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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-05 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR MARCH.

BALL DRESS.—Robe of tulle over white satin, the border
is trimmed with a broad bouillonnee intermixed with red roses.
Tulle tunic opening en tablier, and bordered with roses. Cor-
sage a trois pieces ; the upper part draped in a profusion °f
full horizontal folds, the bottom deeply pointed. Short sleoe
terminated by a bouillon and a blond manchette, and orna-
mented with roses; the hair, dressed in bands on the forehead,
and ringlets at the sides, is decorated with roses and pearls'
OPERA DLESS.—Emerald green satin robe, corsage ell
coeur high at the back and sides, but descending on the bosom,
and trimmed en pelerine with satin folds and black lace ; the
upper part of the sleeve is arranged in a triple bouillon,
which is terminated by a lace ruffle, from the elbow to the
wrist it is full. White lace cuff. The front of the skirt 26
trimmed with black lace disposed in spiral folds, this trin2-
ming terminates near the bottom, round which the lace turns
into a volan. Hat of pink Terry velvet, the brie f moderate
depth, and perfectly round •, the crown placed v backward;
the trimming consists of shaded ostrich feathi and Pink
satin ribbon.
EVENING DRESS.—Robe of azure blue spotted with silver,
a low corsage tight to the shape, and trimmed with a pelerine
mantilla of silver blond lace. Bouffant sleeve, and silver blond
ruffle ; it is looped at the bend of the arm by a flower ; the
skirt is a train, trimmed with a double flounce of silver bione•
which is raised on each side of the front in the drapery style,
by a flower and foliage. Head-dress of hair decorated with
fancy jewellery.
DINNER DRESS.—PaIe rose-coloured satined robe, Corsage,
h la Montespan draped all round in a profusion of folds, and
demi Nenetian sleeve ornamented with ribbon and clusters oil
red grapes and gold foliage ; the front of the skirt is triulrne,,u
with two rows of bouillons arranged in columns, and CSC'
bouillon formed by a bunch of red grapes with gold foliage.
The hair, dressed low behind, and in masses of curls at the
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TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1339.

To \V. Nl`Kernie, Esq., 84c."

W. L. M'Kenzie, Esquire, &e."

the more we see of the reckless conduct of our
present
ministers, the more we are at a loss to fathom
their intentions. Scarcely has one number of our
Paper reached the printers' hands, ere some new act of
indiscretion, or some fresh insult to the feelings of the
Protestants of this land, has been committed by the
adrisers of the Crown. The tried, the old, the faith-
fill, and the virtuous supporters of our Protestant
constitution, are neglected and treated with contempt ;
While the infidel, the Papist, the Unitarian, the radi-
, and even the traitor, are received with courtesy,
treated with respect, and promoted to the most honour-
able stations
in the land.
There was a time when things were otherwise ; whe-
tßnt her that time will ever come again, God only knoweth.
this we do know, that if that time do not speedily
i come, England's glory is for ever gone ;—and that
out
not all—bout those who are now living in luxury,
passing events, lukewarm in the cause
Ito_trlith, and perhaps ridiculing our predictions, will,
likneu rent to
too
'ate, and in the midst of their banqueting,
e the guests at Belshazzar 's feast, be roused from
their intoxication by the sentence of HIM who saith,
MEI", MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN !"—" God hath
_numbered thy kingdom and finished it.,,
f ever there were a time when the cause of Protes-
tanl
tisru, the cause of our constitution, yea, and SELF-
f:ITEST, required exertion and energy amongst the
„"" of truth, to save this country from the domi-
-I°n of the greatest of all enemies, THIS IS THAT
:lE' Numbers, no doubt, will laugh at our folly;
thll think we are mad; and others say this is
e neight of enthusiasm : but, purblind or stupid
must that man be, who cannot see the approaching
s„ ,t°llll If any act more than another can be devised
t
uegrade the cause of Protestantism, to elevate the
enelni,, es of the Church, to stimulate her persecutors,
41240 ne tu dishearten her friends, that act is sure to be
ti.

