The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

The Duke of ellington has returned to Strntlifieldsaye, and will remain until Wednesday next. His Grace has recently adopted the late Karl of Hur- lington's plan for wanning Strathfieldsaye by steam: numerous workmen were some tillle employed in lay- ing down iron pipes and erecting stoves. ir Edward tigden uill, it is rumoured, be a candidate at the next election for East Surrey, in opposition to Major Beauelerk. [t is IIOW positively stated that Mr Stephen Rice, son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is to start as a candidate for Cloiimel, under the auspices, and with the most energetic support, of Mr O'Connell. The election for the Secretaryship of the Li- terary Fund (vacated by the retirement of Air Snow) took place on Wednesday last. Four, Glntlelllen were selected from the numerous candidates who offered themselves as eligible for the situation, of whom Mr C. Roncy Was elected by the majority of one Vote- THE NEW HOUSES OF PAIILIAMENT.—We 1111- derstand that ninety-seven plans for the erection of the new i louses of Parliament were submitted to the commissioners appointed to report to the King upon the subject. Of these plans the commissioners have selected four, which are to be submitted to Ills Majesty early in the ensuing week for his approval. They have awarded tl,50() to the author of the best design, and they have given a prize of jroOO each to the authors of the other three. The commissioners were authorised, under the terms of the Commission, to give four prizes of t5OO, but we believe that they havc,agrced only as to the appropriation of three of the t,500 prizes, and will probably leave the disposal of the fourth to the judgment of his Majesty.— Observer. \Ve have seen a gentleman, just arrived from Spain, I tie ( arlists are everywhere successful. The British force is nearly annihilated -they arc starving — without clothes or shoes—hundreds have perished on dilFerent m:\rehes— the battalions are reduced from 600 men each to 150. Coloncl Evans is ill-the ,V;Lll,.i is ill-tile second in command dangerously so-all the officers most anxious to got home—and the men availing themselves of every opportunity of deserting. In fact, without the open assistance of neutral England and France, the cause of the two Queens is at an end,-—John Suf(>

EL T'li IIATrs EXPEDITION—We have intelli- gence of Colonel Cliesney up to the 10th of Decem- ber. The hopes that were entertained of the speedy equipment of the expedition and the sailing had not been realized, and matters are represented as begin- ning to wear rather a gloomy aspect. One boat had been launched, but the heavy materials of the others, on the passage from Aleppo to Kir, had got grounded, and great difficulty was experienced in procuring other means of transport. One of the officers had been dispatched to Ibrahim Pacha's head-quarters, to ask his assistance in this difficulty, and had met a most friendly reception. It is, however, said that 011 all sides the people manifest anything but a friendly spirit towards the expedition, particularly in the territory appertaining to the Grand Seignor, and the opinion is fast gaining ground that it must end in disappointment. THE TNSTAMPED.—A hairdresser of the nallle of Mark was convicted of selling Cleavers Gazette, 011 four informations, 011 Saturday last, at the Guildhall, Exeter, lfc was fined £ 5 011 each, and in default of payment, committed to two months* imprisonment. Tnere are other offenders in the town, who get down bales of these baneful publications weekly, and they might have been detected as easily as this poor shaver who was entrapped into it by the informer. STOPPAGE OF THE YV RSTEUN MAILS BY THE SNOVT.—TheGloucester mail coach was left at Bur- ford, owing to the inability of dragging it further. The bags reached London one o'clock on Wednes- day afternoon. The Bristol roaii coach was left nearCalne. The horses were six hours in doing six miles betweenCalne and IWarlbon ugli. When this letter was written (three o'clock p.m.) the bags of the Bath and Falmouth mails had not reached London-viz, Wednesday evening, KAILROAD IN CTALLICIA.—The intended iron railroad in Gallicia, the execution of which is undertaken by the house of Al. A. Rothschild arid Sons, who have obtained permission for It will extend as far as to Bocbnia and, though if• Wlil ,e sixty German miles in length, it is intende t ia 1 shall be completed in three or four he capital required is estimated at 12,000,C 1 of florins. The estimate of the expected profits is OJII ed, as we are assured, on very accurate data during a number of years, relative to the trailic on that road. -Gei,inatt Paper.

England, The Subscription for the Irish Clergy sll()WS that it has vigour, constancy, and consis- leticy e lough to carry it through all difficulties If it butjilld a leader.. The English People love heir money as why should they not. They earn It hardly; more hardly than any other people of the earth-Jet here we have the proof that they can give jt limit to men, personally, total strangers, living in another land, and that 11 ;I!d not cherished by any favourite associations. h et IJpward. of Cifo Hundred Thousand Pounds ave been thus given by individual feeling, on the mere ground that the contribution has been ^eUianded for the honor of our common Protes- talltism. We say again, that this single act is to tell us that the cause of Protestantism ^t the heart of the nation—-that the man in ^i&ment or out of Parliament who will take I;Ip this use with fidelity will ifnd himself at the advocate of the truth and the Man of People—and that the exertion of eloquence, ^.Uratf«, and sincerity in the name of the Esta- ) led Protestant Church of England and Ire- a"d, will throw into the hands of the Protestant v°cate a greater weight of public influence, homage, and public energy than lias been Possessed by the boldest ambition of public life wltlllll tile memory id iiitti ll «e see wuat lias been done in Ireland by a disturber charged with every meanness; in a cause whose loyalty is rebell on whose honor is perfidy whose cou- rage is poltroonery and whose justice is assassi- nation. Ytii the degrading effect ofalt these coun- teracted, nay, turned into triumph, by the mere qualities of diligence and zeal; what must not be the triumph, where thecause is ennobled by every purer impulse of Our nature, endeared oy the fondest and finest associations of ancestral honor, sustained by the universal sympathy Of ti),, Brilish empire, and elevated at once beyond the littlenesses of human motives, and the casual ties of Ilnman events, by its being not more the cause of man than of Heaven. To turn to more local topi s, vve are gratified in having to record the liberality of our Gla- morgan frieuds in this great work. The con- tributions already transmitted from the Princi- pality show, to the honor of Wales, that it feels a lIIanly anå generous interest in the welfare of the suffering Church; and among the many names of onr Clery, entitled to honor for their activity and munificence in this labour of love, it gives us persona! pleasure to mark, with pe- culiar respect, the name of the excellent Chan- cellor of the Diocese, the Rev. Bruce Knight. This worthy Minister of the Gospel has, by his indefatigable exertions and Christian sincerity, set an example of the spirit in which the servants. of our common Master should labour for liis sake. His touching appeal will long live in our memory his behevotent odor's have been already producti/cj they will be itiore si. and he will have his reward in the reputation which all should seek and in the still higher con- sciousness of having well done one of the most important and cheering duties that can be laid on man.

