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"STEAM ENGINE. TO BE SOLD, at a great Sacrifice, a STEAM -t ENGINE, of Ten Horse Power, all complete and nearly new, being found too small for the work in tended. Apply to Mr. David Roberts, Auctioneer and Land Surveyor, Llanelly. COLLIERY PLANT, PEMBROKESHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, On WEDNESDAY, the 17th of JANUARY, 1819, AT THE BROADMOOR COLLIERY, NEAR BEGELLY, A FORTY-INCH Double Acting Condensing Engine A with Two Boilers (all in excellent condition), Iron and Wooden Railway Wagons, Pumps, Pump Rods, Chains, Horse Gin, and all the other materials, usually Iteuired for carrying on an extensive Colliery. For further particulars apply to Mr. Lewis Wilson, 'Land Agent, Creswell, near Pembroke, or to Mr. James "Wilson, Mineral Agent and Surveyor, Haverfordwest. CARMARTHEN UNION. WANTED, a REGISTRAR of Births and Deaths for the Sub-District of Llangendeirne, in this Union, containing the Parishes of Llangunnor, Llan- arthney Llanddarog, Llangendeirne, Llandefeilog, and Samt Ishmael. 're 4e Person appointed must be a householder, and -> resi-dje within the district, and hold office subject to the PP^al of the Registrar General. ? he election will take place at the Board Room on Monday, the 15th day of January next, when Candi- dates must attend the Board. W. D. PHILLIPS, Superintendent Registrar. Dated December 30th, 1848. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, rLIAT a separate Building named CAF.RONNEN, A situated in 'the Parish of Cellan, in the County Of Cardigan, in the district of Lampeter, being a Build- ing certified according to Law, as a Place of Religious Worship, was on the Fourth day of January, 1849, duly Registered for Solemnizing Marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and 7th William 4th, cap. 85. Witness my hand this eighth day of January, 1849. D. MORGAN, Superintendent Registrar. Lampeter, January 8th, 1849. V HARBOUR OF ABERYSTWYTH. "NOTICE is hereby given, that the RATES and l. DUTIES made payable under and by virtue of a 'certain Act of Parliament, passed in the Sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to Alter and Amend an Act passed in the Twentieth year of His late Majesty King George the Third," intituled, "An Act for repairing, enlarging, and preserving the Harbour of Aberystwyth, in the County of Cardigan," will be LET by AUCTION, at the Town- Hall, ill the Town of. Aberystwyth aforesaid, on TUES- DAY, the 30th of JANUARY, 1849, between the hours of 11 and 12 in the forenoon, for such Term as the Trustees then present shall determine, to commence on the First day of March next, which Rates and Duties were Let -for the last year for the Sum of E1215. By Order of the Trustees, CHARLES PARRY, Clerk. Dated December 28th, 1848. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. A T this Deculiar season of festivity and mirth, when friends A and IOYMS assemble at the social board, or whirl in the jriddv mazes of the dance, both sexes are more than usually ?aeatrroo?Mot?stunnm?o"m'???"' 'ona! ?traction, and devote a greater chare of attention to the toilet.  atthspfu-hcutarse&-   siugularly happy properties of th"e ?MituLriea of Personal Beauty, ROWLANDS' UNIQUE PREPARATIONS pre-eminent in their nower: while the rich luxuriant id swan-li £ e neck, and the pearly set of £ ?tfc fwiTadmirable trophies of their inestimable quahtles T?e wSSSt ?tron?e conceded by our Gracious Queen, 'T"e ?. Family, and the several Sovereigns and Courts of B?Mpe, together with their general use by the Aristocracy &Rd "Want Ton;" and the eoMhrm?tiun, by experience, of the infallible efficacy of these creative renovating Specifics, have characterised them with perfection, and given them a celebrity unparalleled. They have proved the theme of the poet; tke-y ar L. celebrated in the periodical literature of the whole caused world; the lays of Byron, and the voice of the universal p-ross, have proclaimed the incomparable vir- tues of the Oil Macassar," and of its accompanying prepa- t'ations. As presents for botfe sexes, none can be more re- commendatory, or more now in general use. A few words on the Wei-its oftliese admired specifics will doubtless be appreciated in the present instance. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL Is a delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation for the 114ir, and as an invigorator and beautifier is beyond all pre- cedent. It bpstows a permanent gloss, with a silky softness, and a tendency to, curl. Weakness, Premature Grev ness, RelaXationvcfd tendency to fall off, are also entirely prevented by its regular application. Price 3s. 6(1^-7*^Family Bottles (equal to 4 small) I Os. 6d. and double tilotsi 21s. per bottle. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, A balmy, adóriferous, creamy liquid as equa!ly celebrated for safety in application as for it! mild and soothing operation, ? thoroughly pu Ki? the skin from all erup?em?ad? ?ecktM, ?x and 'dišoluration&; in prouucmg a ?a.thy freshness and transparency of comp)exion and an admired 'oftaess and delicacy of the hands and arms. Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d, per bottle. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE, A White Powder compounded of the choicest and most re- cherche ingredients of the Oriental Herbal—of inestimable ?"e in preserving and beautifying the Teeth and strengthen- ?g the GulU. It bestows on the teeth a pearl-like whit- ness, frees them from Tartar, and imparts to the Gums a healthy firmness, and to the breadth a grateful sweetness and Perlume. Price 2s. 9d. per box. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. UNPRINCIPLED SHOPKEEPERS for the sake of Raining a trifle, more profit, vend the most SPURIOUS COMPOUNDS, under the same names some under the implied sanction of Royalty, and the Government De- partments, with similar attempts at deception while they Copy the labels, bills, advertisements &.testimonials, (sub- stituting fictitious names and addresses for the real) of e onglnal preparations. It is therefore highly neces- sary to see that the word ROWLANDS'" is on the tapper of each article. «>n Sold by the Proprietors-A. ROWLAND and SONS, ?20, Hatton Garden, London, and by all respectable Che- "?? and Perfumers. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. PATRONIZED BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Her Majesty, the Queert Dowager,, And His Royal Highness Prince Albert. MR. THOMAS HOWARD'S SUCCEDANEUM, pOR filling Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. -1. It is superior to anything ever before used, as it is .-placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any. pressure or pain, and in short time becomes as hard as the enamel, and will remain firmiÏn the tooth for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary. It arrests all turtner progress of decay, and renders them again useful in mas- tication. All persons can use this SUCCEDAN EU-M- THEMSELVES WITH EASE, as full directions are enclosed., Prepared only by Mr. Thomas Howard, Surgeon Dentist, to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, 17, .george-street, Hanover-squate, London, who will send isfeeriguccedaneum free by Post to any part of the king- ,dom. J?rice 2s." 6d. Observe, the Succedaneum is sold .,in Sealed Packets, with full directions for use enclosed. and the siⅈLtitie, THOMAS HOWARD, in Red Ink on the outside at the Wrapper. the following Agents:— Mr. J. W, Wttie and Mr. Davies, Chemists and Drug- gists, Carmarthen Morgan, Davies, and Stephens, Mer- thyr Tydfil; Phillips, Cardiff: Williams, Brecon; Mor- ►Ran, Abergavenny; Phillips, Newport; Goulstone, •Llandovery Far r or and Hejktb, Monmouth; Jones and Williams, Brecon; Philips, Mil-ford; French, Neath; Dawe and Son. Wilson, and Evans, Swansea; Thomas, Cowbridge; Bassit. Newbridge; Humphreys,'Aberys- twyth; O. E. Davies, Hicks, and Harries, Haverford- west J. S. Evans, Cardigan, and allchemlst3 and Me- dicine Vendors in the kingdom. Sold wholesale by Barclay and Sons, Sutton and jCo. "d Mr. Edwards, London. J., and R. Raimes and Co. Edinburgh. Dr. Butler, Medical Hall, Sackville street, Dublin. Mr. Howard's Succedaneum will keep good in India, and the Colonies for any length of time. LOSS OF TEETH, Mr. Howard continues to supply ttie Loss of Teeth, Without springs or wires upon his new system of