The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

IRISH ELECTIONS, e (From the Standard.) We see bv the Cork Constitution, that when its correspondent wrote some days since, no less than seventeen inquests had been lIPId upon the bodies of persons killed in the election civil war in the single county of Tipperary. It need scarcely be said that the pretence of an election held in suc;i a scene of violence and bloodshed nuist be a mere farce-and the same scenes where exhibited in Cork, Clare, Longford.and Louth to soch an extent as to demon- strate that but for the savage means resorted to, the Conservative gnin upon the Irish elections would be eighteen instead ofcight-tltou!zli (-igi)t is more than we hoped for. The number ol Irish Conservatives in the last parliament was 3;)—the number returned to the present is 43; aid it is not improbable that Wexford wiil add amther. The proceedings in fip- perarv Cork, &c., and the other rounths where the 7 OU I •• <>IK nave • c irri. -7 on taw? and s'ajaliter in e y's 1) i; 1. 1'' Catholic nriest'. the masters of the mn- of the peasai.'ry, Wire in every eax the il. rs iii tlie violence committed. Now. it is i quotum wiijVii needs but to be proposed f.- be all. swered Would not the same reverend persons who thus shamelessly suggest a resort to sanguinary out- rage for tiie attainment of political or sectarian objects, with as little scruples suggest perjury 1 There is also another view of the Irish elections, equally painful. The Irish Corporation Reform Bill inflicts upon all the great towns in the island an annual repetition of these horrible sccnes, and, we fear. throws these towns for ever into the hands of the Romanist clergv. This is Mr O'Coimeli's opinion as regards Dublin," we quote the iuccndiary's letter to Mr O'tlca tl)C f,le", tilit my defeat in Dublin will give an insolent confidence to our —to tlif* l cnoiuii*s of In'jrind* They will gladly hail it as a proof of tin* declining strength of the popular power, a proof which would be annihilated by a victory in my name in such a county as C' «-h It strikes me that we should thus counteract tie- Dub!in loss. It is quite true that such Inss wits occasioned by means w!ch betoken the depravitv of our adversaries, and not any alteration in popular Opillioll or in popular determination. Still, it requires to be counteracted, and such counteraction would be only the more powerful by my being imne- cetsarilj returned for your county. Hit I do not think J could he personally present in Cork before Wednesday morning. Ulii,-r these circumstances, I leave myself in your hands. You command my services—vou command my political action. If it is thought fit to elect me for Cork county I will sit for that county, and none other, in this parliament. The coming into operation of the municipal bill. hoivcvcr insufficient in other respects that bill may be, will enable me to regain Dubrin," Yes, this is too true, tliouah «;id by one from whom truth seldom comes. 1 he gallant men of Dublin have fought their last successful battfeo-so, we fear, have the men of VVaterlord and Belfast. Well, if they are to fall tlICY will fall with honour, for thev were no parties to the treason which has lost their services to the Conservative cause.

REPRESENTATION OP PRESTON.-We learn that it was currently reported in Preston this week, that Sir Hesketh Fleetwood is about to be raised to the peerage in order to make room for Lord Ilori)etli.- lio ton Free Press. DEATH or Sitt EBWARO MOSTYN, BART.-We have to record tite dcaiii of the above worthy t aronet, who died at Talatve, the family seat in Flintshire, on Sunday last, after a lengthened illness, which latterly caused little if any alarm to his amnestic circle. The deceased, who tvas son of the sixth baronet, was born in 1785, aud mairiei list, in 1808, Miss Blaudell, daughter of Ni.alio as Bunnell, F,sq., ofcrosby Han, Lancashire; littl, eco",Ily, i-I 1826, the third daughter of the late Nli. Hem y ~.augh- ter, of Fuize Hall, E-sev. IN 1823, he succeeded his father. Was Custos Kievium ot the C ourt of Common Pleas, and wan last yeav appointed Deputy Lieutenant uf Flintshire, lie is succeeded by his eldest son by his first maniage, now .Sir Piers Mostyn, Bart, bo. n in 1811. PIOUS PLUNDERERS. — On Sunday last, three ladies "ere robbed of their watches, ùurillg- Divine I' service at the chapel in Old Quebec Street, by a pious stranger, who was kindly accommodated by them with "a feat i« »heir pew. We presume the ladies will become converts to the principle of ',non intrzis ion." RAPID CONVEYANCE.—Oil Wednesday morning week, a train of 52 goods' waggons, containing up- wards of 180 tons of poods—the pro*, weight with the waggons being actually more loan 30Q tons-, was bt-ouglit down from Selby to this p!¡¡ce by the com- pany's engine Liverpool, in the sh u t space of one hour and fifty iuititiie&, a dispute of iil milts. fiøU Packet,

I MEMBERS RETURNED. The following members have been returned since the making up of the list on the fourth pager- Clare (County).. Macnamara J O'Brien Banffshire..S Duff Donegal (County). 5ir E HayPs; G E P Conolly E'git) ;tit(] Niirii..A,liij(,r Prii,-e Fermanagh (County)..Sir A B Brooke M Archdall Cariow (County).. HruPn and Bunbury Cork (County).. O'Connell and Roche Dublin (County).. Hamiltoll and Taylor Longford (County).. L White and H WhitQ Louth (County).. Bellow and Dawson Wicklow (County)..Colonel Acton and Sir R. I toward, Bart, The above returns give a further gain to the Conservatives ofjulir seats, equivalent to eight votes. ENfiLAVD ANT) WALES. her returned 305 193 IJoubie ret ur- 2 Total Alemoeis tin h ^liind :ind Wales — 500 SCOTLA NO Conservative Members returned 19 Liberal ditto. 30 Returns not yet received 4 Total Members for Scotland 53 I IIBI.AND. Conservative Members returned 44 Liboatditto. 59 Returns not yet received 2 Total Members for Ireland 105 Total Members of the House of Commons.. 658 Total Conservatives returned 368 Total Liberals returned 282 Tota! Conservative gains 82 Liber.il ditto 31 45 Total Conservative gain fnrty-five voteo, equiva- lent to ninety on a division (as compared with the last Parliament).

