The Welshman

HOUSE OF LORDS. —MONDAY, FEB. S. I Fiavl Fitzwiliiam moved for a return of ah momo? ad- vncf.i ?,y way of loan from the I'.nper??l Treasury for t;l. w,;r:"3 and cti>r purposes hi Ireland sinccthe Vni-Hi. L'Lvc,i-- L">r d BrovtgV.m supported tho mr' i cn, an d then re- ;:f t; :J):dC1!iê ;i,¿.('lr1 ihL\ A dr-snl'ory dlseufision followed, in which the Marquis A'.I-?'.?'C!ry(?-)Hs'T!'if<)no'??,in'.v?'t.'hthc'M'qu;? "VVcstmeath took part. Thr return was then ordered, with an :ld¡1Gn u- gested bv the Marquis of Lansdownc, to the effect that all rn-cidc? vin,-f, the establish- :1;1 r E::d r,')f\:lsw;dt: ¡; {s ;i: 11ih- Some other business was transae??, and th?' f Lorll-I ships adjourned. TUESDAY, FGFC9. Lord Stanley presented a petitren from the church- wardens of Manchester, complaining that whreas a sum £ 6,000 of rectorial property was paid into the hands of the Dean and Chapter of Manchester as rectors of the Town of :\Iancheter-th:.lt whcr::>:1s it was the intention of the founders, that these parties should reside, as shown by subjecting them to a penalty for non-residence equal to half the amount of their incomes Ilt the times it was imposed-that whereas the charter required that they should visit the sick when railed upon — yet that the Dean and Chapter contended that ac- cording to the charter they were not bound to reside, and that they fulfilled the duties which a moral sense of right imposed on them if they payed an annual fine for the violation of one of the provisions of the charter, while they were receiving the whole amount of the income, and appropriating it to their own use. He did not sal- that this was contrary to the law, but it was for their Lordships and for the public to say whether this ought to be the law. The Lord Chancellor, in the absence of proper infor- mation, could not enter into the subject at any IE'ngt11. This. however, was quite clear from the arrant of incor- poration, namely, that the Dean and Chapter were subject to certain pecuniary payments, which, when paid. relieved them from the obligation of perpetual residence. If the Dean and Chapter of Manchester conformed to the terms of the charter, respecting "hieh he 'cnl,¡ express no opinion, they were as much PD: titled to the tithes as anyone of their Lordships was en- titled to his estates. If the petition appealed to the wants of the parish of Manchester, that was another question, and it might be proper that an net of Parlia- ment should be obtained to remedy the grievance com- plained of. I After so^fo further discussion the matter dtapped. ) Rome other business was disposed of, and their Lord- ships adjourned.

————————————————— HOUSE OF COMMONS. —MONDAY, FEB. 8. j The House met shortly before four o'clock. About 30 railway bills were read a second time. Mr. Williams presented a petition in favour of the es- ta:¡li:shmcnt of agricultnrd schools. In reply to Mr. E. Buller, Lord J. Russell stated that the commission appointed on Captain Warner's invention had made a report, which he had not yet had time to consider. The Noble Lord then said,—I befr leave to give notice that this day fortnight I will make the financial state- ment to the house in Committee of Ways and Means. Lord John Russell moved the order of the day for the House resolving itself into committee on the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill. Mr. O'Connel! -made a pathetic appeal to the com- passion of the House on the subject of the distress and starvation notf prevailing in Ireland. He assured the House that, unless it came forward generously to their relief, twenty-five per cent, of the population of Ireland would undoubtedly perish in the course of the present winter. Pestilence was now beginning to complete the work of fiinino-the typhus fcyer was raging in Ireland —-and if the national generosity were not extended to that country, even the people of England would not be safe from its ravages, owing to the crowds of destitute Irishmen who were daiiv flocking to its shores. After 47 years of an union with England, the great bulk of the population of Ireland was usually on the verge of destitution and starvation but now they were actually perishing of hunger, not in hundreds and in thousands, but in millions. It might be said that the landlords of Ireland ought to relieve them but the fact W"S that they had not the means. Many of them had performed their dliti, towards their suffering fellow-countrymen but others had not; find as a class the work of relief was evidently beyond their power. If any plan of his were to he adopted, he would give to the Government,— he cared not of which sideit was composed—an arbitrary and dictatorial power to take out of the public Exchequer what sums it liKed, to be used as it liked, for the relief of distress in Ireland, and that, too, unfettered by any law, and iiable only to the responsibility under which fc this country a Government alwavs acted. He would also appoint commissioners to act in everv county of Ireland—to inquire what landlords had performed their duty, and what landlords had not--and to compel those who had been backwards in the work of charity to becmne more active, bv imposing upon them a certain amount of taxation. He then eulogised the patience and en- durance of the Irish people, reminding the House, however, that if any attempt were made at present to levy the usu-1 cesses on the destitute peasantry, it would drive them into madness, and perhaps into insurrection. Ireland had no legislative power of its own that power was now in the hands of the Imperial Parliament and te eand upon the House to use it..generously, mag- nificently, enormously, in favour of the starving Irish, who were their fellow subjects, their fellow-countrymen, and their fallow-Christian*. He conclndcd bv solemnly protesting his conviction that a quarter of the population j of Ireland would speedily perish, unless that House came forward immediately to their relief. Sir B. Hall observed, that when the representatives of [relamf said to the representatives of Great Britain, Our people are in great distress, and we look to you to relieve them," lie was inclined to reply, that a great responsibility rented on the Irish members generally, and on the Irish landlords in par'icu'ar, because, knowing as they did the consequences which must follow from J the failure of the potato crop, they had not mad e the necessary preparations to meet them. He quoted Mr. Otley's report to prove that they had not used due diligpnce to collect the rates struck for the support of the union workhouses, and showed therefrom that in several unions, particularly those of Ballina and Castlcbar, per- sons were living perfectly capable of paying the rates, and yet refusing all applications to pay them. Now, supposing that any board of guardians in England or Wales should refuse either to pay the rates themselves, or to collect the rates from those who were able to pay them, what would be the consequence ? Why, the finger of scorn would be pointed against it. and each member of it would be held up to public execration. Such was not the case in Ireland, and therefore it was that he said that the English members were in no respect responsible for the dreadful sufferings now over Ireland. If there were no resources in Ireland, he would willingly come forward to relieve those sufferings but there were resources in Ireland, and the question which he had to ask was this-why have not these resources been made available ? He mentioned a case of an English workhouse in which they were at present 235 inmates, of whom only six were English and all the rest Irish. He complained that it was most unjust in the iri-li landlords to turn the paupers off their estates, to ship them to England, and then to make the English ratepayers support them. He was not surprised that they did not approve of the system of permanent otit-rloor retief under such circum- staiieeg but it was the duty of English members to take care that thelrish landlords afforded such relief, whether they approved it or not. Neither he nor his constituents • desired to stint the poor either of this country or of Ireland. There was great suffering at present" in the district which he represented, and, looking to that circumstance and to all the other circumstances of the country, he said, on behalf of his constituents, to the Irish members, We will give you every facility to obtain loans, we will also assist you with of money for existing distress but God has given you great resources, and we expect that you shall bestir yourselves to de- r yours, I ,-es to de- velop,, them." Sir B. Hall was supported in his opinion by 51 r. P. Scrope and Lord Duncan. P-fr. M. Milnes prayed for immediate relief for that hapless country. After a somewhat personai discussion, in which Major Macnainara, ?#Ir. B. Osborne, Mr. Ilastie, Sir D. Ncrreys, and Sir H. W. Barron took part. Lord John llussell suggested the impropriety of pro- longing this discussion, and preventing the House going into Committee, when the Bill, in all its details, would be discussed. After a brief conversion, the House went into Com- mittee. The various clauses were severally read and agreed to, and the Bill went through Committee, the House resumed, and the report was brought up, and ordered to be received next dav After a short debate, the House resolved itself into Committee on the Brewing from Sugar Bill.—The Bill passed through Committee, as did also the Distillery from Sugar Bill. The Sugar Duties Biil was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday, and the House adiou.rned. TUESDAY, FEB. 9. I lr. Ricardo moved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the Navigation Laws. Mr. M. Gibson consented to the appointment of the committee, but would not pledge himself against the f continuance of those laws. 0 r. Liddrll opposed the appointment. f. Hume supported it. Sir W. James advocated investigation into the rnb- jeet, and accused those who opposed it of being aware that there was something to conceal. A spirited debate ensued, in which Alderman Thomp- son.?Ir. Bright, Lord Sanson, Mr. Laboucht re, Lord <?. ?pTitinc?, ?'Ir. ?litchci). Capt. Harris, Ir. Wawn, Sir llobert Peel, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Disraeli, and Lord J. Russell, took part. Mr. Ricardo replied, the house divided, and the mo- tion was caninl by 13-5 to 61. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10. I The Speaker took the chair a few minutes before 12. Mr. Frewen presented a petition from a place in Sussex, praying that a Poor-law might be passed for Ireland which would reiic-ve the present distress. Petitions from Manchester and other places, in faYOUT of the Ten BOllr" bin, were presented. Mr. Beckett presented n. petition f:-rl';1 the ma:1nfae- Hirers of Leeds in favour of an It hours biil. S'r W. So merville presented a petition in fivour of uniform rating for the poor in Ireland. FA-TORTE.- FILL. Mr. n uio\ < 1 the second reading of the bill ] v.hi n a great number of illelil;)el.s olit i lee. A lengthened debate ensued, in the course of which j Sii George Grey announced that hpwnu'd vote f0r thp? cond re-ding of the bill, but propose some amend- j Meets :n com-, ittee. ]',•.> iitursl'.v the debate was ad- » v.i< i.

