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BRECONSHIRE. DINNER TO HENRY ALLEN, ESQ. It having been resolved to present to Henry Allen, Esq. late Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, a piece of platef in testimony of the high estimation in which his able services are held, on Tuesday last a numerous company of the principal gentlemen of the town and the county assembled at the County House. The Chairman, Mr. Bold, pre- sided. After the cloth was removed, and thebealtlis of the King, Queen, Princess Victoria, and Royal Family were drunk, Mr. Bold addressed Mr. Allen as follows:- "'Sir,—I have the honour in the name of the magis- trates aud advocates who attend the Brccon Sessions, to present you with these pieces of plate. I tnist, Sir, that the sight of these articles* will not only often call to your recollection the occasion of their presentation, but also revive in your remembrance some of those happy hours which, after the business of the court had been trans- acted, we passed so happily together in social intercourse. I feel more than ordinary gratification in its devolving on meto be the humble instrument of presenting this mark of respect to my esteemed and valued friend IIpon thu present occasion and I feel happy in assuring him that We d,) so with tile utmost sincerity of heart. I need not Pnumera'e his c aims, for they are ali in our recolliz clilln. This, gentlemen, is the second time on which J have had the honour of presenting plate to my wort}.IY frknd. ] had the good fortune of presenting him with plate on his retiring from the bar, at which he long shone as an eminent, courteous, and respected member; and it "i" never escape my memory the heartfelt gratification 1 expp.rieuecd on that occasion, and my regret is that we loe his services on the bench of our Quarter Sessions. It is a loss to us all and to the county in general for his long and eminent services had made us secute in his impartial ai\<j juSt de. cisious. Gentlemen, I shall conclude with driny0g Mr- Allen's very good health. Gentlemen, let our glasses be bumpers, and let us testify our respect by standing up whilst drinking them. The learned chairman concluded amidst the cheers of the company, in drinking the health of ii. Alien, Esq. chairman of the Brecon Sessions. Mr. Allen then rose, and spoke as follows — Mr Chairman,— My first ifialiksire due totlle AI might) who has enabled and permitted me so to conduct inyseif as to receive this ver) kind atlnliùn from so respectable a company. I have, upon many occasions risen to address an audience with diffidence and uistrust of my ability, and when most in the habit of public speaking, I could not hear unmoved the encomiums lavished upon me by my friend the chairman. He has brought to my recollection the feelings which I cO'lll! not but share on the occasion of the presentation, of the plate to which he has alluded and, gentlemen, my feelings were then so powerful as to obstruct the utterance of my thanks, to express my gratitude, and how much that gratitude was enlarged by the kind maimer of uiy friend. What, gentlemen, must they be after the huse 01 so many years, each year taking away at my ad- vanced age, a portion of declining strength. However, gentle- men,my power may be deficient in my expressions of gra- tttude, no time can lessen it. (Here the learned gentleman became so affected that he paused for a considerable time, the company to relieve his embarrassment cheered him several times ) You perceive, gentlemen, 1 am oppressed with my feelings our feelings are not al ways under our own control, otherwise what more encouragement can any man have than the kind expressions of numerous respectable and respected gentlemen who surround him. What more gratification can any man have than to receive for any public service the thanks of such respectable classes of his countrymen as 1 have now the honour to address; yet tnat reward may be increased by the manner in which it is bestowed, lou have not been content with giving me your transient thanks, you have ordered them to be enrollell with the records ofyourcourt. You have not been satisfied even with that, but have been pleased to direct that your good opinion- of me should be recorded on the splendid pieces f plate which you do me the honour to present, by which your kind esteem for me will be handed down to my tamilv and those who might associate with them. If there is any drawback to the perfect satisfaction I feel at the procetfdiugs of this day, it is that you should have thought it necessary to mark your good opinion by so munificent a present. Hither of these pieces would have been highly gratifying to me and received as an ample compensation for my humble but best endeavours. In looking at them I cannot but admire them. Splendid as is the material, the inscription is much more gratifying, anu my proud ieeling induces me to say with the Roman poet-" materiain superabat opus." Gentlemen, I feel ttiat I have inadequately expressed my thanks, and that 1 have confined them to my retirement from the Cnair to which you were pleased to elect me 53 successive sessions. To the genUemen acting either as advocates or solicitors, I feel bound to make my public declaration, that though my opinion often differed trom, i.nd I held arguments contrary to, theirs, they never were wanting in repcl ami attention to the Court, in their zeal for their clients. When occasionally i have differed from any of you in opinion, 1 trust, 1 have done so without offence, as I am sure you have received that opinion with courtesy. May sitcft alvrhy-x charactetitict the sessions of this county. Mr. Clerk of the Peace, I cannot omit to thank you lor your uniform zeal, ready attention, and correct conduct iu your office, in the exercise of the duties of which you have ren- dered my lauotus much more easy. To the Treasurer I also feel myseit called upon to return my warm thanks, for his liberal, disinterested, and correct conduct: may he long 11\ e to continue in that oflice, which he has tilled to the beneilt of the county and his own credit. The thanks I have given are real ones. My grateiul feelmgs are cn- graved on different materials io this (homing one of the pieces of piate in his liquid), they are engraved on the heart: that is a perishable subsunce, which even now whilst 1 am speaking wears aw ay, but as it decay s I s hall often be comfort- ed by tne recollection of your handing down to posterity, on ttiis inoie substantial material, your kind esteem forme, tienilemen, 1 am no advocate for egotism, and I have occupieil too much of yonr time in speaking of myself. Nothing now remains but to wish ail and each of you health and happiness, which I '"j"1 the bottom of a full heart. M:iy that merciful God, who has exten,je(j my life to so advanced an age, permit the youngest ot you to reach the years I have numtieicd, and may the evening of your ,d, days be crowned wuh the comfort, consolation, ail(j g„p_ purt of respected friends, as 1 now feel mine to he. J i1<1Ve the honor to drink ail your good healths. Cheers, con- tinued for several minutes. Mr. AUen again spoke. I have the permission of the Chairman to propose a toast, Fill your glasses gentlemen. I beg to dunk the health of a gentleman wjiom we all respect. (jientlehiS'iij in retiring from the Chair, still au egotist gentlemen, stiil saying Something from myself, 1 wi-hed the Court to be respectable and respected. 