The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

BRECOXSHIRE. BRECON INFIRMARY.—Nov. 18, 1845. ————— IN. OUT. Patients remaining last Week 2 44 Admitted since 1 8 352 Cured and Relieved 0 6 Dead. 0 0 Remaining. 3 40 Physician for the ensuing week Dr. Lucas Surgeon,&c. Mr. Batt. BRFCON'.—MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—Monday, the 10th instant, Howell Jones Williams, Esq.,was elected mayor of the borough of Brecon, for the year ending 9th November, 1846. BR ECON NOVEMBER FAIR.—This fair was held on I Monday, the mh,_ and Tuesday, the 18th November instant; and we were g-lad to observe, that notwithstanding; the unfavourable weather of Sunday, an unusual number of people flocked into town. The pleasure-seekers, it may be presumed, were somewhat disappointed; but men of business experienced an unexpected demand for all sorts of animals-horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs selling at unprecedented high prices. The harmony of the fair was, however, much disturbed by reports of the depreda- tions, upon no small scale, of the light-fingered gentry. One man we heard was robbed of a note for the sum of 1100 but we cannot vouch for the correctness of the statement. Another correspondent writes-CO There was a great demand for store cattle. Fat beasts and sheep (of which there were comparatively few) averaged six- pence per pound. There was a brisk demand for good cart horses for the various iron works, where matters are very lively. Hill ponies sold freely; indeed there was ) not a sufficient supply to meet the demand. The pig fair was fully supplied and fat hogs fetched 9s. per ¡ score. However, prices averaged from 5 to 10 per cent. lower than at last fair. Skim cheese fetched from E2 to 92 6s. per cwt.; salt butter sold at from I I id. to Is. per lb. (in tubs). In the hop market, the prices of Worces- J ter's and Hereford's ranged from 9d to Is. 6d. per lb.- according to age, quality, &c. Upon the whole this fair may tafely be pronounced more satisfactory to the farmer than any one which has been held for a long period. There were a great many male and female servants for hire. Men's wages have advanced considerably." Mary Williams, Elizabeth Harding, and William Rogers were convicted, opon the oath of Mr. Samuel Hudson and others, and committed by the Rev. James Richard Brown, justice of the peace for the county uf Radnor, for twenty-eight days, accompanied with hard labour, to Presteign house of correction, for insubordi- nation and refractory conduct committed by them in the Knighton union workhouse, on the 11th and 13th days of November instant.

BIRTHS. Nov. 9. The lady of the Rev. George St. John, rector of Wam- don, Worcestershire, of a son. Nov. 9. At Saville Place, Clifton, the lady of the Rev. John Durbin Gray, of a son. Nov. 7. Mrs. David Morgan, tea dealer, Cae pant tywyd, Merthyr, of a daughter. Nov. 3. At Yniscedwyn, near Swansea, at the new school built there, the wife of Mr. H. L. Monro, jun. (son of Mr. Henry Loftus Monro, the head master of the Bowrington School), of a ton. Nov. 13. At Avonhurst, in the county of Warwick, the Hon. Mrs. Woodmass, of a son. MARRIAGES. Nov. 18. At St. John's Church, Cardiff, by the Rev. T. Stacey, M,A., Mr. Howell Powell, of Cardiff, carpenter, to Miss Sarah Read, of the same place. Nov, 18. At St. John'3 Church, Cardiff, by the Rev. T. Stacey, M.A., Mr. William Henry Poyer, master mariner, to Martha, third daughter of Mr. John Roberts, pilot of this port. Nov. 19. At Lantwit Major, Mr. John H. Davies, of Cow- bridge, currier, to Mrs. Margaret Jenkins, of Lantwit Major. Lately, at Rhymney Church, by the Rev. L. Edwards. Mr. Morgan Miles, blacksmith, to Martha, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas James, builder, late of Merthyr. Nov. 17. At St. Pancras Church, London, by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Captain C. P. Ibbetson, 11th Hussars, to the Lady Adela Villiers, the marriage having been previously solemnized in Scotland. Nov. 3. At the Tabernacle Chapel, Merthyr, by Mr. Enoch Williams, Mr. John Evans, draper, to Mary, daughter of Mr. ¡" Benjamin Williams, Baptist minister, all of Merthyr. Nov. 15. At Dowlais, John, only som of David Thomas, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Grace and John Thomas, both of Dowlais. On the 15th instant, at Bethesda (Baptist) chapel, Swansea, by Mr. Daniel Davies, minister, Mr. David Thomas, tailor, to Miss Jane Williams, both of Swansea. On the 16th instant, at St. Mary's Church, Swansea, by the Rev. R. S. Bunbury, vicar, Mr. Samuel Richards, mason, to Miss Mary Jones, both of Swansea. DEATHS. While on a visit at Duffryn, St. Nicholas, on Monday, the 17th inst., Major-General Sir Burges Camac, formerly of the Life Guards. Sir Burges was brother of the late Mrs. Grant, of the Gnoll, in this county. Nov. I- in his twentieth year, after a short and painful illness, deeply regretted by his friends, Henry, eldest son of the late Mr. Daniel Brown, of this town. Nov. 14, in this town, Ann Rosser, aged 46 years. Nov, 9, aged 72, Mrs. Ann Powell, widow of the late Mr. Ilees Powell, of Tydraw, near Pyle. Nov. 15, suddenly, at Llantrissant, William Richard, aged 77 years, much respected. Nov. 18, at Neath, Mary Loyd, widow (generally known by the name of Molly the Stays), aged 100 years last May. Nov. 19, at Neath Abbey, Mr. Jordan, a very old and faithful servant of the Neath Abbey Iron Company. Nov. 7, at the Infantry Barracks, Windsor, the Hon. Captain Leicester, of the Grenadier Guards, brother to Lord Tabley, in his 33rd year. Nov. 2. after a short illness, at Llanvapley, in the county of Monmouth. William Jones, Esq., aged 30. Nov. 6, Mr. Thomas Williams, chandler, Merthyr. Nov. 9. at his residence. Severn Hill House, near Worcester, the Rev. James Craig. Nov. 10, aged 84, the Rev. Joseph Proctor, D.D., master of Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Nov. 14, at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, the Right Honorable Wm. Dundas, Lord Clerk Reg'ster of Scotland. Nov 17, at his residenr, Cheltenham, Sir Salisbury Daven- port, Rear-Admiral of Che vVhite, C.B., and K.C.H. Nov. 18, suddenly, the celebrated Dr. Wade, D.D. The de- ceased was curate of a valuable living at Warwick, and has been known to the public for the active part in speaking at all the principal Radical meetings.

