The Welshman

NAPLES. I PARIS, March 16. A letter from Naples speaks of extensive public works projected in that country. In the meantime the Govern- ment agents are very busy constructing and repairing roads in Sicily, not merely for the sake of improvements, but as a means of preventing insurrectionary attempts in future. Lighthouses arc to be built along the coast, and orders have been given that from the 1st of May next all the points of the island shall be put in direct communication with Naples. By that day also the submarine cable which is to connect the Two Sicilies will be laid down.

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. t PARIS, March 17. A telegraphic despatch has been received at Vienna, and I forwarded here, with the intelligence that the last detach- ments of Austrian infantry in Moldavia had embarked on the 14th at lamail, on their return to Austria The evacu- ation of Wallachia is stated to be proceeding rapidly.

RUSSIA AND CHINA. I BERLIN, March 15. Some few scraps of information about China that have lately attracted my attention in the Russian press may, perhaps, have unusual interest at the present moment. Thus a communication made to the Journal of the Academy, dated from the Chinese frontier, states that the rebellion in China is continually on the increase, more particularly in the south; the only portion of the empire not affected by it appears to be the province of Fu-Tsian, and a few of the other tea-producing provinces. The capital itself (Pekin) is described as though on the point of breaking up altogether into a social chaos no taxes were being received from the insurgent provinces the Imperial coffers were empty, and the servants of the Government could no longer obtain any pay. Silver is stated to have totally disappeared from the market, and of copper there was next to none to be had, so that the Government had been driven to coin iron money. The Court of IVkin is described further as totally at its wits' end, but nothing shows whether this not very wonderful state of intellect had been caused by the insurrection of its own subjects or by the "insolence of the barbarians." Furthermore it is averred that demoralization and corruption have reached their highest degree. In the absence of any have reached their biL, collateral evidence either to substantiate or to modify these statements, I will at least mention that all the description of the progress of affairs in China that have met my eye com- ing from a Russian source evidently betray a desire to re- present China as heretofore the Emperor Nicholas represented Turkey, in the condition of a valetudinarian breaking up very fast. The so-called "Clerical Mission," which the Russian Government is entitled by the terms of the treaty concluded between Russia and China, January 14, 172S, to maintain in Pekin, is about to undergo an entire change of its component personnel. Formerly the persons appointed to it remained a very long time on the station, but of late their period of service has been reduced to 10, and again to seven years. Those who are now about to be relieved by the new comers have been out there since 1849. The ostensible object of this" clerical" mission is the preservation of the prawos- lawnaja rcera (orthodox faith) in the bosoms of the descend- ants of certain Russians who were taken prisoners in 1685 at Albasin, on the Amour, and carried to Pekin, where they were formed into a body-guard for the Bogdokhau. The mission consists of an Archimandrite, together with both Buculiar and clerical officials. On this occasion, as well as on all others, certain men of letters and of science are attached to the missiou. Of the results of its labours the public has had within the last three years an opportunity of judging by the publication in St Petersburg of several volumes of its Transactions. lu the course of November last inquiries were made in Kiachta as to the expense of forwarding the luggage, &c., of the fresh mission from that place to Kalgan. ltd weight was stated to be 1,500 pouds, or 60,0001b., among which it was understood was a considerable quantity of silver. The town of Kiachta has of late become an import- ant place in consequence of the greatly increased traffiic between Russia and China. It has been selected to be the capital of that part of the frontier region, and is to be honoured by having a military commandant and a civil governor. A direct and regular postal communioation for official despatches has lately also been established between that frontier town and the Chinese capital, which is distant 2,820 li, or about 900 English miles; this postal commun i- cation seems to have been necessitated by the official inter- course between Russia and its clerical and diplomatic missions in Pekin, which are just now making a rich harvest of advantages from the embarrassments of the Chinese Go- vernment. The insurrection had hardly shown itself to be of importance in 1853, when Russia began to apply for conces- sions, which consisted eventually in the free navigation of the Amour, and a certain portion of territory at its mouth, which has probably by this time been extended to the whole northern bank. By means of these acquisitions Russia is now enabled to lead an army to Pekin either from the north or in the summer time down the Amour in small river steamers, which she already possesses there, and thence to the Peiho River, whence it would arrive at Pekin, from the south.

THE POLISH EXPEDITION TO CIR- I CASSIA. The Daily Xeivs says: -A telegraphic communication from our own correspondent at Constantinople informs us that the Kangaroo, having on board 300 Polish soldiers and Mehemed Bey (Colonel Bangya), their chief, has succeeded in eluding the Russian cruisers, which may probably have been on the alert to intercept her in the Black Sea, and has disembarked the men, arms, and stores of the expedition upon the coast of Circassia. lIn the Daily News of the 3rd inst. appeared a letter from Constantinople, dated Feb 18, giving some account of this interesting and adventurous expedition. Colonel Bangya, who is a native of Hungary, commanded the Ungvar brigade in the Hungarian war of independence and, after the treacherous surrender of Vilagos, forced his way through the Austrian lines and threw himself into the fortress of Comorn, in the defence of which he bore a prominent part. Like General Bern and others of his countrymen, he escaped into Turkey, and engaged in the Sultan's service. He was appointed the military governor of the province of Netukat; and, during the late war, he acted as adlatus to Sefer Pacha in Circassia, when the Russians were forced to abandon Anapa and their other forts on the coast. Colonel Bangya married a daughter of a Circassian chief, and was adopted as one of that nation. He has latterly been at Constantinople, occupying in the Turkish army the post of chief of staff. The two Circassian envoys who recently visited that capital appear to have arranged with him the plan of this expedition, in which a number of the disbanded Polish Legion were induced to join. An ngent in London procured & sent to them a sufficient store of arms and ammunition, including twelve howitzers, rockets, and Minie rifles; and these preparations being complete, on the 16th of last month, an English merchant steamer, the Kangaroo, which happened to be in the Bosphorus, was chartered for the trip, and suddenly and quietly, without taking leave of anybody at Constantinople, or exciting the suspicions of the Russian ambassador, Mehemed Bey, with his companions, slipped away from the capital, and have now joined the Circassian mountaineers in their struggle with the Cossacks of the Czar.]

