The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

J aottccg. Now Ready, in Demy 8vo., PART 1ST, PRICE Is., ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES, GENEALOGI- A CAL, CHRONOLOGICAL, and HERALDIC, respecting the principal Families of Glamorgan. By the Her. CHRISTOPHER BASSETT. Printed and Published by David Davis, Cowbridge. London James Gilbert, 49, Paternoster Row. TOWN OF CARDIFF. TO BE LET, with immediate possession, an excellent SHOP and PREMISES, situate in HIGH-STREET, one of the very best situations in the Town. Apply to Messrs. D. Evans & Son, Wine Merchants, Cardiff. TO BE LET, And Entered upon at CANDLEMAS next, THE MORLONGA FARM, situate in the Parish of t Peterstone-super-EIy, containing 64 a. 3r. 27 p. of good MEADOW, PASTURE, and ARABLE LAND. For further particulars apply at Mr. BRADLEY'S Office, Cowbridge. Cowbridge, 16th December, 1845. TO IRON MASTERS. TENDERS will be received for delivering on the Taff JL Vale Railway, IRON STONE of the best quality, the produce of Seams from six inches in thickness down- wards, the Ball Mine accompanying the same is also very rich. Samples and other particulars may be seen and ob- tained by application to Mr. Thos. Jones, White Hart, Pontypridd, near Cardiff. WANTED, A GOOD PLAIN COOK in a Gentleman's Family. Apply at the BOOT INN, Aberdare, or at the CAR- DIFF AND MERTHYR GUARDIAN OFFICE, Cardiff. IHiW morSE SCHOOL, MELKSHAM, WILTS. rthis Establishment every exertion it made to give _L to Young Gentlemen a sound CLASSICAL, MA- THEMATICAL, and GENERAL EDUCATION and by a system of Rewards, to secure diligence and good behaviour. FRENCH TAUGHT BY A PARISIAN RESIDENT IN THE FAHILT. Terms, &c.,may be known on application. EAGLE ACADEMY, COWBRIDGE. W. LEWDS BEGS to thank his Friends for the very liberal sup- port he has hitherto received, and trusts that by perseverance and attention to the duties of his Establish- ment, still to merit a continuance thereof. The SCHOOL will be RE-OPENED on MONDAY, the 12TH JANUARY. Application for Terms addressed as above will meet due attention. Cowbridge, 16th December, 1846. ALBION HOUSE ACADEMY, CARDIFF. mmo svasrstrv BEGS to make his acknowledgments to his numerous connexions for the valued confidence and support he has hitherto realized, assuring them of his unre- mitting exertions to merit continued approbation and preference. The Friends of his Pupils he is aware need no remarks as to the advantages of his Establish- ment to others it may not be amiss to state that the System of Instruction pursued in the various departments of the School (Classical, Mathematical, and general) is cal- culated to secure a sound acquaintance with the different subjects of study, and impart an education of a valuable and superior kind. The Inhabitants of Glamorganshire and South Wales find here an Establishment affording all those advantages they are desirous of realizing for their sons, and which are often in vain sought in mure distant situations. The Premises are ample, and in every way adapted to the healthful and agreeable recreation of the Pupils. An inspection of them, Mr. Bumett is persuaded, will afford satisfaction. The domestic arrangements are on a de- cidedly liberal scale, and the individual oversight of the Pupils is sedulously exercised with a view to their per- sonal enjoyments and comfort. 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Policies may thus be effected at lower rates than are gene- rally required for the terna of seven years only i whilst the holders have the same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death may happen, as if they paid double the amount of premiums, which woald he charged for assurance effected in the same way. Policies revived without the exaction of a fine, at any time within twelve months. Extract from Increasing Rates of Premium, for an Assu- rance of £100. for Whole Term of Life. Age of the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy. Medical Attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at 2 o'clock. LI Annual Premiums payable during First I Second Third Fourth I Remain Five Five Five Five der of Years. Years. Years. Years. Life. 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fiotice*. LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL [The following Address was, in substance, prepared by the late Dean of Llandaff, a short time before his death. Yarious circumstances have prevented its earlier publica- tion but it is hoped that the force of this posthumous appeal will not be weakened by this unavoidable delay.] To the Laity of the Diocese of Llandaff and to the Public in general. My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, A Considerable interval ha* now elapsed since I ap- pealed to the Clergy of this Diocese in behalf of an effort to restore some portion at least of our ancient Cathedral. In the address then circulated I dwelt at some length on the circumstances which gave rise to a strong manifestation of public feeling in favour of the pious undertaking, and quoted some encouraging remarks which, though delivered at a meeting convened for another purpose, contained various suggestions and pro- mises of support, offered in a spirit of the most cordial liberality. In that address I also mentioned with sincere gratifica- tion the number of intimations which had been conveyed to me on the subject, and recorded the progress already made in the restoration