The Welshman

DISCLOSURES AHOUT A MURDER COMMITTED THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. For thelast three davs,the viltage of Knottingley, nc.irWakefif.'Id, has been disturbed fiom its accus- tomed state of repose, in consequence of certain cir- coming to knowledge of the authorities calculated to ttiro,v some light on a in(,st brutal iliutdcr which occurred at K!,()ltill¡e\' i't the year 1836. For theinformntiunofourreadcrswemaystate that iu ?oveu.ber, 18:?},the body ofayoung woman named Ann U!)r''faH,ur HassaH,w-asfound in the GooIe canal, at Knottindey, 'lEd fromthem3rksonhcrhodyand other corroborative circumstances, the unanimous opi- nion was that she had met "ith her death by unfair means, and had bcen afterwards thrown into the water, where she was found on the m-'rnin.! after she had been missed. A few dtys before this V'Olllig woman had thus uutimdy come to her death, the landlatly of the beer. house, where the girl lived as domestic servant, had tent her own brother a sum of £i, ir. the presence of a gang of notorious poachers, and other loose characters wheat thattimefrcquentedthe house. One,or possibly more, of these fellows were at that time keeping com- pany with the deceased girl, and it has always been supposed that she was in the tap-room when ttiese run'iansrobbtd theotdman,t)tenasleep,ofthemoney. However, the money was taken f'ofn his pocket, and several of the party in the house at the time were ap- prehended,andthe poor girl, in spite of intimidation and threat;, from their accontp'iees, declared that when the day arrived for her to go before the magistrates, she would speak the truth and nothing more. The day for the investigation before the bench, at Pontefract, was fdr Saturday. Oil the Hen- iug the deceased ws sent about to a shf:p m-ar the canal bridge for sijme pipes and tobacco, but did lIot return, though it -as and in fact admitted by one of the party at the time suspected, that she bad becn with him ill the back premises of the Red Lion, on the opposite side of the road, and close to the In the premises in the pipes were f)und in a broMen state, and from the ap- pearance of the road to the canal, it was the pcneral imprcssion that a strugle had ensued between This very threw on the, part ips in tlf robbery of the la¡.dlady's brc- ther, and sc;A-,e nine rrr ten, among whom wn, the gitl's own \(>f(> A prolotigc-d adjnurned inquest \\as hdd for'several days, but nothing was calcU!'Itprl to the charge of IUlHder to aDY of the u¡>ectPd parti, Five or ix. of the gang have s for othPr one oi two oi them have iu the meantime died. The brot4er of the girl, (who his been suspected nt'ttaviugbeeuprivytothe murder), has several made some siii,, ii Jar statements and displaypJ inJicntions vf being with oil- pleased rp'Srctinns. On Monday eNeriii- this prison was intheRedLionpubiie-house.atXuottinsley, though quite sober, and there made a statement winch induced the pei-sons in company to send for lr. liovard, Mt'.Askum,and Mr.Atkinsr'n (the constables),wlio, from statements made in their presence, retained IIors- fa!l in custody,and inconsequencc of whath'tdfa. Hen from him, two women,named Hannah Askum, and Sj.rah Down<'y, were also apprehended, they having companions or of this gang of rious characters attltet:neofthe murder,thoug!i&incc On Tuesday all three of the parties wereprivately exaitlill<'ù, and from what th(1I all were 01'- derFdtoappear at Pontefraetforfurther examination oil until r;liieli titiie Horsfall in custudy \.skum on 'Ycdncsday T:1C tWi) women were liberated on bail until that day. Joseph Horstall is a horse marine, living at Knot- tingley, and has lost one le. This tragedy promises to come to light after all enquiry has been baiiled so art- ftiII3, for such a length of tiriie, and has c,LusC'd :tH the old rumours in coinectton with it to be revived, and impart(d a ùegrc of interest totheotherwisenotvcry buoyant or lilely circles of which we Itope, for the sake ot justice, may be now cleared up, and that "murder will out" at last.

AWFUL WRECK-OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP. DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE. The tidings of the lotal i-eck of the Hannah.freighted wilh nearly twohundred einiorints, bound to Quebec from Newry, was reported on Monday at the particulars having been received by the American mail steamer, America, at Lj \-prPDo1. The unfortunate vesse], the Hannah, was a ùrig, be- tween l.')0 and 200 tons to Mary- port, and manned by a cref.it is sai(l, of t,,el%e seamen, under the commalld of Mr. Shaw, the iiiaster. On the :3rd of "prillast she sailed from Xewry, with the number uf emjrants OIl lward, ha"ing been previously overhauled and examined by her Majesty's Emigration at that poit. 'riie emigrants chiefly of agricultural labuureis, and their and children. The passage up to the 27th, considering the season of the year, as could he expeetc-d. The vessel thenencountered heavy winds and a quantity of fluating ice. The iiiasler, as well as bore otf in 01"11.,( to dear it, bl,t it in huge and oh the morning of the 29tli, the unfottunate ship struel, a of ice of such 3S to away a part of Lcr Foilunatel)-, the ice was rirmunder the ship's bowg, and theseamp)i convincing thpm as to its rnaily g,,t GII it. Its solidity bein? then apparent, a t)pspp)ate strugle <o"k place women, and (hi!dren, many be!nn irifnttts s'tcking .:t the breas!, with nothiug oil but tlieii- uie-ht atire, "ere to be sl:lalllùlin uyer the mass of ice. Many of the poor erf atttres stipped between the large in.sse, and were eitl-ei- crusheù to death, or met with a Int to the were SOlDe of the to sii-e a small pr)ftiu[J of spirits and a few blankets. Soon after they had got clear,the hhip'a stErIl ruse as it ablne water, and she wellt down headfore'uost, just forty-Mve n.inutes ufte)' the coHiiiion with the ice. The of the exposed as were, amiJ m'lses of ice, a ragi"g g,1I(' of most The wl'I'e amongst them, humanely ga\C lip "l¡at CU\'E'rill!.( the)' had totheftnieues.\vho had been shockingly n.utitated and bruised in their er,urse ot,er the ice. Thus vere tiiey exi-)used the of that day tiH .) o'ctock in the afternoon, when a vesse) h()\e in siglit, and bore d,)-,vii to the ed.:e of the field of ice. it proved to be the barque Nicaragua, also bound for (,Iuebe(-, Capt. Marshal. No pen (Capt. Marshal ob-.er'ef:) can desciibe the pitiable situation of the peer creatures; they were a!) but naked, cut and brui-ed, and fiost-bitteii. There were parents had lost their olnidren.children with I"so> of parents; niai.y, in fact, \\He perfectly insensible. The number sot onboard :he Nicar;¡gud. was I :2D, p.¡;;scn:ers and seamen. The nnttiber ctushed to dcii'h between the ice, and frozen to df-atb, were from .50 to GO. As soun as he had succeeded in getlin all on board,the ship was got under \pigh, and proceeded in the dirccii'.n of CapeHay. Evei )- ro<nfott that h.s means and the ship's capabitity afforded pIaced at thc day, Droo)n,of Glasgow,27 of the p0r' were tr¡¡¡¡sfen! d 011 ùoard (;1' that .niu day, 49ofthesn)- "¡\OfS, fOf cumfult sakl', were placed on bOiJrd ili;rc I.¡h'r HSSE'I. The Nïcaragua retui;(d (2,iebee 01) tbe HI' of last m'}nth, Nhere the rtl1lainJE'r of tiie stiff'?rers ??-fe Ia¡p!e:d, The (ate- 6f LI,?' H\at(" and the ohrrs, ?r.o(,'k to'hc i. !cLL'«t, isnot k:i.)?'t).