RICH MEN IN NEW YOP.K.-WM. B. Astor is our richest man he inherited his wealth. Stephen Whitney, 6,000,000 dollars, owes his fortune to speculation in cotton, and the rise in real estate. W. H. Aspinwall, 4,000,000 dollars, catno of a rich family, and gained vast increase cf wealth in the shipping business James Lennox, 3,000,000 dollars, which he inherited. The late Peter Harmony, 2,000,000 dollars came to this city as a cabin boy, and grew rich by commerce. The Loriiiards, 2,000,OOJ dollars, came from France poor, and made their huge fortuues in the tobacco and snuff business. The late Anson U. Phelps, 2,000,000 dollars learned the trade of a tinner, and made a fortune in -iron and copper. Alexander T. Stewart, 2,000,000 dollars, now of the dry goods palace began business in a little fancy store. Of tho,e who are put down for 1,500,000 dollars, George Law began life as a farm labourer, Cornelius Van- derbilt as a boatman, John Lafarge as steward to Joseph Bonaparte. Of the miilionnaires, James Chesterman began life u a journeyman tailor, and Peter Cooper as a glue maker. Geo. Bancroft, Professor Anthon, Thos. M'Elrath, and Dr. Francis are each stated to possess 100,000 dollars. Edwin Forrest is rated at a quarter of a million so is Sidney E Morse, of the New York Observer.-Mr. Bennet 150,000. But perhaps the most remarkable of all is that Mrs. Okill has made 250,000 dollars by keeping ochool.- Charleston Oawrifir,

FRANCE. I PARIS, March 17. The answer of the King of Prussia to the last communica- tion of the French Government has been received. The terms are said to be pacific, and, what is not often the case, somewhat to the point. His Majesty was evidently in a benevolent humour when he wrote or dictated them. It would be hazarduous to say what the next communication will be. The Conferenees will, I presume, soon open again for the despatch of business." The two Commissioners sent by the Canton of Neuchatel to Paris to assist Dr. Kern have been received by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The members of the Senate, Legislative Corps, Council of State, &c., were admitted to the Tuileries last night, to pre- sent their congratulations on the happy event of the Prince Imperial having completed his first year yesterday. His little Highness is, as you are arware, inscribed on the muster- roll of the first Regiment of Grenadiers of the Guard, and the men of that gallant corps have celebrated the auspicious event by banquets, accompanied by appro- priate toasts. The public, who seemed to have forgotten all about the matter, were reminded of it by the flags hoisted on some public buildings. The Court tailor, also, who in matters of joyous demonstration is, next to the Grand Master of the Ceremonies himself, the most enlightened man in Paris, had given notes of preparation. For three evenings previously a stream of gaslights played round the shop-front for half-an-hour, and experimental flags fluttered over the doorway. The Moniteur of yesterday and to-dp y has several columns filled with promotions in the army and the Legion of Honour, and, what is still better, a number of poor children are received into the Orphan Asylum, which is under the patronage of the infant Prince, and which owes its foundation to the funds subscribed last year to offer a testimonial on the occasion of his birth. Among the pro- motions I do not see the name of the Prince his Highness has no undue ambition, and he is content to remain some time longer in his present rank. Nothing is left undone to render the heir to the throne popular, and keep him present in the minds, if not in the hearts of the people. It was supposed that the anniversary would be signalized by a pretty comprehensive creation of new nobility. The in. tention has been often attributed to His Majesty, and it is still said that he has not abandoned it altogether. In his more thoughtful moments he has perhaps recoiled from such a parody of the first Empire, never less opportune. The ice, however, has been broken by the Dukedom of Malakhoff, and there are many among the aspirants to nobility whose victories on the well-known battle-field in the Rue Vivienne are considered by themselves as on a par with the Marshal's attacks on the Crimean stronghold. Due du Grand Central, Marquis de la Bourse, and Comte de la Coulisse would surely sound as well as Due de Bouillon, Comte du Trou-bonbon, and Baron de la Marmalade, and posterity would not make much difference between a genuine aristocracy and the pastiche Few eyes detect at a distance the difference between paste and diamond. They who have set their hearts on patents of nobility, as well as on railroad conces- sions, may well be gratified by the one as they have been enriched by the other. It would appear that some at Court have been much struck by the preamble to the treaty of amity and commerce lately concluded between France and Persia, and have taken the Oriental terms of compliment employed in it in a literal sense. The elevation of His High Majesty the Emperor Napoleon," says the eloquent Persian, is equal to that of the planet Saturn, whose standard is the sun; he is the luminous star of the firmament of crowned heads—the sun of the heaven of Royalty-the ornament of the diadem-the splendour of standards and the Imperial ensigns," &c. M. Babinet, of the Institute, has rendered astronomy familiar, and, thanks to his exertions, there is now hardly a courtier who is not aware that Saturn is accompanied by a certain number of satellites, who of course form his entourage. The parallel is complete.

