The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

NEWPORT. MR. BLEWITT AND THE KING OF IIA-ION-FR.-Til the House of Commons, on Monday night, Mr. Blewitt asked the Attorney-General his opinion whether it was consistent with the constitution and the conflicting duties of his Hano- verian Majesty as King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland, that his said Majesty should take his seat in the House of Lords, and exercise his right as a peer of the realm and councillor of the Queen ? The Attorney-General said he had every desire to discharge the duties of his office properly but he thought, sincerely, that on the present occasion he should best discharge his duty by declining to answer the question.—(Cries of hear, hear.) NEWPORT.—One day last week, the footbridge, leading from Mr. Gregory's, on the canal parade to the wharf on the other side, and which stood some ten feet or so over the canal, fell with a tremendous crash. It was in a state of dilapidation for some time, and afforded but uncertain footing. Fortunately no one was passing at the time of its fall sufficiently near to be hurt by it. Mrs. Samuel Jones and daughter, of Hill-street, were going in the direction of the spot, and in a few moments would have been under it. ACCIDENT.-An inquest was held before Williamjirewer, Esq., coroner, on Friday, the IQth inst., in the parish of Machau, on the body of a child, killed by a locomotive engine. The child ran after the engine, and attempted to get upon it, but in doing so fell, and the wheels passed over its head killing it on the spot. NEWPORT MONTHLY MARKET.—Monday, June 19.— This market was one of the poorest known in Newport for some time past. Sales were few, and stock by no means numerous. Beef averaged from 4d. to 5d. per lb. mutton, 5d.; and lamb, 5d. Very little business was done, and we were assured by men of experience that a worse market has not been known in Newport for many a day. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT,-On Thursday morning last, as a corpse was being conveyed to a grave-yard, the horse at- tached to the hearse suddenly took fright, crossing the bridge and ran off. It continued furiously along for the space of about a mile and a half, when the hearse broke down, and the animal instantly dropped dead. The lad who was driv- ing fortunately escaped. A female, however, who sat on the box was flung off, and, we regret to say, had her jaw- bone broken. She was conveyed to town, when ■ she was attended by Dr. Hawkins. ODD FELLOWSHIP.- BL-IENAVON. The Prince Howel the Good," and the Victoria and Prince Albert" lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, M.U., recently held their anniversary at Blaenavon. The two lodges, when united together in procession, pre- sented a most admirable appearance. About 200 of the brethren were present, the whole of whom were very respect- ably dressed, and behaved with the greatest decorum. Accompanied by their banners and the Blaenavon band, they left the Crown Inn at eleven o'clock, and having called for brother H. Scrivenor, Esq., manager of the works, at his residence, they visited their treasurer, J. Griffiths, Esq., who had provided for their refreshment some excellent cake and eWRW. The brethren next proceeded to the Independent Chapel, when an excellent sermon, suited to the occasion, was preached by the Rev. Mr. Griffiths. The procession then returned to the lodge-room at the Crown. The brethren sat down to dinner at three o'clock. The excellent quality and abundance of the entertainment, the superior style in which they were sent up, reflect great credit on the worthy host, Mr. Isaac Morgan. H. Scrivenor, Esq., was chairman. The vice-chair was occupied by Charles Harper, P.G.M. Abergavenny district. The usual loyal toasts having been drank with the most enthusiastic applause, The chairman gave the healths of the Revs. J. Jones, Griffiths, Independent minister, and Michael, Baptist minis- ter. He gave them jointly, knowing what cordiality had always marked their intercourse in spite of the differences of creed. The Rev. J. Jones returned thanks. He trusted that the same unanimity which had hitherto existed between him and his Dissenting brethren would continue as long as he held the incumbency of Blaenavon. Non-essential differences of creed should not prevent fellow-labourers in the same vine- yard meeting together in harmony and Christian love. He had many opportunities of observing the good done by the order of Odd Fellows and he assured them that he would be always ready to do anything in his power to promote its welfare. The chairman, ill proposing the Independent Order of Odd Fellows., said, he had expected much of the society, that his highest expectations had been fully realised. lie believed it contributed more than any other society to the spread of benevolence and charity, and the extension of good principles and morality among its members. He felt he could depend upon every Odd Fellow, even in the worst of times. Where Odd Fellowship is to be found, there also will be found order and regularity. He hoped the same good feeling which had united them tn good limes would unite them in bad. He trusted they would not be deterred by difficulties from supporting an institution which had for its object the suppdrt of themselves, their wives, an:! their children in the time of their greatest need. P.G.M. Charles Harper returned thanks on behalf of the order. The chairman proposed Prosperity to the Prince Howel the Good," and the Victoria and Prince Albert" lodges. P.C.S. Ihomas Leadbeter returned thanks on behalf of the Prince Howel the Good" lodge. He felt happy to meet so large a body of the brethren. He congratulated them on the highly respectable appearance they had made. Their good conduct and regularity during the