The Cambrian

ERRATUM. In Mr. Reitwood's speech at ihe County Meeting at Pyte last week, tor.•nwmlw of the Society of F.ienrts, l.e ously objected to a Ministry altogether, whether of the Church of Eng. M?ni'.tryaaUogt:lierj" &c' "Pernio,,sly objected to npaid

THE COUNTY MEETING AT PYLE. To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN. Sm,-1 live in the midland portion of our mountain dis- trict, and am, in common with several of my agricultural friends in the habit of receiving your journal, as also our other provin- cial paper, in the early part of the week. This week it arrived on Tuesday (having been kept longer than usual by our town friends, who ore first readers), when I saw, to iny astonishment that a County Meeting, affecting closely the interests of all classes' was then being held at Pyle Inn. I was anxious, as were several of my agricultural friends, to be present at that Meeting, but no exertion, however great, could by possibility have conveyed us there in time. May I take the liberty, Sir, of inqniring, whether it is customary to hold meetings of such importance—meetings never convened excepting on great and weighty occasions-on so snort a notice ? I do not wisli to call in question here the result of that meeting, nor will I express iny own Opinion on the par- poses it had in view, but I merely ask, why so short a period as three days should!,e altowedto suffice as full notice to all portions and to all cltisses of the Freeholders and others voters of G'Jmoraan ? I am myself, Sir, a plain man, a sincere member of the Church Establishment, and one who wishes to preserve from iniurv or destruction the Institutions of my country, but, at the same time 1 rr 'dos,ed for »»«n^u>taJSbhuS rules of fair dealing, and uncontaminated by motives of subter- fuge or faction. I wish the expression of the free and unbiassed opinions of my countrymen, on the serious charges brought against the Irish Church Establishment, to he fairly a°nd pubj £ %ea but I would deny to arbitrary nower, whether by threat or favour the marshaling of votes Cor the support of party views. Pro- fessing these opinions, Sir, may I again trespass upon voar at- tention and ask, whether it be true, that the parishes of Aberdare Neath, Merthvr-Mawr, and others, were actively and privatelv canvassed, under the cry of (< No Popery and the Freeholders requested to go down to Pyle and vote lor the opinions oT certain parties, and that, long before the notice of the intended meeting was regularly given to the public ? I will be plain, Sir, and in giving the opinions of several of iny respectable, and at present highly excited countrymen, will ask the following questions and have to plead the great public importance of the accusation as my apology for introducing to your notice the names of private in- dividuals;— Is it true iliat the parish of Aberdare was canvassed by Mr Rrncp and a party i.idnced to go to the Meetiiijnn.Ier the terrors ot Catholicism in power, anil the Protestant religioni abolished tVom our institutions' Is it true that the Estates of Sir John Nicholl, and its neighbourhood, were actively and secretly prerambulateil, and the tenants desire) to be in readiness to vote for the Adflress proposed by the Chnrch party f Is it true that the tenantry of the Guoll Estate were marshalled for the same purpose, aud subsequently prooded with a dinner at Aberavon, as the price of their tacit submission, and at the expense of their landlord ? Is it trne that the same plan was proposed to, and adopted by, Mr. Jenkins, of Lanharran, and were hss tenants and friends provided willi dinners at Bridgend. Is it a fact that the Address to the Sheriff, requiring his call of this Meeting, was closely kept until given to the papers; and whe-n eiven, had amongst u» Mgnaturei strangers to our land, servile followers, and uncertificated Bankrupts? If so, then, indeed, have our County Meetings ceased to be the fair medium for the expression of county opinion, and taking in its slead the strong semblance of factious controversy- serve but to embroil our local districts in endless warfare while they identify the Ministers of our holy religion with the partizans of of political contentions. I am, Sir, yours very obedient, Ystradyvodog, April 23 1835.^ FREEHOLDER.

To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN. SIR,-I was glad to see in your paper of last week a re- quisition (so numerously signed) to the Portreeve of this town, to call a meeting of the Electors of this Borough, to express their approbation of Mr. Vivian's Parliamentary conduct. I have no ee doubt that a large majority will declare their full approval of the unremitting and assiduous attention which Mr. Vivian has paid to his Parliamentary duties, and more particularly for supporting Lord John Russell's resolution relative to the Irish Church. I beg leave to suggest, also, that as many of the Electors are Freeholders, the sense of the meeting should be conveyed to Mr. Talbot, for his manly and independent conduct at a late meeting before his constituents. The manner in which the County-Clerical Meeting at Pyle was got up and organised, has created great disgust in the minds of all liberal men, particularly towards those, for whom it is the wish of every one to entertain feelings of respect and esteem, whose vocation and ministry are not those of political turmoil and strife. Surely, Mr. Editor, it is not becoming the teachers of religion to el be the first to come forward and declare their opposition to a resolution passed by the Representatives of the country, and sanctioned by the King and his Ministers! Should those whose office it is to promote order and inculcate obedience, shew such eagerness to sow dissention, and to create a factious (but, I trust, futile) opposition, in order to impede and embarrass the Govern- ment of the country ? And what has occasioned such an extra- ordinary manifestation of political feeling? A resolution passed by the great Council of the nation,—" That after ample provision shall be made for the Protestant Clergy of Ireland, the surplus arising from Church property shall be applied to the moral and religious education of all classes without distinction of sect or party." Ought this to be opposed by men whose very existence is devoted to these objects ? If educating the poor and ignorant in the several duties that belong to a Christiau are not Protestant purposes, I have hitherto entertained very erroneous ideas of the religion of my country. This measure, so long delayed and so eminently calculated to disseminate and promote that Christian charity which we ought to feel towards each other, and founded on principles of justice and humanity, is objected to by the Pro- testant Clergy because they do not Tike the children of Catholic and Protestant parents to be educated together. This is not only uncharitable, but impolitic; for by mingling and associating toge- ther, those feelings of aversion (whicfi are now, unfortunately, fostered by that broad line of distinction which is drawn between them) would be gradually softened, and in time entirely disap- pear. Shall seven millions of our fellow-creatures be deprived of the advantages of education because they differ from us in reli- gious tenets ? I am no advocate of the Catholic religion, but I am a strong-advocate for the most perfect freedom in religions opinion, not doubting that the one which is most pure and perfect will in the end be firmly established over all others. It those who differ from us are in error, the way to convince them is not by violence and oppression, but by acts of kindness and concilia- tion, and endeavouring to enlighten their minds. Locke says— "That no Government can be justified in punishing a subject, unless it shall have taken care that he be instructed." In your paper of last week, you notice an address to the King, said to have been forwarded by the Gentry and Inhabitants of Swansea, expressive of regret at the resignation of the late Ministry, &c. I believe the majority of the inhabitants never heard of it till they saw it noticed in your columns. Where the meeting was held and the address signed is a secret known only to themselves. This paltry and mean attempt to smuggle the opinions and sentiments of the inhabitants of this town must be publicly contradicted and disavowed. The present Government will, I hope, meet with the support of all genuine and sincere Reformers. Sir John Hobbouse says, they expect the most bitter and determined opposition, but that they rely firmly npon the support of the People., and upon them aloce. If they are true to themselves, he says, he has no fear of carrying those important measures of Reform to which they stand pledged. It is, there- fore, the duty of every friend of the present Government to de- clare that they will support them. If you have room for these remarks in the columns of your independent journal, you will oblige Swansea, April 29,1835. AN OLD REFORMER.

