The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

THURSDAY NIGHT. I (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) LONDON. June 13. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 13. The Speaker took the chair at 10 minutes after four 'clock. The house was occupied for some time with petitions. Mr. HALL presented a petition from the occupiers of cottages in Merthyr Tydvil and other places in Glamorganshire, against the bill brought in by the hon. member for Shrewsbury for the rating of small tenements. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from Poplar, praying that the trade with China might be continued to the East India Company, in-common with other merchants. In answer to a question from Mr. FINS, Mr. LITTLETON said that he was not aware that the military had been employed in the collecting1 of y I tithes in Ireland. But measures would shortly be laid before the house which would render any such proceedings in future very improbable. INQUEST ON CULLEY. Mr. ROEBUCK in presenting a petition from the jurors on the inquest on Culley, entered at great length into the conduct of ministers on the occasion of the meeting in Spa Fields, and Mr. LAMB replied to the charges. An extended discussion .ensued, but the house adjourned without coming to any decision on the subjects. EAST INDIA COMPANY. On the motion of Mr. C. GRANT, the order of the day for the committee on the East India Company's Charter was read. On the question that the Speaker leave the chair, Sir G. STANTON read resolutions declaratory of his views respecting the trade to China, and those re- solutions were ordered to be put upon the papers. The house having gone into committee, Mr. C. GRANT rose to state his propositions respecting the East India Company's Charter. (Left speaking.)

MONMO UTHSBIRE. DEATH or ARTHUR WYATT, Esq.)ied in Lon- • don on Friday evening, the-7tb inst. in the 59th year of his age, after a few hours illness, Arthur Wyatt, Esq. long time resident at Troy House, the seat of his Grace the Dnke of Beaufort. In announcing this melancholy event we find it equally impossible to ex- press the universal feeling Of sorrow, extending throughout all ranks, wherever his inffoencc was felt, and his benevolence exerted; or to declare the heart- felt sympathy awakened for those who, having known him in the more intimate connections of life, will long deplore the loss of a tender and affectionate father— 4 kind relative--atid a sincere Christian. In him the Duke of Beaufort has tolamenta friend, affectionately devoted to his interests, wbose zeal knew no bounds, but those ofnrnluJlied honour, and unshaken honesty and who, for twenty year-, held the office to which his Grace appointed him, with mutual advantage* to both landlord and tenant. And to those whom his care at once encouraged and befriended, we may say" Bear ehgraven on the tablets of your memory, his best monument, the grateful recollection of bis worth." Even the stranger to the country ift which he lived, attracted by the richness ofits natural scenery, and the unequalled grandeurof its venerable ruins, must participate in the general sorrow, when he feels that the taste which devised, and the skill which opened to him an easy access to, some of its most striking but heretofore secluded and almost in- accessible beauties, are lost for ever KIWPOR'T — ACCIDENTAL DEATH. — Yesterday week, Henry Matthews, mate of the brig Mary, of Hale, iii thia port, discharging ballast, was, with another man, on the stage driving barrows over it. Be not well secured, it gave way, and precipitated both into the hold. The mate met with instant death, tint the other man was not much injured. Tilt: LATE GAI.F.S.—The wind blew so tre- I mendously.on Tuesday, that the Bristol and Newport 1 steam packets, after two attempts, could not succeed in making the passage from Bristol to Newport, and were obliged to put back. The packet came in on Wednesday, having experienced a severe passage. SHIPWRECK WITH Loss OF LIVES —We lament to state that on Tuesday last, between twelve and two o'clock, in a heavy gale of wind, the sloop Edward, of Bristol, from this port, with 50 tons of coal on board, three seamen, brothers, named Weeks, and a passenger (name unknown), got on shore on the eastern point of Newport river, where she was com- pletely wrecked, and all on board perished The following day the body of one of the men (Henry Weeks) was found not far from the wreck. On the inquest, no evidence was elicited how the vessel was lost; and the verdict returned was—Drowned. FUNERAL OF SIR ROBERT BROWNRIGG.—The remains of this distinguished officer and much respected gentleman were, on Tuesday, interred at St. Marghan s, near Monmouth, amidst the deep-felt sorrows of a large concourse of relatives, friends, and neighbours, who knew his worth. SIR C. MORGAN'S CATTLE SHow-At a meeting of the subscribers of four silver cups. given by the spirited inhabitants of Newport, held at the Tredegar Arms, New- port, on Monday the third of June, to determine the award disputed since the last show of Sir C. Morgan, it was decided that Mr. Yeomans was disqualified, in consequence of his heifers being over age. The cups were then awarded as follows :—-For the best three two-year-old heifers in calf — Mr. Daniel Dew, Llanvetherine. The second best ditto -Mr. John Skyrme, Splot, near Cardiff. For the best two- year-old bull Mr. Henry Hall, Whitson. For the second best ditto-Mr. I. James, Aberi)ant.-IIereford Journal. BEEK HOUSEs.-Evati Morris, retail seller of beer, in the parish ofliotikswood, Monmouthshire, has been duly convicted before the Rev. J. B. Davies and the Rev. A. Gabb, in the mitigated penalty of 2I. and costs, for having knowingly suffered unlawful games and gaming on his premises on Sunday, the 5th day of May last.

