The Welshman

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, APRIL 3. The Earl of Aberdeen inquired what course Govern- ment intended to pursue with regard to the recent in- vasion of Lombardy by Sardinia. "I he Marquis of Lansdowne said he was not prepared to state any particular course of policy intended to be pursued by Government on that question, but he could state that this country was not bound by any treaty to interfere betvee- the two states. Lord Stanley thought it right that the House should express its opinion of the species of propagandism which Sardinia had commenced by invading a neigh- bouring allied power. The Earl of Eglinton, in reply to Lord Lyttleton, said that the Racing Sweeps" carried on in public- houses in the City, were of as honest and punctilious a character as that of the highest order in socicty. The Marquis of Lansdowne said that Government were not prepared to bring in any Act of Parliament on the subject. TUESDAY, MAHCH 4. I Their lordships met at five o'clock. Lord Beaumont laid on the table a bill for legalising the Societies of Odd Fellows, which was read a first time. The Earl of Harwicke presented a petition from Glas- gow, Cardiii, and several other places, against any alteration in the Navigation Laws. On the motion of Lord Monteagle, the Election Re- cognizances Bill was read a first time. Lord Beaumont presented several petitions from Lodges of Odd Fellows, praying that they may be placed on the same footing as other friendly societies. Similar petitions were presented by Lord Campbell and tie Lord Chancellor. Lord Beaumont presented a petition from the inha- bitants of Colombo, complaining of a Ceylon government measure respecting the removal of the verandahs before their houses without compensation. He wished to know if it was the intention of the noble lord, the Secretary for the Colon ips, to make any modification in the terms attempted to be enforced. Earl Grey said, the verandahs alluded to were en- croachments on the Crown property, and in many cases presented great obstructions to the public streets and thoroughfares. Under these circumstances he thought the loss ought to fill on the parties, and not on the in- habitants of the town generally. Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, APRIL 3. Captain Somerset took the oaths and his seat for the county of Monmouth, in the room of the late Lord Granville Somerset. In answer to a question put, and a statement made by Lord Jocelvn. Lord John Russell avowed with deep regret that lan- guage exciting to a rebellion against the Crown, had been used in Ireland, which was followed, undoubtedly, by the manufacture of pikes, by the formation of rifle clubs, and other preparations, openly avowed by the press of that country; that he believed was partly owing to the excitable nature of the persons to whom such language was addressed; partly to the very great distress prevailing within 'he last three years, which naturally induced them to listen to any desperate enter- prise; and parti*, to what occurred recently in France and other countries on the Continent. The Noble Loid ln;gllt rest assured that it was the f,ill deterniiiitti(in of her Majesty's Government, having full confidence in the Lord Lieutenant's administration, to do all in their power to support the loyal people of that country and if it were necessary to ask for further powers to main- tain its peace, they would not shrink from doing so. On the motion that the H ouse go into Committee on the Jewish Disabilities Bill, Mr. Goring moved, as an amendment, That so long, at least, as the House of Commons exercises the autho- rity which it at present does exercise over the Estab- lished Church, no Jew ought to possess the franchise, much less be allowed to sit in the House." Lord J. Russell said that the whole question involved in the ametiditient had been fully discussed, and hoped that the Bill would be allowed to go into Committee. Mr. C Bruce objected to the Bill altogether. Mr. Gardner supported the Bill generally, and main- tained that they ought to go into Committee at once. Mr. Simeon opposed the measure, and Mr. U'quhart supported it on the ground that, as the House of Com- mons had no right to legislate on matters connected with the Church, no argument couid be founded in that respect against the admission of Jews to that assembly. Sir W. Verner opposed the measure. Christianity was the religion of the country, and why admit people as legislators who held Christianity to he an apostacy ? Lord D Stuart supported the Bill, and showed that since the recess, and the appeal to public opinion by its opponents, that whereas the petitions against it were signed by 56,000 persons, those in its favour were signed by 300,000, being a majority of 7 to 1. He therefore contended that the opponents should abide by the result of their own appeal to the public. Mr. Hornby opposed the motion. Sir R. Inglis commented upon the observations of various Honourable Members, and recommended the supporters of the amendment not to press it to a division, but to reserve their strength till they came to the third reading of the bill. The House then divi(led-- For the ameiidinene 99 Against it ♦. 19G Majority against the amendment 87 Sir R. Inglis moved the addition of words to exclude the Jews from the Bench and the Privy Council. On a division there appeared— For the amendment 109 Against it 203 Majority -94 The Bui then passed through Committee. The report was then brought up and agreed to. Four clauses of the Sugar Distillation Bill were agreed to in Committee. The Bill passed through Committee, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday. The Election Recognizances Bill was read a third time and passed. I TUESDAY, ApnlL 3. Sir J. Hobhouse took the oaths and his seat for Harwich. The ri?hthon.?pnrfeman was introduced by Mr. Eliot and Mr. H. Berkeley. Mr. H. Berkeley presented a pctiunn signed by 18.000 inhabitants of Bristol in favour of the Bristol Dock Transfer Bill. SMALL DEBTS BILL. Mr. B. Cochrane gave notice, that on an early day he should ask for leave to briti, in a bill to repeal the Small Debts Act of the 9th and 10th of Victoria. In answer to a question by an hon. member, Sir G. Grey said it was the intention of her Majesty's government to introduce a bill, during the present session, to amend the law relating to the removal of tenants in Ireland. After several other questions, which were inaudible in the gallery, had been answered, Mr. Horsmanrose and brought forward the following motion:—" That in the opinion of this house the distinction between the episcopal and common funds, restricting the application of the surplus revenues of the archhishops and bishops to episcopal purposes, and permitting no part of it in any circumstances to be ap- plied to the relief of parochial destitution, is inexpedient, and ought not to be continued." Lord Ash ley briefly seconded the resolution. Sir G. Grey explained how the distinction between the episcopal and common funds had arisen but de- clared himself unprepared to maintain its permanency. The resolution of Mr. Horsman struck at the root of I the Ecclesiastical Commission, without providing any sul)zititute tor it. If the abuses were so great as Mr. Horsman contended, he