The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

WONDERLAND. Mournfully listening to the wave's strange talk, And marking with a sad and moistened eye The summer ùan sink down behind the 5<'3- Sink down beneath the level briue, and fall 1 nto the Hades 01 forgotten things,- A mighty longing stealeth o'er the soul; As 01 a man whu piaeth to behold His idol in another land-ir yet Her heart be treasured for him—if her eyes Have yet the old love in them. Even so, With passion strong as love antl deep as death, Yearneth the spirit after Wouderland. Ah, happy, happy Land The busy Soul Calls up in pictures of the half-shut eye Thy shores of splendour. As 11 hir blind girl: Wbu thinks the TOiles must be beautiful, Hut cannut see their beauty. Olden tones Borne on the bosom of the breeze from far,- Angels that came to the young heart in dreams And then like birds of passage dew a.way,- Return. The rugged steersman at the wheel Softens into a cloudy shape. The sails Move to a music of their OWn. Brave bark, Speed well and bear us unto Wonderland Leave far behind thpe the vext earth, where men Spend their dark days in weaving their own shrouJs,- Anù fraud and wrong are crowned kings, and toil Hath chains fUT hire,—and all creation groans, Crying in its great bitterness to God,- And Love can never speak the thing it feels, Or save tbe thing it loves-is succourless. For if one say, I love thee,"—what poor words They are! Whilst they are spoken, the beloved Travelleth as a dooned lamb the road of death, And sorrow blanches the fair hair and pales The tinted cheek. Not so in Wonderland There, larger natures sport themselves at ease '.Seath kiudlier suns that ourture fairer flowers, And richer harvest billow in the vales, Alld passionate kisses tall on god-like brows As summer rain. And never know they there The passion that is desolation's prey— The bitter tears begotten of farewells- Endless renunciations when the heart Loseth the all it lived for-vows forgot— Cold 100ks-estrangt'Ù voicel-all the woes That poison earth's delight. For Love endures, Nor fades nor changes in the Wonderland. —Alas !—the rugged steersman at the wheel Comes back again to vision. The hoarse sea Speaketh from its great heart of discontent, And in the misty distance dies away The Wonderland !—'Tis past and gone. 0 Soul) Whilst yet unbodied thou didst summer there God saw thee—led thee forth from thy green haunts, And bade thee know another worM-less fair, Less calm. Ambition, knowledge, and desire Drove from thee thy first worship. Live and learn- Believe and wait, and it may be that He Will guide thee back again to Wonderland. —Athenaeum. CHADOCK NEWTON.

LITERARY VARIETIES. A NINCOMPOOP.—One who pays a-Nincome-tax when be might avoid it.-Punch. Afllictioncalls to reflection, self-examination and prayer. It is a solemn pause in the journey of life, a short stop in the pilgrim's journey. Strength of resolution is, in itself, dominion and ability; and there is a seed of sovereignty in the bareness of un- flinching determination. A celebrated wit was asked why he did not marry a young lady to whom he was much attached. I know no reason," replied he, "except the great regard that we had for each other. God has nowhere promised that those who love Him shall be prevented from sickness, pains, and languishing; but be has graciously promised to be with them to strengthen and administer consolation. A Yankee has just invented a new kind of braces, that contracts on your approach to water, and the moment you come to a puddle it lifts you over and drops you on the op- posite side. A French naval officer of distinction, lately returned from a cruise in the Pacific, brought with him, as a present to his niiter, the complete C03IUmc of an Indian Princess, on olle oftlte Society Island- It cOIIsisted of a necklace! We beard a good joke once of a party of young fellows who found fault with the butter on a boarding-house table What is the matter with it ?'* said the mistress. Just you ask it," said one, it is old enough to speak for itself." "How," said a County Court Judge to a witness, how doyou know the plaiotitf was intoxicated 00 the eveniog referred to?" "Because I saw him a few minutes after supper, trying to pull olf his trousers with a bootjack." Verdict for defendant. How much can you pay us? What can jou offer in the pound?" Demanded the importunate creditors of a bank- rupt farmer. Alas gentlemen," replied the ruined mau, all I teally have is a donkey in the pound." If the devil ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has they serve him better than any others, and receive no wages nay, what is still more extraordinary, they submit to greater mortifications to go to hell than the sincerest Christian to go to heaven. WORK FOR THE DAY BEFORE DEATH.—Rabbi Eliezer said, "Turn to God one day before your death. His dis- ciples said, "How can a man know the day of his death ?" He answered them, "Therefore you should turn to God to- day. Perhaps you may die to-morrow: thus every day will be employed in returning." "Pray," said sn inquisitive old bachelor to a young lady, why do you ship and unship those blue what d'ye-call ems?" "0, you see, Sir," replied the damsel, "veils are vulgar; falls are gone out of fashion; but these are quite the thing!" "And very ugly things, too," rejoined the testy old fellow; I've been taken in by them several times. They provoke curiosity; Ind whenever I've contrived to gratify it, the reward has not repaid the trouble. It's not the pretty girls that's ghostling about in uglies!" Emily raised her little hand to box his ears, and he put it aside with—" Oh present company, of courae excepted." TEMPER.—Of all qualities, a sweet temper is perhaps the one least cultivated in the lower ranks of life. The peculiar disposition is not watched; care is not taken to distinguish between the passionate child, the sulky, the obstinate, and the timid. The children of the poor are allowed a latitude of speech unknown among the higher orders; and they are free from the salutary restraint imposed by what is termed "company." When in the enjoyment of full health and strength, the ungoverned temper of the poor is one of their iTiost striking faults; while their resignation under affliction, whether mental or bodily, is the point, of all others, in which the rich might with advantage study to imitate them.— Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry. NOT TO BE BEAT.—A public dinner in Edinburgh had dwindled away to two guests, an Englishman and a High- land gentleman, who were each trying to prove the superi- ority of their native countries. Of course, at an argument of this kind, a Scotchman possesses, from constant practice, overwhelming advantages. The Highlander's logic was So good that he beat his opponent on every point. At last the Englishman put a poser: You will," he said," at least ad- mit that England is larger in extent than Scotland?" "Cer- tainly not," was the confident reply. You see. Sir, our's is a mountainous, yours is a flat country. Now, if al1 our hills were rolled out flat, we should beat you hundreds of square miles." HOTEL SOAP.—And first of the soap—of that little incon- venient latherless cube of indurated composition which is a part and parcel of the old hotel system. What Is it? Where is it bought? How is it made? What is supposed to be its u»e? Is it really soap, or cheese, or walt. or chalk, or gutta percha, or cement, or all these combined ? If you try to wash with it in cold water, you might as wet! use a squate of ivory—if you put it io warm, after a time a film collects about it, as we have seen about a dead perch in tbe well of a punt; but you will get no lather. And if, in your des- peration, you try to rub it hard on your course single towel, its nipped up cornerless form offers no hotd and slippery, without being saponaceous, at last it darts out of your hands like a bullet into a corner of the room, where you had bet- ter let it lie, and purchase some brown Windsor on your own account.—The Month. LION CATCHING IN SOUTH AFRICA.—Mr. Lemue, who formerly resided at Motito, and is familiar with the Kali- harti country, assured me that the remarkable accounts sometimes circulated as to the people of that part of Africa catching lions by the tail, and of which, I confess, I was very credulous, were perfectly true. He well knows that the method prevailed, and was certainly not uncommon among the people. Lions would sometimes become extremely dangerous. Having become accustomed to human flesh, they would not willingly eat anything else. When a neigh- bourhoud became infested, the men would determine on the measures to be adopted to rid themselves of the s«i- sance; then forming themselves iuto a baud, they would proceed in search of their royal foe, and beard the lion in his lair. Standing close by one another, the lion would make his spring on some one of tbe party—every man, of course, hoping he might escape the attack—when instantly others would da-h forward and seize his tail, lifting it up close to the body with all their might; thus not only aston- ishing the animal, and absolutely taking him off his guard, but rendering his efforts powerless for the moment; while otheis closed in with their spears, and at once stabbed tbe monster through and through.—Rev. J. J. Freeman's Turn- in South Africa. THE THREE ESTATES OF THE REALM.—W. Fraser is quite right in repudiating the cockney error of Queen, Lords, and Commons" forming the three estates of the realm." The Sovereign is 011er the realm j" a word which obviously designates the persons ruled. W. F. however does not exactly hit the mark when be infers, that "the Lords, the Clergy ill convocation, and the Commons," are the three estates" The phrase assembled in parliament" has no application to the convocation; which moreover does not sit at Westminster, and was not exposed to the peril of the gunpowder plot. The three estates of the realm are the three orders (etatsJ into which all natural-born subjects are legally divided—viz., the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty. They are represented Ie in parliament" by the "Lords Spiritual," the "Lords Temporal," and the Commons" (elected by their fellows). The three estates thus meet the Sovereign in the "chamber of parliament" at tbe opening of every session; and there it was that the plot was laid for their destruction.—From Notesand Queriet. How THE BUSHMEN OBTAIN OSTRICHEs-A favourable method adopted by the wild bushman for approaching the ostrich and other varieties of game is to clothe himself in the skin of one of these birds, in which, taking care of the wind, he stalks about the plain, cunningly imitating the gait and motions of the ostrich until within range, when. wltba well-directed poisoned arrow from his tiny bow, he can generally seal the fate of any of the ordinary varieties of game. These insignificant looking arrows are about two leet six inches in length; they consist of a slender reed, with a sharp bone head, thoroughly poisoned with a compo- sition, of which the principal tngredients are obtained some- times from a succulent herb, having thick leaves, yielding a poisouous milky juice, and sometimes from the jaws of snakes. The bow rarely exceeds three feet in length; its stiing is of twisted sinews. When a bushman finds an os- trich's nest be esconces himself iu it, and there awaits the return of the old birds, by which means he generally secures the pair. It is by means of thepe little arrows that the ma- jortv of the fine plumes are obtained which grace the heads of the fair throughout the civilised w >rld.—A Hunter's Life in South Africa.