BRECbNSHIIiE. INFANT SCHOOLS.—In the present age, so prolific in good institutions, we think there are none more calculated to promote the moral welfare of the rising generation than that of infant schools. It is with much pleasure that we see their numbers gradually increasing in the principality, and we trust that the inhabitants of Crickhowel, who are about to establish one in that place, will meet with all the success which they anticipate. In aid of the funds for erecting a school house, the ladies resident in the town and neighbourhood, have been most actively engaged in making numerous fancy articles for the approaching bazaar (June 26) the proceeds of which will, we hope, amply reward its fair promoters for their indefatigable exertions in so praiseworthy an undertaking. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Chief Justice TIN T>AL, and Mr. Baron GURNEY. Herefordshire—Saturday, August J, at Hereford. Monmouthshire-Wednesday, August 7, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire—Saturday, August 10, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—Same day. In the minority who voted against Col. Davies motion to support ministers on the Portuguese question are Viscount Clive, Hon. R- H- Clive, Hon. Col. Lvgon, John Nicholl, Esq., G. R- Robinson, Esq., (Col. Davies' co- representative of Worcester) Lord Granville Somerset, the Hon. G. R. Trevor, Sir Richard Vyvyan, and Col. Wood. Co!onel Fox, M P for Tavistock, presented a peti- tion on the 6th instant from the natives of Wales, resid ing in London, praying the House to take measures fo. enabling Welsh Ministers to preach in the native languagr of that country and also to form a Welsh professorship ae each cf the learned Universities. Augustus Pechell, Erq. has been appointed by the Lord Bishop of St. David's, Chancellor of that diocese, in the room of G. W. Marriott, Esq. deceased. His lordship has also been pleased to license the Rev. W. H. Powell, to the perpetual curacies of Llanpumpsaint and Llan: llawddoe;, on the nomination of the Rev. John Jones, Vicar of Abergwilly, vice the Rev W. Lloyd, Vicar of Xarberth, who resigned the same. F-tifts.-ALt Ross, on Thursday, fat sheep, of which there was a moderate supply, sold at 6d. to fiN. per lb. lambs (of which very few were exhibited) fetched 7d. In store cattle little business was done; but fat cows sold readily at 6d. per lb. The horse fair was largely supplied, and good animals, both for agricultural purposes and hacks, sold well, while inferior animals were a drug.—At Worcester, there was a good supply of beasts, which met a ready sale at 6d. per lb. The supply of mutton was scarcely equal to the demand, and sold 'from 6d. to t> £ d. The number of lambs was much less than in former years; they brought from 7 fd. to 8d. Veal 6d. per lb. J CAMBRIAN BENEFIT SOCIETY.—On the 29th ult. the members of the Cambrian Benefit Society commemo- rated their thirteenth anniversary. About ten o'clock a proccssion, preceded by an excellent band, of music, was formed to Carew church, when the Rev. Mr. Reese im- pressively performed the metvice of the morning. His sermon was of the most Appropriate character, and abetter was never delivered from the pulpit, The learned divine dwelt largely on those cardinal virtues, industry, persever- ance, and sobriety. The former he illustrated in a masterly manner, from the example of the Benefit Society then before him, to the great delight of his audience. On re- turning through Pembroke, they were met by the members of rhe United Friends Benefit Society, with whom they exchanged three cheers. They then proceeded at once to their club house, the Cambrian Inn, where they partook of an excellent substantial dinner; and being plentifully supplied with the Welshman's national beverage, ewrw da, they enjoyed themselves with due decorum during the evening, and separated at a becoming hour in a state of perfect sobriety.— Carmarthen Journal. CARMARTHEN FAIR — Monday last our June fair was pretty well attended by dealers, and cattle sold at an advanced price. The show of horses was not so great as anticipated, but good ones met a ready sale, colts were in great request, and nearly all were bought that were offered. There was but a limited supply of black cattle, probably owing to Narberth Fair being on the following day. Tuesday the usual pig fair took place; there was a large quantity offered, but the sale was extremely dull, and at low prices. It was remarked that at no fair lately held in this town were the vagrant tribe and thimble gentlemen so scarce, from which it is inferred that, like Horatio and the Ghost, they had the far-famed tread-wheel in their mind's eye (—Ibid. HAUNTED COTTAGE.—A poor woman, inhabiting a cottage near New Radnor, about a year ago persuaded her husband to emigrate with the whole family to America. Shortly after her arrival the poor woman was seized with cholera, and died. For several weeks past most alarming noises, like the sound of a sledge-hammer on the boards, or like a person jumping, or like horses gallopping, are heard in the cottage, and can in no way he accounted for. I The superstitious begin to connect the visitation with the fate of the poor woman who formerly lived in the house. MELANCHOLY DISCOVERY.— Some workmen were lately engaged in repairing an old house near the Sarn, in the parish of Kerry, Montgomeryshire, when lifting the boards of a ground floor, the skeleton of a human body was discovered, concealed beneath a part of the floor strongly secured. It is generally believed that the body has been concealed in this spot upwards of thirty years, as at that time a poor girl was lost from the neighbourhood, and never afterwards heard of but nothing can be dis- covered from the condition of the skeleton, to elicit the cause of the unfortunate girl's death.—Shrewsbury Chron. CURIOUS HISTORICAL FA.CT.-Durin, the troubles in the reign of King Charles the First, a country girl went up to London in search of a place as servant maid; but, not succeeding, she applied herself to carry out beer from a brewhouse, and was one of those then called tub women. The brewer, observing a well-looking girl in that low occu- pation, took her into his family as a servant, and after awhile, she behaving herself with much prudence and de- corum, he married her, and, dying while she was yet a young woman, left her a large fortune. The business of the brewery was, dropped, and the young woman was re- commended to Mr. Hyde, as a gentleman of skill in the law, to settle her husband's affairs. Hyde (who was after- wards the great Eart cf Clarendon), finding the widow's fortune very considerable, married her. Of this marriage there was no other issue than a daughter, who was after. wards the wife of James the Second, and mother of Mary and Anne, Queens of England. The spirit of the Political Union of Bristol lately wended its toilsome way to the summity of Brandon hill, and, from that eminence, shed its volumes (of smoke) over the humbler seekers of light touching the house and window taxes. At this sublime meeting one Mr. Lowe took the chair- and surely that's enough for Mr. Lowe. A Mr. Smith lashed the leading Whigs for their desertion of the people," and evolved the important truth, that" if his Majesty desires unanimity among his people, it must be by a perfect coincidence cf sentiment." Mr. C. Hawing, ton, a pavier, called on Ministers to amend their ways: (and surely if Mr. Harrington lived at Merthyr, he might call on the inhabitants to do the same for never was pavement in a worse condition ) Several other orators exhibited them- selves on the occasion, and, after some bouts at fisty cuffs, with not a few experiments in that philosophy which teaehes that property is not lost wheu it changes hands, the wisdom descended from the mountain, and the council" dispersed, having voted a hearty and sincere ensure on Lord Grey and the window taxes. MAN SHOT BY A TALLOW CANDLE.-On Satur. day last a man named Charles Home, residing in Clewer lane, was shot by a tallow candle fired at him by some of his companions, while in a state of intoxication. The poor fellow was. shot through the lungs and expired in three hours afterwards.- fvinds- Express NEW PROMOTIONS."—Vice Lord King dead de facto, and Lord Teynham dead de jure, Lord Suffolk to be leader of the wolves against the church in the House of Lords. We hope their Lordships will not be much troubled with coughing though we under- stand the prevailing ejpidemie is on lbs wune. r f..

