The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

COUTY OF BRECON. PHtded List, No. 3. I'URTHEIt ADDITIONAL LIST of SUPPOR- TERS of COLONEL WOOD, M.P. Joseph Bailey, Junr Glanusk Park John Ansilell Ulasellyn, blanelly Nasli Kd wards Y'aughan Rheola Thomas Powell (Lieut. Col.) London Thomas Lewis I.IOMI. Nantwyllt H cnry I).'aeon Cheltenham William Meyrick Gwailod y Garth Lewis Morgan Hafod Kdward M. Williams Garth Hall David Williams Ditto 1. L Harries Treferig William Jenkins, Clerk Uangarnmarch Henry Hamilton Douglas.. Hermitage David Smith 1.1 ■> ngnnider Edward Kvans Fvnnon yr Eirin, LUnelly John Wiliianis Nanlyglo Thomas Morris "LI yswea Thomas EvaIls Chepstow Wilijaai Price. Llanbeder Jaines rrice. I't-ndre John D»»ies Crickhowcll Thomas Price. Trewa;kia Thorna"* Price. Garth David Price Maesllech W iliiam Thomas. oyadcl David Gwillim PorthlKvyd Thomas Jones Penkarheliem John Davies Urynyoye ThomasThomas. Aherdylas John Llovd. Bwlchgwyn William Bowcott Vron John Watkins Nantgwyn Thomas Pugh Kliescog Walter Williams, Clerk. Llewynkintcvia James Powell. Pantysgallog Thomas Pierce Llanelly John Jarratt Ditto Joiin Freeman Ditto Watkin Watkins Ditto John Prosser Ditto William Williams Aberbaidon Henry Saunders C.vinonney J >ha Thomas Glany ffynnon Osmnnd Arthur Wyatt Troy House, Monmouth 'I'lioin:is Nlorgaii, D.D. N. E. i,o(ige, nr. L'uitstLolltll Thomas Gratrex.. Carmarthen Richard Johnson Kumnoy House John Muund Pontypool D A. S. Davies. Pentre, Newcastle F.mlyn K chard Banks Kington Thomas Lawrence Brecon -» William Powell, Clerk Perthy T B. M. Baskerville Clyrow Court B- Walters Mc. Gibbon Hay Thomas J ones Vanog John Jones, C erk Llanspythid COMMUTATION OF TITHES. WILLIAM JONES, 4 AUOTOOINIiEEiR, LAND AND HOUSE AGENT, HIGH STREET, BRECON, BEGS leave, most respectfully, to return his sincere t .anks to his Friends and tiie Public generally, for the libera! support he has received, during the period of sixteen years, aud trust* by adhering to the same upright and impartial conduct hitherto pursued, to merit a continuance of their support. His practical experience, as an Agriculturist, with a familiar know ledge of the Soils of this, and the adjoining Counties. gives him confidence ill ottering his services, for the Commutation of Tithes, and the Apportionment of the same. Estates and Timber Measured and Valued. Parishes Rated. &c., &c., &c. BRECKNOCKSHIRE. THERE WILL BE PUT PP 1ro alr 1)2 gluctum, At thr QUEEN'S HEAD INN, BRECKNOCK, on S -VTUUUAY, 13th MAY, ld37. at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, By Mr. THOMAS PRICE, (Gaer,) ONE HUNDRED antI FIFTEEN CAPITAL OAK. TIMBER TREES, giowing in the Parish of Battle, near Brecknock, (that is to say) 37 Trees on Battle Farm, and 78 Trees on Cae Crwll Farm, all numbered, progressively, with white paint. Inquire of Walter Churchey, Brecknock, (if by letter, post paid ) May 1st. 1S37. "'l \) l} 4 f.1(; PAUL PRY HIGH STREET, BRECON. rpHE PROPRIETORS of the above COACH | avail themselves of the present opportunity of returning thanks to the Public, for the liberal support thev have experienced, and be, to inforn) them that t! e PAUL FRY COACH will in future LEAVE BRECON everv Mornine (Sunday excepted) at Nine o'clock, for CRICKHOVVELL. ABERGAVENNY, MONMOUTH, ROSS. GLOUCESTER, CHELTENHAM. OXFORD, and LONDON, and trust, by every attention to the comfort and safety of Passengers, and all Property entrusted to their care, to merit their future support. Leaving the following Booking Houses :-Paul Pry Ofiice, Brecon, every Morning at Nine o'clock Cam- brian, Crickhowell, half-past Ten; Greyhound, Aber- gavenny, twenty minutes past Eleven; King's Head, Monmouth, half-past One; Swan, Ross, quarter before Three; Boothali, Gloucester, at Five; and the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham, at S'X. The Paul Pry leaves the Blossom's Inn, London, for Oxford, Cheltenham. Gloucester. Ross, Montnouth, Abergavennv, Crickhowell, and Brecon, every Evening at Five o'clock. Passengers for London may break the Journey bv sleeping at Cheltenham, and will be forwarded the following Morning by the MAGN ET, at the same fare. N.B. The Public are respectfully informed by the above arrangements, tbe Paul Pry will arrive in Abergavenny, to take from and bring to the Merthyr Performed by HAINrs, EVANS, SANDERSON & Co. Breeon, 29th April, 1837. Swansea House of Correction. Tenders for Alterations and Repairs. \NY Persons desirous of CONTRACTING for M AKIN G the following ALTERATIONS and REPAIRS in the above HOUSE of CORRECTION are requested to furnish the Committee of Visiting Justices with Specifications and Tenders, for making and completing such Alterations and l!»pairs. Such Flans. 6tc. (sealed) to be delivered at tin House of Correction on or before the 13th day of May next, at twelve o'clock at noon. Proposed Alterations and Repairs. The Wall in front of the Prison to he raised to the height of seven feet, with an Iron Gate and a Lamp over it to be placed therein. A Watch Box inclosed in a semicircular Iron Railing, to be placed near the tread wheel, in the centre wall. Iron Troughs, to be fixed under the eaves of the tiling, with upright Pipes to convey the water into a reservoir underground in the court near the washhouse. The lieservoir, to be built with masonry, and a Leaden Pump, withffcpes from the Reservoir, to be fixed in the washhouse. The whole of the Wooden Fences to the yards to he taken down, and Wrought In n substituted, with a Cheveaux de Frise on the top of each fence. The Doors of the Nine Lower Cells to be altered on the same plan as those of the sleeping cells, with Iron Gates in front. A Building to be n.ade on the west side of the Governor's house, to contain on the ground floor, a receiving room with a bath and a cell to be used for prisoners and having on the first floor a storeroom for prisoner's clothing, &c.. and above a room for turnkey. A Porch, to be erected over the west door of the Governor's house. Ridge and Hip Rolls of Sheet Lead, 6lbs. to the foot, on the whole of the roofs and hips, with Pole Pins under to fasten the poles to the roof. The Repair of Slating where necessary—Dark Cell \,rard No.6. to be p,),nted-The Fire Place ill Day \Vard No. 6.-1 lastering of Day Room Ward- Day Room Ward No. 2,—The Boiler and Ceiling of Cooking Room, Ward N't). 1,-atid the Ground in the Governor's yard to be repaired. The whole of the work to be done in a substantial and workmanlike manner, with materials of the best quality. Further particulars may be obtained, on application to the Governor, at the House of Correction. Security will be required for the due performance of such Contract or Contracts as may be entered into. The whole to be subject to the inspection of the County Surveyor (Ylr Whittington). The necessary Specifications, &c.. are to he seen on anpiicdtion ro the Governor of the above Prison. The Tenders Are to be separate for the different descriptions of Work to be done, according as they are respectively numbered upon the. several plans left by the County Surveyor, for inspection, at the above Prison. GLAMORGANSHIRE. TO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. rjMlE COMMITTEE OF MAGISTRATES, np. ■ pointed at the Easter iartpr Sessions of Glamor- ganshire, to take into consideration the best mode of PROVIDING for the PAUPER LUNATICS of the C unity, under the provisions of the Nin'h of Georg« IV. c. 4l,have resolved that they arc ready to attend to the offers of any Medical Practitioners of eminence and respectability, who would be inclined either to take and convert or to build an Asylum in this County, and who would feel disposed also to take charge ot the said Pauper Lunatics. The number of P uper Lunatics at present reported in this Countv,is about One r<^( Ail communications to be made to the -.erk of Teace, Cardiff, on or before Saturday* t'lC Icut" °f June next. Dated 1st May, 1837. By order of the Committee, WOOD, CierI. (l Peace. fiJ U i^ir^ rg 1J)Q) l6 a FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS ON BISHOP WIL- LIAMS'S FOUNDATION Will be tilled tip on the 2 kh of JUNE next, at this School. to be given to Natives of Wales, and Oioc^ese of ftncoln. In default of such. Candidates born within the Libcrtie of Westminster ar<> eligible. It is requested that applications by Candidates or their Fiiends be made to the Head Master. Dean's Yard, We stminster, on or before the 21st day of June next. The Funds of the Foundation arc limited, and can be considered only as an auxiliary for the maintenance of the said Scholars. All letters to be written on the. outside Bishop Williams's Foundation," and post paid, otherwise they will be returned. lP CD!13 !l' !.Ø ill [J# ill dl [J,)!.JiJ A GENCIES for the SALE of LANE and Co's, CORK. PORTER, in this Countv, at CARDIFF, \lERTIlYl{, and B!UDGESD. AnE !\OW OPf, and espectable Parties will be liberally treated with, on application, post paid, to GEOl'.GE HUXHAM and WELCH. Swansea. Swansea, 4th May, 18-37. ————

