The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

BRECONSHIRE. —♦ We have great pleasure (on Mr. Jones's ac- couut) in announcing the preferment of the Rev. Wm. Jones, the exemplary Curate of Vaiiiwr, to the de- sirable Vicarage of Lliitimihangel-Getiau'r-Glyti, near Aberyst with. This is the second deserving Curate, from the same neighbourhood, who has, within a short period, been preferred by the Bishop of St. David's. Neither of these ministers hhd any interest beyond their own merits, and their promotion reflects the highest credit on the discernment and watchful attention of their honoured Diocesan. The parish to which our good neighbour is to be translated is very extensive, con- taining no less than seven townships, and is therefore a proper field for the exercise pf that active zeal and piety, by which the parish of Vainwr has been bene- fited for so many years. What adds to the satisfaction of Mr Jones's numerous friends is, that, owing to the weak state of health of part of his family, he was contemplating their removal for the benefit of Lea air, and he is agreeably surprised by the intelligence that he has been preferred to a beautiful residence near the bay of Cardigan, and only four miles and a half from Aberystwith. We understand that the Bishop of Llandatf has also appointed Mr Jones Rural Dean of Ultra Aeron. In the parish of Llanmihangel-Grfnan'r-Glyn are several remains of Druidical structures; the most remarkable of which is that generally called Gvely Taiiesin, or Taliesin'a Bed; the popular superstition respecting which is, that should any one sleep in this bed for one night, he would the next day be either a poet or a madman The eminent naturalist and antiquary Edward Llwyd, M. A., was born at Glan-Fraed, iu this parish. Our readers will perceive, by an advertisement in our first page, that Air. Williams, Chemist, &c. of Brecon and Merthyr Tidvil, has undertaken the agency of Ede s.Portable Chemical Laboratory,311 ap-- paratus which,rtrom its low price and simplicity, pre- sents to the tyro many advantages. It contains tests, reagents, &c. dec. for the performance of a course 01 experimental chemistry to a considerable extent, and those who wish to make themselves acquainted with that highly interesting and noble science, cannot do better than to purchase the apparatus referred to. BRECKNOCK INFIRMARY.—During the last week several persons employed in the vicinity of Brecon, in falling timber, quarrying stones, &c. having met with accidents of various descriptions, were conveyed to, and received,at this benevolent and excellent establishment where they have been kindly and skilfully treated, and where they have found a truly comfortable asylum. The sentence of William Hughes, convicted at the last Brecon assizes, for stabbing with intent to murder, at the parish of Llanelly, Breconshire, has been commuted to transportation for life. On Thursday, the 14th instant, William .Tones was fully committed to the Brecon County Gaol, for trial at the next general Quarter Sessions, by John Gwynne, Esq. and the Rev. Charles Vaughan, charged on the oaths of John James and others with stealing one sovereign, the property of the said John. James, at Crickhowell; and on Saturday, the 16thinstant, wascpm- mitted for trial at the said Sessions, by the Rev. Charles Vaughan and Gabriel Powell, Esq. Thomas Arnold, a sweep, charged on the oaths of D. Thomas and others, with stealing, at Crickhowell, one half- crown, the property of the said D. Thomas.

Master Hughes, the celebrated Welsh harpist had the honor of playing, by command, before his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Countess of Mulgrave, and a select party, on Saturday evening last, at the Viceregal Lodge, Phoenix Park, who expressed themselves astonished and delighted at the exquisite performance and splendid execution of this extraordi- nary and gifted ciiild.-Dilblita Evening Mail. MILFORD.—On Friday se'nnight, the Cleopatra sloop of war, which was launched from his Majesty's Dockyard at Pembroke some time ago, sailed for Plymouth -4inder the command, of Mr Walker and a party of riggers, which arrived here in the Messenger steamer, for the purpose of taking her round. HOME MISSIONARY SociCi-Y.Titesdav this Institution held its anniversary meetuigat Exeter Hall. Thomas Thomson, Esq. occupicd the chair, and was supported by various popular preachers, among whom were Several missionaries from Stockholm, Gibraltar, New Brunswick, Novia Scotia, Newfoundland, and the East Indies. Long before the Chairman took his scat on the platform the room was filled to an over- flow by a highly-respectable audience. The yearly report was read by the Secretary, by which it appeared that the Home Missionary Society, like other insti- tutions of a religious character, has had its difficulties to encounter, but that, notwithstanding these diffi- culties, it has been gradually enlarging the sp^rc of its influence, and diffusing its blessings 011 tiie right hand and on the left. The pressure of other imperativt matters preclude our giving a more detailed accoune of the. proceedings of this society, which occupied nearly five hours. From the late returns, it appears that the number of curates in England is 5,2S2, whose average isalary amounts to only SOL. per annum. i

TOTH6 EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN -40- SIR -I contradict, in the name of the Unitarian Body, the bigoted and uncharitable assertion, which your cor, espondetit'- T." made in your paper of the yth inst. viz. that the Unitarians "deny the pe7,s.rs of the Son a"d Holy Spirit."1 They cheerfully acknow- ledge that the former was sent into the world to seek and to save those that were lost, commis- sioritd to bring salvation to the children of men, and that through his mediatorial sufferings, they are begotten unto a lively hope of everlasting lite beyond the grave whilst they also believe that L the Holy Spirit was impared to our Savioiir, to ratify and confirm every act of his valuable life. The Unitarians, in conjunction with every other body of Christians, PRESUME that the words of THEIR Saviour were not exclusively addressed to any particular portion of Christian believers. In ac- cordance with ancient custom, and the enjoinder of Jesus, the btlitvers in one God, one fi st cause, one orijtin of all things, dedicate their offspring to GoD, or baptize them into a profession of a religion) which is planned by the Father, pubiishtd by tilt Sou, and confirmed by the Holy Spirit. I trust the above ex- planation will satisfy your correspondent, and I hope he will excuse me for drawing his attention to one great inconsistency in the Unitarians, which is their complaining of the marriage ceremony, because of the benediction being pronounced in the name of the Father, Son, and lloly Spirit, whilst they em- ploy the terms at their christenings. It assuredly is proof positive that objections to establish customs and institutions are too often madefiir mere factious purposes. I am fearful I have intruded too much on your valuable time, but suffer me to record a wish, which I am confident will meet with a ready re- sponse from your hearl, and every true-born Brit n- May God forfend the day that the Established Church shall be rooted up I am, Sir, Yours respectfully, SCRUTATOR

