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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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