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Edit to TnE IT0R OF THE GAZETTE…
Edit to TnE IT0R OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. SIR YOll may insert long articles from Frazer you?r"S sllPPort tor the Tory Press you may dun v0 r onservative friends as much as you please it be*^a^ k°ast your circulation and prove too that fact me follow—nav, am ready t0 admit the also't ause I dare not dispute if it be necessary Va 0 C01ne to proof about it. All this you may so ] Ur akout as much and as often as you please tra 0nS as the Ancient Dowager of Swansea" the SCenc^s y°u 'n advertisements, and thus pockets t e needful, she will submit to your sneers and cas- can uWitha11 humility, if not with pleasure. I oth' goodness, pocket any affront you or sererS-may. Pass uPon me. Your own boasted Con- thtVatlVe triends? as you see, prefer the old lady to con anc' vigorous Hercules of Merthyr, who andCeits himself able to relieve Atlas of his burden get jarry lhe on his brawny shoulders. You Co see) the Radical advertisements and are wel- the *\° l^em- prefer the Conservative, because fert laVe 'nvar'ahly more money than wit, and pre- 4 friend^ t0 cozen an enemy to securing or rewarding Thine if thou list, O THE OLD LADY or SWANSEA. ^antca, Sept. 16th, 1833.
WHIG ECONOMY!
WHIG ECONOMY! of the three great boasts of the Whig j nisters on coming into place was economy. °\v they have economized, in Sir John Key's aper contract, in Lord Durham's mission to St. in rers, ur^1'Lord G rey's family arrangements, 'in °r ^ketts (longo post intervallo) imita- Oil" °/T''ieni' *n ^ie Kusso-Dutch loan, in the 10 (King of Greece loan), in the Irish Tithe rears Bill, in the West India Compensation .I, air HVe need not lelI» for tiie World weI1 knows eady. But we need tell, that inlftflt popi!- ex' very fespeclable branch of the public ftope-nd?ure» Secret Service Money, they "eco- ii> a' near'y twice the expence that we paid see t'me °* 'he prodigal Tories; which may be OF H l'le subjoined account printed by order tl,e House of Commons: °f Sums issued since the bth January th V-June 1833, for SECRET SKRVICE, in e l orejgn Office, Admiraltti and Colonial De- ^P^rlnient.
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to5th Jan.lto5tbJan. t j3 TOTAL. 1832 1S33 1832 1833 iie PofQ- £ £ £ £ A/e.'?n Office. 22,000 30,000 20,000 72,000 'nirahy i 000 1,000 °'onial De-| Partme,t 3,400 2,000 2,000 7,400 TOTAL 2S,400 32,000 22,000 80,400 \\r-i CHARLES WOOD. itehall Treasury Chambers, 5th July 1333. je n the other hand, it has been the custom for frQirs "ack to employ in his Majesty's Dock-yards pat? 'J0 to 50 old women, generally taken from the woi-khouse, to repair and mend the colours ij,e a £ s belonging to his Majesty's navy the earn- to a. these poor women used to amount to from 6d rej. day,and their being so employed was a great hav ,,0 the parishioners, who otherwise would tre e.hadto support them in the workhouse. Re- oj-^g0 "went and economy, however, appear to be the ha r the day, for within the few last days, orders f0r.e "een sent down to Chatham, Woolwich, Dept- cha'„.an<^ the dock-yards in the kingdom, to dis- the/?e t*ie women so employed, and that for fed ,Ure such work is lo be done by contract. This ineUct^0n, it has been calculated, will effect a sav- per 0 lhe country of from thirty to forty shillings ec anninn !—-The above d isplay of commendable the sTy 'n our a^e Whig Financiers, we copy from t0w' 'undard, and grateful ought the country to feel hav 8 Present promising administration for e^ected so imporfant a saving: but what tiat;' 0rj at least, ought to be the gratitude of the coUn°tn,at the additional saving we are about to re- Haj It is well known that in all the royal arse- pre a quantity ot cats are very properly provided to the nibbling depredations of certain ma- 5nc err! ca_^ed mice, and there is a regular allow- tiw. muK tor this usetul part ot the establish- hea,' within a tew weeks a strict order arrived from the ^arters to muster the cats, and to report upon tookCorrectness of the milk allowance. The muster <tnd place in due form, and Tom, Tib, Grimalkin, pf0 a tew others, being absent without leave upon a > were struck off from lhe strength of the let reSiment, and the allowance of milk has been diminished pro rata since the muster, adding at least forty pence to the above- aid/i?ned forty shillings. Alas! poor old maids ttle cats.
