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PROSPECTUS OF THE METROPOLITAN PARLIAMENTARY RE- FORM ASSOCIATION. THIS Association proposes notLin? new. nor any Ttlilng which has not received the sanction nf, an'' been supported by, m?ny of the best and wisest men of the last century. This Address is made to the men of the present day, in the hope that the plan of Reform proposed by the Association, will be adopted and car- ried on steadily, until, in dne time, its o!n»-cts shall be peacenbly, but fully accomplished. The first attempt, free from all party bins, to induce the pemdpt" concur in efforts to obtain a radical reform of tlf Commons House of Parliament, was made by the late Major John CRrtwriLrbt in the year 1770. in a pamphlet en- titled "Take your Choice." which he greatly enlarged and r-.published in 1777. hes.dlntf the title pag-e-" Le- gislative Risrhts." Speaking of the composition of the then House of Commons, the Major says:—"Whether, indeed, the House of Commons be 'n a great measure I filled with idle school-boys, insignificant coxcombs, led-captains, and toad-eaters, profligates, gamblers, bankrupts, beggars, contractors, commissaries, public plunderers, ministerial dependents, 1 irelings, and "Wretches that would sell their country, or deny their (jod for a enlr.r-'ri, let every one judge for himself. And whether the kind of business very often brought before the. House, and the usual manner of conducting it, do not bespeak this to be the case? T likewise Jfave every man to form his own opinion." Speaking mi the Election of Members, he sat;"s: AIJ men will Jrrltnt that the lower House of Parliament is elected only hll a handful of the commons instead of the whole, and this chiefly by means of bribery and undue in- fluence. Men who will employ such means are vil- lains; an assembly of such men is founded :»n iniquity •and, consequently, the fountain nf legislation is poisoned." Speaking of the corrupt proceedings of the House, he PR vs This has been, more or less, the condition of our Government ever since we have had "lone Parliaments. We see the same corrupt, or "i politic proceedings going on in the administration "ofailitrley.nWall)ole, a P.*lham. a Bute, a Grafton, and a North and we see every Parliament implicitly obeying the orders of ministers. Some ministers we are more, some less, criminal some parliaments more, some less, slavish; but we see all ministers, and all parliaments, guilty: inexcusably guilty, in suffering the continual and increasing prevalently of corruption from ministry to ministry." Whether or not the Words of the honest patriot be applicable to the House of Commons in 1842. we also leave every man to form his own opinion. The efforts made by the Major at that time were not lost his opinions were adopted and acted upon: several nohlfmen. and niatjy zeritle- men, headed by the Reverend Christopher Wyviil, held meetings in various English counties, and ap pointed delegates, who met in "onvention. from time "to time, at the Thatched House Tavern, and at the St. Alban's Coffee House, in St. James's. At the com- mencement of the year 1780. just sixty-two years ago, a great public Meeting of the inhabitants of the City and Liberty of Westminster was held, for the purpose of pmmotine a Reform in the House of Commons, and at this meeting a general committee, consisting of a large number of persons, was elected this committee met, and appointed a sub-committee, which, in the Inonth of April, made a report to the genera com- mittee, in which they recommended :— I. Annual Par- liaments 2 Universal Suffrage: 3. Voting by' Bal- lot: 4. Equal Polling Distrids 5; No Money Quali- fication of Members 6. Payment of Members for their Attendance. For each of these six propositions tbe committee gave satisfactory reasons. The report was adopted, was printed in very large numbers, and co- pips lIent to every political body in the kingdom, and .to very manv priviit- individuals. In thesamemonth, .the" SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION" Was established in London; and at the head u( this society was the Poke of Richmond, President; sup- ported by the Earl of Derby, the Earl of EffinLliiin, tlif- Earl of Surrev, the Earl of Selkirk, Viscount Mount- liiorres, and Lord Kinnaird by eleven members of the House of Common", all of whom were well known and popular by a considerable number of gentlemen, many of whom were eminent in various professions; and by many who afterwards became conspicuous for their ureat talents and eminent services. The num- ber of members was 166. This society adopted the "report of the sub-committee of Westminster," rr. printed it in great numbers, and distributed it to the Utmost extent in their power. The rer'»ri. in some H. with fin extension of the duration of Parliaments, was also adopted by several associated bodies of Re- formers, and bv them distributed. At this time, there WRS no pi)!itical public, and the active friends of Par- liamentary Reform consisted of noblemen, gentlemen, and a few tradesmen. Neither ilirse societies nor the other political bodies at that period had any continuous existence; they met occasionally, talked over the con- cerns ol the moment, ordered a tract to be printed or an advertisement to be inserted in the newspapers. Their proceedings were neither adapted for. nor were they addressed to, the working people, who, at that time, would not have attended to them. Efforts to procure a reform in the House of Commons were made In many places. The number of public meetings and of petitions to the House of Commons increased con- tinually, when the coalition of Lord North and Charles James Fox, in the spring of 1783, caused an opinion to be generally entertained that no faith could be reposed in public men, and suspended all active proceedings in favour of parliamentary Reform; which lingered on, and Were, at leneth, nearly extinguished. In this state of things, in November, 1792, the London Corres- ponding" Society was founned. This was the first attempt ever made to induce the working people to interfere in political matters, which, it had ever been contended, they were incompetent to understand. Hitherto, they had never interfered in any political Concern, but as supporters of some party or person and then only as mobs, or as tools, when they were ill- used, or sacrificed to party interest. The London I or- responding Society was established on a plan for doing- business: it soon extended, and was formed into small portions, called divisions; every division met once a week at a time certain, and as much oftener as it pleased. Each division had a secretary, and other officers, to form a general committee, which met once a week. This committee was the legislative body. The divisions also elected five members, who formed the executive committee, which made a weekly report of its proceedings to the general committee. Each division elected a secretary, an assistant secretary, and a treasurer. The secretaries and treasurer were bound to attend the general committee.