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"HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. JI…
"HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. JI LY 5. I.ord Brougham gave notice of a motion directed against bribery and corruption at elections. Several bills were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at an early hour. I TUESDAY, JULY 6. 1 hp House met, but no business of importance was transacted.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY,…
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, JULY 5. The House went into committee on the Health of Towns Bill. Several clauses having been agreed tn. the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to -it again. In answer to a member, Lord John Russell stated that Sir J. Davis, the Governor of Hong Kong, had acted on his own responsibility, and not by any special instruction from his government, in the proceedings lately adopted in that part of the world, but that he had general instructions to enforce the carrying out of the treaty of Nankin. Captain Bernal Osborne, in a long speech, called attention to the affairs at Portugal, censuring the Government for their recent interferences, and con- cluded with a motion on the subject. Lord Palmerston defended the conduct of Government. Considerable debate ensued, but ultimately the motion was withdrawn. Mr. Hume then moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the case of the Rajah of Sattara. The debate was then adjourned. TUESDAY, JULY 6. The Health of Towns bill was again proceeded with in committee, and a few clauses having been agreed. to, the Chairman reported progress, with leave to sit again. Lord George Bentinck brought forward his motion for an address to the Crown, praying that her Majesty would be pleased to take such steps as she may deem advisable to secure for the British holders of unpaid Spanish bonds redress from the government of SpaiR. After some discussion, however, the noble lord withdrew his motion. Mr. Moffat withdrew his motion for leave to bring in a bill for the repeal of the discriminating duties on un- refined sugar, the Chancellor of the Exchequer promising to consider the matter. The adjourned debate as to the Rajah of Sattara was then resumed. After a protracted debate the house divided the numbers were, for the motion, 23 against it, 44 majority, 21. WEDNESDAY. JULY 7. The Speaker took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. Mr. Parker moved, that the committee on the Argyle Canal bill have leave to sit and report on Thursday, which was agreed to after an angry discussion. On the motion for going into committee on the Re- gistration of Voter's Bill, Mr. Vernon Smith objected to the motion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said there could be no objection to postpone it till to-morrow, as it was perfectly impossible that it could come on to-morrow (laughter.) The bill was then postponed till te-mprrow. Sir G. Grey suggested that the Parliamentary Electors Bill should be also postponed till to-morrow. Mr. S. O'Brien objected to the postponement, and said he would press the bill to a division. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the house divided, when there appeared- iortnespcond reading. 67. Against it. 72 Majority. 5 TOe bill is consequently lost. The Poor Removal Amendment Bill (No. 2) was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Lords' amendments to the Juvenile Offenders Bill were considered and agreed to with two exceptions, the consideration of which was reserved, and with res- pect to which, on the suggestion of Sir J. Graham, reasons were to be assigned to the Lords why the amendments should be withdrawn. The Naturalisation of Aliens bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Report on the Stock in Trade Exemption bill was resumed, and ordered to be considered to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of. and the house adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock.
THE ROYAL VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE.…
THE ROYAL VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE. j Her Majesty is proverbially fortunate in the weather which attends her on her state progresses and visits, and pertainly there never was a more glorious day than that which shone on Monday upon the multitudes gathered together in Cambridge. The sun in the heavens seemed to vie with the sons and daughters of earth, which should be the brightest, and spread around the most cheering and enlivening influences. Amid all the happy and joyous holidays and festivals created by the Royal presence in various parts of the kingdom, this must ever hold a dis- tinguished place. Every circumstance appears to have tended to render it completely successful, and its every event has, more or less, shared in the general gaiety and happiness of the proceedings. At eight minutes to one o'clock the royal train arrived at the Cambridge station, which was tastefully decorated in honour of the occasion, and galleries erected for the accoroinodatiwi of ladies and visitors, who thronged the place. His Grace the Duke of Wellington reached Cambridge in a special train about an hour before her Majesty. The train also contained his Royal Highness Prince Wal- demar of Prussia, his Excellency the Prussian Minister Chevalier Bunsen, his Highness the Prince of Oldenburg, the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, the Bishop of Nor- wich, and many other distinguished persons. It was twenty minutes to two when her Majesty entered the King's Gate of Trinity College, amidst the most enthusiastic cheering. After about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes' delay, her Majesty proceeded to the Hall of Trinity College to receive the address of the University. Shortly after two o'clock Dr. Whewell entered, escorting Lady Hardwicke, Mrs. Whewell, Miss Mar- shall, and Madame Bunsen, who were seated on the north side of the dais, whereon her Majesty's throne was placed. Her Majesty entered about a quarter past two by the south door, communicating with the lodge, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland and the Countess of Desart. The vociferous cheering of the Gownsmen in the Court at length intimated the approach of His Royal Highness the Chancellor, and the University authorities, who shortly afterwards entered in the order of precedence, previously published. On reaching the foot of the dais his Royal Highness made a low obeisance. when the Queen, who had remained standing, stepped forward to meet him, and extended to him a smiling welcome. His Royal Highness maintained the most remarkable gravity. The public entrance to the Hall was now thrown open, and every inch of it up to the dias was instantly filled by all ranks of the University and such cheering as followed is more easily imagined than described. His Highness, the Chancellor, as soon as some degree of silence was observed, read the address, to which Her Majesty returned a gracious answer. The Queen then returned to Trinity Lodge to partake of luncheon, and was here joined by his Royal Higlfness the Chancellor. At half-past three his Royal* Highness proceeded to the Senate House to confer degrees. His Royal Highness wore the usual Chancellor's gown covered with a profusion of gold lace, and a black velvet academical cap with gold tassel. At length the Public Orator recited the usual Latin Oration. The Prince rose and gracefully bowed in acknow- ledgment of the compliments bestowed upon him. Some honorary degrees were then conferred by his Royal Highness, after which he conducted her Majesty down the centre of the Spnate-house to the royal carriage which proceeded back to Trinity Col- lege, amidst the same loyal demonstrations as before. At half-past six her Majesty and His Royal Highness proceeded in state to Catherine Hall, to dine with the Vice-Chancellor. CAMBRIDGE, TUESDAY.—The Prince arrived at half- past ten o'clock, and shortly afterwards the recitation of the prize poems, Latin, Greek, and English, was proceeded with by the victors themselves. At eleven the approach of the royal carriage with her Majesty to the Senate-house was announced by the usnal flourish of trumpets and the loyal acclamation of the spectators outside. Prince Albert immediately arose, and having proceeded to the entrance conducted tbc- Queen up to her chair of state. The recital of the Latin, which had been interrupted by her Majesty's arrival, was now resumed and the other odes, poems, and epigrams were recited in their order. When each of these exercises had been concluded, thp successful candidate was called before his Royal Highness the Chancellor, who presented him with a medal apportioned for his production. The performance of the Installation Ode commenced at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and finished about a quar- ter before twelve. The music was the theme of universal praise with all who heard it. and in many portions elicited the applause of the audience, in which her Ma- jesty and the Prince graciously joined.