sitting of the Court of Kings Bench, Dublin, on Wednesday week, a very respectable looking man, dressed in black, addressed the Lord Chief Justice tillig My Lord, 1 appear before your Lordship, under circumstances ot no ordinary description-cir, CIIITIsta nces IV h ich 1TIU Y a t a future period involve this great empire in unexampled difficulties. My Lord, it is not perhaps generally known that a son was born to his late most graciol"3. Majesty, George IV., in the year 1797, by an "strions princess, Queen Caroline, of Brunswick; and that, influenced by the destinies which await us all, that son came over to Ireland at a very early age and took up his residence in Kerry. From that period he has been lost sight of by his family; and as another illus- trious personage is now deemed Vieir presumptive to the throne of these kingdoms, I feel it my dtity to warn you, my oi-d as his Majesty's representa- tive in this court, and from this spot to warn all other judges, magistrates, and all His Majesty's liege subjects throughout these realms, lest they should be guilty of misprision of treason, that I am that son, and therefore lawful heir to the crown. I have appealed to the House of Lords, hnd to the other members of the Royal Family, who have universally acknowledged me to be the unhappy and long-lost chi'd of the illustrious Prince now no more. My Lord, my name is the Rev. Robert ,NI-Gillictid,ly.Diiriiig- the delivery of this extra- ordinary address, the Lord Chief Justice listened -with the most polite attention, while the Bar, at intervals, were convulsed with laoghter. This most singular individual then bowed gracefully to the Court and the Bar, and immediately left the court. A BoRorGH t'\t)FR THE REFOHM BILI. !-Tlie borough of Hiid,lersti,-Id, represented by the late Mr Blackburne, is in the hands of Sir John Ramsden, who owns more than four-tilths of the entire property within it; and it is rumoured that the son of Mr Ed ward El 1 ice, M.P. for Coventry, leit town on'Thur.-day night, fully armed with the essential introduction. This gentleman is a Reformer, and prepared to vote for the ballot, household suffrage, and triennial parliaments.— York CJironicle. WINDSOR, SATURDAY EVENING Many errone- ous reports having appeared il various papers respecting the illness of her Majesty, we consider it necessary to state, upon the fitst uthoflty, that her Majesty's indisposition h'\S never assumed a dangerous character. TheQoeen has eenconfined to her room for a short time from a biliotis attack, attended itli fever; but now her Majesty rises early, and is able to join the compan> <n^ 'ier draw, ingrooin; and both Dr. Chambeissn r. Davies are perfeetlv satisfied with tile progress the Queen is making towards recovery.— M<» nin!) ust- EXFCURION OF THE DENVER MURDERERS This day (Saturday,) at twelve o'clo' at noon, John Smith,alias Day,aged 25, and George imms, aged 22, underw ent the just sentence ot t.ic aw expiat- in" with their lives the dreadtul crime of which thev had jointly been gllilty, in the barbarous murder of Hannah Manfield, at Denver, near I ion of Downbam market, in this county- )e execution of these heinous offenders took place oil the bridge of the Castle Hill, in presence of an immense con- course of spectators.—Sor/olk Chronicle. is the loveof place, th.lt the situation of hangman for the city and county of Chester, which became^ vacant during last week by the death of that important 1 uno- tion a r y, has been applied for by no less than .four persons. The sheriff seems quite cU a loss how to till up the appointment; some wags in the city have written to him to apply, to (IIL government to ap- point a commission to inquire into the duties and emolument of the office.—Chesttourunl.