day did them ciedit. Many of the Prince Howel the Good lodge had been opposed to holding an anniversary this year; for his part, he was always of opinion, that the holding of anniversaries was for the good and welfare of the order; besides, many brethren lived at a distance. They would make it a point of attending the anniversary, and thus have an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the state of the finances of the lodge, whether progressing or not. Since their last annual meeting, two brethren had been called from among them- he trusted to another and a better lodge above. The times had been worse than ever thi year; but still the lodge had gone on steadily. They had, during the year, paid £ 130 to tie sick; good and worthy Odd Fellows out of employment had been assisted to the amount of £ 16. To the Widow and Orphan's fund they had contributed £ 13. They had, at present, £ 370 in hand. Prosperity had attended them riemdence ever smiles on Charity. He has had the honour ol belonging to the order eleven years; and he hoped to die a worthy Odd Fellow. *iK™?.e,Si Esq., N.G. of the "Victoria and Prince Albert lodge, returned thanks on behalf of his lodge. He said, so much had been said already, that little was left for him to enlarge upon. He was highly delighted with the order and respectability exhibited by every brother that day and it pleased him the more, because he was well aware of the deep misery many brethren had been compelled to struggle through in consequence of the wretched state of the iron trade; but for all this, the Queen (alluding to his own lodge) still holds up her head—aye, and will continue to do so as long as brethren continue thus to be united. In spite of the badness of trade, they had made many new members, and men of influence too. They had relieved their sick and distressed, and had, during the year, increased their fund E40. He hoped that the two lodges would always walk together, and that the Victoria and Prince Albert lod"e would meet the Prince Howel at the social board till they became too numerous for the house to contain them'. It was very much to the welfare of the two lodges, that they should meet once a year; for as a link of which Odd Fellowship was emblematical wants fresh welding occasionally, so would they also, by meeting together, be cemented the more closely in the bonds of friendship, love, and truth." He could not sit down without reminding them, that the brightest gem of the order had just bekan to shed its lustre upon them, and u it was such an one that the rising sun would shine brightly on; and on which it would smile with pleasure.' He alluded to the Widow and Orphan's full 1. It is only as it were a spark now, but it would soon kindle forth into a name, which would shed a bright, clear, and cheering light upon the four corners of the globe. He believed he did not exaggerate much in saying the four corners of the' universe; for to use the language of one whom he should designate the Ettrick Shepherd, of Blaenavon." The branches of Odd Fellowship had extended themselves from Norway to Naples, and from Cape Clear to the Dardanelles. Had it not also stretched across the broad Atlantic It had travelled up the St. Lawrence and the mighty Mississipi. It had extended from the Lake Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico Where has it not reached to 1 He had no doubt it wotilil, get into China soon, and was sure it would do the Celestials a vast deal of good. The health of the chairman, II. Scrivenor, Esq., was next proposed by N.G. Hill. They knew what a strenuous supporter of the order that gentleman had been- They knew, that although he had so ably filled the chair that day, he would have pieterred seeing one of his men in it, because more advanced in the order. He knew, however, he was too honest to wish to be praised before his face. He would, therefore, merely say, God bless him and all his family. Drank with musical honours. Air—" The Old English Gentleman." Mr. Scriveno, in returning thanks, said he was very sensible of the kind manner in which they had received this toast. He was sure they had done so with the most sincere feeling, for which he gave them credit. He had always *?ken,a'chantage of the opportunity afforded by meetings like thus of offering a few words of advice. He considered most of those present were connected with the works, and in- clination, as well as duty, always prompted him to notice anything which might have occurred among the workmen during the past year to meet his disapprobation. He was happy and proud to say nothing of the sort had taken place, and for this he thanked the men of Blaenavon—it did them credit, They might depend upon it, if order and good conduct were ever of importance, they are so at present, when times are so bad. It behoves every man to depend on his own good feeling to support him through the struggle. The misery caused by the depression of the iron trade will be much enhanced if the workmen do not conduct them- selves with propriety. The Blaenavon men had suffered .much, but still less than the men of other works. During the last year the iron-masters had agreed to decrease their make by vne-fgm-tfi, Many wastes pee vbliged to reduce their make still lower some to stop altogether but by the regulation the Blaenavon works were enabled to keep four furnaces in blast out of five, and this he considered to be a fair maximum, as one furnace might always be ex- pected to be out for repairs or other causes. Thus they saw he was borne out in saying that Blaenavon had suffered less than many works. He therefore trusted they would con- tinue to support, by their good conduct, the works which had supported them. The masters have been great sufferers —their expenditure has been great-they have all felt pressed for means to