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LANDORE POWDER MAGAZINE.

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To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN.

To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN.

A PLEA FOR THE EMPLOYED.

Family Notices

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THE IRON TRADE.—Some large Orders for iron ■were received, per Britannia steamer, last week at Merthyr, which has been the means of improving the prospects of that town aud neighbourhood. LUNI-LLY.— We are much gratified to iearn, that on Friday last, the 1,;t inst., the Commissioners of the Llanelly Haruollr, at a full meeting, comprising R. J. Nevill, Esq., in the cluir; D. Lewis, Esq., J. H. Rees, Esq., J. Biddulph, jnn., Esq., Joseph Martin, Esq., F. T. IW'Dongall, Esq., William Williams, Esq., C. W. Nevill, Esq., and several other gentlemen, the contemplated improvements in the Harbour, tind.-r the reccnt Act of Parliament, were dis- cussed, and it is hoped wiii shortly he commenced upon. As the permanent welfare of Llanelly must ever be dependant upon the Harbour, it is matter of interest to all who feel desirous for its prosperity, to know that the Commissioners have devoted their attention to this important subject, which we hope will be continued with zeal in bringing about the satisfactory conclusion of a general improvement of the port.-It also afforded ns great pleasure to hear, that, at the same meeting-, our fiiend, Mr. B. Jones, solicitor, Llanelly, was elected Clerk to the Commissioners, by a large majority. IvlEtTIMi OF TUitNPIKE TKUSTr.ES AT ii Hi DC fi D — The usual Monthly Meeting of the Bridgend Turnpike Trust was held at the Vv'ynilhani Ai ms Inn, in that town, on Satur- day. There were present—the Rev*. Robt. Knight and H. L. Blosse; M. P. Traherne, R. Lindsay, W. Lewis W. Jones, Evan Jones, A. Verity, —— Rees, and D. Thomas, Esq:s., &c., <Si.c. Mr. Bullin, the lessee of the tolls, and Mr. Hopkins, the road surveyor of the district, also attended. It was expected that the leport of the Committee appointed to investigate into the charges made against Mr. Bullin and his collf'ciors, should be read, hot a letter had been received from Dr. Nicholl, M.P., who was in London, informing the Trustees that the printer had been unable to complete the printing of the leport, wlich was a very voluminous one. Dr. Ni.-Iioll also recommended the Trustees to adjourn the meeting, at its rising, to Monday, the 18th of December. A conversation between several gentlemen of the Trust took plate, after the meeting had been adjourned, and from the observations made by several gentlemen composing the Committee of Enquiry, we anticipate that the report will entirely exonerate Mr. Buliin from the charges made against him, which were contained in the petition emanating from the Kenfig meeting, as well as in other petitions presented to the Trustees.—The Rev. Robt. Knight and Mr. Franklen iiueqnivocally expressed their disbelief of the allegations contained in the petitions, and slated that, during their investigations. the Committee had not met with tlu- slightest evidence to support the charge that any of Mi. Btiiliu s col- lectors had extorted sixpence for each bag of potatoes, he- longing to dinerent owners, though there were seven or eight In a cart. Those parties, Mr. Franklin observed, who had assured himself and o'her Tiustees that they couid prove the truth of the charges in twpnty instances, or in a hundred, if necessary, did not e-en attempt to suhstaniiaie onecase. It was also observed, by the same Trustees, that the first allegation in the Kenfig petition, relating to the existence of twelve gates from Cowbridge to Asieravon, was a palpable falsehood, as Mr. Hopki is. the road-s.irveyor, in answer to various qnesrons put to him by Mr. F. a'nklen, assured the Trustees, that there were no more than seven gates between those two places. Air. Win. Lewis, on the other hand, was of opinion, th «t tbeie had existed some ground' for making those charges against Mr. Bullin, though not to the extent alleged.—Mr. Buliin assured the Trustees, that there had never existed the least shadow of a ground for making snch charges—that none of his collectors ever Went ir.to potatoe-fields, with the view of charging sixpence upon each potatoe-bag belonging to poor people.