Monmouthshire Merlin

MONMOUTH. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tuesday morning last, Mri. Jane Goodc. sister ot Mrs. Goode, Agincourt square, Monmouth, diedverysuddenlv. The deceased retired to upd on the pre- vious night in her usual health. In the moi-ninu. between three and four o'clock. Miss Goode was awoke by feeling an Oppressive weight at her back and upon putting her hand on her aunt's face, she found that it was quite cold. Miss Goode, *ery much alarmed, instantly called for assistance, and a light being procured, it was found that Mrs. Goode was dead and, according to the opinion of the medical gentleman who was Called in, she had ceased to live for upwards ol an hour. An inquest was held on the body by Mr. Uatt, deputv roroner. Mr. Andrews, surgeon, stated in evidence, that df.ith was produced by apoplexy. Verdict of died by the ui-iration of God." CONFIRMATION.—This ceremony was performed at Sr.Mary's Church, on Tuesday !ast, by the Bishop of LlamlaiV. when f63 young persons presented themselves as recipients of the rite Oftne Church, of which number 28 males and 60 'emales were from the parish of Monmouth. On the following day* the Venerable prelate performed the ceremony at the neighbouring parish churches. COUNTY REGISTRATION.—Mr. Kinnersly, the revising bar- rister, held his court here on Monday last. The tenacious adherents of the exploded Protectionist school were represented by Mr. W. A. Williams, Mr. Wanklyn, Mr. J. G. George, Mr. T. A. Williams, and MI. Oakley. Thirty-eight objections Were made by these gentlemen, of which they sustained twenty-one, and failed in seventeen. In the parish of Mon- tnouth thev we.e singularly unlucky, having made ten ob jfctions, and succeeded in but two. In two instances, some of these over zealous gentlemen had to pay the expences of the parties whom they indiscreetly dragged from their business to Substantiate their right of voting. The friends of Lord Gran. ville Somerset, with a kind intention at the close of the last election, to allow time and opportunity to their defeated oppo nents to resume their wonted serenity, satisfied themselves with objections in glaring instances only, which amounted to twelve, of which they sustained eleven, failing only in one. The gentlemen who appeared for the Independent interest, were Mr. James Powles, Mr. Thos. S. George, and Mr. J. Nicholas. BOROUGH REVISION.—^The borough lists were revised on Tuesday last. No gentleman appeared on the Conservative interest. The Liberals were represented by Mr. John Phil potts, who gave his services gratuitously. Mr. Dubberly. aecretaryof the Registration Society, attended the proceedings en the part ot that body. The objections made by the Re- ^fcrmers were eighteen, all of which were sustained. Two claims were also allowed, and two Conservative claims were Opposed and defeated. MONMOUTH PETTY SESSIONS.—On Saturday last, Wm. Fuller, jun., was fined £ 2. and costs, or in delault of payment to be imprisoned two months, for having rescued property which had been seized by the omcersot the county court a short time since.—Charles VVatkins was fined £1. and costs, or in default to be imprisoned six weeks, for having assisted Fuller in the above named rescue.—Arising out of this case was a complaint preferred by Edmund Preece against Dennis Clark, for an assault. It appeared that Clark was assisting the authorities, and the complainant obtruded himself between one of the prisoners and the former. Clark struck him upon the arms, which the magistrates deemed him justifiable in doing, and the complaint was dismissed with costs.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. Liverpool Wednesday, Six o'clock. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Cale- donia, Captain Lott, reached the Mersey at a late hour last bight. She sailed from Boston on the 16th, and Halifax on the ISthmstaot. On the 20th of August, Gen. Scott arrived at Ihe city of Muico, having paised around" Santa Anna's great fMts, Having been defeated and dispersed under General Canslizo and General Santa Anna respectively, the Mexicans at last sued for peace, called Congress together 10 teceive the American pro- positions, and beggea Gen. Scott to remain out of the city, and save them the mortification of giving up their capital. Gen. Scott, it is said, was, foolish enough to lemain on the hills of Taeubaya, three miles or softom the city, but wiibin cannon range. The accounts of Scott's advance upon the capital are Unofficial, and most of them only rumour. By some 01 the mes- sengers at Vera Cruz it was reported that the Mexican govern- ment surrendered after two days' hard fighting, in which five or tit thousand Mexicans and twelve hundred Americans were slain. Others says that the Mexicans fled before the American troops, soon after the battle commenced. We have, in fact, no- thing official or positive. All the rumours, ho»evM agree that Scett had arrived at the capital, and defeated the Mexicans under Canllizo and Santa AnD a that the Mexicans then sued for peace, Scott graoted an armistice and Santa A nua immedi- ately convoked the Congress to enter into negotiations. Another rumour, the most absurd of all, makes General J-coU Piesi- dent of Mexico, to which office the Congress is said to have elected him! Philadelphia. Sept. 15. A despatch, by lhagllelic telegraph, direct from Washington, at length ann unces officially a confirmation of all the leading poio's of tne exican news previously forwarded to you. It is a, lullows:— A Bloodr Bittle-American loss less than one thousand- Me*'caflValencia °.!isand~Peace.Comnm*ioneis appointed— Genera Y "enoa pronounced against Santa Anna and Peace. tebes for tbe W uhington, Sept. 14, p.m. PesP\e intelli enc Koveromeot have this moment breD re- the'20th ult the e rece'ved is fully confirmed. I h, 0^, .h« enemy at Chiher,Can ,orc". consisting ol 7,000 i SSUl The Mexicans we,e 32*000 ttro °' four.miles^r°m. !h« 1 •Immense bat.ery of heavy art.i £ Ji#tro,,B' and P°8ted beh,nd ..After two hours bloody conflict ? *thing before them, mainly at th?™ 1 V00?*swept 1 Th American loss was less than & thou^n'i? "f-, e, bayonet, l fcitTs-s estimated at five th?tt«"dthat of f killed a>e many distinguished men, both general! a^T^T The armistice was agreed upon, and fiVe commuL tainted on the Mexican side, at the head ot whnm ij*rs ap" £ ^mmissioners had two meetings, Z on Monday, the 30th. Valencia escaped „ilh t ° r toT.luca,and has since pronounced ag,in&, s#nu A"P"le« J

CHEPSTOW COUNTY COURT. In this Court, held on Saturday last, the following cases were determined Mason v. Crampton. Judgment deferred from last Court. Plaintiff sued for damage done by a horse breaking his shop windows and demolishing sundry glass and china. It was pro- ved that the animal, a borrowed one, was usually very quiet; hut on this occasion it was startled by some means just at the moment when the man who held its head let go for a tew seconds: no blame was attributable to any party, it was purely an accidental circumstance. His Honour, therefore, ruled that there was no law to enforce payment for the damage sustained, although in a moral point of view the plaintiff ought to receive some indemnification. It is understood that Mr. Crampton would readily have made satisfaction, but the demand was so exorbitant, and he received so much abuse on the occasion, that he determined to resist it. Perryman v. Crawley. 'I his was a cause arising out of the sale of some horticultural property in Chepstow, amongst which were two green houses one of them was sold to the defendant. A conversation took place between the plaintiff (a lady's servant, who was in charge of the property) and defendant, which pro- ved to be a game of cross-purposes; the defendant talking about a large greenhouse, and plaintiff about a smaller one. Eventually th former claimed the large house, but the latter resisted, the one being of so much greater value than the other; hence this] action. Mr. Pillinger, a nurseryman, gave such evidence as to the value of the two greenhouses, that it appeared clear that the larger one would not have been disposed ot at the price defendant agreed to give. It was a strange mis- apprehension on the part of defendant, who was consequently non,quitedp and I3.MPENSE8 allowed to plaintiff, he at present wamg with his mistress several miles beyond the metropolis. to hi-.™ Plaint'ff 8«ed for balance of wages due Without nntw -rv. K" tli9C,,arged from defendant's service «, TW J he b.oy was a yearly servant, at £ 10. per hnn* resisted the demand on the ground of (lis- T Y;: PARV Vie b°-\ he H»VINE purloined, among a of whiskey. HU honour stopped the easel the boy having been guilty of a felony, the defendant was iusti- fied in dismissing him on the.instant; and the father was^ rejr his son's character.'5 C&8e before tbe court'thu8 ^posing ■taiary.' Wain tiff" l*8 WB9 a dema,ld.for arrears of to defendants' interests at the^o'rt'ot' n Sa"i1>G atlend<!d stipulated agreement; had chared tH PQn°W' but un,der no fair remuneration. He called tL them 30s. per week as a « such matters, who said such a sum » i68' exPerienced 111 vice performed. On the part of de^eS?^6 f°» A that he had engaged plaintiff at a salarv of H'1"a?ent d"pose' had advanced him £ 2. as a kind of SrnLf Per,W6ek; given in favour of defendants. e«n»est. Judgment was TREDEGAR. COUNTY COURT. His Honour arrived in TI> T dav week, and took his seat at tenlo'clock Th*^ °n U<>9" Phiuips, j. were very cerning a mare which defendant gave t0 Piaint?ff 1 *M..c?n- EPMIip> >ho«M •■.<!deliv.r{Z"Im'h." but if the mare proved barren she was to be rein™ ? The mare produced a colt, but, unfortunately it H:H *° J°nes- rib defendant demanded u,e M„i„«ed for. defer his verdict till next court day tor he would maturelv consider tbe case, but his present opinion was favourable to the defendant.—Great progress was made during the day with the SI d«Ms.-Tl»e<; c»»nu..ed ,o prison dZllJZ plying with the order of the court. IIis Honour did not leave he court till nine o'clock. MERTHYR. SMALL DEBTS ^our» held ita sittings on rhursday and Friday last, when a great many cases came on [or trial The first and foHg^trelatedtohe biting off a man's finger, which was valued at tjV. A jury wa» empanelled, ivho after sitting a considerable time, awarded the damages it £ 10.—Another case which not a I?errjnient jn :ourt, and puzzled judicial gra y related to the A dentity of a dog. It was proposed t^at riie dog should be put n as a witness, and the question of 1» be: decided by his inswering to some certain name. One party commenced by »lllns Veep>,ith which .lie dog t. I'he other party seeing this, belt. K ilso seemed to be equally recognise g ntrom one jarty to the other as their voices p > and Ins ilonour was in a fix." not knowing how to decide.—There vere several cases of debts, and orders made upon parties to pay orthwitb, who we understand bare been too leniently dealt vitb.

NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The ordinary meeting of the shareholders of this company was on Tuesday held at the office* of the company, No- 2, Moorgate-street, London, for the purpose of transacting the or. dinary business of the company. The meeting was also made special, for the purpose of approving of and adopting certain conditional arrangements lor the purchase of the Rhymney Railway. and the lease of certain tram-roads, the property of Sir B. lIall. and which are situate near and adjoining the Ex- tension line to the 1 aff Vale Railway. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Captain Fitzmaurice. The notice convening the meeting having been read, i The Secretary read the following report I. The directors have much satisfaction in being able to an. nounce, that the bills submitted a special general meeting of the proprietary on the 16th of March last, have passed both Houses of Parliament, and the acts have been obtained. 1st. For amending the Newport, Abergavenny, and Here- ford Railway Act, 1846, and to authorise deviations from the line of the said railway, and for making branches and extensions theretrom. "2nd. To enable the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company, to extend their railway from the nieghbour- hood of Pontypoo! to the TaffVale Railway. I- By the first-named act powers are taken to lighten the works, by which a considerable reduction in the cost of making the line will be effected; to enlarge and improve the station ground at Hereford, and to effect a thorough commmunication with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway to Liverpool and Birkenhead. "By the Taff Vale Extension Act, the whole of the impor- tant mineral valleys in Monmouthshire are intersected and the great iron and coal works situated at the heads of those valleys will be brought into continuous connexion with the main trunk line, by the conversion of the Monmouthshire Canal, the Rhym- ney, and other tram-roads, into locomotive railways of the 4: 8 £ gauge. "The success of these Bills will add greatiy to the value of this undertaking. During the progress of the Extension Bill through Parlia- ment, it became manifest to the directors that a purchase of the Rhymney Railway, in itselt a highly profitable undertaking, would, by future alterations tend greatly to develop the traffic of the main line and its extension, secure to this company the most desirable outlet southwards for that important distriet which lies between the Ct umlin and Taff Valleys. Acting under this im- pression and the advice of your engineer in-chief, whose expe- i ience in the development of mineral traffio entitles his judgment to the utmost confidence, a conditional purchase of this railway has been made and at a later period of the day, this meeting will become special for the purpose of approving of and adopting, certain conditional agreements for the purchase of the Rhymney Railway, and the lease of certain tram-roads, the property of Sir B. Hall, and which are situated near, and adjoin, the Exten- sion Line to the Tatf Vale Railway. "The Worcester and Hereford project, promoted by the Mid- land Company in the last session of Parliament, unfortunately failed (from detects in standing orders), but the directors have confident reason ic believe that application will be renewed in the ensuing session, for powers to connect the Newport, Aber- gavenny, and Hereford Railway with the liirnoingbam and Glou- cester Railway at Worcester, and the rest of the great railway system connected therewith, on the uniform narrow gauge. The contract for the construction of that potion of the line between Pontypool and Abergavenny has been let to Messrs. Rennie and Logan, within the Parliamentary estimate, and land has been placed in their hands, for the commencement of thewoks. "To meet the existing outlay under the contract of Messrs. Rennie and Logan, to provide for the purchase of land, and to make a further payment on account of the Hereford, the Llanvi- hangel, and the Gtosmont train-roads, your directors have made a further call of ft. per share, payable as follows:— £ 1. on the 23rd September, and Cl. on the 23rd of November next. At the last general meeting of the proprietary, your direc- tors proposed to allow interest at the rate of 5 per cent. on deposits and calls since then both Houses of Pailiament have passed resolutions in effect debarring the directors from pay- ment of interest out of capital; but, when the final arrange. ment connected with the purchase of tram roads are completed, the directors hope to be enabled to declare a dividend out of the income derived from that soutce." From the batance sheet of the company, it appeared that the total receipts of the company had amounted to £ 57,654.12s. Id., and the disbursements to the sum of £50 123 13s. 6d., leaving a balance in hand of the sum of £ 7.530 18s. 7d. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, took oc- casion to review the course adopted by the directors with refer- ence to this undertaking. He quite admitted the great pressure upon monetary affairs, but still he thought that a good concern like this would not in the long run suffer from any temporary pressure. By the amended act. obtained last session, a saving of about £ 30,000. would be effected. With respect to the Taff Vale Extension, he thought that was the only line which oould get into the large mineral basin of Wales. At present the large amountof traffic of that district was sent by sea when this line "as constructed there was no doubt but that that traffic would be carried by this line, and afford ample remuneration to the share- hoidets for their outlay. It was absolutely necessary for the in. terests of the company to secure that outlet for the traffic. The company had entered into contracts upon the heaviest portion of the line-that between Pontypool and Abeigavenny; when that was completed they would be able, by means of the existing Monmouthshire Canal, to carry the traffic of that large district up to Abergavenny. The line, when completed, would also af- foid great accommodation for the carriage of heavy articles be- tween Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham, and even to Liverpool, and Chester. It was the wish of the directors to complete the line as speedily as was consistent with the means and ability of the proprietary, and the greatest care would be taken that the calls should not press more heavily upon the shareholders than was absolutely necessary. He had the greatest assurance in his own mind that the line would prove a profitable one he himself held 500 original shares in the company, and hid withdrawn connexion from all other companies in order to enable him more fully to carry out his intention with respect to this line. A Shareholder wished to know what amount of calls at pre- sent remained unpaid The Chairman—Of the first call there remained unpaid the sum of £ 11, '217., and of the second call about one-half the sum had been paid. After some further discussion with respect to the propriety of calling up the arrears, and making the future call* press as JijlMly as passible,, themytiuo la* ihfr report mm- unanimously agreed to. Resolutions approving ot the purchase of Rhymney Railway, and other tram-ways in the district were, after some discussion, agreed to. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke a.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY, QUARTER To THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday, was rather firmer. Sales, 3,500 bales. American, Gid. to 7jd. per lb. Railway shares were very much depressed. The Share Market still continues very heavy, and it was diffi- cult to dispose of shares, except at low prices. The failure of Fry, Griffiths, and Co., colonial and indigo brokers, became known late yesterday afternoon, and will, it is thought, be for some amount. We are also advised of further stoppages at Glasgow and Manchester. In the Stock Exchange this morning, great excitement has prevailed, in consequence of the old and highly respected firm of John Shewell and Sons having been "declared," and there has been a rapid advance in the value of money required for temporary purposes, as much as ten per cent. having been given by good parties. Shares have suffered more than Stocks, because it is upon them that the great losses of the firm of Sbewell aud Sons, as of numerous other parties, are said to have chiefly arisen. This being settling-day in the Share and Foreign Markets the evil is aggravated. Consols, therefore, which had opened rather buoy- antly, have gone down i to l per cent being now 851 I for tiansfer, and 85$} for account. Exchequer-bills have been down to Is. to 4s. premium. The Foieign Bonds are heavy. Portuguese Four per cents. are 23; Mexican 18 £ to 19J; Grenada 17 to 17J and Brazilian 81. Dutch Four per cents, are 86|- Shares have declined again, and there is the greatest difficulty in making sales The Bank of England is charging more upon loans again, VII, -51 per cent.

An Account of COAL brought down the Tratp road from the 20th to the 25th Sent. 1847. TON'S CWX. TONS. OWT Thomas Powell ) Ditto Union Colliery J 1,1,17 10 Thomas Prothero „ Ditto Union Colliery J Union Coal Company Latch,Cope,andCo. 595 12 Rosser Thomas and Co. 471 17 Forest Coal Co. 84 13 Joseph Beaumont. 40 15 W. S. Cartwright 718 3 Roger Lewis 170 3 Joseph Jones 466 16 Carr and Company 470 13 John Jones, Victoria. 162 16 Rock Coal Company • • •« 525 1 T. Phillips and Son 402 1 John Russell (white ash) 1507 17 TredegarCoalCo. 1259 19 Allfrey Brothers. 458 19 Brithdir Coal Company 251 14 Francis Adams 546!j Ebbw Vale Company. 65 15 Thomas Davies I Total. 10301 4~

Ln Account of Iron brought down the Tram, road for the Week ending Sept. 18, and Canal for Week ending Sept. 25. Tram-road. Canal. IRON. TONS CWT. TONS. CWT. Tredegar Iron Company 404 3 Ebbw Vale Company 1112 13 Rhymney Iron Company. 432 15 CruttweU,Allies,&:Co. 406 10 23M •••• u