TBE DEATH.PLACE OF PONTIUS PILATE. A legend is popular among the people of Vienna, con- cerning the death of Pontius Pilate. The story is of a strange character, and throws a wild and pleasing interest over the locality which commemorates the even'. Not far from Vienna, is situated a small Roman tower; its walls are built square and rise to an unusual height. Its lattice work overlooks the waters of the river; and the lofty shadows of its exterior envelope the shining flood winding at its base with a perpetual gloom, that. seems to boriow an additional feature of melancholy from the character of the deed which is presumed to have beeu enacted here. This place is called the Tour de Maucon-ell. Afier the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Pilate, broken in spirit, retired to thl* tower, to in- dulge in his grief, and to conceal his lameutation* from the eyes of his unbelieving people. Here. violently susceptible of the great wrong and wickedness he felt himself to have participated in, in a paroxysm of despair he threw himself from the lofty windows of the tower and perished iu the waters of the Rhone. The Swiss have likewise their tra- ditionary account of the death of Pilate. At the foot of an Alpine mountain, called by the name of Pilate, stands a small lake; its waters are constantly in a disturbed state, and often the scene of violent storms. Gloom and solitude are the leading characteristics of this unfrequented spot, which presents but a wild and ill-boding picture to the eye oi the traveller. Enfeebled in body. and his mind the prey to ceaseless remorse, Pilate is said to have reached the margin of this lake, and there to have seated himself and drunk of its waters. An alien from his country and race, without friend or solace, he resigned himself to the bitter- ness of his reflections, and finally threw himself into the waters at his feet. The tranquillity of the scene is said to have become changed from that time. Tbe waters are often visited by severe and unaccountable agitations, which the legends say are caused by the writbings of the troubled spirit of Pontius Pilate. The adjacent mountains are sha- dowed all the year through, and the superstitious inhabi- tants of the district aflirm that apparitions are frequently to be seen in the neighbourhood, and lamentations are some- times beard upon the wind, waking the echoes of the moun- tain fastnesses. The subject has been before referred to by English travellers, aud particular allusion is made to it in Hughes's Itinerary.— Extractsfrom the Journal of anAntiquary. HORRORS OF A LAZAR HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA. Once more my own master, I indulged myself in a stroll through the town. In the ceutre of it was a sileut aed som- bre tenement, without windows or any i-how of goods; it was about eighty feet long by fifteen in width, made of tarred canvass, in shape similar to a gambling teut. Pusli- ing back a canvass door, the light of two slush lamps at some distance apart showed it to be a hospital. About thirty people, afflicted with sickness in every shape, lay closely packed on each side; the wet was dripping in from the roof, and moot of them lavon straw shaken out on the earth, with only their blankets thrown over them. It was indeed a chamber of horrors; groans, lamentitions, and ravings of delirium, arose on every side. People of various countries, classes, and colour, struck down with disease, were left almost uncared for. Tbe public eye having at length been shocked by the numbers of sufferers who lay prostrate in the streets, and on tbe very threshold of their doors, a receptacle was at last provided for the Lazarus at their gates; not one where they could be »onifor ably at- tended to and cured, but where they might he removed from open view to die out of sight; a doctor attended twice a day, taking a cursory view of them; but nurses there were none. Prompted by curiosity to view the wretched inmates I walked down the room between the rows of sick. Observ- ing two of them to be motionless, lleant over the touch of the skin told me tliat one was a corpse, the other was all but dead the quickness and difficulty of breathing, aud the coldness of the extremities, showed that life was gradually departing. A man who lay betwixt them, suffering from a barbarous wound in the abdomen from a bowie-knife, re- ceived in a drunken affray, told me that the day before three corpses had been moved out, which had lain there three days, because the local authorities had not arranged how and whether to defray the expenses of the burial. At the further end of the room I beheld an object which filled ine with horror and dismay. Taking one of the lamps to have a clearer view, I perceived my young shipmate, whom I had left at the cognac stnre he was seated on the straw, plucking out and busIly untwisting the threads of his quilt; in an instant the sad conviction that he was deranged flashed upon me. His auburn hair hung long and un- combed over his forehead and shoulders; bis countenance was wan, thin, and entrained with dirt; and his bloodshot and wandering eyes heightened his haggard appearance; he had on a coarse shirt and a faded satin waistcoat 1 never witnessed a more tbrtoru and melancholy spectacle than this unfortunate youth presented. Sitting dowu be- side him, I waited till a ray of reason discovered me to him; and at lucid intervals I gathered a few particulars of his history. After our departure, partly for want of customers, and partly to drown his regret, he had recourse to the brandy-cask; the tent was afterwards sold to pay current expenses; and having nothing further convertible into dollars, hard labour was bis only alternative. His partner, unwilling to be encumbered with a helpless comrade, de- serted him in this extremity. Stung to the quick by such selfish and unfeeling conduct, dependent only upon his own exertions for a living, and dieappointed in obtaining work, be underwent great privations; despondency succeeded; mental anxiety aDd hardships brought on fever and ague; and, being without friends, he must have perished from ex- posure and huoger had he not been conveyed to tbe asylum where 1 fouud him. Lying with wetclothing on wet straw, in the depth of winter, without a fire, and daily witnessing agonies and death around him, bis mind gave way. Little food and medicine had been given him. I procured a loaf, which be ate ravenously. I staid with him some hours, listen- ing to and talking with him, and affording him what com- fort and consolation I could and though he was conscious of his rapid dissolution, he prayed me either to stay at Stockton, or to convey him on board tbe Maxeppa. When he relapsed into a state of insensibility, harried out ot the wretched abode, found out the doctor, and stated the case to him urging the respectability of the patient's friends, and stating that a handsome recompense would be bestowed if his health was restored, and he conveyed to the ship. The calculating practitioner said, that considering his complaint, his recovery could not be reckoned upon and that he was too far Down East to trust to the promise of a recompense. Finding it was useless to interfere further in his behalf, and my own affairs urgently requiring attention, I saw my poor shipmate but once after he was then totally deranged, and in other respects considerably worse. Subseqently, a letter from his quondam partner, sent to the Maxeppa, gave information of his death. Insanity, as may be supposed, is very frequent in this country; where the mtndts liable to very violent shocks caused by sudden reverses of fortunes, privatiou, and danger.—Shau>'t Golden Dreams in California. THE BRECONSHIRE RAILWAY. Our friends in the county of Brecon give not the slightest note of preparation for going to Parliament next session. November is at baud, and yet Breconshire, where the engi- neer and surveyor should now be far advanced in their plans and sections," is as noiseless as a desert; if not as still as death, certainly as quiet as sleep. This lethargy bodes no good for the railway communication of the county; and if some of the leading men in the towns, and shire ge- nerally, do not again bestir themselves, the ominous sleep we have noticed will be the sleep of death. It appears that the scheme for the conversion of the canal into a railway has failtc<d-tbe amount for tbe canal purchase being too large for accomplishment, with available means; the subscription list having come to a dead lock. Would n. not be well for the gentlemen who promoted the under- taking and manifested so deep an interest in it before the county at the last public meeting, to meet again without delay, in the same hall; tbe status quo would, of course, come before such meeting, and if the scheme for the canal line could not be carried out, then to consider if no other course could be promptly adopted to prevent Breconshire from falling into that state of decay into which it must lall in the natural order of things; for the Newport. Aber- gavenny, and Hereford Railway on the east, and the South Wales and Taff Vale lines on the south, will be its nearest points of railway communication—so far off, indeed, that the material interests of the county will fall, as those of the surrounding counties will rise. This is a gloomy future; can it not be brightened ? A correspondent, who is evidently alive to this lament- able state of the county, and is sincerely desirous to pro- mote its interests, suggests that a line of railway may be laid down from Brecon, which by a course of 14 miles, would give railway communication with Merthyr; but our correspondent may speak for himself:— In 1846 the survey for a line of railway from Brecon to Merthyr, which was then in contemplation, was made by Mr. E. Powell and Mr. Jones, of Brecon, by whom the plans and sections were all prepared, and are now in the hands of the Clerk of the Peace. It appears that the only engineering difficulty of importance would be a tunnel of about 400 yards, through a red sandstone rock, at Glyneollen, coming out at Trefvacban, near the lime quarries of Sir John Guest, two miles on this side of Dowlais. To these quarries Sir John Guest has already constructed a rail- way, at his own private expense, on the proper level for the pro- jected line to Brecon. There would, therefore, be but 14 miles of railway to make, the cost of which, in 1846, was estimated at only £80,000. Considering, however, the reduction which has, since that period, taken place in the value of both material and labour, and the land over which the line would pass being of little value for agricultural purposes, it is confidently believed that the line may now be constructed for the comparatively small sum of £ 70,000,—an amount which, with the assistance of Sir John Guest and other great ironmasters interested in the undertaking, may be easily raised, if Breconshire will only act with the same zeal which they manifested a few months sint e in favour of the line via Abergavenny. "This would put the town of Brecon in direct communication with Merthyr and the mineral districts, and would be a saving to the former ia coal and lime of from 30 to 40 per cent., while a valuable market would be opened to them for their agricultu- ral produce. This line would also command Cardiganshire and the lower part of Carmarthenshire, from which numbers of carts laden with pigs and other provisions, pass through Brecon to Mertbyr market. "In travelling from Brecon to London it would cause an angle of ten miles (the distance between Newport and Cardiff) over the line to Abergavenny—which in railway travelling is of no great importance—while the enormous saving of jE 130,000 would be effeeted in the construction—a njost important consi- deration for a county like Brecon. The Abergavenny line may be, in some respects, preferable, but it appears that the £200,000 necessary to carry it out, caunot he raised. A more economical project such as the above, must therefore be undertaken, or the county of Brecon may despair of securing the advantages of railway communication—at least for many years to come. Finally, should it ultimately be deemed desirable, the Hay tramroad may be converted into a railway to join the Shrews- bury and Hereford line, which will open a direct communica- tiou witb the north." There are many reasons why we should prefer a line via Hay, and down the Wye valley to Hereford; but as that liae could not be made, we advocated the conversion of tbe canal. It now appears that the scheme is in a similarly hapless category but surely we shall not have to make the same record of the new scheme to Merthyr—only 14 miles, at a cost of but £70,000. The advantages which this line would give the county are these: Down the Taff Vale it would communicate with the South Wales line, now communicating direct with the Metropolis; at Cardiff there would be the inconvenience of the break of guage; but tbe loop line from Pontypool to Quakers-yard must soon follow the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford (the Act having been obtained) and then the narrow guage would run from Brecon via Poutypoot and Abergaveuny, and at Hereford communicate with tbe northern and midland counties by means of the Shrews- bury and Hereford and Worcester and Hereford Railways; aud, indeed, the passenger, instead of breaking the guage at Cardiff, might do so at Hereford, and go on to London on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester. These considerations we hope will be well and immedi- ately weighed by the inhabitants of Breconshire; delays are daily becoming more dangerous; for when once tbe railways eallt and south of Breeooshire shall be in opera- tion, they will soon divert traffic into their channels, which it would afterwards be difficult, if not impracticable, to bring upon a Breconshire Railway.-—Hereford Times. =-

A SPLENDID SHOT.—Lord Bdward Thynne, who is visit- ing tbe Earl of Malmesbury at Achnacarry, when out deer- stalking in Gulrain, on the 1st inst., shot a magnificent golden eagle, whilst soaring over his head at fully a hundred yards high. His lordship used a rifle. The eagle measured six feet and a half from tip to tip of the wings, and weighed eight and a half pounds. This is probably the only instance of an eagle having been killed flying with a single ball. It was a shot worthy of Hawk eye. A MATADOR.—Among the passengers which arrived on Monday at Southampton from Cadiz in the Iberia mail steamer, was a Spanish Matador or bull-fighter. He arrived at Southampton for the purpose of prcceediug from that port to South America, where he has an engagement for three years, to perform in the gladiatorial exhibitions in one of the South American capitals. The sum he is to receive for this service is £4,000. He is a stout man, and appears to possess great activity and strength. During the voyage he exhibited the sword with which he is armed when in conflict with the savage performers of the amphi- theatre. It is a heavy strait two-c<jged sword, about three and a-half feet loug, with a red hilt. To use such a weapon effectually must require remarkable strength and dexterity. The travelling dress of the Matador was rather stage-like, being variegated and picturesque, and quite different from that of a Spanish gentleman. He had a servant with him, a slender and effeminate looking youth, who was dressed more fantastically and singularly than his master. The behaviour of the Matador in the baggage warehouse of the Southampton customs, with his brusque manners, deep husky voice, and vehement volub- ility, seemed to cause much amusement amongst hit < fellow vojtgm who wtflrs standing by.

