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CARMARTHEN.—John Rees and Richard Barrett, of Llandovery, have each been sentenced to one months' hard labour in the County Gaol, the former for an assault, the latter as a vagrant. Jane Williams, charged on suspicion of the murder of her illegitimate child, was committed by the Rev. John Evans for further lamination.- Thomas Woods, a vagrant, was com- mltted on Wednesday to one months' hard labour. Last Friday a fire broke out in the house of William Reed, a porter on the Quay. It appears that lleed's ^ife went out to fetch some flour, leaving two children I at home by themselves, of the ages of ij and 2 years. During her absence, one of the children lit a candle, and both of them then went under the bed, which imme- diately caught fire. The neighbours, on perceiving the arnes, rushed to extinguish them, which they succeeded In doing, but with considerable difficulty. The two "Ilildren were dragged from under the blazing bed, 'WhIch was completely destroyed. No further harm resulted, as assistance was so promptly rendered. The Gentlemen of the Carmarthen Hunt had their Annual Hunt Dinner on Tuesday last, at the Three Compasses. The company was select, and rather numerous. The chair was taken by Mr. C. H. hughes. Mirth and conviviality caused a long evening to pass rapidly and pleasantly away- 1 he First Car- tnarthenshire Assembly Ball took place on Wednesday at the Ivy Bush Hotel. The attendance was good, and the arrangements appeared to give great satisfac- tion to the party. We hear that these delightful mcct- lngs arc to be continued with as little intermission as Possible.- An adjournment of the usual monthly meeting of the Paving and Lighting Commissioners b.as held yesterday, the Mayor in the chair. Several bills were ordered to be passed, amongst which were the following :-The surveyor's expenses for labour up the 29th of December, £ 6 18s. lljd. for materials, 15s. 4d.; for team work, £3 18s. 10d.; a quarter's Salary; and £ i(; igs. for the scavengers wages for one month. The Clerk was paid £10 18s. 4d., being his Salary for 4 months and 11 days. The Ilallkeeper's salary of 2 guineas was next paid. A bill for £ 1 as. Nvali presented from David Jones, a farmer, for the damage done to his field in the year 1842, by carrying the stones from a quarry across it for the use of the Commissioners. It was stated that in the life-time of N P that gentleman a l %ays the late John Jones, Esq., M.P., that gentleman always gave Permission to the Commissioners to cart their Up^8 across the field in question, but immediately con rx lis death that permission was withheld. The tolls cq,Ilce is, that the Commissioners have at present of stones quarried, yet David Jones refuses tn allow them to be carted through his field, and they are therefore unavailable for use in the town. It was Proposed not to pay the bill under these circumstances, but it was ascertained that the bill had already been Paid. With regard to a proposed alteration in the plan of cleaning the streets, the surveyor handed in an esti- mate of the probable expense that would accrue if the Commissioners bought horses and carts, and kept the streets cleaned themselves. By this estimate a con- siderable saving would be effected if the proposed plan <vere adopted. Several Commissioners, however, thought that there would be too great a risk of loss if they kept horses themselves, and suggested that new carts only should be bought, and that horses and men should be hired when wanted. The consideration of the matter "'as ultimately adjourned till the next meeting. The Collector was then asked as to the progress of the election of the rate, when he stated that out of f1,08.5 10s. vd. (the amount of the rate), he had col- lected £3(J.! 5s. od., and there still remained, after deducting for those who were too poor to pay, L:,20 Collectable. Mr. Lewis stated that a promise had been made that the Gas Company should be paid £UOO of their demand before the 31st of this month, out of that sUm only £ 280 had been paid as yet, and the time was fast approaching for the remainder to be paid. It was then agreed that the collector should apply for sum- monses against all persons who have not paid their rates. The 21 days' notice having been given, and that time having expired, all persons who have not Paid, are now defaulters. Mr. Clarke said that it was considered that there were jLIOOO of collectable rate. ow was it that there were £ 800 to be collected in one lalf-) car, and only £ 200 in the other ? The collector replied that the books were not given into his hands t»mil September. After some other trifling business, he meeting was adjourned THE CARMARTHEN PAVINC AND LIGHTING RATK. a Commissioner J,—What every person knows and feels is very oppressive, and what every person lrlterested in parish affairs as a humble ratepayer ought to consider and recollect is, that the Paving and Lighting Act requires an estimate to be made of the necessary ""Peliditure of the current year. Every ratepayer, as v'ell as Commissioner, should be aware of the details  the estimate, as mostly they have the greater part of the 'E.' b the burthen to bear. The f?rst portion to be noticed in -? estimate generally, is the salaries of the off.ers- Elector, as usual, 8d. in the pound: surveyor, £ 40 a- .'?—-for attending how many days, I don't know—the ?e surveyor only promised two days in the week. The Ireas Lirer' salary not known clerk, ?30 a year Mas- °r and comptroller of the whole, formerly only ?10. js he more worthy than his predecessor, who attended 11 r 12 times a year, and the time of attendance does not ? ??d on an average cue hour at a time each meeting 0w let the ratepayers calculate at what rate per hour ? tv-?y pay this officials allowing him to attend full 12 Ours a year, which is equal to a day's work, conse- i'ntly at the rate of £ 30 a day instead of ?30 a year. *s requested, if the calculation is erroneous or misap- Plied that some of our worthies in office will be kind noug? ? furnish us with the real particub rs of their ?t'Ps. It is to be hoped that a regular public notice ??hc t;?p ?j- ?? j?tpj??j estimate, to be heard before Commissioners, be made known to the public, in o ? °'"r that the humble ratepayers interested may be C to meet and report for themselves, and judge of the exec,I)ti(?n or the non-exception of the intended estimate. n, Yor by the act is chairman of the meeting." VJG C?RMAHTHE? QUFSI'ION.k -,vrite-s to fallows it is not perhaps generally known that a It is not pcrli?t l is gcnci, ,tllv Ilto%vii that t ,ls ^n existencein this county, caI)(-d the Winc h und. It j ,8 ''?'spd by fees of two guineas being demanded from, djj P^i_d by every magistrate, 011 his taking thcquaHn- ecu: money is paid over ?o Mr. John °ath. This money is paid over to Mr. John 'encc, publican, treasurer to the fund, and is sup- p0 to be appropriated to the providing of wine for the "I" of the magistrates at Quarter Sessions. May I lltlll,c to ask, Sir, whether any account of the sums so rtCc-^d, has ever been given, and to whom it was ren- • It must by this time be considerable." ??CciDE?T.—Last Monday, a little girl, 10 years °lii daughter of Thomas Meredith, near the Cro?s lja(T cn the Great Mountain, was accidentally burnt th. She was in the act of taking a kettle of ??S.water oir the fire, when her clothes caught fire. §}le ? out of the house with her clothes blazing about hs}? ?' ?? a neighbour put the flames out, but not before ehad slistai ]led such severe injuries a& to cause her ?t'h" ? o? the fdlowing morning. Ln ttll AND LADY DY!sK\on have given ?20 to be ?'st)'outcd amongst the poor in the parish of Llandilo. ('tJn,EGID Hnu?DS.—It is, we understand, intended to C(? *? these hounds into a subscription pack for the c<? ti t y of C'ai-mart h ,-?n. Should the s(- I iciiie be carr i e d Carmarthen. Should the scheme be carried ?to p? ?ct, kennels will be erected at Bicchfa, Carmar- th? ? t?'? St. Clears, in addition to the kennel already '■ PUr informant also added, that so soon as the ?b?p.t'ous shall have reached £ 1 aoo per annum, the k-ttl tx(., l ?'?11 be erected, and the project carried into ^Oo *?c pi-e?pnt cost of these hounds is about t?tt, et. TY, pre4ent cobt of t i lese houiiis ?3 about PC-'
