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nrtr. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABON BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his l'oom- Slaking it rich, and like a lily in bloom- An Angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold; And to the presence in the room he said, What writest thou 1" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, The names of those who love the Lord." And is mine one 1" said Abon. 11 Nav, not so," Keplied the Angel. Abon spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow men." The angel wrote and vanished. The nest night He came again, with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest, And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. LEIGH HUNT.
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@ huning.5. AMERICAN LADIES.—(From Mrs. Houston s Ilesperos,") — The table-d'hote at Baltimore is excellent. Unfortunately we re rather too late in the season for the far-famed canvass-back ducks which, at their proper period, are to be eaten here in the greatest perfection. The rooms are always full, and the ladies extravagantly dressed, and glorying in the braverie" of silks, and satins, and jewellery. Baltimore is celebrated all over the Union for the beauty of its women indeed there is a common saying of the Kentuckians, that the greatest boast of one of their gentlemen is, to have the surest rifle in his hand, the best horse in his stable, and a Maryland gal for his wife.. To a stranger, accustomed to the greater luxury of silver forks, of wider and more useful dimensions, it is deemed not incon- sistent with feminine grace to seize a large coarse knife, and thrust it into the mouth, with peradventure a huge oyster at the end of it. It matters not that the hand is small and delicate, and the mouth one of the most beautiful in the world that they are so only serve to render the atrocity of the deed more apparent and striking. I can't altogether justify my Ameri- can beauties when they lean both their elbows on the dining- table, and gnaw a great lump of bread which is held firmly in the little white hand, the appendage of one of the aforesaid elbows and lastly, it is impossible quite to approve of their system of helping themselves to a public dish with a spoon just come off particular service. "Well, I guess, I'm tired some said one of these pretty young ladies, throwing herself almost at full length on a lounging chair. It was immediately after dinner, and she appeared fatigued with the exel,tions of the re- past. Well, I guess, I'm tired some. A-arn't you?" address- ing herself to another damsel, in a sky-blue silk dress, and the very prettiest foot I ever saw, but she had first startled me by seating herself with a heavy flump, and with a yawn most audi- ble and impressive. Well, I expect I am," was the reply. I feel like sleeping, and can't say that I am not quite bowled out." Oh, that yawn and that dreadful nasal twang I felt then how almost impossible it was to admire either the nose or lip from which issued such sounds of dreadful note." WHITKFIELD'S VOICE AND ARTICULATION.—He had a loud and clear voice, and articulated his words so perfectly, that he might be heard and understood at a great distance, especially as liis auditors observed the most perfect silence. He preached one evening from the top of the Court House steps, which are in the middle of Market-street, and on the west side of Second- street, which crosses it at right angles, Both streets were filled with his hearers to a considerable distance. Being among the hindermost in Market-street, I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, by retiring backward down the street to- wards the river and I found his voice distinct till I came near Front-street, when some noise in that street obscured it. Imagining, then, a semicircle, of which my distance should be the radius, and that it was filled with auditors, to each of whom I allowed two square feet, I computed that he might well be heard by more than thirty thousand. This reconciled me to the newspaper accounts of his having preached to twenty-five thousand people in the fields, and to the history of generals haranguing whole armies, of which I had sometimes doubted.— Franklin's Autobiography, Ax ANECDOTE OF WINPSOR, CASTLE.