The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

NOTICES, &c. Griffith Phillip, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, CARDIFF, BEGS leave to inform his Friends and the Publick that he has REMOVED his SHOP to more Commodious- Premises in DUKE-STREET, {next door to the New Post Office,) where he respectfully solicits a continuance of their commands. April 12th,U843. COURTS LEET. GLAMORGANSHIRE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the COURTS LEET of our Sovereign Lady the QUEEN, and General COURTS BARON of the Most Honourable JOHN CRICHTON STUART, Marquess of Bute, and Earl of Dumfries, Barcm Cardiff, of Cardiff Castle, Lord of the several Manors hereinafter named, will be holden at the several Places, and on the several following days; that is to say:— For the Manor of Glynronthy, at the Dwelling-house of David Naunton, Innkeeper, at Pandy, on Monday, the 24th day of April inst&nt, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. For the Manors of Lequeth, Landough, Cogan, Cosmeston, and Walterstone, at the Dwelling-house of Nicholas Rimbron, situate at Lequeth, on Tuesday, the 25th day of April instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. For the Manors of Lystalybont, Roath Dogfield, Roath Tewkesbury, Spittle, White Fridrs, and Kibbor, at the Dwelling-house of Amy Thomas, Innkeeper, situate in the parish of Saint John the Baptist, in the Town of Cardiff, on Wednesday, the 26th day of April instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon. For the Manors of Lanmaes, Bedford, and Malefant, at the Dwelling-house of William Williams, Innkeeper, situate at Lanmaes, on Thursday, the 27th day of April instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon. For the Manors of Boverton, Lantwit, and Lanwit Rawley, at the Dwelling-house of William John, inn-keeper, I situate at Lantwit Major, on Thursday, the 27th day of April instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. For the Manor of Ruthin, at the Dwelling-house of Martha Howell, Innkeeper, at Lanharran, on Friday, the 28th day of April instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon. For the Manor of Miskin, Cum Membris, Pentirch, and Clunn, at the Town-hall, Lantrissent, on Friday, the 28th day of April instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. For the Manor of Lanblethian, at the Dwelling-house of James Ballard, Innkeeper, situate at Cowbridge, on Wed- nesday, the 3rd day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. For the Manors of Senghenith Supra et Subtus, Cum Membris Whitchurch, Rudry et Lanfedw, at the Dwelling- house of Evan Evans, Gentleman, at Caerphilly, on Thursday, the 4th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. When and where all Persons who owe Suit and Service to the said several Courts, are required to attend and to pay their respective Quit and Chief Rents, Fines, and other Rents due to the Lord of the said Manors. EDWARD PRIEST RICHARDS, Cardiff, April 10th, 1843. Steward. STIVENS' OKIVALLEDTfimMiaeER WINE, A Luxurious and Cooliraj Beverage in Cold Spring Water. THIS delicious and wholesome beverage, so highly re- commended by the Faculty as a valuable Specific in cases of Flatulency, Spasms, &c., and patronized by the Nobility and Gentry, is composed of Jamaica Green Ginger, Raisins of the Sun, Citrons, and Seville Oranges one of the most useful and pleasant Cordials extant. It has long been deservedly popular throughout the kingdom and though the price is a trifle higher than what is commonly sold for Ginger Wine," the superior richness of the in- gredients renders it impossible to charge a lower price. CAUTION.-The extensive demand for STIVENS' GINGER WINE has induced some dealers in sweets to imitate the labels, and, in many instances, to re-fill the empty bottles with the labels on. To check such deception, the present bottles are labelled in blue letter, and each envelope over the cork stamped STIVENS, BRISTOL." To imitate this is forgery. Agents are appointed in all principal towns. Messrs. J. and J. BETTS, GROCERS, CARDIFF. Charles Bassett, N ewbridge.. Edward Gilbert, Dowlais.. George Baker, Newport..Edward Cook, Neath..Benjamin Davis, Aberavon.. W. Leyshon, Bridgend.. Joseph Pugh, Tredegar.. Mn. Thomas, Brynmawr..William Crump, Usk ..J. Sanders, Abergavenny.. James Maskell, Brecon.. Jos. Owen, Hay H. Newman, Gloucester.. Thomas Giller, Cheltenham .Thomas Yarnold, Cheap stow .Editors of Times and Journal, Hereford.. Thomas Stephens, Merthyr ..Samuel Davis and Co., Aberdare. Thomas Lewis, Cowbridge..Francis M'Keirnin, Llanelly.. Thomas Jones, Carmarthen.. Richard Chase, Carmarthen.. G. Franklyn, Laugharne. Messrs. Griffith and Nicholas, Narbeth. Charles Clark, Tenby..J. Ormand, Pembroke..Abel Hicks, Haverfordwest. ,N. Owen, Pater..C. Thomas, Cardigan. H. Humphries, Aberystwith..James Evans, Lampeter. John W illiams, Landilo.. William Christopher, Crickhowell Powell and Prin, Builth..Messrs. Jull and Co., Chel- tenham. J t d. ;"J 1' Contract for Alder Wood. NOTICE IS HEREBY GI'V EN to all Persons desirous of Contracting to Supply 211 CORDS OF ALDER WOOD; That proposals, in Writing, addressed to the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, Sealed up and Marked on the Outside, Tender for Alder Wood," will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall Mall, on or before FRIDAY, the 21st APRIL; but none will be received after Eleven o'clock on that day. Persons who make Tenders are desired not to use any Form but that which is issued by the Board of Ordnance, and which may be had on application to the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, Pall Mall, London. I n By order of the Board, Ordnance Office, ) R. BYHAM, Secretary. 7th April, 1813. 