CARDIFF POLICE.—MONDAY. fBefore W. Bird, Esq. (Mayor), & C. Vachell, Eoq ] Thomas IJavies, shoemaker, was charged with having while drunk on Friday evening, struck P.C. James Dykes while in the execution of his duty.—The policeman said that at the time named, he wa. called into the Black Lion Inn, Saint Mary-street, where Thomas Davies and a number of Gipsies happened to be drinking in the same room. One of the Gipsies said he would fight any man in Cardiff for £2, which challenge Davies instantly accepted. The police inrerfered to preserve the peace, during which interposition Davies frequently struck at the policeman and held up his fist at the superintendent, whom he attempted to seize by the throat. Davies was very viohmt from the effectv of drunkennes8.-Defendant said he had forgotten all that occurred.—The superintendent said that be came to the spot and saw Thomas Davies break fiom the police, and strike a Gipsy two or three times before he could be pre- vented. If Davies had not been prevented by numbers he would have killed somebody. The Gipsies, who knew the police and the superintendent, remained quiet when told to be orderly.—Fined 5s. and costs.—Paid. AN OLD OFFENDER. John TMnuu, a well-known thief, was brought up charged with loitering about this town with intent to commit a felony. He had been in gaol three months, and as soon as he was liberated, be went and dug up a watch and guard- chain, which he had previously buried, and which be had stolen from a vessel; but no evidence could be procured which would lead to a conviction—He was cautioned and recommended to leave the town immediately. AN INFAMOUS WOMAN. Louisa Maddox, the keeper of a vile house in Mill-lane, was charged with having been drunk and riotous in the street on Thursday last.—The defendant admitted that she had been a little" out of the way." All these things took place soon after the woman's escape from the police-court on Thursday—Fined 5.. and costs. SERIOUS CHARGE. Albert Ashley, the keeper of a brothel in Bute-terrace, known as The London Porter Housf," "as charged as follows;—P.C. Waterhouse mid that at half-past one on Friday morning last, he heard cries proceeding- from the house iu quesiiou. He knocked at the door, but could not train admittance. He heard a girl moaning pitifully in.ide,- knocked, called out" police," but as he could not gain ad- mittance he went away. In about twenty minnt s he again heard screams from the same house and as he was then in company with P.S Rollins, he went to the house and heard a girl runniug about the house and screaming-c\lidentlv being pursued by some one from whom she was endeavour- ing to escape The girl at length opened a window from which she was pulled by two men and a woman. She then screamed "murder." P.S. Rollins instantly gavediitctions to force the door open, which was done. The girl was found in a sen-eless state on the floor. The defendant and others, who hdd run away when the police eutered, re- turned to the spot. Two young women also came out of a room and attempted to get hold of the still unconscious girl, but the police kept them off. Sill was tiken to the lower station for protection. All the uelghbollrs were dis- turbed by the dreadful cries which proceeded from Ihe house. The girl said it was the defendant had beaten her. but he denied it. P.C. Waterhouse could not say who had beaten her. The Superintendent Raid that the yoUng woman was de- sired to attend aod Itive evidence; but sbe had DOt done so. P.C. Waterhouse (in retily to the Mayor) said he did not know where she was. She had told him a most horrible tale of having beeu seduced in defendant's house! Case adjourned till Thursday. The defendant said he was glad of it, as the magistrates would hear a very different tale, which would entirely exon- irate him. BEATING A WOMAN. Llewellyn Thomas was charged with having violently beaten Rebecca Hemmings, but as she did not appear the superintendent requested the magistrates to hold the man to bail to appear on Thursday, by which time means would be taken to Compel the woman to be present. A DESPERATE VILLAIN. William Pedell, a desperate fellow, whose head was nearly smashed last week with a poker, which one of his country- men used with fearful effect, appeared this morning to answer a charge of having knocked a woman down, and then kicked her in her eye. The woman was not in atten- dance.—-Pedell was then charged with having assaulted the police who were taking him into custody for his murderous conduct towards the woman.—P.C. Lewis said that on Fri- day night he found the defendant in the Hayes, and took him into custody on the charge of ill-using the woman. A struggle ensued, during which the defendant struck him (Lewis) upon the side of his head. The assault on the wo- man had taken place immediately previous. Further assist- ance was procured, and the defendant was secured, but not till he (Lewis) had been struck upon his bead with a stick. The blow was a violent one.—Fined 10s. and costs, or 14 days' imprisonment.—The magistrates told Pedell that on Thursday the woman would be brought up; and should it appear that he had beeu guilty of the unmanly violence imputed to him he would be severely punished. BREAKING WINDOWS. James Cole, a seedy-looking young fellow, was charged with having broken three panes of glass in Union-street on Sunday morning. He was also charged with dtunkenuess. The magistrates directed him to pay the costs. It was 10. timated that no proceedings would be taken for the window breaking. DISCREDITABLE CONDUCT. Margaret Wilford, a middle-aged married woman, who appeared with a pair of black eyes, was charged with having gone, while drunk, to the police-station, and there made use of most disgusting language.—Tbe woman, who resides in Mary Anne-street. said that the had been beaten by her husband, from whom sbe was escapiug when she accosted P.C. Lewis.—Case dismissed. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Eleanor Hughes, an old offender, was charged with drunk- enness, and with having seized a gentleman (who did not appear) by the throat on the public streets. The defendant admitted that she was drunk, but said she had not insulted aoy one.-Committed for fourteen days to hard labour. A TRUMPERY CASE." Elizabeth Morgan, a young married woman, was charged with beating Mary Anne Francis, daughter of Mrs. Eliza- beth Francis.—The little girl said that the defendant's niece had" made fuu of her," ano had sent a dog at her, which bit her twice on her leg. She then ran after the girl, upon which the defendant came on and stunned complaiuant by striking her upon her head.—Tbe magistrates said it was a trumpery case, originating in a quarrel between children, and directed the principals to pay the costs between them. TWO BAD CHARACTERS. Mary Miller and Mary Anne Taylor were charged with breaking the windows of Mary Anne Jones, iu Mill-lane, on Thursday last.—Twelve panes of glass were broken; and Catherine Morgan proved that the two girll" came out of Louisa Maddox's house and kicked complainant's door and broke her windows.—The defendants said they had not come out of Louisa Maddox's house, neither did they break more than 11 panes. They declined to assign any reason.— Fined 5s. 6d. and costs in default of payment to be impri- soned for seven days. CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEMAN. P.C. Kyte was charged with assaulting a young man, named Thomas Davies, on Friday night. The complainant said that he saw the defendant exceeding his duty, by push- ing a man who had done no barm, upon which he (Davies) spoke to him—remonstrated with bim-he and others inter- ceded for the man, and at length Kyte pushed Davies.—Iu his cross-examination, Davies admitted that a crowd had assembled, but that crowd was collected by Kyte's conduct, as the man 6rst interfered with was doing no more than sitting down and lacing his shoe. The policeman was, ap- parently, under the influence of liquor. The complainant coiled a young man, named George Atkins, attorney's clerk, who gave it as HIS OPINION (I), that the policeman had acted impropeily, and was not sober —because his (the policeman's)" breath smelt very indecent" (laughter). The magistrates stopped the case, and said it should be submitted to the watch-committee. On the policeman's behalf, it was intimated that he had a very difficult part to act,—the inhabitants of Bute-street were loud in their complaints if nocturnal disturbances occutred there: and, on the other hand, if the police at- tempted to keep the street clear, they were frequently annoyed by the interference of youngsters, similar to the complainant and his witness, who took upon themselves to decide when a policeman was acting properly or otherwise. It was further stated, that the policeman had an answer to the charge. REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE. William Wern, master of the Madras, appeared to answer a charge preferred against him by Mansel Rawleigh Dawkins, shipping-agent, Cardiff, for havlDg" unlawfully assaulted and beaten him, the said M. R. Dawkins." Captain Wern, who is a genteel-looking man, with the voice of a lady and the demeanour of a nice little milliner, stood up, bowed to the magistrates, and intimated his readi- ness to meet the charge. His appearance filled every one with surprise, for Mr. Dawkins is not only a man of giant mou'd," but is also the hero of a hundred fights." The Superintendent said,—The complainant will not appear. I saw Mr. Dawkins on Saturday, and he seemed to have been dreadfully beaten-So much so that I did not know him Perhaps the captain can give some explanation. Mr. Thomas Evans: It is not necessary. It seems to me an extraordinary circumstance that the captain should have given Mr. Dawkins a thrashing. Captain Wern smiled; but did not seem to think there was anything extraordinary" in the matter. Mr. Thomas Evans told him that unless he wished to make a complaint it was not necessary that he should say anything. Captain Wern said he should take out a summons if he bad time to remain here; but as he was outward-bound, and bis vessel ready for sea, he could not do so.—He then bowed, and left the court. ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEMAN. Mr. Robert Phillips, accountant, charged P.C. Robert Shepherd, No.3, with the following assaults:—Mi. Phillips said—On Sunday morning last, at about one o'clock, I was on my way down to the Bute Docks with a friend,—going down to assist in removing a vessel, when 1 heard a police- man's rattle in Whitmore-lane. I said to my friend,—- This is a terrible place for fights—there's a policeman's rattle- let us stick to the police.—Mr. Phillips detailed other oc- currences and then said that he saw Shepherd going up to » man who was going over the bridge and striking him a violent blow over the back of the neck. The man called out, —" Oh, God, my neck, my neck Mr. Phillip.. and his friend then went and stood under a lamp that they might be seen and recognized, lest they should meet with harsh treatment. The policeman went to another man and, without the least provocation, struck him violently upon his back. The blow sounded as if an empty cask bad been struck. Not satisfied with that Shepherd kicked the man. This case was also referred to the watch-committee; and the policeman reserved his defence. SKITTLKALMYS. As a great many publicans were present, who have skittle alleys on their premises, Mr. CHARLES VACIIELL took the opportunity of saying,—" I will just observe, that 1 have not the slightest objection to skittle alleys or to any other means of obtaining manly amusement. I regret that we have not some open space where all manly sports aud athletic exer- cises may be carried on, but experience proves that wherever there are skittle alleys in connexion with public-bouses, they are mere lures and decoy*, which induce working-men and others to drink to excess and to commit breaches of the peace. It is the place where a skittle alley is maintained that constitutes the danger, not the skittle alley itself. There may be a difference of opinion on this subject; but, 1 think, experience proves that 1 am right." After some pubtieam had received their certificates upon the clear understanding that skittle-alleys were NOT hence- forward to be kept on their premises, Mr. C. S. Twigg, of the Black Lion Inn, was called on. He handed a letter to the Mayor, and said something in a very low tone, standing by the Mayor's side. Mr. CHARLES VACHELL It that is anything respecting me, I have to say tbat I will receive no apology here. Mr. Twigg: 1 beg to— Mr. CHARLES VACHELL I will hear nothing frolll you here, sir. Mr. Thomas Evans explained that as Mr. Twigg had pub- licly made observations in that court reflecting upon the public conduct of the magistrates, it had been thought ne- cessary to institute proceedings against him, and those pro. ceedings were now going on. Mr. Twigg had imputed corrupt and improper conduct to the magistrates, aud they had, consequently, instituted proceedings against him. Mr. CHARLES VACHELL: 1 refu«e to sign Mr. Twigg's license, for reasons which will be given at the proper time. The publicans who received their certificates gave dis- tinct undertakings to close their skittle-alleys forthwith. There was no exception. Mr. Reynolds, of the Sunderland Bridge public-house, called tbe attention of the magistrates to ihe nuisance caused by a band of strolling players in the Hayes, which place was nightly the scene of much disorder, and was a nursery of crime. The magistrates thanked him for his information, and promised tu attend to the matter. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES. The MATOR said there had been tweut)-seven applica- tions for new licenses. It was impossible that such a num ber could be required. He had very great doubts whether there was any necessity for increasing the number at all. but, after much consideration, the magistrates bad decided to grant only two new certificates, namely, to Mr. Middle- ton, of the South Wales Railway Tavern, and to Mr. John Herbert, Miilicent-street. Mr. CHARLES VACHELL said that he had given up his judgment ou this occasion to the Mayor, who generally decided in matters of this sort. He (Mr. Vachell) thought there were no more public-bouses wauted-that we had suflicient-but as the Mayor thought differently he (Mr. Vachell) would support birD. A man, somewhat advanced in yeurs, addressed the bench, and made grievous complaints llgainit the police for not entering public-homes and preventing men from getting drunk.