Æ NEW VICEROY FOR IRELAND.…
Æ NEW VICEROY FOR IRELAND. (From the Liverpool Standard.) ^eQt na'nis'eriaI journals assert, in the most confi- <liat 1tone, that the Marq uis of Anglesey is irame- by i to be succeeded in the government of Ireland Xve e Marquis of Wellesley. If this be true, and jnUsPect it is, then a new series of measures must Contemplation with respect to that part of the kingdom. hiS(j1Swen known that the Noble Marquis, now in c0iT)n°'a^e' cons'dered by the Whigs as perfectly e$tai??ent to do their work, and carry his own long k0ow lshed crotchets into effect. It is equally well n 'hat Lord Wellesley has been the constant 'he c^r i'Ord Grey in the measures for spoliating lio, 'Ur°h, and paving the way for converting the er°Wnn ^atholic priests into stipendiaries of the ^hicu* This is one of the leading crotchets to ^bh. We. allude. The Noble Marquis has invari- I" e all the evils of Ireland to the undi- ri esthood uncontrolled influence of so^jiowerful a 8tat bood, His object is to connect them with the ^Poti tv makin £ them in some measure dependent OfiFerin bounty—to abolish various fees and iilld -to make them the conservators of peace §0yer r> and attach them to the laws and the by means of salaries and parliamentary \Vel Cot>dif reason to know that it will be on these Vedl0ns alone that Lord Wellesley will be in- His r '° accept the responsible office of Viceroy. Critn Ormer career in Ireland was fruitful of folly and that government was the most contemptible iNvt'f' *7List.ed. in that country and it is not that n 'he Noble Marquis has acquired since ^°r th*)'0*? an^ new vigour of mind to qualify him *loblee es °f office. But still he is lhe only aco'113^1 an^ standing whose views are strictly .not th° f nCe w''h those of Lord Grey, and it would at the^6 6 us to see him once more placed ead ol Irish affairs, and enabled to re-enact tomfooleries. J th» St SteP he to conciliate O'Connell, who Upon th^3^ easily Purchased. The draft f 8 rent by so many relations totally unpro- ClrciHn°r Inus' have been severe, and under these ^enCe stances O'Connell may deem it an act of pru- Ve>Uien° make his peace and his terms with the Go- thP 'he priests—ay, the priests !—how tha J to he managed ? Will they take the bribe ill tk on' Will they jump at English gold' '^te « ey take the money and still "agitate, agi- t si,*t,Lord.A" glesey recommended ? Soly JS as MAY» a curious problem remains to Their consent to accept the regitim SUnr)5 °ne b"' the consent of the people of d to pay the money is quite another thing.
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,}f0lnewhat singular seizure, we are informed, ^iheiy011 made oirboard a steam-packet at Hull— ">6 fe^t' Q 'arge pigeon pie: which, notwithstanding'' Q|>Ust the birds made their appearance above the ^ou«d lo contain a valuable enclosure of fT^der tea. 'E CANT.—At Park Chapel, Chelsea, ?*hibj, ''Station of the spirit, as it is called, was j\I. j 011 Sunday last. The Rev. Henry Owen, liaYfor: the minister j he is the son-in-law of a Mr. Nde a .proctor. It was the latter person who display on the occasion alluded to. R?r. 'sCoUr, read the following verse as the text for his j11 J tjb^ ^ho is among you that feareth the Lord, ^eth the voice of his servant, walketh in the l an(' hath no light, let hiin trust in the name b,'0Ceetlj0r^, and stay upon his God." He was then discourse upon the text, when Mr. 'ar t0 l/118 '"ather-in law, who was sitting in a pew -v, e pulpit, exclaimed, This is now the hour j conn.88' 'he light is coming—the light is coming l'' ol 'he j?Le^at'1011 arose and appeared confused; many >j,Mhe ur^h, and several children cried out, Oh, {(j 8 "'ount man 'S con,inS'—'e' me 8'°> 'et me go." fe'3a.D'{ trickery has so disgusted many that 0 discontinue attending the church.
THE LATEST LONDON INTELLIGENCE.,".',…
THE LATEST LONDON INTELLIGENCE. A ship from Oporto is reported at Liverpool, which sailed on the 1st inst. but she brings no news. It was stated by the Miguelites that Bour- mont had certainly succeeded in getting possession of Belem, and of a considerable portion of the town of Lisbon on the Belem side. The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 10th instant, announces that the Emperor of Austria will shortly assume a new title. The journal does not specify what this is to be but conjecture has anticipated the resumption of his former one of the Emperor of Germany. The Berlin State Gazette" of the 10th mentions the return of the King of Prussia from Schwedt to his capital. The" AlIgsburgb Gazette of the 12th instant gives a letter to the 18th ultimo from Constanti- nople, which asserts that a general stagnation of trade exists in the capital, in consequence of the increasing exasperation of the people against the Sultan, arising from his indifference to religion and th.e weakness of his character. Prince Edward Island has been visited by a tremendous storm, which has committed great destruction. The lew Episcopal Church has been razed to the ground-