AMERICA. LJYERFOOL, MOnAY EYE:II\C;Thc Ito"al 1:1i] sttam.ship Amcrica, Captain i'tnm X ew Yotkon'he Kith,and Halifax en !hL-U':t) instant, lias, after a most (>raordill.HY nm of It d.l):i and tOhours from the furt)Krport,ir.cIndingt):cca:i anddetentioxatHniifax.reaehfdonrh.trbo'.tr. The America brings 121 passengers, anù the maits. from Canadaaud the' United States. The I1lOst i'l'm:nent subject (If ¡nterrot in the KE'w Yûrk nnn is tl.l' great riot in tl!e city of :e\\ YUIk, all 'u (- I o iN-. This ¡¡is;r;Icdul and t)!!nic.d MH'.nr h:!S(')ic!td thf- ptrtsof th< couf.ti'y. It i" thought that the of the rillt by the citizen soldiery \\tH).eud to prevent sitnitaroutbrcaks infuttne. M():itrptt)hasa)sohadasf'C(').d'.di;i''r)f.fits)no')on th.samcday asthat. iu Npw Y<t!k. Tt.c- CctK'ra) \a:) dining wit!i the members and Friends of th ['Cabinet,when sorr.et\YC'hnndrc'dpo)snnscoinmt');ccd an attack 011 the house in which tbey were, shots I\ere fired from within the hote] ,and one man was a Loci)' truops and themub was dispersed without firilig. Sliiet, tlied, the c!ty hasrpmained q'iiet,and frunian par's ufthc'country \Yp h<'arof nofurt!t(;-rd!sturbance. FtomCu!tfornia.we ha,e tiotliiii, iie%,r.

!'1'HE MACREADY AND FORRKST DISPUFE.— DKEADFCL RIOT AXU LOSS OF LIFE. (From the -etc jIay 1L) Oneof ti'e)no.stiunfnt..t'jienndtragn;occurrpnf('s that took pLtce in this hst lJight at the Opera-liotise. For SCHne time past a contcstof unusual bittcrnc.'jj and ani'nosi'.y his bfcii going 011 in this city betwcen the of the rind actors, Macrpadyand l'ozi-est, v)iicli has gr(,,ii o,it of the hostite fepUng-ithatute said to existtowai'd.s each other by both these tragedians. Inconspqnencpofthis state of feeling,Mr. Macready was driven fi'oa)'he stage of the with elery kind of indignity,onMondaynightIast.by thppartisansof Mr. FOI rest, and the play was completely stopped. This outrageous conduct we tu corne to the ùetermiuation of declining to p)ayhisfareweMengagemc-ntat.thisthcaU'(';butatthe rCljuest of Ining and a numue!' of gentle- mell who were disgusted with the tre:1tmeat lie rfcpÍI cd, iiicii N- l io ?vere di.?;g lie was iulluenced to his niiiicl. Last night, therefore, was the next occasion on which lie was announced to make his appearance. Serious apprehensions were entertained that a riot take place, but no one faucicù that it would end iIl such a hurriLlc During the day, therefore, the authorities were on the alert to take the neceasary precautious for the preserva- tion of the peace. Aboutfueo'ctoek the cro,d began toassembteinthe neighbourhoodoftheOpcra House; and from that time till their nUlllbrrs graclually increased till reache(l, it was estii-Dated, 10,000. After manifestatious of tumultuous feeling oil the part of the crowd, stones at length began to be thrown at the and the doors at the back en- trance of the thpatre Mere broken in. Au attempt was made to set the Opera House on fire. The police contended with them until about 9 o'clock, when the atjonal Guards came up (l1al ing de- tained by the tack of ammunition). Their appearance I seemed to exaperate the crowd, who commenced throw- ing stones with greatet- than before. The mi- litary at length fired a voDey of b)ank cartridges, which on)y had the effect of irritating the mob to a greater degi ce. Orders wrre then given to load with baJJ, and three volleys, we are informed, were fired with the most disastrous Themobwas not subdued till about twelve o'clock. A ftPC that hour a laqe corps of poJicc occupied the in- tenor of the Opera House, while the Governor's Guards, 6thRpgiment,under Co). Pierce,the National Guard, Co). Die, a company of Horse Artillery, Yates's Battery, eonsisting of two pieces, luaded with calJistrr shot, in all number):]gabuut300 men, were stationed in Seventh and Eighth-streets, in the immediate vicinity of the bui'ding. Itwasthesubjeetofgeneraleomplaint)astniGhtat the scene of action that no ILiot Act was read. Uncler our laws there is no Riot Act. The Recorder and She- riff rCCJwnstrateù with the crowd to disperse, but being disregarded, the nntitary were ordered to fire, as a last resort. Between tlVO and three o'clock, some 70 or 80 pri- soners, who had been confined within the Opera b'iiid- ing, were removed to various po'ice-statlons, under a strong guard of the 9th ward police. The crowd, perceiving, from the number of wounded and dead falling on all sides, that they were likely to be overpowered, and that further resistance was Vail), way, and peace was finally restored. At lhe City Hospital are eJeHn wounded persons. It is stated as a remarkable fact, that all who were shot about the truIJk are through and sllOwing that they were engagrd in action. A numuer were takeu illto the clrug-store of D. coi-ner of and third areiiiie. Of the two dead liiue of wholn are supposed to be moitaUy wounded. Of the UiUitary, six, who Itcn" seriously injured lJy stones. At the 1.5th ward station-house six dead bodies lie. The police have repor:cd Henry Otten, killed Fred. GiHespie, wounded in the foot M'Gowen, in the thigh úf 42, dead and a g£>ntleman and lady, who were crossing the Bowery at Eighth-street, were struck by arandom ball and takeu into an ad- juuung store,both reportcddead; a coloured woman, who keeps an oyster shop at the corner of Lafayette and Aotor-p'iaces, was struck by a ba'i and afterwards died while on the way to the hospital. A butcher named a resiùent in was also At the 17tli ai-d st<llion-house are three dead bodies, viz., W!n.rarker,sai!or; Wm. Butit'r,shi;)- joiner the other A man iiaiiic-d Wni. Smith, SOth-street also fell dead while combating by the side of his Body not yet found. It is believed that 30 or 40 soldiers were ii-oundc-d auJ as ulany tJy balls and stories. (From the same, }by 12.) The number of persons kiHed, or who have since died,in COIJ5equence of the firing of the military on Thursùay is about 20. Lastnightpasscdoff without any disturbance. In an¡ici¡,atiuo "I' any possible outbreak, a largenumbcrof t; peci.il constables were yesterday sworn in. Several companies of n.iHtary were ordered to be in readiness when called on, and eight pieces of cannon were ready to be brought into action if necessary. Fortunatety, however,therewasnooccasion for theirservices. A coroner's inquest was held upon the bodies of the k)Hed,and afteravery longand niinuteinquiry into all the facts, the jury return: d the following verdict: We beiieve that George A. Curtis, John Mac DOln!d, Thonns .)1\<\1 d, George Lncotn, Timothy PLur:js, Henry Ot)cn, George '\V<i.shingt'')n Erowi)e, Wi'iam Buth-r, George \V. Taylor, Owen Burns, Thes. Bulntan. Neii Gray MeUis, Asa F. CoUings, Wiiiiam Armer, Thomas Kiernan. Matthew CahiH, and George W.Gedney.cameto their deaths by gunshotwonnds, nied by the mii'.tary, during the riot between the Opera House, on Thursday evening. 10th of May instant, by 0-der of the civil authorities of the city of NeIV York and that the circumstances existing at the time jus- tified the authorities in giving the order to fire upon the mob. We further believe that if a larger number of the police had been ordered out, the necessity of a resort to the military might have been avoided." (From the -Yew J"urÃ; Weeldÿ //c/'a/< of May 1C.) Mr. Maeready left the LNew York Hotel, where he was !i\ing, and departed from the city at three o'clock yes- terday accomp<lnied by or his friends. He expressed his determination to return no more for ever. His baggage was taken away yesterday morning atfiveo'clock.iuehargeofa.friend After thcnring of the first round from the military, a friend of Mr. told him that there had bec-n bloodshed, which seemed to affect him very much. He threw up his hands and exclaimed, My God, has my appear- ance led to the sncriuce of human iiff I wish I had adhered to my first resolution, and not yielded to the solicitation of my friends They assured me there would be no lIe then to his dress. ing-room, and prepared to leave the theatre. After having got safely to the New York Hotp), it was deemed prudent by himse)f and friends that he should leave the city as soon all possible, lest an attack should be made upon that house. The uniform of a was and in that lie left the hotd, on horseback, for where he cou1d wait for thenrstmorningttainforBoston. It is said that he a portion of the crowd, on his way out of the city, but did not excite their suspicion. He was accompanied by military officers, who acted as an escort and body-g uar d until be was clear of the city.

