The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

THE SHIPPING INTEREST AND THE LAW OF ELECTIONS. Two most important subjects were brought before the House of Commons on Tuesday evening—the depressed state of the shipping interest by Mr. LINDSAY, and the bribery and corruption prevalent at elections, with the means necessary to repress them, by Mr. MELLOR. Mr. LINDSAY moved for a select com- mittee to inquire into the state of British shipping; and the motion was supported by several members who had been advocates of the repeal of our old navigation laws, under which the English navy-both national and mercantile—rose to a pitch of excellence and utility unsurpassed by any other country in the world; whilst the latter became a most profitable investment to the owners. The mercantile navy is now losing its high position, and the profits are so far from exceeding the expenses, that at present all ship-owners are carrying on their business at a loss. As we stated last week, British shipping is com- peting with foreigners under the most disad- vantageous conditions, under a system, in fact, where all the reciprocity is on one side." And for that we cannot so much blame the foreign- ers. As Mr. BENTINCK remarked on Tuesday night, (Ur wise legislators acted just like a man who wanted to make a bargain with his neighbours, and at the commencement gave all he had to give to the man he was bargain- ing with, leaving the latter no inducement to yield anything that might be required, as he had already obtained all that could be granted him. However, there appears to be no desire to re-enact the navigation laws, but there are many dues and tolls paid by shipping, from which they ought to be liberated; and cer- tainly where such enormous differential duties exist upon foreign ships, compared with what are paid by those of the country, as is the case in the ports of France and Spain, Government ought to take up the matter; and if something like reciprocity were not afforded to British vessels, the restrictions upon ships of those countries which the Queen is empowered to enforce, ought to be immediately enacted.— Thus, in France, British ships pay 14 4s. tonnage duty upon every 100 kilogramms of sugar, French ships, £3 6s. coffee pays zP,4 4s. a ton in the former, and t2 8s. in the latter. Tobacco, per Kilogramme, is 8s. in British ships, 4s. in French; cotton, wool, and tea, also pay 100 per cent, more when imported in vessels of this country. Then in Spain the difference is very nearly as great in favour of their own ships; and yet both Spanish and French ships are admitted into British ports on the same terms as our own. Again, our valuable coasting trade is tin-own open to ves- sels of the United States, but they keep theirs closed to our vessels.—The ship-owners of the Union complain bitterly of some passing tolls which they are obliged to pay in England, and which, between 1840 and 1850, amounted to £ 234,000. Mr. LINPSAY thinks they ought to be relieved from these tolls. We say no. Repeal all those tolls where it can be done, with respect to our own shipping; but con- tinue them upon the vessels of the United Status and of every other country that does not admit of British ships to its ports, upon the same terms as those which its own vessels are subject to. This would be an approach to reciprocity, if not all our ship-owners would have a right to expect. With respect to bribery and corruption, Mr MEI.T.OU obtained leave to bring in a bill for preventing those vices, which, since the era of the It eform Bill, have fastened like a gangrene upon our representative system. The lion. gentleman proposes that bribery shall be punished by imprisonment to hard labour whilst Sir F. KELLY thinks that a declaration made by the candidate, and the appointment of a lawyer to preside over elections, and pay all bills, would prevent it. We have no faith in either panacea, and as little in the ballot. But we believe it might be prevented. De- prive the briber of civil rights, so far as the holding of office, or the exercise of authority goes, ir a certain time increasing that time if he repeats the offence; and rendering him completely ineligible if he commits it half-a-dozen times. With regard to the bribed, strike every voter off the Register, and deprive him of the franchise for two or three years, for the first offence; and for life, for the second, who received, either personally, or through any member of his family any con- sideration for his vote. Such a law fairly carried out, would at first check, and ulti- mately prevent bribery: we do not believe, amongst numerous constituencies, where 'he I majority are of the pooler class, that anything I else will do.

VOLUNTEERS. I The QUEEN, in her Speech, when opening Parliament, on Tuesday week, said-" I have accepted, with gratification and pride, the ex- tensive offers of voluntary service which I have received from my subjects. This mani- festation of public spirit has added an impor- tant element to our system of national de- fence." Lord MELVILLE, who commands our army in Scotland, contradicts HER MAJESTY. HIS LORDSHIP, at a magistrates' meeting in the North, declared, the other day, that Vo- lunteers were of no use when pitted against regular troops. So says General Sir R. J. GARDNER in a pamphlet recently published. That gallant officer avers, that should a French force be landed in this country, our Volunteers would be next to useless. They must huve a large and well-trained regular army to fall back upon, or the invaders would march through the land-no obstacle being sufficient to stop them. He is eloquent upon the capabilities of the French soldier, and his aptitude in converting everything to his use. If he wants wood, and none to be found, he unroofs houses if a hedge or tree stops him, he cuts it down; if a ditch he fills it up; and a French army landing in any part of Eng- land would, he assures us, march to any point—maugre hedges and ditches, or any other inclosures-in a straight line. Irregu- lar Volunteers would be of no use against them. They must be opposed by solid co- lumns of drilled and disciplined men, or all would be lost. Drilling is necessary, and so is discipline to a certain extent; but we dissent, in toto, from the conclusions of Lord MELVILLE and Sir R. J. GARDNER with respect to the utility of Vo- lunteers. It is quite evident, to men who are not the slaves of a rigid routine, that a regi- ment of brave riflemen, opposed to a hostile force in an enclosed country like ours-if trained to become good shots, and to avail themselves of the shelters afforded-would be more than a match for three or four times their number of strange troops, whose move- ments were impeded on every hand, and who could not advance a mile without pioneers to clear the way. The late war in Italy found as gallant a set of men as ever breathed—as well drilled, and under as complete a system of discipline as any men could be-beaten in every encounter, by troops who went into ac- tion without formation, or any of those means and appliances which the two gallant officers we have named deem so indispensable. The events of that war-" the retreat of the most disciplined troops of Austria before the less disciplined Zouaves, proves that a man may be a soldier without wearing a tight tunic, or a tight cravat." So writes GARIBALDI; and he adds, "The shepherds of Panhes Encilius, armed only with daggers, rushing upon the Macedonian phalanx, those terrible conquer- ors of Asia-the clouds of French Voltigeurs, of the army of the repuplic—and, lastly, the Bersaglieri and Zouaves at Saint Mar- tino, Magento, Solferino, and Palestio, prove that masses are not alone useful in battle-fields, and that Volunteers, Bersaglieri, and Zouaves, need not learn how to fight in close order like troops of the line." Volun- teers, full of mettle, energy, and activity, will beat the old close-order battallions and we earnestly hope that none of our readers will be deterred by anything that Lord MELVILLE has spoken, or Sir R. J. GARDNER has written from joining the ranks of Britain's Volunteers.