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( FURTHER CONFESSION OF THE CONVICTS SHONI-SCYBOIl-FAWR & CANTWR. Yesterday Mr. William Chambers, junior, paid ano- ther visit to Shoni-Scjibor-fuicr, and his companion in captivity, Dai'r Cantwr. Their interview took place in the governor's house, and was strictly private. It lasted several hours. The previous statements of the prisoners were confirmed by them in every particular, but the confession was necessarily almost a repetition of their former one. Shoni says that the proposition to shoot Mr. Cham- bers had gained so many supporters in the Pontyberem district, that a fund was actually in the course of being raised to reward the man who would perpetrate the horrid deed. Shoni names several who were willing to commit the murder for 910. This was demurred to by the parties subscribing, and the wretches who proffered to perpetrate the assassination, then reduced their de- mand to £ 5. Shoni next goes on to state, that Tico Pounds Ten Shillings of this sum was actually raised! The res t was not, however, forthcoming, in consequence of some of the abettors of the scheme refusing to go on with it further, and so Mr. Chambers escaped. It is said that Shoni states that the rumonr that it was the intention of the colliers to undermine the road, and to blow up the Dragoons as they passed along it, was founded on truth. An opportunity, however, did not occur for executing the plan. The convicts have given up the names of a very great number of their confederates, and have even told the police who will be the most likely men to turn Queen's evidence if promised a reward and a pardon. Many respectable farmers arc named, and also some publicans and shopkeepers in the neighbourhood of Pontyberem and Llanon. The tale of the payment of those who assisted in the destruction of gates and firing of forms is repeated and insisted on as correct by the convicts, who name a number of the parties who subscribe to pay them for their labour. Shoni adds, "WhatafooII should have been to give up so good a trade when I could get my 5s. a day by it, and that much more easily than when at my own work." We give this for just as much as it is worth, which is no great deal and as the confessions are strictly pri- vate, our reporter's auricular powers have been exerted to the utmost extent in order to supply even this brief statement.
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NEWSPAPER ROBBERY AT CARMARTHEN.—TV e are sorry to be compelled to state a circumstance which is so disgraceful to a contemporary and his confederate, that any person or journal that bad a character would be ashamed of seeing it published. On Friday at noon, a man got from our office a newspaper article (the confession of Shotii-seybor-fawr and Dai-y-Cantwr), written by our own reporter and on the evening of the same day that this scandalous and surreptitious pro- ceeding took place, the article belonging to us was found in our contemporary's possession. On Friday evening the stolen article, after having undergone some blundering attempts to destroy its identity, and thereby to avoid the consequences of detection, was exhibited by the honest and most respectable Carmarthen journal as its own. THE PICTON MONUMENT.—To the Editor of the Welshman.—" Sir,—You are mightily profuse of pro- mises, but something short of performance. T'other day you bragged about having offered out of your own editorial purse £5 towards rendering the Picton monument what it ought to be, but we never saw your £ -5 indeed we doubt much if it was not all a flam. Some persons even say that you have not yourself got too many £5 notes. Will you, however, now subscribe £ 5. ? An answer will oblige.—A CARMAKTIIENITE. [Passing over the rude, grovelling tone of A Car- marthenite" (as it doubtless is as natural to him as the mire of the stye is to the sow, who wallows in nosegays of its own making, without one thought of the disgust which it excites) we shall merely say, that although we arc not country-bankers, and have not the power of making as many £ 0 or 5 Guinea notes as we can get people to take, we might, perhaps, nevertheless, subscribe something. But after our experience on the subject of the Picton monument, and the Times' testimonial, we should never presume to suggest a subscription, or seem to take the initiative in any way for one so far as a Carmarthenite" 's own town is concerned, recent occurrences would go far to show that before any thing of the sort is thought of even, the clown must be con- sulted, the calf worshipped, et ctztera, et ocetera. AVe venture, however, just to say, that some old soldiers, pensioners, who have seen service, and whose breasts still glow with England's fame and glory, it will be seen, have expressed a determination to do something.] TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATE.—A correspondent who dates his too long letter Haverfordwest, with the signi- ficant signature, Not a Flat" says, amongst many other things, I see how it is, very well. Mr. AArarren, the Liberal town councillor, who was turned to the right about by the Liberal Mayor and the town clerk, is Mr. I Sapere Aude' and you ^Ir. Editor are his friend. You both wanted to get into the council, and you both were dished. That was the reason you both set up such a yell. I see it, I see it all. I am No Flat."—[Far be it from us to determine who, and who is not a Flat" it is more likely that we shall have to give judgment on sharps; but our knowing correspondent really is quite wrong. We never inter- changed a single syllable with Mr. Warren in our life; and as to our wishing to be a Carmarthen town coun- cillor, we can assure" No Flat" that our ambition docs not, and never did at all, lie in that direction. It would indeed be the height of presumption for the Editor of the Welshman to -,spil*c to a post of so much importance and dignity.— Welshman^ HOVELS OF THE CARMARTHEN POOR.