The Welshman

HOUSE OF r.ORDS.-TVESDA Y, NIARCII 8. I The Lord CHANCELLOR moved the appointment of 'which he had given notice of a select committee to con- sider the lawregulating marriase? in Ireiaml—Agreed to. 1 The Lord C.UNCELI.Olt Sitii, he had yesterday stated his inteitfion of introducing a bill regulating the law as related to the cases of lunatics. Under the present regulations in the cases of lunatics, in all commissions addressed to commissioners at a distance greater than 20 miles fiom London, the commissioners must be entirely unknown to the Lord CAANCELLOR, which was an inconvenience.. Theie were other ob- jections to the present plan, one of the chief was, that it -itictirred great expense. The remedy he intended to pro- pose was the appointment oi two g-entlcmen ot experience and knowledge as permanent comjnissioners tor the coun- try, to be paid not by tees, hut by a fixed salary. The hedvy charges which were thrown upon the estates of lunatics by the present system of proceeding often de- terred the friends of these unhappy persons from apply- ing for a commission. As one means of reducing the ex- pense it was proposed to lessen the nunrber of jurylllen uecissary for finding a person of unsound mind. At pre- sent, as long a period as a ypar and a half elaed before a committee was appointed of a luntrsicS; mind and es- tate, which was a very serious evil; -and he should pro- pose as a remedy, that a given time should be fixed for the appointment of snch committee. The changes which he proposed would displace certain officers holding patent appointments; and provision must, ef course, be made for them. But there were, in the Court of Chancery, ample funds for this purpose in what was called the &iitt)i-s"Fee Fund. The bill was after seme conversation <then laid on the table. The committee for the consideration of tlw. law rela- ting to marriages in Ireland was then appointed.—Adj.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY, MARCH 8. I Mr. BAILFY presented a petition from Honiton, pray- that corn might be sold by measure in all cases, or that a certain weight should be agreed upon as a general standard, in order to secure a tair statement of averages.' Mr. S. CRAWI OKD presented a petition from Rochdale, praying for an abolition of the Corn-laws, universal suf rage, vote by baliot, and paid members of Parliament. WELStf LANOLAUE.— Mr. GORE presented a petition from a place in Shropshire, praying that all clergymen appointed to Welsh livings should be such persons as were conversant with the Welsh language. Dr. BowitiNc, deferreti his mottop. respecting the Bishop of Jerusalem to the 17tl» of March. Capt. FITZROY gave notice ef a motion for copies of correspondence respecting the subjecting officers in the Merchant Seamen's service to a preliminary examiua-1 tion. Mr. FE-RRA-,Dwithdrew his amendeS motion on Mr. Brotherton's return for the nautes of all manufacturers paying their workmen in money, as he found it to be im- practicable. (Laughter, and Oh, oli.) Mr. BROTHERTON withdrew the motion of which he had given notice, relative to manufacturers using the truck system, as he found it was impracticable to expect returns of the nature of those he sought for. Mr. D'i SRA EL I brought forward his motion for an in- quiry into the consular establishment of the empire, with a view to its re-construction. He entered at great length into the subject. He condemned the appoint- ment of agents to conect information, and make reports, as in the cases of Syria, Egypt, Switzeriind, &c., wli Ile we had consuls who could have supplied tite information. He contended that our consular establishments were not at allcalculated to assist the conuneráMII mterest of the -country; and eofteluded with a motion, that it wits expe- dient to blend the consular with the diplomatic body. It was seconded by Lord C. HAMILTON. Sir R. PEEL opposed the motion; and Lord PALHERSTON at great length defended the consular service, arid the system generally upon which it was condtte ted. After a discus- sion which lasted six hours the motion was withdrawn. Mr. M AC&INNON moved for a select committee to con- I sider the expediency of framtiig some legislative enact- ments to remedy the evils arising from the interment of bodies within the precincts otlarge towns. The motion- was seconded by Dr. Botfring, and supported by Mr. WAKI.EY. Sir JAMES GRAHAM assented to it, after guarding himself from being pie Iged to any parcicolar course and the motion was agreed to. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON moved for leave to bring, in a bill to amend the law relating to marriages within the prohibited degrees of affinity, so tar as related to the act passed in ISS5 ,which prevents marriages with the sis- ters of deceased wives. After some discussion the debate was adjourned until Wednesday.

STATISTICS OF DrsTREss. -At a meeting of the Statistical Society at London, held on Monday evening, Viscount Sandon, President, in the Chair, a paper by Henry Ashworth, Esq., one of the Directors of the Manchester Chamber ot Commerce, was read, on the present depression of trade at Bolton, showing the mode in which it affects the different classes of the manufactu- ring population, from which we find that the loss to the town by the partial or entire closing of mills amounts to- £ 201,600 per annum in the matter of wages alone; and, estimating the comparison of the comfort of the opera- tives by the year 1835, when they had full work, and wheat was 39s. 4d. per quarter, the increased cost of food must be added, which amounts to £ 118,5)60 forming a total of jC320,460 equal to £ 1.1100 for every working day. The people dr ad pauperism, and make all sort of shifts to live, by pledging arid selling their furniture and clothing. In December last an inquiry was instituted by a committee of the inhabitants of the town, into the con- dition of 1,00.1 families, ronsMting of 5,30.5 persons, and it was found that their net earnings per week amounted to £ 229 15s. 1d., which, with deductions for rent, left £ 319 for food, tire, elothirig, &c. making an average of from Is. 2d. to Is. 2d. per head per week. The number of families out of 1,003 having beds, were 950, and amongst all t hese were found 1,5;j3 L)c(ls, and 44)6 blankets. 425 persons were sleeping on lfoors, fiOfl families had no change of linen, and 511 families were accustomed to awnin. Altonq the .WOa persons visited, thcrt were Xn Z whose earnings d" not exceed lId. per head weekly

TYRANNY OF OUR LAWS. I The StawUird has been called "a lying paper" by I persons whose party predilections have rendered them unjust as well as coarse, but in the whole range of the newspaper press we should look in vain for observations more marked by truth than the following which appeared in that journal last wei k. After stating the reasons why the three bills relating- to hw reform, introduced last Tues- day week, into the House of Lords, would fail very far short of satisfying the public expectation of a reform in the administration of the law, the Standard says, The law, or rather the unrtformed administration of the I ere, is, hawever, a tyrant, and the only tyrant in this country, it fulfils all the conditions of tyranny—no m-an's liberty, or property, or fame, is safe from it; and it goes beyond the evil of othcr'tyrannv in this, that its cruelties and op- pressions are not the suggestions of individual caprice, which must be to a great extent limited in its activity, but the suggestions of the caprice, the cupidity, or the malice of thousands. This is the enemy with which a law reform must grapple, and it is an enemy not unworthy of the arms of Sir Robert Peel, Lord Lyndhurst, and Lord Brougham. The people may not clamour for lrfw reform as for ether reforms; but this is because the habit. ual clainourers aTe of a class already ruined, and who have nothing to fear from tyranny, whatever they may hope from disorder; whik the classes above them are ashamed to confess their hostility to the administration of the law, lest they be suspected of having suti'ered from it III a country where "poverty is infamous." it is this dread of confessing poverty which guards the monstrous extortion to which persons in humble rank, and in circum- stances in the last degree embarrassed, are exposed in England more than in any other country in the world. The feelip. is not a dishonourable ene, an d it has proved eminently useful as a stimulant to frugality and indus- try but it exists here in a far higher degree than else- where, and therefore it is the duty of the British legis- lature to protect from extortion and oppression those who are ashamed to complain, and without complaining cannot protect themselves. Such protection, however, cannot he afforded without a severe revision of the details of the administration of the law, and an unsparing re- moval of all the instruments of rapacity that time and the arts of greedy and dishonest men have accumulated; without, in short, a thorough reform of the administration of the law through all its departments, and all its sub- ordinations."