E'I1GnATl() FRO:\[ LIVEHPOOL.-F'rom the 1st of January tuthp31stofMarchoftt)eprpscntyearthe numberwhosaited fromthispor). under the provisions of the Eniigralioi) Act, exclushe of those who left in not ineliidcd %,itliin the of the vernment omce, was 35,-162 souls, against 2;),\J-!3 in the corresponding months of last year. During the fortnight from the 1st to the Uth of Apii), 11,G1.5 additional sailed,tnaking a tot<l1, £':>111 the cotntneticcrncnt of the year,47,077. The buikof these emigrants consist of a ery superior ctass, of small farmers and even substantial yeomen. A )argenu!r,her have been fron Wales, consisting of fariiiers, iiiiiier,, and labourers, and they carry with them gp!tcr(i))y a large quantity of luggage and imptpn.pnts. Xeattythe whole of the emigration has been directed by the way of the United States, scarcely any proceeding direct to our North American Nvo-,Nl)rr,rul. Bt'TAMCAL ExrttAC).—To all those Ilho study a bt'nntifL.) and fair complexion and are troubled with trpckn' tan spots, batches, or other disco!ourations of s kin, win be so and ill LL permaneut cure as the extract at lhe sallle it imparts a delightful and youthful appearance to the complexion. To thllC r('sjdiIl! ill or cliiiiates, tlit, OlieDt;.] H!)!a))ic.)! J Extract will Le found all in remoliug aH sun spots nnd mhf'r eruptions of the skin so prevalent in the TO clualitics. l'repaled orJy:tr:d rt;'ai) !)y th['so]f' George II. S. Cockbui'), A!dgate, London and ait n't:er :u<d ;.prfnn:crs in The Queen has been pleased tn direct tetters patent. to be passed under the (lreat 8,al, ¡rrillltjl) the of1î(;(' and place of Advocate General, or Judge-Martn.! of her 1\1aj."t)" Forces, t:, Sir Da\'id Dundas, Knt. The Limerid. J'.wllli1tel' stall's that" L'I1'd Stanley has poor tellantr}', r)!'o\i,e.:l them \\ilh clothrs, ilIIl] gave a sum (If Il101H'Y to each, a:1 sellt them off to A¡¡rn ica." --The Duke of Iall(;hcster has ann,q:IJced his intention on hisp.\ tensive esftites inthecountyof Armagh. A'\oi;t.E ExA'.ii'[.):.—Jnn:ps Mackenzie, Esq. of tlicrir'nof Mt'ssrs. Mackenzie,and Ciutter- huek,Bankers.of Hat' lias Btitlt Unitfd IIospiial,andji;)Otothe G!'neral Hospi- tal. The same gentlf-manhi.srecently presented ti)e casier and clnks of the finn with sums anl0nn!ilw in acknowledgment oftLur faithful STAXLEY,BA!:r.,I!SHtECoU!<TY<1I'C)!S)'.I!tE.— Tht'se magnifictnt estates were submitted to auction by Messrs. Farehrothcr, dark and Lye.!astwpek,atthe Stanley Arms Hot.el, E:¡sthm, nE'ar LiH'rpo01, in many lots. The mansion (íIOO!IJ!hall) aud 8.j0 acres of lallll formed the first lot, and was bought In at £85,000. Therewerenot many bidders,and we underst!!nd the lot has been since sold to an (Jpnlent bankE'r. Various ottier lots were submitted, and found spirited buyers (at nearly thirty-three years' purchase) inl\Iessrs. Town, II'aliug, Arlllingham. Liug¡ud, Lloyd, Crackputhorpe, Utiscoe, and others,totheamonntofi.G-j,000 The competition \\as eq<wlly ¡{reat for other lots, \\ben Messrs. Brown, Quick, \Vbs:er, Hali:!on, Gleen, \Vil- liam 1'a'I<'n, Jackson, treadell, Congre\'e, Tibbett, and other gentlemen ere purchascr3 to the amount of nearly i;200,000. Upwards of 300 gentlemen attended the sale, winch was held in the targe pavilion in tlieplca- sure ground:; of the hotel. Mti.l''Kt.W);N'sB)LL)() L'KfTE Dtsmicrs.—A bill has been brought in by Mr. Frewen, LOllI Banil1ton, anrll\Ir. l\lood)' to el1aùle mgistrates at highwa}' sessions to unite parishes into distriets, and a ppoin t (listrict suneyors, There are se\'eral spct ions in IhE' present Highway Act re],lting to this subject, and the object of tIle bill in question is to giH greater facility fo-earryingoutthespsee'tions. The first clause enaùles jljticcs at highwa)' sessiol:S to unite parishes and appoint a 81I1'H'}'or j the I'econd giles the parishes a power to appealif they choose it; tl<etlurd,thatt!ie names of the parishE's so united, \dth lhe name of the district surveyor,are to be registered with the clerk Of tltepeace,and duer)otice given to tite surveyor of highways of each parih. Tile fourth, that thl' justicE's are to nx the salary of the disttict surveyor, with the proportiontobepaidbyeachparish.butitisnotto C'xceed 13s. 4d. for eVE'ry mile of parish road ill each parish, or Is. 8d. a furlong, or one half-peony a perch so that. if a parish has ri\R miles of road they cannot be called upon for more than £3 6s. 8d., if six miles it wouldbe i't. Persons wlio liaveliad experience in these matters consider tliat in those districts wliere thereisnota larg&amountoftramc,one surveyor could superintend from 1.50 to 200 mites of parish roads. If a district were taken of 25 parishes, with an average of sixmilesof roads in each,the surveyor,in that case wouldreeeiveaboutflOOayear.andeachparisliwouId pay )css to the district surveyor than they generally pay tothesurveyoroftheirown parisli. TheHfthc)auseis that the district surveyor is to give security. The sub- stance of the sixth,seventh,eighth,and mnth clauses areintheprescntIIigliwayAct. Tt'elOtli clause is that two-thirds of the justices acting tor the district may discharge the surveyor if proof is given of m)scunducting himsetf. The 11 tit clause is that the act is not to extend to Scotland or Ireland, or the county of Middlesex, or any piacchavinga board for the repair of highways under the presenLact, or any place ha\'Îng a lucal act of parliament. The 12th clause is, that it is not to be put in force.unlesstliere are GO miles ofparishroads intlie district. T))cl3thclauseisthat the aetisto continue till the 2.5th of March,18.51,and thence to the end of the then session of parliament but if the bill should pass, and is found to work w'eli, it is to be presumed that Itwilibceontinued from year to year during the will of parliament, or until some larger and more impcrtant measure shall be passed for amending the Tun TRoors tN IsruA.—Tlic whole of the troops engaged in the Punjanb war, so successfully concluded, are to rEcei\'e a medal inscribE'd Punjauli, and a similar inscription is to he placed on the colours of the various regiments, both of the Queen's and the Company's sen-ice. On Friday the last di\ision of the Sith regi- ment of Foot embarked at Gravesend on board the Edrnundsbury for Calcutta this division consisted of threeoScersandl38men. The head quarters,ashas already been intimated, embarked on the 21st ult in the Essex, for the same destination. GREAT FtHE NEAR OxFORD-STREET.—On Monday night, shortly aftcr lIine o'clock, a fearful firf', which was not extinguished until nearly midnight, and not until a serious quantity of property had been destroyed, broke out in Blenheim-street, Oxford-street. The pro- mists were in t he occupancy of Messrs. Ajderon and Sons. lead-merchants and pewtprers. The Samesorigi- nated from some cause <}t present unknown, in the warehouse, adjoining the Blenheim Dispensary. That building,containingavast quantity ot oil, turpentine, and other equally infbmmable articles, eause;d tLe fiJ e to progress with unusual swiftnps, so that befure an en- gine hall time to reach the p]acp, the warehouse and ,dl it cOIltailH,¡j, became \\npped in olle immense bel'l of Same. ltwast'.v(I\eo'c)ock beforethei!am(se':uld be subdued, and lIot ulltil the pxtensi\'e wan'house ill valuable con- tents con'Hlmed, the building under the dip('nsa!y s£'1'i- ousty damaged by fire and water, and tl)E Ieetu:(. room of the dispensary injurcdbyfire.