—When the Princess Helena was born, it is said that the Princess Iloyal, on hearing that she was now blessed with another little sister, exclaimed with the most charming simplicity, "0 how delighted I am do let me go and tell mamma Joe Miller. A NIGHT WITH THE SPEAKER.—The House meets at four o'clock, except 0:1 Wednesdays, when it sits from twelve to six. Perhaps the M.P, is attentive to his religious duties, in which case he assists at prayers. Then the world's business begins. Petitions are presented and the public should know what that means. The member to whose charge a petition is entrusted mumbles out the name of the place it comes from, and —if he happen to be able to make it out—what measure it refers to. Should he be inordinately lucky, he states the side of the question which the petitioners really take but we can- not always expect so much statesmanlike acumen. Then he runs, or slides, or shufBes up to the speaker's table, puts down the document, and scuffles back; and when enough petitions have been presented to fill a carpet-bag, a carpet-bag is filled therewith, and they are carried away. So the nervous care with which we have seen provincial people elaborate their sig- natures to these articles does not seem to be recognised by the House of Commons. Well, this imposing ceremony goes on for half-an-hour, or more, and then, such of the ministers as have agreed to come down and be badgered, pull their hats on a little firmer (for some unexplained reason), and screw up their mouths in a way that promises as brief and sulky utter- ance as may be. Lord Dudley Stuart asks whether ministers mean to do anything in the case of Rum Chutty Bung Chopper, of Ponimaboo to which Mr. Hawes replies, that the subject is receiving consideration which means, that he is going to look at the atlas, and try to find out where Ponimaboo is. Colonel Sibthorp then asks whether Lord John is prepared to reduce his own salary, which, says the colonel, with a good- natured look, which disarms the inquiry of all offence, the noble lord must see is a great deal too much, considering the work he ever did, or ever will do, for that matter and the eccentric colonel takes occasion to add, incidentally, that all the ministers, and, indeed, most of the members, are great rogues, and got fat upon the people's money." Lord John advises the colonel to bring in a bill on the subject, whereat the colonel rushes out of the House, apparently to fetch one. Mr. Chisholm Anstey, in a very energetic manner, asks Lord Palmerston for copies of the correspondence between the Sul- taun of Avadavat and Sir Indian Cracker, about a native who was hanged by mistake for his father in 1793, and Lord Palmer- s-ton answers, in an off-hand manner, that the honourable gen- tleman is ignorant of every point in the case, for the native was not a native, but an alien—that he was shot, not haii,ecl-tli,,It he was mistaken for his uncle—that it was in 179^—and that thehon. member will not have the papers he wants and after this sort of thing has gone on for a long time, a certain member (we must not name him) gets up to make a speech on a matter really involving the interests of a great number of people-as education, baths and washhouses, or the like. See how the House is cleared It is dinner time. All the members, except a handfuil, go away by twos and threes, as the sparks die out of £ bit of burnt paper. The orator talks on to our friends, the .oyster and periwinkle members, and to the reporters. Sud- denly in comes Lord Marcus Hill, the stormy petrel of orators Uhpatronised or unfeared by Government. We know what he means. He whispers a few careless words to a few men, by whom, one after the other, he seems, by the merest accident, to be sitting, and then he stands by the Speaker's chair. By a marvellous coincidence the men he has spoken to go away. The orator goes on, gapingly, for he knows his doom is fixed, and he tries to say as much as he can before the blow falls. A jnember rises; the orator ceases mournfully he anticipates the word, "I move, sir, that the House be counted." The Speaker takes up his three-corner hat, and pokes a corner of it at every member he sees, counting sonorously till he reaches twenty-five —twenty-six—twenty-seven there are no more, excepting himself. It requires forty members to "make a House;" twonty-seven black backs are almost instantly seen turned upon the Speaker's chair, as their owners hasten away. The re- porters look calmly pleased as they shut up their drawers and pocket their notes, and in five minutes the House of Commons is left to its echoes, if it has any.