—Although I Carmarthen has its Mayor, Magistrates, Clergy, Church- wardens, and other functionaries, the hovels of the poor in the dirty lanes and blind alleys of this town are, for the most part, unfit for human habitation. If ever a sanatory police should be established, not a few of the human holes with dung-hills and cess-pools almost at their very doors, would be condemned, and houses would take the place of those wretched abodes of poverty just, referred to. The drainage and sewerage of many parts of this town are terribly neglected and the stench from the houses is insufferable. A strict watch should be kept by the upper classes to prevent or enforce the removal of all nuisances they are Our correspondent, of course, knows that landlords look to rent alone and if the health of the poor is to be cared for, or their comforts and cleanliness to be attend- ed to, legislative measures must be put in operation. There was recently appointed by the Crown a commis- sion to inquire "into the present state of large towns and populous districts in England and IVales, with refe- rence to the causes of disease among the inhabitants, and into the best means of promoting and securing the public health under the operation of the laws and regu- lations now in force, and the usages at present jJreyalling with regard to the drainage of lands, the erection, drain, age and ventilation of buildings, and the supply of wa- ter in such towns and districts, whethei fur the purposes of health, or for the better protection of property from fire, and how far the public health and the condition of the poorer classes of the people of this realm, and the salubrity and safety of their dwellings, may be promoted by the amendment of such laws, regulations, and usages." TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEE (CARMARTHEN.)—To the Editor of the Welshman-—Sir, As a friend of the late lamented Mr. Davics, IN.ill you allow inc to say a few words on the subject. 11° 1S dead and gone, and sure now you will not grudge me a little space for the good of the living. I am certain you will not; for I know that your heart is in the right place, and that you love fair play. I know this now by your wishing to put in my poor friend's defence. Was it not scandalous that it should have been refused to your reporter when he expressed a wish to have it, that t ie public might judge between him and the accusing committee. Who refused it ? who like Rhadamanthus struck first, and judged afterwards, and added to the cruelty of the blow by gagging their victim, the victim whom they immo- lated and disease destroyed. The refusal by a newspa- per to insert a private letter from aof a public schoolmaster is a quite different thing from vithholding from the public a man's formal defence made at a pub- lic meeting which it formed part of the proceedings of. I see the reason for the one but. must condemn the other, which other was the act of the Town Council. But, Sir, my business is to inform my fellow-townsmen that there was some foul play towards the deceased by ONE man, a little man in every sense, little in as well as in mind. The person I mean, ran with the hare, and hunted with the hounds. In private he was for the deceased; in public he was against; him. A member of the committee, in private he condemned the committee; in public he not only acted with and commended the committee, but was the bitterest and fiercest enemy poor Mr. Dayies I had. The Committee of 5 referred to, I think cannot be very desirous to have that individual to form one of their number on ony future occasion who could speak reproachfully of the conduct of two of the five of its members to the friends of the party accused, and who vet, at a subsequent meeting, barked the loudest, and was the most bitter against the late Mr. Davies! What a double-faced piece of meanness is this! What vile dissimulation Such a false hypocritical fellow is a disgrace to the council in which he sits. Deceitful and treacherous, the treadmill would be a much better place for him than the town council. I mention no names, Sir, and hope you will not say my letter is too per- sonal for it is not so, as nobody but the dissi- mulator himself will know who this letter refers to, and I want the man only to see himself that he may reform himself, and so ceasing to do evil, learn to do well. Dis- simulation is hateful—from the double-dealer shall nut all men turn with loathing. Yes, verily. 0 then thou who hast said the false thing and done the foul deed, reform thyself and be hereafter a man—a good 1 man if you can, but at all events not a doublc-faced iiiaii.A DISSENTER.—[We stretch a point bj inserting • the above letter, but we cannot give insertion to any ni-ore of the same kllJd-Hchhmail.) COMMISSION OF INQUIRY (SOUTH AVALES.) Gwydyr House, Whitehall, Jan. 17, 1814. SIIt, ,Yil1 you be good enough to state through the Welshman, for the information of such persons as may be desirous to make any further communication to the Commissioners of Inquiry for South AA ales, that their letters should be addressed to The Secretary to the Commission of Inquiry for South AVales, Gwydyr House, AVhitehall, London. "—I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, GEORGE K. RICHARDS, Secretary to the Commission. "LLANELLY AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD."—To the Editor of the Welshtnan.—" Sir,—I was much struck by the truthful pungency of your remarks last week on the above subject; but, not knowing, perhaps, so much of the place as I ùo, you fell into some error, or at least I think so. What I mean is, that the impression left on the mind after reading your paragraph is that Mr. Cham- bers (the young man who it was reported the Christian valgus generally thought ought to be shot) and the highly respectable writer of the most godly publications of the day" were in some wav or another opposed to each other. Now, Sir, that 'is not tho case. They are very- good friends they always have been. Indeed the author of the most godly publications of the age" is Mr. Chambers's champion, and is generally considered as the prop of the Liberal interest thereabouts, influ- encing by his powerful writing and "godly publications" the return of the member for the boroughs of Carmar- then and Llanelly. I rely on your impartiality for the insertion of this, sure that however much you may be opposed to inflammatory appeals to the multitude (such as you say the vile AVelsh publications teem with) you will be just to everybody—friend or foe. A LLANELLIAN." LLECIIRYD AAREIR.— As the Editor of the Welsh- man has contradictcd from authority" that Mr. Saunders Davies, M. P. stands pledged to make good the necessary amount of the subscription for purchasing the Llechryd weir, will he be so kind as to let the Tivy-side fishermen know whether all or none, or who of the different gentlemen present at the notable meet- ing, and not dissenting from what Mr. Lloyd AVilliams stated upon that occasion, are in a different position from Mr. Saunders Davies or not ? The public believe a pledge was given at that meeting. Is this true ? and if so, to what did it extend ? and who are bound by it ? A TIVYSIDE FISHERMAN. PICTON MONUMENT.—" Sir,—A\re shall ever feel our- selves most gratefully obliged to The Welshman if he will insert the following in his valuable and extensive circulating paper. In consequence of the dilapidated state of the grand structure erected at Carmarthen, to the immortal me- mory of our gallant countryman, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton, K.C.B., &c. &c. &c., who gloriously fell in the defence of his king and country while leading on his valiant undaunted men to the charge at the ever memorable battle of AVaterloo, it is the to intention of the pensioners of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals to subscribe at their next and following pension days their mite towards the re-beautifying so praiseworthy an erection to the memory of so gallant and distinguished a General; your kind insertion for and on behalf of our brother pensioners will ever be most warmly acknow- ledged by, Sir, your faithful and obedient servants, THOMAS JONES, late 1st Regt. Royal Scots, JOSEPH AUGUSTUS, late 40th Regt. Foot." Carmarthen, January 16th, 1844. REMOVAL OF THE LONDON POLICE.