EXECUTION OF GREEN A CUE. i q Post.) (From the Horning Post.) ATanearIvhour)astnig!)ttheO!dRai)ey,andthe space around the angles of Newgate, wore thronged with a clamorous multitude, including almost as many women as lJIeil, allel, amongst the latter, persons ap- parently of every grade in society, though, as in all such cases, the great mass was of'the lowest order. Vehicles of every description drove up in quick suc- cession. The passengers seemingly having their curi- osity gratifird by the gioomv aspect of the walls, soon retired to make way for another train. Occasionally, full of gentlemen, and, we believe, accom- panied i>y ladies in more than one instance, mingled for a moment amidst the eager crowd. Many hun- dreds spent the night sleeping on the steps before the doors of the prison, the opposite shops, and St. Sepulchre's Church and all who had procured places in the windows commanding a view of thg place of execution, made sure of their seats by occupying them seVi ral hours before the dismal preparations commenced. There was not at any time ol the night less than *2,000 people in the street. So great was the anxiety to procure a commanding site that several persons remained all night actually clinging to the lamp-posts The pnhlic housed and coffee shops were crowded with customers. Ayy house that had still a seat undisposed of informed the public of the vacancy by announcing the fact on large placards posted on the walls, and forthwith the rush of competitors was greater than on anv former occasions. The populace did not seem in the slightest degree impressed with reflections upon the dreadful crime of the murderer and the awful punishment by which he was about to expiate it. The interval was spent in jokes and amusements. Two. boys actually sparred with boxing gloves under the gallows, and the spectators were delighted at such a variation of the monotony ol the night. In truth, no criminal ever went to the scaf- fold with less sympathy than Greenacre. His ap- proaching doom excited but jests and maledictions. Kvery one spoke as if lie were about to be released from some detestable enemy by the hands of the hangman. It was for some time apprehended that Greenacre would, after all, be executed at Horsemonger Lane instead of Newgate, and this diversity of opinion eertainlv caused the crowd to be less dense than it would otherwise have been. At length, at half-past, three, the suspense was put an end to by the opening of the gates of the courtyard, and the appearance ofthe workmen with boards for the erection of the scaffolding. The clinking of the hammers, the ringing of the chains, and the concussion of the boards, as one after another they were incorporated into the platform, were now the signal for a simultaneous irruption of hundreds and thousands from every part of the me- tropolis. As the morning advanced the multitude became consolidated into one vast aggregate, through which neither coaches, cabs, nor any kind of vehicle could make their way but with difficulty. The police and constables now beg-an to fix blocks aud bars at the ter- mination of the different avenues, to prevent such a fatal accumulation of numbers as that which occurred when Mr Steele's murderers were executed, and when not less than thirty individuals were crushed to death. Still the pressure on manv points was irresistible, and screams and groans from persons who could not extri- cate themselves were intermingled in horrible discor- dance with the barbarou^ pleasantries of the surround- ing body. It was now six o'clock, and the machinery of death was conspicuous at a great distance. The height of the horizontal beam of the gallows from the base of the platform on which it was erected was about 20 feet. Those who could not approach nearer were glad even to view it from Ludgatc Hill. The roofs ofthe houses were covered with spectators. Meantime quarter hour after quarter hour tolled, each succeeding peal exciting feelings far widely ditferent.the notice of the ignominious doom still nearer approaching to the fated criminal, and to the impatient populace the announcement that so much time had been reduced from the interval that yet existed between their desire and its consummation; for, as we have already remarked, each individual looked forward to Grecnaerc's execution as ifhe had by it a personal revenge to gratify. Another dreadful hour passed hy. About half-past seven the Sheriff's carriage arrived, preceded by a body of constables. The gentlemen who produced cards were then admitted to the prison, through the Sessions House. All otllPrs, of wbat ranksoever, were rigidly excluded, except the reporters of the press, in whose favour, tiie Sheriffs, with their wonted courtesy, made an exception, admitting alike the reporters who had procured tickets and those who could only announce the paper which they represented. After waiting about a quarter of an hour the strangers were con- ducted into the press-rooin, where the hangman anil bis deputies soon made their appearance. The Jaek- Ketch-in-Chief is a small well-built wiry intelligent- looking man, of bronzed features. His hair is black as a raven. He came in bare-headed, smiiing, and sat down talking with his assistants, as if on a topic of ordinary business, as indeed it was with hi in. One of his coadjutors was like himself, the other was a tall venerable man—a hoary headed apprentice. It was now 16 minutes to eight, and the spectators in the press room had increased to about 50. The executioner had now gone to manage the gallows machinery for the last time. The minutes now stowty and awfully lessened. Greenacre now came forward as the bell tolled the hour of death. He was preceded bv the Vencrable Ordinary, Dr. Cotton, reading the prayers for the dead. Greenacre was totally unmanned -al1 his fortitude had left him—he Was unable to sppak- his lips quivered as if he were vainly endeavouring to articulate the responses after the Venerable Ordinary, and one of the officers was obliged to support him, or he would have fallen. He neither turned to the right nor the left, and his eves were closed as he walked along- the narrow passage which leads from the cell to the platform. Oil his appearance outside he was greeted with a storm of terrific yells and his- ses, mingled with groans, cheers, and other expressions of reproach, revenge, hatred, and contumely but he answered nothing to the last questions put to him, nor did he seem in any way moved—indeed, he could not have been more depressed by the horrible reception He said not one word of hope, repentance, or recon- cilement: nor did he make a speech, as it was ex- peeted he would have done, in order to vindicate himself, if possible, in the eves of posterity, as he always complained that his contemporaries, and es- pecially the press, had cruelly prejudged and calum- niated him afterwards. Neither has it transpired that he made any reference to the murder subsequent to the statement we last published. When the dreadful uproar had in some degree subsided Greenacre bowed towards the Reverend Ordinary and the Sheriffs, and seemed anxious to thank them, but he could notspeak. At length he faintly uttered his last sentence, with a final look of contempt at the crowd, "Don't leave me long in the concourse," and scarcely had the last syllable fell, than the signal was given, the spring was touched, and at ten minutes past elglJtBreellacrc died without a struggle. He left no dying directions save that his spectacles should be given to Mrs Gale. The crowd seemed as if they never could satisfy themselves with gazing on the hanging murderer. The women were, if possible, more ruthless than the men. As the period for taking down the body approached a fierce conflict ensued be- tween the two crowds, one leaving the place of exe- cution and the other rushing towards it. The pressure became so great in the narrow passages that several fell in a state of exhaustion, and we fear tti-it sotii(,, especially the females, have been rampled to death. Greenacre has had much personal injustice (lone him he was "by no means an ugly man. His))eig))t was at least five feet eleven inches; his figure was erect and gentlemanlike, and his eyes remarkably full, clear, and penetrating. It would be unjust to in- sinuate that he died unrepentant, for as far as sorrow could have touched an iron heart like his, insensible to domestic tenderness, and almost from his youth to his last davs a scoffer at religion, he evinced it, no criminal ever displayed greater mental consistency and fortitude, and none ever needed it more, for he died an object of unmitigated horror aud execration to all who had heard ol his astrocious crime. The concourse that thronged the Old Mailoy and the space around St Sepulchres Church could not have been less than twenty-five thousand persons. It was scarcely possible to imagine that so great a mul- titude eouid have been compressed into so small a space until thev were seen departing thrnug-h tile streets iii so inilly, and then every thorough- fare seemed filled. The utmost order and regularity was preserved by the constables. So loud was the shout which hailed the appearance of Greenacre on the fatal platform yesterday morning, that it was distinctlv lward at the distance of several streets, and penetrated to the inmost recesses of the prison. On hearing it the woman Gale fainted away, and although restoratives were immediately applied it was long before she recovered from her death-like swoon. During the morning she had a succession of hysterical fits, and altogether seemed to be as wretched as can well he imagined. It is stated that Gale entreated to be indulged with a sight of the corpse, but it was judged prudent to deny her this melancholy gratification. We regret to hear that a most important failure

