The Welshman

LATEST NEWS, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENISO. PRICES OF STOCKS. Bank Stock 196* 6 7 3 per Cent. Red 874 3 per Cent. Con. 874 New 34 per C., 89 Long An. 1860- I Cons. for Acc., 87 J 2 Do. E500 7 0 It does not appear that Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., have accepted more than a very small portion of the drafts of Messrs. Prime, Ward, and Co., and even these are said to be merely on account of dividends, and, therefore, probably considered to be worthy of special exception. According to the version current in the city, Messrs. Gurney shipped a large amount of specie, say £100,000, to Messrs. Prime and Co., for the purpose of conducting certain exchange operatiops the latter hav- ing authority, also, to draw to a given amount upon the former. We are not aware that Messrs. Prime are alleged to have exceeded the limit assigned but the de- rangements in the corn trade have so entirely defeated the calculations made, that upon the solvency of many parties in America will depend the payment of bills re- mitted, and it is presumed that Messrs. Gurney are, therefore, unwilling to incur greater liabilities. How far legal points may be involved, time alone can deter- mine. The general news from Liverpool is satisfactory, the money market appearing to be easier but we ap- prehend, from the diminished sales of cotton, that there is not yet much activity in the manufacturing districts, and we regret to hear of another extensive failure (for 1:100,000, it is said) at the outport. The foreign ex- changes were tolerably steady in the afternoon. The speculators for a fall have taken advantage of the news relative to a threatened interference, by Lord Palmer- ston, in the affairs of Austria and Italy, to check the ad- vance in Consols, which has steadily gone on in the face of many adverse circumstances during the last day or two. Consols have been 87i to I for transfer, and are about 87 j i for account. Exchequer-bills are marked 2s. to 5s. pm. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, are 89 to 4, and Bank Stock is 106i to 197. The foreign in- vestments have been heavy. Spanish Three are 291 to 30, and the Passive 4J Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 2.51; Mexican Bonds are quoted 19; Brazilian New have been at 82; BelgianFour-and-a-Half per Cents are 924. The business dpne in Railway Shares has been compirativelyfthimportant, and QM. prices realized are, not quite so good. -$tandard. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO TXF, HIGHLANDS.—Ardverekie, Sunday.—On Friday the Earl of Aberdeen arrived on a visit to her Majesty. On Saturday the only additions to the Royal party were the Marquis of Abercorn and the Earl of Aberdeen. This day (Sunday) her Majesty, the Prince, and the Royal household attended the per- formance of Divine service at Ardverekie. There has- been a dreadful storm attended by many shipwrecks, and the loss of several lives on the Western coast of Scotland, and in the northern parts of the Irish Channel. FRANCE.—We have received by express the Paris papers of Monday, with an immense ma?s of foreign correspondence. They are respectively full of interest. The affairs of Italy take precedence in the journals before us of all other questions. Considerable alann exists evidently in Paris on the subject. The Debats, for example, has a most remarkable article, which we are malicious enough to view with satisfaction, for in displaying bad temper it betrays a consciousness of an unfavourable position. The Debats says, that no Power shall interfere in Italy unless France shall." So much the better, for, for the first time, French inter- ference in Italy would be on the right side. All other of her interventions in that peninsula, as in another, were with views to which it is unnecessary to give a stronger name than interested." The rest of the P aris journals express hopes for the independence of Italy, and they and the entire Paris public anticipate British aid in the defence of the Italian states against Austrian domination. It is even stated in the Union Monarchique, that already two British regiments (from the Ionian Islands) had landed in Italy (at Ancona, they say.) It would be superfluous to pronounce this an error. The announcement shows, however, the line of policy which is expected from England in this matter. Although the Paris papers attach more interest to the Italian than the Spanish question for the moment, the latter is the more important. Narvaez must have arrived in Madrid on Friday last. Seven hours would enable the telegraph to communicate to Paris the manner of his reception, and yet, although three days had elapsed, the French Government was silent on the subject. Is it possible, as some suppose, that Ros de Olano, his friend, was sent by order of the Queen to tell him that it was useless his coming to Madrid unless he pledged himself to bring about the divorce of Her Majesty from her husband, and concurred in the continued residence of Scrrano in the capital, and in his holding an ostensible situation ? SpAi-.v.-Our accounts from Madrid are of the 25th ult. The Queen held a brilliant levee on the 24th, on the occasion of the fete of her sister, the Duchess de Mont- pensier. Her Majesty presented the Duke de Glucks- berg on that day with the Grand Cordon of the Order of Isabel the Catholic. The G&zette denies that General Ros de Olano, who met General Narvaez at Bayonne, had'been sent on any mission by the Spanish Govern- ment. It was inferred from that denial that if the Ge- neral received a mission from Narvaez, it was given to him by General Serrano or M. Salamanca. The Correo still maintained that no Ministerial crisis existed. The Three per Cents were done at 27A for cash. ITALY.-Letters from Rome have reached us down to the 21st ult. It was reported in that capital that the Secretary of State bad forwarded a note to the Cabinet Of Vienna, tn which he declared that, should the Aus- trians not evacuate the town of Ferrara within a fortnight the Pope would recal his Nuncio from Vienna, and send passports to Count Lutzow, the Austrian Ambassador at Rome. Count Pietro Ferretti, the brother of the Se- cretary of State, who had been charged with a mission to Naples, returned to Rome on the 18th. The Pope had instructed the Governors of Ancona and Civita Vecchia to supply those fortresses with three months' provisions. Count Bludoff, the Russian Envoy, had taken leave of His Holiness, and departed for St. Petersburgh. Ac- cording to the last accounts from Naples, the Calabrian insurrection was extending. On the 17th four battalions were embarked at Naples in two steam frigates, to rein- force General Statella, who was operating afgt ainst the revellers in the neighbourhood of Cosensa. It was ru- moured that several English ships of war had been seen off Otranto.