EISTEDDFOD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. Tavistock street, Bedford square, June 11, 1833. When I did myself the pleasure of writing to you on the subject of an Eisteddfod in Glamorganshire, I merely stated that Swansea had been named to me as a place capable of accommodating a number of visitors, &c. It will remain of course, with the gentlemen of the county and the neighbourhood to fix on a place that may appear to them best calculated, in every respect, to hold a grand nieeeting: I say in every respect, meaning, in the first place, that there should be a room capable of containing four or five hundred persons to give the concert in; a Church, with a good organ, so that a selection of sacred music might be performed, which always adds to the dignity of the festivals, as well as to the funds, in a pecu- niary point of view; and. if the Goredd could be held, as it was at Denbigh and Beaumaris, within the walls of an ancient castle, where fifteen hundred or two thousand persons could be admitted, it would be most desirable. I am totally unacquainted with both Swansea and Cardiff, and have only to add, that should an Eisteddfod be held next year in Glamorganshire, I shall be most happy to do all in my power to promote it. Let, as you justly observe, a few gentlemen form them- selves into a Committee,* to ascertain the practicability of holding a meeting and, above all, let them institute a guarant66 fund, to indemnify themselves from any heavy liability, and leave the rest to the patriotism and gwlad. gariech of Gwyr Forganwg. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant. JOHN PARRY. » Should a committee be formed, and if thev wi!! do me the honour of communicating with me I shall be able to give such information at the onset, as may facilitate the business very much.

PLAXTEHS AND SLA FES. CHAPTER, xix. (From Coleridge's Six Months in the West Indies, in 1825.) (Continued from our Paper of the 25th ult.) I know perfectly well that there are many persons scattered throughout our numerous colonies who do in- waidly cling to their old prejudices, and very likely mourn in secret over the actual or designed reformations of the present day. But in almost every island there is a majority of better mind, so powerful in numbers and respectability, that it not only puts to silence men of the ancient leaven, but even compels them, through fear of shame, to become the ostensible friends of amelioration. Surely there is nothing extraordinary in this; the owners of estates in the West Indies are a changeable body; they go to England, they visit the United States, they tour in Europe. Is it according even to the most unfavourable estimate of human conduct, that a youth educated at Oxford or Cambridge, the naval or military officer who has retired from his pro- fession, the merchant, the physician, persons of whom in England no one would dare to whisper a reproach, should one and all, as soon as they have landed in Carlisle Bay or St. John's Harbour, be transformed at once into such monsters of avarice and bloodthirstiness, that the once glorious Wilberforce could not find any pity for them, if they were all stabbed at night by black men on their pillows of slumber. Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt," savs Horace but Horace, as Mr. Stephen knows, had slaves himself, and upon one occasion argued that he had worthily rewarded one of them for an honest and industrious course gf life bv not crucifying him for crows meat. So we will give up little Horace. But slavery creates the change, slavery infects the air which they breathe and the soil which they tread slavery hardens their hearts and darkens their understandings! Tme, slavery did all this formerly, does so sometimes now, and has a natural tendency to do as much always. Then slavery is a bad system ? To be sure, a very bad system who says it is a good one? Certainly none of the planters with whom I am acquainted, and most certainly not the author of this book. But are temptations never rcsisted- nay sometimes dared and conquered, and made the vantage ground of virtue? Is not this the case with temp- tations even more seductive to human weakness than starving a man who gives me bread, and lashing a woman who stoops and sweats to do me service ? Consider the subject, gentlemen of the Institution, with a moment's calmness. Make a few analogies with yourselves. Put off the accusing spirit for a day, and cry hush to the devil of party which distracts the natural rectitude of your hearts. You have gained a great notoriety with moderate talents and much declamation; you have succeeded by appealing with assiduity to the easily entreated sympathies of the humane, of the English, of the female bosom you have talked of Christianity with some who scantily believe in Christ, and you have spoken when you could not be answered. You say the planters have gross prejudicps and defend them in the face of reason and justice! They do 50, though I hope, and indeed think, they are shaking them off gradually. The planters are acrimonious! They are, for they are mortal men. The system should be abolished. Pardon me-hardly at present, I think. The question lies between our fingers. We all profess an intention of ameliorating the condition of the slaves, and a wish to raise them ultimately to an equality with the rest of the citizens of the empire. The dispute is about the means. Now, unless we are infatuated by the mere sound of a word, we must acknowledge that the power of doing whatsover a man pleases, if unaccompanied with some moral stimulus which shall insure habitual industry, and correct the profligate propensities of savage nature, is so far from being a step in advance, that it is rather a stride backward instead of being a blessing it is plainly a curse. The body of the slave population does not at present possess this moral stimulus. Emancipation, therefore, would not put them in the road to become good citizens. What must be done then ? Manifestly this one only thing we must create a moral cause in order to be able to abolish the physical cause of labour: we must bring the motives, which induce an Eugish rustic to labour, to bear upon the negro; when the negro peasant will work legularly like the white peasant, then he ought to be as free. How are we to originate this moral stimulus. By various means. First.-By education, this is to say, by teaching every child to read; by providing Bibles and Prayer-books at moderate prices; by building or enlarging churches, or in- creasing the times of service, so that every one may be ah'e to worship in the great congregation one at least on the Sunday. Secolid.-By aine ding the details of existing slavery; that is to say, by thoroughly expurgating the colonial codes, by enacting express laws of protection for the slaves, by reforming the judicatures, by admitting the competency of slave evidence; by abolishing Sunday markets at all events; by introducing task-woi-k by declaring women free from corporeal punishment. Third —By allowing freedom to be purchased at the market price. C To be continued.)