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN, j "Qui non defendit, alio culpante Hie niger est." SIR,-I have read in one of our county papers, which appears to me to rejoice in every occasion of vilifying and degrading the Church and its ministers, a letter signed A Clittrehmrin," (?) containing three assertions, two of which I know, and the third I b, lieve, to be false. The first is, that in "an ultra Tory paper," a t Dignitary of the Church had held up to malignant ridicule a gallant officer, whose deeds in the Penin- sular war reflected a glare on the honor of his name. Yourself, Mr Editor, can vouch that the merry letter so malevolently and pompously alluded to, without a particle of malignity in it, was not written by a Dignitary of the Church, or by any other Cler- gyman. The next is, that the trifling badinage of the tiro animals at the Pyle meeting' was (by inference) written by the same" High Priest of envy, hatred, and malice.' Oh, thou sanctified hypocrite, to the life hast thou drawn thine own picture I call upon you, Mr Editor, if it is in your power, to refute this assertion also. The third gratuitous and equally false assertion, is, "that the meeting at Pyle was unquestionably called by the instruction of Mr. Nicholl, for the gratification of my Lord Bute The audacious assertor of these untruths is the person, forsooth, who arrogates to himself the right of charging the exemplary Clergy of this county with a want of Christian feeling, because they presume to attend a county meeting called for the purpose of upholding that faith which they are sworn to defend Let him who professes such re- verence for the Gospel" and the Holy Testa- ment" ask himself whether he is qualified to cast the first ston'" at the ministers of the Church, of which he signs himself a member, and let him learn by heart the 13th chapter of Corinthians, and never forget that Charity thinketh no evil," 1 am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Cardiff, May 18. VINDEX. [We have great pleasure in corroborating the surmise of 'f V'index." The letter to us signed Osbaldeston," and the other article to which al- lusion is made, were written by different persons, and neither of those persons was a clergyman.- Ed. G. and G.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. Slit,III consequence of a letter signed A CHURCHMAN," which appeared in the Swansea Paper of last week, containing unfounded charges, I have sent the following letter*to the Editor of the paper in which that letter appeared, and beg your insertion of it also. Your obedient servant, PHILALETHES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN". SIR,Froiii the experience of your impartial inser- tion of all matters relating to the interesting topics of the day, I rely on your giving publicity to this appeal in your next paper, which is meant as a challenge to the writer of a letter purporting to be the production ol A Churchman," but evidently indited by one, who under this mask, is desirous of casting an odium on the Church and on the Clergy. Of that writer I openly demand that he name the Dignitary of the Church," NVLTOM he declares to have been the author of a communication relating to a gal- lant officer. Unless he desire still to skulk in darkness, a"d with unmanly disguise to wound from the cowardly protection of an anonymous screen, I call upon him to name that Dignitaryand if he do not name, I shall assume, and the public will assume also, that he has knowingly and deliberately given publicity to a false- hood, and sought to inflict a public injury and a wilful uiitruth. The other assertions contained in the letter, reflecting upon individuals by name or otherwise, are here asserted to be false, and the writer is defied to the proof. I remain, Sir, Your constant reader, PHILALETHES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. The late Swansea Great RADICAL Meeting, and tlte mode in which the Itusselbtes obtained the Signa- tures to their Addresses to their inimitable Leader. SIR,—I take the liberty of sending- you a few words 011 the above subject, bv giving publicity to which vou would very much oblige me. The partizans of Popery and Radicalismjhave gained a temporary ascendancy here—the hue-and-cry for Catholicism has received a momentary rise, and the Anti-Christian riots in the ruinous work he has accom- plished Now, Mr. Editor, allow me to present you j with a few facts on the subject, as much has been said by, and noticed in a contemporary print (otherwise I should not on any account notice their proceedings) as to the manner in which the Address to Sir Robert Peel, was got up and signed in this towjp, and to the throne at the late Pyle meeting; thev will be of some little value to many of your readers to show the public the consistency of those who hugely spouted on certain public occasions in this town, on the consistency of all the votes given by the member for Swansea during the late Parliamentary campaignr; they are a few cases which came under my own personal observation. The address to Sir Robert was termed bv them hole-and- corner now, Sir, I can, if required, personally prove that address to have been hawked about from door to door to obtain signatures, and that the whole of the persons who signed the requisition to the Portreeve for calling the meeting, were not voters at all, although it purported to be a requisition from the ELECTORS. On the contrary, I could name some, but it would be tresspassing on your valuable space, therefore for the present I shall withhold so doing. 1 heard a man in the High-street, say to another* "what's this petition about that your master and men are carrving round 1" "Upon my life I can't tell you," was the reply, "I have never heard of it." Nor I, but they came to my house and made me sign it before I had time to read it, because they were in a very great hUrry." So much for hole-and-corner addresses. Again, passing through the market I heard a SON of a well known butcher observe to an opposite brother chip, Have you signed the address in the Cambrian office 1" "No, what's it about 1" I don't know, he called after me as I was going down street and told me to put my name HERE, it was an address—whipped a pen into my hand and told me I MUST put my name on this line, pointing to the parchment document." This is a verbatim dialogue which transpired in the public market-place. So much for Radicalism. 4 A CONSERVATIVE WHIG. Swansea, May 13th, 1835.