I INDIA. I We (The Times) have received by extraordinary ex- press from Marseilles our despatches from India, in anticipation of the Overland Mail of the 19th of July. The dates thus received are—from Bombay to the 19th of July, Calcutta to the 8th, and Madras to the 10th. The dates from China are not later than those which had previously reached us via Ceylon. The general state of India is satisfactory. The provinces of the Nizam, however, were not free from serious disturbances. There is at the same time a piece of information from Hyderabad affording matter for congratulation—namely, that the Nizam, actiug under the advice of the British Resident, had abolished transit duties in his dominions. To the eastward of the Nizam's territory, in the Goomsoor country, the misunderstanding between the inhabitants who practise human sacrifices and our authorities still existed. One of the chiefs, Chokra Bissaye, had at one time offered to surrender himself upon terms, but subsequently refused. Tranquillity continued to prevail throughout the Punjab. The conspiracy which was talked of some time back had lost all importance. In the Hazareh, or mountain districts, the chiefs who had refused to submit to Gholab Singh had since been pacified by being again placed under the government of Lahore. Sir Charles Napier appeared to be desirous of quitting India, and had applied to the Governor-General for a steamer to convey himself and his family direct from Kurrachee to Suez in the month of September or Oc- tober. It was nevertheless doubted that he will be able to quit that province so soon. Trade was depressed in Calcutta, and similar com- plaints are made from Bombay but in both places they were cheered by brighter prospects from the favourable state of the crops. At Cabul there have been some differences between Dhost-Mahommed and the Persian inhabitants called Kuzzilbashes; and fights took place, in which 70 or 80 persons were killed. A peace had been arranged between them. The Dhost appears to have abundant employ- ment in maintaining quiet amongst the refractory tribes. The Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief of India remained at Simla, during the rainy months. They were busy in reducing the troops, so as to save nearly £ 1,000,000 sterling per annum. 40,000 Sepoys have been removed from the Native army and six Royal regiments are to be sent out of India. In Bombay some sttfcnge frauds had been discovered in the supply of coal to the Indian navy. Two persons had been tried and found guilty of obtaining the price of 1O0"tofi!?,"Wtttrtl lliey nevw—delivered. 1W utheu -rrnrn II" up before the Bombay police for another fraud; and their trial was expected to come on at the September sessions The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bombay remained at Poona. DESTRUCTION AT BOMRAT OF THB BRITISH HOTBL r BY FinF.-(Froni the Bombay Courier" June 21.)— We have this day the painful duty to record one of the most terrible fires ever known in Bombay, and which has issued in the total destruction of the British Hotel. About ten minutes after seven o'clock on Saturday evening, as the iDmates of the hotel were seated toge- ther in the coffee room waiting to be summoned to din- ner, an explosion was heard, and an alarm of tire given by the servants. The landlord of the Hole in the Wall tavern, situated at the back of the hotel, had just before been introducing a syphon into a cask of brandy, and, as the spirit was running out, he went to stop it with a lighted candle in his hand. The spirit took fire, and the consequences of that rash act are known to every one in Bombay. The surface of the Soor was instantly covered with blazing brandy, and the lfames very speedily rushed upward th.ough the tiles and commu- nicated to the hotel. Attempts were made to remove the furniture, &c., from the tavern, but they were both feeble and ill-directed, and perfectly futile. The alarm having been given at the hotel, Mr. Blackwell sent off for an engine and blankets were thrown down from the windows, and water poured on the tiles of the burning tavern, but no precautions could be of any avail. In the tavern, piled up one abo\e the other, were between 50 and 60 large casks of ardent spirits, and what human efforts could resist such fuel ? Five minutes after the first alarm was given, a constable came up to the hotel to order the windows to be shut, and in that short time the flames had made such a progress that they were already coming into the rooms of the hotel, and it was impossible even to approach some of the windows to shut them. The casks exploded one after the other, and each explo- sion, of course, terribly increased the fire. Jn an almost incredibly short space of time, it became ne- cessary to leave the hotel, which was one sheet of flame in a very few painutes after the first notice was given. Happily, every one, Mr. Blackwell and all his family, and all the servants and the gentle- men who were in the hotel at the tin)*, got jafely out. Almost the whole of the valuable property which ttie hotel contained, however, WAS left behind to fall a prey to the merciless element. In the quarter of an hour which elapsed from the first alarm to the time when every one was compelled to fly for his life, a few things were saved. The plate and the books were, we believe, secured, and carried away to a place of safety. The loss of property by fire is im- mense, and perhaps, no human exertion could have prevented that; but the loss, from the destruction of valuables, in the way, and also from the numerous robberies that were committed in the course of the night, was likewise enormous. One Parsee lost 5000 rupees from breakage alone. It is, of course, impossible, at present, to form an accurate estimate of the total loss sustained, but we are assured that it cannot be less than seven or eight lacs of rupees. m

CAPTURE OF A BRITISH VESSEL BY THE PATAGONIAN INDIANS.—MURDER OF PART OF THE CREW. On Saturday, the 3rd of July, the English brig Avon, of Liverpool, appeared ill front of our port (Monte Video), and anchored outside; she did not enter or communicate with the shore till yesterday, the 5th. It was then ascertained that she comes from the river Santa Cruz, coast of Patagonian, where events as extra- ordinary as lamentable have befallen her. The following are the particulais we have collected, extracted from the ship's log, and related by the individuals on board of the vessel, the only sources of information at present available :— The Avon, Captain John Eaton, proceeded from Li- verpool to Patagonia, in search of minerals. She arrived at her destination about eight months ago, and has had, since then, frequent and friendly communication with the Indians who occupy the regions touched at. When in the bay known by the English as Watchman Cape, and which is in the 48th degiee of south latitude, Capt. Eaton made a contract to carry some cargo further south. On his way to the point agreed on, he en- tered the river Santa Cruz, whose mouth aud port are in 60 S, chiefly to water. He had been there on pre- vious occasions, and maintained friendly intercourse with the Indian* of the right, or southern bank of that river. On the 13ih of May last, one of the sailors who had gone ashore for the purpose of arranging the pur- chase of some horses, made signal for the boat to be sent to him. Captain Eaton went in person, and en- tered iotu communication with the ludians of the left bank, who, although they had formerly shown them- selves less disposed than that of the right, received him, nevertheless, in a friendly manner, and even requested to be allowed to go on buard. Five of them accordingly accompanied the captain. In the meantime Mr. Ran- dall, the mate, James Daniels, James M'Mullen, and John Stewart, seaman, and James Watson, an appren- tice, went ashore in the launch, taking with them some useless horses to change them for others. The captain, finding that they delayed a long time, shouted to them from the ship; no answer being made, he fired off a pistol to call their attention, but no one appeared. Then one of the Indians on board spoke in his own language to those on shore, and immediately afterwards the sailors were seen running into the water, attempting to escape from the Indians. The mate (Randall) and a sailor were drowned, another sailor was killed by a shot from the Indians, and the remaining three were carried off prisoners. While this was passing on the coast, the five Indians on board suddenly attacked the rest of the people, con- sisting of six men, including the captain. They killed the latter in a most barbarous manner, wounded the second mate, George Wright, in the back, threw over- board Mr. William Douglas, the freighter of the vessel, and another person, both of whom they afterwards picked up out at sea, when they had killed the captain. The second mate and the rest of the sailors then de- fended themselves. The Indians being pacified, saying, in bad Spanish, mixed with worse English, that- they would not kill the good sailors. -Ilai-inero bono no killed," are their words, as entered in the logbook. Soon after, several Indians came off in a launch, steered by one of the captured sailors; they plundered the ship, giving the preference to articles of brass over everything else, even before gold and silver. The captain's body they threw into the sea, horribly muti- lated, with the head almost severed from the trunk. They carried off Mr. Douglas, and left behind them on board ten or a dozen of their own people. On the fol- lowing day they returned in the boat, managed by the sailors, their prisoners. The current carried them away some distance from the Avon. They made the shore again, and again pushed for the ship, which they reached. They took everything away that had been collected by the Indians they had left on board the day before; made the sailors convey them on shore in their boats and, having disembarked themselves and their plunder, sent off the sailors who had not been attacked on shore they remained with Mr. Douglas and the three meu whom they had seized from the beginning. The sailors having returned on board, put to sea for this port. The second mate (Wright), who has come in command of the vessel, is cured of his wound. Such are the particulars which appear in the logbook. The regularity of the statement, and the further details which we have heard from a competent person who ex- amined the people on board, leave us no room to suspect their exactness, much less since they uffirnr*rnt Mr. Douglas and tbree men are alive with the Indians.—: Comersio del Plata.

DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT AT SAINT MATTHEW'S CHURCH, BRISTOL.—On Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, the inhabitants of Kiugsdown were greaily alarmed at seeing a large volume of smoke issuing from the cellars or crypt under St. Matthew's church; num- bers of the neighbours at once hastened to the spot, when it was discovered that an explosion of gas had taken place. It seems that on the previous Wednesday evening the gas-lights in the church suddenly went out during service, and notice had conscequntly been sent to the Gas Company to repair the meter. A man of the name of Aylesbury was accordingly sent to the church on Satur- day, and with another man (Taylor) set about removing the meter; at this time, five o'clock, the sexton of the church, James Bailey, was in the underground apart- ment with the gasmen, and it is said, that either not being aware that the gas was escaping, or being ignorant of the danger, he, in order to get a light, struck a lucifer match the consequences were instantaueous -there was an immediate combustion of the gas, which set fire to a number of old hassocks and footstools belonging to the church, and which had been put away below: some sticks, coal, and soot from the flue of the stove also ignited, and made altogether a complete smother. The engines speedily arrived and men from the Gas Com- pany having arrived, and being put to work by Mr.Wait, the Secretary, the tire was soon extinguished. Indeed danger to the church itself was more apparent than real. We wish it were in our power to be able to conclude our story here but by far the worst part remains to be told The three men, Bailey, Aylesbury, and Taylor, who were in the cellar at the time, were most dreadfully burnt. Bailey, in particular, is shockingly disfigured; the flesh from his face and hands is completely burnt off. Aylesbury is also much burnt about his face and neck and Taylor is severely injured about the face and the middle region of the body. They are all married men Bailey has six children; Aylesbury two; Taylor has no children Much sjmpathy bus been expnsspd to- wards the sufferers, more particularly for Baitey, who was well known to all in the habit of attending bt.Mat- thew's church, as a respectable, civil, steady man. At the conclusion of his sermon on the following day, the minister of the church feelingly alluded to the disaster, and the congregation subscribed E20 in aid of the suffer- ers.-Bristo Gazette. A PLEASURE EXCURSION. One of those catch- penny Cheap Trips, facetiously termed "Pleasure Ex- cursions," was p!acarded on the walls of this city last week. Parties were to be taken down to Minehead, stopping at the Holmes, and be brought back the same day, for next to nothing, and all was to be first-rate. The steam-packet employed, the Glamorgan, is an old and only occasionally-used boat; and yet in her were crammed upwards of 300 persons. The party em- ployed to navigate her, we are further told, was not a person regularly in the command of steam-packets and the result has been not only infinite annoyance, vexa- tion, and expense to the numerous comoany on board, but, at one time, there was imminent danger that the vessel would be lost with all on board her. We hope the present will act as a warning for the future, both to the caterers for, and the sharers in, amusements of this nature.- B)-istot Gazette. [A report appears in the London papers that 200 lives were lost in the above excursion,] STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER., Tuesd&y Evcntn^. —Upon the whole there has been a better fe-eling in this f market to-day with more of a disposition to do business, at the rates generally current last market day. However, sellers have mostly declined these rates, consequently the business actually done, whether in cloth or yarn, has not been to the extent which otherwise would have been the case. Money is easier. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting of the Association, held on Monday, was numerously attended. Several members of Parliament were present, J. P. Somers, M.P. for Sligo, presided. The chairman having addressed the meeting at considerable length, on topics of a personal nature, Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., commenced the business of the day by handing a remittance of JE50 from the Boston Association of the friends of Ireland," with a series of resolutions, and a letter to Judge James, a portion of which, as it had reference to the foreign policy of Ireland, was not submitted to the meeting. One of the resolutions just adverted to having recognised Mr. John O'Con- nell as the leader of the repeal movement, the honour- able gentleman stated that he would accept the lead- ership, notwithstanding the responsibilities which he was fully aware were attached to that distinguished position. Mr. P. R. Welsh and Mr. Costello then ad- dressed the meeting; and several remittances having been acknowledged, Mr. J. O'Hea repudiated a recent article in a London journal, which inferred that the repeal agitation was dead, and showed that the ques- tion of domestic legislation was making considerable progress amongst the higher ranks in Ireland. Mr. J obn O'Connell subsequently addressed the meeting at considerable length. At the termination of the proceed- ings the rent for the week was announced to be £100. The meeting then adjourned. HORRIBLE MURDER.—EMLY (COUNTY TIPPERARY,) AUG. 23.—A frightful murder took place in this neigh- bourhood yesterday. As James Cashen, a respectable farmer, was going to mass, at about the hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon, he was waylaid while crossing part of Mr. Bolton Massey's demesne, at Ballywise, aud his brains beaten out with stones. Some dealing in land which he had last March with some of his own family, is supposed to have caused this outrage. The' coroner's inquest has returned a verdict of wilful murdfr against some persons unknown. The Ode to Light" in our next." We cannot insert or notice in an1 way, any commu- nication that is sent to us anrmymously but those who choose to address us in confidence will find their con- fidence respected. Neither can we undertake to return any manuscripts whatever. The publication of the Welshman commences on Fri- day morning in time for the Glamorganshire mail, which leaves Carmarthen at eight o'clock..

