The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

LITERARY VARIETIES. Most men hHe, like Achilles, a vu]n2rable spot; but it is in the head, not the heel. ACTING UP TO IlElt P¡¡on:ssro:s,-Ðan says his sister is a member of the Non-Resi-uanee Society, and she is so tender hearted that she can't even be persualle,.1 to strike a —light. WHERS THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A iV AT," says the old proverb, and Shakspere's marriage was "I CUriOU3 proof of this; for. ill the diy? (If the great floet, it mi^ht have been said SiJâkspere is the Wtil and his wife Haih-u-wa?t. A cabman, upon being told that "a mi-s was :10 good ai a mile," exclaimed very inuocentlv, No such thin 4 A miss is always good for threl: miles, aud if it's raining she's good for a triti; more," ADVICE TO YOL-NG LADIES.- Converse with your female fdellds as if a genileman were of the party, anù with ouisg men as if your female companions were present,- Yourg Ladies' Friend. "Vox POPULI Vox DEI.A gentleman once used this espre.-sion, iu conHnation witb, I beiie" e, Mr, W¡slry, He at once replied, Nr, it c<!nr.ot be tbe voice oi Ced, for it was the n.1' uii that cried out, Crncily him, crucif) him !CLER1CCS (1.) in Notes and Queries. CONDITIONAL FORGIVENESS.—At a Sund ex- amination, the teacher asked a boy whether, after he had been standing anI. repeating, he could forgive those who had wrorged him. "Could you," said tlie teach r, "fùr- give a boy, for example, who hn iusulted or struck you?" —" Y-e-e-s, Sir," replied the lad, very slowly, I — think -I-coulrl but he added, In a much more rapid manner, "1 could if he was bigger than I HD A SMART B.ETORT.-Tbe following anecdote used to be related by the hte William H'1Z\:tt :-He was ones visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bus:! Montague, when Sir Anthony Carlisle camp h, apparently in a state oÍ more than 11'8 usual self- complacency, having just received a complimentary testi- monial from the Apoth?caries"-hail. 10 answer 10 the inquiries of Mrs. Montague, he said, very pompously anr1 somewhat profanely," Maùam, the glorious Company of Ano¡]1ecariei prai-e me "But," retorted -Mrs..Montague, what f *y the noble army of martyrs, your pitienis, S'r Antiiony ?" Sir Anthony was so nonplused hy this witty rejoinder that he somewhat suddenly took his departure. IT CAN'T BE DONE" is the cry of weakness, indifference, alld i ndulence. What can't be done ? Some- thing that some ether m in lias done. Well, you e10 do It; or you can do something towards doing it. At all events, you can try. Uiiilyou have tried—tried once and again — tried w:th resolution, application, and industry to do a thing-no on » is justified iu saving, it can't be done." The plea b suca a Casi, is a mere excuse fin not al- temptinq to d,) anything at ail. You remember the story of Robert Iiruce and t'le spicier in the caVe. Trying to a certain pUlat, tbe snider fell to the groan 1 again and 8c-:3iu; belt still the litt1e came dgaÏ1 to the task, ;• t;d at the fOltieth errort it succeeded. '• S¡¡rel. said Bruce, "if a soid r can succeed after so many failures so can í covcir my defeat. and he sallied fcom hi8 hi \ing place wid, uew hopes, ral,¡pd his men, and ultimately con- qllereč, So iu all th:s. We must try often and try WIt,) increased resolution to succeed. Failure seems but to discipline the strong only the weak are overwhelmed by it Difficulties (;raw forth the best energies of a .01111, they rcVe,,1 tD him his true strength, aurl train him to the exorcise a: his nob1 "?stpowers. Difficulties trY his ¡n;ieIJLe, his e' ergy, anti v-oik ng faculties, They t, "t he strength "of his purple, and the force of his wiii. "is th< ra"a man," says J.m Hunter, '• whom difficulties do jiot them by the t'1roat an:1 grapples with them? That kind of man never Lids." Jotui Hunter himsdf, original y a working clrpe:1teI', was ptec =>ely a mar. of that -oit; and fro;;1 making chairs Oil weekiy wag* he rose to be the first surgeon and physiologist oi his lIme. TEE GREBE.—One quiet evening in tbe beginning of Merc;), a3 I WH- renting en au eminence overlooking a small lake, margined with marshy ground, anti thinking it ptrange that nothin/ot was to be seen upon it except a pair oftamt! swans, 1 ob-erved a small bird rise fram near tbe hedge, and fly in a flutteiiag manner to a short distance, when it alighted 011 the water and instantly d:v, d. Iu a very short time it lose, at th-' ùl3taIJCe of a,out twenty paces, Heated a few moment9, turning bri::tk!y about, dived, emerged, and thus touiuued to ex.Tcisa it5C:f. At this place the bottom Of tile lake wis covered wiTh "ceds of a greyish-green c. lour, among wheh some straggling weeds shot up. I saw tha' ou diving it 8hot along at the depth of a foot or two, flying with surprising speed. Another individual now appealed, and both continued for a time to dive at intervals, passing in various directions, and ap- parently pursuing insects or binali fishes. Having lost sight uf them, 1 dhected my eves along the tuty margin of the lake, and unexpectedly came upr.-n a larger bird, which showed much less activity, and which, from its pecu- liar movement I at once knew to be a water-hen. It iilÎvanced slowly, jerking its upraised têlil. and moving its Lead and neck at each step, now waded among the sedges and reeiis, locking hne and there, then tl >ated OIJ the wafer, seem ng at Equal ease there, and thus went on quietly Fearch¡¡¡¡1; for 100d, and picking up something now ¡¡I.d then. The little ¡;-rt>bes, on the contrary, kept en- tirely b the water, showeu the greatest 2ct;vi!y, bobbed up like corks, sat lightly too, but ir 1m theJr peculiar form, I0»e les, above the surface, and kept their tails or a1l they had tor them, en the level ..f the water. 10 swimming they ùjd nut advance by jerks, but snmy, with rÚsed necks; in diving they slipped beneath sO gently that the ripple which they causeu wa:, little apparent and iù emerging they seemed to glide up without the sii-hfesi effort. Now, all this i, very trite, and yet who amon" our ornithologists has paid so mucu ul the dabchick, cO.nlnon as the little tiling is in many part, of the country ? It i. a curious and interesting little creature. When turprised it e udts its enemy by slipping heoeath the surface, and not appearing uniil a good way off. It is seldom seen to fly, aud when It does get on the wing it proceeds in a direct coune, wIth a fluttering motion of its wings, and jts large pa 'dies projecting i-eyocd its blunt pnù. Its activity is amusing, and cu:raSfS with the slowness of the graceful swan. V. hen frightened it sinks, so a" to leawe nothing exroscd but ,he head, or shoots away under tile Water, and alter a while thrust up itg bill \0 breathe. Ils food consists of small fishes, aquatic coleoptera, and sometimes seeds. It is seldom heard to emit any cries, but in spring makes a low, clicking and chattering oort of Bo s.—Macgiliiviuy's fiÜtory of British Birds. THE MARINE VLLTCKE.—L-1 us view the marine vulture in a different y.)", Here we are, in a smull boat, rowed by four per.-ons, on the fmooth bosom of the Atlantic, two miies fr"ill shat grim ^promontory of Toe- head, and drawing pear to the livle hland of Cop,¡y, It is a bright day in the beginning of June, the eiementH have proclaimed a cco,atio¡¡ of hostilities, and we are ready to wage war upon nature, haviog our two guns in trim. anti 8 large basket to Contain the fpoiis of many nests. Some cormorants on the headland, stretching out thtir long necks, seemed to he preparing for, fl ght a flock of grt!) geese hag areaJy left the island many gulls have takeo tne alarm, at;,1 are t.overing Over tLe crags a little baud nf oyster-atchers 00 the shore seem, by their crie" to be consulting among themselves; and there, 1\5 vo!e draw near, one after another, the spotted guilemots, leaving their nests, arrange them<ve3 in lines, along the edges of the si,e,H5, Xow, then, firc! Eight or ten of them re- main. But what aD uproar The isle hai been "frightened from er propriety." Herriog gulls, common gulls, and oyster-catchers, wheel and scream in alarm, coo- f.:SIOI1, and despair. We are now at the landing piacc, which is rather slippery; but we have nimbly leapt 011 shore, aud advance toward the grassy bank. Under these large stones, con;usedly heaned together, are many nes's of the spotted jiU.lemot, which, contrary to the assertions of TIlany authors, lays three eggs, 011 the bare gravel or rock. In these hole-, which seem to have been originally made by rats In the turf, öre nests ot the starling. Here is the first gull's oest, with it3 thr-e eggs; another, and another; Lut yon mu t look well otherwise many will escape ycur no- tice. Let us leave our guns here, and till our hats with eggs. There a duck has fbwu, ami we find a nest of the eiuer, with its five e-igs wrapped in grey down. The screams of tte poor gulls are almost deafening yet few of tbe birds come very near, and of tho fifty or sixty black-baaked species which we see, some are hovering far alofe, some perched on (ji5:ant crags, and some running forward and backwänl in the grass, withIn gunshot. 'I i.eir eggs are larger than thuse of tbe herring guM, otherwise }OU can haldly distinguish them here. Those of the oyster-catcher, generally th:ee, are easily known by having their cpots darker and more defined than the smaller gull. The wild geege have Dibbled the giass quite bare III most places; but their nests are never 10rmd in this island. The crew ot our boat are running about gathering e.igs; but we have had enough of them, and tbfrefure we shad return tor our guns dud pndeavour to procure some specimeus of tbe great gud, which even here m presence of tbeir neats, it is not very easy to do, sotae ot them oven having flown tar off to sea.— Ibid.

