North Wales Gazette

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, it is said, intends to take off the exemption of tax in fa- vour of cottager's dogs, which are found to be very injurious to society in various respects, and a public nuisance, which has considerably increased uuder such exeroptioi'—Shrewsbury Paper, A charge of 41. for extirpating rais, and of 2l. 28, for the keep of cats, iu the public ac- counts, discussed on Monday night, in the House of Commons, excited much mirth, and not a little warmth It would appear that Ihe place of the cats is become a sinecure, and should be abolished. A chalybeate spring has recently been dis- covered in the vicinity of Tenby, about two miles from the town it is a clear transparent stream, holding iron in solution, with carbonic acid, and is of course similar in its properties with the carbonafedchalybeate waters of Chel- tenham aud Tunbridge. The circirmstauce is important to invalids resorting to Tenby, but particularly so to the inhabitants of Soutfi Wales, who now possess one of the most useful mineral waters at a place unrivalled for sea- bathing and salubrity of climate, and offering all the comforts and conveniences which are found at the most celebrated watering places iu England. Connoisseurship.——-Johnson v Evani.- This was an action in the Court of King's Bench upon the balance of accounts by a picture dealer, against a hop merchant, in the Bo. rough, for pictures, one item of which was ;& charge of 221. for a landscape on copper by Laraisse, a celebrated Painter of Brussels.- This picture was returned, when instead of being a painting by the supposed maste- it proved to he an old tea board, with the edge cut oft and set in a frame. The plaintiff, in a conversation, admitted that be could not warrant it a genuine prod uction, but said it was the fashion of the trade to D?.Yiie victureis with the name of some eminent painter, other- wise they would not Sell.—Mr. Parke caHed a witness to pro>;e, that ne knew the picture in its humbly character of a Tea Tray, wb^ ya8 off" red him for a guinea a pre'u» j ..wing, but he refused. It was afterwards shorn of its standing edge, put in a frame and fathered upon Laraisse, and then was valued at 221- It was, however, agreed to refer the whole account, and save thfc exposure of the taste of the parties.

A CHART OF CARNARVON BAR AND HARBOUR. Directions far Ships and Vessels sailing into Car- narvon Harbour, over the Bar. In order to facilitate the navigation of this Har- bour, two Kuoys are placed on the Bar, the outer one is painted black, and the inner red; a Percti is also erected on the Bank, called the Muscle Bank. Llanddwyn Point liesabout2 miles distance from the black Buoy, (which is moored in the en- trance of the Bar, in a'.iout 15 feet water, at low water, average spring tides) in a N. by E t..irec.. tion. Dinas DINI,t,r, lies from three, or from that to three and a half miles distance from the black Buoy, in a S. E. direction. The black Buoy lies about one mile distance from the red Buoy, in a S. W. by S.direction. The red Buoy lies about two, or from that to two and a quarter miles distance from the Perch. in a W. by N. directiou. The Perch lies near one mile distance from Abermcnai, in a west direc- tion, where ships andvessels may anchor in safety. Masters of vessels, drawing 12 feet water and upwards, should not (in a gale of wind) approach this Bar until four hours flood. All vessels coming in, should leave the PercIl on the larboard hand. High water at full and change, at a quarter af- ter nine o'clock—average spring tides rise and fall on the Bar from 16 to 18 feet-neap ditto from 6 to 8 feet. Expert Pilots may always be had on making the proper signal. This Harbour has been lately considerably en- larged and improved, a great number of large ves- sels are built here annually-it is a most conve- nient place for repairing of old vessels—there is an extensive trade carried on in the exportation of slates (of the best quality) and other articles, to most parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and consists of convenient quays and wharfs, for the reception and safety of ships and vessels loading and unloading, or lying within the limits of this port. The Trustees of this Harbour have expended from four tofi ve hundred pounds in blasting some of the rocks at the Swillies, to low water mark. which has rendered a most free passage for ships and vessels of large burthen, coming from the eastward to this Harbour, or sailing through the Straits of Mcnai. (f:1r The north and south banks of this Bar are subject to shift—when they do shift, or the Buoys part from their moorings, proper care will be taken to moor Buoys in the deep, as at present, and the true bearings, distances, &c. of them, in- serted in this paper BANGOR: Printed and Published by J. Broster. Orders, for this paper, are received in London, by Newton & Co. (late Tayler & Newton), 5, War wick-square,Newgate-street -gtld J, Whiter 33, Fleet-street.