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS (issued March 2.) I PARISn PROPERTY HILL.-This is a bin to explain and amend the acts regulating the sale of parish property, and to make further provision for the discharge of debts, liabilities, and engagements incurred by or on behalf of parishes. It is prepared and brought in by Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., and Sir J. R. G. Graham, Bart. (the Paymaster-General and the Home Secretary of State), and contains II clauses. WEST INDIA CLERGY BILL.-This is a bill to provide for the increase of the number of the bishoprics and arch- deaconries in the West Indies, and to amend the several ftcts relating thereto. It is prepared and brought in by Lord Stanley, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. G.W. Hope, and con- tains six clauses. The first clause empowers her Majesty to establish within the territorial limits of the existing dio- ceses of Jamaica and Barbadoes three or more dioceses, with such and sp many archdeaconries within each diocese as to her Majesty shall seem meet, and for that purpose to revoke the letters patent v ruler the Great Seal, under which the existing dioceses of Barbudoes and Jamaica, and the existing archdeaconries within the same respectively, have been established, &c. The second clause empowers her Majesty to direct the apportionment of the sums of money granted for the salaries of the bishops and archdea- cons of the said dioceses, &c. EXCHEQUER BILLS.-This is a return, moved for by Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, of the number and value of Exchequer bills prepared, issued, and signed, since the 10th of October. 1834, stating by whom signed of Royal orders, Treasury warrants, &c., received by, or issued from, the Exchequer in 1841; and statement ot accounts made out periodically in the office of the Con- troHer General. It appears that the total number of bills signed since the 10th of October, 1834, amounted to •298^38;), and the total value thereof to j £ :i5'2,6l2,l51.

MARCH. -1 (From Punch's Almanack.) I L St. David's Day. Grand ferreting for Welsh rabbits —The Jonesses in a state of Taffy's £ lixir. Eat your leek, I bid you."—SHAK. 2. ifoiies appears in inferior conjunction with the magistrates at loin. past 10 A.M. Roe refuses to bate the bull- Jones goes the 5 hoys, and is discharged. S. blows off the tiles—Send bricklayer to Jinks for a-clwldron of his slates to repair roof. Jinks kicks bricklayer. Thank licaveii., 4. The Bricklayer calls to say he can't sit it, and won't stand it." Recommend summons as salve to sore. 5. Battle of Barossa, 1811, and Summons granted 1812. Triumph of the British and the Bricklayer. 6. Fourth Sunday in lent. 7. The Society fur the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals proposes to erect a Lunatic Asylum for insane hares. I). Earthquake in London," 17J0. No great shakes compared with the.one in Lisbon. 9. Sir Peter Laurie installed as "Shaver of heads of hares" to the Luperine Lunatic Asylum. 10. Mercury rises 49 nfin. after 5 A.M., but whether in the heavens or the barometer this deponent sayeth not. H. Royal Institutions opened 1800, for the encourage- ment of science and the discovery of mares' nests. 12. Gregory. Martyr (qy. to the Tooth-ache), and inveivtor of the "paste to cure the same. 13. Fifth Sundav in lent. 14. Herschfc-l's Planet discovered yesterday, 17S1. 1.5. Julius Cfe>sar murdered 44 B.C. The crime /re- quently repealed at the Tlwatres Royal. to. Great gathering ot hhaiurocks wtvi extensive orders for bane and antidote, viz., Whiskey and Soda-water." i 17. St. Patrick's Day. Strange opticial fllusiorsamong the lri.,Ii-giittc-rs occupied as feather-beds—and curb- stones as pillows. Shillelahs, like magnets, attracted by the pdf. Skulls cracked at the shortest iiotice-tilc George Robins' Epidemic prevails—every man employed knocking down a Lot. 18. Ditto, ditto, with splitting head-ache;and berth in Station House. 19. Ditto, ditto, with fines, imprisonments, and water- gruel. 20. -PalmSunday. 21. St. Benedict, matrimonial Agent and Traveller for Hymen and Company. The reputed assassin of Cupid. 22. Geueral alarm of Householders, and awful prepara- tions for meeting the Right Hon. Lady Day. 23. Universal disposition f°r Lunatic Sporting, i.e. "shooting the Moon." 24. Goods carefully removed in town and country- hrinpin? up the van for those who are in a-rear! 2?. Good Friday and Lady day. 26. The Sheriff holds a levy in various quarters of the metropolis. 27. Easter Sunfiay. 28. Several desirable but unfurnished tenements to let: — now in the possession of Messrs. SIonian, Thompson Levy, and Co. — Easter Monday, Greenwich Railway Shareholders in ecstasies at the change of a Fare-the Spirit at Richardson's over powered by the spirit from the Crown and Anchor. A Greenwich pensioner washed oft'his'legs by 3 pints of-rum. Algar fstlVltle-8 P.M. a few quadrilling—2 A.M. everybody reeling. 29. Planet Vesta discovered, 1807-,t rolling wn Greenwich Hill. 30. Marmont evacuates Paris, and Scowton Greenwich. 31. The Allies enter Paris-—with one Wellington and a Blacher.

THE I h L Ls.-CoronatioTl Colliery, which has been unworked tor a considerable time, was during the present week set. on, at prices previously arranged between the proprietors and workmen, and well understood by both. There is another colliery in the same neighbourhood working the same vein, at which the men get higher prices than those agreed upon at tL, e Coronation Colliery; but we are informed that although the prices be nominally higher, yet the gross amount ot weekly earnings of a mau in -the former/win be greater than one in the latter, the coal in the Coronation being more easily obtained. But tl.e secret tribunal that regulates these matters, determined that the prices paid in one should not be less than those paid in the orhcr, and in pursuance of this decision, a party of deluded men were authorised to carry their purpose into execution by iutimdittion and teror. !t appears that a man named b? aines Davies, a pattern- maker at the B!aina Iron Work?, who, by his hard industry, had saved as much as enabled h?iy m his hard and furnish a ficat cottage near the Coronation, had four men lodging with him, who had gone to work at the Coronation. On Tuesday night last, the house of Davies was attacked by a band of Scotch Cattle, who shortly obtaintd admittance hy bursting open the door and windows, and on getting into the house,, commenced breaking and destroying the goods atid furniture of Davies. On the fellows being expostulated with by the inmates, they immediately stated the object of their visit —to punish Davies for haibouriilg the poor irdustfious I men who had gone to work at tAe Coronation, declaring at the same time, that they should not work at less prices than were given at James's Colliery, the one before alluded to. Having completely wrecked and demolished the property of Davies, who had no further connexion with the Coronation than to lodge four of the workmen, this lawless mob proceeded to the house oi another peaceable and industrious man named W. Edwards, who had not even s much connexion with the obnoxious colliery; but. living in the neighbourhood, he was doomed to suffer. This po man, with his wife and 6 children, were roused from their sleep in the dead of the night by this lawlt-ss mob, who broke into their dwelling and after collecting their goods, even to the clothing they had worn on the previous day, placed them in a heap and burned them to ashl's the unfortunate family bem obliged to escape almost in a stite ot nudity, and take refuge in a I cottage at some distance. Here again they repeated -1 their uenuricjatioiiis ag-miM cne men who had gone to work at the Coronation, and proceeded to attack the houses of two other persons, where similar lawless scents took place.—Merlin. THE CIIAKTIST CONVICT. WILLIAMS.—A letter has been received by the wife of this unfortunate man, stat- ing that he is working in chains in the penal settlement, Port Arthur. Upon his first reaching his destination he was appointed overseer amongst the men engaged work- ing co.il-pits, but having subsequently attempted to make his escape, he was detected in the act, land, as a punish- ment, sent to join the gangs working in chains. We see by the Glo'. ter Journal that the Town-Council cf Tewkeabuiy, cn Wednesday, agreed that petitions should be presented to both Houses of Parliament, pray- ing for the entire abolition of the existing corn and pro- vision laws. It is in contemplation to have a public meeting for petitioning against Sir Robert Peel's sliding scale. LLIFON EISTEDDFOD.-In ;td(lition to the other prizes the tenants of Sir R. B: W. Bulkeley, Bart., M.P., gave a silver plough to the composer of the best song, in praise of all the improvers of Agriculture in the Island, and the worthy Baronet in particular.—Carnarvon Herald. EXTRAORDINARY CALF.A four-year-old heifer, the property of Ilr. Brown, of Minety, produced a cow calf, the enormous weight of six score and six pounds. Its girth was three feet two inches, and the length from the nose to the end of the tail five feet nine inches. The cow and calf are both doing well.—Glo'ticr Journal.