WELSH DISSENT.—LETTEII IV. SIR,—Having done with the specialities in Ordovicis's letters, 1 now proceed to offer a few remaiks on their general tenor and design. • The avowed design is simply to prove that the state of morality in Wales is such as to require a strong effort on the part of government to produce reform and that the cltigy ought to be the agents to bring about the great restoration. Of this there can be no mistake. Government is informed that the morals 01 the people want mending, and Lord John Russell is told that the job had better be entrusted to the hands ot the gentlemen in black, by whose manual touch the Holy (jbost is communicated. All the mighty mo\ing of heaven and earth about Welsh mo- ratify ends in an affair of pounds, shillings, and pence. The grand object is to get a fresh contract for the priests; hut, in truth, the gentlemen ought to produce their testimonials before demanding an additional supply of cash. They have been in the same business before for almost two hundred years they were the sole traders in morality. They were well paid for their services. If they have not much work to shew, they have handsome turns of money to account for. Church property in Wales is no small trifle. The returns made to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1835, and which are published in their report fur the same year, are as follows:— Hishopricks £ 13586 Cathedral and Collegiate Churches. 2978 Dignitaries 4991 Archdeaconries. 156 Benefices with cure of souls, in South Wales.. 59301 in North Wales.. 60476 A, snu-g total of £ 141488 And yet the candid and straightforward priests want more money. Let them first show the work done for what they have already received For mending Welsh morals the Church has received the snug, little, comfortable sum of at least forty millions within the last three hundred years In teturn for this consideration, they now pretend that Wales is a country in which "Jurymen perjure themselves-mothers murder their offspring—and in which the illegitimate births are as ONE in seven Believe it who can That Church which has already received forty millions sterling for attending to Welsh morals, can give no other description of the state of the country according to Ordovicis It does not even ciaim that it can furnish accom- modation to more than 400,000 of the inhabitants of Wales; but the Rev. William Jones, vicar of Nevin, Carnarvonshire, computes that no more than 200,000, or two ninths of the people attend her minist.ations. More oorrect statistics will even shew that of attendants at public worship in the Prineipality, only one-ninth attend the services of the state Church. But if the clerey cannot give Wales the character of a moral and religious country;—if they cannot point to crowded congregations in the courts of the state Church, still they have lome honours to exhibit. They can prove that they were first and foremost in fox-hunting. They can point to illustrious rolls of assemblies which they have patronised; of balls which they have attended of tippling houses which they have supported; of ditches that have been honoured by being the receptacles of their corpora- tions; of manly sports which they have recommended of bat- tles which they have fouglu, and of victories which they have achieved They the patrons of morality They the apostles of religion Morality writhes in convulsive agonies at the very thought! When the clergy claim the right of being its exclu- sive patrons, it is well nigh inclined to doubt its own very iden. tity It is utterly surprised at the very mention of its name in connexion with the fraternity Let us not be mistaken. We do not mean to charge all cler- gymen with being guilty of the offences already stated. We have unfeigned pleasure in bearing testimony that such is not the case. Many very honourable exceptions are to be found, whose lives adorn the gospel they preach, and who are blessings to society around them. I am not the man to despise that noble band, headed by Carnhuanawc, who are intensely devoted to the language and literature cf our commoa country. I sincerely respect all evangelical clergymen. Notwithstanding their dts. like of Dissent, and their Priest-Levite avoidance of myself and other Dissenting ministers, I honour such men as Mr. Jenkins, of Dowlais, Mr. Jones, Tredegar, and Mi. Hughes, of Llanellyi and the class to which they belong. I know they are the most efficient antogonists of Dissent, butl do not honour them the less for that. Their virtues are the product of our blessed religion their prejudices are the unavoidable results of the ecclesiastical system which they have espoused. When complete religious equality shall have been established by the separation of Church and State. I can approach these men, and not make the appeal, Am 1 not a man and a hrother 1 in vain. But they belong not to the tribe of Ordovicis. They are not the arrogant pre- tended successors of the Apostles, like himself. They are honoured by this domineering fraternity with the titles of" Bull frog clergymen," and "louts of farmers sous." To a great degree they are content with labouring for the honour of their Divine Master. It is time to put to silence the arrogant, med. dling, obtrusive, and boisterous gentlemen who proclaim them- selves the royal guides of the nation. I heir hollow pretensions must and shall be exposed. Their matchless ignorance and dis- gusting hypocrisy must be demonstrated in the face of the sun and in the eye of light. Our quarrel is with them, and with them alone. The voice of truth and reason must triumph over the present tiibe of "Church" worshipping parsons, those embryo Puseyites, who proclaim to the wide world their own dazzling,matchless glory; who besiege Government Commis- sion's for days together, and fill their heads with bewildeiing, dreamy ideas of the service they do to the state, and make them cram their reports with tales of the marvellous and improbable who write insulting letters to honourable baronets, for granting sites to erect Dissenting schools, and lecture them if perchance their noble ladies give some assistance to Dissentingschoolmas- teis who pretend to erect schoolrooms, and atterwards convert them into Church meeting-houses; who aie for ever meddling with the agents ot our iron woiks, and those of our landlords who hold in their hands the calico cap, the flannel petticoat, and the parochial alms, as the rewards of faithful church going and who embitter the social relations of life in their parishes by their arrogant, obtrusive, intolerant, and Paul Pry propensities. These genilemen must be reduced to their proper level. It is they we have in mind when we refer to pries's and clergy, and act the faithful minister, of the Cross,who can i:sc;re fortheirMas- ter than for themselves and less for their orJe. for the souls of men. With Episcopalians we iia^e no quarrel hut m must enter the list* with Stat? Church ard tlie Apostolical suc- cession men. Let it be uaderstood thai do not coniouod righteous with wicked clergymen. Ordovicis endeavours to righteous with wicked clergymen. Ordovicis endeavours to prove that Welsh morals in general have deteriorated, owing to Welsh Dta*egt.jl meet ita a€c$s*tiQ* vSth »> < I WiTI prove from rodispwableHeettmoui. that they have not. I do not mean to say that Dissent has temoved all evil from our country; I know it has not To expect it to do so would be to expect the Gospel of Christ to do what it never did in any country. Even the Church of Christ itself has never been free fiom corruption the chaff has been always mixed with the wheat. If Ordovicis wishes to blame Dissent for not having removed every evil from the land, he must, in the first place, blame the Gospel for not having removed all the sins of Corinth, Rome, and Judea and secondly, he must blame the Church of England for not having reformed the whole land long ago. Every argument which tells against Dissent, tells with re- doubled force against the English Church. If we shall be told that Dissent has taken the people from her fold for the last cen- tury, we reply, that it had just two hundred years of almost uninterrupted possession of the greater par t of the country and had it done its duty during that long period, it would not have been easy for Dissent to induce the mass of the people to for. sake her altars. We demur to the fashion of blaming Dissent fur not having done the whole of that of which the Church did none at all. There are evils which we deeply deplore, and we should be sorry to write a line to induce the belief that Dissen. ters have no room for improvement. I have always told them that they have, and have earnestly laboured to bring that reform about. Yet I think it beyond the limits of toleration to suffer under the imputation that Dissent has corrupted the morals of the people. A race of Socrateses must not be poisoned in the nineteenth century, under the false pretence 01 corrupting the youth. We are willing to do justice to the exeriions of the Church, but we must have justice to Dissenters as well. The mass of the clergy have been the blind leaders of the blind, and the few have been the faithful messengers of Christ. Among Dissenters the mass have been the laborious and active friends of man, and the faithful stewards of the mysteries of God the few have been wandering ttars. I [Let us now examine if Welsh morals have deteriorated since the introduction of Dissent. Were drunkenness and unchanity unknown in the land until within the last century ? We appeal to tacts, and promise a conclusive reply. The periods selected rh COpmpa"soa shaH be three. We begin with A.D. 1630-50. ine Kev. Rees Prichard, vicar of Llandovery, must be deemed •n impartial witness by all Churchmen. His testimony must give satisfaction even to the modern oracles of that town, who pronounce so decisively on the state of morals in Wales, and whollssufe their credulous readers that our immorality is pro- il»r nill v a B^ter than the HAUL is here in the person of e uia vicar, i'he following passages are literally translated from his «• Welshmen's CandleT" The magistrates, gentry, cler-y, farmers, bailiffs, tradesmen, and the almost without exception, strive tor the pre-eminence in wo Most High and it is not known whose habits are the »u "dultery of the Sodomites; the drunkenness of the Par- iiifiddi'tv f 6ft °? th? Cretes; the deceptiveness of Oioecia, and the neitrlil.r.nrKr, ^fmaria' youbelieve it, hare taken their abode in the such infidplr^>v'"i^A^a, there is such drunkenness, such cursing, and sympathise re3]Sion in thee, O Wales Judges and juries rnh drunken murderers, and permit wicked extortioneis to nnocent ni a?d Sheriffs, and their deputies, plunder the obuined freTl(Cc y V1[tue of their offices Drovers and grariers »i,«m .if farmers, drove the cattle to England, sold them, and then ran away to Ireland Drinking, bowling, quoiting, dancing. shooung, ball playing, running, wrestling, and fighting were prime sports in Wales.The Lord's Day is a day for drunken- U £ s*' danc,ng' idleness, games, and wanton lewdness among the "elstl tormerly none but strollers and the most infamous beggars were addicted to intoxication; but now the low-lived strollers are obliged to quit in favour ef geatlemen. The clergy were the first in this transgression; the magistrates were bribed to grant licences, and had become sufficiently corrupt to have licensed his infernal majesty, according to tne vicar's estimate of them. In the memoirs of Vevasor Powell. we are told that "the kirk (church) and ale house were too common yoke fellows in Wales." Suoh was the moral state of Wales whe.v.in the unra.«torbed possession of the Church of England. During the common- wealth the state of the country was more nopeful, and Dissent flourished in many localities. But the rigorous persecution which followed after the restoration of Charles IJL in the reign of James, had again leduced the country, in a'great inea sure, under the authority of the Church. Let us lee how that authoriiy wasemptoyed on behalf of morals. WQ advance to the second period. A.D. 17'30-50. The following passages are extracted from the Atemoir of Rev. Daniel Rowlands," by Rev. John Owen, curate of Thrussington It was then cus- tomary to go to Church in the morning,and to spend the rest of the Sunday in sports, revels, and drunkenness. There was commonly in every parish some place where the Vain, the foolish, and the dissolute assembled and there among them, Rowlands, it is said, appeared the foremost, the liveliest, and the most active of the party, after having been in church reading, praying. and preaching in the moimig. He was then what the people were in general. The priest and the people were alike, both ex- tremely ignorant of religion, and wholly given up to the vanity of their own mjnds. p. 48 We select the following from the memoir of Howel Harris, who, be it remembered, never left the National ChurL,-h There being at that time (A.D. 1735) a general slumber over the land, the generality of people spent the Lord's day contrary to the laws of God and man it being by none rightly observed neither had any one «hom I knew the true knowledge of that God whom we pretended to worship. No sooner was the wor- ship over on the Lord's day, than the conduct of the people discovered that the heart was entirely alienated frenv ail that was good. The remaining part of the day was spent in indul. ging the prevailing corruptions of nature all family worship u,ter'y laid aside (except among some of the Dissenters), while an universal deluge of swearing, lying, reviling, drunken- ness, fighting, and gaming had overspread the country like a mighty toirent, and that without any notice taken of, or a stop, allar M I had seen, been attempted to be put to i .Memoir, p. 19. In the Drysorfa, for 1799, p. 30. and in Vol. II, of the same ^ork> p. 47«, the state of the country, m A.D. 1742, is thus described Great darkness prevailed in the country. Bioles were very scarcf very few of the common people could read at all, and the customs of the country were exceedingly corrupt and immoral. Rich and poor, clergy end laity, were much like each other. Tbe majority lived intemperate, without respect to the holy commandments of God, and very negligent of his wor- S'»'P. Gluttony, drunkennets, and unchastity like oveiflowing «treams, had covered the land. Scarcely a Sabbath alternoon passed without some sports being earned on. On Saturday mghts, especially in summer, the young people of both sexes kept what was called singing "fcfct\f,ntdh'J 'e™ves by singing with the harp and dancing till the iia*n of the Sab- hath. • The youug women were very generally in the family way belore they were ™ajTiet'V wedding feasts much debauchery, drunkenness, and dis?r ^ere oa"ied on." We need not enlargeour quotation we have given quite enough of these sickening details to enable the reader to form a correct opinion of the state of morals in our country before Welsh Di»»ent had appeared. We would refrain for the sake ot tbe National Church. Every line we quote seals its condemnation. Every fact we adduce divests our opponent more and more of every claim to credit, and exhibits in a more painful light a spirit which holds the good name of his country cheap, to the grati- fication cf personal vanity." We proceed to the third and pre- sent period, A.D. 1830-47. We have In our last letter settled the question of bastardy, and need not again advert to that subject. Let us glance at the general state of moials, and see If it corresponds with the descriptions gl\'en in the first and second period. The Rev. William Jones, vicar of Nevin, has published an essay—a prize essay—an essay adjudicated by clergymen and churchmen—on I'he Character of the Welsh as a Nation," in 1841. It would be well to bear in mind that the author is an ex-Dissenter, and must know something of life among Dissenters as well as among Churchmen. His testimony is given in the Welsh version of his work in the following worrts-" In an important sense, and to a very great extent, the Welsh are a religious people religion has heen so far dissemi- nated in all parts of the principality as to give the Bible an uni- versal reception. The people at large are able to reaH the scriptures. True, there are exceptions, but those are limited to children under ten years of age, and to old people above seventy. One of the loveliest features of the moral condition of the princi- pality is seen in the careful manner in which the Sabbath is observed. It may be doubted whether the seventh day is so sciupulously observed in any land on earth. It is just that 1 should say. that this arises in a great measure from the labours of the Welsh Methodists, and on account of the dissemination of their principles among the great mass of the people. The same views areentertained by other denominations, and they order the members belonging to them to observe the Lold s day in a similar manner. The Welsh may claim a character for being hoiiest. That much deception is practised by the most depraved part of the people, is a fact not to be denied; but tbe wicked acts of a small number must not be he held as forming the character of the whole nation, whilst the majority ot the people lead a hie of virtue."—p. 56. 61, 68. In the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine. vol. ii. p. 52, we have an extract of the evidence of J. vatt, Esq., the then attorney- general for a part uf North Wales, before the law commis- sioners—"The great body of the people speak the Uelsh language, and their habits and manners are but little changed. They are quiet, leligious. and loyal people; their ancient sim- plIcity and habits ot lespect to their superiors remain unaltered; and the crimes which disgrace and terrify England, and which her boasted judicature is unable to suppress, are little heard of. Capital punishments are iaiely inflicted, and these three counties boast with pride that tor tb-s last iortv years only two executions have taken place in Merioneth, two in Carnarvonshire and none has taken place in Anglesea." (One has taken plice since ) r Dr. Carl Myer, a learned m;on, who has resided for some time in W ales, and has travelled ilwonghout the country, gives the following important testimonJ-" To speak against Dissenters is quite anti-national; and he who does so should not be conside.ed a patriot-not only because the Dissenters constitute by far the great majority in Wales, but because they are the most respecta- ble and esteemed portion of the community, on account ot their character and strict discipline, and their honest and straightfor- ward dealings. Should Dissent become extinct in Wales, the chief ornament of the natien would be lost at once." W7e need not enlarge. Wales iu 1847 is not what she was in 1630-50 and in 1730-50. To describe tiie present moral condi- tion of Wales as being the result of clerical exertions would be I the quintessence of absurdity. Witness the support which the ciergy give to their only monthly periodical in the Welsh. It is no other than the receptacle of the very offals of the whole country. The editor is dn able man, and manv of the papers are able; well-merited castrations are often administered on account of disorderly proceedings among Dissenters but the moral tendency and the gener al spirit are awful, I Is very existence isadisgraceful stigma on the national Church, and'the sooner it shall be thoroughly reformed the better. Having never been personally attacked in its pdges, nothing but a sense of oar obli- gations to God and man compels us thus to desciihe the wOlk. We trust that the question of Welsh moraihy is now settled. The morals of our country may be advantageously compared with those of England, or any country in the world. The only vul- nerable point. 1 admit, is chastity and yet we are superior to England. Probably 1 shall be told thai illegitimacy is on the increase. Let the accusation be proved. It it is irue, of course it must not be denied. In lS.'JO the proportion of illegitimate to legiiirnate births in Wales was one in thirteen but I, I841-'> oni in fifteen. This shows a decrease of just one per cent. ou a period of twelve years. it is not large, Mill it is enough to dis- prove the slanders of our hearties accuser. At present 1 have no returns to shew whether the evil has increased in proporiion to the population. The opinion that it has increased rray have been foimed without considering that the population has been just doubled since A.D. 1800. Another point that .vill be urged against me is, that the num- ber of illegitimate births is not a sufficient test to decide the question of chastity. Absolutely it is not so, but relatively it is. ISo far as it goes, it furnishes the relative proportions in two given districts. It is true that the seventh commandment is trans-ressed by many before they enter the married state in Wales but this is equally true as it regards England—the fact cuts both ways. Of the actual number, we possess not, and cannot possibly obtain, any returns. However, as the same evil exists in England, the blame must not be laid to the charge of Welsh Dissent. The temptations to the commission of this evil are much more numerous and powerful in Wales than in England. The construction of the houses of the peor, and the majority of small farmers, is such as to compel the sexes to mingle together to a great degree. Add to this, the improper manner in which the intercourse of the young people is coo- ducted-always in the dead of night—often in bed, and w e may justly wonder that more evil is not done. All circumstances considered, the small number of bastards speaks highlv in favour it of the moral sentiment of Wales. We have already proved that tl e number in England is kept lower of a fraction than in Wales only through the open and systematic prostitution of the metro- polis and other large 'owns. The inteicourse of the young in England is carried on under more favourable circumstances and yet we find that the results are worse to all intents and pur- poses. The moral sentiment of England must be depraved- horribly depraved, or the existence of so manv procuresses—so many receiving houses-and so many hundreds of thousands of prostitutes would not be tolerated. Illegitimacy, bad as it is, h?s its extenuating circumstances. Systematic prostitution has Done. As far as !he female sex is concerned in Wales, the general strsin of the evidence taken before the Rebecca Com- missioners is decidedly favourable. We are told that "the women are never in the family-way unless deceived by a qin^jc^ ef-aant&p;P-1IlRt urt«t iivr IBTIBi iHousiritT w 1II take a false oath." Let these circumstances be considered, and then let my readers decide if Ordovicis has any chance of proving his "fearless assertion that "eight out of every ten of the men, educated by the Dissenters, are drunken and immoral when they can afford it: and that eight out of every ten of the women, so educated, above the age of sixteen, are unchaste and insensible to female virtue." The Welsh people, as a whole, are industrious, moral, and religious. Dissent found them, headed by the cietgy, indulging in all manner of beastly diversions. It has produced an almost universal order and decorum. It found our language without a periodical literature-it created it, and has given it a circulation of 60,000 copies monthly. It found our country without a reli- gious literature-it has furnished it with the choicest works of the best English writers, besides numerous original works of transcendant value. It found the bible a strange book among us. but it has brought it to the hands of most, and to the reach of all. of our couutrymen. In 1845, whilst the commitments in England were as one to every 635 of the population, in Wales they were but one in 1311. Crime decreases as vou recede from the English frontier. Judges, juries, and travellers, all unite to commend the land which is infested by Welsh Dissent. Of a truth, commissioners and inspectors need not turn up the white of their eves in pious horror at its effects; and "church" worshipping parsons need not fulminate their anathemas against its progress. Long may it prosper Blessed be its results 1 have done. I am grateful for the space you have afforded me. I am thankful to those clergymen and cliuichmen who have spoken in terms of commendation of my labours. I am happy that the broken intervals which sorrow aud affliction have afforded me, have been employed in defence of out national and religious character. Countrymen and Country Women! Prize that religion which has improved our fatherland, above all price I I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, E V7 A N JONES, Tredeg ar. September 20, 1847. 8