AGRICULTVRE, COMMERCE, AND…
AGRICULTVRE, COMMERCE, AND LONDON MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. SEPT. 16.—We have a good supply of wheat to day from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and earty in the day the finest runs were cleared off at the terms of last Monday, but for the other descriptions sales were heavy at a decline of Is per quarter, and from that to 2s a prety large quantity remains on hand. The supply of new barley was large for this early period of the year; but the major part was unfit for malting-, being thin and flinty, and could only be sold for grinding at from 30s to 32s but such samples as were selected by the maltsters, obtained 34s to 36s, and a few parcels of superior chevalier fetched 38s. to 40s. New white pease were in demand, and sold readily at an advance of 2s. per quarter, but grey were heavy sale at last week's quotations. Old beans were 2s and new Is per quarter cheaper, the supply of each being large. The arrivals of oats continuing small, fine fresh English and Scotch corn sold Is higher, and the fresh Irish were better sale at last week's quotation". J. 8' S* 8' 08 Wheat,Essex Red. r>0 a 52 White a o Fine a 5G Boilers 40 a 4 Old — a — Beans, Small 38 a 4" White lt 50 Ticks 30 a 3^ Fine 57 a T;8 Harrow 35 a 3 Superfine a 61 Oats, Feed 1° a New a — Fine 19 a 21 Rye a 32 Poland 17 a io Rye a 32 Poland 17 a io Barley 27 a 35 Fin,e 21 a Malt 54 a 58 Potatoe 23 a 20 Fine 58 a 00 Fine 25 a 20 Peas, Hog a 34 Bran 7 a ° Maple 34 a 38 Pollard, line 14 a PRICE OF HOPS IN LONDON, PER CWT. New Pockets. £ 8 £8 New Bags. £ 8 X s Faruham .8 0 a 9 5 Kent 2 15 a 4 15 Kent 0a5 15 East Kent 3 0a5 0 EastKent 0 a 6 0 Yearlings 3 10 a 5 10 Sussex 3 10 a 5 10 Old Hops 1 0a2 0 Yearlings 4 4 a 6 10 PRICE OF TALLOW AND CANDLES, IN LONDON Wliitecliajjel. 3s Od-St. Jarnes 3s Od s. d s. d Town Tallolv, per 53 6 Greaves 10 0 Russia ditto, Candle 49 0 Good Dregs 50 W hite ditto 0 0 Curd Soap 72 0 Melted Stuff 40 0 Mottled ditto 70 0 Rough ditto 24 0 1 Yellow ditto 02 0 Imports from St. Petersburgh, 7,503 casks. CANDLES.—Moulds, 9s fill-Stores, s-Inrerior, 7s perdoz. LONDON COAL MARKET. Price of Coal per ton at the close of business. Monday's Prices. Wednesday s Prices. 1 S. d. s. d. Adairs 14 9 Hi Wylam 15 6 15 9 Stone Coal, Jame8.&Aubrey 28—. Merthyr 20 — Hepburn 16 10 0 Holywell 159 13 3 Howard's Netherton Main. 16 6 Llangennech Coal 25 — Llangennech Pemb. 2<1 Orde's Redheugh 14 14 3 Sliipcote 133 Taufield 16 lô Towiilev 15 —— West Hartley 176 is WALL'S END. Adelaide •• —— 17 18 0 New march 16 6 Brown 15 9 15 9 unscreened 14 J4- Clarke & Co. 16 Carr & Co 16 Hilda 10 0 —— 16 6 Hotspur. •• •• 16 6 — — Killingworth 10 6 10 0 Lambton 19 3 —— 19 3 Northumberland 166 —— Lyons 17 6 —— 17 6 Hetton 19 —— 18 0 Stewart's 19 —— 18 3 South Durham —— 17 0 Riddell's 71 9 —— 17 9 Tees 18 —— RussersHetton —— —— 18 Ships arrived, Monday, 46 Ships arrived, Wednesday, 14. PRICE OF METALS IN LONDON, SEPT. 17. BRITISH IRON. Pigs 5 0 0 to 5 10 0 liars 'ton) 7 5 0 lo 7 10 0 Bolls and Rods. s5 0 to 8 10 0 Hoops 10 10 O to J1 0 0 Plate 11 10 0 lo 15 10 0 Cargo at Cardiff 6 10 0 to 0 0 0 For bd.C.C. N.D.Is lo to 0 0 0 P. S. I. o 0 0 to 0 0 0 Swedish 11 10 0 to 12 10 0 Archangel. 0 0 to 11 0 0 TIN Blocks (cwt.) 3 12 6 to 0 0 0 Ingots 3 13 Oto 0 0 0 In Bars 3 14 6 to 0 0 0 Plates, boxof 225 shts. 0 0 0 to 0 0 0 No. ) C 13f by 10 in. I 12 0 to 0 0 0 IX I 18 0 to 0 0 0 COPPER. British Cakes (tdll) 00 0 to 0 0 0 Sheets, per lb 0 0 11 to 0 0 0 Bottoms (lb.). 0 1 0 to 0 0 0 STEEL. English 24 0 0 to 0 0 0 Swedish, bd. (ton) 15 5 0 to 16 10 0 LEAD. British Bars (ton). 14 10 0 to 0 0 0 Pigs do 13 15 0 to 14 10 0 Sheet milled, do. 15 0 0 to 0 0 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 17. The wheat trade to-day has been extremely dull. -Scarcely anything doing in barley the article being scarce, prices are maintained. Some bnsiness has been done in oats, though but little of new in the market some parcels have moved off, and an advance of a halfpenny to a penny per 45lbs. Fair ■business has also been transacted in good oatmeal. Some parcels of beans have found purchases at a trifling advance, The transactions in flour are Ii. mited, at Friday's prices.