THE METAL TRADE. £ a. d. £ n. d. [SON-Bar,bolt,& square, London.ton & 2 6— 5 10 0 Nail rods G 2 Hoops 100-710 II Sheets (singles) 7 12 6— 8 1U 0 Bars, at Carditr and Newport 4 7 6— 4 12 6 Relined inetal, Wales 3 (I 0— 3 5 0 Do. anthracite. 000-3100 Pigs in Wales 3 0 0— 3 15 Do. do. forge 2 5 0—210 0 Do.,No.t,Clyde.net cash 1 19 6— g 0 0 Blewitt's Patent Refined Iron t for bars, rails, Sic., free on £ 0 0 0- 3 10 0 board at Newpoit J Do., do.,for tin-plates, boiler > Q Q Y 4 fO plates, See., ditto ) Stirling's Patent i in Glasgow. 0 0 0— 8 Toughened figs mWales. 3 10 0— 3 Statl'ordshire bars, at the works 5 5 0— I; 0 0 Pigs, iu Staffordshire 0 0 0- 0 o 0 Kails 4 17 6- 5 0 0 Chairs. 0 0 u- 4 (J II Swedish 11 10 0-11 15 0 CCND J 0 0-11 10 II rsi 0 0 u—e o Oourietf 0 0 0— 0 0 u Arehaugel. 0 0 0 0 0 0 ■STSKL—Swedish keg 14 0 0- 14 10 I) Do. faggot. 15 0 0-17 0 () COPPBR—Sheets,sheathing & holts., lb. 0 0 0— 0 0 Tough cake.ton. 0 0 0—#4 0 0 Tile 0 0 0—83 0 0 Old copper. ••••••••••• «'b- 0 0 0- 0 0 91 South American, iu bond ..ton 77 0 0—87 0 0 LEAD —Pig.•••••••••••• •• 0 0 0-17 0 0 Sheet. 18 0 o-is io 0 Redtead. U 0 0-1!) 0 0 White ditto U 0 0—24 II 0 Fatentahot. o 0 0—20 0 0 Spanish, iu bond 0 0 0-17 0 0 Auiericau ditto 0 0 0— 0 t 0 TIM-Block .cwt. 0 0 0— 4 4 0 Bars 0 0 0— 4 5 0 Iteiined 0 0 0— 4 10 0 Banca, II. 4 2 0- 4 3 6 Straits 4 0 0- 4 2 0 TIN PLATBS—IC Coke box 1 5 0- 1 Ii 0 1C Charcoal 110 0— 1 12 0 IX ditto 0 0 0— 1 lfi 0 SPELTRR-Plates. warehoused, per ton 14 10 0-14 1« 6 Ditto, to arrive. 14 10 0-1-1. U Ii ZtNo—Engtishsheet. 0 0 0-21 0 0 QUICKSILVER .per lb. 0 0 0— 0 3 Ii Welsh Bar-iron is in good request, and for rails there are Considerable orders in the run, ket for America, and for large quantity lor the Egyptian Government. Staffordshire iron is dull of sale. Scotch Pig irou, having touched 40a. 6d. for Mixed Not,- has submitted to a decline of 6:1. per too, the large con- sumers having supplied their immediate wants; but aM tbe tise was not influenced by speculation, the impression is that improved rates wilf.rule. The Egyptian Government ba"" contracted for 14,000 tous of railway chairs, which were taken by the principal Glasgow founders. No. I, American brands may be quoted at 40j. Gd. free on board, iu Glasgow, <torekfeper<* warrants; ordiuaiy brands, makers' obliga- tions, 39s. 6d. Swedish Iron.-Not any transactions are reported. Swedish Steel.—Some small parcels have been purchased at full rlltel for the Mediterranean. Copper is in fair demand. British Tin.—Common is in better request, some con- siderable sales have been made. Refiued is in good de-naud. Foreign Tin.—The accounts trom Holland biiug higher rates; the principal holders here are very firm, and are not disposed to realise at present ptices. Spetter.-75 tous have been done at X14 oil the spot for shipment. „ Lead is without alteration. Tin-plates are dull of sale. Mining Journal. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1851. Published by the sole Proprietor, HSNRV WEBBRR, at his residence, Crocklierbtowo, in the Parish of Saint John the Baptist, in the Town of Cardiff and County of Glamorgan, and Priuted by him at his General Printing Office in Duke-street, iu the said Parish of Saint John, in the Town and County aforesaid. Advertisements and Orders received by the following LONDON • Messrs; Barker & White, 33, Fleet-st.; Messrs» Newton & Co., 6, Warwick-square Mr. G. Reynell. 42, Chancery-lalie; Mr. Deacon, Walbrook, near the Mansion-house; Mr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill; Mr. Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; Mr. C. Barker, 1,2, Birchin-lane W. Dawson aud Sotit 74, Cannon-street, City; Mr. S. Eyre, li), Bouverie- street, Fleet-street Mr. W. Thomas, 21, Cathetine- slreet, Strand. LOCAL AGENTS;— ABBRDARS Mr. Thos. Evans, Schoolmaster BaBCoN Mt. John Evans, Clerk of Peace office BRIDGEND. Mr. W. Leyshon, Stamp Office MKKTHVU Mis. M. W. White. Stationer NEWUIUDGE Mr. C. Bassett, Chemist, &cl NEWI-OUT .Mr. M. Evans, Statione and Mrs. Edwards, Commercial-street. NEATH Mr. W. P. itees SWANSEA Mr. E. GiifHths, Printer, Htgh-streei IAIUACU Mr. James Bird, CWIU Avon Work* And by all Postmasters and Clerks on the lioad This paper is regularly tiled in London at Ho)" (Joffee-house, Cit).-Feel's Coffee-houkie, Fleet-stree -The Chapter Coffee-house, St. Piui'i,—De»cci> • Coffee-bome, WalbrooiM

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Llandaff and Cardiff Church Pastoral Aid Association was held in the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Monday evening last,—The Right Reverend The Lord Bisnop OF LLANDAFF in the Chair. There were also pre- spnt, The Very Reverend The Dean of Llandaff, the Rev. Richard Prichard, Rev. E. P. Thomas, Rev Roper T. Tyler, Rev. James Evans, Rev. C. W. Evans, Rev. E»an Jenkins, Rev. John Morgan, Rev. J. T. Wrenford. Rev. L. A. Nicholls, Rev. Mr. Watson, Rev. D. Jones, Rev. 1\lr. Grif- fiths (Cardiff), Rev. Lewis Thomas, Rev. W. Morgan, &c. The Rev. W. Bruce. Incumbent of St. James's, Bristol, ami the Rev. J. G. Kelly, Association Secretary of the South Wfe-'tern district, attended as a deputation from the P.treut Society, aud were aided by the Rev. William Carus, canon of Winchester. Theie were also present Mrs. Ollivant and •done tnembi-r* of the family of Llandaff Court. Mr. and Mrs Bruce Pryce, and the Misses Bruce, Mr. J. S. Har- fdrd, Blaise Castle, near Bristol, Dr. Moore, Mrs. Moore and family, Mr. David, of Fairwater,& Miss David, Miss Langley, Miss Prichard, Llandaff, and Miss Reed, Lieutenant Crewe Read, Ho. N., Mr. Webber, and Miss Emily Webber, Captain and Mrs. Morris, Swansea, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Duke-street, Mr. John Jenkins, Churchwarden of Saint John's, Cardiff, Mr. Price, Duke-street, Mr. Davies, broker, Mr. W. Davies, Victoria-place, Mr. Davies, East Terrace, Mr. Taylor, Mr. George Farmer, Mrs. Thomas, Mr. Hooper, Mr. Cory, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Burnett, and Miss Burnett, Mr. Routly, &c., &c., the meeting being most respectably attended. The BISHOP, having commenced the proceedings with prayer, said that at the last anniversary of their association he had an opportunity of expressing his cordial approbation of the objects and general administration of the Parent Society, and also, the reasons which induced him to think them worthy of the meeting's support. It was not neces- sary for him to renew those assurances, nor to trouble the meeting with a repetition of those reasons. The experience of the pad year, bad, he thought, co-'fir ned ihe claims which th- SJcitty had to their gratitude; hut it hadalso laid them under a still greater weight of obligation to it It wa< well known to the meeting that during the course of the last year vigorolJlI Bnd importallt movements were made in this diocese for the purpose of promoting objects very simi- lar to those contemplated by the Pastoral Aid Society. That movement, he was thankful to say, had been attended with consideiable tuccess. Large sums had been contri- buted, both in tbe way of donxtionsand annual sub>cdptions; and it had been their privilege to vote grant- to several parishes for additional curates. They had made grants to other parishes for building and enlarging churches, and for fitting up school-rooms for Divine wor-hip. And in other ways they had endeavoured to carry out some important object. It must have been gratifying to the Pastoral Aid Society to see that those efforts were made within this dio- cese. having itself only a limited income, and being over- whelmed by the multiplicity of claims made upon its re- sources. It might have withdrawn the assistance which it had so liberally, in former years, atlorded us and have ex- tended its aid to other districts, which are not so highly favoured as our own in the particular respect just alluded to; hut the society, far from acting in that manner, had actually increased its grants to our diocese during the last year, for the purpose of stimulating us to still greater exertions (hear, bear). The Bishop found that in 1850, the society supported thirteen clergymen, and one lay reader in this dioce-e, at an expense of £ 1,030. During the year 1851, the society had made grant* for seventeen clergymen — being an increase of four—and three lay readers, at an ex- pense of £1 ,465, Now, it is true that those grants are not all in active operation one clergyman is not yet provided, and two lay-agents have not been engaged; but still the votes were as he (the Bishop) had described. The fact is that the operations of the Pastoral Aid Society in this diocese are impeded by the want of a sufficient number of pious and duly educated men, capable of administering in the Welsh language. With regard to English clergymen, we are on the same footing as most of the English dioceses. They found it difficult to obtain an adequate supply of Welsh mi- nisters,—the harvest was great but the labourers were few; and he trusted the meeting would pardon him for remind- ing them of the rest of the text,—" Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his harvest" (hear). The wants of our diocese are such that we must obtain assistance from wherever it can be obtained and such would be the case if the population continued stationary; for even then, and even if the Pas- toral Aid Society assisted us, we should not be able to ob- tain an adequate supply- But the roeetinjr must be well aware that the population did not continue stationary. In the year 1827, when the Bishop of Winchester was the Bishop of Llandaff, in a charge which he delivered to his clergy, he stated that the population of this diocese was 150,000; and even that population exhibited an increase of 43 000 on the previou' 50 years. In 1827, then, the population of this diocese was 150.000. But what was it at present ? It appeared from the last census, as he (the Bishop) had learnt by application to the Registrar-General, that it was now 357,373 (hear). Tbey would observe that in the whole of the rest of the kingdom, taking England, Scotland, and Ireland, the populatiou had doubled itself in 50 years; but the population of this diocese had not only doubled itself in 24 years, but it had added 57,373 to the double (hear, hear). During the time referred to, while the population has been increasing in this unprecedented degree, the machinery of the Church has continued the same. It is true that owing to improvement* in agriculture, our clergy are now somewhat better endowed than they were it is true that from Queen Anne's Bounty thl y had receivel some addi- tlonal[endowment,—that under Sir Robert Peel's Act five eccles astical districts had been forme but here hislorJship would observe that while the diocese of Ripon with a popu- lation of900,000 had received 34 districts under the opera- tion of Sir Robert Peel's act, this diocese with 300,000 souls or about one third of the population of Ripon. instead of having ten districts as it ought to have had if the proportion had been observed had ouly had five (hear, hear). He did not know what the reasons were which regu'ated the Eccle- siastical Commissioners in that respect; but such was the fact. It is true we have received endowments for five districts,—it is true that a few ecclesiastical districts had been formed partly through individual liberality and