SELF- ADHESION, and without extracting any Teeth or Stumps, -or giving any pain whatever. This method has procured him universal approbation, and is recommended by nu- luerous Physicians and Surgeons as being the most ill- genious system of supplying artificial teeth hitherto invented in all cases restoring Perfect Articulation and Mastication, and so perfectly natural in appearance as ■ to defy detection by the closest observer. They adapt themselves over the most tender gums, or remaining roots without causing the least pain, rendering the pain- ful operation of extracting quite unnecessary. They are 80 fixed as to fasten any loose teeth, where the gums have shrunk from the use of calomel or other causes. He also begs to invite those not liking to undergo any painful operation, as practised by most Dentists, to inspect his painless yet effective system. Those in- terested in the subject will find this statement of their superiority overall others to be entirely and scrupulously correct. Mr. Howard, Surgeon Dentist to his Grace the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, 17, George Street, Hanover Square Bear Regent Street, London. At home from 11 till 5. FAULTLESS NIGHT LIGHTS. THE NEW PATENT ALBERT I- NIGHT LIGHTS are the best, • leanest, most simple and safe, efficient, and economical. In Boxes at 6d., con- taining 8, 10, or 12 Lights, to burn 9, 7, or 3 hours each. To be used in the Albert Lamps, at 3d., 6d., 9d., or Is. each. Sold retail by Grocers, Lamp Dealers. & Chemists, by R. M. Davies, Chemist, and Job Jones, China Warehouse, Dark Gate, Carmarthen, and wholesale by PALMER & CO., Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London, WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR Price's Patent Candle Company. UNDER ROYAL  PATRONAGE. Pe,fect freedom from Cough in Ten Minutes ajter use, and arap id cure of Asthma and Consumption, and all disorders of the Breath and Ltmgs, is inswed by Dr. LOCOCK'S Pulmonic Wafers. THE truly wonderful powers of this remedy have Tealled forth Tcstimomals from all ranks of society, in all the quarters of the world. The following have just been received:— 0 MORE CURES IN TREDEGAR. From Mr J. Williams, Chemist, Church-st., Tredegar. December 23rd, 1844, (J=> riflemen —A number of my friends have experienced Kreat benefit through takin Locock's Wafers. Please to send me one tzen ?? ? ?st??ome are waiting for them. Onefriend, name.t Amy Calamore, subject to Astha, had a bo? last week, and hM already received great benetit from them, although she did not take the whole, as she divided the box among some of her neighbours. Every one speaks highly of them, and they arc taken by some of the first families in the town. Yours obediently, J.P.WILLIAMS. IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL From Mr. Owen Thomas, Wesleyan Minister Iloll-heail, Oct. 9, 18-15. Dear Sir,-Dr. Locock's Wafers do a great deal of good to mv voice. I got a bad cold from a dam bed tlurty-uve years ago, and my voice was very bad ever since; b(-iiig great rnin to me when preaching and singing-d I am ycrj lond Hinging. I used many ditlerent and of them g- good for a little time. but Dr, Loco,ck' is the best of all-it clears my voice and stops the coughiii, lJ1stan tiy, I fefistews SSfr kannod w I araof I have bpen thirty-thre." y,,rs a W.leY,an preacher, and all the Wesleran Methodi?ts in the I rmclpal1ty  years 'of which I lived in Holht'ad, and I a;?' ?k?=own personally to all the first men of that body, many of whom have admfred the effect! of the wafers in efearin- the voice, and stopping the cough; they never got such a ledi- cine before. Mj wife? ever sirce Christmas, has been very well, after takingtwo boxes. I am a witness of their power to stop a frightful fit of coughing in an instant. I as a Wesleyan preacher, call upon all preachers and singers of every denomination, to take these Wafers for i.- ?n?hev?eand ?r?Cou.hs You may publish my =nial for the excellent vVafc^ i^you^ish. I am, yours trulv, OWEN THOMAS. CURES OF CONSUMPTION. December 5, 1845. Gentlemen,-Your Wafers I can speak of myself with the greatest confidence, having recommended them in many cases of pnlmonary consumption, and they have always afforded relief when everything else has failed, and the patients having been surfeited with medicine' are delighted to meet with so efficient a remedy having such an agreeable taste, &c. JOH-, MAAVSON, Surgeon. Signed ?OHX MAWSOX, Surgeon. 13 Mosley-street, Newcastle on- Tyne. r?rORTA?T TO ALL WHO SING. From S. Pearsall, Esq., of her Majesty's Concerts, and Vicar choral of Lichfield Cathedral. 184/5 Gentlemen,—A lady of distinction having pointed out to me the qualities of Dr. Locock's Wafers, I was in- duced to make a trial of a box, and from this trial I am happy to give my testimonial in their favour—I find by allowing a few of the wafers (taken in the course of the day) to gradually dissolve in the mouth, my voice be- comes bright and clear, and the tone full and distinct. They are decidedly the most efficacious of any I have ever used. Signed, SAMUEL PEARSALL. The particulars of many hundred Cases may be had from every Agent throughout the Kingdom and on the Continent. Dr. Locock's Wafers give instant relief, and a rapid Cure of Asthmas, Consumptions, Coughs, Colds, and all Disorders of the Breath and Lungs. To Singers and Public Speakers they are invaluable as in a few hours they remove all hoarseness, and increase the power and flexibility of the voice. They have a most pleasant taste. Price Is. Ild., 2s. 9d. and lis. per box. Agents, Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London J. W. While, Chemist, Carmarthen and O. E. Davies, Druggist, Haverfordwest. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Unprincipled persons, Chemists and others, prepare counterfeits of that popular remedy, DR. LOCOCK'S PTTT MONIC WAFERS." Purchasers are therefore cautioned not to purchase any" PULMONIC" MEDI- CINE or WAFERS, unless the words DR. LO- COCK'S WAFERS" appear in white letters on a red ground in the Government Stamp outside each box; without which ALL ARE COUNTERFEITS AND AN IMPO- SITION. NOTIR.-FUll directions are given with every box in the English, German, and French languages. These Wafers being Antacid and Sedative effectually prevent Irregu- larity of the bowel! to CAUTION .—THE extensive practice of Messrs. R. and L. PERRY and Company, the continued demand for their work, entitled, the SILENT FRIEND (one hundred and twenty-five thousand copies of which have been sold,) and the extensive sale and hish repute of their Medicines have induced some „nnvinciDled persons to assume the name of PERRY and closely imitate the title of the Work and names of the 3ledicines. The Pubhc is hereby cautioned that such  connected with the firm of persoTe?" London, who do not visit the Provinces and _? to be consulted personally,  letter, ai ???fishment, 19, Berners-street, r?nr?-Street. London. TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION. tUustratcdby36A?tomica[ Coloured Engravings on Steel. On Physical DisqiiaMcations Gfiercfj,e ???/ '(t?jr?/??eM??.?rrt?e. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just Published, price 2s. 6d., or by post direct from the Etablishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps. rrWF SILENT FRIEND A Medical Work on the T physical exhaustion and decay of the frame from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the • • ,c «/vncr>miences of the abuse of Mercury with observations on the obligations of marriage, and direc- -tions for obviatin- cceurttain disqualificat^ ions. Illtistrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, by R, and L. PElRY and rv> 10 Berners-street, Oxford-street, London. Pub- Sh?edb?v?e?hors; Mdsold by Strange, 21, Pater- noster-row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; ?ar? ? Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146. Leadenhall-street, London. P?RT THE FIRST treats of the anatomy and physio- logy of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART THE. WFCOVI) tta-t- of the consequences re- writing from excessive indulgence, and their lamentaMe effects on the system,V. producing mental and bodily weakness, actvnus excitement, and generq*eineapucity. It is particularly address^ fe, those who are prevented in consequence, from epteripg into the marriage state, an d points out the stoe means of perfect and secret restoration to mand. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART THE THIRD treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect or of mistreatment, and of the abuse of mercury, in entailing broken health, and a miserable existence, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART THE FOURTH contains a prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the Y?rof infection is obviated. Its action is simple h? surf It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys ?p?er "n the system This »»' part of the Work should not escape the reader's botice. PART THE FIFT.H is devoted to the consideration of marri?e ?dits 'duties. The reason of physical dis- q?liSi?s, ?ndthe c?s unions also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosopb.ically inquired into. OF SYRIACUM is THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is employed to renovate the impaired powers  life, when exhausted by the influence cxer^ bJ sohtary indulgence on the system. Its action is purely balsamic; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases 0f consumption, indigestion, female compla,n.i? depression of spirits, and nervous debility, has been du;nostj.ated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price Us. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 33- The £ 5 cases of Sniacum or Concentrated Detcrsive Essence can only be hid at 19, nerners-street, Oxford- street, London; whereby there is a sa^n!S • and the patient is entitled to receive fee, which advantage is applicable only to thosJ e who remit C5 for a packet. PEI?J PURIFYRNG SPECIFIC PILLS con- stitute an effectual remedy in all caes of gonorrh(ra, wleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. -9d., 4s. 6d., and lis. per box. Sold by all Medicine Vendors in Town or Country. Consultation fee, if by l,e tter, El.-Patients are re- quested to be as misute as possible in the description of their cases, staiing age, occupation, and position in aociety. L Attendance daily at M, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London; from 11 to 2, and from 5 to 8 on Sundays from 11 to 1. Agent for Carmarthen, Mr. J. W. White, Chemist, Guildhall-square; E. Ward, Chemist, High-rstreet, Bre- con Philip Price, Post Office, Bridgend; H. Webber, Guardian Office, Cardiff; Walter Thomas, Chemist, (op- posite Angel) Merthyr; W. Williams, Chemist, High- street, Cardigan; O. E. Davies,Chemist, Joseph Potter, Herald Office, Haverfordwest; It. C. Treweeks, Chemist, Pembroke, and Tlios. Evans, Chemist, High-street, Swansea, of all of whom inav be 4a4 "SILENT FRIEND." I I I ? -v THE ORIGINAL HOWQUA's A MIXTURE, of 40 Rare Black Teas, and MOWQ.UAs SMALL- LEAF GUNPOWDER. BY APPOINTMENT. The reputation of these Teas is now so thoroughly established that it is unnecessary to dilate upon their pe- culiar qualities. They have acquired a celebrity, in a comparatively short period, unparalleled in the annals of trade. Brocksopp, How, and Co., 233 and 234, High- street, Southwark, London, feel confident that the su- periority of their articles and their standing in the tea market will suffice to distinguish them from the puffing adventurers of the day. The Howqua's Mixture of 40 rare Black Teas is now reduced to 5s. Sd. per lb. Catty Package, and the Mow- qua Small-Leaf Gunpowder to 8s.per lb. Catty Package. Half and Quarter Catties may be had. To meet the requirements of families in Great Britain, the managers of Howqua's and Mowqua's estates have commenced shipping a SECOND GROWTH, called SEMI-HOWQUA and SEMI-MOWQUA, which, while partaking of all the distinguishing qualities of the origi- nals, are, as being more economical, better adapted for ordinary consumption. Semi-Howqua.per pound catty package 5s. Semi-Mowqua Pearl-Leaf Gunpowder, do. do.7s. CAUTION.—These Teas are genuine only when con- tained in original Chinese Packages, secured with the seals of Howqua and Mowqua. B. H. & Co. also continue to supply their original and well-known Package Teas at all prices. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST COFFEE. Brocksopp & Co. roast their Coffees by powerful steam machinery, and prepare them after the French manner. Great economy and improvement of flavour are the results, coffees prepared by this process being 30 per cent. stronger than those roasted in the ordinary way. Demerara..Is. 4d. per lb. Fine strong Mocha 2s. per lb. Fine Jamaica..Is. 8d. Finest rich old do. 2s. 4d. Packed in lead, to preserve the aroma. An excellent living, if actively pursued, or a material addition to income, with moderate exertion, is derivable from the sale of the above articles. Brocksopp, How, & Co. are now prepared to appoint agents in every considerable town throughout the United Kingdom. Parties desirous of becoming agents must therefore apply immediately, in order that their names may appear in the advertisements. Full particulars of terms, with a price list, will be forwarded by post on ap- plication to Brocksopp, How, & Co., Tea Importers, 233 and 234, Borough, London AGENTS FOR THIS DISTRICT. CAUMARTIIEN, Wm. Morgan, Chemist, Lammas-Street Llandilo, Thomas James, Bookseller and Stationer Llandovery, Rees Bishop, Tea Establishment, Stone Street, and Elizabeth Lewis, Draper and Grocer. Aberayron, W. Green, Pier Street Abergavenny, W. H. Hurst, Chemist, Neville Street Brecon, Phillip Bright, Medical Hall Beaufort and Victoria Works, John Jones, Grocer and Tea Dealer. Brynmawr, David Edwards, Stamp Office, and John Jones, Grocer and Draper Cardigan, Joseph Clougher, Bookseller Crickhowell, Wm. Christopher, Chemist, High Street Dowlais, David Lewis, Chemist, High Street Eglwyswrw, Gwynne Harries, Chemist, High Street, J. D. Evans, Draper and Tea Dealer. Haverfordwest, T. Williams, Chemist, 17, Market Street Llanboidy, Thomas Davies, Grocer and Draper. Merthyr Tydvil, Edmond Watkins, Pontmorlais Milford Haven, J. D. Merritt, Chemist Monmouth. John Wightman. Bookseller, Agincourt Square Narberth, J. Meyler, Grocer and Draper Newcastle Emlyn, Thomas and Evans, Grocers and Tea- Dealers and S. Jones, Grocer and Tea Dealer Newport, Joseph Grant, Stationer, High Street, and John Thomas. Chemist, 154, Commercial Street Pembroke Dock, W. Laen, Chemist, No. 1, Meyrick-Street Pontvpool, Wm. Conway, Chemist. Swansea. C. T. Wilson, Castle-square Tenby, Richard Mason, Bookseller Tredegar, Isaac Edwards, Hatter and Tea-Dealer FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS i Medicine for General Use is Frampton's Pill of Health, which effectually relieves the stomach and bow- els by gentle relaxation, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful to the sto- mach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and depression of spirits; while to those of a full habit and free livers, who are continually suffering from drow- siness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated. This medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society and in con- firmation of its efficacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, with permission to pub- lish it, and if requisite, to refer any respectable person to its author. To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London, Heavitree, Exeter, April 24th, 1844. Sir,—I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsolicited testimony to the excellence of your Frampton's Pill or Health,' which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of years. She has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think that, perhaps, there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value as a 'friend in need;' certainly none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individual recommendation and am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. Hd. and 2s. 9d. per box. Also by Mr. J. W. White, and Mr. Davies, Chemists and Druggists, Carmarthen Morgan, Davies, and Stephens, Merthyr Tydfil: Phillips, Car- diff: Williams, Brecon; Morgan, Abergavenny; Phil- lips, Newport; Goulstone, Llandovery; Farror and Heath, Monmouth Jones and Williams, Brecon Phil- lips, Milford French, Neath; Dawe and Son, Wilson and Evans, Swansea; Thomas, Cowbridge Bassit, New- bridge; Humphreys, Aberystwyth O. E. Davies, Hicks, and Harries, Haverfordwest; J. S. Evans, Cardigan and bv the vendors of medicine generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. PROGENY. CHILDREN form the most cheering