The Cambrian

CtAMORGASSHIRE. I On Sunday morning last, the Vicar of Swansea, frfter reading the King's Letter to the Clergy, 11 preached an impressive and a':7imrabie sermon in -behalf of our suffering fellow Subjects in Ireland, having selected the peculiarly appropriate text off Acts xi. 39, "Then the disciples, every man ac- cording to his ability, determined to send relief, unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea: which' also they did." The collection, we are happy to hear, amounted to 60l. With honest exultation do we refer to the list of subscriptions still augmenting at Swansea and Neath; and we cannot but notice with peculiar satisfaction the charitable benevolence of the work- men of the Crown Copper Company, who have humanely contributed tfl. 3s. to the relief of their unfortunate brethren. We would also particularize the liberal donation of ten guineas from the Beaufort Lodge of Freemasons in this town. We Understand tha.t a sermon was preached by the Minister of the Calvinistic Methodists assembling at Green-Hi 11, and a collection made for the starving Irish. We trust that bis eXimple will be followed by the other highly respectable Ministers of the different Dissenting congregations. What- ever may be their difference 011 doctrinal points, we are sure that they all agree in the practical en- forcement of Christian charity." > We were at the Theatre on Monday last when the new play of Kenilworrh, founded on the well- known novel of that name, was performed. To adopt the technical phr-tseoiogy of the drama, it was well cast and admirably got. up. The view of the castle and lake was excellent, and the rna" chinery in the ctosing scene was managed with considerable effect. The performers exerted them- setves very successfully, Barry, who has a com- nunding figure, performed the part of Lord Leices- ter with judgment and spirit; he is a good and an expressive actor, but we should like him quite as well if in his anger anddespair he did not "?): the ears of the groundl+ngs." Williams appeared to great advantage in the part of Varney; Balls was a respectable Tresiliao.; and SmoHet shewed him- self a very useful actor in Lambournc.—.Mrs. Balls was very pretty, feminine, and interesting, in Amy Ilobsari; and Mrs. MkCready was characteristically stately, emphatic, and impressive, in the Queen. Both were admirably well dressed.—We under- stand, that the Manager, with highly commendable liberality, intends giving the profits of the theatre on Monday evening next to the subscription for the relief of the distressed Irish and we trust that thi9 instance of generosity, combined with the Strenuous efforts of the very respectable company which he has engaged, Will ensure to him that pa- tronage he so fairly deserves. We sincerely hope, that the theatre will be well filled during the season, but surely we may anticipate a bumper on Monday: for then shall calm Relfection bleSs die uight, When liberal Pity dignified deligl.it; When Pleasure fir'd her torch at Virtue's flame, And Mirlh was Bounty with an humbler name." Ù Have you seen the young Mulatto Leopards Is the first question asked in all circles since their arrival in this town. Tlrey were bred between the 'Black Tiger and Leopardess, and brought up by a sjnall Terrier Bitch, and are to be seen in one den together. Indeed the Managerie does justice to all that can be Said in praise of it. Those who have not yet seen the Wonderful Productions of Nature, will do well not to omit the present oppor- tunity, as years niay elapse before the like may be teeti again. Mo Ad ay w']t be the last day they Wtti be exhibited here—as they will remove to Neath on Thesda^y. The first annual meeting dF the Cardiff Benefit atuJ Annuitant Society was holden at the Cardiff bchool-room on Monday, the 1st instant, when it appeared, Ironi the Treasurer's accounts, that 60l. had within the year been invested in the Cardiff e Savings Bank, in the names of the Trustees. The thanks of the members were tinaiiimously voted to the Most Ndble the Marquess dt Bute, the Presi. dent, fbr his Lordship's most liberal donation of 2p\ artd t() Lord James SttMrt, A|. P. for a dona- tion of 101. The society is Uuder the management pf a Presidetiti Trustees, Directors, arid Steward, composed of hdtlorary members, dot entitled to relief from the society; and the roles, we under- stand, were chiefly selected from ,those of the Castle Eden Society, Under the directions of two Magis- trates of the neighboiirheod, and the of pay- ments therein, settled and approved of by William Morgart, Esq. Actuary to the Equitable Assurance Office. The monthly payments are made at the Cardiff school, and no part of the funds is expended in liquor. Notwithstanding the severe distress felt by all icl&sses, it is gratifying to find, that the'Cardiff Savings Bank is going on very prosperously; the number of depositors already exceeds 2501. andilhe Government debentures, in the hands of the Trea- surers, anidunt to upwards of 5,u00). REDCCTION OF RESTS.