LITERATURE, &c. I
LITERATURE, &c. I PHASER'S MAGAZINE, we perceive, has passed into the hand s of Mr. J. W. Parker, Mr. G. W. Nickisson's health precluding him from longer continuing the pro- prietary and editorship of this talented periodical. The number for July fully bears out the high character always maintained by REGINA. Judge Hallyburton (Sam Slick) has a capital Yankee Story of Seeing the Devil" which is too lengthy for extract, but not half long enough for perusal, since his is a style of writing the most captivating and enticing. "Sir Willoughby Ware," a poem after Ingoldsby's style, is amusing, and "Death in Life" is awful." The graver contributions > are doubtless interesting enough, but we confess that the gay" preponderates in excellence. Altogether, however, the number is a first-rate one. THE LOST FOUND. London, W. S. Orr and Co.— This is thp first part of a work which promises to deve- lope sppnes of striking interest, as well as passages of powerful writing. We wait with anxiety to see the plot of the tale elicited. CALDWELL'S MUSICAL JOURNAL is a cheap Edition of popular S"itgs and Ballads, with Pianoforte accom- paniment. The first part contains 4 songs of great beamy, » The Song of the old Bell," and" Oh, bid me pot forget," especially so. We trust this publication will receive that support which it undoubtedly richly pti iu. 'ài.
THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. I
THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. I [From the Times.] I The Quarterly Return of the Revenue is very different from an oracle which men visit in darkness and uncer- tainty, and then expect to be astonished with an an- nouncement quite new and distinct. It can do very little more than check or verify estimates which have already been matters of safe and approximate calculation Given the former returns, the recent fiscal alternations, and the state of public and commercial affairs, and the problem is easy, enough. The next quarter's revenue follows almost as a matter of course. There is little in the present return that might not be accounted for. It has its favourable and its unfavourable features. On the whole, however, we think that no sifting will divest it of a rather encouraging appearance. To whatever cause it may be traced, the fact of an increasing revenue -the fact of increase on the ordinary sources of revenue amounting to more than two millions and a half on the year, and nearly half a million on the quarter-will be hailed with satisfaction at a time when we have been obliged to add largely to our debt. On the quarter's Customs there has been a very slight decrease, which is all the more noticeable because there has lately been a very considerable increase, amounting to more than a million on the twelvemonth. The fact admits of too ready an explanation to cause any anxiety. Our chief imports lately have been grain and flour, which bring nothing to the Customs. The high price of freights and the diversion of capital and ships to the corn trade, have stood in the way of our regular commerce to which it may be added, that possibly the dearth of food, the con- traction of manufacture, and the diminished export of cotton goods, have reduced the consumption of tea, sugar, and coffee, and such foreign produce, in the ma- nufacturing districts. In the Excise there is an increase of more than seven hundred thousand on the year, and a not quite proportionate sum on the quarter. With an unparalleled expenditure by railway companies, paid in great measure in weekly wages, and millions diffused by Government with no very careful hand, it is only won- derful the consumption of exciseable commodities has not increased more. Excise is the measure of private expenditure. That has risen lately even to a hurtful amount. The slight but regular increase on stamps, taxes, and property-tax, testifies to the stability of our commercial system, in spite of much that is calculated to shake and unsettle it. As to the loans and China money, they must speak for themselves. The latter mine appears to be finally worked out. The former has only just been opened. The return is, at least, quite as favourable as we could expect. Nay, more was not to be wished for. While we cannot export, why should we force our imports ? If we cannot get labour and ma- terial for manufacture, why encourage an importation, which would put us in debt to all nations ? No. We are not really prosperous just now, and it little avails to set up the appearance of prosperity. A great increase of revenue in the midst of dearth and diminished exports cannot be sound. Rather let us be content with a mo- derate increase, which may encourage the public hopes without exciting any too curious inquiries, and which seems rather the fulfilment of a general law of progress than of any accidental or ephemeral causes. I [From the Morning Chronicle.] The revenue accounts, published this morning, exhibit a most flattering view of the financial eondition of the country, as far as income is concerned. The increase upon the incomfeaf the year is no less than El,004,026 and upon the *r Z41 457. Large as are the sums of the net ine,' especially that on the revenue, of the year, they by no means fairly represent the full increase, as far as it indicates the state of the commerce of the country, as well as of the internal consumption of com- modities during the year. In the accounts for the year every item which can be taken as representing either increased trade, increased wealth, or increased consump- tion, has yielded a much larger income than last year, while it is those of an accidental character on which alone any deficiency has arisen. The Customs, Excise, Stamps, Taxes, Property-tax, and Post-office, which are the great general indices of the progress of trade, wealth, and domestic comforts, show an increase of no less than E2,489,487 while in monies received from China, for imprest and other purposes, and for the repayment of advances, the deficiency in the present year amounts to LI,611,841, in reduction of the total increase. A simi- lar observation applies to the quarter, except that the increase is not so large in proportion on each of the items, with the exception of the Post-office, and that in the Customs there is a very slight decrease. That there should be so slight a decrease in the amount received daring the last quarter from the Customs as £ 4,272— when we consider the derangement in the state of the money market, and the extent to which business in all branches has been contracted, in consequence of the desire which has been universally manifested to reduce liabilities to the lowest point—is, we must confess, a most agreeable surprise. Nor, indeed, could any one be prepared for so favourable a general result in these accounts, especially as regards the Customs and Excise, when the deplorable condition of the manufacturing dis- tricts during the last six months is referred to. It is true that, as a set off to this, not only have the railway calls exceeded £ 20,000,000 during that period, a large portion of which has been expended but the enormous amount of Government money which has been given to Ireland has caused a consumption. of sugar and other commodities, contributing largely to revenue, greater than was ever known in that country on any former occasion. But if there be one view more striking than another which these accounts force upon us, it is the extraordinary success which, even in a fiscal light, has attended those reforms in our commercial legislation, and the reductions in our tariff, which have been so made during the last few years, and especially in the spring of 1846. These accounts comprise the first entire year of the low duties under the last reduction of the tariff, and, compared with an entire year of receipts prior to that reduction, they show the extraordinary increase already mentioned and, what is more remarkable still, the year ending the 5th of July, 1846, was one in which all branches of manufacturing employment were active to an extraordinary degree, and when all hands were well employed while during the last year, it is noto- rious that there has been a great deficiency of employ- ment in some of the main branches of our trade. The contrast of the two years in this respect only renders the triumph of free-trade principles more marked and decided. Theprofits arising from our fiscal reforms have more than compensated by a million sterling the cessation of the China ransom moneys and other receipts of an accidental kind. Thus, although our Treasury is no longer enriched by direct payments from the Chinese Government, yet we are reaping the advantages of an enlarged commerce and an increased revenue, as part of the fruits of an honourable peace. There is surely much in these reflections that should encourage a Government to persevere in the same course, and to make, as a means of ultimately increasing our income, extending our trade, and adding to the general comforts of the community, a large reduction of the tea duties. All experience points to this experiment as being a safe policy in every view which can be taken of it. It is impossible, however, to dismiss this subject without referring particularly to the great extent to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer is indebted for this large income to the important measure with respect to the sugar duties passed in the autumn of last year. No fiscal reform has ever been attended with such imme- diate and striking results, which, however, were so plain and so certain, that it is now only a wonder they were resisted so long. [From the Morning Advertiser.] I The returns of the Quarter's Revenue, made up to last night, will be found in detail in another part of the Morning Advertiser. They are highly satisfactory-a great deal more so than could have been expected in the circumstances in which the country has been placed for some months past. It was generally feared that there would be a serious dpfalcation: the country will be agreeably surprised to find that, on the contrary, there is an increase. The augmentation, it is true, is not large; but under the circumstances it is most gratifying to find that there is any increase at all. In all the items, except two, there is an increase on the quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. The two exceptions, are the Customs and the Miscellaneous. The deficit, however, is very slight on either head. On the Customs it is E4,272, and on the Miscellaneous it is £ 10,540. Under both heads, however, we have an increase on the year. On the Customs, the increase on the year, as compared with the year ending the 5th of July, 1846, is no less than EI,103,348, and on the Miscellaneous it is 1:114,384. In the Excise—one of the best tests of this prosperity of the country-the augmentation on the quarter is E186,341, while on the year it is £ 708,886. The Stamps, too, have been increasingly productive, the addition on the quarter being E138,969, and on the year £ 212,857. The Property Tax has also yielded an additional amount, the- augmentation on the quarter being £ 27,355, and on the year £ 308,024. The Post- office produces £ 34.000 more this quarter than in the corresponding quarter of last year. The total increase on the quarter is £ 41,457; on the year it is EI,004,026, On the whole, we repeat, the revenue retnrns are highly encouraging, and will, we are sure, he so con- sidered by the country; for, as before observed, the impression was universal that there would be a serious defalcation. The increase is the more surprising, when it is remembered that in the quarter just ended, no sum was received under the head of Chinese money, while the total amount of the corresponding last year's quarter was augmented by no less than £ 440,000 in the shape of Chinese money. As trade and commerce are everywhere improving in the manufacturing districts-money becoming easier- and food very considerably cheaper, we are justified in cherishing the fond hope, that we are now entering on a period of unusual prosperity. We congratulate our countrymen on the bright prospects which are at last opening upon us.