POETRY. ] For the North Wales Gazette. CYWYDD LIYNNTEGID, ,L"R PRYDYDD YN CYFFEI/YBU EI EOKSill I DRAGV Y W YBDOLDEBi AM Fiar lann Hafran hir, Dwr rhyfedd, diau rhifir; Tair milldir o dir da, Wych iawn-fodd ei gychwynfaj Ilthyd aber i'r wyn tybied, A milldir a lwfir o led A daethum wrth ymdeithio, A'r ddrygcin iw fin fo: Gwelwn donn geulan dene, Yn troi ir lann tan oer le A thonn ei hot ffrwythol fires. Ar ddylod iw gorddiwes; A'r drydedd oer arw floedd flins Nod afaeth yu ei dilin: Bob yn un bu'n fcoen anian, Tra-mawrlu'n tramwy ir lann k Pan elau mewn poen eilwaitb, Deunaw mil o donnau maith 'Roedd rbyfedd arwydd rhu-fawr, 'Rugain mwy o'r eigion mawrj Tair ifis oer drom teriais droj Yn hwyr iawn yn hir yoo 1 wel'd gwedd a diwedd d§, "Weithian y Donnddiwaelha Tariwn ni hyd yn bftyr nos, II i r oedd yno eu haros: Kid oedd arfaeth helaeth hynt, Ddl1 ddyYnodd ddiwedd aTDyot, Ag er tiyn gy wir hanes, Cyfleusdra ag odfa gfea I fylyrio y tro trwch, Pjudiau yr dned.wyddwch A geiffy dyn cyndyn cas, A soddwyd gyda Suddas Gwyii r byth gwae 61 o'r Býd, I ddalfa tragwyddol-fyd Lie niae'r hoen a'r I) wm arw bant, Archoll gw)n erchyll geanant: Llynn du o dan llawn di dorr, ( Gwae i g-ynd) n 'r agendor LI wyr wael fodd Ile'r ail fyd, Llithrigfa IIwytb o ddryg-fyd: Pwll cliawlied poll y delom, B3b un draw o'i boen arw droDtt ° Pair o Jan pwy red yno, Dan y gwae nnd Dyn oi go? Gwae a reriiff garw ydyw, I gfn tân digofainl Duw "VVylofaiu Hefjain hyll wedd, Rhwnge yn ddyn rhingcian danedd: Oer fel trwm fil, filau tru, A rhew anwyd< iw rhynnu; A gwres bytlHIe eras hoethan. Ilyllol a dieittirol clan Dwylaw au fnied dial trwm, Yno i'.v c;iel un clwm v JWewn taii brwmstan a braw, Cytlii-puliaid iw caeth riwliaw Yn sti(i lo'n iyth b) tli tra ban, Dyna tistiff dan feiston I-let) I:w dydd, heb le diddan. Ileti lawni tee, heb welu 'od tan*. lieti Loer, heb ddwr oer aryth. H(;\ iTrwyth yd un fynud fyth; Vylant hwy ddal) mwy na'r mor, Au llvgaid fal hyll ogcT; Yn bidlo dagrau'n hedli, Tragwyddol a greddfol gri; Enaid a chorph heb orphwys, Au Barn bydd arnynt yn bwys Onid un peth i'tn tyb I, Swyidau peu syddiw poeni; Y gwir byth gwae oer ci bod, Och didwyll, a chydwyhod Gofynant gwyfant yn gaeth, I gydwybod mawr-nod maeth; A i by Hi y rhoddwyd ein aarn Accw, gyd a'o cwyn gadarn ? Cydwybod fal mil yn ddilyih, Ddiwyd boen a ddywed byth: 'R wyt ti'n siwr yn gwatwor sain, Gryg lef y garreg lefain Cwyno raid mae cnoi 'r ydw-yt, Cry- fwy sfit di eiddil -yt Flaen-ilym iawn, ag yij liawn Ilid, Fliii wayw heb le iw newid; Na,-obiiih Duw iy'n gwyt)o(l, Draw er hyn am droi y rhod j 'n hir galon haiarn, Odfa ferr wedi y Farn jMunudiau fal ddyddiau dcra, Agoriau fal misoedd geirwon; A phob mis gwyddis ar g'oedd, f Blin oddef fal blynyddoedd Bly nyddoedd oesoedd ysig, Dan wialen Duwyn llawo dig; Ag oesoedd yn fil'oedd fau, Au ryuniad fal y Tonnau Godde 'n dynn a gweddi 'n dost, Melltithio'r rnann lie riaethost j •Khegi'r dydd oer lydd ar led, A'th eimoes gynt i'th aned Ilhegi 'th Fam rhu gaeth fodd, "Was gerwin a'th esgor<Vd 'Crefu'r kilgau teneu tau, I ddibennu dy boena N i wnae Angau Ieddau gla., Gam yno o'i gymwynas Ond fyrld raid fy enaid fyth, Disfyrwch sy dost aryth Angyliona Dynion Da, A'th Dduw wedi a'th wawdia Am wrthod y Dydd Rhydd Rhad, Ei Drugaredd ai gariad j fClyw Ddyn rhag c'wilydd wyneb, "Weithian wyt waeth na neb Ai carreg dan freudeg fronn, Dew galed yw dy galon ? < Ai cyff brenn, coffa heb raid, Plwtn di-uerfh, pie mae d'enaid? 'Nifel gwarr isel gresyn, Arwydd dcst ar wedd Dyn ? Ysdyria Ui awr og Dyn wyd, A dowis yo fwy diwyd i Ofia'r boen yn fawr iawn bi,th TJSFeni erwin ffwrn aryth Ofna Dduw yn fwy o ddyn, Dechreu^ya amser dychryn; Gwilia ymroi galw am Ras, •. Cei Feddyg fo cyTaddas: ^Galw yn Uym ae wyla'u Hi, •"» w Uhed atto mae'n rfiaid itti A dywed f' ArglwydcMthodd fawr, 0 maddeu fy meiau mawr: Clyw weithian un claf athrisf, Yinma'n creu er mtfyn Crist; Am achub {' aflan fuchedd, Cyn i bwyf accw'vn y bedd .x\'a'iii goll wu, -o'th law allan, I uffern dost a'r trwrn dan. Morus Phobeut, o'r Bala.