THE EMPEROR AND THE POPE. Again we have the sovereign of the Vatican and the occupant of the Tuilleries carrying on against each other the war of the pen. The POPE has addressed what is called An En- cyclical Letter" to his "venerable brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and others, ordinaries of places in grace and in communion with the Apostolic See." In this document, he distinctly refuses to accept the advice" offered him by NA- POLEON, "relative to the rebellious provinces of the Pontifical dominions," which advice was, that he should renounce the possession of those provinces, as the only remedy for the present complicated state of affairs. "We replied to the same EMPEROR," continues the letter, "and in the Apostolic liberty of our soul, we clearly and openly declared to him that we could in no manner adhere to that counsel, because, considering our dignity, and that of the Holy See, it was attended with insurmountable difficulties; and considering our holy [?] character, and the rights of the same See, which do not belong to the dynasty of any royal family, but to all Catholics, we declared we could not surrender what does not belong to us." Much more is specified of what was said to the most serene EMPEROR," as he is called in another place, and the POPE communicates these things to his clergy, and to the whole Catholic universe," that they may know he will spare no effort to defend courageously the cause of religion and of justice-to maintain, entire and inviolate, the civil power of the Roman Church, with its temporal possessions and its rights, which ap- pertain to the whole Catholic universe-and, finally, to guarantee the just cause of the other princes"—the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, Modena, and Parma, who, ho says, "have been unjustly despoiled of their domains." He declares he is ready to suffer the severest trials," rather than deviate from his resolu- tion. He vents his grief and his anguish at the danger of the souls in his troubled pro- vinces, where pestilential writings menace, each day, more deplorably the piety, the reli- gion, the faith, and the purity of morals" of the inhabitants, and calls upon the clergy zealously to defend the Church, to maintain the civil power of the Holy See and the Patri- mony of St. Peter," and to be earnest and in- cessant in their prayers for the attainment of these objects. „ The Constitutionnel puts forth a clear and. concise reply to the encyclical letter, the ground-work of which is, that the PorE has no right to interfere in mere political and temporal questions. The memorable decla- ration of 1682," says M. Grandguillot, whose name is signed to the article, though there is no doubt that it emanates from the Tuilleries, "to which the name of Dossuet is so glori- ously attached, says, textically, I That St. Peter and his successors, vicars of Jesus Christ, and that the whole Church itself, have only received power from God for spiritual things, and which concern salvation, and not temporal or civil things." The allusion, in the letter, to the "Princes of Italy, who have been unjustly despoiled of their domains, is quoted, and the editor remarks, Here we have, then, the Head of the Church making himself, as in the days of Boniface VIII. and Innocent XII., the arbitrator of political sovereignties." And this conduct of the POPE is said to be a proof of "the influence of Austria-that influence which Father Saeor- daire so justly considered a cause of the de- cline and fall of the Roman See." The right of the POPE to reject the advice of the EM- PEROR, to give up the Romagna rather than attempt to re-conquer it by force, is not dis- puted but France, having fulfilled her duty, will not desert her task of moderation and protection. At Rome she would still, if needs be, defend the POPE against anarchy but if the political authority of the HOLY FATHER everywhere else is destined to go through other crisis, the responsibilities must not fall upon the generous nation which has done everything to obviate them, and which will be always ready to grant that trusty support which is ignored to-day. Thus France finally abandons the cause of the POPE, as far as his temporal sovereignty is concerned, and certainly we can see no grounds for forcing that sovereignty upon any portion of the Italians contrary to their wishes. The POPE would take a much more dignified position-and one which would cause him to be respected by all Christendom-if he were to let the inhabitants of the Legations follow their own inclinations, and, confining himself to Rome, endeavour to promote peace and good-will amongst the numbers who acknow- ledge his spiritual authority. The reports, this week, are, however, that he is endeavouring to rouse Austria and Naples in his cause, and letters from Madrid state that the Queen of Spain is resolved to send both men and money to his HOLINESS. Should the POPE be really encaged in animating the Roman Catholic Powers to enter into a crusade tor the re- covery of his possessions, and should he be successful, of course France and Sardinia will be again in the field, and another fierce and bloody battle will be the result. The only hope that this will not be the case rests upon the debilitated and enfeebled state of Austria, and the troubles which seem likely to arise in Hungary and various other parts of the Emperor's dominions. The will of Francis Joseph is good, but his means are small. To that alone, we believe, the continued peace of Europe, if it is preserved, will be owing. The Emperor of the French, like the Emperor of Russia, seems disposed at present to cultivate the arts of peace rather than those of war; but if war is carried into Italy by any other power, he will not stand aloof.