—Both the Rev. Robt. Knight and Mr. Franklen repeatedly apologised to Mr. Bullin for having, in the least degree, been instru- mental in giving currency to such reports, and expressed their surprise that the respectable, parties who had signed the petitions, should 11'1ge made such charges without sub- stantiating them. They also thought it >erv unfair towards Mr. Bullin, that these imputations on his character should remain so long uncontradicted.—After a lengthened desul- tory conversation, the substajice of which is given above, ttteTrostfesneparated. THE LAn: DISTUKBAVCES IN WAI FS.—Her Majesty s Commission, appointed to enquire into the causes which have led to the discontents and disturbances which have prevailed in South Wales, visited Llanelly on Wednesday last. The Comm ssioners present were Mr. Crips and Ir. Clive, with Mr. Rickards the secretary; Mr. Frankland Lewis having proceeded from Brecon to Swansea. It not being generally known that the Commissioners would viMt this town on Wednesday, but few persons went before them. The chief complaints detailed to them were against the tolls and against the tithes exacted under the local Act. It was stated to them, that within a radias of one mile of the town there were, before the Rebecca disturbances, no fewer than twelve turnpike gates and bars on the TinceCommotts and Kidwelly Trust. In 1831, there being a dispute between the tithe payers and the lay impropriator as to the amount of tithes which the former ought to pay, an arrangement was eutered into generally, by the tithe-payers with the lay impropriator to pay him 2,100/. a year, and a Private Act of Parliament was obtained fixing this sum as the amount of the tithes on the then average price of corn, the amount to be regulated by the fntiue average juice of gain taken every five years. The parishioners contended that they came to this arrangement, on a representation made to them that the apportionment of this sum would not exceed h,611. In the pound rental, instead of which it amounted to 4s., 5s., and even 6s. in the pound. Since the Private Act, the General Titlie Commutation Act has coine into operation, and those who did not assent to the Private Act have com- muted their tithes under the General Act, and their pay. ments of tithe do not amount to more than 2s. 6d. in the pound. T4*«- -psHHu&MnirrS" Hiepefoi P. win pf iirrert,~itiat iif assenting to the piiv Rte arrangement they had been deceived, and prayed that it might be abolished. The Commissioners nre understood to !ia»e stated to thetn, tint they could not interfere in the matter, as it was their own agreement, and the lay improprietor had got the best of the bargain. These formed the chief topics of complaint. The Commissioners afterwards proceeded to Swansea.—The Commissioners ar- rived at Swansea on Wednesday evening, and commenced business on Thursday morning, when Mr. Vivian, Mr Pen- lice, of Kiivroagh, Mr. Cuthbertson, Cieik to the Neath Trust, and other gelltlpmell conversant" illl turnpike toils. were examined as witnesses. We understand their enqui- ries were principally directed to the way in which the tu II- pike laws in this district have been administered, and the probabiecaof-es of the disaffection lately prevalent in this part of the county. 1\11. Vivian, we have been civen to I Understand, strongly recommended the consolidation of the Trusts of the countv, with the view of removing the griev- ance so fieqeentlv complained of by farmers — ot being com- pelled to pay two gafeaotten sitnated wiihin a few \auls of each other, but which do not ctearoite another, in conse- quence of their being erected at the extremes 01 two scpa- rate trusts. IMPORTANT OPINION.—The Commissioners of Enquiry, who are now sitting in lb s town, have recently obtained the opinion ol the Law Oihceis of tlw?( rowu, on a practice affecting "he mitninislrulion of the turnpike laws, wliiuli has prevailed to a considerable extent in Carui'irllieiishiro, aud h is been the subject of much complaint on the part of the poorer class of farmers. It frequently occurs that the farmer, having carried his produce to a town or market, and paid toll at the gates, re- turns on llie same day, carr> i»g iiome in his cart some articles or goods for a friend or neighbour, which he conveys either grulnit. onstyor in consideration of some small payment for his trouble. It has been a common practice with certain toll-collectors to charge carts thus repassing on the saitteday with a second loll, applying to such c."es a clause contained in