To the Editor of the North IVales Gazette. SiFt,-The loud and popular cry for war, which now echoes through the land, seems to originate with ninny in a feeling merely perso- nal, excited by and directed against the solita. ry individual Napoleon Bonaparte thecouse- quence of which has been, that a pretty gene ral Uriah is entertained, and as frequently aud publicly expressed that the Corsican outlaw nsay fall without judge or jury* apd be dis- patched by some patriotic assassin, with as liltls ceremony as a foaming mad-dog> a suck' I" "ocr- QiH' i ing pig for a christening, or a sleeping tor- tie far a corporation dinner. I have been taught by the antiquated system of morals, which was once recognized in Old England; that the turpitude of earnestly wish- ing a bad action to he committed by another, and perpetrating that bad action oneself, is 1 nearly equal. What I" said a tender virgin tome the other evening, who had been just languishing through a waltz, and blushing over her owu naked charms, What! is there no Charlotte Cordee to be found, who will rid the world of this detestable monster ?" And a friend of mine, remarkable both for mildness and benevolence, lamented almost with tears, that the price set upon Nap's head had not been earned, by the discharge of some sly musket through a hedge, on his way to Paris, or out of a window, at his entering iuto the metropolis." But the most amusing expression of this per- sonal hatred against the re-instated Emperor occurred the other night at a rout, to which 1 had been invited, and where I was contem- plating the vicissitudes of a rubber at Whist. The party consisted of three old ladies and a gentleman; and the conversation that passed between them was, to the best of my recollec- tion, as follows My dear Sir George, did you ever hear of any thing so extraordinary as that execrable Tyrant's return ?"—(" The odd trick, I believe, madanj.")— Marvellous be- yond all precedent who would have thought it, after the sacred Treaty of Fontaii bleau ("A falge deal, 1 fancy.")—" And the wise and equitable arrangements at Vienna, for the repose of Europe, by the high and mighty Al- lied Sovereigns?"—(" Three knaves upon the table at once, I declare.")—«• But surely, Sir George, there is so muchfeeling for royally I must trumpyour Kirig, Miss Frowzy,")- And still so much virtue in France as to fur- nish a pistol or dagger for the Usurper 0 11 t, The game is lost, I perceive.")-" Alas I fear not, my lady the people have called him back.(" A revoke, by all that's unlucky !") Well! there is yet some hope from the dear whisker'd Cossacks, and the enchanting GAucher. u Oil! I could kis»"—(" your ace, t 1 presume, Sir George.") But it would be endless, Sir, to enumerate the various occasions on which I have heard the most pious aspirations breathed out, for the execution of the act of outlawry against the person of the little fat Emperor of France by some undelegated minister of vengeance; so much so indeed, as to fill me with dread, that unless our casuists point out the intiraare cou- nexion between the intention and the deed; our Justices at the Sessions promulgate the fuilt of compassing, in any way, a murder; uld our divines explain the extent of the sixth Com mandmeut; Napoleon Bonaparte will have to add to his other triumphs, a triumph over the honourable feeling and moral sentiment of Bri- tons. Your's, &c. Eo-Peep. j