[At the request of an influential and intelligent Correspondent, we give insertion to the following interesting letter (from the Mark- lane Express), on the subject of the Malt Tax; attributed to the pen of Mr. Evan David, of Itadyr, in this county.] ON THE MALT TAX. Glamorganshire, March 31, 1835. MR. EDITOR,—There are few recent instances in which the eloquence of a single speech has produced so great an effect on the opinions of the community, upon any public measure, as the speech of Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Commons, on the Marquis of Chandos's Motion for the repeal of the above tax. We now find many warm supporters of the agricultural interest, Whigs, as well as Tories, appealing to that speech to justify their abandonment of former convictions. The public press alsõ, with few exceptions, are equally load, either in eulogising it, as proving the policy in the tax, or in impugning the motives of those who continue to adhere to their former opinions and still believe that the agriculturists, and the labouring classes, have the strongest claims for its repeal. Being one of the former, whom the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet has failed to convince, and observing that you also remain firm to former convictions on the same Doinr I have taken the liberty of troubling you with the following ob- servations on the subject. I have now before me a revised copy of that speech, in a separate pamphlet, and much as I admire the ingenuity of its arrangement, and the ability displayed in it yet Sir, I trust I shall be able to prove that a great portion of its most important arguments rest on fallacious grounds. Let me premise, Sir, that although I differ with the Right Hon Baronet on this question yet I entertain a very high opinion of his sp.endid talents and whether the Malt Tax is repealed or not, I consider his great knowledge and experience in the affairs of this nation eminently qualify him, with the guidance and as- sistance of a Reformed Parliament, to occupy his present di«»;-i guished situation. In the first place, T find that great stress is laid on the impropriety 01 brlngmg this question forward previous to the Minister's finan- ciai statement; also, because" theNoble Marquis had called upon the House to exclude the consideration of every other inte-est Roes not his Majesty, in his speech, 1 would ask, dep!orefhe distress of the Agriculturists and trusts that the burdens which now unequally press upon them will be lightened. In the simp manner did the King's speech of last vear deplqre this distress no reference being made in either ot tbem to the distress of aný other interest. Now, Sir. we all know the result of patientlv waiting last year, for these financial statements, which was fhV. repeal of the house tax. As I cannot for one moment donhl ihp sincerity of those speeches from the Throne, and believing that the subjects referred to in them are intended for the consideration of Parliament, the Noble Marquis must have been fully justified ID taktng this interest into consideration to the exclusion of others ■ and, if this tax ought to be repealed, the sooner it was determined upon the better, to afford the Minister time for finding a substitute before h.s financial statement was framed. 8 «o«uiBie But the main grounds upon which the worthy Baronet appears But the main grounds upon which the worthy Baronet appears to rest his case, are the altered habits, and new tastes of the community," in now preferring tea and gin to beer, and refers with much confidence to the increased consumption of those arti- irS'i ^e- asser,s 'hat the removal of this tax would only ulord an imaginary benefit to the farmer. In another part of his ;peech he observes. that we have no grounds to complain of be Malt Tax, for that the price of barley is higher in proportion than auy other grain, and for the last two or three years has been gradually advancing,—why then," he asks, "disturb the tax? IDel what grounds have you for hoping that barley subject to the tax being very high, and wheat subject to no tax being very low, lie removal of the tax on barley will ensure a rise in the price of t. Indeed the triumphant manner in which the Hon. Baronet referred to this point, led me almost to expect that he would have Joncluded by proposing a duty of some hundred per cent. on wheat, with the view of advancing the price of this grain also to the grower. I admit that the consumption of malt had greatlv reduced in he last century, since the tax became so high and for the past hree years is again gradually increasing, but as the worthy Ba- 'onet has carefully abstained from anv references to what I con- Jeive to be the real cause of this change, I will endeavour to sup- ply that deficiency. The habits and tastes of the lower classes, Sir, were changed by taxing that beverage, which had ever been :he boast and favourite of Englishmen, near five hundred per cent idvancing the pot or quart of beer below lid. to 6d, and 7d. vhich held forth such temptation to adulterate the article, that he community after being compelled for many years to drink the nost noxious liquor, composed of deleterious drugs, t as a sub- ititute for malt and hops. gave it up in disgust. This iniquitous iystem, and to the wants and necessities of the labouring poor he most cruel, was partially mitigated by the removal of the beer luties. Now mark the result, although the English labourer had )een thus deprived for so long a period of his native and whole- lome beverage, and had acquired a taste for tea and spirits; yet ve find bim. on the first opportunity, returning gradually to his I]d beverage, which I contend is the real cause of the increased lemand for barley ever since that tax was removed. It is true hat hitherto he has only been permitted to get the article through he medium of those sinks of iniquity, the beer shops; but had he comforts and morals of himself and family been taken all into he account, he would have been allowed to enjov it with bis meals Lt his own fire side, where only it would be to him a real blessing. In the next place, I find the rates of duty imposed upon sundry irticles of foreign production is given :(or instance, port and herry eighty-five percent.; coffee sixty-three; tea one hundred, Jtc. I grieve exceedingly to see an article, the staple produce of his country, the annual value of which to the consumer may be airly estimated at twenty millions sterling, and yielding employ. Allowing three bushels of malt to a barret of beer, the cost, if free of lutv. according to the pre-ent price of bartev. wonld be 8S follow. 