other sources, but as a whole the machinery of the Church has continued much the same as it was ever since the Reforma- tion—that is, 300 years ago, notwithstanding this auiaz ng increase of our population (hear, hear). Under such cir- cumstances what consequences could we expect ? It was his lordship's tirm belief tbat the state of the Church in this diocese has, during the last few years, been greatly improved in all those respects which depend on the clergy themselves. It was so far advanced that all pretences for dissent had been done away with. But how was it possible for the Church to cope with those difficulties, as it was manifest that it was quite inadequate to meet the exigencies of the case; and the result was, in many parts of this diocese, a great pre- ponderance of dissent. He (the Bishop) did not say it was the only cause of that amount of dissent, but it was rational to conclude it W84 one of the causes. We are living in an age of intellectual and religious activity; and we cannot suppose that the human mind will remain in a state of stag- nation. If we do not provide the people with instruction they will provide it for themselves. If the Church will not give it to them, they will seek it in other quarters, and such it the state of things in some places. In the district of Glyntaff there ilt olle church and twelve meeting-houses. In Newport, a town with 18,0' 0 inhabitants, there are two churches and fifteen meeting-houses; and those were the necessary results of the state of things he bad been adverting to. But his lordship thought the result of this state of tilings had been strikingly exhibited in a magazine which was published in June last. The meeting had, probably, heard of the case of Hirwaun. It is three miles trom the parish church and has a population of 3000. In consequence of the demands upon the exer- tions of the clergymen of the parish it was impossible for him to pay attention to that portion of his parish. Hir- waun had been totally given up by the Ch irch of Englaud, and what is the result? In that district there are 32 quar- terly magazines taken in by tbe people,-311 monthly ma- gazines, and 49 other publications, besides 151 weekly neWF- papers: total of the publications taken in by the popula- tion, 543. Now of those 311 monthly magazines there were only seven copies of two magazines which are supposed to represent Church principles in the Principality, namely, four of the Haul and three of the Eglwytidd; and there were 304 magazines representing the principles (If dillsent (hear, hear). He (the Bishop) wished he could tell the meeting that those magazines and other publications were the medium of circulating sound religious and political in. struction he feared many of them circulated principles which are totally subversive of religion and all social order; but on that he would not insist. But it might be asked what was the result of this state of things. He was not going to enter upon any controversial doc- trines. He would not ask the meeting to decide whether the system of the Church or of dissent was proper. He would take it for granted that they stood on an equal foot- ing, aud that was the ground he wished to take. If they admitted that dissent was equally effective with regard to religious and moral truth, he said that the condition of the country is such that the Church with its crippled resources and the Dissenters, with all they have done, are quite m- adequate to meet the exigencies of the case (hear, hear). In proving that proposition he should carefully abstain from making any statement of his own. If he were to do so it might be imputed to ignorance, to prejudice, or to some in- terested motive: therefore, be would refer the meettng to the testimony of others. One of his own clergy, writing to him respecting the state of his parish, observed that lan- guage would fail to describe the spiritual wants of his par- ishioners: there were hundreds in the parish who never went to any place of worship and knew nothing of a Saviour, and were as ignorant of the way of salvation as the heathen. In the next place his Lordship would appeal to another source equally disinterested. Little more than a year ago a melancholy circumstance took place in one of our mining districts, and the Editor of a public journal* thought it right to comment upon what had occurred, in this strong language:— As journalists, we nave a duty to perform to the public which we should be shrinking from, if not, possibly, coun- tenancing and conniving at the state of the country which allows such things to be enacted in it, did we not iuvite the most earnest attention to the facts. We therefore beg to call our readers' attention to the details of this case; and by so doing we sincerely implore every man, woman, and child, who may have a heart within them, to use every influence they have to banish such barbarity. We would have them to con- aider, whether there are not heathens in the very heart or Wales as blind and as brutal as the most degraded of Africa, or even Patagonia." The meeting all knew the circumstances of Aberdare. It is a parish which contains about 13,000 people, and until very lately the Church-room in that parish was only suffi- cient to accommodate 176 (hear, hear). The estimable vicar of the parish had greatly exerted himself; and he (the Bishop) was thankful to see a spacious Church now rising in the midst of that once desolate district. And in addition to that, there were two school-rooms licensed for Divine worship- There were three clergymen at work. The Honorable Mr.Clive was about to build another Church, mainly, if not entirely, at his own expense (hear, hear). And tor the district of Hirwaun a grant had been made, so that he (the Bishop) did hope that ere long that desert would blossom as the cose. But the journallist from whom he was quoting described the condition of the place as it waa a year ago. He gave a narrative of the proceedings upon which be commented, and then said— "These are the simple facts of tluahornd cue, As we said in the outset, we do not believe either the scalping-knife of the Indian or the hatchet of the savage ever dared an outrage more brutal, more inhuman, and more unworthy—we will not degrade our Holy Ueligion by saying of a Christian country—but we say more unworthy of even the most savage country that tbe sun ever looked upon. Doubtless we shall be told that reflued cities aod towns have their manslaughter cases. The fact is not disputed. But will any one say that any city, town or vil- lage ever suBered a case like this, accompanied with so many aggravating circumstances? Two men in the broad glare of the Sabbath, surrounded by a large population, are quietly permit- ted, without any interference whatever, to take away the life of a fellow-creature. We hardly know which to censure most, the brutality and the drunkenness of the guilty party, or the cool indifference and the sober apathy of the other. One thing we learn for certain from the evidence before us, that the con- dition of the country where such things can be enacted must partake of the lowest brutality. There is but one conclusion, and that aforc,ble one: that drunkenness. Sabbath-breaking, aud figllting are such ordinary occurrences in this neighbour- hood, that they excite nothing more than ordinary attention whenever they occur. They seem to be treated as the passing and usual events of the day. But of the neighbourhood, whereof such things can be predicated, it is impossible to speak in terms too severe. Every man, who is not himself a brawler» is buuud to do so." Now, be (the Bishop) entreated the meeting to bear in mind that the foregoing was not his statement; and he wished 10 tell them he had no pleasure in bringing those things before them; but it was their duty to look matters in the face, and the foregoing was the statement found writ- ten in a journal published in this very town (hear, hear). In the same journal he bad subsequently seen a history of MOKMONISM. They knew what Mormouism was,—that strange infatuation which had spread in this country within a few years to an almost incredible extent. The article contained a statistical account of the number of Mormons. The meeting would hear with horror and deep regret that t iei e were calculated to be 4,342 of those unhappy people, who had embraced this delusion, in Wales—South Wales principally (iie#r, hear). He wished to appeal to other evi- dence; and he a1 sure the meeting would see It wa. dis- interested as far as concerned the questions between the Cnurch and Dis»e>it. He illuded to au extract trom a ma- gazine published i; the Welsh language, in which he found the following:— As nonconformist* and diisenter. in Wale', we have reason to grieve, tohumbleourselves, & torepentin aspeciat manner before liod, on account of the sleep) and ineffective condition of the churches," — by •• churches" were meant theirown individualcon- •;r 'gations, which they culled churches,"—" and 011 account of the darkness and ignorance of the country in general. We have nocause to boast,aud take comfort, but to be ashamed, to lament, TUB C&kbivr AtlllI MeatHva GUAMfAf. and greatly to be afraid. Notwithstanding all the places of worship, schools, ministers, preachers, deacons, Sunday-school teachers, hundreds of nUlllerous congregations, and thousanùs of communicants or rpligious professors, many are seen turning to Popery. And woroe -hll than the Papists are the Mormonites, who choose to call thpmselvps 'The Latter- lay Saint- 1 understand that hundreds of Welshmen have em- braced Mormonisra to their temporal and everlasting destruc- tion."—Diwygiwr, June, 1851. Here, he (the Bishop) might men'ion that in North Wales there io a college for the I'nrpooe of teaching person* the Wel-h language in order that they may thereby be better enabled to diffuse the principles of the Roman Catholic faith in the Principality. The statement contained in the extract ju.t read was not his, but it was the statement ot a Welsh Dissenting Magazine; and it proved, without arguing tile question of Church and Dissent, that both by their combined influence are insufficient to stem the torrent of vice and infidelity which was stalking through our land (hear, hear). In the same article statements were made which he could not there repeat; but the writer concludes his observations in these words:— When we consider the statements above made, is it not full time for us to come forward by preaching, advising, conversing, lecturing, writing, and forming associatious for the purpose of ridding the world of this vice ? Let, then, ministers of the word, deacons ofChnrche", all members of religious bodies of every name, teachers of Sunday schools and of children, heads of fa- milies, and all persons awake, and then this pest will be driven Crom the land." The writer went on to point out the various punishments which the Egyptians, Greeks, aud Saxons had for those vices and continued,— Were those punishments inflicted upon all who are guilty in Wales, the population would he much less than it is; but though such is not the case with us, we may infer that God looks upon it with abhorrence." Now, he (the Bishop) begged to remind the meeting again that the foregoing were not his words had they been state- ments of his own, he should have felt disinclined to men- tion them, but they were taken from a Welsh magazine. He asked the meeting whether, under all tli'»«c circum- stances, it was not their duty as Christians dud Churchmen to make vigorous efforts to put a stop to such a lamentable condition of things! If it was their duty, were they not to come forward in aid of the society ill whose behalf he was then speaking, the object of which was to send preachers into every nook and comet of the land, in order that the people miuht be brought under religious infl ience? It mL:ht be ,hal some entertained objections to the constitution of the society, and, therefore, stood aloof. But was there not a great practical evil to be dealt with and were they to stand aloof and render no assistance to a society which had been found to be practi,all.1J of great benefit to the country, because speculatively it did not exactly square with their notions! (Hear, hear.) Were they to staud, like the fabled rustic wa; said to have stood, till the stream of vice and irre- ligion had passed away, in order that they might pass to the opposite bank dry-shod?