EXTRACTS FROM THIS WEEK'S PUNCH. IMPORTANT TRUISM.—Depend upon it that every advocate of a Maine Law drinks like a fish: KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD.-When we leave school our Education begins. ABSTRACT OF THE CHINA DivLgio.,T. -Canton v. Cantin'. THE NEW ORACLE.—That which speaks from the tripod —of which the three legs are Disraeli, Gladstone, and Cobden- A QUESTION.—On the re-election of any of the Chinese members, will they be required to take the usual form of oath, or like their brethren at Canton, will they merely break a saucer ? THE CHINESE DIVISION.—We would sooner have been with Palmerston on the Canton Minority than have been, like Gladstone, one of the Cantin' Majority! MORE CHEMICAL THAN COMICAL. Lord Derby is anxious to resemble the fiery Rupert in more ways than one. Judging by the rapid fall of his party since his late manoeuvres, he seems determined to invent his own Rupert's drop." I "EUNDO, MORANDO ET REDUENDJ." The Ex-Railway King declares his intention of again standing for Sunderland. He still trusts to Protection—of Members from arrest. I NEXT PRESENTATION AT COURT. We observe that, at the late levee, various persons were presented on their promotion in the Army or Nav), their return from foreign service, their accession to title, their mar- riage, their appointment to public situations, their invest- ment with the Order of the Bath and the Legion of Honour, and on divers other accounts and occasions We missed the name of John Markham, presented on his liberation from prison by a free pardon for an offence which he never com- mitted. Such a presentation, by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, would be an appropriate amends- plus a sum of money—to a sufferer who had been injured by a legal accident. THE SHOCKING LANGUAGE OF THE TURF. I A. sporting journalist who writes under the name of "Argus," made, the other day, this startling statement respecting the Liverpool steeplechase :— The casualties reported were, two killed and four slightly wounded and so ended The Great Liverpool,' which has created more interest than that of many years past, although the class of horses and riders were not so well known to fame as when the race was first established. Whether the killed and wounded were horses or riders, Argus omits to give the slightest hint, but as the bipeds engaged in steeple-chases do occasionally break their necks, some intimation as to which he meant, would not, perhaps, have been altogether unnecessary. Some readers too might also like to know if the killed and wounded in the Liverpool steeplechases were horses or asses. A FAST-DAY AT THE MANSION HOUSE. I Oh! Mr. Gladstone. What do you think of Lord Pal- merston and Her Majesty's Ministers now ? Read this:- "Lord Palmerston and Her Majesty's Ministers yesterday intimated their acceptance of an invitation from the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, to partake of a banquet at the Man- sion House on Friday, the 20th inst. Cards have been issued to members of both Houses of Parliament and other distinguished guests." There, Sir that is the announcement which appeared the other day in the Times. Lord Palmerston and his colleagues go to a Lord Mayor's feast on a Friday, and not only on a Friday, but a Friday in Lent! There is every reason to fear that they will not stop at the turtle—which, in theology, perhaps, comes under the name of Fish, though theologyc, a 8 it r ti,le, No doubt they will proceed to in- dulge in all the delicacies of the heretic Lord Mayor's table and the Protestant season. What will Dr. Pusey say ? Mrs. Grundy may not, perhaps, have any very particular remark to make on a subject with regard to which doctors and old women differ. This step of ostentatiously going to dine at the Mansion-house on a Lenten Friday is evidently a demonstration on the Premier's part quite of a piece with his appointment of Low Church bishops, which rendered the Budget so objectionable- didn't it ? and put the Government so terribly in the wrong on the Chinese question. But all the better for you Catholic Oxford will now be more unanimous than ever in the determination to support Glad- stone and Romanesque red herring against Palmerston and English roast beef. COFFEE-HOUSE CHARACTERISTICS. I Let an Englishman and a Frenchman enter a coffee-house at the same time the former will walk up to the fire-place, and the latter will stop at the firs; mirror. The English- man lifts up his coat-tails, and warms his huge body, whilst the Frenchman, with equal warmth, suns himself in the looking-glass. "POUR ENCOURAGER LES AUTRES." I A Government," says Lord Palmerston, when pressed on the subject of Sir John Bowring, must support its subor- dinates." How does Lord Palmerston reconcile this doc- trine of his in the way in which Sir John M'Neill and Col. Tulloch have been treated ? THE POLITE LETTER-WRITER. I "Lord Panmure requests the attendance of Sir John M'Neill and Col. Tulloch at the War Office to partake of a cold shoulder of mutton. P.S. If Sir J. M'N. and 001. T. find £1000 note under each of their plates, Lord Panmure hopes they will pocket it without any nonsenso." Answer. Sir J. M'Neill and Col. Tulloch respectfully beg to decline Lord Paumure's polite invitation. They dislike cold shoulder and don't want S,1000." NINEVEH AT AYLESBURY. I Mr. Layard has met with no encouragement to stand I again for Aylesbury. His vote on the Chinese question has proved that he made a much greater bull than he ever dis- covered. We drop a tear over the mischance. PROTECTION RUN MAD. I The cry of Protection to British Ind ustry" being no longer possible, the Derbyites and Disraelites will go to the country," with the cry of Protection to Chinese Inso- lence." POLITICAL PERSONALITY. The noble Lord, the present Member for London—as Mr. Duncombe would say-is understood to be particularly dis- gusted with the Premier for calling Mr. Cobden's majority against the Government a fortuitous concourse of atoms. THE PREMIER AND THE PRELATE. I The celebrity of the noble Premier has occasioned his name to be taken for the denomination of a new condiment, advertised as the Palmerston Sauce," suitable" for fish, fiesh, fowl, &c., &c." This is a sphere of fitness about as extensive as can well be imagined: for a relish which is good not only for fish, flesh, and fowl, but also for &c. &c. most be equal in universality to salt, and superior to pepper. It must be adapted to all manner of things except apples and a few others. Mr. Cobdcn aud Mr. Disraeli should try Palmerston's Sauce, and not have the presump- tion to offer him any more of their own. SIP. CHARLES NAP s LILT FOR SOUTHWARK. I Gentlemen,—The Parliamentary ship being about to go to pieces, we reckon to be all adrift upon spars and hencoops about the 25th inst. You'll throw old Charley a rope again, won't you ? If you do, I can tell you that this bout, you're not likely to be again deprived of your Member. He won't again be sent to another Black Sea with no gunboats and fewer able seamen; which, as everything depended upon correct firing, was not the likely way to storm Cronstadt sword in-hand. Be certain, Gentlemen, that I shall do the best to support the trade of Southwark in its exports to Russia, being assured by the Grand Duke Constantino, who is every inch, and a little more, a sailor, that he has the liveliest affection for the people of Southwark, and a particular admiration for one of your Members. I regret that the sudden dissolution of Parliament should not have allowed me to overhaul young Sir Robert Peel as I intended; but just only return me, and see if I don't yet polish him off as clean as any scupper-nail. "As for the Lords of the Admiralty, a sense of private duty compels me to say that I despise the whole boiling of 'em. On the day of nomination, I hope to be proposed by the Russian ambassador, whilst his lady has handsomely promised to work me a flashy pair of colours. Pressing business will detain my affectionate friend Duke Con stantine in St. Petersburg, otherwise he would have done himself the pleasure of accompanying me on my canvas especially as he saw it from so great a distance off Cron- stadt. England expects every Southwark man to vote for old Charley. Yours, true as pitch, CHARLES NAIMER." Bear and Ragged Staff Committee Rooms." THE MEMBERS' EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION. I We are delighted to learn, and every reader of the news- paper will feel a corresponding thrill of joy to hear from us, that the Early Closing Movement is fast gaining ground in Parliament, and before long will receive full legislative confirmation. Of this we are assured by a clairvoj aut gobemouche, who professes to have seen the rough draft of a bill, which he assumes will be brought forward under Go- vernment auspices as soon as ever Lord Palmerston has been returned for England, and will be entitled An Act for the Shortening of Speeches in Parliament, and for the Early Closing of the Mouths of the longer winded Members." Of this important measure, which as "time is money" will effect so immense a saving to the nation, that all true econom i sts must certasianv?-? n, to the nation, that all true economists must certainly support it, we believe that wo shall break no confidence by giving a precis PREAMBLE.—Whereas it is expedient that means should he adopted for the earlier shutting-up of certain long-lunged orators, and for affording relief to the reporters and readers of debates, and facilitating the progressive course of usefnl legislation. ENACTMENT.—Be it therefore Enacted, that within five minutes from the passing of this Act, and thenceforth throughout this and every succeeding session, it shall not be lawful for any Member, either of the House of Lords or Commons, to get up to speak when he has nothing to sav. and according to precedent, would occupy an hour or two or Lhree in saying it. Nor shall it be lawful for any rising barriiiter to rise more than sixteen times in any sitting, or to speak for the mere sake of hearing himself speak, or to hold a brief from the Government to talk against time, or otherwise to exercise his voice in Parliament for professional or personally advertising purposes. And the Speaker here- by is directed to call to order any Member who may break these rules, and, generally, to cut short any speech in which at least half a grain of sense be not discernible in the hear- ing, however it may be capable of polish in the papers, PENALTY.—Any Meml.-r who may be convicted of any of the above offences shall, on the first, receive formal warning, and on the second be banished to Bellamy's for the remainder of the sitting a ticket-of-leave being granted him to return to vote in the event of a division. COMPENSATION-—In cases where extenuating circum- stances can be reasonably pleaded, as for example, where the offender is a Scottish Grievance champion, or a Maynooth Monomaniac, the House shall be at liberty to sanction that he be allowed the compensation of a private room and a re- porter, to whom he may address the remainder of his speech, and, if his familly givepermission, have it printed ill extenso (at his own expense, of course). But to prevent the House from getting into public disrepnte, two responsible sureties shall in each such case be found, as guarantees that the printing shall be done for private circulation only," and that no attempt shall afterwards be made to get the speech inserted in any of the newspapers, even by paying for the cost of its advertisement.