picture that a man can contemplate. They are the support of his happiness, house, and country and unquestionably add dignity to his position in society. As a citizen of the state his rank is most fully recognised in the character of Husband and Father. He then possesses vested rights throughout the broad scale of creation two generations, the present and the rising, are interested in his well- beinI o,, -,ind he maybe said to create claims upon the remotest posterity. With what delight do such consi- derations fill the mind. How pvoudiy must they swell the heart of the sire as he surveys the ngorous offspnng of a chastened love and a well-regulated constitution and with what joyous anticipations must tliev fill t'ic envious bachelor, desirous to become the legislatoi of a kingdom of his (?wn ? Many, unhappily, can only view the st%ht ?th morbid feelings of despair! Conscious of incapacity to aid in the behest of the Creator they stand in gloomy hopelessness, like a seared tree in a leafy forest, and feel to possess no title to a world where all is prolific but themselves. We make allusion to those whose solitary errors in boyhood have produced the desolation of which we speak. Some, however owe their isolation from the hope of progeny more to others than to themselves, and arc rendered ineliible for married life by the sad effects of disease and an overwrought temperament. In both cases the view of blooming chil- dren and happy parents must produce humiliation as well as despair. Some rush into matrimony with the object of screening themselves from suspicion but in this they are foiled, for a slow moving finger" appears to single them out in society, and the childless wedded couple is invariably the subject of unpleasant remark. Where, under such circumstances, are the unhappy to flee for help ? Where are they to learn the exact nature of their own condition ? Where seek the means of resuming the claims of Manhood and exercising the high functions of humanity ? These questions arc satisfac- torily answered in a little book (embellished with 40 Coloured engravings) from the pen of Dr. LA'iNfEItT, on the SECRET INFIRMITIES of YOUTH and MA- TURITY, and which may be had in a sealed Envelope in English, French, and German, price 2s. 6d.; or, post free, from the Author, for forty-two stamps. It is entitled, SELF-PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood; with practical observations on the treatment of Ner- vous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates; Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphi- lis, Stricture, and all diseases and derangements re- sulting from Indiscretion. With forty coloured En giavings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various in- juries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infections. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, Bedford-sq., London, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the Uni- versity of Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. &c. Published by the Author, in English, French, or Ger- man, and may be had, in Carmarthen, of Mr. E. W. Shackell, Bookseller, Guildhall-square; in Swansea, of Mr Will iains, Cambrian Office; Heath, 1, Broad- street, Bristol; Kent and Richards, o2, Paternoster- row, London or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these dis- orders personally or bv letter, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight, at his rcsidencc, 37, Hcilford-qu UT, London. NOTICE.—The Steam Ship "Osprey," of 400-horse power, is now placed on the Station between Bristol, Tenby, and Haverfordwest. JGMJK BRISTOL GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMP ANY Office 1, Quay, Bristol. fpilE following STEAM VESSELS are intended to A Sail from CUMBERLAND BA.SIN, BRISTOL, and as under mentioned, with or without Pilots, and with liber- ty to tow Vessels, during the Month of JANUARY, 1849. The Phoenix, will very shortly have completed her refit- ment, and will be replaced on the Carmarthen Station with increased facilities for Carriage of goods. FOR CARMARTHEN, TORRIDGE. CALLING AT TENBY. The Torridge will make as many Voyages to and from Carmarthen as she can get loaded and the weather will permit. FROM TEsBY.-Three hours after leaving Carmarthen. FOR DUBLIN. SHAMROCK, Fridays. I Friday, Jan. 5 2 after I ) Friday -12 8 mom I Fridav 19 2 after I Friday 26 "21 morn ) I Returns Tuesdays. I I FOR CORK. JUVERNA, Tuesdays.—SABRINA, Saturdays. I Tuesday, Jan. 2.10!,morn gRt"MaY, 6. 3 after I  Tuesday, 9. 6^morn Saturday, 13 8morn Tuesday, 16.IOmorn I Saturday, O, 3 after Tuesday, 23. 6 morn | Saturday, 27. 8 morn S "ud. ?, 30. 1 0 mom I Tuesday, 30.10 morn I Return Tuesdays and Fridays. I FOR WATERFORD. VICTORY, Tuesday.ROSE, Fridays. I Tuesday Jan.3.10?morn ?Fri(lai, 5 2 after Tuesday, 9 6'jmom Fridav, 12 8 morn Tuesday, — 16 lOJmorn Friday, 19. 2 after Tuesday, — 23 6 morn I Fridav, 26 7imorn I Friday 30 10 morn I Return Tuesdays and Fridays. I FOR TENBY. OSPREY, Tuesdays. I TllPday. Jan. 2 .10'morn I 6. morn I Tuesdav 9 6imorn Tuesday, — 16 10\morn Tuesday — 23 6 morn Tuesday 30, 10 morn. I 'TUeSd;ÿ'p'RE.morn. I Saturday. Jan. R 4 morn I Saturday 13 9'morn Saturday, 20 S^morn Saturday,27 8 morn FOR MILFORD, PATER & HAVERFORDWEST. ¡ OSPREY. Tuesday, Jan. 2 101morn Tuesday. 9 6morn I Tuesday, 16, lOml)rn I Tuesday. 23. 6 morn luesony au. ? Tues;i ÏiÄVRFÖRi;VE;. mVl I OSPREY. Friday, Jan. 5. 1 after I 3 morn Friday, 12 3 morn Friday, 19 i after Fridav, 26 8 mor11 FROM MILFORD. I OSPREY. Fri,l:w. Jan.10 niht ] Friday 12. 4 after ) Friday, 19 .lOnight I Friday, 26 2 after FOR SWANSEA. COUNTY—Tuesdays & Fridays. BERESFORD—Thursdays & Saturdays. BRISTOL-Wednesdays. Tuesday. J an, 2,.11 morn Thursday, 4 1 morn Friday 5 2 mom Saturday f)., 3}morn I Tnpsday, 119.. 7 morn Thursday 11 71morn Pri(laN 12 glmorn I Saturday. U.. 9 morn Tuesday 16 ..11 morn Thursday 18 1 morn Friday 19 1 kmorn atur(lav. 20 1 morn Tiiesdai, 23 Stmorn Thursday, 2.. 7 morn Friday m orn I atur(lay. 27.8 morn Tuesday, 30 ..10 morn FROM SWANSEA. BERESFORD—Tuesdays & Fridays. COUNTY—Thursdays & Saturdays. Titesd,iv, Jan. 2..Il morn Thursday. 4 ?morn Friday, 5 3 mom :(. 6 I Tuesday 9 7Jmorn Thursday. 11 8 morn Pr!d:ty. 12 9 morn S ,,atur(i,tv 13 9"inor. Tuesday 16 ..11 morn I Thursday 18 1 morn 19 2 morn I.Ratura 20 4 morn Saturday 20 4 mom Tuesday .23..6?mom Thurqd a?''25 7?mom Friday. 2R 8 morn Saturday 27 8 morn Tuesday, 30 ..10 morn FROM BRISTOL TO CARDIFF. STAR AND PRINCE OF WALES. Monday Jan. 15 10 morn Tuesdav. 16 i0\morn I Wednesday 17 J-Nirtom ? I Thursday, 18 12\ after Frid?v 19 l?aftcr I'Satur,lay, .? 20 1 after FROM: CARDIFF TO 13RISTOL. Monday Jan. 15 8 morn I Tuesday 16 9 morn Wednesday 17 9 morn I Thtir« IR ..11 Imorn Fndav .19 ..1Hmorn Saturday 20 1 j after FROM BRISTOL TO NEWPORT. I LADY CHARLOTTE AND USK. Monday Jan. 15 10 morn I Tnpsday 16 11 mom I Wednesday.. 17.. 1p¡morn I Thurs., 18 12 after ¡ Fridav 19 1 after I Saturday 20 2 after FROM NEWPORT TO BRISTOL. Monday Jan.?..Rmorn T't?d?y — 16 9 morn W lnešùay 17 9?morn Thursday .18 ..11 morn Friday 19 ..12 noon Saturday 20 lj after I The whole of the above Vessels are fitted up for the conveyance of passengers' and goods.—Female Stewards on Board.-Carriaes and Horses shipped with care. Horses and Carriages to be shipped two hours before sailing. Particulars may be obtained bv ap,)I)-iiirit the Bristol Steam Navigation Company's Office, Quay, Bristol; where all Goods, Packages, Parcels, &c., should be addressed for Swansea, to W. Terrell & Sons, 83, Back; and G. C. Glasson, 12, Quay street :-for Cardiff, to R. H. Johnson, Clare street Hall, Marsh street:-aii(I for Newport, to J. Jones, Rownham Wharf, HotwellS. AGENTS.—Mr. R. STACEY, Carmarthen Mr. Joseph Morgan, Tenhy; Mr. John Rees, Haverfordwest, Mr. Palmer, Milford Mr. Bowen, Pater MT, John N. Smart, and Mr. E. T. Turner, Swansea: Mr. Pridham, Bideford Mr. Martin, Ilfracombe and Mr. J. Clarke, Lvnton. NOTICE.—The Proprietors of the above Steam I'ackets will not be accountable for am" Cahill Passpnif'r's Luirspse. if lost or damaged) above the value of £ 5: nor for anv Deck Passen- er's. LUae (inosl or damaged) above the value of 20s.: un- less in each case entered as such, and freight in proportion paid for at the time of delivery; nor will thev be answerable for any othet parcel above the value of 40s. (iflost or unless entered as such. and freight in proportion oaid for the same at the time of delivery. Not accountable for any Goods without Shipping Notes. All letters seeking information to be post paid- Bristol, January, 1848. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN. CARMARTHEN AND BRISTOL, In Ten Hours, touching at Tenby. THE rapid and beautiful Iron Screw M Steam Ship TALBOT, 140 HOUSE POWER, THOMAS LRWIX, CakninanOeT, Is intended to Sail as follows, with Passengers, Goods, Live Stock, etc., affordiit4 a most d'sirable and speedy Communication between the various Plot's of the County of Carmarthen and the Metropolis, via Bristol and the Great Western Railway; also with Manchester and the North, via the Gloucester and Birmingham Railway. FROM BRISTOL TO TEN BY FLLOM C'A K.M ARTH KN AND AND CARMARTHEN. TBNHY TO BRISTOL. Thurs.,Jan., 4, It after. 1 Thursday, 11, 71 evenin g I Wednesday, 17,12 noon I Thursday, 2-5, 61morning Thurs. Feb. 1, 11 night. I Tqesiv Jan. 2, lQJmorning Sptturd,ty 6, 1, aftrr. Saturday ..13, -84morning Friday,19, 2\ after. Saturday,27, 71111oriiing This Vessel is elegantly fitted up for the comfort and convenience of Passengers. BRISTOL TO TEXHY AND CARMARTHEN. Fares:—Cabin, 12s. 6d.; Children under 12, 6s.; Ser- vants, 7s. 6d. Fore Cabin, 6s. Children under 12, Is. CARMARTHEN TO AND PROM TKNBY. Fares: Cabin, 3-s. Fore Cabin, 2s. NO FEES TO STEWARD. Carriage, 40s.; Pair-Horse Phteton, 28. Small One- Horse Phaxton, 20s.; Gig, 18s.; Horse, 15s. j Dog, 2s. Refreshments may be obtained on hoard at moderate charges. Goods taken in at the Warehouse, Grove, Bristol, to await the Packets arrival if required for Car- marthen, &c., &c. Further information iiiav I)e obtained on application to the master on hoard, or to the following Agents :-Mr. James King, Packet-office, Grove, Bristol, Mr. North Rees, Packet-office, Carmarthen; Mr. Win. Jenkins, Packet-office, Port Talbot; or Mr. Wm. Bowers, Lion Hotel, Tenby. Freight of goods to be paid for on delivery. NOTICE.—The Proprietors of the above Steam Packet give Notice, that they will not be accountable for Pas- sengers' Lu???KP; nor will tliev be answerable for any Goods, Packages, or Parcels (iClost or damaged by fire, leakage, or otherwise), nntess booked at either of their Offices, at Bristol or Carmarthen, if above the v'a!ne of 40 ShiUin?s nnlpss entered at its full value, and carriage in proportion paid for the same at the time of booking. (roods consigned to order, or not taken away before six o'clock in the evening of the day of Landing, will he warehoused at the risk and expense of the consignees. All goods to be considered as liens, not only for Freight and Charges due thereon, but for all previously unsatisfied Freights and Charges due by the Consignees to the Proprietors of the said Packet. Disputed Weights and Measurement, Claims for Loss or Damage, iKre., cannot be allowed, unless a written notice of the s;mic be sent to the Oliice on the day of delivery. For Lists of the Freights, apply to Mr. Noith Kecs, at Talbot OfRcc, Quav-strcet, (.'airaaithm.
I THE _BASIS OF NATIONAL EDUCATION.…
THE BASIS OF NATIONAL EDUCATION. I [From the I a s ] I Perhaps in the whole range of political or social sub- jects, the one most iriefficielitly treated has been the subject of education. Whatever attempts are made to improve the educated condition of the people are cer- tain to be clogged at the onset by the objections of sec- tarian parties, who consider the proper use of education to be that of promulgating their own opinions. It is granted that want of instruction is the first cause of misery, crime, and everything that is wretched-and yet instruction is to be denied altogether, unless it can be made a party tool, and many well-meaning persons have persuaded themselves that a peculiar twist to a religious dogma makes the whole difference to the lives and prospects of the English peasantry. We do not intend to argue this matter. The very wrangle about the propriety of educating on this or that religious system, or on any religious system at all, has put a stop to practical inquiry' on those branches of education which are totally irrespective of the religious question. In a series of papers which we propose to devote to this most impor- tant subject, we shall strictly examine the means and appliances of the moral and business departments of instruction throughout the country, leaving the religious difficulties to other people, and simply assuming that it is politic and proper to teach the children of all classes something beyond the truths of religion. With those who deny this we have nothing to do. In most criminal returns we find stated the number of persons utterly destitute of all education whatever. The proportion of such persons is, of course, exceedingly great. But it must have occurred to every one that this alone is a very insufficient proof that education pre- vents crime. The greater part of the criminals belong to the orders of society which education generally has not reached. Many )f these belong to classes-in the towns almost to tribes-who systematically neglect edu- cation even when the means are offered to them. It would be stating the question much more truly if we said that crime prevailed amongst the set who refused education, or who were unable to obtain it than to con- clude too hastily that instruction in reading and writing prevents mankind from robbing or injuring their neighbours. If the greater part of the lower orders in general-and the whole ot those in parucuiar amongst, whom poverty and misery had been hereditary for cen- turies—were gifted with red hair, we should certainly find an immense proportion of red-haired people every session at the Old Bailey. Yet no one would set down red hair as one of the causes of crime. Again. The experience of humanity has long taught us the danger of exposing men to temptation with the sole safeguard of moral lessons. Before the pressure of want or excitement these last give way with lamentable facility. In the most sacred of prayers. "lead us not into temptation" is placed before deliverance from evil. Morality may guide the poor man's path, but it cannot make it. That path, once formed and put in order, may be trodden easily and safely by the simplest guidance-but how difficult is it to guide where there is no path at all. To tell the peasant child to do what is right, and then turn him adrift in a position where to do right is almost impossible, is a mockery and an absurdity. Yet such is practically, in many cases, the result of the present system. We hold that the primary object of secular education in all stations is to enable men to shape for themselves a position in which they shall be the least exposed to temptation, either as individuals or as a class. The second is to give them those moral feelings that will enable them to resist the inevitable temptation which will assail every position. As far as the lower orders are concerned, the first of these objects is neglected altogether. The second, left to itself, is too weak to bear the burden imposed on it. We will endeavour to develop the principle we have laid down into practical suggestions, founded upon such facts as are within the reach of inquiry, and with the end not merely of teach- ing but of elevating the poor. Education hitherto has followed the wake of events; the improvements in society, often ascribed to increased education, are rather caused by the altered tone of society to which the in- crease itself is due. Prejudice and passion have pre- vented education from leading rather than obeying the impulses of society. The time is come, we are con- vinced, when both must yield to the determined opinions of enlightened and unprejudiced men. It is only by accurate investigation into the few in- stances in which practical education amongst the poor is attended to, and into the actual results of the com- mon system where best practised, that we can arrive at a stespy and definite conclusion on the subject. Such is the object which we propose to ourselves—one of national importance, and, of all those questions now agitating society, the most important to its real in- terests.
