The Cambrian

D A I L Y 0 R K By Charles Mackay. Who lags from dread of d lily work, And his appointed task would shirk, CommitsafoUyandaernue; A soulless s1ave- A paltry knave— A clog upon the wheels of Time; With work to do anil store of health, The man's llnwilrthy to he free Who will not give, That he may Jive, His daily toil for daily fee, Vo let us work We only ask Reward proportioned to our task; We have no quarrel with the i1'eat- No feud with rank— With mill or bank— No envy of a lord's estate If we can canI sllffident store To satisfy our daily need, And can retain, Für age and pain, A fraction, we are rich indeed. Xo (1read of toil have we or ours, We know our worth and weigh our powers, The more we work, the more we win; Success to trade Success to spade And to the corn that's coming in And joy to him, who o'er his task. Remembers toil is Nature's plan; Who working, thinks, And never sinks His independence is a MAN Who only asks for humblest wealth, Enough for compc-t-nc.• i ul health, And leisure when his work is done To read his Hook Rv chimney nook. Or stroll at setting.,f the sun Who toi1s as every i11;(1I should toil, For fair reward, erect and free, These are the mcn- The best of Illen- These are the men we mean to he.

fttenmt Varieties, &t. TI" lap of luxury—A cat enioyim; her milk. .-r use a gold snuff-box. Colli is not to be sneezed at. T¡, iich think that people with naught are necessarily W -hes are often stolen. Every watch should be upon its gii.'i' V. ,'t beams often fall on men's heads without hurting them? —Si! ■ beams. N • "oman should paint, except she who has the power of •blush! use. F' ;[ve — If your neighbour's offence is rank, don't let yo;i! >e ranC0ur. It "asy to tell a hard drinker—his offence is brandied on th of his nose. i say that the ground i* the only reliable bank but it is br i every day. L y peacock is well convinced that the eyes of all the ffiv'i -ire npon his tail. v. i.e a black eye. We like a blue one. We don't like a bl i Hid blue one. quadrupeds are admitted to balls, operas, and dinner pari -White kids. i, >a think that your opportunities are not good enough, yo'i K I better improve them. UH e-.ilc3 was probably a great card-player his favourite card wac; t ,<? ace of clubs. i cruel man, my tears have no effect on you at all"— « Vt 1, drop them, dear." A uood Physician saves us, if not always from the disease, at least 'I'OTI a bad physician. T. inventor of printing was no fool; but he has caused my: Is to make fools of themselves. f t uninteresting companions are girls in their gigglehood, and jin their boobyhood. A v.in ii badly off if. in hard weather, he has chinks in his roof. U1Ù no chink in his pocket. W; MI a landlord shows you excessive civility, be sure that he c,ect to put it down in the bill. "1:1, more we speak of ourselves in superlatives, the more will speak of us in diminutives. W:. ,ting for a railroad train is only less tedious and annoying than waiting for a train of thought. Pigeons are beautiful in the air. but most people prefer them with i steak under and crust over them. To most men, any other park looks kindlier and smiles more swst■■ ;m a sulphurous park "f artillery. A New York editor says sugar has gone up so high as to pro- ■duee i slight increase in the price of sand. Many go up in grand balloons of inventive dariag, and come very iddenly down in parachutes of the same. Tli.'best way of raising money is by the lever of industry. The -rising miser raises his by screw power. A Man who can govern himself and his wife and child, has got n; far as the rule of threo in the matrimonial arithmetic. Tin.- darkest scene we ever Raw, was a ,1arkey in a dark cellar, witii an extinguished candle, looking for a black cat that wasn't there. .-er meet trouble half-way, but let him have the whole Walk for his pains. Perhaps he will give up his visit in sight of viof house. various contemporary says that he "cannot be convicted ef a single falsehood." Tlien the only reason is, that his false hoods always hunt in couples. ■ Y m are a Yankee," said a fellow tauntingly, to his neigh- bour. Well, sir, I am no more responsible for having been born !» V aukee, thaw you are for having been born an ass." compliments, carried to an extravagant extent, become rude off ices. There is a material difference between prettily askin" for a lock of hair, and trying to take the whole scalp. A "l aiikee soldier who read his name in the list of deaths at an le.ital wrote home that he didn't believe it. In fact, he kjie.v^the statement was a falsi hood as soon as he read it. out I you not love tl) gaz.- "n Xiagara for ever?" said a r0;i!\tic young girl to her le3s romantic cornpanion. Oh not," said he, "I shouldn't like to have a cataract always in my eye," A KentJlCky farmer advertbes that he has had cnuterpanes ani rhree sheets stolen from his yard. Why didn't he keep th, >beet j in his house ? Why keep three sheets in the wind ?" What shall we name our little boy said a young wife to her husband. —" Call him Peter."—" Oh, no, I never knew any- b' .i lamed Peter that could earn his salt."—" Well, call him Salt Poter, then A man heing assured that the sun never rose in the west, said j c was very strange, as he had a cousin in Iowa, who was always writing how pleasant it was in that district. He con- •cluiled it must be all moonshine.—American Paper. if you would have an idea of the ocean in storm just ima- gine four thousand hi1ls awl four thonsand mountains all drnnk, running over newly-p10nghed ground with lots of caverns in it, for them to step into now and then. A 111u3ica1 genius in Dunkirk. France, is educating a coUec- tion of poultry in music. He has already taught a beautiful drake to sing" like a canary, and is now at work reforming the chuck, chucks" of a turkey into something of a sweeter SOU !;d. All Irish physician was called to examine the corpse of an- other fnshman, who had been assassinated by some of his countrymen. "This person," said he, after inspecting the body."was so ill that if he had not been murdered he would have died half an hour before." I'.XHLANATION. "Am you posted in natural sciences'"— < )b course I is; sartingly Then you can tell me the cause of the great blight in potatoes for the last ten years' "—" Oh » dat'< easy enough. It's all owing to de rot-tater-y motion of de earth." I am willing to split hairs with my opponent all day if he insists on it," said a celebrated American lawyer, in a speech at the bar.—"Split that, then," said the opponent, pulling a coarse specimen from his own head, and extending it.—" May it picasc the court, I didn't say bristU s. Aijvk'k to Wives.—Exert yourself to merit and win your husband's confidence, which jmi will infallibly do if you lead anexem larvlife, and maintain unshaken sweetness and pa- tience amidst what may be most wounding to you. A man may have great defects, even great vices; he may have his irritable moments, when he will use wards as harsh as they are unjust towards her who is the helpmate of his life. That is of little matter. If a woman is all she should he, he will respect her in spite of himself, and place full trust in her; and, notwithstanding the angry taunts, in the truth of which a passionate man professes to believe at the moment of utterance, his heart will remain faithful to her, and will be likewise drawn to admire and practice virtue. —Arehbixkop of Rheinu. L.ie following is an extract from one of Josh Billings's letters, Ule si|le in the Autumn. He says, "Thare iz az 1\nI,!Se he^e generally as the same number of visitors th"!e ,n ">VV», predominate here, as everywhere else 7Tew see thePf^ 3-?pllerubseives xt is perfekly harte- I k'o unfed 16 yesterday h one'pUe Ihev1 0,f, na.tuh1'al. P™tektors. by them, and with downcast e?e» I f u S'ied 1 P,a9' c-or.Mu't help them, for I am thurrowiv 13 H w™1' i rem.uie so Dinner at Long Branch iz s"ve'd at 2 o'clock° opt; s with soup, and shuts up w.th t'lackberrie^' TL amuse' meiif-are crabbing and bathing. Of the first \r>. niir >f" serves Yesterday, I went out krabbing, and ketchedT neck they bite sideways and hang on like a fcJi ? they make good vittles enuff but they ain't profitable™^ eat' if v,,u kount your time worth ennythmg." As to bathing *It i« I;ivarious and the bathers resemble mermades, half'iain and half wimniin they all dress in the Choctaw