The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

GLAM OR CANS HIRE. CARDIFF. The freemen of Liverpool have lately, at a numerous and respectable meeting-, passed re- sotutioDS expressive of their gratitude and admiration of the distinguished services lately rendered to their cause by our honourable representative J. Nichoil, Esq. They voted to h:m the public thanks of the meeting, and resolved to present to him some lasting tribute of the esteem and gratitude of the burgesses. The meeting was addressed with great eloquence by several of the leadiug gentlemen of Liverpool, and the resolutions passed, not only with unanimity, but with an enthusiasm such as is seldom witnessed. THE EARL OF PLYMOUTH'S WILL.—We under- stand that, under the noble Earl's will, no part of his property will go with the title. His Lordship be- queaths 2,000/. per annum to his Countess in addition to her jointure of 10,000t. per annum. The Hewel estate is left to the Hon. R. Clive,and his family; that gentleman, it will be recollected, married one of the Earl's sisters. To Viscount Holmesdale, the eldest son of Earl Amherst, whj married the late Earl's mother, property to the amount of 10,000/. a-year is bequeathed.— VVorcesler Journal. CAPABILITIES or CAIIDIFF.We hear that ru- mours are again afloat of improvemfnts to the port of Cardiff. It is ardently desired that they may be realized, for the entrance to the port is too circum- scribed to afford facilities to the numberless daily arrivals and departures. There is nosubstantial reason why Cardiff should not rival or eclipse Bristol, Glocester, or any other port in the channel—its trade has of late wonderfully increased, and if a floating basin was made outside the lock gates, the benefit would be incalculable. Vessels might then leave the canal without being dependent on the tides; it would then at all times be clear, the navigation for craft of any description uninterrupted, and twicethe numberof vessels m ght pass without any of the trouble or risk they are now obliged to encounter. AXCIEXT BRITISH OAK.—At the farm house at Pwll.y.Wengi, near Cardiff, on the estate of Henry Jones, Esq. a fire broke out about a year ago which nearly destroyed the whole building. In an examina- tion of the ruins a few days ago, Mr. Jones discovered a piece of oak timber about a foot square, in many parts very much scorched, and on one side carved in antique fashion, and bearing in figures of very ancient form, the inscription 112!J. The piece of wood even now is sound. IROS TRADE.—There is now a greater number of vessels at Cardiff, waiting for cargoes of iron, than there has been for many years past; and such is the improvement in the trade of this port generally, that the oldest inhabitant does not recollect seeing the harbour so full of ships. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, the 20th ult., VYilliam Wittiams, a sailor on board of the David, leaped overboard, in presence of his comradep, about nine miles from Berwick-on-Tiveed, and was drowned. The unfortunate man had been for some time troubled in his mind, and fancied that he was haunted by some person who wanted him to take money to buy food with, which he often mentioned to his shipmates. He was a native of Cardiff, and had been abflel. t from home 11 years. ANNUAL MEETING OF TIlE SUBSCRIBEfiS TO THE GLAMORGAN CLERGY CHARITY. On Tuesday se'nnight, the annual meeting of this excellent institution took place at the Bear Inn, Cow- bridge, which was attended by the Clianceiloi- of the Diocese, the Principal of St. David's College, the Rev. Dr. Williams, and a considerable number of the principal clergy and laity of the county. Twenty guineas each were voted for ten widows, and more than £ 1.50 apportioned for apprenticing the sons, and re!ieving the wauts of orphans, of the distressed Y. Clergy. At three o'clock, the subscribers sat down to dinner, the Chancellor iu the chair.- After the usual toasts, the Rev. Dr. Williams rose, and stated that he had to propose the health of one, in whose praise all that he could say would be of little value in compa- rison with the benedictions of the widow and the orphan, which were daily offered up for him he would give the health of the Rev. Bruce Knight, the indefatigable treasurer of the Society. The worthy Chancellor then rose and spoke as follows My best acknowledgments are due to you all for the obliging manner in which you have drank my health, and to Dr. Williams in particular am I in- debted for the friendly and handsome terms in which he proposed it. It is impossible for me to be other. wise than greatly pleased by these tokens of your approbation and regard: welcome, however, as these marks of your goodwill must be to me, I can assure you they are doubly acceptable, when I consider that they are offered to me in my official capacity as trea- surer to the Glamorganshire Clergy Society. Having now for eleven years taken an active part in the interests of that excellent institution, I feel in some degree enabled to speak ofits great merits aud utility, and most ungrateful, as well as unjust should I be, did I not take the opportunity of bearing full testi- mony to theextraordinary kindness and support which have on all sides been manifested towards our widows and orphans. If there have been indications of a jealous and unkindly feeling towards the Miuistersof the establishment in other places, from such an evil we have in this district been eminently free, and the generous and considerate spirit which has been shewn towards us generally by the laity, calls for our thank- fulness and admiration. It is, indeed true, that the widows and children of the parochial minister, who has faithfully endeavoured to discharge his duty, are eminently entitled to the public sympathy and regard, and the poverty of many of our benefices from various causes, necessarily gives occasion to many instances of urgent and necessitous claims. The condition of widowhood is of itself afflicted and (ie-olate-to lose the husband, the bond of the house—the fond com- panion of happier days-the comforter in trouble- the stay and counsel of the family-the right hand- the protector—the father—must ever be asad bereave- ment: but how are the sorrows of the heart enlarged wheu with the head of the family, the means of subsistence cease also when the house and spot so much loved must be with so much regret forsaken It is for these reasons, that we find the Bible, the Book of Charity and Love, represent widows and orphans to be, as it were, the special regard of the Almio-htv who ts there declared to be •• The Father of the fatherless, and a defender of the cause of the widows" -and'«to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, u represented to be so important a part of true religion.