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2, Bangor Street, Carnarvon. MISS MORRIS BEGS to inform her Friends and ihe Public, that her School ItE-OPENS on MONDAY next, the 21st in'ant. TUITION. A GRADUATE of Oxford, resident in a Sea-port Town of North Wales, is desirous of receiving two Pupils for private instruction. The most respectable references given and required. For Particulars, apply to the Publisher. French Drawing and music. MONSIEUR PIERRE COULON, Professorof French, atthe Friars Schrol, Bongor, and at the Grammer School, Beaumaris, BEGS to inform the Nobility, Gentry and the Public of Carnarvonshire and Anglesey, that he attends private pupils in the above branches, at Bangor, Menai Bridge and neighbourhood on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Suturdnys Bc.mmaiis and Neighbourhood on Mondays and Fridays. Carnarvon, do. oil Thursdays. Application for terms and other particulars, to Mr. P. C., Garth, Bangor. MONEY. WANTED to borrow the Sum of £ 3,500 for which Interest at the Rale of 5 per Cent per Annum will be punctually paid half yearly. Further particulars may be known on applitation by letter Dost-paid to Messrs. Poole and Powell, Solicitors, Carnarvon. ELECTION OF CORONER. TO THE Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Anglesey. HUGH WYNNE, Esq. having resigned tbe office of CORON lilt for the above County I beg to offer myself as a Candidate for tbe situation my residence bein^ in a cen- rat par of the County, would tend to the convenience of the Island at large. Should you be pleased to honor me by elect- ing me to the office of Coroner,I trust that I shall be enabled to iuliil the of that office to the satisfaction of the Country, 1 shall take the first opportunity of waiting upon you person- ally to sohcit your votes. I remain, Gentlemin, Your most obedient S, rvant, SAMUEL DEW. L'angefnl, Dec. 27th. 1833, TO THE Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, & Freeholders OF Tin: COUNTY OF ANGLESEY. MY LORDS AND GKNTLEMLN, PERMIT nie to ofl'tr myself to your notice as a Candidate for the office of Coroner of your County, now vacant by the resignation of Hugh Wynne, Esquire. Connected with the legal proiessiun (a profession with which the office itself is in most respects identified), and perfectly aware of the responsibility of that high and important office, allow me to assure you, that if your Suffrages shall place me in that honourable'situation, I will di charge its duties with diligence aHj liih lily. I will take the earliest o; pertur.ilv of waiting upon you per- sonally, and in the meantime have the honour to be, M v Lords and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and very humb'.e servant, WILLIAM JONES. Pen'rallt, Llangefni, 28th Dec. 1833. TO THE rre2holders of the County of iLcglesoy. MY LORns AND GE:"TlEME'I, "STUN DING most unexpectedly that the Election for a the Office el Cnroner appears likely to become a political que tien, and being unwilling to be a party in the ele- meutso strife in the county, I very respectfully to dedir.e the c aracter of a Candidate for your suffrages. To those vetv nnm, rOils friends of ail parties who have so li",I\y, and in very sunny instincer. voluntarily, come forward to tender me their votes, 1beg thankfully to present my heart- fel gratitude. Returning again to the pursuit of my professional duties, I S do so in ihe satisfaction of having honourably acquitted tnyself in seeking a ijioi-c widely extended sphere of action, and with a strong conviction that, hud the question been left to stand upon its own merit-, [ bad, from the extensile support I re- ceived, a fair chance of being elected to the high and import- ant otlice to which I aspired. I am, my Lordi and Gen'lemen, go With every sentiment of respect, Your o1.pdi.'nl humb'e servant, THOMAS DA VI LS GRIFFITH, Member of the Koyal College of Surgeons in Loi.don. Glan'rafon, Amlwch, Jan. 14th, 1839. To the Benevolent. AVERY Aged M;tn, who in his brighter days, lived in comfort and affluence, by a surces ion of misfortunes over which he had no coniroul, is now rcdiwed to absolute penury. He has therefore no resource but this Appeal to public sympathy, and he li-,pms that those friends who knew liim in the years of his pro;peiity, as well as all who are charitably disposed towards the unfortunate, will now lend their aid in relieving the necessities of a desolate Old Age. The person soliciting is JAMES KNOWLES, formerly land- lord of Gwynity Hot.,1, Anglesey. The smallest contribution will be gratefully received and may he left at the Hank of Messrs. WlLl.IAMS and Co., Carnarvon and Bangor. Jau.7:h.tS39. To be Sold by Auction, At CAEMAWR, in the Parish of LLANBEBLIG, near the town of CARNARVON, in the county of Carnarvon, on TUESDAY the22d day of JANUARY, 1839. ALL and singular the HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TURE, Dairy Utensils, Implements of Husbandry and Farming Stork, consisting of Horses. M ileb Cows, Stacks of Hay, OdlS, Barley and a quantity of Potatoes. The property of ilir. Robert Jones who ii giving up farming. The Auctien to cotiimonci at ten o'clock in the morning precisely, and to be continued until the whole is disposed of. PWLLHELI BREWER Y. To be Let, WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, 4 Small Compact BREW ERY, capable of Brewing Nine Barrels, wiih Utensils complete, situate at the Entrance of the Town of Pwllheli, ami now in full work. is a good supply of Water on the Premises. Apply (if by lett'r, post-paid,) to Mr. EVAN WItLlUIS, Ironmonger, Pwllheli. TO INNKEEPERS AND OTHERS. To be Let, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, THE CASTLE HOTEL, situate in CASTLE SQUARE, in the Town of CARNARVON, together wi h convenient and spacious Stabling and Yard. The House and Premises are burnished, and will be Let with the Furniture, or the Furniture may be taken at a Va- luation, at the option of the taker. The Premises are situated in the most convenient and eligible place, for commanding Business in the Town of Carnarvon; and the present opportunity is well worthy the attention of any person with a moderate capital desirous of making a profitable Investment. For Further particulars apply (ifbv l'ttor post-paid) to Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Mountpl'easant Inn,near Carnarvon, or Mr. WILLIAM LLOYD ROBERTS, solicitor, Carnarvon. Tolls to bs Let. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the TOLLS arising at the urider-mentioned Toll Gates, situated in the Abrrdovey District of Turn- pike Road, in the county of Merioneth, Will be Let by Auction, for One Year, from the 12'h day of MAY next, to the highest biddei, at the RAVEN INN, in Abf.HDUVEY, in the said county, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of FEBRUARY next, at the liour of 12 o'clock at noon, in the manner directed by the Act pas?ed in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for regulating Turnpike Roads, which Tolls produced the last year the sum set opposite them rp" Fpectively, above the expense of collecting them, and will be i put up at those stiin,. Whoever happens to be the best bidder, must at the same time give security, with sufficient sureties, to the satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for the payment of the rents agreed for at such time as they shall direct. Cathli and Boiltalog Gates J0148 Nant-y-uwenllif Gate 62 At the same time and place the Trustees will receive Ten- ders for the repairs of the said Turnpike Roads, for one year, from the 12th day of February next. DAVID MORGAN, CUrk to the Trustees. Machynlleth, Jan. 3, 1839. NOTICE. THE Relatives of Capt. JOHN WILLIAMS, a native of Wales, may hear of something important by applying (if by letter, to be post-paid) at the Office of this Paper. The said John Williams served his time on' of the port of Liverpool. He married an Irish lady, in 1801, and afterwards lived in Philadelphia, America, where he died, in 1816. KTotics is Hereby Given. THAT the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the FLINT, HOLYWELL, and MOSTYN TUl'npikt' Di.ric's of Roa,h, in the Comity of Flint, will be held at the Be 1.1, AND A \Ti LiiPE INN, in Eol.YWKI.L, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th dav of JANUARY inst. at 12 o'clock, to audit the accounts of the Clerk, Treasurer, Surveyors, and othe s employed in the Receipt and Expenditure of the Monies of the said Trusts, and for other matters. EDWARD JOVES, Cleik to the Trustees. Holywell, Jan. 7, 1839. To Surveyors and JLand Valuers. THE Pa'ties interested having agreed for the Com- mutation of the Tithes of the Parish of Lt.A DI.C'W Y N and LLANFIHANGr.LYTRAKrHAU, in the Coun y of Merioneth, (forming One Rectory), and being desirous of appointing com- petent Persons for the apportionment of the Rent-char«e, Ly such at-nrvey and apportionment as will meet with the ap- probation (but not to r. quire the tc t and seal) ot the T<thc Commissioners, NOTICE IS HEHRHY G1VEW That such Persons as mav he desirous of undertaking such sur- vey alone are to gond to me, on or before the 1st day of Fe- bruary next, sealrd tinders in writing (post-free and marked "Tender for Llanifhangel-y-traethau Rectory") of the terms p r Acre for a complete survey of the Lands subject to tithes in the said Parishes, including two fair copies of Maps, upon a scale of eight chains to an inch, and Books of reference, wall each tenement brought together, shewing the names, acreage, and state of cultivation of each ifeld in the parish, sir h tender j to be accompanied hv an offer per Acre to be deducted there- | from for any accredited Maps which may be, pa. in for the as- sistance for the surveyor hv anv of the Landowners. seeh Persons as may be d .iron. of nni!«-r>al;!n.r ihe of th ■ Rent-charge of the said Parishes, separately, arct-i s> lid j to me, 011 or before the said I t day of Fi binary next, sealed tenders in writing (marked as aforesaid) of the terms, either in a gross sum per Acre, for such apportionment with each tenement brought together, a..d shewing the Rate per Acre, annual value; and proportion of the Rent charge upon each field in the said Parishes, in order that the same tenders reo spectively may be laid hefore a Meeting of the Landowners to be held at the Ship-a-Ground Tavern, in the Village of Tal-y« saruau, in the said Countv, on Monday, the 4ih day of Fe- bruary next, at 12 at NToon, for their consideration. The Pari hes contain altogether 731 I acres or then ab; u' N.B.— The parties t!,e above suivey and ap- portionment will be required to complete the same on or before the 1st day of July next. JOHN JONES. Fronheulog, Dolgellry, 2nd Jan. 1CJ9. To Surveyors and ILtxrtd "Valuers, rriHE Parties interested having agreed for the Coni- X mutation of the whole of the lithe ot the Parish of LLANFAIB, in the County of M< rionoth, and being desjro is of appointing competent persons for tbe apportionment (if tJir; Rent-charge bv such a survey and app'r.i inment as will nieet the approbation (but n t so as to 1"1'<: the test a d seal o the Tithe Commissioner-, f notice is nr,r;i:Ry GIVEN. That such persons as may be desirous i f umlertahinir sncjj survey alone arc to send to me 011 or before the 15:1, day (If February next, sealed tenders in wriring "a:id marked "Tenders for Llanfair") of the teims per Acre, for a complex survey of ail the Lands subject to Tit hi s in the said Parish, including two fair copes of the Maps (upon a scale of eight chains to an inch) and Books ot itTerence, witli each tenement brought together, shewing the names, acreage, and state of cultivation ot each field i" the parish; such tender to be accompanied by en offer per Acre to he deducted there- from for any accredited Map which may he put in for the as- sistance of the surveyor by anv of the Landowners. And such persons as may be of undertaking the apportionment of the Rent charge of the said Parish, separably from the sa il survey, are to send to me, on or hehre the said loth day ,of February ne,\t, in writing (pest-free and mask- (I as afoiesaid), of the i-rsns per Acio. lor *i,cl> anpo." meni, with each tenement brnugiit together, and shewing ti e Rate per Acre, Annual Value, a il Proportion of the Rent- charge upon each Field in the Pari<h, "hic1. Rent-charge is intended to be ap porti -neil aei orduig to a Poundage Ra'e upon the Rent ingvalue of the parish after allowing the Lands covered by Modusl's or other certain 1'ithes the Lendi; of such customs. The parish contains about 5^.57 acres. JOHN JONES, Fronheulog, Dolgelley, 2nd Jan. 1830. Steam Communication wHh Liverpool. k THE St. George Company's respectfully give notice JL that the St. David Steam Packet, J. B. CALDBECK, Commander, Has been placed on the above line, for the accommodation of Shippers of Live Stock and o'h"r goods, and from her well known superiority as a Cargo Vessel, added to the extensive improvements she has lately undergone ill every department of her machinery and hull, they hope ti> injure a continuance of that support which has hitherto been awarded by the public. Passengers are requested to observe, that this Vessel is pe- culiarly adapted for t,ie IN i i',R LIN E, having comforalble SLEEPING BIKTHS IN SUMHATI- CABINS. Bays of Sailing, CARNARVON, 1MENAI B I! I L)G 10, &C. to LIVERPOOL, EVI.KY TUESDAY AND FI:U>AY. From CLARENCE DOCK, LIVERPOOL, to MRNAl RltlDGE and CAKNAIiVON, EVEHY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Cargo for WALES will be taken on SA TURDAYS, and all Goods are requested to he sent to the St George Steam Packet Company's Office, Clarence Dock, on Friday. Refreshments to be had Oil board, on moderate terms. For further particulars please apply to M r. TIMOT it Y, St. George's Pier, Menai Bridge or Mr. John Dew, Carnarvon. STEAM COMMUNICATION DIRECT LIE'L W I'.L.N Liverpool, Sangor and Carnarvon. THE Public are respectfully informed that the fast- sailing and favourite Steam i'. ekct, S 1.1 0 -77 D 11 T'T, THOMAS THOMAS, A?ASTER, Will sail between LIVERPOOL, BANGOR ttnll CAR- NARVON. The great advantage of a direct communication has long been anxiously required during the ;1I'c'r Months, for the safe and speedy conveyance of Live Stock and Produce from the above Ports to Liverpool, the Snowden Steam Packet will effect this desired ol ject, and by her well known regularity arid speed bring these places into immediate communication, ex- tending their general commercial intercourse. CARNARVON and BANGOR Trad esnien will find this an eligible conveyance of their Goods from Liverpool. As the Proprietors are determined to spare no exertions to main- tain the character universally accorded to the above Vessel fo.) unctuality, she will take in Goods for Bangor an i Carnarvon every Monday, Wedncsdav and Thursday, at 33 Watcr-.strcet, or the New Wall, JMa„chesur Basin. LIST OF FREIGHTS. Q (I. ^ar perewt. 