-Or SIX FOREIGN CORN.—OUTLINES OT SIR J ROBERT PEEL'S BILL. 1 The preamble sets forth that, Whereas an act was passed in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George IV., intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to the importation of Corn and whereas it is expedient that the said act should be repealed, and that new provisions should be made in lieu rthereof, be it theretore enacted. &c. Clause 1 enacts that recited act 9th Geo. IV.,c.60, be repealed. Claure2. that corn, &c., may he imported from foreign countries; and corn, &c.,the prodiice of the British posses- sions out of Europe, may he imported thence, on pavment ot the duties specified in the Table to this act. Clause 3. Repeal of recited act 5 and 6 Will. T V., c. 13, imposing the same duties on the importation of foreign corn into the I sic of Man as into the United Kingdom, under 9 Geo. IV., c. 60. Foreign corn may be imported into the Isle of Man upon the same duties as are imposed by this act on foreign corii imported into the United Kingdom. Clause 4. Actions, &c., for breach of provisions of acts hereby repealed, or for duties payable under their, may be proceeded with. Clause 5. Regulations to be observed on shipping corn from any British possession out of Europe. Clause 6. Prohibition of importation of mah. Clause 7. Account of com imported, c< rn upon which duty is paid, rates of duty, and corn in warehouse, to be published monthly. Clause 8. If any foreign State shall subject British ves- sels, goods, Ert., to any higher duties or charges than are levied on the vessels, &c., of other countries, her Majesty may prohibit the importation of corn from such State. Clause 9. Weekly returns of purchases and sales of corn to be made in the places herein-mentioned. Clauses 10, 11, 12, 1, 11, and 15, regard appointment of comptroller of corn returns, &c. Clauses 16. Dealers in corn in London to deliver in a declaration to the Lord Mayor, &c. Clauses 17 and IS. Requiring dealers in corn to make returns to corn inspector, &c. Clauses 19 to 2(i. In other cities than London super- visors of excise to act as corn inspectors, and attend at a place appointed. &c. Clause 27. Average prices to be made up and pub- lished every week. Certificates of averages to be trans mitted to chief officers of customs. Clause 28. How quantities of corn are to be computed. Clause 29. Until sufficient number of returns are .made comptroller may use the present averages. Clause 30. That all corn or grain, the produce of the United Kingdom, shall be deemed and taken to be British corn for the purposes of this act. Clause 31 to 33. If any corn return is believed frau- dulent, the same may he omitted in the computation. Clause 34. Copy of last return to be affixed on market place on each market-day. Clauses 35 to 37. Treasury to fix salaries of comp- trollers and inspectors, &c. Clause 38 to end, enacting penalty on corn-dealers not making declarations or returns, &c.

The Welshman has now been established for more than Ten years, and enjoys a considerable share of public patronage. It has fought under the banner of" RATIONAL AND PROGRESSIVE REFORM," with undeviating rectitude, and undaunted courage, holding on its course through evil and good report," notwithstanding a series of pro- secutions in its earlier career instituted for alleged in- fringements of the absurd, unjust, and now universally con- demned law of libeL Rendered prudent by experience the Welshman, has become wiser, and perhaps also more wary as well as more considerate; but though crrefully avoiding the colour even of calumnious personalties, it is no less fearless and uncompromising in its Political Principles now than it was then for we continue in its columns the advocacy of Liberal Whig principles in the trup sense of the term-in matters ecclesiastical recognizing but one authority in matters Political but one rule. The friends of Civil and Religious Liberty we bow the knee to no lawgiver in the Church but Christ—we pay deference to °u State policy which bases itself upon an infraction of 111Jlversal justice. "Po unto others as ye would that others should do unto you, is the polar star about wh4ch we wish torevolve. The Welshman claims, moreover, SUPERIORITY in all the various branches of a Newspaper the most inter- esting and Useful as well as the LATEST intelligence in the political, trading, agricultural and ecclesiastical world are carefully cotideiised,in its columns; "a weekly retrospect" of the news of the Metropolis up to Wednes- day evenings is supplied by a gentleman, residing in London, who is possessed ot peculiar facilities in obtain- ing information; repurts of all pubhc proceedings in the counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, and Gla- Morgan, will be presented faithfully to the public; and no effort will be spared to make the Welshman AN ACCtJ- RATE AND CO.\ff"LF,TE RECOUD OF ALL LOCAL AS WELL AS POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE OF PUBLIC INTEREST. As an advertising medium, the Welshman presents a peculiar claim, not only on account of its extensive cir- culation (being never less than 4,000 a month ;) but from the circumstance of its being the only Liberal paper pub- lished in the counties of Carmarthen,Pembroke and Cardi- gan. In conclusion—and while avowing that our objects are the advocacy of opinions which we deem essential to the happiness of our species, and the realization of a filir re- muneration for our toil and capital-we call apon every man to do his duty we call upon every Reformer in the' districts through which the Welshman circulates, who really values his principles, and wishes to see them ex- tended, in order that -they may become triumphant, to prove his sincerity of heart hy earnestly and SUB- STANTIALLY supporting the paper whose con- scientious and uncompromising advocacy of truth is in unison with his own sentiments.

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I TO OUR READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. We are always disposed to oblige our correspondents, but of course cannot be dictated to by,thein, an(imust be permitted to be masters of our own space and our own time. O.ur paper, large as it is, will not hold every thing, and if it would we could not consent to cram its columns with the fiddle-faddle of every "Odd Fellow," or the twaddle of every tom-fool. Ocr subscribers as a body are too intelligent to tole- rate a paper that tends itself to puff public house dinners by the column, or to gratify the silly vanity of every person who is absurd enough to desire to appear in print ANONYWOUS LETTERS.—Facts unauthenticated by real signatures can receive no attention. We thank the Rev. D. D. for his favor, but we have always much more matter than room. NOTICE.-Tlie New Quay paragraph is an advertisment. We put it to D.E." J.L." Mr. Bennett, oTMilford, and many others who "favor us!" whether it is quite fair and reasonable to expect us to jive away our space to non-subscribers-that space on which we have so many LEGITIMATE demands—and that space we may add also, the control of which costs us 200 guineas every month, or between Two and Three Thousand Pounds per annum. Will the person who conveys Carmarthen news to Brecon ser.d us his address ?