The conduct of our ministers in reference to Ca- ,
nacia,--t0 which all the blood spilt, money expended,
troubles and losses endured by the loyalists in that
u
trY' are justly attributable—as fully exhibited
Su' Francis Head's Narrative, ought, if anything
ec}er heaven can open the eyes of Protestants to
thir
fro danger, like an electric shock, to rouse them
to their slumbers, and excite them to action.
anal:lY of the facts contained in that narrative we
84)''from personal knowledge, attest. We were per-
'uY acquainted with some of the principal leaders
otniittbe Canadian rebellion, and we do affirm, with-
of contradiction, that they are, almost to
tru-t,an' undisguised infidels ; and that hostility to the
England
inculcated in the Articles of the Church of
klnd Was, next to ambition, the primum mobile of
were'
their Whole proceedings. Yet these are the men who
inerce' When they came to this country, and also while
vie anada, treated with the utmost respect, their ad-
Ahe,, taken, and their plans promoted, by ministers.
ins/y did the correspondent of Lord Durham
phreh:llllettehris lordship, in the following paragraph in his
, in the London Times of Tuesday last, the
predisposing cause of the Canadian rebellion :-
80,4 41e Predisposing cause of the first rebellion is to be
ornbt for much nearer home than your Lordship is aware
and it was unnecessary for you traverse the seas, at such
great inconvenience to yourself, and such enormous expense
tvn - the nation, to institute these interesting and laborious in-
e
I,oBntigati°ns. It consisted in a correspondence carried on in
a
by persons of influence and political station with
certainid Party''
intelligent, able, and respectable men' of the dis-
in Canada, in which the mild, liberal, and
Pda:eraal government of the parent state was called a baneful
Parliament,'
and in which they were advised to resist the
arlialnent,' to agitate continually, and to keep constantly
before their eyes the glorious example of the United States.'
advice was followed by promises of Parliamentary sup-
port
'which should sanction their conduct and embarrass the
ernaient, and a certain portion of the press, conducted
by intelligent, able, and respectable men' of the discon-
tented Party' here, by disseminating the grossest mis-state-
tnbe—',s and calumnies of the local authorities, led them to
lieve that they had the ability as well as the disposition to
rpericler them valuable assistance in their patriotic endeavours.
~°1111)ted by this advice, and relying on these promises, the
to'soontented party,' who had noting to lose, and everything
gain, by a revolution, boldly followed their instructions,
and drew their sword."
kor,
eoyer, we are convinced, from facts to us known,
that there are certain members in the lower house
who are republicans at heart, and whose chief, though
secret, object, is to render our monarchy so odious in
the eyes of the people at large, that they may the more
easily subvert our constitution, and plunge us in the
abyss of republicanism !
In our last number we called the attention of our
readers to the contemptuous treatment the committee
°fmerchants, connected with the South American and
Mexican trade, received from Lord Palmerston. Let
nnw contrast that treatment with the warm, hearty
reception the TRAITOR WKENZIE received from the
searrie ministers : and if the statement we made in the
e:nunencement of these remarks—that while the infi-
thele' the Papist, or even the traitor, is kindly received,
Protestant Christian is every day insulted and
tshined with contempt—be not fully verified, we shall
bon begin to doubt our senses. Had we the thunder-
r4' of Jupiter, or the voice of a Stentor, we should
°11:e the dormant friends of truth from their slumbers,
ah
Cs drive them into action, ere the fate of England be
"r ever sealed.
Sir Francis Head says in his narrative
would have thought that the infamous notoriety of
Acrwbred, vulgar man, would have secured the Governor
83a1 Le •
sedit; gislature of Upper Canada from his libellous and
takitrils accusations ; but, alas ! the very fact of his under-
that ti4a journey of nearly 4000 miles shows pretty clearly
offie: • M`Kenzie shrewdly suspected that the Colonial-
Ttewould not be very inimical to his demands.
Stre„,, ,reoeption which Mr. AP Kenzie met with.in Downing-
he has boastingly explained by the following letters :
" Colonial-office, July 26, 1832.
ree"eiSlr---Lorcl Goderich has desired me to acknowledge the
that c). of Your papers, and I have the honour to inform you
than ~I,s.lordship regrets he cannot appoint an earlier day
two
,lordship
the 3d of August. On that day, however, at
lock, he will be glad to see you at this office.
s have the honour to be, your most obedient humble
erjant, " CHARLES DOUGLAS.
W* L. M'Kenzie, Esq."

4, 0.
" Downing-street, Sept. 8, 1832.
the am directed by Lord Goderich to acknowledge
of s:eeiPt of your letters of the 27th of August and the sth
infortember. In answer to these communications I have to
Y°ll, that the other addresses, as well as that from the
liit!i4a district, have in the usual manner been laid before
Perm aiestY, and you are at liberty to state this fact to the
separateB an
whom they have been signed, without receiving a answer to each.
° W. L. M'Kenzie, Esq." " HOWICK.

Slr " Colonial office, Tuesday, 26th.
t° call ant desired by Lord Goderich to propose to you
tnorr,.! here on Saturday next, at two o'clock, instead of to-
pehalf-past twelve, as the House of Lords meet at
° clock to send up an address to his Majesty.
" I am, your humble servant,
" B. J. BALFOUR.

" Colonial-office, Nov. 2, Tuesday.
his Goderich has desired me to express to you
hilt egret that the pressure of business should have prevented
to seen you since his return to town. He now begs leave
it(view
you °Pose one o'clock on Tuesday next, at this office, for the
""delsairme, sir, your obedient servant,
" B. J. BALFOUR.

" Colonial-office, Nov. 5.
~ ,
zie. 11,rd Goderich presents his compliments to Mr. M'Ken-
for i 'le finds himself obliged to change the proposed hour
vii Iterview
to-morrow to twelve o'clock instead of one,
"%ile boPes will not be inconvenient to Mr. M`Kenzie.
' 1-'• M'Kenzie, Esquire."