3 I NOTICES, &c. THE COMMITTEE of the RURAL DEANS of the DIOCESE of LLANDAFF, appointed to carry into effect the proposal of Presenting the Reverend WILLIAM BRUCE KNIGHT with some lasting token of gratitude and esteem, invite the Subscribers to attend a MEETING to be held at the CARDIFF ARMS INN, at CARDIFF, at 12 o'clock ofi THURSDAY the 27th instant, to make final arrangements as to the nature of the Testimonial, and the time and manner of its Presentation. HUGH WILLIAMS, }H Secretaries. THOMAS EDMONDES,) Hon' becreUr April 12th, 1843. Cardiff Schools for the Education of the Poor. A SPECIAL .GENERAL MEETING of the SUB- SCRIBERS to the above Schools, will be holden in the Committee-room, on TUESDAY, the 18th day of APRIL instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of in- creasing the accommodation for receiving Poor Children, and for general purposes. By order of the Committee, ?:Sros'}~ Cardiff, April 12th, 1843. lieauprc Estate. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE that no Persons are allowed to Fish, Hunt, or Shoot over this Estate without permission in Writing. Beaupre, April 11th, 1843. ALL PERSONS having CLAIMS or DEMANDS on the ESTATE of the late Mr. THOMAS ANDREW, of DYNAS POWIS, are requested to send in the same by the 1st of MAY next, addressed to "Estate of Thomas Andrew," care of Mr. G. ECKLEY, Dynas Powis, near Cardiff; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate are hereby required to pay the amount of their respective Debts forthwith, to the said Mr. G. ECKLEY, at Dyuas Powis aforesaid. To Medical Practitioners. A GENTLEMAN, who has recently been admitted a Member of the College of Surgeons, is desirous ef ASSISTING a Surgeon in extensive country practice, where he would meet with gentlemanly treatment. No salary required. Address to A. B., Mr. Pritchard's, Chemist, King-street, Westminster. Bedford-Hotel, Covent-Garden. ROBERT WARNER, (for many years past the managing Partner of the TAVISTOCK-HOTEL,) begs to inform his Friends and the Public, that he has Taken the BEDFORD HOTEL, which it is his intention to conduct on the same plan as the Tavistock, and hopes to meet with that Patronage and Support which it will be his constant endeavour to merit. London, April, 1843. NOTICE. lash-House.—Sale of Furniture, &c. 7 W. MORRIS BEGS to acquaint his Friends and the Public generally, that the BOOKS ADVERTISED for SALE in the GUARDIAN of last week, are NOT TO BE SOLD and as the Sale is so extensive, to inform them, that on WEDNESDAY, the 19th of APRIL, 1843, will be Sold, the whole of the Kitchen Requisites, Pewter, Copper, and Culinary Articles, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, together with those Articles in the Stable and Out-houses. THURSDAY, the Second day, the Dining and Drawing- room Furniture, the Bedsteads, Drawers, and other Furni- ture of the Bed-rooms. Third day, the China, Glass, Plated Articles, and other contents of Butler's Pantry, Linen Beds and Bedding. Fourth day, Sundry Varieties. WATER CURE ESTABLISHMENT. SYDNEY GARDENS, BATH. THESE extensive Pleasure Grounds and Mansion, situate at the foot of the Claverton Hills, fitted up in an elegant manner, with DOUCHES, &c., for the cure of Chronic Diseases ARE NOW OPEN for the reception of Invalids. The Sydney-gardens establishment combines the advantages of an abundant supply of pure cold water and salubrity of climate, with every recreation and comfort. Consulting Physician-C. H. WILKINSON, M.D., Pulteney-street. Resident Physician-A. E. MASTALIER, M.D., M.F.V., &c. Dr. Mastalier visited Grafenberg in 1835, and has prac- tised the Water Cure in Germany, on Priessnitz's principles, for 7 years. For Cards of Terms, &c., apply by letter, addressed to The Secretary of the Establishment." BRIDGEND. FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE, MALTHOUSE AND LANDS, FOR SALE. TO II SOLD OT MMM, By Mr, EVANS, At the BEAB. INN at aItIDGEXD, On SATURDAY, the 13th day of MAY, 1843, At Four o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to certain conditions LOT 1. ALL that DWELLING-HOUSE, MALTHOUSE and STABLE, adjoining each other, situate near the Eastern Turnpike Gate, at Bridgend, and now occupied by Mr. WILLIAM THOMAS, Maltster. LOT 2.-All that DWELLING-HOUSE, COACH- HOUSE. STABLE, and a Piece of PLEASURE GROUND adjoining, the first Lot, and now occupied by T. G. SMITH, Esq. LOT 3.—A CLOSE of LAND, containing 4 Acres, situate at Watertown, in the Parish of Coychurch, and called WAUN JOYCE. LOT 4.—TWO CLOSES of LAND, containing 11-1 Acres, or thereabouts, situate between Bridgend and Waun Skeel, and on the North of and adjoining the Turnpike Road leading towards Coychurch, and called GWAUN SHAG. LOT 5.—TWO CLOSES of LAND, containing 61 Acres, situate near Lot 4, and called CAIA DORLAN. I Further particulars may be had by applying at the Office of Mr. LBWIS, Solicitor, Bridgend. GLAMORGANSHIIIE. DR. Abstract of Accounts of EDWARD PRIEST RICHARDS, Gentleman, Treasurer, from CR. 25th March, 1842, to 25th March, 1843. s. d. 9. s. d. £ s. d. County Rates—Easter, 1842 1348 12 6 Balance—Due on last account 844 1 9| Trinity 1685 15 7± Bridges—Building and repairs. 1091 3 6 Michaelmas 1685 15 7| Clerk of Peace's bill 342 1 6 Epiphany, 1843.. 1685 15 7| Coroners' Bill 493 10 10 6405 19 4* Corpses-Burial of found on sea shore 10 10 0 Finea- Caerphilly Upper 20 15 3 Felons—Conveyance to gaol, house of correc- Ditto Lower. 6 10 3 • tion, and depots. 338 5 7 Cardiff 24 0 0 • Prosecution of 45 at the assixes. 856 13 9 Cowbridge 8 6 0 Ditto 120 at the quarter sessions 1420 I 1 Borough of Cowbridge 13 2 6 Fees—Marshal and crier at the assizes 9 16 0 Dynaspowis 13 5 4 Magistrates clerks for schedule of fines 13 16 0 Kibbor 7 7 6 lu Lunatics—Maintenance of pauper 30 7 0 Langavelach 4 6 0 Militia-Rent and repairs of depots. 33 10 9 Miskin Upper 4 4 0 Printing—Stationery and advertising. 79 14 3 Ditto Lower 0 10 0 Police-Allowance to treasurer keeping Neath. 43 11 6 accounts. 40 0 0 Newcastle & Ogmore.. 51 5 4 Extra expenses in Merthyr police district.. 6 1 0 Swansea. 19 4 8 Clerks' fees swearing into office 0 16 0 Borough of Swansea.. 