The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

LITERARY VARIETIES. LEGAL INFORMATION.—If you bite a man's nose off, what are you bound by law to do ? Keep the piece. A returned Californian says he lived for ten days oil the broth he made of an old door-mat. A young lady says the reason she carries a parasol is, that the sun is of the masculine gender, and she cannot stand his ardent glances. A sign on a small house in the vicinity of Dublin has this inscription:—'Msses' milk every morning hot from the Cow." Among the hundreds of advertisements to make a little money out of the death of the Duke of Wellington, there was one of au old waistcoat worn by his Grace six or seven years ago, which could be well authenticated! GEMS OF THOUGHT.—Haste makes work, which caution prevents. He who speaks as he thinks will act as he speaks. Knowledge will become folly if good sense do not take care of it. GERMAN DIET.—All a German wants for dinner are three sausages and a flute. To a gentleman born in the vicinity of the Rhine, music is as necessary to existence as breath or long-handled pipes. A GENTLE HINT.—"SO you would not take her to be twenty!" said a young lady to her partner, while dancing the polka a few evenings ago. What would you take me for then?" "For better or worse," he replied. A PROMPT ANSWER.—A New York monitor asked a young pupil the meaning of "the wages of sin is death." The boy did not know what wages were, and was asked what his father got on Saturday night?" Drunk," was the answer. Nelson, on the day of his greatest victory and death, had attained the age of 47 years; Bonaparte and Wellington were each in their 47th year at the battle of Waterloo and in the 47th year from the death of Nelson the last of thi3 illustrious trio passed into eternity. PROFESSOR POIISON, having exasperated an individual by the dryness of his sarcasm, the petulant opponent thus addressed him:—"Mr. Porson, I beg leave to tell you, Sir, that my opinion of you is perfectly contemptible." Porson replied, I never knew an opinion of yours, Sir, which was Dot contemptible." JOKING IN EARNEST.—A fellow stole a saw, and on ex- amination told the magistrate he only took it in joke. "How far did you carry it?" asked the justice. "Two mites," answered the prisoner. That's carrying the joke too far," remarked his worship, and the prisoner was com- mitted for trial. An American editor, who has been married about a year, speaking of the babies says,—" The delight of the days, the torment of the nights—elegant in full dress, but horrible in Deshabille-beautiful on the smile, but maddening on the yell-exquisitely in place in the nursery, but awfully out of place in the parlour, or railway carriage—the well-spring3 of delight, and the recipients of unlimited spankings-the glory of 4 pa,' the happiness of ma,'—who wouldn't have 'em LONG DRESSES,—In his "Fortnight in Ireland," Sir F. B Head professes to a partiality for bare ankles and bare feet. There can be no doubt," he says, that there is a fresh- ness in this costume of nature that cannot belong to a fashionable gown, which, from sweeping the ground, and from being tightly bandaged round the waist, forms a splen- did unventilated palace, in which the architect has for- gotten to insert either chimney, staircase, door, or window!" Love What is it ? How oft the word passes our hearing, how oft the magic of it thrills through our hearts! Can we define it? Its symptoms are various. How oft do those, who, Benedict-like, would rail at love, get punished for their temerity. Cupid is revengeful; he will not be robbed of his prerogativehe boldly enters the palace and the cottage; steals with impunity the heart of the Queen or the kitchen-maid. He is known to be particu- larly whimsical: sometimes he will step in at the beggar's door, on his way to the proud noble's mansion. Beware! let none offend against him. His dominion is large; we all, in the known world, own his sway in some measure. The world is governed by love—in love it was made; love is a tie which unites nations in one family; since the days of Adam it has descended as a precious bequest from gene- ration to generation. LESSONS FOR PHYSICIANS.—Nearly three centuries ago the philosopher Palissy thus remarked on the errors of medical men :—" Do you not think that it is a great blunder on the part of doctors to keep an unhappy patient shut up in a loom, the windows close, the bed close, and forbid any one to give him air? When already the poor patient cannot get his breath, by reason of his malady, except with a great deal of trouble, you cause him to be furthermore shut up and smothered. See how you blunder; first, you rob him of his breath, and render him more melaucholy than he would be maue by his disease, through the foul odours which cannot escape, which pierce his brain and ag- gravate his illness; and if you grant to me that air aids the expulsive virtue, that no animals having lungs can live without air, that man, however whole and cheerful he may be, cannot live without air, still less can he do so when he is sick wherefore I say that you blunder in forbidding air to patients, when it is good, and not too cold, or moist, or windy." ROYAL DINNER HOURS.—Kings and Queens generally set the hour of dining in countries they govern. It is whispered that the Queen of Great Britain dines with her chitdrenat two o'clock, and that the state dinner at eight is a mere pageant. Louis Philippe dined generally at seven, at least such is the hour named in an invitation-I beg his ghost's pardon, a command-I have by me. The Queen of Spain dine", or used to dine, at five; the Sultan at sunset; the late King of Sardinia dined at three the Emperor of Russia eats when he is hungry—the state dinners are between five and six the Emperor of Austria dines at five the King of Prussia at three the King of Hanover at five the King of Sweden at five. The hour of five seems to be, indeed, the most general, as it is the most convenient. On the continent especially, as every one goes to the theatre, which opens at seven, a later hour than five would interfere with the projects for the evening.-Household Words. CROCKETT OUTDONE.—A Yankee joker, in yarning it, says-" Talk of Crockett, why, Ezekiel Nash, a genuine down-easter, could send him to eternal smash right off. Nash chaws chain cables for tobacco, takes gunpowder for snutf, and blows his nose with a tin pocket handkerchief; he sleeps between iron sheets, which in winter are made red hot. Instead of rats and mice, wolves and grizzly bears prowl about his room at night, but he sleeps so sound that he is obliged to be thrown out of bed every morning to wake him. His mother missed him when a baby, and found him at last in a hornet's nest, playing at bopeep with a couple of rattlesnakes. As an infant Ezekiel was a wonder, I guess he had razors and bayonets for toys, walked in top- boots when he was three days old, sucked hot coals, and used to rub his gums with a nutmeg grater; they weaned him the day he was born, and fed him on pap made of flint stone and lignumvitse, soaked in prussic acid. His ap- petite, for a boy, was awful; he once ate three parts of a horse, and then asked if tea wasn't ready. When he rides on a railroad he gets out to walk a trifle of forty or fifty miles, and waits an hour or two for the train to overtake him. The engine comes up panting and blowing, and often says, with a forced laugh—' Bust ray biler, Zekiel, but of all mortal critters you're the biggest; I reckon your father was a flash of lightning, and your mother an airthquake.' As a speculator N adh is real lucky. He held some canal shares ocÎce, which went up to such a premium he was obliged to send a broker up in a balloon to fell out." JVIASCDLINE AND FEMININE.—There are certain nouns with which notions of strength, vigour, and the like quali- ties, are more particularly connected; and these are the neuter substantives which are figuratively rendered mascu- line. On the other hand, beauty, amiability, and so forth, are held to invest words with a feminine character. Thus the sun is said to be masculine, and the moon feminine. But for our own part, and our view is confirmed by the dis- coveries of astronomy, we believe that the sun is called masculine from his supporting and sustaining the moon, and finding her the wherewithal to shine away a? she does of a night when all quiet people are in bed; and from his being obliged to keep such a family of stars besides. The moon, we think, is accounted feminine because she is thus maintained and kept up in her splendour, like a fine lady, by her husband, the sun. Furthermore, the moon is con- tinually changing; on which account alone she might be referred to the feminine gender. The earth is feminine, tricked out as she is with gems and flowers. Cities and towns are likewise feminine, because there are as many windings, turnings, and little odd corners in them as there are in the female mind. A ship is feminine, inasmuch as she is blown about by every wind. Virtue is feminine by courtesy. fortune and misfortune, like mother and daughter, are both feminine. The Church is feminine be- cause she i3 marred to the State; or married to the State because she is feminine—we do not know which. Time is masculine, because he is so trifleu with by the ladies. Camic English Grammar. GROWING INCREASE OF RUSSIAN POWER. — The great historian Sir Archibald Alison, in his History of Europe, brought down to the accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852, thus describes the growing increase and probable function of the power of Russia "To the European race, endowed with intellect, and gifted with energy beyond the other families of mankind, has been predestined the duty of peopling the earth and subduing it; it is in the midst of the passions which leads to its accomplishment that we are now placed. Ia the last ages of tiie world, as in the first, the words of primeval prophecy shall prove true: 'God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Sliem; and Canaan shall be his servant.' But it is not to these agents alone that the great designs of Providence lor the dispersion of the species have been intrusted. The original moving powers are still in full and undisturbed operation. The roving passions of pastoral life, the tustof barbarian conquest, are as active in impelling mankind from the wails of Scythia, as ever they were in the days of Alaric or Attilla; the Tartar horse have lost nothing of their formidable character by being linked to the Russian horse artillery. Still the wines and women of the South attract the brood of winter to the regions of the sun stiil the pressure of barbarian valour upon the scenes of civilized opulence is felt with undiminished force. It will be so to the end of the world; for in the North, aud there alone, are found the privations which insure hardihood, the poverty which impels to conquest, the difficulties which rouse to exertion. Irresistible to men so actuated is the attraction which the climate of the South, the riches of civilization, exercise on the poverty and energy of the native wilds. Slowly, but steadily, for two centuries, the Muscovite power has increased, devouring everything which it approaches: ever advancing, never receding. Sixty-six millions of men, doubling every half-century, now obey the mandates of the Czar, whose will is law, and who leads a people whose passion is conquest. Europe may well trem- ble at the growth of a power possessed of such resources, actuated by such desires, led by such ability; but Europe alone does not comprise the whole family of mankiud. The great designs of Providence are working out their accom- plishment by the passings of the free agents to which their execution has been intrusted. Turkey wiil yield, Persia be ^iaeJrUIf y v Muscovite batallions; the original birth- °,UJ re'1§10" wiU be rescued by their devotion; and «f -^fn9atlantic hemisphere and the islands J lvt ? SCa W,U be copied by the self-actlngpasslons I wiU tbe piain. of Asia bewomo fbd Cross by tht hum pf £ 41(9^ diipptum/'