Kostom, and when they emerge from the water, ye kant tell which iz who, U1Srf/of^farden" one of the ancestors of Walter Scott, was a famous border thief, and at one 1time ^en he had either spoiled the neighbouring English of ^eir cattl^ or had fright- ened them all away, he began to feat' ? become less expert in the honourable trade he pursued and, to keep his hand in, amused himself with driving the cattle of one of his own countrymen and neighbours, Murray, of Eli- bank. Murray soon found the means of revenging himself, and brought Scott, his followers, and his cattle, all prisoners to I'libank Castle. On the walls was sitting his wife, who, per- ceiving the train that followed him, asked what he meant to do with Scott. Why, hang him, to be sure," was the answer. The more prudent wife exclaimed, What, hang such a Win- some inannie as Harden, when we have three such sorry dam- sels at home ? Murray was persuaded by his wife, and sending for one of his daughters, whose ugly face and immense mouth had acquired her the name of Mag-o'-mouth Murray, proposed to S.tott to many her, leaving him no other alternative but a halter. The unfortunate prisoner most ungallantly refused the lady and tradition say. that it was not till the rope waa tied to the tree, and he began to feel it tighten, that he repented. He was married, and sorrowfully bent his stepe homewards, taking with him his ugly wife. BYRON'S HONEYMOON'. We have the utmost difficulty in conceiving Byron actingthepartof bridegroom. His old shyness would again display itself, and tot'ie household arrangements of his wife's parents he must have accommodated himself as fire would with water. Sir Ralph was a formal, good- natured, probably narrow-minded country gentleman, surrounded hy a corresponding circle of persons and things, in which tip satirical iiyron moved, as the German proverb has it. like a pike in a tank of gold fish. From din. rent hints it may be gathered that Sir Ralph himself and the whole family livp-l under the severe rule of Lady Milbanke. I hus, though the honeymoon of the young conple-Bvrnn called it in mockery the treacle-moon — was not altogether free from clouds, the barometer of love. according t" his own assertion, never fdl to zero. I am in a state of sameness and stagnation --he writes to 'loore-- and totally occupied in consuming the fruits — a:;d sauntering—and playing dull games at cards—and w,tcliing the growth of stunted gooseberry-bushes in the garden'' A few days later he completes the picture in the following words: "I have hf" n very uncomfortable here, listening to that d--d monologue, which elderly gentlemen cull conversation, and in which my pious father-in-law repeats himself every evening—save one, when he played upon the fiddle. However, they have been very kind and hospitable, and I like them and the place vastlv, an I hope they may live many happy months, ('.ell is in health, and unvaried good humour and behaviour. Bu" we are all in the agonies of packing and parting and I suppose by this time to-morrow I shall be stuc- in th ■ chariot with my chin upon a band- box. I have prepared, however, another carriage for the abigail, and all th,» trumpery which our wives drag along with them. -From Liie of Lord B//ron," b/t Karl Ehe. GOING TO THE WAK3. Everybodyinthat put of the coat.try believed there would be war, and a1; it could not possibly be carried on without me I made haste to join my regiment. saving to pass Hesse-Oassel, where the post stoppfd fOT 36 hours, I alighted of cf urse at the best hotel—then the Roman T^niperor—wrote my name with all my old and newly- acquired titles in the register, and deemed it urgently necessary to report myself to the eommanrler of the Hessian Residence. For this purpose next morning (it was Sunday) I unpac' ed my best uniform, brushed my fine cocked hat. with its elegant new-fa<bioned feather, and laid my silver sash on my bed after having adjusted its buckle to the tightest fit possible. The head waiter had suggested a substantial lunch, and I accepted it, th01wh not hungry, because it reemed to TIle improper for aORoyal Prussian officer tn give risc to a suspicion that it was necessaty for him to live cheaply. I luncher in my room, as I thought this most exclusive and "Vappetit venait pn marif/rant." When I ha,1 done I dressed and refJ.nester1 the waiter to fasten my sash. Lieutenant, it is impossible." It must be possible, for I tried it on." I had, however, forgotten that the beefsteak and appur- tenances had increased the circumference of my waist. However, the waiter succeeded at last on applyin all his strength. He was the head waiter, and they are in Germany, at least in the larger hotels, generally very well educated, gentlemanly young men. However, I was somewhat astonished at his freedom when he offered me a pinch of snuff from his Tunis snu^-box, but was too good-natured to mortify him by a refusal. Moreover, had I done so, he mi'iht have bel eved that I. an officer, was not familiar witlt tobacco, snuff, an,1 cigars there- fore I took a good pinch. But, alas my nose was still a cadet's nose. I sneezed with such vehemence that the silver buckle of my sash burst. I really believe the wag of a waiter had expected such an event, and had offered me his snuff-box on pu pose, for he could pcarcely sup- press his laughter. A Life of Adventure." By Colonel Corrin. READING AND MCRIC IN THE FAMILY. It is one evil attendant on the gain of the growth of choral unions, that they have abolished the lingering remnants in this country of what seems still to exist across the Atlantic—namely, friendly reading parties, by which are not meant college tutors with their group of Oxonians or ■'antabs, but pleasant gatherings of friends and neighbours, men and women, 01.1 and young, to stu/ly in company the production of a noble brain or a very human heart. It is rather a depressing fact that in some country towns, in proportion as the choral union has risen and prospered, the subscription library or the reading club has declined and fallen. But let us hope that this is only a temporary result of a prevailing fashion, and not a deliberate preference, to he depre- cated for music, even in its social light, cannot take the place of reading. Without reading as well as music in the family circle, its life must becomp narrow and bald and frivolous. A writer in the Saturday Review, in dwelling not very long ago on the dtilness of evenings spent at home (we trust his experience was tolerably exceptional), urged very rationally the careful cultivation of courses of reading aloud and music, as an antidote to the dreary apathy and monotony which were only relieved by the unseemly bickering and rudeness indulged in by brothers an.1 sisters -uwtware that true courtesy, like true charity begins at home. A better antidote lies in a more all-pervading sense of duty, with a more generous and tender sympathy but reading and music, as means to an end, are nnt to he despised. To IlIake reading available for the entertainment of the family circle, it would he well if the native talent of reading aloud were better drawn out and fostered than is now usual. As a pleasan instance of family readings leaving a lengthened track behind them, after the members of the family have passed away for an entire generation, I might quote the example of the Taylors of Ongar. chronicled by one of themselves, with the perfect satisfaction of permanent benefit and enjoyment. I myself have incidentally come across the agreeable practice of a set in a quiet university town, where a few of the professors and their households were in the habit of meeting one night a. week for the critical study of a play of Shakspear's. —By Sarah Tytler, in The Quiver." ADVICE TO HUSBANDS. If he could be brought to understand that his wife's affection depends upon his behaviour, and that when he falls away from grace, she will fall away from love, he would take more pains to be agreeable. TIut, as I was saying, such love and service are not the love and service which love and consideration wi l bring out. Do not men know that to a. woman love is a despot ? For her love's sake there are no paths so crooked that she will not make them straight,-no places so rough that she will not make them plain,—no heights she will not level, no tides she will not stem, no perils she will not br