The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

THE FAIREST LAND. Tell me, gentle traveller, thou Who hast wander'd far and wide, Seen the sweetest roses blow, And the brightest rivers glide Say, of all thine eyes have seen, Which the fairest land has been ? Lady, shall I tell thee where Nature seems most blest and fair, Far above all climes beside ? 'Tis where those we love abide And that little spot is best w Which the loved one's foot hath press'd. Though it be a fairy space, Wide and spreading is the place Though 'twere but a barren mound become enchanted ground. With thee yon sandy waste would seem The margin of Al Cawthar's stream; And thou canst make a dungeon's gloom A bower where new-born roses bloom." A LOVER'S BALLAD. She's on my heart, she's in my thoughts, At midnight, morn, and noon December's snow beholds her there, And there the rose of June. I never breathe her lovely name When wine and mirth go round; But oh! the gentle moonlight air Knows well the silver sound. I care not if a thousand hear When other maids I praise- I would not have my brother by When upon her I gaze. The dew were from the lily gone, The gold had losl its shine, If any but my love herself Could hear me call her mine

lUbtcU) of iSocftg* THE MYSTERIES or PARIS. By Eugene Sue. London: Chapman and Hall. Part XVIII. of this truly delightful work has been received, commencing with a continuation of the story of Pique-Yinaigre to the occupiers of the "Stone Jug," and which story has a powerful effect upon the minds of the hearers, inducing a favourable change of their inten- tions respecting Germain, who, by the villainous machi- nations of his hypocritical employer, Jacques Ferrand, had been consigned to prison on a charge of embezzle- ment. The Chorineur is suddenly and most fortunately found amongst the prisoners; and is instrumental in saving poor Germain from the hands of the Skeleton, a condemned convict. The story then proceeds to de- tail how M. Rodolph, having procured evidence sufficient to convict the wretches Ferrand and Polidori of murder, directs the old usurer to employ his vast wealth in pro- viding for the victims of his cupidity—in making restitu- tion where practicable, and in founding an institution for the relief of decayed tradesmen, and persons in distress. Upon the whole, we think it is the best and most interest- ing number yet issued. THE FALCON FAMILY, or YOUNG IRELAND, being the XI. Part of Chapman and Hall's Monthly Series. London Chapman and Hall. AT the present juncture, when so much of public atten- tion is directed to Ireland by the nefarious practices of the "Arch-Middleman'' upon the credulity of his miserably- ignorant countrymen, this Work will probably be read with deep interest. From the slight glance we have been enabled to take of its contents, we are inclined to recommend it to the attention of our readers. It seems well got up.

A L M ANACK FOR 1846. The use of the following table will be at once apparent: for instance, the first of January fulls on a Thursday hence the table not only presents in the column under that head the date of every Thursday in that and suc- ceeding months, but also, at one glance, in other columns, the figures corresponding with every day in the year :— £ b* s S -1 !— C a' S "S -3 1846. M -g | a 5 5 j 1846. -3 ;-b -g _§ § 3 3 f it S 3 5 3 r-i > f ifn n ) m g n a Jan. I 2 3j July.. j~! l 2 3 4 -1; 5 fi 7 8j 9J 10) 5; G1 7' sj 9; 10 11 ill 12 13 14 15-16 17? 12 13 I4l5:it'!l7 18 18'19 20 21 22'23,24) 19 20 21 22i23;24 25 125 2 6 27 28 29 3J 31; 26 27 28>29|30;31 1 -Aug*- 1 Feb. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2! 3! 4> 51 61 7 8 8 9 10 1112 13 14 19 101112,13114 15 '15 16 17 1H 19,20 21) I6!i7il8 19i20|21 22 22 23 24 25 20 27 2S{ |23:24i25+26j27j-28 ^9 j3o 31' M M March 12 2 4 5 6 l\ Sept. I! 2,1 31 4 5 8j 9 10 11 12113 14) 6' 7! 8' 0| 10i 11 12 lo 16 17 18 19j20 2l| !!3 14 15 If) 17 18 l9 22:23|24 25 2fii27 28) |20 2i -22 ">3 24 25 26 29 30-31 | 27 28 29:30l April 12! 3j 4; Oct. 1 2 3 5j G 7 sj 9j 10[ 11? 4 5 6! 7| 8 9 10 12; 13 14 15|10|17|18) 11 12' 131,14115 16 17 19|20 21 22;23i24j25; 18:19|20!21122 23 24 |26|27 28 29'30i 'sJ3.26!2729*30 31 May. li 21 Nov. 1; 21 3' 4i o! 61 7 (3 4 5 6, 7! fci 9j 8, 9 lOj 11 12,13> 14 11011 1-2 13 14' 15 |G! 115:16 17 18 19i2O!^1 17; 18 19 20!21 i22123> j22{23 24 25 2Ci'27 28 |24 25 26!27 28'29|30> *29 30 ]31 Dec. 1 2J 3J 4 5 June. 1 2| 3' 4! 5 6> 6' 7! 8 9110 11 !2 7 8 9|l01lil2l3> 1 ?«! 14 15 16,'17118 19 14 15,16117 18119120' |20|21.22123)24!25 26 21 22|23 24 25 26 271 i27128 29!3o!.31 28 29!30 ( M M

LONDON AND PARIS FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. Cloaks.—The forms are of an infinite variety, and preseut in general a width which is considered necessary to render them becoming and graceful the way in which the folds are arranged and attached, being the principal thing which evinces the taste and ingenuity of the modiste. These cloaks are made in velvet, and trimmed with very beautiful fancy ornaments, or in Cashmere, decorated with Grecian designs, brodes all round in twisted silk, or figures composed ot points de chaioette appliques then there is the rnanteau loway, the cut and form of vvhich is so re- markable for its simple and graceful appearance, being richly ornamented with furs, and beautiful fancy trimmings. Ball Dresses.— The following are those of the latest fashion :A robe of Indian muslin, with a broad hem, through which is passed a transparent, a pink ribbon; over this is worn a pink tunic of Italian silk, open the whole way up each side, edged with a narrow fancy gimp, and attached together with uoeuds a longsbouta (long streamers) of pink silk ribbon; plain corsage a p lint, opening up the entire front, and attached, similar to the sVirr, wiih noeuds of pink silk short open sleeves, also decorated with noeuds; secondly, a dress of Tartatane a deux jupes the under one bordered with an em- broidery as deep as to reach to the top of the knee, where it is met by the upper skirt, similarly embroidered; plain low body and berths of embroidered muslin. Bonnets are mostly velvet, lined with satin of a different colour, and of the Pamela form some are ornamented with flowers, whilst others are more simply trimmed with torsades of fancy gimps, and a great number with elegant feathers; but the most decidedly fashionable are those hats made in the velours epingle, so pretty, fresh-looking, and elegant. Some ladies prefer them to velvet, until the winter is more advanced. They are principally decorated with feathers, and also ribbons put on and arranged with great taste—they may be trimmed with black velvet- Dresses.— There is no question but that the sleeves a la musquetaire will be brought into fashion, recalling those famous gauntlets that used to be worn by ancient chevaliers they consist of a kind of manchette composed of velvet, made tight round the wrist, and wide over the sleeve, which it nearly conceals; the bodies of these dresses are of dark blue satin, myrtle, green, or maroon, with facings of black velvet put on so as to form a kind of breast piece or plastron upon the chest, rounding upon the hips, en basque, to the width of eighteen inches at least. Dress lIats.- The favourite style are those of the demi Pamela form, pink and white; the brim small and open, and quite adapted for a theatre toilette; whilst others are made in crepe-light and young looking-Jeclrated solely with a large feather, shaded and composed of uiarabout. Several have lately appeared in black and white lace; the form petit, and perfectly round, supporting beneath the brim all kinds of ornaments, such as ribbons, flowers, buillonnees, lappets, &c., the other part being decorated with a leather, an esprit, a drooping marabout, or three small tips of leathers etagees. Visiting Manteaux.—A new style has just been intro- duced, made in velvet, and trimmed with broad lace at- tached at equal distances, with agraffes of satin or composed of satin rattachee, with fastenings of velvet others are decorated with fancy velvet trimmings, or guipure fringes, d'effites a la reine, &c. these trimmings, composed of satin rattachee, with fastenings of velvet others are decorated with fancy velvet trimmings, or guipure fringes, d'effites a la reine, &c. these trimmings, however, will soon give place to rich furs, as the cold increases. Capuchons.-For sorties des spectacle, these very con- venient hoods are now becoming in great request, being so extremely convenient; they combine the advantage of not interfering with the head-dress, and forming a sort of cap, having a garniture of lace, which is most elegant and be- coming to the countenance. Velvets will this seasou be more adopted for trimmings, both for morning and evening dress, than for entire dresses corsages a basquines, indeed, are principally made of velvet, but otherwise it will seive only to cflhament in the shape ot bands, embroideries, lozenges, and a hundred di fferent forms. Paletots will be very much in vogue this winter; they are extremely elegant, made in cachmere of a chocolate colour, fastened the whole way up the front without being drawn in at the waist a small pelerine, or cape, surrounds the top of the shoulders, but does not reach lower than the waist, being rounded over the arms, and finishing upon each side just in front of the sleeves, edged with a narrow passementerie, which also surrounds the lower part of the paletot, and ascends up the front as far as the neck, which is also encircled with a small half high collar; the fancy trimmings being repeated across the front, upon the chest, and fastened with elegant bultous, which close the corsage just to the waist. Fashionable colours are now principally of a dark hue indeed nothing is more fashionable than black still we see many such colours as maroon, violet, green, different shades of grejr Pecru; and flame colour,— World of F$shMi>

THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF'S CHARGE. In a former number we gave insertion to a summary of the above charge, delivered at Abergavenny. We regret exceedingly that it ever made its appearance in our co- lumns, as it contained a variety of inaccuracies, and we apologize to his lordship for having inserted it without his permission. The only atonement we can make is to devote a large portion of our columns this week to the entire charge. A CHARGE DELIVERED TO THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF, AT THE TRIENNIAL VISITATION, IN OCTO- BER, 1845, BY EDWARD, LORD BISHOP OF LLANDAFF. REVEREND BRETHREN,—The interval between this and our former meeting has been marked by one lament- able event, which, as it has long been a heavy burden on my thoughts, it will be a relief to my mind to throw off thus early, upon an occasion when I may anticipate universal sympathy from my hearers, whether lay or clerical,—the loss of our late excellent and beloved chancellor,—a man whose praises I will not now enlarge upon for the time would fail me were I to attempt to enumerate all the great and good qualities of his character, or to describe the various services he has rendered to the Church in this diocese. Suffice it to say, that he was prompt, energetic, and judicious, as well as persevering and indefatigable in the discharge of every duty belonging to the important offices he filled; and that his memory will live among us as long as the love of what is pure, and upright, and benevolent, and disinterested, shall animate our bosoms. That loss, indeed, would have been almost irreparable, had not provision been made by law for the restoration of the important office of archdeacon, upon which the dis- cipline and the temporal welfare of the Church mainly depend; but which, through some unaccountable care- lessness, had, in this part of the kingdom, been suffered to become a name and shadow merely of authority, with- out any sign of life or usefulness, ever since the period of the Reformation. I may, then, congratulate you not only upon the supply of this grievous want in our diocese, but I hesitate not to say, upon the actual proof given, how valuable that office is, when discharged, as it has been during the last two years, with ability and accurate knowledge, with unceas- ing vigilance and untiring energy, tempered by discretion and by the readiest disposition to assist, to advise, and to encourage, as well as to regulate and improve our paro- chial system in all its departments. In all that concerns the exterior of religion, we are then secure against a relapse into that dilapidated condi- tion, from which indeed our Church has been progres- sively recovering, as opportunity was given, during the last twenty years. Within that period, poor as the bene- fices generally are, we have seen appropriate houses pro- vided for the residence of the clergy in more than forty parishes, which before were either wholly destitute of that advantage, or very inadequately supplied and the same improvement is steadily advancing, wherever the income of the benefice is sufficient to raise funds for the purpose; while the enlargement and repair of churches, and the restoration of them, both within and without, to that decent and venerable character which once belonged to them, is retarded only by the want of means, not, I be- lieve, by the want of will, on the part of the clergy, or of the principal inhabitants of the respective parishes. When I speak of the want of means, I speak with mingled feelings of shame and sorrow. Is there really a want of means in those who possess the property in these parishes? Property, as is often truly said, has its duties as well as its rights. If the owners of that property be Christians, if they be real members of the Church of Christ, is it not one of their first duties to provide out of their abundance for the spiritual wants of their poorer brethren! Ought they not to prove the sincerity of their faith and the reality of their love, by devoting voluntarily a part of their worldly goods to the decent celebration of Divine service, to the erection of churches where there are none, to the enlargement of them where they are too small, to the restoration of them where they are decayed, to their reparation when defaced or mutilated, and to the improvement of their general style and aspect, wherever the meanness of the structure corresponds but ill with the high and holy purposes to which they are consecrated The present wealth of the country surpasses incalcula- bly that of the times in which these edifices were raised. It has been rapidly increasing from age to age, I may add, almost from day to day as is evidenced by the growing statelines3 and beauty of private mansions, bv the more commodious dwellings of the middle class, in all its gradations, whether of town or country, by the su- perior style of farm-houses and even of cottages, com- pared with those of former generations. Is it not, then, a standing reproach, and an awakening call to conscience, when the house of God presents itself alone exhibiting no mark of participation in this general prosperity ? Kay, when, as is too often the case, while everything else has been advancing, this has been, not by comparison only, but absolutely and manifestly receding daily becoming meaner in its condition, more sordid in the exDedients used for preserving it from entire ruin. I dwell the more earnestly upon this branch of the subject, because there is now an opportunity given for directing any offering towards a correction of this evil, which pious and liberal minds may be disposed to make, in a safe channel. The association planned and organ- ised by our archdeacons for this express purpose, is lan- guishing for want of support. I do not mean that the laity have withheld their names, or that they have left the whole charge to the clergy; which, had there been any superfluity of wealth in that body, might have had some excuse; but considering that the cause is common to the whole Church, there has not yet been, I am bound to say, that display of alacrity and generous disposition on their part to share the burden equally with ourselves, which might have been expected. The resident proprietors have doubtless not been back- ward each in his own parish; but what is wanted, and what I trust we shall soon rpjoice iu seeing, is a sponta- neous union with ourselves in this enlarged scheme of restoration, an open acknowledgment that the work belongs alike to all, and that an absentee or a distant pro- prietor is more bound than others to contribute, because he draws the natural means away from the indigent dis- trict, and thus leaves it unable to do what itself desires. The practice of throwing all burdens of this kind upon the occupier of the land is an unworthy evasion of a sacred duty; and although it cannot be controlled by law, yet it ought to be modified and even superseded by volun- tary interference on the part of the proprietor, whenever an extraordinary outlay is required, as well as by liberally supporting the general institution to which I have just adverted. In speaking of what we owe to the exertions of our new ecclesiastical officers, I must not forget to mention the Diocesan School Association (established in one county of our diocese, and which I hope to see extended to the other), which only requires the same liberal sup- port from the laity, in order to accomplish its great object of uniting to the Church the rising generation of all classes. The rural deans undertaking to inspect the schools of their own district, and reporting to the society through the archdeacons the general conduct and state of each, there is little need of that visitation from agents of a central board, singers to the habits and peculiarities of the country, which often proceeds upon a wrong prin- ciple according to my judgment, that of measuring all schools by the same standard, and reporting their merits accordingly, without making allowance for the wide dif- ference there is between the education requisite in cities, towns, villages, and mere rural parishes. Upon this subject I dwelt largely in a Charge deli- vered in the year 1839; to which I would venture to refer for a fuller statement of my opinions upon this great branch of clerical duty, for so I consider it may be called. I dismiss the subject, therefore, now with this single remark, that, unless habitually visited and superintended and guided by the pastor of a parish, no system of rules, however wisely framed, after the novelty is over, will ever be effectual. There are, also, one or two other points peculiar to this part of the United Kingdom, by which the cause of the Church is powerfully affected, which I cannot pass over in silence, but which I must,* for want of time, handle very briefly. One of the disadvantages we labour under, tending materially to disunion and dissent, is the use among the people of two living languages, and those most dissimilar and incongruous in their character. This evil, in what- ever countries it existed, it has been the policy of all wise governments to obviate by encouraging as much as pos- sible the ascendancy of one, and that the language of the larger part of the nation, so as in process of time wholly to supersede the other. The business of civil life, the administration of the laws, the intercourse of society, are all aided and improved by the adoption of one medium of communication among the inhabitants of the same region and if all these interests require a sacrifice of that natural partiality which attaches us to local peculiarities, much more, infinitely more, is the cause of true religion entitled to that sacrifice, for the peace and the union of the Church is in a still greater degree promoted by the same expedi- ent. The feelings and affections are influenced by idioms and modes of speaking not easily transfused from one language to another; although external objects, and me- chanical operations, and the ordinary business of life, may be sufficiently expressed in translated words for all practical purposes. Now it is the former class of ideas with which revealed religion is chiefly conversant, and which the teacher of that religion seeks to instil into the minds of his hearers. These they imbibe most eagerly when clothed, not in an acquired vocabulary, which serves well enough for the common uses of life, but in their native tongue, long associated as that is with all emotions of the imagination and the heart. This is a quality not peculiar to the Welsh language; it is an incident com- mon to all languages. When, therefore, a population is in that transition state, that a large portion have already dropped the use of their own language fot that of another race, and the two races are become not only intermixed in all conceivable proportions, but their respective pecu- liarities are daily disappearing, it causes the greatest per- plexity to the pastor of a parish how best to carry ou the religious instruction of such a community; and whereas union is a