—In illuMtration of his views the Bishop introduced the quotation— Labitur etlabetur in omne volubilis oevuro ;"— And then went ou to observe that if people refrained from supporting any religious "ociety till, in their opinion, it should be without spot or wrinkle, no good would ever be accomplished. He, therefore, thought it was their duty to 8upport this society, and he should recommend them to do so even if he thought there was some validity in the objec- tions thithad been laised. In hia remarks he had contined himself to this diocese and to the claims which the society hrd in connexion with this diocese: for they would natu- rally pardon him if the circumstances of his own diocese pressed more particularly on his mind. The Church Pas- toral Aid Society was diffusing its benefits throughout the whole of the land and the deputation of the society would, no doubt, present the meeting with a detailed statement which would prove that it was a messenger of mercy (hear, hear). His lordship concluded by strongly recommending the society to the meeting's support, and was loudly cheered on resuming his seat. In the absence of the Rev. WILLIAM BRUCE, the exem- plary rector of Saint Nicho'as, who has been suddenly seized with most dangerous illness at a great distance from home, but who, we rejoice to hear, is uow in a fair way of recovery,— The Rev. RICHARD PRICIIARB, the venerable and excel- lent senior vicar of Llandaff Cathedral, made the following report My Lord and Christian Friends,—It is known, I presume, to this meeting generally, that the Secretary of this Association, the Rev. William Bruce, is, aud has, for some little time been abroad and, 1 am sorry to add, has been lately suffering under a severe attack of illness, though now, I am happy to say, with the hope of an early return home, and may we pray God of a speedy recovery. I am acting, under these circumstances, only as his substitute for the time. In that capacity, it cannot be expected that I should be so well acquainted with the affairs of the association as could be wished and am, therefore, not pre- pared to give your lordship and the meeting a full report on this occasion. 1 can only, from the Secretary's book, give a short statement of the pecuniary condition of the association. Its subscriptions, (including your lordship's douation of £10) amount to £:19 17s. Cd., a portion only of which has been yet re- ceived. The amount of the collections made yesterday, on the occasion, at the Cathedral at Llandaff, and at St. Mary's in this town, is to he added, together with what may be received at this meeting. The amount received after the sermon preached by the Very Reverend The Dean of Llandaff at his Cathedral, is £7 8s., and that received at St. Man's is £8 15. after ser- mons preached there morning and atternoon by the deputation, the Rev. J. G. Kelly. The subscriptions and collections added together will make the sum of £ 55 6s. (id., and shall 1 be much mistaken if I anticipate from the liberality of the meeting this night the further sum of £:W-making the whole then to be remitted, more than £7:; this year to the parent society? I can hardly imagine that I aID much too sanguiue in my an- ticipation, when we consider the progress we have made since the year 1813, when this association was in its infancy. In that year, and the two following, the average of our remittances to the parent society was only £43, while during the three last years it amounts to £ 57— having gained in the course of 8 years .6i4peryear. Though this is mucti less than the great importance of the Church Pastoral Aid Society deserves, yet it affurds us cause for thankfulness, and encourages us to increase our ex- ertions in so good a cause. The population of your town is increasing with extraordinary rapidity, and we may infer and hope that your wealth isatso. May the increase of your popu- [ lation make you feel theDecessity of increasing exertion in sup- plying their spiritual wants, and may the increase ot your wealth enable you to shew your thankfulness to Almighty God for his bounty, by giving with increased liberality towards the support of such institutions as the one we are met to promote this night. Since the close of this report I have received the contents of a box—4s. 10d.—and 4s. from the Servants'-hall, Llandaff Court." The DEAN OF LLANDAFF next addressed the meeting. He said that having returned only two days since to this fa- vourite abode of his, he could not have had a more happy welcome than being at once called upon to attend a meeting like the present—so presided over more especially (cheers). Under the ciicumstances, having just returned from a very relaxing climate, the atmosphere ot England had given him a severe cold, 80 that he feared he should not make himself intelligible. He oould only say how extremely delighted he was to see all the ciicumstances uf that meeting. The most philosophical historian of Greece had observed tbat no individual ever felt so much spirit and confidence as when he saw himself surrounded by virtuous coadjutors: and that was especially his case at the meeting. They had always had be was happy to say, the warm patronage of their bishops, but hitherto they had resided at a remote part of the diocese; and although they had sent us their distant good wishes, they had not been enabled to give such active and efficient supportas the meeting had just received (hear). The Dean, in conclusion, spoke of the great importance of the society and of the benefits it had conferred upon the country in general, but more especially upon this diocese. Mr. J. S. HARFORD, of Blaise Castle, rose at the request of the Bishop to address the meeting; and said he should have felt it to be positive presumption to have addressed them had he not been called upon by his lordship, whose friendship he had the great privilege of enjoying for a long course of yeais, and of « horn he could say much in the way of sentiments of veneration and esteem—both for his learned and personal character and his admirable pastoral virtues were he not then present; and therefore he (Mr. Harford) should leave the meeting to imagine what he would other- wise have said. He would only add that he was quite sure that the more the Bishop resided in the neighbourhood the more verified would his neighbours find everything he (Mr. Harford) had uttered and every fact to which he had alluded (hear, hear). He (Mr. Harford) should certainly not pre- sume to occupy their attention for many moments, seeing that he was surrounded by so many influential clergymeu and gentlemen connected with this neighbourhood and that there was a deputation present ready to communicate to the meeting most important facts; but being the president of an association of the Pastoral Aid Society in tbe neighbourhood of his own residence—in the great city of Bristol—be could speak in support of the society from intimate knowledge of its extensive utili y and its blessed influence there. The meeting must be per- fectly aware that in that large city the parishes are ex- tremely numerous, and many of them filled with an over- whelming population,—the means of accommodation at the Churches, till of late years, had been most unequal to the demands of that population and in many of the great parishes that inadequacy still continued. The incomes of the clergy there were but small in proportion to the de- mands upon their time, and tbe numerous common and necessary expenses forced upon them. They had, therefore, but little to spare out of their ordinary resources for the support of the necessary number of curates; and it was only since the establishment of the Pastoral Aid Society that many of those parishes had had those pastoral labours, which are most imperatively called for, provided in anything like an adequate manner. He bore testimony to the great good which this society had rendered; and referred to the parish of St Phillip and Jacob, in Bristol, which, when he first became acquainted with it, had a population of 20,000, with one parish Church with accommodation for 600 per- sons. By the same zeal which had aided the operations of this society, and other pious influences, that parish had now, besides that place of worship, a large Church with accommodation for 2,OOO,-anotber Church with accommodation for several hundreds — many ragged schools—two scripture readers, the whole being presided over by an excellent clergyman, who, with his own curate, exercised the most beneficial influence over the religious interests of his community. Now, he would leave it for the meeting to imagine what wonderful changes in the outward circumstances of that parish had been pro- duced by the facts and circumstances to which he had allu- ded. He could assure them it was a most gratifying sight on a Sunday evening to see the large Church to which he bad alluded crowded to overflowing with a congregation of more than 2,000 people (hear, bear). He would not dwell longer on that fact, because the meeting could easily ima- gine the rest. There were many other parishes in Bristol which enjoyed the same advautages. Nobody could possibly listen to the statements which had been made by the Right Reverend Chairman without feeling that this immediate neighbourhood was in a worse coudition than that large parish had been, to which he bad referred, in proportion to its numbers. It delighted him (Mr. Harford) to thiuk that tbis town (Cardiff) bad-awakened to something like a sense of what was due to the wants of its population. He really did feel astonished, considering the immense wealth that existed in this neighbourhood, to think how the coal and iron-masters of this district could permit so little to be done towards promoting their own positive interests (hear, bear). He could not believe that the facts which had been men- tioned could possibly be known to the great iron-master* of this neighbourhood,' or to the numerous wealthy persons who inhabit this district of tbe country. He thought that the knowledge of those facts must, ere long, act as they ought to act upon the minds of those wealthy and influential people, and induce tbem to assist in the great and good work which was now going forward by the operatIons of this society. When his lordship asked whether we, as Christians