0 6 Ale and Porter ..hi;, brl. 1 0 ^°lasscs 0 6 Bale Goods .per foot 0 3 R,f« ? ..2d ..0 3 0 Flour per sack 0 9 TALLOW 0 6 Wheat. () F) Chest lea each 6rl. 1 3 Barley q g Box Soap per box 1 0 Clover Seed 1? H,1 2 0 Ditto Candles 8d 1 Olron 9 0 Oranges r' 6 White Lead per cwt. 0 (S Spirit per Gat. U I Lead Q (J Oil Bags, Boxes & Ale and Porter ..per bri. 2 0 Parcels &c. &c fi(/. 1 0 Refreshments supplied on board, at Moderate Rates. For further particulars apply to Air. RICHARD RO- BERTS, 33, Water-Street, Liverpool, who will see that all Goods forwarded >,v 'he Snowder are charged at the above rate> Mr. WA LK L 'l• "ll Pa'-k'-t Ag»nt, Market-street, Manchester; Mr. ROBERT HUMPHREYS and H. HUM- PHREYS, Menai Bridge; Air. RICHARDSON, Castle PHREYS, Menai Bridge; Air. RICHARDSON, Castle Green, Carnarvon and Captain THOMAS 1UOMAS, on l°No!'th Wales Steam Packet Office, 33, Water-street, Liver- pool, 17th October, UK3B.
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1 HE REVENUE.—The lords commissioners of her majesty treasury having certified to the commissioners for the reduc" tion of the national debt, in pursuance of the act 10th George the Fourth c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland exceeded the actual revenue thereof, for the year ended the 10th day of October, 1838, by the sum of 790,130. 19s. (>%d.; the com- missioners for the reduction of the national debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by them on account of the sinking fund, under the provisions of the said act. between the 7 th of January, HUH, and the 5th of April, !M3.-S. Iligham, Comptroller-general, National Debt Office, Jan. i, 1839. A POLITICAL IIYFOCRITE.—There never was an apostate who has not been more eager to prove his consistency than an honest man. Whenever Burdett appears in public, his per- feet truth and adherence to principle are sure to be the burthen. of some portion of the" song;" he never spouts at a Con- servative dinner that he does not give himself the most UII- qua'iiied praise for being the same now that he ever was. Sir James Graham, another apostate, though not so vile as Bur- dett, sings to the same tune. No small part of his speech to the Glasgow folks is taken up with proving that lie was always been an honest politician, despite the fact that he began with Radicalism, and f.n.slics with being a rank Tory. Why all this unnecessary trouble ? A really honest man would not tJlÍuk it needful to parade the proof of his consistency on every possible occasion. If it exists at all, it will not fail to be acknowledged. We admit, however, that the eagerness of Sir James to claim the reputation of political honestv is a proof how deeply he regrets its loss. CHURCH RATE,?.—We learn from the' Leicestershire Mer- cury' that Mr.jBaincs, who had been cited to appear in Doctors Commons for non-payment of church-rates, was still at liberty, although he had treated the insolent citation with the contempt which it deserved, and upwards of a fortnight had elapsed from the time when he should have appeared. Are the church- wardens of St. Martin's, Leicester, destitute of the necessary pluck" to carry out the tyrannical measure which they were not ashamed to commence ? — Gulethead Observer. l\:nv POST OFFICE ARHANGEIIKNTS.Amongst other ar- rangements for affording increased facilities to commerce through the means of the post-ofliee, some reductions in the rates of postage, according to a certain scale, have been conceded upon letters and packets containing patterns or samples ot goods oil British plantation accounts, and on deeds from tbe colonies and foreign parts; and on books, p:tmlil)lets, oili(,r printed papers, &c., arriving from the colonies or foreign countries, subject to regulations for pre. venting the clandestine despatch of letters i" such packets, which are to be opened at the post office if in town, or if in tho countrv in the Dresence of the post.Inaster or one of the clerks, in default of which no relief from the former rates of postage is to be allowed, and letters found so enclosed will be subject to the charge of full postage. So far as they go, these regulations must be regarded as substantial improve- ments, and an nccepfp.Sle release to all interested from burdensome charges and other inconveniences of the old system. It will be observed that the relief is Illuited to letters, packets, and parcels arriving from other parts only, to the exclusion of similar articles despatched from hence to tbe same countries. Some doubt having existed upon this point; applications have been made to the Post-office bv parties iu the city to ascertain whether th", lÎiù not refer to the transmission outward of packets and letters made up as required, as well as to those "homeward," and the reply was, that they applied only to the latter.Hmts.
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I The Lon Ion Cymreigyddion Dingier. The above ancient Society held their annual feast on the 21gt ult„ when about 45 gentlemen were present natives of Wales resident in the metropolis, at the Owain Glyndwr" Tavern, Alders gate-street, where an excellent dinner was provided, consisting of all the delicacies of the season, as well as a bairn- tiful supply of venison and pheasants, forwarded expressly for the occasion, by that patriotic and high-minded Cymro, the lion. Lloyd Mostyn, of Mostyn Hall, Flintshire, to whom the society is greatly indebted for repeated acts of his kindly re- mcmberance of them. Considerable interest was excited thi* year, among those who were made acquainted with theprt- ceedings of the society, from the fact of the day being appointed to award the Gold Medal offered for the best Esoay in the Enir- lish language on the following subiect :— A Gold Medal is offeied bv the London Cymreigyddion Society for the best Essay ;n the'Euglish lansuase scttong forth the injustice which the natIOnal ebaractprof Wall s sustains from the want, on the, part of the majority of her inhabitants, 0; en- joying equal facilities of acquiring useful and scientific know- ledge, with their Saxon and Scottish neighbours; containing the likeliest proposition of a plan to place them on the same footing in that respect with the most convincing appeal to the Nobility and Gentry of Wales, that it is their impera- tive duty to put such a project into immediate operation." The subject was fixed upon and worded by "Twrog," amidst great opposition from a great portion of the society, who urging with more bigotry than an enlarged view of the proper sphere cf a patriotic literary society, that it is inconsistent with the os- tensible object of the Cynireigyddicn. to offer premiums for writings iA any other language than \Wlsh whilst others con- tended, it would have been more becoming, to assist with the revenues of the society, the bringing out of the Press some ephemeral productions of favourite authors, with their respec- tive advocates but at last