Our Island Queen is at present far away from the home of her early years, and from the splendid mansions where she is wont to reside and to hold her court but whether at Osborne House or at Blair Atholl Castle, whether at Cobarg or sojourning amid the alpine scenery of Lochaber, our beloved sovereign has the supreme felicity of knowing that, while she shall con- tinue lo deserve the love and loyalty of her people by her unceasing endeavours to promote their welfare, no distance of place can ever remove her from the affection and enthusiastic attachment of Britons. Other English and British Sovereigns have .acquired considerable popu- an d British Sovereigns have. larity by the numerous journeys and progresses which they made through portions of their dominions. Eliza- beth, James I., Charles I., Charles II., Ann, and George III., frequently visited the nobles who graced their court at their country residences; and in an old ba- ronial manor Ueose, in the county of Stafford, the room is still shown where the merry monarch -eaeu magis jucundia gita#}sajiei&ict"notu*—Charles II., gravely rising from hia seat, with due and fitting ceremony con- ferred the honour of knighthood upoa a superb piece of roast beef which «Hood before him, and which ever since, both to those who can and to those who cannot afford to partake of it, has been known as the Sir-loin But when these Sovereigns journeyed through any of the provinces, so immensely numerous was the retinue by which they were attended that none but the richest of the nobilitYlQcl landowners could afford to act the part of enterters of royalty, and the husbandmen and householders who lived iu the viciuity of the royal route often suffered severely from the manner in which the court purveyors made free with their goods and chattels. Such at least was the case down to the time of the good Queen Ann. And, moreover, the bulk of the people rrally saw but-Uttle and knew still less of these crowned heads, even when they might be said to be rusticating among their subjects. In those days the canaille were nobodies, and, If e'el to Royalty they bowed, 'Twas at an awful distance." Who at that period ever dreamt that a day would come when, in England, such expressions as the majesty of the people," the people the only source of power," would be heard, amid hurrahs and applauding shouts, on the hustings and the platform, at the festive board and in the tap-room, and be familiar as household words" in the mouths of thousands of those who aspire to be duces ftlebxs f But the illustrious Lady who now sways the British sceptre owes not a little of the high popularity which she possesses not only to the numerous opportunities which she affords to her people, in different parts of the kingdom, to behold the face of their sovereign, but from the cheerful and happy manner in which she mixes among them and enters into their enjoyments, their feel- ings, and their peculiar manners. In the autumn of 1845, when her Majesty was on her way to Blair Atholl, in the splendid demesnes of Dunkeld Park, around which there is spread before the eye one of the grand- est, most enchanting, and most diversified panoramas that Europe can exhibit, a magnificent marquee had been erected by Lord Glenlyon, (now Duke of Atholl) in which it had been arranged that her Majesty and suite should take a luncheon. Of the highland welcome with which the mal aucaevsor "t. ^)puc$was there received it is not our purpose 10 fpeak. '-the Island Queen had just crossed the boundary line of the Perthshire Highlands, land the reception which her Celtic subjects gave her was worthy of their Sovereign and themselves. A little incident, however, which occurred as her Majesty was taking her seat in her carriage, deserves to be men- tioned. While the air rung with the shouts of the hardy mountaineers, and while her Majesty was, in the most fascinating manner, bowing her acknowledgments to the vast congregated mass, a portly and brawny Highlander who stood near the royal carriage, and was one of the yeomen who had been appointed to act as a body guard to the Queen on the occasion, was so affected by the graceful and winning deportment of his Sovereign that, in the falness of his heart, he exclaimed in accents loud enough to be heard both by her Majesty and by the bystanders—" Well, she is every inch a Queen, and on the banks of the Tay I am sure she will ever be THE QUEEN OF HEARTS." Her Majesty was evidently affected by the homely but very expressive compliment. She bowed to the loyal Celt, and the smile of delight which lighted up her ingenuous and intelligent features plainly told that other lips than those of a courtier may utter what is pleasing to the ears of royaHy. On Thursday, the 12th ult., Queen Victoria, her royal Cons.ort, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and a limited but brilliant suite left Osborne House, Isle of Wight, on a maritime excursion, and with the ultimate view of spending* portion of the most serene season of the year in a secluded but highly picturesque district in the land, of the- Gael, where, if wheat-fields and orchards make up bU a small part of the landscape, game of almost every British variety abounds. In Lochaber and Badenoch thousands of that noble animal, the red deer, range the woodlands and mountain wilds at large, the roe kf found in almost every brake and dingle; and as for grouse, plover, snipe, ptarmigan, woodcock, and hates, a very tyro in shooting science might fill his bag in, five or six hours, although every year reveals the fact to more than one Cockney sports- man that it does require some experience and address to succeed in pulling Hit upon the tails of these animals. The route-which the royal squadron (consisting of six steamers) pursued was entirely new to her Majesty, and enabled her ti^p^jgood survey of the sea-board of j the Island of Great Britain- including oi of the southern-frota Hurst Castle to Loth Linnhe, the sea entrance to the Caledonian canal, which extends thence to the Moray Frith at Inverness, and thus intersects the island. As regards both moral and physical courage it is evident that the blood of the Plantagenet, the Bruce, and the Tudor has not deteriorated in the veins of our Island Queen, and BritoAs have no reason to doubt that should circumstances fe'r occur to<evoke her strength of mind and genuine patriotism, it would be found that the spirit which animated Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury, when the Spanish Afoada was on its way to invade her dominions, glon,in the breast of our VICTORIA. From the hour that her Majesty ascended the throne she took a deep interest in all that relates to the efficiency of the fleet. Her Majesty; from her knowledge of the history of the cquntry over which she reigns, can recognise in our wooden tealis the right arm of Britain's unrivalled maritime puissance, and her safeguard from foreign ag- gression and when her Majesty pays a visit to any of Britannia's floating bulwarks, the heroic Blue Jackets who man them remember with just pride that she is an intrepid sailor, and does not quail before a puff of the breath of rude Boreas," and further, they know that she is the sailor's friend. On the present visit of her Majesty to St. George's Channel, the Irish Sea, the Hebrides, the Frith of Clyde, Loch Fine, and the Western Highlands, she slept nine nights" in cradle of the rude imperious surge" aod spent as many days on the bosom of those waters to which the Empire over which she presides owes sA'rttuch 6f its wealth and its security. A- mode- rate siav4 wvlqld Dot dq toll jqatice to J M N t ) enthusiastic reception which QUEEN