—Gentlemen, it must be quite needless tor me to dwell on these topics: as I see mvself however, surrounded by Welshmen, I will quote a BP tit once from that good book, as representing the objects and feelings of our institution, and 1 will quote it in a language, which, if we regard its facility of combination, its harmony of sound, or power and richness of expression, is as superior to the Greek as the Greek is to the Roman tongue Gad dy blnt amddifaid i 6, myfi au cadwaf hwynt yn fvw ac ymddirieded dy weddwon ynof fi."—Jerein. 49'11. Before he sat down, he would propose the health of his Predecessor, the Rev. Dr. Williams, who had contributed so mainly to the growiug prosperity of the institution. 11 The Rev. Gentleman proposed the health of'the lay subscribers, the generous and disinterested frieuds of the society." J. B. BRUCE, Eq-In behalf of the laity I return their best thanks—for. myself, I can truly say that I sball always be rejoiced to render my best services in aid of this excenent institution, because I ponsider it as efficient in 'ts administration, as it is benevolent in its objects, nor can I conceive a greater luxury than that of soothing the sorrows of those who have known better days. I could say much in praise of it, but that I might appear to be bestowing high commenda- tion iu that quarter where it might be unbecoming in me to do so-but, my friends, are we not all brothers in such a cause as this ? Are not the objects of it our mothers and sisters ? Are not its orphans our chil- dren ? While I have a shilling in my pocket, my mite shall not be wanting (and I am sure 1 can answer for you all) in the support of connections who have such strong and urgent claims upon us. The Principal of St. David's College in returning thanks for his health being drank, stated that, it was indeed true, that though his head and person were in Cardiganshire, his heart was in his uative county; that he was a member of four societies of this des- cription in the extensive Diocese to which he belonged, and that he always referred to the pros- perous state of the Glamorgan Clergy Charity with (eehngs of pride and gratification. The health of Mrs. Davies, of Tregroes, of Daniel Jones, Esq., of Llantwit, and of other generous bene- factors was drank with enthusiasm, and the party broke up with the delightful feeling that they had "left their sheaf ia the field for the fatherless and the wiiow."

BRECONSHIRE. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Monday last a nu- merous party of young persons ascended the Brecon Beacons, the highest summit of the Brecknockshire hills, which stands 2,863 feet above the level of the sea, on all excursion of pleasure. In a short time, two young men, named Rees Davies, aged about 20, the son of Evan Davies, of Bailey Glaes, Brecon, and John Jones, aged about 19, the son of John Jones, a butcher at Brecon, unfortunately began some actIve I amusement on the top of the hill, in which, in. advertently coming too near the brow, they were both precipitated down the precipice, to a depth of 300 feet where their descent to a lower depth was checked by a projecting ridge. So directly perpen. dicular was the declivity down which they fell, that their friends, who looked from the dizzy height above, could not discover them, and it was only by the daring- ascent of some persons (of whom immense numbers speedily came from Brecon and other parts) from the valley beneath, which in that part was about 1-200 feet below the projection on which the young men were, that their mangled remainswereextricated and borne to their friends. This search of Christian Charity was made by night: and when the light of day broke upon the adventurous and resolute then who had made it, and presented to them the appalling and critical dangers through which they had been guided, they were seized with a subhme feeling of terror at the dangers they had passed, and of thank- fulness to the Almighty hand that had upheld them BRECO.VSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. ( Concludedfro- our last.) ATROCIOUS BURCLARY.—Tohn S™<th,<l0 Ja» Bryant, 28, and William Smith, 22, were charged with burglariously entering the dwelling house of fhomas, Prosser, at Cwm. »«nt Coch, on the 24th June, and stealing one box, value 4d. four sovereigns, and some silver. Mr. John Evans, after a very able statement of the case, ealled the following witnesses T Thomas Prosser, an elderly man-I am a farmer. I reside at Cwmnant Coch, m the parish of Llanider. On the 24th of June, my family went to bed at 10 o'clock, I hud gone to bed a short time before. I was disturbed between twelve and one, by a noise hke a tea kettle rattling. I thought the servant had got up. and called to know what she was doing: I heard two or three persons come into my bed room. They asked for money, I said I had no money; my wife was with me in bed, and said she had none in bed, but wanted to get up to give them the money. The men would not let her get up, and when I wanted to do so, they knocked me with this stick [stick pro. duced, about an inch in the thickest end, and tapering downwards] once on ray head and once on my arm. They tied my wife's arms with a cord. I felt the blood trickling down my face at the time I heard the clock strike one. j cannot say which of the prisoners struck me t they were about three quarters of an hour in the room. I laId, if they would be peaceable, they should have money, and victuals and drmk too. One of them said, money I will | C\ nS1 tliere is no money but what is in the box, and you shall have the money, box and all I told them the box\\dS at the foot of the bed, under the table. I soon a,ter heard aloud voice outside of the house; they then left the room. I could not tell who the men were, but 1 could discover three betwixt me and the window, the ixt me and box was taken away. When Thomas Jones carpe they all ran away; and I and my wife went out through the window. We remained out about an hour and a half. When It was light we found the box was gone. When I went to let in Thomas Jones, the window was open it bad been shut over night; there was one pane of glass taken out very neaf i0.l ? fasteninS of the window. On coming in I missed the box-, it contained four sovereigns, some silver, and some papers, the deeds of my property. There was a cupboard m the kitchen, I missed some silver teaspoons that bad been in it. They were found on a bed up stairs, where two of the prisoners had endeavoured to conceal themselves. A kettle was taken out of its place to the house door. Cross.examined by Mr. Chilton, on behalf of John Smith.