ive. In her love she is strong, wise, brave patient, untiring, in- genious,—I bad almost said invincible. Nor are women, as a general thing, exacting. They do not demand con- stant or foolish petting. Only let a woman be sure that she is precious to her husband,—not useful, not valuable not convenient simply, but lovely and beloved let her be the recipient of his polite and heartv attention let her feel that her care and love are noticed and appre- ciated and returned; let her opinion he asked, her ap- proval sousht, and her judgment respected in matters of which she is cognizant; in short, let her only he loved, honoured, and cherished, in fulfilment of the marriage vow, and she will be to her husband and children and to society a well-spring of pleasure. She will hear pain, toil, and anxiety, for her husband's love is to her a tower and a fortress. Shielded and sheltered therein, adversity will have lost its sting. She may suffer, but sympathy will dull the edge of her sorrow. A house with love in it and by love I mean love ex- pressed in words and looks and deeds, for I have not one spark of faith in the love that never crops out—is to a house without love as a person to a machine. The one is life. the other is mechanism. The unloved woman may have bread just as light, a house just as tidy, as the other, but the latter has a spring about her, & joyousness, an aggressive and penetrating and pervading brightness, to which the foimer is a stranger. The deep happiness at her heart shines out in her face. She is a ray of sunlight in the house. She gleams all over it. It is airy and gay and graceful and warm and welcoming with her presence. She is full of devices and plots and sweet surprises for her husband and her family. She has never done with the romance and poetry of life. She is herself a lyric poem, setting herself to all pure and gracious melodies. Humble household ways and duties have for her a golden significance. The prize makes the calling high, and the end dignifies the means. Her home is a paradise, not sinless, nor painless, but still a paradise, for love is heaven, and Heaven is love." HOW LOVERS WROTE IN 1752. Loveliest of Womankind,—I sit down with the pencil in my hand, in order, like Vandyke—pardon the vanity of the comparison—to draw a picture of myself, that is, of my love. You may be sure I shall take it with exact- ness, though perhaps with little grace and who knows but my dearest lady may sometimes view the piece with pleasure? To begin then—when you are present—but with other company, I am divided between pleasure and pain. On the one hand I am delighted with your looks, your carriage, your temper, and your wit, nay, the bare sight of you gives me exquisite enjoyment but, on the other hand, I am sadly chagrined that I have not the opportunity of addressing you without reserve. When I have been in your company, I am very solicitous to recol- lect whether, by any word or action, I have given you offence. It is literally true, much as I reverence him, I would rather offend his Majesty than the queen of my affections. Do not mistake me. I am far from imagining that you are captious, especially towards me. I think my dear excellence loves me too well for that. But I would not give you a moment's uneasiness no, not for worlds. If you say or write anything peculiarly obliging to me, and surely no one can do either more gracefully it is not in language t. express the satisfaction I feel or rather the glowing tenderness that thrills through all my nerves. Is it not amazing that very different passions should have the same effect? But so it is. A kind ex- pression from your pen, and much more would it produce that effect from your lips, sets my hand trembling as if it were thrown into a panic. And yet what wonder ? for my heart, which my hand ought to attend, is all the while leaping with transport. During your absence I fall into a kind of melancholy I have a full relish of nothing. I delight in solitude most; I count over the charms that have so subdued me; and continue thinking of my charmer, especially in the silence of the night, for hours together. Delight most in solitude, did I say ? Without you I am always solitary, even in the midst of company. Let their learning, their wit, or their obliging address call over so much for my attention, I am frequently drawn into a sort of reverie. I am quite absent and busied in contemplating that portrait of my dear lady, which I keep locked in my breast. If your name happens to be men- lonea I am allover in a glow, and yet, do not be fright- ha^e uaed myself to conceal my emotion. Any A 8<ime connection with you fans my flame. A spot of ground where we have conversed a look to- vnn garden, or any place where I suppose you at the time to be give8 me d/H £ ht When j children m a certain family I am strongly prejudiced for b wffh ^be tend^rnT^0 ?aB «nder your care, and carets her with the tenderness of a father. A variety of other objecta recall and bnghten up your loved idea in my heart. When I song of love, all my affections are awakened every string and every note correspond, with the delightful paasion, and I either hold mr channinr migtrees in my arms or he prostrate at her feet. When I meet in reading with a lively description or lofty senti- ment, I still some way or other apply it to you. 1 im- agine you the universal subject of philosophers and his- torians, orators and poets, whether ancient or modern. Plato and Xenophon, Cicero and Ovid, Bacon, Shaftes- bury, and Pope, have all written in your praise. Some- times an agreeable lady comes in my way, whom all admire and celebrate. I, with the the rest, can perceive her charms, but it is just in the same manner as if viewing a fine statue. I acknowledge her merit, but with the ut- most unconeern; and at the same time I say to myself, "She is indeed charming, but nothing comparable to the lady of lilY affections." In reality, if the richest, the most beautiful, the most virtuous, the most accomplished of the sex beside, were attainable by a word; nay, did she command empires and yet condescend to offer herself to my choice, I would not speak that single word but would utterly reject her, though I were sure the next moment of being disjointed upon the rack. Again, when hear of any churlish husband who treats an amiable wife with rigour and insolence, or be it only with ill manners and indifference, I ani^ quite shocked, and in- stantly make this rejection How very differently should I behave to .\Jiss H. With what ardour and diligence of love should I oblige her, and strive to make h.'r happy I sometimes catch myself. Heaven knows, too often, in some vice or follv, and feel some unbecoming passion rising in my breast But I immediately ask myself, '"What would my lovey. charming, almost niorable girl think of this ? By all means let me conquer this passion, or this habit, lest hereafter it should break •n upon her dear peace." How often it is that I wish for some illust'ious opportunity of demonstrating my affection for you, and proving h°w disinterested and warm it is How near my heart do I always find you jn lny most serious hours! and what torment is there, or what death is so dreadful th'1t I would not suffer for your safety and comfort ? This, then, is the picture I promised you. I have written, I most solemnly declare, without flattering, without disgusting, without exaggerating. There is not a feature in this piece overcharged, but there are some fa'nter than the life. Upon the whole, it is the true picture of my heart. And now let me beg the favour of a long epistle from you. My dear, dear girl, I beg it with the samo earnestness that I would upon my kness. I remember my perverse, lovely dear caviller found fault with the direction of my last but one. For my part, to show my candour, and give you an opportunity of revenge, I fairly give you leave to use such expressions to me, either within or without your letter. Nay, more, 1 defy you to do it. And pray, what if you did ? Where would be the mighty harm, as long as I know already the inside of that dear tender heart? Away, therefore, with your "real friend," and such pretty Quaker-like formalities. Do forgive me this last sentence as it comes,—My dearest lady, dearer than my_ life, from the most ardent of all lovers. August 8, 1752. rrom A Memoir of the Rev. Joshua Parry."