GALVANISM.— PARALYSIS A poor man came to me to try tbe powírs of (iaivnuism in hid caiie. Whilst a,- tending a teetotal meeting, ihe platiorm 011 which he was standing gave way, and he, in order to save hitnae.it, caughi iio.d ot tiie windo'v aud jumped from it into the street. 'Ihe beight was nuT greal, out It injured him HJ much, U,al jn a very few day" he ht¡"au ,0 lose stnsatiuo in his feet, at;tl, wail the :-ame, iossef power to such a degree, [hat he could scarcely waik. He had heen iu this stale about three years before he came to m*, and had tried various sorts of remeIL. without deriving the isast b, selit. As usuai, Galvanism was Iaughtd at j but he bas cause t. blew the day he came to me, for in lesa than a month, he could walk seteral wi'es in a day, and he is now perfectly restored to health.—From Mr, HaUt't Pam{1lilee qn Medical G(&(¡;anÙun,See Jdvt,

CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. Mr. EDITOR,—As an old breeder of Glamorgan Cattle, I was in hopes some champion of that now unpopular stock would have got up and answered Mr. David's de- nunciation of them, in his speech at Cowbridge this day. It is now nearly 200 years since the breed of Glamorgan Cattle obtained that celebrity which they have maintained till the Herefords and Durhams, some thirty years ago, made their first ingress into our pastures. The late Mr. Price, then of Llandaff Court, told me that the high cha- racter of this breed originated in a celebrated French Bull, which one of the Stradlings, of St. Donatt's Castle, sent up to his farm of Park-newydd, Llatiwunno, (since given to the family of the Carnes, uf Nash), and that the cross between this bull and the handsomest cows of that parish, were the actual progenitors of the" Glamorgan Breed" of cattle. I can remember Llanwonno for more than 511 years, and I can testify to the beauty and sym- metry of this breed, as many will do who can remember the dairies at Havod, Dduallt, Llan, Petirhiwcradoc, Geiiiwrgan, and Monachty. On some of these farms traces may yet be found of their ancient celebrity, and if to fill the pail be an object, I would back. a cow from Llanwonno, even ir, these de- generate days, against any other parish in the county. I fear, however, I cannot challenge so early a m .turitv as in the more favoured breeds, and do not deny the ne. cessity of such a quality in times which call for every at- tainable advantage bnt I could not hear witbuut sotie regret the "notice to quit" which Mr. David so positively strved to-day upon my old and respected neighbours. Your obedient servant, September 28th, 1852. BUCOLIC. To the Editor 4. the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. SIR,—I have been much pleased in perusing Mr. E. C. Coiion's letter in the GUARDIAN of the 4th instant, on the subject of the potato disease. Interested as I am in agriculture and other sciences, you will permit me, through the medium ot your valuable journal, to com- municate to your readers the result of several eX:1eri- ments on the potato crop. In the autumn of 1830 I spent some time in the neighbourhood of Droitwich, where salt is extensively manufactured, and where I found several experiments were tried with common salt in the following manner:—After planting the potato, the land was immediately top-dressed with three or four cwt. per acre of salt, leaving a poition of the land undressed. The potatoes grown in the undresseù portion were much infected by the disease, while those grown on the dressed portion ot the land were sound and healthy. I observed potato crops much more affected by the disease in Mon- mouthshire and other inland counties than they were in situations exposed to sea breezes, and this I attribute to the s'dt or saline matter brought to the land by the wind. 1 fully concur with Mr. Cotton that soot is a preventive of the disease; and I quite agree with him that it is Lrought on by thc new species of insects introduced through the clemency of the seasons. Now, Sir, as we have discovered the cause, we ought to discover a remedy. Salt and soot have ingredients which are destructive to the insects,—hence they are preventives of the potato disease. Sait has been applied with success, as a top-dressing, on wheat, barley, &c.: it strengthens the straw, and increases the weight of grain, and this may be ascribed to the salt of lime with which it is associated. Without the presence of muriate of soda or common salt the field beet would not succeed and this is the reason it delights in maritime situations, where it fburishes well. Salt- abounds even in its seeds. For its analysis see Professor Way's Journal, R.A.S., vol. 10, p. 516. I have tried soot as a manure on grass, cabbage, and turnips, and can speak highly of its fertilizing properties. Your readers will be gratified to find that I have dis- covered an article which is far more destructive to grubs and insects than either salt or soot indeed, its effects were so powerful, that no insect of any kind would go near the spot where it had been deposited and I have tried it with the utmost success as a pieventive of the turnip tiy, and I intend to try it next year to prevent the disease of the potato crop, anù shall be happy to let my friends have some tor trial. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, D. LLEWELLYN, Forest, near Mountain Ash, Surveyor, &c. 22nd September, 1852. To the Editor of the Cardiff anrl Merthyr^Guardian. Sin,—It would, I think, be interesting to your read- ers to have some further explanation respecting the population table8 which appeared in Jour paper of the lith inst. There are, I think, either some discrepancies in tha figures, or else great obscurity as to the extent of the various districts included in the population returns. I was under the impression at first that the various districts" were co-extensive with the Parliamentary limits; but this does not appear to be the case neither do they appear to coiucide with the parishes. I will take the cases seriatim as they occur in your paper. I find the population in the Cardiff district, in 1851, is stated to be 46,49l; it is subsequently quoted as 18,351 for the borough, and afterwards 20,424 for the same "district" within the Parliamentary limits. In like manner the population fa;, .Merthyr district is stated to be 70,804; again, Merthyr-Tydvil and Vainor (inclu- ding the hamlets of Coedycyinmer, Dullryn, and Gelli), 49,045! and afterwards 63,080 within the Parliamentary limits. The population of the Swansea district for the same year is stated to be 4H,\J07; again, 45,123, and afterwards 24,738. Neither of these agree with the return I have obtained from the tegistrar's office. The latter number is too high for the town and frallch:s0, and much below the population of the municipal borough. I believe the 31,1G1 quoted for Swansea, within the Swansea district fuc the Parliamentary limits, to represent about the popu- lation of the municipal borough. The obscurity appe ,rs to be in the use of Ihe ward "district" without the limits being defined and also the same word being used in the table showing the popula- tion of several of the same places within the Parliamen- tary limits. Some further explanations would, I am sure, interest many of your readers, ami aiso YOi;r obedient servant, SAML. CASTLE GANT. Swansea, 22nd Sept., 1852. PICTBrJ AND CYMRIC QUESTION. To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. SIR.—I am happy to find that Mr. Stephens is to make his "statement" in reply to my observations on the Welsh and Pictic languages and peupie he asserting their identity and I denying it. The terms he proposed I accepted cordially, and hope you will complete the obligation we shall lie under to you, by allowing us the farther use of your columns, to terminate our controversy. Will vou permit me meantime to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr. Stephens, in craving from you permission tofotlow up my former remarks, and tha thttering opinion he is pleased to express of my qualifications. I beg also to amplify a little the brief account he gives of my literary avocations. I had the honour to be con- nected with the "Cambrian and Ca!e Ionian Quarterly Magazine," as sub-editor, in management of the latter portion, and must say that Mr. U. Williams, the spirited editor and proprietor, did himself and his country the highest honour, by this national and well-conducted periodical. He set an example 1)[ the genuine amo" patrice, wl1ich it were well that others would follow, and we can only regret the discontinuance of so excellent a work as a loss to the Principality. When engaged on this publication, I was employed by the Royal Cymrodorion Society of London, to form the dpscriptive catalogue referred to by Mr. Stephens, a cnm- pilation which will be found exceedingly useful to the student of national history, and is a creditable evidence 0:' the well-directed literary spirit of that society. This insritution had moreover a library of rare books aud MSS., illustrative of Welsh History and Literature, of which I was engaged, wirh the late Mr. Roberts, of Llanrheidol, to draw out a catalogue. In these well-directed efforts the Welsh evinced a much more intellectual spirit than lh3 Highland Society ot London, who meet also :n the Freemasons' Tavern, but have no library. The Cymro- dorion being unfortunately broken up, the whole collec- tion was Presented to the British Museum, including my Catalogue above described. I hope, Mr. Editor, you will excuse me for this much egotism, to which I confess 1 am induced by the curiosity which the friendly contention with Mr. Stephens has ex- cited respecting—Your humble servant, JAMES LOGAN. P.S. Through the medium of the GUARDIAN and the kindness of yourself or some of your readers, I may be informed to what town the name Caer-wisge is given, or if more places than one ate so cailed. TO MY FELLOW TOWNSMEN OF MERTHYR. About three years ago. 1420 of our neighbours were swept, away in Mer.hyr and Duwlais, by cholera. Men ssy *ti■< coming again. 