has occurred in the city-that of the house of Stuart Marjoribanks and Co., which threatens to be of serious consequences in the mercantile world to a vast extent, Mr Marjoribanks is the Liberal Member for Hythe..

THE LAW OF CtiURClI RAn, 0- By the help of Mr Deacon we gave His Majesty's Attorney-General a gentle admonition last week, on the subject of his law of Church Rates. Of Mr Deacon's quiet treatment of Sir Jock, the Times plea- satitly s.-ii,s Sir J. Campbell's beard, as a lawyer, which is not of yesterday's growth, is thus disposed of by Mr Deacon, who throughout the whole business places the learned official in a very uneasy chair, tucks a napkin under •his chin, lathers him with his own soap, and shaves him with his own razor. Mr Deacon concludes with the following summary of what he establishes in the previous portions of his [),illll)lllet Iswill now sum up what appears to me to be the law, as deduced from all the cases above refurred to, aud at the same time endeavour to obey the Attor- ney-General's command of pointing out the practical | remedy for levying t ie rates, upon tli*? refusal ol a rate by the vestry." 1. Bv the custom of England —that is,the common law of England, the parishioners are bound to main- tain and repair the parish church. 2. The Ecclesiastical Court has still the power, by their process of excommunication, to compel the parishioners to perform this duty. 3. If the Ecclesiastical (Jourt had not this power, it would be then incumbent on the Court of King's Bench to grant a mandamus for the purpose. 4. The churchwardens themselves have as much power, in the case of a wilful refusal of the parish- ioners, as in that of their wilful absence from the vestry, to make a reasonable rate for the necessary repairs of the parish church or if they do not choose to incur this responsibility, they may libel all the parochial recusants in the Ecclesiastical Court. We strongly recommend the whole of Mr Deacon's pamphlet to the perusal of our readers. We have much pleasure in laying before our readers