VICTORIA every- where received. Wherever and whenever the royal fleet was descried it was the signal for such a display of heart-felt delight and unbounded joy on the part of the eongregated thousands, who rejoiced in having an opportunity of testifying the love and loyalty which they bear to their Sovereign, as must have been indeed truly gratifying to her Majesty. Where is the heart so cold and dead" that can remain unmoved when he or she whose lifei-blood it impels is the object of universal love and respect ? Such a heart beats not in the breast of Britain's VICTORIA. She knew she enjoyed the love and devoted attachment of the people who everywhere thronged around her; and could their Queen give them a more convincing proof of the confidence which she reposed in their loyalty and love than by mixing freely among them, unattended by even a single file of soldiers ? VICTORIA has the happiness of knowing that her life guards are thirty millions in number,—as many in number, in fact, as are her subjects; and should her Majesty ever visit India—an event not very likely to occur—she would find that in that mighty and splendid empire her life-guards would number nearly a hundred millions. Let him who wears the French crown—Le Citoyen Roi-ponder these facts. "The three days of July" gave him a throne does he sit easily upon it ? Does he possess the spontaneous love and loyalty of the whole of the many millions over whom he reigns ? In the warm gushings of their affections do they hail his approach when, surrounded by triple files of cuirassed guards, he shows himself among them ? and do they throng around him as Britons do round their QUEEN ? Let modem, living, history answer these questions; and future history will disclose the reasons why Louis Philippe, though king of the French, was never the king o f hearts. Well, our Queen is now a denizen of the mountain solitudes of the land where, according to Macpherson, Fingal fought and Ossian sung." For a season, she has denuded herself of the trappings of royalty, in order to taste what is not often the lot of crowned heads to enjoy—the aweets of private life. In our next we shall most likely be able to give further account of the manner in her Majesty, her consort, the royal children, her Ma- jesty's half-brother the Prince of Leinengen, and the whole of the royal suite enjoy the pastimes and plea- sures, which, on the part of their noble entertaineer the Marquis of Abercorn, and on that of the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood, no pains will be lacking to multiply. Loch Laggan, on the margin of which the shooting lodge which is now the abode royalty stands, abounds in trout and char. Its superficies is equal to upwards of thirteen square miles, and the surrounding scenery is exceedingly diversified, the grand,the sublime, and the wild, still predominating. For many miles around the inhabitants are very few; for of late years, in many parts of the Highlands, we are sorry to say that the proprietors of the soil have pursued a policy the humanity and wisdom of which may well be questioned. Finding it a much easier matteT to obtain well-paid and often larger rents for hilly and moorish districts, when let as shooting grounds to men of rank and fortune, than they could readily get from poor sheep-farmers and cottagers, they have converted vast tracks of country which once supported many thousands of sheep and black cattle, and also yielded sufficient food for the cul- tivators, into covers for grouse, hares, plover, and snipe, and forests for red and roe deer. On this principle, it appears, the Marquis of Abercorn has acted, and hence the vast extent of the forest in which Prince Albert is now enjoying the noble and spirit-stirring sport of deer- stalking. To every one who had the happiness of being suffi- ciently near her Majesty to be able to mark the ex- pression of her countenance during her maritime trip, it was evident that she highly enjoyed all that she saw and met with; and earnestly do we hope that her so- journ in the seclusion of Loch Laggan will afford her all the pleasure, all the enjoyment, and all the health that th* people over who» ruIM can wUfa her. The Scotch look on it as au interesting circumstance that Fortwilliam, where her Majesty landed, is the capital of the district—Lochaber—which was the Thane- dom and patrimonial inheritance of Banquo, from whom descended the royal line o^ Stuart or rather Stewart. Thursday, the 2oth ult., being the anniversary of the natal day of H. R. H. Prince Albert, was dedicated to festivity and mirth by the whole of the court; and un- dreds of the surrounding clansmen, All plaided and plumed in their tartan array," headed by their respective chieftains, engaged in various athletic games and ex- ercises, peculiarly Celtic, in all of which the Queen and the Prince seemed to take a deep interest, and to be highly delighted by the exhibition. We seldom or ever open our columns to religious polemics, and we are sure that we are far from being singular in believing that newspapers, except when announced to be the public exponents of some religious sect or party, can but rarely, if ever, be rationally and usefully devoted to theological discussion. But there are few rules originating with man to which there are not exceptions and the precious document to which these remarks are meant to be introductory is so preg- nant with instruction to all who venerate the doctrines of the Reformation, & for the truth of all that they believe appeal to the Inspired Volóme-so redolent of the spirit of her who sitteth on seven hills"—that we really can- not think of with-holdiug it from our readers. Verily Ignatius de Loyola though dead yet speakcth." Were the founder of the Societas de Jesu permitted to revisit this world, and to read, mark, and learn" the past and present history of Jesuitism, he would discover that, as forgers of lies, as subvertors of the simple Christianity which the apostles preached, and as bold and unblushing propagators of imposture and error, his disciples had far outstripped their master. If any of our readers halt between two opinions" in regard to Puseyism, or rather Tractarianism, we would remind them that Dr. Hampden, Regius Pro- fessor of Divinity at Oxford, declared to the world that it was but a stepping-stone to pure and unadulterated Romanism; and the Jesuit fraternity has been fre- quently termed the principal crutch of undiluted Popery. One of the chief maxims of that fraternity is the dia- bolical one that the end justifies the means. We how lay befcr* our readers this characteristic specimen of the spirit of her of Rome, feeling assured that Mariolatry and idolatry will, in their eyes, acquire no new charm from such ablasphemous travesty of the sublime prayer which was dictated by the founder of Christianity. At the anniversary meeting of theWesleyanMission- ary Society, held in Exeter Hall, on the 3d of last May, the Rev. Pastor BOUCHER,—a distinguished evangelical minister, and editor of the admirable Paris journal, the Voix Nouvelle,—amongst other illustrations of Popery as now existing in France, produced an extensively cir- culated form of prayer to the VIRGIN MARY, in which the language of the Lord's prayer was apptopriated and addressed to MARY. We cannot transfer to our page the enamelling, and Gothic lettering, and showy illumi- nation of the elaborately adorned card which we saw in M. BOUCHER'S hand on that occasion but we can give what is more important, the prayer itself. As it has been attempted to cast some doubt on the fidelity of an English rendering of it which has appeared, we insert both the original and a translation :— Notre mere, qui etes aux cieux, 0 Marie, que votre 110m Boit beni a jamais que votre amour vienne a tous Ips cccurs que vos désires s' accomplissent en la terre comme au ciel; donnez 110llS aujourd'hui la grace et In misericorde; donnez nous pardon de nos fautes, comme nous l'esperons de votre bonte sans bornes et nc nous laissez plus succoinber a )a tentation, mais delivrez nous de inal. Ainsi soit il. TRANSLATION. I lOur mother, who art in heaven, 0 Mary, may vour name be blessed for ever. May your love come to all hearts. May your desires be accomplished on earth as in heaven. Give us this day grace and mercy give us the pardon of ourfau?s.A?we hope for it from your L ness without bound*, and !e&ve us no more to fall t_4 t«np?