Parlitatiettt met on the 3d of last month, and but few important matters save one has occupied the attention of the popular branch (?) of it during the period that has already elapsed. But that one is indeed fraught with importance, "not only to millions, but to the future stability of the empire. We need hardly say that we allude to the Corfi-Iaw question—a question which seems destined to stamp the same political and legislative importance upon the present yeat that Catholic Emancipation did on 1829. On this alKabsorbing question three grand propositions, or as our Gallic neighbours would phrase it, "projects of law," have been submitted to the Lower House. The first, which, after a gestation of five months, proceeded from the brain of the Tory Premier, was merely a modification of his mucb-chefished slidin scale-a modification which candour com- pels us to admit is, upon the whole, an improve- ment on a system which the experience of twenty- seven years has proved to be a complication of absurdities to be based in fallacy, and in operation to be a mere juggle. To attempt to modify that which is in itself radically and essentially wrong must be a juggle and hence the unanswer- able arguments which Lord John Russell was able to adduce in favour of his proposition, which laid the axe to the root of the tree of the sliding- scale system. But in order the better to appre- ciate his Lordship's proposition, we must bear in mind, that not only did it contemplate a fair amount of protection to the landowner, but establish a principle which, so lorg as it is in operation, that is, so long as a fixed duty shall be levied on foreign corn when brought into British ports, so long shall the traffic in grain afford a steady source of revenue, which has never been the case since the introduction of the present system. Now, that the landowner is justly entitled to a fair protection, appears to us as clear as that the manufacturer and operative have a legitimate claim to have their well-being consulted in the framing of all laws that affect their respective interests. Let it be but demonstrably shown that a fixed duty is indispensably necessary to afford due protection to the lando wner and that such fixed duty will not operate injuriously on the manufacturing and operative classes, and then the only difficulty will be to ascertain what the amount of the duty shall be: for as regards the simplicity of the principle, the certainty of its pre- venting the gambling which has brought such odium on the corn-trade during the last twenty- seven years, the additional revenue which it would produce, and its tendency both to render the traffic in grain comparatively steady, and its price moderate, its superiority over the sliding- scale is so manifest, that every unprejudiced mind must see that not only had Lord John Russell the best of the argument, but we cut away the ground from under his opponents. In order to show what claims the landowners have to protection on the score of the peculiar burdens which they bear, and the extent to which they are directly taxed for the support of the state it is necessary only to refer to the revenue accounts of France, Austria, and Prussia, and then compare them with our own. In Prance the land pays 57 pe* cent. ofthb whole revenue. The public burdens which the land bears in Austria is nearly 53j per cent. In Prussia the land pays somewhat more than 5! per cent of the whole national revenue. In this country the Land, as its proportion of the public burdens, pays no less than 31 per cent.! Now when the public possess the knowledge of such facts as these, and when they are told by a cabinet minister, Sir E. Knatchbull, that the land- owners are entitled to the protection of the Corn-laws in order that they may be able to maintain tlteir posi- tion in Society, can it be matter of wonder that, they now declare by the million, that nothing short of what Mr. Villiers's proposition embraces will satisfy them? In rejecting the measures which the late Ministry submitted to Parliament last August, the landowners acted unwisely. While we cannot agree with Mr. Villiers, that the time has come when foreign grain should be admitted into our ports duty-free, still less can we conscientiously give our noral support to the iniquitous and vicious system which is now in force no, nor yet to Sir R. Peel's modification of it. That system is rotten at the core-is based on false principles and thejefore the voice of the millions who have suffered from it has gone forth against it—has declared that it must be swept away. Lord John Russell s proposition would secure ample protection to the landowner, and those agriculturists who holl their farms on lease —to the tenants-at-will we 4eny that the present system affords any protection—-would afford a constant source of revenue vould for ever put an end to the present nefarious traffic which has stamped the brand of gambling on those who are engaged in the corn trade; would render the markets henceforth compnratively steady; would obviate the evils which frequently result from such sudden and extreme changes as the entire repeal of the present laws and free trule in grain might give rise to would do much to restore to our merchants and manufacturers that open and unrestricted market for barter of which the pre- sent laws, in many instances, deprived them; and would, at all times, so equalize the prices of grain as to prevent the people of this country from being compelled to pty extravagantly dear for the prime necessaries of life, merely because grain is comparatively scarce here, while it is plentiful and cheap elsewhere. Judge Blackstone has declared that no action can lie against a whole people—that they cannot be indicted and wiy? Because being themselves the source of all power, there exists no tribunal before which they can be tried. A time will come when the grasp-alls will regret that they were not satisfied with the large and sure protection which a fixed duty of 8a. would have given them.

WEEKLY RETROSPECTS -OR SITJBJARY OF DOMESTIC & FOREIGN NEWS. I [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 7 O'CLOCK The second reading of Sir Robert Peel's Corn Im- portation Bill is fixed for this evening, when Lord John Russell's party will take the sense of the House on it. Lord Ebrington it issaid will move the meditated amend- ment. This question disposed of Sir Robert Peel (pro- bably next Friday) will submit the Government financial statement, and it is rumoured that a "Property Tax will form one feature in the Feel-Budget. After three weeks hard talking, the Corn question has got as far as the second reading ofSir Robert's Bill. The Army and Navy estimates have been voted.. There's been a good deal of sharp fighting in the home between a Mr. Ferrand and the manuafcturers. The member for Knaresborough made at least a sensation for the moment, hut he w!t afterwards so dreadfully drubbed by Messrs. Cobden and Ii Villiers, that he will never forgive or forget the severe chastisement administered by those whom he with equal folly and malignity attacked. In theprovinces, peace and good-will prevail. We are tld by thfc apostle of com- pletc" suffrage, that the movement is most promising. The rapid formation of suffrage associations in all our important manufacturing towns, and the disposition evinced in all quarters for a cordial reconciliation between the middle and labouring classes (says the Nonconformist) inspire hope for the future." Spring has a,ain returned to cheer and 'bless the face of nature, and its genial influence is already extensively felt: bat alas! though nature has hailed its return, and begins to wax green under the effects of its suns and showers, trade and manufactures have not, as erst, ex- perienced the revival which this season was expected to bring. From Manchester. Leeds, Glasgow, Paisley, Nottingham, Birmingham, Leicester, and in short, from all the manufacturing districts of the kingdom, the accounts become every day still more gloomy. An immense number of mills are now standing entirely idle, and but comparatively few are working full time; and of trade generally it may be said that it is at a stand-still. The time was when in seasons of distress somewhat similar to the present the people were wont to look to Parliament for counsel and assistance but at the present moment not a person in a hundred speaks of the grand in/juest of the nation as having the least confidence in its wifl to do any thing than can essentially benefit the country, or relieve it from the ills that oppress it. This was the case to a large extent even before 123 of a majority told the starving millions that Sir It peel's dastardly emendation of the sliding scale was the ne plus ultra of all that suffering humanity could wring from them. The substancc of a conversation which the Earl of Aberdeen lately had with M. de St Aulaire, the French Ambassador at the British Court, has given rise to a great deal of discussion both in this country and in France. Two versions of the noble Foreign Secretary's observa- tions on the subject which he was discussing with the AmbasSadtfl-, viz., the lighta which this country viewed, and would continue to view, any attempt on. thep.¡.rt of France to retain permanent jK>sses:-U)i» of the territory of Algiers, have appeared; and considering what a sensitive and excitable people the French are, and the intense jealousy which they fed towards this country, it is not much to be wondered at that the reply which Sir R. Peel made to the question which Mr. Shiel put to him respect- ing the express terms that Lord Aberdeen had used to M. de St. Aulaire, has done much, not only to -dissipate the fond belief that Britain would never interfere with the claims which France sets up to the permanent occu- pation of her African conquests, and which the version of Lord Aberdeen's remarks that had appeared in the Parisian journals had done much to cherish, but to call forth.a burst of national indignation against a country whose naval superiority has before now taught our Gallic neighbours that to our magnanimity and generosity they owe it that they possess a single colony. That France should be anxious to retain possession of Algiers is very natural, not so much on account of its intrinsic value as of its geographical position. As a territorial acquisition it is literally valueless, while the c-xpence at which it can be kept is immense hut its position renders its possession of great importance to a power whose policy it must ever be to exercise a commanding influence in the Mediterranean. If the French continue not only to persist in retaining what they already possess, but in extending their con- quests, the time must come when this country will be compelled to adopt the necessaiy means for dispossessing them. Will the task be more easily accomplished when our opponents have greatly multiplied their local means of defence? True, our naval pre-eminence puts it in our power at any time to cut off all communication between France and her costly African acquisitions, and conse- quently of starving out the French garrisons in Algiers; but it is a sound maxim that prevention is better than cure, and the public have a right to know why the Govern- ment of this country have not taken the proper steps to couipel France to adhere to the terms on which she at first invaded the territory in question, as also its decided Views respecting her future retention of it. The daily-growing popularity of the Spanish Regent, the harmony that prevails among all classes of the com- munity as regards their detestation of Don Carlos an;1 the ex-Queen Regent Christina, their inflexible dcter- mination to resist, even to the' death, every attempt which the partisans of these relentless enemies to the best interests of Spain may make to mar an order of things under which peace and prosperity are shedding their benign influence over the country, the excellent spirit which pervades the army, and the abundant means which the Government possesses for meeting and repel- ling any force which the combined factions can muster on the soil of France,, or attract to their inauspicious stand- ards in the northern provlaces, must be highly gratifying' to every friend to cunstitutional liberty in the Penin- sula and elsewhere. Indeed, from the latest accounts which have reached this country from the south of France, it appears that the leaders of the united factions are fully sensible of the utter hopelessness of their cause, and that nothing but the desperate circumstances in which they are placed could iuduce them to venture on what they must foresee will issue in their own ruin. Several French Spanish journals now assert that no attempt will, for the present, he made by the Refugees, both Don Carlos and Christina feeling convinced that, when a whole people declare in favour of a constitution, it would be nothing better than insanity for a few discontented individuals to endeavour to shake it. An overland mail from India, via Marseilles has reached this country bringing melancholy intelligence from Cabool (the capital of Affganistan), to the 28th of December, and from China to the 19th of the same month. The city, after a most determined resistance on the part of the small body of British and native troops who were in it when the insurrection broke out, had at last to be abandoned, and there is but too much reason to fear that nearly the whole of the gallant band were cut to pieces. Sir W. M'Naughten was assassinated in his own house by the principal leader of the insurrection, who, on the plea of public business, had sought and obtained an inter- view with the unfortunate envoy. These letters also confirm the death of Sir Alexander Burnes, who, as in the case of Sir W. M'N aughten, was mortally wounded bv four individuals whom he had admitted to an interview. Fifteen English females, the wives, daughters, and rela- tives of British officers, are, it is said, in the hands of the insurgents, and will be kept by them as hostages till Dost Mahomed shall be restored to them. Powerful reinforce- ments are said to be pursuing their route by forced marches through the Punjaub to succour their brothers in arms who have had to contend against such fearful odds at Cabool. ————M '■ > ^WW™—BDBBI M. P. I