—^Bogue's Town anil Country Miscellany, AN AXERIC.&.N NOTION OP GIIOSTS.-IL I wish I was a ghost, blamed if I don't," said one ofthe B,hoys the other night, as he sat soliloquising in the cold. They goes wherever they pleases, toll free They don't owe nobody nothing, and that's a com- fort. Who ever hearn tell of a man what had a bill again a ghost ?—nobody. They never has to buy hats, and victuals, and liquor nor has to saw wood and run arrants as I do. Their shirts never gets dirty, nor their trousers out at the knees, as I ever heerd tell on. Ghosts is the only independent people I knows on, I really wish I was one, blame me if I don't." A HUMOUR.—ON DIT.-That the Bishop of Exeter contem- plates secession, and that the first free church is to be built under his auspices at Eldad, in connexion with the proposed es- tablishment of the Sisters oDlercul')" -Devo?iport Telegraph,
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fflim- — JUDICIAL EMOLUMENTS.—The present Lord Chancellor's son has a very lucrative post under his father the Hon. Thomas Denman netted about £ 2,000 a-year as associate to his vener- able sire; beneath the Lord Chief Baron sit a brace of Pollocks well provided for in the Court of Exchequer; and as for the present Lord Ellenborough, why, probably two-thirds of his i-icome are the profits of an office in the Queen's Bench given him by his iather.-Daily News. EIGHTY-FIVE POUNDS FOR AN OLD COAT.—Among the effects sold last week at the Queen's-house, Lyndhurst, the celebrated coat worn by the late Duke of York at the visit of the allied Sovereigns to England, said to have cost £ 450, and presented by his royal highness to the late Thomas White, Esq. was bought in at £ 85.—Salisbury Journal, THE ORPHAN WORKING SCIIOOI,The Queen has been pleased to present to the above Institution, as nominee in right of her Majesty's munificent donation of two hundred and fifty guineas, Joseph Parrett, one of seven children of the Rev. C. E. Ptrrett, Independent minister, of Mevagissy, Cornwall. His wife died of cholera last year, and his income, arising from all sources, is under £70 a-year. RAPID BUTTER-MAKING.—Last week was exhibited before the Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, and several of their friends, in the justice-room, the American churns, which, in ten minutes, produced four pounds of butter from five quarts of cream, The merits of the invention were palpable. One of its i-ecorainendar tions is its great simplicity. It operates on a beautiful princi- ple, as was acknowledged by all who witnessed the experiment. The mechanical action of the air, which is mingled with the cream in such a manner that a thorough separation of the parti- cles takes place, prevents the cream from frothing on the sur- face, and does its work with astonishing rapidity, and in the most complete manner. The result of the experiment of last week exceeded the expectation of those before whom it was made; the statement made by the exhibitors being that the butter would be produced from cream in twelve minutes, and from milk in five minutes. The butter was washed in the churn by pouring off the milk, putting in cold water, and press- ing the butter against the sides of the churn, moving the dasher backwards and forwards, and changing the water untii it remained clear. EXTENT or THE UNITED STATES.—It has been computed that the United States have a frontier line of 10,750 miles, a sea coast of 5,430 miles, and a lake coast of 1,170 miles. One of its rivers is twice as long as the Danube, the largest river in Europe. The Ohio is 600 miles longer than the Rhine, and the noble Hudson has a navigation in the empire state" one hun- dred and twenty miles longer than the Thames. A MR. D. G. ARMSTRONG, of N ew York, proposes the follow- ing plan of a telegraph under the Atlantic Ocean. The wire is to be a cable of 36 strans, coated with gutta percha, to be laid with suitable anchors from above Halifax, on the coast along the banks of Newfoundland, which extends to within 160 miles of the coast of Ireland. The whole to be marked on a chart with tele tales," at a distance of 50 or 100 miles. The whole weight of the wire would be about 8,510 tons, which will re- quire nine ships of 1,000 tons, and four sea steamers, of not less than 1,500 tons. The time occupied in laying down the wire, thirteen to twenty-one days; the whole to cost about 3,000,000 dollars. THE LAST OF CAPTAIN COOK'S COMPANIONS.