Nine Welsh Iron Masters have been elected M.P.'s, :Sir J,,I)li Guest, for Merthyr; his partner, Mr Divett, for Exeter; Summers Harford, Esq., of Ehhw Vale W orks,andof the firm of Harfords, Davies, and Co., Bristol, returned for Lewes; Joseph Bailey, Esq for Worcester, and Joseph Bailey, jutl., Esq., for Herefordshire, of Nantyglo Woiks; A fdt-riiian Tltotip son, Sunderland, and Mr Forman, Bridgewnter. of Penydarran Works, Merthyr Mr Do of the Abersvchan Works, for Rd. Blakemore, E»q., of the Ale tin Griffith Works near Cardiff, for Wells. We give the foMowsnj, 9* %,re have received it from a respected cori espondent, but we believe that we are canect in saying, that nothing has been decided wi:|i respect to the Speakership It is true that what we have said elsewhere of the indelicacy and indiscreelness of bestowing oflices in a govern- ment yet to be formed, does not apply to the election of the Speaker, which is a matter completely within the power of the Conservative party, whoever oliall he itie miniqter; b(it it is obvious that while so many Conservative members are ajjseni from town, nothing can be definitively arranged. "THE SPGAKEA.—Sir Eardley Wilmot,Bart., the Conservative member for North Warwickshire, it is now confidently slated, Ivill be the Speaker of the new parliament. The re election of Mr Shaw Lefevre was never for an instant thought of by the Conservatives, who are ynite aware that any such step would he taken as a proof of weakness and disunion in their party. So soon a9 Si 1. Gotilbikrn had decided to accept the Home Department, it was arranged that Sir E. Wilmot should be eleoted to the Speakership- The Conservative lender is just as likely to second the address to be moved by Lord .John Russell, as to consent to the re election of Mr J,efevre, Ihe Radical memher for 80'tll Hanl.t. "Ppll Mull, July 21, 1841." Tin; TEA TRADE, Juq; 19.—There has not been quite so firm a market for tea since our last report, and we quote a fluctuation of about$d. to Id. per lb taking tiie extreme rates of last week for Company's e.ou, viz 2s 4]d to 2s 3jd per lb. cash. We have public sales again to morrow of about 12,000 packages, and th;s has to day checked any extensive business. The deliveries .of tea last week in Loudon increased by 90,000lbs. over those of the preceding week, many parties having laid i'11 extnj stock, even pt ivate ci.'tisumers probably, in anticipation of a further rise in prices. About 5n.OOlbs. paid duty. The I average price of Company's congou to day was about 2s 4d per 111 cash. AN AMBHICAN JUD(-.E.-J. H. C,-Irr, judge of Mon- roe County, Missouri, died lately of a drunken frolic, in that place. H« was a man of property and distinp- tion.—New York Paper.

LATEST IN T E L LI G E A' C E. LONDON MONiCY MAIIKET (From the olficiftl li*1, containing the business actually v transacted.) CLOSING PlUOflS OF HHITISII STOCKS—TlIl'BSD/iv. Ba,ik I I I I In.li:, Si ck. 2t0 3 pert.-nt Ket l~'0J t B-.m.is, — 3 per ct Cons 3 S'jutti Sea Old Ann*, — :)i p-i ct Anus, ixis, — Oo.New,— :)i p-i ct Anus, ixis, — Oo.New,— 3* per cent !l.-d., 99} } C-rm. for Opj- S0J 9f) New 3j per <•, U-^J J 9 8} £ ]f,0 Ex B, If> 13 pm Long An. 1860% 13 «t;>00 do. )} jtm Do. :tn yrs., ixr,;), 12 13-1(5 S'liall do. lG14pui Do. 30 >rs., I8fi0, D«- Ad. — Pit ICES OF FOHKION STOCKS-THURSO IT. Anntrian, — 3 le, cptt, IRI lS,nziilun,Cil,1 Itiissmii — Ditio A,C. Columbian, 6 err C-nt, — Sp'nish 5 por tt, 20J T).i. Bond*, 182L — Di»t> Account, 301 j f Ditto Ac<- 1!»J 50 Hit-to Passive, 4J Ditto ftf. — Dilti. IK.cfrr.-t. C,nm, ex V, IHzuda, Fr.R'-nte»,3 per ct, — Danish — Kxci.ange,— Mexicnii 5 per ccr't., —• Dutch "2^ per cent, 5IJ J Ditto Account, 71.1 Ditto Account.— A,-c. Dut. li 5 per ce:it, 101 :-er cert, New Loan, 5 per rt., 98.} N'ew 5 per rem, — Uito Acc,,ttllt, gSi Ditto, Ace 30: SHAUFS. Great Western, 86 7 I Natirmnl Provincial Bunk Do New, I of liogUn-l.— Do Filtli», 9| 10 j London & Birmingham, —

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TO CORRESPONDENTS. ERRATUM.—In our last week's report of the speeches made at the Bridgend election dinner, Sir Geo. Tvler's nalllc was introduced as belonging to that of an offier in the army. The error,which we much regret, was entirely inadvertent on the part of our reporter, as Sir George is wen known as an officer of rank and distinction in the navy.—Our reporter also omitted to state that the health of the Member for Cardiff was proposed immediately before that of the Member for Swansea.