—Wyndhairi Lewis; Esq, M. P. at his late audits on the 2Mb and 25th of lastnlohth, for his Glamorganshire Estates; made in abatement of 201. per cent, to his tenantry on their rents due the Christmas preceding. R I .REPORT FROM THE FARMER'S JOURNAL, DATED JULY 4.-—The month of June has been very dry: light ihoWerS have fallen in some parts of the coun- tt-y; but the ground has nowhere been thoroughly Moistened during the month, and in many places tidt since the month of April. The wheat crop is very forward, and begins to change colour; we ex- pect to reap before the end of this month but the bwley and oat crop is very bad for want of rain, particutarly the tower part of this county, all along theeottst; some fields- have indeed been ploughed up, the season getting so late, that, had rain fallen, it,cotild not h^ve recovered m hat is out in ear is also very short. The pastures dried up, and grass ■ is in consequence very short. The hay harvest has heen the tnost favourable almost ever known, but the crops afetnuch lighter than was expected; what ^ras spring grazed is ve'ry "thin.' Turnip sowing Aiore backward than usual, the land very unkind, and what is coming Up do not thrive for want ot rain; sowteghot lime over, them; when up; will .prevent the By from attacking them While the lime is on the leaf, but no sooner than they are washed by a shower of rain, than the fly again returns; the Advantage .of covering the dung, immediately after it is deposited, before the moisture it contains IS dried.op, aiid likewise following directly with the drill, never more strongly demonstrated than in the present year, the seed vegetating much sooner than when it has been left exposed for some time. the late sown potatoes are suffering very much for want of rain if the cultivation of this root cpn- titVueS ti tincrease in the same manner it has done of lite, very little corn will he required as food for the lower orders), for where not one acre was grown twenty years ago, at present there are loo; not less than 40 acres grown by the same farmer in this tounty. Our late fiirs have been tfeiy dull, the Jtfice of stock has again towered, three-years old steel's selling at 31. and 41. a piece beef and mot- ton 4d. per lb. sinking the offal. Wheat from 2s. (H, to ts. 6d.; barley from 2s. to Ss, 6d.; and oats 2s. 4,0.36, pet bushel; a little demand for oats and bar. ^y. Wool trade just commencing for the season h> this part of the Country, few sales yet made, price from lOd. to Is. per Ih. chiefly long wool. Labour ■Hill very high in proportion to other things, from »-• to n8> per wee{jt or more than the value of three bushels of wheat. Money has nearly disap- peared, I suppose you have it all in London. "LISTCONSHIAE. The collection at Cnck!i<iwell for the relief of the distressed Irish, by a typographical error in part of the impression of the lasrCambrian, was inserted as only 201. instead of 361. We are happy to state, that through the active exertions of a few public spirited gentlemen at Brecon, the inhabitant's have come to the laudable determination of lighting that town with gas; and a contract with Mr. Broadiwadow (the engineer who supplied Gloucester and Cardiff with that beautiful light) is now in preparation. Monday morning, about 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in the cottage of a poor labouring man, named Magness, situate oh the llay common, near Hay, which, together with sundry, articles therein, were completely consumed in an honr. The conflagra- tion took place inlhe absence of the family, and it is not known from what fcause it began, but it is Sup- posed that a cat, the only living thing in the house, y most by some means have communicated the fire to some loose straw on tlie floor. An inquest was held on Monday last, at Rurn. ney, before David Davies, Esq. (Coroner for the hundred of Crickhowell), on the body of John Davies, who was found dead on the Llangunnide1; mountain, near Trevil-du. Verdict-Pound dead, without appearance of violence having been committed. 9 C.\ RM WITHENS" I [>. The subscription for the relief of the Irish at Car- marthen, aided by the contributions ofLaughame and other places, amounted on Friday last to 2111. lis. CAUTION.—Griffith Rees, of the parish ofKiffick, irl this county, bl acksmith, was on Tuesday last convicted before John Howells, Esq. one of his I Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in the mitigated sum of 10s. and costs, under the Act of 1st Geo. IV. cap. 56, for having committed damage to certain hedges and fences on a tenement of land, in the occupation of Francis Palmer, called Palemawr, in rhe said p iri*h of Rifiick, by tearing part of the said fences down, aiid: carrying away some wood therefrom. PEMBROKESHIRE. Monday week, the Mayor, accompanied by the Clergymen, Dissenting Ministers, and several gen- tlemen of Havertord West, waned on the inh a bit ants of the town, for the purpose of soliciting subscrip- lions in behalf of the distressed Irish peasantry.