THE SUPPRESSION OF THE FRENCH I PAPER—V UNIVERS. In order to appreciate the importance of this act on the part of the French Government, it is necessary to be possessed of some slight in- formation with regard to the ideas promulga- ted in L' Tinkers, the writers from whom they emanated, and the influence which this journal has exercised as an organ of public opinion in France. Nearly every French newspaper represents some particular philosophic or religious doc- trine, from which the writers deduce (more or less, logically) their political, economical, or social systems. L' Univers in this point of view, was the organ of a class of thinkers, which might be called that of the middle ages, ultramountain or hierocratic it not only sus- tained the temporal power of the Popes, but even placed it above all the temporal sover- eignties on earth. The political ideal of this sect was the system of GREGORY VII., that Pontiff who in the llth century made mon- archs tremble on their thrones, and forced HENRY, the Emperor of Germany, to demand pardon kneeling barefooted in the snow. The measures recently taken against L' Uni- vers would seem to indicate that the French EMPEROR has embraced quite an opposite theory, hostile to all ecclesiastical interference in temporal affairs. As to the writers who conducted L' Univers, a brief notice will suffice. In the 18th cen- tury, the sarcastic genius of VOLTAIRE assailed Catholicism, and seemed to draw all Europe into the circle of his philosophy, the events of the great French Revolution of 1789, which appeared to have resulted from this bias of opinion, were naturally followed by a re-aetion of ideas, of which the most brilliant interpre- ters in France, were CHATEAUBRIAND, Count JOSEPH DE MAISTRE, DE BONALD, and L'abbe LAMENNAIS. The vindication of Catholicism, undermined by VOLTAIRE and other philosophers, was the object of the writings of these profound thinkers. CHATEAUBRIAND and LAMENNAIS, whilst exalting religion, were inclined to liberalism in politics. DE MAISTRE and DE RONALD manifested a contrary tendency, and seemed to reclaim for the papacy the tem- poral and spiritual supremacy which it had enjoyed in the middle ages. Such is the origin of two schools of Catholic writers, the one liberal and the other ultramountain or ultra-catholic. To the last school the writers of the Univers belonged. It must not be sup- posed that they were priests; they were merely journalists and novel-writers, the nature of: whose principles disposed them to Catholicism, or who were converted to religious ideas in opposition to the philosophic and socialist sec- tions, which formed the strongest party in the literary movement of the last thirty years in France. The motive which hindered the priesthood from co-operating in this journal (at least openly) was the consideration that sarcasm, irony, and harsh polemics were unworthy of Christians, and contrary to the true spirit of the Gospel, the writers in the C?M'MM being especially remarkable by the vigour of their attacks against anti-religious literature and authors. Irony, that delicate and polished weapon of VOLTAIRE, changed in their hands into a mace with which they inflicted cruel wounds on the most popular authors. All the celebrated novelists who strayed from the paths of the Church received each in their time the assaults of their critics, and were stung by their biting sarcasms. The Vol- tairians no longer had the laugh on their side —the Univers gave them the finishing stroke. It is easy to imagine that so powerful a champion as the Univers was not disdained by the Catholic clergy it was the most widely circulated of all the French religious journals. It must be said, however, that neither the Catholic priests nor bishops openly prtronised it, nor identified themselves in any way with its doctrine. On the contrary, the prelates frequently issued charges against it, reproach- ing its sarcastic spirit, and insupportable pre- tensions. In fact L Univers was only read by the priesthood on account of its literary merits, that is to say, its originality, keenness of irony, and the cleverness of its attacks against the unbelieving generation. It was a kind of serious Punch, well adapted to beguile the long evenings of good village curates. Nevertheless it is evident that the clerical body in France will feel this blow as an at- tempt against their rights, and in justice to them we must condemn this new act of des- potism as being contrary to the principles of liberty, both of conscience and of the Press. We must remark, in conclusion, that with regard to political opinions, V Univers appeared to care little about the various governments which have in their turn ruled France, consi- dering them all de facto governments its political creed consisting solely m the declara- tion of the religious and temporal supremacy of the Popedom.