of the Welsh Chapel, anciently called the Lady Chapel. This appeal to the Clergy was responded to in the kindest manner by the members of the Chapter and the Clerical body at large the measure of their sympathy will be estimated by the list of their names and contribu- tions, and a consideration of the very scanty revenue of the Church throughout the Diocese. HE who regards the willing mind, and accepts according to the ability, rather than the amount, will surely appreciate this labour of love. From the Clergy I turn to the Laity of Glamorgan and Monmouth in particular, and to the public generally, in behalf of our attempt to restore, or at least to improve, our venerable Cathedral. The See of Llandaff is asserted to be, beyond dispute, the oldest, as its revenues are unquestionably the poorest, in the kingdom. "Touching the antiquity of this Church," says Bishop Godwin, it is reported to have been built in the second century, about the year of Christ 180. It is certain that Dubritius presided here in 436, and that he was instituted Metropolitan in these parts." For more than fourteen centuries of the Christian era has Llandaff existed, with various fluctuations of wealth and depression, as an Episcopal See; and it may serve to shew how great has been the spoil and waste of her revenues when we state, on the authority of the same Bishop Godwin, "that so much riches has been be- stowed on Llandaff, that if it enjoyed the tenth part of that which it has been endowed with first and last, it would be one of the wealthiest Churches in Christendom whereas," adds the mournful chronicle, it hath now hardly sufficient to repair itself." In the beginning of the 12th century, Urban, the thirtieth Bishop of this See, had it in his heart to rebuild this Church. At his first coming he found his Bishoprick in a very poor and miserable condition-the Church ruined almost to the ground-the revenues so confiscated that out of twenty-four canons they could now scarcely maintain two." The zealous Bishop complained thereof to the King and other authorities, and in the year 1119 pro- cured letters to the CLBRGY AND GENTRY OF THIS KINGDOM, particularly of his own Diocese. By this means, having gathered great sums, he pulled down the old Church, and began upon the 14 April, 1120, the building of the present fabric, which is, says Godwin, a very elegant one, being 300 feet long and 80 broad, and adorned at the west end with two stately towers of great height, and a neat Chapel of our Lady—a work truly magnificent, and to be remembered with honor by posterity." In 1478, Bishop Marshall became a great benefactor to this Cathedral, in beautifying it by fresco painting, and by an altar piece of free-stone." It is a melancholy task to contrast its early beauty with its present deformity. Browne Willis, in his prefatory epistle to his Survey of the Cathedral Church of Llandaff, writing in the year 1715, describes it as having fallen into a most deplora- ble decay within these few years and thus touchingly expresses his reasons for undertaking his work :— Wherefore it was that after a sad contemplative test so glorious a structure as this Church, honored by being the ancientest Bishop's See in the Kingdom, (as we have evident authority to shew) raised, enriched, and beautified by the piety of so many noble founders, should be utterly destroyed, that I forthwith," &c. &c. It is to prevent the accomplishment of this anticipated evil, to stay and to repair the ravages of time, that I now appeal with confidence to public generosity, to individual taste, and, above all, to National Piety. To that natural inquiry What have you done for yourselves !-how far have you put your own shoulders to the burthen 1" we answer—We have done what we could. We have, at our own capitular cost, placed a new covering of lead over the whole of the roof of the Cathedral, the aisles, and the chapel. We have raised a new ceiling within; we have also, from our own private, as well as from capitular resources, assisted by the clergy and some leading persons of the diocese, effected the complete restoration of the Welsh Chapel in a manner entirely approved by competent judges and men of taste. Our desire now is to carry on the work of improve- ment in the Cathedral at large. How far this desire mwuhra* and venerable fabric; but, should our funds prove in. sufficient for the immediate execution of that purpose, we are justified in expecting that enough may be collected, not only to execute the extensive improvements now in band, but to carry forward its gradual restoration upon a settled and uniform plan, and in a style of architecture, corresponding with the noble remains of the ancient edifice. What may then remain unfinished may be com- pleted by the piety of those who follow us in the good work, care being studiously taken to do nothing our. selves which they may wish undone; but, on the con- trary, to leave them an example, which shall at once guide and encourage them in prosecuting the samedesign. That wishes and efforts having such an object in view will be met by the public with a willing heart and a liberal hand, we entertain no doubt. We are far from reflecting upon the want of taste of our predecessors, who, near a century ago, refitted the Church for Divine Service, after it had lain 30 years in ruins. They did what they could, according to the style of that age— when the arts and, more especially, architecture