This persuii afterwards appeared to be one of the com- positors of the Cambrian newspaper, as I was afterwards informed, by name do Evans."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. SIR,—I have read with much amusement, hot un- mixed with contempt and disgust, the querulous ex- postulation, and the absurd attack on the Church, in a ictter addressed, by a soi-tlisavt Churchman," to the Editor of the Cambrian. I have been amused that so slight a cause should have produced such a flight of indignant nonsense; I have been disgusted that it should have been made the cloak of such a false and ridiculous attack on the Digtiitarie f of the Church. Had our Churchman" been a friend to the Church, lie would not, without very convincing reasons have levelled a blow at the reputation of her Ministers. But he must have been certain that he had no cause to sus- pect any man, much less a Dignitary of the Church. The attack has been made by this candid personage to exercise his surplus malignity, to dischage some ot the venom witli which he is overloaded. Let me tell this Churchman" that I happen to know the authors of both the compositions which have unfortunately ex- cited his wrath. Let me assure him that botllof them are laymen, but botit-true and unflinching friends of the Church; and let me also express my conviction to you, Mr Editor, that none of your numerous and respectable readers have been more amused or less hurt than the persons intended to be represented in those two icul, d e-sprit, the writers of which, had they contemplated the probability of causing any sore or painful feelings, wonld, I am sure, have been the last to attempt to raise a laugh at the expense of anvinan, however inviting opportunity. It is scarcely possible that the Cambrian can admit into its columns matter so abusive and malignant, without first ascertaining the source from whence it proceeds to be trustworthy; it is therefore to be hoped that hereafter that journal will be cautious in attending to the communications of such a cor- respondent. One word more to our veracious Churehinan." He asserts that the Pyle Meeting was got up by Mr Nichoil, for the sole purpose of pleasing the Marquis of Bute. I cordially hope, and sincerely believe that his Lordship enjoyed the triumph of Protestantism as heartily as any one of that overwhelming majority which carried the day on that gratifying and memorable occasion. But that meeting neither was, nor could have been the work of one individual, however influen- tial and however respected. No, Sir; it was the effect of a general and irresistible burst of feeling, which dis- covered its power in the event of the day; and which utterly annihilated the feeble resistance of that partv, in whose ranks I have no doubt the" Chttrchman" oc- cupied a conspicuous situation, and amongst whom I earnestly hope he will ever remain. I am Sir, with all respect, Your obedient Servant, PHlLOMtDES. PH1LOM1DES. P. S. Allow me to add, by way of postscript, that the characters of the gentlemen supposed to have been ridiculed, are very far from needing a defence; least of all from the hands of such as the Churchman." In pity to them I will crv, oh save them from their friendsand I hope that the zealous" Churchman" will receive the following hint (which he would do well to observe) in a proper spirit of Christian humility. "There is nothini: biackens like the ink of fools." [We have inserted our Correspondent's letter, and whilst 'we beg to confirm most decisively his testimony with regard to the authorship of the two compositions alluded to, we confess we are at a loss to discover any- thing requiring so warm a refutation of the "Church- man's" assertion, even supposing it were corfeet. For our own part, we thank him for having exposed the tender points of his party, of which we have no doubt our witty contributors will soon avail themselves. We are always happy to relieve the dulness of politics with an innocent and hearty lau,-Ii.] -ED. G. & G.

MORE OF MAJOR JACK DOWNING. In relation to sotire late doings away down West. Well, Jack, if you don't acknowledge we've done the thing up in style, you're no gentleman, and not fit to be Governor.—.Vajor Ddwning't Letters. We are happy to observe that our Western con- temporary has not read the Major's letters for iiotliinz." We give the following extracts from the Downing correspondence, in order to furnish our readers with the ojiginals, which our Western friends have copied with such fidelity and effect. When we read the account of the Swansea meeting, we really fancied ourselves at Downingville.—The numerous resemblances to be found in the circum- stances of the principal personages, and the state of the parties in the two places, will immediately suggest themselves. We will only remind our readers that although" the democratic national Republicans went for the Major all bol/ow" at Dowuin^ville, he had not a single vote in the other parts of the state. Downingviile, April lSih 18:10, To my Neffu, Jack Downing, at Portland. DEAR JA CK -L never felt nicer in my life than I did when I got your last letter. I did think it was a kind of foolish notion in you to stay down there to Portland all winter, and then hire out there this summer. I thought you better he at home to work on the farm for y01Jr falfler poor old gentleman, is hauled up with the rUmtizc go. he wont he able to d,, hardly a week s work this summer-But f begin to believe Jack knows which side his bread i, buttered yet. For if you can only rim prettv well as a candidate for Governor, even if you should'ut 'be elected, it will be worth more to yon than the best farm in this county. It will be the means of getting you jnt(J SQme office before long, and then you c m step Up, ye see> from orie office to another till you get to be Governor. But if the thing is managed right, I am m hopes you will qet {n ,hit time, and the Downing,s will begin to look up and be some- body. Its' a very good start your be.ng nominated in that arc paper down to Biunswick. But there's a good de,il to be done yet to carry it. I. older than you ae, and seen more of this kind of business done than you, and of course ,ught to know more about it. Beside, you kn-.w I'm always reading the papers. We!l in ythe place, you must fix upon the name of y0„r party I'm thinking you better calL it the democratic national repubican party, and then ye see you'll haul i„ some from both of the two clever parties ia t(le st Ag for theJacksomtes and Huntonites, [ would'nt try to get any support from them; tor after such rigs as thev cut uv in the Legi^jer last winter the people'back here in the conntry don't like em very well. I think it would hurt you to have any thing to do with 'em.' Then you miist let a few of your friends togetherm Portland, no matter if there a-nt no more than half a dozen, aud pa.ss some patriotic resolutions, and P"1' ll,«• duins of the meeting in the paper, headed The voice of the People;" and then go on to say.—At a Humcrous anfi respectable meeting of democratic national Kepub,icans, held in Portlaad, at such a time, &c. (a) Kesolv.ed unanimously, (b) that we have perfect confi- dence in the exalted taienw, the unspotted integrity, and well known patriotism of Mr. Jack Downing, (or perhaps it should be the Hon. Jack Downing,) and that we cheer- fully recommend him to the people of this state, as a can- didate for the office of Governor. Resolved, that his well known attachment to the ii.t- rests. the principles, and usages of the democratic national Rp publican party eminently entitles him to their coundence and support. Resolved, as the sense of this meeting, that r.o'hine short of the election of that firm patriot, the Hon. Jac^ Downing, can preserve the state from total and irretrievable destruction. Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be pub lished in all the democratic national republican newspapers in the state. > We will then get up such a meeting in this town, and pass some more highly patriotic resolutions, and send 'ein down, and you must have 'em put in the paper, headed, a voice from the country. 14y°UfgetJn n- Sha11, CXpcct my son Ephraim to have the office of shenft m th.s county, for he's got some of the bean poles left yet that he sot out to carry to market last winter. The other offices we'll distribute at our leisure. Your affectionate old Uncle, JIOSHOA DOWNING. The meeting suggested was held and is thus de- scribed: — Grand Democratic National Republican Convention. DOWNMGVIL|E( Monday, J„ly 19rh, 1830. At a large and respectable Meeting of the Democratic National Republicans of Downingviile, and the neighbour- ~7o) SWANSEA ROWNHALTTMAY 5, 1835—At a general public meeting of the electors of the boroughs of S-vansea. Neath. Loughor, Aberavon, and Kenfig, convened by the Portreeve of Swansea, in pursuance of a requisition signed by nearly six hundred eleciors. and held at the Town-hall. Swansea, on Tuesday, the 5th of -May, to address their re- presentative J H Vivian, Esq., expressive of their appro- bation 0, his Parliamentary conduct Col Cameron then presented himself to the meeting. and said-Mr Portreeve and Brother Electors, I must confels that I was at first doubtful as to whether I should attend ihfs meeting or not, because I conceive there was no ne- cessity for our expressing thus publicly our sense of Mr Vivian's parliamentary conduct. I feei iltistied that there is not a single individual present, of any persuasion or party. who will not admit, that one universal sentiment pervades this meeting of our approval of the conduct ot our representative in p;krliatnent.-Great cheering. (6; It was resolved unullimoUlily-That in the opinion of this meeting, the conduct of our member, J. H. Vivian, Esq. during the periodofliis having been our repreentalve. in parliament, has elicited the general approbation of all parties; and that there cannot be an individual better qualified to represent this district of borough*, whethei we consider his unremitting attention to the performance of his duties in the house of Commons, his exertions upon all occasions to promote the interests of his constituents, or the anxious desire he has invariably evinced to meet the wishes of the great body of electors, log part ot ti»e suite, convened ujis ujj at me uinre school house, the meeting was called to order by the venetable and si vcr-haired patriarch old Mr Zebedee Downing, who has not been out to a political meetiug before for the last 25 years. On the motion of It r. Jacob Downing, voted that a committee of five be appointed t > draft resolutions to lay before this meeting. Whereupon Jotham Downing, lchabod Downing, Zenas Djwnieg, Levi Downing, and Isaiah Downing, were appointed said f committee and after retiring about five minutes, thev re- turned and reported the following preamble and reso- lutions Whereas, an awful crisis hath arrived in ihe political affairs (c) of our country, our public men all have tllrhed traitors, and resolved to ruin the country, and ixuikt, us and our children all slaves for ever; and whereas, our ship of State and our shi,) of the United States are both driven with tremendous violence before the fury of the political tempest, and are just upon the point of he; 11 j; dasfied upon the breakers of political destruction and whereas, nothing short of the most prompt and vigorous exertions of the patriotic democratic national Republicans of this State aud of the United States, can avert the impending danger. Resolved,—That tbe awful crisis of aflairs in this State requires a firm devoted patriot, a high minded and gifted statesman and a uniform unwavering democratic national Republican for chief magistrate. Resolved,-tliat in this awiul crisis, we believe the eyes of all true patriots are turned upon THE HONORABLE JACK DOWNING. Resolved,—that we have the fullest confidence in ihe talents, integrity, moral worth, tried patriotism, and un- wavering and unchangeable, sterling, democratic, national republicanism of the Honorable Jack Doweillg, and that his election to the office of Governor in September next, and nothing else,an save the State from total, unutterable and irretrievable ruin. Resolved, iherefore,—That we recommend him to the electors of this State, as a candidate for said office; and that we will use all fair and honorable means, and, if iie- cessary, will not stick at some a little dishonorable, to secure his election. Resolved,— That we disapprove of personal crimination and recrimination in political contests, and therefore, will only say of our opponents {d), that we iliiuk them no belter than they should be, and that they unquestionably mean to destroy the 1an,] we live in. ve(i,rhat the thanks of this convention be pre- sented to Miss Abagail Downing, for the use of her school room this afternoon, she having wih a geneious patriotism dismissed her school for that purpose. Resolved,—That the proceedings of this convention signed by the chairman and secretary, be published in the Partl,nd Daily Courier, and the Family Reader, the official organs of the Hon. Jack Downing's correspondence, and any other genuine democratic national Republican papers in the State. JOSHUA DOWNING, Ciiairman. ] Attest, Ephraim Downing, Secretary. We are assured by Lieutenant Timothy Downia with whom we had a short interview, that [be best spirit pre- vailed in the convention, not a dissenting voice was heard, and all the resolutions passed u>tanimou.i!y. From Ephraim Downing, to the Hon. Jack Downing. Well, Jack, if you don't acknowledge we've done the thing up in style, you're no gentleman and not lit for Governor. I wish you to be very particular.to keep the sheriffs office for me. kather says cousin Jeremiah has thrown out some hints that he shall have the sheritl's office. But butter my ristbands if you do give it to him you'll go clear out of office next year that's positive. Jere'-? a clear factionist, you may rely upon that. No, no, stick to your old friends and. they'll stick to you. I'm going to start to morrow morning on an electioneering cruise. 1 shall drum 'em up all right. You only keep a stiff upper iip and you'll come in all hollow." I (c) That the following address be presented to our ex- cellent representative, J. H. Vivian, Esq. To JOHN IIF.NRY VIVIAN, Esq. M.P. Sir,-In the presentstite of Plit)lic atfaii.s. when a power. ful party are straining every nerve to perpetuate various abtlses and corruptions in otir social institutions. (d) T. Leyson, Esq rose and said, I beg most cordially 10 second the resolution now proposed for your adoption. [ am of opinion that this public meeting is necessary, in order to correct the glaring Tory fallacies which have gone forth-cering.-hut, from feetings of delicacy, and sincere personal respect to individuals opposed to our principles, at Pyle, I shall forbear to notice glariug improprieties and delusions at that meeting.—Cheeis..