" Colonial-office, Nov. 6.
Ist‘Q.o crird Goderich is sorry to be again obliged to put Mr.
h ay
e.sti zte off
ea . Hel2 has now toto-morrow propose 12 o'clock on Wed-
4, , instd of '.
W. L. M'Kenzie, Esq."
183.) ernorandum —n Wednesday, the 7th of November,
8
1 had the honour•of a ver long interview with the e
*rill/ of State and on the partyng the despatch was
—II, which is in answer in p to my representations.
" W. L. M'KENZIE."
s.The despatch from the Colonial Minister to his Excellency
hir 414 i Colborne, to which Mr. M'Kenzie here alludes, Is
in the most Upper Canada. It begins follows
Sir
" Downing-street, Nov. 8, 1832.
sio,—During several months past I have been in occa-
-81111,18-IJect communication with Mr. William M'Kenzie, upon the
of the grievances said to exist in Upper Canada, and
iiit redress of which various petitions have been addressed to
Maie .t • "
ceaclnfiuence of the Crown appears to have been as s.uc-
tib,74l oY attacked by Mr. M'Kenzie as the great constitu-
ti,,"at act of 1791, for, in reply to Mr. M'Kenzie's accusa-
pr;;s! that " the Crown possessed an undue influence in the
laWbe :Irneial the
the despatch says, " If this could,
411:p"TU, his Majesty would not hesitate to assent to any
lb 'night be passed for the purpose of limiting the
Per et of persons holding offices at pleasure who should be
~,114.re at one time to sit there,
\villeins uncalled-for surrender of the influence of the Crown,
ch„, e,ornpared with succeeding events, forms a most melan-
vl,7 ipastration of the following ominous prophecy with
says Omit was officially accompanied :—" Mr. M'Kenzie,'
Pape e desPatch to Sir John Colborne, " war,onclude his
bY predictions of bloodshed and civil and a disso-
kib;glidonit'f. the connexion between Upper Canada and this
Qn Mr'
14nzie's return from England lie was accord-

ingly hailed by the Republicans, or anti-British, as their
" conquering hero," and, supported as he had been in Down-
ing-street, it was not surprising that he succeeded in regain-
ing a seat in the House of Assembly, where he was enabled
to ejaculate falsehoods almost faster than his own infamous
newspaper and the republican press could manage to print

them.
The loyal being dispirited, it was not surprising that at the
next election the Republicans should be successful. Ac-
cordingly, before the session was a fortnight old, a grievance
committee was appointed as follows :-
1. W. L. M'Kenzie.—For whose apprehension for treason,
murder, and arson, and highway robbery, a reward of £lOOO
is now offered.
2. T. D. Morrison.—Since tried for treason, and has sud-
denly quitted the province.
One would have thought that such fatal experience would
have taught the Colonial-office to shudder at the very name
of Mr. M'Kenzie, that it would have taught the office to
place a just confidence in the Lieutenant-Governor of the
colony, and never again, by listening to ex parte unofficial
statements, to subvert all rule and government, by giving
the Government and Legislature the go by. But the policy
of the Colonial-office was immoveable—its course unalterable

—its malady incurable ; and, though it was perfectly aware
of the struggle that was taking place on the continent of
America between monarchy and democracy, it deliberately
threw its immense influence into the wrong scale !
Accordingly, instead of disregarding this unadopted, and
even unread report, of a party who have since shown they
were a nest of traitors—instead of supporting the Executive
Government, which had been infamously reviled, they came
to the determination, not only to recall his Excellency Sir
John Colborne from his post, principally because he had
treated this report with silent contempt, but, as if to gild
the fame, or rather the infamy of Mr. M'Kenzie, they re-
solved to submit for the King's approval a series of drastic
remedies for almost all the fictitious disorders which the
wicked report of Mr. M'Kenzie had detailed. That brave
and gallant veteran officer, Sir John Colborne, (whom,
though a slight difference exists between us, I both respect
and regard,) was accordingly officially apprised that he would
immediately be removed ; remedial concessions were framed ;
the loyal population were again disheartened ; the republicans
again improperly boasted that the home government was with
them ; and thus ends the first chapter of the political acci-
dents it has become my melancholy fortune to relate."
These are facts—incontrovertible facts. They are
words ; but they speak volumes. We want our coun-
try to know them—to read them—to mark them—and
inwardly to digest them. Of what principles are they
the symptoms ? Can any man be deceived ? We shall
only say in conclusion, if our Sovereign—if our peers
—if our aristocracy—if the friends of our constitution

—if the friends of Divine truth remain much longer
asleep, for asleep they appear to be, it will be the sleep
of death.