were in this country at the lowest ebb. We are anxious to remedy those defects. We appeal to an age far more wealthy and far better taught, to supply us with funds, which they may be sure will now be applied with equal zeal, but with infinitely better effect. We call upon the lovers of our Reformed Church to lead a friendly hand to this pious work-to help us when struggling in a good cause—labouring to change a disfigured, but still a venerable structure, into a form worthy of its solemn and holy purposes, and corresponding with the dignity of a Cathedral Institution. Without such aid the object is unattainable. We shall still, indeed, make the attempt, —let it not be said that you looked on with indifference, and that in consequence of that indifference our attempt has been unsuccessful. WILLIAM BRUCE KNIGHT. Postscript by the Dean of Llandaff. — Nov., 1845. I will net, by any addition of my own, weaken the force which the above appeal must carry with it, in coming, as it were, from its author's tomb, who still, however, lives ia the hearts and memories of all the members of the diocese to which it is in the first place addressed; but still I cannot feel satisfied that it should go forth unaccompanied by the declaration, how near to my own heart is the cause thus pleaded by my beloved and venerated predecessor and what delight it will afford me to co-operate by every means in my power, in the exertions which I am sure this address will call forth. W. D. CONYBEARE." LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS, BEING CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF, TO THE RESTORATION OF THE CATHBDBAL. L. s. d. Right Rev. Edward Copleston, D.D., Lord Bishop 500 0 0 Very Rev. W. D. Conybeare, Dean. 100 0 0 Very Rev. W. Bruce Knight, late Dean and Chancellor 100 0 0 Very Rev. J. Probyn, late Dean and Arch- deacon 50 0 0 Venerable Thomas Williams, Archdeacon of Llandaff 50 0 0 Venerable Wm. Crawley, Archdeacon of Monmouth 60 0 0 Rev. Hugh Williams, Chancellor of the Diocese 10 0 0 Rev. J. M. Traherne, Chancellor of the Cathedral 150 0 0 Thomas Stacey, Precentor 10 0 0 Henry Douglas, late Precentor 100 0 0 U Dr. Casberd, Canon. 50 0 0 U W. Williams, D.D., Canon 50 0 0 R. Watson, Canon. 50 0 0 H. H. Norris, Canon 100 0 0 J. Guisford, D.D., Canon 100 0 0 Edward James, Canon 100 0 0 W. Powell, Canon.. 50 0 0 R. Prichard, Senior Vicar 10 0 0 E. P. Thomas, Junior Vicar 5 0 0 H. L. Blosse, Newcastle 10 0 0 W. Bruce, St. Nicholas 10 0 0 G. A. Biedermann, Flemingstone 5 5 9 •• R. Carne, Llanmaes lo 0 0 J.C.CampbeH.Merthyr. 10 0 0 James Coles, Michaelstone-y-Vedw 500 T. Davies, Trevethin 10 0 0 J. Davies, Shirenewton 5 0 0 W. Davies, Llanddewy-Rhyddent 2 0 0 •« A. Dene, St. Athan 2 2 0 J. Barnard Davies 1 1 0 J. Evans, Llandough 10 0 0 R.EvaM,Margam. 5 0 0 T. Edmondes, Llanblethian. a 0 0 J. Edwardes, Gileston 5 5 0 F. F. Edwardes, Gileston o.- 5 5 0 W. Evans, Usk 3 3 0 U T. Evans, Goytrey 4 0 0 Fleming, Llangwm 1 1 0 « v ?ar<* Llanvaches 1 1 0 Gardner, late Rector of Llanvetherine 5 0 0 Varriedforward £ 1750 3 0 jc. s. d Brought forward. 1750 3 0 Rev. D. H. Griffith, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath 5 5 0 E. W. Gabb, Llanwenarth 5 0 0 D. Griffiths, Llanilid I 1 0 E. Hawkins, Newport. 5 0 0 J. Harding, Coity and Coychurch 10 0 0 Daniel Jones, Caerleon 10 0 0 fA Evan Jenkins, Dowlais 3 3 () W. Jones, Peterston Wentloog 4 4 0 D. Jones, Panteague. 500 D. Joses, Wolvestiewton 1 0 0 "R.Knight.Newton. 5 0 0 C. R. Knight, St. Bride's Major. 6 6 0 "H.H.Knight.Neath. 10 0 0 E. D. Knight, Tredegar 5 0 0 W. Llewellyn. Llangeinor 1 1 0 F. Lewis, Llanvair 5 0 0 W. Price Lewis, junior, late Curate of Llantrisaint 5 0 0 T. Lane ley, Landogo 3 3 0 Augustus Morgan, Machen 10 0 0 H. Morgan, Llantrissent 2 2 0 G. M. Maber, late Rector of Merthyr- Tydfil 10 0 0 D. Morgan, Llancarvan 2 0 0 E. Depster Miller, Skenfrith 2 2 0 J. Nelst)n, Peferston. 10 0 0 J. C. Prosser, Devauden 1 1 0 W. Powell, Raglan 5 0 0 W. B. C. Powell, Curate of Raglan 110 «• Morgan Powell, Coedkernew 2 0 0 E. Roberts, St. Bride's Minor 3 3 0 D. Reece, late Vicar of Aberavon 3 3 0 Daniel Reece, Aberystruth 3 3 0 G. Roberts, Monmouth 5 0 0 II E. S. Stanley, Curate of Raglan 2 0 0 Sir Charles Salusbury, Llanwern 10 0 0 George Thomas, Llandali* Court 125 0 0 F. Taynton, Ystradowen 5 0 0 E. Thomas, Britonferry 3 3 0 W. Thomas, Kilybebill 5 5 0 f' R. T. Tyler, Llantrithyd 10 0 0 G. Traherne, St. Hilary 10 0 0 «' W. Watkins, Merthyr Mawr 3 0 0 «' J. Williams, Mathern 10 0 0 u Lewis Williams, Mounton 5 0 0 T. Williams, Trinity, Abergavenny 5 0 0 «' C. A. Williams, Llangibby 5 0 0 E. J. Williams 10 0 0 R. Williams, Roggiot 110 J. Webb, Cardiff 20 0 0 J. J. Williams, Curate of Aberdare. I 1 0 H. Warrilow, Llanishen 1 1 0 J. Williams, Marcross 10 0 0 £ 2141 17 0 DONATIONS OF CLERGY NOT RESIDENT IN THE DIOCESE. E. s. d. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Win- chester. 100 0 0 The Chapter of Winchester 50 0 0 The Very Rev. the Dean of St. Asaph SO 0 0 The Rev. W. D. Conybeare, (1st donation), Axminster 10 0 0 The Rev. W. J. Copleston, Cromhall 5 0 0 W. Dansey, Donhead, St. Andrews 2 0 0 Robert Jackson, Worcester. 5 0 0 D. Jones, Bishopton 5 0 0 Howell W. Lloyd, Vorlas, Den- bighshire 1 0 0 R. Prichard, Newbold 20 0 0 J. C. Robertson, Curate of Boxley 5 0 0 W. Rayer, Tidcomb 10 10 0 A Friend 5 0 0 JE868 10 0 Subscriptions received at the National Provincial Bank, Cardiff.