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sik,—In your paper of the ISth instant, I read a letter ad- dressed to you, signed Augustus Morgan, and dated at Machen Rectory, the 14th instant. Mr. Morgan appears to have had three oojects in view when he wrote it. First, to make an at- tack on the character of Mr. George Lewis, by accusing him of voting for Lord Granville Somerset and Mr. Octavius Morgan, at the late election, in breach of a pledge he was under to re- main neutral, from which accusation Mr. Lewis has, in my opi- nion, completely vindicated himself, in his letter audressed to you, inserted in the last week s MERLix and on company the i 1, e tone, spirit, and style of the two letters, no one can help beinc struck by the great contrast there is between them. In that of the reverend gentleman Is exhibited a restless and vindictive spirit, excited by and brooding over the defeat sustained at the last election by his party, and seeking a pretext, to give vent to his angry feelings against any and every one who, presuming to think for himself, and act on his opinion, unawed by-tfee coalition of the Beaufort and Tredegar families, voted for Lord Granville Somerset. Mr. Lewi., on the contrary, though very wantonly and unjustly attacked by the reverend gentleman, evinces in his reply no angry feeling, and contents himself by a simple statement of the facts of the case, as being sufficient to relieve him from the charge made against him. The second object of the reverend gentleman seems to have been to raise an inference, that Mr. VV. Phillips was desirous of voting for Mr. Morgan and Captain Somerset, but was withheld by an apprehension that if he did so, a sum of £ 50 which he owed to some Bank, might be called in, to his inconvenience and that such apprehension was caused by a threat from the Bank to that effect. Now, there can be no doubt in the mind of any man who reads the reverend gentleman's letter, that Mr. Phillips's reason for witholding his vote from Mr. O. Morgan, was the uncourtecus reply which he said he had received froip that gentleman, to an application which Mr. Phillips said he had made to him as that was a circumstance very likely to have been borne in mind by him when asked for his vote, and to have actuated him in voting, notwithstanding the reverend gentleman used, as he states, all his rhetoric to induce him to m-ifo for his brother and OnnmJr. no.. •»»_ rju.-n- --I'-—" wucisci. mat ivir. jruitups was not influenced by that rhetoric to act contrary to his own judgment, will not appear very surprising to those who, like myself, have heard and read the reverend gentleman's attempts at rhetoric, of which the letter, to which I am referring, is by no means an uncommon specimen. The reverend gentleman, in allusion to what Mr. Phillips said on the subject of the money he owed the Bank, observes that there might have been a snare to entrap him, though he does not suggest by whom laid, or the description of the trap, and it infers a considerable perversion of reason to suppose that any such scheme could have entered into the brain of any one whilst itimay be remarked that in the reverend gentleman s supposition there is to be found very little of that excelient gift of charity," one of whose characteristics it is, that it thinks no evil. The reverend gentleman concludes his letter by an attack on the supporters of Lord Granville Somerset in these words. "These, then, are the supporters of Lord Granville Somerset; these are the tri ^.ks and means which have been employed to obtain for that noble- man the majority which he at present claims." The stupid presumption of this charge, and the inconclusive grounds on which he makes it, are only equalled by its rancorous spirit, and, though I know well a great number of Lord Granville's supporters, I do not know one who would not be as far from having recourse to the tricks and means that the reverend gen- tleman alludes to, as himself, or one that is not equal to himself in moral worth and conduct, or that would make the sweeping attack, that he has done, on a body in which there are a great number quite his equal in rank and station, and far his superior in most other respects. In Mr. Lewis's letter are the following sentences:—"Contested elections ever have given, and I fancy ever will give rise to angry and bitter feelings between opposing partizans, but I deem it to be the duty of every person engaged in electioneering contests, to refrain, as much as possible, from uncharitable reflections on his neighbours' conduct, and when once the contest is over, to forget and forgive all that was un- pleasant." In the truth and good leeling of Mr. Lewis* re- marks, every man of right notiono must concur; and it is eepe- cially the duty of a christian minister to remember what the j great head and founder of Christianity has said, Blessed are J the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God!" and by example and precept to inculcate peace and goodwill amongst all men. Has the reverend gentleman's conduct been calculated to produce that peace—or has it not been of a ten- dency quite the contrary ? He having made, without any dis- crimination, an unprovoked attack on all Lord Granville So- merset's supporters, of whom I am one, I feel quite justified in making the observations I have done, on his letter, and also in further remarking that he will be acting more conformably with the duty and spirit of his calling, by mixing less than he does in political and some other temporal pursuits, equally cal- culated to rouse ill feelings in him towards others, and in others towards him and by confining himself more to the clerical and pastoral duties required in his large parish, he will better con- sult, than he does now, his own peace of mind and respectabi- lity as a clergyman, as well as the spiritual and temporal benefit of his parishioners. I am sir, your obedient servant, VINDEX. September 29, 1847.