the society yielded to the entreaties of Twrog," and acknowledge IIIIU: their conviction of the wisdom of their concession. Sir B. Hull, and Arthur J. Jolines, Esq., author of the Causes of Dissent, &c., kindly consented to be the adjudicators of the treatises and they concurred in opinion, with the pos- sibility of collusion, that the one now discovered to have ema- nated from the pen of the Rev. John Bray, Ashby de la Zuoch, was pre-eminently entitled to the Medal, and they both pro- nounced it be a production of great merit, and likely not. only to excite the greatest interest in the Principality, but also to ef- fect the praiseworthy purpose which the society contemplates. After the cloth was removed, the Chai: man for the past year gave, the Queen," which was drunk with the greatest cnthu- siasm, when the Bard of the Society recited several en^lynion on the subjcct, which breathed of Welsh loyalty, and were much applauded. The Chairman elect now resumed the chair, and was invested with the insignia of office, and as soon as the applause conse- qucnt on his elevation had subsided, lie gave with great em- phasis, the leading toasts of the society, Wales and the Welsh langua^?," and called upon "Twrog." Mr. (). W. Thomas, to respond to it, who immediately rose and spoke to the following efleet -He contended that the principles of thai society were in unison with the dictates of Christianity-, reason, and common sense, but whether its members joined it from, and were actu- ated by such considerations, was not for him to decide, and that the elsli ought to be viewed as a people possessing and exercising all the attributes of a distinct nation to the present day, notwithstanding their being tributary to the throue of England, possessing a language, music, and customs distinci from England, which they are unwilling should decav, and every patriotic Welshman loves the bold accents of the 1 of his forefathers, the plaintive melodies, the soul-stirring lyre, and tLe ancient usages of his native land, and feels with the im- mortal Wordsworth — Hail ancient manners, sure defence Where they survive, of wholesome laws; Remnants of love, whose modest sense Thus into narrow room withdraws. Hail usages of pristine mould And ye that guard their mountains old." It is with England that Wales has to compete, and in the mirror of the former country, will she always be yiewed; yet legislative measures fitted and contemplated exclusively for a nation altogether dissimilar like tlie English, cannot pos- sibly bear favourably on the welfare of Wales. Being thus unjustly politically overlooked, it behoves Welshmen to have recourse to social exertions (which niii' h to their credit in the spirit of such societies as they haye had of late) and not to t; Hit like the Irl-h for their happiness to political Wales never has been fairly tleaft with bv the state. Is it justice, he begged to ask, to force Bishops unacquainted with the language of the land upon that people, under the pretext of" al11aJ:ralllating the institutions of the two countries," while it was denied her the only likely means of becoming identified with England, viz. by instituting free English schools; enabling them to appreciate the high attainments and scho- lastic acquirements of English Prelates, of whose Christian ejfurls in the last century, the history of the Establishment in Wales speak not only volumes, but libraries; selected most considerably we are told, because Wales cannot furnish men fit to enjoy her four episcopal dignities Risum tencatis, amici ? Look at the monstrous injustice contemplated, yea committed, in reference to the diocese of St. Asaph, viz., the taking away nearly ten thousand a-year from poor Wales to enrich the episcopal dignity of Manchester, one of the wealthiest towns in the kingdom Yet. notwithstanding these glaring injustices, this iniquitous trifiing with the best interests of our laud, Welsh patriots, from time to time, have succeeded in niacin"- their J.- -0 Bold peasantry, their country's pride," on the right scent, and to implant in their hearts the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom," and all this has been done through the instrumentality of the II elsh language, the only language understood by the majority of his country- IIlen, who cannot possibly be instructed effectually in religious IOUs matters in any other tongue and is the Christianity of a land to be hazarded during the long interval, and the doubtful process of attempting to benefit a people in temporal matters, of a transformation of their language -No, rather let every endeavour be made to create an attachment on the part of the people, in every thinglhat is essentially national, and to infuse the patriotic aspiration so nobly expressed by one of the ablest Bards, who died all exile beyond the Atlantic, to the eternal disgrace of W ales—■ Bro'ch tadau, a bri'ch tunwrdd-a harddoch Y mae wyr ynoch,emau o rinwedd. And the only way of promoting these ends among the mass is following the noble examples set of late by the Abergavenny and Swansea Cymreigyddion, by establishing such societies as these throughout the lalld, causing a wholesome intellectual stimulus among the people, and that, instead of the disaffection which now prevails among the inconsiderate and coxeomical toward the land of their birth, the predominant sentiment would be "Oh V\ alia, my dear, my native soil, For whom mv warmest wish to heaven is sent Lons; may thy ti^rriy sons of rustic toil, Be b'est with health and peace and mveet content. Ar.d, oh may heaven their simple lives prevent From lI1XUl:S contagion, weak and vile! A virtvous populace may rise the while. And stand a wall (if fire around their much lov'd Isle." Fir W, W. W Villi. and Mr. C. More-™" ^lVen, when Mr. George Thomas spoke at great length, expressive of his admiration of the two worthy noblemen-nuble in every way, whose hospitality was proverbial, far and near, and who were always foremost in promoting the literature and interests of Wales they were indeed worthy of one of the happiest couplets in the Welsh language- Gwrol ? gwrol gwiwredd, Ag isel ilr isel radd. "Ladies Ilall and Guest." Mr. W. Jones, surgeon, spoke with great warmth, and wished it had f'lllen to abler hands to do justice to these patriotic ladies, whose names were en- shrined in the affection of all W elshmpn, and hoped that native ladies would foil(}w the noble example and concluded a very eloquent address by wishing success to the Mabin- ogion. "Unity and Brotherly Love." Mr. Samuel Owen, in a. speech, which for its beai'tj" will long be remembered by all present, showed how conducive such meestngs were to that end. The healths of,, Caen-all,,ch, and success to his Dictionary," and Drs. Lewis and Griffiths" were then drunk, who sepa- rately returned thanks and. the cvcning's festivities ended by peuuillion singing in the afltiont language.— Cambrian.