1 have full confidence in the accomplishment of that wish, when 1 tind the magistrates have selected from amongst themselves a gentleman as Chairman, wlio, from education and the high office he fills in your local jurisdiction, is in every way qualified for that honollrable station wlw h you have conferred upon him as he is present I cannot say all I wish, all I ought to say of hiiii-I therefore drink the health of our worthy Chairman." Mr. Bold, the Chairman- "Gentlemen, I receive with great gratification the com- pliment which you have paid me coming as it does from my worthy friend I cannot but esteem it. To be praised by him makes it more than commonly acceptable. I feel that if 1 deserve that praise my great gratification is in the esteem of the gentlemen who surround me. I am satisfied if I do possess your esteem that 1 cannot do better than copy the example of the worthy gentleman who has pre: ceded me, aold presided over us for so many years and the more I copy him the more I am likely to retain your esteem. The Chairman then drank the High Sheriff's health. NJ I-. Davies the Under Sheriff returned thanks, in a very appropriate speech. Themext toast-The Lord Lieutenant aud Custos Rotulorufn. The Member for the County.—The Member for the Borough. The Chairman read a letter from the latter gentle- man, expressing his regret at not being able to atlcud from intiispositiou. Col. Love aud the officers of the I Ith. Col. Love returned thanks for himself and the officers. The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese. Mr. Archdeacon Davies (all the Clergy present standing up) returned thanks. The Coroners for the Couuty. Mr VVutkins returned thanks, and said he should exceedingly regret exercising the duties of his office over any gentleman pret;eu t.- l,atigii ter. The Clerk of the Peace. Mr. Powell returned thanks, and said he felt proud at being named in the honourable filaill in which the late worthy Chairman had been pleased to speak of him. The Treasurer of the County.- The Navy and At-iiiy I. Hotchkiss, Esq. and Capt. Price returned thauks. The Advocates of the Sessions Bar. Mr. Church, who had been absent for some time just came into the room on the toast being drank, aud having called upon Mr. Spencer, as the senior to, return thanks (who declined) said, run As one of the senior members of the bar of the Brecon Sessions, permit me on behalf of myself and brother practitioners, to return our best thanks tor the honor you aave none us. Be assured that it is, and ever "hi be, a They consisted of four extremely handsome dlShfS with :overs, made by Hamlet, weighing 300 ounces ot silver, ind inscribed— PRESENTED TO HENRY AILEN, ESQ. CHAIRMAN, By the Magistrates and Advocatei of the Breconshire Quarter Sessions, 1U34. On the reverse side were engraved the «rms ot Mr ■kl I Wll. source of tiie highest gratification to us to nave our conduct approved by such a magistracy as I see" here assfinbled; at the same time we are sensible the merit is ril,t our's, but is attributable to the respectable individuals composing the bench, whoso ably and impartially qiscliiirge- the duties of their judicial function, and whose" conduct we (though feebly) endeavour at least to imitate. Before I sit down, I cannot omit this opportunity of expressing how highly we appreciate our late worthy and excellent chairman for his uniformly upright cond ict in the discharge of his official duties, for his eminently legal attainments, for his great courtesy to all the members of the Session's bar; but how- ever deeply we may regret his retirement, to him it must be a source of the greatest gratification in having withdrawn himself in the full vigour of intellect, and with the unani- mous esteem of this county. I rejoice at this .proof of our esteem having been given to him whilst in the full vigour of his intellects and I trust he may live long '0 enjoy the icspect and esteem of his family and friends." J liev;.T Powell proposed the health of Mr. Allen, and the Agricultural Society. Mr. Allen returned thanks, and said be had pre- sided over this Society for the last eight years. M'r. Church proposed the health of the Magistrates of the county of Brecon. Mr. Bo d refurtied thanks, and hoped that the at- tention and assistance which the late worthy Chair- had had shewn to him, would be extended by the Magistrates and Advocates towards himself, whilst he should have the honour to preside over them. Mr. Allen, after prefacing that old things became new, after a lapse of time every thing was change, said the toast he was about to propose should have been proposed by a younger man, but in these da\sof re form he hoped an old gentlerfiau of 80 would be ex- cused foi- proposing the health of those who are the solace and comfort of our lives-The Ladies. The evening was spent in the most social manner' and Mr. Allen retired amidst the cheers of the company.
MERTHYR POLICE.
MERTHYR POLICE. Before J. B. Bruce, and W. Thomas, Esqrs. APRIL 7.-William Morgan, carpenter, Dowlais, was committed for one month to the House of Correc- tion, for refusing to pay a fine and costs of £ 1 13s. for an assault upon Thomas Lewis, I)Iocktavei- The same person was fined 2s. fjr swearing two oaths in the presence of the magistrates, and was further committed for want of sureties to keep the peace towards his wife, whose life appears to have been in immihent danger from the repeated and very brutal attacks and threats of her husband. Catherine Williams was fined seven shillings, for an assault upon Ann Williams, servant to Prothero Prothero. APRIL I I.-T. Davies,and Dd. Jones, second-hand pud lets, Peuydarran, were committed for one month to the House of Correction, for absconding and having their work without notice. Thomas Thomas, miner, Cyfarthfa, was fined is. and cost., for being drunk in the streets on the Sabbath Day. Elizabeth Williams, was committed for trial, for stealin a piece of printed cotton from the shop of E. Prtce, Merthyr Tidvil. This woman had only been a few days released from her sentence of three months at the last Cardiff Sessions, for rob. binu the shop of Mr. Samuel Dai it s. David Davies, shoemaker, was convicted in the sum of6s, for assisting Joseph Daly to remove his furniture, for the purpose of defrauding Thomas Alcock, and in default of payment committed (or three months. Mr. Lewis Lewis, butcher, was sworn into the office of Chief Constable of Merthyr and the upper division of the hundred of Caerphilly, for the year ensuing. division of the hundred of Caerphilly, for ttie yeal. ensuing. Mr. Thomas Thomas of l anvabon, was sworn to execute the office of Chief Constable -for the lower division of the hundred of Caerphi'ly.
