The Welshman

HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, APRIL 11. Mr. Card well said he found it would not be possible to lay the report of the commission on the subject of limited liability on the table till after the recess. Mr. T. Duncombe said he should put off his motion on the letter-carriers till after Easter. In reply to the same hon. member, Sir W. Molesworth—As to what had become of the statue of George II., which had stood in Leicester-square previous to 1851, he hud found that it was under the Great Globe on that site, and further that Mr. Wyld said the statue in question was also valueless, and that it was besides private property. Lord J. Russell, in rising to move that the house at its rising do adjourn until Monday, the 24th, took the oppor- tunity of entering into an explanation with regard to the Reform Bill. He had proposed to move that the house should adjourn untill the 21th, but from various circumstances which he explained, such as the fast day which Was fixed for the 26th, he thought it would be better to adjourn until the 27th. (Hear, hear.) He would now state the course which Govern- ment had determined to take with regard te the Reform Bill. The house was aware that Lord Aberdeen and his Government accepted office upon the distinct pledge or understanding that a new measure of parliamentary reform would be one of its first measures. Now, his own personal honour being mixed up with that question, he could only acccpt office under Lord Aberdeen on such terms, but when the time came for introducing such a measure last year, it was found that the affairs of India, which were very pressing at the time would preclude its introduction, and it was therefore not brought forward last Session. Dur- ing the recess, however, the Cabinet again gave its attention to the subject, and at the opening of Parliament this year the Queen announced from o t?", in,- of Parliament this year the Queen announced from the throne that such a measure I had been prepared, and would be speedily laid before the house. It was so laid before the house on the 13th of Feb- ruary, but owing to the rupture with Russia it was after- wards thought advisable to postpone the second reading of the bill until the 27th of this month. (Hear, hear.) At the same time, however, he then stated his opinion, that in the abstract, the country being in a state of war was not a suffi- cient reason for postponing measures of a domestic character like a Reform Bill, but it had sinee appeared that there was a manifest unwillingness on the part of the house to enter into a discussion of the bill; while, so far as he cou ld collect from the number of public meetings which had been held on the subject, the country seemed for the moment to be utterly in- different to it. (llear.) In fact, the attention of the coun- try was now wholly absorbed in the progress of the great struggle in which we were now embarked and though the people did not disapprove of the provisions of this bill, the Government yet thought that in the present aspect of our foreign affairs it would not be advisable even for the sake of reform itself that they should proceed further with the Reform Bill this session. (Cheers.) He thought that there was great truth in the observation of the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire, that it was unwise to continue this bill on the paper in a state of doubt and uncertainty; it was unwise to continue it, then, if it could not be proceeded with this season, because it practically declared that there were members holding seats in the house who, in the estima- tion of the framers of the bill, had no right to them—(hear, hear)—and the Government, he repeated, feeling the force of that observation, had arrived, after due deliberation, at the conclusion which he had just announced. (Hear, hear.) It had been for them to chose between two courses, either they might have gone on with the bill, preferring to resign in case of defeat on the Reform Bill, or they must abandon it to a future and more opportune period. Now, looking to the prospect of a severe war, and bearing in mind that the responsibility of having commenced it rested with her Ma- jesty's present advisers, they had preferred to take the latter course rather than run the risk of a defeat, which might ren- ner their resignation necessary in the midst of the present struggle. (Cheers.) It might be asked, then, how stood the question of reform ? What were its prospects ? Well, he would confess by way of answer, that the views and opinions of Government on the subject of Parliamentary Reform re- mained unchanged and unshaken, and please God, should a fitting time speedily arrive, they would be prepared to renew the measure which necessity compelled them to abandon. (Cheers.) He knew that the course he had taken was new; it was unprecedented; and he owned without hesitation, that it might fairly hold the Government up to some censure. No doubt the Opposition would make this an occasion for in- dulging in taunts and insinuations %t.-his own expense, and he should not find fault with them for doing so, but he wished the house and country to believe that he had done nothing which, in his conscience he thought would injure the cause of reform. (Cheers.) It was only a sense of public duty, and a sense of what was due to the Sovereign at this momentous time, which had induced him to sacrifice this I measure for the present; but with a risk of defeated Ministry I or a dissolution of Parliament, he had no alternative but to arrive at the conclusion that the Reform Bill must be given up for a while. The noble Lord, who was, towards the close of his speech, moved to tears, which called forth the hearty and long-continued plaudits of both sides of the house, re- sumed his seat by moving that the house at its rising should adjourn until the 27th inst. 0 Sir E. Dering warmly thanked the noble lord for having extricated the Reformers from the difficulty which the bill had imposed upon them. The great moral courage which the noble lord had displayed that night was worthy of his high reputation, and the noble lord might rest satisfied that the people of this country, to whom he appealed, were too ge- nerous to accuse him of insincerity on the subject of reform, or to question the propriety of the decision which he seemed so reluctantly to have come to. No man could foresee the end of the great struggle we were unfortunately embarked in, and although the question of Parliamentary Reform might be very properly taken up again when peace returned, this was not the proper time for pressing it forward. He, therefore, again thanked the noble lord for the course he was taking, and pro- mised him his support as soon as circumstances should admit of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. Hume had reluctantly arrived at the same conclusion as the noble lord; but he thought there was no alternative but to abandon this measure for the present. It was for the interest of Reform that the question should be postponed until the war was at an end, and he therefore hoped his friends around him would do honour to the reasonable feelings of the noble lord on this subject rather than meet him with those unbecoming taunts of which the noble lord appeared to be afraid. Bright was glad that this bill was not given up as a sacrifice to the clamours of the Opposition; it was given up because the noble lord was now thoroughly alive to the im- possibility of making progress with a measure of Parliamentary Reform while a war was raging around us. The noble lord had been a political Samson in his time, and had done much which hereafter would be remembered to his honour, but it would be impossible for the noble lord, or any other minister, to get a Reform Bill passed while the war was going on. He had never doubted the sincerity of the noble lord on the sub- ject of Parliamentary reform nay, he would go the length of saying, that the man who doubted it would be either blind or stupid, but he blamed the noble lord and his colleagues for having advocated the policy which had led to the war. The house, however, had supported thrm in that policy, and they could not, therefore, censure or taunt the noble lord for the course he proposed to take with regard to this bill. The hon. ";eiu.email then proceeded to criticise the now defunct Reform Bill, and to argue that it conferred more advantages oh the counties than on the towns. He advised the noble lord not to give up the ide i of reform, which he ha 1 cherished so many years, as the people were with him, and he hoped in happier times the noble lord would be prepared with an improved bill when he was convinced the country would be ready to sup- port him. Mr. Labouc-here believed the noble lord had acted with his wonted integrity and courage in taking this course. The noble lord would have seriously injured tha cause of reform if he had been actuated by any false shame, but seeing that the attention of the people was wholly absorbed in the war the noble lord had manifested a wise and prudent feeling in con- senting to postpone his bill to a future period. Lord Joeklyn accorded his meed of praise to the noble lord for the sacrifice of personal feeling which he had made on this ocearioa, and expressed a hope that, now that the reform difficwliy was got rid of, the war would be carried on with energy and vigour. Mr. Disraeli said he thought the Government had arrived at a souiid and satisfactory conclusion; but, although he approved of the course they bad announced, he still felt it hi- du y to express his conviction that all Lord J. Russell had said dilnot meet the real difficulty of his position. How was it, he asked, that, yielding to the influences he had stated, he imd his colleagues felt justified in bringing forward this bill ? The causes be had alleged for abandoning the measure existed on the 13th of February. When a Minister of the Crown proposed such a measure and did not proceed with it, he created dissatisfaction among some, dislike among others, and weakened the constituted authorities and institutions of the land. The bill should not have been brought forward at all, unless the necessity was clear, and the Government were able to carry it. One of the causes assigned for giving up the bill was the apathy of the country but Lord John had said when he introduced it that the proper time for such a measure was when the county was tranquil, and the public mind not agitated. No one could question the honour and sincerity of the noble lad; but it appeeared to him that there had been too much letity, for pwtyjpnrposcsj in dealing with this ques- tion of organic change. He hoped the noble lord would not merely postpone hiapkxl of Parliamentary reform, but, as he had made two unsuoeiafaiattempts, would allow the question altogether to drop. Sir G. Grey expensed lut gratification at the unanimous feeling which pervaded the house as to the course adopted by 1 T..J T D ,,1 1 T-. l l • j. his own personal honour, but with a due regard to the inte- rests of the country. Mr. S. Herbert observed that Lord J. Russell had not said when he introduced the bill that war was the most proper time for a measure of reform, but that the existence of a state of war was not a necessary bar to- the introduction of such a mea- sure. Sir J. Pakington ascribed the conduct of the Government to divided councils, which might, he said, involve them in fur- ther difficulties. The motion for the adjournment was agreed to. Mr. M. Gibson inquired whether the English Government was a party to the demand made on that of Greece, and whe- ther it included a requisition that those newspapers should be suppressed which gave any opinion adverse to the cause of Turkev ? Lord J. Russell said the demand of the Turkish Minister upon the Greek Government was made by order of his own Government, and without any concert with our Minister; but, after the demand had been made, and whilst it was under consideration, the representatives of England, France, Aus- tria, dnd Prussia met, and came to a resolution that the Greek Government ought to give a conciliatory answer to a 'reason- able demand. With respect to the newspapers, what the Turkish Minister asked was, that the Greek Government would not permit in its own journals the insertion of articles inciting to rebellion in the Turkish provinces. The Oxford University Bill was committed pro forma, and ordered to be recommitted on the 27th inst. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, after laying upon the table the balance-sheet, said it had been his intention to make a statement respecting the revenue for the year now closed, the condition of the public balances, and that of the unfund- ed debt, but, Mr. Disraeli having that night moved for further informationjji, connexion with the subject, he thought it bet- ter, as far as any matter of argument was concerned, to post- pone it, and he should confine "himself to matters of fact. Mr. Gladstone then stated the amount (explaining the rea- sons) of the excess of revenue received up to the 5th of April beyond the sum he had anticipated on the 6th of March, and the amount of excess of income over expenditure (as stated in the published account), which showed the real surplus of in- come for the year to be about £ 3,000,000, which he thought a satisfactory result, the more so since the sum he had expected to receive from the income-tax was less than he had antici- pated. He then detailed the state of the public balances, the amount in 18-53, the reduction in 1854 (when it was returned at Y,2,778,000)2 the manner in which the reduction had been brought about, by the paying off public debt and advances, and the probable amount of the deficiency bills required to meet the quarter,—namely, £ '2,8,52,000. In explaining the defi- ciency bill system, and the extent of accommodation which the Government obtained from the Bink of England, he ob- served that some of the best-inforined-persons out of doors believed that the amount of deficiency bills out on the 5th of April represented the amount of the accommodation given by the Bank, and this amount, had been estimated at from X4,000,000 to £ 6,000,000 but the amount of deficiency bills chargeable, to the public yesterday was only £ 2,808,000, sub- ject to a deduction for cash unexhausted, which reduced the amount to JE2,129,000, and thia; he remarked,, in ordinary times, would not be an extravagant amount to receive as ac- commodation from the Bank. At the present time, however, j he thought the amount o.ught.to be progressively reduced, and I it would be diminished without tlic- least' diiffculty but this was the actual extent of, the accommodation received from the Bank. It was supposed, Mr. Gladstone added, that this unu- sual demand reduced the capital in the market available for commercial operations; but this notion, he said, was not only erroneous, but ludicrously so, inasmuch as the demand with- drew from commercial purposes in the London money-market not any sum whatever, There was, he continued, another point in connexion with the Bank, which was supposed to be a matter of good faith.. Some persons had an idea that there had been a sort of compact (unwritten) between the Govern- ment and the Bank, under which demands on deficiency bills ought not to be made on the Bank. He was not aware of any such compact but there had been an understanding in 1844 that, if there was a diminution of the public balances beyond the usual sum, the Bank would be entitled to a claim upon the Government, and viee versa-.if there was an increase. The presumption on which this understanding rested was, that the amount of the public balances was to remain in fu- ture as it was at that time. Now in the two quarters imme- diately preceding this agreement—namely, January 5, 1844, and April 5, 1844, the amount of deficiency bills was, in the former L,5,462,0007 and in the latter £ 3,967,000. On the 5th of January, 1854, the amount was £ 3,711,000, and on the 5th of January1, 85?l, X5,472,000. The average amount of the two quarters of 1854 was ;E4,591,000, and that of the two quar- ters of 1844, £ 1,714,000, so that the amount was nearly the same, or a little less in 1854 than in 1844. Mr. Gladstone then made a statement of the condition of the unfunded debt, whence it appeared that the present amount of Exchequer- bills was, £1,174.,000 short of that which the Government was authorised to issue, and he had no reason, he said, to ex- pect that he should have to make any further demand upon Parliament for more bills, or even to use the whole amount he was authorised to issue. The present state of public credit was, he added, highly satisfactory, as he showed by comparing the present prices of our public securities with those of foreign countries, and with those of this country at former periods. The result of the whole was that the demands of the Govern- ment upon the Bank for accommodation (though it was desira- ble to reduce the amount) were not calculated to inspire any alarm that there had been' no contraction of the resources of commerce; that the unfunded debt was moderate, and likely to continue so; and that public credit was in a satis- factory condition, when the menacing circumstances of the times were considered. Mr. Disraeli, Mr. T. Baring, Mr. Laing, and Sir H. Wil- loughby made so-me comments upon the statements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the paper was ordered to lie on the table. After some further business, the House adjourned at ten minutes to 11 o'clock until the 27th inst.

LORD MOSTYN.—The Right Hon. Edward Pryce Lloyd, Baron Mostyn, died on the 3rd inst., at Pengwern, near St. Asaph. His lordship, born in 1768, was the eldest son of the late Bell Lloyd, Esq., of Bodfuch. He married in 1794 the third daughter of the late Sir Roger Mostyn, Bart., and succeeded his grand uncle in the baronetcy in 179-5. The first baronet was Secretary at War, and his baronetcy was granted with remainder to his nephew, the father of the noble lord just deceased. He acq uired the peerage by creation in 1839. The late noble lord is succeeded in the title and estates by his son the Hon. Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, M.P., for the country of Flint, lord lieutenant of the county, of Merioneth, and colonel of the Royal Merioneth- shire Light Infantry. He was born in 1795, and married in 1827 Lady Harriet Margaret Scott, dau,hter ..If the second Earl of Clomnell, and assumed the name of his pater- nal uncle, Sir Thomas Mostyn, on inheriting his* evtates. The families of Lloyd and Mostyn are exclusively Welsh by descent and alliance. The Mostyns, baronets of Talacre, are a branch of the Mostyns of Flintshire. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S CHURCH LIVINGS.—His Grace the Duke of Beaufort," who has recently succeeded to the title and estates, has announced his intention of disposing by auction of the ecclesiastical benefices in his gift. The benefices offered for sale arp the vicarage of Monmouth, the vicarage of St. Thomas's, Monmouth, the vicarage of Mayn, the vicarage of Redchurch, the rectory of Lansoy, the rec- tory of Gwernesney, the vicarage of Monkswood, the incum- bency of Llanischen, the incumbency of Trelecgrange, the incumbency of Chapel-hill, and the incumbency of St. Awan's. Church property of this description is generally estimated as worth about ten year's purchase, upon which calculation his Grace will net about £ 12,000 by the sale. A SHIP DESTROYED BY ICEBERGS. On Monday intelli- gence was received at Lloyd's, of the total destruction of the ship Mary, of Yarmouth, Scott, master, in the Atlantic Ocean, whilst on her passage from Liverpool to Boston. On the 15th of February, the ship being in lat. 47, long. 43, she was suddenly beset by icebergs, and before the captain could extricate the vessel, she was struck on the port bow, and her timbers stove in. Through this aperture the water rused, and the crew had barely time to get out the boats when the vessel went down. From the suddenness of the catastrophe, they were unable to save food or water, and for five days and four nights they were tossed about in open boats without susten- ance, two dying from exhaustion. On the 20th of February, they were descried by a fishing-vessel, and they were landed at St. John's, Newfoundland, where they received every at- tention that their deplorable situation required. DEATH or Mu. GEJRGE NEWPORT, F.R.S.—This devoted disciple of science, and distinguished naturalist, more parti- cularly in the department of entomology, expired at his residence in Cambridge-street, Ilyde-park* on Friday last, after a comparatively short illness, attended with fever. Mr' Newport was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, but in order to apply himself more fully to scientific pursuits, he had almost withdrawn from practice of late years, and a small pension from Government enabled him the better to do this-a pension conferred upon him for his attainments in natural science. He contributed several valuable papers to the "Transactions of the Royal Society" and to the Trans- actions of the Liiinman Society;" amongst them those On the respiration and on the temperature of insects;" "On the re-production of lost parts in insects and myriapoda;" On the impregnation of the ovum in amphibia On the natural history and development of the oil-beetle On the forma- tion and use of the air-sacs in, insects "On the vapour expelled from beehives;" and On the generation of the aphides," deserve especial notice." He was the author of the article Insecta" in the "Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. He was a fellow of the Royal and of the Ltnnsean bocieties, as well as of many other similar societies on the Continent and in America. He had been more than once elected president of the Entomological Society, in the originating and advancing of which he took a lively interest. Mr. Newport was not less estimable as a member of society than he was eminent as a man of science. By his death science has sustained a very great loss. THE MONUMENT TO GEORGE STEPHENSON.—Without much ceremonial observance, and in the presence only of the more i active members of the committee formed for the purpose, the colossal marble statue of the late Gcorxre Stephenson, unon I which Mr. Baily, the sculpbr, has for sõme, time past been eii2,t?ed)IN, as ou Monday uncovered,- i n the gr?4L hall at Eus-  grœt. hall at Eus- ton-square station. Mr. Geach, Mr. Scott UUf<U, Mr. Manby, M'Connell, Mr. Hodgkinson, Mr. Charles Stewart, Captain Huish, and half-a-dozen other gentlemen wepe i? attendan'ce, and took off their hats a;;ùw.,t t,nrilvrny en- gineer stood revealed before them,, "Mr.