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The memorial to Lord John Russell, respecting the im- prisonment of two dissenters In Carmarthen gaol, which was sent from the associated dissenting ministers of Manchester, a short time ago. was forwarded to his lordship through the hands of the Right Hon. C. P. Thompsou. The Rev. R. Fletcher has received the following replj., addressed to Mr. Thomp- son — Whiteha1!, 7th January, 1839. Si",— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter "f the 2d instant, transmitting the memorial of the associated dissenting ministers of the three denominations in Manchester, rehtive to the case of a member of a dissenting congregation, confined in Carmarthen gaol. I beg YOIl to assure the gentlemen who signed the memorial that I am mo-t anxious that complete toleration should be granted to difference f op:ni0n on the s ibji ct of religion, and that no person should he subjected to hardship or incon- venience on account of ll^s dissent from the Established Church.— 1 have the honour to be, sir, your obedient ser- vant, 'J. RUSSELL. The Ri^ht Hon. C. P. Thompson, &c. &c. The follow ing table ecntains the number of officers on the Navy List of January, in each of the years mentioned, freni 1816 to 1839: — 1816 1S31 1834 IS36 IS37 183i IS39 i Flae Officers 243 2lG 193 j(,2 154 212 210 1 Captains 8*9$33 792 762 7;,9 CSI7 OUT C01111nauùcrs SiU 1192 1144 1119 11115 1^7 Lieutenants 377G 335" 3155 3050 25*34 2.0IM 2,SCI Marine Officers l.'i.'iii SS3 85tj t>33 tsjt sid t<0j lIT:tstprs 093 524 4*5 477 454 408 4>s Medical Officers 1537 1153 tC 7 10^0 977 1042 104J Pursers 9(i7 li4ô 619 593 5iS 5iO ;5s > aval Instructors J I liapliiins C2 71 63 61 69 72 70 1(1487 8-85 8324 8377 7921 IS44 7^30 MODERATE RADICALS AND THE CHARTISTS. — Mr. Jel. linger Symons has addressed a letter to Mr. William llowson, of Stroud, in which he states that a series of it- tempts are making to extend the Charter agitation into the southern counties of England. Mr. Symons advises bis Radical friends of Stroud to discountenance the Chartist leaders, whom he designates as men whose doctrines would disgrace the political economy of savages, and pollute the morals of Botany Bav." — Chehenhain GazeHe. ARBITRATION SOCILTY.— BAD NEWS FOR lln, LAV IKHS.— We understand that a society under this name is in pro- gress of formation in Preston. It has for its object tbe cheap and equitable settlement of differences arising from disputed accompts or otherwise, without the expensive re- course of applying to laweis. Twelve arbitrators are to be elected from the general body of the members, and when any dispute is required to be settled, the parties concerned are eich to select one f-o.,i lbs twelve, and jr. ",8, the two so selected cannot agree in their decision, they must select an umpire, whose decision shall be binding on ttjs other arbitratois. LXTR A (MI D* N N Y KSCA?F..—On Tuesday se'nniglit, a banksman employed at No. [J, D. shaft, at Cliy Cross, was in a cabin close lo the pit, and on hearing a c ill from below, no to make answer, when his foot struck the c-Jtcu-- a:1 iron lock to keep the railing in its place — aod lie n „> .re- cipita'ed down the shaft, which is 137 feet de? >. in i.15 descent he bad the presence of mind to grasp the eUi n,v. and, by sliding down, reached the bottom in satetc.— Derby Mercury. The question of Church-rates is produfng ejects in Leicester, which, we are sure, churchmen will have most cause to deplore. The select vestry of St. Margaret's parish, refuse to levy a rate because their constituents are opposed to the system. A man- damus has been procured from the Court of Queen's Bench to compel diem the vestry, at present, refuse to comply, from a. conviction that Church-rates arc unjust, and if they persevere, the probability is, that they will be committed to prison fur con- tempt of Court. In that case, the whole population of Leices- ter will be thrown into a state of fearful excitement, and another grievance will be added to the inflaming wrongs of which the people complain. The church has great reason to pray that God would save her from her friends. We understand that the Radicals of London arc engaged in dividing the metropolis into districts, for the purpose of getting up a simultaneous and actiie political agitation in all parts of it. One or more of their most popular orators are to be appointed to agitate in each of the districts uutil the day appointed for representing the People's Charter to Parliament shall arrive, and then it is intended that the seventy or eighty Delegates to assemble in London from the Radical Associations from all parts of the country shall be followed down to the Houses of Parliament by one of the greatest assemblages of the Working Classes ever known in London. The Radicals con- fidently calculate that the demonstration" they will be able to make on this occasion will make a deep and permanent impression OIl both branches of the Legislature respecting^ the union which exists among the lower classes, and their d ter- mination to obtain what they conccive to be their rights.— Observer. TORY FEEDS.—Two cheap, three-and-sixpenny Conserva- tive dinners have recently taken place, one at Oldham, and the other at Buckingham. The three shillings, we suppose, was the charge made for the eating and drinking part of the business and the odd sixpence was for the privilege of hearing the speeches—which, considering that only a few small Lords gave tongue" at either place. we cannot help looking on as a most extravagant demand. We can understand a man being charged sixpence, and gladly paying it too, for the luxury of getting out of the way, when such an orator as Lord Francis Egcrton is about to indulge in a long speech; which we can- not understand !,is being charged that sum fur the privilege It.:)lelli.il2; to his Lordsiiir, especially when 1.< iwadde- .n m such a sleepy, prolix style as lie did last I-rid,i h1 Oldham. Not one ray of intelligence illumined his speech on this occa- sion. lie urged no argument—he volunteered no suggestion— he threw out nothing from which his party might be likely to derive a useful, practical hillt-but contented himself with abusing M inistcrs, and expatiating on the highly impressive and momentous fact that he was a martyr in the sacred cause of Toryism, inasmuch as he had had all his windows broken" for refusing to illuminate during the Reform struggle Such as was Lord Egerton at Oldham, was the Marquis of Chandos at Buckingham,, with the only difference, that the latter did contrive to stammer out a few faint, cautious common-places respecting the corn-laws, though he did not venture to moot the subject till the company had imbibed a sufficient quantity of tavern wine to enable them to bear up against the infliction. But if the Noble Marquis was thus tame, and barren of all but the vaguest and trite-it sophistry, in his address to the Bucking- ham" chaw-bacons," not so those twin slars-the Castor and Pollux of the Church galaxy—the Rev. Alessrs. Cocker and Marsham, the former ofwholl1 proposed to tranquillise Canada by converting all the rebels ta the crecd of uncompromising Protestantism; while the latter, resolved not to be outdone in absurdity, compared Sir Robert Peel and the Conservative members of the House of Commons, to Lconidas and his three hundred patriots e have noticed these Tory dinners, brief as our notice is, at far greater length than they deserve for at neither was there any one argument urged which it would be possible to lay hold of, for the purpose of discussion. All was dull, flat, and barren," like the road from Dan to Beersheba.