MERTHYR TYDVIL. AND BRECON, July 21, 1S41. 49" O'CONNF.LL'S anathema of the Whigs, like the chickens of the Arabian proverb, has come "home to roost." c. Base, brutal and bloody," are epithets strictly anti Werally applicable to the Agitator, to the "surpliced ruffians" who command, and to the senseless mobs who obey. It is impossible to read of the proceedings con. nected with the Irish Elections, without horror, mixed with indignant reprobation. There is scarcely an Irish Radical who will take his seat in the ensuing Parliament without the sin of blood guiltiness on his soul. The ollly consola- tion to be derived from this horrible state of affairs is, that "when things are at the worst, they will mend." But what will those who call themselves var excellence RF-FORMIUI^—" LIBE- RALS"—PI' USTS—vvlio clamour for free(lo-it of elpction-I, :otiirht suffrages,unbi issed v> and who rail so loudly a-i iinst <-v«*i» -lie illft. of Landlords, say to all this? .v. noiliin They will gratefully accept tiie work of the bludgeon and the brickbat, as a set olf aga-usi the expression of national disgust in England, and shield, so far as they can shield, the perpe- trators of these outrages, by falsehood, recrimi- nation, and apology. But the reign of terror must not be suffered to continue, nor murder, even in the land of murders, to he committed with impunity. The recent proceedings of the Priests will form matter for solemn investigation by Parliament, and for judicial inquiry in places where this blood shedding has been committed. In England the obvious remedy for the state of 11 y things described, would he the immediate ad- journment of the poll, a proceeding adopted with signal advantage, on the display of physical force, by Sir JOHN GUEST, at the Merthyr Elec- tion, in 1837. But they n;at;age these things differently in Ireland human life-that is Protestant life, is there of no value every page of its annals, every spot on its shores, is branded with the memory of crime, what is worse, crime unpunished, unredressed. But the late occurrences at the Irish Elections will have forced upon all thoughtful minds the conviction of the reality of that state of things hitherto deemed exaggerated or fabulous, and the mis- chievous ascendency of the Roman Catholic Priesthood has been made manifest. It is to this body that the influence of O'CONNELL may be traced, and it is to this body that the atro- cious cruelties practised on Protestant Electors may be referred. By the Roman Catholic Priests the Irish peasants have been long held in leash, they have now been let loose to do the horrible work, with which every reader of a newspaper for the last three weeks must be familiar. And these 4ro the ministers of a reli- gion of peace!

The length of the report of the proceedings on the glorious day of the County Election, with the delay necessary for preparing it for press, will be held, we hope, suiffciently to excuse our apparent remissness last week in withholding our comments, and congratulations for a brief space, until with fuller evidence of cause we could present ourselves in Court to record the unani- mous verdict of a constituency, second to none in the United Empire for all the manly virtues, the enlightened pattiotism, and the sturdy inde- pendence which in all times have distinguished the men of Glamorgan, the noble bequest of right noble forefathers, which unimpaired, or rather with additional lustre shed upon it by the tenour of their own lives and conversation, they will prqudly hand down and perpetuate to their posterity. J?rom lb# rugged mountains and verdant plains the bold yeomen of the County flocked to their standard, at Bridend- lo your tents, 0 Israel! "-to confront with grateful welcome the representatives of their own free choice, the appointed stewards of their own, aiid a nation's weal* and to -tlu,c them, "well done, good and faithful servants," right worthily have ye fulfilled your trust, and ren- dered your accounts; we can no better respond to the demand of our Gracious SOVLIILIGN, who appeals for our advice and assistance in her hour of tribulation, than again to endorse the writ commanding suit and service with the names of those disinterested delegates who have approved themselves no less wise and loyal counsellors of Her MAJESTY than zealous as fearless defenders of national honour and un- daunted advocates of national interests. And beauty too, the beauty of Glamorgan,graced the scene with its unmatched splendours. On and about the hustings were grouped the loveliest of womankind— "That store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, anti judge the prize Of wit and arms." Oh it was a glorious sight, and a triumph well becoming exultation in the candidates, so to he greeted with soft and sunny smiles, the graceful reflection of the purest and siucerest of hearts, in pleasing reward of past and a resistless sti- mulus to future good public service. We shall not dwell, as well we might and greatly should wish with space at our command, on the ability and earnestness with which Lord A DARE was proposed by Mr BRUCE PKYCE, one of the "noble race of Shenkin," and seconded by Mr EDWARDS VAUGHAN, of Rheola, a gentle- man who is an honour to the County not for- getting one passing tribute qither to Mr DllL- WYN, who in a short speech, sound and consti- tutional in principle, introduced Mr TALBOT, and Mr LUCAS by whom he was worthily sup- ported. Nor shall wa attempt to illustrate or amplify by any force of language or argu- ment, within the scope of our humbie powers that most admirable oration in which Lord ADARR passed in masterly review the disastrous state of the country, the misdoings and misrule of the ministry, with the only remedies material, moral, and religions, by which the misfortunes of that country could be repaired, its posi- tion improved, and its former standing and character retrieved. Our readers, with the speech itself before them, are well able to adjudge upon its merits, and deeply to feel and appreciate the excellency and orthodoxy of its sentiments, expounded as they were with all the fervour and eloquence of conviction. For our purpose is rather with Mr TALBOT, in- asmuch as we have it from Divine authority that there shall be more joy in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over the ninety- aud-nine just persons." The Honourable Gen- tleman avers, and truly avers wo are sure, that he has not changed any of his opinions," but it was because the Government had "changed theirs he did not choose to follow them." We hold the whole speech of Mr TALBOT, and a manly, honest, and powerful