MONMOUTHSHIRE
MONMOUTHSHIRE USK QUARTER SESSIONS. These Sessions commenced on Monday last, and were very fully attended, there being on the bench the following respectable magistrates :— Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, Chairman. Sir T. R. Salusbury, Bart.; W. A. Williams, M. P.; B. Hall, M. P.; Charles Morgan — Thomas R. Blakemore; T. H. Prichard; — Jenkins; — V'aughan; F, H. Williams; Major Niackwortli; T. Fotl)ergill S. Hoinfray Esqrs R. A. Roberts, James Coles, AsheGabb, T. Williams, T. B. Davies, Clerks. Mr. T. Williams, one of the members tor the county, again brought forward the consideration of transacting all county business in open court. He proposed that the court, from the next Midsummer Sessions, should meet on the Monday morning, at 11 o'clock, to swear in the grand jury, and should after- wards transact county business until five o clock, and receive bills returned by the grand jury but that they should not try appeals, or prisoners, on the first day, even if there was time remaining after the county business was finished. This proposition was by very many opposed as not judicious; and after consider- able discussion, an amendment was proposed by the Rev. Ashe Gabb, that as county business alone was to be transacted on the first day, the grand jury should not be expected to attend until the Tuesday morning, it being useless to keep them in attendance for one additional day. This was strongly opposed by Mr. Williams and his adherents, but the amendment was carried by a majority of one. The other business of the Sessions was trifling. Ten prisoners for trial the report of their cases from the crowded state of our columns we are compelled to postpone to our next. -——— ABERGAVENNY.—W. intc Connall was sentenced to one month hard labour, for breaking two panes of glass, in the window of the dwelling-house of Mr. Thomas, chandler, of Tudor-street, Abergavenny. NEWPORT HARBOUR BILL.-We are informed that the Bill lately introduced for regulating and improving the port of Newport" will be withdrawn. The promoters of the bill were not attare of the tendency that it has to injure the interests of the town and many persons who from want of inform- ation had signed a petition in favor of the bill, have since signed a counter petition. Philip J Olles, Esq. of Lanarth, has very liberally given a cup for the second best two years- old bull, to be shown at Sir Charles Morgan's show of stock for 1834. ROAD hIPROVEMENT.-At A meeting of the Commissioners of Turnpikes for the Hereford Dis- trict, held in this city on Wednesday last, the im. provement on the road to Ross and Monmouth, by which the dangerous snd steep declivity of the Callow Hill, and also Aconbury Hill will be avoided and a comparatively level road substituted, was agreed to.HHejo;d Juurnal.
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AWFUL W ARNIr\G.-On Monday evening last, • a gamekeeper of Mr. Pcotheroe, of Dolgwenllin, was drinking at a public-house called Llanglydwan, where he indulged in a very wide latitude of ridicule, towards religion and the ministers of religion On his return home about nine o clock, he suddenly took fire, and was burnt in so dreadful a manner that a person who came to the spot about half an hour afterwards was for some time uncertain whether < he were not actually dead. Although it is. easy to conceive the probability that the man was in- toxicated, and that in that state he moved his tobacco pipe in some direction in which it came in contact with his handkerchief; the occurrence has made on the minds of the rustic population a very salutary impression of the Omnipresence ot that Power, who created all things, and who holds in hit hanas th. el«menti.
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David Powell, Samuel James, John Jam's, and Tbeopbilus Rosser Jotres, were removed on Tuesday from the Brecon County Gaol, to Woolwich for transportation, pursuant to their respective sen- tences at the last assizes. MILFIIRD —The wind having continued to blow from the eastward for the last two or three days, a number of coasters, bound up the Bristol Channel, have been obliged to put in here. From the propitious state of the weather' during the last month, farmers in this neighbourhood have been actively employed in gettiiig theii- grain into theground oats is mostly finished, and barley sowing in full progress. The loop David, of Newport, Lewis, master, from B/idgewater to Liverpool, laden with grain, put into Tenby some time ago damaged and in a leaky state, whence she proceeded on her voyage about three weeks since, from which time no tidings ofthe vessel have yet been i-eceived.-Carmai-then Jo)irit(tl. BAXGOR FAIR.—Our Clover Seed Fair took place on Saturday last. The fineness ofthe wather attracted a large assemblage of holiday making lads and lasses from the country, but in regard to busi- ness the fair was but dull. This prices of cattle varied from 4/. 15s. to 71. 10s. and but few good horseS were exhibited. Clover seed fetched from 6d. to 8d. per Ib,North Wales Chronicle. At Grosmont Fair on Friday there was a good show of stock of every description, which met with a ready sale. During the fair a serious accident oc- curred, a boy took a horse to water from an Inn, and the girths having been looseued, the sadd'e turned, and the boy was thrown, the horse thea dashed on with impetuosity, fell upon a quantity of delf, by which he was much injured, and upon his recovering his legs, galloped through the crowd, knocking down several people in nis progress, and unfortunately, a young female, daughter of Mr. Lewis, a farmer, re- siding near Lougtown, was struck with so much violence as to cause a concussion of the brain..She was promptly attended by Mr. Lane, surgeon, but is considered in a precarious state.- Herej;grd Journ. FATAL ACCIDE-,T.- Oil Saturday morning last a woman residing at Llaniesty having occasion to go out of her house for a few minutes, left two children in bed, the eldest a girl nearly five, and the youngest about two years old. On her return she was alarmed by violent screams, and on entering, found the eldest child standing on tne floor enveloped in flames. The poor innocent was supposed to have risen from bed and gone towards the fire, where her night clothes had ignited she expired in a few hours. An inquest was held, and a verdict of accidental death returned. -North (Vales Chronicle,
to THE, EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE…
to THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. SIR, Among the numerous, useful, and cheap publications that are now making their way into the hands of tens of thousands of our humbler fellow countrymen, there is not one possessing higher claims to popular favour than a monthly musical periodical, published in furtherance of the designs of the Christian Knowledge Society's Com- mittee of General Literature and Education, and called Sacred Minstrelsy." But though I do not hesitate to ascribe to it merits of a very high. order, in my poor judgement, yet I regret to be obliged to qualify this commendation,, by alleging that the wants and capabilities of that class of society, whose especial benefit was contemplated in the originaflon of the work, have been wholly, or at least very much, overlooked. The contents of the first tive numbers are of far too scientific and laboured a character to render the publication of that general utility, and gain for it that common circulate011 and reception, which .is so desirable, andjwhich it would, even as it is now furnished, be certain of obtaining in-any other country where the lower classes have passed the mere rudiments of musical knowledge, which ours have not. If each number of the work were to contain two or three good oldor vt'lly Psalm tunes, arranged and harmonized as beautifully as the pieces in the former numbers are, to the ex- clusion of an anthem, a duet, or chorus, It is certain that the publication would be universally more acceptable affording to the better instructed a very desirable variety, and to others a treasury whence they could draw that pleasure and in- struction, which are so intimately combined with family worship, to which Sacred Minstrelsy is secondarily so charming an incentive, and of which it is a pious, a legitimate, and very agreeable support. I am Sir, Yours very faithfully, MARY
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FRENCH SAVINGS' HANKS.—In the course (;f 1833 authorization was granted to thirty-six im- portant tovvjis to establish Savings' Banks. SUSPECTED MURDEr-OIl Sunday morning last, the body of a man was found floating under an arch of the bridge over the rivei Wye, at Hereford, The body was iu a frightful state of decomposition, notwithstanding which it was identified as that of notwithstanding which it was identified as that of William Dee, a labourer, who had been missing from his home for three week*. In his Plucket: were found his watch, of trifling value, and half-a-crowii. Au inquest was held, at which Mr. Jnes, the surgeon, stated that it was impossible, from the state of decomposition in which the body was, to say whether his death was produced by violent means; there were no contusions on the head, it appeared that the deceased had come on Saturday three weeks to Hereford, to make some put chases that on the night of that day a person re-feniblilig him in stature and dress was seen in company with two girls and another man in Bowsey-iane that a quarrel was heard, in which some hard knocks were given. This being in Bowsey-lane no uncommon occurrence, the neighbours did not interpose. At length the affray ceased, and a man s voice was heard saying, eyes, I have done lii(n." A witness afterwards saw from his window, a man dressed like the deceased lying with his face on the ground, and two girls standing near. One, of the girls left him, aud the other remained and cried over him a woman named Gutigli came up, and the girl took hold of the man who appeared to be insensible and dragged the body into a house. The inquest lasted two days. — Verdict—Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown. The wild boar which escaped from Mr. Shard's, at Hedgerley, early in December last, and which has since remained at large, raugiug the woods near Beaconsfield, was shot on Sunday night last. It ap- pears his visit to a nursery-ground oil Faruham Cotn- niou, for some acotns which had been sown, was dis- covered, and in consequence two men, aruied with guns, lay in wait for him. and the next time he visited the spot both guns were fired at bim. The boar was seen to fall, but he instantly recovered himself, and went away again into the woods. 011 Thursday, however, he was found dead at East Bumham-beech, Mhoqt half a mile from the place where he was shot.
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FOBTKY. — MATERNAL FONDNESS." 0 if there be linked with the gloom of existence One feeling that deepens the darkness it wears, fis a fond mother's fear that foresees, in the distance. Her infant sent forth to the woild and its snares. Shall that face. a sweet well-spring of smiles, soon be saddenM, Those weak treinblinj hand. be uplifted to -it, Saall the heart, which scarce heaves on Ler Loso n, be niaddeii'd, By pain from without, or by passion within In that hour, when her form is forgotten who hore him, And the arm that hrst cla-p'd him lies cold in the grave HI T spirit may hover in tenderness o'er him, And see him, ala" but not warn him, nor save. Is there none to care, then, for the desolate stranger Who goes. a ) unheeding, tinar-,LI(I on his way ? No spirit of might to walk in-ar him in danger. And scatter the fiends that would make him their prey 0 yes, there is one, and beside Him no othrr! The Redeemer, the Ruler, whose throne is on high From the glories of heaven He beholds the sad mother, 'Mid songs of tiie Augels he catches thy sigh. Go, tak? thy sweet babe, and to Jesus confide him He h;;s dwelt in our t)-*sh. He can feel for our fears! Take the Lamb to the Suepherd, who salcly siiitll gllids him Through the desert of perils. the valley of trais. THE 1JRIDE. Oil take her, but be faithful still, And may the bridal vow lit- sacred held in after years And warmly breathed as now. Renicirber 'tis iifj common tie That binds her youthful heart: 'Tis one that only truth should weave, And ouly death cau part.* ( The joys of childhood's happy hour, The home of riper years, The treasured scene* of earky yotitb, In sunshine and in tears j The purest hopes her bosom knew Wncn her young heart was free; All t)i"se, and more, sin; now rsigils, To brave the world with thee. fler lot in life is ifx'd withthine, Its good and ill to share,- And well I know 'twill he her pritic '1 o soothe each sorrow there Then take her, and may fleeting time Mark only joy's increase, And may your days glide swcftlv ou In happiness and peace. Life is. a gift of love To feeble mortals given, A pledge of mercy from above. That guides the soul to heaven- Life is a scene of care. lhat man may here employ Ills. transient moments to prepare 1* or scenes of endless joy. Life is a changing tide, Frail as the passing wave, Though flowers may bloom on ev'ry mile, It leads but tc)' the grave.
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TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND, ON THE ASSAULTS ON THE CHURCH,| (From the Gloucester Chronicle ) By the remembrance of that awful hour, When Cranmei's soul in fiatnes exhal'd to Heavell,- Leaving our widow'd father-land a dower Of glory in the bright example given,- Which prov'd the martyr not in vain had striven ,— o let not now the consecrated tower He died in building to the earth be riven By the dark dangers that around it lower. Fierce are the raving? of the foe without,— More dread the treachery of false friends with i n Yl t, hang the banner of resistance out,— And woe to those who would the ramparts WiD; In Cfaumer's spirit raise the battle-shout, And guard his Church from anarchy and sin.