THE SOUTH WALES It A I L AY A Y [From the Railway Monthly Magazine.] ? i, ini- From some causes which it is difficult, perhaus im- V ? possible, to explain, the South Wales Railw ay has f >r some time past, been compararively neglpdrd and linlc heard of. This is the more remarkable, as it is a line of great national and local importance, and one of the most extensive, if not the most extensive, which this cUllntr)" has yet produced. When we come to the consideration of the vast interests which it involves, the 1!11;nfJne importance which attaches to it as being the future hi_rh-road to ^he richest mineral district in the world when we consider that it will be the means of comn1un:catÏon between two great branches of the j empire, and when we look at the magnitude. "f the \Yurks npon it, and the brilliant prospects which are open before it, as a valuable remunera'ing property, it does, indeed, appear extraordinary, that it has so long i remained in a state of comparative obscurdity and apparent neglect. The South Wales Railway was first projected in tie year 18-ti, under the auspices of the Great Western Corr.pany, The formation of a railway such as that proposed had long been an object of anxious hope to the inhabitants of the mineral districts of the princi- pality, and to the merchants of the south of Ireland. The company in its infancy, therefore, had the support of all the great mine owners of South Wales, together with a large, majority of the representatives of the South Wales district, many of w hom appeared as mem- bers of the provisional committee. Also noblemen and gentlemen connected with the south of Ireland. The South Wales is a coast line running for its entire dj,t?\r,e ,,¡thin a very few miles of the sea-shore. The length, as originally proposed, was 148 miles. The petition for the hill was introduced into the Honoe ofCommons on February the 26th. and the bill received the Royal assent on the 4th of August, 1845. The capital of the company was fixed in the bill at £ 2,800,000 divided into 50,009 shares of E50 each. The bill cave the Great Western Company the power to sllbscrihe the sum of £ -5(50.000 towards the capital, which amount was provided by that company, in right of which they have the power of nominating parties to vote at any meeting of the South Wales Company, the proportion of votes being one for every two shares held by the Great Western Company. The bill al" gives power to the company to pay four per cent, on "Ii calls, but his power is to be extended, and five per cent, i" in future to he paid, commencing 1st January, 1817, a bill containing a elause for that purpose being now before Parliament. The number of directors is fixed at 18, six of whom are named by the Great Western Company. Ten pound" is the greatest amount of any one call that can be made, and between every call an interval oidt least three months must take place each director is fixed at 50 shares as the minimum, and should it be found expedient at arv future tioie to reduce the number of directors, power is given to the share1101ders to do so. The number may be reduced to twelve as the minimum. The following is a list of the directors and officers of the company, and whether we consider the position in society, the commercial standing, or the practical experience in railway matters of the noblemen, and gentlemen comprising the direction, we 1Y;J"t corne to the conclusion that the a{rair,> of the company are in hands well calculated to promote its welfare. Directors—Charles Russell, Esq-. M.P., Chairman Louis Vigors, Esq., DrputyChairmnn; James Esq., F. P. Barlow, Psq. Lord Viscount Barrington, M.P.; D. A. S. Davies, Esq., ,NI.P R. F. Gower, Esq. Sir J. J. Guest, Bart., M.P W. G. Hayter, Esq., M.P.; David Lewis, Esq Stephen Lewis, Esq E. W. Mills, Esq. Dadd lorris, Esq., M.P. Colonel Hugh Owen; A. F. Paull, Esq.; R. Saunders, Esq,; Lord Viscount Villicrs, M.P. J. H. Vivian, Esq., M.P. Solicitors Messrs. W. O. and W. Hunt. Engineer 1. K. Brunel, Esq. Bankers Messrs. GIyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. Secretary—N. Arm- strong, Esq. Since the above act was passed, another bill has been obtained for extending the line to a point of junction with the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway at Hasrloe in Gloucestershire, thus affording (in, connexion with that line and the Great Western, to which it is leased) an unbroken broad gauge railway from London to the Irish Channel. The same bill authorised the construction of a short branch from the main line info the heart of Swansea, and another to the town of Haverford west. The length of the South Wales line and branches under the provisions of the acts 18i5 and 184(5, and of the bill now before ill tc as f,)w-, i. fur. :1:. From ITagloe to Fishguard lf;i •! 3 Pembroke Branch 19 4 0 Haverfordwest Branch. 5 1 0 Monmouth Branch. 22 .5 0 Swansea Branch '1 4 0 Briton Ferry Br?nch I 5 0 Briton Ferry Branch 1 5 0 Total 235 5 3 The distance from HagIoe to Gloucester being lo miles, will make the length from the latter to Fishguard 170 miles, 3 fzir. 4 chains, to which, if the distance from London to Gloucester (114 miles) be, added, it ,in g¡n the entire length of the broad gange line from the Metropolis to Fishguard 319 miles 5 fnr. 3 chains. The distance will be further lessened by the construction (if sanctioned) of the Cheltenham and Oxford line, which is before Pailiament this session, and which a, a c.,j¡,.cting Lnk between the Great Weste rn and South Wales lines, "ill. or course, be on the broad gauge. Fr"tn this minute detail Retail it will lie i;P(>f1 that fI, South Wales Railway will be one of the great features of this country. It will give to South Wales and the whole of the South of Ireland, the best, if not the only means of communication with the metropolis of Enhnd. The entire traffic from Cork, Wicklow, Waferford, Wexford, Limerick, and, indeed, the greater part of the southern half of Ireland must pass over the South ) Wales Line. Powerful steamers will be established benveen the ports of Ireland and Pembroke and Fish- guard—the western terminals of the South Wales Iia il way. We understand, however, that the attention of the Admiralty has been directed to a still more western point on the eoast of Pembrokeshire than Fishguard,* we really think the subject well worth investigation on the part of the directors, with a view to reducing still further the length of the sea voyage between England and Ireland, a matter of so much importance to the welfare of this line, and which wonld rnable it to C,)n.l- pete so successfully for the traffic between Landon and Dublin nnd the northern parts of Ireland. It is calculated that the distar ce from Gloucester to Fihgolard will be performed in about four hours, thereby reducing the time for pNforrning the journey from London to the South of Ireland to thirteen hours, an immense s,ning o\er the timc which the journey at present occupies. It i,? cL:ar lnat upon such a 1:n" ,is this the traffic must be enormous. It will not be the insolated traffic of a district er of districts, but it will be the traffic of two kingdoms, accommodated not by a line which has to run through a country barren of natural pro- ductions and advantages, but by a railway which will pass through the districts abounding in mineral and agricultural wealth, and seeming with a busy and industrious population. The traffic which was proved before the Parliamentary committees was most encouraging. It will be sufficient if realised, to make the South Wales one of the most flourishing railways in the country. The traffic which was shown to exist upon the line, would give a return of upwards of ten per cent. upon the estimated cost of construction. Shortly after the bill for the incorporation of the South Wales Company was passed, a purchase of the Forest of Dean line was effected by the directors, which, as we have previously remarked, will be a valuable feeder to the South Wales Railwav. There will be several other tributaries to this line, the principal of which will be the "Vale of Neath, the L'.ynvi Valley, Swansea Valley, and the Trllhy, Saun- dersfoof, and Snuth Wales Junction, all mineral lines, running in a northerly direction from the main line, and tending to develope the almost inexhaustible re- sonrces of South Wales, hitherto without means of access to the markets of the country. Of