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THE PROROGATION OF PAItLIA.iE'I'T.-IVe may now venture to state it as an ascertained fact, that it will be necessary to defer the prorogation of parliament to a date somewhat Inter than that which a short time since was contemplated. Friday, the 23rd of July, is the day which will, iu all probability, witness thp termination of the session. With respect to the dissolution, that is a matter of more uncertainty, and will depend, in a great degree, upon the weather. Should the crops ripen rapidly, it will be necessary that they should be gathered in before the country is thrown into the turmoil cf a general election, and in that ease the disso- lution will not take place lentil the autumn is well advanced.—Britannia. Some interesting disclosures as to the present state of the Corporate Town of Kidwelly have reached us, but as from their great length and peculiar nature they will re- quire more than ordinary care in publishing, we must be allowed to postpone them until, at all events, after the Assizes shall have elapsed. In an advertisement which appeared in our last of the sale of part of Brickstarrow Estate, near Laugharne, it was described as one third part and one- fifteenth part;" it should have been" one third part and one fifteenth of one third part." The error is corrected this week.
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The Sanitory or Health of Towns Bill may now be considered as safe. It has been already thrice sub- jected to the ordeal of a Committee of the whole House, and several of its most important clauses have been agreed to. But the past history of this very important measure is really curious, and throws a light on the tactics of certain parties in the House of Commons which is hardly calculated to raise them in the esteem of those who hold the great Bentham principle, that the aim of all Legislation ought ever to be to confer the greatest possible amount of good on the greatest possible number of mankind. That the amiable and talented Statesman to whom the Bill was intrusted should have seen meet to exclude the Metropolis from its operation has caused sincere regret to many; and some of our popular journals denounced in forcible terms conduct which their conductors more than insinuated would go far to imperil the well-earned popularity which the noble Lord has long enjoyed. We also confess that we felt grievously disappointed when we first learned that Government meant to grant to London and a district aroundits centre (St. Paul's) extending to a radius of tea miles, an exemption from the salutary influence of a statute the object of which is not only to prolong life, but to render it more comfortable while it lasts. But we knew enough of Lord Morpeth to be persuaded that he is not the man to be easily turned asid e from carrying through any important measure to the advocacy of which he had pledged himself. The eloquent address which he delivered on the 30th March last, in the town of Leeds, abundantly showed how well the noble Lord had studied the present state of this great and populous country as respects the legal provision which has been made for ensuring cleanliness and health and a fair chance for longevity to its industrious millions. The ease with which his Lordship grappled with the statistic details and data necessary to elucidate the necessity for Legis- lative interference to enforce upon local authorities the adoption of means for ensuring health and comfort to the lieges, proved how intently he had studied the whole subject. If the noble Lord, therefore, has seen meet to yield so far to the representations of the local authorities of the Metropolis as to grant to the British Capital a temporary exemption from the-operation of this Bill, we cannot refuse our assent to the fact that the reasons which he has adduced for so doing have appeared quite satisfactory to a large majority of those who, during the present session, have generally voted with the Govern- ment. London is a town of huge dimensions, and em- braces, within the circle above alluded to, upwards of 304 square miles, on which more than two millions and a half of human beings are congregated. This area, though chiefly situated in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey, also stretches into Essex and Kent; and almost numberless are the local bills which the inhabitants of the different townships and districts comprehended in this circle have, at different times, obtained for securing the benefits of lighting, paving, sewering, scavenging, &c. It was well stated by Lord John Russell, on the 2nd instant, that the manner in which the ramifications of the sewers and aqueducts which have been con- structed by these several townships are connected with and dovetailed into one another render it very difficult to frame a legislative enactment which shall beneficially apply to the whole kingdom including the metropolis. But London is not to be permitted to luxuriate for ever in filth and stench and a pestilential atmosphere. It has obtained one year's respite but Lord Morpeth has solemnly pledged his word that early next session he will introduce a distinct Sanitory Bill for the Metro- polis and in the meantime it is gratifying to mark the alacrity which many of the members of the ward In- quests and subordinate local authorities in the more crowded quarters of this vast city are displaying in their endeavours to accomplish such a general lustration of those streets, lanes, courts, and alleys in which thou- sands of the poorer orders are thickly crammed as shall ensure to them the absence of noxious effluvia. But what has been the conduct of the Country Party in regard to this most important Bill ? Listen to Lord George Bentinck when making a set speech, and suppose you were really ignorant of the true animus of the man, you would be apt to form the opinion that he is not only a patriot but a philanthropist. Peruse one of Mr. Disraeli's harangues to the constituencies of Maidstone, Shrewsbury, or Bucks, and you would be apt to set him down as one whose heart overflows with the milk of human kindness. Place either of these sapient senators before six thousand Manchester operatives in their Museum, and how eloquently and touchingly would they discourse of the means and appliances by which the moral and physical well-being of the masses ought to be promoted. Is it not strange, then, to recognise in such men the strenuous opponents of a measure, the end of which is for ever to banish from the abodes of the masses those causes of discomfort, disease, and an abbreviation of human life which humanity refuses any longer to tolerate? Make fine speeches to operatives about the dignity of man, the illimitable expansibility of the immortal mind, the vast benefits which accrue from right moral culture, the immense advantages which extensive reading never fails to impart;—talk of all this, and of a hundred ad captandum claptraps besides; in the mouths of men who are the sworn champions of monopoly, who denounce even an inquiry into the laws which regulate navigation, who would advance sixteen millions of money to construct rail-roads in Ireland, and would deny to the famishing millions of that coun- try such a poor law as would rescue these wretched beings from the extreme horrors of famine, disease, and death, and who are capable of doing their utmost to prevent the passing of an act which humanity will be proud to chronicle-an act which we had fondly hoped would have charmed down and disarmed party-spirit— an act which contemplates bringing health, cleanliness, and prolonged existence to the hearths and homes of millions of those whose sweat and skill and toil create the wealth of Britain; we repeat it, in the mouths of such men speeches seemingly redolent of patriotism and philanthropy are but hollow conventionalities and spe- cious illusions. We should like amazingly to hear Lord G. Bentinck, Mr. Disraeli, and King Hudson hold forth for four or five hours in the Operatives' Museum of Manchester, on the benefits which the industrious classes derive from filth, stench, and a pestilence engendering atmosphere. At the close of the philan- thropic or aesthetic addresses of the worthy triumvirate might not a voice be heard from the ranks of the unwashed—the voice of one who has devoted his leisure hours to the study of the language in which Maro wrote and sung # Proh Jupiter ibit Hie, ait, el nostris ilhiserit advena regnis f" j And yet Lord George Bentinck aspires to be one day Premier The Morning Post has long spoken of him as the coming man and when he takes office, next to him in rank and place will be Lord Stanley, King Hudson, and Mr. Disraeli. What an augustan age may not Britons and Paddies hope to witness and enjoy under such auspices Where is the soul so cold and dead," who, in the contemplation of the Stable-minded" and noble Lord's advent to the Pre- miership, i,4 not ready to exclaim- Te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri, Irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras." And yet we venture to affirm that Lord George Bentinck, by the obstructive and most ungenerous policy which he and his small clique have lately pursued, have not thereby won the regard and secured the ad- herence of any very considerable number of their fellow citizens. The Health of Towns Bill is a measure the universal utility of which the meanest capacity can comprehend. An obstructive policy, i. e. a policy that is guided and influenced solely by a desire to embarrass and defeat a certain party in all that it attempts, whether right or wrong, can never be the policy of true patriots; and we are much mistaken if the conduct of tho Country Party, during the present session, does not prove to be any thing but "a feather in their caps" during the ensuing elections.