SWANSEA POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. [Before Mr. N. P. Cameron, chairm.,n, and M8ggrs H. H. Vivian, M.P., J. T. Jerkin, William Edrnond, Colonel Morgan, C. T. ilson, J. J. JenkinSj Richard Richards, and Graham Vivian, j AN INTENDED JOKE DIFFERENTLY TREATED. Mr. Archibald B. Gullan, merchant and metalbroker, of Swansea, was charged on an information with having vio- lently assault ed Poiice-con^uu e rivim^ Lethering (27), a member of the county cons ahulary jj^ationed at the Mumbles. Mr. Smith (Smith, Lewis, and Junes) appeared for the defendant.. Complainant •, .ou, (lUarter to nine o'clock on fhH evening of the 16th ins I was <,n duty on theturnpike- r >ad, near the Oystermouth Railway Station, Mumbles. Jrlr. Gullan c une to me and asked nie if I knew where Gold Cottage was. I 1 did not. I asked him the name of the party who ne there. He made no reply. He was rather the for drink. There was another gentleman with him. they both went into the Vivian's Arms refreshment room, and came out again in about a minute, and got into f')Ur-wheel carriage, which stood at the door. I told the defendant if he left the horse on the road he ought to have someone standing near it. He drove off, and as he passed me ei cut me with the whip across my shoulders. I followed the carriage ag far ag Blackpill, when I saw him COllIe out of the Woodman Inn, public- house. I said, Why dlri you strike me with thp whip, sir, when you left the Mumbles." He said, "Y«uhave made a mistake, I did not do any such thing." I told him he did, and that I should like to have his name and address. He said he would not give it. I told him if he did not give it I should detain him tid I got his name. H« still I refused to five bis name, and I asked the gentlemin who was with him to give me his name, and defendant told him not to do so He at last said he would give his name, and went inro the Woodman and wrote something in my hook which I could not make out. After a bit, Mr. Forester came on. Defendant then went to get into his carriage, and I stood in front ot nun and put my hand on his breast to prevent him frnm doing RO. He said If it was not for your brigut buttons Id split your head and knock you into a mummy. He said I was uothing but an old woman and a baby. His friend at last gave me his name. When I stopped him from getting into his carriage he struck me with his fist on my breast. Cross-examined The blnw with the whip made me smart. He said he was a county magistrate, and referred me to Mr. Martin, Mr. Jenkins, and other magistrates, and offered to go with me. I told him I only wanted his name and address. I refused to go to the gentlemen he named. George Edward Rees, living at the Mumbles, said he saw the defendant and his friend come out of the Vivian Arms, refreshment room. When the defendant attempted to get into the carriage he slipped back, and the officer helped him. They then drove off, and as he passed the constable the de- fendant struck him a blow with the whip which he had in his hand. The blow took effect across the back and round the neck of the officer. Cross-examined I cannot say whether the blow was severe or not. I didn't feel it. It was about the same kind of blow as would be administered to a horse. Police-constable Walter Ford (149) corroborated the evi- dence of the last and previous witnesses, which was the case for the complainant. Mr. Smith, for the defence, submitted that the blow was struck accidentally, having been intended for the horse at starting. The officer afterwards asked for the defendant's na.me in a very insolent manner, and hence the refusal of the defendant to comply with the request. Charles Henry Hamilton, living at Liverpool, the een- tleman referred to by tbeJfficer as being in company with the defendant, was called, and spoke as to the blow being by no means violent, but whether it was given by accident or not he could not a-ty. He did not see the defendant strike the officer on the breast near the Woodman Inn. The magistrate retired for consultation, and on their rfctum The Chairman said The magistrates have carefully gone into this case, and they consider it proved. We are ex- tremely sorry to find that a gentleman in defendant's posi- tion in life should have s') far forgotten himself as to horse- whip a policeman. We should have expected, rather, that he would have set an example in the furtherance of law and order. The offence was no doubt committed in a mo- ment of excitement, and we trust, as we have reason to believe, that no one now regrets it more than Mr. Gullan himself. He will be fined £2, including the costs, or, in default, to be imprisoned for fourteen days. The money was paid. In reference to this case a correspondent, whose accuracy we can fully vouch for, sends us the following note I happened to be an eye witness of the horsewhipping at the Mu-nbtes. if I can believe my own eyes it was given thoroughly in joke and received as such by the omcer t he lash ot tho whip appeared to me, at about three yards distance, to fall so lightly on the man's shoulders that a fly would not be much hurt by it." THE ABERAVON ELOPEMENT. A respectably-attired person made application to the magistrates for an order to visit an inmate of the county prison named, rlenry Thomas Woolford. The applicant (a comely-looking woman, apparently about thirty-five or forty years of age,) pressed her application with consider- able pertinacity, and seemed very much oisappointed when told by Mr. Wilson that the justices couitt not grant the order, as the prisoner had not yet served three months. She said she should "very much like to see him," and, leaning over to Mr. Superintendent Howlett, who sat near, urged him to use his influnence for the pur- pose of getting her wish gratined- a matter in which that officer told her he had no influence at all She then left the court. It appeared that the applicant was the woman, Em ly Mobley, who eloped some time ago from Aberavon with the young man Woolford, who lodged with her. She is a married woman, with a family of four or five children. The runaways, it will be remembered, were arrested at Shrewsbury, and Woolford was brought back and tried at Neath on a criminal charge of stealing property belonging to the injured husband. He pleaded guilty, and was sen- tenced to six months imprisonment in Swansea Gaol. He is barely twenty years of age; the woman is nearly forty. It appears that the husband condoned the matter with his wife, taking her back to his home, and they have been living together ever since. Aberavon became too hot for her, where her effigy and that of Woolford were publicly burned, with other manifestations of disapproval of their scandalous conduct. Husband and wife then went to live at Neath, where they now reside. THE NEW LICENSING ACT IN THE HUNDRED OF SWANSEA. The annual meeting of the county justices, for granting licenses, was held on Friday for the Pontardawe district, and on Saturday for the hundred of Swansea, not in- cluding the borough. At Pontardawe, on Friday, the justices present were Mr. J. D. Llewelyn, wiairrnan and Messrs. C. H. Smith, William Gilbertson, J. P. Budd, Herbert Lloyd, William Edmond, and G. tl. Stnck. All the old licenses were renewed, with the exception of that of the Gwynne Arms, Killybebill, which was refused, there having been two convictions against the landlord within the year, the house being generally ill-conducted. A spirited license was granted to John Thomas, of the Railway Inn, Lonlas, Llansamlet, subject to the approval of the licensing com- mittee at quarter sessions. The magistrates fixed the hours of closing public-houses in the Pontardawe district at 10 p.m. on week-days in- stead of 11 p.m., as mentioned in the Act. Other hours to remain as fixed by Act of Parliament. HUNDRED OF SWANSEA. The justices met at the Town-Hall on Saturday, to grant licenses for the district of the Hundred of Swansea. The following magistrates were present:—Mr. J. T. D. Llewelyn, chairman; and Messrs. N. P. Cameron, J. T. Jenkin, William Edmond, Colonel Evan Morgan, C. T. Wilson, and John Jones Jenkins. The Chairman said The magistrates have had a meeting with respect to the new Licensing Act, and we are unani- mously of opinion that, on ordinary dayo. all public- houses and beer-houses within the hundred of Swansea, should be closed at 10 o'clock at night. The other houra will remain aa they are specified by the Act of Parliament. With regard to beer-houses, each house should be rated up to a oertain point, and all holders of beer-houses should look to the Act of Parliament, and see that the annual value is such as is required under the provisions of the said Act. Otherwise, next year the licences will be endangered. THE PENLLERGARE ARMS. Mrs. Rebecca Edwards repeated her