* In its arrange- ments for business and in some other particulars, the society differed from all others which preceded it, as it did from all which succeeded it, excepting some few of the political unions during the time the Reform Bills were before Parliament in 1831-2. The men who Originated and those who conducted the London Cor- responding Society, did not expect to carry any reform for a number of years: their first business was to form « political public of the middling and smaller trades- men, and others whose circumstances were similar, and of the working people. This emild only be done by giving them such political information as should induce them to detach themselves from the Control of political adventurers, and enable them to Me their own welfare and the prosperity of their country in a House of Commons, ns independent of the aristocracy as it could be made. They, therefore, con- fined their agitation to the two points only, which, tinder their circumstances, were the most easily un- derstood, and the most likely to be adopted, namely: — 1. Universal Suffrage; and, 2. Annual Parliaments. In 1793, the Society sent two of its members as dele- Satrs to a convention held at Edinburgh, where one had previously met; several of the delegates, including the two from the Society, were seized, tried on charges of sedition, and transported for fourteen years. That atrocious stretch of power terminating so favourably to the government, induced them to expect that Lon- don juries Would follow the example set by the Scotch courts; and, making too sure of their victims, they, on fhC 12th May, !??, seized ekven nearly ajl of ?hnm were members d the t<0ftoon ? ?rrehpo.?.:n? Society, and caused these men, of unexceptionable conduct in life, to be indicted for high treason. Tiirue of them were tried at the Old Bailey, and acquitted and the remainder were discharged from the close confinement to which thev had been subjected during aeven months. This was a o;reat mortification to BilnUters, and compelled them to abandon their list of proscriptions, of the existence of which no doubt has been entertained, and, with it, their project for fur- thar abridging the freedom of the people. Disap- pointed and vexed beyond endurance, the bad Gn- vernment, at the head of which were Pitt. Grenvillc, and Dundas, commenced the. session in the autumn of 1795 by the Introduction of two bills, one in the Lords by Lord Grenrille, enacting new-fangled treasons" —the other in the Commons, by ill r. Pitt, enacting Hew seditions, and both for the purpose of coercing the people to the greatest possible extent. Pitt's Bill limited the number of persons who should be permit- ted to meet for any political purpose to fifty, and thus to extinguish the London Corresponding Society; but ministers were again to be disappointed the Society altered its arrangements, and conformed to the law rapidly increased its numbers and its importance, and Wat gradually forming a political public. This conlll not be borne, and, therefore, in 179S, ministers again "exerted a vigour beyond the law;" they caused a very large number of persons to he seized, and con- fined them in various prisons; they ruspended the Habeas Corpus act, and thebe persons, against A,hi)in no offence could be ullegedi were detained in prison nearly three years they were, then discharged, with- litid 1, f ,)re Par- out tiial or public inquiry. A hill was laid before Par- Ilament, to put political societies, and, with the same indecent has?? with which the bill to suspend the Habeas Corpus act had been passed, the two Houses of Parliament passed this bill, naming the London Corresponding Socifty as the society to be especially extinguished. All the stringent enactments ofth.it bad law were re-enacted, arid others still more stringent added, 'by Lord Castlereagh's Act of 1817. These acts do not, however, forbid the existence of associations Thr matter bag been stated at *ome kmgth, at it was against I' thl« orgai-iliatioa tbnt the Acta of !A, 11%, awl mt7, especially directed, for procuring a reform of the House of Commons and this Society will conform to the Pitt and Castlereagh laws, had as they are. and disgraceful *-o the nation as istheircontinnanrehithe?tatntenoo?. Prom the commencement of the London Corresponding Society to the present time, 'here !as neeri a steady increase of p")iM('n!)<)i<m'??:"?"n°'?'* ranks of P''?p! The lessons so carefully and wisely tausrhf ';v (lie L-mdon ('?, r r- p s p, ? n -f i ;V"ti 1,?irtie(i I)v %it numbers or people; and, notwithstanding the lite irregularities of bodies of men whose information is still imperfect, the strong conviction that the future p)-(?p?rity of the people must depend upon their t?v)n?!t House of Commons, fairly elected ),y?),? whole body of the people, has continually increased, and is increasing. It was expected that the Reform Bill, brought into Parliament in 1831, would put an end to the corruptions of the House of Commons; hut in the progress of the bill through the Hons, clauses were inserted in it, which, together with the small number of electors in very many of the boroughs, made the elections of members mere matters of in- fturnce and money; and tiie House "t Commons is now as corrupt as when it was in the puvi'er of the borough- mongers before the Reform Bill was ria s i,i 1S32. The unjust laws which the corrupt House of mons have sufrtreri to remain, have prevented the iiii, I proveme it of agriculture, limited trade, commerce, and manufactures, and, consequently, reduced the employment of the people and the real arnmnt of their wages; they have destroyed the small comforts of millions, deprived hundreds of thousands of a portion of their food, the forerunner cf disease and death, and compelled them to believe that no remedy for any of these evils can he found but in a House of Commons elected by the whole people. The extent of informa- tion amongst the people appears to warrant the (-on- elusion that the time has come when Associations, to procure athorough Reform of the House of Commons, may he formed, without reference to classes or parties, and free from any particular denomination, excepting that of Parliamentary Reformers. That such asso- ciations mar be expected to be very numerous, and be composed of every rational man, who wishes for ?ood government, to promote and sustain the well-being of the people. A plan, i%-b-ch, i%,Iiiie it can give no offence to any person who really believes that a House of Commons truly representing the people is necessary to their welfare, 'has been adopted by several public men, and others; an Association has been commenced, and the good work will he carefully, honestly, and v igoronsly carried on. The Plan of the Society is as fol lows: — METROPOLITAN PARLIAMENTARY REFOR31 ASSOCIATION. objects :-I. To ohtain for each man of twenty-one years of age the rightTif voting for a representative to serve in the Commons House of Parliament. To se- cure to each man this important right, it is necessary -That every man, whether he be the occupier of a whole house, or a lodger in some part of a house, who has been rated to any parliamentary, county, munici- pal, or parish rate Tor six months, shall be rated to an election rate, and be put upon the voting register, for the polling district in which he resides: and every such person, so qualified, shall receive his voting card, en- titling him to vote at all elections wltllln that district. That every man, whether he be the occupier of a whole house, or a lodger in some part of a house, or a servant or inmate, not being rated as above directed, shall have the right to cause himself to he rated to the election rate; and when he has been rated for six months, he shall he put upon the voting register for the polling district in which he resides, and every such person so qualified, shall receive his voting card, entitling him to vote at all elections within that dis- tri(-t.t 2. That the country bi- divided into as inany polling districts, as there may be representatives in t the House of Commons. 3. That thp duratlOlI of I are liamtpnts may be shorter, but shall be not longer than three years. 4. That every Elector shall be eligible to be elected. 5. That the Ri^ht of voting for a repre- sentative shall he exercised secretly hy ballot. 