—-Such is the peaceable state of Carmarthenshire at present, that the magistrates have deemed it advisable to dispense with the aid of the London police, and they are to be re- moved to the metropolis as speedily as possible. Thirty- three left Carmarthen for London on Tuesday, and it is understood that the remainder in this county, under the command of Inspector Tierney, will not be removed until after the Spring Assizes. It may not be here inappropriate to remark, that an unanimous vote of thanks was passed by the Grand Jury at the Carmar- thenshire AVinter Assizes, to Inspector Tierney and his men for their activity and usefulness. THE LOYAL KEMES LOnGE OF ODD-FELLOWS, NEWPORT, No. 2,488 M.U. celebrated their third anni- versary on Thursday, the 11th inst. The spectacle presented was of the most brilliant description; the dinner first-rate, the company convivial and distin- guished; the speeches eloquent. There was the feast of reason and the flow of soul, with Benevolence en- throned in the Odcl-fellows' hearts. In short, nothing could be wiser, merrier, grander, or better. Success, say we, to the Loyal Kernes Lodge of Odd-fellow?. BOROUGH OF PEMBROKE.—At the petty Sessions of this borough held on the 12th inst., before H. Pliclp, Esq., mayor, and others, there was a considerable amount of business to transact, chiefly arising from the merry makings of Christmas, the greater part of which were very properly not entertained by the magistrates. The only case of interest was that of Lewis v. Lean, fcr trespass in search of game. A compromise took place before it came into court. The two experimental brigs building at Pembroke, will be launched in the ensuing April or May. They arc on the plans of Sir William Symonds, and are to compete with others building by Messrs. Blake, AVhite, Fincham, and members of the Naval School. The Contractor has just commenced enclosing the western portion of the Royal Dock Yanl, Pembroke, by which two additional Inilding slips will ùe added to that already magnificent Arsenal. CAllDlGAN.-On Wednesday last, the detachment of the Fourth Light Dragoons left, under the command of Lieut. Frazer for Newcastle-Emlyn, from thence en route to England. The metropolitan police officers ex- pect also to leave before the end of the week. A detachment of the Royal Marines are still stationed in barracks, but expect to be relieved by a detachment of a regiment of foot very shortly. CHRISTMAS GIFTS (CARDIGAN).—-A\. E. Towell, Esq., M.P., and Lord Lieutenant for the county, has made the poor debtors confined in the Cardigan jail a present of a couple of sovereigns so has Pryse Pryse, Esq., M.P. Notwithstanding the just and wise relaxation of the law applicable to debtors generally that we have recently seen, the Welsh debtor, from his geographical position and the extreme poverty of his connexions, we can believe, is exposed to great and peculiar hardship. AVill hon. gentlemen look to this ?—will they, in their places in Parliament, bear in mind the tyranny of tnat law which consigns honest, but failing industry to a dungeon, to die or starve or only linger in destitution while the family deprived of their head is famishing. Nothing can be more abhorrent to common sense than a law thus operating-nothing more violently opposed to Christianity than such a spectacle. In short, imprison- ment for debt, excepting .in cases of fraud, is impolitic, unjust, and even tyrannous.— Welshman. AISERYSTWITII.—In order to get up the steam pre- paratory to the steeple chase next week, a match foi £2;) a-side was run on Bortli sands last Tuesday, be- tween Mr. Marshall, Belle Vue's Uipscy Queen, rode by Mr. Grimes, and Mr. Buckley's Bolus, rode by the owner. The day being very fine, a great number of the Aberystwith sporting world" were present, together with a quantum suff. of the Johnny Raws and Joskins of the vicinity—a race on the sands being quite a novelty to them. The distance was two miles. At starting Bolus made the running for the first half mile, when the Uip- scy challenged him—running neck and neck for about a mile. Bolus here began to show symptoms of weak- ness however, the Gipscy did not get into front until the last hundred yards, when her rider gave her a gentle shake, which seemed to mesmerize her a bit, when she went up and took the conceit out of Bolus by a neck. A hundred yards from home it was so near a thing that it was two to one against the winner, but she had the turn of speed on the post, and won by a bare neck. MILDNESS or THE SEASON.—The weather has been so extremely mild in the upper part of Cardiganshire that wild strawberries have been gathered in the Goginan lead mines, about seven miles from Cardigan. N. I: I:OW ESf: I'E.-A few days since as a labourer from Carnarvonshire, was standing 011 the Aberystwyth (lnay, adjoining the mille warehouses of lcssr. Taylor and Co., he was suddenly seized with a lit and fell into the harbour. Fortunately, Mr. James, ma.te of the Susan, saw the accident, anfl immediately jumped into a boat and picked the poor fellow up just as he was drifting into the sea. AN INQUEST was held on Saturday last at the Red Lion, Lampeter, before John Howell Thomas, Esq., Coroner, on the body of the landlord of that public house, Mr. John AA illiams^ who was found dead in the Crown public house, on Friday, the 12th instant. He had drank a quantity of raw spirits, and was evidently in a state of intoxication. Mr. Francis, one of the me- tropolitan police was called by the Coroner as a witness, and he stated that he was asked by a Miss Phillips, living at the Crown public house, to go and inform the deceased's wife that he was in the house drunk. He did so, and the wife told him that she wished he was dead. Upon hearing th,is Coioner, who is also a surgeon, said that on one occasion he happened to be bleeding the deceased's wife, and while doing so deceased told him to bleed her to death, and that he, the Coroner, called tit for tat. The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased died in an apopletic fit." LEAN ITIIANGEL YSTRAD. — Aeron's Vale Friendly Society, or beucfit club, had its anniversary celebration last Saturday. The society is said to be flourishing The llev. D. Griffiths, the Vicar of Ystrad, commended the useful objects contemplated by the society, and congratulated its members on its growing prosperity, and the accession of mcmbi I "REBECCA AND HER DAUU C-:RS."—In answer to a correspondent who requests to informed of the origin of thf' above title, we beg to state that the term was taken from the 00th verse of the 21th chapter of Gene- sis, which, having reference to gates and their des- truction, was adopted as the watchword of the first adventurous attackers of toll-gates. The verse is as followsAnd they blessed Bcbecca, and said unto her, thou shalt be the mother of hundreds of millions, and <fA?Mre?.?/K.'??OMfM i7<(.' ya?' of them which hate them."