SWANSEA CorPER TRADE—The sale of copper ore at Swansea for the present quarter will be the smallest as to tonnage since the year 1836, in fact, only 5336 tons have, as yet, been disposed of, amounting to £86,078 19s.6d" and all they have to sell on the 21st inst. is 1134 tons. making 6470 tons. As we have of late repeatedly stated, while this state of circumstances exists, the falling off in the amount of metal for the smelting companies ia. so great that the stan- dard of copper ore, and the price to the consumers, must retain its prOilSGnt buoyant position. The decrease is ac- counted for by the following mines bringing to market less this than last quarter, as follows:—Cobre, about 800 tons; Cuba, 880; Santiago, 99. The Kapunda sold 370 tons more than last; altogether the foreign mines are 1767 tons short on the quarter. Ireland, 670 Wales, 25, and slags, 277 tons, making altogether a decrease of 2741 tons of ore for the present quarter against the last, which amounted to 9211 tons. The total quantity of ore sold at the Cornwall ticketings has been, for the last nine sales, 34,089 tons, yielding 2260 tons 1 cwt. of metal, realising £206,206 4s. 6d.; 3883 tons have since been sampled, and the two others may possibly bring an excess on the present quarter of 3000 tons of ore, but a reduced average produce, so that the increase of metal will be quite inadequate to supply the deficiency caused by the small sales at Swansea; consequently, the British miner has no reasonable cause to fear any other than the present rates being maintained for some to come. The increased tonnage of ore in Cornwall and Devon is easily accounted for. The average produce plainly shows it to be principally from the extra old pitches which are no.v bein? wrought at the several mines, many of them hitherto lying idle for years, the tributers not being able to gain a living, and, therefore, abandoning them. Thua they lay unwrought until, like at the present moment, when the rise in the standard makes such a material difference that what would not set then wnuld now, and al1 increased quantity, especially of low quality ore, is the consequence. The Devon Great Consols have availed themselves of the opportunity, and are also bringing into the market a consi- derable quantity of stamped ores from the large pile of halvans that have been accumulating for some years past. The United Mines (Gwen nap) add considerably to the quantity, and we expect will, with other prosper- ous and profitable mines, continue to increase the quarterly sales for some time to come. Notwith- standing the unprecedented number of new mines that have sprung into existence in the last two or three years, as yet they have to a very small extent lent their aid in augmenting the quantity of ore brought into the market, nor do we hear of any of them shortly being able to do so. This is to be regretted, especially when we reflect on the enormous sums that have been advanced in bringing them into working condition. They will, however, we trust, sink or swim within a short time for, unless they show symp- toms of early produce, in face of so favourable a price for their ores, we cannot anticipate the shareholders will go on year after year responding to calls, without a fair prospect of an early result. May the year 1853 prove as propitious to those deserving success as the present year (nearly con- cluded) will have proved to the dividend-paying ones.— Mining Journal. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS, A SUPERIOR RE- MEDY FOR SCORBUTIC AFFECTIONS AND ALL DISEASES or THE SKIN,-Cutaneous diseases are in their nature both obnoxious and painful to those afflicted,causing great anxiety of mind, heaviness, weariness, and dejection of spirits. To effect a cure of those dreadful maladies, use Holloway's I Ointment and Pills. The latter is the finest purifier of the blood ever discovered, and there is nothing equal to the Ointment for allaying the irritation of the parts affected. By a steady perseverance-Ifa "the use of these remedTeYthe moit aggravated diseases of the skin may be cured, and (he |»8tQS«4 to sound bealth.—f Mmiiumeni). I

CARDIFF POLICE.—MONDAY. [Before William Williams, Esq., Mayor.] VERY SUSPICIOUS. James Patterson, a seaman on board the Esther, of Bridg- water, was cbarged with stealing a qlJantity of canvass. A policeman met him with it in the Bute Dock-road, and, as he could give no accouut as to how he became possessed of it, took him iuto custody. The captain, who was in atten- dance, said he had not missed anything of the kind, and the prisoner was discharged,-Superintendent Stockdale ob, served that captains of vessels very seldom acknowledged to have missed anything which should be found in the posses- sion of their OWI1 seamen. BOBBING A FOREIGNER. James Debo was charged with stealing a pilot-cloth jacket, the property of a foreign seaman. The occurrence took place in the Ship Afloat beer-house, in Whitmore-lane, on Wednesday evening last. During a row between the foreigner and some men and a girl, the prisoner snatched the jacket from the seaman's arm, anfl decamped with it. Eliza Fair, the girl alluded to, stated she distinctly saw the transaction; and P,C. Miles deposed to the bad character borne by the accused, who, in defence, said no doubt the jacket had been stolen by some of the girl's bullies, and then the blame put upon him. He denied that the constable had ever seen him before, He was a hard-working man, and had come from Bristol.—The Superintendent deposed that the prisoner had been in his custody before for stealing clothes, and bad been imprisoned for the offence. He was, under the eye of the police, who were not aware that he had any regular place of residence. He was in the habit of tra- velling abo:1t the country, occasionally favouring Cardiff with a visit.—The Greek to whom the jacket belonged had gone to sea; and the prisoner was sent to the House of Correction for two months, to be kept to hard labour. A DIRTY FELLOW, Named Thomas Chandler was charged with behaving him- self indecently in Caroline-street, about half-past eight o'clock, on Saturday evening. When taken into custody by Superintendent Stockdale, he was very violent.—Fined 10s. and costs, or fourteen days'imprisonment. OBSTRUCTING THE POLICE. JPm. Hornblow was charged with inciting the last prisoner to resist. The Superintendent stated that when he took Chandler into custody, Hornblow and seven or eight men came up, and advised him not to go, saying Superintendent Stockdale had no right to take him. In consequence of this Chandler behaved with great resistance;—no help was to be had from those around, and the Superintendent was obliged to obtain the assistance of two constables.—The Mayor said the defendant had rendered himself liable to a penalty of £ o, but the Bench, hoping this would be a cau- tion, would look over his offence this time, and dis- charge him. THREE PRUSSIAN SEAMEN, Charged with leaving their vessel, were ordered to be con- veyed on board by the police. [Before the Mayor and Whitlock Nicholl, Esq.] STEALING CARPET. Elisabeth Jones was charged with stealing a piece of Brussels carpet, valued at about 3s., from the shop of Mr. John Poole, broker, Bute-terrace. Prosecutor deposed that on Thursday last, about six o'clock in the evening, he showed the carpet to a customer, folding it up afterwards, and put- ting it down on a hamper in the shop. He then went into an inner room, and, on returning shortly afterwards, he missed the property in question. He had seen a person bo-peeping" in at the window several times during the day, but would not swear it was the prisoner. Mrs. Richards, of the Colliers' Arms, in the Hayes, stated that the prisoner came to her house on Friday with a piece of carpet, which she offered for Bale, at the same time stating it was her own property. Prisoner asked 8d. for the carpet, and witness, without looking at it, offered her 4d. and-a glass of beer, which she accepted. P.C. Dykes said, from information he received, he was induced to visit the Colliers' Arms. The prisoner was drinking in the taproom, the carpet being in the bar, which, in reply to the constable, she stated she had bought of a tall woman, with whose name she was unacquainted. The prisoner, who said nothing in her defence, was com- mitted for trial. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. James Ford and Hiram Jones were charged with creating a disturbance at the Caledonia beer-house, in Charlotte- street.—From the landlord's statement it appeared that the prisoners seamen belonging to the American vessel Macedonia—visited his house on Saturday night just upon eleven o'clock. He refused them both beer and admittance, when Jones put his foot against the panel of the door, and burst it in.—The damage done amounted to 2s. 6d., in which sum, together with costs, Jones was mulcted. His shipmate was liberated. Charles Potter was charged with being drunk and breaking a window at a beer-house in Maria-street, kept by Wm. Clarke, who did not press the charge.—Fined 5s. for drun- kenness. PAR NOElLE FRATRUM. John Connor and John Berkeley, two Irish tramps, were charged with the following conduct:—They came into this town on Friday last, and, about six o'clock, met P.C. Taylor in High-street. They inquired of him if there was any place where travellers" could obtain a night's lodging and some food gratis. He replied he knew of no such accommodation, when they took up stones and threatened to break the lamps. They were conveyed to the station, and told the Superintendent they had uttered the threat in order that they might be lodged in the cell.—They were sent to the House of Correction for three weeks' hard labour, the Su- perintenaent directing two constables to accompany each prisoner, as they had stated that, if committed, they would break every window and lamp they could get at. A SECOND DON QUIXOTTE. James Power, an Irishman, of diminutive size, but of very large and ancient looking visage, and with the amount of volubility peculiar to his race, was charged with alarming the inhabitants of the Haves. The defendant, whose coun- tenance strongly reminded us of that comely personage, Quilp, it appeared, from the evidence of P.C. Miles, was creating a great disturbance in the Hayes on Sunday night. He had obtained the blade of an old rusty scythe, one end of which he bad inserted in a wooden handle, in imitation of a large broadsword. This weapon he had in his hand, and was walking up and down the thoroughfare mentioned, brandishing it over his head, shouting that bis son had been murdered, and swearing he would cut down the first man that touched himself. The people in the neighbourhood were very much frightened. The constable, however, on ar- riving to ascertain the cause of tbe disturbance, soon disarmed the pot valiant" Celt, and conveyed him to the keep from which he was now liberated on paying 5s. for being drunk.—In answer to Superintendent Stockdale, the Bench directed the weapon to be detained.—Prisoner: Oh! by gar, I don't want it, indeed! FOBS tI. WAISTCOAT POCKETS.— GENTLEMEN, TAKE CARE OF YOUR WATCHES. John Peters was charged with stealing a silver watch from the person of Wm. John, carpenter, of 38, Peel-street, Bute- town.— Prosecutor said that on Friday night, between nine and half-past nine o'clock, he was in Mr. Abbott's sale room with a friend. The prisoner was standing close by him. His watch was safe when he entered the room. Some time afterwards, however, on looking for his watch, it was not to be found, the ring by which it was attached to the guard having been cut in twain. As the prisoner had disappeared, just at that juncture, witness's suspicions were excited, and he accordingly at once proceeded to the station, and in- formed the Superintendent of the circumstance, at the same time giving a description of the suspected party. Superin- tendent Stockdale immediately sent out a policeman in plain clothes. P.C. Sheppard deposed that he was instructed on Friday night to go in quest of the supposed thief. He obtained tidings of him in Mary Ann-street, and in consequence proceeded to David-street, where he met the prisoner. The description given to witness was that the man had a cast in his eye, and was dressed in a blue jacket and trousers, but he was clothed quite differently when met in David-street. Witness told him of what he was suspected and took him to the station. He was there identified by the man who had accompanied prosecutor into the sale room. Being then searched, a watch was found in the waistband of his trousers, which prosecutor identified as his property. The Mayor, after the usual caution had been read to the prisoner, inquired if he had anything to say. Prisoner: Guilty, I suppose. Superintendent Stockdale said he wished to put people who attended those crowded places on their guard. Several similar cases had occurred in that room before. The way the robbery was committed was by several parties pressing against a person, and, during the pressure, a hand was passed under, and by means of a nippers used for cutting wire, the ring was easily severed. Even if the loss were in- stantly discovered, it was impossible for the owner of the watch to follow the delinquent on account of the crowd by which the former was invariably hemmed in. Mr. Abbott observed that both watches which had been abstracted had been cut away by similar means. A gentleman in court (the owner of the watch alluded to by the Superintendent on the previous Monday, as stated in last week's GUARDIAN) here rose, saying—"Perhaps the prisoner will be kind enough to produce mine. Mr. Morris (Clerk to the Magistrates): We cannot enter into that unless you charge the prisoner with stealing it. Mr. Abbott inquired if the Bench would allow him to present P.G. Sheppard with 5s. as a small reward for his praiseworthy exertions in so quickly