ought not to meet them by an abstract resolution, but by an act of Parliament reme- dying them in detail. There were at present in prepa- ration by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners measures which would effect considerable improvement in the mode of the receipt and management of the episcopal funds. He therefore should move the previous question or. the resolution of Mr. Horsman, in order to prevent the house from coming to a precipitate vote in its favour, when it was not in possession of all the necessary information. Mr. Plumptre regretted the course adopted by Sir G. Grey, and declared his intention of supporting the original resolution. Lord St. Maur also expressed his dissatisfaction with I the statement of Sir G. Grey, and contended that Mr. Horsman's resolution brought before the house a prac- tical grievance in a practical wav. Sir R. IIllis maintained that the right of an eccle- sitical corporation to its property was the same as that of a municipal corporation, and expressed his regret that the house had ever admitted the correctness of a contrary principle. He defended the distinction be- tween the episcopal and the common funds, b; ca,,se it gave an opportunity of creating new bishoprics as they were wanted, and of providing out of the common funds gradual means for supplying the parochial wants of the country and the church. He should support the amend- ment of Sir G Grey. Sir It. Peel, having explained the difficulty of at- of coming to a decision, inasmuch he should be sorry to imply, by a vote in favour of the amendment, an opinion contrary to the resolution. After entering into a statemeut explanatory of the parochial destitution of the country, and of the necessity of doing something immediately to relieve it, he concluded by declaring I that he would much rather support the executive Go- vernment in its effort to pass a measure for regulating the revenues of the bishops than accede to an abstract resolution that such a measure ought to be passed. Mr. V. Smith called the attention of Government to the immense discrepancy between the incomes of the I bishops of the church and its working curates He con- sidered that the Ecclesiastical Commission required great alteration and reform for the proper transaction of the business introsted to its management. Mr. Bright took a Dissenter's view of this question and attacked prelatical institutions in general, and more especially the last two Archbishops of York, whom he accused of having received in the course of their long lives no less a sum than E2,000,000 ,f the public money. The work of the bishops was very light, and their pay- ment was excessively heavy. Mr. Gladstone vindicated the bishops from the rude sarcasms of Mr. Bright, which did no credit either to his feelings or to his understanding. He should vote for the previous question, altnough he agreed in most of the facts and arguments of Mr. Horsman. Mr W. P. Wood was for blending the episcopal and common funds into one, for the purpose of pro- viding for spiritual destitution in whatever shape it existed. Lord J. Russell could not formally agree to this reso- lution, because, if it were passed, he should not know to what it pledged either the house or the Government. Other reforms must be introduced with that which Mr. Horsman now called for; and he had not as yet made up his mind, nor would he make a declaration of his plan to the house until he had had a full oouference with the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the improvement of the views which he now entertained. Mr. Hume declared his hostility to the formation of any new bishoprics. After a few words from Lord W. Powletr, and a Member who, as a relative of the late Archbishop of York, vindicated his character from the attack s of Mr. Bright, Mr. Horsman justified his conduct in proposing an abstract resolulion 011 this subject,observing,thatithe had brought in a bill he should have been met with the objection, that he had taken up a subject which nobody could deal with except the Government. He was sa- lisfied with the assurance which he had received from Lord J. Russeil, and should therefore ask leave to with- draw his resolution. The resolution was then, by 1 eave, withdrawn. A conversation of considerable duration took place on a motion of Col. Dunne for the production of a mass of returns shewing the expenditure undertaken by the au- thority of the Board of Works in Ireland, under the act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, that his only objection to the production of these returns was, that they would be very voluminous, very useless, and very expensive, for they would cost several thousand pounds. After observations from Mr. Osborne, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Williams, Major Blackall, Lord J. Russell, and some other members, Col. Dunne agreed to withdraw his motion, and to .move for the return of the expenditure, &c., in a par- ticular barony which he would elect. Mr. C. Anstev moved,—" That a dutiful address be presented to Her Majesty, on the occasion of the recent important political events in Austria, Poland, and Prussia, and praying Her Majesty that she will not  f?i j (,st y that she ivill not consent to any new territorial or other arrangement consequent on such events that does not recognise and secure to the Polish people their lawful liberties and independence." Mr. Osborne seconded the motion, and, at the same time remarked that there were not forty members present. The was house then counted; and as only 31 members remained in it, stood adjourned. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5. I Mr. E. Denison moved that a select committee be appointed to inqllir into the composition and manage- ment of the Ecclesiastical Commission for England and Wales. The motion was agreed to. Mr. S. Crawford moved the second reading of the Poor House (Ireland) Bill, which was then read a second time and ordered to be committed on Wed- nesday next. On the motion of Mr. S. Crawford, the adjourned debate on the second reading of the Outgoing Tenants (Ireland) Bill was resumed, on which Mr. Napier at very considerable length, opposed the measure. Mr. J. O'Connell complimented the hon. member on the ability which he had displayed in stating his objec- tions to the bill but he wished that he had taken a different view of the measure. Lord Castlereagh was favourable to the bill being considered in committee. Sir J. Walsh contended that the landlords of Ireland, as a body, were kind, good, and indulgent landlords. The bad landlords formed only a very small minjority of the proprietors of the soil (hear,) The bill, in his opinion, was most objectionable, as it went entirely to destroy the existing rights between landlords--and te- nants. He should give his decided opposition to the second reading of the bill. Mr. F. O'Connor, at considerable length, supported the bill. Sir G Grey said on a former occasion the Secretary for Ireland had so fully detailed the reasons why go- vernment could not give their consent to the bill under consideration, that he did not think he should be war- ranted in detaining the house any length of time in stating that the objections which were first entertained towards the measure rather increased than decreased (hear.) The more the subject was discussed the greater the difficulties of legislating on it became manifest (hear.) Ihe bill held out expectations which it mu.