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I THE MABINOGION. [From the .-If/] Fi 'cm Ancient Welsh ^Manuscripts; an hnyttxh Translation and Notes, by Lady CHARLOTTE GUEST. Part V., containing the Dream of Rhonabwy and the Tale of Pwyll, Prince of Dyved. Longman. London, 1843. The chief feature of interest connected with this curious work is the light which it tends to throw all the early literature of a country at one time so celebrated for its spirit of independence and its love of song. The noblest lyric in our language—we mean The Bard of Gray-took its origin from this cause, and Wales, with the last of her bards lost the last traces of her indepen- dence as a separate nation. If we may judge from the productions before us, notwithstanding the quaint and singularly happy style which the translator has adopted to give mciness and zest to these old fanciful chronicles, the early literature of the AVelsh was extremely meagre. It seems more like an imitative than a native efrort-- a strange and somewhat unnatural mixtuie of Orientalism and Sc-andinavianism, with here and tfiere some of the dark colourings of Druidism. AVe meet with no life-like pictures all is dead, dreamy, super- human, as cold as the peak of Snowdon, a sort of life in death" where men arc mere animated statues devoid of human sympathy and strangers to hmnan feelings. The contrast between the ideal and truthful is rc- .1_1- fT'1 'TT?" _,l _1_ 1I¡¡UK¡WIe. iiie Welsn, as a people, are, iuui always have been noted for their animation. The characteristic of the Celtic races has been peculiarly manifested by them. The Irish are not more irritable, nor are the Highlanders more hospitable than the inhabitants of Wales. How is it that their literature should exhibit qualities so different ? AVe can only account for it by reiterating our first impression—that it is imitative rather than original. But, to our talc :— Madawc, the son of Maredudd, possessed Pawys within its boundaries from Porfoed to Gwauan. At that time he had a brother named Loricerth. Not holding rank equal to Madawc, he was seized with melancholy, and, taking council with his followers and foster brothers, who were apparently numerous, he resolved to despatch some of their number to seek a maintenance— we opine, a kiiigdolii-for him. Upon hearing of his determination, Madawc offered loricerth the situation of master of the household, along with horses, arms, and honour almost equal to himself; but loriocrlh refused this. He, however, made an inroad into England, slaying the inhabitants, burning houses, and carrying away prisoners—a brief enunciation of that sort of warfare which so often raged on the borders both of Wales and Scotland. Madawc determined to search after his brother, and get him into his poi)-or-pro'uab] v jealous of his growing reputation. A hundred men were sent into each of the three eommots of Powys on this expedition. One of the men thus employed was called Rhonabwy. This individual, accompanied by two others, came to the house of llcilyn Gach, the son of C'adwgan. When they entered this dwelling they found it a wretched hovel; the floor was filled with puddles, and raised into mounds. On the elevations it was difficult to retain a footing, owing to the slipperiness of the mud. In another part of the house there was placed in the centre of the floor a yellow calf-skin. It was deemed a high privilege for any one to get upon this wonderful skin. They found only a single tenant in this filthy abode—an old withered hag but in a short time two others appeared -a ruddy clownish burly-headed man, with a bundle of faggots upon his back, and a pale slender woman with a bundle under her aim. They gave the new comers a surly welcome, and began to kindle a fire with the wood which they had brought. They then presented their guests with some barley bread, cheese, milk, and water. Upon this there arose a terrible storm of wind and rain, so that the warriors found it impossible to proceed. They then laid themselves down to sleep, but owing to the uncomfortableness of their c juclies they could not rest. Fatigue at last overcame the companions of Rhonalnry. As for the hero himself, he took possession of the yellow calf-skin, and immediately fell into a sound slumber. After this dull and clumsy introduction, we are then told of his dream, which when it is brought to a termi- nation is as inconclusive and meaningless as a dream can well be. The sleeper sees a warrior prancing on a proud steed over a plain. His appearance and dress are minutely described. Afterwards he is introduced to the court of Prince Arthur. A follower of the prince ar- rives—a red, rough, ill-favoured personage, having brown whiskers and bristly hairs. He was mounted upon a tall red horse—red seems the favourite colour—with his mane parted on each side. This red-haired fellow brought with him a large sumptcr pack. Having dismounted he drew a large golden chair out of the pack, and a carpet of diapered satin. He then spread the carpet before the king. There was a golden apple at each corner of it. Upon this carpet he then placed the chair. This carpet was so capacious that three armed warriors could haye easily sat on it. Given was the name of his mysterious carpet, and it possessed the peculiar property of rendering him invisible who sat upon it—a fiction evidently bor- rowed from the Arabian talc-while he could see every one about him. This carpet would retain no colour but its own. It had no disposition to wear a false or bor- rowed one. Arthur sat within the carpet, and Oicain, the son of Urien, stood before him. The prince then asked him to play at chess—a favourite game from the earliest times, proving likewise the eastern origin of the story. AVhile they were engaged with the game, a mes- senger arrives to tell Oicain that some of the young courtiers had attacked, and were maiming and killing, his ravens. Here we have a striking resemblance to VIRGIL'S story of tlrellarpics. Can this be accidental ? Oicain appeals to the prince. He, however, takes no notice of his request. A second and a third messenger reports the same circumstance, with no better success. The prince, absorbed, or pretending to be so, with the game, is clcaf to the request of Owai-n to forbid the court favourites from maiming his birds. Owain at last orders his attendant to rear his standard above his tent and to hold it steadily elevated. The effect upon the ravens is electric the maimed arc restored, the fa- hgucd Ï:1Yigoratcd. They rise high in air, swoop down- ward wuh amazing force, and fearfully repay the inj u- ries inflicted on them. Messenger after messenger is sent to Owaiti to take off his murderous ravens. He pursues the game. The prince asks him to put a stop to their fury. He takes no notice of tiuir entreaties, till at last, 'Ifter he thinks his ravens have been aven- ged, the standard is lowered, and they take to flight. A quarrel is likely to take place—a truce is granted—-the king is about to depart, and with the noise of prepara- tion Ruonobwy awakes, having slept three days and three nights oil the wonderful yellow calf skin. It will be acen that this story-the other we must pass without notice—of which we have given a brief outline, displays great paucity of invention. To us it appears a clumsy imitation of those enchanting Oriental fictions, the machinery of which, though it be supcrna- ttiral, is so near akin to humanity, and so cmbued, as it were, with life and flesh and blood, as to furnish us with a never-ending banquet of delights, a perpetual feast of ncctared sweets." The work is handsomely printed, and the illustrative woodcuts arc admirably executed.