IRELAND.—THE "LIBERATOR'S" ESTATES.— The Times Commissioner in the Times of Tuesday morning thus describes the state of things at Derry- nane, the property possessed by, and under the management of, Ireland's greatest Friend, Mr. Daniel O'Connell. —" The wretched-looking town of Cahirciveen, its dirty unpaved streets, and old-hat mended windows, reminds me of another subject. The property of this town is rented to Mr. Daniel O'Connell, who, as a middle man, sub-lets it to its present tenants, and extracts a profit rent out of it. In this country they pluck the geese alive for their feathers, and turn the poor pen-feathered and wretch- ed birds loose to get over it as they can. This is repeated several times during the year. As if appre- hensive of their coming fate, as each goose is caught to go through the plucking operation, the whole flock, after the manner of geese, set up a terrible cackling and screeching and hissing. This habit is not confined to geese of the feathered tribe. Until I came into Kerry, and passed over the estate of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, I never could divine the reason of the hubbub of the O'Connell's, of their screeching and cackling and hissing' when the neglectful con- duct to his tenantry of the Marquis of Conyngham was exposed. Why should men, who are eternally prating about absentee landlords and neglectful land- lords, and who are ever using the destitution and discontent of the poor tenants as a means of abuse of English legislation, fall foul of me for exposing a marked instance of neglect, whilst at the same time, I pointed out the benefits which had occurred to tenants from the attention and encouragement be- stowed on them by Lord George Hill, a neighbouring landlord ? But my eyes are open now. The mur- der is out There was an apprehension that the turn to have their decent feathers plucked off might come round to the occupiers of Derrynane, and hence the cackling and screeching and hissing of the flock of O'Connell's, and Broderick's. and Browne's. At and in the neighbourhood of Cahirciveen and Derry- nane, Mr. Daniel O'Connell possesses an income of about £3.000 a year. A small portion of this is his own fee-simple property another small portion he rents on lease, renewable for ever, and about two- thirds of the property he holds on terminable leases, under the Dublin College, Mr. Hartop, Mr. Bland, and Lord Cork. He is, in fact, for two-thirds of his property a middleman, living on a profit rent derived from small tenants; and we will see presently how he manages them. The bulk of this property is held on a lease for his own life. His general character as a landlord or middleman is, that any tenant who ap- plies to him may have leave to erect a cabin where he pleases. This wins a certain degree of popularity but the land under lease by him is in consequence in the most frightful state of over-population. The competition for land is, therefore, intense, and they will offer almost any rent for the most miserable frag- ment of land their principal feature is distress I I entered several of the cottages at a place called Derry- nane Beg, within a mile of Derrynane. The distress of the people was horrible. There is not a pane of glass in the parish, nor a window of any kind in hall the cottages. Some have got a hole in the wall for light, with a board to stop it up. In not one in a dozen is there a chair to sit upon, or anything what- ever in the cottages beyond an iron pot, and a rude bedstead with some straw on it, and not always that. Unaided and unguided, the poor creatures are in the lowest degree of squalid poverty I have yet seen, and this within sight of Derrynane House! As one of the tenants told me, they were eating one another's heads off, and if they did not get some assistance they would starve and the gaols would be full. In future, however, it will be remembered that amongst the most neglectful landlords who are a curse to Ireland, Daniel O'Connell ranks first; that on the estate of Daniel O'Connell are to be found the most wretched tauuits that are to be ween in Ireland,"