JLAT-KS'IT NrIlws. I LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 7 O'CLOCK. I IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM CHINA I AND INDIA.—ARRIVAL OF THE OVER- I LAND MAIL. [Froni the GIof>c.] I The anxiously-expected Overland Mail reached town early this morning, having been again subjected to deten- tion hy the annoying interference of the French authori- ties ot Marseilles, but for whom the despatches would have reached town on Monday last. The dates are— China, Dec. 19 Cabool, Dec. 28 Bombay, Feb. I; and Alexandria, February 23. The desperate circumstances in which the British troops in Cabool and its neighbourhood Were placed in consequence of the insurrection the extensive destruc- tion of our brave officers and men which had been.pro- duced by the successive attacks made upon them by a forue immensely superior; together with their privations, and sufferings caused by the want of food, clothing, and ammunition—these sufficiently mortifying facts were al- ready known. -it was hoped that the new arrival would bring some relief to the gloom which had been thus caused. W3 regret that there is little to console, while yet further tidings of diaster are supplied. The most en- during fortitude-patience under privations, and imper- turbable endurance under the pressure of calamities, which would subdue the spirits, and thus deprive of the energy which is essential to sustain troops under defeat and Ilisaster until reinforcements can arrive—will, we know, be exemplified by our brave soldiers in Cabool because they are the characteristics of British soldiers, which render them no less the glory than the guardians of their country's safety and honour. These qualities will sustain them to the last; and we hope that succours will arrive, and their endurance be rewarded not only with deliverance from, but with triumph over, the enemy whiih by treacherv has gained a temporaly advantage. Among others who have fallen victims in this insur- rection, we have to record the following;—General Elphinstone, from an attack of gout caused by fatigue; Col. Mackerell, H.M. 44th Regiment; Col. Oliver, 5th Bengal Native Infantry; Captains Mackintosh, Laing, and Walker, of the same regiment; and Captain West- macott, 37tli Bengal Native Infantry. [From the Standard.] I The intelligence brought by the Overland Indian M ail is melancholy, but the public mind has been pre- pared for so much of it as is authentic. More deplorable events than have been anticipated are added, but it is satisfactory to know that these rest upon no higher authority than mere rumour. The facts ascertained, and they are sad enough, are the following. The city and citadel of Cabool had probably fallen, with 16 ladies, the wives of British officers, made prisoners by the insurgents The fall of the citadel was probably precipitated by the treacherous murder of Sir W. H. M'Naghten, at a con- feience to which he was invited by Mahommed Ukhbar Khan, son of the deposed tyrant, Dost Mahommed. Sir W. H. ten fell by the hand of Mahommed Ukhbar himself while engaged in conversation with him and upon a concerted signal his whole suite and escort were massacred, including Captain Trevor, of the 3d Bengal Cavalry, who made a gallant attempt to protect his friend. The accounts, which are very imperfect, des- cribe various attempts to communicate between the citadel <tnd the entrenched camp, for the purpose of supplying the former-with ammunition, with which the latter was well furnished, though in want of clothing and food these attempts appear to have'generally failed, and to have cost many lives. Among the deaths reported are those of General Elphinstone from gout and f xce3sive exertion; Colonel Maekerell, 44th Regiment (British); Colonel Oliver, 5th Bengal Native Infantry; Captains Makintosh, Laing, and Walker, of the same regiment; and Captain Westmacott, 37th'Bengal Native Infantry. The murder of Sir William M'Naghteh appears to have been perpetrated at about the middle of December (the Governor's proclamation says the 25th), and from that time all the hopes of safety rested in the entrenched camp, in which were from 5 to 6000 troops. These •reliant men cert:unJy nitiintaiwM their position through '?v whole of December, notwithstanding frequent attacks from ten times their number. On the 24tli, according to a Delhi paper, Major Pottinger, successor of Sir W. M'Nagthen, renewed negociations for the evacuation of the camp, and these negociations were supposed to be so nearly successful that the army was preparing to retire: but an attack made by the enemy with their accustomed treachery, while arrangements were going on, put an end to all further parley. The fate of that attack is unknown but that the insurgents were defeated is probable from the tact that it is unknown; for, had they succeeded, they would have lost no time in spreading the news of their victory. We now come to the prevailing rumour—this asserts that the whole force, the entire (iOOO men in the entrenched camp, had been destroyed in an attempt to force a passage homeward. This we do not believe. Though short of provisions, the force does not appear to have been so utterly destitute as to justify an expedient so dc.sperate more particularly as the British com- mander must have known that Sir It. Sale was at Jellalabad, within 90 miles, at the head of an imposing force, though surorunded by enemies, and that every exertion would be made to come to his relief. Our chief, trust is, however, in the gallantry of the army and the prudence and skill of its ofticer. Nothing but the most positive and direct evidence shall convince us of the possibility of any number of barbarians destroying a British force of5000 or 6000. Our readers wifl have some difficulty in reconciling the dates in the foregoing sketch of the state of affairs at Cabool, We question whether the details copied from the Indian papers wiP, assist them. This difficulty is the effect of the strict secrecy maintained by the Indian government—a secrecy the policy of which is question- able; for ndthing so much magnifies a calamity as a mysterious concealment. CHINA—The state of things in India has rendered the progress of hostilities in China of comparatively minor interesl The letters?which bring inteHigt?ce to the 13th of December, are far from justifying expectations ot an early termination of the war. Sir H. POTTINGER had returned from Chus&n to Amoy and Honkong, where, it was supposed, he would wait for reinforcements from Europe and India. Rumour, which finds abundant scope in the absence of accredited intelligence, asserted that dissatisfaction with the Chinese, who were said to have again violated the convention of Capt. ELLIOT relative to the Canton river, had induced a determination on the part of Sir H. POTTINGER to attack their forts. This was not, however, generally credited in India. FRANCE.—The Paris papers of Monday have reached us, but their contents are enttrely destitute of interest. SPAIN.—Letters and journals from Madrid, of the 29th ult., have reached us, but their contents are equally unimportant THE UNITED STATES.—By the arrival of the transient ship Solon, Captaiii Wood, which entered the Mersey last Tuesday morning's tide, we have received a copy of the New York Awrwa of the date of the 15th ult., but it contains no news in addition to that already before the public.