6. That each representative of the people shall be paid for his services. For the purpose of carrying this plan into effect generally, it is necessary that a sufficient amount of money be raised, to enable the Association to take rooms in an eligible situation for offices. To employ a well-qualified man to act as Secretary. To employ as many assistants as may be necessary to carry on the business with precision, punctuality, and energy. To correspond with as many individuals in every part of the country for the purpose of the society, and for the promotion of other similar societies in as marly places as possible. To devise and carry into effect a plan, by I which a weekly account of the proceedings (If every j such society may bp published, and thus to make the proceedings of ail known to all, without in any way breaking the obnoxious laws which limit the inter- course of reformers in different parts of the country. It is believed that the time has arrived when this comprehensive plan of Parliamentary Reform will be acceptable to very large number s of persons in L-very part of the country, and that it will be eminently suc- cessful. One great advantage, of the plan, is its easy anap' 'ion to every m;in's means, inasmuch as the rate of subscription of each particular societv, to support its necessary expenses, may be made to conform to (lie particular circumstances of the Mcrrfbers and of the )oca)ity. No expense can be incurred in any society, unless it originates within the particular Association, Unless it 4)li4,ifi?it(?s tfie 1, at!(l at of tli,- P. A. TAYLOR Chairman. J. ROBERTS BLACK, Secretary. Office, 9, John-street, Adelphi, 1812. t No more money to l e rai-ed bv the elect ir-n rate than mv be found necessary to d. fiay the Wal charges of morning a repre. sentative to piiliaiiieyit for the particular election district. TITHE COMMUTATION. I THE undersigned, being a Landowner, or duty authorized Agent of a Landowner, in the Parish of LLAJCDOVCROR, in the County of Carmarthen, whose interest is not less than one-fourth part of the whole value of the Lands, subject to Tithes in the said Pa- I risli, do by this Notice ira.wrilin,1t under my hand, (-all a PAROCHIAL MEETING of Landowners rnd Tithe- owners. within the limits of the said Parish, for the purpo-e of making an agreement for the general Com- mutation of Tithes within the limits of the said Parish, pursuant to trt provisions of an Act passed in the fith and 7th years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fontth, intituled an Act for the Com- mutation of Tithes in England and Wales;" and I do hereby also give Notice, that such Nieetirig will be held at the Pieton Castle Inn, in the said Parish, on Fri- day, the tenth day cf June next, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon,-Giren under my hand this third day of Mav, 1842. JOHN LONGBOURNE, As Agent for Sir Richard Bulkeley Pliilipps Philipps, Bart. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 1, Princes Street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, IV. ticl. cap IX. DIRECTORS. William Bardgett, Esq. Samuel Iievington, Esq. Win. Fecbney Black, Esq. John Brightman, Esq. George Cohen, Esq. Millis Coventry, Esq. I John Drewett, Esq. Robert Eglington, Esq. Erasmus Rt. Foster, Esq., Alex, Robert Irvine, Esq., Peter Morrison, Esq. William Shand, jim., Esq., Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., I Thomas Teed, Esq. MEDICAL OFFICEBS. Physician. -Jt)li Ti Clendinning, M.D., F.R.S. Surgeons.- E be n czer Sniith, Esq. and William Gwilliin Merrett, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL. The Hon John Ashley, New Squire, Lincoln's Inn. SOLICITOR. William Bevan, Esq., Old Jury. BANKERS. Messrs. Drewett and Fowler, Princes Street, Bank. This ingtitutioti lsempowei-cd y a SpecialActof Parlia- metlt, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life Assurance, in their fullest extent, to Policy- Holders, and to present greater facilities Rnd accom- modation than can be obtained in their offices. The decided superiority of its plan, and its claim to public preference and support, have been proved, incontestably, by its extraordinary and unprecedented success. Among others, the following important advantages may be enumerated A most economical set of Tables—computed expressly for the use of this Company, from authentic and com- plete data, and presenting the lowest rates of Assurance that can be offered Kithout compromising the safety of the Institution. Increasing Rates of Premium on a new and re- markable plan for spcuring: Loans or Debts; a less immrdiate payment being requirtd on a Policy for the whole term of Life than in any other Office. Premiums payable either Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, iu one sum, or in a limited number of payments. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at two o'Clock. Age of the Assured in every calle admitted in the Policy. All claims payable within One Month after proof of death. Medical Attendant remunerated in all cases for their reports. -Premium per Cent, per Annum, payable during I -F.ivrfiltfVl3¿Flve4fh Fi\7¡ ii?,' Age.? y??ra. Years. ) Y.ar?. Years. of iltc. 1 — — 1 i ? ?. d. ? ?. ?. ?..9. d. £ s. d.£ d 20 1 1 4 1 5 H)? 1 10 M 1 16 9,2 3 8 30 1 6 4 I 12 2? 1 19 1 2 7 4 2 17 6 40 1 Hi ) 2 4 4 12 14 613 7 3 4 3 4 50 2 16 7 3 9 414 5 5 5 6 3 6 13 7 PETEll MORRISON. Resident Direct -jr. The necfssary forms, and every rcquW^ri i;;>:H. timi as to the mode, of effecting AsMir;•.>> y i t- obtained either by letter or per40 tai application to ine Publisher of this Paper, or to M" rell Jones, Guild- ball Square, Carmarthen ) GLAMORGANSHIRE TO BE LET, AND ESTER ED UPCX IMMEDIATELY, rpilK very desirable Farm called LO?GOAKS.u: T tilt.? of (i?)wer, I:ttely in (i:e of Mr. DANIEL VOSPEH, containing about 240 Acres, upon which there has beet; kieiy erected a convenient Farm House and t?u*"I?',ii?.g?, A Lease will In granted for 21 years to a desirable Tenant, who must he prepared to pay for the Seeds, Ploughing, Lime, &c. iu the ground. No one. need apply who cannot produce satisfactory references, and command a capital of at lea»t < £ 800. This Property is distant fron: the .Market Town of Swansea, 10 miles; it ahoullos with Limestone, and adjoins the celebrated Sheep Walk of C E f. G It Y N, over which the Tenant will have right of Common.. Mr. John Pi ice, Norton, Swansea, will shew the Farm, and particulars may be had on application at the Office of Air. Thomas Thomas, Solicitor, Swansea. Swansea, 15th March, 1842. SWANSEA AND LIVERPOOL. FIRST CLASS POWERFUL ftfam 'Wtøøtl, -{- TROUBADOUR, j Captain BECKETT, WILL sail from Sivansea every Wednesday morn- ing early, in the following Month, (wind and ivezitliet- periiiiltirig) for Liverpool, calling at Milfoid to land and receive passengers. FARES To and from Liverpool.—Best Cabin, 20s.; Deck, 7s. 6d. Horses, 30s.; Four-wheel Carriages, 40s.; Ditto one Horse, 25s.; Two-wheel ditto, 20s., Dogs, 5s.; Pigs, 2s. 6d. Sheep, 2s.; Lambs Is.; Horned Cattle, 12s. 6d.: Horses, Cattle, and Carriages, at Ship- pers' risk. Apply to W111. Movse, Swansea Robert Bruce and Co., Bristol and Thomas Ale Tear, No. 25, Water- Street, Liverpool. LLANELLY and BRISTOL WITH LIBERTY TO TOW VESSELS. THE NEW AND POWERFUL P- A, q- K F- T, Merctjlss, IS intended to Sail (wind and weather permitting) j- during the Alonth of MAY as follows :— FROM LLANELLY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1 afternoon WEDNESDAY, ———— 11, 6 morning WEDNESDAY, ——— 19, 12 noon WEDNESDAY, ——— 25, 6 morning FROM BRISTOL. SATURDAY. MAY 7. 4 morning S A'F U, [I 1).X Y, 14, tilot-tjillx SATURDAY, 21, 3 morning SATURDAY, 28 Si morning FA R E S A ft i- r Cabin, IOs. G(l. D er ii Passengers, 5s. 6d. Steward's Pee, Is. Children under Twelve Years of Age, Half Price.-Pigs, 2s. each. A Railway Train leaves the New Duck every morn- ing (except Sunday) for Pontardulais, Cross inn, and (?atnant. from which places Conveyances can he had to Llandilo, and all parts of the country. The Public are .eqmsted to order all Goods for the HERCULES to !