course, through such a country Wales the construction of afraihvay must be attended with great difficulty- We are, however, in a position to state that a more favourable line than the South Wales could not have been selected in the districts through which it run. The works doubtless arc heavy, but they are more favourable than might have been expected. The heaviest of the works lie ¡;1 the neighbourhood of Newport, Neat'n, Sw;r.nsea, and Loughor it is at these points that the tunnels occur. The two largest tunnels on the line are at Newport and Neath. The largest bridge is that which is to span the river Usk. To these heavy works the directors have judiciously directed thpir earliest attention; the contracts relating to them being in a forward state, whilst those of a more easy charactfr, although not commenced so soon, will by completed simultaneously with the difficult works. From the first, it was contemplated that the South Wales Railway should become a portion of the Great Western property. Negotiations, therefore, were com- menced last, summer, and the result was an agreemrn t for the lease by the Great Western Company of the South Wales Railway. *) This a'reenlt was confirmed by the proprietors of both Companies. The modified arrangement was rati- fied, and the line is now leased to the Great Western Company in prrpnui!y. The whole of the formalities req uired bv t he South Wales Act, which con f rs full required by the South Wales Act, t/?'cA co.?? rs ,/K? and we have seen the parchment documents with the common seal of each company attached, by \11 ich the lease of the South Wales Railway to the Great Western Company is permanently established. This has placed the company on a most solid founda- tion, a rid ren:lereditalmost incapable "fth"sc fluct nations in value which attach to the properly and the consequence has been, that much trust j»uney has been invested in the line, not only in the purchase "f shares, but in paying up the ftlll amount (C;O a share) in anticipations of calls on which fhe per cent, is ¡¡¡¡;;wed, these investments being made on the security that, from the present !110rnft;, money so embarked will have a permanent rale of interest of not less than five per cent., to which must, also be added, half the s.irpius profits after the first five years. We think, therefore, that we may say that the South Wales Company is one of the le1st speculative of the many railways which claim the attention of the investor. 1.I,"1 -E:"I. -1.J We have detailed its history. and we have sho wn its prospects, and we believe those prospects to be as satisfactory as can be wished. It is expected that the works will be completed in the course of the next two years, when we feel confident that the anticipations which have been formed of the capahilitics of the South Wales Railway will be amply realised. III confirmation of our views we are credibly informed that out of a call of £280,000 due only a fortnight back, upwanb of £230,OO() lias been paid in, thus affording the directors ample means for carrying on the works with vigour and expedition, aad evincing a good proprietary, who. by a similar ready response to future calls, will hasten the execution and completion d' all undertaking of ,,1:1 vast [national and local importance of the Soma Walts Railway. [The above article was in type for insertion last week, but was excluded by a pressure of equally inltrtsting matter. Ed. W.]

DEATH OF Mil. GEORGE ROBISS.—This celebrated auctioneer died at Brighton on Monday, after an illness of considerable duratioq. Mr. R. Peel, eldest son of Sir Robert Peel, has re- turned to Switzerland frOT1 a tour in Italy, and has been appointed Charge d'Affaires at Berne-, in the absence of Mr. Morier, the British minister resident there. Mr. Luke J. Hansard, of London, is about to publish a weekly newspaper, to be called "The Spirit of the Times, or the Social Relorincr," the object of which will bo obtain reports from various districts of the country relative to the grievances under which the people may labour, and the best means of effecting their removal. SCGAR AND MALT,—Seven pounds of sugar are con- sidered equal in brewing to a bushel of malt but it is recommended that bran be first boiled in the liquor and strained off, to give that body to the liquor which the farinaceous portion of the malt supplies. COURT OF QCEEN'S BESCII. THg BRAINTREE CHURCH-RATE CASE.—The Court on Monday morning delivered their judgment in his long-pendinn: cas". They decided that the rate made by the minority of the vestry, for necessary repairs, is a good and valid rate, and that in cOïlsequence the Ecclcsiastical Court may proceed to enforce it. Counsel for the Parishioners— Kelly, Baines, and Ogle: for the Churchwardens—Sir F. Thesiger, and C. W. Johnson. IRELAND.—The reports of increasing fami ne and des- titution from almost all parts of the country continue to be most heart-rending. In Westmeath, Sligo, Galway, Kerry, and Cork, there are appalling accounts of deaths from absolute starvation. THE SUBDIVISION OF L,\XD IN IRELAND.—An ob- servation made by Lord John Russell in reference to the subject of the minute subdivision of land, is quite op- posed to all our received opinions in Ireland, and has already, I see, called forth the just criticism of Mr. Os- borne. His lordship remarked, in his statement of the Government measures, that he did not coincide in the opinion that the great subdivision of land in Ireland wis i".1uriot:s, and he cited thc, compfvrfttivoly* prosperous st1e of the county of Armagh, where small holdings were prevalent, as a confirmation of this idea. Now this is a most fallacious argument. In the first place, all the counties in the north are y more prospe- rous than the other Irish counties. This fact is to be accounted for by far different reasons from those m- signed by the Premier. But on reference to the evidence taken before Lord Devon's commission, we find the tes- timony conclusive as to the evil working of the system in that very county. Mr. Hancock, Mr. Prentice, Mr. Leavor, Lllr. Grear, and others, unite in describing the subdivision of farms in Armagh as very prevalent, and in its effects" n'ry prejudicial" and" alarming." It -ill be enough for the present to draw the attention of your English readers to a return from an estate in this very county of Armagh to the Land Commissioners, in 1845, which will present them with a condition of things happily little known in your country, and which will en- able them to judge whether it is possible for any form of language to exaggerate the evils of a minute subdi- vision of lald. Extent of the estate 10,duo seres. • Number of îamiiie of tenan,S,. I ()-, 1 1 Rent p"id by tenants £ 12,105 Faf)))]!psofcnttiprs.??S Hent paiù bv cauiers to tenants.. £ 2,o85 Acrcshdd by cottiers • -536 Number of indidduals in cottiers' fa- milies 4,206 Average rent per acre from tenant to landlord, £1 2s. 2d. Average rent per acre- from cottier to the tenant £ 4 16s. 5d. These cottiers arc represented to be in a state of" abso- lute destitution." Unless they possessed an art of con- juration, by which they would extract food from stones, it would be clearly impossible, under such a system, they could be otherwise.—Correspondent rf Atlas. AN ANSWER IS WANTED—Will Mr. Daniel O'Con- nell have the goodness to tell us what has become of his beautiful maxim, England's need is Ireland's opportunity ?" Recent events in the t vo countries should convince him that Englanfl's treatment towards Ireland is exactly the reverse.—Punch IMPORTANT FROM PORTUGAL. — The Iheria," Oriental and Peninsular Company's steam-ship, Captain Meehan, arrived on Sunday morning, soon after two o'clock, at Southampton, with the usual Peninsular mails, in charge (If Lient. Newenham. "Oporto, Feb. 2. The Miguelites in Tras-os-Montes have been corn- pletely dispersed by Vinhaes and Lapa, General Mac- donnell being killrd1 and many other chiefs, at Saborosa above Villa Poua d'Agmar. This unexpected defeat, }¡as somewhat a1.1TlnPfl the rebel s concentrated in Oporto although it has in no wise damped their ardour for the f.n !hcornill<J; struggle. Every possible pre¡nration was being made to give the Queen's troops a warm reception. The strongest fortifications were being prosecuted with all expedition and vigour and all capable of hearing arms had enrolled themselves, and were ready for the conflict that will decide the fate of thousands. The last accounts of Saldanha were, that his quarters were at Agueda, about 30 miles from Coimbra, and therefore U was unlikely that he would march towards Oporto so early as was at first anticipated." BRITISH OFFICERS ROASTED ALIVE AN r) EY C.N-, I B.kLS.