niPERlAL PARLIAMENT.—HOUSE OF I | COMMONS. Petitions praying for the repeal of the bread-tax poured in again to-day. Lord Charles Fitzroy presented five. Mr. HUT I' presented a petition from the Mayor, Alder- men, and Common Council of Kingstojj-upon-IIull, complaining of the manner in which certain gentlemen have been recently appoi-ted to the magistracy of that borough, which the petitioners regarded as dangerous to the liberty of the subject Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition on the subject of the recent decision of one of the Irish judges on the marriage laws of Ireland. Mr. COLVILLE gave notice that he should, on the IGth March, move for a return of the convictions for the mur- der of illegitimate children, from the year 1838 to 1841, inclusive; and also of convictions for the concealment of births during the same period. Lord ELIOT in a reply said that objectionable as the practice was ot holding out inducements to witnesses to give evidence in criminal cases, as had been the case in a recent instance of murder in Dublin, he did not think in the present state of Ireland the practice could he dis- pensed with. Lord J oil N RUSSELL thought it desirable that the num- ber of Commissioners of Exchequer BillsJUiould be in- creased from two to three. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Corn. missioners would be named in committee on the bill, and the proposition of the noble lord as to increasing their number should receive the attention of government. CORN IMPORTATION DILL. I On the order of the day being read for the second reading of the Corn Importation bill, Lor EBRINGTON rose to move an amendment. He proceeded to argue against the measure proposed by Sir Robert Peel, which he said was in principle equally ob- jectionable with the sliding-scale which it superseded. It the one is objectionable the other was objectionable— the difference was orly in degree the principle was the same. After describing the measure at present before tthehouae as one which satisfied no one but the right honourable baronet who had brought it forward, the noble lord concluded hy moving as an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. ('Cheers.) Col. THOMAS WooD then rose to address the house in support of the motion, and was left speaking. CORN-EXCHANGE (THIS DAY.)—There was a slender attendance at market this morning, and very little busi- ness transacted. All. articles very flat, and rather declin- ing in value. OTHER F,iiLt!ncs." Two otti,-r iii-tiie wine" trade, were compelled to suspend payments yesterday, in consequence of the sudden stoppage cf Messrs. Forman and Hadow, with whom they were connected. The lia- bilities of the latter firm are said to amount to nearly ?6!?0,000; their Misfortunes were caused by the failures of other parties last week, and previously. It all tends to shake credit materially. FUNDS.—The Stock Market is flat, but Consols have not been affected to the extent that the disastrous news from India would have warranted us to expect. Cansols 89?; Ditto for Account April 14.89?: Columbian 1824, March 15,24^; Columbian ex Venezuela 12; Mexican 1837, 371: Ditto March 15,871; Deferred IOIIF; Spanish with May coupons 'Z4!; Ditto March 15, 24J; Passive 5j; Dutch 2- per Cent.51|; Ditto March 15, 52; Ditto 5 per Cent. 102; Ditto New Loan 100. SUGAR MARKETS.—The tradehere are still acting with caution, expecting some alteration will take place in the duties. The sales amount to about 300 hhds, at prices fully equal to those of last week. The cargo of the Reliance from Mauritius, about 4,000 bags, were sold to one house.—Bristol (Jazcttc.

GUILDHALL, MARCH 4.- Before Wm. Morris Esq. I Mayor, T. T. Webb, and E. H. Stacey, Esqrs.—Johii Thomas, shoemaker, was fined 5s. and costs, tor an as- sault on the person of John Jones, painter, and in de- fault of payment sent to the treadmiU for seven days. W illiam E vans, who keeps a hou se called the Commercial Inn," situate in Lammas-street, in this town, appeared to answer the complaint of Pugh, the Police Inspector, for keeping his house open for the sale of beer, at an hour beyond the time prescribed by his licence, and in other respects keeping a disorderly house. Fined 20s. and costs, being first ofience; on a second complaint to be deprived of his license.—FALSE WEIGHTS.—The fol- lowing persons were charged by Mr. William Lle- wellyn, the Inspector, with using false weights; Ann Lewis, butcher, of Catherine-street, fined 7s. 6d. and costs.—John Morgan, of Chequer Alley, corn dealer charged with having two defective weights. Fined lOs. and costs.- WilliaIlI Edwards ha 1 in his possession a 21b. weight short. Defendant said it was not his weight. Fined 5s. and coits.-I)avi(i Thomas, of Velin Llainddu, charged by having in his possession at the corn market a four pound weight short. Fined 5s. and costs.—Esau Griffiths, butcher, was charged by Llewellyn, with having in his stall at the meat m-irket, one 41b. weight, toz. Short. Fined 7s. Od. and costs.—Nicholas Dixon, butcher* charged with having in his possession one quarter of a pound, which was Joz. short. Fined 7s. 6d. and costs.— William Walters, of Trawsmawr Mill, was also charged with having two defective we ghts; one was proved to be considerably short, and defendant was fined 5s. and costs. .-itit wis-fitied 5s. and costs. —John James, butcher, was charged with having in his stall at the meat, market, a Ølb; weight, which was defec- tive. Fined 715., pd. an5 costs.—Elizabeth Thomas, Priorv- street, was also fined 10s. and costs, for having two weights in her standing place at the corn market.- We understand that the cases of a great many more of these "lightweight" gentry will be heard in Petty Ses- sions to-aav. Tiiis, DA Y. Before a full Bench of magistrates.-John Davies, alias r?<wy-MM&-t-/?Mj JohnEvans?ahas ^('wr /-?? <yn?,? and David Owen, alrias (iU/,aif%Luriff.three well known characters, were this day committed for trial at the next Assizes, which com- mence here on Tuesday next, before Mr. Justice Maule, charged with having stolen an immense quantity of lead, the property ot diverts persons in this town. The pro- secution of these worthies, we uuderstand, is committed to Mr. George Thomas, junior. COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY GAOL.—John Bassett by R. Goring Thomas, for stealing an American pine plank, for trial at the assizes; John Thomas, by DanielH Prytherch, Esq. for cutting, with intent to steal, two larch trees, the property of the Rev. Richard Goddard, Clerk, to two calendar months' to hard labour. f?T??T ?'P? says that Mr. H. B. Richards, the son of Air. Richards organist of St. Peter's Church, in this town, "is one of the cleverest 'pianists in England, and °ln'f-ivnt-nu6" f by the celebrated Frederic L?opnn, to whom he paid a visit in Paris." INQUEST.-An inquest was held on Friday last, at the Ship and Castle Inn, in the town of Llanelly, before W. Bonville, Esq., on the body of John Lewis, aged 16, who on the previous evening was found scalded to death in the hot well of the engine at the Box Colliery near the town. He was a native of Llandilo-Talybont, Glamor- ganshire. Verdict, Found Scalded to Death."