3 bushels of malt, at 3s. 9d. its. 3d. lj lb. of hops, doty free is. Od. Total cost of 36 galls., or about Id. per quart I2s. 3d; tAnnnat imports of- Corctilus Indicus 154,8611 bs. Gentian Roots 175,000 lbs. Nox Vomica 218,6-24 1 be. Quassia 140 tons. ment to upwards of one hundred thousand families, placed in juxta position as an object of taxation with the produce of foreign capital, and foreign labour. What, Sir, is the growth of our own fieids, and the produce of our owu taxed labourer, not to have some preference in our own markets over the vineyards of Spain and Portugal, and the tea gardens of China? lUllst we ever con- tinue to bow the knee to the despots of those countries for leave to expend our millions sterling in the purobase of their commo- dities to supplant the skill and industry of our own husbandmen? The average rate of duty on the two latter articles, selected no doubt as the highest of those consumed by the lower orders, is eighty-one per cent., while the tax and restrictions on malt ad- vance it upwards of one hundred per cent., and in beer shops, where those orders can get it, it is much more. Sir R. Peel ad- mits that prior to the taxing of this article, when the population was only six millions, there were six millions of barrels of beer consumed, and that at present there were only eight millions of barrels consumed with a population of upwards of 14,000,000 but the decrease in the quantity of malt made is now below half its former proportions. From the experience we have had of the removal of the beer duties, we have a right to calculate that if the tax and restrictions on making maltwere removed, the consnmpiion would shortly increase one-third, or 1,666,000 qrs., which at 30s. a quarter for the barley, would amount to two and a half millions sterling. At the present price of corn, about two-fifths of its valoe is composed of labour, consequently there is now lost to the English labourer one million sterling annually, through the ope- ration of this tax while our poor-rates are heavily burthened with the maintenance of a good portion of them in idleness, or in trans- porting them to some distant part of the globe as emigrants. The new lite and confidence which would be imparted to the drooping cultivators of our own soil, by an increased annual demand for their produce of two and a half millions sterling, would soon be beneficially felt by other classes. But, says Sir Robert Peel in his pamphlet, it is only a matterof prophecy, and of course un- certainly, mat any advantages will accrue to the agriculturists by repealing this tax. It is not prophecy, Sir, but fact, that since the beer duties were repealed, the consumption has in- creased more than it did in the previous one hundred years, and up to the 19th ult. appears to be at the rate of one icillion of quar- ters annually, which, at 30s. a quarter, is a present benefit to the growers of one and a half millions sterling for the barley. It is also a fact, admitted in this pamphlet, that the effect of lowering the duty on spirits last year in Ireland, has already increased the con- sumption 1,099,000 gallons, which forcibly confirms the prophecy that reducing the cost of an article of such universal necessity as beer, one half would greatly increase the consumption of it Again, page 30, the Hon. Baronet states that the average consamptioD of beer on a faim or three hundred acres, is one hundred hogsheads annually, or one hundred and fifty barrels. The present cost at three bushels to the barrel is 24s. 9d., but if the duty on malt, and also on hops, were repealed, it would only be 12s 3d., saving on each barrel 12s. 6d., or 6s. an acre on the whole occupation. Now, Sir, I humbly conceive that this also is not uncertainty, but deduced fairly from his own statements, and is a degree of relief to the farmers which is not to be sneered at in these times; yet, this is not all, for if the consumption, and consequently the growth of barley, increased one-third, the cultivation of other grain must diminish, which would shortly improve its price. On a mixed p I farm of three hundred acres of arable and pasture, one hundred would be under corn, and if it averaged twenty-eight bushels per acre, an advance of Is. a bushel would amount to 1401. per ann. It is a very erroneous idea of the Hon. Gentleman, to suppose that any advantage arising from the removal of the tax would be con- fined long to only a small portion of our cultivators. The old adage. Sir, down corn, down horn, and vice versa, never fails to be verified, temporary derangements in the relative value of dif- ferent kinds of agricultural prodace frequently takes place from increased demand, or deficient crops of some grain, or severe losses of stock, but in a few years prices are again adjusted- witness the present reaction in the value of sheep. Shortly before the beer duties were removed, barley did not realise half the price of wheat, and an increased growth of the latter ensued. The practical experience of thirty years as an agriculturalist, con- vinces me that within two years hence, unless the malt tax is re- pealed, barley would be reduced to its proper proportion to wheat, for I already observe numerous instances of land sown with bar- ley instead of spring wheat. These proportions are. that the latter should be double the price of the former, barley would conse- quently be only 2s. Gd. a bushel at present. The removal of the beer duties has therefore advanced the price Is. a bushel. The removal of this tax would also tend more than any other measure to bring back the farm servant under the roof of his master and as to the supposed difficulty of labourers brewing at home, a daily allowance might easily be obtained from the employer according to the existing practice in cyder counties. Let the candid reader examine these facts, and I imagine he will acknowledge that it does not require the spirit of prophecy to foretell, that the agri- culturist. and the working classes, would derive immediate and substantial benefits from the removal of the malt tax. I do not mean to contend, that it is the only cause of our distress, nor that the removal of it would be the panacea for all our difficulties. A great portion of the mischief, may, I believe, be tr. ced to our monetary system but this grievance is not confined exclusively to the agriculturist. Another cause is the facilities now afforded to Ireland to inundate us with her untaxed produce, and her starving population. But a revision of both these measures, although as absolutely necessary, would be slow in their operation for relieving the acknowledged distress, and the pressing de- mands of the poor occupiers for immediate relief. With respect to the reduced quantity of malt made in 1816 and 1817, it may I believe be satisfactorily accounted for in the first place, by the extreme misery experienced by the lower orders in those years for want of employmenl, hut