-t be known to every one conversant on the subject never could by any possibility he realized, and he therefore trusted the house would not agree to the second reading. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the house divided, when there appeared- Fllr the second readin!{ 22 Against it 145 Majority. 123 Mr. 1\ Seymour moved the second reading of the Great Yarmouth Freemen Disfranchisement Bill. Mr. C. Lushington seconded the motion after which the hill was rfad a second time and oidered to be com- mitted on this day week. The Mutiny Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill were read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. Hume moved that, in all cases where the seat of any member has been declared void by an election com- mittee, on the grounds of bribery or treating, no motion for the issuing of a new writ shall be made, without previous notice being given in the votes.— The motion was agreed to. Adjourned at half-past five.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. I [From Wednesday's Globe.] I We are enabled to state that the account of the quar- ter's revenue to be made up to-night, is likely to be extremely satisfactory. Upon the Customs for the quarter there may be a decrease, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year; but, if so, it %ill be very small. Upon the Excise there will be a considerable increase. A portion of this will be due to the recent transfer of the Hackney Carriage duties from the Stamps to the Excise Department. Upon the Stamps there will probably be a decrease from the loss of the duties thus transferred. The Income Tax, Assessed Taxes, and Post-office will, apparently, return amounts nearly corresponding with those of the April quarter of 1847. And upon the total ordinary revenue for the quarter we anticipate a net increase of about 1:400,000. [From the Standard.] The quarter's revenue will be lIIade up at a late hour this evening. We are exceedingly happy to hear that the account is expected to be more favourable than might have been anticipated. In some of the minor items of revenue the accounts at present received show a small decrease as compartd with the corresponding quarter of last year; but in the important item of Excise, we understand, there is a considerable increase. The returns for the Customs had not been received since the 25th of March. Up to that time we hear a small deficiency was reported on the quarter, but the returns which will be made duriug the day probably will matei iall yalter the account. In the Stamps there is a small decrease on the quarter. ♦

DEATH OF SIR SAMUEL BUSH Mgynlcx.-This gentleman, so well known for his knowledge of ancient armour, in testimony to which he was knighted by William the Fourth, in 1832, died on the 2d inst., at his seat, Goodiich Court, Herefoi dshire, deeply regret, ted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He was born in 1783, being the only son (,f the late John Meyrick, Esq of George-street, Westminster, and of Peterborough House, Middlesex, by the daughter and co-heir of Samuel Bush, Esq., of Ford House ¡ Herts. TBEMENDOUS FIRE AT I TC I[ AM. F-ST I MAT FD DAMAGE, £ 15,000.—A most extensive fire broke out on Tuesday night in the large manufacturing premises belonging to Messrs. Robins and Co., weavers of patent hosiery, situate at Phipps Bridge, Mitcham, Surrey. In a very brief period the greater portion of the factory became wrapped in flames. The immense pile of pre. mises was burnecl to the ground. The whole of the stock in trade of goods finished, and partially so, has likewise been reduced to ashes, and the costly machinery has been spoiled. The loss on this property alone will amount to several thousand pounds. Independent of this loss, the contents of the piemises of Messrs. Taylor, the hot-pressers and silk dressers have been totally destroyed, and some compartments in Messrs. Welch, Margetson, and Co.'s silk printing premises have sustained serious damage viz., the madder-rooms, tool-houses, carpenters' shops, and copper houses, some of which are burned down. At half-past two o'clock 1 •> «•- H'nC' ro"t1 KM). We are requested to contradict the announcement of the marriage of Mr. Henry H. Davies, of Brvntnelyu, near Llandilo, which appeared in our last publication. Lyrics for the Times" is postponed for the present. Welsh Poetry and Report of Gamekeeper's case at Aberystwith County Court unavoidably postponed. In the advertisement last week of sale by Mr. William Jones, at Maesvquarre, there was an error which is corrected in this week's impression. The publication of the Welshman commences on Fri- day morning in time for the Glamorganshire mail, which leaves Carmarthen at eight o'clock.

If the Swedes deserve to be termed the French of the North," who will deny that Irishmen—we of course mean genuine Milesian and Celtic Irishmen—have, in many respects, a just claim to be designated the French of the West ?" Like the Gaul, the-Patlander is one of the most impulsive of human beings. Of all the dishes that belong to the whole range of the cuisine, he reminds us the most of that which is denominated Bubble and Squeak," which doubtless acquired its name from the noise which it makes while undergoing the fiery ordeal that renders it fit to be eaten. In this noisy characteristic Paddy closely resembles the French- man. Like the latter, also, the Hibernian is "sudden and quick in quarrel Like the French he is brave, too but like him, also, it is but now and then that it can be with truth affirmed of him that he is wisely so He is easily excited—easily impelled to action but on calmly reviewing his deeds, an intelligent looker-on is forced to admit that he acts first, and reasons after- wards. Hence it is that in aU periods of their history Irishmen have been prone to commit the grievous blunder of mistaking their friends for their foes, and of confounding right and wrong. Their intentions may have often been good, but their conduct was in an opposite dit ection. Who has not heard of a Frenchman's love of novelty and of change ? and who that has attentively studied Irish character is not aware that forgetfulness of the lessons of the past, recklessness of the future, and instability, are prominent traits of it ? Of France, however, it must be admitted that she has produced not a few individuals who deservedly rank high as patriots, whose disinterested devotion to the glory and the welfare of their country, the historian loves to record; but of Erin's Wallaces, Forbeses, Hampdens, Russells, Sidneys, and Washingtons, ehelt quam pane grex Of each of these it might be truly said, that he Spurned the vile lure of sordid pelf, And loved and served his country for herself." Agitators wiihout number have indeed appeared in Ireland, whose names and deeds are written in blood but of how few of them can it be predicated that saga- city to plan, wisdom to direct, disinterested patriotism to stimulate, and invincible fortitude to sustain, cha- racterised their effect in their 'country's cause ? Yes, Ireland has produced hundreds of men who have