apprehending the prisoner. The Magistrates readily acquiesced, and handed over to the constable shortly afterwards the money which Mr. Abbott deposited in their hauds. The prisoner was then committed. [Mr. Thomas R. Davis, of George-street, Bute-town, in- formed our reporter that he was in the bazaar a few nights since, having a watch in his pocket, suspended by a silk guard. Suddenly he felt a slight tug at the guard, and on immediately looking for his watch, he found it out of his pocket and dangiing in front of him. Parties after these cautions should be very careful of those valuable and at the same time useful adjuncts of their attire; and we question very much whether the old fob," now out of date was not far more safe than the present fashionable style of Albert chains and waistcoat pockets.] [Before the Mayor.] A DUTCH SEAMAN COMMITTED FOR FELONY. John Peter Theodore Telander was charged with stealing the property of Captain Vandervienne, of the ship Henrietta, of Rotterdam. The prisoner was steward on board. On Friday morning last, at half-past three o'clock, he was ob- served by P.C. Dykes passing through Bute-street, with a bag on his shoulder, and followed him as far as Homfray- street, when, thinking there was something wrong, the con- stable inquired of him why he had deserted, to which the prisoner replied that the captain and mate had beaten him. He was taken into custody, and, on being searched at the station, forty Dutch guilders (equal to about-E3 English) and a Spanish dollar, were found in his possession. The captain deposed to baving lost the money produced, besides three sovereigns. He also identified the jacket the prisoner had on when taken into custody as his property. The pri- soner, who denied all knowledge of the sovereigns, was committed for trial. After the case had been disposed of, the Mayor compli- mented P.C. Dykes upon the vigilance he had displayed in apprehending the prisoner, especially when no information had been forwarded him respecting the robbery. His con- duct was very creditable, and deserved the thanks of the Bench. DESERTING A VESSEL. Thomas Kay, who had absconded from the Elizabetk and Mary, was ordered to be put on board. CHARGE OF ASSAULT. Thos. John was charged with assaulting his mother, Mrs. John, of the Swan beer-house, in Bute-street, and liberated, no one appearing to press the charge against him. PUBLIC DISTURBERS. Sophia Evans, alias Curley, was charged with disorderly conduct in Bute-street, on Friday night last. When told to go home by the constable she immediately went; and the Mayor now discharged her with a caution. Sarah Clark was charged with a similar offence, and with making use of disgusting and filthy language. She was an old offender. —Sent to the Hou-e of Correction for four- teen days. ROBBERIES IN BROTHELS. Mary Davis, who was liberated last Monday on a like charge, was again brought up for stealing 10s. from the person of Timothy Leary, of No.2, Wharton-street, while in a house of ill-fame. Complainant, however, had not the courage to appear, and the prisoner again escaped. Elizabeth DameU was charged wilh stealing six half- crowns, the property of Thomas Whitbridge, while in a house of ill-fame in Whitmore-lane, kept by a Mrs. Wil- liams. Prosecutor stated that he went to the house on Saturday night to sleep, the prÎ30ner being in the next bed to him. She got up in the night, took his trousers into the next room, and rifled his pockets, but as she was returning, he met her on the doorway with the trousers in her hand. No money was fùuud in her possession; and the ahyor, after remarking it was a very suspicious case, sent her about her business. ALLEGED FELONY. Charles Morgan, a labourer, living at Sirah Hopkins's, in Whitmore-lane, was charged with stealing a pair of sea boots belonging to 1.1. seaman on board a vessel lying in the roads. A witness named Baylis deposed to having seen the prisoner deposit the boots in the house, and the latter was remanded till Thursday, in order to endeavour to procure the attendance of the seaman. CLAIM FOR WAGES. John Parsons appeared to answer the complaint of Edwin Crewe for refusing to pay him wages to the amount of £1 lis. 3d. Crewe stated that be worked for the defendant for six weeks as a plasterer, and was to have received 2s. 6d. a day. He had received all his wages but the amount claimed. Parsons acknowledged the debt but pleaded his liability to pay, the work having been delayed in conse- quence of the recent wet weather, He offered to pay balf- a-crown « week,— An order wa. for |rna}«HaH payment.

TRIAL OF MR. KIRWAN FOR THE ALLEGED MURDER OF HIS WIFE. This case which has excited an intense degree of excite- ment in Dublin, was brought forward on Wednesday week, in the Commission Court, which was crowded to excess. The prisoner is about forty-five years of age, was dressed with FcrupuloufI neatness, and comported himself during the day with the utmost firmness and Mr. Smyly opened the case for the prosecution. He said the prisoner was indicted for the murder of his wife, Maria Kirwan. They were married twelve years ago, but had no family, and, at the time of her death Mr. Kirwan resided in Upper Merrion-strert, Dublin. The evidence upon which the case depended was circumstantial. The prisoner, during the greater part of each day, was occupied in his profession as an artist, as an anatomical draughts. man, or in colouring maps. But the greater part of his time was spent with a woman named Teresa Kenny, and though he had been twelve years married, and had eight children during that time by Teresa Kenny, it so happened that neither his wife nor Teresa Kenny had the slightest idea that he was married to another person until a com- paratively recent period. The thing was so well managed that it was not until within the last six months that either of these women knew that there was another person who had a claim upon his attentions. However, at the time he alluded to such a discovery did actually take place. The ordinary abode of Mr. Kirwan was Upper Merrion-street; but in June ladt he and his wife took a lodging at Howth for the advantages of bathing and fresh air. He employed himself in sketching the scenery of the locality, and they were to have remained there until the 7th of September, the day after that on which Mrs. Kirwan's death took place. On Wednesday ns well as on the Friday before Mrs. Kirwan's death she and the prisoner went over to the island called Ireland's Eye," and were conveyed thither by some boatmen connected with the neighbourhood. On Sunday, the 5th of September, they went to the boatmen and arranged with them that they were to be taken over to the island the next morning. At this time they were lodging at Howth with a woman named Campbell. On Monday, according to the arrangement, the boat was ready for them, and they proceeded to Howth harbour at ten o'clock, in order to cross over to the island, and on this occasion they had with them a basket, a carpet-bag, two bottles, and a sketch-book. They were duly landed on the island, & the boat immediately afterwards returned to Howth harbour. But at twelve o'clock the same boat brought another party across to Ireland's Eye—namely, a Mr. Brew and his family, who went there for the purpose of amuse- ment, and who remained from twelve o'clock to four and then quitted the island. During these four hours the Brew party saw Mrs. Kirwan on several occasions, and offered to take her back in their boat, if desirous of returning to Howth, but she stated in reply that she had ordered a boat to come for herself and her husband at eight o'clock. A boatman named Doyle also took over a gentleman named Hamilton, who, however, did not stay for more than an hour on the island, and was conveyed back to Howth in the same boat. After four o'clock, when the Brews left the place, no person remained on the island except Mr. Kirwan and his wife. He told them that a boat was to take them back at eight o'clock. A man named Campbell, who was leaning on the harbour wall at Howth, saw the boat in question (which belonged to a man named Nangle) leave the harbour and go to the island at eight o'clock on that evening. But before that a matter of considerable im- portance attracted the attention of Campbell. About an hour or so before the boat went over he heard a loud cry coming from the island which was more than once re- peated. This occurred at seven o'clock, or perhaps a little later, and Campbell was not the only person who heard cries about this hour of the evening. A woman named Abernethy, another woman named Flood, and a man named Barrett, heard cries likewise, and the latter on hearing a cry came down to the harbour to ascertain its cause, and afterwards heard cries coming towards the harbour. In a boat which was returned from fishing, and which passed round the island, and near it were four men, one of whom ouly (Larkins) was on deck, and this man heard cries, which were as near as possible of the same description as those heard by the other witnesses. The island lay directly op- posite the Harbour at Howth, the nearest point to the latter being a place called Broad Patch," at the extreme east end of the island. Slanting to the west from this place were two strands, one of which was considerably longer than the other—that at the extreme west end lead- ing towards the remains of the Martello tower, and being one of the points at which boats usually landed, and which was the place at which Mr. and Mrs. Kirwan were de- posited on the 6th of September last. Upon a flat ground, between the tower and the Black Patch," were the ruins of an old church, and at the back of the Black Patch," at a part of the island which was out of view from Howth harbour, was a place called the "Long Hole," into which the tide came, and which was always filled with water when it was fully in. But when the tide was completely out, the Long Hole" was left altogether dry. Now the cries of which he had spoken came from the direction of the Long Hole," and could be heard at the various places where the different persons who heard them were stationed that even- ing At eight o'clock the boat left the harbour at Howth, at which time it contained four boatmen, whose names were P. Nangle, M. Nangle, T. Style, and E. Campbell. When they reached the island it was dark. The boatmen called out to Mr. Kirwan, and at first were unable to see him, but after a short time he came down towards the boat and desired one of them to go up and fetch his bag. A conversation then took place, and the boatman asked the prisoner where the mistress was; to which he made an- swer that he had not seen her since the shower (meaning a shower of rain which fell at six o'clock), when she went to the Tower to bathe. The boatmen then suggested that a search should be made for her, and accordingly Michael Nangle and the prisoner proceeded in the direc- tion of the Long Hole," passing up round the church towards the Black Patch." Having failed in finding Mrs. Kirwan they returned to the boat, and told the other boatmen that they had not succeeded in their search. Patrick Nangle then proposed to renew the search, and he, accompanied by the prisoner and Michael Nangle, went through a considerable portion of the island, until at length they came to the Long Hole." Patrick Nangle, who was in advance of the others, said, "Come, let us make a good search," and accordingly he went to the east, and Michael Nangle to the west side, so as to make an accurate examination of the place. In the middle of the Long Hole" was a very high rock. P. Nangle went to one side of the rock, and M. Nangle to the other but just as P. Nangle was moving towards the place were the body was found, Mr. Kirwan slipped and fell, and the consequence of his fall was to delay the progress of the Nangles; and it would appear that at the very instant of Mr. Kirwan's fall P. Nangle perceived something white, and on proceeding to the spot where it was, found it was the body of the prisoner's wife. Having pointed out on the map the exact place where the body was discovered, the learned counsel proceeded to say that on the 6th of September high water took place at half-past three o'clock. At seven o'clock, when the cries were heard, at eight o'clock, when the boat- men went over to the island, and at nine o'clock when the first search was made, the tide was still receding; and at ten o'clock, when the body was found it was low water. There was a small rock at the "Long Hole," and on this rock the body was found. At the time it was found the rock was quite dry, and the tide was removed six feet from it. Mrs. Kirwan was found lying on the rock on her back, with her bathing dress gathered up under her arms, and partly under her body was found a bathing sheet. Her bathing cap was missing, and the body was certainly warm when found by P. Nangle, at ten o'clock. So soon as Patrick Nangle fouud the body he called out to his com- panion, but it appeared that he