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That the Irish are an exceedingly excitable and impulsive race the whole tenor of their history clearly demonstrates; their history also shows 'that the ease with which by the thousand, aye and by the million, they can be rendered the dupes and ready tools of mammon hunting demagogues, political adventurers, and lawless but cowardly bandits, is truly wonderful. We readily admit that the domestic history of England, Scotland, and Wales, even during the last seventy years, reveals some strange and pitiable instances of the extent to which the minds of a considerable number of persons, not a few of whom had received a fair share of what is commonly styled education, were capable of being wrought upon and led astray by wild political chimeras and dreamy fanaticism. We have not yet forgotten the insane ravings and the blasphemous vaticinations & pretensions of Johanna Southcote in England, and of Mary Campbell in Scot- land and the adventures of Mad Thorn of Truro, who styled himself Sir JVm. Courtenay, legal heir to the property and honours of the earldom of Devon, are still fresh in our recollection. Chartism, too, which, in its most extensive meaning, was as mad an ism as a sane and well disciplined mind can well conceive of, may be said to have had its birth within the last dozen years. All this we are conscious of, and reflect on with deep regret; but in pondering the annals of the people that inhabit the larger of the two Islands which mainly constitute our domestic Empire, we can find no evidence tending to establish the fact that millions of these people, ever since the revival of letters among us, were capable of being hoodwinked, gulled, and cheated out of their senses-of being led to espouse or repudiate, with all the zeal of aspirants to martyrdom, any code of political opinions which an interested demagogue might see meet to advocate or denounce. Johanna Southcote and Mary Campbell had each her followers and dupes but be it not forgotten that each of these imposters cunningly availed herself of that love for the marvellous which, even in the well cultured intellect, has often a seat, and over the minds of the untutored children of toil exerts a most powerful influence. Each laid claim to a species of Apostleship each asserted that she was divinely inspired, and directly commis- sioned by Heaven. Both of them were shrewd enough to know that, notwithstanding the multiplicity of forms in which Christianity was more or less recognized, and the cost at which it was maintained in the world, of but a comparatively small proportion of the human race could it with truth be predicated that they were really Christians. Hence, among a class whose mem- bers possessed more keal than knowledge, it is not altogether wonderful hat persons who declared that they were directly inspired by Heaven, and commis- sioned to proclaim a new system of faith, the truth of which was to be attested by miracle, should find ad- herents and followers. Of Chartism in its most repulsive form-in that form which advocates physical force, and justifies the shedding of human blood, suffice it to say that it had its origin in the discontent and ill feeling which grew out of low wages and want of employment. But had the victims of the wide-spread distress which resulted from a ge- neral depression of our national commerce been left to the guidance of their own good sense, had no interested demagogues, no intermeddling emissaries, no paid peri- patetic orators gone among them to tay advantage of their discontent, to pervert their understandings, to misrepresent the causes of their sufferings, and both to excite and ride upon the vortex and whirlwind of their passions, we are firmly of opinion that Chartism had never been heard of as constituting the political creed of thousands of most useful men, and many of them possessed of considerable intelligence. Ill fares it with the British operatives when such men as Feargus O'Connor can assume among them the place of a leader. Ominous to the welfare and respectability of our me- chanics and artisans is the popularity of such a character. But where is Chartism now ? It may be said to be ranked among the things that had been. Like Jonah's gourd, it might be said to have sprung up and to have perished in a night. The winds of adversity gave it birth, and the sun of prosperity smote it to the earth. Did it never occur to our readers to inquire what was the reason that Chartism, in its most palmy days, never made head among a people so volatile and so easily impelled to set law and order at 'defiance as are the Irish ? We have frequently heard wonder expressed at the fact. The truth is Chartism, as sanctioning phy- II sical force, did not square with the policy of the crafty L lord of Derrynane. Well did the great Agitator know that the physical-force doctrines of the English Char- tists had but to receive his approval in order to be enthusiastically adopted and universally acted on by millions of a. class with whom sudden impulse generally takes the place of deliberative reason. But he played a game to win which peaceful means must be used. He was not ignorant of the fact that, in England and Scotland, the principles of Chartism had not only found no favour with the middle classes, but had met with a bold and formidable antagonism and he was also aware that, in the great seats of British manufactures and commerce, very few of those operatives and artizans who were in full employment, and received a fair amount of wages, could be seduced into the ranks of a party which held doctrines alike dangerous to the sanctity of the law, the peace of society, and the security of life and property. And knowing all this, bent as he ever was on one leading object, namely, by means of unceasing but. peaceful agitation to squeeze the largest possible amount of money out of a people whose affection and confidence he erijoyed to a degree that was truly wonderful, Daniel O'Connell was too shrewd a man to use the physical-force doctrines of Chartism as a decoy for making dupes of his demi-savage countrymen. To have done so woujd soon have brought him and his adherents in contact with an arm to encounter which would have been madness. But he well knew how easily six millions of his countrymen could be gulled, and Repeal, which, while it fed the hopes and flattered the vanity of his poor ignorant dupes, on account of its utter impracticability did not give much uneasiness to the English and Scotch, admirably suited his pur- pose. He was an orator, and how magniloquently could be, and dear Ray," and Tom Steele, the 11 head pacificator," dilate upon the utility and the glories of a native Parliament sitting in College Green! He was a hero, or at least passed as such with the Irish million and in reference to what he had done, or boasted that he would do for ould Ireland, he might almost adopt the language of one whom history really depicts as a hero :— experto credite, quantus In clypeum assurgat, quo turbine torgueat hastam." He wanted a large amount of rent; where was the poor Irish dupe who would not part with his last traneen, to support the glorious boy" who was to pro- cure Repale f But the question forces itself upon us—how comes it that six millions of the Irish people can be so easily gulled and made dupes of? In order to obtain a satisfactory solution to such a question the history of Popery during the last fourteen centuries must be caiefully read, and its. philosophy intently studied. In England and Scotland Popery exists-in Ireland it reigns. And to all who have travelled over Europe we fearlessly appeal as to the contrast which those portions of it where she of Rome reigns paramount presents to those portions where Protestantism is in the ascendant, or, as in France, w not only tolerated but patronised. Let any intelligent and liberal-minded traveller com- pare the moral and physical aspect of the Grand Duchy of Pgsen with that of Silesia. Both countries own the sway of the Prussian monarch, and both are eminently blessed by natural advantages but in the former Popery reigns; and not only are manufactures and commerce scarcely known, but the arts and sciences languish, and a rich soil is cultivated in the most wretched man- ner. How different a scene does the latter present There Popery barely exists, and Protestant light has begotten an enterprise which is seen on every side. Almost every village is the seat of some branch of manufacturing industry. The arts and sciences are universally cultivated, education is patronised by all, and the excellent tillage of the cpuntry has rendered it one vast garden. In like manner a traveller may con- trast Saxon^ Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Baden, Hanover, Belgium, Holland, &c., in all of which Protestantisn is either in the ascendant or is freely tolerated, with Austria, Naples, the Papal States, Spain, Portugal, &c., where Popery is dominant. While the Priesthood of Ireland shall maintain their present baneful sway over the minds and consciences of their ignorant votaries, they will easily be made dupes of even by less talented demagogues than O'Connell.