-A letter has been received from an offi- cer of the war steamer Driver, detailing the particulars of an engagement between the British and the New Zealandeis, in which ten men of the Carton frigate were killed and thirteen wounded, exclusive of several men of the SOtli regiment. The savages roasted alive two European officers, whom they devoured. The writer adds the melancholy intelligcnce of Lieut. Phillpo's, the son of the Bishop of Exeter, having been scalped, roasted alive, and eaten by the Zealandeis. Shortly after his dreadful fate the eye-glass of the gallant oG:eer was found near the spot where he was murdered and devoured. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—The following horrible suicide hs just taken p1aee in the Qua) tier de Breda — A young female was living in some style under the pro- tection of a wealthy person, but the gentleman, having reason to believe that she was unfaithful, called upon her and told her that he would have nothing more to do with her. Before she could justify herself or utter a re- monstrance, the gentleman tnrned his back and l?ft the room, Af:r a moment's pau?r she ran to the stairs after him, and entreated him to return. No, no," cried lie, haVshlv, all is ifnished between us," and he 1 continued to descend. The poor sjirl wrung her hands in despair, and cried, "Ah! Twill beat the bottom be- I fore you And she was true to her word, for on quit- ing the house he found the mangled corpse of his mis- tre*«-weltering in blood on the pavement. The wretched j girl had thrown herself from the window.—Paris paper. Ilsr.rKr..—"There are in all trades but curs, as the lawyer <«n i d to his c! cM. An honest ;).1:: ¡ (. :\¡;t .t.. the simp of a quaher to buy a bat, for which twenty-fi'e shilling vere demanded. lie o:it i c;i twen'y sin 11:e.gs. As I live," said the qu.-iker, I eannot a.'lbrd to give it thee at that price." As yen live," exclaimed the countryman, then I i t, more he hanged to you Friend said the Qoaker, th""1I shall bare the liat for nothing. I ::¡,ic¡¡ ye«r". ad trick "as I'q f.v.ui d e«a; i.ii n'v.v

EAST INDIA COMPAXrS TEAS. I JIIAIIARD EVA7-J3, B O O K S E L L E R AND STATION:?!, CKOSS. CA1?:A3THEX.   1 .1..l- J.' .4 1 BEG3 to intimate that he continues to supply :!C .i? TEA S"! 1 by th?EAST ??DIA TEA COMPANY, which hns for v-ars. maintained a s?cchd preference oa account of its snperior.qnality. j ?'jcountnt'iLssnpet-ior.q'udity. Berlin Wool constantly on Sale. January '28th, 1S47. .=- -=- "ZETA" in our next. We cannot insert, or nnÜe(' in any wav, any C'ommn- nication tlat is snt to us an0nvrnousv but those who Ilic,It ion tilt is s'?lit to U. ,)!it ,heir con- fidence respected. Neither can we nndcrtake to return any manuscripts whatever. The publication of the rV,Slt1i/({;1 commences on Fri- day morning in time for the Glamorganshiie mail, which leaves Carmarthen at eight 0 clock.

The utility of rendering all the profitably-reclaimable waste land of Ireland tribntary to the plough and the spade, and contributory to the support of her numerous population, receives additional force from the fact that, in that country, in proportion to that portion of her territory which is under tillage, a far larger number of persons depend solely on the soil for their daily main- tenance than is the case in Great Britain. Lord John Russell stated in his place in parliament on the 22th ult., that f,)r every labourers wile) depend on the soil for their living irvSngland and Scotland 5 persons are so situated in and according to the statistical returns for the United Kingdom laid before parliament in 1812, while the persons in Great Britain who were solely mainjain £ &W the soil or by agricultural pursuits, amounted to bift. i per cent. of the whole population, the number of huTn-*n beings so circumstanced in Ireland amounted to C3 percent, of the aggregate population and of course it follows that in Great Britain 77j per CPIlt. of the inhabitants derive their means of living from trade, handicrafts, commerce, manufacturing pur- suits, the learned "professions, the fine arts, fortunes that have descended or been left to them, &c. and that in the sister kingdom only 37 per cent. of the population gain a livelihood by any other lnc.ws than what are drawn immediately from the culture of the soil or a property in it. Can any reflecting person read such an account as this, and not feel ir resist ibly led to search out and ponder the causes to which such a discrepancy in the moral and social condition of the two countries can be accuratcly traced ? Ireland as well as Great Britain abounds in the two thief minerals—coal and iron-to which the unparalleled manufacturing enterprise of the latter is mainly owing and, in p^portion to her geographical superficies, she possesses nearly three times as much water power; why, then, does she not possess her Manchesters, Liverpools, Birminghams, Sheffields, Glasgows, Paisleys, and Leeds's ? Why is such a large proportion of her hardy population compelled, on wretchedly small slips of land, cultivated in the most slovenly manner to seek for a living at best so wretched that the porcine inmates of their miserable hovels have no reason to envy the superior food and seneral comforts of their owners and patrons ? We think that to answer these questions requires on the part of the respondent the possession of no remark- able degree of perspicacity or philosophical acumen. To vicious legislation, the dorninancy of class-interests, the want of that moral enlightenment which a general diffusion of sound and useful knowledge aline can supply, and to the conduct of a selfish, grasping, short- sighted, and unpatriotic landocracy, all the miseries, all the woes, and all the wrongs of poor hapless Erin may be legitimately traced. All thinking men now agree that, for the good of the whole body politic, the time has arrin-d when a mighty j effort—an effort commensurate with the emergency—- must be made to redeem the errors of past age3, and to inftilute such Mr order of things in ihe stirrer-^? "ar~j shall not only remove-frorn her the blot of being a miJ]- j stone about the neck of Britain, but render her a main pillar of the empire. We are glad to see that the attention of government has been drawn to the subject of the improvement of the reclaimable wastes of Ireland, although it may well be doubted whether the national treasury should be put in requisition for the attainment of such an object. That government should stimulate and patronise a measure calculated to develope and add to the avaiiableresources of the Irish people would obviously be a wise policy but surely if waste land can be profitably reclaimed by means of a loan from the exchequer, the said loan to bear the usual rate of interest, private enterprise, if duly encouraged, would better accomplish the same object Since the commencement of the present century, an immense breadth of what once were sterile bleak heaths has been reclaimed and rendered highly productive in Scotland. And in consequence of the absence of com- monage, and the excellent system of tenures in that country, not only has this been accomplished by the unaided enterprise of the landlords and tenants, but it has been accomplished without the intervention of a single act of parliament. Already has a bill for lending £ 1,500,000 of the public money to the Irish landlords, for the purpose of enabling them both to improve their estaies, and to give reproductive employment to the peasantry, been read a second time. Might not a large portion of that loan be expended in bringing into cul- tivation some hundreds of thousands of acres of those vast bogs, of the productive capabilities of whi h we hear so much ? Why should government charge itself with a task which the landlords can better perform ? The waste land of Great Britain, all of which has been reclaimed by private enterprise, has amply repaid the cultivators. The bogs of Ireland, we are assured by men competent to r;iv° an opinion, are, to a large extent, capable of being profitably reclaimed; and if the spirit that animates the