We beg to callattention to the very able letter in another column, signed Gwladwr." It is on a subject which is of the very highest im- t. I portance to file iiiiiabitaiiis of the entire Princi- pality, and we trnst that the supineness llitherlO manifested will be now removed, and its place be supplied by a degree of energy that will speedily remove the chief barriers to the commercial and intellectual prosperity of Wales. On the sub- ject of the line of road from Mertliyr to the Lainh and 1'lag, we may he excused for saying that it is doubly lamentable that any cause should exist for the delay of the much-required improvement that would be made by the completion of the projected new line, when the liberality and unanimity which appear to exist between the Merthyr and Abergavenny Trusts are consi- dered. e understand that these Trusts are perfectly willing to render the Road to Aher- gavenny from Merthyr much better than it now is-—and that one of the first, and perhaps the greatest improvements that will be made, is that of doing away with the passage over blan- dly Pitch," which is not only most distressing to horses, but dangerous. We sincere y trllst that this spirit will be fully met by other parties, whose interests are not less identified with the increase of good Roads, than are those uf the parties who are thus united in their efforts to promote a safe and pleasant intercourse 11 with Wales for si rangers. The convenience of the Swansea ill; ii I is one that every person must occasionally feel who has business or pleasure to pursue. When required all appreciate its value, and when lost all will lament that it is gone, yet few stretch out a helping hand to preserve to themselves and their country, so great an ad- vantage. W e sin ererv trust that this loss will never be experienced, although we must can- (lidly say that there are too good reasons for the apprehension, unless the road bo improved. The proprietors already lose during the winter in(iiitiis a rtiiitotis stiiii-tiie loss would be serious even if the extraordinary wear and tear sus- tained by the badness of the roads were not to be endured, but, both combined, render it almost an impossibility to have this excellent public conveyance continued. The New Market, which it is intended shall

be built at Merthyr, in pursuance of the Act obtained last Session (lenders for the erection of which were advertised for in our last) will be on an extensive scale, and hilly adequate to the wants of the population of the increasing town and neighbourhood, it will be a square building, occupying a site of about 200 feet by 2.30. A large cartway-road will run through the centre, for the greater convenience of those bringing fruit, vectables, c. &c, to market. The butchers' market will occupy two sides of the building, forming two galleries, 2o0 feet iu length, and containing 108 large and enclosed stal's or shops. Underneath th s portion of the Market will be 28 large. ce'lars, with stair- cases, really access from the Market and convenience for the entrance of iroods from the surrounding streets. The inner market, for the sale of fruit, vege- tables, poultr\, butter, &c- will comprise five long avenues, with benches and stall-boards, on each side. The gangways will |)e wide, and much attention has been paid by the architect, in the arrangement of his plans, to the important subjects of light and veiuilation. On each sjile of the principal entrance will he an office for the Clerk of Ihe Market, and a weighing-room; and over this entrance will be a long open gal- lery, with stone staircases at each end and, in a similar manner, over the other Plld will be a long gallery for the stowage and sale of corn, sue(i, &e. The latter gallery will have a Stair case and loop-doors at each end, for the receipt and delivery of sacks, The arrangements for the adequate supply of water have been carefully considered, and we venture to think that these Markets will be found convenient, cleanly, and airy. Such are onr opinions of this intended structure, from an inspection of tile beautIful pLtlJs prepared by that intelligent and rising architect, Mr T. H- Wyatt, and we congratulate our townsmen on tlii.,i prospect of another stride in the path of their comfort and civilization.

(Blamo rgangfttre. GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL AT SWANSEA. A fancy dress ball given by a select number of gentlemen, subscribers, took place at the Assembly Rooms, on Friday, the 22tid ult., which in design and execution was never surpassed in South Wales.- Numbers of the dresses were extremely rich and bril- liant, wiiich, together with the variety of different tints and gems which decked the company, produced a gaiety of effect, pleasing beyond our powers of description. IV.uicing commenced at ten o'c'ock. The excellent band of the Royal Glamorgan Mi!itia was in attend- ance. Tiio ball was kept up with unceasing spirit till two o'clock, when the supper room was thrown open, and the company, consisting of upwards of a hundred and fifty ladies and gentlemen, sat down to a sump- tuous repast, replete with all the delicacies of the season,served by a most celebrated artiste of the culinary profession, which reflected the highest credit on Mrs Thomas for her admirable taste and judgment exhibited in the well-regulated arrangments. The usual selection of choice wines was excellent, and they were supplied in the greatest profusion. In addition to the handsome collation provided in the supper- room, an apartment had been open during the whole of the evening, affording refreshments of every sort. At half-past three o'clock the merry dance was resumed, and it did not terminate until after six o'clock, when the company separated, charmed with the. entertainment they had experienced, as well as with the polite and unremitting attention of the stewards to every guest. The folIowillg is a list of the Ladies who wore fancy dresses or costumes :— Mrs Dillwyn Llewellyn-a real Bernoise costume— extremely good. Mrs Vivian—a beautiful Levantine dress Miss Vivian—a fancy dress Mrs Wat-kin I loinri-,tv-tlie dress of a Swiss Peasant. Mrs Berri iigtoi i-Cattieritic of Arragon-very good. Miss E. Tottenham—a fancy dress. Miss Ross—an Andalusian Lady. Miss Calvert Jones—an ancient Dresden costume— much admired. The two Misses John Jeffery-Swiss dresses. The two Misses Hewson—fancy dresses. The two Misses Dill Nvyn-ditto. The two Misses Staniforth-whitc