and as Churchmen, did not feel called upon to exert ourselves in our several spheres, he (Mr. Harford) felt there was but one answer to such a question,—it was oar bounden duty so to do (cheers). We cannot excuse our- telveii in the sight of God and man if we do not, under such circumstances, in our respective spheres, do all in our power to promote the great ends which this society has in view- The honorable gentleman concluded with some general observations in support of the society. The REV. J. G. :KELJoV and the ltev- W. BRUCE, incum- bent of Saint James's. Bristol, addressed the meeting at great length with much ability but the demands upon our .pace and time this week will allow us to do no more than to say that their speeches were admirably calculated to assist the etfoits ot the society and to enlist public sympathy in its support i^HQp ga. ( he had receiVed a note from the Arch- deacon of L'andatf (whu had just arrived in town from Tenbv), in which the venerable gentleman stated that he was MU overcome bv fatigue as to be quite unable to attend the meeting, the Archdeacon having been unwell for some tilDe. Mr. BRUCE PBVCE was next called upon by the Chairman, and said that after the very interesting discourse which the meeting had heard from his very zea'ous and gifted name- sake who had just addressed them-L Mr. Bruce had pre- ceded Mr. Bruce Pryce l-the few woids he had to say would, he feared have very little interest. As a Glamor- ganshire man he was bouud to say thai this diocese owed a deep debt of gratitude to the society whose interests they were assembled to promote. It was the opinion of his much lamented friend, the lute Bishop of this diocese, that it was almost impos ible that any geutleman of pruperty counected with this county and with the diocese of Llandaff, could give too much towards the support of such a society md if he (Mr.Biuce Pryce) might, as a layman, be allowed to touch on such a subject, he would say that the gospel was confided to us that it might be diffused (hear, hear)— and happy was that man who lent bis aid for that all irapoiunt work (hear, bear). It had been too much neg- lected ia this diocese; but be boped » better spirit would soon prevail; now that Rome was burnishing her armour, when the was spreading corruption, as it were, inanibus pedibuiique," it was time to step forward, and for every Protestant to do what he could in aid of this excellent and beneficial «ociety (cheeis). He owed to the ladies present a translation of these L-it'ii words manibus and pedibus; the former were Bshopa Wiseman and Cullen —the latter The Toe of His Holiness (laughter). He (Mr. Bruce Pryce) regretted extremely that his relative, the secre- tary, was not present: he had been suffering under the effects of great illness in a distant country; and it was ouly within the last ten days or a fortnight that his life was con.idere,1 out of danger. Under auy other circumstance*, notwithstanding the excellent substitute he (Rev. William Bruce) had in his friend Mr. Prichard, be would have made it a point of attending (hear). He (Mr. Bruce Pryce) would detain the meeting no longer; but he thought it his duty, as a Glamorganshire man, to acknowledge in the face of that meeting, that we owe a debt of gratitude to the Pastoral Aid Society, which it would be difficult to repay (cheers). Rev. WILLIAM CARUS, Canon of Winchester, at the re- quest of the Bishop, spoke with eloquent fluency in sup- port of this society and in tbe course of his address alluded to the admirable manner in which our Diocesan discharges the important duties devolving upon him. The business of the meeting having been concluded, the chair was taken by the DEAN OF LLANDAFF on the proposi- tion of— Mr. BRUCE PRYCE, who moved a vote of thanks to the Bishop for the great ability and kindness with which he had presided.—Carried by acclamation. The BISHOP returned thanks; and as in the course of his speech Mr. Bruce had alluded to the negligence of church- wardens in general, his Lordship said that in the paricdi in which he resided the two churchwardens were most exem- plary in their attention to their duties. The Doxology was sung, and the sum of jEtS Is collected. Mr. W. M. Davies, ship-broker, liberally thrcwtwo sovereigns on the plate to make up .£20. the sum Mr. Prichard had calculated upon receiving. The meeting separated at about half-past nine.

GENERAL MISCELLANY. About 412,880,000 copies of newspapers are annually distributed throughout the United Slates. A New York phyMcian lately gave a certiifcate to the effect that a child bad died of deficiency of lile." ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE. —Purchase your half-quar- terns at the baker's —not at the gin-shop.— The Month. A morning journal wittily observed, in reference to the late ministerial reverses, that Lord John Russell bears defeat cr. wiih patience, hut without resignation." Who is the most tender-hearted man in my town? D'ye gtveit up? The bell-man—because be will cry if you ^ive him a shilling. A man of the name of Duck was last week charged with stealing some hens and chickens, belonging to one Crow. One 01 the counsel pronounced it a lowl" affair. One of the highest dignitaries in our church r. cently declined to piint a sermon, as requested; because he frankly said, he should want to preach it again.—Notes mid Queries- The magistrates of the West Riding have inflicted a fine of 20H. and fi (Js. costs, upon a passenger for annoy- 109 bisfettowtraveners. M'Cormack's reaping machine continues to he tried in various parts of the country, hut with unvarying success. Measures are being taken for the establishment of a Sailors' Home at Bristol. The North Wales Chronicle states that Free Masonry is to be revived at Holyhead, a warrant being granted for a new lodge, to be held at the Hibernia Hotel, in that flourishing town. We regret to hear that potatoes are fast rotting in the neighbourhood of Cafnarvoo. The disease is much more g-eneral and destructive than for some years back.— North Wales Chronicle. It is stated that the committee of the proposed Rom-in Catholic University in Ireland have offered to Dr. New- man the presidency of that institution, and that he is likely to accept the office. While an angler was fishing in the Ouse at Bedford, be hooked an enormous fish he was all excitement but he succeeded in landing—a stuffed boa constrictor! a worm eaten specimen, no doubt thrown away by an itinerant showman. Mr. Williams, M.P. for Macclesfield, is said to be coquetting with Welsh constituencies, his present seat being very insecure; Sir Kay Shuttleworth will probably displace him at Macclesfield. It is reported with much confidence in Wales that Mr. Williams will coutest Den- bighshire at the next general election on ultra radical principles. Sheridan was persecuted by an elderly twaddler of the fair sex. H-e escaped her by maintaining that the weather was too bad to go out, and when she caught him returning from a walk, and accused him of inconsistency, It cleared up," he said, "enough for one, but not enough tortwo." ° ASTRONOMICAL WIT.—A person remarking the bright- ness ot a moonlight night with the usual observation of How bright the mnon ahioes to-night," was answered by a punster with I should wonder if it didn't." Why ?" said the other. "Because," said he, "that's the same moon that a month ago took all the shine out of the sun." The officrs of the United States navy have accom- plished the feat of deep sea sounding across the Atlantic, Iroin the capes of Virginia to Madeira, and find the ocean's depth about 5~ miles, The Gulf of Mexico, from Tainpico to the Straits of Florida, is about a mile in deplb. Vtsrr OF CARDINAL WISEMAN TO BRISTOL.—We un- derstand that Cardinal Wigeiuan is about to visit Bath, and ot course Prior Park, whence he will bend his steps towards this city, visiting Clifton and Brialiugton, at which latter place he will inspect the institution for the Sisters of Mercy recently opened at At no's Vale. We learn that theCtrdinal will be welcornell hy four" Bishops." -Bristul Examiner. Aunt Kitty inquired of the servant girl if she came from the Hungarian parts of Ireland. On being told that her geographical knowledge was somewhat defective, she excused hersell by saying, I haint much larnin': I never went to school but one day, and that was in the evenin', and we hadn't no candle, and the master didn't come." A Mr. Newman has jnst issued a paper, in which he proposes that on the removal of Smithfield Market the vacant site shall he transformed into a geographical peren- nial glazed garden, in which shall be exhibited, in a grow- ing state, in all their native luxmiance and beauty, the vegetable productions of the entire world. No less a sum than JE30 sterling was offered and re- fused for the single sheep belonging to the Messrs. Gunn, Glendhu, that carried the Highland and Agricultural Society's first prize of £5 at the Lairg show last week. The price was offered by one ot the most celebrated breeders (ff Cheviot stock in .this county.—John o'Groat Journal. BARON PLATT ON THE USE OF THE KNIFE.—At the recent assizes at Liverpool, a stabbing case was beard be- fore Baron Platt, who in summing up to the jury, ulled these words:—" One of the witnesses tells you that be said to the prisoner—' If you use your knile you are a damned coward I say also (continued the learned judge, apparently in deep thought,) that he was a damned coward, and that any man is a damned coward who will use a knife." THE MIRACULOUS CABBAGE.—Hose Tamisier, the mi- racle-monger in France, asserted that she was ordered by Heaven to plant a cabbage in a convent garden, and that in a few days it grew up to so enormous a size that the whole community dined off it. Vast as this vegetable must have been, Father Newman, of Birmingham, is ready to swallow the cabbage, and all the community who ate it, and the story into the bargain, and to preach without in- convenience afterwards to a select congregation.—Punch. LORD NORBURY once, in Dublin, out of formal civility, told an elderly couple that they must pass some time with him at his coantry seat, which was many miles distant. He espied them one day coming down the avenue in a chaise and pair, the root loaded with a mountain of lug- gage. He was at the door to greet them—seized their hands, shook them with Irish warmth, aDd excluimed with rapture "This is kind-this is kind indeed! Now, I'll take no denial-none whatever—you shall stay and dine with me!" AN INTERESTING FACT REGARDING RAILWAY COMPEN- SATION,— We may mention as an instance of the exorbi- tant nature of the demands upon the South Wales Railway Company for land compensation, that a gentleman of pro- perty in the immediate vicinity of Carmarthen, has a marshy field which is not more than a quarter of an acre in extent.and so barren, that—as our informant expres- sively lIaid-" a donkey would not live on it unless he was tethered there." Of this field the railway required about the sixteenth of an acre, and the modest sum of £350 was demanded for it. To this somewhat astounding valuation the Company replied by offering JE50 for the land, and in less than half an hour after JE350 was asked, the jE50 was accepted. Who can doubt the patriotism and disinterest- edness of this gentleman of independent property 1- Welshman. A CALCULATION—In oue year, a ton of sand, at least, which is baked with the flour, is rubbed off from a pair of millstones. If a mill grinds only 4385 bushels annually, and no more than twelve bushels allowed to one man, a person swallows in the year about six pounds, and in a month about half-a-pound of pulverised stone, which, in the course of a long life, will amount to upwards of 3 cwt. FEMALE DUELLING.