7 13 6 Poor—Conveyance of Irish 56 10 6 ———————— 224 1 101 Prisons-County gaol maintenance and dis- Ely Bridge-One year's composition in lieu bursements of 1063 1 7 of repairs. 5 0 0 House of correction the like. 553 12 8 Felons Overpaid in prosecution of 2 17 0 32nd & 33rd payments to Exchequer Bill Paymaster of Civil Services -Half the expense Loan Office, in further account of of criminal prosecutions for the £13,000 borrowed by the county for year, ending 30th June, 1842, building— and the whole expense of con- f. s. d. veying criminals to the depots Principal. 650 0 0 for cor.victs 1454 0 2 Interest 124 6 3 Balance—Due to the treasurer 1039 4 7 774 6 3 Prisoners—Allowance to those confined in the iia mi jaw Queen's Bench, Marshalsea, and Fleet Prisons 6 0 0 Salaries—Clerk of Peace 145 0 0 Gaol governor and turnkeys 454 11 0 Surgeon 40 0 0 Chaplain 40 0 0 House of correction, master and turnkeys 203 16 0 Surgeon 30 0 0 Chaplain. 40 0 0 Surveyorofbridges. 30 0 0 Treasurer 60 0 0 Sundries-Allowance to late master of house of correction 20 0 0 Treasurer on payment to Exchequer Office 2 18 0J Postages and stamps 0 17 11 i:9131 3 0 X9131 3 0 Cowbridge, 4th April, 1843. The accounts of Mr. EDWARD PRIRST RICHARDS, the Treasurer, ) v '•i! have this day been examined and allowed, and the vouchers delivered •" up to the Clerk of the Peace—the balance of t 1039 4s. 7d., due I > from the county to Mr. Richards, is hereby directed to be carried to his next account. JOHN NICHOLL, CHAIRMAN. GEORGE TYLER. J. BRUCE PRYCE. THQS, TOT. BOOKER. < NOTICES, &c. WANTED, A YOUNG MAN, who understands the GROCERY BUSINESS, and can speak the Welsh Language. Apply, personally, to J. F. Burrow, Cardiff. GUANO ON SALE, as imported, in any quantity, direct from the Bonded Stores, either in London or Liverpool. ALSO, NITRATE OF SODA. Apply to H. ROUNTHWAITE and Co., Merchants, 6, Cable-Street, Liverpool. > William Jones's Timber, Deal, and Slate Yard, Cardiff. BATCHELOR BROTHERS, HAYING Purchased from the Assigness of Mr. WILLIAM JONES the entire STOCK-IN-TRADE, &o., at CARDIFF, consisting of- Quebec Oak Timber, I Memel Timber, Ditto Elm ditto, Ditto Deals, Ditto Red Pine ditto, Ditto Boards, Ditto Yellow Pine ditto, I English Elm Ditto Pine Deals, Ditto Oak Ceiling and Tiling Laths, Slates, Crests, Hair, &c. Will in future carry on the Business 011 the same Premises. April 10, 1843. PICKERING V. BISHOP OF ELT. VICÈ CHANCKLLOR'S COURT.-In this case, which was heard before his Honour on the 20th of March and other days, it was decided that whatever the legal right of the plaintiff might be as Receiver General of the see of Ely, this Court ought not to grant the prayer of the bill, which was in effect substantially one for specific performance. Whatever these legal rights might be, his Honour thought that, under the circumstances, there was not that mutuality between the parties which, according to the universally un- derstood rules of a court of equity, there ought to be to justify it in pronouncing a decree for specific performance. Not giving any opinion, nor even intimating one, upon the legal right of the Receiver-General under his patent'of 1801, his Honour felt it right to dismiss the bill without costs, and without prejudice to any action that might be brought by or against any party in relation to the subject matter of the suit. THE PUBLICATION OF TIIE REVENUE RETURN has given very great satisfaction in the city, as indicatory of a state of- national prosperity. The whole effect of the reduction of the duties has been already felt, and is represented in the return; while the property-tax is still in collection, and the amount is not yet made up for the financial year. In the city no more has been paid than the half-year's tax, and consequently all the large amounts due from the wealthy merchants, bankers, and traders, will have to be doubled before the real produce of the year just expired can be exhi- bited. In some of the suburbs the plan has been adopted of collecting the whole year's tax at once and the collection not having as yet terminated, there are several persons who as yet have not paid a shilling to the revenue. So large a r sum has already been obtained, not the slightest doubt is felt that the estimate of Sir Robert Peel ( £ 3,771,000) will be exceeded to an enormous extent when the whole amount for the year is collected. The Decay of the Teeth and Gums arises from various causes but, principally, it may be attributed to early neglect, ill health, and the use of Tooth Powders containing mineral and other deleterious acids, which give a momentary white- ness to the teeth, while they corrode the enamel!—-The extreme prevalance of this last cause is too well known to need comment. To this fact, indeed, is principally to be attributed the long Botanical Research, which was happily terminated by the most felicitous discovery ever given to the world for the PRESERVATION of the TEETH, GUMS, and BREATH, viz:-ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE this Powder now occupies a distinguished place at the Toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand for it at once announces the favour in which it is held by the public at large. Sinzenick, the young man charged with shooting at a clergyman, in London, has been sent by the Lord Mayor to the Compter for a fortnight, in compliance with the wishes of his friends, to prevent his remaining so long in Newgate. He will then be fully committed for trial.