speech it was, to constitute one of the most remarkable docu- ments of the present day, in its published ilial)e for throwing light on the present crisis in public affairs, and on contemporary history. We can well conceive all the painful extent of the sacri. fice in personal feelings, and of old family ties and attachments which he has fell ltilm. elf it-n- periously as conscientiously called upon to make for his country, in discarding further connection with the preseot Government. Some of the members of that Government rank among his personal friends one, and one of the chiefs too, the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, is a respected relative. But bitter as was the stirrup cup, lie has nobly drained it to the dregs. He has not been the man, moreover, in a "dear country's cause," to shut his eyes or close his mouth upon their misdeeds and tergiversation. In his address (to the cOlIslituency), he observes,he had endeavoured to express, as plainly as the Eng lish language would allow him, his disapproba- tion of the present course pursued by her MA JESTY'S Ministers in dissolving Parliament upon the question of the Import Duties." We have never reati in the bitterest vitiiporatireq incident 1)4rfy pi)le:iiies a-iv ii,ar qfi Me following exhibit of Ministerial and mer- cenary policy. Any man, said Air TALBOT, in the country, who was not blinded by party feel- ing, must be alyare that the Ministerial budget was altogether a parly move; and also that it was opposed, not on its merits, but because it emanated from a Whig Government." AI. though well satisfied with the candour of the first admission, we may be allowed to cavil with the latter imputation as ill-founded. For Mr TALBOT should have recollocted that the abolition, or pretended qualification of the Corn LHVS. repugnant as it was to his own opinions, could not be less conscientiously so to the Conservative party, by whom Corn Laws are, and always have been jealously upheld as oiily a fiiir measure of protection to a great and grievously burfhened interest, so far as the principle. It has never been disguised that the principle mfjy suspeptilije of mo^i fications in detail, and that such modifications would probably be proposed by a Conserva- tive Administration in power, so as not to compromise the principle itself. What ground therefore exists for challenging Conservative opposition against the Ministerial ptan to the account of party ft:elitig !Tl But let this pass. Mr TALBOT, as we could readily con- ceive, was not the man to reserve his sentiments for the hustings, where his late Ministerial friends could not be to answer for themselves with the straight forward manliness of truth he assailed them" to their faces." He had stated, he says, tosome Members of the Government his opinions on the subject the eyejjiug life budget waf laid on the tnble, He had told them that they were breaking up the Whig party that they were perfectly unjustifiable in not coming forward before with those measures, if they were in pos session of the secret. But he (Mr TALBOT) did not believe there was any discovery at all. He believed it was ahogetheff a detusion, and brought forw:<r<i at this particular juncture to serve the interests of party." What honest man with sense enough to distinguish between right and wrong, betwixt tnjth and falsehood, can doubt the fact for one moment in view of at- tendant and preceding circumstances. And yet. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in his, we suppose it may be called, better late than never address of thanks to the electors of the City of London for his return, just come to hand in our London Papers, has the incredible assurance to say of his budget. "The first measure brought for- ward on this subject was intended to give in- creased freedom of trade to our colonies. But in defending this measure, in a debate before Easter, I stated .that the cabinet were resolved to apply the same principle to our whole com- mercial policy. and had prepared propositions to carry their yietys intp effect." The proposi- tions," were 11 prepared before Easter," therefore, were they ? Let its see ho%y a plain tale will put down a preteir e clearly flin sy and fraudulent on its face, and which, respecting Lord JOHN as a man of integrity and honour in his private character, we are truly grieved to find him descending to. The budget partially only enouncing these propositions prepared "before Easter," was not presented to the Commons' House before the latter end of May, and so far was Lord JOHN from then having "prepared propositions" for carrying out contemplated changes in the CornLaws, that, on the contrary, he gave fourteen days' previous notice of a mo- tion on the subject, because the Government had not even then decided on the amount of duty to be proposed. He was, to be sure compelled by the impatience of the House and the country to forestal his intention, and after some four or five days'deliberation only, instead of fourteen, to acquaint the Housc reluctantly that Ministers had jumped with more haste than good speed to an eight shillings' impost. But what became, then, of the "propositions prepared before Easter ?" If in esse they should have been producible: if not Lord JOII s has lent himself to an attempted imposture the public will decide which is the more probable after this plain exposition of the case. The London papers have not been slow to record their decision on the point, and we perceire that Mr TALBOT, the Member for Glamorgan, is promi- nently brought forward as leading evidence in the case for the conviction of. Lord JOHN, the Member for the City. We rejoice, as we have reason, that Mr TAL- BOT has finally burst the trammels of party in which too long retained by the force of early habits, of family traditions, and generous recol- lections. He is not thc sort of man to be (ied to the chariot wheels of party from sordid or ambi- tious aspirations of any kind. He might have achieved honours, nay titles, had so he listed by a different course, but independence shackled by obligations accepted would ill have recompensed the sacrifice of the proud position of a rcpre, sentative of a princely county, and Honourable Member of that class of high station and sterling worth, the class of country gentlemen ranking far above the princes of other lands, whom no nobility of title could more ennoble. We have not room for notice of the after dinners and convivialities of the election, in which Mr BOOKF.R, ever gracefully eloquent, was so much at home among his admiring friends, and the Messrs Bitucr reminded us ably of an honoured name.

AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. (From the Standard-) The contents of the Levant mail are of con- siderable interest. Letters from Alexandria, dated the 26th ultimo, state that notwithstanding the solemn vromulg-ation of the Sultai/s Haiti there had been no change whatever in the administration of the affairs of the country. The military preparations of the Pacha were proceeding as actively as ever. On the 21st ultimo Colonel Napier arrived at Alexandria from Malta in the Medea frigate. The obje t of his mission was to demand the surrender of the Syrian troops retained in Egypt in the Pacha's service. Boghos Bey replied that the Pacha was too much occupied to attend to the matter, but that he would do so when he had finally arranged his affairs with the Sultan. I he same evening Ibrahim Parlla was recalled from Cairo toAlex- audi ta, where he arrived on the 25th. Private letters from Cairo confirm the rumours of the activity with which the French are pushing their in tiie East. The acceptance of the Hatti ScberifF by Meheinet Ali has ivt-II great satisfaction at Constantinople. The Sill tan had expressed his inteirion, now that the affair was settled, to devote his earnest attention to the improvement of the interior administration of the empire. The amount of tribute had not been decided. Oil the 20th of June an address from the members of the East India and China Associa- tion was presented to the Pacha by Messrs Briggs and Co., expressing how deeply they felt indebted to his highness for his continual and efficient aid in expediting and securing the transmission of the Indian mails through his territories. Our Malta papers and letters, which are of the 5Mi instant, contain little news of interest. The Ganges sailed on the 4th for Mahon, for the purposeof watching the movements of the French squadron, wh ch had appealed off the Balearic Islands. TheRodnev. abut a. ami Cauibrid it- sailed on the sa.ne day for h^ Lev,int. Admiral Sir John Oinnian>>ey «as about to pro- ceed from Malta in the Brilitiiii-a, accompanied by the Howe to the Levant. The Inconstant was at Beyrout, and the Benbow at the Pirseu*. The Benbow was about to leave Gibraltar for Malta. Advices from Treljisond, 17th 1111., quoted by the Malta Times, mention a rumour of a great victory obtained by the Anglo-Indian troops in Afghanistan. The evacuation of the fortress of Ghorian is confirmed.

BltAlNTREE CHURCH RATES. Thursday week a vestrjr ujeetiiij{ Qf the parishioners of I^rniiitrep was huh), pursuant to a notice given !>y the churchwardens, in accordance with:1 monition from the Ecclesiastical Court of the Bishop of London, commanding tiiein to make a rate for the repairs of the church, and defraying the necessary expenses of the decent celebration of Divine service. I III! tl>V u Scale, the vicar, wtjtj ^Hetl thp chair. Irlie inolli. tion haying been read, which commalllle.1 the inhabi- tants to make a church rate for the purposes named, Mr Ve'ey moved that a rate of 2s in the pound be made in obedience to the monition, for the purpose of defraying the repairs of the church, amounting to and incidental expenses, t20 01. Mr Courtauld objected tq the rate, and moved an amendment to the effect" Tint all coinpu'sory payments fur tin; support of the religious services of any sect or people appear to the majority of this vestry to be unsanctioned by any portion of the New Testa- ment Soriptures, and altogether opposed tn, and subversive of, the pure and spiritual character of the religion of Christ, and that this vestry feels bound, by the highest obligations of social justice and religious principle, to refuse to make a rate, aud does refuse accordingly." The amendment was carried; after which, Mr Veley said—Then it becomes the duty of the churchwardens and those WI\Q are filling tq the monition of the f^ishqp qf Londqn, themselves tq ma^e a rate, the validity (If ^fhich \VIII be tried hereafter. I propose, and I alii now addressing myself to those who are willing to obey the uiunitiuii, we make a rate of -is in the pound. Mr Courtauld said the churchwardens had taken a course which appeared wholly irregular; this was a meeting of ratepayers, and lie apprehended nothing could be done but by the act of the majority. He would therefore submit to thein as a substantive mqtion, that 11|0 amendment havjtig been carrjed ju opposition to the proposed pMQ» !|p fate Ijadbc^n made by that vestry ipeeting, Mr Velev VV e shall never (flake it matter of charge, that it has been made by this meeting j it i* part of ft-measure pointed out by Mm judgment. Mr Courtauld said, then he would content himself with protesting against the irregular manner in which the churchwardens had attcirpted to make a rate after it had been denied by the majority 111111 lie protested also against the rate attempted to be niiide. The rate of 2s in the pound was then made by the churchwardens, and signed by them aud the vioar, and several of the parishioners. Mr Courtautd's protest was entered on the minute book and thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting separated.