The last act our precious ministers have committed
was the appointment of Viscount Ebrington (now
Baron Fortescue) to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland !
Had they been devising a plan for the express
purpose of insulting, of degrading, of mortifying
the Protestants of Ireland, who are some of the
most faithful of all Her Majesty's subjects, they
could not have devised an act more calculated to
accomplish that purpose. Is this by way of con-
ciliation ? Is this to reconci!e all parties ? Protes-
tants of England ! your brethren at the other side of
the Channel will look to you for sympathy, for suc-
cour, for protection. Well did the Marquis of West-
meath say, in the House of Lords, on Thursday last,
when speaking on this very subject, that "it became

the noble viscount opposite (Melbourne), more than
any other minister that ever guided the helm of state,

to mind what he was about with respect to Ireland ;
for there was a mine under that country, which required
only another torch to be placed to it, to BLOW IT UP"!
We may now appeal to the good sense of English
Protestants, and ask them,—lf ministers have thus
wantonly exposed our brethren to Popish ascendancy in
Ireland, what better have you to expect from the same
ministers when they can venture to act similarly in
this country ? What prevents their now doing so ? Is

it want of inclination, or want of power ? Is there a
Protestant in England so great a fool as not to believe,
it is because they now dare not ! But what they have in

1839 dared to do in Ireland, they may in 1840 venture
to do in England ! It is an old saying, where there 's
the will, there 's the way : and if they have thus
treacherously treated the friends of truth, and the tried
friends of our constitution in Ireland, "they will, ere
•
long, treat us in England likewise.
We recommend our brethren in Ireland to go into
deep mourning for a week after, and to close their
shops in Dublin on the day of, his lordship's arrival.

TREACHERY has ever been characterised, since the
world began, by high professions of sincerity and at-

tachment. Hence, all who are acquainted with the
history of mankind, know anything of human nature,
and are endowed with intellects above mediocrity,
know full well that little or no confidence can be placed
in mere pretensions. Although the truth of this is
generally admitted, yet, strange to say, the vast majo-
rity of men are led, at the present day, as it were by a
spell, contrary to their own judgment, and contrary to
what the uniform experience of mankind proves to be
deceptive, by the professions and promises of ambiti-
ous, selfish, and oftentimes imbecile, persons. If it

be possible, let us take a stand ; and, nothing daunted
by a consciousness of our own comparative weakness,
but rather taking courage by the fable of THE MOUSE
AND THE LION, " that what strength cannot do, art
and perseverance may often accomplish," let us com-
mence to try our present Government, not by their
words, but by their actions, contrasting their preten-
sions and, promises with their acts and deeds.

If their conduct has been, and be, consistent with
their declarations, we shall acquit them—at all events,
of insincerity or duplicity ; (of their imbecility and
incapacity for office we can never entertain a doubt ;)

but if their actions do not correspond with their pro-
fessions, then we shall find them guilty, and this is
what any honest jury in the land would do, of insin-
cerity, duplicity, and treachery.
To begin : Ministers declare great attachment and
faithfulness to our constitution—great regard for the
poor—great anxiety to better the condition of the
working part of the community—great interest in our
commerce—and, lastly, attachment to our monarchy.
Let us now put them upon their trial, and judge
them, not according to their words, but according to
their actions.

Are they friends of the people, of the poor, of
the industrious ? That Algerine act, " the new
Poor Law Amendment Act," proves them to be per-
fectly callous to the feelings and comforts of the poor ;
and their total indifference and marked neglect of the
cries of the suffering poor throughout the land,
without ever having taken one step towards relieving
their wants, or adopting any one measure towards
improving their condition, prove ministers to be
thoroughly indifferent to them. So far for their

pretensions of being the friends of the people.
2. Are they true friends to our constitution ? The

various inroads they have made on it, and the still
further inroads they are attempting to make, besides
their conduct towards the instigators of the Canadian
rebellion, as stated in " SIR FRANCIS HEAD'S NAR-
RATIVE," and their alliance with the great Irish agi-
tator, prove incontrovertibly that they are not true

friends to our CONSTITUTION.
3. Are they friends to Christianity ? The encourage-
ment they give, and the friendly intercourse they
hold with, men who are well known to be scoffers at
all religion, prove the negative.
4. Are they friends to the Established Church ? The
encouragement and patronage they give to her avowed
enemies, and the attempts they are making (under
the mask of friendship towards her) to undermine
her, and discourage her real friends, prove incontro-
vertibly they are at heart hostile to her.
5. Do they protect our commerce ? The French
blockade of Mexico, &c., and the transactions con-
nected therewith, as published in our last, prove the
negative.
6. Are they true and faithful Protestants ? The man-
ner in which they have treated, and are treating, our
Protestant brethren in Canada, in Nova Scotia, and
in Ireland, not only leaving them unprotected and
exposed to popish aggressions and popish persecu-
tion ; but the encouragement they give, and the pro-
tection they afford, to popish demagogues and popish
persecutors, prove incontrovertibly that they are any
thing rather than Protestants, and friendly to any
thing rather than to Protestantism.
7. Do they discourage popish attempts to undermine
the Established Church? England, Scotland, and
Ireland know the very contrary to be the case.
Lastly. Do they really value the permanency of our
monarchy ? Impossible !—the encouragement they
give to various democratic measures, which they
must know are calculated effectually to undermine
monarchy, unless they be the most besotted of the
human race, proves they have little or no regard
for it.