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CARMARTHENSHIRE INFIRMARY. I A general meeting of the subscribers to this highly beneficial Institution, took place on Wednesday last, There were present:—The Hon. Col. Trevor, M.P., Sir John Mansel, Bart., Archdeacon Bevan, W. Morris, D. Prytherch, H. Lawrence, M.D., T. Jones, M.D., S. Tardrew, J. Hughes, J. Rowlands, James, E. H. Stacey, Alfred Thomas, Esqrs., Capt. Scott, Rev. D. A. Williams, Messrs. J. J. Stacey, C. Brigstocke, G. Davies, Geo. Spurrell, &c., &c. On the proposition of D. Prytherch, Esq., seconded by Dr. Jones, Col. Trevor was called to the chair. W. Morris, Esq., said that his brother, the Hon. Secretary, was unavoidably absent in consequence of illness in his family, but had deputed him to act in his stead upon that occasion. It would be remembered that at the last meeting a Committee was appointed, which met on the 13th of April, and resolved that a circular should be sent to each subscriber requesting that their contributions might be forthwith paid in. The result of this had been that the Messrs. Morris had been enabled to purchase A;1200 worth of India Bonds at 4 per cent. interest, leaving a balance of E194 8s. 7d. in their hands. The total amount of donations was E3385 17s. of which E636 was not collected, and the yearly sub- scriptions amounted to JC404 Is. of which JE184 8s. remained uncollected. The Committee had likewise resolved that a Sub-committee should be appointed to draw up the rules of the proposed Infirmary, and to ascertain from the Town Council whether they could ob- tain the late Borough Gaol for the purpose of using it for the temporary reception of patients. The report of this Sub-committee had been received, from which it was ascertained that they recommended the adoption of the late Borough Gaol as a temporary Infirmary, and that the Town Council had kindly granted the use of it rent-free. Col. Trevor thought they could- not do better than adopt the recommendation of the report. Dr. Lawrence said that as the subscriptions had been called in the subscribers would require a return for their money as speedily as possible. He was therefore of opinion that no delay ought to take place in providing a temporary Asylum for patients and although the Borough Gaol was not quite so convenient as they could have wished, yet with a few alterations it could be made available for their purpose. Col. Trevor asked if the Council would consent that any alterations should be made. The Mayor replied that knowing the sentiments of the Council he would undertake to say that there would be no objection. W. Morris, Esq., observed that as the original inten- tion of the Council was to demolish the Gaol in order to use its site for the enlargement of the present Cattle Market, no harm could be effected by the alterations required to fit it up as an Infirmary. After some few further observations a resolution was passed :-That a Committee consisting of Sir John Mansel, Bart., D. Prytherch, Esq., the Mayor, the Rev. D. A. Williams, Lewis Morris, Esq., the medical gen- tlemen resident in Carmarthen, Archdeacon Bevan, and T. C. Morris, Esq., be appointed and instructed to apply to the Town Council for permission to make the neceasary alterations in the Borough Gaol, and also ascertain the probable expense of such alterations. A discussion arose as to the sum to be allotted to the Committee for fitting up the Gaol as an Infirmary, in the course of which W. Morris, Esq., announced that E164 had been received from the Government as the rent for the present Barracks, and Col. Trevor observed that 100 guineas a year would accrue to the Infirmary Fund from the Government as long as the present Bar- racks are occupied by the troops, which he imagined would be about 3 years. Sir John Mansel proposed that E150 should be placed at the disposal of the Committee. E. H. Stacey, Esq., moved as an amendment that the sum of E200 be allocated for the proposed alterations, being convinced that the Committee would not spend more than was absolutely necessary. Upon a division the amendment was carried by 11 to 5. W. Morris, Esq., announced that in consequence of the arduous duties of the office of Secretary, Mr. T. C. Morris would be unable, owing to the want of sufficient leisure time, to hold that situation any longer. He regretted it exceedingly, but found himself unable any longer to continue the office. He would recommend that a paid Secretary be appointed, and suggested Mr. J. W. White as a proper person. Col Trevor remarked that as the General Annual Meeting of the Subscribers would take place in April next, it would be as well perhaps to appoint Mr. White until that time, and then it could be determined whether the duties of the House Surgeon and Secretary could not be combined. Mr. White was then appointed Secretary upon that understanding, the amount of his salary being left for the Committee to decide. The Rules drawn up by the Sub-committee were then carefully gone through, and with a few alterations adopted. Thanks were voted to the Town Council for their kindness in granting the use of the late Gaol rent-free, and to Col. Trevor, for his able conduct in the chair. The meeting adjourned until Thursday next, when a President, Trustees, and House Committee, are to be elected.
IBOROUGH QUARTER SESSIONS.