—There is at present residing in Southampton an old man, named Wade, the last survivor of Capt, Cook's companions in his voyage round the world. He is 99 years of age, and is in possession of all his faculties. He was present at Capt. Cook's death, and himself received a spear-wound from one of the islanders. TiiE COST OF DEATH IN CALIFORNIA,—A correspondent of the Washington Union gives the following item of the cost of attendance and funeral expenses in California:- Mr. To Sacramento Hospital, Dr. Dollars. To 26 days' attendance (7 days at 25 dols. and 32 days at 20 dols.) .755 Washing and laying out his body 16 Mattress and blankets spoiled 20 Coffin, and sending to get it made 60 Paid for digging his grave in a storm 20 Paid for a carriage to funeral 4 Assistance of a man at funeral .5 Sacramento Hospital, Sutter's Fort, Nov. 24, 1840. 880 IT is stated that upwards of fourteen thousand copies of the letter of the Bishop of Exeter to the Archbishop of Canterbury have been already sold. MADAME SCHRCEDER-DEVRIENT has lately taken her fourth husband, the other three being alive. THE Countess Hahn Hahn has abjured Protestantism, and become a convert to Rome, THE number of building societies in Great Britain in 1849 exceeded 2,000, and the funds above £ 2,000,000. A CLERGYMAN ELECTING HIMSELF CHURCHWARDEN.—At a meeting, held in the vestry of the parish of Saint Giles, in the City of Durham, on Tuesday, to appoint officers for the ensuing year, the Rev. Francis Thompson, incumbent, in the chair, the chairman stated, that as he had the power to nominate a churchwarden by law, and that as he had never been able to appoint one that gave him satisfaction in the discharge of the duties of the office, he would nominate and elect himself. TEE HORRORS ON BOARD THE SLAVE SIIlPS (says a cor- respondent of the Daily News) have been almost equalled by a case which has occurred at Youghal. The schooner Star of the Sea, of Kinsale, from Clonakilty to Cardiff, has put into Youghal for safety (being unseaworthy) with a crowd of both sexes, young and old (205 souls, in all,) on board. She had been four days out, and during that time the condition of the unfor- tunate passengers was awful in the extreme. They were with- out food and almost naked, and had had nothing to lie down on but the ballast in the hold, whereon they had managed to huddle together. 145 of the poor creatures were at once ad- mitted to the workhouse by the Youghal authorities. POST-OFRICY, NOTICF,As there appears to be some misap- prehension on the subject of the arrangement for closing the provincial post-offices on Sunday, a notice has been issued stating that no inland letters are received on Sunday except such as are stamped or unpaid, but that for the deposit of both these descriptions of letters, the letter-boxes will be open as usual throughout the day also, that previously to 10, a.m. (at which hour all country offices, with some few exceptions, will be closed), foreign letters can be prepaid with money, postage stamps can be obtained, and letters can be registered. EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT AMONGST THE DISSENTERS. In consequence of its having been determined to consolidate the three colleges in connexion with the Independent Dissenters now existing in London, into one great college, to be erected at St. John's NVood, a movement has recently been commenced amongst the members of that body to educate their teachers, and the children of the poor, on a different plan from that pro- posed by the Committee of Council on Education. It was suggested that the building known as Homerton College should be purchased for their normal schools last week an important meeting was held upon the subject, at the Congregational Library, Blomfield-street, Einsbury-square. Samuel Morley, Esq., presided, and was supported by a large number of in- fluential and opulent Dissenters resident in the metropolis. Resolutions were adopted approving of the arrangements effected by the Board of Education for the purchase of Homer- ton College and grounds, and recommending that a subscription should be at once commenced to defray the expenses of their purchase and adaptation to the purposes of the board. At the close of the proceedings it was announced that the sums contributed at the meeting amounted in the aggregate to X2,407 17s. THE AGAPEMONE.