[DUTY FRBB.] WHEREAS, a Petition of WILLIAM WILLIAMS, tfte Younger, at present and for 12 months last past residing in Lodgings at the Village of Saint Nicholas, in the County of Glamorgan, Painter and Glazier, in Lodg- ings with William Williams, the Elder, at the Village of Saint Nicholas, in the County of Glamorgan, Victualler, for 12 months last past and upwards, an Insolvent Debtor, having been filed in the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy, and an interim order for protection from process having been given to the said William Williams, under the provisions of the statutes in that case made and provided, the said William Williams is hereby required to appear in Court before HENRY JOHN STEPHEN, Sergeant at Law, the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said Petition, on the 16th day of JANUARY next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Bristol Dis- trict Court of Bankruptcy, at Bristol, for his first exami- nation touching his Debts, Estate, and Effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said statutes; and notice is hereby given, that the choice of Assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said William Williams, or who have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to THOMAS RSNNIE HUTTON, Esq., 19, St. Au- gustine's Place, Bristol, the Official Assignee, nominated in that behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said Petition. JOHN BIRD, Solicitor, Cardiff. Duffryn Iilynvi and Porth Cawl Railway Company. FOR SALE, SUNDRY SHARES IN THE ABOVE Jf COMPANY, at E140 per Share.—Apply to Messrs. Tilson and Squance, 29, Coleman-Street, London. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the Directors of the South Wales Railway Company will receive, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th FEBRUARY, 1846, at Twelve o'clock, at their Office, No. 449, West Strand, London, tenders for the execution of the three several Contracts, extending from the River Loughor, through Swansea to Neath, being a distance of about fourteen miles, and comprising tunnels and a large amount of earth work; likewise of several Contracts in the neighbourhood of Newport, comprehending also a tunnel and other important works. Drawings and speci- fications will be exhibited at the respective Offices of the resident Engineers at Swansea and at Newport, on and after Monday, the 5th January, 1846, and printed forms of tender may be had at the same places, or at the Com- pany's Office in London. The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept the lowest or any tender. They request the par- ties to attend at the Office of the Company, in London, at Two o'clock on Wednesday, February 11th, 1846. By Order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, London, 22J Dec., 1845. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. First Call of f2 lOs. per Share, making, with the deposit of £ 2 1 Os., f.5 paid. NOT ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT, pursuant to a Resolution of the Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are required to pay the second instalment of f2 10s. per Share, on or before the 22d day of January next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers:- London-Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. Liverpool-The Bank of Liverpool. Manchester-Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. Bristol and Exeter-The West of England and South Wales Bank. Cardiff-The National Provincial Bank of England. Carmarthen-Messrs. David Morris and Sons. Swansea and Neath-The Glamorgansbire Banking Company. All Calls not paid on or before the 22d January next, will be charged with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. By Order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway Oiice. 449, West Strand, London, Dec. 22, 1845. NEATH UNION. WANTED, • MASTER and MATRON, to «uper- intend the management and care of the Union Workhouse, and to perform the duties prescribed by the Rules, Orders, and Regulations of the Poor Law Com- missioners. The Master must be a good penman and well versed in sccqunta, and conversant with the Welsh language; and will be required to give security for the due and faithful performance of his duties. A Man and Wife without incumbrance will be preferred. The Master's salary f40 per annum, and the Matron's C20 per annum, with the accustomed rations. Sealed Tenders with Testimonials inclosed to be deli- vered or sent to the Clerk's Office, on or before Saturday, the 10th day of January next; and Applicants are re- quested to attend the Committee at the Workhouse, at l2 o'clock at noon, on the day preceding the Election, vhich will take place on the 13th of January next. The present officers will not be candidates for re- jection. ALEXR. CUTHBERTSON, Clerk to the Guardians. Board Room, Neath, 16th December, 184-5, iloti'ccs. BUSH HOTEL, MERTHYR-TYDVIL THOMAS DAVIES RESPECTFULLY begs leave to inform his Friends that A PUBLIC BALL Is fixed to take place at his ASSEMBLY ROOM, on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1815. STEWARDS. CAPTAIN LAYAUD, M. P., DAVID EVANS, ESQ., JAMES RUSSELL, Escj, EDWARD DAVIES, ESQ. Tickets to be had at the Bar of the Hotel. Ladies, C>s-; Gentlemen, 8s. Dancing to contmence at 8 o'Clock.

barkick CIIXEEM OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, London, 17th December, 1845. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Canteen in the under-mentioned Barrack is to be Let to the 30th of September, 1848. No Person but of uiiex"ej>tionable character, or who will not undertake bona fide to reside ia the Canteen and conduct the business thereof in his own person, will be approved and two Sureties will be required for the pay- ment of the Rent, and of all Sums which may become due in respect to the said Canteen, and for the due per- formance of the several Conditions, the Form of which and of the Tender, will be furnished on application at this Office (Sundays excepted) between the hours of Ten and Four, and by the Barrack Masteis at the Barracks at Pembroke and Newport. The names of two respectable persons, with their Christian Names, Professions or Occupations, and Places of Abode, who will join the Tenant in executing an Indenture of Lease and Covenants relating thereto, as his Sureties, must be inserted in the Proposals. The Tenant to pay the full value of the Stamps on the Lease upon executing the same, and it is to be understood that The Master General and Board of Ordnance will not undertake to procure the Tenant a Licence. Sealed Proposals addressed to the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, Pall Mall, London, will be received at this Office on or before Monday, the 5th January, 1846, after which day no proposal will be noticed. Rent of the Canteen as a Dwelling, £ 10 Os. Od. per annum. Station—PEMBROKE. By Order of the Board of Ordnance, R. BYIIAM, Secretary.