vital principle of the Church, which it con- cerns us all to cherish as much as possible, this mixture while it lasts, becomes a fatal source of discord and dis- union. All the expedients of alternate or occasional service in each language, according to the relative num- bers of the two portions (which are besides ever varying), although the only remedies the case admits, are inadequate and generally abortive. The minor party draw off to that assembly, whatever its denomination, in which their own language exclusively prevails and separation soon ripens into absolute schism, and even hostility. When I reflect on the evils arising from this state of things, and when I know by experience that the only adequate remedy is the use of one language, it grieves me to think that any among us should, for thj sake of indulging \bç J,VY§ pf antiquarian lQre, or 9, romantic feeling of local and partia! attachment, studiously endeavour to perpetuate tbe mixture in those dlstncts where, It was fas. dying away, and thus purchase a pleasure of the imaginations to themselves by the surrender of sacred and substantial good. If patriotism could be pleaded, I might forgive, though I could not approve tbe sacrifice. Rut it is an abuse of terms to call tbis patriotism. Wales has DO separate interest, civil, social or religious, from Kngland. Wales IS not a subordinate, but an integral component part of our common country. No rights are withheld, no mortifying distinctions imposed. We seek to be one with her in language, as we have for centuries been one in religion, in laws, in tbe interchange of all civi; and social relations. The true patriot, then, surely is he who consults the good of the whole community, and does not suffer his local attachments to arrest the amelioration of his country at large. Let me add, however, for fear of being misunderstood, that as far as the law empowers me, I carefully require a know- ledge of Welsh in every clergyman entrusted with the cure of souls in a parish of this description and that I do not fail to impress npon patrons, when an opportunity is afforded mp the duty of selecting clergymen so qualified, wherever the Welsh language, though not much in use, yet .11 any degree prevails, because colloquial intercourse is the only possible wav of keeping that portion who still prefer it within the pale of the Church, or of recovering thosr. "ho hue wandered from us to join dissenting congregations. The allusion I have here made to the duty of patrons. induces me to ask your a'tention for a few moments to a topic, by no means foreign indeed to the purpose of our present meeting, that of the Pastoral Aid Society for it is a society by whose kind and liberal assistance this diocese has largely profited. Having aho derived much lIeasouable aid from tbe Additional Curates' Society, which has more extensive means at its command, I should not have thought it necessary to do more than make a thankful acknowledgment to each, had not a most nnju8t imputation, as it seems to me, heen cast upon the former society, as if their method of proceeding interfered with the constitution of our national Church, and with the legitimate exercise of the episcopal office. My experience for many years has led me to form quite the opposite conclusion. Their grants are made solely upon the application of incum- bents with the approval of their bishop. They do indeed carefully inquire into the merits of the individual who is to receive his salary from themselves. They do not thInk tIJem- selves bound to be satisfied with those formal documents merely, which are in all cases indispensable. They wish to be assured from the best sOllrcps of information, that the per- son proposed is in every respect worthy of the grant they make. There is DO authority of examination assumed no inquisitorial process attempted. They make their inquiries confidentially of those in whom they have reason to place confidence, but the inquiry has no connexion with a religious school or party, no design to promote or encourage peculiar opinions, but simply to ascertain the worthiness of the person who is to partake of Ihe funds entrusted to their management, And, my reverend brethren, sincerely do I wish that every Church patron iu the kingdom acted upon the same principle. Would to God that all of them carefudy inquired into the character and fitness of those whom they nominate to a vacant benefice; that they would regard themselves rather as the patrons of the flock for whom they appoint a minister, than as the benefactors merely of him whom they nominate as minis- ter; and whom the bishop cannot by la w refuse to institute unless he judges him unworthy to exercise the ministry in any parish whatsoever, however convinced he may be that he is very ill-qualified far the particular charge to which he is appointed But [ pass on to matters more immediately relating to our own duties. 0 • I will not indeed weary you with discussions about disDiited points of rubrical direction, or tbose frivolons which have lately so much occupied the public mind, and disturbed the harmony of many pari-hes. Happily we have been free ill this diocese from such unprofitable <1issens.ions. Neither do I think that any disposition has been shown in the lay members of our Church to interfere with the province of the minister, or to resist the higher authorities of the Chinch. Our difficulties are of another kind. They proceed from those wi! hout, not from those withm our communion. Schism which has long a;;o struck deep root in this country, and has borne bitter fruit, is still active, obstinate, contentious, and envious; withstanding to the utmost our teaching, villifying our ordinances, and seeking to undermine our credit with the people. But against all the violence and all the arts of its adversa- ries, the cause of the Church still advances. Great indeed is the power of truth. While standing on this vantage ground, if we be not wanting to ourselves, we must sooner or later prevail; and, I spealf it wid, confidence, we are now prevail- ing. In the conduct of the parochial clergy; in their more constant residence each within his proper sphert- of duty; in their improved performance of Divine service, nllt hastily or irreverently, but with devout solemnity in the additional frequency of that service, and especially of the Holy Commu- nii.n in the m >re earnelt and affectionate t011e of preaching in the attention paid to parochial school-; and I may add, in a mode of lite more consonant with the sacred character of their calling; in being careful not to give olfence by impro- priety of dress, or manners, or amusement in all these par- ticular I di-cern the cause of that increased respect Rnù influence the Church has certainly acquired among us within the last few years. V nder tbis head I have one point of advice to g:ve, and that more especially to my younger brethren. Do not, I bcseech you, while you mosr laudahlv avoid secular hahits and demeanour, do not aim at singularity in any part of vonr ministerial office. If you think anything ha. been hitherto done iu a siovenly or hasty manner, amend the fault as quietly and unobtrusively as you can; but be careful how you lead weak brethren to attach iutriusic virtue and importance to mere formalities. If you make- it appear that you are actu- ated solely by a sense of decency and order, you will certainly obtain the support of your congregations. There is one defect in the usual performance of the Church service, which migLt, f think, without difficulty be corrected in every parish-the omission of the prayer for the Church militant; a beautiful comprehensive, and most affecting prayer, admirably fitted to c:ose the devotions of the congregation. The objection com inonly aiicged, a very insufficient one in my opinion, that it adds to the length of the service, may easily lie obviated, if usi-d he, by propor'ijnab'y shortening the sermon and when- ever there is but one miniver, 1 are not the slightest impro- priety iu his performing the whole service, in the pulpit as well as at the communion tahle, without anv chance of dress W hIe adverting to this subject, it is impossible to uass over tbe agi ation caused some years ago by a party of religionists at Oxiord, which still continues and is perhaps increasing, in consequence of the lenity wiih which some of the fir it movers have been treated by that university, and of the countenance and favour they have received from persons who yet profess adherence to our national Church. For my own part, I am grieved and astonished at the flagrant dishonesty of these men. Ordained in our Church, having acquired and still enjovina; all its temporal advjinta^es by professing to subscribe wi li'igl y an,1 fr >m their heart to our article* of religion articles which renounce altogether the authority of the see of Kome, and expressly reject the doctrines w!».rb distinguish it from our Church, they yet bold and viudic te those very doctrines in the face of the world. Out of this umooked for, brca-ise unprecedented, apostacv, as out of all moral evil, sotne good indeed has sprung. It iias led to a more accurate acquaintance with ihe origin and progress ot the Reformation in our own country, when Laving thrown off the usurped authority of Rome, our Church puri- lied itself from those corruptions, both in doctrine and prac- tice, which had been contracted in the course of a thousand years, and restored both its profession of faith and its polity to a conformity with the original models, from which, under the papal government, both had widely departed. The single-hearted Jove of truth, the indefatigable search after it, the fouitude in maintaining it, and ihe zeal in t»ro- pagiiting ir, which are Characteristic of thosi- pious and learned men. to whom we are indebted tor t us blessed emancipation, are too weil known tor me now to demonstrate or even to detain yon by applauding them. But there is a qua.ity in thetr proceedings eq-ially characteristic, and much more rare, which I cannot pass by unnoticed the temper, I mean, the prudence, the moderation, with which this great work was carried on, and finally accomplished. In this respect our Reformation sta ids happily and honourably dis- tinguished from most of those religi changes which took place about the same time on the continent ot Europe. The Church of this nation changed nothing for the sake of chan -e. It preserved unbroken and unimpaired is original consti'ution, as being of Divine