BMTMS, ]UBBIAGES, AND :DNATM- Mirriafes or Deaths, .heuld be atheotl. ..ted by the Dame -11 addm. of the .enden, or transmitted to X!:h?r .eorediKd?ent..] BIRTHS. M 27th It-. at l-l GmTe. St. A.?pb, the .if, H??Lo?. E'< L.B.?P.E?.. of.d*u;ht.r. On the 31st ult., the wife of M.Jeh.J.?.of Tynygaer near Dolg?ll?y, of a d?aghter. On the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. W. T. Cole, of P,o.p.t.pl.c?, Uw?.t?.B''t"in.<?. daughter. Onth.Mthutt.t Llay H<m. Grcaford, the wife of W. J. Slsaon. E,q., of a .on. ?' On "th? ? "'to the wife of Mr. John Hughes, druggist, Holybead, 0' a "0. ° On ?Mt'* ult., the wife of Mr..1o. butcher, Hi*h-«treet, 'Bhyl, of a '00. ?h?tt ult., °the'°wife of Mr. Robert Griffith, agent to LloydVHermitage, Pwllheli, of a on. MARRIAGES. On the 30th ult. at the Cathedal, by the Rer. B. J. Binns, MA Mr. Henry ?one, bl?k..ith, t? M?r? d'u?' of 'Mr: Henry Jones, t?il., and dr?pM. Hi?h-etrMt, in this city. On the 31.t It., at the Cathedral, by the Re*. E. Pugh., *ica», Mr. Hugh Williams, mate of the .mack Curlew," of this Port. to Miss Sarah Dudding, of Llandegai. On the 25th ult., at the Pariah Church, LlanrWt' Mr. Griffith Jo?ee' ?fhe Swan ?nn, to Mi.a Mary EvM.t, second daughter of j r.J.F'Tans' of the Feathers Inn, both of the above place. On the 24th It., at L Ibli' ChIrch. by lIen.e, by the Rev. James Crawley Vincent, vicar, Mr. Hugh Williams, ,-to .1 the schooner = Beck," to Ann, 5" .gh °t!r' Hugh Rober t. farmer, Taly.un, puith of Bodeean, in this county. On the 27th ult., at Llanheblig Church, by the Rev. James C. Vincent, vicar, Mr. Thomas Roberts, engineer, Newborough Terraee,Carnarvon, eon of the late Nathaniel Roberts, farmer, Glyn L "I ty. to ;.t h,ri, daughter of Mr. John Thomas, but?er, Pool-street, Carnanon. Ou the 25th ult.tth Cal istic Methodist Chapel, Dc)l elley. by the Ree. J. Griffiths, resident minister, Mr. Robert T g oinso, draper, Penmachno, to Hannah, fifth daughter of the late Mr. John Jonei, web manufacturer, Dolgelley. DEATHS. On the 17th inst., aged 80, much respected, Afi. Thomas Jones brasier.of this city. brge;h:ember last, in his 27th year, at Hong Ko.g, Augustus Edward, 2nd officer of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Granada," and fourth son of the Rev. James Vincent \1ncent, rector of Llanfairfechan. On the nd inst., -1 C?fnd?r,?., Anglesea, aed 62, Mr. R. Thnm.ub-qent to Lord Bo.ton, of Llanidan Hall. On the29th ult. Robert John, infant child of Mr. Richard Harri8<m"Harp Inn, Holywell. On the 27th ult., at Ruthin, Mrs. Curd, late of Llangefni, aged 73. On the 28th nit., at the Asylum, Denbigh, aged 57, Mr. Hugh Joncs, T3?ln-y-garreg, near Peutrevoelas. (;n .he 31st ult., at her residence, No. 1, Queen-street, Rhyl, Mrs. Sorton Huhe.. formerly of Plssynllan, Ua- ganhafal, near Dceuled wal a sister to the late Rev. Rev. Mr. Jon?, rvctoi of L\ang:mhafa\, and to the late Edward Jonel, Esq., attorney, Denbigh, and in her 81st year. On the 22nd ult,, after a long illness, Capt. Hopkins, R.N., Glan Conway House, near Penlrevot las" On the 26th ult., at Mount-street House, Wrexham, in his 71st year, Mr. Wiliiam Uowi», C.K. On "?L. 28th nit., at Velindr(?, near Cardiff, Mrs. Birker Blake ..?n,, of th late T. Buker Blakemore, Esq., M.P. for Herefordshire. On the 30th ult., at Machynlleth, aged 33, Mrs. Lowry Edwards, grocer, of the above town. On the 2111d ult., aed 57, Capt. Owen Edwards, of the smack .1 St. Patrick," Carnarvon. < >n the 2 th ult., of palsy, aged 47, Ellen, wife of Mr. Thomas Abd, butcher, Carnarvon. On the 24th "I t. at Portsmouth, of consurption, Elizabeth. wife of Mr. Kdward Jones, Welsh harpist and tenor vocalist, late of Manchester. On the 27th ult" Mr. Robert Williams, Penyball-street, Holy- well, aged 59.

CARNARVON.—SLATE TRADE.—We have to record a very brisk demand for every description of roofing slates during the past week. It is remarked that the trade has not been so brisk on our quay during any one month for the lust three yet rs as it has been during the last month (January). ST. ASAPH.—RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, a slight accident occurred to the train which leaves Denbigh at 3 45 p.m. From some unexplainable cause, a truck ran off the rails close to the St. Asaph station. A powerful jack was applied, and after some little trou- ble and delay, the truck was righted, and the train pro- ceeded on its journey. PRESTATYN.—A Coursing Meeting took place on the estate of Col. Rowley, on Thursday, the 26th ult. The day was very unfavorable, the snow falling heavily. Few bares were foond, and the day's sport was anything but satisfactory to its pursuers. However, the company were not disappointed, when they to the number of 60, sat at the tuble of mine host at the Talbot Inn. A more sub. stantial dinner could not be wished. The chair was oc- cupied by Mr. Parry, Holywell, and the vice-chair by Mr. J. L. Evans. AMLWCH.—A subscription is being raised at Amlwch, with a view of having the Church warmed by two stoves. We understand that Miss Roose of Bntiri'on, whose charities are unlimited, will present the ghur?h with one stove, and doubtless this generous act of Miss Roose will induce other members and friends of the Church to con- tribute liberally towards the other. Much praise is due to Mr, Evar.s, of Mona Lodge, for the active part he has taken in the matter, and he and Mr. Roose, of Caedyrus, have promised a most liberal subscription. PRESTATYN.- VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS,—On Saturday, the 28th ult., a meeting was held at the Ma- gistrates' Room, Prestatyn, with a view to establish all artillery corps. The chair was taken by T. G Dixon, Esq Nant Hall. The Chairman read a letter from the Lord Lieutenant of the County, which was a reply to a letter upon the subject, oent by Mr. J. L. Evans. After some discussion and friendly conversation about 23 or 24 names were enrolled as artillery volunteers. The meeting terminated by T. Sleight, Esq., proposing a vote of thanks to the Chairman. BANGOR NORMAL COLLEGE The following is the result of the recent Examination of the Candidates for Queen's Scholarships, conducted before Mr. Bowstead, M. A., Her Majesty'" Inspector of Schools, at the above Institution First Class.