The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-27 00:00:00

A VISIT TO RIIIIDDLA.N CAS {LE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,— Having an occasion to visit Rhyl the other
day. and expressing a desire to see Bhuddlan
C .stle, my friend, Mr. Hughes, under whose hospi-
tible roof I was s aying, proposed to drive me over
in his gig. The offer was gratefully accepted, and in
few minutes I was gazing on the veQerable
pile. Oa returning, I penned the following thoughts.
Should you de. m them suitable to the pages of
your valuable paper, their insertion will oblige,
yours, kt , THOMAS JACKSON.
Holyhead, April 13, 1837.

Few conn•riqa can compete with ancient Cambria f-r
he number and ma;rnificenc4 of her ruined fortresses, and
the historical intere-t akt.ched to etch glen and nr,untain
through her while event. The numerous remains of
anti nt castle:, which are there to he seen, tell of those
w t-like dee Is which are so granhically d-scrihed on the
pagies of history. From the centre to the circnnaterence
of .W.lles the-e are unntitnbered spots consecfated by the
strugg'es, the valour, arri the heroism of its brave and
mi,th,y eons. Almost every acre of gronwi has been con..
tested by her) s and warriors ; alm-st every parish his
some historical glory spot, where natri,ts fought, and bled,
a id died. ‘. Here ty- tread

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

•
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening.
The Cotton Market was rather irregular to-day,
yet sales to the extent of 7,000 bales are reported,
of which • 3,000 bales were on speculation and. for
export.
In the Liverpool Share Market to-day there was
only a very moderate business done, and prices
exhibit a downward tendency.
Notwithstanding the favourable return of the
Bank of England as published in our paper of
to-day, the Maney Market was rather stringent,
and the continued export of gold to the con'inent
is still a cause of uneasiness. To day nearly 20,0001
was withdrawn from the bank for this purpose;
and yesterday an equal amount was also withdrawn.
There is rather an unfavourable tendency in the
rates of exchange on Paris and Hamburg. As
regards the ex, hange with America, that exhibits
a more satisfactory appearance, and should a
further rise ensue, gold will he attracted from that
sidein considerable quantities It is yet too early
to speculate upon the progress of the cropS ; but
most reports continue satisfactory, and this will
aid in a measure to relieve the feeling which exists