Had ministers honestly and openly avowed their
principles,—principles of which we have now, under
eight distinct counts, proved them guilty, we should,
while we condemned such principles, and pitied such
weakness, have commended their honesty and faithful-
ness, What we condemn—what we loathe from our

very soul—is the hypocrisy, the duplicity, the perfidy,
and the treachery which their conduct now makes ma-
nifest. But had they professed otherwise, their con-
duct would have been an exception to the general rule.
They have acted like the character described in sacred
writ—" the words of whose mouth were smoother than
butter, but war was in his heart : his words were softer
than oil, yet were they drawn swords."
Is there any use in attempting thus fully to pourtray
their character—to make manifest their intentions—to
warn the friends of our constitution of our real dan-
ger ? Are the gates of Windsor Castle, or of Buck-
ingham Palace, permanently closed against the friends
of truth ? Is there no possibility of reaching the
royal ear, and warning our Sovereign of the dangers,
the imminent dangers, that threaten the Throne of Her
forefathers ? However preposterous, however un-
founded our apprehensions may appear, yet we can
read, in the signs of the times, enough to convince us,
that if her Majesty be not soon, very soon, roused to a
sense of her position, the House of HANOVER on
the Throne of England, and the British Constitution,
will be spoken of, IN THE PAST TENSE

CAUSE OF RADICALISM, &C.—We took the liberty

of saying, in our exordium on the 19th ult., that we
would endeavour to lay tie axe to the root of the tree
of error, the fruits of which are now poisoning the
people of this land. We desire now to redeem that

pledge.
The only certain and scientific way of curing any
disease is to attack its cause ; and however disagreeable

or painful that operation may be, yet as it affords the
most certain prospect of success, it is our duty faith-
fully to perform it. Many persons are content with
attacking the effects of an evil, instead of the cause ;
all such attempts are not only perfectly futile, but ac-
tually injurious, oftentimes increasing the irritation and
diminishing the powers of resistance.
As the pruning of a tree increases the strength of

its trunk, and the mowing of noxious weeds produces
a stronger and thicker crop, so do all attempts, not
directed to the subversion of the cause of an evil, in-
variably increase it.

It is now full time for the friends of the constitution,
when that constitution, and with it their dearest trea-
sures, are in imminent danger, from the machinations
of designing men, to search anxiously for the cause
of this evil, and when discovered, manfully eradicate it.
The radicals and whigs are censured, and at their
door the cause of all the present evils is laid. Let
our readers not be alarmed. We do not attribute the
cause to either radicals or whigs ! WE ATTRIBUTE
IT, IN A GREAT MEASURE, TO OUR OWN PARTY ;
and rest assured, till we acknowledge the cause to rest
with us, and proceed in good earnest to remove that
cause, we may as well think of stopping the ebbing and
flowing of the tide as checking the march of radicalism.
No one abhors and disapproves of, more than we do,
the principles of radicals ; but our disapproval and ab-
horrence thereof will not induce us to blame those who
do not deserve blame, nor exonerate those who richly
deserve censure. Our great object is to root out of the

land radicalism ; but to do this we must begin at the
cause, wherever that cause exists. In these remarks
we shall speak of whigs and radicals under the common
term of " RtFORMERS :" and then divide them into
two classes, the leaders and the led. The former we
do blame; the latter we do not blame.
Now for the cause of all the dangers which threaten
our constitution, which, for the sake of perspicuity, we
shall divide into the predisposing, the proximate, and
the exciting. The predisposing cause has been, and is,
poverty and distress amongst the great mass of the
working community. The proximate cause is, avarice
and selfishness amongst the wealthy (both whigs and
tories) ; and the exciting cause, ambition in certain de-
signing demagogues.
As to the first. The peculiarly distressing circum-
stances in which thousands of our fellow-country-
men have been for some time, is quite sufficient to
predispose the most faithful and well-meaning people
under heaven to listen to any proposal that may be
made, however dangerous and in opposition to their feel-
ings ; or to any plan that may be suggested, that would
hold out to them the most glimmering hope of better-
ing their condition, of relieving their wants, of keeping
their helpless families from being dependent on charity,

exposed to the vagrant act, or thrown into the work.

house. Who can blame them ? W no rro•r ! And
those who do, are the very first, we are convinced, who,
if in similar circumstances, would act similarly. It is
very easy for us all to preach, particularly when our
stomachs are full ; but it is very hard for any of us to
practise, when our stomachs are empty. Many have

been out of employ for great portions of the year;
-others have had the name of employ, and yet obtain
by their hard labour scarcely enough to keep their
families from actual starvation, and that while they are
surrounded by affluence and luxury, their employers
making princely fortunes by their hard labour, and by
grinding them to the very earth.
The second, or proximate cause, is the marked in-
difference towards the condition and wants of the work-
ing classes of society, exhibited by those who ought,
because they could, have had things otherwise. The
wealthy part of this people, while possessing more than
man could ever require, or ever spend, in the utmost
luxury, on himself and on his family, have either been
hoarding up their wealth, or profligately squander-
ing it at home and in other countries, deaf and callous
to the cries of the thousands of distressed families in
this land !