—1 had seen the box that night before I went to bed. not s<* who the men were .'n the room; I have heard there WCre five, but could see three between me and tho J e ^ox has never been found. I got out-of taW»n before my wife, and am sure the pane was taken out before I got out. Prisoner John Smith—" How do you know that I am e person that struck you? there were live of us, and it I might have been one of the two others." » I did not say sticV'011' whose stick is this?" 1 never saw that EUaabeth Prosser-[This witness, wife of the former, very deaf 1—I ana wife of the last witness. I saw the .1 » 91.1 r^indows weU fastened before I went to bed, on me of jttaCi Al)0ut 12 at night 1 was disturbed I only heard one man by the bed side, but could see that "t0k'iee 'n the room. One came to the bed side, too • o,d of my hands, and began to twist and screw them, an led them with whipcord. I tried to undo it, and he too my hands again and pressed them tight, and said, give me the money, give mc the money." I put the money in the box that night before we went to bed. It was four sovereigns and some silver, in all nearly 51. I tried to rise out of bed, and he said, no, no, no. I tried to get up, and they then tied my hands very tight and fast. The whipcord they tied my hands with was not in the house be- fore. I ivied again to loosen my hands, they tied them again tight till they were black and blue, and struck me on the side of the head with a large club or stick. My head rose in a great lump, and has had a great heat in it ever since. I know who struck me by his voice; it is the yellow haired man, John Smith. I heard enough of his voice, and after it was light I knew him directly. I called to the girls upstairs to come down. I heard Thomas Jones' voice, when the men went quiet off, and my husband and I got out at the window. This witness was cross examined by Mr. Chilton, but nothing new was elicited. Mary Ann Prosser, a remarkably intelligent little girl, about thirteen years of age, deposed. I am niece of the prosecutor, and live with him. On the 24th of June I went to bed before it was dark. I sleep with the servant upstairs, and my uncle and aunt sleep in the room on the groundfloor, under mine. I heard a noise in the middle of the night; it was cursing and swearing, and strange men's voices. One of the men said, "Moneywe want, money we want, and money we will have." Uncle said," We have got no money in bed, but if you will let us rise you shall have some." I had nothing on but my shift. I went down stairs, out at the door, and over to the Gwcnnanh farm, which is two fields off, where Thos. Jones lives, I called him up. He got up and came down, and when I bad got three parts of the way home, he passed me. The dogs barked at me at Gwennarth. I told Jones to come down. I did not return to my uncle's that night. Cross examined by Mr. Chilton. There is a room in which my uncle sleeps, and a kitchen, down stairs. I did not go into the room where my uncle was, hut went out straight at the door. To a question from the prisoner Bryant: I cannot swear who said, Money we want, money we want. I did not hear any one threaten to take uncle's life. The examination of this witness excited extraordinary interest. Thomas Jones, a smart rustic youth of rather small stature, (!epose,l,- I live at Cwmnant. On the night of the 24th June, Mary Ann Prosser called me up. I got up, dressed myself as fast as I could, and took a club (it was the handle of a thresher flail), and went to Pressor's house as fast as 1 could. I saw some clothes on the ground at the door saw the young man, William Smith, at the door. He said," I am not one of the gang, they are just gone along the road" I said, whether you're one of the gang or not, here's at you. [Laughter.] I then hit him, and gave him a good black eye, and down he went, [laughter,] right into the house, and some one shut the door. I then set up a huzza—" Come on my boys, I've knocked one of them down, and I'll knock another down if I can have a chance." I kept up a great noise and shouting, as if I had others with me. Prosecutor and his wife got out at the window naked. I spoke a word to John Jones, and then went for Williams and Palmer. I found lying on the ground two jackets, two hats, and two pair of shoes [one of them belonging to the maid servant.] Jones and I kept puard outside, while Williams and Powell, and Mr. and Mn. Prosser went into the house. Palmer went to the top of the house. I saw the prisoners in the house after they were taken, and I talked to them. .ross-examined by Mr. Chilton.—William Smith had ."s clothes on, the other two prisoners were without their n* 81 I was there when they were searched. They had 0 Property, but two of them had little knives. I did not \cc footsteps from the house. ames Powell.—I remember the night of the robbery. tn_as I0,Ised from bed between one and two by went to Mr. Prosser's house, and searched, and hhi? • ,iam Smith, with the bed clothes wrapt round Cheney v.'6 bed 1 f°Und, set fire to Calmer went to the top outside, and A se found eTs|raw 'n the grate, and Bryant came in™ | 2 between the feather bed and p was d~ ♦ Vh a?d Bryant were without jackets. W- &muh Th_ 38 "e is now. ncss a!!i"0r'Cjr I' Sniitl> defended himself with great bold- Sai- was impossible that he could tieMrs- ros- hold h» 'ri one while he had to use the 0 er o a neri, He said atso that il was *mP0Sf!.ble that a person so deaf as she was should know him by his voice. Wm rTr "TO made no defence. For the prisoner ti« Chihon called Joel Vining, who said, thp K dcrllQinster. William Smith, the prisoner at »on. [The witness here became deeply WhS ? left Kidderminster on the Tuesday after 1 and there was not a better character in the ahnnt r"8^P summed up with great minuteness, and in Tho i m,nutes the jury returned a verdict of guilty. a« if in passing-sentence, remarked that f'V" suPP|>sed there were five men concerned in the 1 ,J .y* ant* 11 was possible that the violence used might hi 1? committed by the two who were not on their trial, tTply Tecorrt sentence of death, and recom. £ 1 it penalty of the law be not exacted. I L eol.Tt his duty also to recommend to his rirr^ f v prisoners be transported, with the utmost rigour of that punishment, for the remainder of their lives. Hill; Lord-chip, on the application of Mr Evans, ordered o five P0UI>ds to be paid to Thomas Jones, and ty lings to Mary Ann Prosser, for their brave and meritoriotis conduct on the occasion. messrs. Jones and Powell were attorneys for the prosecution and Mr. Bishop for the prsioner. Jones v. Watkins -This was an action to recover 23l. 8d. due for making and fixing 18 gates on the turnpike road, by order of defendant who was surveyor of the roads. The question was whether defendant was responsible in his private capacity, or did he give the order as agent to the commissioners of turnpikes. It was attempted to be shown, on the one side that plaintiff had attended a meeting of the committee to apply for his money, which they refused to pay; on the other side the defendant when applied to by Mr. Lawrence, the plaintiff's attorney, acknowledged havmg ordered thegates. The jury found for plaintiff 231.8s. Counsel for plaintiff, Mr. Evans and Mr. C. Powell, for defendant Mr. Whiteombe. Maitland v. Vots and others.