GLAMORGANSHIR E. Among the degrees conferred on the Glh instant, at Oxford, we observe that of Bachelor of Divinity on the Hev. Owen Jenkins, Fellow of Jesus College, the highly respected Curate of Llanblethian and Cow- bridge in this county and the same degree conferred on the Rev. Frederic Francis Edwardes, Fellow of Corpus College, only son of the Rev. John Edwardes, of Gilestou House, near Cowbridge. GLAMORGAN AND MONMOUTHSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The second show of this society for the present year was held at the Town Hall, Cardiff, on Wednes- day week, and was very numerously and fashionably attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, amongst whom we noticed- The Hon. \V. B. Grey, of Duffryn, President, Misses Traherne, of Wenvoe, Lady Lynch Blosse and Misses Blosse, Mrs. and Misses Hill, of Landaff, Mrs. Rickards, and Mr. and Mrs. R. Rickards, of Lantrissenf, Mrs. Richards, of P'as Newydd, Mrs. Thackeray, Mr. and Mrs. Deacon, of Lonpcross, Miss Bennett, Mrs. Col. Bourne and Miss Lane, Rev. Edward and Mrs. Richards, of Saint Andrews, Mrs. Graham, Rev, H. E. Graham and Miss Graham, Mr. G Graham, Mrs. Thomas Reece,of Usk, Miss Reece. Miss Overton, Miss C. Langley, Mrs. R. Davies, Mrs. Watkins, Miss Watkins, Mrs. J. Davie-q, Mrs. John, R. Daw, Esq., R. Reece,%sq., J. Hoinfray, Esq. &c. and a numerous assemblage of gardeners from the neighbourhood. In point of splendour and variety, fhe exhibition was at least equal, if not superior, to former exhibi- tions and the society was greatly indebted to the kindness of Mr. Miller, of Bristol, for forwarding a number of beautiful plants, including— Salwiglossis picta, ditto atropurpurea, ditto reticulata, ditto straminea, helichrysum fasciculatum, ditto prolifeium, several beautiful ericas (amongst which erica vestita coccinea was particularly admired), calceolaria bicolor, ditto Atkin- spnia, d'ttb corymbosa, ditto Herbcrti, ditto Wheeler's, 17 and 90, verbena mclindres, ixia flexuosa, ditto viridis niger, cpicaris grandiflora, pimelea decussata, gladiolus viperatus, linaria alpine, lobelia begoniaefolia, cases of ranunculus, roses, and geranium flowers, besides several other, and a great variety of specimens of flowers, shrubs, alftl herbaceous plants. The following prizes were adjudged by Mr. Nelson, of Bristol, who expressly attended the show for such purpose:— Most ctiriotin flower, gladiolus albidus, R. Reece, Esq.; .-nost beautif,,l do. calceolaria (Wheeler's), E. P. Richards, Usq.; light geranium, Duke of St. Alban's, ditto red do. Mary Queen of Scots, Col. Morgan dark do. Yeatmania- num, E. P. Richards, Esq.; hardy American plant, azalea nudinora. Hon. W. B. Grey; best nosegay, variety, Col. Morgan 12 iris, sorts, R. Reece, Eaq.; ranunculus, sorts, Cot, Morgan ixia violacea, R. Reece, Ksq. black Hamburgh grapes, Hon. W. B. Grey white do. new sweet water, ditto; apples, Newtown pippin, Mr. T. Minnitt; strawberries, Keene's seedling, E. P. Richards, Esq. ditto, ditto, J. Moggridge, Esq. apples, French crab, ditto melon, Rev. J. M. Tralierne cucumbers, J. M. Richards, F.<q.; ditto, Hon. W. B. Grey; lettuce, coss, Mr. T. Minnitt; ditto, cabbage, J. Moggridge, Esq.; green peas, Mr. T. Minuitt; asparagus, ditto; radishes, ditto; kidney beans and potatoes, Rev. J. M. Traherne; potatoes, J. Moggridge, Esq.; carrots, J. M. Richards, Esq Prizes of lOn. each were also given to Ann Russell and Thos. James, Landough, cottagers. ja-lany other beautiful plants were exhibited, amongst which several cactuses and pelargoniums, and a most beautiful niesembryanthemnm caused particular ad- miration. Absence from home prevented the attend- ance of several subscribers, including the families from Tredegar, Ruperra, Landough Caslie, Coedriglan, and Gabalva. to' The next show will be holden the latter end of July. LAUXCII OF THE nOON EY.- Tliis magnificent vessel, the longest in the British navy, will be launched on Tuesday next, Waterloo day, at Pater, near Mil- ford. We are happy to perceive by advertisement in our first page, that arrangements are making by which our friends at Neath and Swansea will be enabled to make a delightful excursion by water from the latter place to witness this interesting scene. MERTHYR SCHOOL.—The half-yearly public ex- amination of the Boys' National School will takeplace, at the school house, on Thursday the 20th inat. at 10 in,the forenoon. We doubt not the ladies and gen. tlemen subscribers, and the public in general, will be present on so interesting an occasion. IRON TRADE.—There is no advance in the price of iron, but the demand continues brisk. We under- stand that Messrs. Hill of Plymouth works have given notice, that, as soon as they can find men to bring into work another furnace, which they are preparing to .work, they will advance the wages of their men. On Friday week John Wyudham Bruce, ofDyffryn, Aberdare, Esq., eldest sfHi of our worthy Senior Magistrate, was called to the degree of Barrister at Law by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. MERTHYR POLICE.—Yesterday HoweJ Joues, land- lord of the Orange Tree beer house, was lined before J. B. Bruce, Esq. and Wm. Tbomas, Esq. in the full penalty of 51. and costs, for suffering persons of no- toriously bad character to assemble in his premises.

