The Welshman

THE DUKE or BUCKINGHAM ON THE CORN LAWS. --The annual dinner of the Brill District Conservative Association took place at the Sun Inn, Brill, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. J. Stone, of Crendon, tock the chair.— The Rev. Mr. Chetwode, in an almost adulatory address, proposed the "Health of his Grace the Duke of Buck- ingham." (Cheers.)-Tlie Duke thanked them from the bottom of his heart. He had endeavoured, so long as he was in public life, to do the best for the country at large, as well as for the county which he had so long represented. Without looking to men or measures, they would steadfastly uphold the cause of Conservatism, whatever might be the course which others adopted, '■^rfidrnt that in upholding their own principles they Sir Robert ivas a man who "held.'the empire in his hands, and he hoped that the Conservative members would follow in his wake, and struggle to maintain the glorious constitution of Britain. (Cheers.) He did fervently hope that Sir Robert Peel might be, like the noble duke present, the farmers' friend, and prove himself entitled to the appellation, by doing everything in his power to keep the head of the agriculturist above the waves which at present threatened to onprulph him. He concluded b) proposing the toast, which was received with the most marked coldness. Only a few individuals applauded, and they did so in anything but a hearty manner. The song which followed the toast was—whether intended to be so or not—exquisitely appropriate. It was the well-known comic ditty, Shivery, shaky the man who couldn't get warm." By three-fourths of the audience the shivering and shaking individual was at once interpreted to mean the Premier. EXTRAORDINARY.—Barclay's celebrated feat of walk- ing 1,000 miles in 1,000 successive hours, we considered to be a wonderful instance of protracted endurance of fatigue but what will be said of the wager whose object we have to state, and for the truth of which in its most important particulars we can vouch. The wager came off within these three or four years, the parties to it are ,trt i cs to it -.re living and the winter has the honour of appending F.R.S. to his name. I will bet any man IIOO," said one, that he cannot make 1,000,000 strokes with pen and ink within a month." These, be it observed, were not to be mere dots or scratches, but fair down strokes, such as form the child's first lesson in writing, and which even the Rev. Sydney Smith, whose intellectual powers are cf no common order, has lately confessed his inability to accomplish. But all minds are not for all things. A gentleman present, with noble self-reliance that argued success, gallantly stepped forward, accepted the chal- lenge, and (having resolved to apply all his mental fa- culties to the interesting task) at once laid in a sufficient stock of foolscap. The month allowed was the Itinar month, of only 28 days: so that, for the completion of the undertaking, an average of 36,000 strokes per diem was required. This, at GO per minute, or 3,600 per hour—and neither the human intellect nor the human hand could well be expected to accomplish more—would call for ten hour's labour in every four-and-twenty! When we reflect hy how much this exceeds the time daily devoted by Sir Walter Scott to the composition of his immortal fictions, some notion of the gigantic na- ture of this task may be formed, as well as of those powers which were brought to its accomplishment. But this is not ail. With a proper feeling of the respect due to the observance of the Sabbath, the intrepid ac- ceptor of the wager determined to abstain from his work on the Sundays and although, by this determi- nation, he diminished by four days the period allowed him, at the same time that by so doing ho increased the daily average of his strokes to upwards of 41,000, there can be little doubt that the consciousness of the propriety of this sacrifice frequently cheered him in the course of his Herculean labour, Un the first day he executed about 50,000 strokes, on the second nearly as many; but then his mind was fresh and unwearied. To say the truth, his mind never flagged; at the last stroke of the million that remained as bright and as vigorous as it was at the first. But at length, after many days, the hand became stiff and weary, the 'wrist swollen; and it required the almost constant at- tendance of some assiduous relation or friend to sprin- kle it, without interrupting its progress over the paper, with a lotion calculated to relieve and invigorate it. And lo so certain of access is well directed perseve- rance the goal is attained—the exploit is achieved ? Ún the threc-and-twentieth day the million strokes (exceeded by some few thousands, to "mak e assurance doubly sure") arc accomplished; and the piles of paper that exhibited them testify, that to the courageous heart, the willing hand, and the energetic mind, nothing is impossible. These interesting papers arc not placed in the archives of the Royal Society, of which their au- thor is an Fellow they were claimed by the gentleman who proposed and lost his wager, and arc still, we be- lieve. in his possession.—Morning Advertiser. MATHIJIOMAI. STAI isi ic,An abstract has appear- ed of the number of places registered under the act of 'the 6th anil 7th of William IV, c. 8-5, as also the mar-  i riages celebrated from July, 1838 to June, 1842. The return respecting the registered places is made up to the 3Pth of June, 1842. The denomination in England ■and Wales embrace eight classes. Urider the head! Presbyterians" is included the Church cf Scotland, 1' iiit,d Secession Church, English Presbyterians and Unitarians, Presbyterians not otherwise defined, ma- king 178 places. The second class, Independents or Congregationists," has in England and Wales 7 ;is places. The" Baptists," including the branches Parti- cular or Cahiirstic Baptists General or Arminian Bap- I tists, and Baptists not otherwise defined, possess 401 places for manlrt;:es in Ellgland and Wales. The fourth class, Methodists" (Arminian) comprising Weslcyan, Methodists' New Connexion, Primitive -Nic- thodUt Association, and Independent Methodists, has 13o registered places the We-leyan Methodists have 78, which is more than the other branches under the head. The fifth class cntit led Methodist" (Cahinistlc), 1 has "f!]"T the sixth class ::(j;; place, Yo: pi'-(n chnrches," -under the seventh class, iuur places. The eighth class is entitled Miscellaneous," and numbers 41 pldcc?, "SiiXJiuain^ the New .Jerusalem Church or Swcdenbor- ^Christian, Israelite, and Evangelical. j i

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MONDAY, DEC. 18. (Before Lord Dcnman and a Special Jury). CAROLINE LI U KIT V. SAMUEL WADE STONE. Mr. Thcsiger, in stating the case to the. jury, said that the promise was not denied, and the only question would be whether the promise had been discharged by mutual agreement ? The plaintiff and defendant were both natives of Bristol, they were both in the same rank of life, being children of respectable tradesmen; they were both Dissenters from the established church, being Moravians, but the defendant had become a Baptist minister. The parties became acquainted in 1834, he being then of the age of 19, and the plaintif fbeing 17. At that time the defendant had intended to become a minister, and in May, 1835, he went to Scotland to prepare himself, but he first made the plaintiff an offer of marriage. He must read to them some of the defen- dant's letters, and although such letters frequently occasioned a smile, it was said that it was imposible for a man to love and be wise; but with the exception of the introduction of religious topics, which, according to his (Mr. Thesiger's) notion, were irreverently familiar, he must snv he had seen few letters of this kind less open to anything like ridicule, or calculated to afford less amusement to the auditors. The learned counsel then read a large mass of letters, dated between May, 183-5, and the middle of the year 1839. They generally commenced with "My most beloved and dearest Caro- line"; they contained professions of the gretest affection but in all these letters it was evident, as he himself ae- quired more knowledge, so he complained of her igno- rance, and recommended her to study and improve herself, particularly ill grammar and orthography and as in one of her letters she had not spelt a word cor- rectly, lie said, "There had been a providential inter- ruption in her improvement in spelling." He always said that their union could not take place until he was settled in the Ministry. In some of the letters he said, "I assure you, my darling Carlo, of my unaltered affec- tion for you." Towards the latter part of the corres- pondence, however, the defendant altered his tnnc, ahd suggested to her, as it might be a long time before they could be united, whether it would not be better to dis- solve the contract, but still saying, that if she wished it, lie would continue the correspondence still, however, he addressed, "My own dear confiding girl," and ended, "Your affectionate lover until death." He had stated in an early letter, that he had made his will, and left her his heiress, end in a letter in 1830, when urging upon her the propriety of concealing the obligation between them, he said—" My own darling girl, if you give your consent my will shall remain as it is for three years, if you then continue unmarried, and I should not choose to renew the union." In one of the