the following admirable address of Sir Francis Bur- dett to the electors of Westminster:"— "Brighton, April 27. "Gentlemen,—I have just had transmitted to me by the High Bailiff of Westminster, a resolution, adopted by a public meeting in Covent garden, of the electors of Westminster, calling upon me to vacate my seat, upon the ground of my having lost the con- fidence of my constituents. This application so far differs from a similar one sent to me a short time since by a meeting of some gentlemen at the British Coffee-house, that it bears the semblance of pro- ceeding from a public meeting of the electors of Westminster; the lion's hide at least is assumed, though the voice may be somewhat different; 'the hauls are the hands of Esau,' said the patriarch of old, but the voice is the voice of Jacob:' so of this meeting, the voice is the voice of the British Coffee- house, and the parties, as far as appears, the same; at any rate, it affords me an opportunity, and I trust a justification, ot complying, to use the fashionable patriotic slang, with .the wants and wishes of this portion of the people; the gauntlet is thrown down tblls publly, and I take it up and accept the chal- lenge tllU publidy given. I will apply for the Chiltorn-ITandreds, and then call upon the electors of Westminster to declare themselves for or against a zealous supporter and firm adherent, as I have ever been and am, of the laws, institutions, and constitution of England. I should not, however, venture upon this decision, provoked to it as I :1111, nettled and stuig bv pismires, was I not satisfied from recent appearances that no unfair advantage will thereby be given, or can betaken, by any party all will start fair, and upon equal terms, and the opinions, sentiments, and principles of the electors of Westminster will be clearly manifested, and placed beyond cavil or dispute. I siiall offer myself to your support as the supporter of the laws and institutions of the country, as a resolute opposor ol all the new-fangled notions, shallow doctrines, and crude projects now afloat. The resolution passed at the late Westminster meeting in Covent-gardeu, with a common fallacy makes an assertion, or takes an as- sertion for a proof, and comes to a conclusion as if it were a fact. It asserts that I have changed my politics, and that I am opposed to all remedies pro- posed for the correction of abuses in Church and State. The fact is, that it is they who make tiiis assertion who have changed, and not [-like men in a ship, who fancy the shore is in motion, instead of them- sel vos. "Gentlemen, when I was sent to the Tower, wllllt was my motto ? It was this-' Hold to the laws.' I say so -still.. The Constitution, the whole Constitu- tion, and nothing but the Constitution" was inscribed on the banner of Reform wlv-u we struggled together to obtain it. Under the sanie'banner we shall, I trust, again contend successfully for the support of the Laws, Institutions, and Constitution of England, against an unnatural alliance, an odious yet ludicrous combination of Irish agitators, Popish priests, and paid patriots, operating upon a well-intentioned, I believe, but I am compelled to add a weak and vaeii fating Administration, whilst the country and the times demand one firm, capable, business-doing, and decided. Believe me, there can be no greater calamity to a country than a weak Executive Govern- ment. These, gentlemen, are, and ever were, my principles, feelings, and opinions. Should you con- cur in them, you will give IIC your support in fighting the battle of the Constitution; if, on the other hand, vou do not concur with me in these opinions and principles, you will do well to oppose me with all your energies, for a more determined adherent of old English principles and Govoiinnent, laws and institu- tions, breathes not his native air. I remain, gentlemen, as I ever was, a true- hearted Englishman, alld your devoted, faituful, aud very humble servant, "FRANCIS BURDETT." The boldness, the Spirit, the straightforward- ness, and the liberalism (in the true acceptation of the word) which characterize this prompt and gallant acceptance of the challenge to resign, must fill every real lover of his country with admiration. Compare the language and the conduct of this "true hearted Englishman, as Sir Francis Burdett justly signs him- self, with the words and deeds of the sneaking and slanderous Whig-R'"iica) crew by whom he has been so long assailed in the bolc-;uid corner pot-house meetings of sell-app^'11^1^ wnmittees, aud in tiie whisperings of backbiting requisition-hawkers! Why, it would be at once the greatest insult that could be offered to Sir Francis Burdett, and the grossest in- stance of stupidity upon leeord, to suppose such a man the representative of the wretched Papist-led faction that have called for his resignation. Sir Francis Burdett is the representative of the electors of Westminster, and not of the Rump; nor will he cease to be the representative of the clectol-S of Westminster, if the majority of that body be not equally lost to all sense 01 the value of the institution of the State, and of the difference between the Reformer and the Destructive between the patriot, politician and the parricidal-IJPtwpcn faithful and disinterested representatives of the people, who took only to the common good, and the unprincipled pledge-bound partisans, whoso who!e aim and end is their own personal aggrandizement and the triumph of their faction, -no matter at what cost to the country and the Constitutiotl. Times. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETV,-( From a Correspondent.)

The Anniversary Meeting of this Society, was held, at the New House, in Leicester Square, on Saturday last; the Earl of Derby in the chair. The annual report was read, received and approved of, and t ie officers for the ensuing year elected. R. Walford, Esq., in reading the report, said, that notwithstanding- the unfavourable weather, during the last year, too receipts at the gardens exceeded the preceding year by £ 20); the annual expense was upwards of £ 10,000, and the subscription for the last year, £ 5,200, exclusive of compositions of life subscribers. The payment, on entering tiie gardens, in 1S36, amounted to -eO,4C)3. was a fund in hand ol £ 10,660, invested in "the three per cent. reduced stock. J, p. Boileau, Esq., Lord Braybrooke, W m. Clift, Esq., W- Sharp M'Leay, Esq. and Lord Milton, were elected on the committee of the present year. Some warm discussion Was expected, in consequence of former mismanagement of the funds; but, from the reading of tiie report, it having appeared very plain, that the v. new audit committee hail applied themselves strenu- ously to remedy the evil, the party in opposition wisely refrained from much comment. The Dean of Carlisle having made a short speech, in favour of their former secretary, now deceased, a Fellow arose, and in a very able and interesting address, impressed upon the committee the necessity of taking immediate and effective means to introduce into public use many birds and animals, now strangers to our soil. Tin; idea, which is not new, was approved of; and, several country gentlemen expressed their desire to co-operate by every means in their power. lite three Giraffes will, next week, he sent into their new dwelling, which is a very beautifu) house and paddock, on the banks of the Regent's Canal, on the North Western side of the Gsu'dens. They are in perfect health, and much grown and improved in appearance. The Elephant, has also grown considerably but, unfortunately, he has lately had to submit to the operation of ofT his tusks, inconsequence of their oblique direction (caused by the rails of his den) having injured his trunk. It is supposed that a fresh arrival of several presents, will cause the Gardens, during the summer, to be unusually ttractive.