CARMARTHENSHIRE ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS. These Sessions were held in our Town Halt last Wed- nesday, before John Jones, Esq., M.P., Chairman, and the following Magistrates:- Sir John Mansel, Bart., John Walters Philipps, J. E. Saunders, Wm. Peel, Grismond Philipps, David Davies, John Lloyd Davies, Thomas Jones, M.D., Henry Law- rence, M.D., J. B. Davies, John Thomas, D. Prytherch, J. LI. Price, Thomas Bowen, John Hughes Reece, David Jones, Charles Morgan, jun., II. L. Edwards G wynne. The following gentlemen comprised the Grand Jury: -Howell D,tvies, Conwil, Foreman; David Davies' Danyrallt, Abergwilly; John E. Davies, Penallt, St. Ishmael; David Evans, Coedlline, Llandeieilog; Evan Humphreys, Coed, do.; Henry Lewis, Hendre, Llan- stephan John Jones, Llwynypiod, Llangendeirne; John Rees, Plasgvvyn, Llaruleieilog; Thomas Rees, Llanfawr, do.; Samuel Richards, Llwynybrain, Mydrim; Lewis Roberts, St. Clears; John Rogers, do.; David Thomas, Pentremawr, Llanpumsaint; William Waters, Ilushmoor, Llanfihangel-Abercowin. After the usual preliminaries had been gone through, it was ordered that Mr. Rees Jones, of Loughor, should apply to Mr. Dredge, of Bath, for his plans, specifications, and estimates of the expence of building a Suspension Bridge at or near Llandifo. 2/wmas Powell, of Llanarthney, labourer, charged with having stolen &I 2s. of the moneys, goods, and chattels, of the Gorsgoch, Coal Company, was Ae- quitted. Rees Thomas, of Llanllwny, labourer, was also charged with having stolen one bar of iron, the property of David Davies, and another. The evidence in this case being conflictorv, the jury Acquitted the prisoner, and the Court ordered the iron to be given up to the prose- cutors. ?M/<? Davies, of Llansadwrn, labourer, charged with having stolen one cheese, and one bag, of the valueot 2s., was found ?'<M/?, and sentenced to be imprisoned ? o I ?s., in t l ie House of Correction for one calendar month to hard labour. David Duties, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, labourer, charged with stealing one plane, one hone and one gimlet, of the value of 2s. of the goods, and chattels, of one D. Howells, was found Guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour for two calendar months. George Morgan, Newchurch, labourer, was charged with having stolen a razor, of the value of 6d., the property of one Joseph Morgan.—Guilty. Sentenced to be con- fined in the County gaol, for one calendar month. The Court was then adjourned to Saturday, the 19th of March instant.

I HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Begelly Hounds will meet on Tuesday next at Road Wood; and on Friday at the Roses,—each day at 10 o'clock. The Pembrokeshire Foxhounds will meet on Monday, at Roch Bridge and on Thursday, at Blackpool Mill— each day at 10 o'clock.

PEMBROKE SHIRE. EXPLOSION.A tremendous explosion of gas, but hap- pily attended with no loss of life, occurred last Thursday morning in the Baptist Chapel, Haverfordwest. A leak having been discovered, Moise and Williams attended to stop it, and having removed one of the flags of the passage, and brought a candle into contact with the pipe, a tre- mendous and instantaneous explosion ensued, the shock of which was felt through the whole town. The men being in the- aisle at the time escaped without serious injury, but the entire flooring of the centre of the chapel with the geafti,-wag blown up to the ceiling, and in its descent destroyed, the gas fittings, and mide a dreadful havoc in various parts 01 the chapel. The ceiling is com- pletely destroyed, together with the tiles, numbers of which were thrown to an astonishing heigth, all the windows broken to pieces. The cause of the accident appears to be, that the gas which has been so long escap- ing remained pent up beneath the flooring, and there accumulated i n A- con s i d e r a b 1 e T| tia 11 tit v, and having found' vent by the removal of the flag instantly exploded by coming into contact with the flame of the candle. The Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors for the county of Pembroke and Town and County of Haverford- west, was held on Friday last, before Thomas Barton Bowen, Esq., one of the Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, when the following insolvents were discharged:—William Hood, William Stephens, Thomas Harries, and Benjamin Phillips. William Roberts, who was opposed by Mr. Thomas Morgan, was ordered to be remanded for three months. An inquest was held last Monday, on the body of Capt. Phillips of the Commerce, of Cardigan, who was found dead last Sunday, in a field at Walterston, near Milford. Verdict Found dead supposed to be occasioned by appoplexy." A Clerical Meeting was held at St. Mary's Church Newport, on the 1st and 2d inst., and a collection on behalf of the Church Missionary Society was made during the forenoon service. At a meeting of the Haverfordwest Gas Commissioners held at the Shirehall, on Tuesday, the 8th inst., Mr. Arthur Harries, of Chapel-lsne, was appointed the Col- lector of gas, rates, &c., in the room of Mr. Jas. Row- lands, resigned. PEMBROKESHIRE STEEnE CHASE came off on the 3d instant, at Headbar, crossing the country in the dire- tion of Moor, Roman's Castle, Solberry, and back again to Headbar. There were forty leaps, and the ground chosen was awfully heavy. Subjoined are the re- sults Sir W. P. L. Philipps's Kitty J. Owen. I J. H. Peel, Esq. 's King William Argus. 2 John James, Esq. 's Helen Owner. 3 J. Newcombe, Esq.'s Cai.v- Ball Do. 4 X. Peel, Esq.'s Hopping J'am Do. a T. H. pwies,Esq.'s .')¡,I'teell (late Madcap) Powell. 0 E. II. Williams, Esq.'s Miss Goivrly T. Owen. 0 In consequence of hWilliam and Kitty having taken a ii d Nir James, a wrong course, the were disqualified, and Mr James, who came in third, c1mmed the stakes, which he received. Then followed a match for 10 sovereigns, two miles across country Mr. W. T. Canton's br. pony, Antelope., Owner. 1 Mr. Whoph;>m'.s b. pony, Polly Ann Do. 2 The day's sport was concluded by a sweepstakes of one sovereigns each, with five sovereigns added by the stew- ards for ponies. They came in as follows:— Mr. W. T. Canton's br. pony Antelope, Argus. J ,Nlr. P. C. Phillips's I)r. pony,,fe,)iizy J(,)i,,s, Ci w tier Mr. Dempster's br. pony, Jane, alad di*. Mr. Clarke's br. pony, Lucy Bertram, a lad 4, ? The Troubailmrxtovx on her passage from Liverpool to BrlStoll when abreast of Grass-holm Island, blowing a strong gale at south- west, with a heavy sea running, fell in with-Her Majesty's steam-packet Prosperous, with signal of distress flying. Captain Beckett immediately bore downi to ascertain the cause, and was informed by the Commander of the Pros- perous, that her engines had brokew down, and he wished to have her towed into Milford Haven. With this request Capt. Beckett complied, and had the satisfaction to bring Her Majesty's packet safe into Milford, after breaking several tow ropes in consequence of the tremendous sea1 then running.