AMERICA.—ARRIVAL OF THE PRESI- DENT'S MESSAGE. LIVERPOOL—MONDAY EVENING.—By the arrival of the Ship Sea, the important message of Mr. President Polk, has been received, together with New York papers of the 4th instant. The President's message is lengthy, as usual oc- cupying some nine columns of the American papers; and we regret to say that the new chief magistrate of the republic has thought fit to repeat his declarations re- garding American rights to Oregon. After going into along rigmarole of what Mr. Polk is pleased to style a faithful relation of negociations and treaties in times past, but which in point of fact, is nothing more than his own one sided statement, he then states that when he came into office he found that propositions made by the previous government of America had been rejected by Great Britain, and that he then entertained a con- viction that the British pretentions to the title could not be maintained to any portions of the Oregon territory upon any principle recognised by nations• It had been thrice offered by previous governments to settle the question with Great Britain on the parallel of 49 degrees of north latitude, and in two of these offers the free navigation of the Columbia river had also been offered. This cession of the Columbia river Mr. Polk pretends most indignantly to refuse. It would appear that the new President's notions of negotiation were so absurd that our minister, Mr. Pakenham, was obliged to make his bow, and leave the valiant President in pos- session of the entire field. Mr. Polk, finding himself in a state of solitude, evi- dently began to try how best to get decently out of trouble, and he seems especially cautious in cutting a good large loophole of escape. He finds it necessary to speak of how America is to proceed in the matter of giving notice according to the stipulations of the conven- tion of 1827. Mr. Polk says, Under that convention a year's notice is required to be given by either party to the other, before the joint occupancy shall terminate, and before either can rightfully assert or exercise exclusive jurisdiction o\er any portion of the territory. This notice it would, in my judgment, be proper to give; and I in this manner, the' è'G.t vention of the 6th of August, 1827. It will become proper for Congress to determine what legislation they can in the meantime adopt without violating this convention." He then submits it to Congress to determine whether, at their present session, and until after the expiration of the year's notice, any other measure may be adopted con- sistently with the convention of 1827, for the security of American rights, and the government and protection of American citizens in Oregon. He then emphatically de- clares that "Oregon is a part of the North American Continent to which it is confidently affirmed the title of the United States is the best now in existence. For the grounds on which that title rests I refer you to the cor- respondence of the late and present Secretary of State with the British plenipotentiary during the negotiation. The British proposition of compromise, which would make the Columbia the line south of 49 degrees, with a trifling addition of detached territory to the United States north of that river, and would leave on the British side two-thirds of the whole Oregon territory, including the free navigation of the Columbia and all the valuable har- bours on the Pacific, can never for a moment be enter- tained by the United States without an abandonment of their just and clear territorial rights, their own self- respect, and the national honour." Mr. Polk is pleased to deliver France a lecture on the doctrine of foreign interference, on which subject he is anything but complimentary to our French neighbours. With regard to Mexico and Texas, there is, as may be expected, a great deal said. He would lead folks to believe that all is harmony and peace, and that the an- nexation is to go on and prosper. Congress is asked to make the necessary provisions for carrying out the mea- sure, by giving Texas its agreed amount of representatives. According to Mr. President Polk's Message it appears "that the value of imports into the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1845, amounted to 117,254,665 dollars, and the value of exports for the same year, end- ing the same date, was 114,646,666 dollars, of which 99,299,776 dollars were in domestic articles. The receipts into the treasury from customs, for the above fiscal year, were 27,528,112 dollars 70 cents from sales of public lands, 2,027,022 dollars 30 cents; from incidental and miscellaneous sources, 163,998 dollars 56 cents-making a total of 29,769,133 dollars 56 cents. The expenditures for the same period were, 29,968,206 dollars 98 cents, of which 8,588,157 dollars 62 cents, were applied to the payment of the public debt. The balance in the treasury on the 1st of July last was 7,658,306 dollars 22 cents. The public debt remaining unpaid, on the 1st of October, 1844, amounted to 17,075,445 dollars 52 cents, leaving an amount of public indebtedness, after applying the sur- plus revenue to its liquidation, of about ten millions of dollars. Payments upon the public debt have not, however, been made out of the surplus, as authorised by several acts of Congress, in consequence of the unsettled state of American foreign relations, and the policy of retaining a sufficient amount in the treasury to meet any contingency growing out of the position of our affairs with Mexico." The Sub-Treasury scheme is boldly, distinctly, and decidedly announced and recommended. No allusion is made particularly to the Sub-Treasury plan of 1840. The President recommends that provision be made for a separation of the monies of the government from banking institutions, and that a constitutional treasury be created for the safe-keeping of the public money. The consti- tutional treasury recommended as a secure depository of the public money, is to have no power to make loans or discounts, or to issue any paper whatever as a currency or circulation. The state banks are denounced by the President. The tariff of 1842 is alluded to in the Message. A revision and modification of the present tariff is recom- mended, and an abolition of the minimum principle, or assumed and arbitrary value of specific duties, and the substitution in their place of ad valorem duties. A system of ad valorem revenue duties, with proper dis- criminations, will, it is stated, afford ample and incidental advantages to the manufacturers. It is the opinion of the executive" that such a system, strictly within the revenue standard, will place the manufacturing interests of America on a stable footing, and secure their perma- nent advantage; while it will* as nearly as may be practicable, extend to all the great interests of the coun- try the incidental protection which can be afforded by its revenue laws. We find the New York Herald, in its usual style of absurd bombast, lauding up Mr. President Polk, but the very able commercial article of this same paper takes a directly opposite view, and treats the question of war with England as a most serious matter for Americans. It says About one-half of the exports from this port to London and Liverpool, in November, was provisions and breadstuffs. Full three-quarters of the export trade of the United States this year will be in shipments of merchandise to Great Britain. More than half the value of all the exports from the United States is in raw-cotton, and more than half of all the exports from Great Britain is in merchandise manufactured from the cotton. These simple facts are of themselves sufficient to destroy every Fear of the slightest difficulty in our political relations with that government. What would be the condition 01 he labouring classes in the whole of Europe in the event )f a rupture between this country and ffrwf Britain 1 And what would be the condition of the soutli,r.,i section of this country and the commercial classes of the nor; mil east, in the event of an embargo upon our ports, aui; ;1 prohibition upon the exportation of oar immense sup- plies of cotton 1 The growers of cotton would be almost ruined by a great reduction in pi ices and in consumption in England, from deficient harvests, or any other cause aud the result of any very great check upon the expor- tation and consumption of this important staple would bcofthemostrtiinous character." The extreme Democratic character of the new House of Representatives may be judged from the fact of a Democratic Speaker having been successful over the Whig candidate. On,the 1st inst. the election took plice, when Mr. J. W. DLI vis, of Indiana, the nominee of the I caucus, was elected on the first bnllot he receiving 1:20 votes, and the Whig candidate only 7?.