—A manola of Madrid, a few days ago, sent a challeoge to a fair rival who had supplanted her in the favour of a wealthy admirer. The successful dam- sel unhesitatingly agreed to tight, and both parties chose seconds of their own sex. Fearing that the smell of gun- powder might be disagreeable to tbem tbe combatants reo solved to use fencing swords they also determined to fight until one or other should be killed. They went to the ground each with a pair of fencing swords, and in Use they should fall, a pair of poignards. They were just ready for action when two police officers came up and took them and their seconds into custody. A GOOD SALE OF LAND.—Our fellow-citizen, Mr. G. C. Harril, has this week sold the Church Farm, at Stinch- combe, Gloucestershire, being in extent 80A. 3R. 13p., aud yielding a rental of jL120, for the sum of £3,525. The sale took place on Thursday evening, at the Old Bui) inn, at Dursley, the purchaser being John Mabbett, Eaq.-Br;Itol Mirror. INCONVENIENCE OF FASHION.—A correspondent writes to 08 as follows:—The arrival of a visitor making a morning call" is no longer announced by a playful ap- plication of the knocker, which commands prompt atten- tion. '1 bia has been exchanged for a simple ring only, which, as it may equally proceed from an itinerant vender, a porter, or beggar, servants are in no haste to answer, thus keeping the fashionable at the door, hll, in despera- tion, resource is had to the knocker, and this startliug sesame is immediately successful. To remedy tbe present delay a total change should be effected—the knocker must be surrendered, with all its various graceful raps, to those hitherto unaccustomed to its use, except byasingteknock, and the modest ring be the peculiar distinction of a genteel visitor. EXECUTIONERS.—The executioners of foreign countries have always been considered moie expert in their dismal profession than those ol England. It is well known that tbe beadsman of Calais was sent for to decapitate Anne Boleyn; and Cleveland reports of the Dutch executioner, that he would do his ofhee with so much ease and dex- terity, that the head, after the stroke of the sword, should stand still upon shoulders." A boy at Stockholm, at ten years of age, was condemned to the office of public executioner, for cutting off tbe head of another boy at play! FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning, a melan- choly accident occurred in the city to Mr. Francis Field, a cashier in the Balk of Logland. The unfortunate gen- tleman was on his way to the Bank, and while crossing Prince's-atreet, towards Threadneedle-street, he was knocked down by the horses attached to a heavily-laden waggon, and before the driver could stop the vehicle the near wheels passed over his right leg, and afterwards acrossbistoins. Several of the loot passengers who wit- nessed the accident ran to him and raised him up, but he was found to be most fearfully injured. No hopes are given of Lis recovery. ABOLITION OF THE TITHE OFFICE.—We have just heard apiece of new which the Ilublic will, no doubt, receive with pleasure-the Tithe Office, at Somerset House, Is to be abolished. Ten clerks were discharged last month, and 10 more will be in the course of the present. This arises from, we are informed, there being no more business now to'do, the tithes thouphout England being nearly wholly commuted. We regret th it among the individuals discharged, aud to be discharged, are several who have served the government at very moderate salaries from 14 to 20 years, and are to be dismissed without any pension, with only a gratuity of one yeai's salary, many of tbeqj l>eiog advanced io yw8. THE MARQUESS OF WESTMINSTER, we learn, purchased the Mansion estate, a part of Mr. Barn* property in Dorsetshire, lor £ 3 ,000 we hear at ab«* thirty year*' purchase The sale ha* been effected Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lye, London, with the view of rtinvesting the awuuol, I Leicestershire; and the Henstridge estate adj/liolo:; which was to have been offered by the same parties fo* same purpose, is lor the present season withdrawn, j fine estates are unrivalled for their quality of land, ,0 rich and fertile >ale of Blackmoor. — Leicester Adoefll,ff IMPORTANT TO PUDDLERS. — At the Bilston retti Sessions, an underhand puddler, S. Allcock, wa8.'rt'jf tunned by bis master, H. Morgan, for absenting from bis work, without giving the usual notice. in defence, said the reason he left waa because his |B•, would not pay him extra for making scrap ball." expelienced puddlers were examined, who said it customary to pay the underhand extra for making hall. Mr. Leigh, addressing tbe defendant, said V the first time such a case had been brought before ■' and under these circumstances he should not commit • to the house of correction, as he otherwise should done. The case was accordingly dismissed the de'e#^ ant to pay costs. Wolverba)nl)ton Cht onicfe. THE GOVERNMENT DUTY ON RAILWAYS.—A bill is be brought into parliament early next session, wbicb b: for its object the abolition or modification of the pre0ot very oppressive passenger tax levied on railways. companies which at present pay no dividend, and iBw'v should they ever be so successful are not likely for W'- years to come, are obliged to pay laige sums unnu 'ilj passenger duty to the Government, » bich the shareb" naturally consider a great hard»hip, and as it can be urged by any person in the house that a nomb* gentlemen are to invest their capital solely for the purp0'" of increasing the rtv^nue of the countiy, there is little doubt that the bill will pass. L GOLD.—Tiie accounts just received from New S°V Wales equal, or even exceed, all that the most a-gfio coultl possibly have prognosticated with reference fit I' abrupt anti unlooked-for discovery ol almost boun,"<j ■nioeral wealth. It is computed that thirty thoass^ pounds had been realized at the beginning of June fr''1* the spot indicated as possessing auriferous strata, and | considerable distances to the north and south discover11 « of g"ld lia»e been made in ranges of precisely J formation. We seem to be reading over again tbe ss*| I naria'ive as that which astonished tbe world three ye*|* 1 ago with the disclosure of the riches of California, oO'J t with this agreeable difference, that Plutos has in this stance dixpUveil his gifts on our own soil instead of ot tbat of a rival power. Hiittr's Gout and ltheumstic Pills effectually of every scription of Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Tie Doloreux, Pains in the Heud or Face. &c. They "it rec tuiinended to the afflicted with a confidence, arising 'r0j experience, one of the valuable results of tbe iinpro* • st*te of Medical S ieoce, and the only efficient remedy discovered for tbesedisorders. The continued aUI heutic.1 proofs of decided approb ition sent, unsolicited, to the p*0] prietor, from all parts the kingdom and trom all clasfCi society, with a rapidly increasing sale, and demand folo them at htMttt. and abroad unparalleled, fully warrants tll asuurauci* iliat no ^crdon auhj-ct to such complaints W' after atrial ever be without the in. Sold by all n.e.tir:II'j! venders. Price 2.. 911. per box. Observe the name "J t Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, Lourlon," oil the govern' siamp.

FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.—BANKRUPTS- El ward Upton Spasliett, Birkmg, L.sex, inast-iuaker I Andrew Clark, Bear gardens, Soutliwark, plumber I Josiah VVestley, Play house-yard, bookbinder I William Coleman, Coventry,chyumt Willin,ii Herring and Abraham Simmons, Bristol, tailors John Collins, Clitheroe, Lancashire, provision dealer TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.-BANKI!UPT<. W. Ilussell, Billiter-*treet, merchant J. T. Cole, Thorpe-te-Soken, Essex, auctioneer J. Scbofield, Al lerniaiibury, warehouseman W. II. Oram, Noble-street, Falcon-square, woollen Aitlir houseman L. Samuel, Bury-street, St. Mary Axe, jeweller A. Lyon, Saffron Walden, Essex, draper J. Coslett and T. L. Pemberton, Sedgley, cement merchants C. Gittiim, Hanlev, Staffordshire, grocer W. Hackett, Leicester, dealer in pianofortes J. Nicholson, Sheffield, surgeon I J. Ba-nforth, Bi edbury, Cheshire, flour factor

LONDON MARKETS. CORN-RXCHANGE, MONDAY. At this morning's market the freth supply of wheat fnlo Essex and Kent was large, but there was not so much otfer' ing by rail from Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire as I*' I week. There was rather an improved demand for fi"" lA wheat, at about the same terms as last Monday, but eecc"* dary and red wheat must be noted Is. per quarter I Foreign was in limited demand, but the prices remain tietfly the orne. The t-uppty of new English barley was large, bu the quality was not so fille as last week. A few select rUoØ obtaiued dig. to 32i., but the secondary sorts were ralbef lower than this day ae'nnight. Foreign sold slowly, at abOut the same prices. Malt remains without variation. O'"1 for fine old foreign, sold on quite as good terms as 106 Monday, but new were rather easier to buy. Beaos wet* in good supply, and Is lower. Peascontioue the same So last week. Flour is scarcely in so good demand, the qua". tity of new offering having increased. Old and seconds'^ mark^ were rather lower. Floating cargoes of wheat a" t Indian coru continue in fair demand. CUR KENT I'ttlCKSof GUAIN & FLOUR iu MARK 8. 9 Wheat English. 39 43 Gray Peas 25 Ditto, red 35 39 Beans 30 Rye 2# 28 Tick Beans 27 — Barley. 23 32 Oats (Potatoe) 19 Malt 46 52 Ditto (Feed) 19 ..■ White Peas 26 28 Flour | SMITHFIELD, MONDAY. [ The arrival of cattle and sheep from the continent durioS S the past week has been very large. The custom-house r« £ turn gites an entry of 864 oxen, 506 cows, 403 calves, 7-' pigs, and 6,7'2'i sheep, making a total of 9,321 head, 'jj' supply of meat at Smithfield to-day was very large, and tn demand being moderate, the trade w.is generally slow, a'' prl ces heavy. Many head of beasts were turned out u0!:0\j I together with some sheep. There were nearly 5,300 heftJ of beasts 011 show, which commanded a dull sale, at duction of 2d. per stone for prime and middling qu Interior was uualtered from previous r.ite*. Of sheep supply numbered, according to the return, 31,000- demand for mutton was iuactive rather, and the abul'< j of the supply caused a fall of 2d. per stone in the Pr!'Ai realized for downs and half-brad*) th« 3*- per Sib., and the lattet 3s. IXI. Polled theep were steady 3s. per stone. In veal, lamb, and poik there was a quiel trade done, at about the rates of last Friday. STATEMENT OF PRICES & SUPPLY OF CATTLE Beef. 2*. 4d. 3». 2d. 3s. 4d. Beasts 5,27* Mutton 3B. 0d. 3M. 6J. 3S. lOd. Sheep and Lambs 32, Lamb 4s. Od. 4i. GJ. Calves Veal 2->. Gd. 3s. 6d. Pigs #>* Pork 3s. Od. 3s. 8d. Pork 3s. Od. 3s. 8d. Hay and Straw, pertoadof36 trusses, od. HayJE3 Ov. Od. to;64 0s. Od. | Clover £ 3 5-I.Od. to £ 4 IOJ.OU- Straw £ 1 2s. Od. to £ 1 8s. Od.