-This was an action brought by Ebenezer Fuller Maitland, Esq. who in 1831 served the office of High Sheriff of the county, to recover two sums 281. & 101.on a bond for 20001. signed byvossl JerilLins, and Ricketts, as sureties for the due performance by Vosa of his duties as a sheriff's officer. It was alleged that Voss in executing a writ, Phipson v. Pitt, in the end of August 1831, had from motives of favor granted indulgence from time to time till October, and for this had extorted from Pitt 201. 15s. 8d. more than the law allowed him which 201. 15s. 8d. with law expenses making it 281. Pitt had re. covered from the aheriff. It was also alleged that in a writ, Lewis v. Lewis, Voss had received 101. more than he had accounted for. The principal facts of the former charge were clearly proved by the evidence of Mr. Pitt Mr T. James solicitor, Hay, who acted as Pitt's attornev M: Thomas, Clerk to Mr. Lawrence the Under Sheriff of the county, and several other witnesses. The second charge was not so clearly sustained. Verdict, for plaintiff in the first case 28J.; for defendant, in ibe second. Counsel for the plaintiff Mr. Whitcombe, for tbe defendant Mr. Evan. Waheman v. Lawrence.— This was an action brou.ht hv Mr. Wakeman, a surgeon at Cnckhoweil, against the de fendant, a gentleman in London, to recover lo* f„» medicine and attendance on Miss Jones, who had dipH in May last, and to whom Mr. Lawrence was executor. It was shown iu evidence that Miss Jones, then on a visit at John G wynnc Esq. Gwern Vale House, was taken seriously ill on a Friday night that plaintiff was sent for on the Saturday morning, and went with his apprentice four times on that day to attend the lady who continued to get worse and was in severe suffering; that he remained with his an prentice in the house to give requisite attendance during the night, and that the lady explred at f0llr on th°u' • morning. The defendant considered the billrfXorhiIant and tendered three guineas. In evidence it reinained doubtful whether three of the items of medicine in the bill had been sent: and Thos Batt iq, surgeon said that he considered the charge fbr medicines, supposing them to have been supplied, a perfectly fair one, but that he ron ceived the charge for attendance was too great hv Z 111* Verdict for defendant. Counsel, for plaintiff Mr whit' combe and Mr. C. Powell, for defendant Mr Evans Lindsay v. Herbert, junior.-This was an action brought by Margaret Lindsay, who occupied a small farm, Llwvnon against Evan Herbert, junior, for tresspass. It aDneared that the plaintiff was tenant to Evan Herbert, Esq father of the defendant, and was in arrear in rent. Mr flX was not rigorous as to his rent, but wished the tenant to gne up the iarm, which she would not do. lie therefore irected his son to proceed with Mr. Baker, his attorney, and another person named William Powell, to distrain for the rent due. When they arrived at the farm, Mrs. Lindsay was not there, and they saw no person to whom they could speak. Powell entered the stable through the hwlch, a sort of aperture, about three feet square, and then opened the door and drove out a cow and a sow, which were taken to a Mr. Watkins' farm, and sold some days after, the cow for 51. 10s.. and the sow for 21. In passing through the bwlch Powell pushed down a great stone about two and a half feet long, which he afterwards replaced. It was given in evidence that the value of the cow was 7i. and the sow 21 10s.; and the points for the jury were, whether the entry through the bwlch by Powell was a legal entry, (viz. an entry through an open door or window) in distraiiiing for rent, or whether in throwing down the great stone, he illegally forced an entry. After a short consultation, the jury found for plaintiff 101. The defendant had previously offered 20/ to avoid the luxuries of litigation. Lindwy v, Herbert, senio-r.-Tiiis was an action by the same plaintiff against Mr. Herbert, the father, for a distress, in the same facts, beyond what was due. At the re- commendation of the learned judge, after some discussion between counsel, the parties agreed to a verdict for plaintiff, Is. damages. Williams v. Greville.-This was an action brought by Mrs. Williams, the landlady of the Mariner's Inn. in Haverfordwest, to recover from the defendant, the Hon. Hubert Fulke Greville, the sum of 18781. It appeared that the defendant was a candidate for the representation of the county of Pembroke at the general election in May, 18JI, on which occasion the plaintiff's house was opened for the entertainment of the defendant's professional agents and voters, and was also the head quarters of the candidate and his friends. The defence was twofold. First, that the liability was incurred by the supporters of the defendant, and not by the defendant himself; and, secondly, that if the liability was incurred by the defendant, then the Treating Act was a bar to the plaintiff's recovery of a con. siderable part of her demand. A reference having been proposed on the part of the plaintiff, and the defendant having refused to arcede to it, the plaintiff was put to strict proof of the particulars of her demand, which, however, she established to the amount of 16821. and Justice Bosanquet having directed the Jury that as the Treating Act was set up in defence, 443J. of that suin was not recoverable at law, the jury found their verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of her bill, as proved in evi- dence, deducting that sum-namely for 1239/ iiiclmJiug 6001. which the defendant had paid into Court. The counsel for the plaintiff were Mr Vaughan Williams, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Powell; and for the defendant Mr. John Evans and Mr. Whitcombe.