stimu- lated their countrymen to overt acts of rebellion against the government of the day. Since A.D. 1641, she has had a Roger More, a Sir Phelim O'Niel, an Arthur O'Connor, a Wolfe Tone, a Lord Fitzgerald, and an Emmett—the last-named, a Saxon by descent, and the purest-minded and most highly gifted of all the agi- tators of his time;—but which of these from any thing that history accords of them, can, in all that constitutes the true patriot, stand a comparison with any of those who figure in the above illustrious galaxy of names whose biographies shed a bright lustre on the history of their respective countries ? The names of Burke, Curran, and Grattan cannot fail to awaken sentiments of veneration and esteem. But their patriotism was moulded in a school which borrowed nothing from Ireland that was essentially bad, and much from the Sister Isle that tended to humanise, to elevate, and refine. They perceived the. inestimable advantages which unfettered moral science had conferred on the children of Albion; and therefore they had the mag. nanimity to spurn the miserable popularity which they could have gained only by pandering and meanly truck- ling to an interested, bigoted, and light-hating priest- hood. Not so Daniel O'Connell and his coadjutors. His and their motto was Ad rem, ad rem quiequid facias mentem deligenter tende ad rem. We will not say of the Lord of Derrynane that he did not love his country. He took care indeed that he should annually have more than ten thousand golden reasons for loving her. It was not* without some reason that a poor but witty countryman of his once said, If I could make all the priests of this here lump of a world work for me, preach for me, and beg for me, as the Irish priests do for Daniel, sure, and it is meself that would be afther doing my best to agitate every square inch of it." If Daniel O'Connell really was a patriot it must be con- fessed that he risqued little, lost little, and gained much, during the forty-five years that agitation was his trade, and patriotism his ostensible object. Daniel O'Connell, however, was shrewd enough to perceive that in the peace of Ireland was his safety. If not a virtuous and a righteous, his at least was a great and a controlling spirit. He was well aware that, both morally and physically, the Sassanach was an over-match for the Milesian and as pelf and family aggrandisement were ever leading considerations with him, in all his written and spoken addresses to the million mob, and in all his communications to Tom Steele and Dear Ray," he constantly enjoined a careful abstinence from acts and deeds—aye, even from the use of such language—as cou!d be construed into an infraction of the laws, or a breach of the peace. But with all his faults and failings, and with all his transcendant mental endowments, Daniel O'Connell is no more. Still, much of the evil that he did lives after him." He taught six millions of the worst (morally) educated and most excitable population on the face of the earth to be dissatisfied. He organised agitation among the masses, and reduced demagoguism to a science. If lie abstained from applying the ex- plosive spark to the vast mass of ignitable materials which he had prepared, the danger lest that spark should, without his concurrence, be applied from ano- ther quarter, could not fail to be often present to his imagination. These materials still exist, and by late events have been rendered even more explosive than they were when the great agitator exercised a magic influence over them. They exist, and the spark that is intended to make them explode is being applied by a knot of mis- creants who, while Mr. O'Connell was alive, intensely hated him, not for what was bad in his character and conduct, but for what was good-liated him because he stood between them and the rebellion and anarchy which their soul s thirsted after. Unhappy Erin! land of plenty, and land of indescribable wretchedness land of natural beauty, and land of unutterable moral de- formity native land of the gallant soldier, and home of the ruffian assassin! birth-place of lofty genius, and grand arena of the craven truculent demagogue how would those master spirits, thy Burke, thy Curran, and thy Grattan, whose memories are steeped in hallowed recollections, feel if they could now gaze upon thee, and see such men as Mitchell, Meagher, Duffy, O'Gorman, O'Brien, Priest Cuddihy, &c., viewed by thy millions as their guiding stars ? Liberty for Ireland! and Ireland for the Irish! shout Mitchell and Co., in their demoniac appeals to the poor dupes of the treason, and the absurdities which they utter. Liberty for Ireland! We know but of one species of liberty which she does not at this mo- ment possess, the liberty, namely, to put an end to her own existence. Her ruffian demagogue leaders urge her to commit suicide, and hundreds of thousands of her children listeu approvingly to the counsel thus tendered. Liberty for Ireland! well is it for her at this moment that the power of Old Albion interposes be- tween her and that liberty which the United Irishman 0- T. "4" '!r.11 soda-water bottles with powder, nails, bullets, and but- ons, and pointing out to them that, by inserting a fuse n the cflrk, and having ignited it, and thrown it among he soldiers in the streets, they may enjoy the pleasure )f witnessing its deadly effects goes on to tell uis countrymen that the day has come when the power of the Foreigner, i. e., the power of Great Britain, and the power of the wholesale butcher, namely, Lord Clarendon, must be for ever crushed. And the same patriot—Irish every inch of him—goes on to inform the people who stand so much in need of more liberty, that when the Foreigner shall have been completely crushed, and the last landowner shall have been annihilated, then-O happy day for Erin !-each occupier of land may assume the proprietorship of the same Such a consummation would indeed be liberty, and Ireland for the Irish, with a vengeance. For more than a century agrarian out- rage has rendered Ireland a byeword among the nations of the earth but what a spectacle will she exhibit when the right of all her children to the unpurchased fee- simple of the soil shall be equal Liberty, more liberty for Ireland In what country but Ireland, we would ask, would any man be permitted to enjoy the liberty of giving utterance and publicity to such treason ? Happy is it for Ireland, at the present conjuncture, when, in many parts of Europe, the licentiousness of freedom is mistaken for that safe and rational liberty which is essential to the well-being of society, that the whole might of the unprincipled portion of her com- munity is unequal to the task of crushing the power of the Foreignerand happy is it for her that the prudent, firm-minded, upright, and patriotic Earl of Clarendon presides over her destinies. With all the good and the wise on both sides of St. George's channel, he is deservedly popular. May his Lordship live to have the satisfaction of being viewed as the pilot that weathered the storm

I CARMARTHENSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. The April Quarter Sessions for this county commenced yesterday, when there were present the following magis- trates: -J ;hit Lloyd Davies, Esq. (who presided in the absence of the Chairman), Sir John Mansel, Bart., J. E. Saunders, Glanrhydw, R. G. Thomas, Llysnevwdd, E P. Lloyd, Glansevin, J. R. L, Lloyd, Dolhaidd, W. Morris, R. J. Ne*ill, LI angennech, T. D. Lloyd, Bron- wydd, Grismond Philipps, Cwtngwillv, John Jones, Llan- dovery, W. Jones, Falcondale, D. J. Lewis, Gilfach, J. L. Thomas, J. Lewis, D. Davies, J. Davies, J. Bowcn, M. D., H. Lawrence, M. D., D. Protheroe, M. D., T. Jones, M. D., J. Lloyd Price, D. Prytherch, John Geo. Philipps, J. H. Rees, G. B. Jones, C. Morgan, jun., G. Saunders, D. Lewis, Stradey, Esquires, Revs. J. Evans, T. Evans, and T. B. Gwyn. The business which stood first for discussion on the notice paper was the proposed appointment of one Bridge Surveyor for the whole county in lieu of the two present surveyors. Mr. R. G Thomas said that the Committee which was appointed at the last sessions to investigate the merits and testimonials of applicants for the office of Bridge Surveyor, required further time to make their re- port. Until they had f-illy reported, the question would therefore remain in abeyance. Sir John Mansel added that the Committee also required further powers. There were 25 applications out of which the Committee had selected 7 as appa- rently the most eligible. It was impossible, however, to make a definite selection of any one individual until the Committee had had personal interviews with the candidates The Chairman read a communication from the Committee recommending the adjournment of the question until the first adjourned sessions in order that a personal interview might be obtained with each can- didate, and the Committee would thus be enabled to report specifically in favour of one individual at the next General Sessions. Dr Bowen was of opinion the question ought to be disposed of at once. By delaying their decision they subjected many magistrates to expense and inconve- nience for which no corresponding advantage would be gained. Sir John Mansel observed that the Committee was not in possession of the ages of many of the candidates, and it would be unfair to appoint without making the fullest investigation into the merits of each party offering himself for the situation. Captain D. Davies said the present surveyors fully answered the purpose of the County at a cost of only i 110 a year. Mr. R. G. Thomas moved that the further considera- tion of the subject be deferred until the first adjourn- ment of the sessions, and that the power of the Com- mittee be continued. This was agreed to. Mr. John Jones observed that the present bridge surveyor for the upper part of the County gave general satisfaction. Dr. Bowen gave notice that at the next General Quarter Sessions he will move that the present arrange- ment be continued. It was a hard case that the County should turn off an old servant without any fault being proved against him there being besides no comparison as to the difference of expense that would he occasioned. Captain David Davies seconded the notice of motion, and observed that he had known Mr. Thomas, the bridge surveyor for the lower division, for 30 years, and had never found him rmiss in his duty. Mr. J. Ll. Price had no wish to injure Mr. Thomas, but could produce a letter at the proper time which would prove his inefficiency. He was convinced that there was more money wasted annually than would make up the salary proposed to be given to the new surveyor. The Chairman read a memorial from Mr. Thomas, in which he stated that he had been many years in the ser, ice of th" County, and was now 82 years of age. Should the Bench determine upon dismissing him he prayed their consideration of his merits with a view to allotting him an annuity or pension. Dr. Bowen expressed his opinion that one bridge surveyor would be insufficient for the whole county He remembered that in one flood 7 bridges were s^ept away by the river Gwendraeth, while at the same time Llanglydwen and Cilycwm bridges were levelled. How could one bridge master attend to all these accumulated disasters ? The conversation then terminated. Mr. Andrew Cassels Howden, Secretary to Cameron's Cnalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Rail- Way Company, appeared to make an application to the Court, pursuant to notice. Although not an attorney he was by courtesy allowed to state his case. He oh- served that it was known to the Court that under the 1st & 2d W. IV. cap. 29, called the Kidwelly Trust Act, rails were laid down upon Loughor Bridge, and the Trustees were authorised to widen and repair the bridge for that pilrl)o:,e. This was done in 1841, and in 1844 the Act for Consolidating Turnpike Trusts in South Wales was passed, by which, power was conferred on the County of Carmarthen to repair the bridge at the expense of that County upon receiving a report of the necessary repairs from Capt. Harness, of the Royal En- gineers, the General Superintendent of Turnpike Roads for Wales. The Bridge was repaired, and then the joint repairs henceforward became vested in the Coun- ties of Carmarthen and Glamorgan jointly. The Act of 1844, being the 7th and 8th Vic. cap. 88, gave power to this County to repair the bridge, and to take up the rails for the purpose of such repairs, but did not give authority entirely to remove the rails. He would admit the rails had never been used but they had been laid down, and might have been used. The rails had gov- ever been taken up when the repairs were effected, and were now lying at Spitty Bank, near the Bridge. Under the circumstances he contended that the County had no right to remove the rails which had been laid down iiii- der the authority of the 29th chapter of the 1st and 2nd William IV. By that Act the Trustees had the power to lay down the rails or make a tramroad, and to take tolls for its use. The Act of 1844 repealed that Act, but he maintained that as the rails had been laid upon the Bridge that constituted a dedication to the usage of the public. He admitted the justices had the power to repair, but denied their right to take away the rails, which they had found there when they obtained jurisdiction over the bridge. The Company he repre- sented had obtained the advice of Counsel, and were told that the County was in the first instance hound to lay down the rails and repair the bridge; and by a later act the two Counties conjointly were to repair. The Cameron Coalbrook Company considering that the rails were now lying so near the bridge, had no objection to bear the expense of relaying them or if the County should be of opinion the present rails were unsuitable, the Company would purchase fresh rails, and lay them on the bridge. The Company had likewise no objection to pay a certain reasonable sum per annum to form an accumulative fund for the proper maintainance of the Bridge in an eiffcient state of repair. They would also submit to any reasonable restrictions which the County might think fit to impose, as to the mode of conveyance of coal, &c. The Company only intended to use horses upon the tramroad, so that no damage would accrue to the structure. Mr. J. E. Saunders said that it had cost the Kidwelly Trust £ 1500 to widen the Bridge. Mr R. J. Nevill would state the facts of the case. On a rt-pteseiitation from Colonel Cameron, and with a pledge that a large annual revenue