyd STANLEY began the business of the day by a motion of thanks to the officers and men who have been employed in the naval and military operations in China. His lordship detailed at length the extent and nature of the services of our army in India. Lord PALW^RSTON seconded the motion which was carried. The vote then passed, including by name Sir H. Gough, Sir W. Parker, Sir Gordon Bremen, and Generals Lord Saltoun, G. Burrell, Sir R. Bariiey,$$,<} Sir J. H. Schoede. The adjourned debate on Lord Howick's motjen was resumed, and after a long and animated debate was again adjourned. WEDNESDAY. The debate on Lord Howick's motion was again ad- journed, We have only space to notice the fact.

'1. > FOR GOUT, RHEUMATISM, AND RHEUMATIC GOUT.— Simco's Gout aud Rheumatic Pills are a certain and safe remedy they restore tranquillity to the nerves, give tone to the stomach, and strength to the whole system. No other medicine can be compared to these excellent pills, as they prevent the disorder from attacking the stomach or head, and have restored thousands from pain and misery, to health conjfort. Sold by A. Willoughby and Co., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgate Without, and Jnearly all medicinc vendors, at Is. 14d. or 2s. 9d, per box, AN EXCELLENT MUDICINE.—-Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to all who suffer from indigestion, sick headach, billious and liver complaints; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold in bottles at Is.1-d. or 2s. 9d. each, by A. Willoughby & Co., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all medicine vendors. SUDDEN CONVERSION.—A short time since, as the Rev. C. Rawlins, W esleyn mtpister^ of Shrewsbury, was drawing near the conclusion of his sermon, he suddenly stopped, looked very fierce around him, and vehemently exclaimed, Now those who have made up their minds to go to heaven stand up," when about two-thirds of the congregation stood up, and the other part had considerable difficulty to refrain from laughing at this disgusting freak.— Shropshire Conser- vative. SAILORS' STRIKE.—Sunderland, Feb. 12.—For some time past the seamen of this port have been dissatisfied with the rate of wages they receive (2L. 10s. or 21. 15s. per month), and they have now commenced a "strike," for the purpose of obtaining 3/. per month. On Friday a body of from 200 to 300 entered the shipbuilding vard of Mr. Hutchinson, at which a vessel was fitting-out lor Canada, to compel the sailors who had shipped at the usual rate of wages to leave their work. After remonstrance had failed, the police were sent for, and the men then peaceably left the yard without accomplishing their object. On the following day a proces- sion, numbering some hundreds of sailors, walked down the High-street, the principal thoroughfare of the town, and had a meeting on the Town-moor. Three or four sailors were spokesmen, and urged their shipmates not to sail for a tarthing less than 3/ and threats were held out, that if any saIlor jpioved a a bJack sheep," he should be tarred and feathered, or otherwise roughly handled- The me. ting separated without coming to any resolution, but those present appeared determined to strike" for the proposed advance. On Tuesday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Coach and Horses, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, on the body of Mr. C. Smith, aged 69, of 7, Park-st. Grosvenor- I square. The deceased was brother of the late gallant Sir Sidney Smith. Stephen Stanners, baker, No. 69, Hinde- s ret t, Manchester-square, stated that the deceased, on Satur- day afteroon last, about half-past two o'clock, entered his w#?' Sa^n^' May I allowed to rest for a few moments!" witness, who was behind the counter, said, Certainly," aI} ,efease<^ sat down in a chair, immediately upon doing w nc I he plaped his right arm on the coupter, and resting ."l 'u.^s hand, seemed to faint. Witness thereupon ■is e him if he felt unwell, but he was unable to answer and merely shook his head. A surgeon being instantly sent fo, deceased on his arrival was pronounced to be dead. The Rlght Hon. Yernon Smith, M.P. for Northampton, deposed that the deceased, who was a gentleman of independent furtune, was his uncle. Witness had not seen him for six months, but he had ascertained that deceased left home on Saturday, about one o'clock, being in the enjoyment of his usual good health. The jury returned a verdict of Natural Death."