nuns. Miss Kitty Jones—Neapolitan Peasant's dress. Miss Lucas, Stouthall—Scotch lassie. The two Misses Lucas-fancv dresses. Miss Popkin ditto. Miss Forman-white and silver ditto. Miss Wilkins-Neapolitan costume. Miss Chambers—handsome Court dress. Mrs William Chambers—Bavarian costume. The Mon. Mrs Yelverton-handsome fancy dress. Miss M. A. Thomas—fancy dress-a Priestess of Isis. Mrs C. H. Smith—Polish dress. Miss Jones, GJanbrane-fancy dress. Mrs blnngton-fancv dress—very becoming. Mrs Capel Miers—ditto. The two Misses Nevil Ic-Polisti dresses. The two Misses Cameron—fancy dresses. MIss B. Col hns flower girl. Miss Cileshyre-fancy dress. Nlrs (,. Jeiii',ei*-ditto. Miss Hay ward ditto. Miss Silvester-flower girl. Miss Davies-fancy dress. Mrs Moggridge—Spanish full dress. Miss Parry—Swiss dress. Mrs Gutch—Italian Peasant. Miss Hcade-Polish dress. The two Misses Eden-Flowel' girls. Mr llenry Lee-Swiss Peasant. Mr G. Morris—Spanish dress. The majority of the gentlemen appeared in naval or military uniform. Tile folJowlIIg arc SOIllC WHO were in costume or fancy dresses. Mr R. Place-a Highlander. Captain Penrice—a Gower Woman. Mr Loftus Reade—a Sailor. Mr C. Smith-a Barrister. Captain Wticatley-a Lady of the olden tlJIIC-III- comparable. Mr J. Thomas—Greek dress. Mr Joan Williams-Charles the Second. Mr Florence Benson the dress of a Spanish Major— good. Mr Dillwyn, M.P.—Court dress. Mr Grifiitu-a Herald of Edward the Fourth. Mr Lewis Dillwyn-a Courtier of Charles the Fourth. Mr Howel Gwyn a More^te (-Ostuiiie-very good. Mr Gutch—an Italian Peasant. Mr Herbert Jones—Court dress of a Sergcant-at- Law. PLii-it;in. Mr G. Leeds—a Sailor. iNIr E. NV. L -i real dress of a Spanish Contra- bandista. Mr Mansel-a Noble of Venice, after Titian. The following were also among the Company pre- sent, but who, we believe, did not support any cha- racter :— The Misses Cameron Col. Horford Mrs J. Collins !)r Howell Miss F. Collins Mr and Mrs C. Jenner Miss B. Collins Mr and Mrs J. Jenkins Mrs and Miss Chcsshyre Rev. E. Knight Mrs Dillwyn Mr J. N. Lucas Mrs Eden Mr II. Lp(. Fol-illill Mr W. Llewellyn Mrs Jeffreys Master J. Lucas Miss Jeffreys Sir J. Morris Mrs C. 11. Jones Mr and Mis Moms (Car- Mrs II. Jones marthen.) Mrs Lucas Capt. J. Morgan Mrs Leeds Capt. E. Morgan Miss M. Popkin MrNevill Miss Perry %Ii- I?. Prit,,Iiir(i The Misses Tottenham Mr Richards Miss Troughton T\I r ¡ I. H leh:lI:(S Mrs and Miss Thcadc ""<1 Mrs. I. Thomas Mr J. Biddulph K'r,* Mrs hom:lS Mr Benson } ■ K: f'KH1,ns Mr W. L. Collins ^]r Ij!^ls r"omils Col. Ell ington Mr J.\erbury. Mr Grenfell This very elegant Ball would have been yet more t %I brilliant but for the short time in w.i.nii it was mimed up, and the circumstance of the Ball at Abergavenny having occurred but two days previously winch pre- vented many families in the neighbourhood of that town from being present at tne gay scene at Swansea. The overplus accruing, after the expenses were defrayed, will be presented by the gentlemen to the Swansea Infirmary. We believe it amounts to ^18 or < £ '20. The report which was sent to us last ween of the above affair not being so satisfar.tory as we could wish, we thought it better to defer any notice of it until we had an opportunity of giving a complete detail, which the extreme kindness of an energetic and very capable friend has enabled us to obtain. "#- We inadverteii11 v oniitti d in our last the of Senior and Junior Optimes at Cambridge. — Mr John Eden, of Swansea, held the honourable situation of No. 6). in the latter class, and a Cambridge friend of high attaiinnentP, has just told us, that he ought, without question, to have filled the same place in the Senior Optimes. e believe Air J. Eden was altogether brought up at the Rev. E. Griffiths, Swansea. Mr Thorp, No. 1<), in the Junior list, was also educated attlic- ,:lilies,.Ilool.-Jell(lwilie, No. 7, is son of the second master of Shrewsbury,— and Richardson, No. 2S, was the son of the late Judge. -125 gained honors—104 were deemed worthy of a degree, but not of any bonor- and 17 were plucked. I 1 IAIIMOXIC IEETlNG,ince the days of the amateur concerts nothing like the meeting on Tues- day, at the Public Rooms, Swansea, has ever been witnessed. It Was tlle second night for the friends of the members to be admitted ■ and long before the hour for the overture, (which was one of Handel's), the room was well filled with nearly all the beauty -irld f."S"'()" of tll('-toA'li ail(i neighbourhood. As no one can be admitted but bv tickets presented by the members, a very large number must have been issued, as 200 at least Were present. We should say it was the most select and pleasant meeting that has been enjoyed for many years; and too much praise cannot be bestowed on the amateurs for their selection of the music and delightful e-lees, the former of which was well performed, and the latter admirably sung and the company retired (after God save the King had been sung) about half-past 10 o'clock, express- ing themselves highly delighted with the evening's amusement. — {From a Correspondent.) THE LLAN-RLETHIAN IIARIUEIIS will meet on Monday J^b. Laninihangel. Wednesday jj # .Stapsta Down. Friday. lth Lisworney. At half-past ten. Our readers will perceive bv an advertise- I mcnt in another column that a "Bazaar" Ins been opened in the Assembly Rooms, at the Castle Inn, Merthyr-Tydfil. To those who reside in the town, such an intimation will be needless —the rich prizes yielded by the Wheel of Fortune" have already put them fully on the qui vive, and see, to have had pretty much the same effect as that produced by the raiiroad shares upon their susceptible feelings. Every body seems now to be going to the Castle, and we arc fain to take ourselves to the middle of the ron.d ag-ain-therc is no chance of walking on the pavement. We understand that above £ 50 worth of prizes were drawn ou oiieiii-bt. The family of the Earl of Jersey have been greatly shocked by the suicide of Susan Garrett, a favourite servant of the Countess, who had lived with her from a child, and up to the fatal catastrophe had always been considered a young woman of excellent character. The body of the unfortunate young woman and of an itifant child, were found drowned in the cistern at his Lordship's seat, Middleton Hall, Oxfordshire -Verdi(.t-'rii,,it she drowned herself in a state of temporary mental derangement. MERTHYR POLICE. (Before J. B. HaucE and W. THOMAS, Esqrs.) FEii. 2, ANi) 3. 