lat sac', d groend, and press the mingled dust of heroes." in relation to the future state of the money market.
Rhu 'dlan Castile, supposed •to have been erected early It is estimated that the sum of about three quarters
in the deventh eetru y,is a quad-angul 1. structure wi.h s'x of a million sterling may shortly be expected
ma-sire towers dankiee lofty wal's. It has evidently been from Melbourne and Sydney, and, should these
a fo-tress of great strength, but lem inanrel to tb tik shipments be i eeeived- in time to stop the demand
revsr f.xhibited that archit.,etural braiitv and grandeur whieh will be • experienced to meet the require-
for which the castles of Conway, Beanotaris, and Carnar • ments of the Indian and China mail of the 4th
von wi.re celebrated. The fosse is easily traced, and proximo, any partial withdrawals from the Bank
en .1 used a lag: e area. About two hundred y-ara ago it will be speedily replaced, and thus the inconveni
was ordered by the parliament to he dismantled. Though
-in , uins, this an'igne castle, clad in its sob •r huts, and the ence maytemporary. ' The rates for
• protre only
dark range of the airystion hi'ls, stretching far into the money on the Continent have not undergone much
distance, presents a scene of no ordinary beauty. It stands fluctuation, but the quotation at Hamburg is again
a monnaent of the past, a noble remnant of ancient as high as seven per cent., while the improvement
grandeur, and reminisence of its former greatness It lately noticed in the other neighbouring markets
has • outlived the ruin of despoilers, and still affords has been arrested.
visible evidence of the genius of its architects. The The Public Funds -and Securities were rather
dilapidpt ng hand of time has touched it, its noble and depressed to-day. The intelligence from China,
stately farm is changed, its ponderous roof laid low, recording the continuance of hostilities, favours
the tempest beaten towers rear th, it heads to witness of the presumption that unless a satisfactory result
the past, marking, as it were, time's slow destroying should soon take place, a loan may have to be
power, and braving his threitenings ; th"Lisslv'' w 'lts - raised to provide the' necessary means for' prose-
present their bold front to the angry storm, -bidding
outing the' struggle.. Besides this the demand for
deflance to tir• wintry gust.
Aa you gaz. upon these scenes you feel somewhat money is found to be more active, and the rates of
bewildered arid ostoaished ;• a feeling of shadowed exchange at Calcutta and Bombay are still at a
greatne.s swflls upon the memn•r, ermite] with the point which makes it probable that the present
glittering pageantry of chivalry. While thinking of the drain of silver from this country will be maintained.
transactions of bye gene c,n.uries the pausing seal seems Console fot: Money ranged at 921 to 93k. For the
stirred through all its depths ; in wild sublimity the Account they were 93 to .931, and after official
shades of buried ages pass before you, and in imagination hours 93 The New Three per Cents were 9.11 to
you live through centuries in an hour-. 92. Exchequer Bills firm at 2s •prem. for March,
" Ages seem present, shadowy, giant forms, and 2s to lsolis. for those dated June.
Are gut t erine to and fro."
The London Share Market to day has been rather
What triumphs and d-'feats have been experienced here.
dull, and. the state of the funds has operated rather
Hope and des mndency have alternately swe'led the
bre oil; of thousands while w-tching every movement of preju,i icially on prices In the Foreign Share
Market there were very few transactions. Thefol-
an adverse witty It is strange, but these ruined castle*
Market
em hued with the spirit of the past; there is a charm lowing were the closing prices :-Ambergate, . Not-
connected with them, before which the pageantry of tin ham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 51, 5t- ;
pomp and the heralds of emblaz 'try must bow down. Bristol and Exeter, 88, 90; Caledonian, 684, 691;
That charm is Chester 'and Holyhead, 34, 36; East Anglian, 19,
"The p.svtee• of thought, the magic of the mind." 20; East Lancashire, 97, 99 ; Edinburgh and Glas-
Altho igh the fortress is now disman led, and its ramparts gow, 551 564 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 34,
vo longer echo to the tramp of the sentinel, nor resound 341 ; Gie at Northern, 96, 97 ; Great Southern and
with the clash of arms-Though there is no stalwart boll Western (Ireland), .103. 105 ; Great Western, 661
retainer harnessed in iron stretching nut his mailed hsnd ; 4s.
theseh there are no fair dames in rustling silks, seated on 661 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, '65, 70 ; Lancashire
prancing nalfre,s. nor knights in chain and pl to armour and Yorkshire, 1001. 1011; London, Brighton, and
on their hr-iad breasted war horses; hough the halls of S•mth Coast, 108, 110; London and North Western,
minstrelsy are rem sib nt and desered, oe awaken olly to 1041, 1041 ; London and South Western, 100 k,
the echoes of the twi.tering bat, in its twilight flight, yet 1011; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381,
it is mles is in its ruins, ' , 39} ; Midland, 811. 821 ; do. Birmingham and
" Traditions halo consecrates its name." * Derby, 53, 54 ; Norfolk, 60, 62; North British, 43,
From year to year visi'ors will be seen wending their way 41 ; North Eastern-Berwick, 86, 87; North Staf-
to this shrine of ancient bravery, and will trzad with fordshire, 51, 5 dis,; Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
reverence and awe the soot where their glorious sires yerbampton, 29, 30; Scottish Central,,lo6, 108; do.
poured forth- their blood in the cause of notional tilde- Midland, 70.72; South Eastern, 74, 75; 'South Wales.
pendance. "1 do love these ancient ruins;
y, 87.88; Buckinghamshire, 91, 93; Hull and Selb 107,
We never tread upul them but we set
109 ; Eastern Counties Extension, 5 per cent. (No. Our toot upon some reverend history.".
#; While walking within the castle, our d ,1) a
" 8 pm.
E ist Indian, 107, 109 ; Grand Trunkull musings
were somewhat enlivened by voices almost iehu-
of Canada, 62. 63 ; Great Indian Peninsula,
man, which, on a sudden, vibrated in oar ears, but, we Guaranteed 5 per to it , 211, 21.1 Great Western
cnu,d not divine from wh'.nce the sounds emanated, for -re of Canada Shares, 241, 25 xd ; Madras . Gus-
f..ncied we were all al me; and though we bad real of ranteed 4 per cent., 19, 20 ; Do. Third Extension,
Welsh " fairies," and " knockers," we were not so sitner- *Guaranteed 5 per cent, I, f,- p m ; Scinde Guacan-
stitious as to suppose the old ruins were haunted. No' hing teed 5 ner cent., li, 21 pm ; Eastern of France,
dewed, we sallied forth to sat;sfy our curiosity, and to 331., 331 ; Great Central of France, 231, 24 ;
our ptessipg surprise we espied two of the fairer sex,' Great Luxembourg, Constituted Shares, 7,7 i ;
calmly bisking in the sunbeams, pouring faith their mel- Lomberdo-Venetian, sk, 54 pm ; Lyons and
liflius notes.
Geneva, 31, 32; Namur and Liege, 81. 81 ;
I Northern of France, 39, 39i ; Norwegian Trunk
Preference, 9. 10 ; Paris and Lyons, 6I Z-, 621; Paris
and Orleans, 58, 60 x d ; Sambre and Meuse, 9 .93;
Southern of France, 32, 331 ; West Flanders, 41. 5.
The Market for Foreign Funds to-day was inani-
mate. The following list shows the fluctations in
Consols during the past week :-

WIRVA REI' DDLAN.