should arise from the tolls, the Kidwelly Trust were induced to expend JE1500 to widen the Bridge and lay down the rails upon it. Not a single waggon had, however, passed over the line, nor had a single payment ever been made by the gentleman who had pledged himself that the annual traffic should realize a considerable sum. In 184 4 the work of repairing the Bridge was referred to a Com- mittee, who had taken the opinion of Mr. E. V. Williams (now Sir E. V. Williams), as to the required width of the bridge. He was distinctly of opinion that it was necessary the bridge should be maintained at the I" 1 & i" A /»► Parliament effected and duly certified by the General Superinten- dent. All the powers of the Act of 1841 then ceased, and the repairs remained vested in both Counties. The question was whether the powers of the County were extinguished as regarded the rails ? It was quite clear they could not entertain the proposition without the intervention of Glamorganshire he would therefore move that the application be referred to the Loughor Bridge Committee consisting of Mr. J. H. Rees, illr. W. Chambers and Mr. Charles Nevill, and that they have power to communicate with the Glamorganshire Com- mittee Mr. Talbot, Mr. Vivian, and Mr. Dillwyn Llewellyn, and report to the next Quarter Sessions, and that further they be empowered to take Counsel's opi- nion on the subject upon a case to be drawn up by the Clerk of the Peace if necessary. The Chairman suggested that the name of Mr. J. E. Saunders should be added to the Committee, but that I entlelUan declined the proffered honour, observing that he would have nothing to do with it as he should always be in the minority. He hoped the County would not allow the Bridge to be given up to any Company whatever, until the money that had been expended in widening it should have been refunded. The Kidwelly Trust had paid £ 1500 upon Col. Cameron pledging himself to certain conditions, and that money ought to be paid back. Mr. Howden said that the parties he represented, were the lessees of Colonel Cameron's mineral pro- perty, consisting of 13,000 acres, and the County would have to deal with" them and not with Co!. Cameron. Mr. R. G. Thomas remarked that the County could not forget that it was in consequence of Col. Cameron's solemn promise that a considerable revenue would be obtained that the Kidwelly Trust expended £ 1500, and they still looked at the proposition as coming from or through him. Wlien the Committee reported it would be time for the county to consider on what terms, if anv, the permission sought, would be granted. Mr. Saunders had merely mentioned the subject, because he had taken an active part in promoting the laying down of the rails, and felt very sore at the disap- pointment that had been experienced. Mr. Nevill had at the time opposed him. He thought that if the whole E1500 was not repaid, a portion of it ought certainly to be refunded. The motion was then agred to. The report of the Committee appointed to investigate the statements in the memorial of John Burnhill, late Governor of the County Gaoly was presented and read by the Clerk of the Peace. It stated that the first alle- gation of the uieinnrial that Burnhill resigned his situation as Gaoler thro ugh infirmity" was not proved, and that the second, that he was induced to resign by the promise of an annuity of £ 50" had been proved, and confirmed by D. Prytherch, Esq Dr. Jones, and Mr. Rees, the Treasurer. The Clerk of the Peace then read the Act of Parlia- ment, which enabled the Court to grant a pension or annuity to a gaoler on the ground of sickness, age, or | infirmity, in proportion to the merits and time of his services, provided such annuity did not exceed two thirds of the salary of the succeeding keeper of the gaol. Mr. R. G. Thomas was glad the Committee had re- ported that Burnhill's resignation was not caused by infirmity, because the fact was that such was not the case. Serious complaints had been made, that in two or three instances Burnhill was not in a state to per- form his duty properly, and he was therefore allowed to resign. In consideration, however, of a statement that in a few years Burnhill would have served as gaoler for so loii, a period as to entitle hi:n to a pension,the Court had good-naturedly given him E50 a year, and it certainly was understood that that was to continue for his life. The Clerk of the Peace said it was erroneous to sup- pose that any length of service entitled a gaoler to a pension. Mr. R. G. Thomas explainecRKhat what he had said had been so stated at the time the matter was under discussion. The Chairman observed that the Court could grant the pension to Burnhill on the score of age, if not for infirmity or sickness, and thus conform to the terms of the Act. Dr. Jones would have no objection to move the allowance of the £;)0 a year as promised to Burnhill but would not do so on the score of Burnhill's age, although told that the resolution must be in that shape to render it in accordance with the Act. Mr. J. K Silunders tllPII moved that EiO a year be granted to Mr. John Burnhill, as late gaoler, on the ground of his age. He added that the truth was that although several complaints were alleged against Burn- hill at the time of his resignation, none could be proved, and all the magistrates had arrived at a plain understanding with him, that if he resigned, £.50 a year would be allowed him for life. Mr. J. Lloyd Price seconded the motion. After some further discussion, the proposition was agreed to Mr. E. P. Lloyd moved that the sum of L:33 should be devoted to the purchase of furniture for Llangadock lock-up house. Mr. G. B. Jones seconded the motion, which was opposed by Messrs. R. G. Thomas, John Jones, and J. E. Saunders, the latter of whom excited much hilarity, by enquiring whether it was intended to supply the lock-up with mahogany chairs that so large a sum was required. Eventually the motion was allowed to stand over until next Session, in order to ascertain in the meantime the nature of certain Hills lately introduced into the House of Commons, relating to Petty Sessional Divisions of Counties. Capt. Lloyd gave notice that at the next Quarter Sessions, he should move for a sum of monev to be applied in erecting or appropriating a Lock-up-House at Newcastle Emlyn. Mr. J. E. Saunders remarked that there was already an order on the book for that PIH[IOS£>. He considered the Newcastle magistrates the most moderate men in the County they did as much business as at any other Petty Sessions, and they did it well. He would not object to the grant required, but advised that the sum required should be applied for under the old order instead of asking for a new grant. Ultimately the suggestion was adopted. It having become nc-cessary to elect a member of the County Roads Board in the room of John Johnes, Esq., resigned. Mr. D. Prytherch proposed Dr. Bowen as his suc- cessor, which was seconded by Mr. John Lloyd Piice. In proposing Dr. Bowen, Mr. Prytherch observed that he was a most efficient elected member of the Board, and that hv his exertions the sum of £ 300 a year at least had been saved to the County. Mr John Jones had no wish to disparage the merits of Dr. Bowen, but was desirous of putting in a claim for the upper part of the County. He proposed Mr. Lewis Lewis, of Gvvinfe, to fill the vacant office. Mr. D. J. Lewis seconded the amendment. The question was put by the Chairman, when there appeared ;-for Dr. Bowen, 22 for Mr. Lewis, 3. Dr. Bowen was then declared Joly elected. The Gaoler's, Surgeons, Chaplains and Visiting Jus- tices Reports, were received and filed. ,,ete recei,e d and fild. COUNTY B"AB RAIE The certificate of D Lewis, Esq., Chairman of the County Roads Board, requiring a Road rate ot tb/i ,5s 4d. was read, arid after a brief discussion, induced hy Dr. Bowcn and Mr. Saunders declaring that no rate would be required, it was ascer- tained that the office of the Court was puielv ministerial, I the Act rendering it imperative that the Justices should levy the rate upon receiving the certificate of the Chair- man of the County Roads B,,ard. k rate of one half- penny in the pound was therefore ordered. The Clerk of the Peace remarked that the ratepayers ought not to complain, as in Breconshire a road rate of three-pence in the pound was levied. COUNTY RATE.