ELECTION ADDRESSES. I After reading forty or fifty electioneering addresses in succession one arrives at some interesting general results. Oue is, that no two of them arc-increditable as it may appear—exactly alike. Even the same precise past and the same precise future, the same acts and the same promises, the self-same opinions on Parliamentary Reform, Ballot, the Maynooth question, Church rates, and Sir John Bowring, assume a different external mould and form. Some adopt the short, pithy, and others the long, sonorous style. Some have obvinvoly read the Spectator at one time of their lives, and affect elegance. Frankness, humility, zeal, and dis- cretion we find to be all iu their turn electioneering virtues, and each is represented. The poet talks of the seven ages of man, but the ages of electioneering man may, perhaps, be educed to three. There is, in the first place, the ardour of first courtship, when the untried candidate breathes the freshness of early promise and longs for the opportunity of exhibiting proofs of his generous devotion, To this class belongs the address of Mr. Neate, at Oxford, who runs full tilt at the increasing power and the increasing selfishness of the aristocracy of wealth," which have made it almost impossible for honest industry to better its lot, or nnen- dowed talent to rise to its proper level," He is prepared to lead a crusade against this monster abuse, and repeat the combat of St. George with the Dragon in right earnest. These spring candidates are in keeping with the time of the year; but there are varieties of them, and the young heir apparent who comes forward at the age of 21 to supply the place of a retiring father or grandfather is the early snow- drop or crocus of electioneering horticulture. The ardour ot first courtship is succeeded again by the sober affection of wedded love, when the candidate has represented the con- stituency in some three or four Parliaments. This is the second electioneering age, when the hon. member alludes modestly to past services, regular attendance at the House, judicious votes, and, at any rate, the very best intentions. The third and last age is represented in the address of Sir Charles Burrell to the electors of Shoreham, in which he says that, having represented the constituency upwards of 50 years, there is no occasion for him to enter into any explanation of his political principles." The Chinese question is of course prominent, and after one or two vague generalities the candidate usually begins his Chinese paragraph. But here we note a great difference. The supporter of Gavernment evidently likes the subject, as being, in the electioneering sense, a good one. He appeals at once to great national principles, on which he knows the popular feeling will be with him he denounces factious coalitian with a swing, and his sentence goes off like the crack of a whip. He feels his advantage on that question with a constituency of which the leading and moving part is perfectly able to see through the thin humanitarian dis- guise which the struggle for office has assumed. But the member who has voted in the majority as evidently does not like the subject, though he knows he must face it. He swallows the pill by an effort, and is very glad to get it over. There are, however, different ways even of doing this. There is the prosy apologetic, like Mr. ltust's, who goes over the Chinese question again with the electors of Huntingdonshire, and concludes with a great deal with conscientious conviction, sense of duty, impartial consideration of the subject, and the like, the value of which, when it all happens exactly to coincide with the Opposition side of the House, is very obvious. There is the short apologetic, when the candidate disposes of a disagreeable subject by one uneasy bolt, such as Colonel Stuart adopts to the electors of Cardiff. On the Chinese question he is not ashamed to find himself agreeing with Mr. Cobden." This is short and sumrn try, and the Colonel has mastered the policy so often recommended of stating a conclusion without giving the reasons. But, though it is only one mouthful, it is obviously an unpleasant one. Why does Colonel Stuart say he is not ashamed" of his vote ? That is a very poor thing to say he ought by rights to be proud of it, to be glad to point to it, to wear it as a feather in his cap. Is this all that a man who has just aided in a great philanthrophic triumph, a splendid victory of benevolence and justice over unprincipled cruelty, can say,—that he is not ashamed" of it. There could not be a clearer sign that Colonel Stuart was ashamed of his vote; indeed as a rule, when a man assures us he is not ashamed, it may generally be inferred that. lie is. Nor has it less the appearance of this when the Colonel attempts, as he does, to cover his obnoxious vote with a whole cloud of liberal promises and cries-the Ballot, Extension of the Suffrage, and Abolition of Church-rates. We must observe that even Mr. Bright is short on this subject I entirely approve the resolution moved by Mr. Cobden and seconded by Mr. Gibsou on the subject of the melancholy events at Canton." We might have expected something more from Mr. Bright upon a great philanthropic triumph than the very short matter-of-fact statement, which he words with a sort of dry exactness, the resolution moved by Mr. Cobden and seconded by Mr. Gibson." This is not quite the way in which a man alludes to a topic which he loves. Why does not Mr. Bright enlarge upon this glorious victory," this bright spot in the anuals of Parliament, when a majority of the House of Commons generously declared for the rights of humanity, and protected the defenceless against the strong ? What is it which holds his pen, and stops the stream of congratulatory eloquence ? Surely, having been prevented by a reason which we must all lament from expressing himself in Parliament on this question, he was the more bound to use the opportunity which an address to his constituents afforded but he rather ungraciously disposes of the whole subject in these two words, and immediately goes off to the Persian War, upon which he spends a long paragraph. Is Mr. Bright aware that a large part of the constituency of Manchester shares the feelings which a great mercanti ? c nation must have on this subject, and resents the insult offered to British com- merce in making our commercial connexions with the vast empire of China the mere tool for a party move and ad- vancement to office ? And why, we ask with some surprise, does Mr. Cobden himself wholly omit his own subject in his farewell address to the West Hiding ? Was it from bashful reluctance to allude to his own victory, or because he did not think it would be a very pleasant one ? It is very symptomatic that several candidates in their addresses immediately rush from the disagreeable subject of the vote by which the Ministry was left in a minority in this Parliament to general promises of support to Lord Palmers- ton's Government in the next Parliament. Sir Henry Meux promises Lord Palmerston his unhesitating support in any measure which may be necessary for the speedy and effectual termination of the war in China and the cogclusion of peace upon terms which will be consistent with the dig- nity of Great Britain," an announcement which leaves the bon. member as much room as the most devoted supporter of Lord Palmerston could want. Messrs. Ker Seymer, Floyter, and Stuart, iu their joint address, assure the electors of Dor- setshire that since the formation of the Government of Lord Palmerston they have on many occasions given him their support, and have no intention of changing the course hitherto pursued by them." In explaining their vote against Ministers candidates feel it is rubbing against the grain, it is one continual disclaimer and anxious disavowal of motives which they know nine-tenths of the world will attribute to them. If they can say anything, then, about a support in promise for Lord Palmerston, they take immediate refuge in the future as a harbour of safety and protection from the past, where in still water they can at least enjoy a little repose, and not be tossed about by the adverse winds. —Thursday's Times.