BOROUGH QUARTER SESSIONS. The Midsummer Sessions for this Borough, were held yesterday before, John Wilson, Esq., Recorder. The following gentlemen were sworn as the Grand Jury :—George Bagnall, Esq., Foreman, James Lloyd, Geo. Goode, Thomas David, Thomas Davies, Evan D. Evans, W. T. Clark, Edward Jones, Benjamin James, John Jones, James Evans, D. E. Lewis, and Wm. Thomas, Esquires. After the usual proclamation had been read, the Recorder briefly addressed the Grand Jury, congratu- lating them upon the fact that there were no indictments to prefer. The Court then proceeded to the hearing of appeals. Mr. J. P. Lewis, of Llandilo, lodged and respited I three appeals from the parish of Llanegwad, against orders of removal from the parish of St. Peter. Mr. Benjamin Evans, of Newcastle Emlyn, lodged and respited an appeal from the parish of Llangeler, against an order of removal of Mary Davies, from the parigh of St. Peter, and adopted the same course with regard to an appeal from Llangeler parish against an order of removal of Elizabeth Davies and her children from St. Peter's parish. Mr. J. Smith, of Cardigan, lodged and respited an appeal between the parish of St. Mary, Cardigan, and St. Peter's, Carmarthen, touching the removal of Mar- garet Evans. Mr. Smith also lodged and respited an appeal from the parish of Clyddey, against an order of removal of Susannah Jones from the parish of St. Peter. Mr. George Thomas lodged and respited an appeal between Eglwyswrw and St. Peter's, touching the removal of David Llewellyn and his wife; he also lodged and respited an appeal between Amroth and St. Peter's, touching the removal of Mary Powell. Llangathen v. St. Ileter.-In this case notice of aban- donment of the order of removal had been served by Mr. Jeffries, but Mr; J. P. Lewis now appeared to apply for the costs, as an application to the Court was the only legal method by which he could obtain them, although Mr. Jeffries had undertaken to pay them. The Court decided that the applicant was entitled to the costs. In two other appeals from Llanegwad, a similar course was pursued. Kidwelly parish v. St.: Peters -This was an appeal against an order of removal of Mary Williams. Mr. Ben. Jones appeared for the appellant, and Mr. J. B. Jeffries for the respondents. This case raised the question as to whether 5 years continuous residence in St. Peter's parish rendered the pauper irremovable to Kidwelly, thus questioning the intention of the Act passed in August last. The pauper has lived in Carmarthen 9 years, receiving relief frore Kidwelly parish up to December last, being nearly 6 months after the passing of the Act. In 1838 an order of removal of the pauper to Kidwelly was duly made and unappealed against. A lengthened discussion ensued as to whether the Removal Act of last Session was retrospective or not. It transpired in the discussion that the Attorney and So- licitor Generals, Mr. Archbold, and Mr. Lumley, were all of opinion that if a pauper resided 5 years in a parish previous to the passing of the Act he became irre- movable, but as in this case the pauper had already been removed, the Recorder said that it was implied by the relief given that the pauper was settled in the parish giving such relief. By the order of removal it became imperative upon the parish of Kidwelly to afford relief to the pauper, which they did, and it therefore became unnecessary to determine this case by the Act of Parliament passed last Session, because there was an implied admission by the appellant parish that they were bound to maintain the pauper. On that ground he confirmed the order of removal. Mr. Jeffries incidentally mentioned a number of conflicting opinions as to the construction of this Act, and referred to the opinion of Mr. Jellynger C. Symons, that it did not apply to Wales. The Recorder observed that an Act of Parliament introduced by Air. Rice, brother of the present Lord Dynevor, enacted that whenever England was mentioned, it was meant to include Wales. There was some doubt thrown upon this, because the Removal Act said England only, but he understood that to mean England and Wales only. Llanychllwyddog v. St. Peter.-This was an appeal against an order of removal of Daniel Davies, and there were no less than 21 grounds of objection against it. Mr. Smith, of Cardigan, appeared for the appellant pa- rish, and Mr. Jeffries for the respondents. Mr. Jeffries said he should show a prior order of removal, and an acknowledgment of it by the appellant parish, affording relief to the pauper almost up the present time. The different objections were then argued seriatim. The order was ultimately quashed. Llanllwny v. St. Peters.-Order of removal quashed appeal confirmed with costs. Mr. John Morgan for appellants. Llanegwad v. St. Peters.-Afr. J. P. Lewis appeared for the appellants the appeal was confirmed with costs, and the order of removal quashed, but not on the merits. A similar decision as in the last case was given in three other appeal cases from Llanegwad In the appeal of Llandilo fawr v. St. Peters, the same decision was arrived at. The Sessions was adjourned to the 16th instant.
CARMARTHENSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS.I…
CARMARTHENSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. I FRIDAY. The Court opened at 10 o'clock, when the following magistrates were present:-D. Pugh, Esq., Chairman, Hon. G. R. Trevor, Win. du Buisson, Wm. Chambers, senior, J. L. Thomas, G. B. Jones, 1. H. Rees, Cil- maenllwyd, D. Prothero, M.D., and James Thomas, Esquires, and the Rev. D. G. T. H. Williams. The following gentlemen were sworn on the GRAND JURY :—Morgan Morgan, Llwyn, Foreman; J. James, Llandilo, D. Davies, Llansawel, J. Lewis, Llwynfedwen, T. Francis, Coedmaen, M. Morgan, Pistellgwyn, J. Davies, Pentredavies, R. Thomas, Berliandewill, D. Harries, Abersanan, J. Phillips, Brynberllan, H. Jones, Penygroes, Wm. Evans, Citsarn, J. Thomas, Llandilo, T. Williams, ditto, D. Lewis, ditto, Wm. Jones, Bettws, Wm Pugh, Park, Wm. Nichols, Penycoed, and R. Perkin, Bettws, Esquires. The Learned Chairman proceeded to address the Grand Jury, and after having briefly referred to the cases in the calendar observed: Complaints having been made of inequalities in the Assessment of the County Rate, the Magistrates under a recent Act, the 8th and 9th vie. c. 3, yesterday appointed a Commit- tee which by the 4th section is empowered by their order in writing, to be signed by their clerk, to direct the overseers, constables, and collectors of public rates to make returns in writing of the annual value of the pro- perty in any parish liable to be assessed to the County Rate, which returns are to be laid before a vestry meet- ing of the parish, before they are forwarded to the Com- mittee. The 7th section enacts that the Committee may by their order in writing, require the overseers, constables, and collectors, to appear before them, when and where they may deem expedient, and to produce all parochial and other rates, assessments, valuations, apportionments, and other documents in their custody, relating to the value of the property within the several parishes, and to be examined on oath respecting it. The overseers and others required to make returns are liable to a penalty if they neglect or refuse to do so and the expences of the valuations rendered necessary by such neglect will be paid by their parishes. When the Com- mittee have prepared a County Rate differing from the preceding, they will print and distribute it among the justices and overseers, to be submitted by the overseers to a vestry within 21 days from its receipt, and to be examined by all ratepayers without fee. Together with the copy of such rate, notice must be sent of the time within which, not less than a calendar month, objections to the proposed rate may be sent to the Committee. The rate is then ta be laid before the Quarter Sessions, and: deemed valid after confirmation, subject to the right of appeal to this Court. I make these observations to prepare you for any notices that may be received in your parishes. I am happy to inform you that there is every probability of the South Wales Turnpike Act being amended this Session. I was in favour of that course, because it seemed to me that the difficulty which was well known in an early period of last year, the attention of the Government :having been directed to the subject, could not have been satisfactorily explained in a court of Law. But we cannot expect the Government to re- commend the Legislature to provide for every difficulty that may be raised in a new and important Act. It is very well that they have done so in this instance. I therefore hope that we shall endeavour to carry out the Act in the spirit in which it »»» given us. The cases injthe calendar do not require any comments from me, as