1 fear it is. It may be some months be- fore it reaches us, aud 1 wi-h to urge you to consider what on be done—not to avert it, for that is out of the question -but to mitigate, if we can, its ravages. Tis useless to expect the Board of Health to do all they spend public money, and they will spend it carefully, "s they should. We ought not fo expect the ironmasters to do what does not belong to them to do, more than to y -I) or to rne. We should all remember that if every individual houseowner and householder did his duty, there would be little for any Board of Health, or other public body, to do. Whir, then, is he duty o" the and householder? One plain duty of ihe houseowner is to see that the gut. ters abutting on his houses »re recently paved—such as can be kept clean by a clr-aaly-inciiued tenant; and, with cholera coming, 'tis scarcely tor. much to expect the ho ise- owner tu fee that =ucb gutiers arts kept in. tolersble order. He should also see that his tenauts, particularly iu the crowded partd of the towu, do not allow accumulations of filth about his premises, but procure such to be carried away tJy the carts. The Householder or tenant should be careful to keep the gutters well se-ept, and urge h's landiorJ, !i th: gutters be defeciive, to make them as who'esome as circumiUnces will admit. He should have a thorough cleaning of the house from top to hottom.al the coiners .swept out, and the whole well whitetvashed. Then, every safe means of ventilation should be adopted, particularly in houses that have no back- doors. Possibly, 'ti, in these months that lie between us and the appearance of cholera, that its see.Is get planted in the con- stituton. ready to germinate when that peculiar sta'e of atmosphere, or whatever else it may be. comes, which creates tne condition on which they are to grow with such fatal efleet. This, at ail events, seems quite clear, that, as a rule, cholera ravages most where filth and defective ven- tilation are found; and it is f.dr to infer, that If, for the time ere cholera reaches us, everybody in Merthyr were to do all in tiis power to promote cleanliness eoout his house, and an effective ventilation, cholera would not be the cver- whelming thing it was in '49. Now is the time to do v.hst lias to be done. When cho- lera is upon us, the mischiet 19 done—the seed i> sown and 'tis not very clear, that the c eansiug of fi thy gutter*, emptving of cess-pools, and the stirring up 01 every dis- gusting place, when cholera is amongst us, does not add fuel to the Barno, and makes bad worse. If there be any- thing which ought to be done, aud which a houseowner or householder can't do. now, too, ts the time to tali the at- tention of the Nuis-nnee Inspector to it, for by an 1 bye everybody will be wide awake, complaining of everything, and expecting officials to perform inir leles. Considering the number of carts now employed to carry fi'.th from the town, I think that if eveiy housenwuer and householder will do his part pioperlv, we shall rob cholera of many a victim. Water would have been a great thing, if the experience of Nottingham be taken as a guide for us. However, (here is no chance of watcr for a long time to come, aud we must do the best we can till it does come. I am. vour faithful Servant, Merthyr Tydfil, Sept. 27, la52. CHAS. H. JAMES.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILts HAVE EFFFCTED ANOTHLR EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A WOUND IN THE LEG.—Andrew .\IJilIJD, a hustler, re-.iding at Burtoc, ibout two years ago bruis..d his skiD, alw beil1g of a fu" tiabit of bOGY, a severe inflammation ensued, whicu di 5ed every eftori, to subdue atUruariis an obstinate wounu formed, and aUiiou^h various nj-de.s of treatment were tried, it would not heal, aad his leg became so bad tha' uts furgecn urged him to have it amputated, but Dot wishing 10 lose ins limh oeiore giving Holiowaj's medicine a trial, he commenced, and he has reason to be grateiu1 that he did, for by their use be has effected a suuud aud perfect cure,

CARDIFF POLICE.—MONDAY. [Before Whitlock Nicholl, Esq., & W. Bird, Esq.] ASSA ULT. ..11111 Williams was charged witb severely beating Uaunah Joues, the wife of WilliamM Jones. The complainant ill this case is a decently 10ol;jnK IDarrbd woman; and from her statement it appeared that she had been bullied by defen- dant and struck several times. Complamsnt was BLO struck by a well-known character, named John Ryan. In cross- examination it was dicited that the complainant resides witll her mother nt the Merthyr aud Cardiff Inn, Bute- street, which the Superintendent sai i was one of the houses reported at the last meetiDg of the Town Council; but this assault was committed (on the street) in Whitmore-lane at six o'clock on Sunday eveuing. The outrage caused A mob of 200 or 3:10 people to assemble. The defence Sldt qgi was expulsion from tiie beerhouse above-named.—Ilae<s one shilling and costs, or seven days' imprisonment. OUTRAGES BY IRr,IDIEN. Cornelius Carty, an lr¡sIW}aiJ, was etiarged by P.C. Kyte witn being stripped in Landoi e-court ou Sunday evening, at about sue o'clock anti witil being in the same C0ndition madly druuk, in Saint Mary-street, challenging all comers. The case was fully proved, anù the defeudaut was tined five shillings and Costs, Patrick Crawley, another Iri=hman, was proved by P.C. Bashan to have been drunk and fighting in Landore-court on Sunday evening.-The defeIl:1ant said he hall only drank a cou;)!e of pints of beer. — The Magistrates said tbat the greater nuoibtr of drunkards brought up on Mon- dty !11:)rillugs appeared to b" Irishmen: and as the defen- dant had enough of money to get drunk, he would have to spare the shiiliogs aud costs. Timothy Welsh, aUllther Irishman, was charged wi,. h creating a disturo3\,ce in at tcr. o'clock last night —P.C. Rees said that he went there in the execu- tiun of his duty; endeavoured to pacify tile man, who thereupon collared bim alld assaulted hlln,-The de;elldant said he was standing quietly in tbe crowd when the police- lIlan interfered. —Tiie Superintendent said that for three huurs after the defendant was iu custody, in the yard, he screamed murder and uttered tue most impious blas- pnemy. lie was a perfect madman.- I'he defendant: I wanted you tù come and see if I was drunk. I was soher, alld had my senses just as well as I have this minnte.-The Superintendent: I saw him at ten at night. He continued hi- bawl ng nut till two in the morning, the expressions being must blasphemous.—Discharged 0:1 condition of put- ting 2s. Gd. into the Intirmary-box. D.TUSK AND DISORDERLY. Edward iI/argall, a young seaman, was charged by P.C. Pepper wilb b:jn;š drunk and disorderly, and creating a disturbance in Bute-terrace. He "as challenging every one to fight, and caused a crowd of two hundred !>ersons, at least, tJ assemble. The defendant admitted tl.at he was drunK, and wa, fiued five shillings and costs. DISORDERLY CONDUCT IV BUTE STREET. Sarah Bunooun, Margaret JlcCl.I.rthy, Elizabeth Jones, and Eliza Edwards, were cnargtd witll highly improper conduct in Bate-street. Mr. Joseph Elliott, who had the moral courage (much to his credit) to come forward as a witness, said that 011 Sa- turday evcniug he heard a great noise outside his shop ill eet. He was unable to gu out, and asked Mr. Trice, schoolmaster, to do so, That gjntieinan got a policeman, whJ lemoved one of the offenders. The language made use ot by the '■ gir:s" was mo-t ob-cene and most disgusting. The other" girls" dispersed. In about ten millutes time thc same parties, he supposed, again commenced a •' ruw." Margaret McCarthy was one. He w Itcaed them for ten minutes. They were quarrelling wilh e-ich and using the most disgusting language. He gave three giris into ¡;ustody, but could only ioentify ODe. The Superintendent said he knew the whole party to be unfortunate fl;iris," whose conduct wa. mo-t iuf1\mol\s in every respect. He received Sarah Donovan, Margaret McCarthy, and ElizabEth Jones together so that they a:e the three referred to by Mr. Elliott. The Magistrates commented upon Ihe state of things in Bute-street, and Rent the three defendants named by the Superintendent to the House of Correction for fourteen days, there to be kept to hard labour. Eliza Edwards w?is discharged. If respectable partieR residing in would act as 1\1: E: i iott did in ttiis case, the nuisauces of tllat strect wouid speedily be abated. DISORDERLY WOMEN. Elizabeth Williams, one of the woman of ill-fame, wa3 proved by Superintendent Stockdale to Inve been screaming murder" in St. Mary-street at two o'clock on Saturday morning. The nuise was most alarming. Tne woman said she bad been struck in Jventon's-court. — Cautioned i.n.1 discharged. Elizabeth Ann Jones was charged with having been disor- derly in B ite-stn et at t«o o'clock on Sunday morning. P.C. Soeppard gave tbe necessary evidence, saying that as she was going down with a sailor he (Shepherd) ordered her back, upon which oue of the usuai scenes" followed, much to the annoyance of peaceable persons. Th21e bad been no noise till she wa3 Oid-reu back. — Cautioued allu discharged, Margaret Sully was charged by the same officer with having created a disturbance at two o'clock this morning in J Bute-street. Another girl and a young lad were trying to get her into her lodgings, but she positively reiu-ed to go in, and insisted on being locked up. Her wished were complied with. She behaved qluetly in going to tin: statiou- nouse. —Defendant said sbe was afraid of going into her lOdgings iest she should be beaten.—Discharged. ALLEGED ROBBERY FROJI THE PERSON. Harriet h'ines, a woman of madsive proportions, was charged wilh stealing two sovereil1;lli frum Ihe person of William Jones, !1 ganger 011 the Rute Docks, while in a house of ill-fame. The robbery occurred on Siturday night. The prosecutor had been drinking and while under he influence of thar prolific source of crime (drink) he met the prisoner-Inct a frieudly chat, and accompanied tile woman to the Salutation pubiic-house ill Bute-street, where she had a g ass of I'VlJi".ey and the prosecutor a pint of beer. They then went to tlie Caledonia beerhouse in Charlotte- street, to whici1 place tee woman went first anct ,-eut a man out WHO conùuctell the prosecutor there. That mllu put hun to bed. He lost his watce. and money, be.t the former was retumeù to him on Sunday afternoon by the prisoner. He saw her take his walell aod money, aud thought she was going to take care of ttlem for him, He permitted her to 00 [,0, believing the property would be safer with her than it was wllh him. He subsequently told her to k. them I) de"—that is, not to remove tHem, as he could take care ot them himself." A wan, named John Yandell, also toll her to let the things aiùne, threatening to knock herdown It she luuched thew. Tile prisoner, however, touk tile pro- perty away. John Yaodell and witness slept ia the room that night. Witness said he had previously beeu stopping with tile woman. John Yandell was next examined. He clearly corro- borated the evidence ot the prosecutor; frlHu which it ap- peared tbat tll," womall was actually permitted by the two men coolly to abstract tile property, and theu to walk away with it. Tllere was evidentiv no chance of a couviction in this case, and the magistrates refused to commit the prisoner, but oeld her t,) bail tu apinar at the next quarter sessions ill this to" II to meet any charge that may \)tJ preferred against her. [i5eiore tbe s lme Magistrates and J. Bruce Pryce, Koq, ] "A GOOD STOCK OF DIPU DENCE." Elvira Jenkins and Elizabeth Smith. twu women of ill- f,nJ1 were charged wi tll stealing from the person of Wrex- tou Bevan, grocer, of St. Dog-uells, near Cardigan, Ihe -um of three sovereigns and other property. Mr. Bevan mid he came to Cardiff LOin Merthyr on Saturday evening, and well: to a public-house, where, in the presence of the two women, he aske 1 a young Hun if he could recommend him to lodgings. 1\1r. Bevan proceeded, — I called fq, a glass of ale for him there, and likewise another for mv",lf. Tho-e females requested me to give them some Lèa, and I did lii"t. tuo, I weat out witll them afterwards to be taken to th:he respectable lodgings wnicl1 they told me çf. It might have been atter twelve u'ciock or after one on Sunday morui.it;. [it was three o'ctock un Sunday morning.] i dO not know the iiouse they took me tv, neither Jd 1 know the street but it apoeared to IDe to be a private Louse They took me in, anJ the young maD came in a3 well. I sat down, and the young man went out immediately, leaving mz and the two women together, one of whom shut and bolted the doer. I tuld them i wished tu go to bed, and Elvira Jenkm3 conducted me up-stairs. She went down stairs, left me in the dark, and I undressed myself and "went to b.