letters he begged her not to own to the established church, which was full of the most monstrous combination of corruption. In 1839 hs letters contained many allusions to her want of education, and that that ignorance would be a great drawback to her usefulness as a minister's wife. He also stated that he objected to her expressions, her tone, her enunciation, her very walk, and said, in allusion to to his having met her at some friend's house,—" I shall never be able to tell you all that has mortified me," and he adverted to a circumstance that had taken place at the same house as a great breach of propriety—that as she was going round.a table in the drawing-room to look at some prints, she had walked with her back to- wards two old ladies, and that if it had teen any other lady, he should have said he thought her very rude. The learned counsel submitted that these letters were written with a view of inducing the lady to break off the connexion, and that it was a degrading attempt by the defendant to avoid himself doing that which he wished her to do. It was quite evident he wanted some flimsy pretext for breaking off the connexion, and the plaintiff's family therefore refused to allow the plaintiff to continue the correspondence they interposed, and the brother of the plaintiff wrote to the defendant in a tone of indigna- tion which the circumstances might excuse. On the 31st of March, 1842, the defendant had married a Miss Gale, the daughter of a highly respectable solicitor of this metropolis. From the beginning w the end of the correspondence there was nothing in the smallest degree reflecting upon the character or conduct of this girl. Their religious opinions coincided; there was nothing to invite her to be the wife of another there was no ground for imputing to her any diminution of attach- ment; and then. when they considered what the early affection of a woman was, what a dreadful disappoint- ment must be experienced by her, with all her hopes blighted and destroyed, what a cloud was cast over her remaining existence, he asked them, not disparaging the defendant, what in the miserable way in which compen- sation was to be awarded, what they thought she was entitled to for the loss she had sustained and the injury she had suffered; what they would consider a fair measure of damages which the defendant ought to pay ? F. II. Brctt.I am a student at Cambridge, and Th, were eight -Js alto- We were first introduced in 1834. lie was then 19 or 20. He soon after made up his mind to study for the university. He commenced paying attentions to my sister In 1834, which were recognized by the family, and were continued to 1839. Cross-examined.—The engagement was known to the family in 1834. Both families lived in Bristol. My sister was living with my mother in London part of the time. After the last letters of the defendant it was the wish of the family that all correspondence should cease. She was then staying at the house of my brother. I don't know whether the defendant has been removed from the ministry in consequence of this transaction. I am aware that the engagement was for a time unknown to the defendant's father. I was present when an interview took place between my father and Mr. Gale, who came to my father before the marriage between his daughter and the defendant. My father did not tell him all connexion was broken off. Mr. Gale wished to know whether anything criminal had taken place between the parties, and when he was informed there had not he said he was satisfied. The parties were together about half an hour, and talked of general topics. The marriage of the defendant was admitted. Mr. Cockburn then addressed the jury on the part of the defendant. The engagement entered into so far back as 1835 was broken off in 1839, and they were trying this action at the latter end of 1843. The 'action was not brought till the middle of the year 18-12. How was it, if the plaintill had really sustained the wrongs his friends had represented, and she had really been the martyr to those feelings of pain and anguish which his brilliant imaginations had put before them—how was it she had consented to allow those wrongs to remain un- redressed for three long years ? What was this case ? Was it the case of a man of years and experience, of standing in the world, with a perfect knowledge of all he was about, and the consequences entering as a man with a man's feelings and experience into an engage- ment by which he was to be bound for weal or for wue for the rest of his existence ? He was barely turned of 20 when he wrote the first letter; and tie would ask any one of them whether they would wish a son of theirs to be bound by an engagement of that kind ? The brother admitted that this contract was made in 1835, and, though the defendant's father did not die till 1838, he had been kept up in utter ignorance of this connexion, the friends of the young lady not thinking it incumbent on them, as it was their to communicate with his father and take care to have his sanction. He was not instructed to cast the slightest disparagement on the young lady, but when her friends asked for ex- emplary damages, if his friend did all he could to in- flame tlr2ir minds, he was entitled to ask them to look a little at the position of the parties and consider whe- ther, as to the young lady, who was the instrument in the hands of her family, and he was entitled to ask them to consider without casting, a shadow of imputation on her, for she was younger than the man, whether it was a ease calling for serious daiiiages ? It would be idle for him to conteucl that the defendant had not felt a warm, ardent, and passionate attachment, and it was idle to say it was on one side more than on the other, but it was one of those romantic and passionate attach- ments which were so often formed in early life and yet it was clear that that feeling was not unmixed with alloy, for his friend admitted that as his studies ad- vanced his education gave him a superiority over the less cultivated mind of the young lady. It soon be- came manifest that there was something that had a re- pulsive effect upon his mind. lie could not help point- ing out to her errors into which she fell. Each passing year brought to him an additional degree of intellectual cultivation. As that increased the more sensible he became of the deficiency cf one whose improvement kept no pace with his; and he was disappointed in finding that all his hopes of her improvement were not realized, and the wilder feeling of youth gave way to the more deliberate consideration of manhood, and he then found that there was between him and this persona wide gulf in point of intellectual cultivation, which was likely to make the married life one of disappointment and discontent, and he had, therefore, candidly and fir¡y pointed out these things to the young lady if he had ?L-utt d a diflcrent cour?e. he should like to have heard the bursts of indignation in which his fiiend would have indulged; but the family had remained silent for three long years,and when called upon by Mr. G-Ale, tley had not once said one word about this engagement being still in existence. The plaintiff's family, finding that the defendant had married the daughter of a highly respectable gentleman, had thought they could obtain damages, and therefore this action was brought. He (Mr. Ceekburn), however, submitted that it was clear the contract had been abandoned, and therefore the defendant was entitled to a verdict; but if they differed from him, then, as they had "n evidence of the defendant's means, the damages, he submitted, ought to be very small. The plaintiff's character was untouched it did not require this action to vindicate it. Lord Dcnman, in summoning up the case to the jury, observed that one question was, whether the silence of the plaintiff's family satisfied them that the engagement had been mutually broken If it had, the defendant was entitled to the verdict; if it had not, it was then for them to say what damages they would award the lady tbr the injury she had sustained. The Jury retire d for a short titiip, an(i then gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ 250 DP-A TH OF THE EX-KINO or HOLLAND.—His Majesty King William Frederick, died on the 12th inst., at half- past 8 o'clock in the morning. He had been engaged in business that very morning, and was found by his aide-de- camp sitting in his own chair, struck by a fit of apoplexy, and apparently dead. All the attempts which were imme- diately made 'to recover His Majesty proved fruitless. The deceased Prince was in the 71st year of his age. He was proclaimed King of the Netherlands (his father being then dead) on the 16th of March, 1815, and as a Sovereign entered Brussels on the 5th of April following. For many years of his life he resided alternately at Brussels and the Hague. He is said to have been a per- son of great simplicity of life, very attentive to business, and of most economical habits. The issue of his first marriage was three- children, the eldest of whom is now on the throne of Holland. The rupture which separa- ted Holland from Belgium and gave the title of King of Holland merely to the deceased monarch-his abdica- tion in 1810 in favour of his son—his second marriage, to the Countess d'Oultremont—his life of honourable retirement as the Count of :N assan-are circumstances of course familiar to every reader. WINTER ASSIZE.