was some time engaged in ar- ranging it so as to give it adecent look before they come to the place where it was. When they arrived at the spot Mr. Kirwan rushed forward, threw himself on the body and exclaimed, "Oh! Maria, Maria! "and then turned to the boatmeu and said Go and fetch her clothes." The Nangles then went to look for the clothes; but being unable to find them, returned to the prisoner, who, on learning that their search had proved ineffectual, said, I will go with you myself." He then went himself, and after a short time came back and said if they went up to the rock they would find the clothes. P. Nangle then went up and found the clothes in a place which he had searched a little before, but without success, as they were not in that particular spot when he first examined it. The two boat- men proceeded to the boat, leaving the prisoner with the body, and it took nearly an hour to bring the boat round to the" Long Hole," where the body was. The latter was then wrapped up in a sail, placed in the boat and conveyed to Howth. Some time after these occurrences a party of pleasure which was on the island found a bathing cap, which bad belonged to Mrs. Kirwan. The body when found lay on its back; the face had some marks of scratches upon it, and blood issuing from part of the breast, from the ears, and from another part of the body, which he would not at present describe. When the boat containing the body arrived at Howth it was observed that the sail which enveloped the body was saturated with the blood which had flowed from the wounds upon it. It was brought in a dray to the house of Mrs. Campbell, at Howth where the Kirwans had lodged, and was washed by three women. On the following day an inquest was held, and the principal witness at it was the prisoner himself. The two Nangles and a medical student named Hamilton were also examined, and the matter was speedily brought to a termination, the verdict being, "that the lady had been drowned while bathing at Ireland's Eye." He had already told them that when the body was found, there was very little water about the rock on which it lay, but he was in a position to give them the depth of water at the dif- ferent times of the day in question. High water was about half-past three o'clock, and at that time there were eight feet of water above the small rock on which the body was found. At half-past six o'clock—the time the prisoner said Mrs. Kirwan left him to bathe after the shower—there were two feet six inches of water over the same rock. At seven o'clock just before the cries were heard, there was upon the rock one foot nine inches of water. At eight o'clock, the time the boat left the harbour to go to the island, the quantity of water upon it was about three in- ches and at half-past nine o'clock, which was about the time the body was found, the water was two feet below the rock in question. A month after the inqnest an investigation was held, and what transpired at that in- vestigation had led to the proceedings which were com- menced that morning. The body of Mrs. Kirwan was buried in the Cemetery at Glasvin. The part of the ground in which the coffin was deposited was, however, exceedingly damp—perhaps the wettest spot in the whole of the cemetery. When it was exhumed, no less than two feet of water was found in the grave, and from the state of the body it was almost impossible to come to any exact or particular determination as to the nature of the injuries or the cause of the lady's death. But a gentle- mau, who had examined the body and made himself ac- quainted with the locality where the death took place, would be able to give them some important information, which he hoped would be sufficient to satisfy them, one way or other, as to the truth of the matter. The learned counsel concluded his address by arguing very forcibly that, from the circumstances detailed, the lady's death could not have been caused by suicide. Witnesses were then called in support of his statement. Margaret Campbell swore that the prisoner and deceased resided for some time at her house, in Howth; that they sometimes quarrelled that on one occasion he beat the de- ceased; and that on the night when tbe body was carried home the prisoner's feet were wet. Patrick Nangle deposed as follows I am a fisherman and sailor, and live at Howth. There is a couple of minutes difference between the time of the tide at Dublin Bar and at Ireland's Eye. It is earlier at Dublin Bar a couple of minutes. I know every inch of Ireland's Eye. I knew Mrs. Kirwan. She was a stout, well-looking woman, and appeared to he about twenty-eight or twenty-nine years of age. Rowed Mr. and Mrs. Kirwan to Ireland's Eye on Monday, September 6th, and twice before that. They came to me on Sunday the 5th, and engaged me. They came to the boat a little before ten o'clock the next morning. They had a bag and two bottles of water with them, and Mrs. Kirwan had a reticule bag. Mr. Kirwan had a cane-sword and a sketch-book. The island is a mile and a quarter from Howth. It takes about a quarter of an hour to go over. Landed Mr. and Mrs. Kirwan near the Martello tower, which is uninhabited. Brought Mr. Brew and his family over at twelve o'clock that day, and brought them back at four o'clock. Saw Mrs. Kirwan on the island then. Mr. Brew asked her did she want to come over ? and she said, No." She told me to come over at eight o'clock. The boat of a man named Doyle was over there that day. When my boat left at four o'clock there was no one on the island but Mr. and Mrs Kirwan. I left the harbour with my boat at twenty minutes to eight to go for Mr. and Mrs. Kirwan. It was getting very dark then. On nearing Ireland's Eye I hailed Mr. Kirwan, and he answered. When we got ashore Mr. Kirwan was near the landing-place. He had the cane-sword, the bag, and the sketch-book in his hand. Mick Nanjjle asked him, where was Mrs. Kirwan? He said she had left him an hour and a half before, and that he had not seen her since. Mick then said, We had better go look for her." Mr. Kirwan and the other men went away to look for her, and I examined Mr. Kirwan's sketch- book after they were hatf-an-hourawayl went towards the tower aud called them Mick Nangle asked had 1 not found Mrs. Kirwan I said, No have you not found her?" Mr. Kirwan said, Let us go back the same way." I went towards the "Long Hole" with Mr. Kirwau. I kept singing out Maria Kirwan," for he told me her name, and he himself kept exclaiming, "Oh Maria! oh Maria Mick Nangle kept close to us in another direc- tion, and Mr. Kirwan slipped I stopped, but he said, Don't let me be the cause of delaying you." I went on and found the lady in the "Hole:" her bathing dress was up under her arms, and there was a sheet under her her head was lying back in a hole, and her feet were in a pool of water—about the full of my hat-about half-a gallon. I saw cuts on the forehead and under the eye; there was blood coming down by her ears, from her side and breast, and other places (sensation). After Mr, Kirwan came up he threw himself over the body aud cried, Oh Maria P He seat me tq look fat her glothes, flR.4 I cputd pQI QAIS them. Mr. Kirwan himself then went to look for them, and after remaining away for three or four minutes he came back and told me to go up to a rock, which lie pointed out, saying Ihat I should find thcm there, I dill go and found the clothes in that very place. I can swear positively that I examined tbe same place before, and that the clothes were not in it. We then made prepartions and removed the body. At this time the tide was on the turn, coming in. There was nothing to wet Mr. Kirwan's feet that I know of He got no wet in our time. In cross-examination the wit- ness said: There was no difference between Mr. and Mr-. Kirwan about the time the boat was to come. Mr. Kirwan was very near being killed himself that evening where the body was found I called out and caught hold of him, or he would have gone over the rock. The body was not stiff when I saw it; there was froth about the mouth there were a good many scratches over and under her eyes; the strand is gravelly. If there had not been a rock at the mouth of the hole Mrs. Kirwan would have been carried out by the water if she were in it before the water fell. This was not the rock were the body was found. The wounds were more than scratches; there was a positive cut in one place where the blood came from. Was examined at the inquest, but was made to draw back when I came to the part about the sheet, and before the time I tied her up. There was no shawl about the corpse when I left to go for the boat, but when I came back there was and Mr. Kirwan was lying across the body. Mr. Brereton read witness's information, in which nothing was said about Mr. Kirwan bidding him go for the the clothes. Witness. Oh but I was put aside at the in- quest before I came to that. Cross-examination resumed. It was Mr. Kirwan found the clothes, or they were not in it" for me to find. Mr. Kirwau did not go up higher than I went. I still swear positively that when I searched the clothes were not there: they were subsequently found by me where Mr. Kirwan put them for me to find. (Sen- sation.) Michael Nangle corroborated much of the previous evidence. Several witnesses deposed to having heard, on the evening of Mrs. Kirwan's death, and just after night- fall, a succession of loud screams, which in their opinion proceeded from some one on the island. Anne Lacy, who with another woman washed the body, said: I found her hair full of bits of sea-weed. The face was all covered over with blood. The blood came from a cut about the eyes and on the cheek and forehead. The ears were also loaded with blood, which was still running from the inside of them. I sponged and washed the ears, but the blood continued flowing afterwards for nearly half an hour. There was a cut on her right breast, which bled freely after I saw it. The right side was blackened from under the arm to the knee. The lips were swelled. The witness described a flow of blood from another part of the body. The body was quite limber. The left eye was open, and the right eye was closed, and I fouud that the white of it was as red as blood. None of her bones were broken. Her neck was slightly twisted. She was a beautiful crea- turec I saw Mr. Kirwan that evening. His boots, and stocking", and trousers were wet. Wrhen he was changing his boots and stockings, he turned up his trousers, and I saw his drawers wet underneath. Catherine M'Garr deposed to similar facts, after which the further hearing of the case was adjourned till the next morning. On Thursday, Dec. 9, the trial was resumed, and the case for the Crown having closed, Mr. Butt, Q.C., addressed the jury for the prisoner. Judge Crampton then charged the jury, who retired to their room at seven o'clock, and their lordships left the bench. Shortly before eight o'clock tbe judges returned to the bench, and the jury were sent for. Judge Crampton inquired if they had agreed to a verdict, and was informed by the Foreman that they had not, and that he did not think it likely they should agree. The jury again retired, and at eleven o'clock Judge Crampton re-entered the court, which was densely crowded even at that late hour. The jury were called, and the prisoner was brought forward to the front of the bar. Judge Crampton asked if they had agreed to a verdict? Foreman We have not, and I do not think we are likely Boon to agree. Some conversation then took place between a juror and his lordship with respect to the evidence of Dr. Adams, after which the jury again retired, and at a quarter before twelve they re-entered their box amid the most profound silence, all eyes being directed towards them. The Clerk of the Crown then read over the names of the jury, and the issue paper was handed down, and the Clerk of the Crown reading it aloud, said, Gentlemen, what say you, is William Burke Kirwan guilty or not guilty?" The answer was Guilty. This announcement created the deepest sensation in court. The prisoner seemed almost paralysed, and for the moment lost all self-control. Judge Crampton then adjourned the court till the next morning, when he passed sentence of death on the prisoner, holding out no hopes of mercy, and stating that the verdict had the full concurrence of himself and Baron Greene. The prisoner made a long address to the court, strongly pro- testing his innocence. ————