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AMERICAN COTTON.-Tiie report of the com- mittee on cotton, to the New York Convention, gives the following statement of the quantity of cotton manufactured in the United States in the year 1831, the number of mills, and the capital invested :— Cotton Mills. Capital. manufactured. Virginia 7 290,000d l,152,000lbs Maryland *23 2,144,000 3,008,000 Main. 8 765,000 588,500 Vermont 17 295,500 700,000 New Hampshire 40 5,300,000 7,845,<i00 Massachusetts 250 12,891,000 24,871,981 Connecticut.. 94 2,825,000 6,777,209 Rhode Island 116 6,262,340 10,414,578 New York 11,2 3,671,500 7,961,670 New Jersey.. 51 2,027,644 5,832,204 Peiisylvaiiia 87 3,753,500 7,111,174 Dataware. 10 384,500 1,435,000 Totals.. 7U5 40,714,1)84 17,757,31(5
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SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. A GENERAL MEETING of the District Com- mittee for the ARCHDEACONRY of BRECK- NOCK, in aid of the SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE will be holden in the Town Hall, Brecknock, on Tuesday, the 8th of October. The chair to be taken as early as Eleven o'clock, on account of a Concert the same afternoon. WILLIAM JONES, Secretary and Treasurer
LONDON MONEY MARKET. .,
LONDON MONEY MARKET. CITY, THURSDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. The Consol Market is entirely inanimate, and for the Account the prices closed at 88,1 t, Exchequer Bills main- tain their quotation of yesterday, being at 48 to 50 pm. In the Foreign Market there is very little doing. Portu- guese Scrip is 20:} pm.; and the Bonds 7f>k 76. Belgian stock is steady at 94 £ 95 and Dutch at 41 49j. We have late advices from Rio Janeiro this morning, which are of a favourable nature. The Stock there had risen from 48 to 54, and the Exchanges had advanced to 40. In consequence of this, Brazilian Bonds have ad. vanced to 70, which is their present price. ENGLISH STOCKS.—3 per cent. Consols, 88J Consols for Account, 88i 3 per cent. Reduced. 3:} per cent. Iteduccd, 3 per cent. Consols, 3 dilio New, S6k; 4 per ccnt. —■, India Stock 243 £ 4 £ f--ank Stock, —; Exchequer Bills, 48 50; India Bonds, 303'2; Long An- unities —. FOREIGN.—Belgian Loan 9445; Brazilian Bonds 68-1 Chilian 25 26 iColomb Honds 231; Danish Bonds 74^; Dutch 2 per ccnt. 48} 49 Ditto 5 per cent. 94^ j Fr. 5 per cent.- -Greek Bon. 1825, 38 40 Ditto,Scrip pm. illex. Bonds 34J 35i Peruvian Bond- ;Portugucs .5 per cent. 75i 6,; Ditto New Loan 19s J j Russian Bonds IO: Spanish Bonds, 21 2'2k..
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PRICE OF SHARES, SEPT. i7. Paid. Per Share Liverpool and Manchester liailway RIOO 0 0 1:215 0 0 Ditto Ditto O'd Quarters 25 0 0 51 10 0 Ditto Ditto New ditto 25 0 0 51 0 0 Bolton and Leigh Railway 100 0 0 75 0 0 Ditto Ditto 25 0 0 20 0 0 Warrington and Newton Do. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Kenyon and Leigh Junction Ditto 100 0 0 116 0 O Wigan Branch Ditto 100 0 0 90 0 0 Leicester and Swannington Ditto 50 0 0 58 0 0 Stockton and Darlington Ditto 106 13 4 297 10 0 Bolton and Bury Navigation and Railway 23 0 0 15 0 0 London and Birmingham Railway 5 0 0 712 6 London and Greenwich Do. 1 0 0 1 5 0 Grand Junction Do. 10 0 0 17 0 0 Bank of Liverpool 10 0 0 13 17 6 Ditto Manchester. 15 0 0 20 12 6 Ditto District 10 0 0 14 0 0 Ditto Liverpool Com- mercial 10 0 0 11 5 0 Ditto Leeds. 10 0 0 13 5 0 Oldham Gas 10 0 0 16 0 0 Bolton Water Works 5) 0 0 126 0 0 Manchseter Assnrance. 10 0 () 9 15 0 Runcorn Gap Railway 13 0 0 05 0 0 Rochdale Canal 0 0 0 111 0 0 Huddersfield Canat 0 0 0 35 5 0
COPPER ORES, PURCHASED AT…
COPPER ORES, PURCHASED AT SWANSEA, SEPTEMBER 18, 1833. Mines. Tons. Purchasers. Price pr. ton Allihies .110 Pascoe,Grenfell&Sons 10 1 6 Do .102 Freeman and Co., and Benson, Logan &Co.. 8 17 6 Do 83 Pascoe,Grenfell &Sons 9 16 6 Do 80 Pascoe, Grenfell &Sons & Benson, Logan & Co. 9 18 G Do 57 Benson, Logan& Co. 10 7 6 Do. 50 Pascoe, Grenfell & Sons & Benson, Logan & Co. 9 18 6 Ballymurtagh. 54 Crown, Copper Co 4 7 G Do 54 Crown Copper Co. and Benson, Logan, and Co. 2 7 0 Do 41 Do. Do. 3 15 0 Do 36 Crown Copper Co. 3 11 0 Knockmahon 66 Do 7 11 0 Do. 35 Do 4 16 6 Do 23 Daniell, Nevill & Co. 7 8 6 Connorree 52 Benson, Logan and Co. 10 6 G Do 46 Crown Copper Co. 6 7 6 Drwsycoed. 86 Do 7 66 SimneaDyllftan 72 Pascoe Grenfell, & Sons 7 14 0 Llanberris. 43 Do 4 0 0 Do 19 Do 4 4 6 Laxey. 36 Do 3 12 0 Cronebane. 18 Crown Copper Co 4 17 0 Tigrony 7 Do 4 7 6 1170
THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.