CATHOIIC DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOUH OF POPE PIUS On Monday night, a densely-crowded meeting of the Catholic inhabitants of the borough ot Marylebone, was held at the Literary Institution, Edward street, Poitman-square, for the purpose ot expressing ti,t;ir sympathy with Pope Pius IX., and to protest against the aggressions of the Austrian government on the Roman states. Resolutions for this object were unani- mously agreed to. Mr. Lucas, the editor of the Tablet, made an able and eiegant speech on the occasion. \I |GT°N FAIR.—Thisannual fair took place on \londay week, and was numerously attended by farmers and dealers in stock. There was a large supply of cattle and sheep of various kinds and qualities, bat in consequence of the want of grass, &c, the prices they reallsed dId not give satisfaction l to the sellers.

THURSDAY. Magistrates present—T. M. Llewellin, mayor, and Joseph Latch, Esqrs. Frederic k Williams, the boy charged with assaulting the little child Haggerty with a stone, was discharged, no complainant appearing. Henry Thomas, the prisoner charged on Monday respecting a bar of iron, was to-day discharged trom custody, no prosecutor appearing. Ann Brown was brought up on a warrant for assaulting Eli- zabeth Murphy.—Case dismissed. Mary Ann FYanklin was brought up on a warrant for having assaulted Sophia Atherdale.—Fined 5s. and 12s. costs, or four- teen dtys* imprisonment. M illiam Wallace, from Bristol, was charged with being in the shop of Edward Frost, watchmaker, with intent to commit a felony. The prisoner was discovered inside the counter, about to steal some watches, when he was detected by Mr. Frost, who forthwith handed him over to the police.-He was committed to prison, for two months' hard labour, as a rogue and vaga- bond. ° ° Ann Jones was brought up on a charge of stealing pig iron. —No prosecutor appearing, she was discnarged. Isaac Brown was summoned to answer a charge of offending against the 27th bve-laiv.—Adjourned. At the meeting of the watch committee on Tuesday last, there were eleven candidates for the two police appointments, when a policeman named Cotton, from Teignmouth, was elected, and the committee adjourned the other election to the next meeting, when-we perceive by an advertisement in this week's paper— the committee will proceed to the election of two additional policemen.

CARDIFF POLICE.—MONDAT, SEPTEMBER 27. Before James Lewis, Esq mayor, and Rev. James Evans. Eliza, John, and Sarah Austin were charged with assaulting Thomas Thomas -This was a foolish domestic broil about a tub, which was claimed by one party, and refused by the other, and occasioned the assault complained of.—Fined Ills, each and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. William Casey and Tim Connor were fined 5s. each for being drunk. James Holland was fined 2s 6d for drunkenness.

LONDON MARKETS—(WEDNESDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A decided increase has taken place in the arrivals of Eaglish wheat for our market this week, coastwise, as well as by land carriage. The show of samples this morning was moderately good, and the demand for all descriptions was exceedingly dull and heavy, at barely Monday's reduced currency. Nearly 20,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand since Saturday evening. As a large quantity was brought for- ward to day, the sales progressed heavily, and in some instances, the quotations were almost nominal The best malting barley supported late rates, but all other kinds were a mere drug. There was less business doing in oats, and the damp qualities might have been purchased on somewhat easier terms. Indian corn meal and flour as last advised. Arrivals—English: wheat, 2,610; barley, 1,930; oats, 550 quarters. Foreign: wheat, 19,890; barley, 4,310; oats, 31,720 quarters. Flour, 1,250 sacks and 3,810 barrels. Malt, 1,210 quarters. WHITECHAPFL. We had a full average supply of meat on sale to-day, and which met a very inactive demand, at barely stationary prices. Beef from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 8d.; mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s.8d.; lamb, 4s. to os. 4d, veal, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 10d., and pork 4s. to 6s. 2d. per Sibs by the carcase.