GALARGERDD VrFarwolaeth ydiweddarBarchediccaf W ILLI.VM BnrCE KNIGHT, Deon Llandaf. En's dyddiau fy nghalon sy flin a thrymlwythog; Mae tristwch trwy'm mynwes a'i d'lant fel 0 ddur Mi geisiaf dy gymhorth, fwyn Awen ber-eiriog, 1 blethu galarnad bydd lesiol i'm cur. Yn faieh mac distawrwydd,-ymdorred lleferydd O'm genau, a chaffed fy raron esmwvtnad I Fy nghân 051 anystwyth, maddeued y celfydd; "J Mae'r testun, o leiaf, yn bwysig i'm gwlad. Os yw gyffroedig ddyfnderoedd ein teimlad, Fy mrodyr Eglwysig, fellnynwes y môr Dan chwythiad y corwynt, mae achos a galwad Am ysbryd toddedig; mae'i wraidd yn yr tor. E welir yr Eglwy# yn wylo'n bruddglwyfua, A gwisgoedd o ataro i harngyleh yu lieu,— Mewn tristweh gauafaidd, fel gweddw brwynfanul!, Yn codi'r .uchenaid —yn g08nmg ei phen, "E welwyd yn svrthiaw o ganol yr wybren Oleuni ùisgleiriaf a harddaf ei wawr, Yn taenu sirioldeb hyd Caes y ffurfafen, Yn gweini tirionweh hyd wyneb y lIawr. 1\Ii welar y ffynnon 0'1' hon y drlifai Dysjeidiaeth yn afon feithrinol ei thaith Y11 awr wedi sychu; a'r ddol a ireiddiai Ni welaf fi mwyach yn werdd ac yn llaith. Mac Deon Llandaf yn y tywod yn gorwedd I Mae'n tadol gynghorwr yn fud yn y gro! Mae nerth a doethineb, mae urddas a mawredd Ei lafar mewn bythol ddistawrwydd yng nghlo'. Llandaf! mae y gwanwyn 11.'1' haf wedi cilio Ar ddawn dy Esgobaeth, sy randir mor lwys Ymtuthrodd yr dail yn edwino Ar gangau Gwybodaeth mae'r olwg yn ddwys!' Mae'r Eglwys fel Hong heb ei llywydd rhwng tounau Chwyddedig, brawychus, cynddeiriog J môr; Mae atti'n annelu eu tanllyd fagnelau Elynion ei llwyddiant mewn grange am ei 'stor. Pa beth am y nos V' Byth ni ddyry'r "dwyliedydd" Un gair yn attebiad o ddunos y bedd llong ein gobeithion yng nghanol y 'stormydd, Heb KNIGHT i'w chyfeirio i borthladd yr hedd." O'r cedyrn e gwympodd yr arwr cadarnaf Yn lluoedd Dl1w Israel, arjreinydd y gâd, A hedd ar ei fanniar, yn arwydd egluraf- 0 yspTyd gwir Gristion at blant yr un Tad. Os oedd ddyrchafedig ei urdd, a'i osodiad Mewn uchel anrhydedd fel blaenor,—nid blin Y profwyd awdurdod ei swydd i un teil11.lad,- Ei gerydd mown cariad a lifai o'i fin. Y gorscn wan ysig" nis torroùd trwy drawsder; Ymwreiddiai tynerweh yn eigion ei fryd Tywynai o'i wyneb serenog hynawsder, Yn brawf fod y nefo<"dd o'i gylch yn ein byd. Nid rhai detholedig a brofent felusder Ei serch a'i sirioldeb pob gradd ym mhob lie A welrnt ei fynwes yn orlawn 0 hoffder I daenu trwy'r llnwl hiuoneiddrwydd y Ne\ Ei gariad a delirl yn 01 yn dwymwresog; Poh ealon. pob tafod oedd barod i'w fawl; Gan ifangc fel tad. a chan hen fel tywysog Eï perchid addefid i fairrglod ei hawl. Ei enaid oedd ddidwyll: a welaist ti ffynnon A'i gwaelod mor loyw mor ddisglaer a'r dydd1 Gwir ddarlun a welaist o fynwes a chalon BBXCB KNIGHT, 0 bob syniad anfrawdol yn rhydd. Oedd fatvr mcwn doethineb a chynghor golengall 1 gynnal ein Heglwys mewn urddas a bri,— Rheolau aneglur ei breinniau'n llwyr ddeall. Oedd fury yng ngwybodaeth o Air pin Duw ni. Oedd hyddysg yn ieithoedd henddoethion y cynfyd, Mor ddrudfawr eu synwyr nes etto maent fyw Mawr barchai iaith GOMBR, trwy r hon, i'w dedwyddyd, Mae'r CYMMRY'n cael cyrmal cyfrinach a'u Duw. Eilunod y byd,—rhwysg a mawredd daearol, Anhyblvg elynion i lwyddiant y Groes, Gorchfygodd. fel ntilwr a roddai'n egniol I'r rhyfel i'w herbyn holl ymdreeh ei oes. Ei gariad haelionus y noeth yn dilladu, Newyuog yn porthi, 'n ymweled a'r claf," Diodvdd i'r genau sychedig yn rhanu, A helaeth wobrwyir yn nheymas ei Naf. I frawd y Cyfryngwr goruchel ei hunan Y rhoir y drugaredd a roir i ddyn tlawd Fe goBa'n Pryniawdwr bendigaid y gyfran O'n cyfoeth a roddwn yn borthiant i'w fi ciwl, Yn achos y weddw" èi, ymdrech fu ddibaid: Gwarchodai dros hon dan ofalon a'u pwys Yn gofyn holl egni—holl ynni ei enaid,— Dros hon fe ymbiliai yn daer ac yn ddwys, Fel tad dros ei blentyn, am gyfran o'r golud A ranodd Duw'r haeledd i fawrion y tir,— A'r Arglwydd a hotfaigydweithio ag yspryd YIl tarddu o burdeb teimladrwydd mor wir. I mewn i lawenydd" ei dyner frawdgarweh Gwahoddodd ymddifaid laweroedd trwy'r wlad,— A "Dos," fe a glywodd yn dal i'w hawddgarweh, I mewn i lawenydd dy Arglwydd" a'tl1 Dad. Nid rhyfyg rhoi barn am y pren, pan bo'i ffrwythau Yn amlwg ardystio elrinwedd a'i rvw,— Nid rhyfyg yw selio ein ffydd ar y geiriau A'r profion a ddygodd ein Harglwydd i'n clyw. Fe rodiodd yn uniawn yn neddfau'i Greawdwr,— Ymgeisiodd am "gamp galwedigaeth" Ion mawr, Ei bwys rho'dd yn dawel ar fynwes ei Brynwr,— Fe drechodd y gelyn diweddaf" yn awr. Mae 'nawr wedi gorphen ei yrfa dymhestlog Hyd Iwybrau'r anialdir, lle'n teithio'r ym ni,— O'i lafur mae'n gorphwys ar ddolydd blodeuog Yr hafddydd trag'wyddol yn nheyrnas ei Ri: Mae gyda'i Bryniawdwr ym mro Haleluia Mae palmwydd i'w ddwylaw; mae'i harddwisg yn wen Mae'n uchel ei ganiad am aberlh Calfaria, A "choron gogoniant" am byth ar ei ben. Hydref 9,1845. DANIEL DDU. Oedd Drysorydd a Pbrif Lywydd y Gyrodeithas er budd Gwsiddwon Offeiriaid Esgobaeth Llandaf.