&c. Co'<FLAGK\rto-<.—Oa Tuesday mim- ing one of the most extensive conflagrations that ha-'e occurred on the Surrey ''ide of the water for some con- siderable time past broke out shortly before 2 o'clock, in Willow-walk, The names commenced in the premises belonging to Mr. Clapham, a tanner and leather dresser. Bt'foreany assistance coutdarrive,the greater portion of the works was enveloped in names, and so great was the heat, that the houses in Crnnscott- street were oblige to have to tents of water thrown over them toprevcnt their ignition. Inspiteof alt the en- deavours of the fireiuen the flames crossed a narrow road, and fired alrnos t i.nst:Ullaneously the ex tensi e works of Mr. IIugman, it the same line of business. The'toss of property by th'stnehas proved very cunsi- CnfLD SrKAHNG.—On Saturday, a nne littie girl, aged two years and a ha)t, named Martha Alice, daugh ter of Mr. Stroud, of HI, Church-lane, St. the East,whtbt out for an airing withthe nurse,was decoyed awayby an eldrrly f<'ma)e,w)io accosted her in John-street. Minories. The child was immediately missed by the attendant, yet notwithstanding an instant alarm, and the researches of the police, coupled with the otter of a handsome reward, the child tcmains uare- BEATING A CitiL!' TO DEATH.—A man, named Holloway, living in Kigslad-plac(>, Southampton, has been taken up f.)r beattng his child (a boy about ten years old) to death on Saturday last. The boy had been guilty of some triSIng onenee, and his father beat him with a strong buckle and sttap, and kicked him until he died. When the poor eluld was dead, the brute took thehodytothebackoftheho'jseandpouredwateron it, in the hope of bringing 't to life again. The man is a drunken,bad character,and has been in the habitof using his wife and child very cruelly. PARts, hundred of the members of the French Legislative Assembly met on Sunday in the hall of the late Chamber of Deputies. M. Kevatrey, who arrived in Paris on Saturday night, occupied the President's chair by right of seniority, and MM. Boch, Estaucelin, Koltahd, De Coistin Bauce), and the Ser- geant of the Line Commissaire, being the youngest members present, were appointed secretaries. The President then announced the following orders of the day for Monday:—"At 12 o'clock precisely a public sitting, wit)) standing committees to be drawn by ballot. Formation of those committees. Verification of powers. The public sitting to be resumed in case any reports are ready to be presented." The new members were in general respectably attired, although some of the Uitra- Republicans appeared in party-coloured jackets and heavy broad-brimmed hats of black and white felt, simi- lar in shape to those the Italian bttgands are represented as wearing. The three non.commissioned offieers Boichot, Ruttier, and Commissaire were also present, \\eariLg an Ul1ùres uniform, without epaulets. A fel\' of thl' tHIn-eJected rE'presE'ntati\'es, amongst whom :1. Goudchaux was conspicuous, remained en pcrmanence in the Salle des Conferences until a late hour, in order to be prepared to resist a coup d'etat which it was never intended to execute. A letter from Home dated the 20th in: states that the following were the proposi- tions made by M. Lesseps to the Government ot the H.om¡,n Republic. 1. The French Republic takes Rome under itsprotection. 2. The Fr<'nc)ttroi)pssi)a]l be received in Rome as brothers. 3. The population shall be called to pronounce freely on the form of government by which they are to be ruled. The National Assembly had rejfcted these propositions during its sitting on the night of the 19th, and had charged the Triumvirate to continue the negotiations with the view of arriving at an honourable resolution based on the principles of perfect reciprocity. Garibaldi had attacked the Neapo- li'ana at VaDetri at (; o'clock on the evening of the 19th. The new French Cabinet was not yet formed, and probably would not be untfi the new Assembly had I manifested its political opinions. TuE Fi!E:ctt DL'cuow.—The ranks of Parisian dramatic talpnt have, of late. been thinning fast ;—the veteran Laurent Franconi, founder of the school of horsemanship which lias made his name celebrated throughout Europe, died suddenly on Saturday last. His toss wiil be felt at the Hippodrome, where his en- trance was always greeted with delight as affording a respite to the dread and terror ir.to which the vaulters and tum blers an d aerial horsemen of the modern school had tltrowntltcspectators. Hebearswitlt him the sole remaining souvenirs of the Iwut cCIJle of Versailles, and wltige of the foyal cravattes, of which his pup:I the Count d'Attois was such a brilliant specimen. The name of Franconi was brougttt upon the tapis upon tliG occasion of the choice of a sovereign after the abdica- tion of Bonaparte. "Wemu-sthnvea kingwhocan mount and ride well upon occasion," 6;nJ the Uuku Dc- caxes a'the conference. then,"rejoined Prinec T..lkyr..¡.,d, ynu'.nd bt't<'fta.<.c Frano)¡i :"— ThGUcportoftbcMiIfordatidHakitiBr'tishSchoo! DaMn-will appear npxt\vc<?k \Ve cannot insert nr nuttce in any ?ay, any commu-  that is St'nt to u,; anonymously; but those who chosc to addrcssu. in confidence win nxJ th?ircon- fidence respcetcd. Neither can %ve ulldertake t(? l'eturH ,tny iii?tritts(-iil)ts

Among the U<fu:tns urgently needt'd,none is more necessary, and none would be more just.thanachange inthcGame Laws. Atprexcut they are productive of to an fl]mostunlimited Scarcely a pal ish but has suffered in the persons of some of its famHies or dependents for "affrays with poachers,"or "deadly connictsinthe preserves." By nrbt offering irresistibie temptation to the poor, and then by punishing and pursuing llPliuquents rignur and (leter- mination,our rural population is fast besoming corrupted by those '.aws, which so preposterously give men a right \vhich nature never intended, which good sense repu- diates, and which experience proves it would have been prudent long ;<go to abandon. If the Game Laws be not soon reformed by abolishing the absurd "rights" now ht)d by a fel\' are in most cases,where offences against the laws ateeoncerned, the phuntiff, the magistrate, and the judge—we shall find that a demoralized peas.