—The Government having deter- mined to have a special commission for some counties for the trial of such prisoners as had been committed for trial at the assizes, much discussion has taken place upon the subject. In the first place, every person con- cerned began to think how it would affect his own par- ticular interest. The magistrates, expecting it would be a general delivery of the gaol, considered that it was a great interference with their authority, as it would He taking away irom tne sessions me uiai ui many persons who had been committed by them for their own immediate sentence. These gentlemen, of course, were averse to anything like an interference with what they considered to be their right. In some counties, therefore, the grand jury, consisting of magis- trates, made representations that in their opinion such a gaol delivery was wholly unnecessary. It was of course of no importance to them that prisoners should remain in prison during the long dreary months of winter, waiting for the attendance of a judge and a jury, who might tell them that the magistrates had improperly committed them, and that they were ac- quitted. Although magistrates are fond of talking about" expense to counties," still they did not say one word of the expense of maintaining the prisoners in gaol for three or four months no, nor according to the dietary which they have themselves arranged need they—22oz. of breed, 1 lb. of potctoes, and 2oz. of bacon a day would not cost much, and there might perhaps be some little pleasure in at all events keeping a man suspected of poaching in gaol for three extra months. But it would be an inconvenience for the grand jury to attend the assizes. Why, would not the attendance at a long sessions be as inconvenient ? That was not thought of, because there would be the display of considerable authority and an opportunity might be afforded of dealing out sessions law and ses- sions justice—of punishing a man for something with which he was not charged. Then came certain gen- tlemen called clerks of- the peace, who amass fortunes from fees obtained on the trial of all prisoners at the sessions. Of course they took fire at the thought, and, being immediately connected with the magistrates, they suggested all kinds of difficulties. In time, however, it was hinted that the commission would only extend to persons committed for the assizes, and would only be issued to counties where a certain number of assize prisoners were in gaol. Still even this the authorities feared, and they resorted to a plan which we think cannot be too highly deprecated. If a man committed a burglary, he would become an assize prisoner pains were, therefore, taken to prevent this. He was, there- fore, committed for the minor offence of stealing in a dwelling house, and he then fell into the sessions list, and the magistrate was satisfied, because it is alleged by those gentlemen that the sentences passed by the judges are far too light, as they do not take into con- sideration the general character of the offender. True it is the judges act impartially, and punish a man for that which has been proved against him, and not for that which is only surmised. At the commission just finished at Exeter 9 prisoners out of 25 were acquitted and three out of nine had been committed for murder Is not this an answer to every objection! But there was another class of persons who did not approve of this innovation. We allude to some members of the bar, who complained heavily of the expense to which they would be subjected by their attendance. In the first place, that attendance was not compulsory; indeed, it has often been found that things have gone on better in their absence but they had entered into (what it is now-a-days ridiculous to deny) a trading speculation, and if they did not think it would be advantageous to them, depend upon it they would stay at home. A matter of pounds and shillings is not too interfere with the liberty of the subject. We have seen it stated that the prisoners themselves were glad to have their trials postponed to the regular assizes. Now we will venture to state that such persons were guilty, and were anxious to have the day of ••• rl lone as possible- But it i» seek with th8 greatest anxiety To ue jrnrcta TtrtTTe "Bar at the earliest possible opportunity, because he would feel conscious that his trial would lead to his acquital. But there is another argument which may be used in favour of the winter assize. Many of the punishments inflicted by the judges are three and six months' im- prisonment; persons, therefore, so sentenced would come out of chance of obtaining employment, and not be necessarily driven for a subsistence to the commission of new erimes. Altogether the writer, who has been present at one of these special commissions, and who has no interest either way, is perfectly convinced that the result has been satisfactory; but it should extend to every county.— Observer. LIBERATION OF MR. OASTLER.—Though we dissent from many, if not indeed from most of Mr. OASTLER'S later opinions, have very little sympathy for his current political writings, and entertain but a low estimate of his prudence, we nevertheless commend the subscription ( list now being handed about to procure his freedom to the liberality of all who interest themselves in the cause of the oppressed Factory Children. The best years of Mr. OASTLER'S life were passed in indefati- gable and enthusiastic exertions to better the condition of those then unheeded children; for their sakes he hoped against hope, he worked when work involved danger and reproach, he struggled and he battled against and lie conquered over wealth, prejudice and indifference, and however much others may claim in the great contest not yet concluded, it can detract neither from the noble labours of the late MICHAEL THOMAS SADLER, nor from the more successful exertions of the good Lord ASHLEY, to say that Mr. OASTLER was the first man who directed public attention to the wrongs and crimes of the Factory System. And shall he to whom thousands and thousands of children are thus ultimately indebted for the protection the law now gives their labour, and for the further protection it will short- ly give their industry, be permitted to rot and to die in prison? Justice, honour, and good example forbid it. On this ground alone, then, we solicit subscriptions for Mr. OASTLER'S release.—Morning Herald. CHRISTMAS FARE-—Last week a great number of hampers were landed from Ostend, Havre-dc-Graee, and Cherbourg, filled with turkeys, geese, and rabbits, for the London markets. Very large speculations have been entered into by the metropolitan poulterers for having an extensive supply of poultry from Belgium and France, to meet the demand that is always made at this jovial season so that they can supply the public at a low price. They appeared plump and in excellent con- dition for Christmas fare, having been fattened for the occasion. OUR COURTS of LAW should be made into courts of justice in deed and in truth, before anything good is to be hoped from them. The first end of all parties concern- ed should be to decide on the actual merits of the case, and where a lying fiction keeps back the merits, that lying action should be swept from the place it defiles. COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY.— TEFLIS, Nov. 17-—We are much interested here in the success of Dr. Wolff's mission to Bokhara. Several persons rccollect to have seen that remarkable person at Tellis on his return from his first journey through Persia. In fact, every person here wishes him success in his noble mission. The Russian Government had received, about [three months since, intelligence from Khiva confirming the death of Colonel Stoddart and his companion of misfortune, but later news, brought by I travellers who arrived here direct from Teeran (amongst whom was a German naturalist), h: ve given us rerson to doubt the accuracy of the accounts from Khiva. A merchant who came directly from Bokhara, and a pil- grim from Samarcand on his journey to Mecca, have assured us that the two Englishmen are still living, although confined in a dungeon. MARRIAGES-IN HIOH LirE.-Tlic contemplated ma- trimonial alliance between Lady Elizabeth Sackville West, eldest daughter of Earl Dclawarr, and Mr. Fran- cis Hastings Russell, eldest son of Lord George William Russel, is not expected to be solemnised until the se- cond week in January. Lord Newport's marriage with the Hon. Miss Forester is expected to take place early in the new vear. I CHRISTMAS CIRCULARS. I (From Punch.) ) TORY WAITS. I We, the regular Ministerial Weights, who have cheered your hearts with Income Tax Quadrilles, and soothed you into soft slumbers by the beautiful turns and variations of our political Waltzes, humbly call upon you for your kind contributions. We have been playing in Concert, to lull you into forgeifulness and, in all matters, our trumpets have been blowing hot and cold, while our measures have been stealing over your enslaved senses. STANLEY, Double Base JAiE GRAHAM, Serpent: 1. PEEL, Leader of the Band. YdUG WAITS. I We, the old Whig Waits, who have been waiting for I upwards of Two Years, and playing a variety of Tunes, humbly solicit your bounty at the present festive period. We beg leave to remind pou that we have no connec- tion whatever with the Tory Dead Weights, who by imitating many of our Airs, and playing the same strains as we have been in the habit of doing, have endeavoured to impose upon your generositv. J. RussELL, First Fiddle; PAL.HERSRON, Trumpet.