you are very well able to deal with them." Mr. Lloyd Hall moved on behalf of Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, of Penrheol, Mydrim, in this County, for }he assistance of the Custos Rotulorum of the County, and the magistrates assembled at Quarter Sessions to inves- tigate the correctness of the Special Jury list now in force for the current year in consequence of certain information which she had received. He stated that by the Jury Act 6 Geo. IV. chap. 50, it appears that no person shall be summoned on the jury except his name be entered in the jurors book for the current year, and by Sec. 31 it is enacted that every man who shall be described in the jurors book for any County in England and Wales, as an Esquire or person of higher degree, or as a banker or merchant shall be qualified, and liable to serve on Special Juries, and the Sheriff of every County or his Under Sheriff shall within 10 days after the delivery of the jurors book for the current year to either of them take from such book the names of all men who shall be described therein as Esquires or persons of higher degree, or as bankers or merchants,' and shall respectively cause the names of all such men to be fairly and truly copied out in alphabetical order together with their places of abode and addi- tions in a separate list to be called The Special Jurors List" from which the Special Juries are to be nominated and struck to try issues for the current year. A petition was presented by Mrs. Williams which sets forth at length the grounds of complaint. These grounds are that she brought an action of eject- ment against her brother Howell Howells, and several other persons at the last Assizes, which was tried, and her fatner's will established in proof, but the jury disagreed and were ultimately discharged without finding a verdict. Subsequent to the Assizes, she had been repeatedly informed by one Job James and others, that her brother Howell Howell makes it an open boast that as long as the present under-sheriff is in office, that he is sure she will never obtain a verdict in the said ejectment, as he had the management of the making up of the special jury list, and is the attorney for Howell Howell in the ejectment. Previous to the last assizes she moved for a special jury, and the special jury list, consisting of 62 names, was produced to the proper officer of the Court of Exchequer, and 48 persons drawn therefrom by him in the usual way, of these 48 names there were some unex- ceptionable, but several of them exempt from serving on juries, and others residing at such a distance from Car- marthen that it precluded any hope of their attendance at the trial. She gave instructions for striking out 12 names being those whom she considered most objec- tionable, one of them being defendant's brother-in-law, ¡ Mr. Henry Lewis, of Hendre, Llanstephan, and although she had very great objections to some others, yet as the law does not allow more than 12 objections, they were permitted to remain. She next complained that out of the 48 jurors originally drawn, that 22 were not qualified to serve on special juries as required by the statute, many of them not being even named in the jurors book for this year, and the description and addition of others altered from what they were in the said jurors book, so as to give them an apparent qualification to serve on a special jury. Another ground of complaint was that several persons names are inserted in the special jury list who are not even named in the jurors book for 1847, but are the immediate friends and connections of the under-sherif fand defendants attorney. She next alleges that the sheriff has omitted to insert in the special jury list the names of between 40 and 50 persons whose names appear on the jurors book for 1847, as persons duly qua- lified by law to serve on special juries, amongst others Edward Adams, Esq., of Middleton Hall, William Chambers, sen., Esq., of Llanelly, Griffith Bowen Jones, of Gurrev, Esq., David Jones, of Glanbrane, Esq., Richard Nevill, Esq., Grismond Philipps, Esq., of Cwm. gwilly, Geo. Watkin Rice, Esq., Robert Stone, of Trimsaran, Esq., J. E. Saunders, of Glanrhydw, Esq M. Williams, of Llanelly, Banker, and several others. For these and other reasons, Mrs. Williams felt the most decided objection to the Special Jury and instructed her attorney to enter the cause lor trial by a Common Jury. The cause was accordingly entered as one to be tried by a Common Jurv and the special distringas was not deli- vered to the Sheriff to summon the Special Jury. The defendant's attorney, however, made an application to Mr. Justice Wightman, the Judge at the last assizes, to try this cause before the Special Jury—nominated as aforesaid, and in his affidavit to ground such motion, he states that although he had not received the special distringas he had summoned all the Special Jury named in the reduced list to attend, believing the special distrin- gas would be delivered afterwards, and his Lordship by consent of Counsel, directed the special distringas to be delivered to the Sheriff, the defendant consenting to adopt the said jury as his own, the plaintiff's attorney refusing to do so. At that time she said that she did not suspect the Under Sheriff's reason for wishing to have the cause tried by that particular Special Jury, as the foregoing facts had not come to her knowledge. She however, believing these statements to be correct, humbly prayed that she and her attorney may be allowed to have free access to the duplicate juror's book and jury lists in the custody of the Clerk of the Peace, and to make copies and extracts therefrom, and the Clerk of the Peace be directed in the event of ulterior proceedings being taken to make an affidavit or affidavits verifying the said juror's book for 1847, and proving the delivery thereof unaltered and unobliterated to the Sheriff of Carmarthenshire or his lawful deputy, so as to enable your petitioner to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench at next Michaelmas term for a criminal information against the offending party or parties if she shall be advised so to do, she undertaking to pay the Clerk of the Peace such reasonable fees for affording such in- spection and making such affidavit as this Honorable Court shall direct and require. Upon this motion having been made, Mr. John Morg<* of Llandovery, appeared for Mr. George Thomas, acting Under !SherHf, and consented to the prayer of?? petition being granted. The Court intimated that Clerk of the Peace should afford every facility to M^1* Williams and her attorney to pursue the investJgatlO and Mr. Thomas undertook to abandon the present sP da! jury list, and have a fresh one made out for the ne assizes. Thomas Jenkins was indicted for having broken?" entered the dwelling-house of John Jones of Liang" nor, on the 22nd of April last, and stolen therefrom < coat, a handkerchief, and a pocket-book. The Pr^s0?J pleaded Not ?M:?y, but withdrew his plea and plea? Guilty. Sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Henry Thomas was charged with stealing some and check shirting, the property of Thomas Woods, dJf per, Laugharne. Mr. E. C. Lloyd Hall opened the case. Prosec? being called said, that he keeps a shop at Laugharne,* this county; he went from home in February, on 19th, and returned on the 27th of the same month, he returned he missed a piece of check shirting; £ seen it a week previous; shewed it previous to go? from home to a customer; applied for a search warr? to search prisoner's house; went with the constable5 search the house, and saw a piece of shirting the" After it was found, was present when the policeØl found some calico and other things, which he idec? Red as his property Cross-examined by Mr. Geo. Thomas:—Knew the soner's family for thirty years. Prisoner's family b dealt often at my shop. Prisoner's daughter has wor'|fl for me, and was employed about Christmas last. T* shirting is commonly used; does not serve nineteen p. sons out of twenty; remembers Elizabeth Thomas COJJ1 to his shop about the end of last year; bought clothes; she might have bought some shirting; prosecutor leaves the shop it is in charge of his wife daughter; does not know when the calico was loØ- Prisoner has never been charged before a magistrate his knowledge before. Mr. Thomas, addressed the Jury for the prison^1 who was acquitted. John IVatts, was indicted for having stolen a quantity of barley, the property of Thomas Lewis, of Kiffig. Thomas Lewis was called. He deposed that he farmer living in the parish of Kiffig; prisoner was ill. service:—In the month of April prisoner was thrashiw barley, I applied for a warrant against prisoner. the 14th of April, saw the constable take prisoner the magistrates. Cross-examined:— Went to Mr. Beynon, who told to go to