carry on their works. It is the interest as well as the duty of the men to keep order. Let disorder once begin, and the men themselves will be the greatest sufferers. Many of the masters would not be at all sorry if their furnaces were put out ;—many would have them put out themselves were it not for the sake of the men, their wives, and their children, who would be driven on the wide world. He feared not that the men of Blaenavon would ever dis- grace themselves by joining with the disaffected of other districts in riot and outrage. He had heard them highly spoken of during the Newport riots. Not a man from Blaenavon took part in that unhappy affair. It was in vain that the emissaries of the discontented came among them they could not shake their allegiance to their Sovereign, nor their observance of the laws. He felt proud to have been the manager of such men; and he leaves them with regret. He thought that the good example set by the large body of Odd Fellows composing the Blaenavon lodges tends much to promote good feeling and good conduct among the work- men in general. There was an institution connected with the order which could not be too much supported. He alluded to the Widow and Orphans' Fund. Our wives and children are part of ourselves we should, therefore, strain every nerve to make provisions for them. He had recom- mended the Widow and Orphans' Fund to the notice of the directors, and they had very kindly subscribed £ 5. For his own part, he would, as he did last year, hand in C2 2s. He should at all times be happy to hear of their general pros- perity. He was sure they would continue to conduct themselves with credit to themselves and to their employers; and that the same good feeling which they had at all times displayed towards him would also be shown to his successor. It was not his intention to leave the neighbourhood for the present, and should he be in the country at their next anni- very, and they asked him to dine with them, he would make a point of attending. P. G. William Ferguson's, health proposed by P.G.M. Harper. P.G. Ferguson, in returning thanks, after alluding t the respectable appearance they had made that day, the excellent sermon they had heard, the good dinner, and the harmony of the meeting, said, that some strangers (lid not understand why they called themselves Odd Fellows. Odd meant something without a fellow or equal so he thought Odd Fellowship stood alone, unequalled. It was objected to by some for being a secret society; but they only preserved se- crecy to avoid imposition. If their proceedings were open to strangers, how could they know whether parties from a distance, calling themselves Odd Fellows, were really so or not. He then introduced some amusing anecdotes bearing on this point, and concluded an excellent and humourous address by advising every girl to marry an Odd Fellow, and every wife to make her husband become one. The health of It. Steel, Esq., G.M., of the Victoria and Prince Albert Lodge, was then given, and responded to. Several other toasts and sentiments in harmony with the occasion terminated the business of an evening spent in the unalloyed happiness of Odd Fellowship.

BcEComSiutT. REBECCA AT CARMARTHEN. ATTEMPTED DESTRUCTION OF THE UNION WORK HOUSE. ARRIVAL OF THE MILITARY, AND AP- PREHENSION OF 60 OF THE RIOTERS. The recent triumph of Rebecca and her daughters, over defenceless wooden gates, and parish constables and pen- sioners of nearly the same material, emboldened the amazon to proceed without let or hindrance in her work of demo- lition. The apprehension so generally entertained of a visit from this lady created considerable alarm in the town of Carmarthen on Monday. She promised in her own facetious way that she would pay the borough functionaries a flying visit on Monday, and she kept her word. The professed object was to seek a redress of grievances, and to seek, after the Irish fashion, a repeal of that union which so intimately existed between the toll gate. keepers and the gates. These threats naturally alarmed the town, and precautionary measures were taken by the mayor and magistrates. The result of a consultation between the borough and county magistrates was to write to the Home Office for assistance. Sir James Graham in reply said,— that a military force sufficient to meet the exigencies of the case would be sent to their assistance. At eight o'clock on Monday morning, the special constables, with the police and pensioners assembled at the Guildhall, when they were met by Dr. Stacey, the mayor. At this time the streets were thronged with anxious groups of the inhabitants en- deavouring to obtain information as to the movements tvnd measures of the Rebeccaites. By noon business was com- pletely suspended, and the immediate neighbourhood of the Guild-hall became densely crowTded with people anxious to see the events of the day, while the more timid were seen wending their way with anxious look to the Castle-hill, to watch the advance of the military, on whom they felt the safety of the town wholly depended. The dreaded hour of noon, the time Rebecca bad fixed for her visit, at last arrived, and with it the intelligence that the rioters were approaching the town by the old Newcastle road. This was immediately continued by the appearance of the procession, headed by a hand of music, and bearing a white banner, with this inscription Cyfiawiuler yr ydym yn ymofyn" (justice we do require), passing through Water-street gate, thence they proceeded up Catherine- street, round the Monument, down Lammas-street, Blue- street, over the Quay, Spilman-street, round St. Peter's Church, and down King-street, Cross, and Guildhall Square. Some estimate the procession at 2000, while others stated it as high as 4000. On reaching Guildhall Square, the Rebeccaites immediately