LATEST NEWS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Cons. for Opening, closed at 96 ex div. CORN-EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY.—The wheat market is not cheaper to-day for either English or foreign there being a few buyers of the latter, a little business doing in bonded. Barley, peas, beans, and oats remain the same.-Globe. PORTUGAL.—Our Lisbon letter of the 12th represents the Costa Cabral ministry as sorely pressed by financial difficulties, which have forced it to the unpopular mca- sure of imposing fresh taxes on the first necessaries of life-such as wine, salt, fresh meat, iron, and flax. In addition to this, the government, not over successful in its struggle with the press, has formidable opponents in the municipal bodies, which carry on opposition by means of most bold and almost seditious addresses, supplying the wonted virulence of the journals. The municipalities are dissolved, re-elected, and prosecutions instituted against their mcmbers.-Chronicle. SPAIN.—Nothing of interest has occurred in the Spanish Cortes, with the exception of a long speech by General Serrano against the Modcrados. Both parties seem more anxious to tire each other down in the Cortes by long speeches, than anxious for a conclusion. The fact is, the conclusion is no longer looked to from the Cortes, but from a struggle between the Moderados and public opinion upon some other field. Narvaez is strengthening his military position, and De Meer, the most violent and arbitrary of the Moderado chiefs, re- turns to Catalonia, where he once commanded for Christina. It is a singular fact, that although we are told by the French papers that the cabinet council resolved on the 9th to recal Queen Christiana, the fact was hardly known in Madrid on the 12th. The dis- missal of the Progresistas continues with great assiduity and effect. The slightest suspicion of liberality is fatal. The new appointments are all ultra Moderados, military men or journalists. ACCELERATION OF THE INDIAN MAILS.—A public meeting was held at the Hall of Commerce, yesterday, to receive the report of the committee that was ap- pointed by a public meeting on the 19th of September last, to promote the acceleration of communication be- tween Great Britain and India. John Abel Smith, Esq., took the chair. The meeting was addressed by the Chairman, Dr. Bowring, Sir George Larpent, and other gentlemen. MARRIAGE OF THE SPANISH QUEEN. Our Paris letter contains, respecting Spanish affairs, the following passage A report being current that the object of the French diplomatic mission to Madrid was to advance the marriage of Queen Isabella with the son of Dor. Carlos, and not with a Neapolitan prince, persons in the confidence of M. Guizot assert to-day that the re- verse of that rumour is the fact, and that the marriage of Queen Isabella with the Prince Trappani is deter- mined on.Times. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had a meeting yesterday at the office in Whitehall-place. The commissioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment, Viscount Duncannon, and the Dean of West- minster. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the Reverend Henry Melvill, B. D., late Fellow and Tutor of Saint Peter's College, Cam- bridge, was appointed Principal of the East India Col- lege at Haileybury. SYDNEY.—A gentleman who has just arrived from Sydney says, that on the day he left that colony 57 establishments failed. DISGRACEFUL MATCH. Yesterday the trotting match, which has some time been pending, in which Burke, of trotting notoriety, had engaged to trot his celebrated pony against the Bedford coach, was decided. The terms of the match were, that Burke should drive his pony in harness, and to start from the Swan, at Bedford, at the same time with the coach, to proceed to the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, and return the same day with the coach to Bedford, and then to start the next morning from Bedford with the coach, and to arrive in London first, The match commenced on Monday morning, the pony and the coach leaving Bed- ford together at a quarter past eight, and Burke drove up to the George and Blue Boar about twenty minutes before the arrival of the coach, the distance being 52 miles, and which was performed by the pony in five-ani- a-half hours the pony appeared but little the worse for its journey, and after having been carefully attended, it was harnessed and brought out to start with the coach for Bedford, and seemed quite ready for proceeding, and shortly the coach left town accompanied by the pony, and travelled together till within 20 miles of their destina- tion, when the pony indicated great distress, but con- tinued on to Shefford, which is nine miles from Bedford, when the pony fell dead from exhaustion. Yesterday an immense crowd of persons assembled in Ilolborn, waiting the arrival of the cO:lh and its competitor, Kit • ota* thp.. cjriplet'on of the- m.itch REPEAL Assoc ikTIO"The usual meeting took place on Monday. The only feature of interest was a letter from Mr. O'Connell, in which he suggested that the as- sociation should vote £ 25 to Larkin, the servant, who i made so stout a defence of his master's family at Fin- noe; attacked the members of the landlord and ten- ant commission, individually but suggested that a com- mittee should be appointed for preparing evidence to submit to them. The letter concludes In short, let our committee exert every possible means of putting in evidence all the clearances within the last thirty years, and make out the case of the tenantry of Ireland in all its afflicting details. If there shall be any failure, let not the fault be ours. I have received the papers containing Mr. Sturge's reply to our statement. It is, in fact, already answered by the member for Kilkenny, and by Mr. O'Neill Daunt. But I shall, at the instance of the association, put the answer in a more methodical form. However, the truth is, that so far from the Crawford-Sturge suggestion being an argument against the repeal, it enables me to demon- strate the impossibity of Ireland's prospering without a resident parliament. Believe me to be, very faithfully yours, DANIEL O'CONNELL. T. M. Ray, sec., &c., &c." The suggestions of Mr. O'Connell were then embodied in resolutions, and carried. The rent for the week is expected to be over £500. DEATH OF LORD LYNEDocii.-Ilis lordship expired on Monday night, at Stratton-street, after several days of severe suffering. He had reached his 94th year when he died. He obtained great distinction in the Peninsu- lar wars, under the DuKe of Wellington and in poli- tics was a Whig. Earl Grey is said to be better, but is still in a very debilitated state. THE CASE OF 'Ni I's Ni r, Rism. -Yesterday afternoon J. Cooke, a boy, was subjected to the action of mesmeric influence by Mr. Taylor, lecturer upon the principles and practice of Mesmer, at the Lecture hall, Greenwich. Mr. Taylor made the usual passes: but little sign of comatose influence was manifested. At length, however, he fell into a slight mesmeric sleep; the pupils of the eyes dilated, the lids fell, and the head sank upon the breast. There were no other symptons, and the influence was obviously very partial. In less than ten minutes the lad had completely recovered, and before five o'clock he appeared as well as possible. We called upon him shortly before eleven o'clock, and found him still well.— Morning Chraniele.