THE WESTMINSTER MURDER.—CONFESSION OF THE PRISONER. It will be remembered by our readers that at the recent session of thj Central Criminal Court, a young woman named Martha Browning was convicted of a murder of a very atrocious character; and although the evidence, so rar as human testimony is concerned, might be considered as of the most conclusive character, yet, as the crime was of a description almost unparalleled in the history of guilt, and as it was attributed to a woman, or rather a girl, for she has not yet attained her 22d year, it will be some satisfaction to those who may have considered it almost impossible for such a. person to have committed so fearful a crime, to know that since the convietioll of the wretched girl siie has made a full confession, and detailed all the circumstances connected with the horrible crime, l'roin the period of her commitment to Newgate the prisoner appeared resigned to her fate, and she has since stated that she all along anticipated the result, and this may in some measure account for her firmness when sentence was passed upon her. Very shortly after she had been placed in the cell on the female side of the prison, which is appro?) iatcd,—although, happily, lately but rarely made use of for that purpose,—for capital convicts of this sex, she appeared desirous to unburden her mind of the dreadful weight which lay upon it, and in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Davies, the chaplain, and the governor of Newgate, Mr. Cope, 3he made a full admission of her guilt. Of course no questions were put to her, nor any thing said to induce her to make such an avowal, but as she appeared really desirous of making it, and did so of her own free will, she was allowed to make the state- ment. Having first admitted the perfect justice of her sentence, and expressed that it was her opinion that she ought to die for it as a warning to others, she said that her only motive for the commission of the dreadful deed, was a desire to possess herself of that which she believed to be a 95 Bank of England note, but which, as it turned out, was only a flash" note, as it is termed, or one of the bank of elegance." It should be stated that the prisoner can read and write very well, but ehe says that she never had an opportunity of fully seeing the note until after the crime was committed, and she declared that there was only one note, and not two, as was repre- sented at the trial. She said thlt being determined to possest herselfof the note, she considered the means, and at length resolved to take the old lady's life, as being, as she then considered, the readiest means of obtaining her object, and that she would effect this by strangling her with the cord that was in her box, and she fixed upon the Sunday night to carry herdreadfut design into execution. Accordingly, she said that in the middle of the night she got up and cut a portion of the rope off, and then, while the unhappy deceased was asleep, she twisted it twice round her neck and began to pull it violently. The old lady awoke apparently from a sound sleep in the agonies of suffocation. She struggled slightly, and had just suffi- cient power to exclaim, Murder, murder what are you doing!" an expression which, it will be recollected, was spoken to by one of the witnesses, who occupied an adjoining room and that almost immediately she expired. At this moment, she says, the witness (the person referred to) came to the door and inquired what was the matter? She was then standing over the dead body of her unhappy victim, and she states that it was with great difficulty she was enabled to frame an answer to the effect that nothing was the matter, and this imluced the party to return to her room. She then remained upon the bed, with the dead body, until day-light, when gjie examined the box of the deceased, and took out of the housewife of the poor old creature that which she believed to be the five-pound note) and, without attentively look- ing at it, she placed it in her pocket, and considered of the best mode to escape detection for her horrid crime, and at length the thought came across her to make it ap- pear that the deceased had committed suicide. With a view to this, she tied the cord in a knot, and then lifted the body from the bed and placed it on the box by its side, in the position in which it was afterwards discovered. In the morning she gave an alarm, as appeared by the evidence, of the old lady being ill, and went out to inform her daughter of it, and to request that she would come to see her. Upon the prisoner being asked how she could have been strong enough to lift the deadbodyfromthe bed and place it upon the box, sue said, I think the devil must have helped me; but I did it." The prisoner then went on to describe the other circumstances narra- ted in the evidence, and said that the statements of all tha witnesses were quite correct with the exception of that of the surgeou, which she declared was not so in two particulars, wherein he stated that he was the first medi- cal person who saw the deceased, and that when he did so her eyes were staring and wide open but she declared that his assistant saw her first, and that her eyes were closed, and heriVavfng resolved upon the course she intended to pursue, she made the statement she did before the coroner with a view to show that the de- ceased had destroyed herself, and which, as it turned out, had that effect, as the coroner's jury returned a verdict that the deceased had destroyed herself in a state of tem- porary derangement. She stated that by this time she had discovered that the note was of no value, and she said she should never have attempted to make any use of it, if she had not been pressed by the old woman's daughter and her husband to lend them some money, and she said she only went to the public-house with the pretended purpose to change it, in order to pacify them, and on their insisting to know how she became possessed of it, she did not know