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY. The house proceeded to the order of the day for the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. Sir R. Inglis opposed it. The petitions against it, he said, had been very numerous; its supporters few. If, in- deed, there was no other way of redressing the evils com- plained of, the opposition might have been less decided j but there was really no occasion for this sweeping remedy, by which so many ancient institutions were destroyed. Even Doctors'-commons was not unanimous in its favour. The object seemed to be centralization; but centralization had lost its popularity, and if it was important to make the one court, which was to supersede all the local jurisdictions, a really central one, why come to London, when the real cen- tre of the kingdom was Northampton 1 He deprecated the removal of the depositories of wills. It was not merely a hardship on the tribunals abolished, but, which was more impoitant still, a grievous inconvenience and expense to persons of small means. By the present constitution of the ecclesiastical courts, the names of the Archbishops and Bishops, used in probates and other documents, accustomed the people to connect the idea of the Church with that of the succession to property; and it was no more desirable to dis- continue those names, than it would be to cease from de- scribing the army and the navy and the courts of law as those of Her Majesty. He earnestly recommended Dr. Nicholl, the author of this bill, to withdraw it, with a promise to introduce one less exceptionable in another ses- sion. Unless that course were taken, he must persist in the motion with which he now concluded, that the present bill should be read a second time on that day six months. Sir J. Graham assured the house, that the measure had not been introduced by Ministers without full consideration, nor without a consciousness of the opposition which they were encountering. It was, as Sir J. Campbell had foretold it would be, especially unpopular with the country solicitors, who would have considerable influence with many of the county members. But he believed that it was a beneficial and a necessary measure; and it proceeded upon the recom- mendation of an ecclesiastical commission, the reports of the committees of both Houses of Parliament, and the opinions of several of the highest judicial authorities, ecclesiastical and civil. Mr. Jervis opposed the bill. He disapproved the consti- tution of the London Court, which by this bill was to su- persede all the country tribunals—a court where the practitioners were a few proctors proceeding upon written evidence. In the great case of" Tatham and Wright" you had juries deciding that the testator was not sufficiently sane to devise his lands, and a London Ecclesiastical Court at the same time determining that he was sane enough to bequeath his personal property. If, however, there was special reason for removing to London the contentious jurisdiction, why did the bill needlessly remove that also which was merely ministerial 1 Colonel Sibthorp would gladly aid in striking down this bill by one fell blow. He wished to see it follow the fate of one which had been introduced some years ago by Sir J. Campbell. The present feeling of the public upon this measure was strongly indicated by the numerous petitions against it. It was "a complete humbug, and a dirty Doc- tors' Commons job." An adjournment of the debate was then proposed, and upon a division carried. An account of COAL and IRON brought down the Mon mouthshire Canal Company's Tram-roads and Canal, from the 1st to the 8th of April, 1843. Tram Road Canal. COAL. ——————- -———— Tons. Cwt. Tons. Thomas Powell 2661 10 200 ThomasProthero. 2084 2 50 Martin Morrison 1001 9 550 Rock Conl Company 9:36 5 Rosser Thomas & Co. 1110 19 Thomas Phillips & Son. 594 2 W. S. Cartwright 852 10 Penllwyn Coal Company James Poole, Jun 224 1 Joseph Latch & Co 1040 fl Tredegar Coal Company 407 12 LatchandCope. John Russell & Co 523 9 Joseph Jones 755 4 John Jones. 250 11 Roger Lewis. 64H 4 Joseph Beaumont. 702 4 Benjamin Young R. J. Blewitt. 250 Mon. li-on and Coal Company John Vipond Richard Morrison. 225 James Treasure R. Thomas Pentwyn and Golynos Company.. Ryce Davies 369 16 75 H. Phillips Rosser Williams 23 TramRoad. Canal. IRON. » Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tredegar Iron Company Rhymney Iron Company 514 8 Harford, Davies, and Co. 392 18 Samuel Homfray and Co. 133 14 í Coalt)rook Vtlc Ebbw Vale Co •• •• I From sundry \y orks t.« 1 «»< •. • <» | 1805 15 HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. | APRIL. | Morning.| Etening. Sunday 16 | 7 17 j 7 39 Monday, 17 7 58 8 17 Tuesday, 18 j 8 36 j 8 55 i Wednesday, 19 j 9^17 9 40 j Thursday 20 j 9 55 | 10 16 I Friday, 21 10 41 11 5 I Saturday, 22 | 11 13 j 11 56 j HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL, &c. (From Bunt's Tide Table.) TER. Cumb. I Bathust ApnIL- jU^rj~Eren. j Gates, j Gates. Sunday 16 i 8 12 8 34 j 34 5 23 2 Monday 17 8 53 9 12 33 2 21 11 Tuesday 18 < 9 31 J U 50 j 31 1 j 19 10 Wednesday 19 10 12 10 35 28 7 17 4 Thursday* 20 10 50 j 11 11 26 0 ¡ 14 9 Friday, 21 11 361- 23 4 12 1 Saturday 22 j 0 8 j 0 51 } 21 8 10 5 EQUATION OF THE TIDES. on% These Equations,applied to the above Table, will give the Approximate Times of High Water, at the following Places on the Coasts of England and Wales. A. M. T A. M. Abervstwith add 0 15 j Liverpool add 4 0 Caernarvon add 1 45 j Newport, Mon.sub 0 3 Cardigan B-ar .sub 0 15 j Portsmouth .add 4 2 Carmarthen Bay sub 1 5 j Swansea Bar. sub 1 6 Chepstow .sub 0 13 | Thames' Mouth sub 4 55 Easter Sunday. Mornin^ Tjesson- • • 12 chapter Exodus. 0 2nd Lesson. 6 chapter Romans. 3 Lesson. 14 chapter Exodus. remng 2nd Lesson 2 chapter Acts, 22 v. -"t.

GLAMORGANSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE DISPENSARY AND INFIRMARY. Abstract of House Surgeon's Report to the Yfeekly Board for the week ending April 11, 1843. u /Remained by last Report 12 .0 § -2 i Admitted since 1 ) 0 3 .cw Discharged 0 cs I Cured and Relieved 0 0 \Died 0 ) Remaining 13 Remained by last Report 78 | o ■§ 1 Admitted since 22 | .§ < Discharged 4 •g "S j Died 0 20 O YCured and Relieved 10 ) Remaining -80 Medical Officers for the eek. Physician Dr. Moore Consulting Surgeon Mr. Reece Surgeon Evans Visitors Mr. GlOver and Mr. Hopkins F. M. HLJSSELL, House Surgeon. — TAFF VALE RAILWAY TRAFFIC, For the week ending April 8, 1-843. £ s. d. Passengers 90 13 1 Dinas Branch 120 9 6 Dowlais Branch 150 0 0 Lancaiach Branch 109 9 11 General Merchandise. 89 IS 2 Mr. John Edmunds, Pontypridd Colliery 7 7 11 JE:570 18 7 BASE ConL-A number of base shillings, not more base than ill looking, have been recently put in circulation by a gang of coiners. The poorest judge could, at once, distin- guish the spurious from the genuine shilling. Poor people, however, particularly at night, may be off their guard, and be taken in by a worthless flat." TAFF VALE PIA I L-IN'AY. -Last week the directors of this railway elected Mr. J. James their secretary, who is now the manager of St. Helen's and Runcorn railway. There were nearly three hundred applicants for the situation, but only five were summoned to attend the meeting of directors. The successful candidate is, we could learn, a gentleman of much scientific knowledge and experience; and of a character for capability and integrity such as will afford the best guarantee of ultimate success to the undertaking committed to his care. CARDIFF FARMERS' CLI--B.-Ill another column will be found a full report of the last meeting of this body. THE WEATIlElt.-On Sunday night last we had a heavy fall of snow, which is still visible on the Glamorganshire, Breconshire, and Somersetshire hills. On Monday and Tuesday night the frost was very severe, and there was thick ice. We hope the crops have not suffered. THE CARDIFF SLAUGHTKR-I-IOUSE.—A practice, as revolt- ing as it is cruel, has recently grown up in this concern, and which it is desirable to cheek. We allude to the custom of the operative butchers who slaughter there, of inflicting a needless degree of suffering on the animals that fall under the knife. On pigs in particular the cruelty is practised of tossing them into scalding water while they are yet writhing in the last agonies of dissolution. The subject has been already brought before the magistrates, and though no con- viction has ensued, it may be hoped that the publicity given to this wanton aggravation of uiiiuiul sulfeiing, will be the iugatts of putting a stoy to it, CARDIFF CATTLE FAIR.—-There was rather a good show of fat cattle, and but little demand, owing as much to the general depression in the price of stock as to the absence of English buyers. The demand for other stock was dull. A large quantity was driven home by the holders. FATAL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—On Thursday morn- ing Mr. John James, a farmer, residing in the parish of St. George, was found dead in a quarry lying between St.Pagan's and Llandaff. He attended the fair in this town on Wed- nesday lnst, and transacted his business as usual. He was, however, observed in the course of the day to be intoxicated, and in that state left the fair for his residence. Instead of going directly home he diverged and went by St. Fagnn's. No marks of violence, other than those produced by a fall, were found on his person to induce the supposition that he hall been robbed and murdered. Our esteemed representative, Doctor Nicholl, on his recent visit to the town, presented to the library-of the Mechanics' Institute a collection of recent acts of parliament. Yesterday, Good Friday, was observed as a strict holiday in town. Divine service was performed in the church and in the different, chapels. ERRATA.— The account of coal brought down the tram road stated in our last, should be for one month instead of one week. It will he seen by an advertisement in another part of this day's impression, that the Messrs. Batchelors, have taken. to the stock and timber yard in this town, lately occupied by Mr. W. Jones. We hail this with satisfaction, feeling as- sured that by their spirited perseverance and accommodating mode of business will much increase the timber trade of this port. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, with her usual benevo- lence, has contributed the sum of £20 towards the National School-house, at Borth, in the parish of Llanfihaugel Geneu'r Glyn, which will ever endear her name to the poor inhabi- tants of that village. I CARDIFF POLICE—Monday. Vm. Short was charged with being in possession of three counterfeit shillings, and with having attempted to utter them. On Tuesday last, it appeared Short went into the "Bunch of Grapes," and while tendering a shilling in payment for refreshment, it dropped 011 the ground. Policeman Davies being present picked it up, and discovered that it was a base shilling. Prisoner took two others out of his pocket. On being told that they were spurious, he said that he won them at the Merthyr and Dowlais Inn, at the game of bagatelle. To ensure the identity of the shillings now produced, they were marked by Mr. David, the landlord of the Bunch of Grapes. On a subsequent inquiry at the above inn, it was found that the landlord had a base shilling passed upon him—now produced. His wife had been offered some others, which the declined.. The coin is supposed to be of the same material as the tubing of gas-works. The prisoner hns, it is supposed, several accomplices, who, at present, escape detection. Remanded for further examination. THURSDAY. The depositions of other witnesses in the forgery case of Monday were taken to day, for the purpose of being for- warded to the proper officer at the Mint, by whom a prose- cution will be instituted. There was no other business of any interest before the magistrates. —— IMPORTANT TO REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. We have much pleasure in directing attention to the fol- lowing communication to a clergyman in this neighbourhood from the General Register Office :"— I am directed by the Registrar-General to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th inst., and to acquaint you, with reference to your statement regarding the incon- venience experienced by your parishioners at in being obliged to send to Caerphilly to the registrar, that every registrar of births and deaths is required to inform himself carefully of every birth and death which shall happen within his district; and that no persons are obliged to come to him for the purpose of giving information, to enable him to make the requisite entry in the register book. Such registrar is bound to register, not only those births or deaths of which he shall have received regular notice, but he must also endeavour to register within the time prescribed the births or deaths within his district, of which he may by any means, and from any person, receive notice or intelligence and if the persons qualified to give information do not come to him for that purpose, he must (taking with him his- register book) go to the house where the birth or deatli occurred, and there register it 011 the information of a quali- fied informant. You will perceive, therefore, that the- parishioners of —————— ought to experience no inconve- nience in consequence of the registrar's residence being at Caerphilly." ORDINATION.