-UlUSX VVoiiTHiNo.—There has been, within the last ten years, an increaso in the population of 16.1 per cent, at Worthing, the number being, in 1831, 4576; 1811, 5327. The females Inive a majority of about 32 per cent. A tremendous hurricane took place in Parif oil Sunday jt coifliuenoed <at 6 q qj and lasted till the afternoon, "ith violent fPlit of wind and heavy falls of fain, H is feared that tuuch damage was dot.e,

CARDIFF. GLAMOROANSHIRK AND MONMOUIHSHIKK INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY, CAIIDIVil. Abstract of House Surgeon's Report to the tVt.rhly Board, from July 13th to July 20th, IS41, inclusive. IM-DOOII PATIRNM—flmnained by last Report 8; Admitted since, 2 10. Discharged, 0—Cured and Relieved, 1; Dit-d, 0-1 Remaining, 9. OUT-DOOII PATIEXTS—Remained by last Report, 178; Admitted since, 17— H).3. Discharged, 7 — Cured okiid ftelievell, 26 -Diod, 0-33. RClllai..ill¡(. 16. 3redical Officers for the Weelc. Phyiciall, Dr. .%Ioore,-Colistiltitig Surgeon, Mr Reece,—Surgeon, Mr Davis,—Visitors, Mr A Iop and Mr G. Bird. THOS. JACOB, House Surgeon. The Karl of Jersey has given to Viscount Villiers, Upton House, the Karl's fine mansion in Warwickshire, as the residence of his lordship and viscountess. The dowry of the eldest daughter of Sir Robert Peel, who was man ied last week to Lord Villiers. the eldest son ot the Eari of Jersey, is stated to X)50,000. -.Vorning Herald. CAHDIFP, JULY 21ST. — We noticed in our columns on Saturday I"t. that a friglitful accident had occur. red on the Thff Vale Railway, by a collision of two waggon trains coming in contact, oil the 16th instant, when one of the engine drivers, Joseph Hentlcy, was killed on the spot. On the following day, Lewis Recce, all(] a highly respectable jury, accompanied by Mr FLish aud Mr Rail, the company's chief engineer aud secretary, repaired to the spot, by a special train, in order to survey the place where the fatal event tnllk place, and also to view the body of the unfortunate sufferer, and to arrange for its inter- ment. The funeral took place at Cardiff, oil Sunday afternoon, attended by a number of the company's policemen iu their uniforms, t wo abreast, with black crape Oil their left anus, preceding the corpse. There was a great number of respectable followers, among whom were also Mr Bush, Mr Ball, and others in the company's service. The inquiry was fixed for this day, at the Angel Inn, at ten o'clock A.M, and has occupied the whole «f the day to this moment, now eight o'clock evening. The further hearing of wit nesses is postponed till Friday next, and it is still very uncertain whether the inqu> st will bit then com- pleted. The coroner has taken more than ordinary trouble ill these proceedings, in order to give every facility for the proper investigation of circumstances ill which there is considerable public interest. It is therefore impossible that we can lay before our readers any of the particulars tili. week. We may add to this statement the following account of this melancholy affair, which we have received from a source on which wo call place tbo utmost reliance:—4 Oil Friday, the 16th instant, as a train of empty coal waggons was proceeding up the line, it came ill collision with the down ttain of empty iron ore waggons. In consequence of their meeting on a curve, notwithstatitling the exertions made by hoh drivers and the breaksmeu, the collision proved fatal to one of the engine driver*, who was killed on the spot, the others fortunately escaped without injury. The unfortunate deceased proceeded up the line nearly an hour alter liis time, although conscious of being behind time, and warned at starting that he must not proceed beyond a certain poiut where the train of iron ore waggons would stop." ODD FKI.LOWSMIP IN CARI)IFF.-On Tuesday ae'n. uiglit the members of that deep rooted and truly philanthropic order, held their annual meeting in the above town. About 200 members, embracing many of the respectable inhabitants of the town, formed in procession, and, with their beautiful anti costly regalia, walked through the principal streets headed by an excellent baud to the church of St John, where an excellent and appropriate sermon was preached by the Itev J. Campbell, from the 10th chapter of Proverbs, and the 12th verse. After leaving church the members aga n formed in procession, and proceeded to discuss the merits of an excellent dinner which had been pro- vided for them. After dinner a great number of loyal and patriotic toasts were given and warmly re- ceived and the members passed a sociable and happy day. On Monday fe'nnight the Free School Benefit Club walked in proceuiou to the Church of St John, accom- panied by an excellent hand. The procession, though small, was highly respectable; aud, from the benefit derived from clubs of that description, we trust that ere another li«a c!o >od a cousideraltle number may have been added to its list of members: thus providing for the time of sickness or unforeseen mis lortuue. GLUIORGANSHIRK SUMMER ASSIZES. (Conlillllèd from our paper of the 10th instatit.) TUESDAY. His Lordship entered the hall at nine o'clock. The first cause taken was-- Williams (doe dem) and another versus Evans.- This was an action of ejectment brought to recover I possession of certain cottages in Merthyr Tydvil. Verdict lor the plaintiff, subject to a reference. Couusel lor plaintiff — Messrs Williams and Nic.holl-, Attorneys—Messrs Meyrick and Davies. Counsel fi)r defend;tiit-Alr James; Attorneys- Messrs Perkins and Co. Pamj (doe dem) versus Robert Mitimplirey. -This w is nlso an action of ejectment brought to recover possession of a public house called the Carpenter's Arms, situate in the parish of Llanvabon. Verdict lor the defendant. Counsel tor the plaintiff Messrs William* anti Nicholl Attorneys — Mes-rs Meyrick and Davies. Counsel tor the defendant — MrJaiues; Attorneys, Messrs Perkins and Co. VvHtg versus Williama and others — This action was nominally in the name of Abraham Verity. Rsq surgeon, Bridgend, against Michael Williams, Estp, late high sheriff for the county of Glamorgan, but the real parties concerned in it were — Mr John Jenkius. of Bridgend, and Mr Morgan, spirit merchant, Bridgend. It was an action of trover. The facts of the case were simply the following 1—Mr Morgan brought an action against Mr John Jenkins for debt, and levied a distress on his goods. On the other side it was set up that the goods belonged to Mrs Jenkins, by virtue of a marriage settlement. Verdict for the defendant. Counsel for plaintiff-Messrs Willi^nyt and James Attorney — Mr William Llewellyn, or Neath. Counsel for the defendant— Mr Chilton. Q.C., and Mr Richards; A ttorney--Ifr Morgan, of Bridgend. Davies and another versus Wi les and aiiother.