CHURCH RATES. Unlawflllness of obstructing the inching o f a Rate, an refusing to join in making a "sufficient" Rate for tit "necessary" Repairs of the Church. To the Editbr of the Advertiser and Guardian. Sin,—As the period is now drawing near when the uerc sary reparntions of our sacred edifices will take place, aut when it is especially important that the duties of tt.t Churchwardens should be zealously and conscientious fulfilled, it may be of use again and again to repeat, throu- your valuable columns, the legal obligations in this mar- and to call the public notice to a iccent decision pronounced on the 8th instant, by Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, in a canst of office of the Judge, promoted by STEWARD V. FUANCIS. The charge set up in the citation was that Mr. Frmicii « had imlaufulhj alld illegally ol,*trvc!ed or refused tin °-f a sufficient Rate for thu necessary repairs of tin L>nurcti* Now, was this, or was it not," said Sir Herbert, "an Ecclesiastical offence ? On this point the Court had DO "doubt. The question had been decided by C. J. Tindal in the Braintree Case.' He had there laid it down most distinctly, that every Parishioner was forced to assist in "passing a Rate for the necessary Repairs of the Church. It was stated in the citation that the Repairs were neces- sary; and if that fact were so, and the party cited had obstructed the making of a Rate, he was liable to Ecclesi- astical censure." Mr. Francis's protest was accordingly overruled. It may be hoped that the Parishes in our Diocese, hapniiv they are very few, who have hitherto, unconscious posslbi'v of acting in defiance of the Law, raised their voices against a Rate for necessary Repairs of the Church, or other re- quisites legally chargeable on the Rate, will take warning hv this judgment, and not be wilfully offenders a.-air&tVe Institutions of the country. ° If any individual is opposed to the ancient, and, as I mil persuaded, just and admire system of our National pro- Tiston for public worship, he is at perfect liberty to petition Parliament for a- change of the Law but no man is at liberty to act in direct opposition to the Law and if he do. s 110 act, he is justly liable to punishment, and must be content with the appellation of a lawless character. The judgment of C. J. Tindal, as referred to by the U&tn of the Arches, contains the following remarks :— „ v W!.are a11 of opinion, that the oblig^tiwi by which the ,.nu l,sl"oners are hound to Repair the hody of the Parish Church, whenever necessary, and to provide all things essential for the performance of Divine Service therein, is an obligation imposed on them by the COMMON LAW of an ^leu fabric of the Church stands in need of Repair THE ONLY QUESTION, upon which the Parish- ,« i°nei'8' ^en convened together, to make a Rate, can by Law deliberate and determine, is, not whether they w,il ^ePair tihe Church or not (for on that point they are run- cuded by the Law), but how and in what manner the Common Law obligation so obliging them, may be best « Tn, 1?°^, .effectu,ally performed and carried into effect. « w j anSi110IlerS e 110 more Power to throw off the OR" °/nthf Rep?ir cf the Church, than that of the Repaii of Bridges and Highways." Lat trie also call the attention of your Readers to the fol- lowing passage in Watson's Complete Incumbent,' p 398 RePairi"g l,he body of the Church, the Spiritual Court may compel the Parishioners to do it I would, likewise, refer to the Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners made to his Majesty in 1831, 1832, signed h- several of our highest authorities in Church and State. P. 120— It is the duty qf the Churchwardens tA tnt» << care that the body of the t'hurch is. duly Repaired, and all things necessary ioj the decent performance of Divine Service provided, and the Law imposes on the Parishioners H the burden of raising by Church-Kate the funds required to defray the expense. To this extent ALL AUTHOKITIES concur.' It will be of advantage, moreover, to bear in mind, that our own Chancellor laid down in his Charge of 1841 re specting adjournments. His words have been quoted with approbation in the British Magazine,' and in Several nubiic journals. 