IS THERE DISSENTION AMONG THE LIBERALS. By this time Lord Palmerston has discovered that he committed the capital error of his life in stigmatising the China vote as factious, and in resolving on an appeal to the country. Too late his adherents find that they have nothing to appeal upon when brought face to face with their con- stituents they are dumb. "Palmerston for ever" has no charm for meetings which know that the cry means extra- vagant establishments, increased taxation, and a costly, cruel, and unj ust war with China. The Ministerialists find it convenient to be silent about Reform. They have abandoned their party, and their party is abandoning them. When the elections take place we duubt whether a single Palmerstonian will dare to present himself to a popular constituency. The Premier is doing for the Liberal party what Sir Robert Peel did for the Conservative party in 1816. lie i breaking it up. He is endeavouring to establish a distinction between official Liberals who will stick to the Treasury bench come what may, and independent Liberals who will not consent to shameless abandonment of the principles they profess. The independent men were to be represented as factious, and got rid of as conspirators the official men, staunch Palmerstonians, were to be lauded as patriots, and to be encouraged and rewarded with all the patronage and influence at the disposal of a Government which in a single year augments the expenditure by a sum of eight millions of money. To carry out this colossal job, Palmerston relied upon Hayter. and Hayter relied upon Palmerston. Not a single "conspirator" to be spared. The Infant Hercules" was to strangle the whole brood in his Whig cradle. Days of halcyon peace were to succeed faction was to be suppressed the Conservatives were to be nowhere; and a majority, always to be relied on, was to be composed of placemen in esse and placemen in posse. The scheme was promising, at least it was flattering, But there were too material points overlooked in the calculation. Was it certain that the con- spirators would submit to be crushed ? was it sure that tho country would throw itself at Lord Palmerston's feet ? Since his elevation he has, like many a vain man before him, lost his head. Every one attending the Commons must have noticed his altered manner. His make-up formerly as un fau: bonhomme was capital. Face, voice, and manner were all adapted to the part. Hut lately he has assumed all the dictatorial airs of a grand bashaw. Whoever ventures to oppose his will must be put down." Lord John Russell and Commissioner Yeh; Mr. Andrews and the King of Naples Mr. Locke King and the Shah of Persia, are all to be served alike. Nothing is to interfere with his Dictator- ship. For the instruction of his followers, the Mahom- medan confession of faith is to be parapliased.—" There is no ruler like Palmerston, and Hayter is his prophet." With his abandonment of his mask, the coarseness of his real character appears. His jollity veiled a nature, if not positively cruel, yet perfectly indifferent to bloodshed, and Liberalism a tyrannical aud overbearing temper. We believe there is no example in Parliamentary history for the tone in which he addressed the House upon the China debate. It revealed that exterminating spirit which prevailed in the old heathen nations of the world, and which may still subsist among savage tribes, but which we thought, until Lord Palmerston convinced us to the contrary, had been banished from the Governments of Christendom, and was particularly abhorrent to the genius of British statesmanship. Who can answer for the consequences of returning a House of Commons devoted to the will of this Minister for the next seven years ? We see how power brings out the dark shades of his character, and how age hardens all the coarser quali- ties and sentiments of his mind. Were he freed from that representative control which he detests, there is no limit to the mischief which he might perpetrate. It was with difficulty that he was restrained last year from committing this country to a war with the United States. With a more servile House of Commons, he would not long want a pretext for disturbing those amicable relations which he has always regarded with disfavour. When he calls on the country to elect representatives at his dictation, must it not be asked what are his claims to the confidence he soticits ? On what principles of domestic policy is his Government to be based in future ? Surely it is too absurd for tho most bigoted partisanship to assert that he is the Minister to conduct the nation to higher triumphs of civilisation, and to satisfactorily settle those great questions of finance, of social improvement, and practical reform which are discussed by every English hearth, and are felt to concern in some degree the happiness and security of every home. When we are told that he brought the Russian war to an honourable conclusion, we must demur to the fact in face of the testimony of his own most devoted and most confidential adherents at the time when the peace negotiations were in progress. Then we heard only of the pressure put upon the English Cabinet by the Emperor of the French it was said that Lord Palmerston was forced to conclude peace against his will; that he consented to the proposed conditions only because he felt certain that Russia would not accept them and his turbulent conduct for a twelvemonth after peace had been signed was alleged to be due to his mortification at the result, and to a hope, which he sedulously by his public addresses endeavoured to diffuse through the country, that the war might on some pretext be renewed. His scheme to return a Palmerstonian majority by casting odium on the independent Liberals, and by endeavouring to sow division among Conservatives, has already failed. The country will not fall down and worship the golden idol Mr. Hayter has set up. Independent opinion cannot be crushed, it is too keen to be fooled by charlatanry, and too honest to bo corrupted by bribes. Press.