JMP E It IA L P A R LIA .MEiY T. (Continued from our hist paye.) op HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. The House was occupied in receiving Petitions, for the most part iu favour of Church Rates. A message from tbe Commons requested a con- ference, which was acceded to and, on the return of tt it, r,ords' initiilrer.-i, they announced that the Commons had communicated certain important resolutions on the subject ol Canada, to svhicli they praved their a,,sc!tit, The Consolidated Fund Bill went through n. Com mitteo. The English Municipal Act Amendment Bill then passed through Committee, nn amendment, proposed by Lord Wynford on the 13th elausc, having been agreed to by a majority of 37 to 2±. The report was brought up, and the Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed. Alter some unimportant business, their Lordships tuen adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY. Mr MACKENZIE, of Applecross, took the oaths and his seat as Member for the counties of Ross and Croinartio. Thc Hath and Weymouth Railway Bill was lost on it (fivi-ioll, the numbers iiavimr bt,eii I- ■tor the second reading 42 Against it (54 J„OIU Laiti.Mi J o;\ gave notice that 011 the 9th st,, he wou!d move the consideration of the report from the Committee on the Exeter and Falmouth Railway Bill, and at the same time call attention to the subscription list of the Company, of which notice had been taken in the report. Mr A. I REV OR gave notice of his intention to- morrow to move that precedence should be yielded on Wednesdays to public Petitions. In reply to Mr CAYLEY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Committee on Joint-stock Banks might he ex- pected to make a report as soon as certain returns shonkl have been furnished to them. Mr CAYLEY gave notice that he would shortly move for a Selcct Committee to inquire into the causell of the commercial distress, and the best means of removing thein. Mr D. W. IIARVEY announced that thePoor Law Committee had determined on printing from day to day the evidence taken bv them A great numbei of Petitions were presented for the better observance of the Sabbath; and several with respect to Church Rates. Lord J. RUSSELL having reported the result of the conference w'ltu the Lords on the subject of the Canada i-esoliitioiis, and the House having gone into Committee oil tithes in Irpland Lurd JORPETH brought forward once-more his plan of commutation. It differs in some respects from that of last Session, and especially in the verv im- poitant omission of any assertion of the appropriation principle. The outline of the Bill is as follow I ithes and tithe compositions are to be converted into rent-eoarges, at the rate of £ 70 rent charge for every £ 100 composition of titne—this part of the law to take effect immediately. But upon the determination of incii 111 bout of see, roctorv vicurftirG, or other benefice, i'T> per cent, is to he. deducted from the income of his successor, to be applied to purposes «f education. This is tile new shape of tile" appro, pnatlon clallse," Phe resolution proposed by the ohlp Lord was »ffreed to, the House resumed, and the adjourned de- bate 011 the I risir Poor Law was proceed edwith. Many Hon. Members spoke, and the greater part of them treated it in a very Irish manner, or, at least, in a way not consonant with the usual English mode of proceeding. The question being the second reading, jdl sorts of details—some belonging io, and others having nothing at all to do with, the measure—wero gone into, instead of being reserved for discussion in Committee. Sir R. PEEL, towards the conclusion of the debate, endeavoured to bring the Ihnise back to a considera- tion ot the principle of the Bill, but the theorists had by that time said their say, and after a few words from Lord J. Russell, the Bill was read a second time. I he other orders of the day were then disposed of, and at one o'clock the House adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS—TUESDAY, After the presentation of some Petitions, Lord LANSDOWNE, as chairman of the Com- mittee on Education in Ireland, moved for a copy of the reports made by the Kildare Street Society during the time in which that Society received Parliament.try assistance; and also a copy of the correspondence be- tweentJieRoardofKducationinIretand.andthe Rev. Mr Crolly, in consequence of complaints made by Iiiiii it) Lord BROUG5I AM inquired of the Duke of Wel- lington whether he would have any objection, to the printing of the amendments which were to be moved in the Committee on the FrisITMunicipal Bill 1 The Noble Duke said he did not not know what amendments it might be necessary to move, and therefore it was impossible for him to answer the question. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, the Dublin Police Bill was read a second time. In of the absence, through indisposi- tion, of the Duke of Richmond, the motion for a Select Committee to take into consideration the pro- priety of abolishing unnecessary oaths was postponed till Friday next. Several Bil!s on the table were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned. "# HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY. 1\.lr II INDI.EY presented a Petition from Stockport against the Stockport Improvement Bill. On the motion of Sir S. WHALLHY, the North Metropolitan Cemetery Bill was read a second time. Sir S. WflALLEY moved that the orders of the -6th and 2Sth of April, for referring the petitions of B. W. Pouiton and others to the Committee on the IJeptford and Dover Railway subscription list, be discharged. After some conversation the motion was with- drawn. Several private Bills were advanced a stage, and several Petitions presented—a great number by Mr I* ielden against the Poor Tiaw Amendment Act. From one of these Petitions, that from Bury, the lion. Member, after some opposition, was allowed to read the following pungent extract.: Your peti- tioners have seen with scorn and disgust the same disregard to moral principle evinced in the low cun- ning and deceit with which the commissioners,under the pretence of having no object in view but to carry into effect the Act for the Registration of Births, Mar- riages, and Deaths, have attempted to foist the New Poor Law on those manufacturing districts in which there exists a general conviction that. its enforcement wid be, destructive of the peace of society, aud of the security of life and property. Your petitioners, con- vinced "of the illegality, as" well as the moral turpi- tude of the proceedings of the commissioners, and deny- ing the right of executive officers to issue rules and regulations inconsistent with the law of the land, have determined not to pay the slightest regard either to their orders, or of any officers under their control." Some objection was made to this language, but ultimately, we believe, the Petition wasreceived. Air Brotherton and Mr Hindley also presented Petitions against the same Act. Mr UORTIIWICK then called the attention of the House to the subject of the convocation of the clergy. It was, he said,-his intention on the 20th of June to move for leave to bring in a Biil to remodel the convocation of the clergy after such a tashion as should render its sittings practicable. This measure he hoped would, if carried, counteract in some degree the effects of that policy, which he feared would ter- minate in the separation ofthe Church from the State. He should conclude by moving to the effect he had sttited, and if tlje I louseeonsented to affirm his motion, he would have the benefit of submitting his proposed measure to the consideration of the convocation. The proposition seemed to be very coldly received but on a division there was only a majority of five against it, the numbers being respectively 19 and 2-t. On the motion of Tjord ,L RUSSELL, the Poor Law (Ireland) Bill passed through a committee pro forma. MrPRYME having proposed the appointment ofa committee of the whole House to consider the expe- diency of reducing such duties on foreign eommodiiies asgiverise toextensivesmuggling,especially those on tobacco aud foreign spirits, An I Ion. Member moved that the !'on-!e be counted; and it being found that40 members were not persent, the House was adjourned at half past 7 o'clock. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Much com niseratiori

and sympathy have been excited during the past week, by tbe premature death ot Nlr Ioliii Perkins, of (his town, the son ot Mr Perkins, gardener, Chain Walk. It appears that, last Thursday fortnight, the yonng man, while employed in the garden, pricked his left hand with tbe (horn of a rose b-.sh. As part of the thorn remained in the wound, be attempted to cut it out w ith a razor, and thus produced additional irritation. Thewhote hand and arm swelled, and the inflammation ran so high as to eiltetid to tile vitals, and to calise death which took place, we regret to say, last Sunday morning.—Northampton Herald.