—W. Evans, Holyhead; W. D. Blake, Pembroke Dock Thomas Jones, Blaenau and John Rees, Aberd.tr. Second Class.-E. Watkins. Maestcg: A. W. Edmond, Newtown; John Rhys, Penllwyn R. Rowlands, Bangor; E. Oke, Pembroke Dock; J. Roberts, Bangor; E. Jones, Dolgelley W. Jones, Mold; J. Roberts, Denbigh; and W. Williams, Swansea. CHURCH RATE AT TRYDDYN.—A vestry was held in Tryddyn church on Friday last, for the purpose of grant- ing a church-rate. The Rev. Daniel Davies, incumbent, in the chair. It was proposed by Mr. R. L. Williams, and seconded by Mr. Edward Jones—" That a rate of Id, in the pound be granted," which was carried un- aiiiinously. Nir. Price Parry, the minister's warden, thanked the vestiy for the very handsome manner in which they had granted the rate; and remarked that he sincercly hoped there were more parishes like Tryddyn, where for several years all matters connected with the church had been carried on with the greatest unanimity. COUNTY MAGISTRATES' COURT, AT WREXIIAm.-At this court, on Thursday, Henry Smith was sent to gaol for two months for sleeping in out-buildings near this town. The prisoner has been seven times committed and 3 times whipped, and has spent II months and 21 days in gaol as follows-Two months for stealing from a shop window for housebreaking, three months mali- ciously damaging, two months; twice for larceny, one month and two days twice for sleeping in outbuildings, two months upon each occasion. The prisoner has also once been committed to the workhouse. PENTRETH, ANGLESEY.—THE REVIVAL MOVE- MENT The Rev. Morris Hughes concluded his dis- course at the English service on Sunday last, as follows: My brethren, my heart's desire and prayer is, that you may live by faith, and that Christ may dwell in you richly in all wisdom ;—yes, I say, in all wisdom, for I cannot see how the great enthusiasm which has possessed our coun- trymen, the natives of the Principality, in these days, is based on a true knowledge of the influences of the spirit, upon any safe and spiritual grounds. I am old enough to remember, and well remember too, that these kind oi movements are nothing new amongst us, further than that the various denominations have simultaneously adopted the same mode of conducting their religious ser. vices, which they term Revival," or the special Iitjlacn- ces of tha spirit, acting on the masses 01 the people. If reading leads to knowledge, I ought to know that Christi- anity as not been without its members, extreme in their enthusiastic zeal, from the days of the Apostles up to the present times. I have been asked, why do we, as ministers of the Established Church rcmam so dor- mnnt. and not join the feeling so universal around us? I answer for myself that I can not, (i r I may use the expression,) endorse any seemingly religious proceedings, unless based on scriptural authority. There is a zeal with- out ktowledge and I will ask what knowledge can young ignormt boys and girls possess upon such holy matters, as now form the question of the day ;-Is this of Men, or of God ?-Time will show and let us take this criterion as an earnest of the fact, whether the strong manifesta- tions of our feelings will produce asocial regard, i-iid christian cordiality, one towards another, in all purity and sincerity of heart. Will it make us better masters- better servants-better men-aud better christians?—but I am cautioned not to follow every wind of doctrine. I am, its R minister of the gospel, to teach, and not to be tauglt; to lead and not to be led, lest I should, in the ministration of my office, depart from the forlll of sound words, become a babbler, and so recede from the truth, as it is in Christ Jesus. I am not to be guided by the many; but to prove all things, and hold fast that which is good to the edification of those committed to my chayge-a charge which I hope I deeply feel; and one that requires an honesty of purpose in the sight of all men, as well as in the sight of Him, from whom no secrets are hid. TM MUTH? MA.?« OF BETTE.- Mr. Stacey. son of the Rev. ThOmas Stacey, St. John. Chumb, Car- ?iT. ?en appointed tutor to the young Marquis. P?G.E8.-TheChurch?rde_ aMOuns in  parM.wereoa6sedin Vestry on Fridaysennig and a cbuwh-rate for the current year was obtained, nem con. ABEBYSTWYTH.-Amongat the gentlemen admitted members of the Royal College of P y undr TB„ temporary bve-ta?. we perceive the name of Henry Bell, M.D., Aberystwyth. RUTHIN,-Tbe subscriptions f°r %e° in- tended to be presented to Mr. John Ed/w^a X, TapP er London-bouse, in this town, on departure to Lian, gefni, Anglesey, is progressing most favouraA b y, there being a considerable amount already in the bank. RHYL.-A ship's quarter board, with the name Jo in     it, and several Ipars and ieces of wreck, were washed on tbe beach bere on tbe ?!n?. All are safe under the care of the officer of tbe cout guard. TH WREXHAM tT?nY INSTITUTE—The second of a series of six lectures in connection wah the Wrexham Literary Institute was delivered MTo.n vviieeier. Esq., on the "Induction Coil," in the Town Hall. on Monday last, the Rev. Mr. Davies in the chair. The lecture was one of the most interelting. and the audi. ence ? kept in continual merriment throughout the evening. At the close of the lecture, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman for his services and to the lecturer for his excellent lecture. CAPEL GARMON.