- This was an action brought by the executor nf the I late Morgan Davies. Esq., of Swansea, to recover a debt due by the defendants, who are butchers at Swansea, to the elllq of the late Mr Davies. Verdict fur the plaintiff. Counsel for plaiuliff Mr Chilton. Q.C., and Mr Williams; Attorney "r Jefferies, of Carmarthen. Counsel for defendant—Mr Hillj Nttui-noy-lir MhiCl, IIf Sivitnse;A. I WEDNESDAY. Jones versus the Llanelly R uhvay Company. — Thill action was brought to recover compensation for land taken by the defendants under an Act of Parlia- ment It had been brougrit into a court of lw ou a former occasion, but it was then agreed tq he referred to a gentleman. He (h;ojil(id$hat the sum of £700 should be I-Pil |^r the..Irk(i that as the railway passed tlifntiglf \h!J tuiddle of the plaintiff's farm. separating it into two unequal p irts, four tunnels should be made ikt the expense of the railway company tq connect one nart of the farm with the other, and that those tunnels should be completed within three months of the formation of the railway. In pursuance of the award the sum of E700 had been paid, and three tunnels built; but the fourth tunnel was not formed, the defendants pleading that the nature of the ground altogether precluded it. I he an^r^| further stated that if the tunnels \vure qqt fqpqed within the period <if tl|r?e qwqtM 'he eompletion of the railway, q penalty of 412(10 should he paid by the railway company to the plaintift. On the plaintiff's part it was contended that the three tunnels were not formed within the time specified—three months after the completion of the railway; and that it was possible-that the ground would allow a fourth tunnel to he formed The defendants argued tliat the railway was not finished until the iu id blocks were laid down. 1 he plair^tigf contended that the railway was finish?,^ ioon as the embankment was preparQ$. After a lengthened and tedious examination the jury returned their verdict—That the th ree tunnels I were built within the specified time; aud in consider- ation of thefoltrh tunnel nQt having been built, the jury awarded jE40 d^tqageg. Upon the suggestion of Mr Vaughan Williams, the form of the verdict was altered to"-I)ebt, JEM; da mages, one shilhng. Leave was given to move that the damages be in creased to X200. Counsel for the plaintiff-Mr ChiHqn, Q.C., and Mr James Attorney, Mr Jqqpg. Counsel for t^$defendant—Mr Evans, Q.C., and Mr y. W'lHaws; Jefferies, of Car- marthen Vpuglas versus Ifewett.-This was a special jury case, I THIE SPECIAL JtTKY. Capel Miers, Esq X V. B Vaughan Fsq Morgan Pryce Smith, Esq Griffith Llewellyn. Ksq Kichard Higg:. Ksq Win. Wood. K.«q Henry Scale. Kjq \lrWtn 'I homas Henry Scale. Eq 11, W,n 'I l,oinas William E. Williams. E.q Mr Barry Wride Hugh Entwi-le, E<q Mr John Person* The plaintiff in this case ill Mr D mgias, a con- tractor for the excaviting work 00 the TalF Vale Rail way. The defendant. Captain Hewett, is a magistrate for the county of Glamorgan. 'I'lie charge against Captain Hewett, as stated hy Mr Chi-toti in his opening speech.was—that the defendant by threat caused the plaintiff to pay a sum of money which was not due—that the plaintiff was illegally apprehended by Captain Hewett, and co»'oelled hy threats of per- sonal violence to pay a c'.tain sum ot money to his (the plaintiff's) woikiiieii, which by law he was not bound to pay. It appeared ciearly by the evidence of the only witness called by the plaintiffs, that so far from using threats of personal violence at'd inciting others to acts of violence against the person of th., complainant, that Captain llewett used « very me ni in his power to protect him, and that he rfforded him an asylum ilt his Louse, and took steps to enllore he complainant's safe arrival at his own house. His lordship stopped the case, saying—I am of opinion that this is the most idle action I I ver heard in my lifi-. Mr Kvnn< declined addressing :he jury. His Lorddiip su nmed up the ewdente to tie jury vtry fully. The ju. y, witlu,u a moment's hesi tton refu ued a verdict for the defendant, exp essi e, at the same time their opinion that the action was brought o 1 the most frivo'o js and vexatious gn u ds Counsel for the plaintiff— Vr Chilton, Q. and Nlr W Ili; m Attorney —Mr i jown Llanelly, Car- marthenshire. C uintel for the defendant—-Mr E ans, Q.C., and Mr Jame; At,orney-Mrr, P. Richards Malins and others versus Sir Robert Price and others.-Tliis was an action respecting the righu to a stream of water. After occupy iug the attention of the court for some time it was agreed to be referred. Counsel for the pliiititiff -Nir V. Williams and Mr Nicii,,di; Attorney-IrStiackell. Counsel for the defendant — Mr James and Mr Richards; A Itortiey-.Nlr Morgan of Bridgend. The court rose at half past eight. THURSDAY. Pros, of John Davies v. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Swansea. Counsel for the prosecutor, Mr Chilton, Q. C., Mr V Williams, and Mr W. lI. Smith. Attorney, iNIr M .nsfield. Counsel for the dependents, Messrs James and Richards. Attorney, Mr Thomas Thomas. Mr Smitla opened the pleadings by stating the nature of the case to the jury:—They were to try c'riain issues raised on a return made by the defen- dants to a mandamus issued from the Court of Queen's Bench. The prosecutor had formerly held he joint offices of Collector, Treasurer, and Common Attorney to the Borough of Swansea previou&ly to the passing of the Municipal Reform Act; that he was removed from that situation and he now claimed cnipneosa- tion for the loss of his oflice. The amount of com- liensation claimcd was 9973. The prosecutor had sent in his claim to the corporation, which claim not having heen allowed or rejected within the term of six months, the prosecutor became entitled to re e ve the full amount under one of the rrovis one of the Act. The defendants stated that there nev r was in existence the oflice of co'lector; the plaintiff pleaded that there was; this was the first is-ue the jury would have to try. The defendants again argued that George Thomas and the prosecutor held the office jointly: the prosecutor admitted that they held the office jointly, but that George Thomas never acted and never received remuneration. This was the second issue. The re-urn proceeded to