— Thev commenced thcir benevolent labours at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and by three in the atter- noon they had collected upwards of 1101. The cheerfulness with which this Sum was given was equal to tiie gratitude with which it was received. While the wealthier inhabitants subscribed from one to five pounds, many of the poorer people came out of their houses, requesting the accept- ance of their pence. Two young ladies (whose names we are not allowed to mention), when asked by a relative what they wished to give towards saving their poor fellow creatures from starving. requested that they might be allowed to subscribe five pounds each. Their request was not only ( complied with, but their example followed by the lady who proposed the question of benevolence to to them, and 151, was sent to one of the gentlemen engaged in this good work. On Tuesday last, John.Phillips.and Win. Lewis, On Tuesday last, John Philips and Win. Lewis, of llakirf, near Milford, fishermen, having set their trammel net io the mouth of the little creek called Sandy Haven,about two miles below Milford, they, on the ebb of the tide, proceeded to haul their net, when they discovered a large fish had greatly in- jured it, having entangled itself, and was nearly dead from beating against a rock. The fish appears to be a species of the white shark. Its dimensions were as follows:—Length from'the tip of the nose to the extremity of the tail, 3ft; 9in.; circumference at the middle, 4ft. Tin.; with a strong fin on the to the extremity of the tail, 3ft; gin.; circumference at the middle, 4ft. Tin.; with a strong fin on the back about 18 inches long, and horizontal tail two feet anil a half deep;, it had four rows of sharp teeth, about an inch long, in the lower, and two rows id the upper jaw, and weighed about four hundred weight. Last week, a fine field of oats was cut by Mr. Wiii. Adams, of Bramble, nearMtltonl. A most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Thomas Brigstocke, at St. Catherine's Chap- pel of Ease, Milford, on Sunday last, in conse- quence of the King's Letter;" when a. bherat col- lection was made on behatf of the suffering Irish. CARDIGANSHIRE. The foundation stone of bt. David's College is to be laid, at a most eligible spat, fin the neighbour- hood of Lampeter, on the 13ih of August neXr, being the King's birth-day, who not only •sanctions thb erection, but has also subscribed 1,0001. out of his privy purse. The Right Reverend and Most Worthy Bishop of tlie Dioteseand his Lady, and a great nurriber of ladies and gentlemen, wi'll arterid to view the plan and elevation, and hear the cere- mony on that most laudable occasion. It is said that oxen will be roasted to celebrate the joyful day,—and, perhaps, a grand display of' fire works in the evening, to consummate the pleasure which will infallibly be felt by the liberal promoters of that grand and most iiSefdl undertaking. Some labourers, a few days ago, in digging the foufidation of a new farm-house, on Maestir farm, about 2 miles from Lampeter; found three earthen covered pots; about, two feet under the Surface of the ground one of the men, who Happened to dis- cover the first pot, Wished to ebneeal the matter from his fellow wofkrin n, and used every stratagem for that purpose to draw their alielltioti to some other quarter, thinking thereby; as he conceived, to se- cure the whole hidden treasure to himself; but, unluckily, two other pots Came in full view before ] he could accomplish his scheme: on this discovery, they one and all exclaimed, in joyful accents, we are made for ever! Let us divide the spoil, and lead the remainder of our days in peace anft afnu. ence and immediately fvpened the pots, which, most unfortunately, to their utter surprise and poignant mortification, contained the bones of children, seemingly of about eight years qld the fleshy remains, on being exposed to the air, moul- dered into dust. The discovery has given rise to various conjectures, but no authentic account when, or by whom, they were at that place depo- sited has as yet appeared. FLINTSHIRE. V. A general illumination took place at Holywell, with tire-works, transparencies/ and bonfires, to testify the good wishes of the inhabitants on the marriage of David Pennant, Esq. jUII. of Downing, Flintshire, to Lady Caroline Spencer Churchill, daughter to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough. llALKiN MINES.—WO areconcerned to state, that the workmen employed in the iialkin lead mines, last week manifested a of great insubordtna- Hon. The cause certainly cannot be referred either to a want.of ciiil)loy,whiclili§.Con,,Iant an(] abun- I dant, nor to iowrtRSsot wages, which :are. very alp. ple. But it appears,that vi consequence of an im- proved system introduced lino the works, by John Taylor, Esq. Lord Grosvenoi's mining agent, and the emryloymen t of two or three experienced over. seers, who had heretofore been strangers to the works, the Welsh miners took it into their heads to thiwk themselves aggrieved and on Thursday, in a. most riotous manner, proceeded to abuse the neWComerS, and insisted on their dismissal, ac- companying this violence with other unreasonable demands. We sidcereiy trust, that such proceed- a ings, which are no ies^s disgraceful than disadvan- tageous to themselves arid the neighbourhood, will noLbe again resorted to. In the present state of 1 depression to which the wages of the labouring class are reduced, the fhlkÎn, mine.r.s havéevery emse to be satisfied, their general average of wages being very good. We are informed, that before the improved system was introduced into the above mines, the concern was a losing one, to a considerable extent; but we are happy to say, that the mines arc likely to be beneficially carried oh, which will, perpetuate the advantages to that po- pulous district, by the employment of a nUdierous class of individuals. .CHESHIRE. EXPLOSION OF A STEAM ENGINE BOILER.