LA TIlST JNTIL LICENCE. The Paris papers of Tuesday, state that the King's birtli-day fete went off with great bril- liancy. The most recent news from the north of Spain confirms the surmise, that Espartero will lIot move to the Ellro, but direct his measures against Fontarabia and Hernani. This Gene- ral's jealousy ot General Evans is said to have assumed the character of an open quarrel. He charges our country man with having intrigued to supplant him. We do not suspect Gen. Evans of intriguing for any purpose, but it is plain fhat he conld scarcely render a more important service to (lie (Queen's cause than by replacing the distinguished cavalier, who, with his large army, was about to run away from Hilboa, but for the timely interposition of 1 few British sailors and marines. Espartero ex- pects to be beaten in his northern enterprise; and when a General expects to be beaten, lie is rarely, if ever, disappointed. The Longford election inquiry has terminated. At one o'clock, this day, eighteen votes had been struck off Mr White's poll, which left him III i niltioritv of otie. Mr Thesiger immediately rose, and, oil the part of Mr White, abandoned the contest. Petitions for and against the ministerial mea- sure for the extinction of Church Rates. For the min sterial measure. 986 Against it 2245 In the face of such a manifestation as this, can ministers entertain the least idea of pro- ceeding with (he bill ? Mr ()*Cotinell oit Wednesday night, produced his long-promised bill for the ameiulmeut df the law of libel. As the bill was rejected, it is unnecessary to enter into its inadequate and complicated details. In the House of Commons a new writ was ordered for Westminster, ill the room of Sir Francis Burdett.

LoNDON JlUNFJY MARKET. mp-- CLOSING PtltCES OF BKITISH STOCKS—THURSDAY. Hank Stock -2031 t>er cent. Reduced.. 97J IndiaStoc'x — 3i pcrcent New 3 per cent- Consols 90^ 4 per cent. IU26 • • • • • • Consols for Account 90| India Bonds .«•••• 25 3 per cent. Reduced lixcliequer Bills •••• 26 PHICES OF PORKIGN1 STOCKS. Brazilian Bonds 5 per ci. H4i[ Greek Ang.Bds 5[>r ct. — Chilian, 5 per c«Tit. 3,3 j Vlex. Bonds, 6 per ct. 211 Colombian Bonds,(j \>v ct j Portuguese Biis. 5perct Danish i?oruis, 3 pei ct. 73 Porlugtir.se Reg. Bends 30i Dutch '2i per cent 5,}3 ftussiau Bonds,5per ct 108 Diitoper cent 100 Spanish ( 1834), 5 perct 22J French Rentes 5 Per ct. Belgian Bonds, 5 per ctl02 =

The Proprietor respectfully requests that accounts delivered at Christmas, May be settled, either by a remittance, or by payment to the Agent of the district.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. In answer to the complaint of various Ccrrespondents in Swansea, we beg, most distinctly, to state, that thefaitit of the non-delivery oj their Papers does not rest with the Office of the t, U A R Di A N and we shall be obliged by an immediate communication, should the negligence be repeated. Swansea is hot the onlg place where Radicalism is employed to do us mischief: and is not scrupulous in The means. Our foreign relations next tveek, with thanks. The letter of a Shareholder must be authenticated. Ifolir (..Olit('Ilil)tfor thcObl'cct,f"C'stricturcs, should rise into indignation, we will make hiln an offence to the nose of every honest, mart in the County.

MKliTUYR TYDVJL, SATURDAY, May 6, 1837. We require no new proof of the hostility of faction to the Empire, yet the conduct of the Cabinet accumulates those proofs upon lis Every hour of its existence plants a new count in the indictment. The debate of Monday last in the House ot Commons shows -ilre country what it would have to expect from the 11 rich eked domination of that Cabinet. It is about a twelvemonth since the Bill for appropriating," such is the modest phrase, the surplusage of the Irish Church Revenues was overthrown by the common indignation of the country. It was pronounced bv the national feeling a proposal equally contrary to personal right and public plicy,-a charlatan scheme involving at once absurdity and rapine. It was demonstrated that the Clergy, from whom this surplusage was to be taken, were already forced to live on the charity of England that the tithes which were to furnish this surplusage were insolently refused by the express command of the Rebel Parlia- ment in Dublin; and, finally, that the ruin of the Irish Church and the consequent overthrow of the Protestant Religion were the direct object of the Irish Agitator. As to the absurdity, it was admitted even by the Minister that the measure could not act for nearly half a century to come. It was shewn irresistibly, by its oppo- nents, that in fifty years or five hundred it most be alike a nullity. But we have now a second Act of the farce. The Cheats of Scapin" ». Ie at once grave and ingenuous to the test trickery of the Downing Street Conipan\ Majesty's servants. I give ill) ri". '1' tiou clause," says Lord Melbourne, wi n gravity ofa penitent under the rack. aekno ledge that it was a folly, hut as 1 acted under the instigation of more noisy disturbers than a man of my slipshod habits ever desires to be I crave pardon of the Noble Lords opposite, and put the motion into the fire. Next comes the t flippancy of that light comedy personage, Lord John Russell. He admits the folly, but whimpers over the fail lire apologizes for the defect in his education, which included arithmetic, and hopes that no one will too heavily charge a Reforiiier, a Patriot, and the son of a Duke, for his igno- 0- rance of the fact, that out of nothing, nothing can come. The spectators were amused, the farce was, done, the curtain dropped and the House closed for the season. But a performance of another order is now announced. Lord Morpeth had been sent into Ireland to receive the orders of the Ajtator, and he now comes forward—with what ? Is it an honest declaration of the facts which every where met his eyes: the misery of the Irish Clergy,—the insolence of(he Popish i'easantry. and the arrogant tyranny of the Popish Parlia- ment? No Ent actually a new—more rapa- cious—a more crushing, and a more absurd demand upon the ruined subsistence of the Church. What oilier epithets can be used by any rational man ? Let the Protestant Reader judge for himself- This bill extinguishes tithes, giving a rent charge in its place. Thus the first grand object !S accomplished, the sacrifice of the right,—the oldest riubt of property in England, mid the substitution ot a claim at the mercy of Parliament, inch before half-a-dozen yell's fI]¡¡y see itse;r in Ihe h¡¡nds of the iiumesaud the Roebucks, with O Conned Chancellor of the Exchequer. And what is this right A compul- sory order to give tip almost a third of the income of every Protestant Clergyman in Ire- land at the moment, 30 per cent., which is to he a bonus to the landlords. But this is not all. On the death of each incumbent, 10 per cent. more is to be deducted, which is to go for paro- chial schools for every body indiscriminately, the result of which would be to make them Papists without exception. Thus goes 40 pef r, cent. It is also to be remembered that the C Whigs have already laid a tax of 15 per cent. I on Irish livings. Thus every 100/. of present ( income is to be taxed 4.51., and of future 5-3/. f In other words, the APPROPRIATION is to be 110 more, but CONFISCATION is to take its place; and a Clergy, the average of whose livings, if paid tnfull, would not amount to 3001. a year, are to be mulcted one half, and starving as they now are only to contrive how to starve better on the remainder. And this too in the midst of a pea- santry who shoot the tithe collector, and who will as inevitably shoot the man who comes to collect the rent charge, which is to commute the tithe. It is utterly ridiculous to say that this rent charge will be paid by the landlord. K Nothing will be easier for any landlord who wishes to get rid of the trouble of paying the Clergyman, to mark out the charge-paying por- tiou of his land, and from that moment the -> answer will be a bullel. u Whatever may be the object of the trifling it- Novelists and Dramatists who now make the Cabinet a refugiumpecccilorum," for the laughed at before the scenes of Covent Garden, the object of the O'Connell faction is simple and palpable. Down with Protestantism in Ireland -aye, and in England too!! Long live the Pope, and the Cardinals, and the Confessional, and the Dungeon! Who can doubt that Rome fixes the eyes of possession and vengeance on the great kingdom torn from her talons by our Martyrs and Heroes? A kingdom which, if tiers once more,would give her dominion over regions » wider than she ever possessed in the days of her broadest supremacy—the kingdom of this world. But we are told that Popery in England is impossible. So all the fools say who cau discern the colour of the Heaven and the Earth, yet jot diTjern the signs of the Time." What would our forefathers a century ago have said if they were told there would be a growth of 500 Popish Chapels within the first 20 years of the 19th century; that more than a third of the Irish Bishopricks would be extinguished; that the Popish Bishops in Ireland dared to assume t rotestant titles that a Popisli faction, in glaring contempt of all oaths, would be masters of the Irish Church, and that a combination of Demo- cracy and Popery would be sliffred opnly to menace its ruin ? It is stated that the Popish priesthood in England are already about to assume the title of the Protestant Sees. Why not? What insolence can usurp in Ireland, inso- lence can equally usurp in England But howr long is this to be endured ? When are we to worship the Virgin or kiss the toe of St. Peter ? í,