PEMBROKESHIRE LENT ASSIZES* These Assizes were held before the Right Honorable, 6ir W. H. Maule, Knight, one of the Ilstices of Her Majesty's Court of Common PleaS. His Lordship arrived in town about niae* o'clock on: Sunday evening, and opened the Commission, on Mon- day morning at half-past ten. His Lordship, attended1 Diving Service at Saint Mary's Church at eleven, when a sermon was preached by the Rev. Samuel Owety Mears from the Itli chap, ot Hebrews and the Jzth antr 13th verses. at The Court opened again at half-past twelve, when the' following Magistrates for the county of Pembroke, an- swered to their riai.TeJ ;— Robert F. Gower, £ sq,; T. G. Gonne, Esq.; J. Hilit Robert F. Gowe  j ?t, ,P?,, Harries, Esq.; J. H. rhi'ipps, Esq.; W. C. A. Phihpps. Esq.; George Koch, 8q.; W. H. Scourfield, Esq.; J. Twyning, Esq.; W. W. IIarris, Clerk. CORONER. James Bowen, Esquire. MAGISTRATES FOR THE TOW\ AND COUNTY or IF-VVERFORDWEST Sir W. P. L. Philipps, Bart.; W. Ix.• Scourfield,. Esq. George Roch, Esq.; J. H. Philipps, vsq,, and W. W. Harris, Clerk. MAYOR AND CORONER. William Owen, Esquire. GRAND JURY FOR THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. William Henry Scourfield, Esq.; John Colby, Esq, T. H. Davies, Esq.; T. G. Gonne, Esq.; J. Hill Harries, Esq.; J. Harding Harries, Esq.; J. T. W. James, Esq.; H. Owen Owen, Esq.; John Henry Phillips, Esq.; W. C. A. Philipps, Esq.; George Roch, Esq.; James Twyning, Esq.; G. W. W. Davies, Esq.; Xavier Peel. Esq.; Edward T. Massy, Esq. GRAND JURY FOR THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF HAVERFORDWEST. Sir Wm. P. L. Philipps, Bart.; James Bellairs, Esq.; H. G. Fownes, Esq.; D. M. Lloyd, Esq.; James Meyler, Esq.; H. P. Goods, Esq.; James Owen, Esq.; John Lewis, Esq.; William Thomas, Esq.; Thomas Beynon, Esq.; George Johnson, Esq.; Richard Williams, Esq.; E viiiiniii, Esq.; George Palmer, Esq.; Robert Lock, Esq. • Majesty's proclamation against vice and immo- rality having been read, His Lordship proceeded to address the Grand Jury. I Gentlemen ef the Grand Jury for the County of Pem- broke-I am hp.py to observe the state of the calendar in which 1 perceive there are but two cases which will come under your observation: there is nothing in either of the cases to require an observation from me, you will therefore retire to ytiur rooms, and consider the bills which may be brought before you, and if you should re- quire any assistance of mine, I shall be most happy to render it to you. Gentlemen of the Grand Jut-yfor the Town and County of Hiavo-ifordixeit -I am happy to find that there is nothing for you to do, you may, therefore, go home, and if your services should be wanted, you will be sent for. The Grand Jury having returned a True Bill against Jane Davies for^felony, The following Gentlemen were sworn on the Petit Jury;- Mr. Morris Williams; Mr. William Siathias; Mr. Jas. Mac Laren; Mr. Jolm Owens; Mr. Geofge Roch; Mr. John Scale; Mr. George Thomas; Mh James Scale; Mr. John Eyans,; Mr. Tbomits Jenkins; Nit, Benjamin John; Mr. Thomas Evans. Jane Davies was indicted for having on the 15th day of February last, at the parish of Stackpole Eiidor, in this county, feloniously stolen, taken, and carried away owe apron, of the value of two shillings, the property ot Mary Hall, of the sa'd parish. Mr. E. V. Williams stated the case to the Jury, and called Mary Hall: I live at Marledge, in the parish 'of Stack- pole Ehdor, in this county. I am in the service of Mr. Powell. On the morning of the 23d of February, I put my apron i out to dry on the Court hedge; I afterwards went out again and missed my apron. A person passing through the yard would have to pass by the hedge. About ten minutes after I had missed my apron, I went up a lane and met the prisoner. I asked her if she had been at Marledge Court, she said No." I then went back on the next Wednesday; I saw the apron with Martha Davies. The constable, Abraham Russant, was there and showed me the apron. Martha Davies examined I live at Riory Mains, in this county, otherwise New Zealand. The prisoner came to my house last Thursday fortnight. She gave me an apron. The prisoner had borrowed a cap of me after she had left tire apron with me. About two days after she came again, ana Wanted me to exchange my cap for the apron. I asked her where she had the apron she would not tell me. My husband told me to give it back to her. I gave it to her, and she threw it on the table, and when the constable came in, she threw it up on a box, wrapped up in an old gown of mine. By the Court: She offered to swap the apron for the cap before the constable came. Cross-examined by the prisoner.: You did not tell me where you had the apron. You did not say that you had it given yon. You said a man gave it to her; but she wotud not tell me what msti. Abraham Russant examined: I am a const-able of Pem- broke. 1 remember Mary Hall calling upon me on the 25th of February last. She asked me to go with her to Martha Davies. I went and found the prisoner in the house Martha Davies was there also. Martha Davies is a sister-in-law of the prisoner. I went in and was asked, What was the matter ?" I said I am come in search of a flannel apron that had been stolen from Mar- ledge Court hedge, ltiory Mains is about three miles from Marledge. The prisoner denied that she had taken it, and said she had never seen it: I said I have a witness to prove. it; the prisoner said, "It was a lie." I told Mary Hall to go and fetch the witness. I searched aqd found an apron on a chest wrapped up in an old gown. I produce the apron. IApron produced.] Cross-examined by tire pnsoner: When I came into the house, it was you that spoke; you said that you had not taken it. By the Courts Do you knof the prisoner ?—Aye, very welL-Is she a married or a single woman?—She is a single woman. Cross-examined by prisoner: Is it an apron or a piece of flannel?—I take it to be an apron -Is it cotton or flannel ?—-I can't tell. Mary Hall re-called by his Lordship: Itas an apron. I paid a woman for making it; the tucks were ripped, and the threads were left; the strings were taken oft. Re-examined by Mr. Williams: I am quite sure it is mine by a particular mark. Martha Davies re-called: It was cut up across when it came into my house; it was not made up into an apron then. Cross-examined by prisoner: The girl at my house cut it; T did not do it. Elizabeth Evans examined: I live at Morledge, in the service of Mr. Powell. I remember hearing of the apron being lost. I saw the prisoner that day; she was passing through the Court between 10 and 11 o'clock in the morning. Cross-examined by prisoner: I saw you go through the court. I spoke to you on your returning. I did not say that master had seen you pass that way.. By the Court; [ talked with her as sue came back. I said, "You went through Marledge court." She at first denied. but she afterwards said that she did go, and said, I took the apron." She did not strip herself except a few of her upper clothes. A short time after she stripped, she said, I took the apron. The prisoner, in her defence, said, I did not steal the apron. I was given it by a gentleman." A Juryman here asked the prisoner, who gave it to her ? She replied I was given it by a man: I have no need to say who gave it me." Mary Hall re-called by his Lordship: She did not take up all her clothes; she might have had it under her lower clothes. Hi:" Lordship summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. She was alo indicted for having, at the Pembrokeshire M ichaelmas Quarter 1Sessiotis, been convicted of felony Mr. Edward Leach produced the certificate of her con- viction, and Mr. Thomas Jones identified the prisoneru* being the same person. ff Verdict,—(jitilTy. 5rftence deferred. Counsel for prosecution, Mr. E. V. Williams; Attorney M r. Edward Leach. Elisabeth Phillips, singlewoman, was indicted for having on the 19th day of January last, at the parish of Saint Mary, Tenby, (she being then and there delivered of a of the game ) certain male child, by secretly disposing of the same) unlawfully endeavoured to conceal the Birth of the said child. Mr. E. V. Williams having addressed the Jury for the prosecution, called Martha Williams: I am in the service of Col. Charles Ferrior, in Tenby; I was so in January last. The prisoner was my fellow-servant. I went to bed with her on the 38th pf January. I was disturbed by the er on the. )Sth Pf Januabr ati, between two and three family returning from a ball, between two and three o'clock in the morning. I found the prisoner unwfell. She was very co ld. I asked her if I might get a light and a bottle of water to put to her feet, she said No." She said she would go down stairs and sit by the fire until the family went to bed. She got up and hesitated for a few minutes, and then went down. I called my fellow-servant, Fanny Phillips, we get a light and went to the kitchen and saw the prisoner there. We saw a great quantity of blood on the ground. Prisoner was standing near by. I was very much frightened, I went up stair3. In about three quarters of an hour the prisoner came up stairs accompanied by Fanny Phillips. I afterwards went to the kitchen, the blood was still there. Cross-examined by Mr. Hill: After prisoner was apprehended, I went with Mrs. Ferrior into the room where prisoner slept; prisoner's mother was there also. I did not look into the boxes. I saw a cap and night, gown in a dyawer: It was baby linen. There was no other Jinen found in my presence. By the Court: I went into the room the Saturday after. Frances Phjjlips examined: I am a servant with Col. Ferrior- I remember being called up by last witness. I went into the kitchen, and asked the prisoner what was the matter; she said she was very poorly. I called Martha Williams, but she was frightened too much. I asked the prisoner if there was anything particular. the matter, she said No." I asked her it I should call Mistress, she said No." 1 asked her to go to bed, she said No." She desired mp to go to bed. I said that I should not go until she went. J sat down in the kitchen for about three quarters of an hour. I brought Elizabeth Phillips to bed and got some warm tea for her. I Saw a great quantity of blood on the kitchen floor. I asked her again if anything particular was the matter, she said No." She said she had been so before. I asked her again, and she said she had had a miscarriage. She told me the father was David Iblor rl" st the Cpoper. The next day I asked her if she had anything concealed.