more especially by the wet harvest of 1816, which rendered at least one-half the barley crop totally unfit for malting, one of the worst harvesls known in England during the last century, good malting barley advancing in value 100 per cent., increasing the price of malt considerably more than the reduction in duty. Again, in 1819, and 1820, the crops were above an average, excellent in qualify, and low in price; and, as a natural consequence, an increased quantity of malt was made. The total burden of this tax upon the community is next ad- verted to, which he makes out in the same plausible manner to be only a trifle beyond the duty paid. Now, instead of going to Mark-lane to find out the price of a choice sample of Chevalier barley, probably for seed, I will appeal to the experience of every grower of corn, and every maltster in this part of the kingdom, whether they have averaged more than 3s. 8d. for barley in the last two years, and if malt has not averaged in the same period 7s. 8d. to 8s.? The real state of this account would consequently stand as follows jP. 5,000,000 qrs. of malt, at 64s 16,000,000 Increased price of beer at the ale and beer-shop;, from ) rn„ lj'.l. to 5d. a pot, the effect of the malt tax .3 *,j00,000 506 000 9,000,000 qrs. of malt free of duty, at 30s 7,500,000 Totatimpnetnponthecomtnnuity £ 10(00,080 wnicti is cijieliy paid by the labouring classes for what I contend to be an article of necessity. Who that is possessed of the com- mon feelings of nature, will deny the necessity of some nourishing beverage, to allay the thirst of those whose hard lot it is to toil from morn to niylit, or from sun-set to sun-rise, in the mines and iron-works in this county, generally in a temperature of 120° or upwards? Or show me the man who has no pity for the poor peasant, exposed to the scorching rays of a summer's sun, while exerting his whole strength for 14 or 15 hours a-day in cutting down the produce of oar fields, and is compelled by this cruel tax to quench his thirst in the adjoining ditch, which it is my lot con- tinnally to witness, Even in the absence of any other motive, let the odium be what it maj', I shall on these grounds atone continue to advocate the repeal of the Malt Tax. The ingenuity of the Honourable Baronet is next displayed in attempting to make it appear that this Malt Tax, with all its bonds, duties, penalties, restrictions, &c., is the most salutary and efficacious method that can possibly be devised for keeping the trade free. That the removal of these restrictions, and the reduction in the value of malt, from 64s. to 30s., would afford such positive advantages to the great capitalist, that we should see no more of small maltsters with limited means but that the growers of barley would then be entirely at the mercy of the former, for he states, that at present there is 3,0»0 00il. of the public money applied as so much additional capital in the pur- chase of barley." Who ever heard of a maltster getting money from the treasury to buy barley? It is true that the payment of the duty is not required at the time of making the malt, provided ample security by bonds is given, and a few weeks' credit is thus obtained, but nothing else. As the Right Hon. Baronet claims so much credit to the Government for their liberality to the maltster on this head, let us compare it with that shown to the importer of any foreign commodity. In the latter case the article is allowed to remain in warehouse for any length of time, and is regularly bought and sold in the market before the dutv is demanded which is not done until the article is taken out for consumption! The maltster, on the contrary, when the sitting day arrives, has no mercy shown him, and whether be has been able to dispose of a single bushel of his malt or not, the duty must be paid. I must now come to the general summing up of the Honourable Gentleman, which he does in the most pathetic strain, and in the language of the most serious alarmist, such as Shall we main- tain the public honour,—the disgraceful course of a deficient revenue,—the suspension of payments,— breach of the national engagements," and that those who reject his advice must be responsible for all the consequences of so rash and unwise a de- cision," &c., and that great bug-bear, the bare mention of which, even to a Reformed Parliament, produces such gloomy reflections and such consternation even amongst the most refractory members, that in the hands of a skilful Minister it is found to be a dreadful weapon, and on several former discussions on the impolicy of the Malt Tax, when the measure had been carried by sound reasoning, no sooner were the words Property Tax" mentioned, than the hustings-repealers of this tax immediately viewed the matter in a different light. In his ironical manner, he "congratulates you Gentlemen of the Landed Interest on finding yourselves relieved from the pressure of the Malt Tax, and falling upon a good com- fortable Property Tax." As one of that body, Sir, who would be affected in some little degree should that prospect be realized, I would cheerfully accept his congratulations, being fully persuaded that a Property Tax would be a far more just tax towards the Landed Interest than this Malt Tax, for the injurious effects of the latter are almost exclusively felt by them and its removal wonld, according to the foregoing calculations, release the land from a heavy and most unfair pressure, to the amount of 8s. or IOs. an acre on all farms of the immediate benefit to the tenants, and on general principles must be a deduction from rent. Whereas a Property Tax of, say 5 per cent, which would yield a much larger revenue than is now derived from malt, would not affect the land Is. an acre and would fall equally on all property on houses, public buildings, manufactories, mines, collieries, tithes, funded property, canals, railroads, docks, tolls, shipping. &c. &c., which are affected only in a very slight degree by the duty on malt. If the Gentlemen of the Landed Interest" could be brought to view this subject in its proper light, they would not hesitate one moment in deciding in favour of a Property Tax. The pressure of direct and indirect taxation on the industrious classes, though nominally to an infinitely greater amount, was comparatively unknown during the operation of the Bank Restric- tion Act. But now, with a metallic currency, and the low prices which neoessarilv accompany it, it is become intolerable. Our present system of indirect taxation enters so largely into the cost of production a* to be highly prejudicial to the British manufac- turer for the foreign market. It is generally admitted, that at least one-fourth part of the wages of labour is absorbed bv tax ation, every article, the produce