(iea'ClI.:spoke a few words explanatory of the eircumstsrficesr UridefNyhiph the me- morial of the deceased had been got up, and' of his claims to such a mark of respect and admiration. He explained that the idea had originated with the Society of Mechanical En- gineers, of which George Stephenson was the founder; that the mere advertisement of the fact had been sufficient to col- lect all the money requisite for the object in vis w; that the subscriptions included an average of 2s. from 3,150 working men, and that 178 private friends had contributed an average of £ 14 each. Mr. Scott Russell added some well merited compliments to the artist for having executed a statue con- veying so truthful and yet so grand an idea of the original His-opinion was confirmed by one of the directors of the com- pany who was present, and will be sahctioned by the verdict of the thousands who from day to day, on their way from the metropolis, will have to pass through the hall. When Mr Baily had expressed his thanks, the proceedings of this sim- ple inauguration terminated, and with it, probably, all that will be publicly done by his contemporaries to celebrate the achievements of a man who stands more nearly and inti- mately associated with the spirit of the 10th century than we are yet willing to recognize. George Stephenson's life pos- sesses an interest of the highest order, and will no doubt some day claim a worthy record. In early life a collier, working for his daily bread in the bowels of the earth, he mended watches in his leisure hours that his son might have the blessings of education. While his fame as a mechanical and civil engineer was still in its infancy he elaborated experi- mentally the same results as to the safety lamp which Sir Humphry D v" reached by the process of philosophic induc- tion. The tramways of the coal mines and the rude forms of the first locomotive engines grew under the strokes of his vigorous intellect into a mighty system, which has already exercised an incalculable influence upon industry and ci- vilization. That one who when a boy was a "hurrier" in a coalpit should, by the force of native genius, rise to a posi- tion such as that which the statute in the hall of Euston station commemorates, may well be regarded as a proof that the days of romance are not yet over, nor the giants of an elder world without their types in modern times. Perhaps it is also to be viewed as a characteristic of the age that, the fame of such a man is so quietly left to the good keeping of the works which he has achieved. The traveller hastening on his way should pause in Euston-station to contemplate the masculine form and massive energetic features of him who by combining the blast-pipe with the tubular boiler, first endowed the locomotive with its tremendous speed-who dur- iug his busy manhood superintended the construction of more than 2,500 rniles-of railway—who. thought out everything connected with our first iron highwaysand who engineered lines extending in unbroken series from London to Edinburgh. Mr. Baily has risen to the level of the subject thus given him to embody. His statue is executed after the painting by Lucas of Stephenson standing on Chatmoss, the site of one of his greatest achievements It is simple and yet grand in treatment, and will, we doubt not, be universally recognized as one of the most successful productions of the English school

THE IMPERIAL HOUSEBREAKER. We fear there is no doubt of the melancholy and ridiculous fact, that His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Rus- sias has seized and appropriated Sir G. H. Seymour's property at St. Petersburg. As the persons and property of ambassa- dors and others concerned in the political intercourse of na tions have ever been held sacred, such an act as that reported must raise the gravest suspicions as to the sanity of our anta- gonist. Everybody will remember the extravagances of the Emperor Paul on a like occasion. That eccentric personage, after venting'his spite against the English, nationally and individually, in all sorts of ways, declared war, and at once, without the usual warning, seized all the merchants' ships in the Neva, and, when two of them had managed to effect their escape, revenged himself upon them by burning all the rest. Whether that will be the fate of Sir G. H. Seymour's house and goods, or on what pretence they have been seized, contrary to the law and practice of the whole civilized world, we have yet to learn. There is something so inconceivably petty in such an act, and so contrary to the customs, not' only of gentlemen" but even emperors, and all civilized beings, that one naturally tries to escape from believing it, by sup- posing some process of Russian law with which Euglishmen may be excusably unacquainted. It looks, however, very like an act of revenge for the publicity given to the Secret Cor- respondence and confidential communications of the Emperor. But such a revenge must recoil on its author, and the too eager expectant of a sick man's" property has not mended his case by pouncing on the goods and chattels of a departing ambassador. Possibly the Czar may think to pick up some papers that may edify the world as much as the Fast disclosure. It may be only a temporary occupation," or perhaps the Emperor seeks a material guarantee" for the future silence of the British Minister on the subject of his interviews. Whatever the motive, or colour, or form, or pretence, it is a most pitiful proceeding. Europe will only see in it one more instance of habitual appropriation. The regular practitioner in this line takes nothing amiss that comes in his way, and will pocket with equal pleasure a few thousand pounds or a cotton pocket-handkerchief and the Emperor, with like pro- fessional spirit, can turn from the occupation of provinces to the seizure of tables and chairs, and such other heavy goods as Sir G. H. Seymour could not easily carry away with him. Certainly this is bringing home to us the dangerous charac- ter of our neighbourhood. Sometimes it is whispered in a theatre, "Take care of your pockets." That is the condition of Europe just now. "There is a pickpocket among us." Sir G. H. Seymour has been hustled and robbed. The arti- cles are indeed of very little value-more valuable to the owner than they could be to an Emperor but when men are making war on the whole human race they no more care for the value of the booty than a sportsman does for the worth of the poor beasts, birds, or fishes he is so anxious to bag. The promptitude of the operation shows, beyond a doubt, that the Emperor was prepared to act on the contingency. Such a man is never taken by surprise. He knows what to do with an unguarded house as well as with a falling empire. In mercantile phrase, the Minister's departure had already been discounted, and the Emperor enjoyed the property in anticipation. In this case there was nobody to consult, and, happily, no one to divide the spoil with. Nor, again, were there any embarrassing alternatives. The imperial house- breaker has not been under the painful necessity of laying down beforehand what he would not permit on the part of those whom he suspected of competition for the prize. He has been under no occasion to explain, "I will not permit the goods to be carried away. I will not permit the house to be sold; nor can I permit it to be occupied by a tenant. One thing only I will permit,—viz., that I may take it and its contents for as long a term as I think proper.' The Emperor has been permitted on this occasion to go through all these alternatives in the privacy of his own mind, and this secret correspondence" of an imperial housebreaker will never see the light. But, on the other hand, there is no disguise. There could be no pretence of political necessity, no fear of a dangerous neighbour. The Emperor appears to have laid his hands on the property without more ado than if he had found a purse on the roadside and pocketed it. But we beg the Emperor's pardon. We said that he made no public prepara- tion for the seizure. He did made a preparation, and that was his usual one. He informed the world some time since, of course- on the word of a gentleman, that the property of Englishmen would be sacred at St. Petersburg. Those un- fortunate Englishmen who still choose to remain within reach of the imperial talons will know what is meant by sanctity when it is promised by an Emperor. In this country these matters are left to the universal rules of international law, interpreted by our authorities. In Russia to this security is added the "word of an Emperor," and the value of that ad- ditional security may be seen in this instance.

THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA'S ALLIES IN ENGLAND. He who at this stage of the controversy throws a doubt on the ground of quarrel is a traitor to his cauntry. We are pledged to the French—we are lighted to the Turks-we have committed ourselves to the Czar-we have called upon Austria and Prussia to send their contingent to the field-we have taken up the gauntlet which the Autocrat has thrown down-we have drawn on Omer Pacha and his brave cohorts to the banks of the Danube, and at this point of the .crisis there are actually Englishmen, among us who bawl out that we should leave everybody in the lurch, fire a Royal salute in honour of the Russian Emperor, as he passes through the Dardanelles, and send an ambassadoa extraordinary to congra- tulate him on his entry to Constantinople, and to represent Queen Victoria at his coronation Here there is undoubt- edly a very large spare assortment of moral courage, which ventures to brave the conscience, the spirit, the common sense and the good feeling of the whole of the rest of mankind. But what are we to do say of that sneaking faction of dreary word-mongers who nightly abuse the ears of hearers, and daily the eyes of readers with the most elaborate sophistry to prove that the Emperor of Russia is entirely justified in all that he has done—that our Government is solely to blame for the war, and that the war is totally unnecessary while at the same time they are cowardly enough to shelter themselves from the indignation which the tendency of their fallacies is calculated to excite by yet voting supplies, and declaring the war to be just Conceive the Emperor of Russia reading an elaborate justification of the position he has assumed, by the late Prime Minister of England, still leader of a majority in the Lords, and the largest single party in the Commons. What is Prus- sia, what is Austria, to think of the policy they should pur- sue, when they find themselves advised by our late Chancellor of the Exchequer that the quarrel is altogether a mistake of John Bull-and that we have repeatedly approved of that very protectorate by the Czar of the Greeks in Turkey, his as- sumption of which we are now going to oppose at the utmost cost of our blood and treasure ? Are distracted councils all that we can show in the hour of peril and in the din of strife ? Will Germany court alliance, or Russia sue lor peace, when they find"that not even among ourselves is there one heart and one arm but that, on the contrary, Manchester desires the House of Romanoff to be enthroned at Constantinople—and Young England declares that Nicholas is rightfully the Pro- toctor of the Greeks in Turkey ? Let us have no more of this folly. If it will insist upon crying aloud in the street let no man regard it. We have done with the past. Wordy garble on that subject will henceforth meet with no toleration from the public. The utterers are only intolerable bores-and their nonsense ought no longer to be reported. Look ahead See the front of battle lour." Our work is cut out for us. What we have got to do Ü;, not to debate, put to fight. The func- tion of Parliament is no longer to stutter over protocols, or prose through secret correspondence, but to encourage the heart of the nation, to find the sinews of war, to develope our resources, to put forth all our strength, to give it an effective direction. We are in for it now." We demur even to the propriety of presenting to the nation a lugubrious inventory of the taxes we shall have to pay, the dangers we will have to encounter, the protracted period over which the struggle will be spread. You should have spoken sooner," as the Irish- man said when the chirp of a chicken was heard from the egg he was swallowing. Whatever the cost, it must be paid- whatever the peril, it must be faced—whatever the length of the contest, it must be persevered in to the last. Let us have no gloomy forebodings, or mere wiseacre cautions. Better that we should shut our eyes to everything but the enemy straight before us, burn our transports, and throw away our I scabbards. Is not our quarrel just ? If we cannot answer that with an unhesitating Yes," then, at whatever cost of pride or policy, let us confess our error, and seek peace. But if our enemy is the wrong-doer—if our client is weak in might, but strong in right—if we can lay our hands on our hearts, and say sincerely that our honest aim is to throw our strength around the innocent defenceless, to vindicate the rights common to mankind against overbearing lust of power, and to maintain the public law of nations and of Europe against I a common brawler and peace disturber-then let us be assured that there is a God above, and that he is with us, and that this world no less than the next is under a wise moral govern- ment. An old