—The abode of love, at Charlinch, near Bridgwater, was again the subject of discussion before a public tribunal on Saturday week, when an action was brought in the Sheriff's Court by one of the Princeites, Mr. Scutt, against a Mr. Perrott, for an assault. It appeared that a Mr. Somers, of Othery, had joined the sect, and that at a sale of his effects his brother-in-law, Mr. Perrott, exasperated by his brother's folly, struck the plaintiff. Judgment was allowed to go by de- fault, but Mr. Sergeant Kinglake cross-examined the witnesses for the defendant, and made an impassioned appeal on his behalf. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. The verdict was received with often repeated cheering. EBENEZER ELLIOTT.-& public meeting will shortly be held, preparatory to the formation of a fund for the erection of a monument to the memory of the Corn-law Rhymer. The mayor has promised to preside at the meeting, and we have no doubt that the proposal will meet with prompt and general support.-Sheffield Independent. DEATH OF THE DEAN OF HEREFORD.—The Very Rev. John Merewether, D.D., Dean of Hereford, died at his vicarage, Madley, near Hereford, at nine o'clock on Thursday morning week, after a protracted illness, which, from the first attack, gave little hope of his recovery.
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Cnmspiittort STATE OF THE CHURCH AND DISSENT IN THE DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. (Continued from our last Number.) Tables showing the number of services* performed in places of worship attaclied.to the Established Church in the Diocese of Llandaff; also the number-of services performed in every Dissent- ing place of worship in each parisii distinguishing, in either case, the language in which such services are performed. The Welsh attach themselves to that place of worship, whether Church or Sectarian, in which their own language is alone used." -Bishop Coplestone to Sir G. Grey,bart., 1849. .Vide Parliamentary Paper, Session 1849r50. PARISH OF COYCHURCH WITH PETERSTONE. Church Services.-2 Welsh. 0 English. Welsh Dissenting Places of Worship. B.-Baptist. r)cii dent. C. M.—Calvinistic Methodist. W.—Wesleyim. U.- Unitarian. fi rJ: 00 a o 0J .2 0 ° § -2 u "p Names tj | 3 | 3 g J 55 of •§ "gS3 a'S? g's02 Chapels. § 5 | 5 Sf 5 3 A « 8 Q £ C.M. 1831 400 2 2 W. 1835 60 2 2 Croes y pare B. 1777 210 2 2 -_P-. Three 670 6 6 PARISH OF COITY WITH NOLTON. Church Services.—1 Welsh. 2 English. Gilead. I 1. I 1832 200 2 2 PARISH OF EWENNY. Church Services.- 1 Welsh. 0 English. Wenny C M. 1833 200 2 2 Corntown. j B. 1839 250 2 2 I | | | (. Two I 450 4 4 PARISH OF GLYNCORWG AND BLAENQNYRACH, Church Services.-2 Welsh. 0 English. Cymmar I 1. ( ) 150 2 ) 2 PARISH OF LLANGYNWYD AND MAESTEG. Church Services.-2 Welsh. 1 English. Carmel IT' 1827 600 2 2 Siloh I. 1843 300 2 2 f W. 1846 65 2 2 Zoar T. 1841 575 2 2 Bethania B. 1839 600 2 2 Tabor. C.M. 1839 500 2 2 } B. 1848 100 2 2 Bethesda I. 1799 150 2 2 Bobell. C.M. 1840 100 2 2 Nine 2,990 18 18 PARISH OF LLANILIAD WITH LLANHAIIRAN. Church Services.-2 Welsh. 0 English. Saron I. 1831 100 2 2 Llanharran 1. 1790 I 300 I 2 I 2 Two 400 4 4 PARISH OF LLANTWIT MAJOR WITH LLISWORNEY. Church Services.—0 Welsh. 3 English. Bethesda I..1798 200 2 2 C.M. 1825 100 2 2 B. 1830 200 2 2 W. 1837 100 2 2 Four 600 8 8 PARISH OF MICHAELSTONE SUPER AFON. Church Services.—1 Welsh. 1 English. Rockchapel 1. 1840 715 2 2 Penuel. B. 1845 500 2 2 Tabernacle. C,M. 1839 450 2 2 Sion. 1. 1843 800 2 2 1 W. 1840 200 2 2 jRoom* I. 1845 40 2 2 Six 2,705 12 12 Six 2,705 12 12 PARISH OF MARGAM. Church Services.—1 Welsh. 1 English. I. 1844 190 2 2 Bryn B. 1847 180 2 2 Taibach C.M. 1842 800 2 2 Beulah C.M. 18S8 102 2 2 Felin Fach. C.M. 1841 80 2 2 Five 1,352 10 10 PARISH OF NEATH. Church Services.-O Welsh. 