-d. She Came bick ill1:n?diately. and Elizabeth Smith half-way up the stairs with a C:1[ltlle. I Elvira Jenkins to bring me a glass ot W.1,ec, and it was brought to me aud during the lime I WåS drinking it the candle was either biown ou, or conveyed down stairs I lost the light. There were two be, In tllat room besides the Oue I was in, and their occupants were asleep, or pretended to be so. I looked on them, and Elvin Jenkins rol,1 me I had a good stock uf iraoudence to look 011 otiier people in bed. Imme- diately I lost the light Elvira JenKins was across me, anu pulling my trousers from under the pi.low. I had a sove- reign h my pocket, and 38s. tiJ. in silver. I lost a yeliow silk handkerchief out of my co"t p cket. I pulled my trousers hack frOIH her as much a3 I could but tint khd la ly (Elizabeth Smith) g0t hold of iI, aud they either palled it away or cut It. 1\] r. iiruce Pryce: Did yon nd appeal to the people in the other oed" aad tdl them they were robbing you? Tile Prosecutor; I d,d, Sir, but they wouiu Bot get up, I dre-sed myself as quickly as £ could, and. told Ihe women they haù rubbed oje. l'liey said tiiey had not. I had bold uf tiie leg^ ot the trousers. It did not gQ Ol1t of my haud. 1 missed all the C'lsh I had about me except sixpence. I also missed a leather uelt. Thev got hoH of my wItch. I told them I did not care if thev bok that ,.s I had its num- ber. I found it On the giound, wilh the glass broken. Elizabeth Smith cut my pocket and part of my trousers \,v.de 1 was pulling by tile legs. The women hall hold of the trousers at the saltle tine. When I got down 1 SH" the mm theie who had conducted me to the house, ilewas waiting, I suppose, to share the profits. I saw s';V2r, there. anJ 1 tdd them I had been robbed. Thev said 1 had not; and tbat if I would not go out they would luck me out. I weat out and told two or three policemen what had occurred. 1 had fdt my money iI1 my pocket when I went into the hoase, P.C. Shepherd examined: I was on duty in Bute-street between L,rec LllJd four un Sunday !1101 ainK-uear1Y lour- and 1 heard some Olie cry out" police" in tile lane. I found tins man by the Castom-bouse, and he told me he had beell robbed by some Women, and that the young mall who han receJfJJf!1ended him to the lodgings had just rao down. I wellt down to the railway bridge lit the ba:k of the west side of Büte-.treet, auu I tlear,1 a man and these two women there in conversation. They were quarrelling. The mdn was demanding shares of some money which ElviraJenkins had stoleu from some one. Sue "ail she would not give him anything. He tLen said, witli an oath, '■ Give us a shilling, for the mall would not have stopped with you if it hild nol been for me." Siie said she hid" shelled out all of it" to some one whose name 1 could not catch. I Ihen went towards them, and the man ran away. I bok the two girls" into custody ou lhe preôent charge. They asked me to prorluce the mau. 1 took them tu the cells, where they were identified by the prosecutor as the parties who had robbed him. Elizabeth Smith had 5s. iu silver, and a peony in copper. Elvira Jenkins bad 3st III silver, aud 6.jd ill copper. The prisoners said they l13d nothing to say, as they had never seen the :111111 till they "aw him in the station-house. -Both were committed for trial at the next quarter sessions. POACNRVG. -SABBATH DESECRATION. Henry Stoiudale, hOIl.;ie" John Thtrmas, sawyer, and Farnham Jones, labourer, Were brought up to meet the charge contained ill the following evidence: Thomas Jones examined: I am game-keeper to Mr. Jenuer, of Wenvoe-castle. On Sunday morni11¡? I was riding from EJy to Cardiff, anù I saw tbe prisoners, who ha,1 two Jogs with them, coming out of a lield which 1 think belongs to Mr. Saul, 1 suspected that there was something in their pocxets. One of the dogs was a greyhound, ano the otner was .1 I ireber. I went 011 to Canllti' and gave in- formation to the p"iice. l',C Lewis examined Retv, cell ten and eleven on San- day morning I was ordered by the Superintendent to gJ out Ull Cardiff bridge iu search ot th, ee men who were coming in wiOI two cogs. In the course 0: qmrter of au hour [ saw the prisOr1"rs goiug- down tile side of the river towards t1le r lilway. 1 and another constable went down and md them on toe -now bridge. \Ve brought them t. the Police-station. W e searched them. There Wde te-i hares ï"Ullcl iu the pockut of the prinmer Stockdaie, am. 011" with the prisoner T11,);nas, Farnham Jones had nothing. The prholidS had cwo dogs Wlii¡ them, but as 80011 as they saw we were M'ii:1g tv t'll; Staiion-tiouse the) ran aWijy. Air, Bruee Pryce: They were knowing dogs. Henry Stockdale sa:,1 they had merely been out for 11 w:j}!{; and behoving it to he unseemly to eater the town publicly Oil Sunday forenoon, t ley had jtoue do* 11 by tla- side of the river. Neither tbc gim-kee-ier nor an/body else could say they had been UII any one's ground. Mr. Bruce Pryce: He dill not say you were. You heue every word be said. I dare siy those hares jumped iuk your pockets of lireir own ace, 1. Henry Stockdale: I lIo nut wish to td: you h nv we ;;ot them, SIC, Mi. B,uce Pryce I did not ask you; for I kiio-v that i, I ùld yon would probably tell tne au untruth. Il i' -'yoi; allytiHng to say for yourselves ? T.iese harcs are iounu i:. ycur possession, and tWI) sporting dogs. Hour/ Stockdaie said they bad not II greyhound w,t ciietn. lie wa« not iu tiie habit of poaching. Mr. Bruce Pryce Y>u beguu very badly, 'hen, by de .ecratiog the Lo;d's Day. if vou can say anything 1,1,1, >'<■ ur ¡\1:f,.uccJ that will do you ai.V good, Ule inagisir-tes win give you thJ advantage 01 it. HC¡¡¡j,St,¡dJ e made further sLtemcnt$ cf an exed- patory nature. Mr. B.uce Pryce: Have the,e men Her been up hdore? Superintendent Stockdale; Not fùr po.u;hll.g, sir, jdr, 13,r\J¡:e W UWhS *1,e QIIC\¡tltU1 ot thtt bench, convicted the defendants in the penalty of 10s. each and costs; io default of payment to be imprisoned for fourteen days. The penalty might have beën £ 5 each. [Bdore W. Nicholl, Esq" and W. Bird, Esqr.] ROBBERY IN A HOUSE OF ILL-FAMK. Mary Freeman and Martha J"nes were charged with stealing 15s. from the person of John Cooke, of Gloucest£>r, while in a house of ill-tame aod James Charles Slmth, lOas- ter of the smack Peace, of Jersey(!) was charged with as- saulting John Cooke, and thereby preventing him following the girls. The prosecutor, John Cooke, did not appear, and the case could not, therefore, be entered upon. Smith was directed to put 2s. 6d. into the Infirmary-box.-Th.. Superintendent said he could prove that the facts auain^t Smith were as he had stated them: namely, he had thrown bimself across Cooke 011 the bed. and prevented the latter "roin following the girls. Smith coutradictcd that tatement. A FIT OF DRINK," AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. Richard B irtiett, a seaman, was charged wi'h refusing to go 011 board the Sarah, of Bristol, on Friday niornuiir- George Lewis, ma,ter of the vessel, said that the prisol1e, had shipped 10 proceed to Wilmington, in the United Stales but had refused to enter upon his duties. Mr. Morris: Has he been on board ever ¡;illce? The Defendant: I have beeD in prison ever since- starving. I was willing to go on board on Saturday, but thpy would not give me the ch ince. Superintendent Stockdale: Ym had the prison allow- anc". and that is not equal to the hre you get on ship-hoard. For fourteen hour, you were in a wild state of dru "kerHless -not fit to KO on board any vessel. The Captain having expressed his readiness to take the man with him, he was permitted t.) do so and they left the court apparently on wmcable terms,—the captÚ" giving it as his opinion that the whole was occasioned by a fit of drink." ANOTHER DRUNKEN IRISHMAN. lVm, Curran, an Irishman, was ch"rged with being drunk, and diSvrderly in the Masons' Anus beer-house, Bridge- street, on Saturday eVening.-WII1. Richards, landlord of I he home in question, detailed the circumstances of the case; he and Curran had been scratching and cu1fil! each other in prime style, for they were most beautifully tattooed. Ilichards did not wish to press the case. Cnrrau was then dismissed with a caution. ■' ROUGH CUSTOMERS." John Charles and .JViI:illll1 Prichard were charged by Mr. Thomas Jeukins with creating a disturbance ill his eating- house ill Saint Mary-strest. From the evidence it appeared ti1!1t the men hild gone into the house, and had commenced quarrelling. They were directed to leaye, and Wiiliam Prichard actually attempted to use violence towards Mr. Jeukins's father, who is nearly eighty years of age, but was prevented. Tlji men then got exceedingly violent, made use of dreadful language, and wele put out. On the street they were" very rghtab!e," and a policeman took them into custody. Bot:1 ùischarged on Imttmg 2s. 6d. euch into the Intirmary-box. ASSAULTING THE POLICE. Jfoseg Jo'ies wa- charged Witll be\!1: disoderly in Bute- terrace, at midnight on Saturday, and Wilh assaulting P.C. Hib'os in thc execution of his duty. The officer a .il1 he saw a crowd near tile Euginsers' Arms, and saw Moses Jones behaving riotously there. He desired the man to go 01. several t'mes; but the latter refused to move, aud collared the officer. In extenuation the man said he had heen struck by some one who, he belleveu, went iuto the Engineer's Arms, anù he wanted to follow him. The Magistrates said the hour wis most unseasonable, and tined the defendant five shillings and CJsts, or seven UNPROVOKED ASSAULT. Daniel Reddowi, a weii-known character, wag charged with assaulting Mr. David Lloyd, landlord of the Castle anù Railway Hotel beer-house, Lewis-street. 1\1r. Llo) d sÚ 1 that at eleven o'clock last night he was shutting Lhe door of his house; tbe defendant sprang on and struck him with- out provocation. The Superintendent said that Beddows was very violent when brought to the Police-station. lie asked for water, and thell broke nil the watcr jugs. Beddows said it was another prisOllpr h id done so. He was filled 2 Js. aud cost", or one month's imprisonineut. ASSAULT. Henry Burrows was charged with George Jamt s, who s iid,—On the 3rd of September I was going down liute-street, and Burrows came up and struck me a severe blow ou my neck: he then truck me 0:1 my face. My nose bled. — A lengthened explanation followed aud å little elimination and recriminat on. — Burrows was tined ;¿s. 6d. and costs, or seven days' imprisonment. IN QUEEN-STREET. Superintendent STOCKDALE sai 1 tllat his attention had beed called tù the Slate of Queen-Street, better known (l, the" 11unning Camp," ill which tile thoroughfare waE oh- struded frequently by horses with trolleys (a sort of car- riage), whlcn were takea there either to load or unload iron iro n a warehouse, gteativ tu tbe inconvenience of t'le passers-by. Larg-e quantities of iron were so dealt with frequently. He Lad ascertained that the horse aud trolleys belong to Mr. Williams, ironmonger, Duke-street, who had r2ceiveù notice Irorn him (the Superintendent) not to ob- struct the thoroughfare any more; hut Ihat notice had been disregarded, He (We Superintendent) wished to know whether be was to Bummon Mr. Williams, or haù he a right tu use horses anJ trolleys ill Lhat pa>sage. Mr. BIRD ilaid that Mr. Williams was evidently labouring under a mistake when he believed that he ClJu1d take horses alld carts t,) Qlleen.8treet, It. was merelya thoroughfare for foot passengers, otherwise It would not have been paved as ir is. Every time Mr. Williams took d horse anti cart there he committed an obftiuciion, and the Superiutcllrlent could only do with him as he diu with others—summon him the next time he obstructed the thoroughfare. Mr. WHITLOCK NICHOLL Esid that it horses and carts were taken there belore th" street was paved, which WdS BOt very long ago, he thought Mr. Williams might plead a prescriptive right to use it, Tbe Superintendent said that such a right could not exist, becaase formerly there were posts at the entrance of the street to prevent horses and carts going down there. Mr. R. LL. REECE: I remember the posts therc, very- well. Mr. Bum: I recollect them, too.