— Sun. Aln. STFrllT-NS -The personal appearance and history of Mr. Stephens naturally become subjects of interest and the newspapers have supplied Some means of satisfying public curiosity on the point. The Morning Chronicle' thus describes his appearance at Court —" Mr. Stephens is a small, thin man, and one who in his manner looks like one who indulges himself with doses of opium. His hair, which is a very dark brown, grows thin and high upon his head, so as to leave the forehead and temples completely bare. His features, which are diminutive and flat, do not indicate the possession either of much intellect or of good command ot his temper, which I should consider to he very hasty although he exerted himself in the court house, and with some effect too, to keep it under command. He wears spectacles, and dresses like a clergyman. In speak- ing, his voice, which is sweet, apd distinct, is calculated to produce a much greater effect than the matter or the n'.ea which be gives utterance to would merit. He is cer- tainly not deficient of nerve; and his conduct throughout the day, was such m'lst have won for him the approba- tion of those disposed to admire him." — Hereford Times. OUIt COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.—The following statistical account of our colonial possessions cannot fail to possess some interest — .America:—Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, Cape Breton, and Newfoundland containing an area of 435,000 square miles, or 279,400,000 acres, wi!h a population of 1,500 000 of white colonists. In South America :-Demerara, Essequibo, Berbice, Hon- duras, and in the Falkland Islands containing an area of 165,000 square miles, or 105,600,060 acres, with a popula- tion of 120,000. In the Trest Indies :-Jamaica, Trinidad. Tobago, Gre- nada, St. Vincent, Barbadoes, Montserrat, Nevis, M Kitts, Arguilla, Tortola, and the Virgin Isles, New Providence, and the Bahama Islands, and St. George's, and the Ber- muda Islands containing an area of IS.000 square miles 7,720,000 acres, with a population of 1,000,000. hi Aj'rica :-Tb8 Cape if Good Hope, Mauritius, Malie, and the Sevchelle Islands, St. Helena, Ascension, Sierra Leone, ths Gambia, Accra, Cape Coast, &c. containing an area of -ib0,000 square miles, or 160,000,000 acres, with a population of 350,000. In Australasia :-New South Wales, Van Dieman's Land., Swan River, King George s Sound, South Australia, Nor- folk Island, &c.; containing an area of 500,000 squar6 miles, or 320,000,000 acres, with a population of 120,000. In Asia: — Ceylon; containing an area of 21,644 square miles, or 11,771,1 60 a ares, with a population of 1,000,000. In Europe: Gibraltar, Malta, Gozo, Cor u, Cephalonia, Zante, Santa Maria, Ithaca, Paxo, Cerigo, &.c., and Heli- goland containing an area of 1,000,000 acres, with a popu- lation of 400,000. Total: 1,750,000 square miles, or 1,120,000,000 acres, with a population of 4,490.000 of British subjects." Independently of the foregoing, we have to add the fol- lowing territories, which are under the management and influenced by the government of the East India Company and the Board of Control in Cannon-row :"— British Territories in lIindostall :-Containing an nrea of 432,483 square miles, with a population of 80,636,371. Tributary Territories in Hilldostun :-Containing- an area, of 563,610 square mi!es, with a population of 54,271.022. British Territories beyond Htndostan ;—Contain) ng an area of 50,117 square miles, with a population of 297.054. Tributary Territories beyond Ilindostan — Containing an. area of 50,000 square miles, with a population of 4f O.OOO, Total —1,096,210 square n-iles, with a population Q., 145,612,517 s
Spirit of the Public Press.
Spirit of the Public Press. To REFORMERS.—Parliament is on the eve of assembling in a few weeks- thc Session will be opened-most probably by the Queen in person. It will, there can be no question, be one of the most e/entful Sessions which the present century has witnessed. And yet the friends of Liberal princ ptes, cither within or without the walls of the Legislature, appear to have made no preparation tor it. It were well if we could state, that though no preparations have been made by the Reformers ,]I with the view of taking advantage of whatever favourable cir- oumslances may arise in the approaching Session for promoting their principles, such preparations are now being made. We regret we have no such pleasing information to communicate. V* e do not bear of any of the leading Reformers, whether the representatives of the people or the represented, taking any measures for the purpose of deciding what particular course would be the most advisable to pursue in the very particular Cfenmstance-s in which the Reform interest is placed. Never that interest, since the passing of the Bill in 16:,2, in such ininiir.cnt peril as it is at this moment. The Tories are united there is no difference of opinion among them as to the tactics they ought to pursue in the struggle. The Liberals, on the other hand, are all at sixes and sevens. No two of thorn seem to he decided as to what were beit to he done the great majority of them have not even bestowed a thought on the subject. Is this state of things to be suffered to continue ? If it be, our indifference and inactivity must necessarily prove fatal to the Reform cause. The Tories will not even havs to make, an effort to eject the present Ministers frulll office ific latter will, in the natural cuurse of things, have to quit,, tlw- regi in of Downing-street, and the Tories—atso in d¡'¡¡'l!>\tYill' course of things — will step into their places without the slick- e,t obstruction being offered to them. This apathy of the ne- formers, with tltc, certainty of so stirring and eventful a Session before tlicin, is absolutely criminal. They will rue that apathy when it will be too late. We, at any rate, have done our duty — we have warned them of the inevitable consequences of their inactivity.—Morning Advertiser. THE P/iiisxoi. DINNER. —The Reformers of Bristol have made a most gratifying demonstration of their strength, their spirit, and their union, in th, ir dinner iu honour of their able rcpi escntativc, the Hon. F. II. F. Berkeley, a stanch and judi- cious lieforniir, and a srood mall of business Its well as of supe- rior attainments, the same habits of application servine; for both proficiencies. The attendance is grudgingly confessed by the 'lory journals to have been considerable in numbers (i. e. as many as the room would hold, above three hundred), and the respectability of it is placed beyond doubt by the list of com- pany, ill which we find so many honoured and distinguished names. '1 he Chairman, Mr. J. G. Smith, in proposing the toast of her Majesty's M:nistets, oh n vc <1 that — "A steady <r.i;ding' Land i.; more than ever necessary at this m' nietit lo prevent opinions from K ino; carried into extreme ii'ect., and i cannot but (Vol that an expression of unit, il feci- iiig on the part (If the powprfnl and influential party in this large city whom 1 now address ]It do trood, and tend to check some dangerous and extreme principles and feelings now afloat." And be it remarked that, according to the manifested opinions of this meeting in one uf the most ancient