-The funeral of the late Captain Hopkins, R.N., Glan Conway House, near Pentrevoe. las, took place at Capel Gannon, on YVednesday last; it consisted of-a carriage, containing W. Hughes, Esq., M.D.. and the Rev. J. Pritchard; the hearse, drawn by four horses, followed by eight bearers; three mourning coaches, containing the relatives of the deceased a car- riage containing R. James, Esq Mr. Thos. Roberts, r Dnkarta Mr. E. Edwards, and Mr. Hugh Jones; and others on horseback. The undertaker was Mr. Brown, of Chester. DOLGELLEY VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORP- We are glad to state that the formation of this corps has been attend- ed with success beyond our most sanguine expectations many more than the number we had hoped for have already signified their intention of joining, and we now only wait for the Lord Lieutenant's approval to form, we doubt not, as brave and elticient a corps as any in the kingdom. Sergeant Williams, of the Merionethshire militia, has kindly volunteered to drill the men every evening, and, under his able superintendence, they are making rapid progress. WREXHAM AND MOLD CHURCH TEACHERS' As- SOCIATION—A meeting of the above association, which was attended by Clergy, schoolmasters, and school. mistresses, from various parts, was held at the National School, Gresford, on Saturday, the 28th ult. The at- tendance would have been larger, had not the unfavour- able state of the weather prevented many who had any distance to come. The Ven. Artihdeocon Wickham, president of the association, occupied the chair. At the close of the meeting, Mr. Beckett, of Gresford, proposed a vote of thanks to the Ven. Archdeacon Wickham for his kindness in presiding. POILTMADOC.- ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY. -The first monthly meeting of this Society, was held at the Town Hall in this town, on Saturday, the 28th ultimo, where the Rules, duly certi- fied, were read and approved of; and the most influen- tialllentlemen of the town and neighbourhood were ap- pointed to act as officers; after which, the general bus- iness of the Society was proceeded with. This is the only Building Society, on the permanent style, establish- ed in this part of Wales; and to all present appearances, promises very good success and advantages to its members. BARMOUTH.—We beg to direct the attention of the benevolent and sympathising public to an appeal, which appears this day in our advertising columns, on behalf of the widow and children of the two unfortunate men who were drowned by the upsetting of a boat, on Monday, the 9th ult., near Barmouth. The extreme poverty and dis. tress in which the families of the deceased men are re- presented to be. and the circumstances by which they have been so placed, are sufficient grounds for the appeal thus made, which, we trust, will be the means to invoke in deeds, the most tender feelings of our nature, and the practical working of the highest Christian virtues. MELIN-WIG, NEAR CORWEN. — An inquest was held at the above place before Mr. Wm. Williams, Deputy Coroner, and twelve respectable Jurymen, Griffith Evans, Bodynlliw, Foreman, upon the body of John Wynne, LKvynsandy, an old man about 70 years of age, who died suddenly on the morning of the 25th ult. It appeared from the evidence of Jane Roberts, daughter of the deceased, with whom he was living, that he ate his supper as usual on the night of the 24th ult., and went to bed about ten o'clock, and she heard nothing of him until eight o'clock the following morning, when a little boy about five years of age, who was sleeping with the boy ?, called his mother, and said that his grandfather was dea". The Jury, after » ahart eon»«lt™«ion,returned a verdict of "died from the visitation of God." ECCENTRIC WILL The following will, as an exhibi- tion of strange eccentricity, is worthy of notice. Mr. Luke, of Wath, near Rotherbam, who died in 1810, be- oueathed one nennv to every child that attended his fu. ,?eral, (thr? cami from 600 to 700); one shilling to every poor woman i Wath; ten shillings and sixpence to the ringers to ring one peal or grand bobs, which was to strike off while they were putting him into the grave to seven of the oldest navigators, one guinea for puddling him up in his grave; to his natural daughter, E4 4s. per annum to his old and faithful servant, Joseph Pitt, £21 per annum to an old woman who had tucked him up in bed, 91 Is. only; forty dozen penny loaves to be thrown from the church leads at 12 o'clock on Christmas Day for ever; two handsome brass candlesticks for the church and £ 20 for a set of new chimes. CARDIFF—CANTON.—OPENING A NEW ORGAN.- Canton is a new part of Cardiff; a few years ago, there were only two houses on the spot; now it contains some thousands of people. This district lies in the parish of Llandaff. A new church was erected here a short time ago, by subscription. On Sunday lust, the new organ was opened. The Bishop preached in the morning from Psalm cxvi. 16-19; the church was filled to suffocation and we were glad to see so many dissenters present. In the afternoon, the Rev. William David, Rector of St. Fagan, preached from 2nd Chronicles v. 13, 14. At six in the evening, the Rev. A. H. Jenner, Rector of Wen- voe, preached an excellent sermon from Psalm cxvi. A collection was made at the conclusion of each service, which amounted to E 12. Mr. Allen, the builder of the organ presided. It is an excellent instrument.-From our Correspondent. HALKIN, FLINTSHIRE.—Mr. Thomas Roberts, the worthy part-proprietor and discoverer of the Rhosesmor mine, which is so productive at present, has these last fel'1' days added one more to his many other acts of libe- rality, by disiributing among more than a hundred poor widows of the parishes of Halkin and Northop, sums of money varying frota two shillings and sixpence to ten shillings, according to their respective necessities. I am happy to state that these public acts of generosity are not his only ones, but that his heart and hand are always open to the cry of the poor anff needy, and he has brightened many a lace with joy, and brought happiness to many a poor fire-side by his kindness. It is indeed pleasant to think that while he is blessed by a bounteous Providence with plenty, that he sees and does his duty that he re. gards the moral responsibility attending this unsparing hand of Divine Providence, and that lie dedicates a good portion of his wealth to help those who are in poverty and tribulation. Would that all who are similarly blessed with riches, acted likewise, airl endeavour, while it is in their power to ackhowledge their obligations to the Giver of all, by such acts as these which we record. Alay God give him long life, means and mind to add to their nuiii ber-Correspondent of the Flintshire Observer. THE WllECK OF THE ROYAL CHARTER It is yet fresh in the memory of our readers that when the above ill-fated vessel, with 503 passengers on board, wrecked on the Anglesey coast, the duty of examining about 23D bodies for the purpose of identification fell upon the bro- ther clergymen, the Rev. S, R. Hughes, Llittiallgo, and H. R Hughes, Llanwenllwyfo, to whom the celebrated Charles Dickens, in his excellent periodical last week al- ludes, and pays a well-deserved homage, in depicting the melancholy scene of the wreck.