1-w Sir Charles Napier, the gallant hero of Scinde, is on the point of returning to this country, on leave of absence, arising from indisposition. EQUIVOCAL COMPLIMENT TO A VOCALIST.-A morning paper, speaking of Braham's appearance, says, The veteran vocalist seems to set TIME at do- fiance At the Maidstore assizes, Job Lawrence, a child of seven years of nge, was indicted for maliciously and feloniously setting fire to a stack of wheat, the property of Thomas Gillcw. The boy did not appear at all con- scious of the crime he had committed, and the jury found him not guilty, as being of too tender an age to be responsible for his actions. THE LATE HAIL-STORM IN OXFORD.—At the recent audit of M. P. W. Boulton, Esq., of Great Tew, the amount of damage sustained by his tenants by the calamitous hail storm of the 9th of August last, and which destroyed nearly £ 30,000. of property in Oxford- shire, was munificently returned to them to the amount of near £ 3,000. J. If Langston, Esq., M.P. acted in the same liberal manner to his tenants, whose losses were little less than £ 2,000. SUICIDE IN BRISTOL, as well as in London, seems to be of shocking frequency. All the cases almost are so much like each other in their principal and painful features that they possess not even a melancholy in- terest. TAXES ON THE WORKING NIAN.The following table, showing the amount of taxes paid wcrkJ) by a working man who expends 7s. 7§-> 's extracted from the Complete Suj'rajte Almanack, tor 1844 :-Two ounces of tea, two ounces of coffee, eight ounces of sugar, three pounds eight ounces of meat, seven pounds of flour, seven pints of ale, quarter of a pint of brandy, and one ounce of tobacco. The cost of the above, if freed from tithe, corn, custom, and excise tax, would not exceed 2s. 40d.; while at present the cost is 7s, 7 id., being a weekly tax of five shillings and threepence on the poor consumer. RUMOURS.—PEEL AND THE WITIGS.-One common characteristic of polLical rumours is peculiarly ob- servable in rumours before the session—that their truth or falsehood makes scarcely any difference to the eager- ness with which partisans accept and circulate them. Last week the rumour was, that there was to be some kind of coalition betwccll Peel and the Wings; this week the story is. that there is to be some as- tonishing combination of Liberals against Peel. The one object of all these rumours is to damage the Premier with his own party now he is to be repre- sented to them as too much like the Liberals, and then again, as too weak to cope them. Such gossiping will go on, increasing, until the 4th of February, when the meeting of Pailiaiiient will furnish the gossips with other subjecL;1;c,tatar. E.Titz WELSHMAN'S PRIZE ESSAY is to be written in I English. D.—There is no AUTHORITY whatever for the paragraph by a correspondent of the" Stambnl" about the writs of CERTIOUARI, but the plan is likely enough, and the writs may be at this very moment in the pocket of the Treasury Solicitor. The letter about Counsellor II is an advertisement.-A(hertisements and other commu- nications should be sent at latest on THURSDAY MORNING; Mr. Goode's reply to Capt. Evans's letter came too late for insertion this week.

SUMMARY.—With no such striking circumstances in the world of politics as challenge especial indication under this head, still there will be found occupying our columns the usual interesting medley of gossip and ge- neral news, besides some valuable letters concerning the condition and the requirements of this hitherto much neg- lected nook of the kingdom. For the rest, the report in our last number, that parliament would not meet for the despatch of business until the first of February, is confirmed. The Times has awakened the sympathies of London on behalf of the destitute, and the affluent are doing their duty there. The League, of course, conti nues as great a fact as ever, and gold showers on the fund. The complete suffrage" movement, judging from the number of meetings held on the subject, seems a "fact" too, although a somewhat smaller one than the League is. The provision for the Roman Catholic priesthood, so often within the last ten years spoken of, and now so vi- gorously urged on the government by the Times," it is believed, will be probably proposed by the premier in the parliament now at hand. In addition to the other Spa- nish news in our columns, it is hinted by the Morning Chronicle that the chastity of the royal intriguante, Queen Christina, confines her to France at present. She has received an invitation from one of the Ministers at Madrid to assume the guardianship of her second daugh- ter but in her present state" the journey could not be conveniently taken. A short, but interesting letter will be seen from the Times" correspondent at Teflis, cor- roborative of the conjecture that Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly are still alive, although confined in pri- son at Bokhara. And now Readers, having concluded our short Summary, we wish you all A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. We know that we are a little early, but it is better to be before than after time, so here we arc. Well then, a melancholy contemplatist might observe 11 Hey- day!" exclaims the reader, "what has 'melancholy' to do with 'merry Christmas' ?-A great deal to do with it, courteous reader! as much as darkness with light, a black canvass with white figures-a wintry ground with the snowdrop it puts forth. A melancholy contemplatist, then, may observe that human life is composed of partings. Of life's whole story may be said what Byron has written, All must end in the wild word I farewell.' "-Life is a succession of farewells-from the little pilgrim's first quitting his ark with an inarticulate farewell, to the de- crepit one's, parting from that same light-of day, whose invasion first woke that feeble, wordless lament—part- ings fill up the interval. As morning dew from flowers, colour from the fading woods, river waves from the banks they only touch to forsake for ever-so bloom from youth, strength from manhood, hope from hearts keep insensibly departing, taking leave of that which they beautify and bless. But though life's year hath but one season of each kind for Man-his term embraces a succession of the natural seasons. Happy re-unions succeed his farewells to those, and to no one docs the Englishman bid a heartier welcome on his return than to honest Gaffer Christmas, though his hand is rather hard in its grasp of our's, and plaguy rough, and he has a strange habit of pinching his friend s by the nose, painting it blue, and making it weep. Moreover the hoary veteran leads, (though lagging a little-behind) his most beautiful child Miss Spring; too young to blush and bloom yet, but full of promise, and ever turning her blue eye toward tl.e South, only waiting a smile from glorious Sol, (already on his road back from his Arctic excursion) to throw out the violets she holds snug, even now, in her lap. In the general greetings of Christians on this festive occasion, custom requires that ,he mysterious invisible u. ? ? ? printing-house, peep from his winding-sheet, broad or nariow, and courteously address the courteous reader" to whose amusement during twelve weary months he has been ministering unseen—unknown—and in too many cases alas unpaid-" the unkindest cut of all" !