application, made last year and the year before, for a restoration of the licence of the Penllergare Arms, of which she was de- prived in October, 18G9. Mr. Smith (Smith, Lewis, and Jones), appeared in support of the application. The Chairman said that, as he was interested in the property, he should withdraw from the bench. He should, how- ever, oppose the granting of the licence, as he had done before. He then withdrew. Mr. Smith explained that for many years the Penllergare Arms had been a licensed house, at which at the present time the courts leet were held, the revising barrister sat there, and the excise officers held their meetings there. He also produced a memorial, asking for a restoration of the licence, signed by a large number of gentlemen. The magistrates, after a brief consultation, refused to grant the licence, Mr. Cameron observing that they were unanimous in coming to this decision. THE DILLWYN ARMS. Mr. Smith appeared in support of an application for a licence to the Dillwyn Arms, Katon Town, Llangyfelach, occupied by John Roberts. He produced a letter from Mr. Walters, ö!), Wind-street, as to personal character, and a petition in favour, signed by the residents in the neighbourhood. The magistrates were unanimous in refusing the licence. Applications were also made by Philip Dyer, Rhydy- pandy, an,1 William Evans, the Graig, Morriston, for new licences, both of which were refused. These and the foregoing were the only applications for new licenses, All the old licenses (85 spirit licences and 35 beerhouse licences) were renewed, except the licence of the New Inn, Pnntlasse, which was taken away owing to previsou convictions and bad conduct. MONDAY. [Before J. C. Fowler, Esq. and the Mayor.] HUSBAND AXD WIFE.—Mary Ann Johnson was sum- moned at the instance of her husband, Charles Johnson, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Bath, for an assault. Mr. Woodward (Clifton and Woodward) appeared for the complainant. The complainant deposed that on Saturday evening last he was passing down High-street when he met the defendant, who at once commenced abusing him and struck him several times, knocking his hat off re- peatedly. Inspector Ball gave corroboratory evidence and the defendant was fined 10s. and costs or 14 days' imprisonment. The money was paid. VAGRANCY.—Frederick Price, 75 years of age, "a re- gular old stager," was charged with begging in Castle- street on Saturday afternoon. P.O. Lloyd deposed that he saw the defendant stop respectable persons and solicit alms. He refused to leave when requested and was taken into custody. The Head Constable deposed that the defendant paid periodical visits to this town and was a regular vagrant. He refused to be passed on to his own parish, getting far more money by begging. The magis- trates said that as the defendant was a very old man he would only be sent to prison for a week, but if again charged with a similar offence, he would be sent to prison for a longer period. KEEPING A DOG WITHOUT A LICENSE.—James Evans, of Morriston, was summoned for keeping a dog without a license. This was one of several cases which the Excise has lately brought before the Court. The penalty is £ 5, but the Bench has the power to mitigate it to one-fourth, 25s., which was the penalty inflicted—a fortnight being allowed to pay. STABBING. —Augustus Maronelli, an Italian, 70 years of age, was charged with having cut and wounded Elizabeth Jenkins, an elderly woman, who was then living with the defenllant as housekeeper, bitt is now in the Union Work- house. The offence took pbce on Sunday, thp 25th of August. The prosecutrix was the housekeeper of the defendant and from the evidence it appealed that on the day in question he went to the house in a most excited 8tate and began cursing and swearing and swore that he would cut her in pieces. He then drew his knife from the sheath and stabbelI the prosecutrix in the arm. P.S. Smith apprehended the prisoner untler a warrant, and on telling him the charge he said, all right, I'll go to the station with you. 1 did not do it she fell across the rope by the canal." Mr. Evans, an assistant to Mr D. H. Thomas, surgeon, described the nature of the wound. The prisoner was committed for trial. CRUELTY. John Murphy was charged with cruelly ill- treating a donkey by working it when in an unlit state. P.S. Traherne deposed seeing the defendant working the donkey with a large raw sore miller the saddle, the ani- mal evidently suffering great pain. The defendant was fined 5s. and costs. A LADY-LIKE HAND.—Thomas Tooney, a labourer on the tramp, was charged with drunkenness. The defendant went to the police-station in a beastly state of intoxi- cation and demanded a ticket of relief The officer seeing him in drink and that he was an able-bodied man refused to relieve him and ordered him to leave the station. He then became abusive and was ultimately locked up. The defendant saill that he" WitS suddenly seized with diarrhoea and a young gentleman seeing him in such dreadful pain, gave him three pennyworth of brandy, which affected his head." In reply to questions put by the Mayor, the defendant said that he had worked a week ago in Maesteg. The Mayor I should not think you had worked for a long time by the look of your hands—you have quite a lady like hand." The defendant was fined 10s. and costs or 10 days' imprisoument. THE NEW LICENSING ACT- -Henry Davies, the land- lord of the Angel Inn, Cwmbwrla, was summonad under the provisions of the new Licensing Act with keeping his house open for the sale of beer at illegal hours, viz., at 25 minutes past 11 on the night of Tuesday last. There was no drunkenness in the house. The defendant pleaded guilty, saying it was the first time he had been summoned and he had been keeping house for 32 years. His son was married that day and they were giving a supper. Mr. Head-Constable Allison said he had no fault to find with the house. The Bench said that it was so creditable to the defendant that he had kept the house for so many years and that without any complaint that they would not infliot any nne, but 8imply order him to pay 611. cos t8. EMBEZZLEMENT.—A commercial traveller, named Daniel Evans, was charged with having embezzled certain sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Thomas, Watkins, and Jenkins, contractors and timber merchants. Upwards of J370 defalcations have been traced and ad- mitted, hut doubtless the total is very much larger. The prisoner was formally remanded until Thursday—bail being refused. TUESDAY. There was no business of importance before the Bench this day. WEDNESDAY. [Before J. D. Llewelyn, Esq., and J. Oakshot, E-*q.] DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—John Taylor, a labourer, was charged with being drunk and behaving in a riotOUii manner in Greenhill-street. P.S. Jones said that a little before eleven on the previous night he was on duty at Greenhill and saw the defendant, who was drunk, throw- ing himself about, cursing and swearing, and making him- self generally disorderly. He took him into custody and attempted to convey him to the station when he became very violent. He was at last taken to the station where he repeated his violent and disorderly conduct. The de- fendant attempted to excuse himself by accusing the con- stable of ill-treating him, but this was satisfactorily dis- proved. He was convicted and fined 10s. and the costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. Mary Bishop was charged with being drunk. P.O. 47 said that between eleven and twelve on the previous night he saw the de- fendant lying on the pavement opposite the Wellington Inn, St. Mary's-street, drunk and creating a disturbance by shouting. He took her into custody, and with the assistance of two civilians conveyed her to the police- station. She was fined 10s. and the costs, or fourteen days' impirsonment. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Mary Pritchard and Mary Jane Harris, the former a married woman, the latter a girl seventeen years old, both resident in Regent-court, were charged with behaving in a disorderly manner. P.C. 48 said that about half-past eleven on the previous evening he was on duty in High-street when he saw the two de- fendants fighting at the entrance of Regent-court and making use of very indecent language. The Head Con- stable said that the defendant Harris had only just en- tered upon the evil course of prostitution, and it was just possible that she might be saved from it a.nd induced to return to her relatives, or to enter the House of Refuge. The magistrates, after consideration, said they thought the kindest course would be to send her to prison for 14 days and to order that enquiries might in the meantime be made. The other defendant was fined 10s. and costs, or 14 days.