THE GENERAL POST OFFICE. We have had so frequent grounds of complaint of I R R E- GULARITY IN THE DELIVERY OF NEWSPAPERS which on enquiry we find were duly sent tons, and we cannot suppose our own to be a singular case in this respect, that we intend il. our future numbers to give a list of such papers as have not regularly come to hand in the previous week. JVe have reason to know that thefault does not rest with the l'ost Office here.
MERTHYR 7 YIWIL, SATURDAY,…
MERTHYR 7 YIWIL, SATURDAY, Sept. 21, 1833 Some wag, so we are bound to believe, has made free with the autograph of the Old Lady of Swansea, for the purpose of a sly attack upon us, and under cover of that, a dead hit at what is usually termed the Conservative party. In order that our correspondent may enjoy the satisfaction of laughing at his own joke, in case nobody else should discover the fun of it, we have found a place for his epistle in another part of our paper, and, upon reflection think it may be worth the trouble of a few remarks—for the benefit of others, for the subject is a matter of little in- terest to ourselves. The reason why is clear; advertisements will, in the long run, find their way into the Journal which posseses the largest circulation and is the most esteemed amongst the influential classes; some time must necessarily elapse before the public shall discover how utterly sunk are the pretensions of the CAMBRIAN in both these respects; and those will indeed have more money than wit-as, truth to say, it must be con- fessed they have now—who shall pay for pub- licity in a paper so little read and less regarded. For all the purposes of the widest circulation in the three counties of Glamorgan, Monmouth and Brecon, the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN is as much beyond it by the superiority of its circulation as by the extent of its'moral influence. This, how- ever, as we have before said, is the concernment of Advertisers much more even than it is ours. So much for ourselves. But our correspondent exults in the support which Conservatives are found to give to the liberal press to the great damage of their own friends and their own cause. We frankly con- fess, although with 110 very pleasurable feel- ings, that in the main his sneer is not without its justification-it applies to many deser- ving Journals conducted on generally sound principles although it touches not ourselves. Let us be understood we have no cause and pretend "0 light of complaint against the conservative party so termed, because we acknowledge no allegiance to, but are and mean to be independent of it. We are not therefore called upon to ex- plain the;r infatuation or to defend their stupi- (lity for the fuddled man who tumbles into a ditch in a dark November night there is some allowance to be made, it not in law at least ill charity but for the sober man who wilfully shuts his eyes in order to run his head against a post, there is no remedy that we know of except send- ing to school once more and crowning him with foolscap. We are essentially conservatives of all that is good and great and glorious in our ancient institutions. When they have been slan- dered, their fearless vindication has been found in the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN—there is little vanity in adding their uncompromising and tri- umphant championship. Ours is an open tourney, in the which we await the challenge of any of our contemporaries who may choose to enter the lists—no challenge has hitherto gone unanswered, although some of our own invitations have been, doubtless for cause good, declined. If on public grounds we have found a right-thinking neigh- bour attacked by the Press, we have not, nor shall we hereafter hesitate to cry to the rescue. Our columns have been devoted, with no thrifty con- sideration, to emblazon the merits and reflect faithfully the public conduct of those among our friends and neiuhbours in the three counties who appear to us deserving of those honours and those services at our hands—lhe more especially if they have been calumniated unheard, and untried, condemned. This having been the course of action we have followed, not to serve or to propitiate party or party men, but from a deep sense of duty to the people; and thegratifi- i cation of acting as well as of thinking; rightly, it imports us little that the man whose fame ^ve may have extended and whorfe cause espoused at an inconvenience, perhaps loss, to ourselves, should on the very week following and onwards, ostentatiously publish his estates in the very columns of the paper which ha3 slandered him, his friends, or his principles, and thus commit the very bedlamite extravagance of providing his enemy with a razor to cut his own throat. The existence of such persons might admit of reason- able question unhappily it has from more than one quarter been demonstrated to us. Be it so, to us it is of little moment indeed we rather re- joice to have been enabled to confer obligations than repine that we are not also permitted to acknowledge the gratitude felt for them. Repent- ance usually comes late in the day, but gratitude may arrive a day too late. When the measure of Church robbery shall have been completed, if destined ever to take place, the discussion of the Agrarian Law. already clamoured for in various < I'¡ parts, must commence, and Estates then, instead of to be let or sold," will be advertised for partition and allotment, not as under an Inclosttre Act, but on the principle of liberty, equality. the rights of man, and the gtiillofiiie-war to the rich, and ruin to the poor, the spoil to the idle and the profligate. In that day we may be called upon perchance to advertise a division of the lands, goods and chattels" of the same cunning Isaac, who, in his day, disputed the rights of his neigh- bour by virtue of certain abstract imaginings. Let not the friends of order deceive themselves —the day is gone by for despising the power of the Press and for looking down on its conductors with disrespect. We cannot, neither shall we, beseech their aid, because we can exist without it, unless it be proffered so as that we may honourably accept it—without application and of perfect good will. We are of the people and for the people, and those who are Conservatives nt heart, firm but moderate, will perhaps he of opinion, that as it is the business of our lives to study the various interests, often conflicting, of the great community in which we live, so perhaps we have some pretensions to form a judgment on what may be the best practicable, or expedient for the good of all. And the Conservatives of our sort will further learn from us that there are two ways ot serfing their own cause, the one is by gratitude and support to those who fight the battle for them on the one hand on the other, to paralize their enemy by withdrawing from him the stilts on which lie has mounted aloft. Let every parish support its own poor, and the liberal theirs, and not cuckoo-like drop their eleemosynary burdens upon the charities of other people. We speak these truths because we can afford to speak them better than most of our brethren. The unparalleled success of the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN, its great superiority of circulation over the Cambrian," and the respectability of its advertising columns, all duly paid at full rates, and WITHOUT ANY FRAUDULENT ADMIXTURE, place us above the suspicion as beyond the necessity of appealing on our own account; therefore have we the better right to raise our voice in behalf of our less fortunate brethren. We may probably have to resume this subject.