HOLYWF.LL.—On Monday the 29th ult. the Bishop of St. Asaph confirmed upwards of four huudred children in the parish church of Holywell. More than half of the number, who were unacquainted with the English language, had that rite dispensed to them in the Welsh, wherein his Lordship ac- quitted himself with all the preciseness and accuracy of anative, which cannot be more emphatically charac- terised than was done by an old Welshman amongst the congregation, who called the Bishop's Welsh, 46 Cymraeg Croyw," (that is Welsh language fluently, clearly, and distinctly uttered.) This must greatly and deservedly endear the learned and conscientious Prelate to the inhabitants of the principality. We have also heard, that his Lordship gave out his text in Welsh, when preaching a charity sermon in Aber- gele. on Sunday the 21st day of July last. SHOCKING ACCI]DENT.-As Dantt Roberts, landlord of the Black Ox, Spilman-street, in this town, was returning from the marshes under the Parade, with an empty cart and horse, whither he had been working for his employer, Mr. Rogers, attorney, and sitting upon the tront of the cart, the horse made a sudden start, which threw Roberts under the wheel, which passing over his chest, broke the collar bone and right arm. Very prompt assist- ance was rendered by Mr. Eleazar Williams, surgeon, and the fractured bones skilfully set; the poor man lies in a dangerous state, but hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery.—Carmarthen tfournal. EXTRAORDINARY PASSAGE.—The smack Wil- liam and Ann, John Phillips, master, one of the traders between this Port and Gloucester, performed her last passage to Gloucester in the following unprecedented j short time: she left Carmarthen Quay on Friday morning, thelyth ult, and arrived in the Gloucester Basin on the following evening, out of which time she Jay at anchor in Kingsroad tlve liours.-Carmar- then Journal.

LIVERPOOL ELECTION. SPEECH OF MR. NICHOLS, ON ENTERING UPON THK DEFENCE OF THE FRF.F.MEN ON ItJESDAY LAST, BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. NICHOLS, after some preliminary observations proceeded I come, then, to the more material parts of the case, the charges of bribery and corruption, and I will fairly confess, and I admit at the first moment, that it is not my wish or intention in any way to deny the guilt of 1830 or 1827. If, sir, the punishment could have fallen flagranti delicto upon the parties alone who were guilty, and upon all the parties that were guilty, upon those who bribed equally with those who yielded to the [temptation—if the same parties had followed up to the present time the same course and the same system of corruption —if the punishment could now distinguish between the guilty and the inuocent—if the parties who are now electors were the same-if the elective franchise were confined and limited to an exclusive body, and you could shew that the great mass of those persons were still corrupt, then I would not seek to ward off from them the penal- ties of their del inquericy- then I would be one of the foremost to call upon this committee to hold out an example to deter others by a punishment proportion- ably severe, -Rot only upon those who have bribed, but upon those who have been the far less guilty j partners in that offence; and, sir, I would for one be ready to adopt any means of remedying the evil by endeavouring to add to a constituency some new body of persons which by its extent in number, and by its respectability in station, should be the best safeguard and guarantee against any future delinqency. But, sir, now there is no occasion for this. It is impossible to distinguish between the guilty and the innocent; it is impossible to punish the guilty alone. The crime has not been continued up to the present moment, and by the reform act a large amount of new constituency has been introduced, and by adding 200 per cent, at least to the number of registered freemen, has prevented any danger of similar disorders arising in future. The evil, therefore, has not only been remedied by the repentance and reform of the consti- tuency itself, but the reform bill has done all that can be necessary to prevent the recurrence of the evil. By this large addition to their number it has pre- vented the freemen from exercising any undue or preponderating influence in'future elections, and therefore we call upon the committee not only to over- took the transa ctions of those who have repented and reformed, but not to punish those whom we shall show to be the far greater llumber-tholle who have never been attacked and have never been implicated in these transactions. Sir, I will not detain the committee one minute longer. That is the general line of our defence, and I am confident the committee will give to our case a patient and fair investigation, and we shall bow with due respect to whatever decision may be the result of that investigation. Lest some prejudice should arise against the Corporation in this .case, as if they had been in any way involved in these transactions, we have brought up the treasurer of the Corporation, and we will put him first into the box to show that the Corporation have never been implicated at any time in these or any other election transactions. "I am afraid I must now trouble the committee with some remarks, and I am afraid, at the same time, I must apologize if I run into what the committee may consider unnecessary length, because I have not seen the evidence from the time it was given to the present moment, and I am not therefore prepared to curtail my remarks as I might have been if I had a more ample opportunity of examining the evidence. I will, in the first instance, dispose of one or two pre- liminary points, so that I mav leave myself clear to consider the different elections which have been the subject of discussion and examination before this committee. In the first instance I will only just thus far allude to the charge of trafficking iu places. As 1 before said, it bears in no wav upon the freemen and nothing can induce me to say "a siugle word more upou the subject. Sir, the next charge which has been introduced is a charge which I think has been very unnecessarily in- troduced, and 1 must say,in my judgment very invidi- ously introduced. It is a charge and an investigation into the conduct of the corporation of Liverpool. The intention, it is trne, has been disavowed to make any charge against the Corporation but if the committee look at the whole scope and tendency of the evidence which has been adduced, they will that this inves- tigation has been much more directed to an attack which has been adduced, they wi1 see that this inves- tigation has been much more directed to an attack upon the Corporation itself than upon the freemen generally. "Sir, this opinion is not only derived from the ten- dency and scope of the evidence, but the committee will recollect that yesterday Mr. Myers gave in evidence, that when lie was served with the subpoena, the person that served him, Mr. Duncan, the partner of the agent in this prosecution, told him that the en- quiry was more directed against the Corporation than against the freemen of Liverpool. The other side certainly have varied the ground of their charge a