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ENGLISH COAL AND AMERICAN GOLD.-Ill a work lately published by a Spaniard, Ihere is a com- parison between the produce of the gold and silver mines in America and the coal mines in England; from which it appears, that the gross value of the annual produce of the coal mines, which is 18.0J0,O03 tons, amounts to 450,000,009 francs, including the wages and other charges whilst the produce of th sold and silver mines, including the same cbarg-es ifll only 220,500,000 francs showing a balance in favour of the coal mines of England, over the go!d and silver mines of the New World, ot no Itras a than 229,500,000 francs.
Family Notices
BIRTHS. On the 5th inst. at Merthyr Tydvil, the Lnriv of Win. Jones, Eq. High-street, of a daughter. On Sunday the 6th inst. Mrs. B. Rice, of Neath, of a daughter. At Llandaff Court, on the 31st nit. the LaJy of the Rev. George Thomas, of a daughter. In Ireland, the lady of Robert H Rirkards, Esq. of Llantrissent, of a son. On Sunday last, Gih inst. the Lady of Thomas Powell, E,q, of the Gare, Monmouthshire, of a on. Lately, the lady of the Rev. David Llewellin, of Llau- tillio Crossenny Vic^ra^e, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Monday week, at Port Isaac, Cornwall, H. W. Walters, Esq banker, of Swansea, to Miss Elizabttli Hambly, of the former place. On the 30.h ult. at Bow Ciiurch, London, Mi-. E. C. Abbott, of the grammar schorfl, Newport, to Miss L. Gosset, eldest daughter of the late G. Gosset, lisq. u. Hackney, Middl esex. At St. Briavels, 011 "S tnday week. Mr Thomas Cloud, jun. rope maker, to Miss Martha Price, both of Mouinout! On Thursday week, at St. Melons' Church, Mr. Edward F jun. nf Graii-y-saisoti Farm, to Ann, daught: of Mr j )hll Dtv is, ofSt.Meions. AL Wobtirn, on the 21 inst. Lord Charles James l'x Russell, 6ih son ot the Duke of Bedford, and M. P. fn- B -dtordshire, to Isabella Clarissa, daughter of th la: (1 William Da ies, Esq. of Pen-j-lau, Car uarthenshire, a:: i grand daughter of the late Lord Robert Seymour. At Westbury, on the 3d Forster Alh»vi>« M'Geachy, E q. of Clifton, only son of the late Major M'Geachy of the lliii regiment, to Anna Maria Adderley, daughter of the late Chailes Clemont Adderley, Esq. of flatis Hail, WiJi- wickshire, aud grand daughter of Sir Kdmund Hartopti, Bart. • s OnTuesday last, at Pembroke,Mr. J. T. Morgan, Bapt i, t Minister, to Miss Anne Baxter, both of Pembroke Dock. DIED. O1 the evening of the 4,11 instant, at Ynisneath, in the parish of Lantwit, aged 52. Margaret, the endeared wife oi Mr. Jxmes C irry, fariller. Tiiii truly axcellent Christian ever zealous in lhe faithful discharge 01 the telutive duii.-s- of a wife, mother, and neighbour, endured with a mo-t exemplary fortitude and submission, an afflicting maladv but under this severe and Fttillftll ViiziLatioti, th; deceased was supported by a lively and wt-U grounded hope, that when she should arrive at the gate of everlasting life, hrr merciful Redeemer would address ber in the scriptli rd sense of the talents, fVell done, thou good and fnitiijnl servant, enter tlwti into the joy of thy iotd. C)n the 1 ltli of November, Baa; at N as pore, in the East Indies, Lieutenant A • W. Gregory, of the 81 ,at Cavalrv, eldest son of the late Aj W. "Gregory, Esq. of Veranda, near Swansea. At Cowbridge, in his 89th year; Mr. Wjlliam Thoirt;, formerly landlord of the Masons' Anns Tavern, in tht town. :,t. On tbe 2:1,1 ult. at her father's hrtftse. ou Nelson Terrac. Swansea, in the 23d year of her age, Miss Jane Croker,-»- a dutiful daughter and an affectionate sister. Her sweet disposition and unassuming manners endeared her to all who knew her; and she bore a long and pamful illncsi with patieuce and resignation, for her hopes were fixcd. OIl her Saviour. O11 Wednesday se'nnight, at Dtaaafrie*, Mrs. Burns, the widow of the Poet. M On the 5,h in-tant. S r R G Keats, K.C B. Admiral 01 the White, and Governor of Greenwich Hospital. 0:1 the ult. Parr P. Popkin, "Esq. of Jh-a: ••tree", Soho square. At lixeter, on the 2d inst. Lady: Jane Hope, young- Nt daughter of the late Karl of Hopetuwn. On the 2d inst. Lieutenant. General C-ihsraft, brother W the late Right Hon. J Calcroft, M P. On the 3J in Devonshire, in his 80 yei, r, Admiral Sir iviward Thoruborougli, G.C.B. Vice-Admiral of Great Britain" At Dcmerara, aged 4?1, Lliza, wife of Samuel Bean, Est}. On the 29h at ltosslyn House, Middlesex, the Kid of Galloway. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son. Lord Garlics Suddenly, on the 23..1 of March, under melancholy cir cuinstances, Thomas Pearce, Esq. of L.angarren Couit, Herefordshire, in the i>7;h year of his age. Ou Saturday week, of a aecline, agedM, Mr. James Webb, third son of Mr. Webb, of the Park near Ross. On Sunday week, at Ross, alter a long and painful illnes;, which she bore with truly Christian fortitude and resign:1- tion, Catherine Moore Ponsonby Caulfeild, half sister to Captain Jas. Caulfeild, of the Royal Navy, and daughtei of the late Wade Toby Caulfeild, Esq-of the Charlemo:,t family, by Jessie, daughter of James, the third Lord H.llthven.. At Barbadoes, on the 23rd of January, Major General Farquharspn, Governor of St. Lucia, formerly commandu J the 25th Rc-gi dent-of Foui;
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he8avy ^'s parlour at the back of tne shop, when 'ode • h ')erson f?° out °f his shop in a crouching atti- ran. out an(* 8aw two Pe!'sons» whom he ""die-' er^'°» 8toP 'hief, run away with a tvro, ^u"dle soon after was dropped, and the Parted ran otl ,0 l^e cornei' a street, where they tiled a0(* went different ways. Mr. Clutton pur- *^em> overtook and secured the ^r. C ^ul*on was called, who proved these facts. t>n»isV Was cross-examined very closely by Mr. J. *b|ea or'he prisoner, but he adhered with remark- jyj Ccuracy to his statement. ^r°PD ^0Ses Moses, pawnbroker.—The bundle was ,PP°sUe niy house, the man who dropt it all t. Unning away. I kept my eye on the bundle backet"ne 'ill the prosecutor and the prisoner came £ an^ till the constable came and took it. Pri8o°SS-exai»d tcd by Mr. Davis—I cannot swear the >a, ,n*r w»s man 1 saw running, but I believe be j J he was very much like him. the K068 Thornton, constable of Swansea, produced b» L,Utl("e> and Mr. Cluttou identified the contents ■j,18 Private mark. p e P' isouer made no defence.