A HUSBAND'S~VENGEANCE. A MELTING TALE. MRS. MOBNINGTON SWALB had contrived to get together a very amusing set. bnt how she managed it was one of those questions which, if put, indicate the possession of an inquiring rather than a practical mind. For, in the first place. nobody knew, and in the second, nobody cared. Indeed, the lady herself was a kind of mystery; and if she had not given such very pleasant parties, it is probable that the carelessness we have alluded to might have been superseded by a spirit of interrogation. Her name was in the Court Guide, corrected up to April, and that was all. She never talked about her father, or her mother, or any other of the people mentioned in the long list at the end of the prayer-book, as folks one must not marry nor did she ever vaunt acquaintance with the peer- age, friendship with the baronetage, or intimacy with the landed commoners, a.9 usual with genteel persons of a certain orner. When she had a box at the opera, which happened about three times in the season, she never pretended to know who all the subscribers around her were; and when we add that she insisted on listening to the music instead of chattering during its per- formance. we shall convince every reader of elegance that she was not the sort of person to know." Nevertheless, a good many people held an opposite opinion, and proved that they did so by coming to her parties. Mrs. Momington Swale's beauty—for though not a very young woman, she WMbeautiful-was of the commanding order. Her bright, queenly aspect, and glossy black braids, struck terror in the minds of the youngish men, and made them, very heedlessly, stammer out greater nonsense than they had intended. Her arrangements were a little despotic, and it was not easy, even if you wished it. to escape the partner or the companion to the supper-table whom she had selected for you. Everybody was a little afraid of her, and that is the truth. Her parties were, as aforesaid, very pleasant. She did not fill her rooms with negative eligibles —men who could only dress, and women who could only simper. She always infused a large quantity of character mto her re-union,-not that the individuals were much in themselves, but in the aggregate they gave a tone to the party. W I' used to meet a popular actor or two- generally dull creatures enough, who spent the evening in alternately droning and snarling upon dramatic matters. We had authors—small authors, but still men who occasionally rushed into print, and wished to be thought eccentric, and usually got tipsy at supper. We had very small poets, who utterly disbelieved in Byron and Moore, but believed a little in one another, and violently in themselves, and wrote stumbling odes about skipping-ropes and public executions. We had second-rate concert singers, chiefly with stubby fingers, who contributed greatly to the harmony of the evening, and sneered in comers at each other's performance. We had a few young barristers, who, by way of advertising their profession, wrangled over every thing with much elaborateness of man- ner, and blocked up the doorways and talked about moot points," to the discomfiture of the listeners. And there was a fat German count, who always came, and who had moustaches and a very pensive expression, and was greatly addicted to declaring that he wanted something to love him. Now, when the usual litter of a ball-room is diversified with shreds and patehes such as we have mentioned, there is sure to be some fun and our opinion is, that fun is better than formality, any day in the week. But apropos of days in thp week, it was a curious fact that there were certain days on which Mrs. Momington Swale was. never at home, never was seen out, and never gave a party. And this was brought to our minds by the extraordinal1 incident which we are about to relate. Mrs. Mornington had assembled one of the very best of her parties. There was an exaelleut show of pretty faces, and an acre or so of white waistcoats, and much polking. The actors were there, grumbling, and the authors were putting themselves in wild attitudes, and the poets were gazing sternly at nothing, and the singers were looking spiteful, and the barristers were squabbling outside the door, and the fat German count was telling a young lady with a Norma wreath, that he wanted somebody to love him. The evening was going off remarkably well, and a large double quadrille had just been formed. Mrs. Mornington Swale was standing up, at the top, with a very indifferent young poet, who would have made a very invaluable 8carecrow.. We were just going to begin La Poule, when a very loud voice was heard in the hall, announcing that somebody whose lungs were in excellent order, was determined to come up stairs, and presently a group of barristers was scattered forward mto the room, and. rushing after them, and into the very centre of the quadrille, came a very short a very stout, and sturdy man, in the dirtiest dress ever seen, his brawny arms bared to the elbow, and his whole apparel saturated with grease. He glared round upon us all— the effect was dramatic. Nobody remem- bered to faint, an oversight for which several young ladies never forgave themselves. Mrs. Mornington Swale stood petrified. Now Sne," said the stranger, confronting her. Now Sue." And this to her Some of us half expected that he would be annihilated. But she continued aghast. Mark my words, Sue," continued the unknown, suddenly seating himself on the carpet, with a bang which made the lustres rattle. I told you if you ever dared to stay away from me on a melting-day, I'd come for you myself. Now, you come along, I've got a aab." He scrambled from the floor, and seized her by the wrist. Since the abduction of Don Juan by the statue, there never was so appalling a situation. But apparently stupified, Mrs. Mor- nington Swale silently yielded. They disappeared together, without further explanation. But we agreed that though we had lost our hostess, there would be no sense in losing our tune. So the German count and the young lady with the Norma wreath, stood up in the place of the departed. The quadrille was danced, and so were other quadrilles, and supper was eaten, and all so merrily—so merrily, that the German count was discovered at six in the morning, endeavouring to make a lamp-post in Bedford-square admit that he wanted somebody to love him. But Mrs. Mor- nington Swale is as much a mystery as ever, and what is worse, k *he has give* parties,-— Vrmtohcmk'*

NATIONAL DEFENCE. Peace holds the civitized world on the borders only, in bar- barous or savage region*, is peace interrupted. Yet men talk and act as if war were imminent. France and England, conser- vators of the peace in Europe, keep on measuring their swords from time to time each to see that the other do not have an advantage if there should be war. A French paper, understood to be published uiuh r the sanction of the Prince De Joinville, and to represent hi1, views, has a long comparative account of the two navies; whence the writer deduces the general conclu- sions, that the English efceel the French in the construction of the smaller vessels of war, though not in frigates or ships of the line; that they also excel in the number of the larger ships and that 00 the whole the strengthqfthe French navy is about one- third 4hat of the- English nivy. The writer calculates that Fram^could at short notice send to sea 17 ships' (7 three- deckec) and 23 frigates, to oppose 43 English ships (1 "2 thr-T- deckers} and 21 frigates the French having further in. reserve 25 ships and 17 frigates; the English, 22 ships (7 three-deckers) and 11 frigates. In the class of three-deckers, the French would oppose 74 or 80 guns to 120. Hence the writer would have Erance bestir hersftlf in strengthening the larger