and opulent cities of the kingdom, the steady course, avoiding extremes and dis- countenancing dangerous principles, lay in the direction, not of any mistaken Conservative policy, but of the liallot and the Extension of the Suffrage, especially of the first, and, in a word, in the advancement of Progressive Reform. In replying to the toasts of Ministers, Capt. Berkeley (one cf the L. ids f ili., Admiralty) took a masterly view of the state ot the Navy, and exposed tbe exaggerations of the assailants of Lord Minto without denying that much remains yet to be amended in our naval sys;cm. lie showed that Lord. Minto's Tory pred, cessors had to answer for the main part of the ineffi- ciency of the Navv, unjustly attributed to the present First Lord, for ins'atice, the ust'e-s burden of those ships called the l oiiy Thieves, and the Donkey Frigates, so named because they arc neither qualified to li^'ht nor to run away. lie also ably answered some attacks of the recreant Sir J. Graham, and proy. d that he had grievously damaged the Navy by abolishing the Coast Blockade and substituting the Coast Guard- I will tell him that he, fur the sake of reducing the navy estimates, struck a fearful blow to the efficiency of our maritime furee, uJthuugh he now boasts that he never could hesitate to go to Parliament for mon^y to keep up that efficiency.. I allrtd to his having broken up the Coast Blockade, three thousand of our be t men, at n moment's warning n11 anv em lk A.l.uH-d;I.. means of sendinjr six sail of the Iii," to s: a a. once. Tni, force is now called the Coast Guard, is under the Treasmv, m.; available, foi sea service, and the men who enter it are bit to the service for ever; and by this absurd arrangement we lose from three to four hundred men annually, whose time is ¡:oi;¡;, on for a pension equally with those who serve at sea. Sir James should not have made this a party question. It is the fashion of the Tories to heap all the consequences of their faults on the heads of their successors, without regard to truth or consistency. But, I had f Tgotten Sir James is turned Tory also." Captain Berkeley does not argue that the state of the Navy is all that it should he what he contends is that it labours under the legacy of Tory maladministration, but that it has received improvement under the present Government, that further illl- provement is intended, and that still more is requisite. An important proposed improvement is the increase of the war complements of men. I.ord Segrave followed, and called upon Reformers to put forth their energies to increase their majority in the House of Commons. His Lorrlshin snoke ns ],-r, nhnn-s does, with sound -r -1- n- Uo-' sen.-e and excellent spirit, but we confess that we cannot con- cur in his view of what mav be expected of the House of Lords — It is quite true that I do not hold my political power through a constituency, but it is still as true that I hold it equa'ly for the public good, and I, holding that all power is de- rived from the people, shall always cheerfully- give an account of my stewardship (cheers). There is no greater fallacy than to suppose that the House of Lords is irresponsible, there is no body ni 'i-e influenced by, or subject to, or controlled by, (lie public voice. But that voice must be unequivocally expressed," there must be no division, no disunion, no discontent amongst the Commons and the House of Lords, in that case, will not put obtarles in the way of good government. This is no fan- ciful theory, no mere representation of mine, it is apart of his- tory, ny, and of modern history. When Catholic Emancipa- tion was brought forward, a pill bitterer, or received with more symptoms of nausea and disgust by the patient, was never of- fered nevertheless, in spite of resistance and dislike, as the majorities in the House of Commons increased, those in the Lords decreased, and the measure was passed. Another iu- stance of the Lords acting in the same way was with regard to tlie Reform Bill. That measure was first thrown out by file Lords in October, 1*31, and in April, 1832, six months after, their Lordships adopted the principle of the bill and went to the second reading. :0 new batch of Peers Lad been created in the meantime, for all the Peers created at the coronation of Vt il'iiam the Fourth took their seats in September, 1831 no new arguments bad been advanced, for all that talent, learning-, or research could bring to bear was urged iu 1831 and it is but justice to the Lords to say that nothing" could be more splendid than that display of ahility; but there being no new arguments or new Peers, which is more to the point, in 1S32, what reason was there that these >\ln> were a few mouths before so stout, gave way ?" It is true that no Peers had been crcatcd tocarrv the Reform Bill but is it not also notorious tin t ii v as the :n>:r.fdii'te f'tar o: a creation of peers, to carry the Bil', which caused the l.o: to yie'd •; Had not L> rd Grey obtained the Kind's con- s'nt II) ft creation, if necessary, and were not the Tory Lurd, induce.-] to secede from the House, on the third reading, bv King \Y¡lIiH!lI's intimation to them that he had been obliged to give full powers to his Minister, and that, for the safety and credit of the order, it would be wiser for the in to submit, as, if they ,:ol1til1\1I'<! to resist, they would be swamped ? The yield- ing of the Lords on the question of the Reform Bill was not. then, a yielding to public opinion as expressed in the House of Commons, but a yielding to the power of the Crown, in the last extremity, to conquer their obstinacy by marching a regiment of new Peers into the House. e (Plite agree,however,that the strengtheningof the Liberal majority in t]ie Commons is of the most vital importance, as It nicans for every object (including that of coping with the fac- tious opposition of the Lords by methods, if need lw, more tliaii tije manifestation of popular opinion); but the Lor,.s w ill tnko fgood care to reject every measure, the effect of "J¡icJ¡ Would 1", I" give a fuller manifestation of public opinion bv a .roer and fairer representation oftlie people. Hit be true, us Lord Segrave thinks, that the Lords would fed con''trained to bow to public opinion, as expressed by a laige popular majority in the Commons, they will guard them- selves against any such manifestation of opinion, by rejecting every mrailsre corrective cf such foul influences which now do- rniniei over the sinccreopiniuns of a large portion of the electoral hod y, J question is, while the people, wanting the protection of the 1),a lot, the >aliot, are exposed to tlif foul influences, how are they to con true ttl return a Iarire majority ? We beiiove there is but one object for which, for once and for ever, they would gene- la- y dare persecution, und that is to obtain bv one long, stiong, umtetl pull, the safeguard for ever after of the Ballot. 