TO THE EDITOR, OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN- Mr. Editor and my dear Sir,—This comes hoping to find you, as it leaves me at this present (I thank God for it) a downright Radical, Patriot, and true-hearted Destructive, and all that. Sir, the reasons why I favour you with my pistolry corspondence over every other newspaper man is this here, that yours is read by great Iron men, and the times are so bad, all owing to the Tories, that I'm not sure but I and wife, and six children aint coming to the works- (I hopes you've got a Political Union there)—so between me and you, thinks r, ecod if I fill his paper he ought to fill my belly—least way s, jive me a printed character to the iron-master men that's but tit for tat. Sir, I begs to tell you, I'm a most respectful man, as you'd say if I would tell my name, and that's the reason I won't tell it. I've been a master operative two years almost, tho' now out of busi- ness-niore shame for the vile Oligarchy, and the Assessed Taxes, and the Duke of Wellington, to think such a man should be thinking of walking off to the works after all with his wife and six children. But thats' not here nor there- what I favour you for is as follows, to wit:- You must know I was no creat shakes of a patriot till I had a call to be a Political Union man. I used to go to sleep over our newspaper, and when I waked up make a speech in the taproom all in praise of some great man I'd been reading about, and when I'd done—Lord it was a vile Tory and then they'd the laugh against me on our board, but I never could recollect names. But when I went along with the Unions and flags and all that, I begin to know what's o'clock, as they say. You didn't catch me blessing old Eldon for a rare radical then- especially be- cause a little after I was a riggler Political Unionists, and had my swordstick and pistol and all sly to myself in the glass as fine as sixpence. I began to have but a little bu- siness (I thank God for the luck of it), I'd more time to attend to the Government business, and at last gave most of it to mv liew iiiie, the Pollytticks line, like, that I'd took to. Plague of sleepy heads—I was'nt quite right neither, but so as I'd forget sides, till I read about that glorious Brummagem turn out, swearing "No Taxes!" I gets up a banging bill in red and black letters, every one like the bouncing B in the alphabet pictures, and pasted with four or six, I forget which, red and blue wafers in my shop window—third pane from the left hand. No taxes paid by me"—Those were the words, spelt right and all. And I'd plenty of time to peep from within my shop, at the many folks stood to read it till I was almost dashed like, to come to my door, I was so noticed. I had my sufferings as well as other patriots, Mr. Editor Sir I can tell you, like Carlile and Hunt and all them fine fellows-for-as I stood, my wife (she's a devil) comes me a precious lick behind with OUT yard (nay, once she laid the goose about my knowledge-box) and asks if her brats be to eat me, or the Union ticket, or what, if I wouldn't work for their bread ? And sure enough I think the Political Union folks are a little like those French Saint's Clouts or what d'ye call lern-a3 some newspapers say—for the devil a pair of breeches hardly have I seated since I began the row about the Parliament seats—she's right enough there (I never did much in the new line, tho' I was a Master so long.) Hovvsomever, I jast rub my head, and lick hers, gently like, with the yard, if I can get it from her, and enjoy myself. Yes, Sir, if you know how entirely I feel another man, you'd bless yourself. Now for two years before, at tax time when that Tory-faced dog, the taxgatherer, came bullying, Lord I used to feel my heart down in my inex- pressibles-and whine out from between my wife's arm and side; who stood akimbo (she's a deuced tall woman) peeping with my paper face-" very sorry, Sir- I can't." The tyrant !-Well, now that I know how noble it is to pay no taxes-I skips up. and tries to look qs big as he. with his bull head and "carbuncle face, and says •' I shan't! it's no go Why ?" says he-" Because Lord Grey be'nt prime minister," says I. Sir, the more I studies for the good of my country, the more I feel within me, something saying all rJht no taxes !as it were from my very bowels -especially when tax-time is come. My inward man is I moved against taxation, because it's the curse of my country. there is but one thing troubles me, and that's what I want to ask your advice about Mr. Editor, Sir. You know my last row with the vile Tory taxman, was about Earl Grey being out, as aforesaid. Well, now the rascal's coming again, and Earl Grey's in, and it be Earl Grey's own tax he scorning for ;—wbat the devil am I to say now ? I read t other day that the Brummagem boys swear they won t pay now because bc's in; but hang it, I'm a modest man-I havn't the brass in my face they have—they won't blush more than one of their own brass halfpennies. P-y^v-e me what to say in a line to correspondents'' a. r.l Pay my respects to you at Merthyr. My wife and six chiKiien beg to be kindly remembered, and I (the father) remain Sir your's, Llandesillyogogo, April One. TRUE BLUE.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. — OXFORD.-June I.-Tltc prizes for 1833 have been ad- judged to the follow* "g gentlemen:-Latitz Verse: Carthago -I-Williain Norton Smyth, Commoner of JJrasennose. Eiiglish Essay On Eintilation- Henry Wall, B.A.,of St. Albans Hall. Latin Essay: De Atticorum Comoedia— William Palmer, B. A. Fellow of Magdalen. Entjlish Verse, Newdigate Granada-John Graham, Commoner of Wadham. This day Alfred Menzies, B. A. and Scholar of Trinity, was elected Fellow of that Society and at same time William Henry Ley, Blount Scholar of Trinity; Arthur Kensington, of Oriel, and William Dickinson, of Wadham, were elected Scholars on the foundation and W rytc Baker, Blount Scholar of Trinity College. JUNE 6. This day the following degrees were conferred Doctor in Medicine.-I'llomas Heberden, Oriel. Doctor in Clull Law.-Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford, Christ Church. Bachelors in Divinity.— Rev. Owen Jenkins, Fellow of Jesus Rev. Frederic Francis Edwardes, Fellow of Corpus. Masters of Arts.—Rev. Robert Morris, Christ Church, Grand Compounder; Edw. Quenby Ashby, Christ Church; Rev. Rowland Webster, Lincoln Rev. Henry Edward Manning, Fellow of Merton; Rev. Henry Digby Scriell Queen's; Rev. Robert Charles Kitson, Exeter; Francis Henry Talman, Magdalen Hall, Rev. Wm. Lloyd, Jesus; Rev. Charles Edward Armstrong, Worcester; Thomas Legh Claughton, Fellow of Trinity. Bachelors of Arts—John Mountague Cholmeley, Thomas Henry Whorwood, Demies of Magdalen; Hon. Charles John Canning, Student of Christ Church Richard Vaughan Simpson, Balliol; Geo. Augustus Webb, Charles Walters, Postmasters of Merton; Frederick J. H. Reeves, Merton; Edmund Roberts Larken, Rd. Thos Pulteney Pulteney, Trinity. CAMBRIDGE, June 7.-At a Congregation held yester- day, the following gentlemen proceeded to the degree of Bachelors of Physic. James Andrews, George Edward f 8 Paget, Arthur Farre, Caius. PRIZES.-Cla Wednesday last the following prizes were adjudged :—Porson Prize: (for the best translation of a passage from Shakspeare into Greek verse.) Henry Lushington, Trinity subject-King Richard II. Act Ill. Scene 2, beginning K. Rich Know'st thou not, That when the searching eye of heaven is hid And ending— For heaven still guards the right. SIR WILLIAM BROWNE'S MEDALS:-Greek Ode T. K. Selwyn,Trinity—Subject, Thermopylae. Latin Ode: Henry Drury, Caius—Subject, Romanorum monumenta in Bri. tannia reperta.-Epigrains: Clia-,i. Clayton, Caius—Subject, Prope ad summum prope ad exitum.