appointment. It retained all that was decent and solemn and decorous in the outward forms of religion, provided it was also pure and edifying, and sanc- tioned by the practice of the Church in its early and unrorrupted s'ate. This task, in fact, after the first fiery trial was over became their chief difficulty. To restrain the passions of men, naturally excited by the detection of fraud and pro- fane artifice in the rulers and ministers of Christ's Church required more of the real Christian spirit than to face perse- cution. It is to tois wi-dom, displayed in meekness, that we owe our freedom from the wild excesses which prevailed elsewhere during the sa*ne period, and to which the popular mind is ever proue under religious commotion. Tbe rejection of all legitimate rule deriv e fr >m the Apostolic Church, which is the error of all the various sects around us, still exposes them to the same danger, and is ilie occasion of much natural anxiety to a!l sober-minded members of the Cnurch. While they obstinately cling to this error, and spurn authority, and refuse to hear the Church, however near their doctrines may approach to those of the Church, we cannot recon-nize them as sheep of the same fold. We feel hound to warn them of their sin and of their danger, although we dare not arrogantly affirm that they have no share in Christ's redemption. God grant the signs of emancipation from the spiritual tyranny of Home, which now appear aiming the nations of hur ipe, may be exempt from tins calamity, and may lead to a result similar in ail essential points to our own In the meantime, our crnef anxiety is directed towards the unsound members of our own communion; especially those faise brethren who poison the very fountain of religious education and insidiously seek to pervert the minds of the young and the partiahy-iuformed membeis of their univer- sity, under the specious disguise of superior sanctity and devotion. Many, alas are iroin day to day made victims of their dissiinn>ation. Their mode of writing is marked with all the characteristics of Jesuitical suhtlety Tbev insinuate rather than assert. They elude the grasp of reason. Tliey protcss to venerate antiquity, while they exalt the auth irity ot later ages Over that ot the -first three centuries of Chris- tianity and under the miserable pretence of development, impiously add to the book of life doctrines and traditions utlerJy at vari<1nce waft Divine revelation. If you have perHseu the meagre and sickening pages of their later ;.HJolicatiolls, you must have been renunded of the d'.y-dreams of monks, the wo. kings of moody ahstractlon in vacant minos, and the wire-drawn sophistries of school men, which constituted the theology of the middle agcs; preset¡t- idg an intellectual phenomenon which n" man could have anticipated, even iu imagination, as iikely to be revived 111 uur own tunes. Reverend brethren, my heart is full of grief when I con- template the melancholy change: and you will, I trust, bear with lie if I dwell too long or too vehemently upon this topic, in consideration of my own former connexion with that university, and "ill permit me to indulge in sOUle reflections arising ont of my OW11 experience there. More than thirty years of tiie most active part of lif> I spent among them, ntiirtgaimost every post connected with the discipline and the studies of the place. During that long period, I witnessed a continually growing improvement 111 both; more especially in all that concerned religion, m the performance of its daily duti-. s, and in the elemeutary in- struction which, both in public aud puvate, young men received. Together with thi- most enlarged view of then Christian du y, and a mucn more correct and -erious sense of their clerical otnce, there was a correspond ng improvement In the torae of UliJlJneri alld conversatron as eouipand with those of the preceding age j and stiii more, alter lhe sys eut of public examination had oeen well established, a new life seemed to be infused into all generous and well-dispo ed minds. In this greatly improved state of tbe university I was called a^vay to other and more important duties. And now, what a sau reverse do 1 behold 1 A sect or school clandes- tinely formed, distinguished by peculiarities in performing religious rites approximating to those of Rome, siraininst a11 ,11!! formularies of our Church so as to make them consonan with the Romish pattern, and indulging a sort of yearning fo re-union to that corrupt branch, notwithstanding the fundi- menial and irreconcileable differences existing, and which ever must#xist between us. All this partiality is by many of its members more and more avowed, till at length some of its boldest leaders aver, that the articles of our Church may be subscribed without relinquishing a single Romish tenet. When matters had reached this crisis, the e was indeed a formal condemnation, by a large majority, of this unblushing heresy; but when it was proposed to deprive the delinquent of honours and emoluments obtained by duplicity and pre- varication, how painful a defection was witnessed. What numbers were there who joined in condemning the heresv, hut refused to censure the convicted heretic; and were desirous of retaining the infected member in close contact ",ith the untainted but incautious nnd unsettled youth whom he was endeavouring to lead astray—although an act of this kind was unquestionably more within the province of acade- mical discipline and duty, than to pass a vote against heterodox publications It is an abll5c of wnrlS to call Ibis moderation. It betrays a lukewarmness in the cause of Gospel truth, which forces from us the sentence pronounced from high authority against a "wavering Church, "I would thou wert hot or cold." From this painful scene I turn to the more cheering pros- pect which the character of my own clergy places before me. Among them I rejoice to think that not the slightest approach to this corruption is perceptible. They will ever, I am confi- dent, support me in presenting an unequivocal, uncompromis- ing resistance to the Romish superstitious, under whatever specious disguise they may covertly be intioduced among us. My only fear is, that the abhorrence we justly fed of such treachery should lead some of us to regard as suspicious the observance of o ir ritual when carried to the full extent of its spirit and design since a narrow-minded scrupulousness on this subject was an early characteristic of that party. There may be danger, lest in our disgust at the conceits and cavils which have recently disturbed the harmony of so many pa- rishes, and have drawn men's minds away from the substance to the shadow, from true devotion to mere ceremonies there mav, I say, be danger lest we grow inattentive to external ordinance" and be unwilling to impart additional solemnity even in points altogether free from Uomanism, to the Church service. Some advice on this head I have already ventured to offer. Let me add, what in a former charge 1 earnestly recommended, that the admirable chapter on ceremonies in the preface to our book of Common Prayer, should be pointed out and explained to the people, as containing the just doc- trine upon that subject, and as sufficient to reconcile anv candid mind, not fond of doubtful disputation, to the regular observance of prescribed forrm, however they may disregard minute variations, wheu not the offspring of ptivate conceit 01' careless negligence. On the use of the Offertory for collections among the con- gregation at large, which has, of late. been one fruitful source of discord, I wish to say a few words. After an attentive perusal of the arguments for and against the practice, I have come to the conclusion, that as a question of law it is allowable to make such collections, not for alms only, but for Church purposes of various kinds within the parish. As a question of expediency, I would not recommend it to be resorted to, except after due notice, and for special occasions. One of the most l kely to occur is when the so- lemnity or decency, or' edifying character of the service may b« promoted by some expenditure, which the law does not authorise to be raised by a rate. Many such cases arise according to the clrcumstancc's of each parish, particularly under the head of Church music to which may be added methods for warming, or ventilating or lighting the Church or otherwise increasing the comfort of the congregation, or for adding to the beauty and propriety of the blliiding. For purposes of this tind, nothing appears to me more unobjec- tionable than such voluntary gatherings, made at the discretion of the minister and churchwardens. They are, also, advisable as tending to lessen the unpopularity of a levy by rate which even when clearly warranted by law, and when strictly confined to necessary works, yet always pi-ovokes the jealousy and discontent of those who abstain from our communion. And now, mv reverend brethren, in addressing you for the sixth time, and considering the ordinary period of human life not improbably for the last lime, permit me to take a freedom which may expose ma to the imputation of vanity from the world, or of attributing too much weight to my own opinions but which you will, I trust, receive with greater indulgence I would entreat you, then, to peruse with attention"the'last charge I delivered in this diocese, written about the time when these Oxford tracts began to attract general attention The occasion led me to meditate deeply upon the causes of that hold which papal corruptions and papal dominion still retained, in an age when the wide range of intellectual pur- suits had for centuries opened the minds of all educated men and had dislodged so many prejudices and errors that had prevailed during the middle ages. Why, it was natural to ask, amidst the general advancement, has no progress been made in subverting the false tenets and degrading supersti- tions of Home! ° And not only so, but, on the other band, how comes it that so large a portion of the Protestant world are split into endless dtvu.ons and sects, many of them agreeing in the fundamental truths of Christianity, and rejer^ng |j'Ke ourselves Popish corruptions, and yet, not like ourselves religiously preserving the unity of the Church, as bein" a body constituted by Christ Himself, and claiming allegiance anil attachment from every member, according to the earnest and repealed injunctions of its Founder? The solution of both these difficulties appear to me to be