most local Acts, which rexdersstene carriages and vehicles carrying passengers or goods for paJ. hire, or reward, liable to toll for every time of repassing. The Commissioners, considering that the practice in question proceeded upon a inis-npplicilioti of this clause, ami that the additional toll was legally chargeable only on vehicles of the nature of stage-coaches, carriers' car's, and such as regularly plv for hiie between certain places, referred the point to tbe Attorney and Solicitor General, wuo have given the very decisive opinion hereafter stated. This HUtlioriiative exposition of the law, will doubtlessly be received with much satisfaction in those parts of Carmarthenshire where a contrary practice had prevailed, and it i3 possible that not only there, hut in this and other counties, it may have the efreclof putting an end to an exaction which has pressed heavily upon the poorer class of toll- payers. II will he observed, that the Commissioners have taken the opinion of the law-officers upon three different local acts, in all whidllhe words used are slightly varied, in order to preclude any disiinotion uhicb might bo taken upon the wording of par- ticular Acts — Case respecting the Tolls pavab'e under the Kidwelly Turnpike Trust Act, the Main Trui-l Act. and the Whitland Trust Act. In TV Kitbvd'y Turnpike Ti usi. By one rf the sections of the Lofal Act (page 14), regulating tlie management and Fepairs of the Kidwelly Trust, il is enactnt. That the Tolls thereby made payable for or in respect of horses or beasls drawing fill) stage coach, diligence, van, caravan, or Stage waggon, or lither C8rrial::e or c.irt conveying passengers or J1;.oods for pay, hire, or reward, shall he payable alld paid every tlllle of passing or repassing along the said roads, or any or either of them thell follows a provision respecting a chanóe of horses, which IS notlUaleJialto-lhe present case. I Your. opioion is requested upon this section of the Acl :— 1. Whether a cart, upon which toll his been pairl, on passing tlnough a turnpike-gate, with a particular Iuad, is liable 10 It second toll, un repassing Ihrough the same gate on the saine dav, 11 such cart: in place of ils former load, contains any goods or artICles earrled by the owner 0 s'lcll C'lrt tor fIliolher person ror money, such owner not being a carrier b,1' liade, nor accustomed to ply between particular places, nor to carry goods for pay, I hire, or reward, except only in such occasional cases as above described ? 2. Whether the construction will he the same, supposing such goods or articles to be carried in the manner described for another I person gratuitously ? In re the Main Trust. Your opinion is requested upon the same two quesl ions as stated in the former case. The words or Ihe eorresponding section (page 11) in the Main Trust Set, are slightly varied:- Be it further enacted. That the tolls hereby made payable for or In respect of horses or beasts drawing any slage coach, dili- gence, van, caravan, or stage waggon, or other si age carriage IIr cart. conveying passengers or goods for pav, hire, or reward, shall be payable and paid eveiy time of passing or repassing along the said roads," &c. The only difference between the wording of this section and that .if the Kidwelly Act is, that in the laiter Act the descriptive words last ased are—"or other carriage or carl:" in this Act tbe words 81'1. or 01 her stage carriage or cart," &c. In re Whit hi ml Trust. Yonr opinion is requested upon the same two questions, with reference to the corresponding section in the Whitland Trust Act, page 9. Provided, nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That the Tolls by this Act granted shall be paid for or in respect ol horses, beasts, or callle, drawing stage carriages, o; whatever descrip- tion, conveying passengers or 1C00dll, for hire or reward, lor each time of passing, and for each tinio of repassing opon the said roads." OPINION. We are of opinion, that, in neither of the cases here pot, could a second toll be legally demanded. FREDERICK POLLOCK. W. W. FOLLETT. Temple, 1st December, 1843. I think it right to add, that I have some impression that, as to One Local Act, I gave an opinion, that privnte carts used for hire were liable to a second toti but on looking at all the Aots before, ai it appears to me now 10 be clear, that they have all of them the same object, and ooght to recerre the same cottstruction. FKEUERICK POL'OCK.