GRADUAL ALTERATION OF THE ENGLISH LAN- t;PAGE,-O{u' traasl{ltion of the Bible, and that also of the Book of Common Prayer, are written in a style of pure and noble English, but some words contained in them have. by the change in the meaning of words since that day, assumed a meaning different from that in which they were then used and by these, without due caution, the reader may be misled. They are, however, very few. One of the most remarkable is the word prevent, which we now use in the sense" to hinder; but it then signified (which is in- deed its true classical and derivative meaning) to go before"—and so it is to be taken in every case in which it occurs in the Bible and Prayer Book. Thus in the Collect taken from the Communion Service, which is usually offered before the sermon, we have Prevent us, 0 Lord. in all our doings," a petition which conveyed an idea then very different from the meaning of the word now. A curious instance of the old use of this word occurs in Walton's Angler, where one of the Characters says, I mean to be up early tomorrow morning to prevent the sun rising," that H, to be up before sun.-Satu-rda Magazine.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN- S I R,I'IierL, is no question, which, from the magnitude of the interests involved in it, should be discussed with less passion and prejudice than that of colonial slavery and yet there is not one in which these feelings enter with more vehemence, sacrificing at once truth and justice, exaggerating and distorting, substituting declamation for argument, words for things, sound for sense. There is much of this temper to be complained of in both parties but a larger allowance for human infirmity should be awarded to those who are charged with crimes against which their nature rebels, and who are called upon to answer to offences which have no existence but in the imagination of their accusers. It is unfortunate for the proprietors of West Indian estates, that the foul blot of rhe Trade," has never been wiped out from the memo- ries of those who remember the mode by which slaves were procured, the horrors of the middle passage, and the treatment to which they were exposed in the West India islands. That these things should enter into the question of colonial slavery at this time of day, would be just as fair as if a writer of English history should speak of the vassalage and villanage of the times of the Normans; or m a treatise on English jurisprudence, he should com- plain of the barbarity of the law against witchcraft. slavery, as it exists at this moment in the West Indies, hardly deserves the name by which it is designated there is nothing but the term property in negroes, which can afford real ground for declamation; whereas the thing signified by slavery is a state to which, as compared with their own condition, the children in manufactories, and, in many districts, the families of the English peasant, would look with envy. At whatever loss, the slave must e clothed and fed. A sure and certain provision for infancy and old age, such as no state of freedom would enable them to procure for themselves, is secured to them whi)st the moral and religious improvement of the man has not only not been neglected but has been generally encouraged. Still it cannot be denied that slavery, with all iu modifications, is an evil, and ought to be remedied. I hat man should have property in man, in the sense in which he holds it in the West Indies, is a state of things not to he defended by any Christian; but equally inde- fensible is the" fiat justitia, ruat cœluTll" principle, by which this claim is sought to be abolished. You might as well let in the full flood of light upon the eye that has been recently couched, and expect that the optic nerve would endure the blaze, as at once unrivet the fetters of the slave, and suppose that he will use his liberty wisely. You have to contend with that fearful anomaly, the physical strength of the man with the intellect of the child. You might as well put arms into the hands of a madman, as give full and immediate liberty to the slave for both would use the gift to their own destruction and to yours. The experiment, under any restraint, is an awful one: there is no retracing a single step in your course having advanced, you must proceed and well would it be, if the thousands who have sianed the petitions, not against slavery as an abstract question, but as connected with the mighty interests at stake (in which the well being of the slave is not less involved than is the life and property of the master) would, iustead of rushing in where the wisest fear to tread, make themselves better acquainted with the magnitude of the events at issue; and, whilst they lament that such a state of society should ever have existed, and ever have been sanctioned by a Cliristian legislature, endeavour to extinguish the evil, more by the sure process of a moral regeneration of the man, than by a sudden elevation to a state for which he is utterly unfit. There are thousands of negroes in the West India islands, as happy as their moral condition will permit, who know nothing of the whip but by name, and who, if they could be made sensible of the true nature of the change in contemplation, would regard it with perfect indifference. It is from insulated cases°that oratory finds material for its eloquent appeal to the passions of an auditory; it is from the general treatment of the slave population that the planters indignantly repel the accusations with which they are charged. We disdain to employ the word cant in speaking of these petitions it is odious and unjust; but we do complain of that defective humanity, which cannot or will not look at a subject in its true light rfhd in all its bearings which is quick to lend an ear to the suggestions of a zeal without discretion, and which closes its eyes to the investigation of evidence and the experience of facts. We could relate many instances of the negro character most affecting, from the fidelity and the attachment dis- played by the slaves of a plantation in the island of St. Kits, but these arguments are two-edged for, w hilst they are a sufficient answer to the charge of cruelty, they speak of those moral qualities which render the slave fit" for freedom. But the "fiat has gone forth" that slavery should cease, and as freemen we rejoice. Let us not by our indiscretion mar the fair prospect which is presented to us, nor by agitation urge forward a work which, to be com- pleted as true humanity would wish, must he conducted with temper, forbearance, and moderation. And may that God, before whom their is neither bond nor free, prosper the work to the advancement of human happiness, and the promotion of his own Glory. J FORTIUS.

THE SHOE TRADE.—A correspondent remarks, that although the price of leath*r has fallen, within these few years, about 50 per cent. the public have derived no perceptible advantage in the reduction of the price of shoes. i\

I THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE. That most veracious authority, the Times, says, that, from what transpires of the proceedings of the Ministerial Committee of the House of Commons on the state of trade, it appears that the country is not in that distressed condition that has been represented. If this be true of other places, we are most happy to hear it; but we must say, that, as far as the condition of the people of Merthyr, and we believe of the people generally in the iron districts, is concerned, this statement of the very con- scientious scribe of the Tiines is WHOLLY CONTRARY TO TRUTH.

KINGS BENCH. THOMAS V. J. E. SAUNDERS AND ANOTHER.—Mr. Evans moved for a rule to show cause why the venue in this case should not be changed from Carmarthen to the county of Glamorgan, upon the ground that a fair and impartiallrial could not be had at the former place. The plaintiff, it appeared, was an attorney, and had taken an active part in the late election for Carmarthen, on the side called the II blue party," the ''red-party" being the more popular side; and the plaintiff brought this action to recover compensation from the defendants, J. E. Saunders and Timmins, Esqrs magistrates, for an alleged false commitment.—Rule granted.

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. No. 5. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be sa-ited ? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under fooi of men." Common salt never loses its savour, as the allusion here supposes and if common salt had been meant, it would have been as unnatural as to have said, Ye are the sugar of the earth if the sugar loses itssavout- or sweetness, wherewith shall it be sweetened ? Vari- ous conjectures have, therefore, been made as to the kind of salt meant. A German critic, Shoetgenius, ha< ma le the discovery of the kind ofalt alluded to. The Jews, that writer proves, used in their sacrifices a salt, neither fossil nor sea saltr -but a bituminous salt, which was called Sodomitic alt. In Gen. xiv. 3, the Dead Sea, or Sea of Sodom, i* called Mare Salis, and is still known to be intensely salt and bitter. Pliny mentions Sodbttiitic salt as coining from a place in Judea. It was used in the sacrifices, because it aided combustion, and its agreeable odour destroyed the odour of the burning flesh. And for this use it was stored up in a peculiar apartment of the Temple, called The Conclave of Salt." It was apt, however, to lose its odour, if exposed to moisture or heat, and to become insipid and useless fur the sacrifices. Still, however, it was not altogether u*eless; j0 rainy season, when the marble pavement of the Temple was slippery, it was sprinkled on the floor instead of sand. These things being understood, the allusion of our Lord becomes easy and natural- It is taken from the familiar experience of every Jew who frequented the Temple, to whom Sodomitic salt was familiar, and who saw it frequently strewed upon the Temple pave- ment when it lost its odour, and trampled under foot or cast away. It thus affords also another and an unexpected evidence, that the author of the Gospel of Malthetv was a visitant of the Temple, and an eye- witness of the Jewish sacrifices and customs, and lived at the time in which Christ lived. This one of those coincidences which could never have been forged. About the moral lesson of the passage, no one had ever any doubt. To all Christians it may be said, Ye aie those who, by your life, your doctrine, and your conversation, should season and give stimulus to a thoughtless, depraved, and vapid generation." See Shoetgenius Horte Hebriaca.