—Speaking of the Rev. S. R. Himhes, he says It was the kind and whole- some face I have made mention of as being then beside me, that I had purposed to myself to see, when I left home for Wales. I had heard of that clergyman as having buried many scores of the shipwrecked people of his having opened his house and heart to their agonised friends; of his having used a most sweet and patient di- ligence for weeks and weeks, in the performance of the forlornest offices that man can render to his kind of his having most tenderly and thoroughly devoted himself to the dead, and to those who were sorrowing for the dead. I had said to myself, In the Christmas season of the year, I shoul.l like to see that man I' And he had swung the gate of his little garden in coming out to meet me, not half an hour ago." In another portion of his affecting narrative, Charles Dickens adds, that—" Down to yesterday's post outward, my clergyman alone had written one thousand and seventy-five letters to relatives and friends of the lost people We are gratified to un- derstand that there is now fairly set on foot a movement having for its object the presentation to the Reverend Brothers of some more substantial reminiscence of their truly charitable kindness than the mere expression of grateful feelings." Subscriptions have already been announced, and for the information of those who may desire to contribute, in the more immediate neighbour- hood of the scene of the wreck, subscriptions will also be received by Mr. W. Dew, British Hotel, Bangor.

A WORD TO THE WISE AT OUR WA? TT?O ? PLACES. When our friends at the sea-side complain of dull? ness they proclaim their own dullness. When they de- ?lare Beaumaris or Llandudno, or Bangor even, stupidy £ y announce their own stupidity. Let him Mia /DiSH. the rattle of Liverpool cabs or Manchester lorries, the clickof the billiard balls, the smell of the theatre moum his own littleness in requiring such bounds to attract his attention, rather than the absence of the accustomed Sû. muant Let him in the leisure of sea-side idleness L rt nk or if he be beyond that, let us remind him that he is ??-'r'"o"nB when he fa?.es his mind active merely because it presents ?j ?j? ideas outwardly forced upon him, and leaves S? a prey to dullness when the outward im- lu,, removed, for the mind should act from ?S' n .hou d originate thought, and thus should be his nni amusing companion when accustomed sights ?d sounds are ? longer at hand to suggest accustomed train of thought. The vanity of man is nowhere more conspicuous than inhi?e?e«'&<?! to have pleasure catered for ?m rather than to seek it for himM)f, and the reward of ? Angularly appropriate, for pleasures so provided are ?? anney ?o please many, and are therefore addressed to the commonest predilections in human nature, and those most common are the lowest, the most sensual, the most dedi The gratification of them is their support, -emotes their growth; and then proves insufficient ^Sy tem the mind thus palled, drops )o?er and lower Xi the ready-made pleasures become but weari- ness and the mind, which should enliven the body, is reduced by the lalter to a state of gross uselessness, si- milar to its own this is the reward of the conceit of be- ing amused by the inventions of brother men. A chain laid by wears away more by rust than, when in use, by wear. So it is with the mind of man. We would then recommend all who complain of the dullness of the sea-side, to use their minds and find in themselves the remedy, and we propose to endeavour by a few sug- o. ..L _1_ gestions 10 aid in this attempt all wno see tne vaiue oi our advise, and follow it. The dark expanse of mud which «vwy e«bb >.t•id« e shLews us in the .Vlenai Straits, appear* at first glance, but an uninviting object, and one certainly not likeiy to be pro- ductive of any matter of interest. This however is an erroneous and ignorant view of the matter. Let the groaning tradesman who misses the clatter of bis mill come down and look; but first let him don a pair of good strong waterproof boots. Salt water will do his feet no barm, nor yet give him a cold but he may as well give his boots a coat of grease to save the leather. How came this mud here ? Why should one portion ofthecoast be mud, and another sand ? and how is it they are not mixed ? We almost invariably find the mud in the bays where the rushing tide forms eddies, and whirlpools. and the sand on those submerged meadows over which it washes with a wide, quick, even, sweeping flood, just as we see the gravel and shingle piled up under the rocks, whose detritus they are, or swept from them along the upper line of the shore, while the earthy portions of the same formation, somewhat longer held up by the work- ing waves, form a region of mud lower down the water side. Mud and sand alike present an aspect which does anything but tempt the stranger to explore them; but both are nevertheless worth that trouble. Here is a lump of raw flesh !