what to do, and eventually told them the story about her having received it from some person in Bedford-street or the Strand. When, she said, she found that the witness Gayze determined upon accom- panying her to Bedf<*rd-st., she became quite beside herself, and teltshe could no longer support her position, & from that moment her mind almost forsook her, and she said Ylie did not recollect the incoherent expressions imputed to her by the several witnesses, although she had no doubt she had made use of them, as she was resolved, she said, to admit her guilr. This was the substance of the statement of the unhappy criminal, and after it was made she ap- peared a good deal more composed, and ever since her firmness has appeared to increase, and she is evidently perfectly resigned to the fate that awaits her It has been already stated that the friends of the unhappy prisoner reside near Alton, in Hampshire, and two or three days ago her brother and sister came to visit her, and as they appeared to be in poor circumstances, Mr. Sheriff Chaplin, who is one of the directors of the South-Western Railway, humanely gave them a free pass for themselves or any other members of the family, to travel upon the line as often as they pleased, in order that they might have every facility to see the last of their unhappy relative. The execution will take place on Monday, Jan. 15.

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY ALONG THE COAST. One of the fiercest storms that has been experienced for a considerable period, took place soon after midnight, on Sunday morning, from the N.N.E., and continued the entire day, occasioning innumerable catastrophes along the coast, and great loss of property. Off Margate, a homeward-bound vessel, engaged in the Indian trade, was driven ashore on the Knock Sands, and speedily became a wreck. She was called the Wood- man, commanded by a Mr. Good, and was from Bombay, having on board a valuable cargo of merchandise and several passengers, who had a narrow escape from drown- ing. Shortly after she had struck the sands, several lug- gers came off to her, and having preserved the passengers from the wreck, resorted to every possible means to get the ship off; but, after many hours' labour, and all proving in vain, they were forced to leave her. At Bowcastle, a melancholy shipwreck happened about three miles up the coast to the northward. When the gale was at its height, a quantity of snow falling at the time, a brig named Mary Anne, laden with coal from Swansea for London, was seen buffeting with the wind. She eventually drove within a short distance of the land, when the crew let go her anchors. The coast "uani acted most courageously, for never had a vessel been witnessed being brought up under such circumstances as she under a lee shore. Her anchors held until after dark, when about nine o'clock a heavy sea struck her, snapped her cable, and she was dashed. ashore with great violence, and, with the exception of two seamen, the whole of her crew perished. The two poor fellows who escaped were washed on the beach from the vessel, which became a total wreck. Off Holyhead two vessels came in contact, and one, it is feared, foundered, with ten persons on board, the number of her crew. The vessel is the Molus, from Liverpool for the Azores; and the one which ran into her is the Young Queen, of the same port. Two only of the Molus's crew jumped on board the Young Queen, and before the vessels parted, another attempted a similar escape, but fell overboard, and was drowned. A vessel was lost at the entrance of Sunderland Har- bour. The Swift (a brig from Ross, bound for Leith), it appears, attempted to run into the harbour, when she was struck against the south pier by a tremendous sea with such violence as to turn her completely to the southward. The crew were got on shore by means of lines thrown by rockets. At Bideford the gale blew terrifically high all day, with heavy falls of snow. In the early part of the day the wreck of the yacht Fanny, the property of Charles Mont- gomery, Esq., of Swansea, was driven into the harbour, and her fragments strewed the shore on both sides for a considerable distance. It is ascertained that the vessel must have struck upon the bar in attempting to make the harbour, when she, 110 doubt, was instantly dashed to pieces, and all on board perished. None of the bodies of the crew have as yet been picked up; but a memo- randum, of which the following is a copy, has been found amongst some papers washed up;—John Bailile and William Curran came on board the Fanny on the 20th of October, 1845," Many other fearful casualties occurred, but the correct particulars have not been as yet learned. -Sun of Tuesday,

MONK* MAKKBT. —WEDNESDAY.—The market for pub- !ic securities has been animated to-day, and prices fu tiicr advanced. Consols were d >ne from 9lJ to 94leaving u >!F at 94j but after the regular hours of business the closing price was not supported, bargiius having been lone as low as !Ji]. There seems no doubt whatever but. the chief cause of the advance has been the closing of Bear accounts, which have been, many of them, carried 011 siuce the re-action in the railway shares. Reduced Three per Cents, were last sold at 1)5; the Th.-ee-and a Quarter .New at 9(>|; Exchequer Bills, 23 25; India :3onds. 30 33 pin. and Bunk Stock, 20'2 j. Parliament is to meet on Thursday, January 22nd, for the dispatch of business. WHITEHALL, Dgc. 20, 1845.—The Queen has been pleased to nominate, constitute., and appoint the flight (•Ion. Henry Goalburn to be o.ie of the Ecclesias.i:-al Commissioners for England, in the roo n of the RUht Hon. Sir Herbert Jcnuer Fust, resigned. THE MURDERS ON BOARD THE TOIIY.—The final examination of Capt. Johnstone took place Tuesday, and after an investigation which lasted till six o'clock, he was committed for trial at the n.wt session of the Criminal Court, for the wilful murder of Thomas Reason, William Mars, and William Lambert. He was also committed on a charge of feloniously wounding 10 others of the crew. rhe prisoner, who appeared to be much exiiaiii,ed during the proceedings, was then removed from the bar in a very feeble state. Wi I.D FOWL.