—Guilty. Il,e Jones, of Merthyr, charged with stealing on p0 February one cap, &c. the property of Win. Owell, pleaded guilty. onthav^ Thomas, of Merthyr, charged with stealing Cra 171,1 March some coal, the property of Messrs. *shay and Co. pleaded guilty. i„ ,e chairman remarked that the prisoner had been had S°n 011 th's since January, and that he Conducted himself well while there. th NJ, J. Davis spoke with the prisoner, and stated to ^°urt that he hfcd a wife and five children, and •hp8 Want and out of employ when he committed offence pri^^e ^airman, with a suitable admonition to the neS?ne,°' pronounced the sentence of the court—one hard labour in the house of correction. ,ana John, a boy apparently twelve years of jSe, of Merthyr, charged with stealing, on the'25th arch, at Eglwysillan, nine sovereigns and silver \y?.n?y to the amount of 31. 18s. the property of Rich. bis pl*ms' P'eac*e £ l guilty, but afterwards retracted f0^e chairman then, after thanking the grand jury bii|their attention, remarked that as the last of the chr»8 'nc*ictment had been found, they were dis- jr?ed from further attendance. l0..a«e Isaac was charged with having stolen on the of^i. March, one piece of white flannel, one piece pro ^an"el, and some bed-gowns aud aprons, the Perty 0f jones of Swansea. talled E' P' Richards b>"iefly staled the case and J h loth Jones-I am a weaver at Swansea. On the of °f March 1 missed from my shop window a piece had e the bed-gowns, and the aprons. I the them there 25 minutes before eight, I missed a quarter before nine. the ,°Ses Moses—1 am a pawnbroker at Swansea. On bf0 of March prisoner came to my shop. She i(je B^t some flannel (the flannel produced and h^e<^ ant^ P'a*d flannel, to pledge. 1 asked if it Hit she said it was; I advanced 3s. on the 6 flaill>el;she came again about a quarter of an hour it 1 advanced 5s. on the second piece 1 asked if j** hers she said no but that it belonged to a 8on named Hughes. *ith "*ones called—That is niy flannel; I made it IV my two hands it is my property. foll(|^8?"er—" The flannel was honest to me, 1 rid It," be he court enquired whether this prisoner had not sh et, convicted before. A conviction was then read, f0, *,0S that the prisoner had been sentenced in 1831, *Q^'lnS ham, bacon, &c. from a shop.—Verdict 'hat°h" Jone9> to a question from the chairman, stated ba his shop window was shut, and prisoner must ve 0 erked the door of the house to get the things. ^0 e chairman, in pronouncing the sentence of the tl,eV' Very impressively remarked that this was not *ith •1 otfenceof the prisoner, aud was accompanied ith ireu stituces of aggravation and, as the en- oftLles which tlie court had made into the character tej e Prisoner, left no hopes of reformation, the sen- °t the court was that she be transported for the of 14 years. it atnuel Morris, of Swansea, labourer, was charged %(, dealing on the 18tb of February, 12 pair of list (jtfffi' 12 pair of other shoes, &c. the property of Wm. Ju'hs, of Swansea, shopkeeper. E. p. Richards stated the case, and called Hst am Griffiths, who deposed that the bundle of orj^'oes were, about two or three o'clock on the 18th da,. e^,Uary> one yard within the shop door; the next e missed them. lg.. °8cs Moses, pawnbroker, deposed that on the of °t February prisoner offered to him the bundle \y. lst shoes for sale, and asked 8s. for the bundle. p '"ess bought them for 6s. and exposed them pr ''cly for sale in his window. (The shoes were lived.) They are all there except one pair, S I sold. Pit ill jain Griffiths identified the shoes, and said he Hj^hased them of Anu Bowen, who is a regular per of such shoes. by "ss-examined by Mr. J. Davies— I know them fe, 'hose marks, (shewing different marks on dif- N'o*11' Pa'rs) I cau swear to those knots on them, •c^ Person' but my wife assists me in the shop. 1 ou. she did uot sell them; I was out only half an hour that day. It was possible lor my traa; to sell them in my absence. The woman who but e them does not sell so large a lot to any one e- nsu °8es Moses re examined by Mr. Richards—1 fro^ the prisoner where he came from—He said Haverfordwest, and that his brother made the lh es* It was the last lot he had, and he would sell pn cheap. br0r°Ss examined by Mr. J. Davies. The prisoner •I be I?'1* shoes in a handkerchief in the middle of without any concealmeut, and while there people in the shop. VJ-her Bowen deposed that she made the shoes, 'hw she identified, and so'd them to Griffiths tbilt aeelllg them in Moses's&hop window she mentioned c faet to Griffiths. io aros8-examined—Imake many pairs of such shoes cet)|Jear> but do uot sell them in large quantities, ex- JV° Griffiths. an. ,sotier Griffiths swearsthat he was only out half ba^°"r> but he said before the magistrates that he PVtr 11 out all the day he 6wears to only one °f s,1oes by his mark.—Guilty—Sentence, two hard labour, and one week solitary confinement p ,e e»d of each three months. fiedr,s°ner—Give the years longer,I shall be satis- M thea" tar''u Hoskin, a youth, was charged with stealing ansea, on the 2d of April, from the person of I j4c^ld,r' Johnson, a blue cloth jacket, and another |U y,,f• _E. P. Richards stated the case, and called \vag lam Johnsou—1 am a mariner at Swansea, 1 the 91 l^s Burrows Fair, about half-past eight in 80(t)eveuii)g 1 received a blow .on the nose from ,e Pe'Son whom I did not know, and my nose Hd !nou,h filled with blood I took off my jacket, 1 c u was snatched out of my hand by some one, Ar'D ()t say by whom there were many persons me > I looked among the crowd but could [><1 it. gwakrPhilip mosely-I am a pawnbroker at clay 11 1. ea. The prisoner came to my shop on Thurs- ast, and brought a blue jacket to pledge for hifa asked to whom it belonged he said it was U. 11, that he had purchased it about two months It I had received notice to detain such a jacket if j^as offered, and I sent for the constable. I r* VValker—-1 am chief constable of Swansea iaej^8 at Mr. Mosely's shop on Thursday this pce et was delivered to me there in the prisoner's Ike Ll easked prisoner how he became pos- 4FAed 0, a,, hith .He said that a man outside had sent tti%tlud wltli it to pawn; I took the prisoner into Th ^Vji|-e Jacket was produced, and identified by the Johnson, who said it was worth 15s. and by I Wittless Mosely. >0 e prisoner, in his defence, said—1 met a man e street, who asked me if 1 would take the Oay to pawn; he said if 1 would put it in *dkWn name> would give me 3d. 1 told Mr buj ,er the man was standing outside the shop Uujjte to°k me up and let the man run away— hi^ er—Johnson's iiII girl as is at Swansea, saw ^r* u away. I had a witness at Swansea, but .Peak ttwood put him back aDd would not let. him l' Jury in a few minutes returned a verdict— was pronounced on Elizabeth Jones, for ^Oth1^ acaP>the property of VVilliatn Powell — six 8 hard labour iu the House of Correction at usea. \v') i John, Merthyr, a boy apparently about 12 was charged with stealing on the 25th March, at EglwyMllau, nine sovereigns and silver to the amount of 31. 