Scotch ianr.Uoids also animated those of tiie same class i:i Ireland, there would be no occasion for the latter to accept as a boon from Govern- ment a proposition for a compulsory sale of waste land capable of yielding an ample profit to those who shall adopt proper means for rendering it productive. To place the labouring population of Ireland on the same level as that of the peasantry of England as regards the proportion which they b'1 to the soil, 2,000,000 of them must be transplanted to America and the colonies. Now this might be a good thing or it might be bad; but it cannot be done. There is no occasion to waste words in order to show the jmpossi bility of such a measure. The people arc there, and there they must remain. But b4;ft- are they to live r The existing means of Ireland cannot support tliera. EngJfli1Ù and 5c()th¡J cannot snpport them. They must, therefore, extract new means of living from their j native soil, and 1",111 forth her dormant resources for till, under happier auspices, a Manchester, a Birming- ham, a Glasgow, a Paisley, a Sheffield, and a Leeds shall spring up among them, to absorb the surplus labour of their population, the Id5h must mainly depend on the soil for their support. Wc highly approve, therefore, of means being adopted for immediately setting about bringing into cultivation every reclaimable acre of the Irish wastes; but wo are decidedly of opinion that the object might be better accomplished by private enterprise than by the direct agcncy of the Government.

A WORD TO FARMERS.—A famine has fallen upon Irebnd nnù a portion pf Scotland and though England and Wales have, as rt, suffered comparatively little from the wsitation, 5t:11 the grrat'iy er.V.anced prices of every species of cereal food which have re,uitrd from a enC'ral faiI:c uf the po!'1O eror>, and from the fact that. dunn::th??st{?('n)')n!3, Lt'I?d instead of sending us imincnf-» quantities of n V.i', barley. I and ;1our, hi' M ■ £ r' v i ,n p'-r: "•! snin -from Grr-ai Britain. have been severely felt by the operative classes of the latter country, and subjected them to sore privations. Bat now tnat we have reached the second week of I- ehruary, and tfie cheering int. lligence from the Euxine and the United States has informed us that the earliest breezes of Spring may he expected to waft to our shores hundreds of vessels deeply laden with the staff of life, the corn-factors and grain-dealers in all parts of the I 1.. 1 ¡ J' empire, from facts and evidence which can no longer be concealed,are compelled to admit their belief that the stock of wheat now in the hands of tli- farmer is not only very considerable, but is fully equal to the average stock which, at this season awaits the Spring and Sum- mer consumption. From all parts of England, Scotland, V, ales, and Ireland, accounts confirmatory of this fact continue to be received In London from the pro- vinces, and of barley and oats, the quantity now in the barn and rickyard is generally held to fall very little short of an average. If these reports be really correct—and from the sources whence, they are derived we see no reason to doubt their being so—must not the fact, that the present very high prices of grain have solely orignated in a panic, and were not necessitated by a scarcity of cereal produce cither at home or abroad, soon gain uni- versal credence ? We find no fault-we have no right to find any—with those fanners and grain-dealers who, in consequence of the upward tendency of the markets, have hitherto kept 1),1ek their stock; for, were self-interest a less powerful principle than it universally is, the right of every man to sell in the dearest market and to buy in the cheapest is indisputable; but now that the corn-markets, in all parts of the empire, are exhibiting unmistakable indica- tions of reaction, we would, with the best feeling towards those who have a considerable stock of grain on hand, seriously request them to consider well whether it would not be advisable for them to accept of the best prices which they can now obtain, lest, by holding out for more, they may yet be compelled to be glad of less.

THE POTATO DISEASE.—It is now generally agreed on that this vegetable murrain is caused by a minute in- sect, to which learned men have given the name of aphis vaslator; and from the attentive observation of scientific persons, during the months of August and September last summer, in localities where the ravages of the disease were very extensive, it appears that, to the presence of the germ of this insect, either in the seed or the soil, the scourge which last year destroyed so much of the common food of the industrious classes is to be traced, and not to miasmata borne by and depo- sited from currents of air. To all parties, therefore, f who are in the practice of raising this useful esculent tuber it must be a matter of deep importance to possess sound information on the simplest and most efficacious mode of preserving it from the attacks of the above- named insect; and .that information, derived from a source on which we cannot hesitate to place reliance, we now lay before the public:—■ First.—Be careful to select potatoes for seed which are thoroughly free from blight and in order to make sure of this, let all potatoes intended to be so used be first carefully washed. Secondly.—In the trench or furrow in which the- seed is to be planted, and over the manure which has been deposited in said trench or furrow, sprinkle by the hand, or by means of a small funnel, a small quantity of well pulverised crude sal ammoniac, or instead thereof nitrate of potash, commonly called saltpetre. A very small quail!ity of cither wi!! suffice, eSPNiaiiy of the latter; and not on;y will these well-known substances prevent the germinat ion and growth of all kinds of in- sects, but they will increase the amount of produce by at least 25 or 30 per cent. thus more than repaying the motley laid out in their purchase. Thirdly.—Should the demand for these substances greatly enhance their price, common salt or quick lime may be used but must be used in larger quantities. Fourthly. — Public attention cannot be too much called to the important fact that nature has kindly ia8.de dqiiblfi- juovision fur the pi-opagtMinn wWlc of the great family of which the potato is a member. Almost every person who knows anything of agricul- culture or horticulture is aware that the stems of this tuberose plant produce a plentiful crop of beautiful green apples, each of which is partitioned off into an immense number of cells, all of which are full of seeds and as nature docs nothing without a purpose—as cause nnd effect, contrivance and design, and the adaptation of means to an end are conspicuously observable in all her operations, and in every department of her empire, we may be assured that these apples are produced for some wise and beneficent end. Accordingly we find that from the seed of one of these green globes, no mat- ter what kind of potato has produced it, an almost end- less variety of seedling potatoes will reward the care that has been instrumental in calling them into exis- tence and, in three years from the time that the dried seed of the apple has produced its first crop of little bulbs, full-sized potatoes, of every shade and variety, will repay the cultivator for his trouble. May not one cause of the present potato disease be that only one of the propagating processes has been too long pursued, while the other has been almost wholly neglected ? At all events let a fair trial be given to the process which has the effect of literally renewing the seed. If but one person in fifty of those who raise potatoes will, next summer, sow the carefully-dried seed of a single apple, grown upon an untainted stem, and follow up the process until full-sized potatoes are pro- duced, the public will then possess the means of judging whether the present mode of propagation was too long pursued previous to 1846. These observations, all of which are of a practical nature, are earnestly recommended to the attentive con- sideration of every man who would rejoice in doing something to promote the welfare of his fellow-creatures. It is scarcely necessary to say that there arc but few soils to which the application of lime will not prove beneficial; and one of the best substitutes for it is chloride of sodium, or common salt, especially mine- ral salt.

