The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-07 00:00:00

BRECON CYMREIGYDDION.

On the 10th instant a meeting of the Brecon Cym-
reigyddion was held, when, after having been much grati-
fied by several excellent compositions by the bard Glanme
hascyn, and by the delightful strains of Mr. Jones, harper
to the Breconshire Minstrelsy Society. who played several
national airs on the triple harp with great execution, the
Rev. 'l'. Price addressed the Meeting in the ancient
British language, upon the subject of their approaching
Anniversary on the Ist of March. Having dwelt for
some time upon the extraordinary manner in which the
Welsh nation had been preserved, together with their
ancient language, and in their ancient territory, while
the rest of Europe had undergone such :nighty revolu-
tions, and hail so frequently changed its inhabitants and
its languages, be observed, that as it was not to be ima-
gined that the acts of Providence are without design, the
mind would naturally be led to inquire what the design
could be (if as yet at all developed) in this singular pre-
servation of their ancient nation and speech ; and if he
could, without impiety or presumption, dare to ask and to
reply to such a question, he would say that to him in one
instance at least, the designs of Providence were visible in
this preservation of their race and language. It was among
them that the great Bible Society had its origin. It was
the scarcity of the Scriptures in the Welsh language, and
the unceasing cal of the people for a supply, that first
suggested the ides of a Bible Society ; they were Welsh-
men who first planned hand laboured in its formation, and
it was an edition of the Welsh Bible that then issued from
its press; and now it has extended itself to the most dis-
tant parts of the earth, and has contributed to the printing
of the Scriptures in one hundred and forty languages.
Thus a handful of corn sown on the mountains of IVales,
has grown up, and waver like the forests of Libanus; and
thus, that language, which, from its confined and isolated
state, was by many considered a detriment and even a
curse, has now imparted a new stimulus to its possessors,
and proved a blessing to the world..

Istraorzn SAFETY LAMP.—We saw the other day, a'
Halifax, a safety lamp, called " Russell's Patent Safety
Lamp," which is of a very superior construction to those
used in this immediate neighbourhood. It contains a pow-
erful convex lens, called a reflector, which is affixed to the
gauze cover, and which increases the light of the lamp, as
we are assured by experienced gentlemen, tenfold; thus'
rendering it not only unnecessary, but undesirable, ever to
open the lamp for an increase of light. The light is in fact
diminished when the cover is taken off, as the reflector is
taken off at the same time. This improved lamp also eon-
tains a very simple contrivance for snuffing and trimming
the lamp without removing the corer : a small piece of
wire is introduced through the bottom of the lamp, and
the top of this wire, being bent, suffices, when turned
round, both to remove the snuff, and to raise the wick.
Further, the lamp can be supplied with oil without taking
off the corer. Russell's Patent Lamp wants only one thing
to make it perfect : a lock should he fixed to it, so that tha
colliers could not open the lamp to light their pipes, or for
any other frivolous purpose. We hope these improved
lamps will be universally adopted.—Leeds Mercury.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.
Wind N.W., squalls, with haii and snow.--iligh water 35 minute,
past IL
Arrived the Jane, from Sr. John's, N. 8.; James Watt,
from Glasgow; Liffey, from Dublin; Town of Liverpool,
from ditto; Langford, from Youghal ; Lund, from Dublin;
and Industry, from ditto.

SATURDAY EVENING.
Wind N.W.—.High water 18 minutes past 12.
Arrived the Ilooton, from Drogheda ; Magnet Mount,
from New Orleans ; Tickler, from Jamaica, sailed 14 days
before the packet ; Mary, from Newry ' • Diana, f-om
Kilrualt ; Lively, from Drogheda ; Hannah, from Dublin ;
Friends, from Drumore.

The Neptune, on shore in Cardigan Bay, has gone to
pieces, cargo drifting ashore.
Our corn market to-day was more lively, a good deal of
business done at an advance of 2d. a 3d. per bushel.