We do not here allude to Tories more than to Whigs.
Both of them have acted, and do so act. Indeed, we
know personally some noble WHIG LORDS, who are
great reformers, and who spout much about the dis-
tress of the poor, and yet who, with a fortune of £lOO,OOO
a-year, do not spend more than about one thousand !
Nor are we alluding to a deficiency in actual acts of
charity. No ; but to that indifference and neglect with
which the condition of the working classes of society
have been, year after year, treated, and to the allowing
year after year to pass without adopting any radical
measure for their just remuneration, or for regular oc-
cupation or employment ; thus exposing them to the
machinations of designing men, and cajoling them,
even to the present moment, with the empty words of
political reform ! as if political reform would fill their
stomachs !
The third, or exciting cause, is ambition in certain
designing demagogues, who, being talented and aspir-
ing men, have taken advantage of these circumstances,
to raise themselves to notoriety and importance. Those
persons, whose idol is self, and whose only object is
individual power, go amongst the thousands of our un-
fortunate fellow-creatures, who are in want and in dis-
tress, and lecture and preach to them on their suffer-
ings. To obtain the object of their ambition, they
must gain the friendship of the people. This is the
ladder by which they hope to reach the pinnacle of
their glory. They profess great disinterestedness—
great attachment to " the cause of the people,"—to
" the cause of reform," to " the cause of liberty !"
They, point out to them this and that law, as the great
great cause of their sufferings,—this and that wealthy
man as their greatest enemy,—and the sure remedy for
all " political reform." The people give a ready ear.
They look upon those men as their greatest friends :
the multitude are delighted; and the spouter's words
at length become their laws, and his nods their pre-
cepts.

These persons we do blame much. Their mouths
ought to be stopped ; and we know of no better way of
doing this, than by filling the mouths of their hearers.
We have now taken a glimpse at the cause of all our
troubles. The remedy is with us,—the cure is in our
own hands. The different causes we must, in due or-
der, attack and remove ; but the consideration of which
we must defer till our next number.

TEMPERANCE.—We are extremely happy to find
that there is some prospect, through the exertions of
Lord Brougham, of rooting out of the land those
greatest of, all nuisances—those greatest of all dis-
graces to this country—tippling shops.
We have for many years—that is, ever since we came
to years of discernment--considered these houses the
greatest sources of misfortune to the lower classes of
this community, and that their total suppression would
be one of the most desirable events that could possibly
occur.

In writing thus, we conceive we are advocating the
cause of the poor, of the industrious, of the radical, of
the whig, and of the tory ; we are pleading the cause
of the husband, the wife, and the children.
These houses present every temptation to the bus.

band to spend his hours abroad, instead of at home ;
to spend his little earnings on that poison, spirituous
liquor, instead of appropriating them to the necessi-
ties and comforts of his family; and to undermine and
ruin his constitution, by the abuse of that which, under
proper restrictions, might be of service and comfort to
him.

Independently of these considerations, these houses
are the rendezvous for the most abandoned and un-
principled men. If a conspiracy is to be made, the
public-house is the place of appointment. If a dwel-
ling is to be plundered, an individual robbed on the
highway, or a murder to be committed, the plan is
concocted, arranged, and matured in the tap-room.
How often have we met in the street the wife drag-
ging home, from the public-house, the half-dead hus-
band ; or the husband conveying home the degraded
wife ! Let the Newgate Calendar be searched; let the
dying speeches of those who have forfeited their lives
to the laws of their country be examined ; and let the
confessions of those who were once in comfort and
comparative independence, but now in indigence and
misery, be collected ; and we venture to say, that nine
hundred and ninety-nine cases out of every thousand
had their origin in tippling or dram shops.
We care not whether such places be sanctioned by
a whig or a tory government, we shall ever raise our
voice against them; and we most heartily wish Lord
Brougham every success in his praiseworthy under-
taking.

We are equally indifferent as to whoin we please or
displease by these remarks : the question with us is
not whether this or that course will please our friends,
but whether we do that which we believe to be calcu-
lated to benefit the public at large, and particularly the
poorer classes of the public. We are not tee-totallers,
but we are decided enemies to all kinds of intemper-
ance, and still greater enemies, if possible, to any and
every thing calculated to induce, tempt, or seduce the
working people from domestic habits, and from the
paths of sobriety and industry.

These remarks have no reference whatever to those
respectable public-houses established for the conveni-
ence and advantage of the stranger and the traveller.
N.B. We are anxious to learn, from good authority,
whether our present Town Council directly or indirectly
encourage or discourage these nuisances.