CARMARTHENSHIRE. We learn that tiie splendid portrait of the gallant General Nott, painted by otir talented townsman Tho- mas Brigstocke, Esq., has arrived at Bengal on its way to adorn the Hall of Justice at Calcutta. The fidelity of the likeness was attpsted by numbers of the late gene- ral's intimate acquaintances, and the reception of the portrait was altogether most flattering. I CARMARTHEN Poi.ict,Oii Monday last, before the Mayor and David Davies, Esq. — David Jones was char- ged with deserting his daughter and leaving her charge- able to the parish of St. Peter. Defendant was appre- I hendcd -it Ithymnev Works. Ordered to pay 7s. costs ofmaiutenance and £1 3s. 6d. costs, and allowed a month to pay. David Woolcock was charged with having wilfully damaged a boat the property of William Lewis, on the previous Sunday morning. As it ap- peared there was a dispute as to the owner of the boat, the bench could not adjudicate, but fined Woolcock 5. for being drunk and disorderly on the Sabbath. Capt. Davies called the attention of the overseers of St. Peter to the fact that in consequence of the operation of the Poor Removal Act of last session the parish of St. Peter is now maintaining between 200 and 300 paupers, which belong to other parishes at an expense of £ 20 | weekly. As chairman of the Board of Guardians he thought it right to urge upon the overseers the pro- tiriet ofeausiiig the immediate removal of these paupers, as it was a hard case that tlie ratepayers should suffer in consequence of the overseers' neglect of duty. The overseers promised to attend to the subject forthwith. THE WEATHER.—The ronuh winds and storms of winter have revisited us with increased vigour after a j respite of a few weeks. The mails throughout the Principality have been detained on the road every day during the week in consequence of the depth of the snow. In some instances they have been delayed as much as 12 hours, and considerable inconvenience has resulted. A reference to our advertising columns wHi s how that. | Messrs Crow ley, Hicklin and Co. are perseveringly currying on their extensive carrving-trade in the Prin- cipality. and throughout the Midland,Western, and South Western Counties of England. For punctuality we believe their establishment stands unrivalled, and If! is gratifying to learn that ineien-ed patronise i,! lit" tepming their p ¡ ¡ ,d exert i ons.i

CARMARTHEN TOWN COUNCIL. 1\1.J LJ.I L..J)\o.I /.1.L. At the quarterly meeting of the Council on Tuesday last, there were present:—The Mityor, Alllcrmen J. Jenkins, W. G. Thomas and T. T. Webb; Councillors I. C. Morris, J. Morse, C. Brigstocke, T. Jones, and T. I¡lcli()1(I. T. U. Morris, Esq., said, that before receiving the ex- planation from the Town Clerk, relative to the delay in the proceedings adopted against the Clerk of tho Peace, il would be the better plan to read the resolution agreed to by the Council a fortnight previous. The Town Clerk said that he had not intended to give an explanation until Mr. Simons was present, but if the Council wished it, he would state the heads of the explanation hp intended giving. T. C. Morris, Esq., observed, that the Council did recognise Mr. Simons at all in the matter. The Town Clerk said that he had employed Mr. Simons to act for him. T. C. Morris, Esq. remarked that he had been given lo understand that Mr. Simons could not act on behalf of the Council, and he should be glad if some one would refer to the Municipal Act. The Town Clerk said that there was no doubt Mr. Simons could act, and it was in consequence of his un- avoidable absence that he wished the postponement of the explanation T. C. Morris, Esq., thought that there ought to be no delay in affording the Council and the public an ex- planation respecting the extraordinary mode in which the proceedings against the Cler-k of the Peace had been carried on. In the Court, two persons were placed in the witness box, with whom no previous communication could have been held, since one of them repudiated the affair altoether. The Town Clerk did not know why he should be pressed for an explanation after the reason he had assigned. T. C. Morris, Esq. said, the Council did press the Town Clerk for an explanation as their agent, and he, for one, did IIOt recogllise Mr. Simons at alL He (Mr. T. C M.) should in the first place have felt it to be his duty to have preferred the charges against the Clerk of the Peace, and he thought they ought to be properly ful10wed up, in justice to all partics concerned. The Town Clerk said -that all the explanation he could give at present was that Mr. Simons was in Lon- don at the time the matter came before the Court of Quarter Sessions, and had reason to doubt that it hMft- not been put in proper shape before the Court, since I required amendment, and, in Let. it would be necessary to eOlTlmence the proceedings de novo. Mr. Simons had not bpen able to come IUll1c in time to taie fresh steps in the affair, and the matter dropped as far as the first proceedings were concerned. At the next Quarter Sessions, however, he should be fully prepared to proceed. T. C. Morris, Esq., asked how it was that Mr. Simons was employed, since it certainly bore the character of vindictivcness. The Town Cletk said that if there was any fault it was his own. Mr. C. Brigstocke observed that it was necessary, in order properly to understand how the 9.ffair at present stood, that the facts should be briefly recapitulated. In May last a number of charges were preferred by Mr. Simons against the Clerk of the Peace for what he called extortion, and on the 26th of June applied for an adjournment of the Court of Quarter Sessions in order that he might prefer the charges. The Recorder said that as it was a charge aainst the character of a puùlic officcr no unnecessary delay ought to intervene before it was fully investigated. He therefore appointed the 26th of August for hearing the complaints. Upon that day no person appeared to make any charge. At the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions two charges were made, one for receiving money in January, and not paying it to the Treasurer until May, and tho other for having taken illegal fees for a n'rit of case. As however no notice had been given to the Clerk of the Peace that it was intended to prefer these charges the Couit was adjourned again until December, when no person what- ever attended on the part of the prosecution. Thus the Clerk of the Peace was put to great expense to answer charges which were either abandoned or untenable, and respecting which he received no intimation of an inten- tion to abandon them. Mr. Simons had stated that therc were 14 more informations to be preferred, of 'vhich he would give notice to the Clerk of the Peace, but no notice had been girpn, and the Recorder caused a minute to be made that the 14 informations had not been filed, and that the two already preferred had been dismissed in consequence. At the last Quarter Ses- sions, however, the Town Clerk attended and gave notice to the