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SWANSEA. The town seems mesmerized. Even nullah's system of singing which makes such a noise here cannot give either life or action to its temporary torpid state. The following "events" comprehend all the news of the week. Edward Hughes, a collier in the employ of Mr. Benson, Pcnclawdd, accidentally fell down the coal pit on Friday evening last, and was ■ killed instantaneously by the fall—his head being literally smashed to pieces. He has left a widow and children totally unprovided for. The accident was caused we understand by the giving way of the chain by which the unfortunate deceased attempted to lower himself into the pit. The Cambrian tells how at a meeting of the Town Council last week, the election of a Town Clerk, in the room of the late Mr. Thomas Thomas, took place. It was proposed by Mr. M. Phillips, and seconded by Mr. AAralker, that the election be proceeded with. Mr. Aubrey objected to the motion as being premature, but it was subsequently carried.— Captain Sanders then moved that the discussion on the election be private, which was unanimously agreed to and the candidates, reporters, and others, were re- quested to withdraw. On the re-admission of the public, it was announced that the election had been decided in favour of Mr. Mansfield, the numbers being—for Mr Mansfield, 10; for Mr. Lewis Thomas, 5. Mr. H. S. Coke has retired from the field as a Candidate for the office of Coroner, vacant by the decease of Mr. T. Tho- mas, and has given his vote and interest to Mr. Alex- andcr Cuthbertsou. A\r. CRAVVSIIAY, ESQ.—A congratulatory address sign- ed by the tradesmen of Merthyr has been presented to this gentleman, who in his answer said—"During a period of tltirty-fhc years, lIlany things may have caused a clashing of my interests, with those of the trade of Merthyr; but I am happy to be able to state that we have never come into serious collision with each other; and, if at any time there has sprung up a difference between us, it was in compliance with circumstances above our controul, and was permitted to last, no longer than was absolutely necessary. "fe have seen periods of distress before, but not of such length as that from which all of us now suffer, and at such times, I am happy to bear testimony to the good feelings which prompted the tradesmen of to sell their goods at very low prices. My father only sold flour at cost price, when it was absolutely necessary for the existence of the II workmen that they should have food at the lowest pos- sible price the competition which at present exists in fee, l ili:, 0 1IIcrthyr, renders it unnecessary that feelings of hu- manity should lead me to adopt similar expedients. The motto of my family has been, and is, live and let live," and a" IlJn, as I live no truck-system shall be tolerated should any of my sons encourage such things, they will do so in diametrical opposition to my wishes. i ca l o l ) p o., i oii to ni y is not I ANGLING ON THE DOVEY.—Perhaps there is not a river in \\Cales more adapted for angling than the Dovev, and its distance being only about 12 miles from Aberyst- wyth, makes it an object of considerable interest to yi- sitors to that watering place. A fishing club has been just established on that river under the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Amongst its nume- I rous members may be named Sir AVatkin AVilliams Wynne, the Earl of Lisburne, Col. Powell, M. P., and all the principal gentry of the surrounding counties. The terms of subscription lo the club are fhe guineas a year, and so down in proportion to haif-a-crown a day. LIBERALITY."—When some AVelsh gentleman lately talked about Peel and Providence," he talked in a spirit very much akin to that with which some landlords regard the reduction of rent, that they vouchsafe—as something that must be received with reverent gratitude and without any attempt to examine their inscrutable ways. COURSING, CRICKET, &C.—We have copied a para- graph from the Globe of last Monday on this subject. A correspondent in that paper, on the following day, wrote as follows In nearly every case mentioned by you I have no hesitation in stating the gentlemen need be under no apprehension. In the first place, these ac- tions must be commenced within 12 months after the offence, which cannot now be done for any match in 1842 and in the next place, it has been expressly de- cided in the case of Applegarth v. Colley, 10 M. and W. 753, that the Stat. (Jth Anne, c. 11, does not apply to stakes where the several subscribers do not lose £ 10 each for instance, a stake of 20 members subscribing 51. each would net subject the winner to any action for penalties, because he wins of no one person £ 10. The same rule applies to cricket, and every other game." A Puoi'ER NAME.—In our last publication the name of Sir Robert Peel's place was spelt Drvton. This was not, as has been supposed, a misprint, but is in accor- dance with the name bestowed on the seat by the very highest authority, who remarked that it should cer- tainlv be called Dry tone manner. AVhcnevcr Sir Ro- bert is raised to the Peerage it will be witu tnc tine 01 Baron Drytone, of that manor. Certainly he should change his name as soon as possible, for it is most un- luckily expressive, like those given in the old comedies to express character. AVe have been reminded that the sharping trick of robbing a dupe in the act of show- ing him how to secure his money, to which we have likened Sir Robert Peel's conduct towards the agricul- turists, is called 11 ringiiig the chanes," which is one and the same thing with a Peel. Sir Robert "rings the changes on the Corn Laws.—Examiner. COLONEL STODDART AND CATTAIN CONOLLY.—The last accounts received from Dr. AVolff are to the 2Sth of November, on which day he left Trebizond for Erzeroum. He arrived at Trebizond the previous day, accompanied by the Sheik of Bokhara, Hajji Mohamed Shereef, to whom he was introduced by the Heis Effendi at Constantinople, and by whom he was immediately re- cognized as an old acquaintance. The Sheik has pro- mised to use all his influence for obtaining the release of Stoddart and Conolly. On going en board the steam- boat, the Doctor found that Sir Stratford Canning had even paid his passage. One page of the Doctor's jour- nal is taken up by an enumeration of acts of kindness of Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, and the gentlemen attached to her Majesty's Embassy. On looking at the passengers' book, the first name that met his eye was that of his friend, Arthur Conolly, written with his own hand, in the year 1S39. At Trcbizond the English Consul opened a subscription, and 4,400 piastres were immediately raised, of which the Russian Consul contributed 1,000, and the French Consul 400 piastres. A letter has been received from Lieutenant Yineent Eyre, Bengal Artillery, dated Camp Kurnaul, Novem- ber 16, which states that the man Barcnstein, who said that he had witnessed the execution of Stoddart and Conolly, had been proved to be an impostor. Lieutenant Eyre states that an Affghan had arrived at Hyderabad, from Bokhara, who left Stoddart alive, and at liberty. He could easily escape, if he had but the will. The Affghan says that" Stoddart has scruples about escaping without an order from the English Government, being a man of exceedingly strict notions