—The early appearance of wild fowl in the lake districts is generally considered indicative of a severe winter. A lew days ago a large of wild geese were seen near the Windermere, Hying unusually n-ar the ground. Odier species of wild fowl have also made their appearance on sevcral of the Ciimberland an.1 Westmor- land lakes, which aft'ord line sport for the towler. Tnr. YARMOUTH MURDER.—Yarham,the man charged with the murder of Harriet Chandler, a shopkeeper, a Great Yarmouth, on the 18th November, 1844, has beet taken at Blakeney, a small town about 16 miles from Gloucester, at the house of Mr. Smallwood, shoemaker, where be was at work at his trade, ladies' shoemaking. FORTIFICATIONS OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. -We iearu from good authority that our sister island of Guern- sey is immediately about to have her military defences subjected to inspection. Guernsey by no means equals Jersey in her artificid means of protection nor, perhnps, is she so much exposed to foreign invasion as our ovvn little island. Be that, however, as it may, government seems determined even still further to strengthen the strongest points of the Queen's dominions. Wh atever may be the ordeal to which all these preparations shall hereafter be exposed, it were somewhat difficult to tell. War is, perhaps, at best problematical; but whether or not it does really supervene, there is always this solace in even contemplating the worst -that we shall be ever ready. Alderney, also, will he inspected, and supplied with a number of new aud efficient guns not that it ruus any risk of ever becoming the object of particular attack to the French, but that in case of emergency evea it might find it aecessary to be armed cap d pied. The English govern- ment is said to be more energetic than our anticipated toes in the work of fortification. With respect to this, how- ever, we are of a somewhat different opinion. At the preseut moment the French are making preparations with more alacrity than we could perhaps imagine. In the little island of Chausey, which is situated between Jersey and France, the French government is at the present moment erecting three forts of considerable magnitude. The island of Chausey must prove of the highest advantage to France in the event of a war, commanding, as it does, the door- way of the Channel. The defences ot St. Mate, and 01 every other port along the coasts of Brittany and Nor- mindy, are also being much improved. — Jersey Times, Dec. 19. MURDER IN LIVKRPOOL.—Considerable excitement prevailed in that town on Saturday itl consequence of the death of a prostitute by the hand of a sister in misery and crime. The name of the deceased is M'Gill, quite a young woman, and the name of the unfortunate wretch who inflicted the fatal wound is Jane Switt, both, as before mentioned, living in a state of profligacy and dis- sipation. It appears, so far as the particulars have as yet been ascertained, thit between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning, Swift and the deceased were carousing with a number of sailors in a public house in Tally-street, a neighbourhood not of the highest repute in this town. Some difference arose between them, whether in con-se- quence of anything said or done by their paramours, as said by some, does not clearly appear, but certain it is they got to high words Swift being very much excite I, an-.i declaring with all the vehemence natural and common to her class, that she would take the life of the deceased before morning. After some little time Swift was calmed down, but on leaving the public house the quarrel was resumed, and the deceased, some parties say, struck Swilt a blow, whilst others say she only gave her a push in order to get her out of the way. This was, however, enough for Swift, who was already much exasperated, and she made a stab at the deceased, inflicting a most serious ami dangcrous wound on the side of the neck near the collar-bone. The deceased staggered, and fell down, but was immediately carried to a lleigl1bourillg house, where she died a short. time afterwards. A sur- geon was sent for, but arrived too late to render any assistance. As soon as Swifc had perpetrated the deed she ran off with the knife in her hand, and was pursued down Park-lane by several persons who were standing by. She called out to one of the women in pursuit tha.t she would serve her as she had done the deceased, if she pursuers, ami wl^;W^I1^ „ Ultimately sha outran her her escape. The knife was found about an hour and a half afterwwards, lying on the ground, in Shaw's-alley, one of the streets through which Swift must have passed it was a very large clasp kniie, such as is usually carried by sailors, and has marks of blood still remaining on it, although there had been heavy rain for some time pre- viously, which must necessarily have obliterated some of the stains. Every exertion was made after inform ition had been given of the occurrence, with the view of dis- covering the. author of the foul-deed; but, up to this moment, notwithstanding the police have made a strict search, nothing has transpired likely to lead to her ap- prehension it is not probable, however, that she can long escape detection.—Globe•

HUNTING APPOIN r.MENT i. THE CO\VBR[DGE HARRIERS MEET On Monday Dec. '29th Turcross Down. Wednesday. 3|st Landow. EACH DAY At HALF-PAST TEN. MR. MORGAN'S WOUNDS WILL MEET On Monday Dec. 2Dth, at Coedkernew Pound. Wednesday Dec. 3lst, at Castletown. Friday Jan. 2d, at Duffryn. EACH DAY AT 11? OCLOCK.

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HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. DECEMBER. Morning. | Evening. Sunday ¡ 5 20 5 46 Monday 29.. 6 13 6 39 Tuesday 30-. j 1 5 7 29 Wednesday 31.. 7 52 8 14 Thursday Friday •• I Saturday. í