Recordcr that there were several more infor- mations to be preferred against the Clerk of the Peace, one of which was of great length, consisting of 100 folios at least. The Town Clerk said that this was not correct, as he had not been in Court at all. [He subsequently ex- plained that hc alluded to tbe previous adjourned court.] Mr. C. Brigstocke said that he had been informed that what he had stated was correct. He contended that the mode in which the proceedingsJ)ad b0en carried on justified him in asserting that it did not appear as if tÍle Council were defending the public from extortion, but bore the stamp of a spirit of vindictivcness from onr enel to the othrr. Mr. Simons had truly obsencd that the ehannPls of justice ought to be pure, how was Ü then that when a pahlic officer was charged with almost errry-tlescrtption of' crTmi>. no o»jpcrtuiiil>- KW afforded him to justify himself from his accusers. lIe considered tllat no person would have confidence in the Clerk of the Peace until" these charges were withdrawn. Hc understood that official was anxious to meet the charges, which he asserted he could rebilt, find he thought the earliest opportunity ought to have been afforded him for so doing, instead of which they had suffered the matter to hang over his head for nearly 18 mon' hs. He had been requested to state that the reason the Clerk of the Peace had not paid over to the Treasurer the fines for the non-attendance of grand jurors, was in consequence of his reeeidng a note from the Recorder, requesting him not to do so. A copy of this note Mr. Brigstocke read and observed that the original was at tho servicc of the Council. T. C. Morris, Esq., said that there had evidently been enough adduccd before the Council to call for an enquiry into the conduct of the Clerk of the Peace, but he thought it absurd to carry on the prosecution in the way it had been conducted. It struck him that the proceedings must be attended with very great expense. The Town Clerk :—No, it is not so. The expense incurred is rcry trifling. The Mayor thought that the Clerk of the Peace had already re;:eivpd sufficient punishment. The"Town Clerk said he could have wished that Mr. Simons had been present, since that gentleman knew more about the matter than lie did. He begged to remind them that no one could prevent Mr. Simons preferring the charges without the sanction of the Council. Mr. Brigstocke thought that the Recorder ought to have been asked in the first instance, whether the charges if proved would amount to any crime. The Town Clerk ridiculed the absurdity of asking a judge's opinion upon the merits of a case which was about to be tried before him. He knew well that Mr. Brigstocke had reason to entertain a strong feeling upon thesubjectoffhi;. prosecution. Mr. Brigstocke said that he had opposed it from the commencement, and he now thought that it was ex- tremely unfair to place the Clerk of the Peace in so unpleasant a position before the public as these pro- ceedings had placed him without allowing a chancc to vindicate himself, or without making an attempt to snbstantiatc Ihe charges. T. C. Morris, Esq., said tht it was rirlicnlons to pro- ceed further with the prosecutions, and he felt inclined to move that all proceedings be dropped. Mr. Brigstocke expressed his willingness to second a motion of that kind. Mr. Morse observed that some consideration was cer- tainly due to the Town Clerk, who had stated that it was not in his power to give a full explanation bpcause the person who conducted the business for him was from home. lIe considered they were bound to obey the request of the Town Clerk, otherwise they would be heaping injustice upon him at the dictum of Mr. Brigs- tocke, whose advice he (Mr. M.) would be the last to follow. In hi opinion thc matter ought to ùe adjourncd in order to give Mr. Si r.ons an opportunity to explain. Ir, Brigstocke had said the chargps were of a serious nature, and he pIr. Morse) thought so too, and that they required to be enquired into. He considered that the Oouncil was in duty hound to allow thc matter to stand over till Mr Simons was present. Thc discussion was then adjourned by mutual consent. The Town Clerk said that this was the first attack that had been made upon him, and he hoped it would be the last. Mr. Morse did not consider it as an attack from Mr. T. C. Morris. T. C. Morris, Esq., said that he did not intend making any attack, as tbp whtde procefdings had been very painful to his feelings. The Town Clerk explained that he did not allude to Mr. Morris, hilt to Mr. Brigstocke. Atthe same time he thought the Council fully entitled to an explanation which would have been afforded at a previous meeting of the Council had he not been unavoidably detained in Bristol. Mr. Brigstocke observed that as it had been asserted that he was actuated by personal feelings, he would state that he was not there to defend the Clerk of the Peace, but he thought it very derogatory to the dignity of the Conue¡], that it should be made the laughing stock of the county from one end to the other. The Council then proceeded to pass the usual quarterly bills, which amounted in the aggregate to Mr. C. Brigstocke said that it was high time to reduce the expenditure of the Borough by all means in their power he therefore moved that the Parade-keeper be di",r,isscù, and that the suneyor be requested to direct the attendance of the scavengers upon the Parade as often as is necessary. By this means a saving of £13 per annum would occur. This motion was seconded by Mr. T. Jones.and arrieù v. n a n i m o u s i y. A motion to dismiss the woman who has the super- intendence of the reservoir was n0gatívcd. The Mayor s'1id th:1t as the fishermen were prevented from following their avocations during the fence months, he had instructed the surveyor to find them employ- ment. lin as to prevent ll.c-i ;,pcn111in: chareatJle to the paiish. They hali theicfoie been employed ill quarrying and breaking stones, but as the present severe weathef had set in, it prevented the possibility of following that employment any longer, and they had been set to work to clear the snow from the streets. Mr. B. Joiieq sai-I that after the last snow storm -CIO had been paid for clearing the snow from the Markets#, and he would suggest that the money yet unexpended of the subscription for the relief of the poor should be appropriated for the purpose of clearing the market, whereby a saving of nearly F-20 would be effected. The Mayor said that there would be about £ 16 avail- able from the Poor Relief Fund. Mr. Collard said that during the last snow storm 261 tons of snow were carted away from the Market. There would be a great saving of expense if the snoN- was merely removed to one side of the market, and not carried away altogether. i E\entuaHy this suggestion was agreed to. | The surveyor was ordered to report to the Paring and Lighting Commissioners, the dangerous state of the houses adjoining the Lammas Street entrance of the Market, and the meeting adjourned.