-mtry.a discontented tenantry, and an outraged community generally, will demand the away with them of other privilrges much less ohnoious than the Game Laws, but much more personally I aluable to those who now cling so tcna- ciously to time-worn institutions. The farmer, the renter, is a great sufferer by thes senseless enaetmcnttregardinggame. Thewild beasts and birds destroy his best crops, gorge down the very essence of his existence, and he dare not remonstrate- nay, he dare not free his grounds of a vermin as hateful as it is injurious to him. That civilization has brought improvement,is of tittle service to him. He is not avowed to benefit by the onward strides of knowledge. His condition is normal as his father's. The hateful bar barous usages toward which he is compelled to administer, cramp his energies, and limit his mind. In everything he is behind the age—behind it in wisdom and skiH, and their application to the ordinary purposes of life. This is owing, we believe, to the usages that hem him in with an iron grasp, and prevent that free exercise of the mental faculties, which are necessary to a true and complete development of man's powers. His moral a;:d intellectual position is thus contrary to thespiritofttieage. And white he thus suffers, he is also compelled to endure all the pain and afuictiun of a daily deprivation of his substance, that his neighbour may indulge a propensity of a dubious nature at least. But it is from individual instances that a good case isto Le made out. The evil effects of the Game Laws on the rurat population and the ruin they bring to the farmer have been often proved, and our columns have recorded numerous cases of individual hardship of this kind. We now learn that even the landlord class them- selves are not free ftom the fangs of a law framed for their especial protection. Ttte following Ictur to a morning paper, discloses a case of hitrdsikil) that should arouse those from whose ranks this sufferer springs to be just to their consciences and to the position that society has favoured them with. They should that the Game Laws, with their unequal and arbitrary code of punishments,an(l thcirgri:idingexe!usiveness, shall no longer disgrace the English statute book. If a great and urgent appeal to their sense were wanting, the following provides that appeal :— "GAME LAW PEnSEC¡;TlO.-To t'/<C Editor.- I am the son of a gentieman residing on his own estate in this county (Leicestershire).and,as the anù of this my father me a written authority to shoot hares upon any portion of his taud, pursuant to the'ecetttuct of p&rtiament. StIch authol ity was duly registeied and, acting upon iI, 1, on the 23rd f'f.Nmetnber)ast,w:ts Iuanetdof my father's, whEre I shot at a hare, which irnmedhrdy ran into au adjoining close, in the occupation of a fai-iiier in the iicighbotirhooa, and fell into a ditch on the oppo!<ite side of the close. I thereupoll fetched the harp, whicll was quite dead -I)i-(,viousiv, ol)- scning the prl>cdution to leavc illY un behind me in iiiy fiilier's field for the express purposeofavoidingany appparanceof trespassing iopursuit of game. On re- turning I saw and spoke to a ppr.son who had formerly occupied a cottage belonging to my wl1o, for surHcieut reasons, gave him notice to quit the result of wh:<:h lie freqnently afterwards to ntyself and thi.d parties his deterrmnation to be In a few days shooling the hare an infnrmaliun was laid me by an of Atherstone, who had the right of shooting over the close,and l was sened with a SUIlJIUOIlS under the hand of a to appear 011 the 6iti of last uefor the petty sessionsat Market Dosworth. The infortna- tioii was laid under the 30tttscc.of taud2WiHiam IV. c. 32, for trespassing on the 23rd of November upon tlie"BaruCiose"before-n)entioned, in search of game. I appeared to this suintitozis, which was dis- miss¡:d, each party paying his OWIJ custs. ontheconclusionofthehcaring.thcattorneystattd in open court his determination not to allow the to rest there,but. that he shuu)d lay the hcts of the case before the of taxes for the district, threat I lie into but success. On the2Sthof December he applied tothe petty sessions at Atlierstouc (to which benchlte'.vas clerk) for a fresh summons against me fur precisely the same offence,and UpUII prerisely lh salllC infunnatioll but his application was.as l ltave been informed,refused on the ground that the ciise had been stlbstanli"JIy heard, and dismissed. Notwithstanding, however. this refusa),he madeatitirdexact)ysin,itar applica- tion, on the same information, to aniag!s'ra'eat the petty sessions at Nuneaton (to winch bench lie was also clerk),but that gentleman objected togrant the summons on the same ground as it had been re- fused at Athers'one. Onth's, anotlicr magistrate who was present, but wito liad been silt-nt during the application,observed—"Well,then, IwiH grant the summons" (or words to the same eH'cct), which he did, although he was one of the magistrates who heard the rirstsumtnons,at Market Hosworth,and was thus,of his own knowledge, fully aware of what there took phtCf On the saine day the indefatigable attorney applied for and obtau.ed a third summons against me, under ano- ther section of the act, for unlawfully using a gun for tliepurpose of killing game,"and on tlie 10th of last January, both these 011 for hea- iug at Market Bosworth. The first was again and, as to the second, after a consultation of tength, the bench agreed to convict me in the penalty of ls., thus pretty clearly showin that ill its judgmPlit the case was one of all extreiiiel)- natuie. aile magistrate refused to concur in the Notwitlistanding all this the prosecutor in open court again declared his intention to communicate with the surteyof'of taxes, withavfFw to obtainingasurcharge; and shortly afterwards I was served with notice of sur- charge in double the amount of the game certificate duty under the acts of parliament in that behalf; and I have since hat the attorney and prosecutor thought proper to prefer to Sir George Grey certain charges against a magistrate who had decidedly dissented from my being convicted in the several investigations of the case; but the right hon. baronet, after an attentive consideration of that gentleman's answer, hsa entirely exonerated him. I should also state that upon a metnot-ial presented by me to the commissioners of stamps and taxes, praying for a remission of the penalty upon the surcharge, they have remitted the same. The above statement does not need any further com- ment on my part, and I therefore leave you and the public at large to draw your own inferences. I am sir, Your very obeùient and oblied servant, 'I TUOS. EnMUK!) GEARY." Atterton, near Athcrstone, May 16. Surely it is unbecoming, unjust, and imprudent that any class of men should be allowed longer to defy civi- uzauon, to counteract improvements that accumulated knowledge has shewn us to be much needed. If they win. indulge the tastes of wild men, they should not. do so at the expense and to the inevitab4e disgrace and degradation of civilised society. The back woods of America and the ample forests of Australia or XCIV Zealand otter plenty of scope for the exercise of vicious propensities and masculine exercise. To indulge such propensities at the expense of English society, should no longer be desired by them, for delay win but increase their own difficulties in a peaceable adjustment of the matter; nor should the evil for another day be enduted by the nation's legislature. Mr. Geary lias shown how unholy an instrument these laws are. It reflects little credit on 8uch as lie that tiley waited for personal injury ere they took steps to redress what \h so mani- f-tlyawrong to tiiFir felines, al;d a blot upon the \,1:>1e H. ith natio1\,