theologian said truly of the mystics of evan- gelical orthodoxy—" They cry out against carnal reason, because reason cries out against them." We can, perfectly understand Mr. Bright's denunciations of the press, and his newly discovered amiable view of the character of the House of Commons, as being above the popular clamours of the multitude, and removed into the altitudes of his own serene intellectual atmosphere. Let us give him this advice-either be a demagogue or a Tory, not both, or either alternately. To despise popularity is simply to despise the people. To ignore the press, or, because it is unanimous in the support of a policy to which he is opposed, to endeavour to destroy its in- fluence by insinuations of its corruption, is to contemn the mighty engine by which Toryism has been made to bite the dust. That the press, at the latter portion of the late war, was unanimous in its execration of the common pest and curse of Europe who swept over it like a destroying angel, and who could never rest from rapine and bloodshed, is a fact for which it has no reason to be ashamed. And now it will be most clearly in its duty, and best earn the gratitude of posterity, by exposing to the contempt and indignation of the country the craven counsels of those who venture to abuse the patience and to degrade the moral sense of the people by telling them to mind their calicoes and save their taxes, while the common thief of Europe commits his brazen burglaries, crushes the weak, and enslaves the innocent; and to stand by calmly :look on, while a miscreant whose kingdom is but a camp, and whose whole people are the mere trained instru- ments of aggression and destruction, grows by fraud and force into universal empire— Bestriding the narrow world Like a Colossus, while we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Rather than this should be, let the spirit which once ful- mill'Ù over Greece," but all too late to save civilisation from military despotism, again arouse Europe to the dangers of the Philip of the North; and, if need be, to harry the nest of the pirate and the robber, to whose iusolent pretensions it is solely owing that we have to quit the ploughshare for the spear, to save our altars and our homes from the curse of a second uni- versal conqueror, unscrupulous and insatiable as Rome, but destitute either of its political humanity, or its wisdom in council and in the science of government. You, Pease and Sturge, answer us this. For what purpose does your idol keep constantly on fpot twelve hundred thousand armed men ? Is his Government so execrable that no smaller force can keep his own subjects down ? Then what must be the responsibility of those who advise us to invite him to extend his sway over the fairest regions of the earth ? If it be to defend him from without, what sort of a neighbour must he be ? If it be to feed the lust of conquest, and to extend a dominion already made up of huge thefts from every surrounding country, what must be the judicial blindness of those who dare to counsel toleration of such a system ? Nothing is so easy-probably at au early period nothing will be so popular, when the pinch of warlike taxation comes—as that save-your-bacon" morality which sneaks from public dutjl, and shirks the noblest obliga- tions of humanity, to shelter itself beneath the cant of cheap fanaticism and the creature comfort of thrifty hypocrisy. We have shown too often that we can venture to deny ourselves either the pleasures of popularity or the profits of self-interest, at the dictates of conscience, to render it necf>ssnrv w na tn repel with the scorn it merits the insinuation of wise-acres that the press advocacy of war is a gainful enthusiasm. We resisted the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill almost alone. We expose the Preston Strike now at a cost of mere popularity, of which rivals have not failed to take advantage. It is by chance, not by design, that we now pursue the triumph, and partake the gale," by resistance to a tryant and to the lust of con- quest. We rejoice that the country is with us. We say that he is a traitor to the common cause who now seeks to distract our counsels, to weaken the force of our unanimity, to en- courage our enemy, the common foe of Europe, with the hope that internal discord may paralyse our energies and second his nefarious ends. We have put our hand to the plough, and can never look back.—Dispatch. EXERCISE TOR THE WITS.—A reverend gentleman, re- commending the establishment, by a Newcastle working men's society, of a debating class, said it mattered little what the questions started might be-they might discuss whether Wellington or Napoleon was the greater man—they could not fail to improve their minds. Such would seem to be the opinion, also, across the Atlantic. We see, by an American paper, that the snow being a foot in thickness in Franklin county, Maine, the Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and Madison Debating Association" set to work to debate the difficult question, whether the snow feel a foot

THE FUIQ)S. I Intimation that expftation of gold to France had resumed, and the continued hoviness in the French Finds, operated rather unfavourably orEnglish securities during the forenoon, and Consols, which opned at 8H, receded a qiarter per cent. Eventually, the opemg prices were regained, )ut the market closed with a languic tone. A complete absonei of political news, and operations not extensive, railways \ere a shade lower thai yesterday, but otherwise exhibited ID important feature. In Land and Bank shares, the few transactons did not in- fluence prices. Foreign generally juiet. FtNDS AT THE CLOSI. I Consols for accoun and money, 871; 3}per cent. 88; Bank I Stock. 217. RAILWAYS I London and North Western, 95f; Midland, 58f; Cale- donians, 53; Eastern Counties, 61; ireat Northern, 861 Great Wesiern, 72; Lancashire and Yckshire, 6111; Brighton, 98 1 South Western. 77 Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln, 20; North British, 51 York, Newcstle, and Berwick. 654 North Midland, 46. THE BALTIC F.EET. From the second edition of he Daily News. COPFN-HAGE-f, WEDNESDAY AEERXOOX. — The English fleet weighed anchor and sailed o-day from Kiogc Bay. News having arrived that the Russin ports are open. Only a few ships remain in the oadstead. The ministerial nrisis continues. I _m- STOCK EXCHANGE. After official hours consols ga'e way and closed 87f—I, for money, and 8H-1 for May. Railways unaltered. The only feature in mines vat a slight advance in Polti- mores which left oX il to A, premium. On change business was -,try dull, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling the 66s/. 3d. for Jpne iielivery, 67s. 6d. to 68. Linseed oil, £40, Scotcl. pÍg iron f-i8, Spelter X23 5s. I FOreIGN NEWS. The Chronicle's Paris Crrespondent writes-The only news of any importance whichreached Paris on Wednesday is the report that the Russians hve passed Trajan's Wall and have advanced beyond it towais the Balkans. It did not appear that there had been any srious resistance on the part of the Turks who probably wis? to avoid risking anything in the shape of a pitched battle 11 the arrival of the thing in the English auxilaries. The same writer says althe news which reached us from Germany tends to confirm;he accounts which I was enabled to send you some time sice of the unsatisfactory attitude assumed by Prussia andAustria and the determination not to make cause with the Testern Powers in repelling the ag- gressions of Russia. GREECE. I ATHENS, APRIL 7. The insurrection make no progress. Armiro has not been I taken. I SE WAR. From the evening editin of the Chronicle. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 3rd. Omar Pasha was at Shoila on the 30th ult. The combined fleets were off Vienna. The stcamc s have been despatched to the mouth of the Danube. From Bucharest of the 8th, news not important. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 12. The Dauntless has rturned from a cruize up the Gulf of Finland. She saw 18 lussian ships of the line in Sveaborg harbour. The Imperieuse ehaseda Russian corvette back to Sveaborg. The English fleets had suddenly left Kioge Bay, and steered eastward. Thre more ships of war have arrived.

I LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar.—West India, sales, 470 hhds., making 1771 hhds. for the week. Refined sells freely. Grocery lumps, 44s. 6d. to 47s. Coffee quiet. Native Ctylon, 45s. 6d. to 46s. Tea firm, and much in demand. Ordinary, Is. to 12Jd. Rice dull. White Bengal, 13s. 3d. to 14fe. 6d. Hemp dull. Clean 70. Rum sells more freely. Demerara, 4s. lOd. to 5s. Cochineal, Id. per lb. cheaper. Tallow firm. 66s. 6d. tn the spot.

I RUSSIA AND TURKEY. I CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 3. General Canrobert, w.th 1,100 French troops, has ar- rived. All tin Greeks are to leave within fifteen days after March 30. Ihe allied fleets, excepting the Charlemagne, are all at Kavarna. The intelligence of the recall of the Greek Minister, and of the expulsion from Constantinople of all Greek subjects who would not consent to place themselves under the exclusive protection of the Porte, is confirmed by our Vienna cor- I respondent, who quotes letters from Constantinople to the 3d inst. The e ul 8 ion of tHn Greeks, it. is added, was determine/! Porte* in oppo>j_tion to tJ*c advica of the foreign Ministers. Czernavoda, a fortress in tba Dobrudscha, had been evacuated by the Turks. ? ARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Emperor, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, has reviewed to-day, in the Champ de Mars, the army of Paris, the effective force of which amounted to 25,000 men The Duke of Cambridge and Lord Raglan have received a most flattering reception in Piris. On their way to the Tuileries, on Tuesday, they were frequently cheered by the crowd with Yive les Anglais.

THE BLACK SEA FLEET. MALTA, APRIL 7. Important hews has reached this island by Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops, which arrived here yesterday from the fleet. It is to the following cffect The allied fleets reached Kavarna Bay on the 26th ult Eight line-of-battle ships (French) are at anchor in line to the east of Varna, flanked by six steamers. Further east, arc ten line-of-battle ships (English), with six steamers on their flank. The Russians have crossed the Danube at Galatz with 30,000 men, without opposition. All the marines from the fleets are to be landed to protect Varna. The Fury, Apollo, and Cyclops arrived at Kavarna on the 28th. The Cyclops brings news that the Turks expressly left a free passage to Hirsova, and, having surrounded them, after a hard fight, one half of the Russians were cut to pieces, and the remainder took to flight and retreated across the Danube. A. bark (English) has been sunk by the Russians while leaving the Danube laden with grain. Her name is not known. Before the Cyclops left the fleet Admiral Dundas is reported to have made a signal, to take, burn, or destroy everything Russian." COPENHAGEN, TUESDAY MORNING. The fleet leaves Kioge Bay early to-morrow for the Island of Gothland, about halfway up the Baltic, whence despatches have been brought by the Lightning from the advanced steam squadron. VIENNA, TUESDAY. The news of the defeat of the Greek insurgents near Janina is confirmed. The Greek commander Grivas is retreating. j, f The relations between Austfia and Russia are daily bccom- Ing more distant. It is probable that Austria has proposed to Prussia a German ultimatum, demanding the evacuation of the Danubian Prin- cipalities by Russia, Skirmishes took place daily. Our dates from Varna are to the 1st inst. On the 24th ult. the British squadron having landed the Turkish troops pro- ceeded in the direction of Sebastopol. BERLIN, MONDAY. The Russian party has triumphed, and Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister in England, has been recalled. I Nothing byt decisive and successful action on the part of the Allies will ever change the vacillating policy of the King.

SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. -On Wednesday Sir A. Cock- burn was re-elected for the sixth time without opposition. At the Gloucestershire Assizes Tom Provis, alias Sir Rich- ard Smith, was convicted of perjury, and sentenced to twenty years transportation. The tacts are known to our readers, having appeared at the former trial. CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR.—At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday, before Baron Martin, Chas. Thomas Jones, 44, who formerly practised as a solicitor, at Merthyr, and Charles Anthony Pull, clerk, were indicted for a conspiracy, and in a second count they were charged with obtaining money under false pretences.—Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution; Mr. Smith and Mr. Reed ap- peared for the defendants.—Mr. Bodkin said that this was a prosecutian directed by the magistrates of Middlesex, with a view to put an end to a system by which it was believed the public funds had been plundered to a considerable extent. The defendant James was an attorney, and the man Pull, acted as his clerk. A man named George Carter, had been committed for trial, for stealing play bills, the property of Mr. Smith, the lessee of Erury-laue Theatre, and upon his being arraigned he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. An hour or two afterwards, the de- fendant Pull handed something in the shape of a brief to the clerk of the peace, and requested that the expenses of the prosecution might be allowed. The deputy clerk told him that he had not heard the Judge allow tb-e expenses, and Mr. Horry, who was the prosecuting counsel, then made a formal application for the costs, which the Judge allowed, and an order was made upon the county treasurer for X2 5s.— X t 3s. 6d. It turned out that Mr. Smith had not given any instructions to Pull or Jones to prosecute, and the pro- ceeding of preparing the brief and instructing counsel had been taken entirely without his knowledge or sanction. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Baron Martin ex- pressed an opinion that there was nothing to go to the jury against Jones, as there was no proof that he had any- thing to do with the original transaction. A verdict of Not guilty" was accordingly taken for Jones, and the I other defendant was found Guilty."—Baron Platt senten- ced the defendant to one month's imprisonment.

PRICES OF THE FUNDS AT FOUR O'CLOCK EACH DAY. jFri. Sat. | M 1 Tu.lWed Th Bank Stock -212? 215?213 214'215 ,217 3 per Cent. Reduced 86? 87?88? 864 '87? .217 3 per Cent. Consols ?874 ?8? 88? 87J !88J j87? India Bonds '5 d (3 3d 4 d !— 4 New 3? per Cent '87? 87f 88? 87? 88| !88 Bank Long Annuities j— |4f 4?4? 4? ? !4? India Stock 225 — — i— (225 ERRATA—In the report of Mr. Butland's speech at the Farmers' Club last week, a mistake respecting quantities of seed escaped detection until it was too late to rectify it. The field in which he fed his sheep was sown with one bushel of Italian Rye grass, six pounds of white clover two pounds of cock grass, and three pounds of trefoil per acre. The advantage of our telegraphic communications enable us to give the news of Thursday by post ou Friday morn- ing, which we could not do by waiting the arrival of the evening papers, as we are compelled to be in post an hour before we could receive them. We are also enabled to give the debates in parliament to the rising of the houses, which is frequently several hours later than can be obtained from the metropolitan press. We cannot insert, or notice in any way, any communication that is sent to us anonymously; but those who choose to adress us in confidence will find their confidence respected Neither can we undertake to return any manuscripts what ever. I

With tears in his eyes, which but too truly bespoke the sorrow in his heart Lord John Russell on Tuesday withdrew the ministerial Reform Bill. It was a sad spectacle, and the House sympathised in its leader's distress. Anxious as we are that the country should be satisfied in time-that the law of progress should be admitted in Legislation, and that pro- gress should be insisted on as a safeguard against revolution, and a preventive of discontent-we cannot but admit, with Lord John Russell, that no real or striking approval of the ministerial measure has been manifested by those whose li- berties would have been extended. Lacking this countenance Lord John Russell was compelled to admit that the bill must be postponed. And no party or section of the House of Com- mons has ever looked with favour on the bill—excepting the few followers Mr. Hume can claim. Not approved without, and despised within, what could the ministry do with their bantling ? The time was unfortunate. When war had been declared it was at once evident that all the other very impor- tant business must be set aside. The ministry require to concentrate their energies :on the defeat of the Russians While Europe is in a blaze is not a fit moment to be absorbed in party squabbles at home, and that the discussion of the Reform Bill must have led to serious disputes is quite clear. Mr. Disraeli's taunts and sarcasms were discussed by Lord John's thorough seriousness on Tuesday, but it was neverthe- less evident that Mr. Disraeli had come fully prepared to bully Lord John as he had bullied Peel when that states- man also sacrificed his position for the benefit of his country. But Reform is postponed for the present and much as the fact may be regretted, it must be admitted that the ministry have throughout acted the part of honest men, and that no step in the affair has become Lord John so much as the self sacrifice to which he has consented, and his manner of announcing that sacrifice. The second reading of the Oxford University Bill was so completely relied upon as a matter of course that the event does not appear to have dis- turbed even that sensitive body the Hebdomadal Board, Education at Oxford, it is now fairly decreed, must be conducted in a fairer, more orderely, and less expensive manner, and the Colleges must henceforth not be sacrificed to the prejudices of a clique or be confined to the very rich who alone have been able to endure the extravagance which the Heads have hitherto rather encouraged than suppressed. It is a wholesome measure of Reform, and its success can hardly be doubted-unless, indeed, the self government which has been substituted for a close and bigoted corporation, prove also a failure. j If we may believe the various despatches and letters which are published in the morning journals, the war goes bravely on, and the injured Turk shews that he can at least keep his enemy at bay. There are some rumours still requiring con- firmation of a great battle fought in the Dobrudscha, in which the Turks it is stated, were completely victorious. Schamyl, too, has carved out work for the Russians in Circassia, and is giving a good account of the invaders of the land in which he is an adored chief. But all these statements yet require confirmation, and respecting none of the reported engagements is positive information at command. Equally numerous and equally unreliable are the reports of the doings and sayings of the Prussian and Austrian courts. One thing is certain, however, that the rulers of Prussia and Austria have signed with the Western powers a protocol which is understood to contain a confirmation and renewal of the prin- ciples upon which the four powers have acted in regard to the Oriental question, and is so far of importance as it proves that there is no backsliding as regards principles on the part of the great German Governments." Various versions of the probable effect to be expected from this unanimity of the four powers are circulated, but all agree that it will not influence the action of the Czar, and that the Western Powers have really gained nothing by such countenance. Speculators, however in Berlin, deemed the signing a great step in advance against Kussia, w«nt up A<x;o*<liiigl^. TILUL we are, fully prepared tOimeet the foe even were he much stronger than at present and that for the events and progress of the real question at issue, the defection of Austria and Prussia would really be of no avail; for the evil of their siding with Russia would rather fall on themselves than on either Turkey or the Western Powers. The questioning and debating which are still bestowed on this subject in the Houses of Parliament lack both interest and substance. One curious and unaccount able fact has, however, been pretty satisfactorily brought out—the Emperor of Russia has been so meanly arduous as to seize and appropriate the goods and house of our late ambassador at St. Petersburg So petty an act could surely never have been performed by a sane man, and this we think will be the opinion of the majority of those who hear of the outrage. It may, however, be an indication of the degree of anger and disappointment to which the publication of the correspondence has wrought the Czar. It is contrary to all custom, and to all gentlemanly" feeling and conduct.