-eqii -Ste(l to oi-d(?r all Goods for tiie HERCULES tO Co?dsforu-atdfd to Carmarthen through Kid- elly, by Charles and Son's Waggcns, and thence by the regular Carriers to Newcastle Emlyn, Cardigan, Newport, Lampeter, Aberystwyth, St. Clears, and Luigbarne. Goods for Llandilo, Llangadock, Llandovery, and places adjacent, are forwarded by Railway to Cross Inn, ann then hy Nathaniel Rees's .Waggons to their des- tination, or sent via Llandovery to Lampeter and Aberystwith. All Freights to be paid on delivery. For further information itppli. it the LlanMly Rail- way Office, New Dock, Llanelly or to Mr. W. B. Owen, Care-street Hall, Marsh-sfreel, Bristol. BRISTOL GENERAL > Steam Navigation Company, Office 1, Qu iy, BRISTOL. THE following STEAM VESSELS are in- Tten(le(i to Sail from CUMBERLAND 13ASf. BRISTOL, to the undermentioned Places, with or I withuut Pilots, and with liberty to tow Vessels. Intended Days and Hours of Sailitig (lui-ing the Month of MAY. 1842. II. roxt tfuBixiS' SHAMROCK. FrMnv,. I Ftirtay, May 6 3 after Friday 13 7 morn I Friday, hy 20 IIftn F,tdv. 26 7 morn fntlay, June 3 t after. Returns Tuesdays. FOB. OOSE Q? I 0 -L IL I QFEE?, Tuesdays, VICTORY. Sa.nrdays. Tuesday May 3. II morn Saturda y 7. 3 after Tuesday 10 5 after Saturday. 14 8 morn Tuesday 17 101 morn I Saturday, May 21 2J after Tuesday 2F'4 5 after Saturdny, IS 8 mor). Tuesday 31 '0 rncirn Satin day, June 4. 2 after Return 1 uesnays and Fridays. j FOB WATSSrOXO NORA CREINA, Tucsdavt.—OSPREY, Fridays. I r Tnnsday, May 3. 11 morn Fnday 6, 3 after Tuesday 1 6 ?.r. Fiiday 13. 7 morn Tuesday, 17. 10J morn | Fridv Ma)22.t *rt{ r Tuesd V 24, 6 morn F,Ila 7.7 morn 1T, ?%? ;I. 10 morn I Friday, June 3, 1 after I Return Tuesdays and rriuays. I ilor-L SWANSEA COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. Tuesday May 3 12 noon t Friday fi. 31 morn ) j Tuesday 10. 6 morn Friday 13. 8 morn Tuesday May 17 11 morn I l Friday 21. 2 mom Tuesday 24. fi irorn I Friday. 27. 8 morn Tuesday, May 31 .101 morn. I FROM SWAWSSA COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. I I Thursday May fl. Kiimorn Saturday 7. ft morn Thursday 12. 8 morn Saturday 14. 9 morn I Thursday May 1 9. I ?Saturday 2 !4 morn 1 I Thursday 26. 8 morn Saturday. 2 8. 9 morn 1 To and trom NEWPORT, USK, and GLAMORiiA > daily, Sundays excepted. FOR TENBY. STAR, Tnedav.-PHŒ"IX- FridllY, I Tuesday, May 3 10i m'orn I Friday 6 •••• 2^ after Tuesday -••• '0 morn I Friday. 1-3 7 morn 2 after I Friday, May 20 •••• 2 after Tuesday 24 .••• &S Friday 27 7 morn 'ruesday 31 91 "?'n j uw. FROM TENBY. I STAR, Saturday.—PHCENIX, Tuesday & Wednesday. I Wednesday, May 4.. I after Saturday 7.. 4 mQm. Tnesdny JO.. 7 morn j Saturday 14,.8 mo, n \VdnesÏ:lBv ,.18.. II morn Saturday, May 21.. ;i moln I Tuesday 24.. 6,morn Saturday ..0' 2 H 8 morn Wednesday, June 1.,101 morn I I FOR Nlf[,FORI). PATER. & HAVERFORDWEST, I CALLING AT TENBY. STAR, Tuesday—PHOENIX, Friday. TuMdav,M!y:t.i"i mom Tuesday 10 ,i morn Friday l1o3 7 morn I ?T,ie!day 17 10 m.? I Friday 27 7 moin Tuesday 31 DJ morn I FOR CARMARTHEN, Calling at TENBY. PHCENIX. Friday, May fi 2i after I Friday, May 20 2 after FROM CARMARTHEN, CALLING AT TENBY. PHCENIX, ?tpsdav. M!ty)?. 41 mnrn Tuesday, May ?__? 4 ,?rn TuesdaIyL. FRACOMBE, Landing Pas?-r??rs Mithin the Harbour, and BIDEFOIlD TORRIDGE. Tuesday, May 3 II mom Tuesday 1" fi m"' Tnesd-iv 17. )I morn j Tuesday, Mar 24 6 morn I I Tuesday .31 10 muru I FROM BIDEFORD. Calling at ILFRACOMBE. TORRIIHíR- I Friday, May 6 .2 after! P, idy 13 .6 Friday, May 20 1 after ?"?y -27- _6 n,n I FROJI HAVEHFOHDWEST, Calling at PATEH, I MILFORi) AND TENBY. PHCENIX, Tuesday. —STAR. Fridav. Tuesday, May 3 11 morn Fiiday 6. 2 after Friday 1;1 7 morn -Tues,lay- 17 10 morn Fiiday, May 20. I afte, Fwlay ,27., "'0 # morn Tuesday Si. 9 morn FROM SWANSEA TO ILFRACOMBE I Wednesday, May 4 1 after VVeduesday II. 6 morn Wednesday, May 18- M morn i Wednesday FROM ILFRACOMBE TO SWANSEA. Wednesday, May 4.. Rafter Wednesday 4 after I Wednesday, May i8. 6 after )W..dnpfid.iy,?. 4 alter FOR CARDIFF. LADY CHARLOTTE, Monday, Wednesday,& Fi-ikiiiy. Returns Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The whole of the above Vescls are fitted up for the conveyance of Passengers and Hoods.- Fcmale Stew- ards on Board.- Carriages and Horses shipped with I care.-Ulorses and Carriages to be Shipped Two Hours before Sailing. Particulars may be obtained by applying at the Bristol 5tnm Navigation Company's Office, Quay, Bristol; where all Goods, Packages. Parcels,&c., should be addressed for Swansea,to W. Terrejl IV Sons, :1", Back and J. (j. Jone*, 12, Qaay-street: —for Cardiff, to R. a. Johnson, Clare.street Hail. Maish-stieet— and for New0011, Jones, Rovvnham Wharf, Hotwells. AGF.VTS—Mr.(jjo. Hughes, Ter.bv Mr. T. Piitchnrl, Caimar- then .\Ir, Hltchill, jun. Haverfordwest Mr. Palmer, Milford; tlfr. Holverl, Piter, illr..Ioiii K'lwards, Swansea Air. Piilham, Bideford Mr. Mart'n, Iltincomlw, and Mr. J. Clarke, I,yntoii. NOTICK.— l'he Piopri. tois tit tli.» aoove lea") Packets witI nül IJe- accoulltahJe fov an V C,lb:1l PlIss-'I1;t"r's Lnc:agp (if loóóõl ('r ■ ahove ln vulue lif £f1; f¡nr íor any npe Passenger's LlJItI (if lejit or fi»itnatre<l) w-elhe vnlue of :!f1.: unless in t'Li t-ase ent.'re^ as surh, i?!id freight in proportion pai. i'or tht- a;r.e at the of delivery • nor will thc> he answerable tor v :.d pared atnirc t. e value of 40s. (if lost or damaged) uti- less entereU as such, and freight in proportion paid for the same at the time of delivery. Not accountable for any Goods witbout Shipping- No.. ü Letters Mt&tog tufcn&fttioa to lie pur paitL INSOLVENT DEBTOR To be heard at the Court House, in Porturjal-Street, Lincoln u Inn F/elds, Middlesex, on M\>ndaji, the j Thirteenth day cf June, 1S42, at Ten in the ( mormnff. j | p)kTnnOP, formerly of Cleln"ntR, "? ? ?"' O?unty of Oxford, under Artic!? flf Clt'l"kllÎp to an .\tfltrne\ thcn of 8, Cnmmin. 7I ,1 1 .'lldillfspx, Attorney's Clerk, tlien ,,f -tiid Ili?i-ts. (;tit of emi'lovment, i hen of the Back, Pembroke, in the Couuty of I-em- hr<-)<?.t!?tt,?-kt<tanAtt?)-nfv.t)?!.anAth'n?v. fi:st liri -"Is ()%I,n then of prllctisirl on his own aCCtUmt then of (h"or!(I.-Stl't'i't Wfst?Spnn?.H)]), Btrmi-?ha.n. Warwickshire, At- torney s ClerK, and also practising on. his own account, as an Attornc), and late of Renhold, BedforrKhire, out 'I of employment ll;ivit,R made bills payable during the above period, first at the London and Westminster Branch Bank, 9,. Waterloo Place, Pall-nlall, .Middle- sex, and fit Barnard and Company, Cornhill, London. Tite attention of the natives end inhabitants of the Principality of ll'ufe, is respectfully directed, to the follow my an- nouncement of a translation of the cdetrated Dr. Fleet- wood's Life of Christ. I CYHOEDDIR RHAN YN FISOL, Y CYSTAP, PR-is 2s. MAl 1, 18t2. I BYWYD I EtN HARGLWYDD A'H HIACHAWDW3 ,t C If.. mmiBTt YN CTKSWYJ HAES Manylaidd a Chvffredinol o'n Prvriiadwr I (io^uneddus, o'i Lnediw-a, hvd ei Ksi^yniad i'r ?t?focdd: yn?hydaBynyd A D?.Uff?dnu ei Efen-j ylwyr, Apllst¡¡lion, n DpgybJiol1 antaidd, y rhai a Seliasant Wirioneddau Dis,yfol CristionoKaeth a'u Gwaed. OAN Y PARCII. J. FLEETWOOD, B. D. ADDURXEDTO AC AJfRYW GERFLUNIAU Crnnivr,ir y /'??7'?y.V.I??. pris I)eti. Cynnwy?r y Gna!th mown DEG 0 Rtn?n. pns Den- sw!)t ncu DDEUGAIN 0 Rifynau? pris Chwecheiniog. LInndalr.: Thomas Kelly, 17, Paternoster-Row, near werth gtil J»hn Thomas, Anfraffvdd, Caerfyr- ddin, a ehan holl Lyfrtverthwyr y Deyrnas Gyfnool. CARMARTHEN SHIUE. Freehold Mansion House, Farms, & Lands. I TO BE SIX & C CT YO -N, At the LION ROYAL HOTEJL, CARMARTHEN, I On Wednesday, the 25th of May next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, subject t(, such conditions of Sale as shall he then and there produced, By Mr. George fefooUtj AUCTIONEER, ALL that capital Freehold Mansion House. Tll- trance Lodicc, Walled Garden, Five Stal'-Stable, Coach- house, and other attached and detached Offices, witk the Appurtenances, called DOLELLAX IIOUSE, now in the hands of the Proprietors, with Two Farms and Lands thereunto belor.