"HH" We have reason to suppose that the state of public busi- ness will allow the prorogation of Parliament to take place on Saturday, and the dissolution on Monday.— Globe. BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—The wife of William Hanny, painter, of 13, Wellington-street, Blackfriars-road, London, was safely delivered, on the 11th inst., under the influence of chloroform, of two boys and two girls, by E. Rowland, Esq, surgeon, 14, Nelson-square, London, Mother and children are doing favourably. ASSAULTING A JUDGE.—On Friday evening, at Cork Assizes, as Mr. Justice Ball was leaving Court, a young man, who was standing amongst tho crowd assembled upon the Court house steps, threw a stone of considerable size at him as he was entering his carriage. The stone smashed one of the windows of the vehicle, but fortunately did not injure the learned judge, who immediately took his seat in I the carriage, and drove home to his lodgings as if nothing had occurred. The culprit was arrested on the spot. t> THE SLAVE AND HIS MASTER. — The Raleigh (N.C.) Register says A most horrible murder was committed in Martin County, on Tuesday, the 17th instant. It appears that a Mr. Jesse Haddock, overseer for Mr. Jos. D. Biggs, was assisting a Mr. Hurst, overseer for Wm. G. Williams, in chastising a negro, when two negroes, by the names of Guilford and Sandy, ordered them to desist, and upon their refusing Sandy struck Mr. Haddock on the head with an axe, splitting his head wide open, and killing him instantly. Guilford attempted to strike Mr. Hurst, but he warded off' the blow with a cane." CHINESE HUMANITY.—A 1 rench priest, the Abbe Belloc, who arrived at Lyons from Marseilles a few days ago, at- tracted immense attention as he walked through the streets by his frightfully mutilated condition, and the story con- nected with it. He was one of five missionaries sent to preach the Gospel to the savage tribes of Penang Kiou, at the extremity of the Chinese territory, near the mouth of the Tchou Kiang river. His four colleagues were beheaded, and he himself, after having had his nose and ears and right hand cut off, was about to suffer the same fate, when he was rescued by some English sailors. The Abbe Belloc is now at Rennes, where he has relations. LORD PALMERSTON AND Tim ROMAN CATHOLICS.— A leading article in the Tablet of the 14th inst., says —" Let it be remembered that the interest of Catholics requires a balance of power in the Legislature. Let the question to each candidate be, Do you intend to support or to oppose Lord Palmerston ?-and let Catholics vote for every man who means to put him out. That is a clear, sim- ple, and deiinite issue, and we trust that the Catholic electors will allow no other to be substituted for it." Let Protestants take a hint from this, and show themselves not less active and zealous and resolute for the maintenance of British Protestantism than Roman Catholics are for its destruction. FIRE AT THE EXHIBITION OF AILTS.-Between three and four o'clock on Wednesday morning,a policeman passing along the Cromwell-road, perceived a glare of light in a clump of buildings adjacent to the main building of the Exhibition of Arts, and consisting of the school of design and various offices. An alarm was given, and a company of Sappers and Miners, who are quartered in the precincts of the exhibition, turned out, and with the assistance of the fire brigade, which arrived soon after, got the fire under. It originated in the furnace-room containing the apparatus for warming the school of design. The official report of the damage states that the furnace-room is burned out, flooring, partition, and roof of passage destroyed, and contents ot the school of design much injured by heat and smoke. GALE IN THE CHANNEL. —FOUR MEN LOST.—BRIGH- TON, March 16.—The weather was extremely rough and boisterous in the Channel during tho latter part of last week, and particularly so on Friday night, when the melan- choly loss of four men was the result. The unfortunate sufferers were the crew of the Martha, of Colchester, which it seems was about fifty miles off in the Channel when she was overtalien by the gale, and the poor fellows were washed overboard and lost. The only one of the crew left was a lad about 18 years of age, and who succeeded in bringing f the smack safe into Shoreham harbour on Saterday after- noon, having laboured for several hours in accomplishing his perilous and extraordinary task. On reaching Shoreham he was much exhausted, having been without food for a long time. GREAT STORM IN DUBLIN.—The Freeman states that on Friday night and Saturday morning Dublin was visited by a storm, which for violence and duration has not been equalled since 1849. A considerable amount of damage of a miscel- laneous character was done, but we did not hear of any marine disaster. At Kilmainham gaol a distressing accident occurred. A violent gust of wind prostrated the chimney of the governor's apartment, and the immense mass of brick- work crashed through the roof and fell into the bedroom underneath, where Mrs. Alison, the wife of the governor, happening to be at the time, suffered the most serious in- juries. Drs. Tuffnell and Cusack are at present in atten- dance, and the position of Mrs. Alison {is stated to be very precarious.

TRADE REPORT. I Wednesday Evening. -STIC;Alt.-There has been more inquiry to-day, and a public sale of 1,134 baskets Java sugar sold with much spirit, and, in some cases, at higher rates. The quotations arc as follows -vizo, middling to fine brown, 51s to 52s 6d low yellow, 53s to 54s good yellow, 55s to 56s 6d fine yellow, 888 to 60s. Of West India 200 hogsheads have been disposed of, and privately 7,000 bags native Madras at 42s to 43s per cwt., besides a small parcel of grocery at 53s to 53s 6d per cwt. COFFEK.—G14 bags Dutch Company's Java partly sold at 62s to 63s a small parcel of Brazilian plantation Ceylon was taken in at auction. Iticr.The market continues very firm, and 200 tons Ballam are reported sold on arrival at 10s 4!d per cwt. ex ship. SALTPETRE.—272 bags Bengal, 8:i per cent. refraction, at auction, have been sold at 42s per cwt., and 1,000 bags nitrate were taken in at 20s per cwt. JUTE.—The auctions to-day, comprising 1,845 bales, went off at 40s per ton advance on last Wednesday's rates-viz., X19 to 121 for good common to medium. COCHINEAL.—77 bags Teneriffe, in public sale, went at the previous rates; silver ordinary to good, 4s to 4s Id and black, 4s 2d to 4s 4d per lb. TALLOW.—The market is again firmer; 62s is paid for March, 53s 9d to 5-1s for April, 52s 6d for May and June, and 52s for the last three months, with a considerable business doing. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Wednesday, March 18.—The very high prices demanded by importers cause the trade in all descriptions of sugar to be restricted, and no transactions of any magnitude have taken place since our last report. In rums both the supply and the demand are limited, and there is but little doing.

THE CORN TRADE. I CORN-EXCHANGE, March 18. The arrivals of English grain this week are small, of foreign and foreign flour moderate. The market was very thinly attended, and a large pro- portion of the English Whcjt left over from Monday remains unsold. Prices, as also of foreign, in which business is most limited, are nominally the same as ou that day. In spring corn there is no alteration. LIVERPOOL, March 17. We have no change to notice in our sugar sugar market; 750 bags Benares have been taken at 53s to 53s 6d, and GO cases, 400 bags Bahia at 34s Gd per cwt in bond. To-day's corn market was rather better attended, having several Yorkshire and other country millers down where sellers of wheat gave way in price a fair amount of business was done in this grain, which we note at a reduction of 3d per bushel from the rates of Tuesday last there are no extra parcels of American upon the market. Flour sells slowly at scarcely so good prices as were taken on Friday. In barley and beans no change, and little business doing. In oats and oatmeal but moderate transactions at late prices. Indian corn has further receded in value to-day, making the reduction about Is per quarter since this day week; a fair quantity has found buyers, chiefly for Ireland. NEWCASTLE, March 17. There was a fair show of Wheat at this morning's market; but sales proceeded slowly, buyers refusing to supply them- selves except on much lower terms than last week. best samples are noted 2s per quarter cheaper than last week. Good barley was in request, but being scarce prices were on the advance. Oat", beans, and peas met a lair retail demand at unchanged currencies. HULL, March 17. The transactions of the past week have been on the smallest possible scale, aud on the whole the tendency has been downward. At to-day's market there was a fair supply of English wheat, which sold slowly at barely last week's rates foreign quite neglected. Barley in moderate request, and all but the best descriptions rather lower. Beans and peas sell in retail at late currencies. Oats dull, and prices of common qualities were again in favour of buyers. Barley, of fine malting quality, Is dearer. No alteration in other articles. Linseed firmer, and cakes also. The weather on Saturday and Sunday was very stormy, accompanied with hail and rain since then the gale has subdued, the temperature is milder, and iu every way favour- able for field operations. On the whole, a finer seed time could hardly be desired. The imports of wheat have been on a very limited scale. Of barley there has been a fair arrival, and of other grain moderate cargoes.