SINGULAR CUSTOMS$SUPERSTITIONS. i In the kingdom of Agag, m Africa, when a new moon occurs in the month of September, the Emperor proceeds with a pompous retinue from Simbaoe, his metropolis, to the sepulchre of their kings, situated 011 a lofty eminence.~r. At this spot, he and his attendants speud nine days in the fervours of an enthusiastic devo lion. The ceremony commences with a fune ral oration. After this a spirituous liquor, prepared from maize and called pompo, is quaffed by the devotees, till they become in- toxicated in honour of the dead. The ninth day is spent in tilts, tournaments, and other warlike amusements. Thy whole of the day passes in scenes of hilarity and splendour. After this, two other days are allotted to sor row, and deep dejection ofsoul. Thev weep groan, beat their breasts, call upon thedeceas- ed monarch, and adjure him by every thin" sacred in heaven and in earth, to return once more to his native land.-Moved at their la- mentations, the soul of the deceased sovereign passes with the rapidity of lightning, and the vehemence of an electnck shock, iutothe body of one of the courtiers. Thus possessed by the living spirit, the courtier proclaims. the pre- sence of his roval inmate. He rolls oil the ground, foams at the mouth, and utters words of au enormous length in an unknown Ian. guage.^ At length soothed by the tender and molifying addresses of the surrounding people, he becomes gentle, mild and tractable. He speaks in the language and imitates the man- ners of the late monarch. Hit imperial majes- ty then salutes him, and the rest of the assem- bly retire to a distance/ An interesting con- versation then takes place between the two monarchs. The spirit of the dead prince ex- plains to the living one, every intrigue, every crime, and every affair of moment that has I taken place anTong his subjects, and all the political^transactions of the neighbouring na- ons. When the king dies, his wives prepare heimelves, that they may attend upon him ill the other world. It would be a pity that a royal monarch, should pass into a new state of existence a naked, shivering solitary "-host • therefore they bring with them an assortment of garments to array, adorn, and comfort him in the kingdom of spirits. It is also certain, that the monarch will want male attendants and companions in his new reatmt. Therefore a number of his grandees art selected to ac company him. These generally happen to be such, as his successor either suspects to be dis- contented with his reign, or to be useless to iiis cuipire.-(See Picai't.) Among the Madagascar islanders, when a woman dies in child-birth, the new-born rn- au whether ''V|"g or dead, is inhumed with the mother. For they assert, that it rs mani- j ftstly better that the babe should depart this 1 °5 L,\an 'iave 110 mother to support and rear .ie uewlydead, are adorned with collars of coral. old medals, andpouderous ear-rings. Seven vestments of cotton surround their bo- fhi" 7 may have chauges of apparel in I ^or spirits and that the unknown 1 tends which they may probably acquire in their new habitations, may admire the libera lity of their earthly kindred. Their relations and slaves surround the defunct, with each a torch if' Irlis hand solemn sound of a bass drum is heard; sighs issue from the bo- soms of the attendant females;—then copious floods of tears burst forth—a solemn dauce ensues-after whieh the dead are earnestly ex horted, in a grave oration, to declare the rea- son of their departure from their surrounding friends. When no reply is made to this vebe- I iuentadjuratioD, the corpse is interred, A chanagdis! aa earthen pofiinger, some to- bacco, and several girdles, are deposited with LliL- body. Many animals are then glain, and carefully divided into three equal sliares.- The first is to bribe the malignant demon, the second to propitiate the favour of the deity, and the third to feast the soul of the deceased. The heads of the slaughtered victims arc planted round the grave. 1. When the spirits of the dead have settled their accounts with the demon, bribed him with the slain animals, and adorned his infernal formwilh a prophetic power then their kinsmen come to their monuments, or death huts. There they sooth them with divers oblations, and then privately consult them on the most important affairs.- A small hole is made in the monument, and here the querist places his ear, waiting whole hours for answers to importunate questions.— When those answers come, we may be sure they are pregnant with wisdom and with truth, When these people administer an oath, the deponent must eat a quantity of bull's liver.- After this he is sprinkled with pure water, that has been seven times passed to and fro under the belly of a cow. If this wretched man should perjure himsetf after this sacred opera- tion, the bullock's liver will swell like a moun- tain, and the water will expand so immensely* that the abdomen of the unhappy wretch will burst, and a liquid torrent issues from its ca- vity.See Picart.