directed their course towards the Union YV ork-house, which is situated a short distance from it. When they reached this point, they knocked at the door of the lodge, rang the porter's bell, and demanded im- mediate admittance. This demand not being complied with, they forced their way within the outer enclosure by hun- dreds, entered the workhouse, proceeded up-stairs, and commenced throwing out the beds and bed-clothing from the windows, at the same time demanding the instantaneous release of the inmates. :> "W hile this scene of confusion was proceeding, a party of the 4th Light Dragoons, under the command of Major Parlby, arrived from Cardiff. They left on Saturday even- ing, and forced marches appointedly reached the scene of the riots. They had just reached Spilman-street, when the magistrates were informed that the mob had taken posses- sion of the workhouse, and were going to rase it to the ground, whereupon Mr. Thomas Charles Morris, one of the borough magistrates, headed the military, and proceeded to the spot. They immediately surrounded the wall to cut off the escape of those within, while a party entered to secure the rioters. Notwithstanding the precautions of the military in the confusion numbers contrived to elude their grasp bv scaling the walls, and beating a retreat as fast as their limbs could carry them. Indeed this part of the day's proceedings is described as inexpressibly ludicrous. The courage of these doughty heroes, which has hitherto animated them to the pitch of valour when only opposed by the nerveless efforts of a supine magistracy and a few inoffensive consta- bles, like Bob Acre's pluck," suddenly oozed out before a handful of well-disciplined soldiers in fact, the route was as signal and instantaneous as the celebrated defeat of the local amateur warriors now almost as famous in Cambrian story as the retreat of the ten thousand. The soldiers, however, succeeded in taking upwards of sixty prisoners. A meeting of the borough and county magistrates was immediately held on the spot, and the depositions of several witnesses taken down. The magistrates were engaged in the examination till about nine o'clock at night, when they committed six persons to the county gaol, and three to the borough prison, all to take their trial at the ensuing assizes one man was remanded and fifty-two were held to bail. Major Parlby and his party deserve the greatest credit for the prompt and soldier-like manner in which they acted on this occasion. Some idea of the dispatch with which the troop hastened to the scene of the disturbance, may be formed from a fact that one of the troop-horses imme- diately dropped down dead from sheer exhaustion, on enter- ing the yard of the workhouse. The capture of so many of Rebecca's gang, will, no doubt, tend to lead to the conviction of the leader or leaders, who have so long bid defiance to the law. Another correspondent writes—"The Rebeccaites, after parading through the town, marched up, with numbers increased from the town population, to the workhouse, where, after having demanded and obtained admittance, they proceeded to demand the keys of the matron, and to pitch the paupers's beds out of the window. They said but little, but their object, it is presumed, was to make every parish keep its own poor in its own house and they intended to tl the paupers to quit, and then the union-house itself was to be razed to the ground. At the moment they were about carrying into execution these ill-advised measures, the military appeared. A troop of the Fourth Dragoons came from Cardiff; they galloped up to the union, the Riot Act was read, the unresisting and irrational Rebeccaites were frightened out of their senses, if, indeed, they ever had any, the union gates were closed upon them, and behold the Re- beccaites, men and horses, in the yard of the workhouse, sunning themselves in stupid surprise, and awaiting the decision of the magistrates. The mayor, with Mr. Thomas Charles Morris, Sir John Mansell, and several county ma- gistrates, took the depositions of the matron of the workhouse and some spectators, and the result was that some of the rioters were committed to the borough gaol, while some others having been identified as the, Talyog offenders, who resisted the execution of her Majesty's writs a few days since, were sent to the county gaol. It is confidently stated that both the gaols will be pulled down, and the prisoners liberated. Serious apprehensions are entertained for the safety of the mayor and Mr. T. C. Morris. Our town po- pulation amounts to 12,000, and the majority are in favour of the Rebeecaites. The Riot Act was read by Mr. T. C. JNIorris, a county magistrate, and cousin to the member for Carmarthen, who yyas returned by the Liberal irfterest. Several men were slightly wounded, it is believed, by the soldiers' sabres. Never, however, was an incipient riot sooner quelled never was there a more harmless, as well as senseless, demonstration never a more formidable mob and if it should turn out that any man, woman, or child, has received a serious sabre wound, it will be deeply deplored. The soldiers never yet conceived of a body so unresisting as these poor Rebeccaites have been found. Had they known the character of the mob, or procession, they would, it is thought, at the same time, have known that the sight of a sabre would have been quite enough to have dispersed all the poor ignorant people. To talk of turnpike agitation looks like burlesque." Rebecca," so far from being discomfitted by the capture and imprisonment of her children at the workhouse, took fresh courage from disaster, and commenced a vigorous on- slaught against the out-posts of the enemy. These consisted in five toll-gates on the borders of Cardiganshire, which she valiantly destroyed on Monday night. No defence, of course, was made by these fixtures, and Rebecca made "small meat of them. The detachment of the Fourth Dragoons which left Cardiff had two horses killed from sheer exhaustion. With this exception, and a serious hurt received by a boy who fell into a cellar in Carmarthen, no other accident occurred in the rout of the Rebeccaits. A small army of observation, it it understood, will be scattered over the disaffected localities, so as to be within hail in the event of Rebecca resolving to continue this very discreditable war. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Carmarthen, Thursday night. The excitement consequent on the attack on the work- house, and the apprehension of the rioters, has entirely subsided, and all at present is quiet. Business, which was partially suspended, is resumed, and there is every reason to hope that, from the presence of the military now quartered here, and the folly of the insane legislation of Rebecca, that little, if any, further disturbance need be apprehended.

To the Editor of the Advertiser and Guardian. SIR,—I was much surprised by your maintaining, in one of your recent papers, that human sacrifices did not prevail amongst the ancient Druids, because I had supposed that the fact of such attempts to propitiate the Deity in Britain, as elsewhere, had been so well authenticated, as to be denied by none but those whose minds are prejudiced by the pride of scepticism, or by the obstinacy of an exclusive nationality. Believing that you are not one of the benighted, who grope their way clouded by the Cimmerian darkness superinduced by these causes, I hope the following observations will be acceptable. When we consider the Asiatic origin of the Celts, we can- not but admit the probability of their having borrowed many of their religious rites trom the Oriental nations, nor when we consider the influence of their Priesthood in preserving their Religion, can we doubt that they retained their sacri- ficial ceremonies. Now it may safely be asserted that there is no nation mentioned in history which may not be re- proached with having more than once made the blood of its citizens stream forth in fanatic ceremonies, to appease the Divinity when he appeared angry, or to move him when he appeared indolent. That the. sacred rites of the Phoenicians were stained with the blood of human victims, we are told by many ancient writers. Herodotus expressly pronounces ic to have been the custom of the Persians, though the least idolatrous of the Pagans, to offer human victims by inhuma- tion. Many proofs may be given, establishing the fact of human sacrifices in ancient India. The "Arabian Nights," a faithful and amusing picture of the Oriental world, at a more recent epoch, represent in the most odious colours, the Magians, or worshippers of fire, (who even at this day snr- vive along the banks of the Indus) to whom they attribute the annual sacrifice of a Mussulman. Equally vain is the attempt to repel the charge as affixed to the Hindoos, by declaring them to have been early dis- tinguished for arts, industry, civilization, and science and that to maintain the rites of the Druids to have been of a less sanguinary nature, on the ground that they were remarkable for their wisdom, equity, and moderation, that they enter- tained just sentiments of the Divine charact er, Ias resisting evil for the sake of annihilating it, and not for the mere malevolent purpose of punishing," and that one of the fundamental principles of their doctrine was no other than universal benevolence. Thopy who maintain that criminals only submitted to a willing death, which assumed somewhat of a sacrificial nature, as involving an expiation for sins, forget that fortitude was the greatest virtue in their ethical creed that they regarded this world as a place of degrada- tion, as well as a place of trial; that their religion therefore excited them to be no less sanguinary than the priests of Mithras, who forced the candidates for initiation to undergo probationary exercises, under which many perished that by tribes in a state of incessant hostility the gates of mercy were shut on prisoners of war, and that at this day we see some peoples uniting the cultivation of polite arts and sciences with barbarous usages, which, though they shock the plainest principles of right and wrong, the influence of custom has established 0.3 I-A vv I'll uid blo.mc!C<3e. Yours, &e. THETA. To the Editor of the Advertiser and Guardian. SIn, —In an article upon The relative state of the Church and Dissent," in your last week's paper, I observed that the zeal of the erudite Churchman who penned it, had hurried him into many inaccuracies and mis-statements to some of these, with your kind permission, sir, I intend devoting this letter. Your correspondent, I think, assumes rather too much of the Censor, when he condemns the conduct of Sir James Graham, with regard to the Educational Clauses of the New Factory Bill," as vacillating. No mortal man, save Sir James, could stick to and prosecute stwh a bill with so much cool effrontery, in the face of so unprecedented a de- monstration of its unacceptableness to the surest and truest friends of education. "S acillating, iiideed Woull your correspondent, sir, were he in the place of Sir James at this peculiar crisis, risk the unbounded contempt of all good men. and the sure destruction of his party, by stopping his ears to the com- plaints of millions of her Majesty's subjects ? Would he have the audacity to legislate entirely for a party instead of for his country 1 "W ould he, sir ? For ought 1 know, he may- be bigot enough to do so but sure I am the Conservative body of this empiie are too alive to their own interests, ever to elect one of such a character to be their chieftain. It is far from mine intention to enter into