—Mr. R. Rees, Treasurer, stated that at the last settlement ofaceount, tbe Slim of C496 I Is. 7d. was due to him. Since then he had paid for prosecu- tions and instalments to the Exchequer Loan Com- missioners, £ 1340 2s. 4d. He had received from the Treasury £ 53 5s. 9d. for maintenance of prisoners in gaol, £ 358 13s. 5d. for prosecutions, and f40 6s. lid. from the Treasurer of the Borough, for the maintenance of Borough prisoners in the County Gaol, making a total received of E452 6s. Id., leaving a balance due to him of JE886 13s. 3d. He should receive at the present Session £ 1348 6s. 8d. which would leave a balance of E461 13s 5d. in his hands to meet the order, of the Court that day. He was of opinion that a penny rate would be sufficient for County purposes. Mr. Haycock announced that the balance due for Llandilo Bridge on the lt of January was E2636 2s. 8d., since which time he had paid £ 1780 8s. 9d. There had been received from the Treasurer E1348 6s. 8d., and a balance remained due to Messrs. Jones of L:3068 4s. 9d. thus squaring the amount to the sum of E4418 11s. 5d. A penny rate would furnish E1348 6s. 8d., and this amount would be required for the Llandilo Bridge. A rate of two-pence in the pound was then ordered, of which one moiety will he devoted to Llandilo Bridge, and the other to the general purposes of the County. It was then ordered that the Treasurer pay to Mr. Haycock the amount ot tne rate voted at the last sessions for Llandilo Bridge. Mr. Haycock stated that he had been most anxious to complete the day-work on the bridge, and in 6 weeks the old Bridge would be taken down. He had let out the best work on the parapets for £685, and considered that E400 more would complete the bridge. He found great difficulty in procuring soil to fill up the ap- proaches on the South side of the bridge. The inhabi- tants of Llandilo were anxious to lower the crown of the hill, near the Churchyard, and he believed would cart the soil, which would be taken from the road to the bridge approaches, at Is. 6d. per cubic yard. This would be conferring a double benefit. After a few remarks as to the price named by Mr. Haycock, it was stated that the whole cost wotil(I not exceed £ 100, and directions to procure the earth in the mode suggested, were given. POLICE RATE.—The chief constable's report was read, and a rate of one half penny in the pound ordered for police purposes. The repairs of Dulas bridge, near Courthenry, were ordered hencpforward to be effected by the county. The Rev. T. B. Gwyn gavenotice that at thenext Quar- ter Sessions he will move that the sum of E25 be voted for the purpose of fitting up a house at the Ferry Side, as a Inek- tip house, and that E4 a year be granted as the rent of the house. Sir John Mansel introduced a question respecting a remark made by Mr. Beynon, inspector of ifnes and fees, relative to the nonpayment to the County Stock of the nioietv of a fine by an inspector of Weights and 1 I or the Carmarthen District, that £ 1 os., the moiety of some fines at Newcastle, had been transmitted to the County Treasurer, instead of being handed over to him. It was explained that in the latter case the police were the informers, and therefore the inspector being only a witness, was not entitled to a moiety of the tine, As to the first named case no explanation was afforded, The bills allowed by the Finance Committee were passed. A bill for £ 10 Os. 3d. for repairs to Pontyberem Bridge, called forth some severe remarks from Mr. Lloyd Price. It had been passed by Mr. Thomas, the Bridge surveyor of the Lower Div ision, as correct, and Mr. Price produced a letter from Mr. Edward Bagot, who had beeu desired to inspect the work by Mr. Saunders, to shotf that the proper charge should have been 17s. and that £ 1 would have proved an ample remuneration. In answer to the questions of the Chairman, Mr. Thomas said that 41 perches of walling had been erected at 4s. 6d. per perch, that the work was well done, and that in his conscience he believed the sum charged to be fair and honest. The Chairman remarked that the charge was a very serious one against a public officer, and suggested that Mr. Thomas and Mr. Bigot should meet at Pontybereta and inspect the work in the presence of Mr. J. H. Rees, who should report the result of the investigation to the next Sessions. Mr. Lloyd Price moved that the Clerk of the Peace should take proceedings against the sureties of the con- tractor for erecting Llanfihangel Bridge, unless they commenced the re-erection of the Bridge within a fort- night. [It was stated that the contractor was in gaol, but that his sureties (Mr. David Pugh, Llanedy, Mr. Daniel Davies, Llanon, and Mr. Llewellyn Thomas, Llanon), were perfectly responsible men.] Captain Lloyd seconded the motion, which was car- ried, with the understanding that if the Bridge is not re-commenced in a fortnight, the contract would be given to other parties, and the sureties sued for the amount of the new contract. Mr. J. H. Rees called attention to a bill which had been brought into Parliament by the Attorney General relating to the office of magistrate, and read several sug- gestions for making it more efficient for the purpose* for which it was intended. He considered the thanks of the public and the magistrates were due to the Go- vernment for this bill, and wished the Court to me- morialize the Government on the subject. The Chairman observed that as the observations of Mr. Rees pre-supposed that all the Justices had care- fully studied the provisions of the bill, (which was not the case) it would be better to draw them up in the shape of resolutions, and obtain the signatures of such magistrates as were conversant with the subject. Mr. Rees promised to act on this hint. The items in the Coroners' bills which had been dis- allowed by the Finance Committee were then discussed. The bills of Mr. George Thomas and Mr. D. Price were passed intact, but that of Mr. Bonville was curtailed of its fair proportions by the deduction of two inquests upon bodies washed ashore, and one inquest which Mr. Bonville naively admitted he had not held, as the body was buried before his arrival. The Court then adjourned until this day.