class of her navy. This view indicates some change of counsel since the Prince de Joinville demanded an efficient steam-marine as the way to steal apon England in the night; but no change in the animus which keeps watch upon French means to do Eng- land an injury on opportunity. There are in fact two classes in France against whom we, and the French nation also, have to guard,—those who are iuflated with some of the higher notions of military- ''glory," and would gladly convert the world into one theatre of war in order to the display of national or personal prowess and those possessing a meaner spirit of nationality, which cowoisttl in hating other countries, and would b" content merely to do England Although war js Cor the pre- sent at a discount in France, both those classes keep the embers alive for times more fovourable to their passions. '• And truly, our coasts, as every body has seenformanva year, are defenceless enough. Once they were defended bv our wooden walls—our navy but that was when no nation could contend with us at sea: now France has her floating forts and running bridges. The Channel has come to be merely a great river, and it can no longer rest for defence on a moveable force going up alid down: its bank must be fortified. "fhe Govern- ment, urged by the general sense of our exposure to unfureseen malevolence, has just begun to take steps for putting our coasts in that, state that they might always to exhibit; and the French are displeased! "Some displeasure," says the Time" "-was expressed in Paris at the orders given by the English Government far defensive wórks on the coast: the labours on the fortifications of Cherbourg are unceasing; while, by means of floating break- waters and other works, Havre and nearly every other port in France is to 1)6 strengthened. This is a monstrous exaction— that. we should manifest our friewlship for France by remaining inert even while she collects arms and holds the sword suspended in air'. It is due to the peaceable and judicious part of the French nation that we should be prepared to cheek the un-' peaceable. A war wou1-1 he nearly as bad for France as for England, even at the outset; but while the exposed condition of our coasts teemt to invite aggression and to insure victory to the aggressors, the peaceable and judicious will nut always be able to keep" la gloire" under control. Especially it behoves UI to be upon our guard while we have domestic traitors—the unrepudiated leaders of the Irish, who boast that they have at our rear seven. millions of constructive allies for any enemy-that'we may have abroad—a multitude within our lines fermenting with the leaven oT treason. It is not surprising, therefore, that the most peaceable among us talk of strengthening our position-that our light reading is invaded by papers on the delensible state of the country." and the Go- vernment respond with a modicum of tardy preparation. If we are to trust the words of hatred flung at us East and West, our coast should be made a rampart, our people an army. Our people an army Aye for no lifeless works can keep out hordes of eager spoilers, anù it is the presence alone of a brave people—strong and skilled as well as brave—that can vin- dicate our soil against violation. We remember, alas that the habits of the English people are not what they once were. The spirit of money-getting has toiled the strength out of our towns- folk archery once borrowed its terms from the weaver's craft as well as from the field, because the weaver was familiar with the national weapon, was one of the band that handled it, and named the missile after the cloth-yard of his own trade. What knows he now of the bow's substitute, the musket or rifle—pent up for all his waking time in a factory ? Even among our rus- tics, poverty and ceaseless iudustry" have cramped the facul- ties and the" better observance of the Sabbath" has forbidden manly sport in the only remaining time of leisure. We allude to the effect with regret, though with no desire to reproach the conscientious whose exhortations have been attended by a de- plorable and unintended incident. We may call to mind that while the Sunday was still a holiday, England was not less vir- tuous than she is now. not less Christian, not less even Pro- testant—for she had protested before the sway of the Puritans began. Statistics have been laboured to show that the condition of the poor has not deteriorated in modern times. Perhaps not -statistically. But the poverty of a young country, with its wild lands—the precarious existence of a ruder people, now full. now starving, half lawless—is a very different thing from the level low wages amI short commons of an enclosed Country with its workhouse. Our good taste has even put down prize- fighting-the odious, corrupt remnant of manly sports and we have given nothing instead. Are the people so ready, so quick as they once were—so handy with quarter-staff or single-stick— so fierce ? We believe not. Yet we need them to be readier and fiercer on occasion; for the progress of knowledge has brought the stranger nearer to ,lIS in the proportion of one day to a month, and has not yet tiSight the stranger to desire only peace. There is, no doubt, still the English spirit-call it "bottom," pluck." "grit, or what you will-which would make even the Manchester weaver a "tough customer:" but the object is to put the whole race of men once more in possession of all their bodily faculties of which long hours and better observ- ance" have been the chief means to deprive them. A people thus trained would furnish materials for a formidable militia whom a magazine tactician* would call out again now, and keep to their standards for a six months drill. The people, it is said, do not like soldiering'' Let it be done in a more, intelligent spirit than it has been make it more of a pastime, less of an irksome burden; equalise the duty over all classes couple it with holidays and honours and political privileges; let the people be hught that it is needful, honourable, and not unpleasant; and, although they may never arrive at thè per- petual military ardour of the French, they may furnish a national guard as well appointed, efficient, and bold. as the million that are in possession of France. But, it is said, if", the people" are armed and drilled, the authorities cannot keep them down." Wby, they do not keep them down as it is. It was not soldiery, but returning pros- perity and hope, that put down the Manchester rioters. If any- real attempt were made to keep down" the people by force, it would be-a mere provocative to the- irrepressible rising of the whole nation. Armies may fight battles, invade, and injure; it is the people that must defend the soil: and that Government will always be the strongest" which derives its strength from the strongest people. Till war be abjured by other races and classes as well as English merchants and shopkeepers, we should like to sce a ride and a sword in every house. with leisure to exercise them, and encouragement for hardy games—something rougher than cricket-even on the Sunday green; the plain serviceable urtiferm of a militia more familiar than the work- house costume; every cliff and every strand fortified against sudden intrusion.-Spectator. Fraier's Magazine, November 1845: The Defensible State of the Country."