I CARMARTHENSHIRE. On Sunday last, the Lord Bishop of St. David's preached in St. Peter's Church. On Good Friday (to-day), his Lord- ship will preach in St. David's Church. Sir J. Bailey Bart., and D. A. S. Davies, Esq., attended the ninth Parliamentary dinner of the Speaker on Saturday at Brookes's. Sir B. Hall, M.P. and Lady Hall were at an evening party of Viscountess Palmcrston on Saturday. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Rhys Thomas Jenkins, vicar of Mydrim was, on Wednesday last, duly collated to the incum- bency of Llanginning, in this county, by the Lord Bishop of the diocese, vacant by the demise of the Rev. Charles Phillips, B.D., Canon of St. David's patron Capt. John L. Philipps, 89th Regiment. THE BULWARK WALK.—We are glad to hear that steps arc at last being initiated to place the above delightful promenade in the condition which it so well deserves. Our worthy Mayor, who we believe, takes a lively interest in the project, may be assured that so beneficial a work will be an achieve- ment to signalise his term of office, and the other gentlemen with whom he is associated, will deserve the cordial thanks of their fellow townsmen. We are informed that it is intended not only to improve the walk, erect turnstyles, &c., but to plant trees on the whole of the South side of the embankment. The desirableness, indeed, public importance of this improve- ment is too obvious to require any advocacy from us, and we trust that the subscriptions to it will be so liberal, that the Bulwark Walk, will soon be among the chief local at- tractions, and a credit to the public spirit of the town. THE WEATHER AND THE CHOPS.—The beautiful and genial weather during the whole of this early season has given a very promising aspect to the entire country. For many years there has not been an equally favourable season for agricul- tural and horticultural purposes, and farmers have not been idle, but exceedingly active in pushing forward all outdoor operations. Spring seed has been put in with every prospect of a large return. The wheat crops look most promising and should the present auspicious weather continue, a large and early harvest may reasonably be anticipated. THE NEW CATTLE MARKET.—Ou Tuesday the market committee met in the Council Chamber for the purpose of an interview with Mr. Moxham, the Architect, who was pre- sent and stated that through an error which occurred during his illness he was not prepared with tenders, but on Monday next he would lay before the committee tenders from re- sponsible contractors to construct the market and slaughter house for the sum at the disposal of the Council. Hopes were expressed that the work would be proceeded with at once and without any delay, which Mr. Moxham assured the committee should be the case. INQUEST.—On Monday last an inquest was held before Geo. Thomas, Esq., at Calcut, in the parish of Conwil, on the body of a newly born infant child. From the evidence of several witnesses it appeared that Mary Davies, a single woman, gave birth to a child on Saturday night when alone in a house, and the next morning, when discovered by a neighbour the child was dead. Mr. Hughes, surgeon, of Carmarthen, de- posed that he made a post mortem examination of the body which was in a healthy state. The face was slightly scratched. The.umbilical cord had not been tied. The skull was bruised. The child was born alive. From the circum- stances of its birth as detailed by the witnesses, it was evident that no injury had been perpetrated by the mother. After some observations by the coroner the iury gave a verdict of Accidental Death." A NARROW Esc.VPE.-On Monday a boy about six years of age, the son of Rees, a servant of Valentine Davies, Esg., when playing on the Quay, near the customs house accidentally fell into the river. An alarm was immediately given by the children with whom he had been amusing himself, and John Davies, a seaman, who was on board the Britannia, quickly ran to the side of the Quay, and removing his flannel frock courageously threw himself into the water ailk rescued the child, who was being rapidly carried away by the receding tide. FALLING OVER THE QUAY.—On Wednesday another boy, son of Captain James, of the John and Mary, fell over the Quay into the tide, opposite the Jolly Tar public house, David Davies, mate of the Penelope, lying in the Towy perceived the accident and immediately jumped into the river and succoded in reaching him just as the tide was carrying him under a vessel. EXTRAORDINARY FAT SIIEEP. — Mr. David Williams, butcher, exhibited in the market last week, the carcase of a ram purchased of Mr. Gwyn, Pilroath, which weighed 47 Ibs. per quarter. The fat on the leg and shoulder, and down the back was four and a half inches in thickness. A handbill, bearing the signature of Walter Lloyd, has been extensively circulated in the town, calling upon the rate payers to refuse the imposition of a church-rate for thQ ensuing year. We are authorized to state that it does not apply to Walter Lloyd, Esq., Solicitor, and Chief Clerk of the County On Tuesday last, Mr. Howell Daniel, sword bearer to the Corporation, died after a short illness, at his residence, Lammas-street, in this town, at the age of 68. lie was an old servant of the Council, and well known throughout the county. DISTRIBUTION OF COAL.- On Monday last at the Town Hall, tickets for coal were given to about two hundred and forty poor persons. The subscriptions raised a few months ago to supply poor families with fuel in the winter, when from the clearness of provisions and the high price of coal it was almost impossible to procure the necessaries of life, are now entirely exhausted, and this was the last distribution. BRALE ASSOCIATION.-—A ladies' association in connection with the British and Foreign Bible Society has been reorganised in tlli. town. A liamber of ladies met on Tuesday morning last at /ion Chanel and made the necessary arrangements to bring the SD,i -et)r into immediate active and efficient operation. llu., assoClatlOJl owes its re-establishment, after the lapse of csvelve or thirteen years, to a suggestion thrown out at a com- mittee meeting of the Bible Society; and through the exertion of Mr. 1). LI. Mortimer, no less than thirty ladies have already undertaken to visit the town at stated periods for the purpose of supplying copies of the scriptures to those who are now without them. Religious tracts will also be distributed on the loan system in certain parts of the town. CARMARTHEXSIIIUE INFIRMARY. — The annual general meeting of the subscribers to this infirmary was held at the County Grand Jury Room on Friday last. There were pre- sent-Sir John Mansel, Bart., (chairman,) Messrs. G. Davies, S. Tardrew, J. J. Stacey, Geo. Bagnall, J. N. Roberts, George Spurrell, W. G. S. Thomas, V. Davis, C. Brigstoeke, E. 11. Stacey, J. W. White, Dr. Lawrence, and the Rev. II. W. Jones, &c. The treasurer's and committee's reports were read and unanimously adopted. The names of Messrs. J. J. Timmins and J. Williams were placed on the committee for the ensuing year, and resolutions passed (see adv.) V. Da- vis, Esq., moved, and E, H. Stacey, Esq., seconded, that the thanks of the meeting be given to Sir John Mansel for the trouble he had taken in coming a great distance to be present at that meeting and for tho able manner in wliicn he had presided, and hoped at future meetings he would be found similarly occupied. Sir J. Mansel, in reply, said that he cer- tainly did take an interest in the institution, which he believed had been of great benefit to the town and county. Sickness was the time when charity was most needed by the poor man, for when in health lie managed to obtain a livelihood by his labour, but in sickness he had no resources but from such an institution. It would afford him much pleasure at any meet- ing to render every assistance in his power, and he was obliged to them for their good opinion. CARMARTHEN BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—A meeting of this I Board was held on Saturday for the purpose of electing Guar- dians for the parishes within the union. A letter was read from Capt. D. Davies, resigning the office of Chairman, which he had held for twelve years, as he purposes residing chiefly on the continent. The resignation of a chairman so efficient as Capt. Davies had proved himself, was received with general regret, and a vote of thanks for past services was unanimously accorded to him. A vote of thanks was also given to the Vice- chairman. The followers persons were elected guardians. For Abergwilly, Mr. William Lloyd, Penbank-issa, and Mr. John Davies, Aberddauddwr Abernant, Mr. David Jeremy, Ffos Ddu Carmarthen, Mr. George Davies, Piborwen, Mr. George Goode, Croft Cottage, Mr. John L. Philipps, Bwlahaul, and Mr. Simon Thomas Pontgarreg; Conwil Elvet, Mr. Thomas Phillips, Panne; Laugharne Parish, Mr. William Evans, Greathill Burrows; Laugharne Township, Mr. David David, Kingaddie; Llanarthnev, Mr. Daniel Daniels, Clos- glas; Llandawke, Mr. W. II. Shield, Llandawkc; Llandda- r M v- d rog, Mr. Evan Jones, Neauddu; Llandefeilog, Mr. John Rees, Bryncoch; Llandilo-Abercowin, Mr. John iiowells, Pentre Llandowror, Mr. Josiah Richards, Pentrehowell; Llanfihan- gel-Abcrcowin, Mr. Joseph Howells, Llwyndrysi Llangain, Mr. William Butland, Clynmawr; Llangendeirne, Mr. David Walters, Lan; Llanginning, Mr. David John, Troedyrhyw Llangunnock, Mr. Henry Lewis, Hendre; Eiangunnor, Mr. John Jones, Briekwalltycocd Llanllawddog, Mr. Thomas Jones, Clyncocli; Llanpumsaint, Mr. Charles James; Llan- sadurnen, Sir. David Evans, Honeycorse; Llanstephan, Mr. Henry Lewis; Llanwinio, Mr. Thomas Lewis, Gilfach-y- blawd; Merthyr, Mr. John Thomas, Derllys; Mydrim, Mr. Walter Lloyd, Sarne Newchurch, Mr. David Thomas, Bwlchtomlid St. Clears, Mr. Thomas Thomas, Gelly; Saint Ishmael, Mr. Evan Stephens; Treleaeh-ar-Bettws, Mr. John Jones. JUVENILE THIEVES.—A number of boys from five to twelve years of age, who are known to the police, frequent the market and lounge near shops in different parts of the town for the purpose of pilfering, with the consent, and some- times even at the instigation of their depraved parents. There is not a confectioner's shop in the town which has not been visited by these boys. It is stated that almost every night, petty thefts are committed by them, and so cleverly do they accomplish their purposes as to escape the detection of the police, but on Thursday night P.C. Woozley noticed two lads in the shop of Mr. Morris, Confectioner, Nott's Square, and determined to watch them. There was only a young woman in the shop, and one of the boys pointing to some articles on a shelf behind her, asked the price of them. When she turned round to answer the inquiry, both urchins com- menced pocketing the pastry before them. Woozley then took them into custody and ou Friday they were dealt with by the magistrates in petty sessions under the Juvenile Of- fenders Act. It is more than probable that the money abstract- ed from the pockets of several parties in the market a few months since was not by professional pickpockets, but bN, boys of the town, as from that time they have been kept out of the market or strictly watched, and no losses have been com- plained of. CARMARTHEN PETTY SESSIONs.-These sessions were held on Saturday last, in the Town Hall, before D. Prytherch, Esq., H. Lawrence, Esq., Capt. D. Davies, and D. J. B. Edwardes, Esq. Mr. William Taylor Misters, applied for a warrant of ejectment against Mrs. Lydia Evans. Mr. Parry appeared for the defendant. The notice to quit was put in and read. Mr. Parry objected to it, as the applicant, who was blind, having signed it in the presence of a witness that person ought to have appeared to prove it. The case was dismissed. CARMARTHEN POLICE COURT.—At the Town Hall, on Friday last, before the mayor, E. II. Stacey, Esq., Capt. D. Davies and W. R. Davies, Esq. Mr. Thomas David, Iron- monger, Lammas-street, Mr. David Davies, Draper, Guild- hall-square, Mr. Howell Howells, jun., Grocer, King-street, and Mr. John Thomas, Printer, Priory-street, qualified as overseers of the poor for the parish of St. Peter's. TV-ln. Recs and Thomas Smith, two lads about ten years of age were dealt with under the Juvenile Offenders Act, for stealing pastry from the shop of Mr. William Morris, confectioner, Nott's Square. IÙtnnalt Rees, servant in husbandry, ap- peared to answer the complaint of Mr. James Hughes, of Treborscd, lor leaving his service contrary to agreement. The complaint was wiilnlAnwn, as the defendant admitted the offence, and promised to return to her service. The charge against Thomas Jones, landlord of the Miner's Arms, public house, in Priory-street, for selling beer on Sunday morning, was not entered into an account of the absence of the defen- dant, on whom the summons had not been served. David Jones was charged with assaulting Mary Morgan. In this case there was a "cross summons" and as the first complainant was unable to attend through illness, the hearing was adjourn- ed. A poor rate for the current quarter, of eightpence in the pound was seen and allowed. On Monday, before the mayor, and E. H. Stacey, Esq. David Jones and John Thomas were charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct on the previous Saturday night. The defendants admitted the com- plaint, and after being severely reprimanded, were dis- charged.