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—THURSDAY. The House adjourned at an early hour, after despatching some unimportant business. FRIDAY. The Earl of Roden asked if the Government were pre- pared to support the Irish Landlord and Tenant Bill, which had been read a second time, and referred to a select com- mittee in the Lower House. The Earl of Derby replied that what had taken place must not be regarded as an indication of a desire on the part of the Government to countenance the principle of the bill, but ooly of a wisb that a question involving many details might be maturely considered. After some further discussion, the matter dropped, and their lordships adjourned. MONDAY. The Earl of Shaftesbury gave notice that he would call the attention of the House to the subject of Convocation, after the recess. Some unimportant business was then despatched, after which the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY. Mr. J. Wilson called the attention of the House to the effects of the Sugar Acts of 1846 and 1848 upon the British sugar colonies and upon the sugar trade of the United King- dom, not with the intention of moving any resolution upon the subject, but in order that the anxiety of persons con- nected with the colonies might be allayed by his eliciting the views of the House and the Government. Had Mr. Disraeli, he said, contented himself in his financial state- ment with announcing what the Government were about to do, he should have been satisfied but he had thought proper to impugn the acts of that House for the last four or five years as unjust towards the West India colonies. Mr. Wilson reviewed the circumshnces of the sugar trade since 1845, showing the impulse which the importation and consumption of the article had received since the act of 1846, and that the West Indies had produced an average excess of 20,000 tons of sugar in the last five years over the produce of the five years preceding 1846. Although the produce of foreign sugar colonies had simultaneously in- creased, this had not been the result of an extension of the slave trade, the number of slaves introduced into Cuba aud Brazil having greatly diminished, and, while those slave colonies had increased their production 18 per cent., that of the British colonies had augmented 38 per cent. Mean- while the consumer had reaped a prodigious advantage from the alteration of the duties, and the revenue had recovered itself within £ 500,000 upon an aggregate sum of between jEj.000,000 and £ 6,000,000. The cost of production had di- minished in the West India colonies, and he contended that, if those colonies were not highly prosperous, they were more prosperous than before the change, which had not re- tarded their prosperity. After discussing the proposal for refining sugar in bond, Mr. Wilson concluded by moving for certain reports and returns. Sir J. Pakington thought it was not the moment when any Government would be justified in intermeddling with the existing law, although he could not retract the censure he had expressed of the legislation of 1846, which had, indeed, benefitted the British consumer, but at the expense of an amount of suffering and ruin which the country had no right to inflict upon its colonies. It was the intention of the Government, he added, to send out a commissioner to Jamaica. Mr. Ewart, Mr. Hume, Mr. Moffatt, and Lord Stanley spoke shortly upon the subject, and the motion was agreed to. Mr. M. Gibson called attention to the petition of Mr. M'Cullach, who claimed to have been elected for Great Yar- mouth, and moved for a select committee to inquire into the act 11 and 12 Victoria, chap. 98, on the subject of re- cogniiances, and to report whether it be expedient to amend that act. Mr. Walpole did not object to the motion, which was agreed to. FRIDAY. On the order of going into a Committee of Ways and Means on the inhabited house duties, Sir E. B. Lytton, observing that the principal object of the Government measure, with reference to the Property and Income Tax, was, acting upon the evidence before the House, to extend its area. and, noticing the objection of Mr. Gladstone, that its modification would be a fraud upon the fundholder, proceeded to consider the indirect taxes pro- posed to be reduced, and the direct duty intended ito be doubled. The malt and tea duties, he argued, were, ac- cording to all authorities, taxes of that class which ought to be reduced, as imposts affecting the physical sustenance of the people. As to the House Tax it could not be objected to, per se, because it had been especially recommended by all economical authorities as falling upon a man in propor- tion to his expenditure, which was within his own control. The objection must be, he said, either to the extension of the area, or to the duplication of the tax—objections which he briefly discussed and Sir Bulwer then diverged into the question of the general policy of the two great parties, explaining the reasons which had prevailed upon him to detach himself from the Whig party and to give his support to Lord Derby, who, he observed, was not an advocate of any single class, but whose object was to mitigate the suffer- ings of all classes. Mr. Gladstone, with Mr. Walter, declined to accede to the doctrine that this was to be understood as a vote of con- fidence or no confidence in tbe Government; but he thought the House could not refuse to go into committee. He, however, assented to this course under protest, upon two grounds—first, that it was the first time in his recollection that a budget had been presented in which it was not pro- posed to provide for the service of the year one farthing be- yond what was necessary to meet those services secondly, that taxation should not be remitted until the Government were sure of the ways and meaDS for the year. and that it was wrong to call upon the House to settle the question of the House Tax and to remit duties until the house had recognized the principle of the property and in- come-tax. Mr. Gladstone adduced authorities in support of these views, including that of Mr. Disraeli himself, whose doctrine, on a former occasion—a sound one, in his opinion —had been that it was the duty of the Government to secure the ways and means before it voted away taxes. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, declining to reply at that time in detail to the objections of Mr. Gladstone, ob- served that the right hon. gentleman had addressed the House under a complete ignorance of the facts, and, at the proper period he should be prepared to show that the course he had taken was one that had been recommended by the highest authorities. He was not in the ordinary position ot a Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Govern ment having bsen taunted with backwardness in bringing forward their measures, and with a desire to evade responsibility. He denied that he had pledged the Govern- ment to stand or fall on the result of any one vote in a Committee of Ways and Means; but there were, he said, certain principles in their financial plan, and if one of these should not be sustained the whole would fall. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. H. H. Vivian, who spoke from the Opposition benches, was of opinion that the budget settled the free trade question much more satisfactorily than could have been effected by the adoption of Mr. Villiers's resolution. On several points, such as the reduction of the tea duty and the establishment of a distinction between incomes derived from realized property and professions, the Go- vernment had taken a step in the right direction. To the extension of the house duty, however, he must strongly object. The tax would fall on a class of the community ill able to bear it, and he believed it would tend to encourage the erection of an inferior class of houses in growing towns. Sir C. Wood doubted whether the country had accepted, or would accept the budget, all the parts of which were blended so closely together, he said, that he must discuss it as a whole. He followed in their order the several topics of Mr. Disraeli's financial speech, replying to his remarks upon the three suffering interests—shipping, colonies, and agriculture. Passing then to the budget, fie depreciated the reduction of the malt duty as a boon to agriculture, in- asmuch as barley land needed no boon, while the measure entailed a large fiscal sacrifice. The financial result of the budget, according to Mr. Disraeli's figures, was that there would be all additional charge next year of £2,100,000 and £2,500,000 to meet it, which left a surplus of £ 400,000; this surplus, however, was not income arising from taxation, but was obtained by applying to the ways and means of the year £ 400,000, the repayment of loans for public works, which ought to'be applied to the repayment of the debt caused by the creation of the loan. Sir Charles then ana- lyzed the calculations of Mr. Disraeli respecting the pro- duce of the reduced tlues t and, with respect to the Malt Tax, be contended that he had miscalculated his receipts by £5)0,000. These two facts furnished sufficient reason, h, observed, for pautlng before this budget wu adopted. It* prljwlpls pmeatf4 uotlilag new} IS WM m set of taxes and reducing others. With regard to tbe in- direct taxes, with the exception of tea, the articles were ill- selected, and the direct taxes were oppressive. In dealing with hops, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had committed numerous blunders. The malt duty was not more onerous and less injurious than many other taxes, and the portion remitted, he believed, would go into the pockets of maltsters and brewers. The direct taxes proposed would subject large numbers of the poorer classes to taxation for the first time, and although exemptions were said to be a vice in direct taxatioo, the Income-Tax was to be applied to Ire- land with exemptions that would make it partial and odious, as well as a breach of national faith. As to the House-Tax, which he had proposed merely as a commutation for the Window-Tax, like all direct taxes, it should have a minimum limit; but this scheme made the alteration, as well as that of the Income-Tax, fall with peculiar severity upon the poor man, and would render the tax so unpopular that it could not be maintained. Nothing could be so b id as this budget, which prodigally sacrificed revenue, aud tampered with the credit of the country. The debate was then adjournel; and after some other business, the House adjourned, at 35 minutes past 12 o'clock, till Monday. MONDAY. The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means upon the Inhabited House Duty, Mr. Cobden, protesting against any attempt to infuse compensatory ingredients into the budget, and deprecating the revival of an antagouism between town and country, denounced the addition to the house-tax as unjust IInd par- tial, since it. increased, be said, the existing disproporiion of taxation upon houses and upon land. This tax. more- over, fell upon owners as well as occupiers. Its avowed object was to remove half the malt duty. If the whole of that duty could be repealed, he would advocate its remis- sion; but his objection to the removal of oaly half was- first, on principle, and because it did not get rid of the Excise restrictions secondly, on account of the manner in which the ddiciency was to be made up. It was an open question, he added, whether an increase of the consumption of beer would be beneficial to the people, who were indif- ferent in the matter. As to the modification of the income- tax, he was bound to give the Government credit for what they had done in this way; but here again an undue favour was shown to the land. In short this budget, which did not correspond with the magniloquent speech of the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, could notstand. Mr. Cobden took a rapid glance at some of the vices of our present system of collecting the indirect taxes, many of which, he said, must be repealed, and the country must make up its mind to a fair system of direct taxation. Lord J. Manners, in replying to Mr. Cobden, charged him with inconsistency in relation to the malt duty, and justified the modification of the income-tax in favour of the tenant-farmers. He accused Sir C. Wood of having forgotten the claims to credit which he had formerly advanced lor remitting Excise duties, when he objected to the remission of £ 2,500,000 of taxation upon an old English beverage. which was dear to the labouring classes both in town and country. Mr, F. Peel said, before they agreed to the increased house tax, they should know what was the emergency that callcd for it, whllt were the commercial advantages to be purchased by this direct tax. If direct taxation was to answer, it must be laid on by a friendly and discriminating hand, and not in a spirit of retaliation. At the cost of arousing great discontent, the remission of half the malt tax would very slightly affect the price of beer, while, as a compensation, it would be uncertain in its effect and par- tial in its operation. There was, therefore, no justification for such a serious sacrifice of revenue in one of the best taxes we had and for converting a real surplus iuto a ficti- tious Olle, The modifications of the income tax were open to objections amI. looking at the budget as a whole, it had inspired him with a feeling of disappointment. Mr, Walpule observed, it had been understood that the budget was to be discussed as a whole, and in