ENORMOUS MORMON EXODUS FROM LIVERPOOL. Wednesday the Guion Company's United States mail steamer Minnesota, Capt. Morgan, sailed from the Mersey for New York, with 850 steerage and 50 saloon passengers. Among the steerage passengers there were no less than 600 Mormons—men, women, and children. About one-half of the followers of Joe Smith were Scandinavian—natives of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and the remainder were from England, Scotland, and Wales—Birmingham and Wolverhampton contributing a large number. The general appearance of the "saints" was most satis- factory, and with but few exceptions the men, women, and children were evidently in the enjoyment of good health. On their arrival in New York they will be met by an agent of Brigham Young, who will, after allowing them a few days rest after the fatigues of the voyage, proceed with them to Salt Lake City, Utah. Everything that could possibly tend to the comfort of the passage was prepared for them on board the Minnesota, and whatever else they may have reason to complain of, the manner in which the Guion Company have fitted up the Minnesota for their trip to New York cannot fail but to meet with their approval, as nothing can exceed the cleanliness and good ventilation, combined with light, of the 'tween decks. '1 he Mormons are under the special charge of Elder G. W. Wilkins and Dr. Parke, but during their stay in Liverpool they were looked after by Elder Carrington and Mr. Brigham Carrington. We may state that Dr. Parke has been travelling over the Continent for several months, enquiring into the different methods of national educa- tion, with a view of remodelling the system of Mormon education at Salt Lake, and the Mermoti settlements in Utah. Amongst the Mormons who sailed on Tuesday were two old people, a man 81, and a woman aged 82, who are going out to Utah to join some junior members of their family.

A VERY SAD ACCIDENT.—Information has been received of a deplorable accident two miles from Kingsbridge Mr. William Coaker married, two or three weeks since Miss Vosper, of Merrifield, Plympton, and having returned from the honeymoon trip to their estate at Scoble, near Kingsbridge, the bridegroom a father went to visit them, and Mr. Coaker drove his young wife to meet him. On their way honie the horaea took fright, and the carriage I was turned over. Mr. Coaker, j un., was instantly crushed to death. His young wife is so injured that her life is despaired of, and the father has broken bones and several internal injuries.

THE LATE EVAN DAVIES. L.L.D. PHOEM. The biography of the great and good has ever been a subject of careful and attentive study. By perusing the record of their life, work, and labours, we become acquainted with their thoughts, feelings, and aspirations— the difficulties with which they had to contend, their struggles and triumphs. and the means employed in sur mounting the obstacles which constantly passed athwart their path. In the biography of such men we meet: too, with incidents, circumstances, and events little tilings done, or a few words said, which directly tend to reveal the true character—the inner life of the man whose memoir we read and stu (y. Necessarily, to many minds, this life of those who have dazzled the world by the splendour of their achievements, has a peculiar charm an intense fascination. It is, however, questionable, whether their deeds havp contributed rather towards retarding than in advancing civilization and the hap- piness of man. Vt e candidly own our preference to the life of the student rather than the military com- mander. The citizen, who has consecrated his time, talents, and his intellectual and moral power to the public good, to active benevolence, to promote those movements and institutions which have for their design and objects a higher mental culture, an in- tenser love of goodness and virtue — institutions which seek to create a profounder attachment, to our country and a deeper, warmer, and an intenser desire to promote the material, the intellectual, an spiritual welfare and interest of the race we regard the life and labours of such a man as far more worthy of our admira- tion, veneration, and esteem than even that of Welling- ton, a Napoleon, or a Napier. It is given to l>ut few men of this character, who so work and labour, to earn, during their life. the applause of the world. As a rule, humanity is more disposed to admire the grand and heroic than the simple and useful. Thus the world jog* on. The stream advances and we advance with the stream, and ever antI anon one true soldier after another drops on life's battle-field—a soldier whose value is not sufficiently estimatell nor his loss realized until the mortal has been consigned to the tomb. Hut even men of this high type had, when living, their enemies. This is, indeed, the lot of all good men. But the grave buries every error—covers every defect—extinguishes every re- sentment From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Here all war ceases. Hue all passion is buried. From the tomb there comes the accents of expiring love. And when we look into the grave of the departed we associate the life of the dead only with virtue and gentleness—with good- ness and truth. With such feelings as these we looked into the tomb of our departed friend the other morning, and our regret was that one so useful, who had wrought such good works, should have been cut down in the flower of his manhood. But he is gone He for whom we entertained feelings of the profoundest respect, has been removed for ever from the scene of life's struggles and triumphs. EARLY YEARS. In the upper division of the hundred of Cayo, but paitly in the hundred of Catheynog, in the county of Carmarthen, though on the borders of Cardiganshire, is situate the small parish of Llan-y-crwys. In that parish is a farm called Gelli, which was occupied and cultivated by its owner, the late Mr. Timothy Davies, father of the deceased. As yet we have seen no record of the date of his birth, but before concluding this notice we shall have occasiun 10 refer tu a circumstance which wtll satisfac- torily show that the deceased was horn in the year 18:W. We have, since writing the ahove, ascertained tilat he was horn on the2(5thof June, in that year Of hisearlyyearswe know but little but in the winter of 1833 or 1834 we find that he attended a day school which was held in the old congregational chapel called Faidyhrenin, and the teacher was Mr. David Evans, now Professor Evans, of Carmarthen College. It appears the deceased made con- siderable progress in his studies under the tuition of Mr. Evans, and feeling a disinclination to follow his father's pursuits as a yeoman, he continued to prosecute hi., studies, antI subsequently became a pupil of the late Dr. William Davies, of .Ffroodvale. where he remained until the year 1841. From Ffroodvale he went for twelve months to Dr. Alfred Day's school, at Bristol, which he left in the year 1842. During the time Mr. Davies was at Ffroodvale, while he gave great attention to his books, yet he did not neglect to cultivate other sciences. He was very fond of playin." at ball, but was still fonder of using the how. which he often managed to smuggle into the school under his coa, and now and then he would let fly an arrow at the shins of some new comer, or some aged pupd, who, writhing in agony, would go up and make his complaint to the master. Instead of resorting to the cane, the doctor would take down a copy of Virgil or Homer, and mark in pencil fifty or sixty lines, and placing the book in Evan's hand would say—"Get that ready out of book IInd construe it before leaving school." These tasks generally produced a flood of tears, which, however, only lasted for a few minutes when he would commence 111 earnest the task assigned him, which he would accomplish in less than an hour. It was during the penod of his aca- demical studies at Ffroodvale that the deceased commence 1 the study of music, ana the raptl progress he mule hoth in acquiring a profound scientific acquaintance with the principles of music, and the great mastery over his voice, gave a promise of his future eminence. His early taste for music became ultimately a passion, and if he had continued its cultivation and devoted the whole of his years to this harmonizing and refining branch of learning, it is almost certain that he would have become one of the ablest musicians of this generation. Providence, however, directed his steps otherwise. He was destined for a noble work- and his life is associated with one of the greatest efforts which our nation put forth for the advancement of education—the intellectual progress of the people. His life is most intimately connected and closely identified with the progress of education in Wales during the last twenty-six years. The chief part of his public career was connected