-Not at all. This ugly round red lump which shrinks as you touch it is one of the sea- anemones, as they are absurdly called and you may find dozens of them of all shades of red, green, yellow, and brown, scattered up and down the mud. Ala,! you complain that instead of interesting, such sights only dis- gust you Wait then. Clumps of sodden dirty sea-weed, here and there occur-or uninviting aspect truly; old pieces of timber which you spurn. Fie I let us take a brallch of this weed and a piece of this broken plank, which has long been knocked about by the waves and take them home with us for future reference—pocketing them while we walk down to the water's edge. It is low spring tide we can walk very nearly to the edge of the channel; for the muddy shore, though for several hundred yards falling at a very slight incline, at last begins to nick, and two more steps forwavd would bring us from three inches of water to three fathoms. The tide runs strongly by forming eddies behind every stone and under every clump of tan- gle. See here emerging from a large bush of the latter is a conger-eel-his head is in the bush, his tail, some five or six feet in length, waves about in the shal- lows. He is basking in the sunbeams, which are as pleasant to him as to us. He is a nasty fellow-will bite us well, and his flesh is rank and oily; but the fishermen often cut him into junks, boil the oil out, and then fry and eat these ugly fishes. Tiie tide begins to rise, so we retire. It begins to cover some grey flexible stems- which we observed projecing out of the mud. Here is a change indeed Those dirty pipes, which made one almost think that a legion of Brobdignagion rats were buried there with their tails out; open at their tops, and as the tide covers them, behold from each emerging a bunch of coloured feathers. The bunch comes slowly further and further out, and as it comes out it spreads into an open cone of lovely fringe, some inch-and-a-half in length, of beautiful crimson and yellow. If we stoop down gently, and look at this closely through the water we shall see how beautifully each feather is formed so as to touch its neighbour, and how the whole fringe forms- a cup at whose base is the mouth of the delicate animal inhabiting the pipe, which the learned name a '• aabella," Many varieties of this animal are to be met with in our mud. As the tide flows, it is wonderful to observe the num- hers of crabs of all sorts and sizes which appear on the very spots we have just passed over, without spying out one animal. Soldiers" or Hermits" of various. sorts, hopping about in their borrowed shells with con- siderable agility, green shore crabs, whose claws may be bought ready boiled in the streets of Carnarvon, and many a little fellow too small for edible purposes. Observe all these little gelatinous globules containing green seeds no larger than pin-points, each is anchored to the mud where it was deposited, and there will it re- main, spawn as it is, uutil hatched, or devoured by some of the fishes who frequent these waters Now, here was that ugly fleshy lump which so dis- gusted as before; it is gone: at least where it was, there- now appears beneath a few inches of water, a magnifi- cent animal of a rich red colour, but diversified with white, yellow, and green, and expanded into a disc as large as the crown of a boy's hat, with two or more rows of strong thick feelers radiating, like the rays of a beauti- ful fiower. Call this Bunodes crassicorllis," and you will know what that means when you meet with it in reading. This animal, or zoophite, is very often found planted in a little watercourse in the mud, down which a stream runs long after the tide has retired below that level; and observation shews us that he feeds by catching small crabs and such small deer, with his feelers, and cram- ming them into a hole in the centre of his face-call it his inotith-it is to him a great many other things also. This little stream will wash down many a morsel into his way, which he would otherwise have lost; for although capable of moving from place to place by crawl- ing on its Hat lower surface, B. crasiicornis has not the power of chasing its prey. The rising tide entices many similar denizens of the mild to open their feelers, and shine like green or yellow stars in the firmament of mud; and as we wade in the shallow parts, new beauties are continually displayed in the animal and vegetable life; shapeless masses of dirty weed, lilted by their watery element, become lovely tufts of red, green, or brown sea-dowers; pick up some of this red tassel-like bunch and pocket it for future examination. A jet of water squirted just above thn edge of the tide betrays a" Mya Truncata What is it? lie is alarm- ed and has retired beneaih the mnd. But near where he spouted is a curious little brown thing projecting from the mud, looking like a pebble with two holes in it, one a little smaller than the other. Look cl >sely; the larger hole appears to be fringed with short hairs, and the whole thing has a skinny wrinkled appearance. A cruel spade inserted near this object m ikes it sink into the mud with a jet of water, leaving a hole to be seen at the bottom of this hole, some three or four inches below the surtace, is the shell of this animal-a large bivalve, of very peculiar form, and bluish colour; from one side of which projects a retractile, horny neck, whose extremity fringed with little scraps of seaweed we saw. The holes are for the purpose of admitting and ejecting the water on which the creature lives. The shell and proboscis are sometimes found on the shore, but rarely in good condition after death. But the tide gains upon us, and we must give way. Not that we have by any means exhausted the mud bank, but only our time and opportunity. Have we discovered in it enough of interest to prompt another visit, and so relieve the sea side dulness ?

A HINT TO THE LADIES.—In making your purchases always aee that you get value for your money; it is doubtful economy to purchase an inferior article at any time, even although it may be offered nt any apparently low price, and positive ihriftlessness to pay as much for an inferior aiticlo as j m can obtain a superior article for. Dealers are now beginning to find that it is more profitable in the end to sell superior articles at moderate prices, and in illustration of this we have much pleasure in informing you, that the GLENTIELD PATENT STAKCH, which has been exclusively used in HEU MAJESTY'S LAUNDRY for many years, can now be .,btaiiied from your grocer almost as cheap as the most common kinds made for although it costs hiin more, the large quantity of it which he sells yields him a 1-irger profit in the aggregate than the inferior kinds which are little in demand, and he has this satisfaclion of giving his customers an article which he has e%ery reason to believe will ph-ase them, seeing that the QUEEN'S LAUNDRESS us»s it exclusively in getting up the Laces, Linens, &c, of HER MAJESTY" and the KOYAL FAMILY.