flfctsceUang. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.—The Royal Mail steam-ship Hibernia arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday morning, soon after eleven o'clock, with advices from New York to the 31st ult., inclusive, being; three days later than those brought by the Great Britain. The Hibernia left Boston on the 1st inst. and Halifax on the 5th, at seven P.M., during a thick fog. touched on the southernmost point of Cape Race, was imme- diately backed off, and, as a precautionary measure, taken into St. John's, Newfoundland, when it was found she was very little injured, and in two days she proceeded on her vovage. This of course sufficiently accounts for the delay in the arrival of the vessel. The greatest credit is given by the passengers to the commander and his crew, for their seamanlike con- duct. It was rumoured that the British Minister at Washington, finding there is little hope of adjust- ing the Oregon question, has proposed to leave the whole territory in its present position for twenty years, under the joint protection of England and the States, and with the stipulation that at the end of that period its then inhabitants may attach themselves to either country, or erect themselves into an indepen- dent sovereignty, as they may prefer. The New York papers hope that this rumour will prove au- thentic. We don't believe, however, there is any ground for it. The wish is, no doubt, on the part of our transatlantic neighbours, father to the thought. Much excitement still existed relative to the Mormons, who are represented as squalling" down in large numbers in various parts of the country and helping themselves to cattle and any moveable property that they met with. The New York Courier publishes a letter from the Hon. Caleb Cushing, their late Minis- ter to China, relative to the claim of English bond- holders upon California, in which he states thifPthe hypothecation of 100,000,000 of acres of land in California, Texas, Chiuahua, New Mexico, and Senora, is permanent until the whole debt be paid, and the right of locating the deferred bonds in California, Texas, Chiuahua, and New Mexico, also continues until these are paid, it being a condition inserted in the bonds. The Great Britain arrived in the Mersey on Mon- day evening. She was detained beyond her time by an accident to her screw, which occurred within 48 hours after being at sea, and she was obliged to per- form the rest of her voyage under canvass. THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY BERRY AGAINST FRITH.—This was a proceeding against *a party named Phoebe Frith, for brawling and smiting within the precincts of the Church. The party having withdrawn her negative issue, and given an affirmative issue to the articles-m other words, pleaded guilty—the party proceeding asked for only a nominal punishment. Sir H. Jenner Fust, without stating any of the facts, pronounced a sen- tence upon the party of prohibition ab ingressu ecclesice for a week, excommunication, and consequent im- prisonment for twenty-four hours; and condemnation in the costs. IMPORTANT TO LEASEHOLDERS.—By a decision ot the Court of Queen's Bench, in the case of Doe Muston v. Glad- stone. reported in Jurist of the 25th of June, 1&4-5, it is ap- prehended that about 80 out of every 100 of the. leases throughout the United Kui^iio ii may be declared legally void and the unhappy persons who 'iave lail out their money on the lands of others, may be uisinherited at the free will and pleasure of the ground landlords. This is another of the late Lord Egremont's cases of such notoriety, and clearly points out the gross and iniquitous manner in which the judges (with the law as it is) are necessitated to administer the laws of one of the greatest kingdoms of the earth. Leaseholders should take care that their covenants to insure in the joint names of themselves and their landlords are complied with, or they may be ousted, as in the above cited cases, at tl e pleasure of their l*ftdlj>rds,— Wvtiern JT»w«, The Empress of Russia has suffered an alarming ac- ession of illness but letters frum Naples of the ht instant, say that she was better again. The Duke de Saulx*Tavannes, a Peer of Francr, committed suicide, by hanging himself, on Wednesday. He was said to have lost largely in railroad speculations. THB .MINISTERS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS."—This, as the reader is aware, is always a standing toast at the Anchor Society, Bristol. When it was given, howevei, on Thursday night last, no one rose to reply, though there has hitherto been a regular bevy of black-coated Nort-conformists to rise on the occasion. The company looked round, but instead of there being Ministers of all denominations present, there were Ministers of none. Some Ingenious fellow, however, thought of Mr. Henry Rudge Hall, who is a local preacher as well as a stock- broker, and who they thought might in the absence of others serve as an indifferent substitute. The notion tickled the company, there was a storm of calls for Mr. Hall from every part of the room, and that gentleman rising amid a perfect tornado, and holding up his hands in a most impressive manner, cried, with the voice of Stentor, "Silence!" There was a perfect hush, when Mr. Hall added, after a brief pause of seeming deliber- ation and in ^a tone of hollow solemnity, No, I DEO LINE V We understand the reason for the dissenting ministers absenting themselves was, the hon. member's trimming conduct." as they call it, oh the Maynooth question.-Bristol Times. Sl-AtlGHTER-HonsES.—4 case was lately brought before the Metropolitan Buildings Act C"mmissioneri. as to whether a small slaughter-house, at CroUC.1 End, Hornspy, was a buil<ting of such a nature that, in accordance with the 65tb section of the act, no structure could be erected nearer to it than 50 feet; the referees decided,—'• That if the slaughter- house be used foi the slaughtering of animals for human food only, and be riot used for the business of a general slaughterer but in connexion with the trade of a retail butcher, and par. ticularly with the trade of a butcher's shop thereto adjoining, then the said slaughter-house is not to be dermed to be a building used for the business of a slaughterer, or for a business noxious or offensive within the meaning of the said act."— The Builder. INTERESTING STATISTICS.—It appears from the statistical report of the Registration Commissioners for 1343-4, that in Cornwall, Staffordshire, and Durham, the respective numbers of the mining and agricultural population stand thus—in Cornwall, miners 23,275, agricultural 26,120; Stafford- shire. miners 19,735, auricultnraS, 26,120; whitst in Dur- ham the miners were 17,994, and agricultural only 13.382! In the mining districts of Cornwall, Uurham. and Staffer i with a population of 2,270,590, the avera"e proportion of pre- coch," mllrrialZes is only 9 97—little mflre than tbe average of the whole kingdom, 9 23; though in mining the temptation to early marriage is gr<*a-, because the boys at least so early find their hands and labour too, and so become independent labourers. HAILWAY MATTERS.