of duty." Lieutenant Eyre relies upon this intelligence, having scon authentic documents. At Ivurnaul 1,200 rupees ( £ 120) were immediately raised for Dr. AVolff's mission. THE THEORY OF POP ULKTIO-, .Dotil)ledav whose True Law of Population" we received in 1S11, has addressed a letter to the Globe, correcting the ascription of his theory to Mr. Edwin Chadwick. "The prInciple," says Mr. Doubleday, now laid down as taught by Mr. Chadwick—that is to say, that insufficient and poor feeding stimulates the march of population, or, in other words, that prolificness is in the ratio of the state of depletion—was discovered by me in ,it l l- proved, in a the year 1836, and laid down, and partially proved, in a letter to Lord Brougham, published in Blackwood's Jla- gazine for March, 1837. The writer adds, that the same principle forms the basis of his True Law of Population." in that work, the author obsen-es:- Be the range of the natural power to increase in any species what it may, the plethuric state invariably checks it, and the deplethàric state invariably develops it; and this happens in the exact ratio of the intensity and com- pleteness of each state, until each state be carried so far as to bring about the actual death of the animal or plant itself. The ia-riter considers himself not only to have proved this universal principle of increase, but to have proved the converse of the proposition. He cites the stut/ltes, and Sir Henry M. Eden in his History of the Poor," to show that, for the better part of two centuries, prior to the year 1500, during which the food of the people was nearly altogether animal food, and when much and extended luxury prevailed, the population actually and visibly declined." Mr. Doubleday states, in his letter to the Globe, that he has received a Report on his work, drawn up by M. Arillerme, and published by the French Institute, which fully admits the force of the evidence which he has collected, but records some other facts, drawn from sources t,) which he had not access, which, on a first view, seem at variance with the theory." We copy these statements, that our accomplished and ingenious neighbour may not, if I we can prevent it, be robbed of the fruits of his genius and study. Ax INTERESTING SCENE.—The first privy council at Kensington Palace was then held by her majesty. Upwards of one hundred of the members of his late majesty's most honourable privy council were there. It was a solemn and imposing scene. Painting has de- picted it, poetry has described it, and history will record it but neither painting, poetry, nor history, can do it justice. There stood the graceful and the fair, the young and the noble-minded girl of eighteen, bereft of her father in her youngest days, succeeding her vene- rable grandfather George III. and her illustrious uncles George IV. and AVilliam IV. to the throne of her an- cestors. There she stood, young, confiding, generous, timid, anxious to do all that was right, loving her fa- mily, her country, and her God, and desirous, above and before all things, to govern righteously. Around her were aged and wise men, warriors who had fought the battles of their country, judges who had decided rightly and well in all matters of high dispute and can- test, statesmen who had devoted their lives to the ho- nour and happiness of their beloved England, and men of all parties who loved the house of Brunswick and were attached to the constitutional monarchy of these realms. And then came the proclamation We publish and proclaim that the high and mighty princess Alexandrina Victoria is the only lawful and rightly liege lady, and by the grace of God Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, defender of the faith."—-From Fraser's Magazine. FIRST Lovr.il, that first affair, how well one remembers it AVhat a noble discovery it is that the boy makes when he finds himself actually and truly in love with some one What a delicious, magnificent secret it is that he carries about with him My first love was like my first gold watch (an elegant French gold repo-tter ii,e(I to go into corners, and con- template and gloat over my treasure to take it to bed with me, and lay it under my pillow of nights, and wake of mornings with the happy consciousness that it was there. Av hat a change does that blessed first love make in a lad You fall in love, say of a Sunday a young woman at church modestly hands you the psalm- bDol., ann. blushes and droops down her eyes, as she tremulously sings the Old Hundredth. at the time the music is done, you have passed over into -L Dcly state of existence, and your childhood lies far away from you. It was only 011 Saturday that you had made a party for cricket, and were longing for Monday to be a fine day. It Nvas but last Friday, Heaven bless us that yon aIld Harry Hunter had been examining curi- ously a certain apple-tree in Farmer Smith's orchard, and had settled (after knocking dowll one of the fruits with a stone, and trying each of you a slice of il)that the apples would be ripe in about a fortnight.and the tree in a fit state for robbing. Psha is it possible that mdy thrce days since you had an ambition for robbing orchards, and looked forward to the pleasure of hiding a store of the stolen pippins under your bed ? Is it possible that the setting up of three yellow stump upon a meadow, and the dexterous knocking dtlwa of them, should have been the chief ambition of your life ? There lies the cricket-ball, which you greased carefully over night before going to church even, you looked at it to examine its condition, and i believe spent the best part of the half-hour during ser- mon in the morning in cutting a pair of bales for the wickets. Evening-service is over. Fanny Edwards and her mother have s-rolled home to tea; and as you pass by Smith's apple tree, you blush to think that you could ever have had a longing for the silly green codlins shining among the leaves, and put away your wicket-sticks in a rage. And what is the cause of all this You and Fanny have been holding on by one hymn-book you have done it any time these six years but what made her blush and you tremble so this time ? She is eight years older than you (that follows, of course) and if there was a humiliation for you in the world some few months back, it was to be obliged to walk with her. You cried for rage one day when she gave you a kiss, and called you a pretty little boy after dinner, when you were told by your papa to walk ott' to the ladies, you sat in the very farthest corner of the room away from her, or passed the evening with the gardener's boy, or with Tom in the stables, or with making ducks and drakes on the ponds,—any how ra- ther than with Fanny Edwards, whom you abominated next to the schoolmaster. What a change now ;all, gods, what a royal change! How different is Fanny- Edwards !—From Fraser's Magazine. Hi?TS FOR JANUARY.—Those who have not been accustomed to keep books" should now begin to do so, and open accounts accordingly. By this means, it is possiLk vou may collect a handsome library by the end of the year. Prudent families ought this month to look up old gloves, and see what will" clean up" for evening parties. "General invitations" may be given at all times bv persons of stingy dispositions advantageously; hec,¡:;e they l11ay be proffered with much warmth, but are sure never to be accepted.—Punch.