— but let that pass. Dropping metaphor, then, We" of The Welshman respectfully and gratefully, once more, salute our readers, wishing them all temporal happiness here, and all that higher happiness hereafter, of which the awful event commemorated in the name of Christmas, offers a glorious pledge and promise, to all who, professing and calling themselves Christians, ex- hibit the divine nature of their faith, not only with their mouths but in their lives. To those who think on the subject, it may appear, that there is a peculiar propriety in the custom of Editorial addresses at this period of the year, inasmuch as Morality, the noblest growth of all Religion, and its bulwark, is immediately connected with the British Press and few will deny, that among the first fruits of that mighty blessing, stand prominent THE NEWSPAPER; though not the highest form of periodical literature, yet perhaps more influential than the very highest, reaching those to whose capacities or circumstances works of greater pretension are in- accessible. May we not call the matter of the NEWS- PAPER, the current coin of all grades of value, as contrasted to the great coins or medals enshrined in loftier publications, in the general circulation of Know- ledge ? If not the best of all instructors," as some have called it, it is, perhaps, the one best adapted to the grand purpose of popular progress in CIVILISATION -in LIBERTy-in every humanising VIRTUE. Perhaps some will deem apology needful here, for obtruding these remarks on this particular occasion. Yet what occasion more fitting for modest and truthful pleadings for our offering (whatever it be) than that of returning thanks for its past gracious reception-of presenting our respectful requests for a similar kind acceptance for the future? The rigid moralist, Dr. Johnson, said, that he never took up a Newspaper without profiting by it, before he laid it down, in infor- mation or edification. From such a man what a noble testimony was this to the value of these ephemeral works !and what a reproach to those who, even with the vast reduction of their price since his day, grudge even this trifling cost in the great, the vital, the tem- poral, the eternal cause of Useful Knowledge, essential, as it is, to popular morals How much of the recent unhappy outbreak in our beautiful province may be ascribed to a lack of information on the best mode of obtaining lawfully redress of grievances, ? It is to be feared minh, very much is ascribable, and that infor- mation the Press would have afforded, that ignorance habitual reading would have dispelled. At once a vigilant spy on those who conduct the affairs of a kingdom, and a rapid intelligencer of all transactions affecting the body politic, the Newspaper affords a salu- tary link of communion between the governors and the governed. The terrors of publicity, doubtless, act on all classes reciprocally. It is publicity that per- petuates the purity of the judgment scat, and holds Tyranny and Treason alike in awe of public opinion, and dread of each other. Corruption is inseparable from human things, hence, no doubt, the newspaper press has been, and is, often not only faithless, but fatal to its true, its noblest purpose—the blessing and cnlight- ening mankind. There are publications that make their sole, their debasing object popular favour, the means being a base pandering to the worst passions of the multitude. To a mean popularity, and mere trading calculations they sacrifice the high and even holy purpose of the Newspaper press, reminding one of that people mentioned by iElian who worshipped a fly, and sacrificed to it an ox. The ephemeral flitting object, amnscment or excitement of the vulgar, is to them the buzzing fly to which they immolate the nobler objci;' Utility. For ourselves we feel enabled to say with truth, that although courting popular favour, (as more especially devoted to the interests of the People) we have sought it, by what, we believed, worthy and honourable means, the fulfilling the part of such vigilant spy on public men and their actions-such faithful reporter of what- ever deeply interested the mass of the public. Firmly believing, that by arousing public attention to political matters, we were pioneering the way to a virtuous Liberty and consequent good government, we have advocated popular rights and obedience to constituted authority, at once, striving to deserve in fact that title we assume, the Welshman," combining loyalty & con- stitutional freedom. If we have trespassed on our readers' patience by too long a tirade on the value of Newspapers, let it not be imputed wholly to private and selfish considerations. The newspaper press is become so gigantic an engine for good or evil, that it stands the fair and conspicuous object of philosophical analysis, in which the mere circumstance of our being attached to one of the minor wheels in the vast machine's complexity, ought not to preclude us from co-operating with our humble efforts. Again, therefore, we repeat, that recent events in the Principality imperatively urge on the influential portion of its dwellers-the clergy, the gentry, the more educated of those engaged in its trade, the duty of quickly instilling in the minds of their less enlightened rustic brethren the taste for reading, a thirst for information-love of knowledge— curiosity about something out of themselves and their farm yards. And, as a stepping stone to this new taste, what so effectual as the public weekly or daily journals ? It is truly curious to contrast the indif- ference and deadness, in this matter, to what is going on, exhibited by some of the Welsh, with the eager more natural interest felt about their brother men (beyond this parish or that hundred) by persons about 300 years ago, in the very twilight of the dark ages, and even quite within their dark Before the intro- duction of newspapers in 1588, persons of fortune maintained in London or other head quarters of news," a person to transmit by letter (no penny post in those days !) their own reporter "—so anxious were they to learn the doings of the world they lived in. Yet these persons, being of ample means, of course enjoyed in their domain, far greater resources than a farmer in his farm and sheep walk, his beast-house and kitchen, and few hours in a market town now and then, now enjoys to satisfy the cravings of a being who boasts a mind. Farther, that was a dark and incurious era of the public mind, this is one, above all, stirring and satiating to public curiosity! In Whittaker's History of the Deanery of Craven, is preserved the following memorandum illustrating the custom just recorded :— Payde to Capt. Robinson, by my lorde's commands, for writing letters of news to his lordship, for one year, five pounds." Surely it is a curious, and to some, must be a pleasant relfection, that a hundred fold the quantity of news thus dearly procured, is now pro- curable at the most trifling chargc Especially under the modern plan of numerous parttierships in one poor paper, that charge becomes next to nothing. May we be permitted, in conclusion, a very few words on this delicate topic ? The full right of applying the acretc of union, in procuring a paper, none can deny. But the principle of excessive combination among readers, is open to animadversion, for it strikes at the root of the supply itself, since it tends to leave the proprietor minus all return from his outlay, time, and anxieties. Of actions neither criminal nor strictly immoral, it should be remembered, that many arc yet truly unjust, unfair between man and man. The homely maxim, live and let live," should be extended to the pur- veyor of mental as well as to him who supplies less airy aliment. It is a good maxim. We are almost tempted to jump tc a simile drawn from old Druidical nuivo, (.u.1\.4 J. _vu. (0\=-) TlJ\ Druids yearly consecrated one large fire, with solemni- ties, from which alone all other lights were to be bor- rowed—and noize were to lend fire so bought (for the Druids eschewed gratis dealings) to their neighbours; to prevent which, all others were extinguished during the season of twelve days, till the price of fire was paid. May not the dispensers of light for minds take a hint from those, their ancestors of the wood, and respect- fully suggest at last moderation in their lendings to, or sharing with neighbours ? Trusting, kind readers, that this hint will neither offend nor fail to be remembered, We of the Welshman wish you a "merry Christ- mas and happy New Year," and may We have the pleasure of finding you all again and more numerous than ever iiext year.