of labour, must therefore be en- hanced in value in that proportion thus every manufacturer or 1,0001' a"Jear t0 h,s Jrorkmen, pays 7501. for labour, and i50l. for his men's taxes. Indirect taxation panperizes a large portion of the community by enhancing the value of those articles they are most in need of, and again by fettering their em- ployers deprives them of employment. Parochial burdens and the charges of tradesmen and mechanics are ail enhanced a third or foarth by the same means. Out of the eight millions poor- rates, at least two millions of it goes to Government. From the effects of this system of taxation we find a large portion of our aristocracy escape altogether by residing in foreign countries. Two-thirds of our present taxes are required to discharge the interest of the debt, which was chiefly contracted during the war to protect the property, not the industry, of the country, certainly not the industry of the present day, which then had no existence. It is therefore only just that a portion of this burden should be directly levied on ihe former. Let skill, industry, and labour, be released from the trammels of taxation] and they would soon enhance the value of property beyond the amount of a moderate tax on it The raw produce of the earth, whether the soil on the surface, or the mineral beneath, is of little worth to the owner without the application of the skill, capital, and labour of the productive classes, and the imposition of taxes on the latter, in an undue proportion, while at the same time a collateral measure is secretly but steadily reducing the market price of their produce, will in the first place effect their destruc- tion, and in the next reduce the property of the former to a very low value. I am, Sir, yonrs, &c. CLMRO, I Copper Ore sold at Swansea, April 29, 1835. MINES. TWENTY-OJiE CWTS. PURCHASERS. PR [CI. Anglesey (burnt) 12S P. Grenfel) aud Sons £ 2 16 0 Ditto (ditto).. 1~0 Ditto i 11 0 Ditto (raw) 112 P. Urenfell *nd Sons, Crown Co., and n- ,u v S'ms, Drnce, and Co. 1 12 0 Ditto (burnt)*. 84 Crown Copper Co. 2 12 O Ditto (raw) fi8 Ditto 2 8 0 Ditto (prtcip.) 55 Ntvill, Sims, Drnee, and Co. and Benson, Logan. and Co 6 5 6 Ditto (burnt).. 38 P. Greufcll and Sons, Crown Co., and Nevlll, Sims, Druce, and Co. 2 7 6 Ditto (raw) 25 Ditto, ditto, and ditto 1 18 0 Cronebaiie 66 Benson, Logan, and Co. 2 n 6 Dilt0 4-1 Ditto 3 2 « Ditt0 37 Crown Copper Co. .430 Ditto 13 Ditto ..426 Tigrony.OtNevitt.Sims.Drnce.andCo. 3 6 0 Ballymurtsgh 67 P. Orenfell and Sons, and Nevill, Sims, r, Droce, and Co 2 9 6 Ditto 64 P. Grenfell and Sons 4 4 6 Ditto. 58 Ditto 4 4 1! Cliili 75 Vivian and Sons 23 6 6 Ditto ,.67 Ditto 24 15 O Ditto.. in Ditto 20 It 6 Connorree 43 Crown Cooper Co.. 7 i « Dhto Nevill, Shr £ Druce, and Co.756 Ditto 34 Crown Copper Co. 3 IT 0 y & Co. and P. Grenfell & Sons 5 16 6 ALihies ]U4 W illiams, Foster, & Co., and G. Wildes <iU(l Co. «• v I* o A Dandycon.be 51 Nevill, Sims, Drice, 'and Co., and — Ben«on, Loean, and Co.. I 11 « Ditto (floor) 24 Nevill, Sims, Druce, and Co. *15 6 Drwsj-coed 50 Croun Copper Co. r « « I (anberris 50 P. Grenfell and Sons 3 9 0 Stowcragjj 21 Ditto j« o « Ditto 18 Freeman and Co 13 18 6 1763

I MARRIED. On the 11th ult. at Cheltenham, by the Rev. George Traherno Frederick Parry, Esq. Ir.te of the 17th regiment of Lancers to blizalieth Margaret, youngest daughter of John Gilbert Royds, fcsq.. formerly of Clemenston, in this county. On the 19th ult., at Cowbridge, by the Rev. Owen Jenkins Mr James Reynolds to Miss E. Hiscocks, both of the above place. On the x2d olt., Mr. Richard Jones, of the White Horse Twyn-yr-odiii, to Margaret, the eldest daughter of Mr. John Richards, of the Crown-Inn, Merthyr Tydfii. ni> 11 l'le u' at k'a'iddarog Church, by the Rev. Mr. Powell Charles Jones, Esq. of Blyae, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr. David Morgans, of Glan'rynys, Carinar henshire On the 23d ult. at Boulston, near Haverfordwest, by the Rev ) a.t.ts Harries> Vicar of Prendergast, Mr. Skitterv, of Sheo- ton Mallett, Somersetshire, to Harrielte, third daughter of the late Mr. John Fawke, of the Flights, Herefordshire. T u!t" at KinS,on' the Rev- L. P. Jones, Vicar of L anbadarn awr, Radnorshire, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late E. Davies, Esq. ot Baynicholas, in that county, ° DIED. On the 27th nit., at her residence in Gower-street, Swansea, at the auvai.oid age of 88, Mrs. Margaret Hughes, relict of the late Edward Hugbes, Esq. of the said town. On the 23d ult., at Ely, near Cardiff, Mr. Richard Davies, aged 51 years, third son of the late Rev. Thomas Davies, Rector of Wenroe, in this counly. On the 8th ult., at Neath, after three da3's' iHness, Miss Jane Griffiths, aged 24 years She was of a most amiab e disposition and smcerelj regretted by all who knew her aisposition. On the 27th ult., aged 28, after a protracted i ln:ss, borne with ? Wb res' £ '!all,on' Ann, wife of Mr. Wm. Rees, mercer, of If Tl a, e'dfs da«ghter of W.D. Davies, Esq. Comptroller ^Ut f i ?0rt* Her mi,d aDd amiable disposition endeared her to her relatives and friends, by whom her early- death is much regretted. J Yrsterday (Thursday), at Carmarthen, after a long illness, in the prime of life M.or.oe, second son of Mr. James Bnfwn, se tioolniaster, of that town, deservedly regretted by his relations and friends. Ha?e^rdS.U,t' age<1 75' T00ker' °f CIeth' LodSe> On the 12d ult. at Pembroke, in the prime of life, after a pro- tracted illness, borne with Christian fortitude, William eldest son of Mr. Eynon, of the Stag, in that town. r»i?n-the }}>h J0'1- t8.1 Aherystwith, of a rapid decline, Miss Phillips, eldest daughter of Owen Phillips, Esq. surgeon. Lately, in Oxford-street, London, in the 27th year of his age, n ™eSi* tai'°.r at,d draper, second son of Mr. J. Yates, ° ,^nrh0,S'.RadDT,re-. was exemplary in the discharge of all the relative and social duties of life, and his decease is deeply regretted by his friends and relatives. On the 2ith ult. aged 58, after a very short illness, Mary, Motim°outlfr' 8 P'' shoPkeel'er, of Munnow-street, On the 12th ult aged 17, in Red Lion-square, London, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with patience and resig- nation, Jane, the beloved daughter of Mr. George Davis, late of Newport, Monmouthshire. ° On the 24th ult., aged 75, Martha, second daughter of Lewis Hoskuis, Esq. late of Peer s Court, in the county of Gloucester. She was a most amiable and highly respectable ladr, and her charitable disposition has obtained for her memory a shrine in many a grateful heart. On the 23d ult., at Clifton, the Rev. Richard Jenkvns, D. D., Master of Baliol College, Oxford, end Prebendary of Wells, to Troth on!y child of the late Grey Jermyn Grove, Esq. of Pool Hall. Salop.