252 persons were summoned for not paying poor's rates, of these were Exonerated 2:20 Ordered to pay 6 PostpUlJPd fOI: encluirv 3 Removed, vacant, dead, and not found 23 252 Cornelius Sullivan was fined the costs for an assault on Mary Murphv. 1<rank Williams, Penydarren, was fined 20s. and costs for an assault upon W'm. Jenkins, farmer, Pont- y-gwaith. FEB. 5. 102 persons were summoned for non- payment of poor rates :— Exonerated 95 Ordered to pay 5 Dead. 2 10 2 Joseph Da vips was ordered to refund to the Over- seer of Ilci-tiivr, money advanced to his wife, during sickness, and to pay the costs of the application. David Thomas, Thomas Hughes, Thomas Thomas, and John Lewis, miners, of Cyfarthfa, were charged, upon the oatlwof Martha Llewelyn, wife of William Llewelyn, beer-house keeper, with violently assault- ing her, committing a trespass on her premises, and breaking her arm, early in the morning of this day. This was one of the most atrocious assaults ever com- mitted.and was clearly proved by the most respectable testimony. Tnomns Thomas was fined .1:5; David Thomas, C5; Thomas Hughes, .£5; and John Lewis, £ 3 They were also fined t2 Ss. for trespass; and, in default of payment, were committed, the three former for two months, the latter for one month, to the House of Correction—with hard labour, for a pro- portionate period of time, for the trespass. Rees Jones, Black Cock, Pontinorlais, Margaret Davies, Cymro, George Town, and Thomas Herbert, Brown Cow, Dowlais, were fined 40s. each, for keep- ing their houses open at illegal hours at night.

fHonmoutiigturr. On Wednesday last, at a Prify Council held by his Majesty, Lord Seg-ravc took the oaths as Lord Lieutenant for the county of Gloucester; Mr Han- burv Leigh, as Lord Lieutenant for the county of Monmouth; and Mr Williams, as Lord Lieutenant for the County of Brecon. Ihe distinguished families and guests who have been enjoying the festivities of the season, so inunificientl v afforded by Sir Charles Morgan, Bart, 0 departed from the mansion, so many years the scene of Princely hospitality, on Tuesday fast. T The Milford and Bristol mail passed through Newport on the night of the 3rd instant at twenty minutes past 10 o'clock, instead of at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. It was detained in consequence of the heavy tall of snow between London and Bristol, which kept the London mail many hours behind its time. TKF.DKC. AR—A large influx of miners. colliers, and other workmen have poured into this and the other large iron works of the neighbourhood, from all quarters during the last ten days, tempted by the hope of good employ, and increased wages.-Still greater numbers have thronged towards Merthvr; where, we are told, the population has been increased by 1,21)0 to 1,500, within a very few days. Tne* stream is, for the most part, from Pembroke and Cardiganshire. ABKRGAVENW.—On Monday evening, after parade, two of the Dragoon Guards stationed here de- serted, taking with them their mi!itary attire, by which means they were easily traced to the hills. On Wednesday they were discovered in the public house at Gaindwys, but the transformation when stripped of their gaudy plumage rendered them almost unknown. They are now lodged in prison to await the decision of their officers. ABEKOAVENNY POLICE.—A man named Ruse, of the Got, near Abergavenny, was brought up to answer for a very gross assault on Lieutenant General Kinsey, but he,notwishing to press the charge, very leniently withdrew it, by the accused giving bail him- self for £ 20, nud two in ^10 each, to keep the pence. J. Price, of ,\}wrg-vellny, was fined lh. and costs, for assaulting W. Watkius, cooper. The father, Edward Price, was also charged with the same offence, but pleaded, as an excuse, drunkenness, when our worthy mag strates fined him -5s. and costs, on his own for being drunk. G. Price was also fined os. and costs, for striking Jones the constable in the ''■■■? with a beef-ste k. The MONMOUTHSHIRE iiouN will meet on T.i s i Monday Feb. Stu King of Prussia. Thursday Uth Lnnvapley. Saturday —}:Jtli Lanvethrine Church. ,At halpst ten o'c1(wk. (>ach day.

i&recansJMr*. CHEPSTOW.—Tuesday was a day of mourning to tlle izl!]"il)itlilts Of t!l;" tonvil-,l In"],Ill(;Ilolv (i;lv t ,o the ponr--t!Je r.mains of their benefactor, the late icnard Vatknis, Esq. were consigned to the tomb, anlldst the tears of a large assemblage of all classes, who deeply fe.t the severe loss they bad sustained. ''I ■'0 sad procession left saint Lawrence, a spon- taneous feeling of regret had led all the respectable poi 1011 ot the townsmen there, in deep mourning,— t ley comp.ete.y li,lec] tjlc s!irabberies and grounds, and when tne body of i,j,n whose loss thev bitterlv deplored had passed through their ranks-fiey fol- owt.t 111 the solemn train. On approaching the town, tie greater part of the people met them to pay the last tribute of respect to the departed every shop window was closed, and one sentiment seemed to influence all.7- strict integrity and honourable cowl ad III Ills extensive mercantile transactions for more than half a "("Ittiry-by universal kindness of disposition and by blandness of manners, this good and wort.iv man had must deservedly obtained the respect and esteem of all; whilst his unbounded benevolence to bis poorer neighbours caused nianv a heartfelt prayer to be offered for him to that gracious God from whom we humbly trust our much lamented friend is now receiving tiis reward in Heaven !—Here- fiml J Dumal. On Monday, the 1st instant. John Jones, apd 41, (formerly a Glamorganshire farmer,) was fully committed to Brecon County Gaol, for trial at the next Assizes, by Llonl Vaugban Watkins, Esq. and John Parry W iikins, Esq. charged with burglariously entering the premises of John Phillips, at the parish of Llanthetty, and stealing therefrom three cheeses and other articles, the property ot the said John Phillips. —O11 the same day was brought to the same Gaol, Margaret Powell, committed by Henrv Maybcrv, Esq, one of the Coroners of tne county of Brecon, charged by the said Coroner's warrant with concealing the birth of all illegitimate child, born of the body of the b 0 said Margaret Powell. The Coroner's Inquest on the body of the deceased child was held on the IStil ult. when Margaret Powel: was fully committed, but in consequence of illness, she was permitted to remain at the constable's house until her eonvalescence. Ibid.