The Narrative of T. ff illiams, alias Cranberry lately executed at Shrewsbury. (CONCLVDFD FROII OUR LAST.) Williams, on the expiration of his sentence at the hulks, returned home to liis father's house, with whom he lived a short time, fol- lowing the trade of a shoemaker. Forming a connexion with a woman of an abandoned character, he was obliged to leave'that neigh- bourhood.' and removed to Kinnerley, where he remained but a short time. Incapable of | applying himself steadily to any employment, he changed his situation six or seven times, and during this unsettled plan of living he broke into a house at Nessciiff, in wliich he v;asap- prehenSefi, and committed to Shrews- bury Gaol, by the Rev. 1\>1. ftowkins, of Fitz. During his lr;l. fie. in open 'Court, threatened the life of 1\1r. Dovaslon, who was the Counsellor the ^prosecution notwithsland illfE which, th genlteitvauhumanely irltet,-vgi. ed with M;. Justice Lawrence, and the sentence was Ccmmntedto transportation for life from Shrewsbury gaol lie was removed, in conipauy with six other convicts, to the Hulks at Portsmouth in 1810; from whence he made his escape in less than seven weeks time. On his arrival at Newbury, in Berkshire, he en- listed into the 3d regiment of horse, where by his steady couduct he acquired for a few weeks the good opinion of his piptain, In a short time, however, he quarrelled with the recruit- ing serjeant, at a fair, respecting anew recruit, and from the effects ot liquor and provocation, he so far lost his temper as to strike the ser jeaut a violent !)low.-Kiiowin, the conse- quence of such -an act, he deserted that night, exchanging his dress, for the coloured clothes of hrecruit, and stealing from a stable a va luable brown mare with a light coloured mane. This mare he rode all night, and at the dawn of day, finding that she Itadlost all her shoes, he tt:rued her into a common, hav- ing rode her above fifty miles without feeding. Early 011 that day he reached London, and proceeded to Highgate, and from thence he arrived in Birmingham in cue of the canal boata. On this side of Woiyerirampton, on his way home, he was overtaken by one of the Shrews- bury coaches, and being much tired,, he agreed with the coachruanfor au outside place to Shrewsbury. The evening being very wet, an inside passenger kindly accommodated-him with the use of his great coat, with which, on their entrance into ShifFuul, he rin away, isnd hid himself there for that a mean pub- lie house. The next day he reached Slirews- bury. On the following day he went to his aunt's at Forden, and nol finding auy one at home, he robbed the house of 31. in notes, a silver watch, and lOk guineas in gold. From theuce he visited his father, and rambled about the country from IJlaee to place, until his stock of money was conipletely exhausted.— At this time he cohabited with a young wo- man, whose family lived atBroseley,and where he resided for a short time, being enabled by the assistance of his supposed father-in-taw, to commence the trade of a shoemaker ou his own account. During his residence at this place, he went to the neighbourhood of Bridg- north, in company with b some men who were repairing a Gentleman's house, which he fob- bed that night of a quantity of very finelablc linen, all of which he pawned in Wellington. h Wishinglo see some friends at Porthywaen, he stole a black horse from Broseley, rode him to Llanfyliin and