the course of the debate there had been some important admissions— namely, that the reduction of the tea duties and the boon to the shipping inlerest were wille and beneficial, nnd that the modifications of the income tax were so good that they should have come from the late Government. The princi- pal objections were to the increase of the house tax, and to any remission whatever of the malt duty. The pnnciples and the objects of the budget were three—first, to adhere unreservedly to the existing commercial system, the object being to make the prime necessarieil of lift: as cheap as possible secondly, if any particular interest were found to have experienced injury, to relieve it, and enable it to meet unrestricted competition thirdly, to deal with the taxation of the country so that all who ran the free trade race might do so fairly. Mr. Walpole proceeded to exemplify the manner in which the principles were carried out; the first, in the reduction of the duties on malt and tea the second, in the mode in whieh the three sufferinK interests had heen dealt with, that of agriculture being incidentally benefitted by the reduction of a tax which pressed immediately upon the consumer; the third, the readjustment of direct tax- ation, in the extension of the area and limit of the house tax, and in varying the relations of the income tax. Mr. Walpole reviewed and replied to the objections offered to both these re-adjustments of existing taxes. He noticed in particular the objection of Lord John Russsell, that the modifications of the income tax had multiplied the exemp- tions; and that of Mr. Gladstone, that they had broken faith with the public creditor. With regard to the latter objection, which referred both to England and Ireland, he denied that the Irish fundholder was exempt from the income tax upon any national engagement or legal obliga- tion. If the objection referred to England, it mustiest either upon a parliamentary contract, which, if it ever ex- isted, had been already violated; or a moral, equitable, or legal obligation, which must be of universal application, extending to the large fundholder as well as the small. In conclusion, Mr. Walpole challenged Sir C. Wood to show that the Chancellor of the Exchequer—upon whom he passed a warm euloginm-was impairing the credit or tarnishing the good name of England. The miscalcula- tions imputed by him to Mr. Disraeli were, he said, mis- takes of Sir Charles, and a recommendation to mend his budget came with a bad grace from one who bad been com- pelled to mend his a third and fourth time. Mr. Goulburn opposed the budget from no other motive than an adherence to principles upon which he had always acted when administering the finances of the country. The question was, whether those finances were in a state in which we could afford to part with £2,500,000 of taxation the least oppressive to the country, at the risk of creating a deficiency. The surplus of £400,000 which Mr. Disraeli had calculated upon at the end of the next financial year, de- pended upon contingencies which might convert it into a deficiency; and it was a questionable kind of courage which impelled him to spend money which he had not got, and risk the safety of the country by the remission of taxes which would be of no benefit to the consumer, nor any sen- sible relief to the taxed. The increased house tax, though it avoided some of the defects of the existing tax, had faults of its own which would be fatal to its continuance; but it was superfluous to discuss its merits since he objected to tbe remission of the tax which it was intended in part to replace. Mr. Goulburn disputed the conclusions of Mr. Walpole on the subject of the contract with the public cre- ditor, which he believed with Mr. Gladstone would be violated by tbe proposed modifications of the income tax; and pointed out other objectionable features in these modi- fications. Upon grounds affecting the public credit, he viewed, he said, with alarm the proposals of the Govern- ment, and he implored the House to avoid a measure which would damage the best interests of the country, inflicting equal injury upon manufactures and agriculture. On the motion of Lord Jocelyn, the debate was adjourned.

GENERAL MISCELLANY. The brain of Daniel Webster was thirty per cent, larger than the average. Jenny Lind has purchased an elegant villa at Dresden, and intends to settle there. The engravers at the Mint are employed night and day in preparing the dies of the new Imperial coinage. Uncle Tom's Cabin has already been translated into French, Italian, and Spanish, and is advertised in Danish, Swedish, Polish, and Russian. After four years' persevering endeavours, an English- man has succeeded in obtaining a concession from the Papal Government for lighting Rome with gas. The number of sea-going vessels in the world is about eighty-five thousand, of which two-thirds belong to Eng- land and the United States. NOT AT THE DIGGINGS'.—A letter has been received from a Newcastle man, now at Melbourne, Australia, who had bought some land previous to the gold discoveries, and had sold building lots at high prices. Having built brick houses for himself and sons, they erected two wea- ther-board three-room houses, without ceiling or plaster, which they have let at 25s. per week each. He says- If some of eur Newcastle people would send out a few cargoes of bricks and coals, they would find it an excellent speculation."—Sunderland paper. The Dublin correspondent of the Daily News announces that the Royal Irish Academy has elected Mr. Prescott and Mr. Macaulay on to its list of honorary members. HONESTY AT THE DIGGINGS.—About twelve months ago, a young operative, who had fallen into embarrassed circumstances, abruptly left Glasgow without giving any notice of his intended departure. His landlady, to whom he was indebted £3 for board and lodging, especially lamented his sudden disappearance. Last week, when she hid quite forgotten tbe runaway, she was astonished at receiving a letter from the Australian diggings, containing an explanation of his apparent dishonesty, and, what was more to the purpose, a check for £10. It seems the lad managed to finj his way to the gold regions, and prosper- ing, as he deserved, took the earliest opportunity of rubbing the stain from his character.—Glasgow Paper. HOLYROOD PALACE.—The Dundee Courier says— Some conversation took place at a recent meeting of the Edinburgh Town Council with reference to the charges made upou visitors to Holyrood Palace. Dr. Sibbald characterised it as a most discreditable state of affairs for parties to be making £800 or £ 1,000 a year by the exhibi- tion of the Palace, when the clergy of the Canongate were working at porters' wages. The Lord Provost aaid that, when the Duchess of Kent was lately in Edinburgh, she paid a sovereign to be allowed to inspect her daughter's Palace. However, the Lord Provost's committee were now in correspondence with the Treasury on the subject, and they had likewise despatched a letter to Lord John Manners, Chief Commissioner of the Board of Works." A new scientific and exploring expedition, under the conduct of Commander Lynch, known to our readers by bis recent expedition to the Dead Sea, is about to start by orders of authority in Washington. Its object is to examine the interior of Africa—inland from Liberia—with the view to a discovery of a tract of land, if any such exists, fitted for colonization, at a distance from the sea. The expedition is apparently connected with the ever accumu- lating difficulties of the slave question, and points to the idea of a larger exodus of the black people of the States than has hitherto been seen. Any well-prepared expedi- tion into interior Africa would be of value, but the social interest of the inquiries to be conducted by Commander Lynch and his staff far exceeds the interest which is purely scientific. "PEACE AND PLENTY"—OF NOIsEi-Maoy members of the Peace Society advocate their cause in such a noisy manner, agitatang away as if they were going to move heaven and earth to enforce their pacific principles, that, we think, it would be only just to change the name of these friends of peace-but not Quietness-aud to call them, for the future, Earth Quakers." It is a singular fact, but little known, that, in the course of his victorious campaigns, the Duke of Marlborough once drew up his army in array, and prepared to fight a pitched battle against the French on the plains of Waterloo. A mere chance prevented the engagement. Smollett recounts the circumstance in his History of England. DEPRAVITY.—It is estimated that, in Manchester, there are 1,500 "unfortunate females," that they lead to an annual expenditure of £470,000, and that some 250 of them die, in horror and despair, yearly. In England, it is calculated that there are 40,000 houses of ill-tame and 280,000 prostitutes; and further, in this land of Bibles and religion, not less than JES,000,000 are spent annually in these pinces SHIPPING AND FREIGHTS.—A Belfast letter, dated the 9th instant, says—" We have to note among the foreign arrivals, since our last, one cargo of timber from Mira- michi, one ditto wheat from Odessa, one ditto from Rostock, and one ditto sugar from Guernsey. Since Friday freights have been considerably in favour of the shipowner, with every prospect of a steady upward ten- dency and we may venture to hope that we see now the dawn of better days for our shipowning friends. The late rains, so diastrous to the newly-sown crop, have, in a great measure, contributed to the rise in grain freights, and, from the fact of there being but slender stocks in the bands of holders, we are sanguine that they will be main- tained. Ships are fixing easily at 12s. to 12s. OJ. from the Danube, 6s. 9 J. to 7s. from Alexandria, and in pro- portion from other neighbouring ports. From Bayoune 3s. 9J. is offered to a direct port, but it will take 4s. to command tonnage. Nantes—15s. is given for Sour. 1 \vo cargoes of flax and bides are at present loading ■*er? one for Havre, and the other for Dunkirk. CoMtwue, freights to the Bristol Channel are pretty tair"IM. from Troon to Newport or Cardiff, ifl Briloa Perry, the rates gpipgf" Upon the Venetian canals there are gondolas p!y\ certain hours of the day, with the word omnibus" prlL conspicuously upon the black awnings. EXTRAORDINARY WEIGHT OF MANGOLD WURZEL. The following extraordinary roots were exhibited J prizes at the Dunster Agricultural Show last week— whole acre, in each instance, having been weighed Long Red Mangold Wurzel—Mr. Treble, 43 P acre; Mr. Corner, 43 tons 41bs.; Mr. Busbton, 41 14lbs.; Mr. Peck, 42 tons. Yellow Globe—Mr. Corn » 44 tons lllbs. per acre; Mr. George Strong, 39 0 181bs.; Mr. Luttrell, 46 tons 41bs.; Mr. Peck, 43 151bs.; Mr. Howell, 48 tons 4lbs. Until the introduction by Mr. DU BARRY, of the VALENTA ARABICA FOOD, both as a regim*" ™ invalids and infants, and a remedy for all disorders nccted with the stomach, nerves, kidneys, liver, and in tines generally, it might have been asserted, with tr » that the treatment of patients, in some of the most10 nate, harassing, and painful complaints to which the hu < frame is liable, was one desperate of hnp-h»zar different practitioners playiug off different systems, i'1 v^' :11 ing indescribable suffering and expense, and cilditr- failure. All this is now happily changed. Without out money in doctor,' bills, without enduring the horro,r- of doctors' stu(F," but si'nplv by the adoption of a p pant and palatable restorative Food,disease is banished,« health and activiiy take its place. It is on no uiere the" that these things are asserted. When FIFTY Til SAND Persous are referred to, eacti of whom has scpa- rately describee the wondrous healing effect of the PrC',?veS tion in an infinite variety of maladies, the theory reso itself into ascertained and demonstrated FACT—■» faCt R ther to be hushed up, nor explained away on any o ground than that of the unparalleled efficacy of the lenta Arabica Food in extirpating almost every desc'ip of morbid action or condition from the system. Pu 0f lie are naturally "slow" in awakening to an apprec'ati°n a new aud better state of things; and much excuse tl>cre for this slowness, so often has expectation been baulk6^ the preteusions of contending theorists. Here, howc1 j we have before us proof of the most positive andcomp kind wbich can be conceived by humm reason, and coC,jaj" from such a multiplicity of sources as shew the testiinon received to be each the genuine outpouring of joyful f!1? tude. An advertisement, which appears in our paper oi_ day, contains a shot t reside of a few of the letters of which constitute altogether such a body of evidence as was never before brought together up"" any subject whatever, and form a noble national monumen illustration of the maxim—" Honour to him to whom b°n°t0 is due." For further particulars we refer our readers Messrs. Du Barry's advertisement in our to-day's colucalls.

FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.—BANKRUPTS- Henry Sta^g, Croydon, grocer. Char:es Rhodes, Terrace, Kensington, Milliner. William Julio Bowden, Ware, Hertfordshire, apothecary. William Thornton, ISattersea, carpenter. Thomas ISarnshaw, Brunswick-street, Poplar, licensed ret-v <• or bePT. James Gill, Calvert's-buiMings, High-street, Southwark, hop- factor. Alexander Bain, Old Bond-street, electric cloekmaker. John Gonldin, Outwell, Norfolk, potatoe-dealcr. Emilio Pistrucci, Salisbury-street, Strand, lithographic-art' Robert Hamilton Murray, Alfred-place, Caindeu-road, lsliuS ton, baker. Edmund and Edmund Francis English, Bath, auctioneers. David Williams, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, grocer. John Cridland, Sidmouth, grocer. Thomas Speed, sen., Liverpool, butcher, James Keron, Altrincham, Cheshire, builder. James Ness, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, groeer. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.—BANKRUPTS. William Robinson, Grand Junction-terrace, Edgeware-rt>a^> upholsterer. John Spratt, Sloane-street & Exeter-street, Sloane-street, Che sea, coach builder. Alfred Bunnett, Bridge-house-placp, Newingtan-causcwaj > window-blind manufacturer. John Askey, Shelton, Staffordshire, timber merchant. William Walton, Leamington-priors, Warwickshire, baker. Stephen Dudgeon, Litchurch, Derbyshire, builder. George Ilirst, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, manufacturer.

LONDON MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, MONDAY. At this morning's market we had a fair attendance of buyers, and the trade, though not quite so animated a4 Of late, wai healthy. The show of English Wheat by land- carriage samples from the home countries was small to_day, and, though the condition was very indifferent, ail adv#11^ of 2s. to 3s. per qr. on the prices of this day week The Essex stands were cleared early, but some of the Kentish Wheat being of very inferior quality hung on hand: There was less speculation in foreign Wheat than of late. having, however, a good consumptive demand, a fair exten of business was done at rates quite 2s. to 3?. per qr. ab_o*e those of Monday last. For floating cargoes extreme priced were asked, which tended to check sales. The town millers rose the top price of Flour to 46s. being an advance of 3»* per sack. The value of other sorts underwent a corre* sponding improvement. American held Is. to 2s. per barrel higher, 29s. being insisted on for fine Baltimore- There was a good display of English Barley samples, and only picked qualities realized previous rates. The commoner descriptions were very difficult of disposal, though offered at a decline of fully Is. per qr. on the rates of this day se'nnight- Foreign Barley was less saleable than last week, but was not cheaper. Malt maintained its previous value. There were not many Oats fresh up from any quarter but the specu- lative inquiry of Friday having ceased, and the dealers acting with considerable caution, the rise then established could not be exceeded, and we do not consider prices more than 6d. per qr. higher for new, and 6d. per qr. for fine oh* corn, than on Monday last. Beans did not excite niucl1 attention, but where sales were made full terms were real- ized. Peas moved off slowly at late rates. Indian Corll afloat brought the extreme term of Friday, or Is. to 2s. per qr. more than on this day week. CURltENTPRICESofGRAINfc FLOURiu MAflK LAN^- S. a. S. 8. Wheat English. 38 60 White Peas Wheat English. 38 60 White Peas Rye 27 29 Gray Peas 29 •••«>■' Barley. 29 31 Oats (Potatoe) 19 Malt 54 58 Ditto (Feed) 16 ••• Beans 33 38 Flour 40 40

SMITHFIELD, MONDAY. Notwithstanding that the number of Beasts was not in excess of the corresponding market in 1851, and that the attendance of both town and country butchers was extenl. lie, the Beef trade—owing to the heavy rain which fell throaghou the day, and the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering—ruled inactive nevertheless prices were supported. The general top figure for Beef was 4s., but a few very superior Scots realized 4s. 2d. per 81bs„ and a good clearance was effected.—For the time of year, the supply of Sheep was very moderate. All prime breeds commanded a brisk inquiry at an advance in the currencies of Monday last of fully Ai. per 81bs. The general top figure for Downs was 4s. 8d., but several lots realized 4s. <0d. per 8lbs. Heavy Sheep were not so much in demand as the Down qualities. —We were fairly supplied with Calves, in which only a limited business was doing at Friday's decline in prices.- The sale of Pigs, was in a sluggish state, at last week's qUO. tations. Beef. 2s. 8d. 3s. 8d. 4s. Od. t Veal •• 29. 8d. 48. OJ. Mutton 3s. 8d. 4s. Od. 4s. 8d. j Pork 3s. 8d. 3a.lOd.