Til /•' CIRCUITS. SOUTH WAUS. Before the Honorable Mr Justice C-ilerid^r. Swansea, Tuesday, March 1; Haverfordwest, Tuesday, 8; Cardigan, Saturday, 1*^? Carmarthen, \Vedne:day 16; Brecon, Wednesday 23; Prosreign, Saturday 26. NORTH WALKS. Before the Honori^'h* )I r Baron Gllrney. Welshpool, Tuesday. March 8; Bala, Saturday, 12; Carnarvon, Wednesday Beaumar is, Saturday, 19; Ruthin, Wednesday, 23; Mo.d, Saturday, 26 j Chester, Wednesday, 30.

The following gentlemen have been recom- mended by the Council to Lord John Russell to act as Magistrates for this Borough, viz. J.G. P.iillips, Esq. Mayor. E. H. Stacey, Esq. Surgeon, and Councilman. W. G. Thomas, Esq. Maltster, and Councilman. Charles Jones, Esq. Currier, and Alderman. David Morris, Esq. William Itees Davies, Esq. Trawsmawr. Hon. W. II. Yelverton, Ex-M.P- A If the Town Council have a meeting oelore our next publication, we will give an abstract of their proceedings from the minute I)ook,Carniartheiz Journal. I As the press is excluded from the New Town Council, anll as we are not able to gain any infornia- tion from its members, we have been obliged, for the purpose of giving our readers an account of their pro- ceedings, to have recourse to the minutes of the Town Council, for wiiich we paid the Town Clerk one shilling, the fee allowed him by the Municipal Reform Act. We find that tiie Council have formed themselves into different Committees; and, among other things, we perceive that an order has been made to grant a lease of the Guildhall to Mr Lloyd Hall, the embryo Recorder, for three months, at a I rent of one shilling; also, that a recommendation that a Recorder should be appointed, with a salary of X200 per auuum.—Carmarthen Journal,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. ————sCs———— Sin, III the County of Glamorgan the most laudable exertions have of late years been made towards the advancement of its prosperity large sums are expended in the improvement of our Sea-ports—commodious Courts for judicial proceedings have been erected in some of our towlis-Ilospitals for the sick have been established, convenient Market-places constructed, Societies for the encouragement of Agriculture and Horticulture arc liberally supported, schools for the instruction of the poor are yearly increasing, and recently we have witnessed with pleasure the forma- tion of two institutions for diffusing a taste for Litera- ture and Science-most cordially do I cheer my countrymen on in their spirited career. There re- mains, however, a subject to which I would gladly attract attention as of paramount importance, but aware of my own insufficiency, I would wish that the task should devolve on you, Sir, to give in its regard an impulse to the public mind; I mean the defective state of our roads and their paucity you lately enu- merated several valiies in this county which are, to this day, scarcely accessible even on horseback; this must be notorious to many of your readers, and a glance at the map will convince others of the correct- ness of your statement. I have frequently heard the condition of these rugged paths made a topic of merriment, but to any thinking man it must be a source of mortification "ludcnis speciem dabit, at torqucbitur.A statistical survey of Glamorgan would present a deplorable account of the numerous parishes in which a cart has not yet made its debut:- to such a state of things, a rude agriculture, a poor and unenlightened population must be the inevitable consequence. Any one arriving in Wales from the counties beyond its eastern boundary, is forcibly struck, as he passes the border into a country where nature has done so much, and man so little every Welshman on such an occasion, must feel humiliated by the contrast of the skill and industry displayed before his eyes in the places he has just quitted, with their absence as he approaches his home; he seems in crossing the binit, to have stepped into the last cen- turv, or, I fear, into the one before that 'these truths sound unpleasant to my own car, as I am sure they must to yours, but if national vanity forbid us to acknowledge them, there is an end to all hope of amendment, and we shall be acting with the greatest possible hostility to our native land: I have never addressed myself personally to any individual on this subject without meeting a complete concurrence of opinion; but strange to say there still continues collective apathy, there is no aggregate exertion, no systematic plan of operation organized to carry into effect what all singly commend; it is time that a commencement were made, there is much virtue in a good beginning, (ilmiditi-ni facti.Iii every stand- ard work on political economy, the utility of roads holds a prominent station as a main source from whence wealth and civilization emanate, but there is lamenta- ble evidence that this doctrine has not yet found due consideration in Glamorgan, a county blessed by Providence with vast resources, locked up for want of fatalities of conveyance, where communication between even contiguous districts is debarred and where the great supply of agricultural produce con- sumed in its numerous works is consequently derived from other counties. It is a common remark, that one may judg-e of a man's character by an inspection of the library he has selected it is to be hoped that the same principle is not maintained with respect to the intellectual condition of a country from the state of its roads. When we look around us and observe the rapid advancement actually in progress in other places towards improved locomotion, and are told of exer- tions made where the natural advantages for road- making are few, which with us are abundant, we cannot but feel astonishment that movement is here deferred, that we make no attempt to proceed pari passlt with the c,etivity of the times; how often are beard complaints, from commercial travellers espe- cially, of the want of public conveyances and of tiie difficulty of traversing this country; in its larger portion, that which lies to the north of the road running from Rumney bridge to Pontardylais, his best conveyance will be a thick pair of shoes. Many of the large estates in