little during the course of this investigation. The first day or two, and in the early part of the investi- gation, was directed chiefly to degrade and vilify the freemen. The latter part of it has been taking up the defence of the freemen, and asserting their right in contradiction to the rights of the Corporation. Now, Sir, this is really a change of system for which I was a little unprepared. At one moment they are the prosecutors of the freemen, and the other moment they are their protectors. "Sir, in this investigation they have gone into all sorts of enquiries; they have examined as to the amount of the property of the Corporation and their estates, the management of their estates and the management of the Corporation funds, and the ad- vantages that the mayor would derive from being mayor of the town. They have enquired into the constitution of the Common Council, and they have directed their charges not only against the Corpora- tion, as a body, but nearly against every individual member of that Corporation. Sir, I must say, that in every one of these respects, in my humble judgment, the attack has most entirely failed. As to the man- agement of the corporate funds, it is in evidence before you that the whole of those funds, with a very small exception of about 20001. a year, are employed in the improvement and beautifying of the town—in adding facilities to its trade, and in every way bene- fiting the intabitants of the town. It is in evidence before you, twit no part of the funds have been applied to electioneering purposes; it is in evidence before you, that the accounts of those funds are annually laid before the great body of freemen, and printed and published and circulated amongst them; it is in evi- dence, as to contracts, that the contracts for all large works are let out by sealed tenders, and, as far as I can see in this case, the whole management of the Cor- poration is clearly and distinctly proved to be as frugal as it is possible. Now I have said that this investigation is unnc- cesary; I must say further that it is peculiarly un- necessary at the present moment, when, in answer to an address f. ow the house, requiring that a commission should be appointed to enquire into Corporations, a commission has been appointed, which has been directed to proceed with the utmost possible despatch, V.o that Parliament may be able to legiglate upon the subject early in the enguiligoessioll. I must say that this investigation becomes unnecessary, that it has saddled the country with a very useless expence, and when it is particularly considered, that my two learned friends on my right hand are members of that commission, I do not think that there was any occasion to entei- into it upon the present occasion, and I will say that, :n my judgment, it has not been carried on with the greatest spirit of candour and fairness possible. Sir, I have said also that there have been attacks upon individuals. The committee will remember the sort of insinuations which were thrown out against Alderman Wright. Attempts were made, very laboured attempts, to show that Alderman Wright re- ceived a ticket, and was consentient to the bribery in 1827 that gentleman was put into the box yesterday he distinctly and positively denies that he was con- sentient to any act of bribery upon that occasion he positively declared that in no single instance in his life had he given money to any man to vote: he stated that during the whole of that election he was upon the hustings, acting ,or. Portev, who was then ill; that during that election the duty of return. ing thanks to the different freemen and of shaking hands with them for Mr. porter, fully occupied his time; that in the evening be went with them to Mr. Porter's house, and there made a speech; and that he was so exhausted with the labours of the day, that he never went to any committee-room or was in any way engaged in any part of that contest. It also ap- pears that at the close of that contest he presided at a public dinner, and that upon that occasion his health was proposed in a very laudatory speech by Mr. Ratclilf. Now, sir, whether the old maxim of laudare se vani, vituperare stulti es, applies to this case, I leave to the committee to decide. Now, sir, it is fair in justice to Mr. Wright, also to state that in the election of 1830 he was in no way engaged he was at that time ill; he was taken from a sick bed to vote for Mr. Ewart; and in no way whatever did he interfere in that election. Mr. Wright, therefore, stands omni exceptione major; and the attack that has been made upon him does not injure him so much as it does those that have made it. Equally clear does it appear in my humble judgment that the inuendos and insinuations which have been thrown out against the other magistrates of that borough reflect but little credit upon those who have made them. The evidence adduced in vin- dication of these gentlemen proves that they were the most respectable and highest merchants and gentle- men in the town of Liverpool. There is no trait in any part of their Jife that has been pointed out, or that could be pointed out, that in any way has re- flected upon them and, therefore, I do say that these general insinuations and inuendos against them re- bound back with very great force against those who make them, and that the evidence that has been brought forward upon this occasion redounds more to the credit of those who have been attacked than of those who have ventured to asperse their character. Sir, whether they have aspersed their character or not I will DOtstOP to inquire—the attempt has been made, whether it has succeeded or not: as my learned friend near me suggests, they H hint a fault and hesitate dislike." "Sir, another charge which has been made against the Corporation is, that they have exerted influence in elections. Now it 18 most clearly and distinctly proved that the Corporation in no way interfered in elections as a corporate body, and those individuls who did exercise any influence in an election merely exercised that influence which arises from an inter- change of kindly offices between the employer and the employed and I for one,and I am sure every one that admires our mixed constitution, would be the last in the world to wish that that sort of influence should be destroyed. If that influence is used with- out doing violence to the conscience, and without doing injustice to the feelings of individuals, I say that it is rather commendable and praiseworthy than in any way to be^ blamed; I am sure that is the doc- trine of our constitution, and I am sure that that was the doctrine which was held forth at all times during the discussion of the Reform Bill, and must, as long- as our constitution remains, be the doctrine of the law of England. "Sir, I have now shortly attempted to defend the Corporation from the attacks that have been made upon it. I only say that in my humble judgment they have come forth from this searchiug investigation perfectly untainted, and that this investigation, so far from doing them harm, must set them right in the eyes of the world, and convince them that the impu. tations which have bee* so lavishly scattered about for the last three years were unfounded." ( To be continued.)