SUMMER CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SOUTHERN. I Radnorshire.—At Presteign, Tuesday, June 30. Herefords,ltire.-At Hereford, Wednesday, July 1. Monmouthshire.— At Monmouth, Thursday, July 2. Breek,tockshire.-At Brecou, Saturday, July 4." Cardiganshire.—At Cardigan, Tuesday, July 7. Pembrokeshire.-At Haverfordwest and Town, Wednes- day, July 8. Carmarthcnsltire-At Carmarthen andBorough, Friday, July 10. Glatrwrganshire -At Swansea, Monday. July 13. Gluipiorganshii-e.-At Cardiff, Wednesday, July 15.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. London, Friday, Jlay 15, 1835. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. William B ill, Worcester, skin merchant. George Haynes, Trinity street, Southwark, licensed victualler. BANKRUPTS. David Boast, County-terrace, New Kent-road; surgeon. Thomas Woodward, Piccadilly, tea dealer. Joseph Pask, Bury St. Edmund's leather cutter. John Hackett, Leicester, printer. William Watts, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, cattle dealer. Joseph Tonks, Birmingham, wire worker. Tuesday, May 19. L. P. Goldsraid, Birchin lane. bill broker. v W. Jjhnson, Gracechiirch street, auctioneer. W. Taylor, Hitchin, Hereford, cow dealer. B Bass, Kingston-upon-Hull, innkeeper. J. Glass, White Hart street, victualler. A. Bazzmi, High Holborn, \fax and composition doll manufacturer. H. Mawhood, High Holborn, lace dealer. W. Laurence, Farnham, Surrey, fellmouger. W. Thompson, Brassington, Derbyshire, cattle jobber. J. Hall, Edgwovth, Lancashire, and J. Wager,Wirksworth, Derbyshire, calico punters. s. C. Hancock, Newbury, Berkshire, cheese and bacou factor. C. Murgatrord, S ielf, York, stuff merchant. M. Kirkland and G. Robinson, Manchester, muslin ma. nufacturers. W Haynes, Coin Saint Aldwyns, Gloucestershire, miller. W. Brown, Gloucester, victualler

BIRTHS. On the 9th insr. at Fairy Hill, Gower, the lady of the Rev. S. Phillips, of a daughter. On the 8th inst. the lady of Jjhn Lloyd, Esq. of Dinas. Breconshire. of a daughter. Lately, at Devonport, the lady of Capt. Armstrong, 98.h regiment, of a daughter. At Blaina, on the 16th inst. the wife of Mr John Powell, grocer, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th inst. at Newport, Monmouthshire, John Elliott Hardwick, Esq. of Ross, Herefordshire, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late William Chambers, a travelling co- ID diati. At Wotton-under«cdge, on the 13th inst. by the, Hon. and Rev. I.T. Pelham, the Rev. Kenelm Digbv, second son of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Digby, KCB. and the Dowager Viscountess Andover, to Caroline, fifth daughterof Edward S.ieppard, Esq. of the Ridge, in the county of Glouc^stur. Last week, at Auburn, Wiltshire, Mr Biiuton, to Miss Simms, the master and govcruesp of the charity school in this town. At the Friends' Meeting House, Gloucester, Peter Nor- man Edwards, of Bryn Öwyd. Radnorshire, to Rebecca. Shipley, of the London Road, Gloucester. At Hanford, oil the 16th inst. Wiiliam F. Webber, Esq. son of the late William Webber, Esq of Binfield. to Grace J-mma. third daughter of the late Henry Ker Seymer, Esq. DIED. At Cardiff, on Wednesday last, in the 72nd year of his aee, Thomas Charles, Esq. Senior B iiliff of tfle towo. and Deputy-Lieutenant for Glamorganshire. During the period of an active and uiefulllfe, his amiable disposition and exemplary conduct had much endeared him to every person to whom he was known, and his lo-ss to the town is universally regretted. On the 20th nut. at Aberdare, Mr. Thomas Thomas, of the Woolpack 'tavern, aged 57. On Wednesday la t, at Brecon, aged 16. to the inrx pressible grief of her parents, Susanna Jane, only; child of Mr J .hl) Jenkins, rope maker, of that town. On the 19th inst. at Lantrissent, of consumption, de servedly lamented, Evan, second and youngest son of Mr W. John., of that place, aged 21 years. On the 20:h instant, ag..d 10 years, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of H. Humphry Esq. Collector of tbe Customs, at Neath. At Clapham, on the 13h inst. a<;ed 91-. Mrs Elizabeth Cook, widow of the celebrated circumnavigator, Captaiu James Cook. On the 13th inst. at Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, in his 83d year, John Nash, Esq. ° Outhe 12 h inst. at BUckheatb, the Hon. Sir Arthur K. Legge, K C.B. Admiral of the Blue, aged 69. On the 5th of January, at P-itna, Bengal, aged A7, Sir James Harrington, Bart. On the 6th inst. at Paris, Major General Sir James Campbell, JC.C.B. K.C 11. and Colonel of the ail Regi- ment. On Saturday evening last, in Dawson-street, after a long painful illness, which she bore with that cheerfulness and pious" resignation which might have been expected from her writings and her character, Mrs HEMANS.—Dublin Eveniny A-fail,

F'^ties^oW.c'' *'le Courts have refused to permit perjury wfVUI' themselves on motions of conviction of their own -1 SUcil co»victions have been obtained on v,'niei)(v -f Cnce' and that 0:1 account of the incon- re'fpYou^ occasion if allowed. Such are the P- 520 rJu ^urden r. Browning. 1st, Taunton, 1st EJo..fftlett v. Piekersgill, 4 East, p. 577, and I Rden let i> ('ontrary to what is said in the King r. knitted tr*pinassi 97. Yet, even in these cases, it is of dism, i-fi conviction must have the legal effect witness 1 on' a"d that in a suit in which the On Was lu.'Ul',on whose testimony the conviction proceeded Courts of p a Part-V" the established principle in ^^mittii^o- ll'ty !