—The llaiiway plot thickens; and as the SOtb of November approaches, payers of deposits look shyer. The Tiutes says. in its commereinl part-" We find the persuasion is becoming a very general one. in the city, that by the end of the month a large portion of the new railway projects will disappear, an they must then either assume a substantive form or be abandoned so far as any prosecution of ihem during the next session is concerned Thia is the brst ihiug, probably, that could happen to many of them, even to those which are respectably supported the deposits will be returned, and the parties will take time to consider before another movement is made. Of the mere bubble companies the do im is without doubt absolutely 6xed for the 30th instant; and with them, if there be a f w respectable men found among them, the day of reckoning will be an awful one. No possible harm can happen if the greater portion of the. new lines projected within the present year are allowed to stand over for another, since there was work enough cut out in the last session to employ all the capital that could with propriety be «pent on such undertakings for at least two or three years to come. For the restoration of the money-market to a sound and healthy condition this is the best result that could fnppon." The circular of Messrs. Coleman and Stoltetfoht of Liver, pool contains a startling assertion—«• These speculations have been indulged in to an incredible extent among all classes down to the most humble; and there is some reason to apprehend that the great home demand which existed for the consumption of produce as well as of manufactures has been partly caused by the country shopkeepers extending their orders to larger amounts than usual, in order to gain addi- tional sums for their share-speculations. Thus we find the wholesale dealers unable to cet their outstanding debts paid, and they limit their own purchases in consequence." A commercial traveller," writing to the Times, illustrates this wide spread of railway speculation—41 During a peregri- nation of one month, my receipts have been less than half their usual amount Some of my clients put off the question of payment tine die; coolly stating that their engagements in railways prevented thetr meeting the usual claims upon them. Some who have been in the habit of paying money are now taking credit, and others offer a settlement iu the shape of an acceptance at three or four months. I need hardly say, that in many instances we have been obliged to rrquest the inter- ference of our friends Messrs. Dodson and Fogg." The Timet issued various cautions for th • guidance of the uninitiated who may suffer from the ''panic"—«• Before the great bubble burst, the greater premium any project bore the more eager purchasers were and now, the lower thev fall, and the greater the discount at which they are quoted the more impatient are they to get rid of them, and almost to throw them away. The advice which a shrewd, iuielligent broker at the Stock Exchange gives to his clients, is one which deserves to be disseminated generally, for the benefit of all concerned. He recommends them to look carefully over the lists of provisional committee-men and directors who have brought out that particular company and if only a few solid and respectable names are to be found among them, then to wait patiently, and, at all events, not to submit to any great sacrifice in selling. If the project getsthrough Parliament, all will he right: if it does not. the deposit must be made good, deducring only such an outlay for preliminary expenlles as will prove, uoder all thQ circumstances, to have been perfectly justifiable, and wbich onght to be cover- d, or Dearly so, if honestly managed, by the interest upon the deposits. Thi, is good 80llnil ad vice and as the dealers in such cOlllmodides are always tunning into extremes one way or the other, is well worthy of their consideration. There is the greater propriety in such a caution at the present moment, as it is pretty well known that many directors of companies who have made large sums by selling iheir shares at high premiums, and who t'e- gin to feel the high responsibility into which they are brought by the late turn m railway affairs, have their secret aaenis on the wa'ch to fick up the shares which tHe frightened specula- tors are eager to part with on any term" and they thu* hope that when the day of reckoning comes they will only have to account to themselves for the administration of the joint funds, or, at all events, that there will be few holders out, who roav be paId at par if troublesome, with a very small sacrifice." HORRIBLE MURDER IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—FRIGHTFUL MUTILATION OF THE BODY.—Stafford, Saturday Morning. — A most horrible mtirdrr was peipetrated on Wednesday last, at a place called Alsager's Rank, in the parish of Audley, in tlws county, which, from the shocking circumstances con- nected with it, has produced the greatest excitement through- out the county- The name of the murdered mm was Adol- phus Fielding, years of age, respec'ably counected, and living in Stoke-road. Newcastle. He was a potter by trade, but his sight deehning, became a hawker in small wares. The murderer is a stonemason of the name of James Dean he is a married man, separated from his wife, and lived with ano'her femiile- It appears that about noon on Wednesday, Fielding went into the cottage where Dean lived, who had been ill during thp. week, and had nnt been at work. It does not appear that there was any one else in the house at the time, excepting Dean's son, a little boy five years of age. Short) y afterwards the woman who cohabited with him was met in the road by the child, who told her that his father was beating the old man. On her hastening to the cottage, to her great horror she saw ihroogh the opened door the headless body of the unfortunate man on tin floor, deluged with blood, aDd Dean striking at the head of the murdered man witn an axe. The alarm brought numbers to the spot, hut from the ferocious appearance of Dean they were afraid to enter the cottage. Seeing the crowd, Dean took up a portion of the brains of this unhappy victim, and threw them at the by- standers. A colliCf named Scott, more resolute than the rest, then attempted to secure him, and received several wounds about the neck and face, Dean ha' mg armed hitnsi If with a pair of scissors and a knite. rhe infuriated man then bobed the door, and having placed the head of his victim on the fire, commenced blowing it with the bellows. It appear- ing to be the intention 01 the murderer 10 consume the body, several people got on to the root of the cottage and by pouriii|;> water down the chimney extinguished the fire. They then stopped the chimney up, and the force of the steam and smoke drove him to one of the upper rooms. The street door was then forced by the villagers, and the extent of the fiigliitui tragedy was immediately apparent. Tne body still reinaineu on the floor, and the head when taken off the fir; was Sll burnt, that it scarcely presented a human aspect. During this time Dean stood at the 'op of the stairs, ar-ued with another axe of a larger size than that he had just ulled. and repelleu his assailants by blandishing it about, and throwing bottles and other things that hecollld lay hands on at them. Eventu- ally, some policemen broke through the roof, and rushed upen him as he was crouched in one corner of the room. What with his blackened features from dust and smoke, and his clothes thoroughiy saturated in the blood or his unhappy vic- tim, he piesenfed a Spectacle perfectly appalling. Alter very great resistance he was handcuffed, and then conveyed to the. "Iock up" at Audhy. At the inquest held on the body 01 poor Fielding, on Thursday iasi, hefore Mr. Harding, the coronet, all the witnesses being examined, the jury, after a short c/,nsuhatio«>, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner, James Dean. The prisoner, who was in the court during the whole proceedings, and appeared quite unconcerned, was asked by the coroner if be wished to say anything he replied, wiih a vacant stare,'11 was not taking any notice." On the coioner telling him the verdict the jury had r. turned, he said, _S°od deal to say, but 1 have forgot itj I did not want to kill him; I did not kill any man, did I?'" He was then removed in custody of the police to Stafford gaol, to await his trial at the ensuing assizes.