THE CARMARTHEN HUNT WEEK. Up to Saturday last, all looked propitiously inclined towards this annual hippodromatic festival. The weather was mild and genial, the entries of horses were first-rate, the arrivals of gentry were frequent and of importance, and last, though not by any means the least, the Stewards were indefatigable in their exertion* t to cause the whole affair to pass off with considerable I eclat. But alas, these pleasing anticipations of good sport were speedily dispelled, for on Sunday a very marked change took place in the weather the ba- rometer went down upwards of half an inch, and the snow and sleet began to pour down pretty freely. l'owards evening the wind, iviiicli had veered round from the north to the north east, blew keenly with rtrong indications of a prolonged frost. During the night the frost set in with unusual sharpness—the thermometer which stood at 40 on Saturday, rapidly going down until on M ondav it indicated 20. The severity of the frost I was uuw feit all over town and country—men, horses, and vehicles being in full slide and slip" over the roads and streets, which were cither frozen over or covered wi:hsr.ow more than a foot in depth. On Tuesday 1Jight tflcre was considerable lightning and thunder. As a matter of course it was at once seen that steeple chasing and hunting were quite out of the question, and nothing relllained but to follow the rule usually adopted. at sportin meeting;; of a similar description, and postpone the event from day to day during tho soi-dixatit Hunt Week—and at its expiration in case of the frost continuing-fixing another period for the coming-off of the races. This was a sad disappointment, but there was nothing to be done. Nobody could rule the elements and therefore submission was inevitably the order of the day. Unavoidable as was the postponement of the out-door amusements, yet it appeared by no means necessary to defer the in-door recreations, and the Balls, Fancy Bazaar and Ordinary, therefore came off as usual. The first Ball of the week took place on Tuesday night, at the Assembly Rooms, at the Boar's Head Hotel, which was roost tastefully decorated for the occasion. The company began to arrive about nine o'clock, and eventually numbered barely 50-the inclemency of the weather having deterred many parties from braving the blustering of the elements. Dancing commenced about half-past nine, and was continued with unabated vigour until 5 o'clock the next morning. On Wednesday the Fancy Bazaar in aid of the Endow- ment Fund of St. David's Church, in this town, commenced at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall. The various stalls, which had been tastefully arranged under the superintendence of the ladies who purposed taking their stations as vendors, were well filled with a vast variety of fancy and useful articles of ladies' work- manship. Nearly every description of Berlin Wool work that can be mentioned tempted the numerous purchasers who speedily thronged the Bazaar, and evinced that the fair friends of the Church had not suffered their zeal on its behalf to flag in the slightest degree. A variety of evergreens were arranged in festoorrt around the room, and over its entrance the bust of the Lord Bishop of St. David's, the head of the Church in this diocese, was appropriately crowncd with a laurel wreath. The chef d'auvrc of the Bazaar was a pair of wild ducks, beautifully delineated in raised Berlin wool work, which were raffled for and fetched £3 16s. the fortunate winner being the Rev. R. B. Jones. Some choice paintings by Mrs. Col. Love e1 cited considerable admiration. A miniature silver breakfast service, consisting of a coffee-biggin, tea-pot, sugar-basin, cream-ewer, and egg-cups, manufactured expressly for the Bazaar, by Mr. R. G. Davies, watch' maker, were deservedly admired for their intrinsic excellence and the ingenuity and skill evinced in their construction. This set was also raffled for. During the day most of the gentry of the town and neighbourhood as well as many country families visited the Bazaar, tho Council Chamber being scarcely large enough to contain the assembled throng. The respected member for the Borough, D. Morris, Esq., very appropriately com- menced the proceedings of the Bazaar in the morning by forwarding the liberal donation of £10 in aid of the Fund. The exertions of the lailw.o nho prociJ™! at the stalls, aalI the liberality of the vis-tors, caused the sum of jZSP in be netted oa the first day. Yesterday the Bazaar was re-opened and Cll received, which with the sum received on Wednesday, and £ 16 contributions pre- viously remitted, makes the aggregate sum realised to be we believe, is to be cor.tinueA tliz-oiiglioiit this day. The following ladies presided at the various stalls :— Mrs. Williams, Miss Wil-inn, Tones, Zdiss Williams, Miss Hughes, the Misses Rorison, Miss Maria Webb, Miss Widrial, Mrs. Stonehouse Vigors, l'il;ss Lewis, Mrs. Howells, Miss Waters, Miss M. E. Williams, &c., &c. On the evening of Wednesday, there was an Ordinary at the Ivy Bush Hotel, which was attended by about 30 gentlemen, under the presidency and vice presidency of the Stewards, W. H. Lewis, and William Morris, Esqrs. The dinner was a sumptuous one and was done atopic justice to, while the excellence of the wines and the conviviality of the company rendered nothing to be desired. Yesterday evening the second Ball for the week took place at the Boar's Head, and was much better attended than the former one. Among the company who attended these Terpsichorean re-unions, N%,ere:-W. Morris, Esq., W. H. Lewis, Esq., Stewards. Grismond Phillips. Esq., Cwmgwilly, and the Misses Phillips, David Brown Edwardcs, Esq., Rhydygors, S. Edwards, Esq., Dr. Picton, J. Vv Phillips, Esq. and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, Pigeonsford, Capt. Scott, 1st Dragoon Guards, Capt. Rich, Lieut. Lioyd, 87th regiment, Mrs. and Miss Sackville Gwynne, Mrs. and Miss Wilson, Glannant, n. J. Dansey, Esq., Baron de Rutzen, C. Morgan, Esq., Havodnethin, W. Protlicro, Esq.. Dolewillim, Valentine Davis, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Iiorison and Miss Jones, Misses Williams, Picton Terrace, Miss Skyrme, Langharne, Colonel Love and Lady, Lieut. Dewar, D. A. S. Da vies, Esq., M.P. and lady, Lieut. Grismond Phillips, James Bowen, Esq., Richard Philipps, Esq., Trevor Lloyd Alcoek, Esq., S. Andrews, Esq., W. Chambers, Esq. and lady, Capt. Wardlaw and lady, R. G. Thomas, Esq., Major Kidd, X. Peel, Esq., J. Phillips, Esq., E. Adams, Esq. and lady, J. Lloyd Price, Esq., Capt. Prichard, Tyllwyd, W. Palmer, Gellvswick, Esq., D. T. Bowen Davies, Eq.. Maesycrigiau, Miss Taylor, D. T. Bowen Dav i es, Es q  y crigiau,  Taylor, Major Scott and lady, William Peel, Esq., R. G. Thomas, Esq., J. D, Alcock, Esq., &c. &c. The weather continuing as inclement as at the com- mencement of the week, a meeting of the principal sport- ing gentlemen in the town was held yesterday, at which it was judiciously determined to postpone the races until the 23d and 25th instant, on which occasion we doubt not that a strong tnusicr of fashionable a will attend. CARMARTHENSHIRE ROADS BOARD.—At the od- journed annual general meeting held on Wednesday last there were present John Johnes, Esq., Sir John Mansel, Bart., J. Lloyd Davies, J. Bowen, M.D., T. Jones, M.D., J. Lloyd Price, D. R. Parry, Esquires, and Major Wortham, the newly appointed General Superintendent. The chair was taken by J. Lloyd Davies, Esq., and several bills were allowed and passed. The accounts of the various ofifcers of the Board were examined, and a balance of £ 1852 3s. D|d. found to be due from the Treasurer: Possession of Pensarn Toll- house was ordered to be given to Lord Cawdor, the owner of the land adjoining, as soon as a toll-house i. provided for the collector to reside in at Carmarthen Bridge Gates. The following sums were allotted to the District Boards for the current year, Carmarthen Dis- trict, £ 1708, Three Commotts District, £ 1934, and Llandovery District, £ 2069. The District Boards are 1 without delay to be directed to complete the repairs of the several toll houses, gates and turnstiles, and forthwith to cause the erection of the new toll houses. The toll houses in disuse in the Llandovery district with their sites were ordered to he sold by auction. It was ordered that proceedings be taken against the toll collector at Pontardulai gate for extorting illegal toll, and the following important resolution was then en- tered on the book. "Thata memorial be presented to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, praying that he will can the attention of the Legisla- ture to the 52nd section of the 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 91 and that the present clearances be declared legal until the end of the present year's letting in each county, and from thence that the clearances depend upon the direct distance of one gate from another, not exceeding five miles in the same county, and two miles in an ad- joining county, without reference to the roads communi- cating between them being Turnpike roads or otherwise." Lady Lucy Foley has liberally bestowed the sum of £3 upon the debtors in our county gaol. AN IXQRR.sT was held on the 6th inst., at Felinisha, in the parish of Llanybyther, before Daniel Prifte, Esq., Coroner, on the bod v of James Jones, who was found dead in a small hut which he had made his temporary residence whilst a dwelling house was being built for him. The deceased had been ill fir a few weeks, and on (hc Hight of the 4th requested a young lad, his nephew, to sit up with him, which he did until 3 o'clock in the morning, and then at his request went to.bcd with him. Some neighbours in the course of the day having called at the door without receiving any answer, went in and found the deceased dead, with his nephew sleeping at his side. These were the facts which came out at the inquest, and there being nothing to excite any sus- picion of violence, the jl1." troll;;];! in a verdict that the deceased "died bv the 0 f God."