|ff°rds a strong analogy in favor of excepti • e evidence of this Record, and making no those C°n ln P;irti('ulfir case. The mode of proof in whe„ tar* 'S ')-v depositions, which are admissible in a part-en ln the same cause. No exception is allowed who had 1 £ u1,ar case where the person becomes a party himself fT-n a w'tness, and such a party may avail Chatipp ''is own depositions, 2nd Maddox, Court of WUliai(r-V' ^-c- P- 4/v and Goss v. Tracy, 1st Pierre in n0 w S' P- 2B8. \Sis authority in Goss r. Tracy is Sulkelday2SeC,ted the decision in Tilley's case, 1st s'tions 1 ^°r t'l;,t was a case at law in which depo- a Perso" if °n a to perpetuate testimony made by Was a "„Wh° ^e<'aine a party were rejected. But it siti0!1 U ,dent ground for that rejection that no depo- U'nn;irt lb>' a"V Partv would be admissible while °pinio! th WaS a''VC" e nre therefore all clearly of evjd 1 .lt the verdict and judgment were admissible is a p ln the present case, although Mr. Booker, who trial *s a°tion, was examined on the former Th jude?e S.e^?nd head of objection is, that the learned First 'directed the jury, and that in three respects. tliH 3 respect t° the construction of the 7th Sec. of (;e°. 3, cap. 82. Secondly, as to the right Wjj H Pla»ntiffs to recover consequential damages for their n and deepening the canal: and thirdly, as to pol,f 't to similar damages for the erection of the n yreen engine. W *i *hi(?h fh ^*sPose ^le latter objections, on t0 9ourt CTitirely concur in opinion. First, as tIVa e *lability of the company to consequential da- of 4| the alteration of the canal and the erections °f new works. It is too late to discuss the right *as 6 to enlarge or deepen the canal after it 36 p11 st'U more after the period allowed by the ^n' had elapsed, viz. 1798. This question ever WC s°tt!ed by judicial decisions if any question and -ii- "^le opinion of Lords Eldon, Lyndhurst, contr.. "fn/0n'' established that these acts constitute a that th ?%veen the public and the Canal Company, canai f? Company should not enlarge or deepen the time j1., 't was completed, or after the additional Were K Parliament had expired; and that they *fterw ,1 su't °f individuals if they did so so as to produce damage to their legal Paiiv a ,"e effect of this contract was, that the Com- ir a irliimeDiary right to so mueh witter any circumstances of trade for ret "ulncompleted, and the INIil 1 Proprietors pai)v w their right to all the residue which the Com- opi^i Jegaliy responsible for taking away. The 1§6 ~°rd Brougham in 1st Mylne and Keane, p. of t'kp 1'1, this respect in no degree at variance with those ^ncurr learned Lords; his Lordship intimates his tition 6.i'e> W'th those authorities. The sjtme prohi- t'leir prevents the Company from enlarging engine Prevents them from erecting a new steam- More 1-If h, ^'fferent situation from any that existed Wed.'1 e rights of the mill owners are thereby in- Lordj' » this was in effect decided in the House of de(;1 or Jt formed the subject of the 10th count in the The j ?°.ns- (See Clark and Finelley's reports, p. 265.) °^the K^10n ^'1C Court of King's Bench, in the case lo ga ,n» "• the Glamorganshire Canal Company, in WQs an' P'no authority to the contrary, for that tisat between freighters and the Company, and L°rds ~r'ty was fully considered by the House of k'erefor e widening and deepening of the canal, beim. a aid the erecting of the Pontyreen engine, not the ojil iSt^ by the act, if prejudicial to the plaintiffs, Oil IV I\ctio\ I Y q?estion remaining is, whether, to support an Proved*1 °t injury to tiie plaintiffs' works rrfust be V,i(,t'. ?.s.the immediate taking of surplus water, or SeqUuil r Jt is not enough to shew that the ultimate con- ^ased^'18 a'JStraction of such water by the in- sidered 1 the canal. This question was con- rePort 1,X)rd and it is impossible to read the feotlvl ^i'ne and Keane, p. 16S, without being per- tly traffl' ^K^ 'ie was c'ear'.v °f opinion, tiiat if ^oji,D„ c on the canal was increased bv acts of the thei^bv' ."°t futhorisetl by the two statutes, and the an lncreased quantity of water was taken for pr°pri of the canal, and the surplus-water ap- j. fd to the plaintiffs diminished, the Company that th an acti°n) it is difficult to suppose tile „ e Verdict could have been found on tlie trial of p. lQc)0ond issue before Lord Wynford, referred to Sialic eXcePt upon the same principle. We place no ^r't o( °n ^'K' iudgment of the House of Lords on the the rfe„ e^.ror; because as that judgment proceeds upon fHvor itse'f, it affords no satisfactory authority in lh<uZ £ ai1™ for tiie record does not state Sfld j .j damage was immediate or consequential; sUbject Lyndhurst expresses no opinion on this •Uiy d0 1 ut there is notiiing in that case which throws and thU ori the con'ectness of Lord Eldon's opinion hi a °uSh Lord Brougham appears to have hesitated jua<^)U,eSt'itig in it, there is nothing in his Lordship's His i!nt Which shews that he held a contrary opinion. Wofi ^'ship refused an injunction, indeed, as to new <JUai,t?.exeept those wiiich should directly diminish the his t 1 J of surplus w/iter; but it does not follow that '■ot k rdship would have thought that damages could 4'so e* rep°vered for such obstruction and his Lordship be a{) P.r('ss«d an opinion that the principle should not to tt| improvement of locks and engines, the to^ ^'le expense of navigation was diminished and '/L^'duced, and the trade increased, which is ^hns rer't point from that now under consideration. L""1 it i J1K^s t'H' ease on authority and on principle; vVeen to say that there is any distinction ^hiei, "OSe acts which cause direct and those Vs L USt conswjuential damage. If the defen- ^'Ured taken away part of the surplus water ■Sain 1, the plaintiff by the Parliamentary 'S '*■ m-1" a v'°'ati°n of the bargain 011 their part, Vtiy* whether it be done directly or in- t'lev Vae acts complained of being prohibited if prei does it make any difference that le;¡rlv idlce is more or less remote, provided it be ar]V t PrOof" isrced to the prohibited acts ? The difficulty of i "reused; but when accomplished, and the esaititCX):vf,fd with those acts, the result must be 'i^e (li 1 are therefore of opinion that the learned Aidant "°t misdirect the jury as to the liability of the lri the ta s to consequential damage for the alterations erection of Pontyreen engine. It ('o<Kt ° 'id'T whether there was any mistake in Tjjg j rciltion of the 7t'n section. f°re des^,Ile^ judge was of opinion that the notch be* ^hicl)1 > Was rt violation of the seventh section, ??Ssary (• is provided that the water not ne- 0 the "p e use °' the canal should be conveyed "><n,tHrv u e_ntyrc.h Works, bv means of the, parlia- ^°rds eir "—ai'd he thought the meaning of these .