this county r.ro held by absentee proprietors, some of wnom never see me land from which they derive such considerable incomes. It has been said, I know not liow correctly, that the reason assigned by some of them for their absence, is the badness of the roads; if this be the cause which de- ters them from conferring the occasional advantage of their presence, is it not time to remove it ? This is a subject which not only concerns the landowner, but is one in which every tradesman has a personal in. terest, let it then be recommended to the earnest consideration of the respectable inhabitants, let us hope that meetings may be held; it is a subject worthy of the deliberation of any assemblage of men, it is one which has occupied the minds of the most illustrious among mankind,-committees should be appointed, funds raised, and the aid of Government solicited for no portion of these Dominions requires it more or deserves it better than the Principality, a country distinguished for the peaceabtc demeanor of its inhabitants—a country guiltless of pensions, and where placemen are unknown, but the rays of patron- age never cheer' its mountains, whi.st grants for public works arc constantly conceded to the demands of other countries, Wales asks for nothing and gets nothing. As to the great Hoi vhead road we are in- debted for that to the zeal of the Irish members but we have yet to see the day when there will be an intercourse by public conveyance between South and X ortil Wales, the present state of the roads will not admit of it. Merthyr, where are the greatest iron works in the world, is thirty miles distant from Swansea, where eleven twelfths of the copper of this Kingdom is manufactured strangers would naturally conclude that the communication between points so distinguished and so proximate, was facilitated bv the best of turnpike-roads; but unhappily, so far is this from being the case, that until the last summer, a letter from one of those said towns to the other made a circuit of seventy miles! and now that a mail has been established, it is found impracticable to continue it from the bad state of the road. Do these facts redound to our credit or do they proclaim our su- pineness ? Various are the reasons which from time to time I have heard assigned for the backwardness of Wales, but I have never considered them anything more than the branches which would all disappear if the parent stem were once removed—this tree of evil is the want of roads, eradicate that, and improve- ment in the cultivation both of the population and the land would follow, and we shall no longer be de- signated as <1 paralyzed limb ol the Empirc"-it is an ignorant libel, to assert that there is a deficiency of capacity in the people, they have never bad a fair chance, afford them facility of intercourse, and among the many benefits which would result would be that of rendering education more within their reach, and Wales would take its proper station in contributing to the prosperity and honor of these realms in every department. The force of native talent which manv of them possess can never surmount the difficulties of their position: a people scattered along valiies in detached dwellings have not the advantages of those congregated in villages, the frequent interchange of thought assists the intedect, schools arc more easily established and roads arc therefore the more neces- sary in such localities; but here the small freeholder cooped vip in a mountain glen, signs iu vain for the. cheap and accessible instruction which men of his station in the North of England bestow on their children. But where and by whom is this Reform to be commenced ? If it be regarded as a general mea- sure destined to vivify the Principality at large, the first step should be taken in London, where (Parlia- ment being assembled) personal conference between the Welsh Representatives might take place, a society might be formed similar to that which has spread its beneficent influence over the Highlands. St. David's day is at-hand, the bounty of Wales should not now be circumscribed to the narrow limits of a solitary charity school, itshould embrace a wider range of benevolence; patriotic and intelligent per- sons will rejoice in devising means to raise the cha- racter of their country, reports should be laid before them indicating the places where, in the first instance, roads arc most requisite, and a plan arranged for their progressive extension through the country, and thus the stranger, great A, would find her way into the mountains,; population would increase, for many cul- tivable acres would be rendered productive. But if the scheme proposed were to regard Glamorgan only, it might issue from our agriculturaloeiety; it is analogous to the objects they have in view, the culti- vator of the soil should be furnished with means of transport of his produce 011 wheels; at present he conveys manure in two little panniers slung on a pony, (tell it not in Norfolk) lime is brought to his fields in a sack Oil aforesaid pony, over many a bog and rugged watercourse, in short, the whole process of carriage is performed on the pack-saddle, which should be packed out of the country. The enterprise is not one of such gigantic dimensions as should inspire terror by its contemplation even into the most timid innovator; the whole length of the roads through the valiies lately mentioned by you, together with the links to unite them, across the eminences by which they are separated, amounts to about 70 miles, and at an average cost of £'300. per mile, roads of sufficient width for rural districts might be com- pleted where materials are so plentiful. What a p blessing might thus be conferred by an expenditure of twenty thousand pounds. Should this be consi- dered worthy the attention of the Glamorgan agri- cultural society, success would inevitably crown their efforts, the county would respond to their call, a practical benefit of immense magnitude would result. I have to apologize Mr Editor, fbr having thus tres- passed on your kindness, you will not be sorry that I am at last arrived at the "longoe finis chartoeque Vi.EquE." I mn, yours respectfully, GWLADWR.