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ENGLISH POLITICIANS ABrtOAD.-It is perhaps not generally known that many of our countrymen residing on the Continent fill there very honourable positions, and some of them have taken a very active part in politics. Among others we can mention Mr. E. Ross, partner of the firm of Vidal, Ross, and Co., who is one of the deputies of the important city of Hamburgh to the Frankfort Parliament. This gentleman is the chairman and leader of the Free Trade League, which makes rapid strides in Germany. The Town Council of Elbing, a considerable maritime town on the Baltic, have unanimously voted their confidence in Mr. Philipps, their late representative at the Berlin As- sembly, of which he was vice-president and one of the greatest opponents to the arbitrary doings of the Go- vernment. At the present election Mr. Philipps is again candidate for Elbing, with good prospects of success. Mr. Prince Smith, the well-known leader of the Free Trade party in Prussia, stands for Berlin, where he is supported by all liberal Free-traders. These three gentlemen are born Englishmen, but naturalized Germans.—Notts. Mercury. PREFERMENTS.—Rev. J. Gaskin to Elstow P.C., Beds, dio, Ely, C75 Rev. E. T. Evans to Ysceiviog C., Flintshire; Rev. J. Fenwick to Kesgrave Stip. C., Suffolk; Rev. B. Wood to Hellmingham C., alias Mor- ton, Norfolk; Rev. II. Whiting to Ringsfield R., Suffolk, w. Little Redisham, dio. Nor ,£550 with res.; Rev. S. G. Harris to Cornworthy C., Devon Rev. M. Guaritz to Barrington and Shepton Beauchamp C., Somersetshire Rev. F. J. Derbin to Harston V., Cambridgeshire, dio Ely, 1:244, with res.; Rev. C. Cook Chatham, to Brompton P.C., Kent, dio. Roch., E130 Rev. T. M. Davies to Llanilid R. Glamorg,, vs. Hanharan C., dio. Llan., 1:253; Rev. W. W. Edwards to Gresford C.. Denbighshire; Rev. W. F. Parker, B.A., to Welshpool C., Montgomeryshire; Rev.T. Protheroe to be chaplain to H.R.H. Prince Albert, at Osborne; Rev. R. Richards to Meived V., Moutg,, dio. St. Asaph, £ 588, with res.; Rev. W. L, Sharpe to Newton Moor C., near Manchester Rev. J. Taylor to the Classical and Mathematical Tutorship at Dalbeth- house, near Glasgow Rev. T. P. Fenner to St. Johns C. Anderston, dio. Glasgow; Rev. J. Wason to 1-ord P.C., Salop, dio, Heref. £ 197. THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT Or THE BOARD OF TRADE.-Lielitenant-Colonel Alderson, it is said, is to retire from the Railway Board, oTi an appointment to the secretaryship of Chelsea Hospital; and we trust that the report may also be true that the vacancy is not to be filled up. At a time when public opinion justly condemns the inexcusable growth of state expenditure in the face of a deficient revenue, Ministers may well begin to reduce, if not remove altogether, a department created without necessity, composed of the most unfit materials, powerless, by its very constitution, for good, and only effectual in troubling the interest it cannot regulate, and in drawing from the public purse salaries, &c., to the amount of £13,500 per annum, indejfen- dently of some thousands more for "expenses irTtlDn- nexion with the establishment," and of the charges for inspection," &c., which fall on the railways exposed to its visitations. The whole affair has been made, as if on purpose, an insult to common sense, a type of official extravagance, and a specimen of political job- bery, such as have been rarely displayed elsewhere in the worst cases; and our financial reformers will ma- nage their task but poorly if they do not lay a firm hand on this discreditable blot among the first of those marked in the list of their jobs to be denounced, and wasteful expenditure that may and ought to be peremp- torily cut down. Since the appointment of the com- mission, it has done no single act of practical useful- ness. During the railway mania, when a public board, rightly framed and well officered, might, perhaps, have been of some advantage, it showed itself utterly inca- pable of controlling the mischief; and now that the re-action from it has compelled the railway interest to retire within its existing bounds, keep away from Par- liament, and manage as well as it may with its own powers to clear away the confusion which the public once did nothing to prevent, the last pretence of con- tinuing such a department on its former scale can no longer be maintained. All that has hitherto been paid indeed, in respect of the Railway Commission, has been merely so much thrown away in providing com- fortable appointments for proteges of the present Mi- nistry,—the most unfit, perhaps, that could have been given to them. The indecency of continuing such an expense now, when economy is urgently required on the one hand, and, on the other, the very business it was proposed to undertake has ceased, will surely lead to some effectual reduction of this incubus-if not by an awakened sense of duty or even decency in ministers, at least at the pressing instance of those who can ill afford, in times like these, to pay for such ministerial indulgences. AN INDUSTRIOUS EDITOit.-Wright, of the Chrono- type, in a dissertation on the tariff, thus bears testimony to his love of work in general We are the friend of industry. We work in our way—write editorials-split wood—go to market-tend babies,.wash pots, kettles, and clothes-bake apples, meat, bread, and dough-face I '.■rators and editors generally."—-American /per.
MISCELLANEOUS -INTELLIGENCE.…
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 1 There are at present incarcerated within the walls of Dorset county gaol 222 prisoners, being the greatest number ever known to be imprisoned there at one time. The other day, a Frenchman was apprehended at Plymouth, who instantly stabbed himself, in the bosom, and in a bladder containing half a gallon of smuggled brandy. A testimonial was presented to Jenny Lind on Mon- day last by the committee and other supporters of the Manchester Royal Infirmary. It consists of a very handsome dressing case elegantly fitted up, and with silver mountings and a beautiful necklace of peails with diamond clasp or centre. The New Forest prosecutions have been abandoned by direction of the Attorney-General. It is said that some of the defendants have been put to an expense of nearly £200. A Californian expedition has left Greenock, a number of navvies" accompanying it, armed with a due supply of spades and smelting-pots. J. C. Burckhardt, Esq., the well known Eastern tra- veller, died last Saturday at his residence, Notting Hill, near London, aged 77. A brick-making machine is at work at the Mickleton tunnel on the Oxford and Worcester railway, which turns out 32 bricks a minute. Her Majesty's ship San Josef, one of the handsomest vessels in the Navy, captured from the Spaniards in 1805, has been ordered to be broken up, being unfit for service. It appears, from a parliamentary return, that during the last three years, 1,500 new places have been created, the salaries of which exceed a quarter of a million. The Jersey News states that no less than 400 married couples have been divorced by the royal court of Jersey during the last ten years. An advertising chandler modestly says, that without intending any disparagement to the SUIl, he may confi- dently assert that his octagonal spermacetis are the best lights ever invented The Wolverhampton Eagle informs us that the in- mates of the union house in that town were, inter alia, treated to fresh herrings oil Christmas day This is treated to/?'MA ?crr;? on Christmas day This is A railway policeman, named John King, was found dead in his box on Monday morning. The cause of his death was not ascertained, but it was a bitter cold night. He has left a wife and four children.— Taunton Courier, "The only regeneration for Ireland," argues the Times, is to take a new start and learn to tell truth. Let her priests no longer count hundreds for tens, and no longer charge Governments with the visitations of God." The Edinburgh-station of the Caledonian railway, consisting of one goods and two passenger compart- ments was almost entirely destroyed bv fire on Wednes- day morning, together with a number of chests of tea, bales of provisions, packages of Manchester goods, &c. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a spark from the engine falling upon a goods truck. Nine third- class carriages were burned and the damage is altoge- ther estimated at about £ 7000. An accident occurred on Tuesday night last to a guard on the Midland railway, at the Derby-station, which terminated fatally. Between ten and eleven o'clock a goods train from Lincoln arrived at Derby, > under the care of Samuel Booth, a tall, stout, and active guard. His train having arrived at the bank, had to wait before it could be shunted into the station-yard, and in order to redeem time he set off on foot to the goods office with his bills of parcels," and while he was either walking down or crossing a line of rails, an engine happened to come behind him, caught him upon the back, threw him upon the ground, when he was in- stantly run over, and died in an hour afterwards. He was thirty years of age, and has left a wife and three children residing at Derby. An outbreak of cholera has taken place at the Juve- nile Pauper Asylum, Lower Tooting. On the 4th inst., 25 children had died, and 93 were under treatment. The general return, for England and Scotland, on the same day, gives 380 cases, 136 deaths, and 68 recoveries. Of these cases, upwards of 270 had occurred in Glasgow and its neighbourhood. The Rev. Geo. Vanburgh, late rector of Aughton, Lancashire, who died last week, has bequeathed the following sums :Additional Curates' Society, fSOO Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, £400; Chester Diocesan Church-building Society, L300 Na- tional Society, £ 300 Christian Knowledge Society, £200. The Consolidated Board of Excise, Stamps, and Taxes is to consist of the following :-Chairman, John Wood, Esq.; Deputy Chairman, John Thornton, Esq.; Commissioners, Hart Davis, Esq., Thos. Harrison, Esq., Henry T. Stephenson, Esq., Chas. John Herries, Esq., Charles P. Kushwood, Esq., Charles Pressley, Esq., Alfred Montgomery, Esq. An Anti-Oath Association has been established at Edinburgh. A rich heiress at Cincinatti, U.S., has just thrown the whole city into commotion, by marrying her coach- man, a handsome young Irishman. In the reign of Charles II. no provincial town in the kingdom contained 30,000 inhabitants and only j four provincial towns contained so many as 10,000 in- habitants. Her Majesty's brig, Mutine, 12, Commander Palmer, was lost at Palestrina, about ten miles from Venice, on the 21st of December last, during a heavy gale of wind. All hands were saved. A hogshead of wine has been shipped from Wes- tern Australia for London, with the view of obtaining English wine merchants' opinions on the quality of Australian wine. By a law passed in 1807, the wearing of furs was pro- hibited to all who had not a freehold estate of £100 per annum, and the use of foreign cloth was especially te- stricted to the royal family alone. The late Mr, Allan, of Midbeltie, has devised a great part of his fortune, nearly £ 20,000, to form a fund for granting annuities to widows of respectable characters in Aberdeen and Old Machar. At the Oxford sessions, on Monday last, Andraas Lockhart Belany, a young man of family and education, was sentenced to be transported for seven years for stealing books from the University Reading Room and from the shop of a bookseller. The first confirmation of native converts ever held c in I the Cathedral of Calcutta took place a short time since, when 160 persons were confirmed by the bishop, whose English address to them was translated into Bengalee by an assistant clergyman. Messrs. Thomas, Son, & Lefevre, merchants, London, who suspended payment during the panic of October, 1847, with liabilities exceeding ?400,000, announced the payment of their last dividend, making 20s. in the pound, on Friday, and will resume business imme- diately. PRISON COMMISSION.—At the last meeting of the Privy Council, Captain Donatus O'Brien, Inspector of Prisons for the Midland and Eastern Districts, was nominated a commissioner of Pentonville Model Prison. This commission, which is unpaid, at present consists of the Duke of Richmond, the Earls of Devon, Chi- chester, and Harrowby. Dr. Ferguson, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., and Capt. O'Brien. THE ADMIRALTY.—Among the individuals men- tioned as probable successors to the late Lord Auckland are the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Hatherton, better known as Mr. E. J. Littleton, for many years member for Staffordshire the Right Hon. F. T. Baring, M.P. for Portsmouth, and the Hon Sidney Herbert. The chances are said to be in favour of the Marquis of Normanby. DREADFUL SHIVWRECK.—We have to announce the ) loss of the ship Paliniorus, 600 tons, Captain Frederic Geare, homeward bound from Demerara, with a b i: cargo of rum ssid sugar. She was wrecked during the very strong gate of the 28th ult., off Scilly Islands; and we fear there is too much reason to believe that the captain and the whole of his crew have periahed.- Exeter Flying Post. DRY FARE.—When a very eminent special pleader was asked by a country gentleman if he considered that his son was likely to succeed as a special pleader, he re- plied Pray, sir, can jour son eat sawdust without but- ter ?" ALL A-GROWING.Old Paterfamilias is blest with a very large family, and is always calling in the assis- tance of the tailor; so much so, that upon being asked what he considered the most growing evil," he an- swered, Boys' Clothes. "-Punch. ANECDOTE OF GRATTAN.—Grattan was once at- tacked in the Irish Commons by an inveterate Orange. man, who made a miserable speech. Grattan replied, I shall make no other remark on the hon. gentleman's personalities than—as he rose without a friend, so he has sat down without an enemy." Was ever contempt j so concentrated in an expression. -Life of Campbell. POOR YOUNG THING.—The experience of the nur- sery should cause every father of a family to make al- lowance for the French Republic, which must be liable to convulsions during its period of infancy. When we consider that it hasbaTdly had time to cut its teeth, we ought not to wonder that there are yet no symptoms o its wisdom teeth, which, it is to be hoped, will come b and by.-Ptinch. NOMINAL EPITAPTi.-Dr. Walker wrote a work on the English particles, which obtained for him the shor and pithy epitiph Here lie Walker's particles. A man should guard in his youth against sensuality in his manhood against faction; and in his old ag e against covetousness. e Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of th body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. As the beams to a house, as the bonrs to the microcosm f man. so i order to all things.— £ "on?//rv. THE WAR MEDALS.—We have heard with extreme regret that there is no chance for a distribution of the long-promised medals for at least two or three months longer, the silversmiths to whom has been confided the task of getting them out having disappointed the au- thorities in their estimate of the time of delivering them. If the parties were fined £ 10 for every oiffcer entitled to the medal who dies since Christmas, and without receiving his long-earned distinction, there is little doubt but that the decoration would be ready for distribution in as many days.— United Service Gazette. LISKEAKD ELECTION.—The election of a representan- tive for the borough of Liskeard, in the room of the late lamented member, Mr. Charles Buller, took place on lai-nente d me-,i,L)er, Friday. The Tories had previously made gieat efforts to induce some advocate of Conservative opinions to take the field and spend his money, but had been unsuc- cessful, and the only candidate was Mr. Crowder, the Eminent Queen's Counsel, who has for many years past been one of the leaders of the western bar. That gen- tleman was proposed bv Mr. John Alien, in a speech remarkable for the liberality of its views, and the exten- sive fange which it embraced, the hon. gentleman touching upon almost every question which interests j the public mind at the present time, Mr. Austis seconded tbe nomination in a brief and hearty address, and, there being no other candidate, Mr. Crowder was declared to be duly elected. The learned gentleman then addressed his constituents in a frank and eloquent speech, in which he entered into the consideration of many questions of great public importance. He dwelt upon the fact that he had been always in favour of pro- gressive reforms, and was a supporter of the extension of the suffrage in proportion as the people progress in education. On the subject of retrenchment, the hon. gentleman placed before the meeting, in a very lucid manner, the views of Professor Newman, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. M'Gregor, giving his cordial adherence to the general principles of retrenchment, reserving to himself the adoption of that course which, on a discussion of the various measures before Parliament, he might think most conducive to the general welfare of the country. The hon. and learned gentleman's speech was received with great satisfaction by a crowded audience, amongst whom was a very large number of ladies, and at its close he was hailed with a burst of hearty applause. The electors of Liskeard are men of stern political integrity. Mr. Crowder expressed his firm belief-a belief in which from many years' knowledge of them we most cordially concur—that every man who had given him a promise would, if there had been a poll, have voted for him. This firm adherence to principle in so small a consti- tuency is a remarkable circumstance, and one which gives to its representative a high position in the great councils of the nation.