PERSON7AL HABITS AND ANECDOTES OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The Spartan simplicity of the Duke's habits was main- tained 10 the last, and the only relaxation whieh he per- mitted himself was all occasional extra hour's rest at Wal- mer. In his eighty-fourth year he was still the same abstemious, active, self-denying mln he had ever beeu, rising early, never latterly tasting wine or spirits, taking regular exercise on foot and on horseback, 8Iee¡)illg Oil a hard, uncurtained couch, and rejecting even th., luxury of II downy pillow. The Duke's pillow was an exceedingly hard one, duffed Wltlt horse hair and lined witll wash- leather, auJ he carried it about with bim wilereVCI he went. His lire had tor years been a steady system of defensive warfare aitaiust the approach of disease, and death overtook him at last from sheer exhaustion, without beini; preceded by a single dij's illness. Oath- very IIwrning.of his f, tal attacK It was much feared that hc would persist 111 going to meet Lady Westmoreland ¡¡t Dover, ano not long- ago, wilen suffering from a severe cold, he could BOt be persuaded to keep his room, out joined the dinner crcle in Ills great coat. His habits certainly throw a striking light 0n his whole character; and when we iearn that to the last his daily toilet was performed without Ihe 8\ightcst assistance, we can appreciate how fully he acted up tn a favourite motto of his own-that iï a mau wauted to have anything properly done he must do it mrnself. It took him fiOfll half-past sii o'clock till nine evelV morning to Jress; but even to the operation ot shaving h" did ail himself, and at Ins age tllal raiht ¡1'He been nearly as difficult a feat as winning a battle in Pdr;y life, Though ill hL 8-lth year, he.till wrote a firm hand and carried 011 a large correspondence—curious con. tlnnatioos of the strength ef nerve required to form a great commander. Of t' e ais.duity witll which he laboured to discharge his rublic duties the world require no evidence. Tbe 1roll Duke alone could have struggled ag-ain6t increas- ing- deafness, (II catch, throughout long nights of tedious debate, tile arguments of eVen tile dullest speakers. He did that because lie considered it his diuy as the most in- fJaeutial member of tbe House of Peers. His unremitting attention to the o:iicial business of the Commander-in- Chief is known to all who have t-iken advantage of his re- gular attendance at the Horse Guards that they might Eee him as lie passed. But 11 hardly less striking illustration of devotion to duty, however arduous, at a period of lifu pro- louged much beyond the ordinary limits, remains to be mentioned. His Grace was CiJancellor of the University of Oxford, and in the fulfilment of that office had, during the summer months, waded through all but a few pages of that enormous bllle-iJ",>k which embod1\:s, anti perhaps en- tombs, thc labours of the recent Commission. Death over- to0k him when near the those of this immense effoit ot re- search, tor lie read every word conscientiously, and indeed it was not his habit to skip anything. To the last his powers of memory and tile cheerfulness of a well-ba'a iced mind remained unimpaired. A day or two before his death, re- ferriug to the suoject of civic feasts, he told an incident in the life oj Pitt wlpc,) i8 Worth recording. Tile laot public dinner which Pittattende I was 3t the Mansion-house, when his health was proposed as the 6,nÎiJur of hi3 country. Toe Duke expressed his admiration of Pitt's speech in reply, widcll Wü3 iu substance th1t ihe country ha: s-ived herself by her O,VIJ exertion-, and that every odlPr Country might do tilL: same by following her example. A pleasing trait in the Dtike's character 111 tbe long period during wllich a large proportion 0; his dependants have been connected with or served with him, aud the unvarying testimony which they bear to ill8 good and kind qualities as all employer, a land- lord. and a master. Enact anil puuetual in the management of Lis private a¡ï"irs, up to the la-t moment his weeldy bills were ouch<.rged by him as usual; and this precision, which h" cdrried iuto everything, mane him eas't y dealt with. The Duke's diet was as simple as his habit¡¡, consiitintr of the very plainest dishes. He ind, indeed, a French CGok, but had his grace always lived atoue, the office would bave beeu a perfect sinecure. The cook, who ofCúurse partakes of tile enthusiasm of his art, was ofteu chagrined at having so little opportunity of displaying bis aitistic powers. The bid of fare was duly placed before his master, but was nearly always returned wiLlI, in addItion to a plain joint, of meat, some ouch word, as pudding and tart," occasionally vaned by the tra¡¡spo,itio¡¡ at the words into "tart and pudding, as if by way ofj,¡ke at the baffled ingenuity of the gastrono- mist. Another source of di8qui!!t to the cook was positively that the Dake never complained. II I cook a good dlll- ner," the desponding artist would say," the Duke. rem ,-rks It is we:1 and It 1 cook a b,d dinuer he says It IS well.' No complaint ever eVlQèed dissatisfaction, or marked a ruilled te nper an:1 the reason doubtless was, that the din- ner anù the stomach were as well reg-ulatcdaud attelllpereù as the mind. The Duke was an agricultural improver, and a liberal JaIIJI(>rd. The ectate of Sirathfieiosaye was not originally a good investment, but it became so in his hauds. The rent, arising from it were expended, not uponfetes aud show in London, belt upon the estate itself-tile income was all appliPd to the improvement of the land, Born and reared at a period when but little attent.on was bestowed 011 such subjects, the Dake nevertheless showed himself fully alive to the expanding requirements 01 tile country; and while the occupiers for the time enjoyed, it is saId, witbout any aJditiooal }Hyment, the ar!vantag"sof an outLIydrawlI from a lar..re.aciÍ(ice of income, the Duke's heirs, and indirectly the whole C.>Ulltry, will reap permanent benefit. Much eulogy has been expended at various times, and, by variotls writers, on Ihe clearne-s and precision of th., Dake's style in hi, military despatches. His Grace was too caodid \0 nave alY false modesty; tf he did IHH admire his own compositions, he approved of them. After recently reading over some of his despatches as collected by Col. Gur,>d, he said," Well, if the,e were to be written over again, 1 don't think I should alter a single word." Another aud very recent illustration of his mental activity, similar \0 that of reading tbe report of the Oxford Univer- sity Commision, wa. mentioned last week at Dover. While waitlllg on the platform for Ihe starting ofa train, his Grace beckoned to i\1r, Way, the superintendent of the Dover terminus, aud, getting into a t.Í1lrd-cliJS'¡ carrÏ1;.re with th it gentleman, commenced putting to him a running lire of questions in reference tiJ the travelling of soldiers in rail- way carriages; for exiinpie how they were placed, how the ticket) were collected, how the men were told olf on leaving tne train, &c.ill short, on evpry point conueded wiih their locom Jtion and comfort. Fitty qu,osliol1s Wele put to him, the station master said, in five minutes, all pertinent and to (he purpose. The answers, too, were all caught up attentively. Who can do-.ibt it that has ever seen the Duke i^teniiifi in the Moose ol Lords? OilCe:ll his life, aud once only, the Duke ventureél to smoke. 1.'1w occasion W IS altogether reniarkabla. V er) ma iv years ago, — early indeed ill the present century a IiU "ber íJf generals .id staif officers were at P. rtsmoutb. \\I10l" them wa, the Duke of CunOerl-md, afterwards Kin of H; )0'-er, and the 1 ite Dilks of Wellington. The Duke of We lil!gldn-he had not theu htlained that litle- Nas pressed by the royti duke t,) join 11 dinner p-.rty and, >s 11" wisheo to leave Portmoutb, Ills \,¡sllor, ili order to se:ure his company, adopted the rather forcible (tnosp were the Lial's .,1' post-chaise-) 01 hirinj; 111 tiie i.or-es in the town. Thus trepanned, tile hero or Assaye submitted -ood-humouredly to his tate. After din- ner It was proposed thit pipes should be introduced, ihe l),t!,H1 was generally responded to, and pipes were a-ou.ht i:i. Many 0' the party had never essayed smoking „• re, aud 3.H1dn; these was England's greatest son. The vent .as oy nun most griphiciiiy d sciibed. lie Sflt, he aid. behind the pi e wli,tIi ,¡.{ aw,.y wit" a feeiini ot won- dr t, ai d wilh h¡er.:st toe countenances of th re;t IIi lll" company, lo a few minutes ?ome uf the novice- hastily rei irt!d. not very sooo t,) retum; < JB 1 IU h" puffed on, lie sad to himself, Wfili it will coin; tu aa end, I sup. posd." It 18 conjectured that it did come 10 an end," und thlit end not a very IJKreeable cnu for thQ Duke's Siaoke <v jig 1"1110 that timu confined to this IÎi:;d Qf bruits.

OPENING OF THE MERTHYR TEMPERANCE HALL. From time to time we have called attention to the pro- gress of this building; and wc have now to report that it was opened with much ectat 00 Monday week. It is a fine building of about 80 feet long, by 40 feet wide; and in internal arrangement has been constructed witll a spedal regard to comfort, ventilation, and hearing. The platform, 12 feet wide, and about 4U feet long, has been ornamented with a desk and a very Dedt railing, and is well adapted for the purpose intended. It Ï9 capable of holding from a hun- dred 10 a hunored and fifty people, and is therefore well adilPted for orchestral or other purposes. On Monday week it WdS tilled by the gentlemen an,1 trade,men of the place, and the body of the hall. with the gallery at the other end, was filled with people, who were enabled to hear the speakers distinctly in every part of the building. The ge- neral appearance of the room was one of simple elegance and extreme lightness, anti it left nothing to be desired but a little more II:!ht in the centre. The chair was taken by H. A. BRUCE, Esq., who addressed Ihe meeting in the followiug terms :-Ladi. and GelltJemen,-Before addressing to you those obser- vations which befit the occasion, some notice is, I think, due to the huilding ia which we are assembled. We owe this beautiful hall to the efforts of that society which has done so much for the morality of the workiuj1; class, s of Wales. T'le Temperance Society of Merthyi, witll praiseworthy public spirit, determined not only to do s01JJ¿thill¿ for themselves, but still \J1,)re for their neigh- bours (hear, hear). With all its population and wealth, Merthyr has, up to thii time, been entirely destitute of any pi ice ill which public m,.et;ng< could be held witil c0I11f.,rt and convenience; and the Temperance Society resolved that this want should be felt no 10n<1er: and I mu-t say Ihat, accustomed as I am in this country to the miraclei of humau energy anJ talent-to sec villages spring np in the rushy moor, and rapidly expand into towns-to see churches and chapels, forges and furnaces risl", as if by the stroke of a magician's wand, in what was but yesterday a barren wil- derness,—I can hardly yet believe my eyes, when I Hud myself, so short a tllne after I laid its first stone. 111 a fiuisbed structure of such size, solidity, aud elegance (hear, hear). We haçoe hereauexamp!eofwhat the IlIell of Merthyr can do when united fOI a commun purpose (hear, hear). Gentlemen, we all know that if, up to this time, n lecture was to be delivered, or music to be performed, or if some distinguished stranger wished to address our towns- men, you hJd nothing to do but tu hire the back room of an inn, or to throw upon the courte-y of the rector for the national schoolroom (hear, hear). This should not be in sitch a town as this; for it interfered seriously with the means of provilling instruetion and amuse¡Î1ent for the masses of the people. It i. not my intention to dwell on the politic.¡1 side of public meetings, by which public opi- nion is formed and itiflneuced in this country. Yet we cannot but remember tbat we are now Ih.) only grt-at people in E Irope where the right of assembling together for ihe discussion of public matters t'xists,-disl:ussions, of whÏt:h, in this country. we know the full use & valu1?, & which are couc1ucteJ, ofieo, indeed, wittl violence, hut always with safely (cheers). But I will address myself more particu- larly to another portion of the same subject, and that is, the immense advantage and importance, in every point of view, or bringing all classes of our fellow-subjects together for Ihe purposes of instruction and amllsemput (hear, hoar). Many of you know what high expectations I ha,e formed of tile efficacy of mere amuseme:1ts in IHolnotmg the happi- ness and raising the character of tiie workiug classes. A fiiend of mine, to whom I Ind expJaiued my view" on this su ject, once said to me, So Ihis is your panacea -your universal cure for the eVils which ami,.t society." My answer was. Not so 1 know there are more powerful remedies. For instance, religiou alone ean reach aud purify the human heart: but muel), very much, may be rioue, Ooth pleventive and a cure, by the insensible influence of public amusements." Take, for instance, our public lec- tures-for unfortunately the manly sports of the open air, such as cricket, ike., are not popu 1ar in these parts, and Ïa. deed the hard-working habits of the people make sedentary amusements necessary to them. Now I know tull well that the use of lectures, as the lostrument of conveying instrl1C- tion, is very limited. Knowledge can only be gained by dllJgent study, by hard and persevering efforts. Bnt the good results of lectures are not the less cleu an,1 ccrtain. Many a listener who comes to pass an hour pleasantly in the lecture-room IS put upon the track of some congenial study, inc ted by what he hears to learn mor: of a subject which has interested hirn (hear, hear), Of still greater importance is it, that the lecturer has the means of cetting before his audience a higher standard of excellence, moral and intellectual. In Ih" busy life which workmen must of necessity lead, the mere animal wants, or the pur- suit of wealth, is so constantly before their eyes, that they need to be continually reminded that there are gre Iter aud nobler objects in life than these-that if our thoughts are always CdlCe:1trated 0:1 socb low matters, we are in danger of losing all tl,!