BANKRUPTS.—(From the London Gazettes.) FRIDAY.—John Luke Boorman, Gravesend, silver-smith Joiin Smith, Crescent, Jewin-street, City, wholesale ware-, houseman, George on, vjueeu s Road, Horuesey road, Holloway, builder- ^av«d Froeschlen and Simon Price, Dover-Street, Piccadilly, tailors. William Henry Bond, Bow-lane. Cheap«de» a'e merchant. Th.i.as Standen Maidstone, Brewer. George Uavis, Bor >usb, High-street, Southwark, saddler. James hmmms, Princess-road, Not- tinghil), builder. Lucy Charterhouse-square, and Charterhouse-street, private boarding house keeper. John Newborn, Oxton, Cheshire, joiner. Richard Bently, Liver- pool, hosier, aud small ware dea er. Henry Lewis, Birken- head, Cheshire, Builder. TUESDAY. T.Wilkinson, ironmonger. Quadrant, Regent- street. J, Sculthorp, colourman, Brick-hill-lane, L'poer I Thames-street. W. Vickers, bill broker, Carter-street, Wal, worth road. J. Crane, ma'tste1, Crooked-lane, City. W. A Darby, builder, Charles-street, W estbourne-terrace, Padding- fon. B. Furoel, vinegar dealer, Stepney. J. Lovegrove, 6aigc builder. H. Wade, tailor, Strand. H. P. Price, Holywell, Flintshire, linen-draper. S. Abbott, N'ether Slowey, Somersetsblte" linen-draper. T. Bailey, Bristol, builder. T. Simpson, hmurbridge, Worcestershire, livery stablekeeper. W. Ashton, Pickering, Yorkshire.spiri, merchant. C. Robbins and W. s. Martin, Birmingham, merchants. J. O. Haivey, Newark, grocer. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP-W. Wreford, E. C. Nicholas, and W. E. Wreford, Bristol, stock-brokera. Cotlingt and EMery, Hewpoit, Monmouthshire, painters, A

floticrtf. TAFF VALE RAILWAY, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIBTORS of the TAFF VALE RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the WHITE LION INN, BROAD-STRKET, BRISTOL, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of DECEMBER next, for the purpose of converting or con- solidating into Stock the Capital authorized by the, Company's Act, 7 and 8 Vict., upon such terms'as shall be determined at such Meeting. J. J. GUEST, CHAIRMAN. Railway Office, Cardiff, > November 19th, 1815. 5 The Chair will be taken at half-past One o'clock. ABERDARE RAILWAY. Notice of Calls. PURSUANT to a Resolution of the Directors at a Meeting held on 13th inst., Shareholders in this undertaking are required to pay into the hands of Messrs. BAILEY & Co., Bankers, Abergavenny, a Third Call of E5 per Share on or before the 20th Dec. next, a Fourth Call of £5 per Share on or before 21st of Jan., 1846. Interest at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum will bo charged on all Calls remaining unpaid after the above appointed days. (By order,) VAL. L. LEWIS, Sec. Railway Office, Aberdare, Nov. 14, 1*45. Glamorgan Central SSiaoral Railway, (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT: Lieut. Col. Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart., Chairman Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P., Vice-Chairman Hon. Wm. Dawson Darner Sir Robert Price,Bart.,M.P. Wm. Henry Buckland, Esq. Walter Coffin, Esq. John Halcomb, Esq. William Jones, Esq. H anbury Paigeter, Esq. Jacob Ricketts, Esq. Morgan Price Smith, Esq. Henry Stothert, Esq. John Halcomb, Esq. William Jones, Esq. H anbury Paigeter, Esq. Jacob Ricketts, Esq. Morgan Price Smith, Esq. Henry Stothert, Esq. Nash Edwards Vaughan, Esq. THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT having been appointed by the Provisional Committee, pro- ceed to inform the applicants for shares that the Lists are under consideration, and arrangements for an early allotment are in progress. The Engineers are actually engaged in completing the Surveys, and the Plans and other documents will be deposited in time for the next Session of Parliament. J. H. ROWLAND, Secretary. 38, Thread needle-street,) 18th of Nov., 1845. TO BE LET, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, A spacious & cMVCiikMit ll ilth»use, Situate in the centre of the Town of Cowbridge, CAPABLE of making One Thousand or more Welsh C Bushels of Malt in a Season, which is worked upon three Floors, with very little labour,—the late occupier having worked it for the last twenty years to great advantage. The House is fitted up with every convenience, viz. :— Mills, Screens, Measures, Scoops, &c. Application to be made to Mr. James JJird, Ironmonger, Cowbridge. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE,

7th November, 1845. WHEREAS John Bates, Patrick Beirne, Patrick Brennan, Owen Barrett, Daniel Camoti, Michael Casey, Cormick Connell, Samuel Carson, Robert Camp- bell (2nd), Francis Clancey, Michael Dtiggan, John Drysdale. Martin Doyle, James Dennan, James Earls, James Eylward, Daniel Fragean, Martin Frain, Patrick Gallagher, Patrick Harte, William Hunter, David Jones, Patrick Kelly, John Keegan, John Kilchriest, William Latimer, Francis Leahey, Laurence Mahon, John Martin, James Mahon, John Mahon, Patrick Mahon, Daniel Me. Cay, Philip Mc. Cabe, James ille. Donnell, Thos. D. Mc. Manaway, Hugh Mc, Donald, James Me. Cleary, Patrick Me. Gann, Henry Me. Intyre, John Mc. Kenzie, John Me. Murray, Francis Me. Sharry, James Moylett, Thomas O'Brien, Patriak O'Calla^han, Thomas O'Farrell, Hugh O'Neill, Francis Ray, John Rielly, James Ryan, Arthur Rooney, Thomas Rooney, Thomas Robinson, William Rodgers, Michael Sheeran, Robert Small, Daniel Sullivan, John M. Sadler, William Shanley, John Thompson, Patrick Thornton, Henry Tighe, Patrick Whyte, being persons hitherto employed in this Depart- ment, have left the same for the purpose of assisting in the survey of projected Railway Lines and other Works, aud have in their possession Appointments from the Board of Ordnance enabling them, for the purpose of the Government Surveys, to enter Lands without being deemed Trespassers. Notice is hereby given, that the above-named persons having ceased to be employed by this Department, such appointments have become can- celled, and any use being made of them for the purpose of entering Lands after this Notice subjects the offender to a penalty of £ 30 and all persons to whom any such Appointments may be presented, are authorized to detain them, and forward the same to R. Byham, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, Pall Mall, London. By Order of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, R. BYH AM, Secretary.

GLAMORGANSHIRE. A T the GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS held at A SWANSEA, on the 13th of OCTOBER, 1845, the following Payments were ordered — FOR THE COUNTY GAOL. E. s. d. E. s. d. The Committee, in full of last Quarter's Expenditure. 4 1 1 on account of next Quarter. 50 0 0 For Salaries (exclusive of Turnkeys) 100 0 0 Conveyance of prisoners to and from Sessions 33 7 9 — Maintenance and Contin- gencies 140 9 ————— 327 IS 51 FOR HOUSE OF CORRECTION. The Committee, in full of last Quarter's Expenditure 370 on account of next Quarter. 50 0 0 For Salaries (exclusive of Turnkeys'. 47 10 0 — Conveyance of Prisoners to and from Sessions. 12 9 0 — Conveyance of Convicts forTransportation. 13 9 6 — Maintenance and Contin- gencies 90 7 0 t ————— 217 2 61 The Clerk of the Peace, his Quarter's 'IJ Gratuity 36 5 0 Mr. Dalton, in full of his Bill 69 9 lo as Clerk to Lunatic Asylum.. 9 13 9 for Money paid for use of County. 28 13 2 CORONERS. Mr. Cuthbertson 65 9 7 Mr. Collins 36 13 O s Mr. Davies 114 6 4 Mr. Reece. 69 2 4 285 11 3 Mr. Leach, for maintenance of Lunatics at Briton Ferry 19 6 0 Mr.PhiHips.forsameatDevizet. 5 4 0 PRINTING, &C. Editor of Cambrian 6 15 6 Guardian. 13 9 0 Owen and Roberts 1 18 0 22 2 6 JE1020 6 61 County Rate Jd. POLICE' The following Orders for Payment were made Capt. Napier, his Quarter's Salary. 112 10 0 Contingencies in Merthyr District 8 18 8 Newbridge 4 3 6 Ogmore" It 1 3 Swansea « 13 4 4 ————— 40 7 9 Owen and Roberts, for Printing. 0 15 0 Mr. Dalton, in full of his Bill 14 6 0 .ei6718 9 Police Rate.. £ 885 4 4i STIPENDIARY JUSTICE ACT, MERTHYR. T. W. Hill, Esq., half year's salary 300 0 0 Mr. Lewis, quarter do. do. 37 10 0 Mr. Jones, on account of erecting Justice Room 350 0 0 Mr. White, for Stationery 8 12 8 Mr. Dalton, his Bill 14 5 9 JE710 8 5 Rate.. £ 335 16 5 WOOD, CTOKOF-PTM*! 1 1 •