the same; and to be alike traceable to this single error, slowly indeed and gradually formed, but at length boldly professed and imperiously enjoined, that the UNITY of the- Church consisted in having ONE visible head or governor of the whole upon earth. Now this is a notion fur which there is not the slightest foun- dation in Scripture, nor the slightest evidence in the history of the Church during, at the very least, the first five centuries. Yet, during all that peri J'd, as well as ever since, to maintain the unity of the Church has been held to be a duty of sacred and eternal obligation. III one of our own prayers we recognize it as stamping an inalienable character upon the body, perfectly in unison with the whole economy of the Gospel dispensation — that as there is but one body and one spirit, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of ns all, so we may all be united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity." How is it'that b all this enumeration of the elements and principles of Unity, taken from Scripture and from ancient liturgies, the government of the Church throughout the world by one Bishop, should never even be hinted at, I do not say as essential, but as forming any con- stituent part ol this divinely commissioned institution ? The claim indeed has long been loudly and arbitrarily asserted. But it rests un no evidence: it win bear no examination. It was, however, in times of darkness and ignorance blindly submitted to in the Western Church, as a dogma involving the very essence of the faith and to dispute it was thought equivalent to a denial of our Redeemer. But that the pontinca) supremacy is an innovation, a creature of man's invention, all history pro- claims; and tIns iLusujn being once dispelled, the whole fabric of superstitions aiv corruptions built upon it falls at once to the ¡;round. On the other hand, the overthrow of this imaginary claim, which had so Ian; heU European Christendom in subjection, led too many of the 1 rotestants to shut their eyes altogether to the reut uuity of the Church, Thus the same confusion of thought became the source of pernicious error in each case. The papist thought unity w- Ls destroyed, if the pope ceased to govern. The Protestant heid, that because that dominion was usurped, there was no Jorm of Church government on earth which had Divine authority, or to which the allegiance of Christians was due. The Church ot Kome is chargeable with inventing, from mo- tives of ambition and the love :> of worldly greatness, this anti- ehristian doctrine. But is it not marvellous that the world should have so long been held and still continue to be held bound under this speU That one prelate, whose claim is uni- versal empire, should be deemed the representative and the vicegerent of H1"1 whose memorable saving is recorded in the everlasting Gospel, kingdom is not of this world This monstrous imposture, prophetically shadowed out as 1 firmly believe it to be. in tne writings of St. Paul, must be regarded as the device of the enemy of the cross of Christ; for it is the original germ of all spiritual evils,—evils of the most opposite descriptions-enls of fanaticism and disorder not less than of gross and abject supcrstition-evils which, in the 0,11' form or the other, will never perhaps wholly cease to afflict the Church militant upon earlh. Be it our care, mr reverend brethren, firmly to unite and reso- lutely to persevere In counteracting them all. The latter class, those of separation and schism, predominate greatly in this diocese. It is to these, therefore, that our endeavours ought chicdy to be dnected. We ought, indeed, to be seconded and supported much more heartily than we are by those who derive their wealth out of the vast and still increasing population, col- lected and colonized by themselves in once desolate regions to labour for their profit. I am not insensible to the merit of those individuals who have set a noble example in providing for those spiritual wants. Benefactors such as these we esteem and honour for the Lord's sake especially that recently formed company who have openly proclaimed what all are bound to do in similar cases-— a.u! have themselves done it; and who are already rewarded .or their munificence by witnessing the fulfil- ment of their desires in the entire success of the Church minis- trations in that quarter*. To them, and to all who before them in any degree succoured the same holy course-, my cordial thanks are given but on this and on every suitable occasion, I shall not shrink frorn declariug pubucly, that those who upon every account ought to have done the most have hitherto dune the least. In speaking of the various sects which disturb and assail the Church, it is usual to distinguish the Wesleyans as least hos- tile, and as less actuated by party spirit than the rest. In their origin and during the life-time of their founder, this may have been the ease but a manifest change is observable at the pre- sent day. They are become not only an organized body, but an independent sect, subject to an internal rule, like one of the monastic orders, a rule of human contrivance, having no pre- tension to apostolic authority, a rule which is frequently direc- ted by a spirit of rivalry, seeking not to supply spiritual wants in destitute or neglected places, but to counteract and subvert the ministration of the Church in places where it is most ably and faithfully performed, and most effective. I make not this The following extract from a report of the Directors of the Rhymney Iron Company to a General Meeting of the Proprie- tors in the year 1838, will explain the allusion in the text. "The Directors of the Rhymney Iron Company having taken into their serious consideration the opinion expressed at the last general meeting of the proprietors, that a church, according to the laws of the established Church of England, and schools for the education of the children of persons in the employ of the company, should be provided :— "Report, that they entirely concur in the opinion then ex- pressed, and that with a view to promote an object not less their duty than their interest, they have had communications with the Marquis of Bute, Mr. Stacey, the rector of Gellyaer, and other parties interested, and after fully considering that the Company having caused to locate, on what were before barren mountains, a population ot 81UJ souls, and that number increas- ing daily, and nearly the whole of that population residing on the freehold property ot tne- Company, at a distance of nearly five miles from the parish Church, the Directors beg leave to express their unanimous opinion, that the Company "are upon every principle, moral and religious, bound to provide andendow a Church for the use of the tenants of the Rhymney Iron Com- pany and others. They go on to recommend, that land be allotted also for a minister's house and garden, and that schools should be built and a perpetual endowment provided, for the maintenance of the minister and the repairs of the Church. Alt this has been do-ie. The whole establishment is in full action. The church will not hold the numbers who resort to it three times a day on Sundays and a plan for providing a second Church is now in forwardness. This example has been followed by the Maesteg Company lately established in Glamorganshire and if the hearts of those wealthy iron masters, who have hitherto done little or nothin" of the kind, could be moved by any arguments or entreaties of mine, they will no longer neglect this christian duty, nor plead the uncertainty of success as a reason for not attempting to perform it. ° The whole of the Rhymney Iron Company's Report is printed in the appendix to a sermon preached by me at Usk, in the year 1838, before the Monmouthshire District Committees for Promo- ting Christian Knowledge and the Propagation of the Gospel. iharge lightly or without proof. In one gross instance of the kind I went so far as to expostulate with the rulers of that body m the intended erection ot a building for their purposes in a thinly peopled district, where a new church then stood, remark- ably well served, and fully attended. I represented this is as a notorious departure from the principles of their founder, and as an avowed act of opposition and schism but my remonstrance was wholly disregarded. Let us not cease, however, to strive, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear, and to pray earnestly for the re- union of all wanderers from the true fold. And may the Lord whom you serve bless your labours, and support you under all discouragements and difficulties with the power of his grace, and with the consolations of his Holy Spirit

6ttttral fHtgieUatia. A sound like the janglo of arms preparing in our ar- senals goes on the ear is still kept alive with rumours of warlike tendency—marshallitig of the Militia, measur- ing of merchant-steamers by naval officers, and the like. The French Opposition papers are gloating over the diffi- culties of England—over her corn question, railway panic, financial embarrassments presumed to be in pro- spect, Oregon disputes, and so forth. There can scarcely be a doubt that it has now become more prudent to place this country in a state of preparation for defence, and that the general feeling at the report of official activity in that behalf is one of satisfaction. The scarcity of silver has been severely felt by the London tradesmen during the present month. Is it not almost time that the long promised issue of new silver took place! it was talked about more than twelve months ago. Excellent potatoes, of which it was not necessary to waste a single particle, were on Saturday last sold in our market at tenpence per peck, or 3s. 4d. per bushel.— Hereford Journal. TIIE FAMINE PANIC.—We have been honoured by a distinguished reader with the following, which we gladly publish as one of the practical hints which strong com- mon sense alone suggests :—" The public have not been told of the bountiful supply of vegetables this year. It is six-fold that of last year, and of the best quality, and at a most reasonable price. Why eat a bad potato when you can get a good carrot or a cabbage — West of Eng- lalul Conservative Journal. A crop of white globe turnip, grown this season on the Home Farm of Sir BouchierPalk Wrey, Bart., Tawstock, Devonshire, averaged 47 tons per acre without the tops. Average weight of ten turnips, clean bulbs, per square rod, 891bs. It is confidently asserted that a magnificent (Catholic) Cathedral, upon a scale of considerable magnitude, will ere long be commenced in Adelaide.