THE CARMARTHEN THEATRE can, at present, boast of having on its boards one actor at least who is worth seeing; he is really clever, very clever, and what is more remarkable is, that he is an African. Last Wednesday evening, induced by a person whose cars the fame of Othello had reached, to drop in and throw an hour away, we saw this 11 Roseiis," and we must say that we were greatly surprised,, and snmewhat pleased also, for he admirably susL usd-f,ihe character of Bertram in Maturin's tragedy of that name. He has in him the stuff out of which the-,•'•very best per- formers are made. The versatility of the man too is truly wonderful, and it is difficult to determine whether he is seen to most advantage in comedy or tragedy. Cer- tain it is that he is an excellent comedian. In the Padlock as Mungo the house was kept in a roar, and, look where we would, we saw nothing but laughter holding both his sides." We would, however, recom- mend him to drop the African Roscius," and assume a real name. He will not disgrace it. Of the other ladies and gentlemen we have little to say. Mrs. Dunant, the prima donna, is a little too vigorous of voice, and altogether she exerted herself far too much as Imoginc. The prim 'uomo, Mr. Lawrence, also does a great deal too much there's a bustling, tearing-to- rags mobility about him, which he can well afford to unlearn for, with study, there's fire and vivacity enough about him to make a respectable actor of. Miss Fran- cis, as an actress, is pleasing; for she is always natural and unaffected; while as a singer she shows some tact and taste, with a command of voice, an ear, and a knowledge of art rather rare amongst the class of can- tutrices that come to Carmarthen. Mr. Saville is a gentlemanly performer, something perhaps indifferent to applause, but always at ease, and one of his songs alone is worth going to the theatre to hear. The talents, indeed, of all the company, if not of the very highest order, are such as ought, and would draw good houses, but for the influence of Carmarthen poverty. People cannot afford to spend even a couple of shillings for recreation the poorer of all classes stop away, and this accounts for the very insufficient returns which Dunant's exchequer must exhibit. A PROPHECY.— We don't keep "a live prophet" like a neighbouring journal, but we have hired one to go to the theatre, and he, our wise man, predicts that there will be in another paper a lengthened and lau- datory critique on the performance of the "African Roscius," written by the man of great talents and immense genius himself." Our soothsayer foretells the appearance, in the Journal of literature, arts, science, politics, and politeness, of the following *luminous" spots "The African Roscius has clearly asserted his claims to such a cognomen. At a very early hour the theatre was crowded in every part almost to inconvenience, and if the eclat with which he was received be an index to the feelings of an audience, never did an actor extort a more unbounded, heartfelt, and enthusiastic tribute of approbation, than did this gentleman throughout the performance, His address to the senate was easy, dig- nified, and impressive, totally divested of that rant or staee trickery, which offend both the ear and under- standing, and gave early indication of the noble bearing, generous susceptibility, and unsophisticated nature of the character lie impersonated. His meeting with Desdemona in Cyprus was eminently sucecssful-his interposition in the brawl between ltoderigo and Cassio was also deserving of high commendation, nothing could be better than his delivery of the words— • He that stirs n xt to carve for his own rage, Holds his soul light he dies upon his motion.* The scene in which Iago first attempts to excite the jealousy of Othello was faithfully conceived and depicted -the progress of the passion—its terrible workings— the pathetic reference to his personal disadvantages— and the impressive fidelity with which he declared- I had rather he a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the heart I love Fur others uses,' were all characteristic of genius." Now we have not a word to say against this. On the contrary, if our contemporary write the critique fore- told by our Raphael, all we shall say is, that there is more truth, as well as ability and sense,in it, than we ever saw before in his columns. "See "luminous" after-dinner glorification 3: iven pre- viously by lilc prophet." and observed IIpun lt week by •• i hilo-Welshman.

ANOTHER SLIGHT MISTAKE. To the Editor of the Welshman. SIR,—I was never in my life less desirous of breaking a lance than I am at this moment, with Christmas Eve wooing me at no great distance, and old father Christmas himself coming with his honoured, good humoured face. Like uncle Toby, I would not hurt a fly. Do not therefore think that I would break a butterfly on the wheel, much less indulge in any of those asperities or that political gladiatorship which may have enter all into my previous communications to the public through the columns of your able paper. No Sir, Philo-Welsh- man" for once will neither point his sarcasms, nor disband those amenities most congenial to his nature. But I hold, Sir, that no man has a right to listen to inclination alone; on the contrary the dictates of duty must be obeyed. We are responsible to Him who made us and all the world; and where is our virtue, our public, as well as private virtue, if it be permitted tco us to do that only which pleases us, and to leave undone that which is calculated to do good to society ? The gratification of the individual should always be sunk in the benefit of the community. And it is, Sir, always so sunk, as we still often see, wherever there is a high conscienti- ousness. So much Sir, is offered by way of Justifying what I am going to say on the subject of the coming trials at Carmarthen. It is a painful part of the duty which I feel urging me on, in the cause of justice, and of truth, to apprehend a mischance to the former, and to denounce a violation of the latter. Justice, Sir, may or may not be jeopardized, but truth has been violated. The pen, Sir, of a hireling has been perverted to the basest and the most pernicious purposes. For what more base, what more pernicious act and flagrant can tticre De, tnan tne deliberate publication as a fact of what is not fact. And yet this is done in the columns of a paper claiming- God only knows how falsely and foolishly, claiming-the exclusive possession of all the virtues, and all the religion of three adjacent counties. Fortunately its power, equally for good or evil, is small, infinitesinally small for, destitute of even the ordinary talent of a merc para- graphist or sentence-maker—without character—without conduct,—without also even such poor parts as suffice to write a passable article for a provincial paper, it is read by few and influences none. A lie ought to be whipped perhaps, even if found lurking in the obscure columns of that obscure journal; but contempt with- holds the deserved castigation. Let me then merely state the fact, let me state it not for that unfortunate writer's correction, but alone for the information of the public. The writer whose fustian and drivel trickle, down the columns of the degraded and decaying vehicle of niaseries and something still more offensive, last week amongst the thousand and one paragraphs which crowd the closely packed columns of the Standard, sees one in an obscure corner "FROM A CORRESPONDENT." What docs he do ? He tells the world not that he has found a paragraph written by a Correspondent of the Standard—but that that evening paper itself, the recog- nized organ of the Government, has said so, so, about getting a conviction. Can anything be imagined more dishonest ?