<MN. bat 4??Mr M fiosk evil So be it.' ?. The document came into the hands of the Chairman of the Meeting, Sir CULLING EARDLEY SMITH, (now Sir CULLING E. EARDLEY,) and, we need not say, Sir CULLING is not a very safe depositary of the Pope's secrets. Accordingly, at some subsequent meetings, especially in connexion with the Evangelical Alliance, he brought the prayer into notice, with such comments as he deemed suitable. Amongst these meetings, two have been brought into public view; that at Newcastle- upon-Tyne, on the 7th of June, and that at Aberdeen, on the 16th of the same month. In the former instance a Romanist layman, Mr. MATTHIAS DUNN, and, in the latter, a Romish Priest, the Rev. WILLIAM SMITH, of St. Mary's College, Blairs,' were the ostensible champions on the side of Rome. Their movements had, in result, if not in premeditation, so much of concert, and converged so directly to the same points, that we may almost indiscriminately refer to one or the other or both, for the development of the defence which the partisans of Popery have put forward against a charge of gross Mariolatry, which, as they well knew, could not fail-notvit hstanding all the defilement of England by Tractarianism—to awake. strong indignation and widely-extended disgust." I

I CARMARTHENSHIRE. The Lord Bishop of Hereford has been spending a few days at Abergwilly Palace, as the guest of the Lord Bishop of St. David's. Mr. Sergeant Jopes and Mr. Davison have been ap- pointed the Revising Barristers for the County and County Borough of Carmarthen at the approaching Revision. A respectable farmer in this neighbourhood on whose veracity and intelligence ávereaaon to place implicit confidence informed us on Saturday last that he had only once in 20 years past experienced so good crops on his farm as in the present season. A CORRESPONDENT requests us to call the attention of the authorities to the weights used by sellers of bread in this town. For our part, we are desirous to see all bread sold by weight, and are glad that at least one baker in the town has had the spirit to commence an innovation upon the old practice. THE SHOOTING SEASON has commenced in earnest, and numerous parties of sportsmen are daily engaged in ranging the fields in search of game. The rain of Wed- nesday evening causcd the scent to lie strongly yesterday, and good sport ensued. CARMARTHENSHIRE INFIRMARY.—A meeting of the House Committee was held on Tuesday. After due de- liberation it was resolved that a general meeting of the subscribers should be called, to be held at the Town Hall, on the 28th of September, in order that the amount expended by the Committee in making the necsssary alterations for converting the gaol into an Infirmary may be approved of by the subscribers. It appears that the sum placed at the disposal of the Committee by the General Meeting was £ 200, out of which JE98 has been expended to effect alterations, leaving E102 to purchase bedding and furniture. This sum it has been estimated will be insufficient for the purpose to which it is to be devoted and the Committee purpose asking for increased pecuniary powers. LUNATIC ASYLUM.-On Saturday last, a meeting of the Committee appointed by the Court of Quarter Sessions for this county to confer with the Committees of Justices appointed by the Counties of Cardigan, Pembroke, and Glamorgan, was held in the Grand Jury Room, at the Shire Hall, to carry into effect the provisions of the Act 8th and 9th Victoria, chap. 126, intituled An Act to amend the laws for the provision and regulation of Asy- lums for pauper Lunatics." There were present the Right Hon. Earl Cawdor (in the chair), Sir John Mansel,Bart David Pugh, John Llovd Da vies, Daniel Prytherch, John Edward Saunders, John Bowen, and R. J. Neville, Esqrs. The four agreements for uniting the several counties of Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a joint Lunatic Asylum for those counties, were executed by all the members of the Committee present on behalf of this County, having been previously signed by theCommittee on behalf of Glamorganshire. They were afterwards forwarded to the Clerk of the Peace for Pembroke- shire to undergo the like formality, and will be by him transmitted to the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Cardigan for the same purpose. OUR MONTHLY CATTLE MARKET was held on Wednesday last. The shew of fat beasts was small, but most of them were sold at full prices. There was a large number of fat and store sheep penned, which were nearly all disposed of at late rates. A very tine lot of fat ones the property of the Rev. J. Evans, of Nant-yr-eglws, and another lot the property of W. Carver, Esq., of Wenallt, were particularly admired cows and calves were in brisk demand. 4 were not many pigs in the market, and prices \\e..e s'ttionary. CARMARTHEN POLUK.—Before W. Morris and E. H- Stacejt, Bftquat* Onf«d«j Uet John Fussell, landlord of the New Market House Inn, was summoned on the information el Inspector George,, for permitting gambling in his house It appears that in consequence of a representation from Major Kidd. commanding the detachment of the 87th infantry at present stationed in this town, that the soldiers were in the habit of gam- bling in public houses, which led to further excesses, the authorities were determined to put a stop to this illegal practice, and the police was ordered to give information against any parties permitting the offence. In the present case Inspector George was sworn, and said that he was passing the New Market House on the evening of the 27th ult., and saw a number of females looking at the upper windows where some soldiers were noisily disputing over a game of cards. About a quarter of an hour afterwards George sent P.C. John Davies, who found the soldiers still playing at cards. Mr. Fussell had been repeatedly cautioned not to allow card-playing in his house, but he had always replied that he would persist in allowing it as there was card playing per- mitted in other houses in the town. P.C. John Davies, corroborated the Inspector's evidence, and added that the soldiers had two packs of cards and were playing off" for two quarts of ale. Major Kidd here mentioned that he had called the Inspector's attention to the subject because he had invariably traced all excesses of the soldiers to have originated in the New Market House Inn. Mr. E. H. Stacey said it was the duty of the police to have attended to the matter before. The offence was viewed as a serious one by the legislature as the first penalty Yias E5, the second £ 10, and the third £ 50. Inspector George observed that he should have informed against the landlord of the house at an earlier period, but he had been unable to detect parties when actually playing. Mr. Thomas Parry appeared for the defendant, and said that he should take the opinion of the Bench as to whether the cards (being un- stamped and having the corners cut) could lawfully be deemed cards. He contended that the law only re- cognised one species of cards, and no persons could be legally deemed guilty of card-playing unless they played with cards which were recognised by the law as such. If the bench decided against him upon this point, he thought the smallest possible penalty would fully satisfy the ends of justice. The offence took place early in the evening, so that it could not be said that the defendant kept his house open at unreasonable and improper periods for the purposes of allowing gambling to be car- ried on. He would on the part of his client, undertake that the offence should not be repeated, and he trusted a moderate penalty only would be imposed. The magistrates considered the case fully proved, and fiued defendant E2 aiid costs, with a notice that upon a second offence the full penalty of Lio would be inflicted.