CARDIFF. STREET COMMISSIONERS' MEETING. On Monday last, a meeting of the Street Commissioners took place at the town hall; present—Mr. C. C. Williams, in the chair Mr. E. P. Richards, Mr. Jas Lewis (mayor), Mr. t. L. Reece, Mr. ffm. Harris, and Mr. Chas. Vachell. The Chairman read over several items in the accounts, Which showed that an amount of £ 1,094. was uncollected. The on!y bills which he should ask for then were £7. 15s. for Sweeping the streets, £1. 15s. for watering the same, £18. 4s. to Mr. Price for pitching St. John-street, and a bill to Mr. Stockdale for repairing the fire engines which were granted. Mr. Reece suggested having a better quality of stones for pitching, such as those in Bath and Bristol; they would be cheaper in the end. The Chairman said that Mr. Waller, of the White Lion Inn, and Mr. Philip Woolcott, had applied to him for leave to buiid in a parallel line with the other buildings in Castle-street, which would do away with sundry corners at present a great nuisance. A general conversation took place on the subject, and all agreeing that the appearance of the street would be improved, it was ordered to be done, under the inspection of the surveyor, Mr. Clinton. The Chairman then stated that it was the desire of the Com- missioners to improve the streets, and finding that the Hon. Mr. Clive was about selling the house occupied by Mr. G. Williams, in Quay-street, he had had a correspondence with Mr. Clive's agents respecting the grant or sale of part of the Propetty, but was informed it could not be effected. Col. Tynte granted a piece by the Tennis court, and by the Mason's Arms. Mr. Lisle had bought the property, and whether he would a?cede to the request of the Commissioners, the chairman was nOt prepared to state. The Chairman then said that Mrs. Kittle was building in the Hayes, in front of which was a crooked wall, and which if taken down,would widen the street; and that she had been a&kcd to remove it, at a fair price, but would not under XI50. Several remarks being made on the subject, the Commis- "oners agreed that the demand was most exhorbitant, and the following resolution was carried—" That the old wall in front of houses now building by Mr. Brewer, or Mrs. Kittle, in the Hayes, in the town ot Cardiff, is a public nuisance, by project- ing into and thereby narrowing the public street adjoining; that it ought to be taken down, and not rebuilt within four feet on the north comer, and two feet on the south that the chair- man be authorised to agree with the owners thereof; and that if he fail coming to terms, he be authorised, in applying to two Justices of the peace, to.we-and award the sum that ought it given." At the close of the meeting, Mrs. Kittle entered the room, l^nd said she was willing to come to any reasonable terms. The chairman and the surveyor were to meet Mrs. Kittle and her friends that evening but how they settled we are not aware. The meeting was then adjourned till 25th October. On Saturday last, the Mayflower, of Gloucester, when near the Holmes, went down, with three men, all of whom perished.

MERTHYR. Waun fair, the last of the September fairs at this place, was held on Friday last. There was a considerable stock of store cattle, but in very little demand. We heard a farmer say that there were fourteen cows and calves, for which £13, to £14. each were given; a considerable number of sheep, at figures considerably below the prices asked at previous fairs, but of Which a good many were sold. Mountain ponies sold well; drait borses very few those of any figure fetching very high Prices. We may add that apples and pears were abundant; so were young lads and lasses from the adjoining parishes, and ft)any a rich scene ol rustic courtship could be witnessed, par- ticularly in going home, when that very convenient method of the young swain taking his place on horse-hack behind his lassie was to be seen in many instances. We have heard that & mishap took place to a party going home, by driving against a traveller near the Finger-post, by which his gig was capsized, himself^ thrown out, and one of the persons who came against him seriously hurt. COLLIERY ACCIDHNT.—A young lad named Tbos.Edwards, about fifteen years old, was killed on Monday last, at one of the Rbydycar pits, by some coal and rubbish falling on him. There are very high quarries of limestone belonging to the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, at a place called Gyrnor, at which many Workmen are constantly employed. On Monday last, one of the workmen lost his footing, and fell from a great height to the giound; when picked up, it was fully expected that he had been (killed, but, fortunately, though considerably hurt, it is thought he will very soon recover. Last week we stated that a fever of the typhoid kind was prevalent at Aberdare. Another sou of the family then men- tioned has since died, at Sciborwen and several other persons in the neighbourhood are dangerously ill. We are sorry to hear that there are cases of the same kind at Merthyr. The annual tea party at Bryn Zion chapel, Dowlais, took place on Monday last, when about 1000 persons took tea; after which Messrs Hughes Roberts, Jones, Owens, and other gentlemen of the same denomination addressed the meeting. A foolish, drunken fellow, who owns a horse and cart, and who it appears was very drunk at the time, nearly killed a a child on Friday last, by furious driving. He was seen coming down High-street from the Castle Inn, at a very furious rate, with very little controul over the horse, and when opposite the Uiarket house, ran over a child of about seven years of age. nt. is a matter ot surprise there are not more accidents from furious cart driving in Merthyr, for the practice is very Vevalent there.] r J On Friday last, three lads, of the age of six, seven, and Sight, were returning from school, when one of the timber car- riages belonging to the Plymouth Iron Company was passing the iron bridge, and they jumped unawares to the driver on the pole between the wheels; the carriage going somewhat rapidly down hill, they fell off, and the wheels passed over and killed one ofthem-nepbew of Mr. Asprey, china dealer. No blame attaches to the driver, as he was totally ignorant that they were -there. An inquest was held, and a verdict of accidental death returned.

Newport County Court. 0 TOWN-HALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. Before His Honour, J. M. Herbert, Esq. 9'T James Doggett v John nopton, money lent, C-17 Is. 6d.—To pay E13 5s 3d, in three instalments. Edward Morgan v Thomas Williams, detinue, £ 20.—Judg- ment for defendant. Thomas Williams v Edward Morgan, judgment of this court, ;C4 4s 9d.—Instalments of fl. William Graham the younger v John Waters, account stated, E5 Is 7d.-InstalmentR of 10s. Joseph Neale v Philip Luker, tack of horses, jEl 19s.—In- stalments of 10s. Henry Sheppard v William Phillips, money lent, £4 15.— Judgment for defendant- Blanch Phillips fined C5 25s out of which, the plaintiff to be paid his debt and costs. Joel Gardiner v Robt. Scard, goods, 10s 6d.—To be paid on the 18th Octobcr. Richard Foster v Rowland Rowlands, goods, jEl ]9s 7id.— Instalments of 10s. Benjamin Jefferis v John Cunnington, promissory note and goods, £ 11 2s 4jd.—To pay £ 10 15s. Ebenezer Ledbury v John Nelson, goods and work, 7s 10.— To pay lOd forthwith. D. E. Whittaker v John Broad, goods, 30s Id,-To pay in two instalments. David Williams v Alexander James, goods and work, 14s 6d. —Two instalments. Thomas Clarke v John Armstrong, goods, £ 11 9s 4d-InstaI- ments of £I. Henry Gregory v William Hignell, goods, JEI9 Is 4d-InstaI. ments of £1. Lewis Richards, jun, v Edward Williamson, goods, £ 0 19s— To pay X4 14s, by instalments of 10s. Thomas Smith v Joseph Jones, jun, goods, 4s 6d—To be paid on 18th October. ° y John Parry v Thomas Mills, E6 14s 10d-To be paid on the 25th October. F William Day v Hugh Morgan, work, 6s-Nonsuit. Benjamin Lewis v Henry Jones, goods, C5 10s 4d-Instal- ments of jSl. Same v George Watkins, goods, £ 20—To be paid by instal- ments of £ 2. Same v John Morris, goods, jg)5 3s—Instalments of fl. Same v Richard Godwin, goods, Us 2d-Judgment for plain- tiff. To be paid in two instalments Same v William Drayton, goods, lls-Instalments of 2s. Same v Job Ashfield, goods, fl 18 lid-Instalments of 8s. Same v Aajon Howlman, goods, 5s—To be paid forthwith. Lawrence Ryan v. Thomaa Harrison and another, promissory note and work and labour, £6 13-To p:\y £6 10s forthwith. William Pickford and another v John Nash,goods and money lent, f7 17s—To be paid on 18th October. Same v John Emmett, goods, £ 5—Instalments of 40s. John Williams v Morris Davies, holding over possession, E3 ) 6s 6d—Dismissed. Gwillim and Webber, v Samuel Alloway, goods, £ 1 8s—To be paid forthwith. Same v John Morgan, set-off, £ 7—Judgment forf4 15s 5d. James Horner v Robert Tucker, goods, 26s lid-By two in- stalments. Isaac Matthews v Thomas Lilly, goods and work, 8s 6d—To be paid 18th October. Sarah Prosser v David Davies, goods, £5 3s 6d—Instalments of £ 1. Sarah Morgan v Daniel Thwigh, goods, 9s—Two instalments. Beatrice Morgan v John Bevan, goods, 34s 6d—Instalments of 10s. Same v James Dumayne, goods, 31 s. lOd—Instalments of 10s. Seth Morgan v John Morgan, holding over possession, jElO 8s To give up possession in nine days. Edward Cairns v David Whittaker, goods, E8 15s 8d.-Costs and 10s first month, and residue at 10s per month. John Lindsey v Philip Williams, goods and work, 21s 6d— To be paid forthwith. Joseph Kammerer v Samuel Morris, goods, 22s—Instalments of 4s. W. R. Matthews v Moses Sanders, goods, £ 20—Instalments of 30s. Same v Jeremiah James, goods and account stated, 36s 8Jd— By two instalments. Beatrice Morgan v Daniel Evans, goods and money lent, JE20 -Instalments of £ 3. Philip Phillips v W. H. Williams, for injuring a lot of pig's- wash damages claimed, 10s amount awarded 5s. Paul French v Thomas Walker, bill of exchange and interest, j615 4s 6d—Judgment for defendant. William Jones v Stephen Crook, goods, E4 9s 4d-Instal- ments of 10s. Same v William Hoskins, goods, £ 3 9s 2d—To pay E3 4s 2d, by instalments of 10s. William Williams and another, goods. 40s-Two instalments. Thomas Ford v John Gorvin, work and labour, JEIO (£6 paid into court)-Judgment reserved. Thomas Woollett v Jane James, promissory note and interest, £ 7 12s 2d—By two instalments. W. H. Williams v Henry Fennell, goods, 3s—Withdrawn. Same v Lawrence Ryan, balance lad—To be paid on the 18th October. Same v Charles Rennie, goods, £ 3—Withdrawn. Charles Bryant v William Smith, goods and work, 4s—To be paid on 18th October. Patrick Power v William Rees, goods, £ 4—By instalments of 10s. Robert Williams v J. Jones, taking care of a child, £ 8 15s 6d -Instalments of 15s. James Hodges v John Miller, judgment in Bristol Court for £3 15s 7d-Struck out. W. R. Matthews v J. Phillips, goods, 8s lOJd—To be paid on 18th October, Wm. Graham, jun., v John Miller, account stated, £ 1 16u 4d —Withdrawn. Henry Carroll v Daniel Evans, judgment of this court for £IUs 4d-Committed for 20 days. James Wintle v A. R. Williams, same for £ 5 II 10—Com- mitted for 20 days for non-appearance. W. W. Morgan v John Cunnington and his wife, same, for jE5 16s 8d—The husband committed for 20 days. Robert Williams v James Thaine, same, for jC4 12s 4d-Com- mitted for 20 days. Henry Gregory v John Powell, same, for £6 13s 4d—Com- mitted ior.30 days.. — -> Same v Lewis Thomas, same for 1;.7 9s.—Committed for 30 davs. Same v John Lewis, same for jg2 6s 5d—To stand over till next court, defendant undertaking to work it out at wages of 15s, paying JE1 a month. [We understand that only Powell and Thomas have been sent to prison, the others having made the "amende honourable," I preferring to remain at home.]