1 t aspect to Adjournment, with a view to postpone or eyadq the question, we have the authority of the Attornev- i General (how Lord Campbell), for declaring it to be a shallow device. If, therefore, at a Vestry Meeting, convened for the making of a Rate, a party proposes an Adjournment, let the Chairman at once, without fear or hesitation, refuse to put the question, as wholly inconsistent with the objects of the Meeting, which, as declared by all the Judges, is, not to deliberate whether they will repair the Church or "(for on that point they are concluded by thp Law), but how and in what manner the Co.mn^on Law obligation shall be best fulfilled. At Keadsworth a motion was made for a Rate, which was met by an amendment to adjourn « the Chairman refused to put the Amendment, and insisted « on the votes being taken for or against the Rate. Sir James Scarlet (now Lord Abinger) being asked whether the Chairman did right V answered Yes —« that the Meeting was for a specific purpose, which the ad- journment. was intended to frustrate.' On being asked again, whether the Chairman was bound to allow any motion to have precedence of the motion for a Rate f he answered No, if the noticc was for a Rafe only,' On the adjournment being refused, the question as to granting the'Rate must be decided; and the Majority, aud of course every individual composing that Majority refusing to Yote for the Rate, or obstructing its being made, is clearly guilty of violating the Law, not merely the Law Ecclesiastical, but the Common Law of the land." So far our Chancellor. Heartily recommending the foregoing remarks to the im- partial consideration of the Church-Rate opponents in this Diocese, who I again repeat, are happily but few, and being, moreover, persuaded that even these few will no linger be adverse to the Law when they have clearly ascertained that it is Law, I remain, Mr. Editor, Your obedient Servant, NOMOPHILUS.

ISirtf)*, iMarriagee, antr 13eatbø. BIRTHS. On the 10th February, the Lady of G. Lloyd, Esq, of WThitebrook, Monmouthshire, of a daughter. On the 8th February, the wife of the Rev. Benjamin Owen, minister of Zoar Independent Chapel, Merthvr Tydvil, of a son. On the 16th February, the lady of Edward EYan jun Esq., Trinity-street, in this town, of a son. On the 8th February, at Pont-v-Pandy, in this county, the lady of Wm. Henry Twining, Esq., of a daughter. On the 8th February, at Landshipping, Pembrokeshire the lady of Hugh Owen, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. On Tuesday last, at Aberdare Church, by the Rev. E. P. Thomas, Mr. John Smith, mineral agent "to the Aberrant Iron Company, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. David Llewellin, mineral agent to W. Crawshav, Esq., Hirwain Iron Works. On the 14th inst., at Blendworth Lodge, Hants, by the Hon. and Rev, Robert Eden, the Right Hon. the Earl of Northesk, to Georgiana Maria, eldest daughter of Rear Admiral the Hon. George Elliot. On the 9th February, at the Parish Church of HuddeTs- field, by the Rev. Thomas James, the Rev. D. James in- cumbent of St. Mary's Church, Kiikdale, Liverpool, to Emma, second daughter of Joseph Armitage, Esq.. of Milnesbridge House, near H uddergfield, J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding of the county of York DEATHS. Lately, at Aberdare, aged 23, Rees Williams, son of Rees "Williams, formerly the landlord of the Mountain Ash Tavern, in that parish. [By an error of our correspondent, we inserted the death of his father, instead of the son, in our paper of January 28th.] On the 10th February, at Downend, near Bristol, at the age of 15 years, Stella, daughter of Mr. John Betts, Bris- lington, Somersetshire, and sister to Mr. Betts, of Duke- street, in this town. On the 6th February, aged sixteen months, Louis Dirrby Mackworth, eldest son of Lieut. Digby Mackworth, 29th regiment. On the 10th February, at Caerwent, near Chepstcw, in the 47th year of his age, the Rev. Wm. Jones, officiating-' minister of that parish, and eldest son of the late Rev. W. Jones, of St. Aryans. On the 31st January, Mr. Thomas Jones, of the pnrish of" Llantrissent, near Usk. The deceased had been a faithful steward to Colthurst Bateman, Esq., Bertholly House, Mon- mouthshire, for twenty years. On the ith iebruary, aged 53, Jane, the beloved wife of Mr. John Thomas, statuary and builder, Brecon. On the 8th February, aged 