18s. the property of Richard Williams. Mr. E. P. Richards stated the case, and called Richard Williams--I am a boatman on the Glamor- ganshire Canal. On the night of the 25th of March the prisoner slept in my boat, and left it about eight o'clock on the Monday morniug; afterwards Isearched for the money and it was gone. I saw it in the cabin an hour before the prisoner went away I missed it a quarter of an hour after he was gone. I was on shore driving the horse; there was a little boy in the boat to steer. lhadmyeyeonhimallthetime. I went after the prisoner and found him halfa mile on towards Cardiff. He saw me coming, and came to meet me. I said to him, you have made me a good return for letting you sleep in the boat. He said why, what have I done? I said you have stolen my money i He denied having done so. I said it's no use to say so, there was no person but you in the boat. He told me to come back with him, and he would shew me where the money was. I went with him to a meadow below the Treble" Locks, the money was in the meadow; be said, there's your money. I left the money in a bag when he shewed it me it was spread about. There was eight sovereigns and 3/. 13s. in silver; be said he old not know where what was missing of it was. I had some conversation with him; I told him if he would let me have the money, I would not have anything more to do with it. The prisoner made no defence,aud had no witnesses to character.—Guilty. By the court—Prisoner, have you any thing that you can bring forward as a recommendation to mercy ? -No, Sir. The chairman, in pronouncing sentence, said that the prisoner had made a bad return for the hospitality and kindness of the plaintiff, in suffering him to sleep in his boat. By the law he had rendered him self liable to a severe measure of punishment; but, as there were, no features, of hardened criminality in the case; from the extreme youth of the prisoner; and from his afterwards throwing away the money, the court were inclined to hope that this was an instance of yielding to a sudden impulse, which was afterwards followed by compunction, and a return to better feelings. The sentence of the court therefore was, that he be im- prisoned three months, to hard Ubour, in the house of correction, at Swansea, the last week to be iu soli- tary confinement. tary confinement. George Wood, for stealing clothes, the property of Thomas Charles, post-boy, at Neath, was sentenced to 18 months hard labour in the bouse of correction at Swcnsea, the last week of each three months to be in solitary confinement. Robert Harris ,for stealing trousers, &c., the pro- perty of Mr. V. Clutton, was sentenced to two years hard labour in the House of Correction at Swansea, the last week of every three months to beinsolitmy confinement. The prisoner was heard to say, I'd sooner have seven," meaning seven years transportation. Abraham Jones, charged with refusing to find bail in a case of assault, William HopklD", on a charge of assault, and John James, on a charge of bastardy, were discharged by proclamation. The King, at the prosecution of David Davies against John Morgan.—A bill of indictment had been found at the Epiphany Sessions charging the defend- ant with assault it contained two counts, one for assaulting prosecutor in the execution of his duty as constable; the other for a common assault. Mr. Lewis, in opening the case, admitted that the warrant under which the prosecutor had arrested the defendant in November last, at Wick, had been lost; and that after it had been signed by the Rev. Mr. Hancorne it had been altered by the insertion of the name of a constable, without the knowledge of the magistrate, but that it was afterwards shewn to and approved by him. It appeared that he did not re-execute the warrant. Mr. Meyrick on the part of the defendant, took an objection, contending that the warrant was illegal and that prosecutor must be put to his election on which count he would proceed. After argument the court allowed th6 objection, and the case proceeded. The prosecutor proved that on the 11 th of November he went to defendant's house to arrest him under the warrant granted for a breach of the peace that he saw defendant in the yard near his house, who on seeing him approach took up two stones as if to throw at him; that he went up to defendant and put his hand on his shoulder, telling him he was his prisoner the defendant asked him what for, and then struck him with his fist. The prosecutor laid hold of him, and a violent struggle took place they both fell to the ground, got up and again struggled, the prosecutor endeavouring to prevent his getting into the house, and the defendant to gain it, which he effected. It appeared that one Thomas Lewis, a known constable, came to the spot at the moment, and having read the warrant, the defendant sub mitted to him, but insisted on the prosecutor's quit- ting the house. They remained in the house several hours, and ultimately left, on defendant's promising to appear to the warrant at Bridgend next day. Whilst in the house, the prosecutor and Lewis proved that defendant threatened to strike, and aimed blows at, prosecutor with fire-irons. Mr. Meyrick, in his address to the jury, insisted that the arrest being clearly illegal, and the pro- secutor having himself admitted that he had put his hand upon the defendant's shoulder before the blow (if given, which he should prove was not the fact, by a witness who saw all that took place from the commencement) the prosecutor had given the first assault., and the defendant was therefore entitled to an acquittal. He also strongly insisted, that the illegality of the arrest justified the defendant in using proper force to resist it and that, according to authorities and decided cases, if even death had ensued, the defendant would not be answerable. He called the defendant's servant maid, who proved that the prosecutor laid hold of defendant's collar first, who asked to be allowed to go into the house for his bat, and he would go along with him but that he refused, on which the prosecutor laid hold of, and twisted