— Adelaide (South Awdralia) paper of June 28th. The late Rev. Walker Gray, of Henbury, has, it is said, left £ 3,009 to the different Bristol charities. The Emperor of Russia has given magnificent dona- tions for the relief of the poor of the city of Palermo. The Limerick Chronicle states that Charles O'Connell, attorney, a kinsman of Dan's, and chief agitator in Clare to boot, having given Nir. Cullinan, a brother chip, the lie at the Ennis petty sessions, received a crack of a stick 011 the head from the offended party, sufficient to floor a Chief Justice. Time was when pistols for two" would have been" a motion of course." A PROFITABLE ANIMAL.—The celebrated heifer Myr- tle, the property of the Duke of Devonshire, was pur- chased by his Grace at the Royal Agricultural meeting, at Derby, at which meeting she won the first prize of £10, as the best yearling short-horned heifer. The same animal also gained the first prize of jEtO at the Yorkshire Agricultural meeting at Doncaster, 1843, as the best yearling heifer; and the first prize of JE15 at the Royal Agricultural meeting ot Southampton, in 1844, as the best two-year-old heifer. This beautiful animal was never surpassed at any exhibition, and is now only three years and nine months old she has produced two calves at separate births, for which, together with the dam, 300 guineas have been offered and refused. MARRYING A WIFE'S SISTER.—At the Southwark police-court, last week, a man way summoned for not maintaining a child, the offspring of his marriage with his deceased wife's sister. The magistrate, in making allowance for the child, said that the latter marriage, on account of the degree of consanguinity existing between the parties, was null and void, and the offspring, there- fore, came under the denomination of bastard, and the defendant was amedable for its support. According to news received from Iceland to the 12th of October, the eruption of Mount Hecla still continued with the same violence the lava ran from the South- west crater without intermission, and had already covered a space of three miles, and heaped up a mass in a plain at the foot of the mountain thirty to forty cubits in height. THE PLANETS.—The present evenings are very fa- vourable for astronomical observation, as far as the positions of the planets are concerned. Three of the superior planets of the solar system rise between the hours of seven and ten, and appear in nearly the same quarter of the heavens. Saturn, the least bright, is in the south, at an altitude of 20 degrees, and appears with his ring very clearly developed in a telescope magnifying 80 times; two of his moons are unusually visible. The planet Mars, now, unusually brilliant, is, south-east of the former, and about the same elevation; his disc in the telescope is nearly as large as Jupiter, and has a central mark upon it. The planet Jupiter is to the east of the two former, and his moons may be seen with a glass of very moderate power; two large belts cross his disc about the centre; and it is seldom the planet is seen without them, although they undergo changes. UEUDSUATR ASSASSINATION.—On L hursilay evening week, one of the most deliberate acts of murder was per- petrated in Peacock-street, Newinglon, that has been committed in the metropolis for many years. As D. Fitzgerald, a libourer in the employ of Mr. Quennel, a builder, in Kennington-lane, aud a country mail of his, nacned Owen M'Carthy, were proceeding home after the labours of the. day, and" as they had turned into Peacock- street, they were met at lather a dark spot by a persou who came in front of them, and who, without the slightest parley or uttering a sentence, presented a pistol to the breast of Fitzgerald, and discharged its contents into his ho ly. M'Carthy was so affected with the sud- denness of the act and the flash of the powder into hi* f 1 v, that he became powerless for the moment, and the assassin would have escaped but for the promptitude of two gentlemen, named Cotton and Allum, who wit- nessing the murder, instantly pursued the murderer, who, on committing the act, took to his heels. On securing him, those gentlemen took him on to the police station- house in Kennington-lane, and gave him over to Loekyer, the gaoler. The prisoner all this time did not utter a syllabi aud was taken in'o 'be reserve room at the sta- tion. II a few minutes, i. liigence had reached the station that Fitzgerald w :e id, and that the poor mm had never uttered a sins e ^roau..Mr. Smith, a surgeon in the neighbourhood, was in immediate attendance, but the instant1 he saw :h:- deceased he pronounced him dead. On examining the body, lIe found that the ball had en- tered the IAt breast, pass :d •hvougii the hear!, and come out at the left side of the b-.ck, so that his death must have been instantaneous; and one of the policemen picked up the ball which had caused the fatal wound. The murderer, when the charge was about to be entered against him gave the name of Samuel Quennell, and it was then ascertained that he was brother to Mr. Quennell, the builder, and, as well as the deceased, had been em- ployed by him. A good sized pocket pistol that had just been discharged was found on his person. Before the charge was fully taken, Mr. Rutt, the inspector of the L division, arrived at the station-house, and having been made acquainted with its serious nature, and perceiving also that the prisoner had got a quantity of cording about him, as if intending to destroy himself, he gave peremp. tory orders that two men, with a light, should remain in the cell with him all night. On making inquiries as to the causes which led to so deliberate an act of murder, it appeared that, for some cause or other, the prisoner had been discharged from his employment by his brother on Saturday last, and conceiving that Fitzgerald had been the cause of his dismissal, he had been heard during the week to make use of the most violent threats towards him. Fitzgerald has left a wife and five children. rhe prisoner is an unmarried man. The prisoner was on Friday brought up before Mr. Henry at the Lambeth- street Police-Office, when the evidence of several wit. nesses were taken; and upon Mi. HeDry, enquiring if there was any-evidence to show that any feeling ot ill-will or malice existed on the part of the prisoner towards the deceased, Carter replied that the prisoner's brother could speak to some conversation between him and the pri- soner, which would go to prove this. Mr. Games, solicitor, here said that the brother was at present in a state of considerable excitement, and he had therefore to request his Worship would dispense with his evidence till a future day. Mr. Henry replied that, under the cir- cumstances, he should dispense with his presence till the next examination. The prisoner was remanded until Monday. The prisoner, who seemed a good deal affected, was then removed from the bar. He has since been committed. SECONDARIES' COURT.—GOING TO ICHABOE FOR GUANO.—The case of Woolley v. Smith, heard in this Court on Wednesday week, was to recover the sum of £ 2,080 under the following circumstances :-The plain- tiffs are shipowners, and the defendants chartered a vessel for freight with guano from Ichaboe, in July, 1844. On reaching the place, however, it was found that he could not obtain the guano, and went to another island, but was still unsuccessful; and after a delay of 95 days in consequence of there being 400 sail waiting for cargo, the supercargo ordered the vessel to go to St. John's) New Brunswick, where a light fieight was obtained the plaintiffs, as owners, now charged for the deficiency of freight, 470 tons, at the rate of 1:4 per ton, with 4!5 per day demurrages, and £ 64 for the passage of the super- cargo. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed £1,644 3s. 4d., after deducting freight from St. John's. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.—We can state as a fact that a naval officer, high in command, has been privately engaged in taking measurements of the hirgesteamers under mail contract service with her. Majesty's Govern- ment, and with orders to report immediately to the Admiralty on their capability for carrying guns of the largest calibre. The large steamers formiug the fleet of the West India Royal Mail Company, also the vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, together with the Great Britain and Great Western, are said to haT« been quietly but officially inspected. A naval officii well acquainted with the coast of America, has been sum- moned to London to give information to the Adrairalty. Such a combined force as these numerous and powerful ships would form, independent of the regular steamers of war, would be one of the strongest ever seen on the ocean. The West India Company's ships alone are 12 in number, and of about 1,200 tons burden each.- Liverpool Timts, THE WHIGS AND THE CORN LAWS.—Just as the famine-cry had ceased to tell upon the million, & the ap- prehension of scarcity had been dissipated by the proved abundance which is now known and admitted to exist, the \\higs—the "Constitutional Whigs"—have come to the aid of the League. Lord John Russell has written a long letter to his constituents,—the citizens of London —throwing overboard as absurd and uncalled for, all his former arguments in favour of a moderate fixed duty, and declaring himself in favour of immediate and total abolition. Lord Morpeth, too, by a singular coincidence, in a letter to the free-traders of Leeds, avows the very same opinions as his right trusty friend and late col- league, Lord John Russell. The Whig Radical journals are in a state of high excitement; on the strength of those two letteis they predict the doom" of the Corn Laws, and the retirement of Sir Robert Peel For ourselves, we see nothing in the matter, save a desperate and over-reaching attempt on the part of the Whigs, to regain office at any pi ice. They have desired their two most popular men to declare that they are ready to go the whole amount" with the League. What sane man ever doubted itl But the time has not yet arrived for Lord John Russell or Lord Morpeth again to hold the seals of office. The Corn Laws will last yet a short time longer. Sir Robert Peel will not resign -the cotton lords will not be masters—so long as the great Conser- vative party of this country continues true to those principles which have rendered Old England "the envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world." The Government has given a direct and peremptory refusal to increase the grant of £30,000 made for the repairs and alterations of Maynooth college. Several members of a family in London, named Lam- bert, have died suddenly from some unknown cause. The case has proved quite incomprehensible to the medi. cal faculty. GLASGOW PIG InoN TRADE, Nov. 23.