—About iioon on Saturday last, a steam-boiler, belonging to Mr. Boult, tobacco-manufacturer, of this city, exploded with terrific violence, spreading desola- tion and death everywhere within its mighty reach. We visited the spot a few hours after the explosion, and found a part of the premises completely de- c stroyed at-:i 1 in ruins; the windows of the adjoin- ing houses entirely broken, and a large building, riearly fifty yards ftorn the scene of destruction, set i-n fire by pieces of ignited fuel falling upon its roof. The boiler employed in this manufactory was connected with machinery requiring steam of great expansive force for its movemenis, and known by the term of a" high pressure engine." It appears that on the Friday evening, the engine was put in full work, and the machinery acted iti the best possible manner. It was then, we under- stand, determined to make a more decided trial the foll-twing day, preparatory to putting the whole in motion on the succeeding Monday. The steam was speedily raisedina very powerful manner, so much so, that- we have hearrl the boiler was per- ceived to have a sort of oscilating movement, for a considerable time. At this period, when the steam had attained an expansive force which could not I be restrained, and Mr. Bmilt audi four of his men were standing close to the machine; tlie bdiler sdd-- denly btirstj owing, we have»heard,'td tlie safety valve beingjmpropcr!y pvfrioa.ded. The men were. thlowij back witli extraordinary violence, all of them dreadfully scalded and brnjsed, so much so, that one of them, Richard Wildman, died of his wounds on Monday evening. Two others now lie in a dangerous, but We are happy to say, not a hopeless state, in our infirmary. Mr. Bdult was forced with his breast on a grind-stone, and was nearly buried in the ruins caused by the explosion and inthts situation It heavy beam fell upon his back. Indeed, it was next to a miracle that ariv of them escaped without instantaneous death. Prompt assistance was had from the neighbours, and the rubbish being removed, the sufferers were extricated. Mr. Bjult was carried to the adjoining public house, where every attention was afforded to him. In the evening he was removed to his own house in roregate street, and it was then thought that a hope might be indulged for his recovery;1 but, alas that hope soon lied: symptoms sof in- flammation became apparent, and Mr. B. laboured under a great pressure of the stomach. He was in extreme pain, hot throughout his agonising suffer- ings he was calm and collected, making repeated enquiries after the welfare of his men. About 11 o'clock on lufsday night he was reieased from his misery, bis lamily losing in him a good husband and an indulgent parent, his f/iends a valued asso- ciate, the pubiic an upright man and a valuable ciiiiseu. Mr. Buult was in the 421 year of his age. His remains will be interred this day in the boriat. ground of the Unitarian chapel.—Chester Chron. MONMOUTHSHIRE. MURDER.-—Last week, Rachael Ed wards was corn- mltted to Monmouth gaol,charged onthe verdict of a corbnpr's inquest, on suspicion,of the wilful mur- der of her busbar,d, William Edwards, by giving him a quantity of arsenic. The unfortunate de- ceased kept the Cross Keys public-house in Ponty- y- IHlQI, and once possessed a very good property, but his wife was addicted to drinking, and had iormed an acquaintance with another man, which, it is supposed, led her to form the horrid resolution of destroying her husband. From the evidence given on the inquest, which sat two days, it appears that, the servant, wiio is a, relation, was employed to provide the arsenic fntm a shop, ih the name of some other person; her mistress persuaded the husband to uke a basin of milk, into which she had previously put a portion of the poison, and she is said to have administered more of the arsenic to him afterwards, from the effects of which he died in a few hours. After the fullest investigation had taken place, the stomach having been examined by medical gentlemen, the jury gave a verdict of wilful murder against the wife, and she was fully com-, tnitted to take her trial at the next assizes the servant was also committed as an accomplice.— The wretched womtn appcaref) totally insensible to her awful situation. The prisoners were sent from Pontypool in a chaise in the custody of two constables, and it is stated that on the road, having plied the constables and the driver with liquors, they both effected their escape before they reached, Monmouth. InteiJigence of this having arrived at Pontypooj, several u^ntlemen immediately went in- pursuit, by whose vigilance we understand'both the women were taken asleep in Trelieck Wood, about tour miles from Monmouth. GLOUdÈSTERSHIRE. PREFERMENT.