é\t distinguishes immortal man from the beasts that perish (near, hear). Another, and, in my view most important, benefit conferred by lectures is, that it brings together, on the must friendly and cordial terms, th11 various classes of which society is composed. There is hardly a man in this neighbourhood, whatever his rank may be, who, if possessed of any talent or knowledge, has not contributed his part 10 the generall1Htrudloll and amusement. Now, we are constantly told that these are very serious and dangerous times, that 11 spirit of democracy is abroad, and is rapidly gaining ground. And I do not think that anyone who has read history, Imd is acquainted with the pre-eut state of reeling in this couutry can Jeny the assertion. Fur my own part, ever siuce I hdve learned to thiak independently 011 such subjects, It has appeared In me beyond disputc tilat every cyele of years, every change of dynasty from Plantagenet to Tudor, from Tudor to Stuari, from Stuart to Gueloh, brings out into clearer and more stdrtling light the fact of the steady progressive advance of the peop'e towards greater political power (hear, hear). They would be far mistaken who suppose for a moment that 1 say tllÍs to flatter the pride of the people. I say it because I believe it to be the pine truth, whidl ought to be knowd, and which it would be foolish and dangeroos to disguise or deny-but I say at the same time that, to my mind, the greatest calarnity which conhi befal the country would he the sudden adve it of the people to 11 power for which they were unprepared by previous education and discipline (hear, hear), But 8R long as just and friendly feelings exist between class and class, I believe revolution to be impos- sibie. To what was the ouly English Revolution chiefly owing but to Ihe blind and obstinate refu-al of the Sove- reign and aristocracy tn acknowledge the rising power and influence of the middle classes, who rose 10 assert their rights, and for ever bur-t asunder the shackles which con- lined them (hear, hear) ? The existence of cxtraurdinary atxl oppressive privileges among the French nobility and clergy, Hnd the degradation of the rest of rhe people to a C'III- dition hardly supe, ior to slavery, were rhe main causes of the horrors of that terrible Revolution i i France, hidl is still expiating, in the eonstant changes of 7,ov'Hl1ment IInd In the miserable perplexity of its eitizeus, the crimes of past in- j u,tice, and! he consequences of power falling into the hands 01 an ignorant alld violeut people, incapHble of exercising it for the public good (hear, hear). We must not thiuk, therefore, so much of resisting the progress ot democraey, as of devising tile be.t vv iy to turt] what Inav be 11 fearful scourge into a useful aud beueficpnt instrument. And this brings me back to the point from which 1 started, when I asserted that public lectures were of importance as tending to cultivate a friendly union among the various classes of society. Here the nobles and g(>ntry, the clergy and the ar.stocracy of the land, mix freeiy with the masses, gain their goou will. ensure a legitimate influence, and guide and direct that mighty stre!1!u, which it is idle and dangerous to resist ( hear, hear), I uo fairer field for the experiment of permanently raising the character of the working classes than that in which we are here ltbouring (hear, hear). In many parts of Enghnd employment IS so 8carce anù labour,o ill-rewarded dlat the utmost exertions of we working man can 1.lardly keep body and soul together. lIe has nn tIme, nor spirit, to think of improving his mind. i; .t here, where wages are ample, where, aftcv those hours ('1' toil which are spent in gaining a plentiful 8Itl"i:.tcnce, some tW1C still remains Over<!uu above todeyote to instruc- tion or to ¡¡le¡¡8Ure, workmen have the fairest opportunity ot raising 111em,elves. to the high8,t cOIli!ltiol1 attainable by men whose chief tllne must always he devoted to labour (hear, heir). No country In Europe oilers stich a sp.t1cle ot general prosperity, and I question whether our working- men gil1n anything even tJy, removing to America. The means of JlJdgllJg tue relauve positions of the working- classes In Wales aud America have lately been given us Ly a gentleman wno unites high blents and cultivation with a genuine Inttrcst in tl,1C fortunes of our lahouring classes, ünù a thorough knowledge of their actual condition. [We presume Mr. Bruce means Mr. THEMENHEERE ] This gen- tleman recently visited tile coal and iron districts of the United Slates of America, and made minute inquiries into the position of the miotng population. And what is Ihe result of his invesng-atlon? Ijy found that they escaped in America, few, if any, of the evils that beset them in IhlS country, while they lost mauy of its advantages. Wages are indeed Homewhat higher, but many nece-sary artIcles are dearer; employment i8 irregular, the colliers having frequently b leave their home8 for four or five months to- gether in search of work, while they live ju log huts, which freely admit the burning heat of summer, and do not keep out the cold of winter (Hear, hear). Strikes too are kno" u there-all,1 the pleasant inventiQn of truck and the tommy- shop are as fltni1íar to the Pesinsylvanian ironmaster as to his English brethren in Monmouthshire or Staffordshire (hear, hear), To set off against these hardships tfiey possess no advantage I know of over the people of Wales, unless it be Universal Suffrage. Gentlemen, I can safely SdY that 1 have ever cantiou<ly abstained from mbing myself up with he discussion of mere party anù ephemeral politics (cheers), hut ou thuse broader Rnd morc general questions, al!ectll}¡1; the social haopilless of my countrymen, I claim my right as a citizen to speak anù to be hear" (cheers). The value set nuon universal suffrage by tbe people arises from their per- suasion tint it will enable them to OiJtaill agreater influence in makiug laws by which they shall be governed and in se- curing their impartial aÙfninistratiou (hear, hear). I hat this system does in America produce thIS result, I am nut here to deily-any llIore than that Ihe form of government there established is that best suited to the character of the people and the circumslaures of the country. But that these results are uot attribulabie simply to univprsaL suffrage we may learn from the example of France. There t00 the right of voting is given to every male of 21 years-yet they cannot and dare not meet together to discuss m¡Jttors of the deepest importance to them. And, at this moment, the only use the French people are making of their political power is to throw themselves on their knees before their president and to entreat him to become tlleir emperor and tÍle most abso- lute monarch in Europe (hear, They have uuivenal suffrage, you see, and yet they have very little of the true spirifc of liberty. True liberty consists in a wholesome public opinion, which makes itself felt ami respected, and which is the stronger and the more irresistible ili proportion t,) tht: morality and intelligence of the people (hear, hear). Do you wish therefore to preserve your freedom and tv in- crease your power? [Jse your time and money wisely, and "ive youlselvps a better education. All reasonable men were agreed in the truth of the adage- That those whO" think must govern those who toil." But why should not those who toi\leam to think too? And as surely as they do, so surelv will the coveted power fall into tbeir hands. Their influence will be always in pro-, portion to the respect borne them by the rest of the com- munity (hear, hear). Permit me now to conclude wiih a few renurks sugge-ted by the building \11 which we are assembled. This hall i.,a. you kllow,ùedlcat<:d tOlhegrei1t Rnd ¡¡¡¡Iycallse of TEMPERANCE That virtue IS the very base and corner- stone of all substantial improvement in tbe condition of the people. If you wish to enjoy an honoured old ,¡¡.e.-if you are anxious for public respect-lor pecuniary independence -for intellectual progress, yoa C3n make no step to tbe attainment of tbese desires but through Temperance. Ask the hale and fresh old man, whose cheek still blooms be- neath tile snows of fourscclre years, to what he owe8 his health and vigour, ani bis answer will be that of Shakspere's Adam,- Though I 10011 old, yet am I strong an(llusty For in my youth 1 never did apply 110t and rebellious liquors 111 my blood: Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility Therefore my age i8 like a lust) winter, Frosty but kindly. Or is public respect your object? But who can respect the drunkard ? WI10 can respeCL die man who squander8 upon Ins selfish and deb asing enjoyments the sums which might make his home comfortable and give education to his chil- dren Do you wind for IIIdependence-tor freedom from debt, and the degr¡d¡¡lio!1 of parochial relief? But how can thc worklllen altain independence, If, instead of laying by his superabundance ill4"insr [he evil days of sickness and old age, I10 wastes it in idle ple3snres and ruinous debaucheries ? Or do you Dant for intellectual sllperiority? But how can knowledge be gained, if yonr spare hour" after providing for your daily wants, are spent, not in the Ic:ctur¡>-rool:1 nor ill quiet study by your lireside, but in the revelry of tbe tavern, IIIIIO! tne clamours of dissolute aud ignorant Com- panions Thus, therefore, Temperance ig at the bottom ot every enolt you can 11Iake towaids improvement and I do hope that the progress ot we people 01 Merthyr in virtue and knowledge will henceforth bear some proporliol1 to their 8tlCI,e.s ID prosecuting those arts by whicb they hive become skilful anù wealthy and that lhls evening may have some influence in directing them iuto tho-e patli3 of self- dealal and morality, by which alone they cm hope to be- eu fie happy, respi-cico, and powerful. [Mr. BauCE sat down aml,1 10uJ aud prolonged ap¡¡laos;>.] Mr. C, [I. James, a' soon as the applause had subsided ro-e t,) move the lir,t re,olut!()u-" That the inh:;bi¡;ult,s of M'.rtliyr and it. vicinities hue long fe't tiie waul of a -pae.ous building, for the purpose uf holding public meet- ings and for kindred purposes; and tint tile Te>nper4t>«f flail ii well OtilcuiatsKl to meet the uetieral req.)ireflll1n.t,' l'here h Hry liltle difficullY hl spéakÍ!11; to this resoluSir as wa know the sUtement to t1l1 míctly tnj»;; butbr hern {Q-p'ght for tile first time, serins to IQQ chanting. That the Temperance Society, composed I be- lieve of men in humble life, should have been able to erect this Hall, is to me a most pleasing thing. I almost feel my- self at home here already (laughter); and I trust that this is not the last time for us to meet here together (hear, hear). There are a great many things to do. and but few to do them; but with the few here. and the body there, we shall yet get on. When I came here I thought that I should have to address an audience of teetotallers. There are pro- bably other persons here present; but I trust you will per- mit me to assume you all to be teetotallers. I feel great pleasure in having to address you in your new house. On ordinary occasions, I should have felt iio but now there are many reasons for encouragement. However, I have chosen rather a gloomy subject. Cholera is coming. Yes, gentle- men, cholera is coming. One of these montlls-aye, one of these weeks, perhaps—we shall have it here like a giant o! destruction. It therefore appears .to be time for us to set our houses in order; and the most energetic persons to do that wouid be the teetotallers. It is an undoubted fact, thai the drunkard is one of the fir,;t struck; and therefore, in such circumstances, a society like yourselves seems bound to bestir itself. Let others do their part. You, by you; moral means, can do wonders. Something of this kind should be done. We should have a special cholera crusade, and a special cholera pledge to abstain until cholera has come and gone (hear, hear). If this were done, and worked out in such a way as you could and would set about it, mucn go id might be done in that way. I shall say no more upon the subject, but leave it for your consideration, aud for you to work it out if you think if. feasible. I am alraid that you will think me ceusorious but on occa-ions like these, men ought to unburden themselves, and speak what they think These are days when rights and duties go together. Your society Is not out of the pale 01 duties. Mr. James then went on to complain of the iipathy of the society with respect to the water question. When that was in agitation, it was the duty of such a society