—On Thursday, before the Mayor and E. H. Stacey, Esq., Thomas Jones, landlord of the Miners' Arms, was fined £ 3 and costs for selling beer on Sunday.—John Evans, David Owen, William Thomas, Griffith Thomas, David Morris, and Thomas Lewis, were charged with playing pitch and toss on Sunday, the four first at the Pothouse, and the two others in Catherine-street. They were reprimanded and discharged. Theophilus Thomas, who was apprehended by P. S. Miles Davies, at Aberdare, was charged with stealing some wearing apparel, the property of John Reynolds, at Francis Well, about six months ago. The prisoner was remanded. CO-;CERT.-The Carmarthen Musical Society, gave a concert on Tuesday evening last at the Boar's Head Assembly Room. It is regretted that a society so admirably adapted to contri- bute to the pleasures, and to refine the tastes of the public should be paralysed by internal discord. Duringa long period there has existed a feeling adverse to its unimpeded operations and the natural result apprehended has already manifested itself. The usual weekly practice has been thinly attended, and sometimes neglected, and no progress has been made by the performers, so that at the public rehearsals are exhibited defects and imperfections which excite emotions that we will not name. We purposely refrain from publishing the critique provoked by the concert, on Friday, which has given rise to the remarks now made, merely observing that the per- formance was far from perfect, and the programme itself bore testimony either to carelessness or defective taste. It would certainly be well if the committee re-organized the so- ciety by which new life and energy can alone be infused.— Communicated. THE MILITIA BAND.—As stated in our last impression the Carmarthenshire Militia Band, in full uniform played several marches before the Colonel, Lord Dynevor, on Friday last at noon, behind the Ivy Bush Hotel. The band is not yet com- plete, as there are only ten instruments, but an order has been issued for two others. The men have been oniy a few months under the instructions of Mr. Allen, the band master, but so remarkably well did they acquit themselves, that the colonel at the conclusion of a slow march by Dr. Wastfield, very highly complimented them on the rapid progress they had made and spoke in flattering terms to Mr. Allen of the success which had attended his efforts. Quick March, and Slow March, by Kuhner; Song Cheer Boys Cheer, Song Life on the Ocean Wave, arranged by Dr. Wastfield, and God save the Queen were certainly played in a style that was little anticipated and fully warranted the eulogiums that were freely bestowed on the baud master by those who were present. Several of the instruments will be replaced by better ones, and when the full complement shall have been in practice it will constitute an excellent baud. ST. CLEARS PETTY SESSroXS. These sessions were held on Tuesday last, at the Swan Inn, St. Clears, before T. Powell, and R. P. Beynon, Esqrs., Sarah James, an agricul- tural servant was charged with leaving the service of Mr. David Andrews, in violation- of an agreement entered into between them. The parties compromised. John Barry appeared to answer a complaint of assaulting Ellen Harrington who failed to make out her case and the defendant was dis- charged. CLERICAL MEETING.—A meeting of the clergy was held at the parochial chapel of Llanfihangel Abercowin, on Wednes- day last, at which prayers were said by the Rev. Samuel Jones, incumbent of Eglwysfairardaf, and very impressive and edifying English and Welsh sermons preached to a crowd- ed and attentive auditory, by the Revs. Messrs. Morgan, of Marros, and Harries, of Cilrnedw. The next meeting of the above nature will be held at lgl wysfalr. SOUTH WALES AUDITORSHIP.—A charge having been pre- ferred against Mr. Edward Jones, of Velindre, the recently elected Auditor for this District, of a want of a competent knowledge of the Welsh language, the Poor Law Board sent down Mr. Hugh 0\)jpn, a gentleman thoroughly acquainted with the language, to Llndovery, on Tuesday last, to insti- with the language, The friends of Mr. Jones will be glad to learn that he fully satisfied Mr. Owen, of his acquaintance with the Welsh language, as colloquially used, and that his appointment has been confirmed by the Poor Law Board. LLANDOIDY RACES -The following is the entry for the these races, to come off on Tuesday next :-Handicap Hurdle Rlice-Esmeralda, 12st.; Tollbar, list. 51b. Harry, list, 31bs.; The Don, lOst. 121bs.; Olympia, lOst. lOlbs. "Retort, lOst. 81bs.; California, lOst. 41bs.; Secretary, lOst. The //M,? 7/w? 7f*?, ?e.—Tollbar, Olympia, Secretary, The Slave, Pop Goes the Weasel, Retort, Dudu —7%c Hunt Stee- ? C/?MC, ?e. The Pilot. Exhibition. Springer, Fallow, Speculator, Charley, Miss Lucy, Dudu, Anvil.-The Farmer' 8 Race-The Nigger, Kitty, Kangaroo, Cheekey Coole. A match for X50, between Mr. Philipps's gray horse and a gray horse r.. I of Capt. Stokes s, will be ran over the Steeple Chase course. The Messrs. Davies, of Hays, will ride the two horses. The Carmarthenshire hounds will meet on Monday, April 17th, at Mydrim, and on Wednesday, the 19th, at Llanboidy, the last day this season, each day at 10 o'clock. LLANELLY.^—The tides at the ports within the Bury and Loughour rivers during the past week have been so extra- ordinary low as to impede several vessels from floating to their berths at the shipping stages, thereby causing considerable delay in loading find discharging, but highwatcr mark has now resumed its average height at ordinary tides. The tides have not been known so low during the last 30 years. WAR AGAINST THE POULTPY. The mania for poul- try has extended so much in this neighbourhood that most of the farm houses and dwellings at which poultry are reared, have been ransacked during the last few months, of nearly all the stock, by some persons not very particular in their selection either of Cochin China, Spanish, Dorkin, or other breeds. One farmer, Mr. Rees, of Penyfinglawdd, lost upwards of 20 fowls on a single night, and the ravages com- mitted by these unknown gentry are really frightful, re- sembling on a smaller scale the inroads of the Moors from Granada, and like them leaving no traces of their course be- hind. It is extremely desirable that the penchancc shewn by a class of evil doers like these, should as soon as possible be

-1 LLANELLY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. A meeting of this board was held at the Town-hall on Saturday last. There were present:—Mr. Benj. Jones (in the chair.) Messrs. R. T. Howell, Letcher, Glascodine, W. Thomas, and Tate. The minutes of the last meeting were read and con- firmed. The Chairman said that the clerk of the board had been requested to apply to the County Roads Board for permisson to lay the water pipes along a portion of the turnpike road. A meeting had been held, and permission was arranted on tlit terms specified in a letter sent by Mr. Spurrell. The letter was then read and was to the effect that the County Roads Board acceded to the request Y,10 to be deoosi- ted with the surveyor of the board as a security against dilapidations, but to be returned on the road being restored to the surveyor s satisfaction, and within such time as he should appoint, and Is. a-year to be paid by way of ease- ment. A conversation arose as to the portion of road which the pipes should pass under, in the course of which it was ex- plained that the engineer had decided not merely on crossing, but going along the turnpike road. Mr. Letcher and Mr. R. T. Howell thought the conditions were reasonable, the latter, however, suggested that ar- rangements should be made by the surveyor of tramways as to the time within which the necessary reparation of the road should be made. It was then resolved that the clerk should write to Mr. Spurrell clerk of the County Roads. Board, accepting the condi- tions and that he should put himself in communication with the surveyor to arrange with him as to the time within which the reparations of the road should be made. Mr. Perry reported that the works for supplying the town with water were progressing satisfactorily. An opinion was expressed that it would be desirable that some person should be engaged on behalf of the board to see that the joinings of the water pipes now in course of being laid, were properly secured. A letter was read from the Secretary of the South Wales Railway Company, requesting a plan indicating the point at which the water pipes would pass under the line near the station. The question was referred to Mr. Taunton. A letter was read from the agent of Sir J. Dundas, calling attention to the necessity of fencing certain portions of Sir J. Dundas's property which had been interfered with in carry- ing out the arrangements for supplying the town with water. I The surveyor had orders to confer with the agent, and mark out the boundaries according: to the Dlan. The report of the Estate Committee recommended that sundry bills of a routine character should be discharged and that no goods should for the future be obtained on be- half of the board except by a written order, and that coun- terparts of such orders be kept and laid on the table. The report was confirmed. The sanitary committee reported several dwelling-houses as kept in a filthy condition, and the existence of an offensive drain. It called attention to the fact that orders for the accommodation of cottages had not been complied with, although they had been required since November last. The plan of a house building by Mr. Williams was not approved of, because it did not show the position of the drainage. A discussion arose on a bill submitted by the committee. It was a charge of £1 Is. by Mr. Davies, surgeon, for having at the request of the board with Mr. Howell, Surgeon, in- spected and reported upon certain nuisances alleged to be un- favourable to the health of the neighbourhood. The chairman explained that as there was no officer of Public Health appointed under the Llanelly Board, it required in such cases to have the certificate of two medical gentlemen. The bill came in the name of one of two gentlemen but, he took it for granted that it included the charge for both, otherwise it might be looked upon by many members of the board as a high charge. Several members expressed an opinion to the effect that the charge of two guineas for an inspection, which had not occu- pied more than half an hour, and reporting the result was ex- travagant. If the bill represented the joint claim, it was mo- derate. It was suggested that an arrangement as to charges in such cases should for the future be made The bill was ordered to be paid as the joint charge of the two medical gentlemen. Vouchers having been examined and found correct, the re- port of the committee was confirmed. The following balances were reported to be in the Trea- surer's hands-Local Board, X988 6s. lid.; Highway, £26; Exchequer .64000. The report The handBs ilolsf the Highway Committee being brought up, bills to the amount of X20 4s. were ordered to be paid. The question of a rate having been brought forward, after some discussion it was adjourned for a fortnight, in order to obtain an opinion as to whether it was necessary from the constructions of Lord Emlyn's Act, to submit the vouchers of the Board of Health to the highway auditors as well as to the auditor of this board. The clerk was requested to write to the General Board of Health on the subject.' The reply of the Poor Law Auditor, Mr. Edward Jones, accepting £5 5s. for auditing the accounts of the board was read. It was ordered that the district rate be amended for the value of a house connected with the Llanelly Docks, and that the dock rate be reduced accordingly. Checks were then signed for several amounts including among others X278 for water pipes, and X93 2s. 4d. to Messrs. W. Thomas and S. Jones, for pipe laying. The business of the meeting then terminated.