'Old Segrave made the following forcible observations on t ^conduct of Lord Brougham — hen the Duke of Richmond, Sir James Graham, Lords ipon and Stanley, left Karl Grey's Government, there was a cis jnct, plain, and tangible reason for their so doing, a bad one I ac mit, but if they conscientiously believed that measures ini- mtcat to the Lstabhshed Church were about to be brought for- ward, they acted like honest men in resigning. But no such cause has been aligned by Lord Brougham it is perfectly truc that Lord Brougham has extended his views on some measures, as have many honest Reformers true, he has advo: ated the extension of the suffrage and the vote by ballot (cheers). To that cheer I respond, for I wish every Reformer had it in his power and that he would not place it out of his power to carry those Reforms (cheers). But how does Lord Brougham hope to carry those measures? does he mean to say there is the slightest chance of doing it, if the present administration is re- moved ? Lord Brougham knows well that amongst its mem- bers are to be found some of the most strenuous supporters of those measures. The powers of Lord Brougham, great as they are, are purely destructive and not constructive, he may destroy an administration, but he cannot construct one (cheers). Sup- pose that some of his ferocious attacks, by the help of the Tories, had succeeded, and one of them, namely, that about the Sardinian vessels, very nearly did succeed, it is probable that Ministers would have resigned. Then look on his attacks relating to Canada and the Larl of Durham's Government, could anythincr bo more fierce and unfounded; I would only ask, if he had been successful and Ministers had resigned, was Lord Bro ugham prepared to join the Tories, or if he had been willing would they have suffered him to join them? It has been said in the public prints that the luxurious softness of the woolsack would have mitigated that extreme irritation which the noble and learned Lord has lately so much exhibited. I do not say that such is the case, but I do say that no sufficient cause for this change has yet been assigned by the noble and learned Lord, and that all Reformers expect him to give a suf- Scient reason for his conduct, and that if lie does not, his power and popularity are gone for ever (cheers). We thoroughly concur in Lord Segrave's view of the Ballot question with relation to the Ministry. While the friends of the Ballot have supported the Ministry hostile to it, the mi- nority for the Ballot has been steadily increasing to two-thirds of the supporters of the Government were the friends of the Ballot to overthrow the Ministry, upon tlie general election which would follow under a Tory \Iinistry, while resentments were in their first heat between Whigs and Radicals, we are convinced that the number for the Ballot would be diminished by at least p third, and this disastrous effect would be produced by a blundering zeal for the advancement of the question thus thrown back. As we have touched on this all-important sub- ject, we cannot do better than quote a very able aud eloquent passage on it in the Member for Bristol's speech. Mr. F. H. F. Berkeley said- "I heard with pleasure the eulogy on her Majesty's Minis- ters I have supported thplTI whenever I thought their mea- sures conducive to the public good. But nool)" as Lord John Russell has fought the ship of Reform, it was necessary to guide her into port; she now hangs on a shoal; now I cannot but think that Lord J. Russell took in sail too soon; had he kept on his course, she would now have been in harbour, anchored safely under a constitutional citadel, defended by the batteries of the people (cheers). The Ministry can exist only by public Oi inion but it is not sufficient merely to have that opinion in their favour, it must have breath to express its voice, and it can never speak as it would wish, till Lord John Russell or the Government holds before the people the protecting shield of the Ballot (Deafertiitg and prolonged applause). The elective franchise has been termed by all, Whigs, Tories, and Radicals, as the best boon bestowed on the people by our glorious consti- tution but I should say that instead of a blessing it is a curse. No language is, in my opinion, too strong to express the opi- nion I entertain of the malversation of the franchise. The great polemical controversialist, John Knox, speaking of some practice of the Papal church, said, it was an institution at once soul-damning and self-contradictory.' Without in any way exaggerating, I apply the term soul-damning' to the franchise in its present state, thus it'tends to demoralize the people it teaches a man to sell a right, vested in him to be used warily and for the good of his country, for gold it teaches him to sell his birth-right — not as Esau did of old, for a mess of pottage, but far worse-for a surfeit of intoxicating liquor. It reduces the white Christian to the level of a black Pagan, the one sells conscience for a coin, the other barters liberty for a toy (cheers). It is also self-contradictory, for it is seldom what it pretends to be. When, for instance, a tenant is supposed to exercise an open right, the landlord takes the right from him. W hen a tradesman is about to give his vote, the customer takes from him his independence and when the working-man has a right to select his own candidate, the tradesman, himself a slave, becomes in his turn the petty tyrant, and compels the 111lltl to vote against his conscience, or starve. (loud cheers). The Member for the Western Division of the county, Mr, G:a:tl!ey Berkeley, who spoke shortly afterwards, made some ï'J. Id -I.. {(.. n, and drew ar eloquent picture of the exemplaiv conduct of Dis- senting ministers. His observation that the zeal of Dissenters has had a reaction reviving and stimulating the zeal of the Church is undeniable — A real Tory is only a friend to his Church so long as he gains by its perverted resources;, he sustains all abuses, while the clerical members of the Conservative body work only to in- crease their wealth, by the appropriation of money originally intended for other purposes while — in many cases overpaid for their services they neglect their flocks, and walk in all other ways than those of God (cheers). They may call the en- richment of themselves a supporting of the Church, but in my mind the conduct of our established clergy seems little calcu- lated to induce either respect or veneration, or preserve the sacred edifice inviolate (cheers). I mean not to condemn all the members of that clerical body-Henven forbid 1 I know many who are irreproachnble; x speak of tLnIl, of many of them, though not of all, and I am glad of this opportunity of doing so (hear). It is too much the fashion for members cf the Established Church to rail at Protestant Dissenters, and to condemn their conduct; now I fairly declare that, in my opi- nion, the example set by the Dissenting ministers of attention, piety, good conduct, and intelligence, has done more to recall our clergy to their duties than ever it has done to subvert the foundation of the edifice on which they are employed. I have hatlmany opportunities af witnessing the unwearying attention of the Dissenting minister to his flock and to the poor gene. rally. If a poor person loses his horse or cow, or suffers from the calamity of fln" the first to knock at the squire's gate is tllp. Dissenting minister, with an application for a subscription to relieve the unlooked-for distress, (cheers) while in all pro- bability the parson of the parish is either bunting the hare or partridge'' (cheei s). — ]. i nm inci'.