—To-day, several thousand tons of pig iron could have been pur- chased at 75s. and we understand that one or two small transactions were made at this figure. The principal feature among the trade to-day was a general reluctance to buy for immediate cash, which shows that dealers do not look forward to any immediate improvement. A parcel of about 1000 tons might have been had for 72s. Gd. net, which we are not aware has been sold. Looking at the regular supply coming forward, and the general ap- pearance of trade, we cannot but fear a further decline. —Glasgow National. THE InoN TRADE.—Notwithstanding the increased consumption of iron which must arise from the carrying out our numerous railways, as well as fulfilling export orders, there has been, during the past week, a tendency to a decline wholly unaccountable; in Scotland particularly makers have been more inclined to sell, and some thou- sands of tons of pig-iron have changed hands at 75s. per ton; one parcel of 1000 tons was done at 72s. 6d., and we have heard of as low as 70s. having been accepted. Welsh has retained its price from 95s. to 110s., and rail- way bar has been obtaining £ 12 per ton; the consump- tion continues to be very large, while prices remain lower than those of the corresponding period of last year, which may, in a measure, be attributed to the absence of all transactions for delivery next year, which must materi- ally have increased the amount of business. In Stafford- shire and Wales generally, prices remain firm, and manu- factured iron keeps its position in the market, It is expected the works in operation will be unable to meet the demand, and in France, with the certainty that they must shortly import largely from England or elsewhere, prices are gradually advancing; railway iron is now selling in that country for from 1;;) 4 to E IC) per ton, and at that figure there is not sufficient to meet the demand. A. POPULAR USE FOR IRISH RAILWAYS.—A11 Irish patriot—one, we believe, of the most earnest and sincere -has discovered a popular use for Irish railways. When the iron and wood are laid down in England, English politicians, simple folks I think only how advantageous is the additional facility of transit. Railways are making England rich they are bringing the most distant parts of the globe within a few days' journey of each other; they are beginning to break down the restraints of des- potism—as witness the relaxations of the passport system j on the continent. We make them, and then we think of nothing more than the travelling -and the dividends. What is it that strikes the Irish politician as the popular use of a railway —the turning it into pikes! "Good hammered iron and wooden sleepers" are capital mate- rials for pikes. Railways may not only be travelled on, but pulled up c. First, then, every railway within five miles of Dublin could in one night be totally cut off from the interior of the country." No one could "desire a deadlier ambush than the banks of a deep cut- ting." This equals the promise of the conjuror re- corded by Swift, that he will let any gentleman" jump from a great height upon a board covered with pikes, and enjoy other facilities of self-mutilation. The editor so warms with his view of railway utility, that he begins to dream: imagines an ambush—the approach of a train with infantry—and piously exclaims to his supposititious band, "Now, in the h&ttrie of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost!—now—" Wonderful infatua- tion All this rhodomontade is because the Morning Herald talked of vindicating the" law": let that word sound in Ireland and its echo is rebellion. Ireland wants railways, is begging for them yet before they are laid down, a public instructor begins the ready talk of pulling them up. Ireland is poor, and desires to be wealthy yet the only dividend suggested to his mind is the railway itself. There seems to be no hope for Ireland until the people can be taught to know better than their "public instructors." THE PRICE OF DIAMONDS.—In consequence of the discovery of a very rich diamond mine in the province of ) Bahia, the supply of diamonds has been so greatly in- creased during the last year that the price has fallen 50 per cent., and is likely to fall still lower, so that tiie ladies will be enabled to indulge their taste for this kind of luxury with less damage to their liusb, ild, ,e purses than formerly.—Cheltenham Chronicle. FATAL EXPLOSION ATBISIIOPWEARMOUTH IRON WoRKS. —A dreadful explosion took place on Wednesday week, at the iron works belonging to Messrs. Cargill, Mounsev, and Co., in consequence of the explosion of a boiler con- nected with those extensive works, where between 700 -m l$00 men aie employed. The accident occurred when the greatest part of the workmen were absent at break- fast. Two boys and two men were killed. The damage to the works is estimated at about E toot). So terrific was th. )ia.t that some of the materials were blown to a distance of four or five hundred yards, and injured the engine upon the Hetton Coal Company's railway about half of the boiler was blown against" the Bishopwear- moutli Glass Works, belongins? to James Hartley, Esq., and the remainder were shivered to atoms. Five men and boys were wounded severely, but we are glad to hear that they are going on favourably, with the exception of a boy named Pearson, who had his scull fractured. A great number of labourers are busily employed clearing away the ruins occasioned by the explosion, with a view to the immediate restoration of the works. Railway speculation has had a victim at Huddersfield. Mr. Fell, a respectable chemist and druggist, having obtained many allotments in new lines, found that he had become responsible for a larger sum than his capital warranted this preyed upon his mind, and he destroyed himself by swallowing prussic acid. A curious illustration of the ejrcular theory of storms has been afforded by a circumstance recorded in the log of the Charles Heddle. For four days, from the 25th to the 28th of February in this year, she scudded round and round in a hurricane circle, during which time she ran upwards of 1,300 miles: and the direct distant made by her, from point to point, was only 354 mlles.-Falmoltth Packet. FOOT-RACE AGAINST TIME,—EXTRAORDINARY FEAT -The long expected match made by Mr. Bragg, the proprietor of the North Star Inn, at Slough, with ai, sporting character at Windsor, for a considerable amount, to produce a man, within the preseut year, who would' run eleven miles within an nour, came off Saturday after- noon, 011 the turnpike road near the King's Head, at Bedfont, between Staines and Hounslow. An immense number of persons from Windsor and London, and the neighbouring towns, were present to witness the match. The person, who was named by Mr. Bragg to perform this extraordinary feat was a celebrated runner named Maxfield, known as the Xorth Star." He had been in training for some weeks past at Slough; and appeared upon his arrival on toe giouuil to be in mosf A: ellent condition. His backers wanted the odds of 3 and 2 to l on time but from the previous character of the man's public performances, and the extraordinary speed and bottom he evinced in May last, whan he accomplished 20 miles in two hours, induced veiy few to lay out their money against him. Upon that occasion he performed the 20 miles in 1 hour, 58 mill., and 30 sec.! Saturday the match was performed over one mile of ground in which, of course, there were no less than 10 turns. This was considered to be rather to the disadvantage of the runner. The start took place between three and four o'clock, .Vlaxfield tn t his backers expressing full confi- dence of winning. The result was that "the North Star" gallantly won the match, but with only 17 seconds to spare. LIST OF NEW PATENTS, Nov., ISU.-Reginald Orton, of Villiers-street, Sunderland, surgeon, for improve- ments in life-boats, life-buoys, and apparatus for convey- ing persons ashore from wrecked or stranded vessels. —Robert William Brandon, of Low Gosforth, Nor- thumberland, Esq., for improvements in railways and railway carriages, for the security and convenience of the public. — Charles Henry Collins, of Lambeth, engineer, for improvements on atmospheric railways.—Thomas Forsyth, of Salford, Lancashire, engineer, for certain improvements in signals, or in the method of giving signals, which are applicable to the working of railways, and which are also applicable to maritime purposes and for certain other improvements in the working of railways.—Dalrymple Crawford, of Birmingham, Gent., for certain improved means of, or machinery for, arrest- ing the progress of railway carriages and trains.—John Solomon Bicktord, George Smith, and Thomas Davey, all ot Tuekingmill, Camborne, Cornwall, patent safety fuze manufacturers, for certain improvements ia manu- facturing the miner's safety fuze.—Bryan Donkin, of the Paragon, New Kent Road, civil engineer, for improve- ments on wheels as applicable to railway carriages, and oil the mechanical contrivances by which railway car- riages are made to cross from one line of rails on to another line, or on to what are generally called sidings.— George Hill Dutton, of Dutton-street, in the county of Middlesex, brewer, for certain improvements in convey- ing intelligence from one part of a railway train to another.—Christopher Vallx, of Brighton, Gent., for im- > provements in apparatus or machinery for preventing accidents to carriages and passengers on railways part-, of which improvements are applicable to save lives and property in other places. t A private letter from Moscow, in the Journal des ue.iats states that the Emperor of Russia had lately issued an order forbidding the masters of establishments in which work is carried on night a:id day from employ- ing children under the age of twelve years between mid- night and six o'clock in the morning, seeing that it is too severe a trial for that tender age. Any infringement of this order to be visited with severe punishment.