SHIP NEWS. P 9E*-—-Priced, the Swansea Trader, Hn*t.ible; rackt t, Barrett; and Eleanor, Barren, from Briftol; Sarah, lliomas, from Liverpool; Tredeaar. Crnrkford. from Rri,!<>«._ water; rocket, from Glonce.ter; and Hinton, Browne, from n D'Wi, Walsh, from Dun-arvon, with cattle; Lovelj, Davie,, from Cork, w,t|, deals; Lord Rolls, Townsend, from Bi- defont, with timber; Favourite, Crokcr; and New Inrtortry Jenkins, from Gloucester, with rods and poles; Thorn*, an1 Snali, Jones; and nd PH- "h 'V0*? NeWP°r,t' W1lh iro1'; Gomer, D-ttfies, from Chester; .in I Edwaid and Alargaret, Jones, from Bridgewater with bricks Har andnMarvC^r,gn;n lbomn> N««h\ UVth j"ha ,S* I'^eB«'spy'^C.'>ticV"^K'"H*Mi«< rVa, Quick,'from Ux!,ri,hr; Huthy;, f ,?m' A 1 K,Hle> from Fatmonth; Earl of Ree" SevenwR^hmoud. Mackey; Flint Castle, Barns- and Conm <1 f !I Jjyi Thomas; William, Came; Anne, month'- Marv inS p'l• iT'<i! "S1". W,ck1™ Calstock, Le« is, frlm, Fly! Marviret O anf* El'^abelh, Ellis; and Dove, Hayes, from Petizaucc; He lu i 7k 'ntl"'on; St.Catherine, Nicholl, from Fowey; Pnlmintpr H ,d r "'I/r0m Cuba: Ne eide, Langtry, from Chili; ton Prirrt.S' P"r,rca't); Wellington, Barry; and WelMog- ,rh*1^d'fro[" Carnarvon, with ropper ore; Daddon, Bailey Gra- Ro,s V°n Ebri"8ton, Day; and lacker, Lowtherl from Koss, CtiepMow, Iiwin; and George, Slyde, from Combe; Ebenczer Jon. Brothers, Phillips; F.iend,, Westlake and Mary, Wes?lake fro'" Bndgewaier; hprajcombe, Marsh; Blos.-om, Hole; and Eliza' Ro,,#' PoPham,: Henry. Bishop, <er- Industry Tlicmas from'r*6* an^ At,ialia» from Glouces- Maisher, from Plymouth Dra^ke'^Banfi !| FT"' S £ "n?c j. anf'1 E"?™' Loverin*; Devonshire, Lowther p 7"' Y""f''V!; L*(1,uias> Jor.es, from Waterford; Hopeweil D>lu 'r h" E<aid ford, from Porlock Hebe, Attwool r'ie8\f1r,om Cardigan; Fame, Pnls- from Combe; Harriet, Poole Trt i? Weymouth; Edward, Brien, Sp.ay, f.om Dartmouth Comef R^h"16' ,J° CS/, from H"den, and Western Star, Evans 5ln?' f™11 Co,k Ar,el' Jersey Watcliet Trader 'el Wexford; Water Witch, Falliull, from from "Chepstow; St. John, CurrX^Vr n°n VVa,chel; V™ from Poi tcawl, all in ballast. Dnngarvou and Gibton, Jones, Safah! LWir(r;r am7F, ances^and'sara^1' LTf '° ti nrp Rn.i TTni^ n f„ ?n0 Duck, from Water ord Pa- ii!,i)ce, Best t, Union Catial, Walters-, Looe Bartlett; Industry, Lang- .ead; ;Itid for Looe Albio;, Ila,y, Two Brothers, Dicon; Tiornas Eviial Holmes; Alke, 8..uce; and Neptune, Grace, for Exeter; EndeRL-our, Rowling; 1\0 Brothers, Whealon; Two Sislers, Sp: ague; Royal George, Pope w'f|iini«n,C t 1! ri!' i e' Olive Branch, Leader; Duke of Davies, for Cardigan; Sally, Daties- and bir» ans' a',(LMinena, iras* SI, Iver. for Smjrna; Christiana, Haje Maria, Schaifer; Industrie. Sos'alh• and' Merctirins, Lchse, for Bremen. ana Ditto Cleared Outwards, the Almina, Eoss, for Halle; Elizabeth Pybes, for Dort; Henry William, Holt, for Syria; Hi-rsteliioe'smit- and Diana, Duet, for Rotterdam, with iron & tin; Margaretha Brahms' for Leer; T.ue Bine, Cargill, for Stetlin Hoffnnng, Leicht, fir Halte- Merwestroom, Stroborr; Wclvaart, Fenenga; Aurora, Hagewinkle and' Neerlands, Grnnt, for Amsterdam, with iron. Irith Inwards, the Crown, Richai l.'on, from Dublin, with sundries F! lends, Collins, from Cork, with flour Mary,Davies, from Waterford* wiili noor and oats; Robert and Mary, M'Evancy, from Dnndalk; and Sahcia, Myler, from Clare, with oats; and six vessels in ballast. Ditto Outward., Ihe Aftry Jones, Davies, for Newry; and Diana, Lloy I, for Luneack, with sundries; Sedulous, Lloyd, for Newrv• ami "Jandeo i 'T* for BehlT/wTh iron ana coal; aad eleven vessels with coals. Coasters Inwards> the Venus, Gultiford, from BricWmttr • William from^ Ciirpi"' tIt/. Marv A >, «, Brothers, Morgan Whine, Miller; John, Griffiths; l ^'even?; Jones; Frances, Powell; Frien ts, Todd; »l»rv p li!