DIVERSITY OF TRAITS IN THE HUMAN COUNTENANCE. It is an evident proof of the adorably wisdom of God, that though the bodies of men are-so siufllar to each other, in their essential parts, there is yet such a diversity in their exterior, that they can be readily distinguished without the liability of error. Amongst the many millions of men existing in the universe, there are no two that are perfectly similar to each other each one has some pecu- liarity pourtrayed in his countenance, or remarkable in his speech and this diversity of countenance is the more singular, because the parts which compose it are very few, and in each person they are disposed according to the same plan. If all things had been produced by blind chance, the countenances of men might have resembled one another as nearly as balls cast in the same mould, or drops of water out of the same bucket: but as that is not the case, we must admire the infinite wisdom of the Creator, which, in thus diversifying the traits of the human countenance, has manifestly had in view the happiness of men; for if they resembled each other perfectly, they could not be -distinguished from one another, to the utter confusion and detriment of society. We should never be certain of life, nor of the peaceable possession of our property thieves and robbers would run little risk of detection, for they could neither be distmguished by the traits of their coun- tenance nor the sound of their voice. Adultery, and every crime that stains humanity might be practised with im- pumty, since the guilty would rarely be discovered; and we should be continually exposed to the machinations of the villain and the malignity of the coward we could not shelter ourselves from the confusions of mistake, nor from the treachery and fraud of the deceitful; all the efforts of justice would be useless, and commerce would be the prey of error and uncertainty: in short, the uniformity and perfect similarity of faces would deprive society of its most endearing charms, and destroy the pleasure and sweet goratificalion of individual friendship. The variety of fea- tures, then. constitutes part of the plan of divine govern- ment, and is a strong proof of God's tender care over us; I for it is very evident that he has disposed the particular parts of the body with as much wisdom as he has mani. I fested in its general structure, and we are compelled to admire his beautiful and wise arrangement in this as well as 11l every other part of the creation.

STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION. On Friday week, Mr. Littleton was re elected for South Staffordshire. Lord Ingestne had been induced to declare himself a candidate in consequence of representations made to him that the whole of the Tory interest of the Division would support him, and that the friends- of Mr. Littleton had failed in registration. It was found however, that this latter state- ment was not correct, and that great part of the conservative party previous to the appearance of Lord Ingestrie in the field had promised their support to Mr. Littleton. The noble Lord therefore withdrew from a contest, the con- tinuance of which would only have caused needless excite- ment MINING INTEREST.—We are iofowwUbat it Is the anxious wish of the lords and adventurers in our principal mines that a meeting of the mining interest should, forth- with, be convened by the noble chairman oLthe committee appointed to lay their case before government, in order to consider of what steps it may he expedient to adopt for averting, whilst it is yet possible, the ruinous consequences to our mines, of the refusal of Ministers to grant a fair protecting duty on foreign ores imported into this country, and smelted here under bond.-Cornwall Gazette. THE ISLE OF MAN.—A number of Liverpool mer- chants have formed a company for building ships in the Isle of Man, where Baltic timber can be imported at a duty of 5s. per load, and plank at Bs, per load, while in England the duties are 21. 15s. and 41. per load. The Liverpool and Sunderland shipbuilders have therefore petitioned parliament to equalize the timber Juties in Eng- land and the Isle of Man. „ A COQUETTF, IN INDIA.—" And who, said I, is that pretty young lady to whom three gentlemen are paying court t" It is Miss T. giving laws to her triumvirate; she possesses talents of no common order. What an acqui- sition she would have been to the Czar or the coteries of Paris! She has not yet numbered twenty summers, yet observe with what a delicate poise she preserves the balance of power. To one of her adorers she had given her fan, to another her scarf, the third was an desespoir.' What was to be done? Fortunately the ribbon of her shoe was loose, she told the despairing one to tie it, he did so, recovered his gaiety, and an universal equilibrium was the comequcnce.East India Magazine. THE TAIL IN LONDON.—Variouft have been the surmises as to the mode adopted by many of our Irish members for the procurement of a livelihood in London- such as it is-some of them notoriously not being the masters of twenty pounds in the world. At length the secret is out; they carry on the war by the sale of their fre-nks-a circumstance so well known to the proprietors of eating-houses, venders of gin toddy, and waiters at hotels, that we only wonder the thing was not sooner blown up, and the attention of the Postmaster Genera! directed to the traffic. We understand that from 8 to 10 shillings a day may be turned in all honest way by a successful trader in franks-so that, after all, being a parliament man is no such bad thnijj.—Dublin Evening Mail ,I.

(FOR THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN.) The national emblem of Erin and Cambria is the harpj The following verses were composed during the dread'1* famine in Ireland in the year 1821, when througho" England and Wales subscriptions were raised for t" relief of the distressed Irish. THE HARPS OF ERIN AND CAMBRIA, A Dialogue. Cambria'S HARI*. Harp of Erin ? why neglected- Loosely o'er the willows hunh- By no niiiistrel hand protected- Mute, unpractised, and unstrung- Where's the minstrel hand that woke thee Loud with pleasure's rapturous fire? Where the strains that once bespoke thae Sweetest of the tuneful quire ? here the themes of warlike glory, Loud that made thy chords resotiiid ? While, swelling high, the martial story Inspiration breath'd around ? Where the generous hearts that swore thee Guardian record of their praise ? Hung with adoration o'er thee Wreaths of never-fading bays? Sister minstrel tho' o'r"haded, Dark, and sad thimerald isle, Tho' thy Shamrock now be faded. Cheer thee-it again shall smile. Then wake tho' dark the gloom surrounding, Warm'd with friendship's genial glow, Like the tuneful statue* sounding Sweet 'mid desolating woe. ERIN'S HARP. Harp of Cambria softly swelling, While thy dulcet strains are free, Famine haunts my minstrel's dwelling, And he finds no strain for me. Lo where once sat, peaceful smiling, Ruddy joy and rustic glee, My notes the evening hours beguiling, Famine haunts the brave and free. Loud the Poean once resounded From my chords, and martial fire Swift thro' Erin's ranks rebounded At their country's minstrel lyre. But now alas -1 while peace is singing Her halcyon song o'er land and sea, Tho'joy and hope to others bringing, She only brought new tears to <.> me."t Harp of CanibriEt from thy mountains, Ne'er may peace ani joy aepart Like thy mossy chrystal fountains, Pure remain each Briton's heart! Like those fountains, health bestowing Thro' the vallies as they flow, Bright the cheering smile that's glowing Thro' Cambria's plains for Erin's woe. B. Dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone Chorda Atque vetus Thebe centum jacet obruta portis. Juvsn al. t Moore'i Irish Melodies—" My gentle harp," &c. ON LEAVING CARDIFF, Addressed to C. A. S. Farewell to Cardiff's much loved town, With what regret I leave it now, Its mouldering towers darkly frown Upon me as I pass below. Within its Castle walls how oft I've wiled away the pleasant hours, Conversing there in accents soft, With one the fairest of its flowers. How spring adorns its lovely bowers With her own bright and tender green, And all her sweetest, eaIliest flowera Enamelling its paths are seen. Ere I return, those flowers will fade, And others blossom in their place, The trees will have a deeper shade And nature wear a different face. 'Twill be the same with thee perchance. The smiles with which you now receive me, Exchanged for the cold careless glance- Ah! no, thou wilt not thus deceive me. Thou never wilt with scorn repay Him, whose fond heart can ne'er forget thee Who though in o o 6 he must stay, Will never cease there to regret thee. While through its spacious halls I stray, And every comfort round me see, I'll think of her who's far away, But more than every thing to me. C. L.