ipp i Ito ijJllgl Intelligence, baHastK C^-77.Ar'i,led —Sarah. Brewer. Falmoiuh— I)o;Phin*"Frv "ltchc Bnstol..Swift, Tawton, Bri.tol.. potatoes' PI* Best. Monle.' Brisfd- Ithondda *Ri » eT' Br,s,<)1 —D'"as, Mills, Bri to].. Coi ?' i!rW"V-VVl,,ia'n, G'11" Bristol—light and Betsey'Gilber,, Haylp-cas-in,s and fl over, Nli chl-1, Church ward, Bristol-bal- ?au b:xchU"CeSle«7ir0a ore-SoP1'ia, Be!lord, Oungar- va Exchange, Shaxon, Cork.. Desire. B.rns, Combe— lotte3 rrjeffnCe R ale|S' (S>) J°""S' Hrist°l--Lady Char- Ite, ( .) Jefferys, Bristol-general cargo. Departures-Tsff, Mitchell, Bristol.„Swift, Tawton, Bris- tol.Affa. Cole, Bristol.John Byslun, Iteymond, Waterford 1 C n't"" Poino""» Legg, Glam r^anshire Canal—li»ht Jane I homas, Cox, VVexford.Villiam. Collin, Bristol— coal. I ibion, Snrrell, Bideford-e.>;t!EI,zitbeth, I ead- blew, Derrv..Maya.wer. Po de, fielfa-st -iron. N rii, Stone, D,.blin..Ada, U'Na!"ara. Bideford..Best, Moulr, Bnstol-coal. Celerity, J onps. Di'biin —iron.ThoinsS n Ann 5, "art, Bristol.. Diligence, Reynolds, Bristol.. PdueVS w 1Bus;°V'U,0ndlIa' l5owe»- Bristol—coal. Jeff- H ^7' ) B,istl)1"^ady Charlotte, (s.) Jefferys, Bristol—genera! ca-go v low 'Lp-Ii;,R°ANS,,1RVCanai—^•W.-An„, Dovall, Bul- low p,n Sisters, K-iapp. B.dio* Pill.Mary, Mv.ns, B.i, olCnderella. Nurse, Bullow I'ill.Comet, Head Whitehaven Anna, Maria, Squire, Bideford-a 1 with iron "rR Anneehina, Lodwyke, Amsterdam.Vesper, B.in', I enzunce I hom.is, Bunt, Penzance.. Providence, Bake BritoL.tiuyalist, Hall, Ply mouth.Charles, Home, Glou-. cester. AcaiJian, Longney, Bri.-oi..Batiste Marie, B inn, tes;0a0ra' B ,ois' BrMport—all With ballast. Mar caret. Williams, Liverpool. V,in, Kvans, Bideford.. Olive Branch, Mendos, Portl.cawl.. Lady S. lma, livans. Bristol., rriends, Lvans, Bristol .Thomas and Jane. Hcadford, Gr 3hrt!,Dy' Perkeloy, Penzance. Primros-, Griffiths Millord .l-ortnude, Evans, I'o,thcawl.Vew,,ort Phi'm Ja(c^s,in' Newport.S„perb, Jones. Gloucester.. Fly, Mmbps, Gloucester.Joseph Carne, Wright, London. "ndfT' Ilu>nas'1 ^jewP°n.Fame, Morris. Carmarthen. raw! -Jibapland I octhca v! Devonshire, Whelan, !\>r.h- "j Jones Porthcawl..Surprise, Hopton, Newport.. «nhaui S..nth, Lydney.Bute, Walters, Bristol Gy ldan, Jones l-ortmadoc.. Ferry, Hopton, Gloucester. J«hn v ^r,nCfaw ■"l''ll,,l:avoi.r. Greeiiing, Glonceste- 1» a „ "S* Bridgwater..Thomas Mahony, Wi.<- land, I'olthcawl.. Eliz<lbclh and ADn, Bryant, Penzance- all with sundries. Departures. -Rea per, Irwin, Workington.. Bellona, Hoo- m a U Salt, Hall. Anneehina, Lodwyke, Bristol a"? i.' "n' D°wall, Chepstow.Amity, Pearson, k ^.ohn C-rnwall, Pre«ett, Ipswich.Chyando»r, BS ,ieyneWp0.rUne11, Jones' Fleetwood..Friends, Evans, tol Jewc » Liverpool.. Providence, Baker, Bns- — all Wakers> Bristol.. East Cornwall, Smith, London m p, ,ron--« Messenger, Hacquiol, Barcelona.. Krag- ter £ rn' frailer..Cardiff Trader" Howies..Glouce.- f 'V'3r.0'hers' Jht. BiistoU-Kiiends, Beer, Bristol.. I Ur->r'1 Thomas and J.«ne, Headford, Bridg- water..Ji,,e levies, Dublin.. Isabella, Kelly, You-'hal.. Affiance, Biddle, Gloucester.Independent, Pinnegar," Bris- An'n if6' P,l0w-uPerb, Jones, Gloucester.. Vl»mVa,u I6 Pester, Gurnett, Charlestown \j» Q° Tea ue''i Cork.Surprise, Hopton, Gloucester i;J'T"(r'td^ J"cks,'°. Gloucester.Industry, Ch.p- Glon'rpat e •■ye8Per» Bunt, Topsham.Jane, Nurse, p °' p' Vy"h «oal.Margaret, Williams, Newport.. Ion r^;Ia rer,ffiI Ortl^lvLXill> Selina, Howes.' Ne*- S T L n 9 NewP»»-A«ror«, Lewis, Newport "kIV Kowl"fPR "1!o"PiilVNe*nham. Smith, Lydney Oli R I* 'v U °W Thomas, Newport** -li4t Port** Endeavour, Greening, Gloucester dof°"v TPL^Castle Beynard, Warner, Lou- i ave, !«ees, Hayle..Superior, Mort, Hule..St. Bride's i Rogers Bristol.. Mary, Phillips, Aberthaw..Caroline, Jones, I Belfast.Marie, Quick, St. Ives.. Elizabeth aud Ann, Lewis, Mymouth.Johauner, Richards, HayIe.Henry, Andrews, Mayle Hatne, Uavies, Penzance..Gulliver, Bevan, Oxwicb. bailed. Viary Jane, Murray, Cork..Cnurchill, Penally* ruro.. Fame, Grenfell, Hayle., B-cryl, Green, Penzance.

LONDON MARKETS. I GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES of CORN pel Quarter computed from the Inspectors' Return*. f UHIINFCUAL AVERAGE. 58 6 Rye 34 32 9 Beans 41 5 l,ats 24 5 Peas 43 9 DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN. rr- S. d. s i a o Rye s'e a,lfy 6 y Beans I 0 a S 0 j Peas 1 0 a S 0 j Peas 1 0 CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY MARK LAME.-M0XDAY.-rhe show ot land carriage sa.n,des to-day from the near counties was small, and ha ve little from otiier parts of the coast. The finest mns wer« ■selecved out at last Monday's prices, but all other description* I were offered at somewhat lower rates, without tindin* buyers, ru foreign, cither free or bonded or alloat, little business »«* omg, but we: cdtinot quo;e any variation iu value. omg, but we: cdtinot quo;e any variation iu value. fIDe mailing and distilling barley maintained prices, and met# air sale, other sins very difficult to place. The late ver/ s2!irr,ni'! °f °atSt haVe buen foll°*ed by another larg« trade h't h ™rg°es being out of condition the rade has been slow, at a decline of 6d to Is. per nr., and trey peasreveM'aS '°'^Y iB SaleS- Ne* bea"S P ?u the clover seed Trade", her"b°'h fr"y U* per V-luW6?' and prices are nearly nominal. d°iug P WHEAT. rfssex & Kent red 58 ei White & £ Jla •* Bo 02 — Co Oo gs RYE. 0ld M 37 | Vew 38 Vf BARLEY. s. S. g S> Cirin ling 31 31 Chevalier 38 •lahmg 35 — 36 Bere 28 — I' lih 30 — 29 J MALT. Suffolk and Norfolk 5S —. 63 j Brown 56 — & Kingston and Ware til — 0 | Chevalier 64 — OATS. S. S. «. U Vorkshireand Lin- c .1,re teed 30 29 Potato 33 koiuhaii and Cork 09 black -26 27 vv 2l # •Dublin 26 27 S"?"1 S vl'aterford white 25 27 8C ^cwry 30 29 ..ttwiiy. 25—26 20-21 p0,„„ 30 ?! I S surilv. S BEANS. s. s. I So 5. rick new 44 48 Old small 50 5 • L'EAS. (ir,e-v o 47 Maple 45 J ,,hlte 0 — 52 Boilers. 54 —

SMI1HFIELD MARKETS—MONDAY. J Statement and Comparison ot the Supplies and Prices ••'j tat St..ck, exhibited and Sold in Smithtteld Cattle Mar on Monday, Oec. 2, 18U, and Monday. Dec 1 1845. „ | Dec. 2, I8t4. Dec. 1, ls7l Coarse and inferior Beasts. 2' 8 to 3 2*. 2S'lo'to» Stecoud quality ditto 3 4 3 6 '3 2 J U Pnme large Oxen c o Z **1 "tr 5 2—2 2 J ti Coarse and inferior Sheep.* 30 i 4 s 4 liM Second quality ditto 3 o ? '"J 4 J} Prime coa.se woolled d.ito 3 8 4 0.4 6 ♦' £ Prime Southdown ditto. 42 4 4 4 ll» SJ coarse Calves 3 G 4 o"4 0 rr«a'S ",o » «l »« ?Uf OA.TURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1845. Published by the sole Proprietor, HENRY WEB8EB». hu resident* Charles-street, in the Parish of John the Baptist, in the Town of Cardiff and CoU^ ot Glamorgan, and Printed by him at his GeH<> Pn„U„g Offic. in Z Saint John, 111 the I own and County aforesaid. Agents'—ltS °rderS reCeived *>y the folio* Land° Co wrker> Fleet"Street; Messrs. Chanre Warwick-squax-e; Mr. G. lleynell. Jv MaT k Deacon, 3, Walbrook, near Mansion-house; Mr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Fincb-l^J CornhiU; Air. Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; i Birchin-lane Dawson and An il, Cannon-street, City Messis. Lewis and ho«e' Castle Court. Birchin Lane. lilt ^Iertiiyh H. W. White, Si*tk*J ?REC0N Mr. William Evans, Ship- 5WANSE* Mr. E. Griffiths. PrUHl And by all Postmasters and Clerks on the Road. J This paper is regularly filed in London at Coffee House City ^Peel's Coffee-house, Fleet-s^I —The Chapter Coffee-hou3« St. Paul's, Coffee*Jjou#e> Walbwok, yl