THE PERSIAN ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY.—His Excclluncy Feruk Khan, the Envoy Extraordinary from Persia, arrived at Folkestone on Thursday from Paris, and will remain some weeks in London. Captain Lynch, of the East India Com- pany's service, will attend on his Excellency during his sojourn in England. BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY ConlT.-On Monday, before Mr. Commissioner Hill. lie George Williams, Ebbw Vale and Monmouth, clt-apei, We recently announced the decision of the court as to the recal of this bankrupt's certificate. To-day his Honour delivered judgment in which the facts which led to that decision and the reasons upon which it was founded were set forth.—The business of the court this week has been confined to the choice of assignees, which has been made in the following estates :-J. G. Yates, Bristol, grocer; debts proved, £ 204 17s. 9d. solicitors, Messrs. Henderson and Howard. -Joseph West, Beckington, miller; debts proved, XIO),5 ls. solicitors, inlessrs, 11. Brittan and S,)n.- William Skinner, jun., Bristol, tailor and outfitter; debts proved, X645 Os. 6d. solicitor, Mr. C. Taddy.—T. J. Thomas, Cardiff, carpenter and builder; debts proved, £ 375; solicitors, Messrs. W. Bevan and Girling. J. H. Davies, jun., Bridgend, grocer; debts proved, X587 15s. 4d. solicitors, Messrs. Livett and Son. A HEAVY FIXE. -At the Monmouth Divisional Petty Sessions a case of unusual interest came before the Bench. Michael Taylor, farmer, of Skenfrith, was charged with de- frauding the revenue by manufacturing malt without a licence. Mr. Welsby, counsel to the Treasury, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. J. Gilbert George, of Mon- mouth, for the defendant. The information was framed under the 6th of George IV., chap. 81, sees. 2 and 26, for making malt without having obtained a license, incurring thereby a penalty ot XIOO. There were two other charges, framed under the 2d and 3d of George IV., coupled with the 4th and 5th of William IV., sees. 50, 51, for using an unen- tered building and unentered vessels, the penalty being 1200 for each offence. There was a fourth charge, of fraudulently depositing and concealing malt from the Excise officers, under the 7th and 8th of George IV., chap. 52, sec. 40- penalty X200. The whole of the penalties claimed amounted nominally to J6700, but only to £ 500 in reality. The defendant is a farmer renting a farm attached to the mansion-house of Blackbrook, and the manufacture of malt was alleged to have taken place at a coach-house be- longing to the mansion, where some 74 bushels of barley, in process of being made into malt, were discovered by the Excise officers. Two of the defendant's servants were called to prove the case, but refused to take an oath, and were fined X.50 each one of them was intoxicated There was, how- ever, sufficient evidence without their testimony to prove the charges and the magistrates, after a short consultation, found the defendant Guilty of all the charges, and fined him in penalties amounting to £ 500- ROMANTIC STORY.—A Bayonue newspaper has the fol lowing strange paragraph :—" A man, still in the flower of his age, and appearing to suffer from a severe wound, arrived in this town a few days ago by the steamer from Santander he was accompanied by an old Malay servant, of a copper- coloured complexion. The appearance of the two was very singular, and the master seemed a prey to extreme sadness. After a very short stay, they both went to a village in the environs, where the master is to be cured of a wound which he has received. It appears from a Spanish journal that this personage, who is a M. R. de G-, of French descent, but born in Madras, recently fought a duel in the neighbourhood of Santander with Sir Harry S,— an officer of the fleet of the East India Company, and that he killed his adversary on the spot, but was severely wounded himself. It appears also that at the time of the opium war against China he, being then also an officer in the East India fleet, was sus- pected of having engaged in tho piracy he was ordered to repress, and was consequently ill regarded by his colleagues. An offensive epithet having been applied to him, he chal- lenged the offender, and killed bim. The brother of the adversary then called out M. de G—, but the brother also was killed. M. de G— subsequently had some strange adventures, which led to repeated duels. Thus, counting the duel near Santander, M. de G- has killed not fewer than four men. Having visited in Mexico, M. de G-fell in with the late Count Raousset de Boulbon, and that person strongly pressed him to take part in his expedition to con- quer some of the provinces of Mexico, but he refused. In his book, Count de Boulbon gives a description of the person of M: de G—, which is quite that of a hero of romance and speaks with admiration of the bravery he displayed in duels. He says also that as that gentleman always avoided talking of naval subjects, he had never been able to aeccr- tain whether or not he had ever really been a pirate. It is said that the stranger, after being cured of his wound, intends to enter the Convent of the Chartreux at Grenoble.

CARMARTHENSHIRE INFIRMARY. House Surgeon's weekly report for the week ending March 18 £ jS f Remaining since last Report 10 ) os J Admitted since 1 j 11 Diseliirged ciired and relieved 1 £ £ Died. 1 l 0 llemaining -10 i [Remaining since last Report 67 3. g J Admittcdsince. ?< £ & i Discharged cured and relieved 12 6  ?Dicd. ?? Remaining 00 G. S. SYMMONS, House Surgeon. MEDICAL OFFICERS FOR THE WgEK. Physician, Dr. Lawrence; Surgeon, Mr. Rowlands. COMMITTEE.—Mr. J. N. Roberts, (Chairman), Hcy. II. W. Jones, Messrs. E. H. Stacey, J. J. Stacey, G Lagnall, J. Rowlands. JOHN W. WHITE, Secretary. j