—[lev Geo. Sherer, M. A. Fellow of New College, is presented, by the Warden and Fel- lows of that society, to the Vicarage of Marshficld. At Gl oucester Midsummer fair on Friday, we regret to say there was nd prospect of better prices to afford relief to the agriculturist, business being. remarkably fiat, and what little was done being perhaps ori still lower terms than at recent lairs. Although thire wi re but few catile exhibited, there was little or no demand, and prices looking down. Sheep were father plentiful, and were dull of sale at from 3d; to 4d. per lb. There we re not many, lambs, but they soldmore briskly at fforn 4<l. to 5d. Pigs Were now, as they have been some time past, almost unsatfabte. There were more horses than usual," but almost entirely of an interior de- scription, ? in consequence not many disposed of. IiiofcEsrs AT the body of Rueben Tanner, aged alnjut three years, who in the momentary absence of his parents, d rank boiling! Water from out of a tea-kettle, which caused his death in a short tirne afterwards., Verdict, Died in co'nseif umce of dri,iking bailing- water out qf a tea- kettle.—On the body bt* a female child," named Anna Roaoh, only nine months old, whose death, it was reported, was occasioned by ill-treatment from its mother. That the poor (illegitimate) in fant had been greatly riegleCted, was evident, but tittle else could be expected from a woman who had becomeastave to the vice of drunkenness; but still it appeared from the cieposi tions" that the unfortunate being, whose almost every other desire was lost in that of procuring liquor, exhibited some proofs that she still retained a portion of maternal solicitude for her offspring. The poor little suffefer died on Saturday. The burgeon deposed that the. appearance of the child gave iiot the least reason to suppose ft had died from ill Usage: on opening the body he found th'at the liver was considerably en- larged (which was itself Sufficient to occasion death), and the stomach also exhibited other in- flammatory symptoms. Verdict, Died by the Visi- tation of God. SOMERSETSHIRE. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Wednesday morning, a Ser- vant of J. Pearse, Esq, M.P. of Chilfnn-Iodge, was. killed by a. buH in the farm yard. The man had been cautioned not to go near it; but as he had been in the habit of feeding the animal for a long time;, the poor fellow thought be was free from Jy^rrn, Be first drove .two' cows into the.yard,-of ^vhich the bull took no notice;; but the moment be entered the yard himself, it ran at him, tore him in ashocking manner, tossed him in the air, and killed him before any assistance could, be rendered. It is very remarkable, that the wife of this poor man" was killed about two years since, while gathering wood -under a tree which (having been partly cut) tell on her that some time previously one of their sons was killed from the kick of a horse, and that another son met an untimely end. 'I WARNiNGS.-At a petty session of the Bathforum Magistrates, held on Friday, James iVLit'hews and Francis Trueluck, for absenting themselves from & field of grass, which they agreed, to cut for Mr. Beak, of Southsroke, were sentenced to one month's imprisonment in Shepton house of correction.— An impostor found at Lansdown Races deceiving the farmers by the stale trick of pricking in the garter, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment to hard labour in the s.artve gaol. OnTuesday last, as Jaiie Hutton,ayoung woman aged 19, was cleaning the pnvlour windows of a house in Norfolk-buildings, Bath, she lost her hold and was precipitated into the area where, falling oh the corner of a door> she received a most dread- ful wound in her side, and now lies at the Casualty I without hope pt recovery. We have often remarked on the danger as well as indelicacy <d allowing ser- vant maids: to clean the outside of windows and we sincerely hope the fate of this unfortunate girl will prove a sufficient caution against Suchurnc. tices in fiitUre." bEVoifsiilRE. His Grace the D'lke ot Bedford, who is now at his cottage near "Tavistock, has been suddenly seized wi-til alarming iitness; but we are happy to say the last accAuuits_ report.he is.doing well. The j attack proceeded from a too great determination of blood to the head. His Grace lost 72 ounces of blood at the first bleeding. r j ..CORNWALL. •ANTIMONY.— At Wheal Prosper Antimony Mine, iri the parish d-f St.;Ewe, arid on the l uid of Mr. Tremayne, there have been recently discovered four rocks of antimony within eight feet Of the sdrface, weighing upwards of 30 cwt.; 20 of which is pure an timony or,e rock itiay npvv be seen on the mine, weighing 12 cwt. At a Petty Session, held last wpek at Green Bank, Falmouth, for; the East Division of Kerrier, thirteen shopkeepers and two millers were fined for having light weights in, their possession,