75, Miss Vaughan, Llanvillo. Breconshire. On the 9th February, aged 75, Mr. Thomas Parry, auctioneer, Llangattock, Crickhowell. On the 5th February, at Montague Parade, Kingsdown, Bristol, aged 62, Mr. Morgan Howells, for 27 years the faithful servant of the late Richard Smith, Esq. On the 3rd February, at Ivy Cottage, near Cirencester, Marmaduke Ferris, in the 99th year of his age. He had had five wives, and was calculating on the 6th. B On the 3rd February, at Tiverton, Devonshire, universally regretted and esteemed, aged 84, John Wood, Esq On the 4th February, at Neath, Isabella, daughter of Mr. Evan Evans, wine merchant, aged 17 years. On the 4th February, in the fulnes's of hope of a glorious immortality, Mrs Mary Morgan, aged 35 years, youngest daughter of Mr. Jenkm Harris, of Peneisly farm, Lhmdaff. On the 10th February, at Merthvr Tydvil, Mr. Richard Millward, aged 76 years, highly respected. He had been 35 clerk to Messrs. Korth and Co., at Merthvr. On the 14th February, at Dowlais, Mr. James Wathen Lodwidge, aged 21 years. The deceased was an agent of the Dowlais Iron Co. In life he was moeh respected by his friends, ani his death will be deeply and sincerely lamented by them. On the 8th February, at Tjtley Court, Herefordshire, in I the 92nd year of her age, Elizabeth, relict of Wm. Greenly, I' Ksq., ofTitley Court, and of the White Ho-tase, Monmouih- Mure, and mother f the late lamented Lady Coffiit l Greenly. I

SINGULAR CASES OF RECOVERY OF HAIR, After 18, 2..ij.dq years' loss. A few attestations (selected from numberies* ptfierf, received during the last forty yurl.) to the virtues of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR Oil.; the originals of which maybe seen at the proprietors. To Messrs. Rowland and Son. 20 Hatton Garden, London. Hiumnums Hotel, Covent Garden, Gentlemen, Feb. 26, 1542. In announcing to you the following corroboration of the efficacy of vour MACASSAR OIL, if by your making it public it will be of any service, I shall consider myself hut returning in a very small degr.ee the great obligation I feel I Ue unilrr to you, and shall be most bappy during my stay in London to satisfy any gentleman who to-tv feel interested in the truth of the fol- lowing —In the 1776 I wtut to JP4 shortly after my arrival therf my hair fell off in considerable quantities, to that I soon became entirely bald in which state I remained until my arrival last year in Atnsrica, and at Boston was induced by reading one of your advertisements to make trial of your MACASSAR OIL, though 1 confess with but little hope of success. After the use of one bottle, I found my hitherto bald head covered with a iort of down continuing the use of the Oil, much to my surprise And gratification, I have now the pleasure to inform yQu. without exaggeration or vanity, that I can bout of asl1ue Ii ha4 of hair as any one nerd to have. I arn, Gentlemen, your grateful Servant. A. M ACKRZ(E. Extract of a Letter directed to Mr. Old royd, Merchant, pf London, from a friend at Naples, dated May 6. 1It23. I must turn your attention to the following::—Capt. Kranshair of I he 4th regiment of the line, in the service of Hi* 1 tnperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, aged 44 years, has been bald ever since the age of 18.—He wa recommended to try 0, Row- LAND'S MACASSAR OIL," by a gentleman who had already ils good effects he bought some of me of the lut quantity { received from England, and persevered in applying it.— In less thna. tR P.1°nths his hair grew on the bald parts, and now very thick. The paptain is highly pleased and has spread its fame < assure yon, the qtJff"J!for that article is very great, and must beg you to send me a fresh supply without loss of time. Gentlemen,—Having derived essential bfnefit from the use of your MACASSAR OIL, I am induced to send you the particulars, which you are at liberty to make known liS you think proper. Hather more than twelve months since, I made trial of the Oil. though [ confesi with pot much faith, as I had been bald 18 years. It was nearly three.months before any effect was percep- tible when a slight down appeared; at the expiration of livl months hair had grown on the bald part full half an inch long. then had the whole of my head regularly shaved once a week for a considerable period, constanly uling the Oil, night and morning, the result is. that I have this day discarded my wig, my hair being quite restored and as strong and great in quantity as when ( was twenty yean of age, 32, Broad-street. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant. Brighton. April 19. I83'2. C. P. DRIFFIRLD. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL prevents hair from falling off or turning grey; change grey hair to its original colour; frees it from scurf and dimdriff, and makes it beautjfttlly soft and curly. Ask for" ROW L AN D'S MACASSAR OIL," and see that those words are on the. wrapper, as much PERNICIOUI trash is sold as o. MACASSAR OIL." To ensure the^ real article, see that the words ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL'' are engraved on the back of the label, nearly 1,500 times, containing 29.028 letters. Without this NONE ARE GKNUINF.. Price 3s. lid, ;-71.-Family Bottles, (equal to four small.) IOs. pd. and double that size, Sis. per bottle. Sold by them, and by Chemists and Perfunjers.

"#I." SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. [A feeling has been very generally entertained among many of our readers and subscribers, that the benevolent objects of the writer of the following letter would be pro- moted by a republication of it, we again have much pleasure in inserting it in the hope it will facilitate so desirable a result]: — To the Editor of the Advertiser and Guardian. SIR,—The multitude of wrecks, and the sad loss of lives which have for several weeks been recorded in the columns of every Journal, can scarcely have failed to attract the notice, and awaken the sympathy of every Briton. Many a Widow has made lamentation, many an Orphan mourned the fatal effects of the late tempestuous gales! In this benevolent country to know distress and sorrow is the sure precursor of relief. Every misery has a claim on our compassion; but if any claim can be stronger than another; if any appeal can be made of a moie touching character to the people of this nation, surely none can be superior to the claims of those hardy adventurers among us, who go down to the Sea in ships, and occupy their business in the great waters. With a full conviction of the force of these claims, as well as of the humanity of our countrymen, it seems a matter of surprise, that some public means of ministering to the wants of the wrecked Sailor, of assisting his bereaved widow and fatherless children, have not been devised and established from the very earliest periods of our maritime history, grow- ing with its growth, and strengthening with its strength. It is, indeed, true that several Institutions, having these charitable objects in view, have arisen in the land and that much advantage has been derived from their operation but they have been rather limited and exclusive in their charac- ter, circumscribed in their resources; and at all events, lamentably inadequate to any enlarged scheme for general relief. A persuasion of a defect so strange, and so unlike the con- siderate kindness of the British Nation towards a body of men, more especially her own, led to the formation of that Society whose Title stands at the head of this Address- a Society so simple in its constitution, so moderate in its re- quests, so guarded against imposture, so useful aud practical in its applications, that it is impossible not to admire it on the one hand, aud on the other, not to wonder that ij did not exist long ago. If there aie any persons to whom it is not yet known, I feel that I shall have discharged an essential duty in direct- ing the public attention more closely to this very excellent Institution. The annual Subscription is only 2s. Gd., though every additional Donation is most gladly received. Honorary Secretaries and Agents are appointed through- out the most important maritime stations, aud every caution is used which local knowledge and other intelligence can supply, not only to relieve genuine distress, but to detect the unworthy artifice of plausIble Impostors. I will not believe that such a society can stand in need of support so long as a single individual acquainted with it has a single Half-crown to bestow. The numbers that have been aided in consequence ofthe late violent storms, have been unusually