ADVANTAGES OF ENGLAND.—We have much
pleasure in laying before our readers the following
testimony of Mr. Elliott, who, after extensive travels
through various countries in Europe and Asia, comes
to this sound conclusion respecting their comparative
advantages :—" In conclusion, therefore, I will only
add that, after traversing so many countries, observing
so many different modes of civilized and semi-barba-
rous life, and becoming acquainted with such various
poltical and religious institutions, it is with increased
pleasure and admiration that I contemplate the state
of society in our favoured land. Some nations, per-
haps, may boast more taste and refinement; some, a
more showy literature and more splendid public mo-
numents ; and others, more renowned achievements in
arts and arms : but, in the solid advantages and com-
forts of life, in profound learning and experimental
philosophy, in private and public virtue, in all that
secures domestic happiness and peace, or constitutes
lasting excellence and real greatness the administra-
tion of equal laws and impartial justice ; the enjoyment
of a liberty as yet restrained from licentiousness ; and
the free exercise of a religion equally removed from the
extremes of fanaticism and indifference ; I know not
the equal or the rival of Britain. Nor can I indulge
for my country a higher hope than that she may long
retain, under the Divine favour, the institutions which
have for ages been her glory, enhanced in value by the
gradual but judicious correction of their accidental
defects, and consolidated in strength by the increased
public estimate of their superior merits : that we, her
sons, may be preserved from a bigoted prejudice in
favour of what is old, and a feverish appetite for what
is new ; and, above all, that we may never be deprived
of that security for national soundness of doctrine,
correctness of practice, civil liberty, and religious ex-
ample, which is presented to us by an institution en-
deared by early associations, and consecrated as the
well-tried bulwark against anarchy and infidelity,—the
Establishment of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND."

VALPARAISO.—A friend has placed in our hands
the following list of the prices of the principal com-
modities at Valparaiso, which will be found of great
utility to shippers :
Biscuit, from 5 dols. to 2 dols. 4 rials per hundred,
as per quality.
Flour, ~ 4 dols. per hundred.
Beans, 2, 1 dol. 4 rials per 1001 b.
Barley, ~ 1 dol. per furnequ, or 3 bushels.
Walnuts, ~ 1 dol. per bushel.
Raisins, „ 12 dols. per 100 lb., of the country.
Potatoes, ~ 6 rials per bushel.
Indian Corn, „ 5 rials per bushel.
Wheat, ~ 6 rials per bushel.
Mould Candles, „ 16 dols. per 100 lb., all sizes.
Firewood, ~ 4 rials per 100 lb.
Charcoal, ~ 2 dols. per furnequ, or 3 bushels.
Sea Coal, ~ Bs. per ton.
Salt Beef, t, 7 dols. per 1001 b.
Salt Pork, ~ 14 dols. per 1001 b.
Tallow, ' , 12 dols, per 100 lb. '
Hams, English, 30 dols. per 100 lb.
„ Chili, 25 dols. per 100 lb.
Butter, 37 dols. per 100 lb.
Cheese, 12 dols. per 100 lb.
Hides, 11 dols. per 1001 b.
Cabbages, 1 dol. per dozen.
Onions, 1 dol. 4 rials per 100 lb.
Fresh Beef, 5 dols. per 100 lb.
Rice, 8 dols. per 1001 b.
Sugar, 12 dols. per 100 lb.
„ Loaf, 20 dols., despatched.
Coffee, 12 dols. per 1001 b., in bond.
Sperm Oil, 10 rials per gallon.
Genbandes, 1 dol. per 1001bs.
Sheqp, 3 dols. each.
Fowls, ,3 dols. 4 rials per dozen.
Turkeys, 12 dols. per dozen.
Ducks and Geese, 7 dols. per dozen.

Names of cabin passengers by the packet-ship George
Washington, from New York :—Lord Alexander, Cold-
stream Guards,C bearer of despatches from the Canadian go-
vernment ; Rev. R. T. Dillard and Mr. N. Dudley, of Lex-
ington, Ky. ; Mr. H. T. Wild, Southampton ; Mr. C. J.
Hendrickson, Philadelphia ; Mr. W. Young, Mr. S. Cohen,
and Mr., Mrs., and Master Clark, New York ; Mr. J.
Savage, Mr. W. Pawson, Mr. J. M`Nider, and Mr. Q.
M`Nider, Montreal.

WAREHOUSES ON THE DOCK QUAYS.—The evidence
taken before the Finance Committee relative to this project,
as well as a variety of information connected with it collected
by them, has been published. The Report of Committee has
not yet made its appearance : we understand, however, that
while it discourages the erection of warehouses, as recom-
mended by the Dock Committee, it takes a middle course,
and proposes the erection of sheds, capable of being bonded,
on the Dock Quays. The Report will be in the hands of the
public to-day, and it will be taken into consideration at the
weekly meeting of the Council on Wednesday.—Albion.
SELLING ALE WITHOUT A LICENSE.—OR Friday, John
Rimmer, and his wife Jane Rimmer,.were summoned under
the following circumstances :—An excise officer called at the
defendant's house on the 13th December last, and purchased
two glasses of ale, for which he paid 3d. This statement was
corroborated by another officer. It appeared that the person
who had lived in the house had absconded ; that the defend-
ants had been put into the house by the owners, Messrs. Ward
and Evans, to take care of it, and that they were not aware
that the license had not been paid by the former tenant. The
moment they were aware of it they desisted from selling.
They were fined in the mitigated penalty of £5.