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HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Carmarthen Foxhounds meet on Tuesday next, at Llwynteg on Friday, at Croesyceilog—each day at 9 o'clock. The Maesgwynne Hounds will meet on Tuesday next at Llandowror, 10 o'(.Ioci, and on Friday at AVhitland Abbey, at half-past 9 e'elock. The Pembrokeshire Foxhounds will meet on Monday next at Fern Hill and on Thursday, at the Rath- each day at 10 o'clock. The Tivy-Side Foxhounds will :iiieet on Monday next, at Llwy"ngwair Lodge Gate and on Thursday, at Aber- cifcd-each day at 10 o'clock. The Gogerddan Hounds will meet on Monday next, at Cwm, at 10; on Thursday, at Nanteos and on Saturday, at the Kennel, at 11.
Family Notices
BIRTHS. Lately at Cardigan, the Lady of R. D. Jenkins, Esq., Solicitor, of a son. On the 7th inst., Mrs. Thomas, wife of Mr. S. Thomas, grocer, Jackson's Bridge, Merthyr, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the lltli inst., at the Bethany Chapel, Cardiff, Mr. George Sully, to Mary, daughter of the late Air. Thomas Pardoe, artist. Lately, at St. Mary's Church, Madley, Mr. E. Rich- ards, of Brecon, to Elizabeth Grcathead, third daughter of the late Matthew Court, Esq., solicitor, of Iron Bridge, Shropshire. D E A T II S. Awfnllv sudden, on Saturday last, the Rev. D. P. Da vies, Master of the Lammas-street Free Grammar School, Carmarthen, aged .39. Last Wednesday, at Picton Terraee, aged 78, Mary, relict of the late Arthur Williams, Esq of Machynlleth. At Kidwelly, last Tuesday, in his ;52d year, Captain George Thomas, late Commander of the Government Steamei at Corfu. On the loth inst., aged o9, Mr. John Rees, Llwynpar- 01,? t i i,, 1,5tll iii., t igo(I 51 ) tride, near Llandilo. At Lampeter, of an apopletic fit, on the 12th instant, aged (H, Air. John AVillianis, of the Red Lion. On the 8th instant, at Tenby, of consumption, Capt. Thomas Rees, of the smack "Kate," aged 44 years. On the 16th instant, aged 82, Mary Codd, spinster, 011 the 16th instant, a_ged 8'-), -N l ai- Y Codd, spinster, On the 17th instant, Charlotte, only daughter of the Rev. T. James, of Llandewy, Pembrokeshire. On the 12th inst., at Swansea, aged 17, Maria, tliird daughter of Henry Junes, Esq., of Church House, Mal- pas, Monmouthshire. Awfully sudden, at an evening party, at the house of 1. Fisher, Esq., solicitor, Ross, Miss E. 1-isher. This young and accomplished lady fell dead whilst delighting the company with a song! On the Pith inst., the Rev. Azariah Shadrach, Inde- pendent Minister, Aberystwyth, aged GO. On the 7th inst., at his residence, 43, Upper Norton- street, Regent's Park, London, John Jones, Esq., aged 92 years. On the 29th ult., at Hastings, where the family had been residing for some time, Lady Kensington. Lately, at Paris, Lady Newborough, Baroness Steinberg. Lady Newborough was a lady of very eccentric character, who laboured under the delusion that she was the legiti- mate daughter of the Duke of Orleans, the father of the present King, and that when an infant she was exchanged for Louis Philippe, who she declared was the son of a gaoler. Iu London, last week, Lady Burdett.
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.icitor-general, rose and begged the court to permit the Counsel for the Crown to depart from court for a few nllnutes, in order to consult as to the course they should adopt in such very novel and unexpected cir- cumstances. The Chief Justice assented, and the counsel and Crown solicitor left the court at twenty mi- nutes past eleven o'clock. In a quarter of an hour their return was anxiously looked for but a full hour elapsed, and still they came not. At length, at five minutes past one, the Attorney-general and his col- leagues returned, having been absent one hour and three quarters! The other traversers were required to put in challenges to the array, and whilst those were in preparation, the business of the court was once more interrupted, there being nothing done from ten minutes Past one until twenty minutes to two. The case was then entered upon; Sir Coleman O'Loghlen and Mr. Fitzgibbon supporting the motion on the part of the traversers, the Attorney and Solicitor- generals on behalf of the Crown. The arguments were long and uninteresting. The judges differed on the challenge to them-ray. Mr. Justice Perrin was in favour of the validity of the challenge. The Chief Justice, fudges Burton and Crampton were against it. The Jury, therefore, stands. The court adjourned at eight. The jury were to be sworn at ten o'clock yesterday horning. It is stated that another objection was to be urged >"esi.erdav, on the ground that the "fixed place of boùe" of some of the jurors docs not appear in the J nry list. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—A crowded meeting of the Association was held on Monday, at which Mr. O'Con- nell was present. Before the appearance of the ho- nourable gentleman, a letter was read from him con- taining the following advice :—■ First, to observe perfect peace and tranquillity all OWr Ireland. "Secondly, not to mix up the repeal agitation with the catholic agitation for the better security of trial by Jury. "Thirdly, to consider, in every other respect, their Peaceful, legal, loyal, and constitutional exertions for f e restoratioll of orr domestic legislature, in the person of our respected and loved sovereign the Queen, in the -Irish House of Lords and Irish House of Commons." t1 Nothing of interest took place at the meeting. At tile close- Mr. O'Connell announced the repeal rent for e week to be zE904 19s. 5d. \TIIOLIC MEETING.—On Sunday a numerous and IYrcspectable meeting of the Roman catholics of rogheda and its vicinity took place in the Linen hall, On the subject of the proceedings of government in nklllg o. all the Iloman catholics from the jury list. The meeting was chiefly noted for the presence and speech of Dr. Crolly, the Roman catholic primate, who has hitherto been noted for his moderation and ab- stinence from political discussion. An address to the Queen was unanimously adopted.