Mr. Swann. Went there about the 14th, oJ the day he left me. Prisoner left my service of his otØ accord. Did not tell prisoner that I intended taking warrant out against him. Was informed the barley flat stolen on the 1st of April. Stephen Lewis examined:—Is son of the prosecutor. went on the 1st of April into my father's barn, prison was then thrashing barley there was a heap thrasbeo> out; saw him going to lift a sack on his back; the was a bundle of straw tied to his sack, the sack seeIØ very heavy; knew the prosecutor allowed prisoner take chaff, which is quite light; I told him to put down, when prisoner put it down. I examined it aD found it to contain a portion of barley prisoner begg*" me not to tell my father, as he had taken it up from tb* racking. I promised I would not tell my father. I the" emptied the bag into the heap; the bag belonged t" prisoner; the bag would hold about five bushels; th* barley in the bag was from one to two bushels. ltd" my father three or four days after. Cross-examined by Mr. Popkin:—John Willey .,aI. present at the time I found the barley with the prisoner;- the prisoner had a right to take chaff; did not prisoner to take any straw to one William James. PlI-: soner told me to open the bag before I opened it, the prisoner was to have corn every time he wanted it; he was to have one bushel out of every 20 for thrashing found the bag of barley in the bundle of straw, he håAi permission to take the straw home. Mr. Popkin here made an objection to the case goinlJ to the jury, which the Court considered fatal, and of" dered the prisoner to be discharged. Harriet Edwards, daughter of the prisoner Henry Thomas, whose trial is reported above, was then charge4 with being a participator in the robbery with which her father had been charged. After a full investigation she was also acquitted. David Davies, was arraigned lor having on the 10th of May, stolen a sovereign, and two half sovereigns, the property of David Evans, of Pembrey. David Evans examined, says: — That he is the master of the sloop Squirrel; slept at the Neptune, at j Burryford, on the night of the 10th of May had money j! in his pocket on that occasion in his purse in his waist* coat pocket; did not see the prisoner that night; pri" soner was a servant in the house. When he rose in the morning he looked at his money, found f2 short; told the landlady of his loss. The following morning the landlady shewed him a glove with'money in it. By the Court:—Did not go to bed sober. Mrs. Maekiernon examined:—I am the wife of W. kiernon; I remember prosecutor coming to my house on the night of the 10th of May; the prosecutor and prisoner slept in the same room; on the following morfl' ing D. Evans told me that he had lost money out of his pocket. I went to search the room the next morning, and found the prisoner in bed; I searched his clothe* and found nothing went on the following night anl6 searched; found a glove and money in it; sent for d policeman, to whom I gave the money. My husband advanced prosecutor JE1 about one month before. Cross-examined by Mr. George Thomas:—Does not know what money my husband had paid him did not hear him say that he had saved money to get clothes. Wm. M'Kiernon was next examined :—Is the husband of the last witness; gave prisoner £1 about a montb. previous to his being taken into custody does not kn- that prisoner has any other way to get monev except 10 my «ervTce. Cross-examined :—Does not know whether pri8<|>«er [ got drunk in the house or not; the prisoner came tC f1)' service soon after Michaelmas; he previously bore II good character. The jury acquitted the prisoner. Jonah Harries was then arraigned for having stolen a quantity of coals, the property of Messrs. Sims, WIl- liams, Nevill, and Co. Mr. Popkin having addressed the jury for the prisoner, called the following witnesses for the defence:—Mr- Isaac H. Ammond, Mr. Thomas Tobias, Mr. Griffith Jones, relieving officer for the Llanelly Union, Mr. John Lewis, Place Uchaf, and the Rev. Mr. Williams, Llan- arthney, all of whom gave the prisoner an unexception- able character. The evidence having been carefully summoned up by the learned Chairman, the jury found the prisoner not Guilty. Evan Samuel was then charged with having on the 16th of May, stolen three bars of iron, the property of the Llwynyrhaf Coal Company. The following witnesses were called for the pro- secution :— John Griffiths examined :—I am the smith belonging to the Llwynyrhaf Company. On the 18th of May I missed a piece of bar iron. I went with Serjeant Ed- wards to search, who shewed me the iron under a hedge, with two other pieces which I missed about two or three months ago the iron was here produced, which witness identified. Thomas Griffiths examined:—Is the brother of last witness, remember prisoner coming to me on the 17th of May last; came to me about three quarters of an hour before with a piece of iron; the prisoner asked me if I would give him 3s. for it; he left the iron in my shop prisoner afterwards came back in a quarter of an hour and asked me if I would buy the iron; I asked him where he had brought it from; he said from John Llew ellyn's field; the prisoner took the iron away. Serjeant Edwards proved the finding of the iron. For the defence, Mr. J. P. Lewis objected that there was nothing to go to the jury. Mr. E. C. Lloyd Hall replied, and the objection being overruled, Mr. J. P. Lewis addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called Mr. Morgan, Mr. Wm. Owen, D. Williams, and Evan Llewellyn, who each gave him & good character. The Chairman having summed up, the jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. bane Williams, was indicted for haying stolen half & sovereign, the property of William Griffiths. William Griffiths examined by Mr. Lloyd Hall:—Is a blacksmith, went into the White Lion, in the town of Llandilo. Received 15s. about 4 o'clock in the evening, fell asleep soon after J entered the public house, felt the half sovereign about an hour before, dont know how long I slept, when I awoke found the half sovereign was gone. Cross-examined by Mr. G P. PriceDoes not know how long he was in the Lamb public house, received the half sovereign before going to the Lamb, went to the Market House, does not know how long he was in the White Lion before he went asleep, told Mr. James when he awoke that he had lost half a sovereign. John Davies was in the White Lion, in this town, on the 14th of May last, saw prosecutor there asleep, and prisoner with his right hand in the pocket of the pro- secutor saw prisoner take his hand out; prisoner then left. Mr. Price asked one of the witnesses whether he had been punished for assaulting his mother the day after his father's funeral, which the witness admitted and that he had to pay jE3 for the assault. Richard Lewis, Cefnysgib, examined :—Paid the pro- secutor 15s. on the afternoon of the 14th of May. For the defence, Mr. Price made an objection as to the forming of the indictment, which proved fatal, and the prisoner wall acquitted. Attorney for prosecution, Mr. J. L. Popkin, Llandilo. Rees Morris charged with having, on the 4th of May, 1847, stolen two deal planks, the property of the inha- bitants of the county of Carmarthen, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month's hard labour. Joseph Peytwlds, charged with having, on the 3d of April last, stolen two shovels, the property of D. Rees, and others, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two months hard labour. Samuel Thomas and Edward Jones, charged with having, on the 26th instant, stolen a pair of shoes, the property of D. Davies, of Gwek, pleaded guilty, and received sentence of two months imprisonment each, with hard labour. A great number of appeals were entered for hearing, but in consequence of the great obscurity that prevails relative to the last Poor Law Removal Act, they were all postponed till the next Sessions. The rt then adjourned till Thursday, the 15th instant, at Carmarthen. THE ANNUAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CALVTN- lSTIC METHODISTS was held hese this week. On Tuesday evening the Annual Missionary Meeting was held in Water-street. On that occasion the Rev. E. Jones, Aberystwith, took the chair. The report was read by the Rev. J. Roberts, Liverpool, Secretary to the Institution, who was followed by addresses from several ministers. In the market place on Wednesday afternoon, and throughout Thursday, sprmons were delivered bv the Revds. J. Jones, Llanllyfni, (twice) J. Hughes, Pontrhobert, C. Williams, Anglesea, J. Hughes, Llangollen, J. Jones, Rhyddu, J. Walters, Ystradgynlas, W. Price, Narberth, and W. Price, Gower. An immense concourse of people assembled, and appeared much interested and edified by the im- pressive and solemn addresses of the various prcachers.