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We laid before our readers, in a late number, an abstract, of necessity a very brief one, of the evidence adduced before the late Agricultural Committee of the House of Commons. The simple facts brought to light in this evidence, form a picture of human distress and undeserved misery which appeals to the feelings and princi- ples, and to the honest sense of right and wrong of the English people, with a force which would throw all efforts of laboured language or rhetori- cal exertion into the shade. We see, not on par- ticular localities but generally, not in particular seasons but constantly, the English farmer toiling, with the application of acquired capital and skill in his calling, only to find himself at the end of each year poorer than at the beginning. Let any man only conceive the situation of the English farmers of small capital (the case unfortunately of most of them) that a small heap, by constant abatement is soon brought to nothing; and that hundreds of thousands of meritorious men are doomed thus, year after year, to see their own merits only operate to their own loss; their per- sonal comforts decrease as years and infirmities hurry on and their offspring,for whom they toil to make provision, only each year rising into man- hood with prospects more blighted and we envy not that man's feelings who can view the condi- tion of the agricultural classes with indifference. But this is a subject which appeals not only to our feelings but to our interest. It was shewn in the evidence of Mr. JACOB, a high autliori-y 011 the subject, that the process of breaking down, or utterly ruining the small farmer, had now gone to such an extent that, though we have millions more of mouths to feed, the quantity of corn pro- duced is materially less. The land has been so rapidly deteriorating that soils of inferior descrip- tion have been taken out of cultivation altoge- ther." That is, as rapidly as, from the expira- tion of their leases, (or from being totally ruined before the leases expire) the farmers can q'lit the soil, they fird themselves compelled to do this. When thus a farm is to let, the incoming tenant, with tjie view before him of the wreck and ruin of his predecessor, very prudently de- clines all that sort of cultivation which is not light in its outlay, and quick in its return. It follows from this, as Mr. JACOB also stated, that the reserve of corn in hand is diminished, in the proportion of six months' consumption to less than one month's consumption and that if we should have a bad harvest, such as we had in the year 1816, the surplus produce of the whole world would not suffice to supply the deficiency. Now when we consider that by the Divine Bless- ing we have had of late years harvests uncom- monly abundant, and that all experience teaches us to expect that this will not always happen, is it not the first impulse of self-preservation to make it worth the while of the farmer to culti- vate? We are aware that some people will say, we can buy corn from abroad. Do these people know better than Mr. JACOB? It will be said, throw open the ports to foreign corn. The answer is that even this, though it ruin the British far- mer, will 110: long briuguscorn> unless foreigners will take in exchange what we have to give, viz. our manufactures. How far this is likely to happen, may be inferred from the fact, that when Mr. CANNING passed his Corn Bill, which abated the value of farming property about twelve ami a half per cent. to admit foreign corn, the Ame- ricans, that great corn country, imposed a tariff of forty per cent, on British woollens. And this would have been upon sound principles, in the case of any other than a new toufltry with tens of millions of acres of land virgin and unfilled,, because they secured to the persons so em- ployed in woollen high wages and profits: but by the contrary course these persons must have found employment 011 land, at such wages and profits only as they might realise by underselling all the rest of the world in their produce. Not only all sound theory, but the voice of experience also, loudly proclaims that if we would really promote our commercial prosperity and support (not talk of supporting) our manu- facturing interests, it must be by laying a deep and broad, and solid foundation in agricul- tural wealth. Never were the commercial and manufacturing interests of this country in so flourishing a condition, never were the nidus- ] trious persons engaged in those pursuits so well supported, as when the agricultural classes also prospered. So firmly impressed is this truism upon the memory of every man of middle a.;C', that we are convinced that all thinking mcti must be awakened to a sense of the paramount im- portance of supporting British agriculture. Of late years all classes engaged in trade have suffered severely it was in great part because the farmers were unable to be consumers. Every grain of wheat that is grown upon British ground, flows ultimately to form the subsistence of the great mass of industrious English people: every acre that is thrown out of cultivation, is so much abstracted from them. It becomes then a subject of most important interest, rot only to farmers, but to all classes of people, that the evils dis- closed in the evidence before the Agricultural Committee be effectually remedied. Marshal Bourmont and different divisions of his army have been progressively marching on Lisbon, and so precarious is now the situation of the Pedro party, that they have taken active mea- sures for "re-embarking" in case of need. In the meantime treachery is said to be busily at work in both armies. Colonel Guyot, one