Bala, and sold him and the saddle ia the neighbourhood of Lianymynech, for 28 shillings. On his return to Broseley, he removed to Worcester, lealling his supposed father-in law to answer for all his debts on ac- count of leather, &c. Here he enlisted into the marines, and having received his bounty, immediately deserted. Thence he proceeded to Wolverhampton, and enlisted into the Ar- tillery, from which he deserted, and returned to Worcester. Finding a watch set over the house where his pretended wife lived, he went into a field, and with her assistance caughl a black horse, and came to Shrewsbury by way of Kidderminster, having stolen a new saddie and bridle for the horse before he left Wor- cester. Next day, ou his return to Broseley, he was apprehended by his supposed father-in- law, who met him on the road, on the suspi- cion of having stolen the horse whieh,as before mentioned, he had sold in Wales. He had net proceeded far, before he had an opportunity of running away from his father-in-law, leav* ing the horse in his possession. He again returned to Worcester, and from thence he went to Tewkesbury and Gloucester. At the last place he enlisted into the marines, and at the first opportunity again deserted, and pro. ceeded to Cheltenham. On the secoud day after his arrival at that place, as he was stand- ing by the door of the principal inn there, a coach arrived with many passengers, some .of whom were not proceeding farther. Their luggage, consisting mostly of trunks, wastaken out. and before the porter had time to carry them into the house, Williams laid hold of one of them, and, placing it on his shoulders, cou- veyed it to his own iUIl. On cxamiuiug the contents, he found it to consist of geveral suits of clothes, loose papers, some pieces of parch- ment, and a few books. fle- inim. ediately equipped himself with a fine suit of black, and, by the bell) of an ass, which he had stolen ou his way from Gloucester, he carried it to Tewkesbury. Nothing, surely,couldbe more ridiculous than the appearance of Cranberry on his expedition—dressed in a fine suit of black clothes, with black silk stockings and half-I)outs-niounted on the crupper of the ass, with a large trunk before, making his way through bye-lanes and fields, destroying the hedges, where any obstructions came in his way. He reached Tewkesbury unmolested. In consequence of a very large reward by the owner of the trunk for the discovery of the robber, the constables of Cheltenham followed him, and after a desperate struggle appreheud- ed him, and conveyed him back to Chelten- ham. On the door of the place where he was confined bciu,, opened in the morning, he was found stretched on the floor, weltering in his blood, and to all appearance nearly expiring. On his wounds being washed and dressed by a surgeon in the place, he recovered, but was not allowed to be spoken to, as it was sup- posed the least exertion would be fatal to him. He had, in the course of thenight, endeavour- ed to take away bis own lite, by stabbing liiniself will) a penknife in several places in his neck, the marks of which were visible on the day of execution. Thegentleman to whom the trunk belonged, was an Irish Banister, who was going to Bath. The trunk contained se. veral deeds and other legal documents of great importance, with bills to the amount of near- ly 2,0001. No part of its contents had been touched by Williams, the suit of hlack in which heldtessed himself excepted. The gentleman entered into a recognizance of fifty pounds, to appear at the next assizes, which he forfeited, as the appearance of Williams, on the raors)- ing after lie had made the attempt oofois' life, had made such an impression »*. 11 mind, that he did not appear agair st iVf was therefc.re, acquitted at t^e ncxl''assi'z but the moment he left tb^ Cailrt |le was ap- prehended by the Servant „t Marines from whom he had desert^, who conveyed him to Gloucester, a>d fr'ra thence with other re- cruits to Po-I'ismcuth. b.s arrival at Plymouth, he was sent on ,ard the Hannibal, a 74 gun ship, and be- tween this ship and the Pheasant sloop of war, Capt. Palmer, he served nearly four years as a marine; at the expiration, in September. 