(l eamei!),Mlle"' f,om Bri9'01- h sundries; John ami i\^?no ,Va"Vi, .r0nI. Br,(1«e.water, with bricks; Matthews, Hcyts, from BriL™\ !Ln^rKn '^|S: J™e- Nnrse; and Sally, Beynon.frotn tin T^te^' UmberJ °ceau. Richards, from Penance, with block tin, Catherine, Evans; Favourite, Jones; Mary, Phitlins- and Ocean Morgans, from U'verstone T riton, Co. mack, from Whitehaven Richard, Codner from Plymouth Eleanor, Prewett, from Bristol; Carleon, Har- wood, from Carleon; Amelia, Parker; and Julia, Stnckey, from Chep- stow; William, Scudamore; and Jane, Davies, frow Newport, with iron ore; and 32 vessels in ballast. r Ditto Outwards, the Venus, Davies, for Cardigan Friends, Sully, for Bridgewatcr; Gleaner, Owens, for Gloncester; TWa^y Ann, Steven^ for Bideford; and Amity, Rogers, for Bristol, with snndries; Rochdale, m* k; .? y,5ril fc*,D,d Cl"clle9ler'H«,yl"; Ann aud Betsey, Watkins; Elizabeth and Maria, Reel; Johu and Mary, Evans; Acorn, Roberts; fcnif. P-.Me,7; ^yra' ?vaS8; ^ous, Davies; and Prince Leopold Lutte, for Liverpool; Robert, Clampitt, for Newport; Favou- rite, Copley, for Dumfries; Eliza, Griffiths,for Neath; Halcyon, Jones, for Gloucester; Saltern Rock, Mollard and Jane and Elizabeth, Evans, for London Alicia, Welsh, for Greenock; Elizabeth, Yeoman, for New- castle; Faith, Jones, for Southampton; Vine, Wiseman, for Banff; Fa- vounte, Owens, for Glasgow; Caeiieon, Harwood, for Caerleon; ami John, Eftenor, for Inverness, with iron AfalY, Hooper, for Bristol; and Squid, Fullarton, for Irvine, with iron and coal; and 23 vessels with coals. LLANBLLT.— Arrived, the Emily, Ball; and Union,Tregerthen, from Brtstol, with sundries; Bucks, Curl, from Combe, with potatoes; Active, Jennings, from St. Ives; William and Amelia, Smith, from Fowey and Nancy, M Hago, from Swansea, with copper ore; Amlwch, Griffiths; Alairparet, PrItchard; and Elizabeth, Griffiths, from Amlwch; Elizabeth and Catherine, Bassett; and Barnstaple Trader, Dalling, from Barnsta- ple; Hulda Henrietta, Jacobus, from Newry; Pegey, Hughes, from Car- °Til lender, Thomas William & Nancy, Evans; an?. V'7e.uBru er°' ™°n,j"V.ro'n Laugharne, in ballast. Sailed, the Hannah JUnderbill, lor Odessa; La Amiable Charles, 01- l^er, for Brest; and Mary Ann. Lewi,, for Isle of Man, wilb coals. Entered Outwards, Hnj:ia Henrietta, Jacobus, for Hamburgh; and Emnlons, Wellbanck, for Odessa. NswronT.-Arriwd, the Iris, Leroy, from Brest; Celine, Ertand, from Dieppe; Honora, Honey, from Rouen; and Chepstow, Hopgood, xiT-l 10 o Henderson, from Jersey, with cider; Williarn Brown, Sutlon; and George Brown, J)aw«on, from Cork with pigs and cattle; tame, YVi hams, tVom Waterford, wilh flour; Sultan, it ..r°"i y1 at"for< w,,»'cattle and pigg; United Friends, Lewis; and Nelly, Llewel yn, from Newry, with oath; Ann and Betsey .Thomas Agnes, Beynon, Bicatior;iiltl Grace, Dayment; and Fame, Beynon.from 2*rE» C' ™0.n0n.: Dtiddridge Unanimity, Rollins; Mor- RRFE:TF P' L,LO,VEI AW Anne, Giles; Friends.Hole; FmmJ RnZ £ ac""c'- Prcss Susan, Hooper; Bee, Gainey; Ne"Port Tra,1er, Jackson; Mary Ann, Roberts; Mary, Georee jJhnf^aml ?a"e,on' Harwood; Moderator, Johns; treorge, Johns, and Bristol Packet, bcott, with sundries. for Nan^ Je.IL r y V 5,°rUy' f"r Marseilles; Palmyra, GiU, PerninP and'IrU T A"bl"' for J L'Auguste Angeline, LfewluVn and « Kr<?!' nr iro" kord Oriel, Bond; Nelly, Harl<w) V Sibylt, Richards with iron and tin plates; Tredegar, Trfd M, 5 Carleon, Harwood Moderator, Johns Bristol Packet, Scott; and Maty,Coombs with, sundries and about 140 vessels with coals, u IsTOL. Coasters Entered Outwards, the Eliza, Arr, for Porthcawl; Henry, Llewellyn, for Llanelly Hero, Jones, for Carmarthen; Earl of Kingston, Richards, for Mi.lord and Haverfordwest; and James,Sewell, for 1 enby.

COUNTRY MARKETS. SWANSEA.—Wbeat, 6s. 9d. to 78. Od. Barley, 3s. 9.1. to 4s. Od.; Oats, 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d. per Winchester. Beef. 5d. to Gd.; Mutton, 5d. to Gd.; Veal, 5d. to 6d.: Lamb, Od. to Od.; Pork, 4d. to 5d. per lb. COWBRIDGE.—Wheat, 6s. 6d. to Os. Od.; Barley, 2s. 10d., to 3s. Od.; Oats, 2s. 6d. to Os. Od., per Imperial llnsheJ- Butter, 10d to lid.; Beef, 5d. to 6d.; Mutton, 6d. to 7d.; Veal, 5d to 6d Pork, 4d, to 5d. per lb. CARDIFF.—Average price of Corn at Cardiff market for the week ending April the 8th, 1835 Wheat, 21. Is. 9M.; Bar- ley, 11. 7g. 7Jd. Oats, 11. 3s. Od.; Beans, 21. 2s. Od. per Imperial Quarter. CARMARTHEN.—Wheat, 5s. 3d. to 5s. 10d., per 64 lbs.; Bar- ey, 3s. 2d. to 3s. 6d., per Imperial Winchester Bushel; Oat., 2s. Od. to 2s. 8d. per Ditto.