of Louis Philippe's officers, has actually attempted to corrupt the fidelity of Bourmont by a splendid bribe. Don Miguel was on the 25th at Caldos with his head quarters, and on the same day he -started for Torres Vedras. The inhabitants of Mafra, headed by the clergy, had riseu upon the forces of Don Pedro, on the approach of the ad- vanced posts of the Miguelites. On the 29th Villa Flor retired from the position he Qccupied at Villa Franca, abandoning the lines of defence he had commenced constructing. The Miguelites had occupied Cintra and Loiros, which is two leagues from Lisbon. The Pedroites, by their own account, had 8,000 regular troops, including the reinforcements from Oporto, and 6,000 militia men, whom Don Pedro's government has forced to volunteer. The lines constructing by the Pedroites extend from Alcantara to Madre de Dios. A telegraphic despatch from Bayonne, published by the French Ministerial Papers, states that on the 4th the Mignelites made a reconnoi- sance upon Lisbon, and on the 5th a general attack. It adds that they were repulsed, but during the 6th and 7th both armies retained their positions, and a fresh attack was expected. The Queen of Portugal and the Duchess of "I r. • 1 -1 I 1 liraganza have been enieriameu witn royal HUS- 11 pitality at Windsor, where, by desire of their Majesties, their healths were drank as Her Majesty, the Queen of Portugal," and Her Imperial Majesty, the Duchess of Braganza." The question of the Navigation of the Scheldt is in progress of adjustment, by the levy of a a duty on Belgian vessels, to be fixed by Prussia. There is also some expectation that the question of the Belgian debt will be settled by a credit in rentes to the amount of 12,000,000 florins. The restoration of tranquillity in Switzerland has been suddenly obstructed by the resistance of Neufchatel. This State, though geographi. cally comprised under the term Switzerland, is politically part of Prussia, and refuses to receive laws from the Diet. Is is supposed that this is done at the secret instigation of Prussia, and that it may possibly bring that power and the Diet into collision. This apprehension has been so far realised, that on the 3d inst. a decree passed the Diet, calling upon the State of Neufchatel to send deputies to Zurich, and threatening that if the deputies were not present on the 11th the troops of the Diet should take possession of the Principality on the 12th. M. Wesdehlen, Pre. sident of the Council of the State of Neufchatel convoked the legislative body on the 7th, and communicated to them this decree, at the same time observing that he had sent to Berlin for in- structions, and he proposed that a deputation should in the meantime attend the Diet, limited to act only in conformity to the treaty of 1815. He then read to them a strong protest by M. Olfers, Charge d'Affaires of the King of Prussia at Berne, against the pretensions of the Diet, as well as a letter dated 28th of August, from M. Ancillou, approving, on the part of the King ot Prussia, of the course which the State had taken. The advice of the President was approved, and the legislative body elected, as its deputies to the Diet, M. Wesdehlen and M. Terrisse. In the meantime the troops. of the Diet had been set in motion, and a strong force frontiers, when intelligence of the proceedings above des- cribed was received. The deputies si:ce pre- sented themselves to the diet, where thev insisted 'on the preservation of the Sovereign rights of the Neufchatel, and of its .relation with Prussia. Afterwards on the motion of the deputies from Berne, the troops sint against Neufchatel were ordered to be disbanded. r The Emperor of Russia, after a narrow esc.pe, during the late storm in the G Illh of landed at Rieval and proceeded rapidly to Schwedt, where he arrived on the 5th inst. It is supposed, from the rard nud dignity of the iHlls, trious persona who will be present, that the affairs to be discussed' at the Conference a;e of inott weighty importance. The Emperor of Russia is attended by Prince Wolchouski, Counts Orlofi', Alderberg, Suwarrow Kemnin&ki, Prince Lal- iuski, and the Vice Chancellor, Co int Nessel- rode. The Emperor of Austria will be attended by Prince Metternich and several of his minister*. The King of Prussia will" be attended by M Ancillon and his principal ministers. Lord Mint0 will, it is believed, represent Great B-itain, at the Congress, which is to be attended tiio y Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridiif, and several German Princes. The Count de Sr. ¡ Aulaire, the French Ambassador.lit the Court of Vienna, will not be there, nor iiny prrsoa to re- present France. Private letters from Russia state that the cholera has-again broken out then • Accounts from New York, of the 15lh of speak of great improvement in trade, and in various local accommodations, from the pro £ re.<-s of Rideau Callal. The Canal extends now fr. ni Kingston to Montreal, 2GG iiiiies. An article from Patras, dated :JOdJ July, speaks of serious discontents in Greece. Mr. Jeremio is still proceeding at Mauritius in a course which can be accounted for only bv a desire to excite the inhabitants to revolt, or by actual insanity. lie has deposed the Procuieur du Roi and two judges, whom lie reulaced bv men universally viewed with dislike and con- tempt, but more subservient tools. He has openly violated the orders of the Supreme Court-, ar- rested and imprisoned citizens without even the forms of law, and he insists upon martial law being proclaimed, with no inteiligi: le reason. The tranquillity of the Colonists is only pre £ cr\cd by the hope that the mission of %I. to London may produce a removal of this evil.