—The Rev. William David Rees, and the Rev. George Griffiths, of St. David's College, Lampeter, were ordained priests on Sunday last, by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, by letteis dimissory from the Bishop of Llandaff. His lordship held the ordination for the Bishop of Lichfield, who was prevented by illness. WATER CURE ESTABLISHMENT, SYDNEY GARDENS, BATH.—We are glad to hear that this establishment, so ad- mirably adapted by the purity and abundance of the water, not less than by the well-known salubrity of the climate, for the practice of the Water Cure, is now open for the reception of patients. It is fitted up in an elegant manner, with a variety of douches, and other apparatus, appertaining to the treatment, combining the ease and comfort so much valued by invalids, with the practical application. The Water Cure is said to be particularly suited to chronic cases of dyspepsia —nervous debility—bilious affections—scrofula—dropsy— cancer—diseases of the kidney, liver and spine—rheumatism —gout—tic douloureux.—We understand the individual to whom Bath is indebted for this excellent establishment is a gentleman of good family in Yorkshire, who has himself de- rived great benefit from the system, and has witnessed ex- traordinary cures in others. The resident medical superin- tendent is Dr. Mastalier, an eminent German Physician, who visited Griifenberg in 1835, and has practised the Water Cure in Germany with great success for a number of years. Dr. Wilkinson, well known among us for his scientific pur- suits, impressed with the value and practical excellence of this system, is the Consulting Physician of the establishment., Sydney Gardens is situated at the foot of a chain of lofty hill* —and, in addition to two large springs of cold water on the premises, has a further supply from the noted springs in the- neighbourhood, which are well-known to be, for purity and exemption from foreign matter, almost unequalled. The astonishing cures which have been effected by this new mode of treatment, more especially in female cases, and in diseases of long standing, combined with the superior manner in which the Sydney Gardens Establishment is conducted, must render Bath the general resort of invalids, and confer much benefit on the city.—Bath Herald. GLAMORGANSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. The pressure on our space last week induced us to omit the f()llowing;- Evan Hopkins, aged 24, was indicted for having feloni- ously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Evan Jones, of Welsh St. Donats, and with having stolen therefrom one pilot-coat and one waistcoat, the property of David Williams. Mr. T. Attwood conducted the prosecution, and called David Williams, who stated in evidence that he was a servant, in the employ of Mr. Evan Jones, at Welsh Saint Donats, and that he generally slept in a house a short dis- tance from his master's dwelling-house, and that on a day in March last, he got up about six o'clock in the morning, and found that his clothes, which he had, on the previous Hight. placed upon a chair near the bed, were very much tumbled and disordered but he missed nothing at that time. The shutters appeared to have been opened, and there was fl. ladder placed outside, which would enable a person to enter the window. He afterwards found a pilot-cloth coat and waistcoat missing. Mr. Thomas Howells proved that on the 6th of January last he hired the prisoner as a servant until May. In March he requested permission from the witness to go to Llandov- sant for some clothes. Next day the prisoner got up to his work at about six o'clock as usual. On the following Sunday he saw the prisoner dressed in a pilot-cloth coat and waistcoat, which witness had neyer seen about him before. After some corroborative evidence had been adduced, the chairman summed up, and the jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Attwood proceeded to call witnesses in support of a second indictment against the prisoner, which charged him with having feloniously broken and entered the dwelling- house of Robert? Williams, of Pendoylan, and feloniously stolen one coat, the property of David Williams. The evi- dence on the second charge was equally conclusive as to the prisoner's guilt, as the first. Verdict, Guilty. The Chairman passed sentence in a very impressive manner, remarking that the prisoner had been found guilty of two very serious offences. From the inquiries he (the Chairman) had made, he was afraid the prisoner bjre but a very indifferent character for honesty. Sentence, for the first offence, three calendar month's imprisonment with hard labour, in Cardiff gaol; aud, for the second offence, after the expiration of the three month's imprisonment, tran portation beyond the seas for fifteen years. This case concluded the business of the Quarter Sessions. PARISH APPEALS. Combhay, near Bath, appellants and town and frmchise of Swansea, respondents. The appellants (thanks to the new act) indulged the court wi'h 25 objections to the grounds of the order. The court decided in favour cf the respondent parish. Mr. Richards for appellants Mr. Tripp for respondents. Coed Franc, Cadoxton juxta Neath, respondents; and Loughor, appellants. In this case, also, the court decided for respon lents. Mr. Attwood for respondents Mr. Jones (L >ugher) for appellants. THE TURN-OUT IN TIIE COLLIVRIES.—David Phillip?, anI two others, who were charged with having riotously and tu nuituously assembled together, in connexion with the late tu n-out of the colliers of Gellygare, Aberdare, and other places throughout the Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire hills, were discharged, no true bills having been returned ajainst them.