On Tuesday the wretched Greenacre pa:d the last penalty of a life of crime. Whatever may ( have been the doubts of the evidence by which he was convicted, all doubts of his guilt were subsequently removed by his own confessions. His seems to have been a life of atrocity yet lie possessed vigour of mind, activity and energy of understanding, which under the guidance of principle might have conducted him, as they have conducted thousands like him, to respecta- bility and opulence. His fate is not without its moral. From the brief sketches of his unfortu- i nate existence it may not improbably be con- K ceived that his vices largely originated in the common but most hazardous custom of sending children out too early and too far from home to begin the world. There is no education of the heart equal to the natural education of the pa- rental roof. Nine-tenths of the horrid wicked- nesses that from time to time startle society, as in the instance of the wretch who has just died, arise from this early expulsion from boroc- Nine-tenths of the gross selfishness, the gamiug and the immorality of high life, have arisen from the habit of sending away children to great public seminaries, at an age when they ought to be in the perpetual sight of the parental eye, learning the essential lessons of filial respect, family affection, and systematic and habitual duty to God and man. Of course we by no means wish to speak offensively of the great public schools. But every man who recollects his early experience of them knows, that irre- gularitiej and even vices are practised there, which are enough to stain'the whole course of life, and from which if any one escapes untainted he has to thank liUle short of a miracle. All their discipline amply demands a revisio-u- Force of character or superiority of scholarship are miserable barter for hardness of heart a.nd personal impurity. In the case of the multitude who, like Green- acre, are thrust upon the world at the age of fifteen, with nothing but their own morality axJ wisdom to protect them against corruption, all religious feelin-s are rapidly obliterated, temp- ati■ 1 ns are multiplied around them on all sides. t'iiey learn the frauds of low trade, from those "011 follow transgressions against the Revenue, forgeries, simulated bankruptcies, false sales, and the thousand practised villanies of malig- nant dexterity, until some horrid stimulant of avarice and passion, sharpened by some qeetairpg7 desperate necessity, gives the man whoUy into the power of the Tempter, and the world is suddenly shocked by the detail of deliberate crime, unequalled by the hotbiooded atrocity ot he Savage of the Wilderness.

In Paris we are sorry still to witness the same contempt for the ordinances of God, which have so long distinguished the French nation. The Lord's-day was devoted by the Court of Peers' to the continuation of the trial of Meanier,. Lavaux, and Lacaze. Thus, the highest tri- bun il in France exhibits the public example of violating the laws of heaven, at the very mo- ment it is professing to administer justice iOil the name of the King and the country. Thus do the Peers of France practically itidicatk- their contempi for the authority of Him- by whom kings reign and princes decree justice. It is also worthy of remark, that at the very time the Court of Peers was thus deseoral the Lord's-day, the Prince Royal was: amusing himself on the Champ de Mars at horse-races t What an example to the people! Can it be- mailer of surprise that regicides are found to brave the laws of man, when princes and peers: thus defy the authority of God? What hope can there be fot- the liippiness, pros- perity of France under such guidance?—RecotoL STATE OF TRADE.—We have seen a leUitIIof very recent date from one of the principals of a iv ltolesale house it, this city, wlio is now in Manchester, stating that the late arrivals from: New York iiau greatly tendejl to restore con- fidence in our m tiwfacturing districts, and that should the next advices from America be equally favourable, the trading interests will be almost wholly freed from their late depression.-Feli-- Farley. NEW Poon LA w EXPENDITURE.—Weregretthat 110 Member of Parliament has hitherto moved for a return of all moneys paid out of the consol idated fund for salaries and other expenses of commissioners, sub- commissioners, clerks, auditors, &c., as well as to- wards tiie erection of workhouses, which would, we suspect, furnish a rather disproportionate set offigainst the boasted savings of this piuch-pauper system.—* Standard,