a defence of those at present at the helm of our national affairs; but in proceeding to the more immediate object of this letter, I could not pass unnoticed that part of your correspondent's article, which ha^e called forth the preceding observations. That man can surely be but a little remove from a bigot who could describe as vacillating, the manner in which the Go- vernment has received the opposition given to their darling bill-a bill that dares so great an infringement upon the re- ligious and domestic liberties of the subject. I agree with your correspondent, that the alterations al- ready made in the bill are for the worse; yea, wrily, it is- The worse for mending. washed a fouler stain But I am far from conceding that the concessions made therein to 'Wesleyan objectors,' tile most respectable of Dissenters,' gives it this character. The fact is, the concessions are on the wrong side. But even if it were not so, does not your able correspondent know that these very "Wesleyan ob- jectors" have ever been (inconsistently, we admit,) the best fliends the establishment has without her pale! And would he not have them in any ways repaid,—not even by a little concession in a Factory- Bill 1 Sir James Graham knows their power too well to adopt, if he can help it, so suicidal a policy. But we must refrain from extending our observa- tions, and proceed to our immediate object, viz.-to show up the attempt your correspondent has made to stigmatise Dissenters as the promoters and abetters of those movements, which tend to disorganise society, and to associate that body with the riots and excesses that, last year, took place in the manufacturing districts. I desire not to underrate the political value 'of a Church education" to those whom her peculiar tuition benefits, and have no doubt that the political doctrines which she teaches (albeit, political teaching would be considered a sin in a Dissenting minister) of passive obedience," and submis- sion to the powers that be," had a certain effect in the disturbances to which we have alluded yet, nevertheless I most seriously demur from your correspondent's assertion, that nothing could be more marked than the evidence then given of the success of the National School system, in making good citizens and good subjects." The fact is, nothing had contributed more to those disturbances, and nothing does contribute more to the general disaffection of the British nation at the present moment, than the ascen- dency given to the Church Establishment and her schools, and the manner in which she uses that ascendency. Your correspondent alludes to the report" yot up" by the" N a- tional Education Society," than which, nothing could be IIL more exaggerated and false. Facts are stubborn things," Mr. Editoi. To the following statement allow me to direct voui, attention, with a view to ascertain, at such a crisis, how far the influence of the Church and Church Schools had been beneficially exerted in the support of law and order" A table showing the religious denominations of persons tried in connexion with the late outbreak in Manchester, Preston, and LiverpoolI o religion, Church Catholics Dissenters Total or unknown, of all sects. Manchester. 53 GS 4 45 170 Preston 4 79 11 23 117 Liverpool. 9 G6 39" 24 138 Total 66 213 54 92 425 ihis is the success cf the National School system in making good good citizens and good subjects. This is how the influence of the Church has been beneficially exerted. As 92 is to 213, so is the tendency to riot amongst Dissent- ers less than amongst Churchmen. At this advanced period of the week I shall add no more. I will leave the statement with all unprejudiced minds and as to the remaining part of your correspondent's article, although I have been almost kmpted to further animadver- sion, yet I shall leave it with your readers for as much as it is worth. I am, Mr. Editor, Yours very truly, Cardiff, June 15th, 1843. NO BIGOT. "»1«". To the Editor of the Advertiser and Guardian. SIR, The following paragraph appeared in your paper o last Saturday fortnight:—" Such is the rate of mortality at Dowlais, that three or four funerals a-day have occurred there for these several weeks." To correct any erroneous impression that such a state- ment may have produced, will you allow me, through the medium of your journal, to state, that in the month of April last there occurred in Dowlais fifteen deaths, and in May, twenty-six; making for these several weeks a weekly average of about five. This information has been obtained through the kindness of the registrar of the district. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, Dowlais, June, 14, 1843. VERITAS. JUSTICE TO SOCIETY. To the Editor of the Morning Post. SIR, Concurring, as I most fully do, in the justice of vour remarks upon the horrible language and disgusting abuse of Daniel O'Connell in his Repeal addresses, may I be permitted, through your columns, to suggest, that it is high time some means should be taken to put a stop to its further progress, as nothing is to be hoped for from any better feelings on his part. Faney anything moi-f shocking than such terms 3<: lie applies to those like the Dukp of Wellington, Sir R. Peel, and Lord Brougham (audacious miscreants, bloody-minded ruffians, and villians.) Again, to Lord Beaumont (himself a Catholic), filthy brute." Surely if such a man cannot be legally expelled from Par- liament, he ought, at least, to be so from all decent private society. Brookes's, and the other clubs of which he is a member, should at once repudiate, and erase his name from their lists as one totally disqualified for the society of gentlemen, and such, I trust, they will do without delay. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A FRIEND TO DECENCY AS WELL AS JUSTICE. Arthur's Club, June 9, 1843.