DEPRECIATION.—Froui a statement drawn up by the Board of Trade, it appears that the depreciation of the undermentioned articles of general use from 1819 to 1832 has been as follows: English wheat, per quarter, 17 per cent beef, 19 per cent; mutton, 35 per cent; Newcastla coals, per chaldron, 35 per-cent; bar iron, per ton, 51 per cent; pig iron, 48 per cent; Cheshire cheese, 38 per cent; Gloueester cheese, 38 per cent; Jamaica sugar, 35 per cent; Havannah cigars 48 per cent; Jamaica coffee, 41 per cent; Java coffee, 70 per cent; Georgia cotton, 66 per cent; Bengal ditto, 39 per cent; Riga hemp, 20 per cent Petersburg ditto, 24 per cent; yellow soap and tallow, 45 per cent; Greenland oil, 18 per cent; Spermaceti, 30 per cent; timber, 23 per cent; tobacco, 62 per cent. Tho average depreciation on the whole is about 37 per cent; which is accounted for by no other cause than the opera- tion of Mr. Peel's bill. The accurate philosophers, who snpported this bill, said that it would produce a deprecia- tion of from 4 to 6 per cent! But this statement compre- hends raw produce only.' If we include in tho average, manufactured products, the depreciatiou is about 100 per cent: so that, by the operation of this bill, which was wrung from the late government by the clamours of th" then opposition, the industrious classes give their labour for half, or little more than half, of the same intrinsic remuneration.

BIRTHS. June 8, at Brighton, the lady of Charles Morgan, Esq. of Ruperra, in this county, of a daughter. Yesterday morning, the lady of the Rev. J. Jones, Merthyr, of a son. On the 27th ult. at Swansea, Mrs. W. Haynes, of a son. On the 29th ult. Mrs. Edwards, of Hendwell, Radnor- shire, of a son and heir. MARRIED. On the 30th ult. at Llandew Church, Breconshire, Mr. Wm. Williams, of the Kellin in Llanigon, to Frances, only daughter of Mr. Richard Stephens, formerly of "rood.. minton, in the county of Hereford. On Tuesday week, at Llandebie Church, Carmarthen- shire, R. M. Williams, Esq. of Mysyddhirion, near Llari- dilo, to Eliza Maria, only daughter of John Heptinstall* Hsq. of Cwmcoch, near Llandebie. On the the 29th ult. the Venerable Archdeacon Jones, to Sarah, only daughter of the late Robert Davies, Esq. of Llanbedr. • On the 6th instant, at Trevethin Church, by the ReV. D. Jones, Mr. Wm. Evans, mason, to Miss Hannah Merrefield, both of Pontypool. On the 26th ult. at Munich,'Count Potemkin, Ambas- sador from the Emperor of Russia to the Court of Bavaria* to Eliza Mary Rose, eldest daughter of Edward M. Graiuge-r, Esq. Twysog, Denbighshire. At St. James's Church, Bath, Mr. Bartlett, of Lyncombe Vale, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of— Angell, Esq. of Pembrokeshire. On the 31st ult at Whitford, by the Rev. E. Roberts, Vicar, Mr. J. Elias, only son of the Rev. John Elias. Anglesey, to Harriet, second daughter of Richard Maurice, of Plasiichaf, near Agoston. June 5, at St. George's Church, Hanover square, by the Very Reverend the Dean of Derry, Thos. Henry Kingscote. Esq. of Kingecote, Gloucestershire, to the Hon. Harriet Bloomfield, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfiald, G.C.B and G.C.H. DIED. At Merthyr, on the 9th instant, Mrs. Watkins, widow of the late Mr. Richard Watkins, of the King's Head, Inn. On the 12th inst. at Llwynon, in the parish of Penderrin. Breconshire, Mr. Thomas Jones, having survived his wife (whose death we recorded in our last paper) only sevell days. On the 7th inRtant, at an advanced age, Mr. Philip Watkins, of Scyborfawr, in the parish of Penderrin, Bre- conshirc. On the 8th instant, at Troed yr Rhiew, Ystrad, wife of Mr. Evan Evans, formerly of Ddwallt, Llanvonno. On Thursday week, greatly respected, Mary, the wife of Mr. Charles Jones, of CarmartNe- On the 1st instant, after a painful ^"iness, borne with fortitude and resignation, Mr. James ThollldS,of Pencia wdd. near Newcastle, Carmarthenshire. After a few days' illness, aged 73, Mr. John Morgan, of of Bolgoed, a just man, a kind friend, and benefactor to the poor. On Sunday week, aged 37, Mr. David Jones, the only son of Mr. Daniel Jones, auchorsmith, Swansea. On Monday week, at Hakin, near imitford, aged 63, Mrs. Williams, relict of Mr. Abram Williams, of that place. Lately, Mrs. Birt, wife of Mr. James Birt, paper manu- facturer, at Mounton, near Chepstow; and Mary, wife of Mr. John Davis, grocer and draper, Pontypool. On the 3d instant, at the Upper Bailey Pit Farm, near Monmouth, Mr. Edward Addis, at the advanced age of 841 Same day, at the Kymin, near Monmouth, aged 84. Diana Parry. On the 4th June, aged 95, Mr. Thos. Evans, Lwyncelyn* Llangunnidcr, leaving a widow with whom he had live" happily for sixty-two years. MERTHYR TYDVIL Printed and Published by WILLIAM MALLALIEU, at the Office, High Street, where Orders, Advertisements, Communications, are requested to be addressed, o' i