1814, he procured a discharge, being under size for the peace establishment His life while in this service, was irregular and dissol lute whenever an opportunity occurred of in. dulging his propensity to intoxication, and other acts of debauchery. On his way home last summer, he secretly robbed a marine, who was going with him 011 the top of the coach from Plymouth to Bristol, of a 51. bill. On the marine complaining of the destitute state to which he had been reduced by the loss of all his money, Williams kindly presented him with one of Denotes he had received in ex change for that taken from him, gympathiz ing with him upon the sad ioss he had sustain- ed He again returned through Shrewsbury to his father at Porthywaen, where he intend ed to continue, and for the future to lead an houest and industrious life. His resolution lasted not a long lime, for, on his return from Shrewsbury, he stole a mare from Shelton, which he rode all night tiH within a short dis- tance of his father's house, and Ihereheturned her adrift on. an adjoining common. Soon after this, he was invited to Shrewsbury, by a person who was resident there, with a view to reassume his former profession. Willi this invitation he complied, and m company with the same person, he robbed Mr. Mullock.— His accomplice in this robbery, a known eti- courager of thieves, has now left the town.—• About this time WHiiarns robbed the stable of E, Davies, Esq. of Cotton House. This, with the two before mentioned, and the rob- bery at Moutford Bridge (the crime for which he suffered), were all the acts ofdislionesty of which hhad been guilty since his return to this county m September last. Of all hissins, none denied to weigh so heavy upon Wil tiiims's mind, as the leaving a child, which he had by the woman with whom he cohabited, in the workhouse at Tewkesbury. The dread that the child miglit turn out to be such acha- ractcr as himself, rendered him miserable for several days after his condemnation Appli- cation was made for him by the Minister of Tewkesbury, respecting the fate of this child, and an answer Was returned, stating that the child had died about two years ago. After this communication, he became tranquil.— When the chaplain, who had walked with him from the chapel, after administering the sa. crament to him, was leaving the room, he ap peared to wish to say something, but his tears prevented all utterance; however, he instantly checked them, aud said firmly-" Sir you will meet me again." When his hands were lied, previous to his leaving the cell, he seemed for a moment in great agitation, a degree of tre- mor had taken possession of all his limbs.— With these two exceptions, wexlo not believe j that he was once overpowered by his feelings, or by a dread of the mode of death which he knew awaited him. From his cell he walk- ed with a firm and steady step, and addressed burseif with much propriety to all whom he knew. Seeing the task-master, whom lie had violently assaulted, he shook hands with hip), and said, God bless you, Mr. Oliver, and all your family." After his address to the pri- soners, he called the executioner to him, and desired him to draw the cal) over his face, saying, Now I am going to close my eyes in this world for the last time, where I shall see light no more but I fully trust upon opening them in the next world before the Lord him- self.0 Having then repeated a short prayer, concluding with the Lord's Prayer, he said to the executioner, "-Now I am ready whenever you please." These are all the particulars which we have to communicate respectino- this unfortunate man; and we conclude with his own wisl), 91 that the perusal of them may make the idle industrious, the wicked virtu- ous, and the thief an honest man."