2 English. i- L 1849 250 2 2 X W. 1812 450 2 2 Mount Sion B. 1842 150 2 2 Maes-yr-haf I. 1770 700 2 2 2oar I. 1828 950 2 2 Bethlehem C.M. 1828 500 2 2 Bethania B. 250 2 2 Tabernacle B. 100 2 2 Eight 3,350 16 16 Parishes of St. Donatts, Eglwysbrewis, Flemingstone, Gilstone' Cilybebyll, Llangan, Llandyfodog, Llanbleddian, Llangcinor, Llan" maes, Llaudow, Llanfihangel, Llan dough, St. Mary, St. Mary Hill' Merthyrmawr, Monknash, Marcross, and St. Bride's Minor' Church Services-6 Welsh 7 English 8 Alternate. No Dissenting places of worship. SUMMARY OF THE ABOVE AND PREVIOUS TABLES.—Number of parishes, 37. Number of churches, &c., 52. English services, 34; Welsh ditto, 25 Alternate, 11. Total church services, 70. Number of Dissenting places of worship, 98. English Sunday service, 22; Welsh Sunday service, 171; English weekly service, 22; Welsh weekly service, 170. Total of Dissenting services, 385. Not Licensed. + Occasionally English, j Exclusively English. (To be continued in our next number.)
THE CASE OF DR. DICK.
THE CASE OF DR. DICK. Wre have been favoured, through the kindness of Mr. D. E. Williams, of Hirwaun, with a copy of a letter, which he lately received from Dr. Dick, and which we have great pleasure in laying before our readers. My DEAR SIR,—I was favoured with your very kind letter of the 13th current, accompanied with a post-office order for £2 2s. 6d., for which I return my most grateful acknowledgments to you and your worthy friends who have contributed to it. It affords me a high degree of gratification to be informed that your friends in Wales have been benefitted by the perusal of my writings, especially as few of them have yet appeared in the Welsh language. I am aware that the Philosophy of a Future State," and the "Christian Philosopher," have been translated into your language, but I know of none else and I rather regret that the last work, the Christian Philosopher," was translated into Welsh just a short time before it was greatly improved and enlarged, and brought down to the present time. It is now pub- lished in two volumes, and nearly double the size of the firsl editions. Perhaps it may be expedient to state to you the circumstances which led to the reports which have been lately published in the newspapers respecting me. About three years ago I was ad- vised by my friends to present a memorial to Lord John Russell, for a small pension from the fund allotted to authors, &c., which memorial was warmly recommended by Lord Duncan, Lord Kinnaird, G. Duncan, Esq., M.P. for Dundee, and about a dozen other official characters. But no answer whatever was ever re- turned to it, and after waiting a few months, I thought no more about it. But in the month of October last a respectable and benevolent gentleman from England called upon me, and in the course of conversation allusion happened to be made to this me- morial. He requested a copy of it, which I afterwards sent to his address. Soon after, a paragraph—expressed in rather too strong language—appeared in the Atlwnæym, and another in the Literary Gazette, which were afterwards copied into several other of the London journals and newspapers. Of course, I had no hand whatever in the insertion of these paragraphs, and was much surprised when they made their appearance. My income has, indeed, been very limited for years past, not much exceeding ¡ JE40 a-year; and about seven years ago it pleased God to re- move my daughter and her husband by death, in the prime of life, and within thirteen days of each other, leaving an orphan family of two boys and three girls, almost entirely unprovided for the chief burden of whose education and maintenance was devolved on me, besides maintaining an aged and infirm sister, left almost without resources. Notwithstanding, we never had the most distant intention of laying open our case or making any appeal to the public, unless it had been done without our knowledge in the way I have now stated but, by dint of the most rigid economy, we endeavoured to move on as smoothly as possible, notwithstand- ing several encumbrances. In reply to your question, as to what denomination I belong to, &c., I have to state, that. I have been a preacher for many years past, and have occasionally officiated in Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Independent, and other churches when invited but I have no fixed charge, and my ministrations have, for the most part, been gratuitous. The denomination to which I more parti- cularly belong is the Independent, or Congregational. But I long for the day when the different sectionp, of the Christian church shall be more closely united in love and harmony, not- withstanding certain differences in opinion, and when the name of the Lord shall be ONE throughout all the earth." With many thanks for your kindness and liberality and that of your friends, wishing you every desirable earthly comfort, and an interest in those spiritual and heavenly blessings which shall endure for ever, I am, my dear Sir, Yours sincerely and respectfully, THOMAS DICK. Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, 16th March, 1850. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. SIR,-Your allusion in your last number to Dr. Campbell's able and triumphant exposure of the jesuitical transactions of Dr. Price and Mr. Linwood, in the affair of the Eclectic Jteview, has deeply wounded my feelings, and I have no doubt the feelings of many others. Although you say that it is not within your province, as a newspaper writer, to take any part in this controversy, still your passing remark plainly shows to what side you lean, and what is worse, you seem to me to be trifling with this most serious subject in a jocular manner. I should think that it is as much your duty as Dr. Campbell's, as the conductor of a paper supported chiefly (I presume) by Evangelical Dissenters, to blow the trumpet that the churclx may know that there are traitors in the camp," and not to sneer at the worthy individual who had the courage and straightforwardness to do so. Dr. Campbell is not alone in the opinion that the British Quarterly was to be blamed for speaking favourably of the writings of such men as Jerrold and Dickens, and that the Eclectic" writes flat heresy," if rank Deism and Pantheism are to be considered as heresies. Dr. Price may be a man of large soul and generous temperament" for aught I know to the contrary; but his trans-, action with Mr. Linwood, and his defence of that notorious individual against Dr. Campbell, are not very decided proofs (to me at least) of either the largeness of his soul, nor of the generosity of his temperament. I am at a loss to see what is unfair" in the attack of Dr. Campbell on the Anti-State Church Association. If Dr. Price, who professes himself a hater of orthodoxy, and Mr. Miall, who, if his opinions are rightly understood, would convert our meeting-houses into political halls, and the places erected for preaching Christ crucified, for discussing secular and literary subjects, are to be its leading men, what consistent lover of truth and order can co-operate with them while they hold these opinions? I am as decided against State-church ism as any man whatever, and am always ready to do all I can, in my humble way, to advance religious liberty; but if we cannot have religious equality without sacrificing truth and order, God forbid that we should ever have it. There are thousands, I trust, in the ranks of the Nonconformists of Great Britain who would rather see the fires of Smithfield rekindled than to re- nounce the cardinal doctrines of Christianity in order to gain the friendship and to procure the assistance of the enemies of the cross of Christ" in the struggle for religious liberty. If I have mistaken the meaning and the spirit of your short notice of the above subject, believe me, sir, that no one will be more glad than myself to see my mistake corrected in your next number; but if I am not mistaken, I really believe that it is your duty to state your views plainly, seriously, and fully on the subject, that your readers may have a fair chance to de- termine whether they can confidently take you as their guide or not. I am, Sir, Your constant reader, Beaufort, April 9, 1850. THOMAS REES