My cicerone direeed my attenti"n to the March,whicb,
a map, wBespread befo,e us. I had often reed of Rh addl,n
M4re.h, and now mine eyes behel ' it. I felt, as it were, riveted
t) the spot, thoughts cr ,wded upon the mind. Ia im
lion I rolled back the tide of time some ten hundred and
fifty v ars, and fancild myself a spectator of the stirring
and deeply affecting exploits which then took place on this
memorable march.

th, King of Mercia, having been defeated by the
Welsh. wag deeply mortified, an!, writhing beneath h.s
a onnded ambitlin, he me(ii-ated vengeance 01 the sons of
Cambria, and vowed that, if uoasil-ile, he would make them
feel his power to the uttermost. Fired with resentment,
awl b►eathing revenge, be led forth a well equipped and
formidable a, my,
In serried ranks they stood arrayed ;»
here he planted his standard, and bid defiance to the
Welsh.

Caradoc, Prince of North Wales, marshalled bis un-
daunted warriors to the ecene of conflict, his banners
guttering in the breeze,
"All armed in rugged steel unified."
Dense masses of fierce foes, the flower of the Saxon forces,
did not. deter the sons of the mountain; the crest of liberty
was emblaz mei on their standards, and beneath ;hose
ensigns they were res ilved to fight in the pause of national
independence ; unwaveringly they advanced, evincing a
courage seldom equalled; and never surpassed. Both
arrnif.s came at length to a general en2ag.ment. The
yl7,elsh fought with fearless bravery • the battle was fi 'rce
and b:'4odY.
Attended with a forrfe statighter on both
sides. Vlie fired determination of the Welsh was
leave the battle Orly on their h'ers,"
to fall or conquer; and thossands fe I, hut they fell while
fighting in defence of their country against a numerieally
nverpowerinci army. Th.y tell gallantly on the deadly
field of battle, sealing their love of home end country with
their warm up-spoutirg blood. The chieftains and con-
r:-,genus warriors, with their brave illuerious Prince
Caradoc, fell on Modulen mach,
"And not a stone
Or marble column rears i's bead, to shoW

The spot where now they mouldPr."
On returoinez to Mid ,;y friend drove me by Dyserth.
The casc.de, church, the castle on the rock, and other
objects which caught my eye, I purpose exploring at some
future time.

TR kGICAt. OCCU RRENC IC AT BRIGHTON.—On Thursday
morning, about seven o'clock, a tragical event occurred at
102, Marine parade, when a lady, the wife of the Rev. Dr.
Thompson. attempted suicide by jumpi, g out of the third
story window at the shove hou,e; and what renders the
circumstance addi,ionally melancholy is the fact that she
WAS accompanied by her child, a little girl only four years
of age. It appears that the unfortunate lady was confined
only abo,,t six weeks ago, but the infant died, and being in
a weakly state, on Monday she came to Brighton forchange
of air. Yesterday morning she left her room in her night
dregs, went up stairs into the roam where her child was in
bed, took the poor little thing up wnilst it lay asleep,
opened the window, and then made a fearful descent into
the back yard below, falling a consiclerele height. She
was picked up in a state of insensibility, and was &vended
by two medical gentlemen, who succeeded in restoring
partial consciousness, the poor lady evincing strong symp-
toms of a giving way of intellect, plainly accounting for
the fearful occurrence. She at present lies in a most pre-
carious state. We believe no bones are broken. The
child, we are happy to say, does not appear much hurt
Brighton Observer.

THE CATTLE Al URRAIN.---A correspondence has passed
between Mr. J. B. Stanhope, M P., and the Board of
Trade on the subject of the cattle murrain. Sir Emerson
Tennant writes :—" In reply to the inquiries embodied in
your letter of the 15th or April, I am directed by the
Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to
acquaint you that my Lords have received from the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs such assurances as
to the precautions adopted by the government of Barn-
burg for guardir,g against the introduction of infected
cattle within their territory as have rendered it inexpe•
-
d ent at present to adopt any measures for.the prohibition
of importation thence, but that the utmost vigilance is,
nevertheless, enjoined, and has been resorted to by the
Commissioners of Customs, in pcspining all cattle coming,
from 'Limburg. As to the nature of the disorder which
is said to be prevalent in 11,1 stein, my Lords desire me to
explain that it is the pulmonary disease, which, unfor,
tunately, is not unknown in the United Kingdom, and not
the slid more formidable steppe murrain,' which has re-
cently manifested itself on the confines of Prussia, and
against which the precautions promulgated by her
Majesty in the recentorder in Council are chiefly designed
to guard."