lar-re; the demands on the funds have been heavy, but a confident hope is cher- ished, that in proportion to the increased necessities will the offerings of charity increase also. Let those who "live in comfort, free from the perils of the winds and waves, heat aw one thought on those who pass through the paths of the seas. Let them bear in mind, that on occasions of Shipwreck and distress, even a barbarous people will show no little kindness to the sufferers, because of the present rain, and because of the cold; and let them remember how lDuch is due from Christians in su. h a con- dition of calamity, and especially when the Widow and Orphan have been deprived of the only arm on which thev could lean tor relief. A Sir' >OJr faithful Servant, A SLBS.CRIBER TO THE SOCIETY. ODD FELLOWS. To the Editor of the Advertiser and Guardian SIR, —As one who honours and thanks the Archdeacon of Durham for his late admirable Charge, I feel called upnR to offer a few observations in reply'to a letter which appeared in your paper last week, relating to a passage io that Charge. r /am wi!uns to give Mr. Reynolds, the writer, credit or tne Christian spirit, which pervades his let'er, I eau by no inea:i« allow him fhe merit he assumes, of having proved I the Archdeacon guilty of misrepresentation. That object he <er din has not. accomplished. I:i fact, he seems to labour uiuler a misapprehension as to the subject of the Archdea- (.°n.^ ,+eiii,a ^e begins his letter by stating, what is not ch:iiacier of the Odd Fellows was accused of S..A ouiiug moie of of Christianity. And haviuo- conjm, (. up this pj.amom, he sets himself in srood eai:)cst, though with harmless weapons, to the task of demolishing it. "l^'i 11 'T'11,'V-' t,K~' 'hcle,'icon does not impugn the sren- eralcvaracter of Odd Fellows, being no doubt, well aware, that the fraternity consists of individuals of every shade of rolnjK'us opinion and, therefore, not liable to the sweeping i.-n^e o eifcm. His object wr,s, to denounce the use and tae character at n funeral address adopted by them and to form alone his remarks appjy. He justly represents it as savouring more of Deism than of Christie y. I think it a great pity, that Mr. Reynolds did not con.: .e himself, in his attempt at defence, to the only point that was attacker-. All his quotations from the Rules and Lectures of the Society, and ail his observations as to the number and rank of its members, are mere surplusage. They are nothing at all to the purpose. They do not, they cannot, alter tbe character of the document in question. That mu-t :;e j tidied of by its own intrinsic merits. What, then. i< the- real character of the Funeral Audreys, adupWii'iuU u's.-Ji.V the Odd Fellows 1 I have no hesitation in saving, that the Archdeacon was fully justified in the judgment nounced upon it it savours more of Deism than of Chisti"' It contains nothing, in which a Deist can seriously object to join while, on the other hand, there is an entire ab,ence of every feature which distinguishes Christianity from Deism. Christ, as a crucified and now an exalted Saviour, is the golden thread which runs through the whole texture of Christianity, the soul that animates the system in all its parts. But here is an Address, professedly of a religi. character, intended for use on the most solemn cf all Ses- sions. and within the precincts of the Sanctuary and yel the Saviour, Ifcrough whose merits and mediation alone we hope tor a blissful immortality, is not once named in it, nor in the most distant manner alluded to. Surely, such an address has no claim to be called Christian and yet this meagre form is modestly intended as a supplement to that rich storehouse of Christian truth and Christian comfort, the funeral service of our Church. Let anv one compare the two together, and I think he can hardly fail of appreciating- the difference between Deism and Christianity. There is reason to suspect, that the Funeral Address of the Odd Fellows was studiously framed, with a view not to onend those members, who might be ashamed of Christ and of his words in this adulterous aud sinful generation. This suspi- cion is worne out by the tenor of the address itself; and there is. nothing calculated to lessen that feeling, in the numerous- I sentences called by Mr. Reynolds from the