A correspondent reminds us of a very just remark of a shrewd and experienced proprietor of a newspaper,—"I never can make the speeches long enough for the speakers, nor short enough for the public." RAILWAY BETWEEN CALAIS AND PARIS.—We understand that Mr. Stephe»son> the celebrated en- gineer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, is now at Paris, making arrangements for constructing the Railway between Calais and that capital.-IVe shall soon see the Liverpool merchant making his journey to Paris in 24 hours. POPULATION RETURNS.—According to A census lately taken, the 39 State," cf the Germanic Con- federation contain 30,281,578 inhabitants. The con- tingents of troops in 1818 amounted to 302,272 men, but in 1833 they were 362,815 men, making an increase of60,543 men.—According to the last census taken in Prussia, the population of that kingdom amounted to 13,099,805 inhabitants. During tbe year 1832 there were 481,950 births, and 421,114 deaths; thus there was an increase of 60,845 souls. THE FATAL DUEL AT EETER.On Friday morning, in the Crown Court, ia which Mr. Justice Patteson presided, Messrs. Milford, Holland, and Halstead were put to the bar, on an indictment charging them with the murder of Dr. Hennis in a duel, in which Sir John JefFcott and the deceased were the principals- The interest excited was so intense, that the Court-house was surrounded with a crowd eager for admission as early as six o clock. The court continued crowded to suffocation throughout the day, though many were compelled to retire, from the in- tolerable heat and pressure. After a trial, which lasted eight hours, in which all the facts and circum- stances of'the unfortunate event were fully stated, the jury, after a short consultation, acquitted all the prisoners. The verdict appeared to give perfect satisfaction —probably the more so, as the prosecution was not carried on by the friends of Dr. Hennis.

URSULA. DEWI* fardd adawai fawl Melysawl am Eliza, Diwall ei fron, deuai arall frawd A niolawd i Amelia; Ond f'awen red dan galed gwyn, Ar sail, am fwyn URSULA. Y ferch oleuwen, ddoethwen, dda, Ar ereill a ragora Mewn glendid corff, a harddweh llun, 'Vlo Ddihalawg fun addfwyna'; Mor hygar im', (O gywir Em!) Risialaidd drem Urrula.- Nror hoff cydrodiem gynt yn nghyd Wrth Hafren hyfrydlona'! f Trwy'r berllan^eni—yr ardd—a'r wig, 1 wrando'r aJ^wsig mwyna': Ali'a ofni gwel'd vr olaf gain,- Mor selog ain lirmia! Tra bwyf o'i golwg, feinir fwyn, o hyd mewn cwyn y cana'; A mwy ni fydd i nii yn fael Un dim o'r gwael fyd yma; Ond ncf ar ddaear fydd yn haw I 1'r sawl a gaiff Ursula. A fyddaf byth heb weled gwen Un seren a'm eysura? Ai tywyll gaddug fydd o hyd Dros wynebpryd Aurora ?- Bydd, bydd, tywyllwch mawr didraul Dros HAUL, heb wel'd Ursula! Y lili oleulwys, geinlwys, gu, ]Fy nycllu wnai fynycha' Fy ngelyn wyt,_fy nghalon i A dori,(Ow ystyria!) A gyri i fedd, O gywir ferch, Wr salw o serch, Ursula. Fy ngeneth gu, os felly fydd, Ti eto'n brudd deui ata' 1'1' main a'r ar, fy meinir hael Yn ddiwael mi weddia' Dy fod yn enwog eurog Em Caersalem, gu Ursula. Merthyr. Hu. The LATER David ap Gwillim.

SONNET, 10 To the Memory of my Mother, who died August O, BY E. WILLIAMS, THE STONEMASON. (From the Cambrian Quarterly.) Since first I mourn'd thee number'd with the desdl I've known distress in ev'ry woful form, d Throngh twice ten years-and o'er my batter'd net" With fellest rage has blown the wint'ry storm. Oh, my lost mother 1-atill I weep for thee- Safe in thy care I pass'd through feeble youth Unschool'd beside, I, tutor'd at thy knee, Caught from thy lips the sacred lore of truth. Ileav'n, in thy looks, beam'd on my tender mind, 1 ill dawn'd the Muse—in thoughts by thee refin'd' *r°w kindled through my soul her purest flame'- Whilst Memory the briny tear supplies, In anguish, pointing to supernal skies, I teach my lisping babes to bless thy name!