to speak for or against that question. He would not have them meddle with party politics; but when large questions were in the balance, and the interests of the whole community at stake, the Tem- perance Society should make itself heard. He then pointed out the future prospects of the place. Emigration had re- duced the population, economical laws had Drought (town the price of corn, and capital was abundant. These facts bespoke a brilliant future, such as no country had yet seen, could the people but be made to see the chances before them, and to act accordingly. The time had been when people rose from barley biead to wheaten breall; the same causes were still at work; and the time was coming when, from wheaten bread in a poor-house, they would rise to wheaten bread in a clean cottage, a privy in the iiarden, and a watercock at the back donr (hear, hear, and laughter). The time was coming when toey would have a coustaui supply of water for three-halfpence a week—the price of half a pint of beer (hear, hear); and other matters also were looming in the distance (laughter). The time would come when Merthyr would be entitled to baths anil wash- houses as well as other places; and these things wouid be brought about by living up to the mark, by implanting the same feeling 111 their children, aud by discreetly abstaining from contracting rash engagements. There are also other questions worthy of consideration which will come in due time; and the best advice that can be given to such a s3. ciety is to bid high. Bid hi ;h, gentlemen, and keep in the mind's eye some of the great men of former time-Miit,)", Newton, Locke, Fenelon, Chinning,and Wesley. We may not reach < height of their greatness, but we should ami at high things, aud remember that there are high rewards in store for those who do their tluiy to themselves, their neighbour, and their God. Mr. James was frequently cheered during the delivery of this address, and sat down amid loud applause. The Rev. G. C Lunn rose to second the resolution. In addition to the water spoken of by Nir. James, he was alto anxious for the extension of education, and to see the living waters of knowledge circulatiujr freely among the people. When he first came to Merthyr, he was glad to rind churches and chapeis in profusion, but he looked in vain for the Ex. change, the Library, and the Mechanic*' Institute. lie therefore felt grateful to those who created that elegant building. He hoped they would not take a narrow aud sectarian view of tbe question of temperance. He looked forward with anxiety t,) see the benches filled with c'asses seeking that knowledge which led to success and tie spoke the feelings of every teacher of youth in saying, that those who -ouglit the improvement of others, were at the same time improving themselves. He was aiuious to extend the liberties of toe people, but he was not favourable to giving increased power to all ignorant population (hear, bear) and he hoped that one of the objects promoteli, ia that hall would be the extension of education (cheers). He had much pleasure in seconding the reso ution. Air. Stephens then followed, and gave a brief exposition of the objects for which the building had heen erected but as he declined reporting his own speech, we have been fa- voured by a contemporary — Mr. Ti.om is Stephens said that if he had consulted his own inclinations he should, on the present occasion, have conliued himself to 'he exercise of the pencil, but having been requested by the Temperance Society of which he was a member, to address a few words, he feit much pleasure in compliance. He had intended to address them before and if lie had done so, it would have rendered unnecessary some of the remarks ot his respected minister, and have, perhaps. prevented some misconception, as he should have explained the objects with whh h this hall had been bui;t. Its founders had not observed the term temperance in the narrow signi- fication in which it was ordinarily received—as the mere abstinence from the vice of drunkenness—they have looked upon it as a far wider signification than the restriction to hal f a pint of beer per day; they considered it in a nobler sense, and looked upon it as influencing all the efforts of life -and it was in this sense lie wi-hed his hearers to interpret the inscription which they would find over the entrance to the Temperance Hall. For his own part he would dis- tinctly state that although all their efforts were not to be con- fined to ieclaiining the drunkard to sobriety, he laid great stress on that result as the corner stone of the moral refor- mation for which they were striving. He had no hope until that was accompl shed and on that he believed was based all that was good of human structure. Until they had abolished the drinkiug usages, which if not directly sanc- tioned by pubdc opinion were not honestly reprobated by it, they could effect no permanent good. The public, as yet, looked upon the drunkard with more pity for his ftuits than desire to reclaim him. But while it was their duty, by every possible method, to diminish thosj drinking usages, productive of so much moral evil. they should not stop there, but declare untiring hostility against every influence ob- structive of the course of progiess, and be found the first and foremost advocates of everything tending to the eleva- tion of human character. That they did take such au in- terest in the cause of progression ia this town this hall was a noble demonstration and it required no stronger mani festation to prove it than the fact that they had sullicient eaiergy and enterprise to uudertake to erect a building which the town had so long tie-ire,t but hitherto desired in vain. It was expressly stated in the trust deed that its use might be had for every public purpose, with one solitary exception, in the propriety of which he believed that all present would concur. They might there discuss every subject besides. They might, if they so pleased, lecture agaiii.,t the errors of popery, while, if any parties wished to bring Cardinal Wiseman to answer then*,they might Ree that gentleman in red stockings on that platform ^lutax, hear). They would allow those who agreed with their respected chairman in the efficiency of a state establishment to advo- cate its claims, while the hall would be so readily granted to the members of the Anti-stite Church Association to reply, The same opportunity would be furnished to the advocates of the people's progression to political privileges as to those who might conceive that tlicy were going too fast. He believed that he had shewn that they conceded a pretty sufficient latitude. The one thing excluded, he felt well assured that they would agree with him, was properly shut out, for they could neither furnish a proper place to occasion for theological discussion (hear, hear). That, and that alone, would be excluded from discussion here. (Mr. Stephens sat down amid much applause.) The Hev. Thomas Davies moved the second resolution. When be agreed to take pfrt in that meeting, he li tie thought that tie was committing himself to so formidable an engagement; and had he known, he would have referred the deputation to some more competent party. However, he had much pleasure in moving tilt* second resolution, which was to this effect:—"That the enterprising spirit shown by the Temperance Society entities them to warm commendation, and that the thanks ot this meeting are due to the Society for the erection of this Hall." This was a kind of housewarming (hear, ben). He had seen tint word on bills about the walls, but he had never been pre- sent at one before. However, this was different from the ordinary kind. It was usual to have guazling and eating on such occasions (hear, bear); but tuere would be no guzzling here. It was usual also to have "whips;" but there was no whip even on that occasion—not even a col- lection. However, he hoped that hereafter he and others would have an opportunity to add their mites to-the good cause, and to place what little they could spare io that beautiful investment (hear, hear). The hall was dedicated to the public good, and this was tile consecration service- and a very appropriate one it was. Mr. Davios went on to show that such a building was necessary. He did not s-hare in the popular prejudice against the admissiou iuto chapels of important secular 1Il"tterf, but as unity was desirable, even that prejudice was entitled to respect. He agreed with the Chairii an in his es-timate of lectures, anil said that the heirers should not be content with the ipse dixit ot a lecturer, but study for themselves. Concerts also should be more freduentthan they had been instruments of music could not be' introduced into chapels; but here they would be in their place. He would not say that singers were the most harmonious of men and women (laughter) but the influence of music was most benign, and men would go away the better for it, and more cheerfully resume their daily toil. It banished the langour induced by dust and fatigue; the powers of nature were distended under its in- fluence; and men entered into a sphere of beautiful enjoy- ment. It is not to he confined to the advocacy of total abstinence. The influence of that movement was mighty and beneficial, aud whoever would deny that should be sent to Briton Ferry (laughter). The priest and the Levne frequently passed o.i the other side, but the good Samaritan took the drunkard into his care, and gave him back to so- ciety a now man. Of all men, the drunkard is most acces-. sible to kindness. Mr. Davies related two beautiful anec- dotes of cases in which he had been instrumental in reforming the characters of drunkards. He also spoke for some time longer in the same sirain of genial eloque and elicited tbe prolonged plaudits of a delighted audi..nee. Mr. Morgan rose to second the resolution, w:)i( ;)t he translated, and did so in a humorous and very effecti ye ad. dress in the Welsh language. Mr. Rees Lewis, the houorary secretary, respor ded on the part of the society in the same language. The Chiirmm then rose, and formally declare' that the hall would be thenceforth open for the service of .he oublic*. Mr. Stephens moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman which was seconded by Mr. Lewis, and rao^t ivarmly re- ceived by the audience. »P, The Chairman, iu reply, said it gave him n-.uch pleasure to be present. Tbe duties of his oflice broi 4ght him into frequent contact with tbe dishonest class of. persons au j therefore he was the more gratitied to find himself amo the honest part of the population (laught,er). He ILr "1 Q forward to have the pleasure of meeting '.hel[) there f IK,e,1 and could aflirm from his own experience that nir ain, twentieths of the cases which came before hiin wer I 8 able to drunkenness (hear, hear). 0 racu Mr. Moses Davies explained that there was; no pt-e- sent, as haifcbeen announced; that was a ,.C,!°but be would be glad to have the assistance of t!ae ui'ience iu t singing the first and last verses oi God saw che Queen." This closed a most interesting meeting • affirded the utmost satisfaction to all who were- f hereafter be referred to with pleasure ai*i)

A new line of pipe is being i»' Strand to connect the Generid. l;l down along the AdmiialfV. Houses of Parliajiier Post-office with the station at Charing-cross. t, and the Telegraph TIIE DUKE OF WELLING: -N lies in Walmer Castle, and wjU .—The Dukes body still soma time to come. It probably remain there for of the finest mahogany, waif en enclosed in au outer colfin and the whole surmount11 is again covered by 11 pall, room wherein the deaf^yf ith funereal plumes The little scanty furniture has ,k place is that still used, but its cloth, and a trafae emoved, the floor laid with black The family and hd'^htf ucted upon which the c"rnu resta. have left, aud th. .d. except one confidential domestic, under the prof rious dead remains m solitary state giment—the VJAVfi »f a guard ot honour from his own re- by curiosity '-9 ta'i* i«ade. A few strangers are attracted deserted, silent,, i spot, but no one is admitted and the deserted, si),jt, bit .1(1, One keep ig id mournful aspect of the old sea-ide within it walls! IY appropriate to the presence of death when the vc:&r This strikes oue even during the daytime, any svm o! ija< m appearance of th- place is unrelieved b) lully -*erful bustle, anti tiie seiitwiuls are seen care- pressicn. "fir around. Night, however, increases the im- castlecverf then the trees on the landward side ot the choW raili nado.v it with a mournful gloom, and the me au- an<! risip «>f the sea fills the air, and from the battiemen s call t arts are heard the voice" ol the guard at 1,,t^rVtl dav nftf .te rounds. Such, at least, was tne effect ou Sa ur far.as ot, when over tbe shingly beach and the o"6-1'1' WhV .he eye could etre ch. the moonlight was strea R ;olib' e tbe rest of the nation is engaged in counting » 'SDF le services of tbe decease. the people around < ;.r ak and j.,d« f F ,u laid. The Victorious commander, and the tato affairs, 'ire considerations of secondary .vith them compir- d wiih what h« did to l,ro'1 t ,-eresis. Had these been neglected, it is Pri^ J Duke's death would have been less felt in the » K "j1 hood iu Which it occurred Ítl othl3f of tht. kingdom. It was by *rfict amotion 1 that the «um Of his greatne-s ML ciuaua Poru i- »«g which he took of the Iocs! ihM"}' 0 ,hfi ^lu(iU0 *^rw S»- loudly Titnoo Of Moiuiay.