PYLE COUNTY MEETING. Fiat Justitia."—" Magna est Veritas, prevalet et prevalebit." To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN. SIR,—Premising that I take my stand on the assertion of facts, and the soundness of the arguments tbat have been brought to bear on the question at issue between the requisitionists for the call of the meeting, the majority of whom carried the Address to his Majesty, and their opponents, I may be allowed to enter the political arena, however unequal I may be deemed to the task I have undertaken. If any good be the result of my observations to that which I consider to be the justice of the cause, which I hold to be the main object of the Reformers, it would be ample satisfaction to myself, because it will have had some tendency to abate the prejudices which have been too long and too deeply rooted to have it expected that they should be immediately era- dicated, although they cannot fail to be abated by sober reflection or rational arguments addressed to the reason of the people; and, therefore, I proceed to the consideration of my text. No mau will controvert the assertion that the Address was voted by a considerable majoritv of the persons present at the meeting; but it may be asked how was that result obtained ? Was not the assembly convened on a notice, short as applicable to the county at large, the space of, at the most, three clear davs only intervening between the public announcement and the hold- ing of the meeting? From this circumstance alone the requi- sitionists derived a manifest advantage—they had that time to arrange and to mature their plans, of which the Reformers were deprived. They could call to their aid their tenantry and adhe- rents—a measure acted upon by them, but in no case resorted to by their opponents—and to this cause and the advocacy and exer- tions of the Clergy were they indebted for their success. These tactics of the requisitionists were, from motives of forbearance and delicacy, only slightly alluded to Oil the occasion; but if they will triumph in a victory thus achieved, they must be told, that THE INDIVIDUAL ON WHOSE PROPERTY THE ASSEMBLAGE TOOK PLACE, COULD AT HIS BECK ALONE, ON FIVE HOUR'S NOTICE OF THEIR INTENTIONS AND MAXCEUVRES, HAVE FRUS- TRATED THEIR ATTEMPTS AND ANNIHILATED THEIR TEMPO- RARY PREPONDERANCE. Why were such pains taken to describe the question as pnrely a religious one, bat to give a colouring to the part taken in it by more than one individual, as well as better calculated to prevail with the mass of the freeholders ? Now, I do contend that the subject was more of a political character, and that such was the object of the abstract principle of the Resolu- tion ot Lord John Russell, adopted by the House of Commons, and which must have been laid: at the foot of the Throne, but for the well-timed resignation of Sir Robert Peel. The appropria- tion of any surplus of tbe revenues of the Irish Church Establish- ment to the purposes of moral and religious education, is, in the latter point of view, conducive to the furtherance of the Protestant Institution and in the former aspect, also calculated to promote an increase of the number of proselytes to its precepts, and to the conversion into good and loyal subjects of the ignorant and bigotted portion of the Irish population. The more the poorer classes are enlightened, the less they will be subjected to the fallacies of the Roman Catholic religion and the interested dogmas of its Priests, or it follows that ours is the weaker cause, and that the Protestant divines write and preach to little purpose. It is asserted by Locke, that men mat/ become professors and combatants for opinions they were never convinced of nor proselytes to. History tells us, also, that no converts were ever made to anv religion by the fire or the sword, and if the conversion of the Irish to Pro- testantism is a desideratum, it can only be brought about by a good and moral education. It suited the object of the requisi- tionists, as it also did that of a portion of the sectarians who attended the meeting, to have the question treated as a religious one but whether the one or the other, it should have been con- fined to the Irish Church Establishment, and not blended with that of the English Church, as it was, for the obvious reason, on the part of the Clergy, that if the principle he admitted that any portion of the revenues of the Church are applied to other thnn strictly religious purposes, such a diversion of the Irish Church funds may operate as a precedent for a similar appropriation of the English revenues. But in the one case it is contended that more is at present set apart for the purposes of spiritual instruc- tion than is required by the Protestant portion of the population of the Sister Kingdom whereas in this country the Church revenues are not more than adequate, if equal, to the maintenance of a working clergy. The only purpose attempted to be obtained by a reform of the abuses in this particular in England, is a more equal adjustment of the sums of money, however derived, that have been allotted for the maintenance of the professors of the doctrines of the Established Religion, so that the labourer who is deserving of his hire may receive it, as a more deserving re- muneration than the paltry pittance at this time afforded him by the overpaid Dignitary and Pluralist. Abate the abuses that exist in the Establishment, and there will be no more occasion for the rally-cry of Church in danger," which in a short time will be of no more avail than the No Popery" exclamation, to which it has succeeded If a sincere Churchman, and as such a well-wisher to the Establishment, might be permitted to offer a word of advice to his clerical fellow-subjects, it would be in the shape of the recommendation that they should avoid political discussions, even when they have a tendency to affect their in- terests. Stipendiary auxiliaries might also as well steer clear of political meetings. They must be more or less considered as interested in the cause thev advocate—their arguments, therefore, much more powerless than those of their friends and well-wishers and I am confident that the result will prove, that by becoming forward and pertinacious partisans in a battle that would be better fought by their friends without their assistance, they strengthen the hands of their adversaries. Thus, they may rely on it, will their favourite law maxim of Nullum tempus occurrit Eccles;æ" be the sooner abrogated, and together with the anathemas the Church, that fall like so many bruta fulmina on the schismatical," be like the baseless fabric of a vision, and leave not a wreck behind." In my estimation such a line of conduct on the part of the priesthood leads by rapid strides to the increase of what they consider to be an evil, but which in the end will (as I firmly trust) prove the safeguard of both Church and State against the attacks of democracy, or that which, in more mo- dern phraseology, is termed Radicalism. Although an incompe- tent advocate of the cause of Reform, I beg leave to call myself a friend thereto in all its salutary viewlt, and as such, 28th April, 1835. AN OBSERVER.