CARMARTHENSHIRE ROADS BOARD. I The usual meeting of the County Roads Board was held on Wednesday last, in the Grand Jury Room, at the Shire Hall, when there were present:—David Lewis, Esq., Chaii man, J. E. Saunders, R. J. Nevill, D. Pry- therch, R. G. Thomas, J. R. L. Lloyd, J. Lloyd Price, J. Bowen, M.D., J. Davies, C. Bishop, Esquires. A number of bills were passed, after which a communica- tion from the Llandovery District Board was read, com- plaining that the Clerk to the County Board had altered the time fixed in the handbills for receiving tenders for materials from 11 o'clock to 12 o'clock. In answer to this complaint the Clerk to the County Board produced the proof-sheet transmitted to him by the Clerk to the Llandovery Board, showing that that official was in the wrong, as no alteration whatever in the time had taken place. A communication from the Three Commotts District Board was read, recommending the erection of a stone wall opposite the old Iron Works, near Pembrey, as a safeguard for passengers. The estimated expense was £1;1 15s. Mr. J. H. Rees said that this matter had been repeatedly before the Board, and he conceived it to be their duty equally, to keep the roads in a safe con- dition as to keep them in proper repair. At the spot where it was proposed to build the wall, the road was not more than 15 feet wide, and there was a precipice on one side of the depth of 12 or 15 feet; this was mani- festly dangerously, and therefore a fence required. It had been suggested that as Lord Ashburnham was the owner of the land, he ought to erect a fence or wall, but His Lordship had refused to do so. It had then been attempted to induce Mr. Stanley, the lessee of the Works to erect a wall, but he also had declined. It was neces- sary therefore that the B,)ard should interfere to protect the public, and it could not better do so than by erecting a good stone wall. He would therefore move that the surveyor for the Three Commotts District cause the erection of a stone wall opposite the Iron Works at Pein- brey, and that JE13 1.5s. be placed at his disposal for that purpose. Mr. R. J. Nevill would give no opinion upon the subject, but would second Mr. Rees's motion in order that it might be properly discussed. Mr. J. E. Saunders said that the County Road Board had no right' to erect the wall proposed. The precipice had been made' by the Iron Works Company, and the case was analogous to that of a party opening a quarry by the roadside if he injured the road he did so to his own wrong an d why should the County be called on to make reparation for an individual. It would be a wicked waste of the public money to do so. Mr. C. Bishop observed that the road in question was an old parish road which had been adopted and diverted by the Trust. If the Board adopted the road, in his opinion they were bound cd make it safe. There was a space between the road an a the precipice, which was the property of Lord Ashburil, ham. Mr. J. Lloyd Price considered the question had been set at rest by the Board having long since, after due discussion, refused to erect the wall. Mr. J. II. Rees expressed his intention to b the matter forward at every meeting until he gained ??4.i Mr Charit* Bishop considered it to be the better plan to indict the road as dangerous. Mr. J. H. Rees threatened that if the Board refused to erect the wall, he should apply to the General Superintendent upon the subject, lie contended that it was the duty of the Board either to make the road safe themselves or to compel others who were responsible to do so. Mr. J. Ll. Price said that Mr. Rees had the same individual power of compelling the responsible parties to render the road safe as thitt Board had. After much discussion, the Chairman ob- served that he felt some difficulty in the matter. At present the road '.vas extremely narrow and it would he highly impolitic to erect the wall on a portion of the road as it would render it still narrower. If the land adjoining the road was Lord Ashburnham's the Board had no right *o build a wall upon it. Mr. Saun- ders protested against expending County money to build a wall which it was clearly the duty of private individuals to erect. This was the highest assessed County in the kingdom and great care should be used in the expenditure of the rates. Dr. Bowen suggested that Counsel's opinion should be taken as to the right of the Board to erect the wall or other- wise. Mr. J. H. Roes said that at the last meeting of the Three Commotts District Board at Kidwelly a wall had been ordered to be built near Myrtle Hill, and he I only wanted a similar order for Pembrey. Mr. J. Lloyd Price remarked that the circumstances which caused the erection of the wall were totally dissimilar. Mr. C. Bishop instanced two cases near Llandovery, where fences had been erected by the Trust to protect the pub- lic. The motion was ultimately put to the meeting aud negatived. Mr. Rees then wished to propose another resoulution upon the subject, but as he had neglected to give the necessary 14 days notice of his intention to do so, the Chairman ruled that he was irregular. Mr. Saunders read the list of those who were present at the meeting which ordered the wall at Myrtle Hill with a view to show that he had not been a party to that tran- saction, but that Mr. Rees had. The Clerk then read the letter from the Secretary of State, defining the boundary of Llanelly, which has already appeared in our columns. The surveyor reported that about 15 feet of the site of Cwmduad toll-house was the property of Mr. Phillips, of l'enalltdu, who was willing to lease it for 99 years to the Board at the annual rent of Is. A lease was ordered to be prepared and executed forthwith. D. Pry- therch, Esq reported that T. C. Morris, rsq" had de- clined to act as Treasnn.r to the Board any longer, and moved that Mr. Thomas Richards, manager of Messrs. Wilkins' Bank, be appointed Treasurer, the Bankers becoming his sureties. The surveyors reports were then received, and the usual routine business of the Board proceeded with. It appearing a matter of doubt whether or not the Board was liable to, or could legally repair thetpproaclies to Kilsanc Biidge within 100 yards of each side of the bridge it was ordered that a case be prepared by Mr. Jeffries, solicitor, for counsel's opinion as to the Board's liability in this respect, to be submitted to the next meet- ing before being laid before counsel. The road between Abergwilly Common and Nant- garedig being reported out of repair—the Surveyor was directed to pay pariicular attention to that portion of road with a view to its improvement. Petitions were received against the erection of Cas- tellvrhingil Gate, whereupon it was resolved that that Gate should clear Llandebie Gate, and vice versa. Notice was given by Dr Bowcn, that at the next meeting it will be proposed that Pentre Gate, near Saint Clears, be removed nearer Carmarthen, so as not to clear Red Roses Gate or Royal Oak Gate. Notice was given by Mr. J. H. Rees, that at the next meeting it will be proposed to place the sum of £ 13 l,j. at the disposal of the surveyor of the three CommottS district, for the purpose of building a wall upon the south side of the turnpike road near the village of Pell)- brey, opposite to the iron works, where no fence novr exists, the road being dangerous for want of one. Notice was given by Mr. C. Bishop, that at the next meeting, application will be made i > direct the surveyor to take the necessary steps for cleansing the bed of the river Mynis, on ihe line of road between Croesceilog and Llwynybrain, so that the roads be freed from lfoods, Notice was given by Dr. Bowen, that at the next meeting it will be proposed to erect a gate across the turnpike road, near Loughor bridge. It was resolved That the surveyor do report to the next meeting of this Board, on the state of the fences by the river, on the road between Carmarthen and Conwil, and the sum required to put the same into repair." The Meeting then adjourned. On Friday last, there was no business for transaction at our usual Police Court. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday last, an awful instance of sudden deprivation of life occurred in this town. Mr. William Williams, of the Motgan Arms Inn, adjoining Water Street Gate, who had retired to rest the preceding night in perfect health, arose about four o'clock to attend upon his sick son. He then returned to bed, and at seven o'clock was found to be a corpse. An inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon before John Hughes, Esq., coroner, (being the iirst in- quest held by that gentleman), when the foregoing facts having been adduced in evidence, the jury returned a <• »v„ bv the visitation or God,"