^ina:, called the UPPElt FARM and the LOWER FARM of DOLELLAN', con- taininingby admeasurement in the whole ibililt 210 Acres (be the same more or Ifss) of Prime Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and Wood Land, within a Rinif Fence, a" one compact Estate, with all the Timber, Trees, Wood, and ( n derwoods, growing and bein j: thereon, situate on the Banks of the River Tivy, (which divide the C'ountws of Carmarthen and Csrdigan.) in the Parish of l/ahfilimiijel-yeroth, in the County of Car- marthen, and fr 'iiti'it; the much-admired Village arid Church of L'anHissil. The above Property is distant within 14 miles of the i Marker and Post Town of Carmarthen, 6 of Lampeter, and 6 of Newcastle Emirn. to -which nlaces there is a (,,)nlmtiriicalion I)y,Tii rtipike Ruads. The M insior. (louse, Entrance, Lodye, Oiffces, Sta- bles. Coach-house, &c., are in hand of the Proprietor, but the Farms and Lands containing the Upper Farm and Lower Farm, as above, are now in the occupations of John Dalies and Thomas Davies, Fanners, as Tenants at Will, at two several Yearly Rents, amount- in ir to £ 160. The situation of this Estate is beautifully picturesque, and formerly attracted the attention of the late Doctor Stephens, of Doctors' Commons, and Induced him to the Srinie, and to build the present Mansion Hot e tiiereon. with suitable oiffces, &c., as the future Place of Residence of himself and family. [t is surrounded by Rood Roads, and the country abounds, wit,Game, and the Kivor Tivy which rtin-i close to the Mansnm Hons?. is c?chra'fd for it3 Sal- mon, and the best A.?),? in t).? Principality. 1 T P?' "'?? and information, app? at ? he?< !mm?ofMr. W.Jones, Solicitor. Carmarthen, or t"ne',r' at Ofnce. Carmarth.n. or to wl •' 're m! Solicitors, Lincoln's ?nn. NW u c s?icitor. Q?en'Str?.t Place ?'?'?'?B?'?. tendon, and of Messrs. C()ok anrl 8"IIS, 801icitol8, Bïhtol. DatedAprii!8th.l8 TENBY,-SOUTH WALES. TO BE SOLI) BY AUCTION* At the WHITE i,inx INN, TBNBY. in the County of PEMBROKE, on MONDAY, the 6th day of JUNE, 1842, at eleven o' elock in the foren,,on, BY MR. HARRY PHELPS GOODE, (SUBJECT TO CONDITION'S WflICH WILL BE THEN PR°DL'CED,) THE f"0wln« FRKEHOLD ESTATES, admirably I adapted for Residence and Buildin?, situate in, and near to, the above delightful, much-frequented, alld rapirily increasing Catering Place, in convenient Lots LOT j, The several Messuajres or Dwelitne- H ouses, YArd, Gardens, Coal-House, Stable, Coach-House. and other Premises, with tl.eir App!irtpn(tnc(.s, ralleoanr1 known by the general name of nREP-N GA RI)EN, situate in the T<?vn of Tenby, and comprising the folloiving particulars:— The D%v(?iling-Ro?lse, Yard, Cardenx. Coal-House, Slable, arit I I%I,itli the Appurtenances, late in the occupation of the Proprietor, Mrs. Elizabeth 1 Bateman, deceased, and now in hand—occiDVinjr one of th« rm>st eligible Sites ii( the Town of Tenby, and comtnamlina: a view of its admired Bay and Castle, and Caldy Inland. The Dwellinar-House and Offices, in the occupation of Mattha Smith, widow (astenant from year to year), at the yearly Rent of £ *8 8s. The Dwelling-House, Shop. and Office*, in the occu- pation of George Mends (as tenant from year to year), at the yearly Rent of £ 12 l'2s. The Dneiline-House and Offices, in the occupation of Elizabeth TIi >mas (as tenant from year to year), at the \early Rent of £ 1 4s. The and ()ffice,.q, in the orcupation of Mary Jenkins (as tenant from year to year) at the yearly rent, of £ d 6s. N. B. Ali the Premises comprised in this lot are con- tiguous, and form one compact Estate. LOT n. The Messnajje, or Public known by the si?n of the HOPE & ANCHOR (having a street frontage of about 27 feet), with the Garden and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in St. Julian Street, Tenhv, and now in the occupation of Ann James, wi- dow (as tenant from year to year), at the yearly Rent of £ 9 9s. The Dwelling-House, with its Appurtenances ( having a street frontage of about 20 feet, contiguous to the last-mentioned Messuage), situatein St. Julian-street, and now (with the Garden and Premises forming lilt 3), in the occupation of John Frost, as tenant fro n yeitr to year, it tlit entirt, yeai ly Itent of XS Ss. of wh cli is apportioned for 4s. 'file Dwelling-House, with its Appurtenances (having a street frontage of 18 feet, adjoi:;ina: the last mentioned Dwelling-FIouse), situate in St. Julian-st., and now in the occupation of Elizabeth Wilkin, as tenant fr"m year to year, at the yearly Rent of £ 2 12s. Gd. LOT III. I The Garden (having a street frontage of ahnut 46 feet) and the Bo ldinsys therein, situate in St. Julian- street, and now (with other Premises as before men- tioned) in the occupation of John Frost, as tenant from year to yea-, at the entire yearly Rent of £ 8 8s.; of which is apportioned for this lot, Zi 4s. LOT IV. Th'' Gnrden (having a street frontage, of about 45 feet by about Ma>y's- street, Tenby, and now in the occupation of John Smith, mason, as tenant from year tu year, at the yearly Rent of f,2 2s. LOT V. The exrrilent Meartovy, commanding a fine Sea Prospect, and well adapted for the Site of a Villa Re- -i.lence, siti;afe in Haywood Lane, in the Parish of St. Mary, Tenhr, and nltw in the occupation of John Ati(irtti%, giif(,Iier, as tenant from year to year, at the yearly Rent of £ 8. For fin ther particulars, apply on the respective Premises; or to Messrs. Goode and Philpott, Land I Agents and Surveyors, or Win. Evans and Powell, Solicitors, Haverfordwest.
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I FOUEIGX I 1.5L £ « g; S CE. I  WAR IN THE EAST—THE AFFGHAVISTANj EXPEDITION UNCALLED FOR. j [hom ÜJt: A tbs. J Sir John Cam Hobbouse recentlv referred to the official paper3 laid on the table of the House, about two years a^o, for a full ju-itiiL'afion of the expedition into AlTshani-stan. Now if the facts which we are about to submit to our readers he correct, those papers do not afford, either to the J Parliament or to the country, the means r;f anivhxj at a correct judf/ment on the subject. What if they contain partial and defective statements? Sup- pose that it should he proved that many important facts and arguments have been kept in the back- ground? that, to make out a crw for aggression, there has been suppressio veri ? Documents which have recently been published at Bombay, it is our duty to say, prove, we fear beyond question, the j three following things :— 1. That the parliamentary "blue book" relating to Affghanistan, contains documents in a mutilated. form. ¡ 2. Tha.t the expedition to Afifghnnistar! was un- dertaken against the advice, and in contravention I of the policy, of the late Sir Alexander Burnes, the British representative at Cabool in 1836-7-S. 3. Tiiat the expedition was hastily planned; a quarrel absolutely having been most unneces- sarily provoked with Dost Mohammed, who was inclined to British interests, and courted British connections, until Lord Auckland's dictatorial interrer?noe iu hi3 fa'm!y squabbles, and pnsinve refusal to adopt the advice of Burnes in securing his n lliance, drove him into a league with Russia and Persia. We put the case in this, deifnite shap.