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HYDRAULIC PRESSURE.—On Wednesday last a party of gen- tlemen connected with coal mining in the Newcastle district, assembled at Murton Colliery, belonging to the South Hetton Coal Company, for the purpose of witnessing the performance of a water pressure engine, recently erectld in that colliery by Messrs. W. G. Armstrong and Co., and used for drawing wag gons up an incline plane, situated at a considerable distance from the foot of the shaft. The object of this novel application of water pressure is to supersede the use of horses for under- ground traction, by a method which obviates the dangers and difficulties which are inseparable from the employment of steam engines in the interior of coal mines, and the success of the experiment has been complete in every respect. As the prinr ciple promises to be of great importance to coal mining, we gladly present the following particulars to our reader:—The engine has four small cylinders, the diameter of each being three inches, and the length of the stroke twelve inches. The water which supplies the power consists of the trainings of the shaft, collected in a standage at a height of 606 feet above the level of the engine, to which it is conveyed by means of pipes 4 inches in diameter. The bank up which the trains are drawn is 880 yards in length, and the gradient averages a rise of 1 in 30, but at certain parts it reaches 1 in 18. The number of tubs drawn in each train varies from 18 to 21, and the time occupied on the journey is from 4 to 6 minutes. The average speed of the engine is about 100 revolutions of the cranli shaft per minute, but a velocity of 130 strokes per minute is sometimes attained, without producing the smallest shock upon the engine. The perfect smoothness of the action is the result of the peculiar arrangement of valves patented by the makers, and which cannot be intelligibly explained with- out illustrations. The quantity of water expended during each journey is about 1,500 gallons, and the power of the engine is l approximately estimated at 30-liorse. The standage collects as much water as will draw 20 trains per day, and as the water has, under any circumstances, to descend to the bottom of the mine, its application to the engine does not increase the quan- tity to be pumped, The supply of water may be increased to any extent, but any extra quantity that may be required will involve additional pumping. The engine will ultimately draw 50 trains per day, but even when used to this great extent, the addition to the work of the pumping engine will only amount to about 30 gallons per minute, throughout the 24 hours. The party assembled expressed their unqualified approval of the action of the engine, and particularly noticed its adaptation for'underground use, in respect of its small dimensions, and the absence of any fire in connexion with it.—Newcastle Chronicle THE Builder suggests the idea of a monument at RunnJ'* mede. Our cotemporary observes -Tlie site at present IS occupied as a race-course, with an unsightly stand in the centre. Surely this might, and ought to be, removed, and an ornamental and appropriate monument or memorial be exe- cuted to commemorate the event, which might be made usefuh at the same time, without interfering with the amusement 01 the race-course. EMBEZZLEMENT OF £2,000 EY A DISSENTING PREACHER. The magistrates of Ipswich have issued a warrant for the ap' prehension of the Rev. Thomas Smeaton, charged with the embezzlement of ;C2,00.0 belonging to the shareholders of the Suffolk Building Company, in connexion with which lie held ¡ responsible situation. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The workmen employed by Thomas Cubitt, of Pimlico, have added to their first conti'1' bution the further sum of £26 7s. 7d. towards the funds of tb0 Exhibition of Industry in 1851. BRICK MAKING BY MACHINERY.—Messrs, Harts, the en- gineers of Seymour-place, Edgware-rpad, have exhibited machine for making of bricks with great rapidity, nicety shape, and closeness of material. The present invention 5 comparatively small and compact in construction, and may ° moved with facility, and unpacked and put together with e,ls,e. By testing its capabilities, we get 26,000 perfect bricks twelve hours, this being done from the beginning of the opf-r £ tion, of bringing the clay in a rough state, to the final stack111" in walls for drying and this is done by one horse, by two wL and four boys, at a cost of about one guinea. Theinvcnti0^ itself, ill its absence of all complication, and the whole proce so new in its application, will well repay a -visit.-Globe. CAPTAIN GEORGE SMITH, R.N., THE ADMIRALTY SUREEP^ I TEN DENT OF CONTRACT PACKETS at Southampton, and distil" guished as the inventor of paddle-box boats for steamers, the moveable target for practising naval gunnery, died i t 1° residence in that town, on Saturday morning, after a illness. j