PONTYPOOL SMALL DEBTS COURT. The Court was held as usual before J. Maurice Herbert, Esq., and on this occasion, for the first time, was held in the build- ing lately occupied by the denomination of English Baptists. The Court room is conveniently fitted up, affording to the public and reporters for the press that convenience which both require. For ourselves, we feel much indebted to the chief clerk, Alexander Edwards, Esq., for the courtesy with which he has ever aided us in the pursuit of our avocation. The large number of 115 plaints were issued, some few of which were subsequently withdrawn. The cases were not of much public interest Abraham Abrams v. Hopkin Davies. X2 14s. 6d.—Judg- ment for defendant. Same v. Rees Lewis. £ 1 6s. 6d.—Judgment for defendant. Same v. Samuel Charles. 19s. 6d.—Judgment for defendant. John Richards v. John Edwards. t3 2s. 6d.—To pay 10s. per month. Same v. Edmund Morgan.—Further adjourned. Charles Emerson and wife v. James Lewts.-Struck out Eliza Carter v. John Jones. f4 Is. Id.—Withdrawn Eliza Jones v. James Morgan. £ 3.—To pay 10s. ner innnrti Thomas Underwood v. Samuel Lawton. 19s. 6d -Struck n„t* Same v. W. Edwards. 8s. 3d.—Struck out. rucK out- The remainder of the cases shall appear in our next.

SIR HARRY SMITH.—The hero of Alliwal embarked at Ports mouth, on Thursday the 23rd ult., for his Government at th Cape of Good Hope. The whole neighbourhood wore a gala appearance on the occasion. At 12 o'clock precisely Sir Harry arrived on the pier, which was the signal for one tremendous shout from the assembled multitude, the bands striking up See the Conquering Hero comes." After entering the barge Sir Harry, surrounded by his staff, and Major Harvey, Aide-de- Camp to Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, stood up, and waved his hat to the assembled throng, which was followed by another shout, re-echoed by the thousands who lined the walls on either side the entrance of the harbour, tae beach, and landing-places. At 20 minutes past the steamer got under weigh, and put her gallant party on board the Vernon Indiaman in about 20 minutes after, under a saiute from that ship. Sir Harry seemed deeply moved at the demonstration. The Vernon sailed about 3 o'clock for her destination, EDUCATION OF THE POOR.—Our respected townsman, the late James Alexander, Esq., of Hermitage, merchant, has be- queathed the residue of his large fortune, amounting to about £ 160,000., to endow an hospital for the education, the clothing, and, if necessary, the support of poor children of both sexes, in this city.-(; IIsg,Plv Courier. MASONIC DINNF.U TO Wn.nAM DONNF RUSHFM ESQ—We hear that the members of the masonic lodges of the province of Bristol purpose entertaining their late R.W. Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Brother William Donne Bushell, at dinner at the White Lion, on Friday, (today.) The strike among the Ayr miners has come to an end, and the men are now returning to their work. By the Medical c learn that five medical gentlemen have recently died of fever, caught whilst attending the sick poor. The old-established house of Cockburn, Brothers, in the Portuguese wine trade, has been compelled to stop payment, consequent on the failure of Reid, Irving, and Co., in London. A frightful accident occurred at the Queen-street terminus, Glasgow, on Tuesday. A luggage train came down the incline frcm the Cowlairs station with such velocity, that the breaks wuld not stop it, and it ran into the railway offices, causing an jwful smash and wreck, and several persons were seriously njured. Birkenhead has been declr.red a free port. Mr. Francis Brady, a Catholic, has been appointed Chief rustioe of Newfoundland

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—You will oblige by permitting the following to appear in your next publication :— First,—Why should the overburdened rate-payers be saddled with an additional poundage of sixpence ? Secondly,-In what manner does it originate-either from defalcation in past accounts, or an inadequate supply of taxation ? JAMES HORNER, Juw- Newport, September 29, 1S47.