— Plymouth Journal. TliL ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THB NATIONAL SOCIETY.-It will be remembered that a few weeks since certain negotiations were pending between the National Society and the Committee of Privy Coun- cil, which failed. Hence, by numerous members of the National Society, it was deemed expedient that an j address should be drawn up for presentation to the arch- bishop, requesting his grace, as president, to convene a public meeting, for the purpose of considering what measures it will be expedient to adopt." A requisition, with the signatures of upwards of 400 members of the National Society, was accordingly forwarded to his grace, to which he made the formal replv annexed :— Addington Park, Dec. 27, 1S48.—Reverend Sir,—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of an addtess, which you have forwarded to me, signed by four-hundred and fifty- seven members of the National Society, and requesting me, as its president, to cocrene a public meeting, for the purpose of considering \vhat measure it will be advisable to adopt in consequence of the failure of the late negotiations with the Comnjittee of Council for Education. I am sorry'ig,, disappoint the wishes of so many of the society's friends by -declining to accede to their desire. The requisition is grounded on an assump- tion which I do not admit, that the recent negotiations have failed. But, independently of this objection, the inconveniences of any public discussion of the terms of a difficult and delicate negotiation are too great and obvious to be encountered without a prospec. of some proportionate advantage attainable in no orner way. The only advantage of the proposed meeting would be the opportunity it might afford of acquainting Z\¡e com- mittee in whom the I management and government' of the society is vested by charter with the sentiments of the members then assembled. This object UåJ be secured by other means les6 open to exception, I y such written statements, for instance, as the eommitlt e may deliberately consult upon. They are already in posses- sion of letters from many individual members, and HAVE received communications from several diocesan boards, ) which they have taken, and will continue to take into serious and patient consideration. With all due respect, therefore, to the names appended to the requisition, I must decline to sanction a measure which has no pre- cedent in the practice of the society, and from which I 0Gi foresee no advantage at all commensurate with the inconveniences and dangers.—I remain, rev. sir, your faithfd^ervant, J. B. Cantuar." THE WAY TO CkLIFOit%-]. The astounding reports of the new found mineral wealth in California have already given birth to innumerable schemes for emigra- tion to that golden region, and more than ofte public company has been set on foot in England for the purpose of extending operations upon the joint-stock principle. Meantime the great question is, how to get there? It appears, then, that the speediest way of getting to California from this country is by the West India mail steamers, which are in monthly communication with Chagres, on the Isthmus of Darieti, thence across to Panama. The United States have established a line of packets between Panama and San Francisco, the first of which has ad vertised to start from the former place on the I lth inst. It is reckoned that this voyage along the Pacific coast of the Americas will occupy DO days. From the United States there are four routes :—1st. That from New Orleans to Panama, as above. 2nd. That taken by the emigrant column to Oregon, namely, from St. Louis, in Missouri, along the Platte River "bottom, across the south pass of the Rocky Moun- tains, and over the Salt Plain that lies between the western side of great range and the Colorado river, in California Alta. This journey is undertaken in caravans of forty or fifty waggons, and occupies about four months. 3rd. From Louisiana to Mexico, through Texas but that is a road reckoned very unsafe, as it is used chiefly by horse copers—half-bred Mexicans-and slave dealers. 4th. Along the searoad of the entire continent of America—north and south, east and west —that is from New York to Cape Horn, and from Cape Horn to the Bay of San Francisco, a voyage of 16,000 miles, and which it would take five months to perform. REPRIEVE OF THE CHARTIST MURDERER The prisoner Radcliffe, sentenced for execution at the late Liverpool assizes, charged with the murder of Police- constable Bright, at Ashton-under-Lyne, in August has been reprieved. It is said that Constantine, tried as au accomplice and sentenced to transportation, has made disclosures, in which he exculpates Ratcliffe from all participation in the crime, and fixeB it upon a person still at large. MURDER AT MAN CHESTER.—The coachman of Dr. Charles Bell of this city is now in custody on the charge of murdering his wife. It appears that he went home one evening and found her intoxicated, in consequence of which he struck her with his shoe, and, it is sup- posed, also with a heavy piece of wood. She died shortly after. An inquest has been held cn the body, and frum ihe inquiry it appearu tbut the deceased died, not from the violence of her husband, but from excessive cold during her exposure to the night air. EXECUTION OF JAMES KELLY, AT KIRKDALE.—It is little more than four months since it was our painful duty to announce a public execution at Kirkdale. On Saturday, however, James Kelly, a young ma- aged only twenty-four years, who pleaded guilty at the last assizes to having, at Stockport, cut the throat his sweetheart, Elizabeth Faulkner, a co-worker in the same mill, forfeited his life to the offended la" On the night before execution, Kellv, we understand, was restless and disturbed. He took his supper, however and also his breakfast next morning, with the usual relish, and declared to the governor of the gaol that even if he had the offer of a reprieve, so seriously was his conscience tormented that he could not think, of accepting it —Liverpool Albion. EXECUTION AT Your;.—On Saturday the lad Malkin was hanged at York, fGT the murder of Esther Inniaii, at Leeds. A third edition of the Yorkshire Gazette of Saturday says The influx of strangers from Huntl- lett, Leeds, and other parts of the West Riding wait very great, and these consisted for the most part of persons who had evidently been walking during the night, and who entered the city at an early hour. evincing unmistakable signs of the effect which the severity of the weather had had upon them. Long be- fore the prescribed time, groups of persons were to be seen wending their way to the scene of execution, and by twelve o'clock there could not be less than 12,000 people assembled on the spot. At that hour the youth- ful criminal (his age was only 17), accompanied by the Rev. J. H. Sutton, was brought on to the platform over the drop he there knelt down, and prayed with great fervour, which he evinced to the end of the awful scene. The rev. gentleman having performed his last sad offiees, he shook the lad by the hand, and having retired the county hangman proceeded to the discharge of his duty, and in a few moments the bolt was drawn, and the cul- prit's short but unhappy career in this world was closed. After h;in(,) irg the usual time, the body was rented, and will be intent d, in accordance with the conc.i:Jtng terms of his awful sentence, within the precincts of the jail." | RATHER FAU-i ETCHED —" Well, my boy. do y>u know what syntax («<» tux) mean* said a school- 1 st!, e?r: 'ft master to thE child of s:r N t