I PAVING AND LIGHTING MEETING. A of the and Lighting Conirnis- su-ners fur this town was he'd yesterday, Geo. Davies, Esq., in the chair. TheOerk announced that the first business which presented itself tothe notice of the meeting was to to payoff the cLlirn of the executors of the latc Miss Heney, held a upon the rate. to tile IIIIOLI'.It Of EC)OO, and respec(i!)gwhich two notices to pay it of had bcen from pal-ties. The Treasurer that it had been arranged that lie sl)oulci ietaiii e.%eiy alternate E;30 paid to liiin bytheCuHcctor,inorderthatitmightaccrunntj'eunti) it bpcasnesumciettt to liquidate this ctai.11. Hchad ôlccordingly set aside £ ID0 for that purpose. a brief it was deemed advisable that ttiisarrangement should be continued, but as no resolutiontothat effect appeared on the miuute book, it was on the proposition of J. J. Stacey that the Treasurer shuu!d retain amoiety of thepav- mentsmadebytheConectortohim.audaddthemto the fl-50 already funded, until the s'.on of jLuOO shati beavaHab'tCtopayotttitemortga.geof that amount to the executors of theiateMissIlervey. It that application for the money had be-n made by Messrs. Hoyd and Jones 0:1 behalf of the executors of the late Mr. Wm. Jones in whose name the deed poll was executed, and also by Mr. T. Parry, on beha'f of Mr. Brock Jones. The Rev. D. A. Wil- tiarnsasoneofttie executors of tile lite Alc, Jones, in- timated that he shouid not. release the Commissioners from their responsibitity unless the amount in question was paid to himself and The next questionthat arose for discuisi,,n was with regilrd to the encroachment 01' obstruction np')i1 the Pllulic by a tljht of" steps toading to the warehouse in the (jccupation of Mr H')weH, in Priory Street. Mr. P. G. Jones (agent for Mr. Yelvprton, the owner ofthestorehouse.toawaitwhoseattendnncetheques- t'fon had been adjonrneù from a in- sistedtttatthcstepsinqnestionwerenoobstructionor encroachment, and asserted that Mr. Ye[verton had an right to ground 011 which they stood, as they had existed there for more than 100 years. Besides, lie added, ttere was no internal cOllJrnunicatiun \\ith the store-loft. In reptyton.qnestion,Mr. Collard said that the foot- way was about 12 feet in width from the steps to the gutter. Mr. J. J. Stacey said that this case was precisely simitar to that of Mr. Griflith Harries, of Water Street, and Lord Cawdor's property in Dame Street, and as the steps had been ordered to be removed in each f'f these cases, he did not see how the Commissioners could now act Mr. Longmore suggested, as a middle course, that an agreement to remove the steps whenever called on should be signed by the tenant, and that in the mean- time a nominal rent should be paid to the Commission- ers for the occupation of the ground. Mr. P. G. Joncswoutd notpayafarthingasrcnt. Mr. Longmore that now the question of arose Mr. P. G. Jones said that the width of the footway in Water-street and Priory-street were very different; and if the Commissioners ordered the steps to be removed, he shoutd at once request Mr. Collard to give him the names of the parties {freeting the removal, in order to take proceedings against them. Mr. C.Brigstocke thought that was intended as a (lefiance. Mr. P. G. Jones certainly did intend it as such. Mr.Brigstocke observed that in that cabe he shou)d move the immediate removal of the steps, and would take the sense of themcetingunthesubject. The Rev. D. A. WiUiams thought that even-handed justice shoutdbemetedouttoaH parties. After some further discussion, Mr. J. J. Stacey moved and Mr. Brigstockc seconded,a proposition that the steps attached to the storehouse in the occupation of Mr. Howel), in Priory-street, be removed, after due notice had becn to the tenant. Upon a division there appeared, for the motion, 8 :— Messrs. J. J. Stacey, C. Brigstocke. Longrnore, W. T. Ciatke, Lloyd HeweUyn, J. Lewis, Rev. D. A. Wi))!ams. and Rev. D. Lloyd. Against it, 2 ;—Capt. PhiUipps and Mr. P. G. Jones. The motion was therefore carried, Mr. P. G Jones said that if Mr. Yelvertou had any spirit he would at once bring an action against the par- ties removing the steps, and lie pI\ J.) shuuld certainly advise him to do so. Mr. J. J. Stacey jocularly remarked that Mr. Jones's advise on such a subject would be very disinterested. (L>ud laughter.) The Rev. D. A. Williams apprehended that Mr. Yel- vertoti wouid find discretion the better part of valuur.—! (Renewed laughter.) The Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the aileged encroachments near the White Horse, in Chapel-street, was read, which stated that 2 encroach- ments had been cleluly made-one on a piece of ground 10tt.by7ft.l0in.onwhichaworkshophadbeen erected, and the other a piece of ground 9fr.8in.by 7ft. Sin.! which had been enclosed by a wall They recommended 1111[\t the public rights slwuld be forthwith as it was not impossib)e that in a short time Chapel-street may require widening, and in that case the Commissioners would have to purchase their own property. Mr. P. G. Jones remarked that the spot in ques- tion had been enclosed 60 years, ati(I other Commiasioners having to a great extent corroborated this statement, whichwou)dentit!et!ie parties to possess the ground from iapse of time, the report was ordered to be referred back to the Mr.CoUard wished to explain an error intowhich the Inspector under the Health of To.vns Act had inadver- tently faHen. Thatgentlema'! had statcdthat the cost of maintaining the roads in the Borough, was .E900, whereas his (Mr. C.'s) e!timatcfurtheenti)-e yearwa-i £7,jO, out of which would have to be deducted £ 100 the proceeds of the He was anxiOlls that the should be setrightonthispuint. Ttietong vexed question respecting the payment to the(jjLS Company for the supply of gas during the tl\() summer months in 1817, was then revived. Mr.LotigmoreonbehaifoftheComminceappoin'ed to investigate the matter, produced a computation by whichhcptovedthati;'277s..5d.w.)u)d bcaf.)ir pay- ment for the as consumed du:iu t.he: time in fj'l,tion, white the cinim of the Company was .0:30. The Cierkcaiculatedthat the cost uf each IIghtwas it, routidiiuiiibers El Ss.6d. and if only burned 1 hours, this would m'tkc the sum due to the Comptny £2G 12s. lOd. Af'er mi unnsuaUy brief convers.i.io.i, Mr. L;)ttg.))o)e moved that i;27 10s. be paid to t)ie Company.and the Rev. Mr. Wiih.tmsaud Mr. Ge.). Si)U.'re!i consenting as representatives of the Gas proprietur::<, the motion was agrefd to. With regardtothp two summer months of th:s year, the p.'tice, and Gas Company's [manager t'ere desired to kcer all acellrate account of the hOllrs of lightingnhfi extinguishing, in order that t!¡t:' Cdltl1Uissiú:i<t"s luigllt. formanacc:iratejutg!nentou the subject. Mr. L).!y.) L1cl\'ellY1 camp! ¡il¡{,¡] o'the de.'ective con- dition.the pitching i<t Br:,lc4C 'eet,whicii Mr. Coitard was ordered to repair at an expcllse lIiJt ex- cceding lOs. Mr. Gardner claimed CL 19- Id. for arrears of tithesnoml8K) to the present ye.i.r up.iuthat.trid occupied .)s a deposit for manure by the Commis- sioners. The sum \is directed to be p'\irl at the u.xt iiieetisig. The srrit of sion, was ordered to be paid to Mr. W Morris; who was also directed to issue summonses for all defaulters in payment ofthelastyear'srate. Themeetingthenadjourned.