AGAIN Lord Ashley is in the field-again the Christian Knight, furnished with the true weapons of warfare, is assailing the Demon in another of his strongholds. The Opium Trade with China-if Trade it can be called which is the offspring of monopoly, is forced upon a feeble Government by vessels armed for the purpose- has received a blow from which it is not likely to recover. It is true Lord Ashley, with the true discretion of a man in earnest, felt the force of Sir Robert Peel's objection, that it would be inexpedient to commit the House to such a resolution as was proposed, pending negotiations on the subject with the Chinese Government, and the noble Lord obtained the consent of the House to the withdrawal of his motion-but it is only suspended. We believe there can be no solid or lasting peace with China until this question is settled, and there can be no un- clouded honour for England until the abomination of the Opium traffic is removed. It would be degrading to the subject to take lower ground in discussing it than was taken by Lords Ashley, Sandon, and Sir Robert Inglis. There must be, we admit, the exercise of great judgment and discretion in retracing steps that are erroneous, and in repairing a wrong, however grievous —and this difficulty and delay should be a warning to nations as to individuals, against entering on a course of injustice. We are not insensible to the argument urged by Sir Robert Peel as to the deficient state of the Indian Revenue, and the hard pressure of Taxation on the Indian People, and that £1,200,000 of Exchequer requires cautious and delicate handling; but the claims of religion, of morals, of national honour, must not be compromissd. rl he trade in Opium has ceased to be a commerce, it is now a crime-a crime contemptuous to all authority, and ruinous to the people of one Govern- ment, and derogatory to the interests and character of another. Already has this contraband traffic involved us in war, and it contains within itself the elements of future strife. This in itself would be an evil which de- serves a remedy, but we take our staud on higher and holier ground. Public attention has been long directed to the subject, and most surely, as in the Slave Trade, but far more speedily, if the Government aided by Parliament does not interfere, will that voice speak in a tone which cannot be neglected, when uttered in a righteous cause. Every Opium Vessel that enters the Chinese Waters it freighted with unutterable woes to thousands of her people, and it is no less a crime in those who administer this emasculating drug that the indulgence of the luxury is voluntary. To furnish the means of self destruction is a perversion of the name of Commerce, whose efFect should be to harmonize and purify, not to brutalize and degrade. If any man had need of poison now, Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him." We fear that the censure pronounced on the vender of the poison at Mantua applies with a hundred-fold force to the Monopolists and Contrabandists of India. How- ever, things will not be suffered to remain, and if the Opium Trade be not suppressed it must be regulated- and the dishonour which perseverance in this discredita- ble traffic entails on our national character in the eyes of Foreign Countries, must not be permitted to continue. We might have been content with proving, what is capable of easy proof, that the cultivation of the Poppy is not necessary to the prosperity of Indian Agriculture or Indian Commerce-but we are rather content to show that it is inconsistent with the character and duties of a Christian State. # To praise a Speech of Mr. Charles Buller, a gentleman who has been considered almost a member of the Demo- cratic section of the House of Commons, will, we fear, endanger our Conservative reputation with an ultra section of men who regard rather of whom a thing is said than what is spoken. Can any thing good come of a Whig-Radical ? Our reply must be—" come and see." If in this matter we err, we are wrong with one of the ablest Conservative Members that ever adorned a House of Commons, Lord Francis Egerton. The truth is, there never was a Parliament in which truth from any lips commanded more attention than the present; it is a glorious symptom, and politicians out of doors would do wisely to follow so bright an example. The question which elicited the speech of Mr. Buller was that of Emigration, or rather Colonization-a subject on which we some months ago ventured to express an opinion, and, we are rejoiced to see, an opinion in unison with that of the majority of Speakers in the late Debate. We are still, however, convinced that there are other sources of employment for our unoccupied thousands than in Emigration, and that the experiment of cultivating the Waste Lands of the United Kingdom, if not on the principle of Allotment, on that of Free Labour, ought to have an immediate and a fair trial. What we so much admire in the Speech of Mr. Buller, independent of its great eloquence and power as an oratorical display, is the sound principles on which he proposes to Colonize. we, are not surprised at the reluctance with which a Labourer, who had committed no crime, was accustomed to listen to a proposal to Emigrate to any of our Settle- ments, in the days of Convict Colonies and Pauper Emigration; to be shovelled out, as Mr. Buller truly expressed it, place where he might not shock his betters with