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Aug. 2.—Preferments—Rev. E. M.A.ta the Rectory of Bucklesham, Suffolk; Rev- J'Ik; Wilkinson, M.A. to the Rectory of Market Weston, Rev. R. Harrington, M.A. Fellow of Brazennose Co Oxford, to the Rectory of Ould, Northamptonshire. of At an Ordination lately held by the Lord Bif""LfS Chester, the following gentlemen of this University IN ordained». Beacons.—Montague Hawtrey, M. A., Richard M- B.A., and James Tate, MA., Trinity College; o A- Morgan, B.A., St. John's College; Richard Rig&fec- Cams College; George Dunnage, M.A., Downing C°''Jjffi Priests.— William Sedgwick and Miles Galloway -pd Trinity College; Pelham Tones, Edward Birch, df, Edward Alderson, St. John's, College; Jrohlt Edwfi St. Peter's College; C. A. Austin, and George C Catherine Hall. The bill for regulating the appointment of churches in Scotland erected by voluntary provides that neither the King, nor any private pers°n' 0{ corporation, at present in possession of the the parishes, where the new churchcs are to be cr .\cfi jhaU have any claim to these, but" theright of present* shall be exercised in the manner, and subject to the ditions, which shall be provided or sanctioned by the chur courts establishing the said churches."

BIRTHS.. tl>c ,Pn Tuesday week, at Llandilo-yr-Ynys, Mrs. Die'" wife of Mr. William Dickins, of a daughter. rlo*e(' wIfe of Mr. William Dickins, of a daughter. Glofeff Same day, Mrs. Glover, wife of Mr. Thomas wine and spirit-merchant, Swansea, of a son. Angust I, the Countess of Lichfield, of a son. tb' On the 2t8h ult. at Nocton, the lady of the Dean of Windsor, of a daughter. MARRIED. by lb" On Monday last, at Llanharry, in this count,v, Yi.Off a soiic Rev. Robert Picton Sydney, R. L. Reece, Esq. Newbridge, to Miss Margaret Davie*? Ll»nh*"y* On the 25th ult. at Matlock, Lord Barham, }°aode^i Frances Jocelyn, second daughter of the Earl ot, & His Lordship is a s»n of the late Baroness Bar" Fairy Hill, near Swansea. e On the 27th ult. at Bristol, Edward Probyn, Merthyr, to Miss Ann Davies, of Horfield House, On tbe 2d instant, at Llandeveilog, Mr. -P** of Ystradfach, in that parish, to Mrs. Richafds, reli** late Mr. Richards, of Bavleymount, in this county- DIED.. On Thursday last, at Merthyr, aged 31, Williams, daughter of Mr. William Williams, of near Merthyr, Ou the 23d ult. at Bristol, aged 77, Mrs. of Edward Barnard Davies, Esq. of Usk. On the 24th ult. at Hand&worth, near Bir"1 ? 1<* Nathaniel Gooding Clarke, Esq. King's Counsel, J Chief Justice of the Krecon Circufc-i. He had hee .^1 half a century at the bar, and long {ae Senior Co the Midland Circuit. Stollb On the 29th lilt. at the hftse of Mrs. Lucy. e 7* Cadogan place, William WilbeVforce^ Esq. in 1 year of his age. nsU*t( On the 25th ult. at Newport, after a protractcd c°t0 five illness, Mr. Thomas Davis, brothcr-in'*la,* John Church, of the King's Head, in that town. I' fit On the 30th ultimo, at Swansea, aged 841. idds? apoplexy, much respected by her family and frie11 oi Mary Dalton, formerly of Pwll, near Llanelly- On Wednesday week, aged 77, Mrs. Jones, 'a3 A the Red Cow, in Carmarthen.. On the 12th ult. at Angle, Pembrokeshire, peinhf^V Wilkin, many years a clerk in Milford and j Yards. From lhe latter he has been superannua -rfpr years since, which he has spent in comparative a at the little fishing village before mentioned.. e>" On the 23d ult. at Aberystwith, Susannah r) » daughter of the late Sir John Pinhom. < £ At Tenby, Miss Bathia Chalmers, of Turr just and faithful servant to Mrs. Colonel Brucc V twenty years.. -On Monday se'nnight, at Swansea, Mr. g{ surgeon, R.N. in the 42d year of his age.. r At Swansea, on Friday week, aged 72, Mr. William Morgan, of the Exeter Inn, of —7 MERTHYR TYDVIL Printed and WILLIAM MAI.LALIEU, at the Office, » where Orders, Advertisements, CnmmuB' are requested to be addressed.

WOMAN. Fair woman was made to bewitch- A pleasure, a pain, a disturber, a norM. A slave, or a tyrant, a blessing, or cur. Fair woman was made to be-which ?

SCRIPTURE tLLUSTRA TIOSS- (No. 7.) Upon the land of my people shall come np thof" briars. Until the Spirit be poured upon u*, tJ on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, j$/' fruitful field be counted for a forest.—Isaiah xxxii. 1:J- of One reason why it is difficult to depend t ought on the agency of the Spirit, and yet co^'gpi active, is, that it is not matter of consultatlOu, the that it cannot immediately and directly enter iotO tbe regulation cf the choice of the expedients, w adoption of measures. It is altogether an secret of the Divine Being; it cannot in any deøllof be subjected to our control, and therefore it c0\. 19 be the subject of our counsel. \Ve are called »P' \gf exert ourselves as much in the same way, to e0,^tti» the same sort of instrumentality, to set on {0° .riØe same means, as though there were no such doCi¡,t' existing in our creed, and no such expectation ing in our miuds. The consequence is, we apt to lose sight, even while strenuously attendi"^ our duty, in soma measure of that divine agency, on which the success of all oaTe?Ltf* depends. The most busy husbandman is not tn« the one who sees most clearly his dependence °n •„ £ sun or the rain and while good men may be their utmost prudence and their utmost zeal, diffusion of Christianity among the heathen, ^e/^ne^ in great danger of losing sight of their depe" .1ft' on the invisible agency of the divine Spirit,d,!V 'nS attention exclusively to the apparatus th<v setting in motion. setting in motion. setting in motion. ROBERT1