A tanner, recently deceased, at Manchester, fis said to have left a fortune of £ 250,000 which he had accumulated I in that trade. JOHN CASSELL'S SHILLING ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN," with Eight Beauiifol Illustrations, will be ready for delivery widi t!se MaS'J" xines—the cheapest and best edition of UNCLE TOMS CABIN" which has yet appeared. It is of the ntnj'it importance, in giving your orders, that you reqn,st CASSELL'S SHILLING ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. To prevent disappointment, orilPri should he given at once to secure copies of the first e livery, as there is no doubt that John Cassell's Eiji,,oD' with Eight Engravings, and published at One SllIlhllg, must aud will take the place of all other Editions-—111 L,oru:vn EOUCATOH for the week ending October 2 w- contain a beauiilul Map of Europe, being the first a series of twelve Mips illustrative of ihe science Geography. Price 11(i., Fine Paper Edition Common Editiou, oue Penny; Monthly parts of Four Mumh,r., 5d., Five, 7d.—Volume the First now ready, Common Edition, 3s. 6d. Fine Paper, 4s. tid.— POPULAR EDUCATOR ALMANACK, coutaimng (54 P1' price 2.1., will be a most important and interesting Du BAKKY'S lv IS VAI.KNT.Y ARABICA Fono oil. persedes the expenses and miseries of the mate'' medica, brings new life and clieerlulness to the iiival and renders ihe process oi cure both pleasant and cer tain. FIFTY THOUSAND well-known and reenrof cases estab ish this and the number of witnesses to it$ effects is daily increasing. Amongst the female sex its salutary effecls are as tnaikeil as amongst males. Ili66 Elizabeth Jacobs writes, from Mazing Vicarage Dear Walthatn Cross Herts :—" I have been xufftTiu; at le' seven years, in the prime of life, from indigestion. »tr vousness, head-aches, inflammation, ami gatherings, 'n j spirits, general debility, sleeplessness and delusions! during ai! that time, 1 have required every year, so l0°, medical attendance, that I have been almost r«ioe^ • doctor's bills." She tben presents her bcartlul grati'u' during ai! that time, 1 have required every year, so l0°, 1 medical attendance, that I have been almost r«ioe^ • doctor's bills." She tben presents her bcartlul grati'u' tu Messrs. Uu Barry, for the complete cure effected 1 Du Barry's Food. Mrs. Marv Godsmark, of Huo'0^' writes:—" Your excellent Fond" has released me J incredible accumulation of suffering for which, during'. last eight years, all kinds of medicine had been tried vain. My feelings and sufferings, previous to taking Food, were the following indigestion, nervousness, bi ousuess, affection of the liver and kidneys, cosfiveoe! palpitation of the heart, noises in the ear, pains in all the body, low spirits, general debility, loss of men3 Ory, wretche.luess, thoughts of self-destruction. "L Porter, Esq., of Perth, returns thanks ou behalf of a 'j* j who Ind been for thirteen years afflicted with iudigfiS-i^» prostration of strength, &c., accompanied by cough. • Tiioinas \Valker, ol King's Road, Chelsea, expresses hI; "gratitude and pleasure" for tiie good done by tiie A'l,m to his wife, wlio, previous to taking it, had been SO t feriog for a long time from dyspepsia, producing alternate > diarrhoea, ami the opposite state of the sy'Stenlj and although medicine gave temporary relief, it pr<>ve' ot no lasting beuefii." .Mary Gelbert, of Trev-j'1' near Penzance, s.'ys:—" Eighteen years' uervoii. cle-. bility, violent palpitation of the heart, ihrohbiug (° the temples, violent pains in the left side and i>aclt' shortness of breath, cough, uutnhuess of the extreiuiti^ cramps, spasius, flatulency, retelling, and such gener" weakness, that I was constantly leai'lul ot fulling, | on my legs: all these symptoms have been lemo*^ by Du Barry's excellent Food." It is impossible to m-1 room in a newspaper paragraph for the varied hut c"n current language of thankfulness in which the w'ilelj describe their escape from their sufferings. It is a |'r"u and enviable position for Messrs. Du Barry to feel themselves thus the acknowledged benefactors ol n|U^ titudes of their feilow-beings. For lurtiter par"cU"'(j( we refer our readers to Messrs. Du Barry's adverliseui- in our to-day's columns.

LONDON M A It lv S £ T s CORN-KXCHANGE, MONDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat this morning from t'le home counties, the condition very various. The Rood 310' pies were taken freely by our miiiersat the currency oftl> day week, but the ordinary and inferior descriptions very difficult to dispose of, and the stands were not cle»r,e! at a late hour. All foreign has met a better sale, on 9 0ite as good terms. Although there is a large fleet of toallø¡! cargoes at Queenstovvu, most of them have been sold pfe vious to arrival, and therefore there is not much press' r on tbe market. Both wheat and Indian corn are held "rIJ' at late rates. Fine malting barley is in demand, at rain higher prices no alteration in grinding qualities. Be,i and peas both fully as dear. There was a very moderate 1 rival of oats last week, and having very little fresh ( this morning's market, factors were enabled to establi5!1 |)t advance of 6d. per quarter on the riites of this day se'nnif? for Atchangel oats, tile quantity of which now 011 sale be inueli reduced other sorts have met a slow retail sdW our iate quotations. our iate quotations. "a: O'Jit UK NT ritlC KSof Git AIN & FLOUR iu MAU It fjA j s. R. I s' itO Wheat 'OO 54, White Peas 33 Wheat English. 3f 54 White Peas 33 Kye '27 29 ( Gray Peas 29 cA Bacley. 29 31 t Oats (Potatoe) -1) Mali 54 08 I Ditto (Feed) I'-f Beans 32 33 ] Flour •" I

SM1THFIELD, Monday- We had a very extensive show of foreigu stock ia market. The funeral quality of tht- sheep was. the of beasts and calves very inferior. For the tim»-of year. e arrivals of home-fed beasts fresh up this movain1' Wer" largest ever remembered, they having exceeded siz <ho"el' head! As might be iiuiicip ned, the bewf trade was o usually depressed, at adecliue in the prices of Monday 1, oi fully 4d. per Sih., and from 1000 to 3200 head weie| "9t sold. The condition of all breeds was very inferior, at two-thirds of them being beneath tlw middle quality- tilt numbers of sheep were not to say large; nevertheless demand for that description of stock was in a depreS' staie, and the quotntions gave way 2d. per&t>. '^lie Af figure for the best idd D..wns i«au 4s. 41. per 8-iU. Very1 English calves were in the market, but the supply of was good. The veal tra l&was in a very tmctive stale, 3• prices were from 4d. to tid. per 81b, lower than on M°"1 t- ;g, lasi. Prime saull pigamoved off steaaily at lull price". lar-je hnsi met a dull, inquiry.. STATEMENT OS" PRICES & SUPPLY OP CATTl>^ Beef .2s. Od. i- l.Od. 3s. Sd. Beasts M .ttoLi os. 01. 4s. o,i. ii. 4d. Sheep and Lambs Lamb 4s. 4-1. 5s. 4d. Calves Pork 3s. 8d. 3s. lOd. | Pi^,

I THE L. TRADE. A ft j. I £ S- 1)0 I [RO-S—Bar and bolt ton 0 0 0— 7 q I lu Wales 0 0 0— 6 „ lu Liverpool — ,r> 1' lu Staffordshire t) 0 0— (J 'r' q Sheets (single) n. 0 0 0— 8 „ (double) 0 0 0—If p Hoops 1 0 Nail rods b 0 0 7 Rails (Wales) 6 10 0— 0 Ditto (Staffordshire).» 0 0 0— 6 f Chairs 0 0 U— 2 » l'ig, No.i, Clvde. net cast) t) 0 0— 'Z (j 3-5ths Nc„ 1 a 3-Wis No. 3- 0 0 0— £ p No. 1, in Wales 0 U 0— 3 1° „ Stirling's Patent l iu Glasgow. 0 0 0— II Toughened Pigs S inVVales.# 3 I" 0-;) 1;.0 () Helmed metal, Wales 0 I) 0 0 it I Do. anthracite, b 0 o-o U ¡) Do. do. for^e 0 0 0— J o SwerUsh 10 15 O-ll Ù (I Russian J 0 0-H U () l'SI 0 0 o-o 0 o tfoarieir. • 0 d 0— 0 0 Archangel 0 0 00 Indian Charcoal Pigs in London 0 0 0— ■> 0 JTKEL— Modish keg 0 0 0-15 o Uo. fagga.i. 0 0 — l_o i) Si'ELrEn. — Plates, warehoused, per too 17 2 6 —17 o Ditto, lo arrive. u U o-170 Zinc—English sheet I) U 0—^ jji v^ori'Bn—Sheets,sheathing boits.«lo. 0 0 0— 0 Tough cake ton. 0 0 0-1 <J*3 » „ Tile 0 0 0-10-' ll' jOj Old copper. lb. 0 0 0— u 9] Yellow Metal Sf ealhiiig 0 0 0 il NV'etterst- dt's f at. Metal.cwt. U 0 0— 1 1) Suiith America .1 in uond ..ton 0 0 0 0 p — 0 0—1^ 0 0 0 0—1» 1 0 Pipe 0 0 0— 0 « 0 Hod lead 0 0 0—0 0 White ditto 0 0 0— 0$■ Patent shot 0 0 0 0 (j Spanish, iu Uind 0 0 0 18 d Ii ,1 IJ I N—-Block cwt. u » 1 B«s 0 0- 4 y Re,hied 0 0 0- 0 J J 7, 0 0 0- 4 » 1) straiir 0 n ?r f I" PrATft^— if Pake • 0 0 U i if >, 0 0 o o, ij j IX. ditto u ,il Canada plates 9 10 0-10 10 1 per lb. 0 0 0— 0 v .ir uiowrLVEa j The Iron M.>ritev m0vC. uiv U increased inquiry is daily manifested tor ail descr K | Scotch Pig is firm, at ;51s., three mouths open, *lt ec's ot fort .er rise — the market is very excited. Welsh Bar firm, at £ (» to £ 6 6s. in Wales.lt,ll! j Kails continue in Urge demand makers are ull. A few second-hand lots tin.l ready s ile at-t'1 EG 12-. 6d., f. o. b., nett, at the shipping ports.. „e l>* p Spelter is improving sales at £ 17 on the sp >t jQj. naoe. The market is steady at £ 17 2s. 6J. to £ .lie spot, and £ 17 5i. toanivi') Tin firm, without movement. c itJ* Tm-plates have advanced Is. per box. ^J jsk"'5s. per box tor coke; there ire sellers at _4s. I i/i looks much better, aud higher prices will ruie.. Journal.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1852. Published by the sole Proprietor, HENRY his residence, Crockherbto-vn, 111 the Paris ^i John the Baptist, in the own of Lardift aj of Glamorgan, and 1 "ated by him at Printing Oflice in Duke-street, in the said i Saint John, iu bounty Advertisements and Oruere received by tne A irPIltS » r w vtessrs. Barker & White, 33, Fleet-st. I -ii^ j LONDON: >ies3» M,. ii. Newton & 0o" Warwick-square; Mi. e-yC £ ;civ.u.<*rj-l™; Mr. Deaco.M, Man^ou-house; Mr. Joseph Thomas, I, ■> Coriihill; Mr. Hammon 1, 27, Loinoard-* C. Barker, 12, Biichiu-laue W.^ Dawso'1 74, Cannon-street, City; Mr. S. Eyre, L V^iiO1' street, Fleet-street; Mr. W. Thomas, 21, street, Sir and. LOCAL AGENTS :— 1 'I \.UETtO'RE Mr Th°3' V./ A-HEUDARE 11' pja"e nP t BRECON .Mr. John Evans, Cler<v o ,j|i ,i' BRIDGEND Mr.W. Leyshon. ■- ^ta „< MEUTIU-K Mt»- M.W.NM N Mr. C. Bassett, ii;lJ Mr. M. Evans, Ma 1 ^.stt"e^ Edwards, Cuinmcii-I JJ. MEATII oYnter, SWANSEA Mr. E. Giinilns. I'AIBACU M' James li>r t[lt, y. And by all Post masters ana ^'Toadou *l V This paper is regularly Coffee-house. Cit). Pe^iConee j The Chapter roff;e-house, St. pf \> Oottee-house, Walbrook; ttooms, 00, i

FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZE ITE—Bankrupts. Herbert Ashton and Steward Spriggs, Alderinitibury, ware- housemen Osborn Eugall Teasell, Norwich, timber-merchint Win.Turner, Wells Road, Rath, engineer and indlwri?- John Roebuck and Wni, Roebuck, Bank End -Mi'h Holmfiith, York, woollen cloth manufacturers Heury M'Grath, Liverpool, merchant George Clarke Pauling and Robert Chapman Sharp. Chester, merchants and contractors Thomas Moyle, Deansgate, Manchester, draper TUliSDAY'S 1,0S DON1 GAZBTTIi.—Bankrupt* Thomas Ituaseil and John Musgrove, Norwich, sack m¡100' facturers Wtti. Miluer Harker, Little Moorfieids, currier James Robert Collett, Princess-street, liunover-sq113' milliner Joseph^N^itf'r^IIcdborn-lnll^lotlde^