-» in order i that the facts may bacateeorieally replied to, if hap! v anybody he disposed to call them in quesno' and in order that we should present the subject with all possible plainness before the public, as no smll Dains have been taken to render it mystified and involved. With reference to the first point, I we have before us despatches at 'nil length, parts | of which only appeared in the parliamentary j volumes referred to. As to the opinions of Sir Alexander Burnes, we have the authority of one of his private letters and of his despatches, to prove that he was utterly opposed to the policy of in- j vadinsr Afghanistan, to give dominion to Shah Sooiah. In one of Barnes's letters, dated 6th Nov., 1$39, he ob.servptl: — tiie Thaexpositionof the?overn'T'-s?nera! vic'?sinthe parliamentary papers is nose trickerv, and I h-?ve Slid so In cverv conipinv since I have read them I however acquit Lord Auckland of the fraud, and I ?ometirnes charitable enough to acquit the other authorities, and to believe that they had not read, eve they printed. All my implorations to povernment to act with prom-.ti tude and decision had refer eiice. to doinir something when Dost Mohammed was king, all this they have made to appear in support of Shah Soojah beinj set up! But again. I did advocate t, !i(,ettinz .up of Shah Soojah, and lent all my aid, name, and knowledge to d,) it: but wb. was this; when my advice had been rejected. anJ the government were fairly strAn led. I first eave or>inions, and then asked leave to withdraw, but Lord A. prov--d to me that It would be desertion at a critical moment, and 1 saw so myself, hut I entered upon the support of his policy, not as wnat was best, but what was best under the circumstances which a series of blunders had pro- duced. Let us now see how stands thp. rsc of Dost Mohammed, on the showing of Sir Alexander Biirnes. In a letter from that officer to the British Atoba-isador in Persia, dated above Mooltan, on the Indus, 6th June, I S37 (altogether omitted in printed parliamentary paper's), we find him allud- in to "all the, irfltieiice and all the abliity," for which Dost Mohammed "universally received credit," and suggesting the propriety of attach- j ing him to the interests of England, by entering into a secret treaty with him, that we should throw our influence into his hand s to establish I his power on the right banks of the Indus, as far j down as Shikarpoor, on the demise of Reinject Sing. Burnes subsequently refers to Dost Mo- hammed as "a powerful and active chief." In a despatch from Sir A. Burnes to Sir W. Macuaghten, dated from Cabool, 30th Dee.. 1837, we find the following testimony to the good feeling of this prince toward the British government The present position of the British government at this ellipizal appears to me a rrost gratifying proof of the esti- mation in which it is lIeld by the A Afghan nation. Rus- sia has corse forward with offers which are substantial, Persia has been lavish in her promises, and Bokhara and other states have not been backward yet in RII hht htF. passed, or is daily transpiring, the Chief of Cabool de- c)?res that he prefers the sympathy and friend!y offices of the British to all these offers, however alhtrtn?they may seem, from Persia or from the Emperor, which cer- tainly p?ces his go)i sense in a light more promi- nelJ; and, in my humble judgment, proves that by an earlier attention to these countries, we mi?ht have escaped the whole;of these intrigues, and held long since a stable influence in, Cabool What a sad reverse do we witness in 1842! After the march of a powerful expedition to Cabool, and the enthronement of our minion Shah Soojab, we find ourselves in an infinitely worse position- our army cut to pieces, our influence lost, and expensive military operations forced upon us. It is of importance to examine the causes that led to the estrangement of Dost Mohammed, and the violent proceedmgs on our part that followed it. The general, impression in this country is that the Affghan chief wantonly abandoned British connec- tions, and insulted British dignity for the purpose of coquetting with Russia. But'this is really very far from being a true statement of the case. Lord Auckland s quarrel with Dost Mohammed arose I out of questions between Runieet Sin? and him, and not out of western intrigues. Lord Auckland appeared determined to inte""re in the br,)ill; of the Affghans; and, with great assurances of  regard for Dost Mohammed instructed Sir A. Burnes to inform him that he was anxious to in- duce Runjeet Sins; to give up Peshawur—a source of constant anxiety and hostilities to the Affghans —and place over it Dost Mohammed's brother Sooltan Mohammed Khan. This arransrement j was, however, the source of great alarm to Dost I Mohammed, as his brother and he, were at enmity. I He unbosomed himself freely to Sir A. Burues, and sa d Of Runjeet Sine's p^wer to invade mo in Cabool I have little fear; if his power to injure me—if he rein- states Sooltan Mohammed Khan in the government of that city. I have great apprehension, for in it I see a M.ihomedan ruler instead of a Sikh and had the Maha- ■ rajah been more conversant with the politics of Affgha- j nistan, and bent on my destruction, he might ere this have succeeded, had he not displaced Sooltan Moham- med Khan from Peshawur. and supplied him with funds to corrupt those about me. who are inimical, and envy the rise to my present elevation. Dost Mohammed said that if the British govern- ment could net give him the sovereignty of Peshawur, nor procure it for his brother, Nawab Jubbar Khan, he would rather let things remai-i as they were and, so forcible, were his arguments, that Sir Alexander Barnes, in the despatch, dated December 1837, observed-" They consequently carried with me a conviction that the ameer's fears are not groundless, and that they will deserve all due consideration before government enters upon any measures for attaching this chief to its interests. If (continued Burnes) we stand aloof, and we do not encourage Runjeet Sing to recede, the ameer of Cabool will hold his present ground, since he is the most powerful of his I family. If we interfere we endanger his su- premacy, such as it is, and consequently it I seems incumbent on us to prevent such inter fcrcnee being detrimental." We beg especial attention to the arguments which were employed II to enforce these just views:- Under such circumstances itrnil-ht be Uïgd tnat all I interference had better he avoided; but this as it appears I to m. wo-ild be under the existing; state of affairs, a very doubtful line of policy unless it is intended to put forth the ex-king at Lnodiiina, secure through him a fuotiwl in these CÙll11.triP.ç, and weep the present riders from their authority, u-hich has happily never been comtempLited. Besides the t"r,1¡ questionable nature of such a proceeding, it woull not pain the ohjecis of Government • fur ice should then be unable to b dance, one. chirfihip against another, and though we. might be sure of him irhoni >ra zcit-arcel to the throne of his fathers, ire | nuty experience in his successor aN the evils of a poiocrfui MaJiomedan neighbour. With the Barukzye family in the three eastern divisions of Afghanistan, we have to deal as it were with hut one house, and we have the certainty of their good will and services for these good ofifces, which will keep them stable, as they are, and prevent them injuring each other. In time, when one chief found he could not destroy another, the family differences will be allayed, and we shall thus force into one mass materia Is which are less incoherent than they appear, and have all that is wished on this important frontier of our Indian Empire. Sir Alexander Burues added the following j paragraph which completely disposes of the ( assertion that Dnst Mohammed was inclined to prefer Russian, or Persian connections to British interests:— I have not hesitated, while reporting on a quc-tion of his magnitude, to give expression to sentiments which nave been adopted after much reflection on the scene of these distractions. Since arriving here 1 have seen an of Persia, with alluring promises, after penetra- ting as far :»s Candahar, compelled to quit the connirv, because-no one was sent to invite him to Cabool. Fol- lowing him, an agent of Russia, with letters highly com- plimentary. and promises more than substantial, has experienced no more civility than is due by the laws of hospitality and nations. I We find, in one of the suppressed passages of this officer's despatches, a fall account of the pro- ceedings of the Russian agent at Cabr.ol. Dost Mohammed advised the British resident of his approach, declared that he would not see him it Sir A. Burnes thought be ought not to receive him, and communicated to Burnes the tenor of, his communications. All this did nut look like froi-i LiiLIind. In the reply v-hich the Governor-General or- dered to be sent to the despatch of Sir Alexander Barnes, the most decided disapprobation of the j resideut s recommendations was