FATAL COACH ACCIDHN)'. On Fud.ty.iftcrnfton,as the Cardigan maitcoach was proceeding from Newcastle M:n!yn to Cenarth.whm "c.t!' a ba)ik :tttheon'sideof thect)ach,whenitw;tsimmt'- diately upset and thrown upon its side in the road. Till' outsidepassengerswereofeourseprecipitatedfr'xnth)' roof, but no iiijury inside the Mr. Morgan Jeukins, Draper, of Cardigan, and his daughter, who wen: home from where Mr. Jenkins had "becu consulting Dr.Dowen. It appears tti;tt,he ivas unfortunately sub- ject.tont.s,aud it iisimaginedthathemusthavebeen attackedhyoneincmscquenceofthcfright occasioned by the catastrophe of the co;icli upsetting. Near)ya qutnterof an houfetapsed before the coach could be again placed and \\hNI at the expiration of thltt period, Mr. Jenkins was extricated, it was ascertained that life was eomph'tety extinct. This awful catastro- phe excited intenseemotioa in the neighbourhood, and the body ha'i'tg been conveyed to the Saliitatioll Ht)tel, .Ne%vc-,istle 1,,tnlyn, all iiiqijest %vis held there oil Satur- day, before George Thomaii, Esa., Coroner, wheu the foUotving evidence (which amply explains the caose of this dreadful misfortune) was adduced:— John Davies, son of Abet Davies, saddler, );ewcastle Etn!yn, examined :—I got tile mail coach on Friday cveninn abuut. 6 o'ciock, wiien it was leaving the Htnhn Arms for Cardigan. The coachman, (WiHiam Evans). David Jones, of Bronwydd, Tom the ostter, and myse)f. were outside. Mr. Morgan Jenkins and a lady travet- Un" with him, were inside. Mr.Jenkinawasinthp coach whc'n l gotup,and l d)d not see him from that time until the coach upset. I sat behind the coach. A drunkpn man came up beside me and wanted to stop there. The coachman asked him where he was going and he answered To the top of the town." The coachman asked him if he had paid, and ¡TE'cei\in no rcp)y,beganto!ashhi'n with the whip. lie however stopped on the coach until we came to the otd turnpike gate. IIetheng<'tdownandraubehiud,ho!ding;onby the step of the coach. The cnachman told him that if hedidnotietgohewouidsttikehirn. The man then did let go his hold, and the coachman whipped the horses to get away fromhim. The horses were goinK at a fLlst trot, and the coachman was [.)kiu, back to see where the drunken man was, when the coach which was facing down hiU and had neither dr;)a' r:o;- chain or. at the time, ran against a wait on the onside of the road. We were all thrown off, hut I got up as soon as I fett. The coach was lying on its side, and deceased ws calI- ingout from inside it. The coachman and IIprbcit Lewis, whu came up at the tillic, tried to get him out of the fallen coach, but could not in doing so hefore they lurncd tlic, coach up on the aain, Asaoouastheot'achmantookhuIdofhitr'.Mr. Jrnkin.s ceased calling nnt. Having been E'xtripaterl; Le was, placed aius! the h('(l¡>, bllt I dill not I¡ear hi:o lit.ter,: sound. They opened liiswaistcftat,and oi" his neckcloth. The ostler was at the back of tile ClJae. when it was but lie jumped ntf a it was I do not think the coachman was drunk. I had seen him and heard him talk frequently before 0" that day. Thomas Morris Davics: of Rhydyfewch, in the parish of Hangoedmore, horsekepper, examined :—I got on th? mail at the Post Office in Newcastle Em!yn. Davio Jones, John Denies, \ViHiamEvans,the coachman, and myseit' wereoutside. A blacksmith came np to the eoach atthePostO.Heeand got upon the ))ind step of the coach,holding onbytherail. The coachman him, aud tuld hLn to go down, out he did lIot do so. Tlicco'tclnnan then, \\Ithout moving frolll his place on the box, endeavoured to beat h!m off with his whip' and struck him 3 or 4 times before he would let go his hold. The blacksmith ran after the coach as far as'thC old s;ate, ho!dinL: on by the step the whole time. The coachman got off the box, went behind the coach an't pushed him away. The coaeii-ii-iii the:1 resumed his seat on the box, and drove on. lie camc to the hit! he looked behind to see if the man was following. and ther, the aceident occurred. Evans was quite I I was also sober,butthe man running after- the coach was druttk. My father, Mr. Morris Davies, is sw-or&' guard and coachman, and usually drives. David Davies,' one of the proprietors, drives sometimes, and Evans;' who is not a proprietor,atso drives occasiona!!y. It have been a quarter of an hour after the coach. was upset, before .N lr. Jenkins was c, t out. David Jones, of Kitrhu<intheparishofL!annhang''t Penbedw, the other outside passenger, corroborated thil statement of the previous witnesses. Jas. Thomas, Esq surgeon, Newcastle Emlyn" examined I was upon to go to the place where the coach upset, which is within half a mite of n)/ house. Whenlarrivedatthesput.lfoundtheco&ch' oil its side, and oil looking in saw déCeased in one cor- nerhuddtcdnpinaheap. I opened the door *m"' pro;¡used to I;ft him out, but it wag thought best to put: the coac!? on its wheels again before doing so, IVe? theng)Lhi<noutwiththeassistance of other persons. I aaw no symptom of life evinced from the time I first' srnv him. lhaveheardthathewassubjecttoHts. Ill'" Was a corpulent man, and about 63 'ears of age. 1 ha<e been i;tformfd that hn has been fo:- some time under medica) treatment. From what I have heard and what 1 saw mysetf, I a'n of opinion that his death ensued in consequence of a fit that might have been caused by the shock of the upset. Mr. J.t'nes Herbert, of the Em]yn Arms IIote), one of the proprietors of the Cardigan M..H. deposed that he rememuercd the coach arriving at Xewcastle Emlyn 011 Friday evening, and saw the coachman getting ofi the box. Witness did not kno'v whether he was much the worse for but he had drank morc thn was proper for him. He however s tid nothing to him about the as lie not so bad a" to draw par- ticular attention to him. A iady who came by the coach from Carmarthen ordered him a gtass of cold gin and water, winch he drank before starting for Cardigan. This being the whole evidence adduced, the Coroner ably summed up, and the jury, after a b) ief deliberation, returned as their verdict "That the said Morgan Jen' kins, being a person subject to fits, accidentally died in consrqllcnce of the of the Cardigan Mail. and tilat the does not satisfy the jury thllt Wi!!iamEvans,the coachman, wasin a fit state to be entrusted withthelives of passengers,and that thero was a oC CMC iu not usin the drag chain down tht: hill on the accidcnt occurred,"

PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO DP WASTFIELD, ON LEAVING USK FOR CAR- MARTHEN. Monday eveningbeing the last practicenight of the Usk Choral S"clet Y, under the direction of Dr. Wast' netd, who is about teaming the town to fill the situation to which he has beep rccentiy appointed at Carmarthen' the members met, accompanicdby their friends,&tths National Schuol-rooru. A great number of persons assembled, as it waS understood a testimonial was to be presented to Df- WastTic:d on ttutt evening,having been provided by subscriptions raised among the members of the society and hi; fiiends. The foHotving pieces were sung with great judgment. precision, and taste, by the class:—" I will i\'e ) thanks;" 0 Father, whose almighty power;" 11 Tholl art t.he King of Gtory When thou hadst overcome "The Heavens are telling. "Hard by a fountain," "Ye spotted snakes:" "Crabbed age and youth;' "Sif-ce first I saw your face;" "How glad with smites," "Down in a Howery vale;" DAnce we 50 gaily and Guù Save the Queen." At the conclusion, the Rev. Wm. Evans, Vicar of Usk, rose to present the testimonial to Dr. Wastneld; whom he aJ.drcssed to the hlJowillg effect :-Dr. 'Vast- fielJ, I am calJeù UPOIl to perform a difficult, but pleasing duty I am requested to be the exponent of tbO' feelings of those who are desirous of expressing thetC respect anù gratitude for the senices you have, withiJl i.ist four years, during which time you ve reaidfd amongst us, so faithfully and eSciently renderfd to tht* townandneighbourhoud. If we compare the present with the past, we cannut fail to pcrce-ive a very marked improvement in our choir at Usk Church. Before our friend came to i-e-side amongst our as we all know, was but very imperfect indeed. We had an excellent organ, but were frequently without any one t, preside at It and to conduct the choir. This defect vv** well supplied when our friend came to the town and he has now not only secured for us very excellent church music, but also, by his exemplary conduct, hil kuidness of disposition, and cordiality of manner. merited for himself the esteem and friendship of a !argo circle of acquaintances. This is abundant-evident by thetestimoniat which is now before me. Itis but just to Dr. Wastneld to state pubticty that his usefutue! has a)so been extended to the neighbuurin; pari-ihes There is one district in particuhr that I would mention, i.,tuwhiehl)nysf!t was the means of introducing hi' and in which he formed his first singing c)ass in tbi=' county. Thfiehts services, inconveying musicai know- iedgt'and in establishing a church choir, have been must beu&Htji. and us&fu!. Hut it isunnccessary fo'' me to entirge "n his usefulness, i.i the various spilere-I of his laÎ>uar, since it is su e.\tesi\'l'ly k'lO\n and apprpci.ttedthrougttoutthecounty. B it I izitist ijolv come to thf most (iimcntt part of my tt,k, and that i, 011 prcscntillt-{ tCI Dr. this of our and fi-ieiidsliip, to "ish him, in name of ht friends tiers a most hearty (arewol). Thisisaccon'' ponied by our best wishes tor his welfare in the important situat!oninto which,by the providence of God, he is ,tl)nilt to enter. 't'i) that p:Dvidence I am "varikful for hiving had him so iong. Wherever he goes he will carry with him our bestwishes; and I have no doubt he wiH ever bear iu mind, in the discharge of his duties the illJi)(Jrt:wce uf prolllotiug morality and religiuu. t c(illgi-atul,i'e tile Welsh Klclcatiull Committee on thei'' eeui-ed the t..kuts aud uf a man our II III be their giiiii. AII(1 I alII sure tllat nery per- 1JuIV curJially join with in the siucctL' prayt-r th'tt the btessing of Ood may ever attelld hi,ll. Tlli" present before lIIe is accolUpanied by a h5t of the subscribers'o it,neatly writtenonparchment' whieh I h.t! 110 d'.lUt.l will be hiltly valued b)' Dr. Was'ncid.itnd uflt'n whpn hf! looks 01\ the nRffie& tritt.sL'ribcd ont.h.ttscruU Uit'rect'ncctioncf the esteem by which '.e is h Id by ihc inhabitanis of this town and win bt;vi-.n))y recalled to his memory. Dr. Wa.stneiu, in a short speech, returned his bu'ce'c and heartfett thinks to the Kev. W. Evans and those lad IPs and gentlemen attd n)e:ubers of the class who had ? ht'Mnson:!tch ki))dt)p.<sto«.ud shim. Lingtiage W,19 tnadpquate to express his feeting at that moment, an? he shoutd do h!e justice to their tiberatity and kindness alld to his [(.elings where he to attempt to express ill words wh:)t he felt in his heart. He hoped, thereiore, they would rFcdve the wilt for the deed, and be assured thut die tcmeothrance of the kind manner 'n which be had been t'catcd would never bo erased from his iriiiid. The artier presented was an inkstand, about 16: inches h'ng by 10 in breadth, made of beautifully veineo and po!ish(:'dC')rom<tndf:i wood,with two massive 2LLIJ ellt glass bouLs. Be-t-eeii them was placed A box with a broad g'))J hinge, and on the top of the lid gold plate bearing the folluwing incription Pre sentcd, May 21st, 1819, to Andrew Wastaptd. Doctor of Music, Organist of the parish Church of Usk, and Con- of the Usk Society, by the members of that society,andothershisfriendsand pupDsinUsk and < npighbourh.ioj, as a token tInt his taste and skill in tbe Art, his diligence ill his profef- sion, the uprightness :m.l UheraUty of his conduct, and. the conciliating kindness of his demeanour, hive gained h)m,during four yeai-s' residence in Usk,therespec'' friendship, and siaeere good wishes of all classes of htS neighbours." The Sapper given to Dr. Wastfield, took place at Three flotel, to which 32 gentlemen sat The chair was abty nited by W. A. Williams, j"n., E<C;< of Llangibby Castle, who was in the vier- chairbyMr.Dunn Dtit-iiicr the evening the Chairman' in prcposing the henhh "f Dr. Wast6e)d, spoke in thÐ highest terms of that gentleman's musica) tatpnts an conduct during ]ii., residence in the town of Usk, anli deeply rpgrpttcd his jeavi.ig the neighbourhood. The pvening was most pieasantty spent, and a great numbed of songs were sung. Dr. Wastneid, during the evening' deHghtpd the company with some of his best songs.a"" amongst )h<? number he sang The Brave Old Admira! "Bay of Biscay," &-c Ile?,eff,rd Tl"ties. THE D)VfSfOX 0'S THE BALLOT QUEST!O!OfthØ eighteen rppresentatives of Counties and Boroughs ill South 'Va!"s, thrfe only voted in favour of J.\r. Berketey's motion for the BaHot, viz :—D. Morris P'ysc Prysp, and J. H. Vivian. Esquires. All the others were either absent or voted against the meaaute- TABHjRNACt.E B.\msr CHAPEL.—On Whit-Moadty a took place in the above chaliel, io t'¡¡ town, havil1 for its ohject the attainment of an In; crease in the fund appropriated to the decrease of the debt incurred in buiiding this commodious place 0 worship. About 600 individuals partook of the refresh' in beverage whieh cheers but not inebriate!> and the to nearly of th who at the different tables providing the various "creature comforts" at their own expect After duly supplying the wants of the body, meet* aliment furnished in the shape of addresses to MngHsh,by the Revds. H. W. Jones, Minister of the Chapct, H. Jones. (Lammas-street), and in Welsh hY Rev. Mr. Jones, Welsh Wesleyan Minister. The entire proceedings and arrangements afibrded grea.tsatisfact!0"'