—more disreputable as well as silly? Why, the worst and weakest government in the world, would be ashamed of such a poor, piddling, stupid, little, lying ally. In your paper Sir, the fact was stated, the paragraph was given as you found it, and the public know that the rumour—whether the result will prove it founded or not-relative to the contingent employment of writs of certiorari, rests on no other foundation than a paragraph ce?tc?ar?, rests on no other foundation than a paragraph The paragraph might or might not have been put in to the Standard" on JVcdnesday-so contriving as to the day that it could be copied into the Carmarthen papers—as preparatory and to break off from the public mind the violence of the shock which the production from the pocket of writs of certiorari by Mr. Maule might be naturally supposed well calculated to produce. Of that I know nothing. Nor shall I now discuss the policy or the justice of issuing writs of certiorio-i to try our Carmarthenshire farmers. It will be time enough to do so when we know that so, injudicious a step has been taken. I would only disabuse the public mind of the error into which falsehood has essayed to lead it. Happily the falsehood is a bungling one it is not like that of the Balaam bully, who lifts his head and lies with some dexterity and dignity, but the tale is told so heavily and absurdly—the fustian is so ludicrous—the twaddle so comically solemn—that ever the poor people whom it is intended to alarm, I think will be inclined to laugh outright at it. Still, Sir, the fraud, the foolish fra.ud practised-knowingly, or ignorantly attempted to be practised by the botching editor whom I have brought up before your readers, ought not to pass unnoticed. Hence this hastily written letter by PHILO-W ELSHMAN. CARMARTHEN.—The troop of the 4th Light Dragoons stationed in this town, under the command of Major Parlby, left for Llandilo on Wednesday morning. They have been replaced by the Llandilo troop, under the command of Capt. Halkett. Jonathan Jones, Enoch Jones, Jonathan Jones, Jonathan Lewis, and David Lewis, against whom informations were laid on Friday last, charged with the destruction of Water-street gate and toll-house, at Carmarthen, in May last, were appre- hended by inspector Tierney and some of his officers early on Sunday morning, and lodged in the Borough gaol. A correspondent informs us that:—" The it" formations against these parties were laid by a persoll named Benjamin Evans, who mentioned a great number of other persons in his deposition. Last Monday, Evans, with several of his friends, went before the ReT" David Lewis, of Cilwer., and there stated that the iw formation on which the parties were apprehended waS signed by him under a wrong impression. He was intoxicated in Treleach, one night last week, and waS induced to sigm a paper by his brother-in-law, a Mr. Cook, who said he wished to see which of them would write the best." It is, we understand, intended that instead of the approaches to the Town Hall at the | ensuing Assizes being kept clear by javelin men, as t has heretofore been the custom, the London police Nyll i be employed on that day..——What a slap the man of "genius and talents got from the Judge at Haver- fordwest. The very first words that Justice Cresswell said were these :-Her Majesty having been pleased to issue Commissions for the delivering of gaols ill various corinties in England, it has been deemed expe- dient that the benefit of that measure should be extend to this county." The genius told this county that the commission was issued for it alone it was all because of 'Becca. What a blessing is an enlightened public press. What bliss is ignorance. Towx COI:NCIL.-Tlie usual meeting of the Car- marthen Town Council was held on Tuesday. There were present, the Mayor, Messrs. J. G. Philipps, I. Jenkins, T. T. Webb, George Davies, James Morse* W. G. Thomas, George Philipps, E. H. Stacey, Fl. Morris, T. B. Powell, and John Adams.-It was resolved to appoint one of the police constables a sr- jeant (in order that he might assist the inspector) Nvitil Is. a week extra pay. The following report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Rev. David Peter Davies, as Master of the Lammas' street Grammar School, was then read The Committee firstly state that they did not confix0 themselves to the conduct of the master in his II- treatment of the boys alone, but considered it their dut) also to examine the boys touching their progress learning by questions in the English Grammar, and t common rules of arithmetic, and the result of theil enquiry justifies them in stating, that the complaints 0 the parents have been fully established by the boy9 against their master, particularly that of making the boy Jones drink dirty water against his will. That th most defective progress has been made by the boys  helr education which is an evident proof of the gencr? i inattention of the master to his duties, and upon his p? a lamentable want of consideration of the Irrepar?/ injury inflicted by such neglect towards the children 0 poor parents at the ages of nine to fourteen, in effect' deDrivinjr them of an edncntinn that th "h'Hitv ha intended them, amounting to a loss and injury th" never can be corrected in boys after such an age. I "The Committee cannot close this report withoU\ I admitting upon their parts, individually and collectivel)' !j that they, share in the blame, and hence in their re'-Zrct that for so many years, this School should have bee" permitted to go on in its most defective state witho? i. investigation into the emciency of, and the proP? [ discharge of the master's duties, and examine into J-11e Lj progress made by the boys in their education. Fin?'?. r we cannot come to any other conclusion than by stati"I the establishment to be less than apology for a C*? A School, which it ought to bend would be, tiii,'<,r proper master, and the efficient control' of the est?b.'s',< f ment by the Mayor and Council in future. The Commit' j furnish herewith the minutes of its examination to bO ?j read over by the Chairman of the Committee for t II further information of the Mayor and Council ".]1c assembled." It was then ordered that the Town Clerk transniit copy of the report to Mr. Davies. The meeting then adjourned. A Special Meeting of the Paving and Lighting CO; missioners for the Borough of Carmarthen, was held the Town-hall yesterday. It was convened by a Pu^ notice, given according to Act of Parliament, and sigt"? by Willam Evans, and Ben. Jones," two Comm'? oners. It stated, that the meeting was called "to W »* into consideration the expediency of indicting the  I nants or other person or persons who occupy the fie J. 'I called the Pare Royal Oak, or to take any other ste?^ j which may be thought necessary, in order to con?P? them to re-open the public footpath through the S!^ field, which has recently been illegally closed." There were H Commisioners present. Mr. E. H. St? moved, and Mr. W. Clarke, of Picton Place, secondc^ resolution "that Mr. John Charles, junior, tenant 0 the Royal Oak field be indicted for causing an ,Y struction on the pathway leadin? through the said ?? or that such other steps may be taken in the mattc? » the Solicitor to the Commissioners may advise, and t? Mr. George Thomas, junior, Solicitor, be employe? ? prosecute." This resolution was carried by a majo?? of 9 to 5. The meeting then separated. An adjo? ment of a former meeting was then held, at which 30<ljg trivial business of no public importance was transact^ The Commission for the Carmarthenshire ,í¡ltC Assizes was opened to day. THE LATE DIER,-[Fl'om a Corresponded1}^ Is it not Sir, a'/?/e fact' that at the recent Monis'?o?'?)t or Whig glorification, that amongst the princi-?,? there should be the two Tory editors the head waiter''l J there should be the two Tor!! editors the head waiter-? the under waiter on Whiggery !—and the report o» sil the self-praise should have been printed in the TOty,, paper M?/ that is, in the paper of the aforesaid helj and under waiters on Morrisonian Whiggery ? 1, thcre any turn-coatism ? or are political pr?fessioiil, j beautiful borough all ahum— all HUMBUG ? An a???f  will oblige."