expressed. Lora Auckland insisted still more strongly on the course he had proposed relative to the disposal of Peshawur, and did so with the apparent convic- tion that he would drive Dost Mohammed tc listen to the overtures of the Russian ajcrenl: — You ought to proceed (.;ays the secretary cf the Governor-General) in all your intercourse with Dost Mahomed Kb in, on this understanding, that the boon which h? obtains iu consequence of our Interest in his favour is no less than safety from the probable destruc- tion of his authority, and representations cf the danger which lie W.),L)i i incur ought to be made stronger, if dissa* tiied witli mediation as we are willing to tcnder, Dost Mohamnvd Khan should attempt to'form any other pol tied connections thr(1!h Persian or Russian agents: for our interposition wftutd then, of course, be wholly withdrawn, Dost Mahomed Khan would place himself to. wards us in the position, of a person courting hostile and what he might have to dread would Dot be an inv tsiun or-v SikliF,. hut such an invasion un- dtfrtakcr. under ail the inttueece of our declared Jisplea- i sure with, and alienation from, him. Lord Auckland alluded to the probability that Dost M'>ha^in::d u-ght be induced by his: policy to turn his eyes to the West:—'• It may be more nccessary to make this statement, it the ameer shonld be disposed, as the alternative to our -col-ii, with all his requests, to bring forward any idea of a. political connection with i Russia, thro tgh the agent who has, it appears, arrived at.Cabool. The sequel is soon told. A despatch from Burnes, dated Cabool, March 5, 1833, s:tys;- From the. receipt of the Governor General's letter to the present time, nightly meetings have! been held a.t the Bala Hissar and the ameer has. on more than one occasion, given vent to very r) ii expressions, both is to his future proceed- intrs. and the disappointment at the slight degree of R',)precí(\.t;m entertmaed by government re- 1 ard¡JI;: him." L ?rd A:t.'??"d's anticipations were fju?UeJ. D)5t Mohammed took counsel with M. ViCKO\'itch, I the-Russian aent, and in a few mnntbs s fterwards a British army was on its march under Lord Keane to set up Shah Soojah as Kinz, and I- re- store the-jjlorv cf the Dooranee empire!" The foregoing facts are of to.o grave a nature for us to indulg in any reflections on them at pre- sent. We ask Sir J. C. Hobhouse in conclusion, are the documents from which we have quoted spurious, or are they genuine ? They are printed at full length in the Bombay United Service Gazette of the 25th of March last, and we have reason to believe them to be authen.ic. If they be so, a heavy responsibility rests—.somewhere. MARTiTinc: OF A ROMAN We have been favoured with a letter from a highly respectable correspondent in New Zealand, which cives an account of the martyrdom of the Rev. Pierre Chanel, a misi-ionary stationed at Fortuna, near the Waliis Island, after more than tlireeveprs hard labour in the Christian cause. The follow- ingo is a literal translation of the letter of the Rev. F. Bataillon to the Lord Bishop, giving an account' of the death of his clergyman :—" It is a long while since the natives projected secretly to put to death the Rev. Father Chanel. The commence- ment of the conversion of the King's son made the people afraid of a general conversion and it was thought that the surest way to hinder this cvenf was to take away the life of the Rev. Father. With this view they approached his house on the 2Sth of April, carrying spears and clubs. The priest was alone. They enter. Cne j of them struck his head very hard with a club. M. Chanel, nearly stunned sat down in the middle of the room with one liana he held a book, which ¡ be read, and with the other he wiped off the blood which overflowed his face. The natives strike I him on the back with their sticks. One of them thrust a bavonet through his shoulder, which it is said pierced him qiiite through. It is said also that M. Chanel himself pulled out the bayonet. I The multitude then began to plunder the house, leaving the good Father in agony from his wounds. At last one of the troop (perhaps from compassion) seized an Rle and struck his head, which he cleaved in two parts, one of which fell to the ground. The King, who was not far distant, then arrived, and washed the body of the martyr, anointed it with oil. and enveloped it in two pieces of trrp n. He then buried it near the house. Providence had ordered it that the priest's servant was not at home that day; he was a little dis- tance, and he met with a ship which transported him to the WalliS Islaiid.Iastralian Ckrcnicie. FRANCE.— The French papers inform us that the amendment, which consisted of limiting the railroad project to one line from north to south, supported hj. M. Thiers, was rejected by 222votes against 152. This is decisive for the project of the government and the commission. SPAIN-.—The question of the Queen's raarringo ( occupies much attention in Madrid; and the mail I of the 5th inst. brines us the declaration of the 1 Spanish government on the subject. In the Con- gress on t.hat day, el Senor Conde de las Nevas questioned the ministry respecting the rumours in circulation as to the roarr:a?e of the Queen Isabella. Senor Gonzales, the President of the Council, replied that the dignity and decorum of the nation could never perni that any other I country meddle with negotiations which exclu- j sively. appertained to Spain. The government would not submit to the pretensions and exigen- cies of any other nation in this particular, but would consult solely the interests of Spain.
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I Her Majesty and Prince Albert will be at Epsom Races on the Derby day, Wednesday, the 25:h instant. The court will retnain at Clare- mont during the races, and will proceed to the Downs from thence. Gu?S TOR THE PRICE OF WALES.—A townf!- man of ours, named Griffiths, has manufactured and sent as a present to the Prince of Wales a brace of guns, which, though complete in all parts I weigh only an ounce and a half and a fourpenny ) i piece. The individual, although only a young; man, manufactured all the parts with his own hands.- Birmingham Advertiser. BLUNDER OF THE PRACTICAL STATESMEN". A j blunder committed in framing the Corn-bill has given the commercial world no very high idea of the business qualifications of ministers. The bill requires the new averages from a certain day— which happens not to coincide wuh the day 011 which tb" old averages ceased. There was conse- quently an interval of some days on which no j averages could be taken The Liverpool merchants have claimed the admission of a large quantity of corn free of duty during this interval, on which no average could be taken. It must be admitted that the blunder is a very gross one. The present government were always claiming credit for supe- rior correctness whilst the Whigs were in office hut one of the blunders already committed by them sitice their return to power would show how groundless are their pretensions.—Chronicle. Last Fridav tne Anti-Slavery Society held their anniversary meeting in Exeter Hall. The Mar- quis of Clanricarde presided, and was supported on the platform by Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, Sir George Strickland, M.P., &c., who, together with Mr. Scoble, the Rev. Mr. Burnett, Mr. Sturge, and others, ad- I dressed the electing at great length. in inia——n»i imn»7ifMgTTti-YniwwBWF—K DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE.—When the present government entered upon its officiftl career, it was extremely forward in denying the existence of great distress among the people and the Duke of Wellington went so lar as to assert tha.t thtre was no want of food—whatever might, be the other inconveniences under which the masses were for the moment suifering. Proceeding upon the assumption of the illustrious Duke, the Tory ministry went to work with a tardiness that implied a convicucn of there being no reason )cr haste—and not oniy was the steed starving before the grass was grown, but when the plans of the Minister were brought to light, it appeared that they did not provide even lor sowing the seeds trom which a crop might ultimately be obtained to supply the wants of the people. The Corn litil was the first of the promised measures by which the Premier had undertaken to show his fitness for the tas k of governing; and yet when he introduced his plan he declared that he had no hope of its relieving the .distress—which he had at last begun tc discover was alarmingly prevalent. His next aim was to make up for the deficiency in the revenue; and this he pruposed to SUDTJIV by an Income Tax, trom which he hoped to ward otf a portion of the unpopularity that is due to it, bv promising a modification of the Tariff, which he i alleges wiii in a great degree palliate the monster- grievance by which it is accompanied. Still thero was nothing done—nothing even proposed—to relieve the distresses of the people—though an attempt W £ .s made to take credit for having con- ferred a boon on the poor in exempting incomes below £ I.50 a year from the operation of the new j burden.. To boast of giving, on no better ground than having abstained from taking away,, is a pretcnsion to benevolence which it seems rather difficult to support; and the circumstance reminds one of the story of the highwayman who com- plained of having been robbed by a traveller who had succeeded In a considerable sum, and getting safe off with it. Sir Robert peei'j hooas to the people are, however, very often something less than negative, and the Income Tax must be regarded in this light; for though it dors not take a sum uf m-mey directly from the pock- ets of the very humblest classes of the people, it %III c-er:.aiiilv trench up-m their already limited means, by causing a diminution in the expendi- ture of those on whom those means depend, and who will reduce .their gertcnJ outlay on accoutil, of the fresh burden they will be-subject to. It is obvious that, as far as legislation goes, the dis- tresses of the people are .not iikelv to obtain re- lief at the hands of Sir Robert Peel; but the right honourable baronet is not wholly insensible to the sufferings of the nation, and his benevolent mind lias at last suggested a resource fur the destitute. The ingenious and statesman-like proposition of the Premier is characteristic no less of his philan- thropy—at other peop'e's expense-than of his felicitous ad iptation of a rem-dn- to, an evil of the most deep-rooted character. Sir R. Peel's plan is not exactly to borrow of Peter in order to pay what is due to Paul, but merely to suggest to Peter to put his hand ia his pocket for the temporary relief of Paul—thus evading aitoge- ther the responsibility of providing for the perrr.a • nent prosperity of both, which ought to be the obiect of this Ût!ICHI.t tbouh:fulnes. N otHn!! easier than to recommend one class to subscribe for the relief of another class and we sincere'y hope that the recommendation—backed by the Queen's name, and cordially concurred in, or more probably suggested by, the Sovereign herself—will have its effect, on those who are in a position to spare something toward s the relief of their unfortunate countrymen, several thousands have been in a few days subscribed for the uutor- tur,ate sufferers by the. burning of a foreign city, I and though this benevolence is creditable to the tb-,It it, we would urge the much greater strength of the claim that is now made upon Englishmen iu behalf of the starving masses among their own community. — Globe. Mrs. Wood, the singer, is said to be about to retire from theatrical life. The trial of Thoma.s Cooper, charged with tlia murder of the policeman Daley, is postponed till next sessions, A petition was presented last Friday night against the late election for Brighton, on the grounds of brilinc, treating, intimidation, and undue influence. Tne petitioner is Mr. Fleming Thomas Roberts, of the G,'imd Parade, an elector. The number of associations er;»ablished in Great Britain at present for the circulation of the Scrip- tures is 2.22S; in Ireland 550; Continental Europe, 1.500: Asia, S3; Afric, 16: America, 2,800; Australia, 17 and the West Indies, 226, sixty-nine of the last being conducted by freed negroes. Mr. Sturg-e has written to his friends at Not- tingham, who wish him to be put in nomination, to say, that he will accept of the honour, on condi- tion "that no money be spent, or any improper influence exercised to bias a single vote in his favour. CiiAtiE or A VESSEL. — A home ward-bound barque of about 400 or 500 tons, round stern, and bright sides, was seen on the morning of the 7th instant, about four miles south-west of the Caskets, steering E.S. E., which course, it is feared, would carry her on the coast of Normandy in less than two hours (the weather being very thick); she was haiied, and every effort made to warn her of her danger, by the Navarino, Dale, arrived in the River, but she persisted in her course, and the A ararino, having followed a.s far as she was able with safety, was obliged to give up the chase. Loss or LITE.—Last Friday a fearful accident occurred on the works of the Eastern Counties Railway, at Kelvedon. in the fall of a stupendous bridge, which was very near completion, occasion- ing the loss of one life, and injuring six other persons. GCCD PRICES TOT. OXEN.—At Ipswich fair a stand of two-years-old half-bred short-horned oxen, bred upon Sir R. Harland's farn, st Living- ton, fetched so high as C22 each, the number being Ii one of them weighed about 80 stone. A DIS5FNTING MINISTER COMMITTED FOR ROB- EF.RV.—A.t the Bristol police-office, on Monday, a respectable looking man, dressed in black, and who gave his name Thomas Daiies, was fully com- mitted to-take his trial for stealing a. set of nrc- irons and two images from the parlour of the Horse and .Groom Inn, Limekiln-lane, Bristol. The prisoner went into the parlour and bad a glass of cin. After be was gone, the fire-irons were missed: a pursuit was commenced, and the prisoner threw the stolen things over a w-all 1 and attempted to escape. There were found in his possession letters, which showed that he was a dissenting preacher, seeking a situation. The first letter w'?s from G?ston'?ry, s?ned by forty- seven members of a congregational church, dated Oct. 27, 1840, inviting the prisoner to become their minister, and expressing a hope" tbat his stated ministration would contribute to their prosperity as a church, and to the advancement of the glory of the Redeemer." It was addressed to the "Rev. Thos. Davies, 15, Elliott's-row, Pros- pect-place, Lambeth. London." Two other letters were of recent date, namely, April 15 and May 3, 1S42. These were from Wotton-under-edge, tbe first informing him of a vacancy for a minister at North Nibley, and the second inviting him to come and preach there on the 151h instant. There was also found on the prisoner an unnosted letter, written by himself to the Rev. D. Davies, 21, Milford-place, Vassal!-road, Brixton, London." It stated that he was going on probation to North lbley, and asked to borrow 10s. saying he was •'very hard up." The letter also contained ex- pressions and allusions very inconsistent with the calling which the prisoner had assumed. The prisoner, in answer to questions from Mr. Ricketts, said he belonged to the sects of Independents he preached for nine months at Glastonbury, and had a congregation of about 300; he bad since given up preaching. He was then fully committed to take his trial at the next sessions.—Bristol Gazette. Mr. Quintin Dick, ex-member for Maldon, has from the British to the Irish funds, preparatory to residing in Ireland. Near the lodge of the Rev. J. Hopston's man- sion, at Canon Froome, Herefordshire, may now be seen an apple tree with some of last year's fruit on it, and a fine blossom for the next crop.