^■Se;s J3s' Wa-ter not used at this lock in passing V °Pitii °* n catla^ My brother Alderson retains jr°tl)t.rs?[''which he expressed at the trial, and my fa"d, and Gurnev concur with him. 1 own I sayeonsiderable doubt as to its propriety, nor as th those doubts have been entirely removed; i^truct- fna.i°rity of the court are satisfied that the (^orreC41°.tJ Put. upon the clause by the learned judge ,(''e quv "e objection made to it must be over-ruled, ^^ter i,, 'S' what if, the meaning of the words t?"st'"Urti,1, necessary for the use of the canalThe words ^"tended for by the defendants is, that thej ^ave them a full right to take from this f!' an7 quantity of water which may be U„lt!rpond r lle eontinuous use of the canal at any je' '"short water times, in consequence of the Wa locks'gths the ponds below, or the inequality tli ailt' that water from the pond in question b^Shasi, within the meaning of that term al- the f^Ped quantity might by an expensive process Plat ^'s'at 'rom one pond below into another, for It SUch"^ cann°t be supposed to have contein- >ievf.as arg^! UI|usal supply should be resorted to. uPo ^ovv ^lat tlie provisions requiring the locks "u ^Uc|, f/' e parliamentary weir to be water tight, :UI ltIfLr I the learn judge relied at the trial affords thi)f Urturfc against the right of the Company to make *as Pr°visi or the passing of the necessary water, for hot ^ded0" 's explained on the supposition that it pzttt allted. ()prevent the escape of water when it was f'?lit the the other hand, the argument on the 'Jo\y to rnauplaiT,tiffs is that if the defendants have a a.t¡ 4ter e h notch, they have an equal right to flash a"d tl necessary to the lowest pond of the "f t^ cou]^ -lat so extensive a construction of this ^hiof .ard'y have been within the contemplation ^aif divjs:Ure or the parties to the bargain, by t<i a"d appropriation of the water of the tl,is >> e s°>He'n' :iatl(^ that it was undoubtedly intended thp structi r ction to the Pentyrch Works; but ^'ish^°tnPar;0ri °°u^ Put them entirely at the mercy Pr0i led over'7' °r comPcl them to have a watch es- lt^.ct tllejr .at' extent of several miles, in order to to lea crests effectually; an inconvenience so Ve them without remedy. To obviate this mischief, it is argued tuat a more limited con- struction should be put upon the clause, which would give to the mill proprietors all the water not used by the lock in passing vessels, and if so, a very obvious lId sensible effect would be given to the provision that the lock must be water tigat; a provision which, though not in terms insensible, if the defendant's construction be adopted, seems to be not a provision worth making, if that construction be the true one. It is also observed on the part of the plaintiffs not to be immaterial that this very con- struction has been practically adopted by the Company themselves at the Melin Griffith Works, the clause for protecting which is framed in precisely the same words as that which we have been considering. If that be so, the notch by which this provision would be clearly evaded would be illegal, and the direction of the learned judge right. Tliere is also another point of view by wnich the direction may be supported. By the provisions of the different acts of Parliament, it is clear that the authority of the Company to make new works ceased in 1798, and that they are responsible for all damages arising from works subsequently erected. Now supposing that the more enlarged construction of the protecting clauses were adopted, still the company would have only a right to water necessary for the use of the canal, by the mode adopted when the canal was finally constructed in 1798, and would have no right by the new construction to take more water, or to make the water communicate more conveniently between dif- ferent ponds of the canal, if producing any damage to the plaintiffs. If, for instance, there were no commu- nication except through the lock in 179S, the com- pany would, it may be contended for the plaintiff, have no right to make any communication afterwards; or if there were such communication in 170S. and that had been by a feeding weir,originally, the company would not now have a right to substitute a draw-gate (a different thing) by means of which the water flowing continnally is carried to the lower pond under different circumstances. The new draw-gate, therefore, or notch is, it may be said, a work not authorized by the Act to be made, and if so the direction of the learned judge was correct. For these reasons which have been stated as an answer to the defendant's argument, my learned brothers are all of opinion that the construction put by my brother Alderson upon the 7th section is rigiit. I must own that I am not free from doubts on this question raised by the verv learned and able ar- gument on the part of the defendants, and I do not feel quite satisfied that the notch is a new work in the sense above ascribed to that word, as it may perhaps may be considered a modification of an old one, whereby it is rendered less injurious to the plaintiffs; but I am not prepared to say I thyik the opinion of my learned brother is not well founded, and therefore this objection also must be over-ruled. The last objection is that the verdict is against the evidence. For admitting the defendants to be liable for consequential damages, there is. no evidence that ought to satisfy a jury^ that even any remote damage was occasioned by the widening and deepening the canal, and erecting the Pontyreen engine. There was, however, sufficient evidence to shew that a part of the increased traffic was attributable to the improvement of the navigation of the canal; and there was reason- able ground for the jurv to conclude that though the enlargement and deepening by allowing the increase of tonnage of each vessel to diminish the expehse of water, the increase of trade more than counterbalanced