COPPER ORES SOLD AT SWANSEA, Feb. 3. Mines. 21 Cwt. Purchs. Price. Allihies 99 Pascee, Grenfell, and Sons 9 11 () Ditto 94 Williams, Foster, &• Co. 11 12 Ditto 85 Williams, Foster & Co. Geo. Wildes and Co. 10 4 G Ditto n Pascoe, Grenfell, and Sons 10 2 Ditto 70 Ditto 9 15 G Ditto 59 Ditto 9 ] 5 Ditto 55 Ditto 11 10 Ditto 43 Di,tto 10 1 o Ditto. 32 Ditto 11 15 f, Ballymurtagh.. 78 Ditto 3 13 Ditto 56 Benson, Logan & Co. 1 18 G Ditto 51 Pascoe, Grenfell, and Sons. 5 GG Ditto 42 Nevill, Sims, Druce, andCo. 0 7 0 Anglesey, raw..105 Pascoe, Greiifell, and Sons, and Crown CopperCo. 211 Ditto i sBenson, Logan, Co. 2 5 (i Ditto, precip. 92 Pascoe, Grenfell, and irons 8 30 Cronebane 83 Nevill, Sims, Druce, andCo. 4 19 f, Ditto .46 Ditto 4 19 0 Ditto 44 Ditto 3 11 G Tigrony 39 Benson, Logan, & Co. 7 1 0 Copiapo .100 Williams, Foster, & Co. & Geo. Wildes and Co. 25 IS G Ditto 80 Williams, Foster, & Co. 25 13 6 Connorree 70 Benson, Logan, & Co. 3 17 0 Ditto 46 Nevill, Sims, Druce, and Co. and Vivian and Sons. 2IP, r)- Ditto 44 Ditto 2 18 G Ditto 6 Nevill, Sims, Druce, andCo. 4 11 6 Chili .71 Ditto 16 19 6 Ballyglian 40 Crown Copper Co. & Nevill, Sims,Druce, and Co. 4 13 G Ditto 6 Nevill, Sims, Druce, and Co. 3 40 Knockmahon 61 Benson, Logan & Co. 8 11 0 Laxey 33 Nevill, Sims, Druce, and Co 4 1 5 Ditto 10 Pascoe, Grenfell, and Sons 3 1G 0 American 7 Williams, Foster & Co is 15 0 1844 I FROM THE LONDON GAZSTTES. London, Friday, January 29; 1S36. INSOLVENTS. Thomas Brown, Watling Street, aud Tobago, West Indies, general merchant. William and Charles Beaumont, Thames Ditton, Sur- rey, millers. 'T'T B\NtKKUPTC\ ANNTUX:). Francis Bishop and William Wilkes. Gloucester, corn- dealers. B \NTKRITTS. John Calthrop, Isleham, Suffolk, iron masters. Simon Ritz Hemmer, otherwise Bernard Hcmmcr otherwise Simon Biltz Hemmer, Ely Place, merchant. Abraham Lazarus, Cbiswell Street, linen draper. Bebecca Thompson, Liverpool, coal merchant. Thomas Berks. Manchester, provision dealer. Thomas Biackstock, .Manchester, cotton cloth matri- fsctuier. George Wood, Loughborough, Leicestershire, wharf- inger. London, Tuesday, February 2. INSOLVENT. Charles Sutton Dixon, AIJcrsate Street, stationer. B\NKKCI>TS. Fd ward Serjeant. Stamford, Lincolnshire, chymist. Willam Miles, West Hatn, Essex, cattle saiestnan. Stephen Lakeman. Hegrnt Circus, Piccadilly,shipowner. Michael Samuel Sehlcsinger, Strand and Friday Street merchant. Wi.liam Pound, Long Acre, carriage lamo manu- facturer. Jospph Waybram Haines, Upper Street, Islincton, linen draper. William Kitchie, Liverpool, bread baker. Joseph Stalev, Witucy, Oxfordshire, driilroist. John Speden, North Shields, Northumheiland spirit iekler.

Til NTINGDOXSHIKK.— We understand that Lord Mandeville is anxious to retire from the repre- sentatiol of this county. It is probable tlmt his suc- cessor will be Mr Thornhill, of Diddington, who is )f the same politics (Conservative) as the Noble Lord.- Globe. [The VV hig-Hadical faction dare not dispute tho representation of a county with the Conservatives.] Sir James Graham and General ir Robert Macfarlane are executors of the late Sir Colquhoun Grant. Tile will has been proved and all the pro- perty, landed and personal, with the house in Grosve- nor-square, have been left to Mr and Mrs Brinsluy Sheridan. A HINT TO CONSERVATIVES.— (From a Cor- respondent at Kington, j—In these times, when news- papers are so universally sought after and read t! it scarcety a beer-shop is without one, greatly wouV, t 10 diffusion of corrupt principles be checked if country gentlemen who are anxious for the of England-its Church and its Constitution^^wd supply the alehouse of their village with a weeHv paper of good tendency and sound morals T e landlord would be glad to be saved the expense of getting one, and thus the danger to Iiiiiis,f -,Ill(i customers of taking 1,1 one of the many weeklv nr N whose object is to spread radicalism, blasphemy a"d sedition tuiougu the land, would be uverted —In t ie slllaIl inns in country towns, these vile productions of the press are often met with, and to save the lu- cent and tne ignorant from the baleful effects of th :r poison, would be a good work, and cheaply and crsi v might it be wrought. i REPHKSF.NTATION OF LlVCRPOOI.Tf is r that the Liverpool Tories intend to invite ,ir Graham to offer himself as a candidate for the r('Dr'- sentation of this town in the event of another ele(,Iir 7 -Liverpool tMercurij. What do they intend (io; r w,u, Lord ri»ctur;, hi °i^« with Sir James Graham] 1 KEPUESKSTATIOS OF PEVIZV.S.—Sir Phllio Durham, one of the Conservative Members lor Levizes, having been appointed to the fiag at 1 ortsmouth, announced on Friday tif his constitu- ents that it has been unexpectedly intimatc] to him that it would be necessary for him to his seat in Parliament. This is the trick ofYb- I-larry Neple played over again, in the teeth of the case of Admiral Fleming, and adds another nr of to the many already established of the desper.,tl' state in which Ministers find themselves. VVii.it makes this matter more flagrant is the fact that Captain Uundas, the Radical candidate for Devizes, began to canvass the electors on Friday even before Sir P. Durham's resignation was made public, and that he, the said Captain Dundas, is said to have been apointed Flag-Captain to the s;ili Admiral Durham, and is to be permitted, if he should be elected, to take and retain his seat in the House of Commons. Surely this cannot be the case. Whatever may be objection to the Flag Ollicer's sittiiig in Parliament it must be infinitely stronger in the case of his Captain. With any ether Ministry in power we should say it was im- possible to this, nothing in the way of job is a difficulty. We trust some Conservative will take the field, and, cheered by the success of Mr Estcourt, rescue Devizes from the domination of the Lord President of the Council and all his petty dependents.—John Bull,

MAR'UEP. At Swansea, on Tuesday last, by the l.'ev. Dr. Hewson Mr Robert Squance, maltster, to jdiss Aim Beynou, belli of that place. Same day, by (he Rev. Dr. Hewson, Captain Richard Trick, to Miss Mary Wilkins, only daughter of the late Cap'ain Wilkius, of that place. On Saturday last, Mr Israel Morgan, of Biaenavun shop, to Miss Mary Lewis, of Abergavenny. Oa Wednesday last, at Merthyr, Mr Richard Morgan, tailor, to Miss Margaret Thomas, both of this tosvu. ° DIED. On the 21st ult. at Stockwell Common, Surrey need 65, Mr John Lister, formerly of Swansea. On the 23d nit. at the Hay, aged M, Edward Allen Fq, srcond son of the late L. Allen, Esq, of ihe Rreconshire. c On Tuesday morning last, at his residence in Glamor gan Street, Brecon, aeed 67, John Wilkin*. E«n of Cni House, Breconshire, Deputy Lieutenant and MaH-r for that colilitue" and many virtues, will long endear his mon n, i numerous relatives and friends. 'ns On Tuesday, February 3th. Miss Mir, n r punch-house, Abergavenny '^9 Brace, of tue On Thursday, Februarv"4tf 1, „r of Mr Powell, curnc/, Ahe^nnv' On the 1st instant ci V,, >• By, I sq f'inut Colonel ltSv^ r i>ark' S"'7* J°' Q On the 30th ult rv, {fleers, ared 53 slure, Richard T U at NamWr Hall, Denbigh- vouncest brothel 7 \lItV RecordL'r of Chester, ai.d 15art.° lhe late Sir TJhomas Tyrwhitt Jones. Eell« M,ra-V ^ast» aged 50, Mrs Watkins, of the S s vioi c' Siie was well on the Saturday pre 11 • She was much respected bv all who knew hi r, Last week, at Edinburgh, the Venerable D-: Macfc- night, one of the Ministers of the Old Church Vansh. On the 271h ult. John Fcrricr, Esq Aaaiiial of IL;) Blue, aged 77.