with teaching. He brought to bear upon his work ripe scholarship, and an intimate acquaintance with almost every branch of humour bearing. He taught by the use of illustrations, hence his lessons were ever remembered by his pupils. This, added to his plodding, wall the secret of his success. We question whether there has ever lived a man who excelled our late friend as a teacher. UNIVERSITY LIFE. We have already referred to the late Dr. Davies's studies at Bristol. We do not know if he had then any definite object in life, but as he had become a member of the church at Faldybrenin. in September, 1840, it is more than probable that he intended to devote his life to the work of the Christian ministry. This opinion is COD- firmed by the fallowing circumstance An eminent Welshman, Dr. Williams, left an estate which he placed in the hands of trustees. By his will he directed these trustees to provide exhibitions for suitably-qualified young men, natives of South Britain, and devoted co the ministry among Nonconformists. His estates bequeathed to the College supply six buisaries of JE40 per annum each, to be held by under graduates for three years, and of JE45 when they became graduates. Under the will certific ttes were required of age, residence, and moral character. Satisfactory proof was to be given by each candidate of his intention to study for the Christian ministry. Before, however, a candidate could secure an exhibition, he had to pass a satisfactory examination in the 1st Book of Livy Cicero dcSenectute; Virgil's Georgies; Horace's Odes, 1st Book Homer's Iliad, 1st four Books Arith- metic Algebra, including Simple Equations and the first three Books of Euclid. On "the 21st of September, 1842, Mr. Evan Davies, aged 16, of Flood Vule School, Llandovery, applied for one of the vacant exhibitions at Glasgow, and the necessary certificates having been read, he was admitted as a candidate, and attendeil the com- mittee meeting on the following Wednesday-28th Sep- tember, 1842—to be examined, with Mr. John Falding, of Ecclesfield, near Sheffield, and Mr. George Washington Harris. Mr. Davies and Mr. Harris were elected, but Mr. Falding failed to satisfy the Committee," and hence failed to pass. During his college years at Glasgow he was, emphati- cally, an earnest student. We have the testimony of a college friend, that he was a great reader, while he remembered everything he read. Thus he stored his mind with facts—he surveyed almost the whole field of human enquiry, but he never neglected preparation for the various classes he attended. For his tutors he was always ready, never missing a single attendance, and his work was always done in such a manner as to earn the high enconiums of the various professors of Glasgow. After remaining at the University the usual time, he obtained his M. A. degree, and in 1858, the University, to show its high appreciation of our deceased friend as a scholar and teacher, conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. THE TEACHER. In the year 1844 there was great agitation in Wales respecting the establishment of day schools, and the training of efficient teachers. For more than fifty years prior to this time Nonconformists had taken the lead in Sunday Schools, and while they had many educational establishments, presided over by able and trained tutors. The nationai want, however, was far from being supplied. Everywhere there was a large number of children who did not attend any week-day school, while there were hundredsof placesin which no school existed. This stateof things led to a conference-of Nonconformists and Church- men, which was held a.t Llandovery in the year 1841. At this conference the question of primary education in Wales was discussed in all its bearings, and before the delegates separated they came to a resolution to establish a Normal College tor the training of teachers which should be unsectarian in character, and be supported by the voluntary offerings of the friends of education. It was also resolved that the College should be established in the town of Brecon in consequence of its central position. Having taken this step, the next question was if there was a man connected with the Principality who possessed sumcient ability to preside over the College As it was expected that no inconsiderable number of the students would be Welsh-speaking young men, a knowledge of that language was regarded as of primary importance. About this time our late friend had passed his examination for the M.A. degree at Glasgow University with great ecldt, and some way his name was brought before the committee of the new proposed educational institution. But Mr. Davies was then a mere boy—not out of his teens. ever, an interview between him and the committee took place, and the impression which his bearing produced was so strongly favourable that they invited him to be- come the principal of the new College. This matter being arranged, Mr. Davies proceeded to the training school of the British and Foreign School Society, London, where he remained for several months, and during the time he spent there his attention was wholly engrossed with the system of teaching pursued, not only in the college but in the day school connected with it. When he left there he had thoroughly mastered the system in all its various details and bearings. We believe he remained at the Borough Road, London, until the close of the session of 1844, when he returned to Wales, the land of his hume and Íüø leve and his warmest affection. Early ÎI1 the year 1845 the Normal College was opened at Brecon, with Mr. Davies as principal. It was located in a large building which had been previously used as an hotel, and was situate opposite the old Town Hall. The building containerl a large number of rooms with a large yard at the back, which was used as a play-ground for the children, and a drill ground for the students. Mr. Davies, as soon as the College was opened, commenced his work in earnest. Every morning the students were up and at their classes at 0 o'clock in the morning, and they con- tinued to study until eight, when an hour was given for breakfast, prayers, and booc cleaning. Part of the students then went to teach in the day school, and the rest—the raw recruits—to their lessons. Thus he kept ,euf at their work with the exception of two hours in the ™lddle of the day, and the hour for tea, until 9 o'clock at night, when they had supper and went to bed. For four years, or nearly four years, the College remained at Brecon, and during those years a large number of able and efficient teachers were sent out, and as the college roje into form, the students had no difficulty in obtaining schools, though t ie salaries then paid was in all cases sufficiently large. to induce the whole of the pupils to continue the profession. Hence many sought other em- ployments. while a few left the country for other lands. From Brecon the ( ollege was removed to Swansea. This took place in January, 181\), and was continued here as a public training college until the year 1851. In Mr. Davies' examination before Sir John Pakington's educa- tion committee in May, lStid, he said that during the six years of the existence of the College he passed 140 pupils, and that the committee were successful in esta- blishing about 12U day schools in Wales. 45 of which were in lSGij connected with Government at that date. W hen the Normal College ceased te exist as a training college, Mr. Davies resolved to carry it on as a private grammar school ile brought to his aid high class teachers—university men—and his school rose yearly in public opinion and public contidence. If pupils of other schools failed in passing severe examinations, his never tailed; but almosc always stood first on the list of success ul candidates. Recently we had the testimony of on- ot the best men which Oxford has sent out-this gentleman was then a teacher of a Glamorgan grammar school that he di.l not care a fig for all pupils who came as competitors with his scholars, except those who had been trained by Mr. Davies. Indeed bis fame went through all the lan I-and his school became the admi- ration of all who could appreciate high mental culture. As a public school, it stood, of course, on its own merits. From no quarter did he receive any assistance—any pecuniary aid—yet he continued to train up young men tur the scholastlC PI" ,fesslOn, frolll whom, in many cases, he received but a scanty remuneration. In answer to Mr. Bruce, when examined by the committee already adudedto, he said—"I have pupils now who are pre- paring for schoolmasters; I have generally two, three, or four, and sometimes half-a-dozen of such pupils." He continued his connection with the college until 1S67, and from the time he commenced his career as a teacher, in 1845, until 1867, he sent out some of the best men Wales has ever produced—men