IRELAND. THE REPEAL AGITATION. At a meeting of the Irish Conservative Peers and Members of Parliament held at the Earl of Wicklow's on the 17th of June, 1843, It was unanimously resolved- That this meeting deeply deplores the presnt alarming state of Ireland. That they consider the multitudinous assemblages now taking place in various parts of Ireland to be dangerous to the pulic peace, and calculated to create well-founded terror in the minds of Her Majesty's well-disposed subjects of all classes in that country. That in consequence, the ordinary occupations of the population are suspended, and the public mind kept in a state of painful and dangerous excitement. That under these circumstances the undersigned noblemen and gentlemen feel it to be their duty to declare, individually and collectively, their anxious-desire and firm determination to use their best exertions, in co-operation with Her Majesty's Government, for the purpose of upholding the law, preserv- ing the public peace in that part of the United Kingdom, and allaying that dangerous excitement to which they have referred. Here follow the signatures. THE CLARE DEMONSTRATOX ON SATURDAY. There appears to be no reasonable doubt but that the dis- play of physical force at Ennis, called together at the nod of Mr. O'Connell and of his devoted sacerdotal allies, far ex- ceeded in magnitude, in desperate enthusiasm, and fixedness of purpose, any of the preceding demonstrations of the pre- sent month, not axcepting Cork or Tipperary. The numbers are variously stated some put them down at 500,000, others at 700,000; but, allowing the fullest scope for exaggeration, it is idle to deny that, because there may have been 100,000, 200,000, or even 300,000 less than stated, therefore such as- semblies, or their objects, are one with the less dangerous or unconstitutional. Judging from the language of Mr. O'Connell, who grows daring in proportion to the inertness of Government, it really seems apparent, to the most moderate men, that the day has arrived for a check to be put to an agetation which only bides its time" to ter- minate in open rebellion. The meeting of Clare was also remarkable for the number of respectable, or rather influential, persons who took part in the proceedings, there being 10 county magistrates present, while, better than all, the money, the real sinew—the arms," as Mr. O'Connell says, flowed in in abundance. £1,200 at Ennis, 1:600, at Murroe, and Heaven knows how much from Athlone on Sunday and no one need wonder if the repeal rent for the next week far exceeded 93,000. Is this a power, or are these means, to be quietly left in the undisputed possession of one irresponsible individual 1 BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.(Friday.)—J. C. Walne, Stow- market, Suffolk, wine merchant. Bankrupts. -George Chapman, Aylesbury, grocer—Donald Black, John Alfred Gore, nnj Hubert Tayior, SambrOok-court, merchants — John Burton, Sheffield, butcher—James Stoodley, Bridport, Dorsetshire, twine manufacturer-Thomas Lampen, Devon- port, lineiidral)ei--E(Iwai-d Farmer, Wellington, Shropshire, grocer--William Hall, Birmingham, shoemaker--George Leeson, Birmingham, factor John Lloyd Dobson, Kidder- minster, carpet manufacturer-John Donnelly, Liverpool, merehallt- William Haskins, Kiugswood, Gloucestershire, grocer.