-Mr. John Evans, landlord of the Square and Compass, Water-st., was also fined f2 and costs for a similar offence, and Plr. William Whitney, of the Carmarthen Arms, Pen- dre, was likewise fined t2 and costs for allowing card- playing in his house. Upon the application of Mr. Thomas Parry, the distress warrant ordered to be issued in the case of Qosden v. Evan Thomas, for levying ex- cessive toUa. was directed to be held over until counsel's opinion shall have been taken as to the liability of the vehicles to have the higher toll charged upon them as caravana. On Saturday four paupers, and on Monday two others were cdnraHlted for 14 days to the House of Correction for refusing to break stones in the Union Workhouse. INQUESTS.—An inquest was held on Saturday last, at the village of Llangennech, before Wm, Bonville, Esq., Coroner, on the body of John Harries, who, on the previous Wednesday was accidentally killed on the spot at the Penciloge colliery, by a large stone falling upon and crushing him against a coal basket, part of which entered into his side. Verdict, Accidental death." On Monday last an inquest was held by the same Co- roner, in the parish of Bettws, on the body of Eleanor Samuel, single woman, a pauper from the parish of Llandebie, who was found dead in her dwelling-house by a neighbour. It is supposed that she must have been dead since Wednesday last. The jury returned a ver- dict of Found dead." I,LANDOVFny.-We understand that Thos. Phillips, Esq., of Brunswick-square, London, a name already connected with the Principality in princely munificence, has signified his intention of founding and endowing a Grammar School for South Wales at Llandovery. Mr. Phillips has vested the sum of E4,666 in Government Securities, for the purpose of founding a grammar school for South Wales, at Llandovery. The Deed of Trust, placing the control and management of the interest of the above sum in the hands of five trustees, was exe- cuted last week by the venerable fouuner, & was brought by his friend, Mr. Hamer, to the country to obtain the signatures of the several trustees, two of whom reside at Llandovery; at which place, on Monday last, when the purport of Mr. Hamer's visit transpired, the inhabitsnts immediately caused the bells to be rung, and their merry peals were continued throuahout the day. The school is to be called Thomas Phillips' Foundation," and the master must be a clergyman of the Church of England in full orders, and well acquainted with the Welsh language, who will be allowed to receive as many pupils as he may be disposed, in addition to the twenty free scholars on the foundation. We hope ere long to be favoured with more particulars respecting this mcfst important institution, and in the mean time we hope that the trustees will be fortunate in their se- lection of a ftrt-trate muter to conduct the school, A 5-■

REJOICINGS IN HONOUR OF THE NUPTIALS OF W. MORRIS, ESQ., TO MISS GWYNNE. Tuesday last was completely a Gala Day in Carmar, then, such festivities and rejoicings as took place upon that auspicious event perhaps never having been equalled in the ancient capital of South Wales." Every person vied with his neighbour in expressing his joy at the felicitous event which was about to take place, and the whole town was in a state of commotion and excitement from early dawn. Long before the clarion of the inorn" had heralded the approach of light, the loud booming of cannon, reverberating amongst the surround* ing hills, awoke the eager inhabitants from their slum* bers, and at an early hour the town band paraded the streets, playing lively and inspiriting airs. There were not a few, however, who deemed the firing of guns at 3 o'clock in the morning, (they having only dropped firing at half-past 11 the previous evening,) as altogether un- necessary, but the exuberant joy of the people could not be restrained. As nine o'clock approached, all became on the qui vivs to witness the bridal cortsge, and hundreds lined -ths. streets through which it must necessarily pass to reach St. Peter's Church, which was also filled by respectable. inhabitants. Exactly at the appointed bonr the fair bride, the lovely and accomplished Miss Magdalene Mary Anna Gwynne, dressed in a sumptuous white satin dress, trimmed with rich lace, and wearing a beautiful lace veil, was handed j into her carriage by Major Lewis, of Ltanerchayron, who immediately took his seat by her side. The second car- riage contained Mrs. Gwynne, C. M. Gwynne, and.. Sackville Gwynne, Esquires. In the third carriage were J. E. Saunders, Esq., Glanrhydw, and the Misses Saun- ders. Next came John Davies, Eaq., and the bridesmaid, Miss Gwynne Evans. In the fifth carriage were Walter Lloyd, Esq., Mrs. W. Lloyd, and Mrs. Philipps. The bridegroom's party started about the same time from Spilman-street, in two carriages, and consisted of William Morris, Esq., D. J. B. Edwardes, Esq., Rhydy- gors, D. Morris, Esq., M. P., W. Garnous Hughes, Esq., f and John Jenkins, Esq. The most intense silence pervade d the holy fane of St. Peter's, church, whilst the solemn and impressive service of the Church of England was eloquently rvaft by the Venerable Archdeacon Bevan. The bride, who made an the responses in a clear firm voice, was given away \>f Major Lewis, of Llanerchayron, her cou?!, while D. J' B. Edwardes, Esq., officiated as companion to tbff bridegroom upon the oCeasion. The happy couple witb their friend* then returnsi to Quay-street, in their carriages; the bride appear- in extremely pood -spirits, Rthiclx became co.Vit-gi-P they commumeated themmves to the anxious spectator? who repeatedly testified their respect and esteem for Mr. and Mrs. W. Morris. At this period the scene was one of peculiar excitement, all countenances beaming with delight, and all tongues Bnanimouslv applauding the happy couple and their friends. The greatest cordiality was manifested, and the ringing of øeMs and firing of cannon added to the enthusiasm,— And oh may CUT life's happy measure, Be all of such moments made ulr," We had almost forgotten to mention that numerous gar- lands and triumphal wreathes decorated Quay-street, and the line of route to and from the church, whilst from nearly every house flags and banners streamed, waving their varied folds responsive to the breeze." A large party sat down to a sumptuous dejeuner a U* fourchette at the residence of Mrs. Gwynne, and joy and hilarity reigned undisturbed. The display of plate wO massive and superb, and the tout ensemble of the break- fast table was on a scale of liberal magnificence. At a few minutes before 12 o'clock, the happy pair started at a rapid pace for Abergavenny en route for the metropolis, to spend the wedding tour, in a hand- some travelling carriage and four