Lowest Highest Closing
prices. prices. prices.
. Money ... 924- 93 93
Account .. 93,,k 931 931
Tuesday Money .. 921 93 93
Account . . 93i 931 931.
Wednesday Money ~ 93 931 931
Account . . 931 93t,- 931
Thursday Money .. 93k 93-1 931
Account ... 931 934- 93*
Friday Money .. 93 934 934.
Account .. 931 931 931
Saturday Money .. 921 92k 92k
Account .. 93 931 93}
With respect to the movements in Mines during
the week, the Mining Journdl of to day says—
Although a little better demand has existed for dividend
shares, and for a few others in which improvements have
been reported during the last few days, general business
has not exhibited any great'y increased activity this week.
Buller shares have improved from 340 to 360, 370 ; Basset
was more largely dealt in at 260 to 270; Wheal Margaret,
74 to 76 ; Wendron Consols, 40 to 45 buyers ; West
Basset, 30 to 31; Grambler and St. Aubyn, 105 to 110,
and Vexes been sought after; Trefasie 7 to 8; Devon Great
Consols have been dealt in at 4471 to 452 i; Treliwnv in
demand at 24 to 24 ' • Mary Ann, 44. to 44-1 ; Wheal Wrey
keep np very firm at 7) to 8 ; Margery, 161 to 17 ; Herods-
feot,Qf to? ; Cooks Kitchen shares wet e inquif ed after at 41
call paid ; St. Day United, 30s to 31s; Trewetha are very
flat, sellers at 3 ; Wheal Edward. 41; linsewarne shares
have been in good demmid at 42/ to 45 ; Great South
Tolgus, 14 ; South Carn Brea Shares have been enquired
afar at 6 to 62; West Providence, 11 to 13 ; North
Roskear, 105 to 110 ; South Tolgus, 135 to 145 ; St. Ives
Console, 170 to 180 ; Merllyn Shares have been enquired
alter at to but no sellers are to be found; West
Grenville, to g; Smell Condurrow, Ss to 6e ; Botallack,
240 to 250 ex div., buyers ; Par Consols, 22 to .221;
Alfred Consols, 21i to 22i, and rather firmer; Great
Alfred shares ha-0 &mated very much Uom 6t04. 5,
and left off flat; East Margaret. 10 to 10i, sellers ; Pro-
videnci Mines, 85; Sortridge Console, 1 ,• East Alfred,
2 ; West Stray Park, 6 to 7 ; Oamborne Vein, 9 to lb;
Stray Park, 3 ; Balnooa enquired after at 42 ; East
Trefusis rose from 41 to 81; Cargoll, 134. to 14; Peudeen,
30s to 31s.
The imp( r s of specie during the week reached
about 250.0001, by the following vessels :—Med way
from the Brazils, 8161; the Europa from .America.
5,000 dols and 3001 in silver,or 1,300/ ;"the Vera from
Alexandria, 6 pkgs. specie or 3,7001; the Siene
fr.en Boulogne, 10 case's bullion ; the Dolphin from
Antwerp, 15 casks 3 parcels bullion ; the Flora
from Oporto, 8 eases silver coin ; the Albion from
Boulogne, p 0 boxes bullion; the Rhine from Bou-
logne, 14 Pkgs. silver coin; the Telegraph from
Antwerp, 10 boxes of bullion; the Baron Osy
from Antwerp, 10 cases of bullion; the Anglesea
from Melbourne. 56,200 ozs. of gold, or 224 8001.
The exports during the week were 750 0001, viz :
By the Sultan for the Mediterranean, 6,0201. ; the
Indus for Alexandria, and East Indies, 744 9651,
of which 11,7771. was in gold, and the rest silver,
divided as fellows :—Gold to Bombay, 240/. ; Cal-
cutta, 260/. ; Madras. 4,6821, and Ceylon, 6.60`1.:
Silver to Bombay, .281.6301; Calcutta, 221,041/. ;
Madras, 21,9121.; Penang, 7;100/ ; Singapore,
28,5101.; Hong Kong, 48,8901.; Shanghae, 120,0851,
and Canton, 1,010.
The official returns of the exports of the precious
metals from the port of LOndOn for the week end?
ing the 27th April, show a total of 5,164 ounces,
and 820 sovereigns in gold, and 17,200 ounces of
silver.
There is no material chapge to notice in the con-
dition of trade in the manufacturing districts, The
Leeds 'Woollen Trade remains steady. Several
first class buyers had been in the market, but their
operations were of a very moderate character. For
the home trade there is little demand, but some of
the shipping houses are doing a moderate business
At Bradford, the business entered into had been
extremely limited, buyers continuing to exercise
extreme caution, and sales have been limited to

Monday