JENNY LIND'S VISIT TO BRISTOL. "0 Cupid, king of gods and men!" according to the fragment in Sterne, cried the people of Abdera w.th one voice, as if sud- denly possessed by some new and strange spirit and Made- moiselle Jenny Lind, who is destined, like an arch enchantress, to turn people's heads wherever she goes, has set the sober citizens of Bristol. with even the announcement of her intended visit, as utterly beside themselves as the rest of the world. To be convinced of this, you had but to take a peep at the box office at our Theatre on Tuesday last, at eleven o'clock, and see a number of our most eminent inhabitants creshing each other almost to death, for the purpose of paying £ 1 os. for tickets. Nor was the crowd of candidates composed of gay and fashion- able people men with long beads and hard faces were there— calculators and economists, solemn clericals, profound Dissen- ters, smooth Quakers, professional men, men of law and of physic, kept their carriages waiting outside while they battled for boxes nor was age or sex any impediment to the powers of competition, nor the pressure ot the times any drawback to the desperate liberality with which they dashed" down their sove- reigns. The rate of discounts was never dreamt of when the Swedish Nigntingale was to sing, and the tightness of the money market relaxed before Mistress Jenny Lind. Some sold, too, was lost on the occasion beyond the legitimate way of wast- ing it; and in one instance a gentleman, opening his umbrella in the Commercial Room after quitting the crush, found a sove- reign and a halt in its fold3;find, wbrst is still more singular, found the owner also. The dress circle was secured soon after the hour appointed for receiving applications; the stalls, the amphitheatre, the promenade are filled, or fast filling, and ail go merry as a marriage bell," except those splendid bugbears, the silver tickets," or passes for proprietors, who are, it seems, resolutely determined on seeking seats and accommodation on an evening when the management would marvellouslv prefer their room to their company. The silver tickets are said to have strong feelings on the subject, but the management stronger. In the meantime Mademoiselle Jenny is to arrive in Cliflon to-day, and has ordered her dinner (we beg to say for the i:i!or- mationofthe curious) at tbe primitive hour of*three o'cloctt. Wecoutdatale unfoid about the q raint little note that con- veyed her instructions, if they were worth communicating how e she particularly enjoined the party to have lodgings for lifr in an airy situation, quiet. high upon a hill, with a chimney in the room, sufficiently perpendicular to prevent the possibility of fitnoke." Suffice it to say, she selected a neat plain dinner, and we trust will have an appetite to eat it, if busy people do not prate too much of her -hereabouts, and send the public pell- meH, as at Birmingham, to stdre the poor young woman out of all c3mfort and countenance. To prevent this, we understand an application was made for a sort of body guard from the police, and that the Mayor granted it. John Bull is certainly a funny fellow, for if any one were to ask him what he saw in a quiet middlesized lady,with a superb voice, to pursue and prose- cute her so in the street for a sight, he would find it hard to tell you. — Bristol Times, Sept. 2bih. The arrival of Mademoiselle Lind was anxiously looked for by the early trains on Monday she came by the one at hall- past twelve o'clock, and drove to the Theatre, where a crowd had already assembled to gratify an ill-bred curiosity by staring at the lady as she alighted Jenny, however, disappointed them, and drove oil" at once to the Bath Hotel, ( lifton. The doors of the Theatre were to be opened at seven and the performance to commence at eight o'clock. As earlv as six o'clock, however, parties had began to arrive, and by seven the line of carriages, flys, &c., extended from the Theatre door along King street, Thunderbolt-street, the Quay, over the' Drawbridge, and some distance up St. Augustine's-b'ack There was also an immense throng, both of ladies and gentleman who preferred walking to encountering the delay in being set down from their carriages. and these, with the great number of spectators, caused the whole of King-street to be densely crowded. 3 Long before eight o'clock every seat in the house, from the pit to the gallery, was occupied and there were upwards we should think, of five hundred in the standing places in the pro- inanade. We should judge that altogether there could not have been less than 2000 persons in the house. The scene at this time was very brilliant; all the company (with the exception of those in the promenade) were in evening dress, and the varied attire of the ladies added much to the effect. Among the company were the families of our resident aristocracy and gentry, as well as many others from a distance. The performances of the evening consisted of selections from Norma," II Fanatico," La Sonnambula," « Da Figlia del Reggimento," The Creation," and concluded with the Swedish Melodies. An obvious and important disadvantage attends a disjointed and unconnected performance such as this. All the interest arising from a connected story, from the acting, and the asso- ciation of character, is, of course, lost; and though no doubt the selection comprised the gems of each piece, yet, for our own parts, we should have preferred one entire opera, well sustained to the various fragments put before us, tempting though they were. A repast consisting only 01 the brains of singing birds, or the sunny halves of peaches, would, no doubt, be delicate but not satisfying. —Pea* tir-tfre-CTfatte«cgmfcUt l^iSS^SaTpermrmmce^, Mrr Balfe briefly addressed the audiencp, and stated that he was sorry neither Madame Solari or Madame F. Lablache had arrived. The absence of the latter was caused by illness of sorry neither Madame Solari or Madame F. Lablache had arrived. The absence of the latter was caused by illness of which fact he had the medical certificate of Dr Davis why Madame Solari was not present he could not tell, as she had not written to put off her engagement; he was in hopes that she would yet arrive, and he trusted the audience would permit the performances to proceed, and Mademoiselle Lind, Signor F. Lablacha.and himself, would do their utmost to please." Some slight tokens of disapprobation were manifested at the first part of Mr. Balte's announcement, but were immediately change into tremendous applause at the mention of 'Jenny Lind's name. 3 Signor F. Lablaclie then came forward and sung the Aria from "Cenerentola," commencing h Miei rempolli femminini with all his accustomed spirit, tact, and drollery, and was re- warded with much applause. Mademoiselle Lind was then led on the stage by Mr. Balfe. Her entrance was welcomed by one unanimous shout of ap- plause, which was succeeded by a stilly silence far more flatter- ing. Jenny made her acknowledgments to the audience with bashfulness and timidity, from which not even her frequent and always successful appearances in public have divested her. The first piece with which she was to enchant a Bristol audi- ence was Bellini's Casta Diva," from Norma, and the clear- ness, brilliancy, and plaintive sweetness of her opening tones at once rivetted the attention of all. During the execution of this piece, a silence, bespeaking the most protound attention, reigned throughout the house, any attempts at applause being imme- diately put a stop to by a hush," as though each listener was fearful lest he might lose a single note of the most delicious harmony with which his ear was ever gree'ed. At the conclu- sion, rounds of applause rewarded the efforts of the accomplished vocalist. We are not going to enter into any elaborate criticism of Jenny Lind's singing; it would be presumptuous even in a pro- fessional person and doubly so in one who is not; all that we shall attempt, therefore, to do is to offer such an opinion as may be ventured on by one of the general public Th £ V"" teristics, then, by which Jenny s voice are distinguished t sweetness, brilliancy, and soundness of intonation • therl thing of huskiness or ot harshness and if there is an, pearance ot want of power, we think that it arises VL, • p' the absence of anything like effort, than from nnv 1 ficiencv in the organ itself. One great charm h- r real de- ing is that it is totally unaccompanied bv an'v e"n-v s. sln?" grimace her notes, like the polished shafts ot tl^T "lg r°r come before the auditor, each complete perfect and fi f' and yet exquisite as i* the resuir vnn V finished of formation. Her shake i? he most T' Pr0f^ conceived. Her tones « 2 wh!^h can be until nothing lives between tbemld'SS and" "o'clea^ that be heard in the^renm- test corner of the ¡IOUSf,. Public expectation having been realised to the full, bv the performances ot Mademoiselle Lind, it will be gratifying intel- ligeuce to all to know that she h&s consented to sing once more in Bristol. On Friday and Saturday Mademoiselle Lind sings at the Subscription Rooms, Exeter.—Bristol Gazette. On Tuesday Jenny appeared at Bath, and our contemporary the Bath will Cheltenham Outettc, thus speaks of herreceptioh and performances in that city:—"A second opportunity of hearing this extraordinary vocalist, afforded us, at the Bath Theatre, last evening, has amply confirmed the impression pro- duced on our min i by her performance at Bristol. A house crowded to its fullest capacity repaid the enterprising spirit of the manager. Without exaggeration, we may say that everv seat was occupied; the bceiie being of a very brilliant de- scription. The selection of pieces was pretty nearly thadtMBtt as that pwrforined in the neighbouring city. In each effort Jenny Lind was, as before, completely successful. Nothing could exceed the ravishing sweetness of her full and thrilling tones, the bril- liance iof ber execution, the extraordinary effect of her cadences meltingfaway into thin air, till lost in the region of silence. The The pathos of her sinking was indescribable: so sadly sweet that one Hfighbweep to hear it, and yet find it a pleasure to be beguiled of such tears. Hepeated and enthusiastic plaudits tes- tified the delight of the audience." The Swedish melodies are of a curious character. The follow- ing are translations of the three site sung :— 1. And harkye, little maiden, Come and let us dance You and I are just a match, we two. And harkye, little maiden, just a word; Say, will ýou be my friend so good ? Trala la lei-that wil 1 I not! II. Come cattle, come cattle mine; Come cattle, hoah, hoah, haha Come cow. come can, come cattle, Come all the wondertul animals And forward, smith, with hammer and tongs, Set a mark on the hornless cow That the bald-headed tax-gatherer cbose. Come all my cattle, poor creatures The sun goes down behind the hill; The shadows so lengthen, Night soon comes upon us, Making me a prisoner The pot stands on the kitchen fire, I and my herd go to rest. III. Lo! Spring is come with its garlands, The zephyrs pica, the mead is green, The linden-tree bears its golden blo-som, The wave glitters 011 the rippled lake, The brook purls, the breeze murmurs, The flower in the valley smiles once more— Lo ? Spring is here, hurrah hurrah

NEWPORT TOWN HAIL—MoKBiT, SEPT. 27. Magistrates present-Joseph Latch and Thos. Hughes, Esqrs. Jane Casey was brought up on a warrant charging her with having assaulted Susan Davies.—Discharged. Mary Nash was charged with stealing 18s. from John Howell. —Discharged. Wiiliam Snailham was charged on suspicion of stealing coal, the property of Messrs. Latch and Cope.-No prosecutor; the prisoner was discharged. George Lapham was brought up on a warrant charging him with assaulting Ann Brian.-He was ordered to pay a fine of 10s. and costs, or in default of payment, to be imprisoned four- teen days. Catherine Collins, a laughing damsel, of Irish extraction, was charged with having obtained Is. 3d., by false pretences, from Mr. John Hawkins.—The charge was not sustained, and prisoner was discharged. John Palmer was charged with having been disorderly, and assaulted Henry Lewis and others.—Fined 10s., and 7s. 6d. costs, or a month's imprisonment. William Thomas, Henry Jones, and Thomas Lusty were charged with having been drunk and disorderly in the streets. -Each to pay 2s. 6d., and 3s. costs, or fourteen days' impri- sonment John Ogborn was charged with stealing a boot from John Butt.—The prosecutor did not appear, and the prisoner was discharged. Albert Bobbs was summoned for assaulting Hannah Ashfield. -Settled by consent. Abraham Herbert and Charles Sweetlin were ordered to pay 2s. 6d. and 3s. costs, each, for fighting and creating a row in High-street; and Henry Collier was fined 2s. 6d and 6s. 6d. costs, for attempting to rescue the above prisoners. Henry Thomas was charged with having a bar of iron in his possession, of which he could give no satisfactory account.— -Remanded. Frederick Williams, a remanded prisoner, was brought up on a'charge of throwing a stone at a little chIld. named Haggerty, by which the little fellow had been seriously injured.—The bro. ther of the child, after having given information of the affair. now doggedly denied all knowledge of it.—The case was again adjourned. Hannah Falvey was committed to take her trial at the next sessions, for stealing a pair of boots, and other goods, from Js. Horner. Michael Coveney, a silly looking fellow, was charged with stealing a black silk scarf, the property of Ann Williams.—The prisoner was inveigled into the den of Peggy Palmer, in Friars' Fields, by the prosecutrix, wLere he gave her Is. for lodgings, with which, however, she decamped, and the keeper"of the den thereupon ordered him to be off also. He therefore laid hold of the scarf, in lieu of his shilling, and bolted —Mr. Hughes said it was fortunate for the prisoner that he had got off with the loss of a shilling only. Discharged.

PONTYPOOL POLICE.—SEPT. 25. Before the Revds. John Probert and David Jones. Jane Neat and Lucy Neat were charged with committing a trespass on the property of Thomas Watts, in the parish of Goytrey, and also with assaulting Mary Watts.— Convicted in 6d. and costs, and in default of payment, committed to prison for fourteen days John and Mary Lewis were convicted in 3s. 6d. each, for a trespass on the property of Thomas Watts, in the parish of Goytrey. Richard Morrison was summoned for nonpayment of wages due to Isaac Williams.—The case was arranged between the parties. Johd Edwards was summoned for turning Thomas Trevanion off his work without notice.-Case dismissed. William Christmas was ordered to pay 16s. wages to William Powell, and costs. Paid. Joseph Morgan -end David Benjamin were summoned for nonpayment of wages to William Hillman.-Ordered to pay 18s 2d, and costs. Paid. Same parties were ordered to pay SI. Is. Sd., wages due to Stephen Jones. Paid. William Davies was fined 20s, and costs, and Jabez Davies 10s and costs, for assaulting William Lewis. The same men were fined, and ordered to enter into recognizances to keep the peace, for other assarts.. fo&ir Ilailit. Wlft MTO'M'wpiy £ 2 wag eg, fhomas WHliams, and costs. Paid. On Monday. George Hayward was convicted in expenses for a trespass on the property of William Williams. James Gill was convicted in 20s, or twenty-one days' impri- sonment, for assaulting John Morgan. On Tuesday, William Powell was convicted in 5s. for being drunk and disorderly.

EXPLOSION" ON- BOARD THE CRICKET,-The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers who lost their lives in the shocking accident that happened on board the Cricket steamer, on the 27th of August last, has at length been brought to a conclusion. The jury, have returned their verdict, finding that the several parties came to their deaths by the bursting of the boiler of the Cricket, and that Henry Haisman, the engineer on that day, is guilty of manslaughter; and they further state that "they consider Clarke (the man by whom the practice of tying down the safety-valves was first introduced) highly culpable, and unfit to holu the situation of engineer and that Mr. Smith's conduct was shamefully negligent in not properly in- vestigating the complaint against Clarke."