his hand in, defendant's neckerchief and nearly strangled him they fell together upon the ground, got up and again struggled, until they reached the house. She positively swore that de- fendant did not strike the prosecutor a blow, and contradicted the testimony of the other as to aiming blows with fire-irons in the house. After a clear and perspicuous summing up by the chairman, who said that though the plaintiff was not the constable named in the warrant, yet as he was called by that constable to assist him, and the defend- ant had then attacked him, the assault was made out, the jury consulted for a few minutes, and brought in a verdict of acquittal. This case appeared to excite a considerable interest in the neighbourhood. At these Sessions, the Rev. John Williams qualified as Rector of Marcross, Glamorganshire. Not one appeal was tried, and only two (against orders of removal) lodged for the ensuing Quarter Sessions. At these Sessions appeals were entered against orders of removal :-Letter-,ton, Pembrokeshire, ap- pellants and Merthyr Tidvil respondents—Hamlet of Pencoyd against Hamlet of Rhydygwem-Ystrad- gynlais against Dutfryn Clydach- Ytradyvoduck against Aberdare. The Court adjourned, for hearing insolvent debtors, to Cardiff, till the 19th of April. We were much concerned to hear that our deservedly esteemed countryman Raleigh A.Mansel, Esq. of Swansea, had met with a serious accident, from falling a considerable way down .he crater of Mount Vesuvius. We sincerely trust that his native air will soon restore him to his usual health and spirits. LONGEVITY .-There is now living in the parish of Ystradyfodwg in a cottage near the church, a parishioner of the name of Alice Williams, 103 jears of age she retains possession of all her faculties, and within the last Tew days she has walked several miles. DARING THEFT.—At the Cowhridge Quarter Sessions, while iVk-. Nicholl, the chairman, in that very ijipressive manner fur which he is distinguished, was passing sentence of seven years transportation on a man convicted of forcibly stealing the purseof another man at Langafelach fair, two boys, and a woman sup- posed to be connected with the prisoner, "shoved about" a poor woman named Evans, who was selling cakes in the hall. Mrs. Evans, to her sorrow, very soon found that her purse, with lis. in it, had undei- gone sentence of transportation, and with no proba- bility of returning. The boys and the woman were afterwards apprehended and searched, but the money was not found. Through the benevolent interference of Mr. Lewis, Solicitor, a subscription was imme- diately raised among the magistrates and professional gentlemen, and her loss was supplied. I John Jones, known as Jack Aberdovey, who was transported at Cowbridge for picking pockets at the last Langafelach Fair, is a very notorious offender. When the constable said to him, well, Jack, you are come into it at last," he said I have had a bloody good run of it for 12 years, and they have not yet paid me all they owe.He is one of Cockney Bil. t> gang, with whom he ba associated for many years. COitONER'S INQUEST.. On Monday morning last a report was very gene- rally circulated in this town, that a man, named John Barry, had murdered his wife; he was immediately taken into custody, and the coroner, R. Lewis Reece, Esq. was sent for who arrived here about six o'clock in the evening.' An inquest was immediately held at the Old Ange! Inn, to enquire into the cause of her death when, after the jury had viewed the body, the following evidence was adduced: J. Jones, miner stated that he lived in a room over the prisoner's. Oil reaching his home on Friday night, about half-pa* t eleven o'clock, he heard a noise, and asked his landlady what was the matter; she said Barry and his wife had been quarrelling some time. There were voices of two men in the ruom- heard one of them say he would have her life, but could not say which of them. He did not enter the room as there was no call for assistance. John Power, cinder-filler, of Peuydarran, said he went to John Barry's lodgings between six and seven o'clock, on Friday evening, and remained ulllil nine; the deceased was complaining of her mother having left her,- they had no serious quarrel—prisoner struck her with the back of his hand, and told her to go and follow her mother he could noi speak to any- thing that transpired in the house after nine o'clock. The deceased went next day with prisoner's dinner to the works, and on her return with a piece of coal, she fell down and complained of the fall. On the Saturday evening he again called on the prisoner when he was about to leave, prisoner wished to go out with him—deceased complained of being unwell, but did not say from what cause. Witness had occasionally drank with deceased and prisoner one night last week they called at the Angel, and had some rum and beer, of which deceased drank, they call-,d for more, but it was refused them on account of the lateness of the hour.. George Russell, Esq.surgeon, examined the body of the deceased, and stated that he found no marks of external violence, such as swelling or disco'oration on the surface, nor any depression or swell iug on the head nor anything else that would indicate injury sustained. From a previous knowledge of the woman he stated that she was subject to fits of epilepsy, and gave it as his opinion that under the influence of liquor she must have gone off in one of these fits ;—there was a slight discoloration under the eyes, which might be attributed to the blow given, as stated by last witness, but it could not difcctly or indirectly cause death. Jane Allen stated that she was the first person who entered the house after the death of, prisoner's wife. About a quarter to six o'clock on Monday morning she heard a noise as if persons were quarrelling, and went to the house and knocked at the door, but received no answer for some time; at length, the prisoner opened the door and she went in prisoner was crying bitterly, he said his dear was dead between his arms; she replied, you villain, why did you not call some one to assist your wife? lie made no answer, but continued crying—she then went to deceased aud found her quite warm, but apparently dead—prisoner fell on his knees and began kissing the deceased. I he coroner said that after the very conclusive evidence of Mr. Russell, the jury had better con- sider their verdict; they consulted together for a few minutes, and returned-" Died by the visitation of God in a 6t of epilepsy."