grey horses. It had been arranged in order that the populace should have their fill of enjoyment on this auspicious day, that rustic sports should take place in the Cricket field, and they accordingly commenced at two o'clock. A lofty greasy pole had been provided, up which number# essayed to climb, (the prize being a smart little pigi gaily bedecked in red and blue ribbons) but all their efforts were in vain. Next followed, jumping in sacks, donkey racing, wheeling barrows blindfolded, and such like sports, all of which were duly contested for, and prizes awarded to the successful competitors. Owing, owever, to the extremely bad order that was kept by the police in the staked ring that had been formed, but few of the spectators were enabled to catch a glimpse of the proceedings. It is calculated that not leøli than 4000 people were in the field, and the beauty of the day added not a little to the enjoyment of the holiday. The sport* terminated about six o'clock. In the evening a partial illumination took place, which wou!d have been more general, had the intention to illuminate been more extensively made known. At the ? harbour master's office, Mr. W. N. Rees, agent fot Pickford and Co., displayed a beautiful Brunswiek Star, with about 90 coloured lamps, which had a novel and splendid appearance. Mr. R. M. Davies, Dmggistf King-street, displayed a True Lover's Knot, illuminated in gas, and surrounded by flowers and evergreens. Thifr was a very pretty device. I At eight o clock a splendid display of fire works top* place in Guildhall-square, and were afterwards contin in King-street and Spilman-street; those discharged if Mr. R. M Davies, being pre-eminently beautiful. At Croft Cottage, the residence of Mr. George G ode, ,le o b, a sheep was roasted whole, and given to t e nt2g hours and workmen on his grounds, with plentiful liby tions of crone da and in the evening a display of tlJI'" works took place. Fireworks were also in profuse r quisition at Mount Pleasant, the seat of Lewis Morrifc Esquire. An enormous bonfire, erected by Mr. Walter Gn&?*' Fountain Inn, upon a field on the side of Penlan, illaw" nated the whole valley for aeunl.houn, and had t ?? imposing effect. The proceedings terminated near 11 e'clock, witho? • .ingle accident having occurred to mar the enjoyment. • the day. • Harddwch a mawredd urddan-a on-wyd, Mewn enwog briodas; A thrwy hyn, Cymru a'i thras Lawena mewn gwawl wynias. Amlder o fwynder Duw a'i fendith,—i chwi, Byd iachus digyrith, Dylifiad o lad nefol wlith Am oes gain mewn maes gwenith. | CawrdaF-

A MEETING OF PAVINS AND LIGHTING ComW 06 si ONERS was appointed te, be held yesterday and advertised accordingly. No business whatever wa* transacted, as out of 150 Commissioners only on* aC > tended in order legally to adjourn the meeting to th* 7th of October. We presume none of the Commission- ers are in want of any improvements being effected iO- the neighbourhood of then own residences. LLANELLY PETTY SESSIONS.-At these Senionl,- held on Saturday last, before Wm. Chambers and J. ø. Re-es, Esqrs., Thomas Phillips, of Topsail, Pembrefr was charged with presenting a gun at Mr. John Oakt Brown, of Llanover. Dismissed. The same party wa* charged with stealing two apples from the orchard of Mr. J. O. Bowen, and convicted in the penalty of 1. and Id. compensation. Thos. Jvnkina. and Griffith Tbo- mas, aged eight years eaeb, were charged by Mr. f- McKiernon, innkeeper, with stealing from his &<ld quantity of wheat. Fined la. each. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY CO-APANT.-In our Ihat WO' reported the half yearly meeting of the Shareholders iOl this Company we are now enabled,, through the courtesf of the Secretary to the Company to publish a General Statement of Receipts and Payments of the South Wale" Railway Company to the 30th of June, P847. Receiptl. —Deposit of jE2 10s. per share on 56,000 shares r E140,000; on account of second instalment of ;£2 106- per share, E136,505 third, do., of JM per sharer £ 257,875 fourth, do., of £ 5 per share (payable 12tb July), L2,425; on account of future calls, £ 100,663 411.; registration fees, E232 10s. Total, E637,700 1311. Paynietits.-Expenses in obtaining the aet of ineoryora- tion, E54,471 12s. Id.; contracts for worls, rails, £ 63,705 14s.; land and compensation, 2138,30 4s. 5d.; vendors' costs and expenses, £ 592 5s. 4d.; pal" liamentary and law expenses, E19,262 8s. 9d.; engineer". ing expenses, E49,348 4s. Id.; land valuers, L2,343 lOt printing, stationery, and advertising, E2,180, 18s. 9d.« office expense, salaries, direction, postages, &C., 1:7,320 lis. 8d.; subscriptions to public hospitaler f31 10s.; rent, E436 17s. 6d.; interest, £ 9.742 10s. 8d- Total, £459.499 7s. 3d. Balance, I78,201 6s. 9d. KIDWELLY.—An appeal to the public for aid for tbØ repairs and partial restoration of the ancient edifice of ths" Church of St. Mary's, Kidwelly, has just been issued bf Hugh Williams, Esq., Solicitor, Cburchwarden of tbe parish, and has been promptly responded to by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, who has liberally headed the subscription list with a donation of L20. We IWO, that the whole body of the church, the pews, the reading desk, the pulpit and the communion tabl., require considerable repairs; the gallery is quite < safe several of its stately gothic windows are decayed and decaying, many closed up altogether, presenting melancholy aspect. The bellfry and the framing of its 8onorous ancient bells are in a rotftfiT and aaBgerof state, and several of these bells are become cracked and useless, requiring recasting at much expense, simply from want of ordinary precaution on the part of the former Wardens in securing window casings to proteeC the metal from the action of the weather. Then free sittings for the accommodation of the bumbIJr classes are required, for which there is ample space in tb' transepts. Extensive ground flooring aid new rooftai are indispensable; and the very foundation of the building is in danger of being irretrievably damaged aø4 sapped for want of clearing the mounds of earth acew mulated at the basement. Snch is an imperfect picture of its present condition. A careful and diligent survey has been just made by an Architect of skill and expe- rience, and a moderate estimate of the. amount of tll" necessary repairs comes to about E700, and this upon A rigidly economical scale. There are other requirement* not inclcluded in this estimate, such as the repairiog portions of the wings-the restoration of several of the gothic windows now closed up-the beautifying 011 ornamenting the structure—the repairing and refreshing the tower and spire-A vane, to replace a conspicuntlo one a few years ago swept off by the tempest, is wanting to surmount the spire, the process of fixing which vroula necessarily form comparatively speaking a heavy item Of expense. These latter items would, at a moderate putation, amount to about the additional sum of ?20 which, with the former estimate, will make up a total 0( ?900." It is to be hoped the desired object Will speedily be attained, as the venerable pile is one of lbo time-honoured ornaments of the Principality.

PEMBROKESHIRE. ADMIRALTY VISIT TO PEMBROKE YARD.—The I?? of the Admiralty are expected at Pembroke next ?cc k' It is expected they will proceed thence to Cork. <? PEMBROKE DOCK YARD.-The contract for certg fit buildings in Pembroke yard has just been take"bl Messrs. Fox and Henderson. They consist of ?""? for the superintendent, with police station unde^ school-room for the apprentices; an engine rooØ1t i8 some others. Labourers are already ba*ily epgas digging out the foundations.