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We are happy to announce the arrival of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, on a visit to our worthy member at Dowlais, and that his Lordship appears to be in the enjoyment ofoxcellent health. The arrival of Mr. Alderman Thompson and his amiable lady, at Penydarran House, has diffused a general and lively gratification throughout Mer- thyr. Besides the pleasure derived from seeing amoii,m, us the honourable gentleman, to whose ser- vices in Parliament the country is much indebted, the affectionate regard felt by all classes of inhabit- an's of Merthyr to Mrs. Thompson, who is a native of Penydarran, renders their residence here particu- larly gratifying. LUNTRISSENT IIOAD IMPROVEMENTS.—At a mseting of the commissioners of the Llaatrissent Turnpike Trust it was resolved, that in case of the renewal of their Act of Pat-lianietit in the early part of next year, they would comuiencj the following iiiiprovemeiits 1. A new road from Llantrissent to Newbridge, a voiding the- hill 2. A road from Newbridge to Pont yr Cymmer. 3. A new line of road from Llantrisseul into the Cardiff Road. The commissioners have arranged with Mr. Rowlands of Merthyr to take surveys of Muse lines of road in the mean time- IRON TRADE.—The price of Iron continues without alteration, and the trade is exceedingly ac- tive. When it is considered that the advance in price lately made by the ironmasters of Staffordshire has not been charged by the ironmasters of Glamor- gan, we think we may anticipate a considerable ilk crease of the business in Merthyr. TilE HARVEST, -lhe harvest is nearly conY- pieted even in the mountain districts, and only a small quantity of oats remain unhoused. We never remem- ber corn secured at less expence of labour. We have seen more abundant crops, but it certainly is a good average, and we should hope to see in the course of the Autumn a general thanksgiving for this iuestinutf- ble blessing. David R chards was fined 6d, penalty, and costs 9s. 6d., at Merthyr, for stealing turnips from a field in the occupation of the Penydarrau Company. The frequent occurrence of this offence of stealing- fruit and vegetables from gardens has determined the Penydarran Company, and many other respectable inhabitants, in all cases to put the law in force against the offenders. John Harris, of Hirwain Iron Works, con- victed at Merthyr, before M. Morgan and J. B. Bruce, Esqrs. was fined 20s. and costs, for assaulting Daniel Jones, of the same place, on Sunday, the 15111 instant, at Aberdare. Died, on Tuesday the I i-til just, at Alachati, of aneurism, in the pritr.e of life, fl. Meredith, Esq. surgeon, of that place, he was a man deservedly respected by ali who knew him, both for his numerous virtues alltlhis high attainments in his profession. He has left a widow and two daughters, bv whom lie is most deeply dculurcd, Died, Saturday last at Hendredenny.at an advanced age, Mrs. Williams, widow of the late. Rowland Williams, Ksq. of that place, and formerly of Gwerllwn, Merllryr -Lctei 1 ydvil. Tlie exemplary character and truty christian virtues of this excellent lady, wifi-catise her losi to be deeply and extensively lamented. Died, on Wednesday last, at Brecon, Mr. John Williams, of Treduslan Court, Brrconshire, Q" RFTALIA-riON-Soine few years since, in the county of Penobscot, there lived a man by the name of H-, whose greatest pleasure was in tormenting- others his own family was generally the butt of his sport. One cold and blustering night, he retired to bed at an early hour, his wife being absent at a neigh- bour's. Some time after, she1 returntd finding the doors closed, she demanded admittance. Who are you ?" cried Mr. H. "You know who I am. let me in, it is very cold." "BegoIH>, you strolling vagabond I want nothing of you here." "But I must come in." What is your name?" You know my name, it is Mrs. H." Begone Mrs. H. is a vetylikely woman she never keeps such late hours a¡i1!this," Mrs. H. replied, "if you do not let me in, I will drown myself in the well." "00, if you please," he replied. She then took up a log aud plunged it into the well and retired to the side of the door. Mr. H. hearing the noise rushed from the house, to save, as he supposed, his drowning wife. She at the same time slipped in, and closed the door after her.—Mr. H almost naked, in turn demanded admittance. Who are you I" she demanded. "You know who I am, let me in, or I shall freeze." "Begone! youlhievish rogne! I want nothing of you here. "But I must come in." "What is your name?" "You know my name, it is Mr. H." "Mr. H. is a very likely man he don't keep such late hours." Suffice it to say, she, after keeping him in the cold until she was satisfied, opened the door and let him in. PAUPER QUAKERESS. At Bow-street police I Vjffice, on Tuesday week, a pauper Quakeress, dressed in the style of her sect, was brought up to be passed to her parish, in Denbigh, by the parish officers cf St. Clement's Danes. It was so unusual to witness a Quaker in that circumstance, that Mr. Minshull at the first supposed the intended removal was in opposition to the wishes of the poof woman, who said that she was 49 years of age, Upon being questioned, how- ever, she said that it was at her own express wish that the ^proposed step was about to be taken she had been in service, but was no longer capable of labour, and as her friends could not afford to support her, she had no other alternative than to be passed down to Denbigh, which was her parish, and where, .,I,.e hoped to obtain relief,