THE METAL TRADE. £ s. d. X s. d. bON-Bar anù bolt ton 0 0 0- 8 10 0 In Wales 715 0—8 0 0 InLiverpoo) 0 0 0- 8 5 0 In Stalrordshire 0 0 0—10 0 0 Sheets (single) 0 0 0-12 0 0 (double) 0 0 0-13 10 0 Hoops 0 0 0-11 0 0 Nail rods 0 0 0-9130 Rails (Wales) 0 0 0-9 0 0 Ditto (Staffordshire). 0 0 0-10 0 0 Chairs 0-410 0 Pig,No. 1, Clyde .net cash 0 0 0- 3 0 0 3-5thsNo. 1 & 2-5ths No. 3.. 0 0 0— 3 5 6 No. 1, in Wales 000-450 Scotch Pig, No. 1, in London. 0 0 0—410 0 Stirling's l'atent (ill Glasgow. 0 0 0- 3 12 6 Toughened Pigs i inWales. 4 0 0— 4 5 0 Refined metal, Wales 0 0 0— 0 0 0 Do. anthracite. 0 0 0— 0 0 0 Do. do. forge 0 0 0- 0 0 (I Swedish. 10 15 0—11 0 0 Russian CCND 0 0 0—17 0 0 PSI 0 0 0- 0 0 0 Gourieff. 0 0 0- 0 0 0 Archangel. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Indian Charcoal Pigs ill Londoll 0 0 0- 5 ) (J Q SrKBL-Swedishkeg 0 0 0—20 0 0 Do. faggot 0 0 0- 0 0 0 SpELTER-Plates, warehoused, pertou 0 0 0—19 10 0 Ditto, to arrive. 0 0 0-19 0 0 ZINO—English sheet 0 0 0-25 0 0 Corrna—Sheets,sheathing & bolts.. lb. 0 0 0- 0 0 lli Tough cake ton. 0 0 0-102 10 (I Tile .o 0 0 0-102 10 0 Old copper. lb. 0 0 0— 0 0 10i Yellow Metal Sheathing 0 0 0-4- 0 0 9t Wetterstedt's Pat. Metal.cwt. 0 0 0— 1 10 0 South Americau, in bond ..tou 0 0 0- 0 0 0 LBAD—Pig 000-2100 Sheet 0 0 0-2010 0 Pipe 0 0 0- 0 0 0 Redlead. 0 0 o- o 0 (I White ditto 0 0 0- 0 0 0 Patentshot. 0 0 0-0 0 0 Spanish, iu bond 0 0 0-1910 0 TIN-Block cwt. 0 0 0- 4 18 0 Bars.. 0 0 0-4190 Refined 0 5 I Banea 0 0 0- 4 14 0 Straits 0 0 0 412 0 TIN PLATB,lC Coke _bo" 0 0 0 I 0 IXditto 0 0 o— 1 IS 0 1C Charcoal 0 0 0— 1 12 IX. ditto 0 0 0— 1 18 0 Canada plates 0 00-0 00 QUICKSILVER..per lb. 0 2 (j- 0 2 7 There has been considerable activity in the Scotch r,g-iron Market this week, and as high as 67s. per ton (cash) has been paid. Although prices have receded from th.s point we are still enabled to quote an advance on last week s rates—the quotations are to 06s. cash, and 60*. to 67s. three months' open.. Welsh Bar Iron continues advancing-makers ask X7 155. to X 8 per ton free on board in Wales. Welsh Rails continue in the most extensive demand-maker, are unanimous in quoting not less than 1:9 per ton in Wales, at which orders have been taken. Swedish Steel is selling in small lots at JE29 per ton. Lead is in large demand—with very little of good soft quality in the market. Spelter without movement. Copper is scarce, and in full demand. Tin very flrin an advance is anticipated. In Tin Plates a very large business has been done, and pr i«eS have rapidiy improved. Coke 26s. to 27s., anil charcoal 32s* per box.— Mining Journal. SATURDAY, DECEMBEH 18, 1S52. Published by the sole Proprietor, HENRY WEBDES, lit his residence, Crockherbtowu, in the Parish of StviilC John the Baptist, in the Town of Cardiff and County of Glamorgan, and Printed by him at hi3 Genera1 Printing Ollice in Duke-street, iu the said Parish Saint John, in the Town and County aforesaid. Advertisements and Orders received by the following Agents LONDOX: Messrs. Barker & White, 33, Fleet-st.; Messrs. Newton & Co., 5, Warwick-square Mr. G. Reynell. 42, Chancery-lane; Nir. Deacon, 3, Walbrook, near the Mansion-house; Nlr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-laiiC Coruhill* Mr. Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; )1 r. C. Barker, 12, Birclun-laue \V. Dawson and Sou, 74, Cannon-street, City; Mr. S. Eyre, 19, Bouverie- street, Fleet-street; Mr. W. Thomas, 21, Cattieiiu^* street, Straud. LOCAL AGENTS:- ABERDAHB Mr. Thos. I^VA-* BRECON Mr. John Evans, Clerk of Peace Om BRIDGEND Mr.W. Leyshon, Stamp Ofhc- MERT«*r Mts. M. W. White, Statione NEWBRIDGE Mr. C. Bassett, Chemist, *• NBWi'ORT Mr. M. Evans, St,Ltiolier, a,t(i Edwards, Commercial-street. NEATH Mr. W. P. „ Mr. Alfred Hay man, ^'ie™ SWANSEA Mr. E. Giilliths, Printer, TAIBACU Mr. James Bird, Cwin Avon Aud by all Postruastera and Lier&s v a This paper is regularly liled in k0^9" street. Coffee-house, —The Chapter Coff-fe-hougel 80 [WiM Coffea-houie, Walbrook; itu,4 *5 the ? 'If N*wnftaomi», 90, QbojuMt. t l. ,IiI

CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. Sir,—Would any of your correspondents kindly iuform me—and the information will, I am sure, be acceptable to many—what is the height of the Garth hill or mountain, in this county 1 It is a question I have re- peatedly heard asked, but never answered. I am not aware of any work wherein the height is stated. I am, Sir, your obedient senant, S. To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. Sir,—A letter, which appeared in your Journal of the 27th Nov., from Capt. Hall, R.N., the hon. secretary of an Institution for the Establishment of Sailors' Homes," &c., &c., gave extracts from the reports of two, which have been established in England; and to show you that the opinion with regard to those valuable Institutions therein expressed are not confined to this country, with- out going to the United States of America, Canada, or our Indian Empire for a confirmation of the same, I beg to enclose you an extract from the report of a meeting, held two months ago in Holland. I beg to remain, A SAILOR. "On the 12th and 13th October, the half-yearly meeting of Christian Friends' took place in Amsterdam. The at- tendance was more numerous than on any previons occa- siun, and though chiefly composed of men of learoillg and rank, yet many members from the country, farmers, &c., had come from various parts of the kingdom. In the absence of Mr. Groen Van Binsterer, M.P., the president, who was prevented attending by indisposition, the chair was occupied first by Dr. Isaac Da Corta, and afterwards upon his motion, by Baron Van Lvndea, M.P. (on the 2nd day of the meeting).—Rev. J. L. Van Rhyn read a very ably- written paper on the evangelisation of our sailors. He deemed it of great necessity that the deep depravity and sunken condition of sea-faring men, should be exposed in a truthful pamphlet. The physician's help will only be called for when the evils and dangers are brought to light. Mi- nisters and missionaries should try to convince the ship- owners and book-keepers of the awful responsibility in not affording opportunity to the men aud ship-officers in their service tor hearing the Gospel, and for not having positive orders and rules laid down for regular observance of Divine services, &c., on board their ships. He rejoiced in the es- tablishment of two Sailors' Homes,' one in Amsterdam and one in Rotterdam. He recommended tbe sailors when having come home from their voyage as specially deserving the attention of all who love to seek for the salvation of souls. A venerable old captain of one of our East Indiamen gave, with deep affection, utterance to his sympathising feelings. Lieut. Van De Velde advocated the necessity and efficacy of preaching the living Word of God. Formulas of prayers and services when prescribed by a certain rigid rule will soon lose their influence, if not continually bap- tised by tbe preaching of a clear and sound Gospel, &c,. &c, As Mr. Van de Velde quoted some instances by the way of illustration from the work of grace in Jesus among the British regiments, navy, and merchant fleet, some members of the meeting thought it advisable not to lay too much stress on the example of Great Britian in this regard to which Mr. V. de Velde replied that he could not do better than engage his friends to go to England and con- vince themselves of whatever efforts were made in that country for sea-faring men. A resolution was taken for sending an address to the Nedcrlandsche Handelmautss- happy,' requesting the advancement of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ on board her ships." To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. St. Paul's Parsonage, Newport, Mon., Dec. 8th, 1852. Sir,—The long letter of the Vicar of Aberdare to some unknown person, which appeared in your paper of the week before last, but which I never saw until yesterday, requires but a very brief reply; nor should I think it necessary to allude to it, were I not writing to ask the favour of your inserting the accompanying memorial in this week's paper. The Vicar of Aberdare should have read the memo- rials against Convocation rather more attentively before he took the trouble publicly to appeal against them and I cannot but hope that his strictures on the memorial against the opening of the Crystal Palace on the Lord's day, and his arguments in favour of the measure appealed against, would have been somewhat different if the Bible had been open before him at the time, and his eye had been resting upon the following passage If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my Holy Day and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord," &c.—Isaiah lviii., 13, 14. But the postscript surely requires reconsideration also: it really would deprive us of all liberty of judgment, Unfortunately there are circles in which such a letter will find admirers; but commendation from those whose consciences are satisfied by being present at one service on the Lord's day, and who frequent reading-rooms on the Sabbath, and are advocates for Sunday trains, &c.,&c., is rather a discredit than an honour to a minister of the Church of Christ. I am happy to say that the memorials which accom- pany this note have received severally the following number of signatures from the clergy of the diocese of LlandafF:—The memorial to the Queen against Convoca- tion, 98 the memorial against Convocation to the Earl of Derby, 97 and the memorial to the Queen against the opening of the Crystal Palace on the Lord's day, 105. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, HENRY WYBROW. TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty,—We, the undersigned Clergy residing in tbe Diocese of LlandafF, beg most respectfully to submit to your Majesty, our very strong and matured convictions of the vast amount of evil which must arise, should permission be granted by Government to the Crystal Palace Company, to open their premises to the public, unless that permission be restricted to the six days of the week. We not only believe that human nature requires no in- centives to forget God's laws and the interests of the soul, but that the opening of such a place of amusement on the Sabbath, by the sanction of your Majesty's Parliament, will be deemed by our Gracious God a national desecration of His day of sacred rest. We, moreover, feel persuaded that the evil will not rest here but that should the permission we allude to be granted, other companies in various parts of the kingdom, will be encouraged by such a precedent, to seek a similar unrestricted sanction, at the hands of your Majesty's Go- vernment, to their equally unscrupulous undertakings; by which it is to be feared the Lord's Day will be still more ex- tensively profaned, and. as in continental countries, win be looked upon by multitudes, as a season of mere recreation and pleasure. We, therefore, venture most humbly and respectfully to solicit your Majesty's Royal disapprobation of a measure so calculated to provoke God against us as a nation to render us as a people less an example to foreigners visiting our country, and effectually to demoralize vast portions of your Majesty's subjects. And your Petitioners will ever pray. TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty,—We, the undersigned Clergy residing in the Diocese of Handatf, beg leave to approach yonr Majesty with every sentiment of respect, and loyalty, and with feelings of the deepest gratitude to God for hav- ing given us in yourself a Sovereign so watchful over the best interests of the Church established within your Ma- jesty's dominions. We deem it however a duty which we owe to our Church, and to the congregations over which we are appointed, to make known to your Majesty the very strong repugnance we feel, under existing circumstances, to the restoration of these powers to the House of Convocation, which have been so long and so wisely withheld from them. Whether we consider the history of Convocation previous to its suspension from activity and power, or whether we reflect on the spirit which animates tbe majority of those persons, who are now so especially anxious tor its restora- tion to influence, our minds are filled with apprehension lest such a step would only widen the breach already un- happily existing amongst the clerical and lay members of the Church, and so excite and foster the strong party feel- ings which now divide them; that instead of repose and peace, she would be more than ever distracted by internal divisions and violent factions, calculated not only to bring disgrace upon her, but greatly to diminish her usefulness, and to endanger her actual existence. Feeling thus strongly upon this much-agitated subject and apprehending such serious evils to the Church we love and venerate, from the revival other Synodal action, we most respectfully, but earnestly implore your Majesty so to interpose your royal prerogative, that this mode of exclusive Church government may not again be exercised in these realms. We do not venture at this moment to express an opinion as to the desirableness of the renewal of active Convocation under certain circumstances, and with certain alterations and modifications of its constitution; but in the present state of the Church, and constituted as Convocation now is we cannot contemplate the restoration of its powers, with- out intense anxiety and alarm. In conclusion, we beg to assure your Gracious Majesty, that our humble prayers shall ever ascend to God the Father, through the Great Head of the Church the Lord Jesus Christ, that he may long spare your Majesty to exer- cise your mild, temperate, but judicious rule over our United Kingdom, and colonial dependencies and make you increasingly each year of your auspicious reign, a nurs- ing mother to the Church of Christ. Signed by 98 Clergymen of the Diocese.