the sight and sound of his last ajjony. But let Colonization be offered as a reward to the best, and not as an expedient for getting rid of the worst of families, starving through insufficient employment, and crowds of eager applicants would be found to purchase by industry, though at the cost of expatriation, the comforts they cannot procure at home. In speaking of ,Colonization at a former period, we well remember to have urged the great obligations by which the act .was accompanied-the obligations of Colonising as Christians —of going forth on a well devised plan, with the means and appliances of comparative comfort—and with so much of the spirit of our National Institutions as is com- patible with the state and condition of an Infant Colony. Of compulsory Colonization we are not the advocates, nor can we think such a measure at all necessary. Let Government perform its duty—and it relief from the pressure of a swarming and unemployed population be deemed expedient, let us proceed with a due observance of principles. Let Emigration be of every class. "Let Emigrants" said Mr. Buller, "be encouraged by the presence, guided by the counsels, and supported by the means of the wealthy," by those, in fact, whom they have been accustomed to follow and honour in their own country. We recommend the speech of Mr. Buller to careful perusal-it is full of the best kind of eloquence, of the most practical wisdom—and what is somewhat unusual in the speeches of an sccomplislied wit, replete with the best kind of seriousness. .# LORD BROUGHAM, in the language of the sporting circle, is a regular Trump." To party he is often not merely useless but positively troublesome—to the cause of Truth he is invaluable. We are glad that England possesses such a man. With talents rarely equalled, and never surpassed, he is strong only when untrammelled by the bands of Party. So long as he keeps clear of that Delilah he retains the strength of his gigantic intellect, and bids defiance to the Philistines who would ensnare him. All his best speeches are independent of party. They have been spoken in the great cause of humanity. Witness his splendid orations against Slavery in all its forms and varieties—from its abolition as a traffic, through all the gradations of jealous superintendence, down to the attempted substitute of Eastern Coolies for African Apprentices. Lord Brougham has used the playful satire of Goldsmith in estimating the character of Burke —he has reserved for mankind what others have given up to party, and at no time of his brilliant but not altogether prosperous career, did he appear to be fulfilling his high destiny more gloriously than now. Certainly at no period of his public life did his speeches command greater admiration, for at no period probably did he feel less embarrassment from political partisanship. In this freedom he revels gloriously, and looking at subjects with the single eye of truth and honesty, he proceeds straight forward to his object, reaping the rewards that at first or last attend the path of truth, yet finding his best reward in the independence of his mind. His Speech on Friday Evening on the Ashburton Treaty was a masterpiece—it was in vain that the motion it upheld was declared to be without precedent—he raised his sub- ject to a height which bore down all opposition—his motion was carried without a division, and now forms a precedent to stimulate and encourage all Diplomatists to the end of time. -*?-!<<«"- PARLIAMENT adjourned on Tuesday Evening for the holidays—the adjournment continuing until the 24th instant. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill came on for dis- cussion on Monday Evening, at a very late period, but enough was said to show the vehement opposition (which we still believe to be a very selfish one) the Bill has to encounter in its progress. The Debate now stands adjourned to the 28th April. Firmly persuaded, how- ever any person or persons may be benefitted by the measure if adopted, that the sole object of its introduction by the Government is the public good, we shall watch with some anxiety the progress of the Bill through the House-and we earnestly hope that many Members who have hastily adopted the opinions of Solicitors and others, will give themselves the trouble to study and to understand it. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. Although the returns of the revenue for the quarter ending April 5, 1843, are not calculated to excite feelings of exulta- tion, yet there is nothing in their details which can cause dissatisfaction or despondency. Taking the four principal items under the head of ordinary taxation, viz., the Customs, the Excise, the Stamps, and the Post-office, we find that their comparative amount in the cor- responding quarters of the years 1842 & 1843 is as follows Quarter ending April 5, 1842 Quarter ending April 5, 1843. £ £ Customs 4,495,053 Customs 4,219,537 Excise 1,709,101 Excise 1,767,373 Stamps 1,599,487 Stamps 1,593,126 Post-office 142,000 Post-office 144,000 Therefore, under the head of Customs there is a decrease on the present quarter, as compared with that ending in last April, to the extent of 27;5,5161. The comparative deficiency in the Excise for the same period is only 1,7781., and in the Stamps 6,36 11. while the Post-office, as usual, shows a sure but slow advance, the excess of the returns for the present quarter over those of last April being' exactly 2,000/. It will bu seen, therefore, that, with reference to the usual sources only of national income, the receipts for this quarter are inferior to those of last April, but their deficiency—which by itself would not be sufficient to create any alarm—is more than compensated for by the proceeds of the income-tax, which has in this quarter remitted no less a sum than 1,88.5,2321., having returned nearly 600,0001. previously. The important accession of the income-tax gives the present quarter an excess over that of last year by no less than 1,748,945.-Tiines.