Ufrtbo, Otarriageo, AMR Dt.ttfjø. "F" BIRTHS. On the I Ith of June, at the Maindee, near Newport, Mon- mouthshire, the lady of Charles Prothero, Esq., of a daughter. On the 9th of June, at the Vicarage, Woolhope, Here- fordshire, the lady of the Rev. Francis Mereweather, of twin sons. On the 17th of June, at Carmarthen, Mrs. T. B. Powell, of a son. On the 15th of June, at Newland, Gloucestershire, the lady of Major Burrows, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 15th of June, at St. Stephen's church, Bristol, Charles, son of Richard Morgan. Esq., Somerset House, Swansea, to Augusta Caroline, second daughter of Francis Bickley, Esq., of the Island of Trinidad. On the 15th of June, at the Chapel of Ease, at Taibach, by the Rev. J. M. Downes, Mr. Evan Evans, of Margam, to Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Edward Daniel, of Taibach. On the 14th of June, at Claines church, by the Rev. E. Watkin, M.A., C. F. Cliff, Esq., of Gloucester, to Jane, daughter of the late Joseph West, Esq., of the Hill, Sapey, Worcestershire. On the 14th inst., by the Rev. James Veitcb, minister of St. Cuthbert's parish, Sir James Colquhoun, of Luss, Bart., Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire, to Jane, second dauhter of Sir Robert Abercromby, Bart. On the 17th of June, by the Rev. Montague Taylor, the Rev. Frederick Mawell Blaydes, M.A., youngest son of the late Hugh Blaydes, Esq., of Manby Hall, otts, to Fanny- Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Page Turner, Bart., of A rn brosden, Oxfordshire. On the 10th of June., at Highweek, Devon, Theophilus Levett, Esq., late Captain of the 11th Hussars, to Henrietta Amelia, third daughter of the Rev. John Templer, rector of Teignrace. On the 10th of June, at St. Peter's church, Tiverton, Devon, F. IN-. Lane, Esq., of her Majesty's 49 regiment, to Margaret, eldest daughter of John Shuckburgh How, Esq., of the Lodge, Tiverton. On the 22nd of June, at Bethany chapel, by Mr. William Jones, minister, Mr. M. Morgan, to Sarah, daughter of Mr. Phillip Cooksev, both of this town. DEATHS. Suddenly, at Llandaff, on Wednesday night last (having performed the Welsh duty at the Evening Lecture on the same day), the Rev. Thomas Lewis, Minor Canon of the Cathedral, Llandaff, at the age of 49 years. He has been Junior Vicar of Llandaff since 1817, and was deeply lamented and valued for his particular kindness. A man whose charity, tenderness, and humbleness of disposition was not duly appreciated, from his extremely retiring man- ner. To him the poor never applied in vain,—his hand relieved them to the utmost of his limited power, and a kind word, with prayer for the sick and needy, he was always ready to bestow. He was no orator, nor attempted by hollow hearted display, views of Christian discipline, but a humble teacher of the truths of the Gospel. On the 15th June, at Neath, after a long illness, borne with christian resignation, aged 32, Mary, the second daughter of Benjamin French, Esq.,—as she lived, she died. On the 18th of June, at Neath, Elizabeth Parker, niece of Mr. W. P. Rees, of that town, aged 24 years. On the 16th of June, at Lydart House, Julia, eldest daughter, of Thomas Oakley, Esq., one of the magistrates of the county of Monmouth, aged 25 years. ° On the II th of June, at Caldicott, near Chepstow, Mr. John Davies, ship builder, aged 44 years. On the 12th of June, at her residence, Ashfield Cottage, near Chepstow, aged Go years, Mrs. Hargraves. On the 18th of June, at Newport, of consumption, aged 25 years, Mr. William Jones, carpenter. On the 13th of June, of consumption, aged 19 years, Miss Jane "Vi arwick, dress maker, Newport. On the 12th of June, Mr. John Richards, of Llanvihangel, Yestern Lewern, near Monmouth. On the 11th June, at Abergavenny, Maria, second daughter of Mr. H. C. Williams, aged four years. Aged 88, General the Earl of Cathcart, Colonel of the 2d Life Guards the oldest officer in the british armv, and the oldest advocate at the Scotch bar. He is succeeded by his eldest son Lieutenant General Lord Greenock, aged 60. On the 11th of June, at his residence, Brunswick-square, Gloucester, after a short illness, universally esteemed and respected by all who knew him, the Rev. John Davies, incumbent of St. Nicholas and St. Bartholomew's in that city, and formerly curate of St. Mary's church, Cheltenham. On the 16th of June, at Bath, aged 79, General E. W. L. Popham. On the 12th June, at an advanced age, at the house of John Millward, of Broad-street, Hay, Thomas Hooper, Esq., late Supervisor of Excise in Hay district.