_H" LLANELLY.—CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE.—An accident at- tended with appalling results happened to Mr. W. Boyle an engine worker at the Old Lodge Iron Works in this town on the night of Monday last whilst engaged at his usual avoca- tion. The engine working the hammer being in action, had as customary, been made ?to revolve on the reversin? nr? ciple, with a view of thus raising greater steam po OY, afterwards proceeded to alter its motion by laying hold of the "revolving wheel," so as to redound in anoppo? course. In doing so the wheel, which has a diameter of four feet drew the engineer within its vortex whilst revolving at a fearful velocity, and forcibly pulled him with it in its downwards cir- cular movement, causing him to descend head foremost upon. iron plate, the division between the other portion of the ma- chinery. The poor fellow in endeavouring to save himself from being precipitated into the apparatus underneath, (where certain death would have been the consequence) unconsciously obtruded one of his legs so as to be within the stroke of the wheel from the claws of which he had just escaped, and in an instant the spokes severed it completely from the body, near to ihe knee. The cries of the sufferer were heard at a distance, but providentially several men were in the works who ran to his rescue. The limb was afterwards very skilfully operated upon by Benjamin Thomas, Esq., and the sufferer though stiil in a very precarious state, is quite as well as might, under the circumstances, be expected.- LLANELLY.—On Monday last the public streets of this town were the scene of a disagreeable and rare sight, that of two females, followed by a long cavalcade of exulting youths, pa- rading the streets, the women evidently under the influence of a tempting beverage. We heard that the principal dra- matis persona) do not occupy an inferior position in life, but we were glad to learn that they had not long been resident within the precincts of this temperate borough. LLANELLY AND LLANDILO RAILWAY.—The coal traffic, the principal support of this line has been completely suspended durmg the la8t fortnight, in consequence of a disagreement be- tween the Company and the proprIetors of the Collieries in the Amman Vales and Llandebie Anthracite districts as to the rates of transit therefrom to the shipping docks at Llanelly. The remuneration hitherto charged for conveyance of coals in the company's waggons has been lid. per ton per mile. Now the company seek to charge a rent of £5 per annum for the use of the waggons, being willing to reduce the dues from lid. to I I d., alleging for so doing that inasmuch as wages, commodities, and materials have been considerably enhanced in price they are fairly entitled to an increased sum pro rate; the more so as they aver, because on other lines merchants are under the necessity of using private carriages belonging to themselves, or to pay.for those belonging to the company in addition to the railway dues. On the other hand the coal merchants set up a "prescriptive right" at the old rates, for the last 15 years, affirming the same to be a fair amount for conveyance, and threatening to spare no efforts to obtain means for shipping at other ports; others talk of relinquishing tho present workings and open fresh collieries in other districts. It is said that one firm having already transferred its scene of operations to the shores of Pembrokeshire; others appear to be determined to hold firm and not accede to the new terms. The probability is that matters will remain in statu quo until the stock of coals at the wharves has been exhausted, when perhaps at the eleventh hour some of the parties may be willing to reconsider the matter in difference. In any case, the sooner the better some arrangement is come to, as it cannot be imagined trade will be much improved by such a state of things concessions doubtless are:required from all parties, and we trust, an amicable adjustment of the matters in dispute will soon be made. LLANELLY PETTY SESSIONS.—These sessions were held on Saturday, before Rees Goring Thomas, and John Hughes Rees, Esqrs. The following constables took the usual oaths. Llanelly—Mr. J. Thomas, farmer, Mr. D. Rees, Cappel-issaf, Mr. John Roberts, Llanlliedi, and Mr. John Williams, Cwm- ddyfach. Llanedy-Mr. Wm. Lewis, Pantyffynon, and Mr. Wm. Rees, Clanddu. Llangennech-Mr. Isaac Morgan, Pen- prist-ucha, and Mr. D. Morgan, Glynceire. Llauon-Mr. Jno. Jenkins, Llanglasau, Mr. John Nicholls, Tyr-y-Wain Mr. Daniel Jones, Gors-y-Dre, and Mr. John Lewis, Pencwm- ucha. Ilembrey-Alr. Jno. Bowen, Danlan, Mr. Richard Lloyd, Pengoed, and Mr. John Thomas, Pentrwch. Henry Harries, of Llanellv, pleaded guilty to a charge of selling beer during the hours of divine service on Sunday last. P.S. Lewis proved the complaint. Defendant pleaded in mitigation that his wife and himself were in chapel at the time, and that the servant had supplied the beer in their absence. The defen- dant was cautioned, and in consideration of this being his first offence, was fined 3s. with costs. John Rees, of Llan- gennech, was summoned for the nonpayment of a portion of the poor rate of the parish of Llangennech, amounting to ol 10s. The rate was made on the colliery of Cwmnewydd. The defendant had offered to pay the amount he thought due, the rate on XIO, but the claim made was on a return for X40. Mr. liees said that he was to pay according to the tonnage of of the coal worked, and adduced in proof a resolution of the Parish Vestry from which it appeared that the vestry had agreed to charge him at the same rate as the Parkegwyn col- liery, which was 6d. a ton. The bench said that they had no power to alter the rate, and recommended Mr Rees to pay the amount and appeal against it. They thought he had good cause to show why the vestry should remit it, and advised the overseer to represent to the vestry the reasonableness of the objection. LLAXELLY CRICKET CLuB.-The members of this club, held a meeting at the Town Hall, on Monday evening last, Mr. C. W. Coombs in the chair, for the purpose of forming a com- mittee, choosing a president, treasurer, and secretary, and transacting other business connected with the club. The following gentlemen were appointed to take office. President, Apsley Smith, Esq. secretary, Mr. H. Morris; treasurer, Mr. P. Davies; Committee, Mr. Coombs, Mr. Syret, Mr. Owens, Mr. Rees, Mr. Howell, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Main- waring. It was also decided that the play for the season should commence on Friday, (to-day) at Pembrey, on the ground be- longing to Apsley Smith, Esq., and that early challenges be sent and taken from neighbouring clubs. LLANDILO NATIONAL SCHOOL.-On Monday last a preli- minary public meeting, numerously and respectably attended, was held at the mechanic's institution, for the purpose of ap- proving of a plan for the erection of a national school, sub- mitted by the Right. Hon. Lord Dynevor. The Rev. John Griffiths, vicar, in the chair. The noble lord submitted the plans to the meeting, and requested the appointment of a committee to inspect them, and make any alterations they might think proper by the 3rd of May next, at which time his lordship intends to be at Llandilo. His lordship also an- nounced that the entire cost of building would be defrayed by himself, and that he would subscribe annually towards its suppoit. Sir John Mansel also promised an annual subscrip- tion. A committee, thirty in number, was then appointed. The school-house is to be erected on the site of the nresent Dynevor charity school," adjoining his lordships park. The inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood highly appreciate this liberal act of his lordship. LLANDILO POLICE, THURSDAY.—Before David Protheroe, Esq., M.D. John Thomas, a farm servant, was brought up in the custody of P.C. Jas. Fitzgerald, charged with disobeying the lawful commands of his master, Mr. Francis Thomas, Ty- gwyn. Prisoner pleaded guilty," and upon promising better conduct in future, he was reprimanded, and 5s. 6d. of his wages ordered to be abated. LLAN-i)rLO. -EASTER PIG FAIR.—This fair was held here on Monday last. There was a gaod show, and the greater part were sold at very high prices. LLANDILO MONTHLY MARKET.—The usual monthly mar- ket was held on Tuesday last. The supply of cattle and sheep was very small, but such as were exhibited were sold off rapidly, Cattle at 7d., and sheep at 8d. per lb., sinking offal. LLANDILO,—The list of Guardians elected for the Llandilo Union is unavoidably omitted,till next week. CitOSS INN, LLA-NGATHF-On Thursday, a special petty sessions was held, before J. W. Philipps and G. B. Jones, 3-Jsqrs., and the Rev. G. W. Green. The overseers of the poor undlconstables were appointed for the several parishes com-