(H oin ins i-oniifXIOII was lo t>e so near ami I JI1\ illS CCHIlIt'XIOII \Vas III he o 1I1',H ,11111 ? v L\- his face has never been seen by any '•a ',as l,otar)Peare(' at Election—he as HeVer set his foot within the county or tIle "try. For all matters of personal conference e> might as well Heel ihe Cham of Tartars'- f0 f',r'he fund alliance of the parties—now I r *1|*> purity of the transaction. The first stipu- ^,|0" is money and the first payment is to be H0 6 a' l'le ",0|neiit of nomination, but it is r,0,ls that ihe actual expences of a mere 0,r,i'iati()ii are a tr fle. Suppose there had been 110 c°ntest, where would the first thousand P^'ntls have found their resting place—or to ,Se nse would the second thousand have KOii,.» Thgy wo„]j have been clear gain, and H,,()w? There was no mention of their return In Ci)se the election had been uncontested. So for the neu abhorrence of election bargain- in what does a;) is differ from the most S-ravated cases of tlfS old system ? But more remains behind. The nlanager of the trallsactioll now figures still more in relief. e's distinctly charged by his dupe with ap- P'ying the money to the support of his own ^e(lit. This lie denies, and appeals to Mr '8°rs as his voucher that it was expended on he election-but who is this Mr Vigors? what IS t'le valtie of h s testimony, or what cause ex "tl to believe that lie is aiiytliiiig triore tliati other of the puppets whose wires are held hand of the general boroughmongers ? ftP''ael strongly maintains bis declaration on Iù. poiut, and we mustleave the matter between to,ern. The matter noes lower "still whether *r,8e or foolish, he undoubtedly paid the pur- chase for a Seat, and had the most distinct gllarantee that his purchase included all the ex- IlellSes of a secure Seat—for what man on earth °uld give fwo Thousand Pounds or Two lousaud Farttengs for a Seat which was to in- .olve him in the unlimited expenses of a Parlia- mentary Committee, with the natural hazard of elng thrown out after all. It might seem that e depths of the transaction were now reached O-the son of the manager is one of the Com- ittee appointed to try the merits of the Elec- tion— ]le jg soiemniy sworn to exercise impartial J"stice. This son is actually employed by this |^ther in this secret transaction, and within th* Our when he has received the second Thousand 0u"ds, takes his Seat in the Committee. We only to suppose that the same practice Were generally adopted (and nothing hinders the supposition but the impossibility of finding 8uch fathers and such sons), and what becomes of the Committee? There is no great reason to to doubt that if each of the Members of any future Committee were suddenly to discover that he was freighted with a Thousand Pounds froln one of the parties, his conscience would itself mavellously perplexed where the jus- lice of the case called upon him to vote for the Other. This matter therefore, must be cleared up before Parliament, or its election Judgments will be matters of moonshine. Still there are ther questions to be asked, is this the solitary lllstance in which the" King of Beggars" has 11 Zeroised his talents in the Borough Market? t has, unluckily for his trade, been brought Ulto rather strong light, but the traffic was too ready__Joo Wgii arranged—too much simplified fo escape the suspicion that all this simplifica- ,,0n was due to considerable practice. If so, What becomes of the immaculate purity of Ihudern election, of the restored connexion of representative and constituent, of the honesty Of the Body reunited by such elections-ill: SIlort of the boasted RurbltM. Of course we affirm nothing; but we must acknowledge that On looking over the list of' the Tail, we find "nines there that we are perfectly astonished to fi"d the objects of election by any constituency (1) earth. Three-fourths of these patriots are "tterly unknown among Gentlemen in their own country, and utterly incapable of being recog- nised in the rank of Gentlemen in any other. There are thirty-five of these staunch voters, whose courage is screwed lip to the sticking Place,—sons of independence, whose office is Silnply to cry "iiear," when the great Agitator oPens his mouth, and against whose political eXistence the hand of every Papist priest would lifted up, on the first symptom of daring to have an opinion of their own. One of these Members, of the name of Rotmyne, has died Within these few days. This man had, of course, iTooru to his possessing the qualification of three hundred pounds a year, in landed property, The papers now say, that he died in a state of Ùestitution, leaving his wife and children to beg their bread. We should wisl, to know Whether this is a common condition of" The Tail." It might be an interesting enquiry to ^certain in what part of the world the landed Properties of the three sons of the Agitator lie; to say nothing of the estates of his nephews, cOusins. and the rest of his nominees. The Qualification for county members is £ 600 a year 111 land. Are not matters of this order worthy of being looked iuto. Is Ntr E.Rittliveii to be the ""fortunate subject of an unlucky experiment oil public credulity, while brother-Reformers enjoy their dignities in peace? Are jockey- lllbs alone to have the art of discovering the 'otiveuience of having ingenious experiment- alists among them ?\k''e recommend those en- ^"iries to the holder of the Repeal Petition, and Wait in the expectation of seeing prompt and 60lentn justice done. The importance of the subject must be our apology for resuming it at such length. We adillit that it is one of which the vforld had began to grow weary nut now that the Agita- tor is in his pride of place," we have thought it to put his transactions with Raphael 11) a full a.jjd, we believe, a new light. El The spirit of Protestantism is not dead in