state that the prosecutor was not an officer within the meaning of the Act entitled to compensation, and that lie had never been removed. He pleaded that l.e was an oIKctr entitled to compensation, and that he had been removed. Thill was the third is>ue. The return further state I that the prosecutor had not set foith the nature of his claim. The prosecutor pteaded that he haJ sent in IIudl claim fully. This was the fourth issue. The fifth issue referred to fie claim uot having been allowed or rejected within six months. Mr Chilton addressed the jury. After some gen ral observations he said that this w. s an action brought by the prosecutor, who had bfen for 18 yeara an honest servant of the Corporation of Swansea, against that powerful corporatijn. Ht- had been driven to take his present course to compel the Corporation of Swansea to do him justice-to pay him the amount of compensation justly due to him. Suits of law we e to his poor client ruinous; he never would have thought of going to law had he not been driven t I it by urg* nt necessity. The o)rpt)ration on the other hand had an inexhau^ible purse. Suits of law were to them pastime. They may go on fo ever. They were very aptly represented by his Le. m d Fr end Mr James, who e honest countenance and portly person, with fat capon lined, certainly qualified mm to be a representative of one of the old corpora- tions, much better thaa the corp' rations of the pre- sent day, who would not put with a sixpence unless it were screwed from them by the law. Individually, th« members ol the Swansea Town Council misnk be highly respectable men, but on the present occasiwti he spoke of thema s a body as a body they committed acts which they would tremble to think of as indi- viduals. When the Municipal Reform Act passed the legislature determined, and very justly, tnat the old servants of the corporations should not be driven out upon the wide world without auy provision for their subsistence. In cases of this nature it had been de- cided that the Act should have a liberal construction put on it where it referred to claims for colnpeitsaiion. The 65th section of the Act gave the councit the power to remove any of the persons who held offices under the old corpora-ions; while hy the 07th sect. the officer.0 tlailS removed were entitled to full compensation for the loss of their offices The oftireifs who wel e removed were directed to send in a staktew- ikt oftheir claim tn the new council; the Act, in clear and express terms, de- clare.1 what cour-e the council shoulii pursue upon the receipt of such cla m. There could be no mistake about *t. 'I hey were directed to take the claim »o delivered into their consideration. Tliey were to determine the claim—allow it or reject it; and if they neglected to do so tor six months, the claim M** to be considered at ftllawsd, and the corporation were directed t0 secure payment by bond. Do the were directed to secure payment by bond. On the 16th of December, 1836, his client had a at in his clajin, the jury would observe that was nearly five I years ago. His client had then been some time re- moved from office, and, of conrae, payment was due to hnu Irom the time he lost his situation. Mr to him from the time he lost his situation. Mr Cviiuton read the letter sent in to the Town Council claiming compensation. The average income for th* I five preceding-years was £ 65 ll's per auuum. The ivn.ooiit claimed was £973. calculated according to government annuities. Mr Chilton proceeded, staling that the duty of the corporation upon receiving that letter was to have at taken it into consideration* | or at furthest within six months. If the letter not contain sufficient information, or contained aaj ambiguity, the Act of Parliament gave them the j power ol summoning the claimant into their presencc> power ol summoning the claimant into their presence. when they DJiht personally examine him as to all particulars. Hut the corporation had done no such I thing. They had not ac.ttld with common courtesy towards his client. They did not deign to send an/ I reply to the .application 01 an old and respectable servant, whutn they had removed from his office. His client waited nearly a whole year for a reply« I and not having received any, on the 7th of Decern- I ber, 1837, he wrote another respectful letter to the Mayor and Aldermen of S,v;Uis?a. [Mr Chilton read the letter, it was to the effect, 'hat no objection haviogt been made to his claim within six months, he applied for the amount under the authoritv of the G- th sectKW1 of the Municipal Act ] That letter was treated with the same neglect as the first; and his client not beinjl able ltt obtain any reply, printed in the year 1833. a memorial to the Lo*d* of the Tre isury. They of I once called on the Corporation ot Swansea to answ^' the claim made by Mr Davies in his memorial. Th* f corporation replied to the treasury order, and on ih« I lsth of June, 1838, an order was issued from the r Lords of the lreasury. [Mr Chilton waa lbroceediolt to read it when hi was interrupted by Mr James, wh" objected to it as being irrevehnt. Mr Chilton 111'. pealed to the judge, who decided that he did 6-9 think any opinion tHpress-d by the Lords of tbe Treasury ought to have weight with the jury th« jury wero to decide by the facts of the c#s £ After further rciiinrkst Mr Chilton ivoceeiletl 10 | state that alter a considerable iiUervaK Mr Davif* was at last obliged to commence an action against tb* corporation—he was driven to the Court of Que*»"* Bench. Mr Chilton said it was necessary for J explain to ti'lejury the nature of the proceedings io the Court of Qiieen's Bencii. tlis client laid bel*()Ie the court the lacts ot the case, and applied to for a rule to shew cause why he &hw»ld not have writ (which was a command from the Queen to tb* Corporation of Swansea, ordering them to p:»y money) issued; he states the facts contained in I averment; and corporation have an opportunity | of reph ing aqd the advantage of swearing last, I whatever Ihe corporation swore was, by a rule f court, believed. The corporation employed the A* 1 torney General ^Qd other eminent counsel, who I gued that the application must fail on two ground*^ j the very grounds the jury were thon empanelled j* try-'—t* irst, because Mr Daviea held the oflice joi*' J with another person and, secondly, that in h*8* ''f I plication he had nftt complied with the pkro*isioBS.0_ j the Act, w||irh required a {all statement and desc' I 9f vihtje, 84c. They h%d also ««mtead«d I