other accredited papers of the Society. They are all chargeable with the same awful defect they all fall short of the Christian standard; they are all of the earth, earthy. Moral truths are stated, and moral duties inculcated, on mere worldly grounds, without reference by any chance to the principle's of faith in Christ, and obedience to the revealed will of God. Are the members enjoined to be justt It is merely because justice and equity are the principal supports of human so- ciety. Are they commanded to forgive injuries? It is only because revenge perpetuates hatred. Why, it is on such grounds as these, that morality is taught by Deis. antl by the Heathen Philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome but in the Christian school, it is made to rest on. a higher and holier basis, and fortified with sanctions, more solemn than any that this world affords. The Church of England has always been an unflinching champion of gospel truth and we have reason to thank God that hcl: learned Dignitaries are still as ready as ever to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the Saints. Let those who consent to sa- crifice it at the shrine of Mberality tremble lest they incur the curse of Meroz. If the Archdeacon, of Durham could see his antagonist's letter, I do not suppose he would feel or acknowledge- himself convinced of error; but I do think he would be- much amused at the self-complacency with which the hope is expressed, that he will not in future speak so positively on a subject with which he is unacquainted. Accomplished scholar and learned Divine as he is, he might, probably, think himself as competent to judge of a document under his notice, as any member of the Paradise Lodge, at Cowbridge.. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Wilderness, near Cowbridge,) CHRISTIANAS^ February 14th, 1843. f To the Editor of the Advertiser and Gtc&fd&att. am not one of those who would trouble you on matters of little moment, but when the subject has con- nection with the welfare of the poor, I am well aware of your readiness on all occasions to extend to them your powerful and helping aid. It is pretty generally known that the parishes of Lisfaae and Lanishan, are favoured with one of those most valuable of public benefits—a charity school, established in the year 1*28, which has been of infinite service in those localities and continues to be up to the present period. The funds appropriated in its aid are secured by the donor a Mrs. Mary Lewis, on the tithes of Lisfane, a moiety of which, being her property, was granted fey her toward* the instruction and ultimate settling by apprenticing sue. children at the discretion of the trustees then appointed by her, namely, Roger Powell, Esq., of Energlyn, in this county; Thomas Lewis, Esq., of Lanishan in this county and the Rev. Phillip Edwards, of Michaelston Vedcvw, in the county of Monmouth. Of the descendants of those above-named, one only, I believe Mr. John Lewis, attended to the object of this im- portant trust. Mr. Lewis is descendant and heir to the aforesaid Mr. Thomas Lewis. Is there no one living to represent Mr. Roger Powell Ir. W m. Jones, of Rose Villa," formerly of Merthvr, is a descendant and heir to the Rev. Phillip Edwards.. hat is he doing 1 If the parties do not act the duties will devolve on the overseers of the poor of Lanishan. I remain. Sir, yours obediently, A WELL WISHER.

The magistrate* in giving their judgment dwelt on the I tentradictory. evidence given by the defendants witnesses, and fined the defendant William James in the sum of three Pounds and, costs in each of the two cases for shooting Without a game certificate, and two pounds and costs in each ij of trespass. The fines were forthwith paid, and the consequently discharged. The other defendant William Davies, was then charged With pursuing game unlawfully, and with trespassing in with William James the defendant in the preceed- "f ease, no doubt, however, observing the result of the case jNSainst James, he considered it prudent to plead guilty to charge laid on the twenty fourth day of December. He fined two pounds. The charge laid on the tenth day of December in which he had instructed Mr. Melvin to call three witnesses to prove an alibi was abandoned on the part of the prosectition.