thatvadvantage; and that on the whole more water was consumed by such increased traffic than before. There was no doubt a difficulty in ascertaining the precise amount of damage, but that was purely a question for the jury, and it is not possible for us to say that they have been wrong. We are of opinion therfore, for the several reasons above given, that the rule for the new trial ought to be discharged. Rule discharged. We have unfortunately 4u announce the death of Mr Nash, which occurred on Wednesday se'nnight at East Cowes Castle. An acute disorder under which he has long suffered has at length terminated in tins de- servedly lamented gentleman's death. Every observant person is aware that this gentleman has been as re- markable for the endurance of persecution as for the possession of talents; but from every attempt to cast a shade over his genius, he has ever successfully de- fended himself, and though other hands were destined, as we think most unfairly, to finish hislast work (Buck- ingham Palace,) every complaint made against its sound- ness and security, and they were almost as numerous as the stones in the building, was proved to be ill-founded and vexations. His worst enemies must admit that since London was first so called, no man has ever done a tithe of that which he has accomplished to improve it, and we question if any other man ever will. Envy is the sure attendant of genius, and the certain mark of infirmity in those who entertain it; and of the truth of this axioni, Mr N ash and his detractors are the best evidences. In private life, Mr Nas!i was what every man ought to be-as an encourager of art and science he stood pre- eminently forward—and for his princely liberality towards artists, &c., his memory will be long and deservedly cherished. To those who knew the value of his acquaintance and friendship, his loss must be irre- parable. GLAMORGANSHIRE AGRICULTURAL REPORT. MAY 18.—The continued dry weather in April re- tarded the barley sowing which was not completed until the last week. Towards the end of the month, the ground became so hard that it required much ad- ditional labour to bring it to a proper tilth for receiving the seed. Some partial showers fell about the 1st instant, but it did not become general until the 14th. The early sown vegetated very irregularly, and still presents a most uneven braird, a portion of it not having yet appeared. The young wheat looks well, this plant seldom suffers from drought; the depth of rain since the seed was set is very small, yet there is 110 indication of the want of moisture in its present ap- pearance. The frosty nights in April destroyed a great portion of the fruit blossom then out; the apples we hope have escaped, as they had not with the exception of the early sorts put forth their blossom. The (try weather also proved favorable for preparing the land for the mangel and potatoc crops, and the present rain will secure them from the failures expe- rienced in recent years. The increased cultivation of these roots form a new feature in farming operations at this season of the year. Experience has proved the value of the former, and exploded the imaginary danger of giving them to milch cows and pigs, as they are found to be invaluable winter food for both. The potatoe is equally valuable as food but there is another motive for the extended growth of this root, namely:-the quick return it affords to the grower, which in these times is a very material consideration. Acting on the same principle, and aided by the increased facilities of communication between the two countries. The Irish farmer is relinquishing the more tedious system of rearing and feeding stock, and is applying his plough to the rich pastures of that country, corn also yielding a quicker return than cattle, and of late years we find the importations of the former greatly prepon- derating over the latter. In any review, however brief, of the present state of our agriculture, the unfavourable condition and future prospects of those concerned, should not pass unheeded; and the universal admission of distress and the conflict- ing opinions as to the best mode of mitigating it, de- mands that some enquiry should be instituted into the immediate cause. We therefore trust that the motion which is to be brought forward on the subject will not be rejected by Parliament, if it should prove (as in all probability it would) that it arises from a restoration of the ancient standard of our currency, which will fix 40s. a quarter, and other agricultural produce in the same proportion, as the future maximum of prices. And if no relaxation of this fatal measure is to be entertained, the British agriculturist may justly demand that the public and parochial burdens on his land should be brought down to the same level. For if the existing state of things is to be made permanent, the landholders will soon discover that in a majority of cases they are only holding their property in trust for the public creditor, and the discharge of other fixed payments to which it was made subject when the value of produce exceeded double the present amount. MERTHYR POLICE. [Before J. B. BRUCE and W. THOMAS, Esqrs.] MAY 19.—Thomas Phillips, Lamb beer-house, Dow- lais, was fined 40s. costs included, for keeping open his house at irregular hours. William Jones, boatman, (No: 101) was fined 50s. for giving in a false account' of his tonnage, with the intent of defrauding the Glamorgan Canal Company. The above fine was for five tons at 10s. so defrauded. MAY 20.—Evan Thomas, Corner House, George Town, George Poney, Cymro, ditto, William Jones, Heathcock, Dowlais, and Walter Williams, Pelican, ditto, beer-house keepers, were respectively fined 40s. each, costs included, for keeping irregular hours. Thomas Evans, Pwllyweiad, Solomon Hill, Dowlais, and John Williams, Ship, Dowlais, beer-house keepers, were discharged, but strictly admonished to be more careful for the future. Edmund Edmunds, Talbot Inn, was fined Is. and costs, for keeping his house open after the regulated hour. •