who adorn the station they occupy, and the professiou to which they belong. He gave them a start in life. He implanted in their bosom a love of study and a desire to excel. He urged upon them the importance of hard work if they desired to attain eminence. The result of his own example and teaching is, that all over W ales, and many parts of England, are gentlemen who are discharging their duty to their country and to society—men, who are an honour to Wales—who, had it not been for Evan Davies, would to-day be toiling at the plough, or pursuing some mechanical calling. By means of his teaching and ex- ample he nas raided intellectually, and educationally, the Cambrian nation. He has left in his age a mark which the iron ban [ of time will never remove. He has contributed in pre-eminent degree to change the destiny of our nation. He lived for a noble purpose—his death will ever be lamented. CHANGE UP PROFESSION. When Mr. Davies gave up his ,-chool in lSG7, he articled himself t,) Mr. Smith, when he at once commenced the study of law. In this as in all things he was an earnest studen t. While he gave great attention to the study of the general principles of jurisprudence, he was not the less attentive to the practical illustration of the prin- ciples in which he giounded himself. In this he acted wi-ely, because law in its practice and application is made up chiefly of technicalities Being a graduate of an University he had received the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1S58. He had only to study for three years before going up to pass his final examination. This examina- tion he passed most creditably, and immediately after- wanls he commenced practice at his offices in 1{utland- street on his own account. Fortunately for him he had not, as have many young lawyers, few clients. When he beg an he had ill the otfice work which "uuld take him two or three months to complete. But when there opened up to him the certain prospect of a brilliant pro- fessional career, he was taken ill, an illness which had been brought on doubtless by hard study and unwearied diligence, and the disease fiom which he suffered has, unhappily, proved fatal. When the School Board was established he was appinted the first secretary, and he brought to bear upon the deliberations of the Board an acquaintance with the subject which was as extensive as it was profound. He was emp ^atically the right man for t ie post, and we believe every member of the Board deeply deplores his loss. Had our friend lived, he would have got into a magnificent practice, and would have secured for himself a splendid name in the roll of his professional brethren. THE SCHOLAR AND PATRIOT. Although the deceased was not a greOLt scholar, nor did he possess in pre-eminent degree the power of general- iza'ion, yet but few men of his or any age acquired in such brief life such general knowledge of mcn and books. As a Greek scholar he was above the average. He was a good Latinist. As an arithmetician and mathematician he distanced almost all his competitors. He was well read in history, in biography, in natural science, in poetry, and general literature and criticism. He was an excellent singer, anti a capItal Judge Of.IUU81C, possesslllg the most delicate ear, so as to detect in a moment the least jar in any of the parts. As a public man he took up all liberal measures with the greatest heartiness and warmth. At the last general election he worked hard for the liberal cause, and contributed in a great degree in securing the great triumph of the liberal party in feouth ales. For many years he was closely connected with the Liberation Society, with the Peace Society, and when the Swansea Nonconformist Association was re- cently established, he was appointed its hon. secretary. He took a deep interest in the liberal newspaper press of South Wales, and, we believe, contributed many leaders to the "Daily Leader'' after its removal to Swansea. When the Rev. Thomas Jones became pastor of the NeW Congregational Church, he (Mr. Davies) undertook the training of the choir, and if his health had continued he would doubtless have been its permanent leader. It was a great misfortune to the choir there when he was obliged to discontinue his labours. The members of the choir and the members of the church worshipping there deeply feel his loss. The wise and weighty words and the eloquent appeals which the pastor of that church made to his congregation last Sunday morning, in reviewing the life and la' ours of Mr. Davies, will not soon Le forgottPIJ by his sorrowing church and weeping congregation. [We hope to give an epitome of the sermon in our next.] DEAD, YET SPEAKS. Dr. Davies is dead, but he yet speaks. He speaks to us in a life of self-sacrifice and practical benevolence- His own interest and welfare were often made subservient to the interests and welfare of others. To do good wa9 with him a matter of more momentous importance than pecuniary gain. Time which he ought to have devoted to his own affairs was given to the publIc. Every benevolent institution had his warmest support, hUI cordial and ready assistance. His life was characterised by pure benevolence, personal gain being regarded by him as the small dust in the balance compared with the claims which institutions of a charitable nature had upon his time and services. He delighted to do good, to help the weak ones, to elevate the people. He has thus left aU example which the young men of Wales would do wisely to follow. He ?peaks to us in the constancy and fidelity of his friendship. A friend he never forsook. In this his heart was as true as steel. Some of his earliest friends were the chief mourners. The tie formed early grew stronger and stronger as years advanced They lived in each others love, and sympathy. In his departure they lost the truest and best friend outside their own family circle they ever had- He speaks to us in a life of devotion to the intellectual and educational improvement of his country. He has thus left upon his age an impress which time will not ob- literate. When we compare the educational and intel- lectual status of these days, with the days when the Normal College was first opened at Brecon, we see what an immense advance there has been, and this progress, directly and indirectly, is chiefly traceable to his effort? and self-denying labours. He speaks to us, too, in hi» love of country, in his patriotic effort to advocate the cause of progress, of liberty, and useful and beneficial reforms. Trained up in a Nonconformist family and school it was but natural he should continue cl< sjiy identified with the Liberal party, with Liberal move- ments, and Nonconformity. To the last he was a Congre- gationalist, having been admitted a memher at Saldy* brenin, in 1840. His was a life of fidelity to principles, to liberty, and to his country. Indeed, He was a man take him for all in all, We shall not look upon his like again" We have now said our say. We have paid our tribute to the memory of a noble Cambrian son. Peace be to his dust. He lived a manly, an heroic, and practically useful life and through the ages his name will li e as a successful teacher, a true friend, and a deep and profound lover of his country. He lived for a noble purpose, and his works will follow him.

SEVERN BRIDGE AND RAILWAY.—The first general meeting of the directors and shareholders of this company was held at Gloucester on Saturday afternoon. Mr. W- C. Lucy, corn merchant, of Gloucester, Birmingham, and Bristol, chairman of the directors, presided, and in tbe course of an able address said the directors had appointed a secretary, and that a new prospectus would shortly be issued, asking the public to subscribe the remainder o' the share capital, so that the works would be earned out. In the present state of the labour market the contracturS were unwilling to undertake heavy responsibilities but it was hoped that by next spring matters would havfl settled down and the works might be let. The Bill been passed by Parliament in face of formidable oppo- sition because it was seen that the work would effect great public good. At present the Midland Railway Com* pany were very favourable to the project, and he believed that hereafter the Great Western would be as favourable' not only as enabling them to ship heavy cargoes of Co3 at Sharpness new docks, but also for passenger traffic, fot even supposing the Severn tunnel made, many passenger would prefer passing over the river to going under it* (Applause.) He spoke of the great commercial and locaj importance of the scheme, and hoped the capital would be largely taken up by persons in Gloucester, Dean Forest. and South Wales, instead of those who would only loo* to the railway and bridge M <t means of easuring dividend'' No resolution was proposed, but it waa announced tba the next meeting would be held in February.