18 D 57. TO SERVE THIS SEASON. AT zCl T,,lC[I MAUL, THAT VERY SUPERIOR DRAUGHT HORSE, "WELLINGTON, Tlte Property of Jlr. D. PEOSSEIt, Tygwyn. HE was got by th?t celebrated draught horse General Picton," out of a first-rate Cart Mare by "Mcrry man. WELLINGTON" is a dark bay, rising 4 years old, stands 17 hands high, of great bone, fine symmetry, and good action, and is calculated to get superior Carters. He will attend at Carmarthen, Llanelly, Kidwelly, Saint Clears, Llandilo, and other places every fortnight. 1857. TO C O V E 11 THIS SEASON, That splendid pure bred Entire Cart Horse, THE WINDSOR HERO, That was awarded a Premium of X15 at the Royal Agricul- tural Society's Show at Windsor, held July, 1851, as being the best two-year old out of Twenty, At 21 each, and 2s. 6d. the Groom, The Groom's Fee to be paid at the time of Serving, and the remainder at Midsummer next, The Property of FRED. EDWARDES, ESQ., Pilroath. THE WINDSOR HERO is jet black, rising seven years JL old, 16 hands 3 and half inches high, possesses good symmetry, with short, good, and clean lugs, and excellent feet, sound constitution, perfectly good tempered, is of one of the best cart horse families in England, and is himself a staunch worker. He was bred by Mr. Tayler, of Bishop- stone, near Swindon, Wilts, and got by Mr. Wirdnam's celebrated horse, the Farmer's Glory, which was got by Mr. Lyd ford's far-famed Stallion, Champion, out of an excellent Mare, by Mr News's Champion of England. The dam was a successful competitor at the Farringdon Agricultural Society, having been awarded the premium twice for being the best Mare for Agricultural purposes. All these horses are well known, and allowed by judges to be of the most successful and valuable family in the country, from which have descended some of the best and biggest cart horses in England. The Windsor Hero has proved himself a very fruitful horse. All his Stock is very promising. lie will attend at Laugharne, St. Clears, Llanboidy, Nar- berth, Llanelly, Kidwelly, and Pembrey, and will be at the Three Compasses, Lammas Street, Carmarthen, every ba- turday. The Groom will specify the days of attendance at each Town. 1857. TO COVER THIS SEASON, THAT CELEBRATED THOROUGHBRED HORSE, "YOUNG WALTON," The Property of Mr. J. Williams, Bear Inn, Water Street, Carmarthen. Thorough-bred Mares £ 2 10 0 Half- bred Mares, &c 1 10 0 Groom's Fee, Thorough-Bred. 0 5 0 Do. Half-Bred, &c 0 2 6 The Groom's Fee to be paid the first time of service, and the remainder to the Owner on or before the 24th of JUNE next. YOUNG WALT OX is a Dark-Chestnut Horse free from 1. White, stands 16 hands high, and although Thorough- bred, has great power and substance. YOUXG WALTOX was got by that celebrated Yorkshire Horse, "Old Walton," out of a thorough-bred Mare. Young Walton was bought at Yorkshire by the King of the Belgians for 400 Guineas. Young Walton is perfect in temper, been pronounced by allj udgcs one of the most useful entire horses of the day, and calculated to get hunters, road- sters, and steeple-chasers and has proved himself a suro foal getter in this District. YOUNG WALTON will attend at Carmarthen, Mydrim, Saint Clears, Laugharne, Kidwelly, Llanelly, (Swansea, at the Jeffreys Arms, on the 11th APRIL,) and every alternate Saturday subsequently, and other places every fortnight. The Groom will specify the time of attendance. LLANDíLO STEEPLE CHASES WILL TAKE PLACE (WEATHER PERMITTING) On Thursday, the 26th of March instant, AT LLANDILO. J. W. M. Gwynne Hughes, Esq., Tregib, ) Stewards. Capt. M. P. Lloyd, Glansevin, Stewards. Capt. D. E. Jones, Velindre, ) THE OPEN STEEPLE CHASE, Of o sovs. each, two forfeit with not less than X40 added over about Four Miles of fair hunting country, Second Horse to save his Stake. To close and name to the Stewards at the Cawdor Arms Hotel, Llandilo, on Tuesday, the 17th March, by 9 p.m. To be handicapped by the Stewards or whom they may appoint. Acceptances to be declared on or before the 25th instant, at 12 at Noon. st. lbs. Mr. Powell's b.h. St. David, aged 12 0 Capt. E. Burke's b.h. Tlte OldScrew, aged 11 0 Mr. Baumgarton's b.g. Deception, aged 11 0 Mr. Duke naB. b.rn. jJ[crnJlegs, aged. 10 0 Mr. Smith nas. b.h. The '.Disowned. 10 7 THE LLANDILO HANDICAP, Of 3 sovs. each, 1 forfeit, with not less than zC20 added, over about Three Miles of fair hunting country. Second Horse to save his Stake. Open to all Horses not winners of any Race with 125 added. To be handicapped by the Stewards or whom they may appoint. To close and name to the Stewards, at the Cawdor Arms Hotel, Llandilo, on Wednes- day, the 25th March instant, by 9 p.m. All questions as to the entry and qualifications of Horses and all other disputes to be settled by the Stewards or whom they may appoint, and their decision to be final. The forfeits to be paid at the time of Entry, and all Stakes to be paid before Starting, or not entitled though a winner, Colours to be named at the time of Entry, and any Jockey appearing in different colours to those named to forfeit 10s. to the Fund. Scales and Weights, 5s. Three Horses, bona fide the property of different owners, to start for each race, or the public money will not be added. The Stewards Ordinary at the Cawdor Arms Hotel, at five p.m., and a Ball in the evening. By Order, GEORGE HUGHES, Hon. Sec. Llandilo, March 19th, 1857. LLANBOIDY RACES. 1857. ARE fixed for MONDAY and THURSDAY, APRIL 13th A and 16th. STEWARDS W. E. GWYN, ESQ. T. R. O. POWELL, ESQ: First day,—Monday, THE LLANBOIDY STAKES, A Handicap of 4 Sovs. each (3 forfeit, and 1 only if de- clared on or before Wednesday, April 8th), with £ 25 added. Second horse to save his stake. Heats. Two Miles, over six flights of Hurdles. To be ridden by Gentlemen, Trades- men, or Farmers, who have never ridden for hire. To close and name (by letter) to the Stewards, at the Farmers' Arms, Llanboidy, on or before Monday, March 30th. THE U. H. C. STAKES, A Handicap of 3 Sovs. each, (1 forfeit if declared), with £ 25 added. Second horse to save his stake. Over about 3 Miles of country. For Horses that have been regularly hunted in Wales this season, and have never won a stake with more than X25 addded, in the seasons 1855-56, or 1856-57. Gentlemen riders as above. To close and name and forfeits to be declared as in the Llanboidy Stakes. THE CYMRY STAKES, A Sweepstakes of 2 Sovs. each (1 forfeit if declared) with zE15 added. Second horse to save his stake. Two miles over the flat, for all Horses that have never won a Race with more than £ 25 added. Three years old to carry 10 bt. four years, list.; five years, list. 10 lbs.; Six and aged, 12 st. 3 lbs. Gentlemen Riders as above. To close and name and forfeits to be declared as in the Llanboidy Stakes. Second Day,—Thttrsday. THE CEFNBRALEY STAKES, A Handicap of 3 Sovs. each (I forfeit if declared by 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, April 15th), with JE15 added. Second horse to save his stake. Two miles. Over 6 flights of Hurdles. Heats. Gentlemen riders. To close and name at the Farmer's Arms, Llanboidy, on Monday evening, April 13th, at 8 o'clock. THE TALLY-HO STAKES, A Handicap of 3 Sovs. each, (1 forfeit if declared), with X16 added. Second horse to save his Stake. About 3 miles across country. For horses the property of Residents in South Wales, and that have never won a Race with more than 125 added previous to this meeting, or during the seasons of 1855-6, or 1856-7. Gentlemen Riders. To close and name and forfeits to be declared as in the Cefnbraley Stakes. Stakes. THE CONSOLATION STAKES, Forced for the-Winners of each Race at this meeting. Free for Losers. Of 2 Sovs. each, with not less than ZCIO added. One mile and a distance over the flat. Gentlemen Riders. The weights to appear immediately after the last Race. Three horses, the property of different owners, to start for each Race, or the public money will not be added. All Horses to stand at the stables of Subscribers of at least £ 1 Is. to the fund, or will be disqualified though winners. Half an hour between Heats. To start for the 1st Raco on each day at 1 o'clock. Weighing, 2s. 6d. each. The Stewards decision to be final. ijgg" The Stewards' Ordinaries at the New Hotel, on Monday and Tuesday Evenings. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, the Rounds, will meet at Llanboidy.