FIRE AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—At a quarter past
twelve o'clock on Tuesday night,' the monkey-house in the
Zoological Gardens was observed to be on fire by one of the
watchmen in the gardens, who gave the alarm to a police-
officer, and it was immediately passed to the Fire-station.
Mr. Superintendent Tyrrell and Inspector Hackey were there
in about a quarter of an hour after the commencement of the
fire, and finding that the house was nearly burnt down, word
was sent 'back to stop the engines. The fire was caused by
over-heating the stoves which warm the monkey-house. The
monkeys were all destroyed. Mr. Atkins, who was not in-
sured, states the loss to be £5OO.
THE BOTANIC GARDEN.—We regret to learn: that the
managers of our Botanic Gardens find themselves pressed by
pecuniary difficulties. In addition to current demands, a se-
rious expense was incurred in the recent removal, and a con-
siderable debt due on account of the former establishment
still remains unpaid. An effort is to be made in the ensuing
spring to remove the embarrassment, and amongst other re-
sources, it is proposed to hold a Fancy Fair. The ladies of
Liverpool, who are ever foremost where works of utility are
to be promoted, will, no doubt, eagerly proffer their services
on this occasion, by enriching the booths with the creations
of art and industry, and by lending their time and aid, and
the all-powerful attractions of their presence. We trust that
the undertaking will be crowned with complete success ; and
we feel convinced that this noble establishment, which is at
once a credit to the scientific taste of the town, and a place
of elegant resort, will not be suffered to languish for want of
funds.

WOOD v. IRON : TRIAL OF SPEED BETWEEN THE COM-
MODORE (WOOD) AND THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN (IRON).—
The Glasgow and Liverpool Steam-packet Company's new
iron steamer, the Royal Sovereign, made her first trip be-
tween Glasgow and Liverpool yesterday. As the Commo-
dore, belonging to the City of Glasgow Steam-packet Com-
pany, left Greenock seven minutes after her, there was a trial
of speed between these two splendid steamers from that port
to Liverpool. The Commodore passed the Royal Sovereign
in about three hours after leaving Greenock, and arrived in
the Mersey, yesterday morning, two hours and forty-five
minutes before her; making a difference of two hours and
fifty-two minutes in time in favour of the Commodore. The
wind was calm and the sea smooth all the way from Greenock.
But the weather, early in the morning, off the banks, was
extremely thick, so much so as to render it difficult to find
the channel. The Commodore succeeded in finding the buoys
in less than half-an-hour : the Royal Sovereign, no so for-
tunate, did not find them until the loss of considerably above
an hour. We understand that the engines of the Royal So-
vereign made twenty-one revolutions in the minute ; those
of the Commodore, eighteen. Another trial of speed be-
tween these two fine vessels will, we suppose, take place to-
morrow, on their return to Glasgow,—AlLion,

THE SECOND LIVERPOOL EISTEDDFOD.

The second Liverpool Eisteddfod, or Congress of Bards
and of the friends of Welsh literature, was held on Fridaay
evening last, (St. David's Day,) at the Music Hall, Bold-
street. The meeting was announced for five o'clock ; but
long before that hour anxious crowds of several hundreds of
persons were seen pressing around the entrance into the
room. When the door was opened the rush was tremendous,
and the room was speedily filled, There were upwards of
one thousand present on this interesting occasion, to testify
their attachment to the language, literature, and institutions
of the land of their fathers.
The room was tastefully decorated with a number of ele-
gant flags, most of them bearing suitable inscriptions in the
Welsh language, such as " Tra indr, tra Brython"—" Heb
Dduw. heb ddim, Duw a digon"—"Y gwir yn erbyn y byd"—
" Achre liin diogel ei pherchen, &c., &c. The president's
chair was splendidly decorated, and was surmounted by the
national emblem, a leek of gigantic proportions. The plat-
form was crowded to excess, chiefly by ladies, who seemed
to take a deep interest in the proceedings of the evening.
On the platformwe noticed Ellis Jones, Esq., the Rev.
John Jones, minister of St. Andrew's Church, the Rev.
Daniel Jones, Baptist Minister, the Rev. Thomas Pierce,
Independent Minister, the Rev. W. Williams, of Caenarvon,
(Gwilym Caledfrynd the Rev. R. Parry, Conway, (Bardd
Mon,) the Rev. W. Davies, of Llanerchymedd, &c., &c.
In the absence of Joseph Jones, Esq., of Caernarvon, who
was expected to occupy the chair, but who was prevented by
a recent domestic affliction, the Rev. Daniel Jones was
moved into the chair.
The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by address-
ing the meeting in Welsh. He expressed a hope that they
would hereafter have cause to reflect with pleasure on the
enjoyments of that evening, and that many such opportuni-
ties would be afforded them in future for assembling to aid
in the promotion of Welsh literature.—(Cheers.) As there
were several gentlemen present prepared to address the meet-
ing at some length, and as the business to be gone through
would occupy considerable time, he would not detain them
any longer with his own remarks. He felt that he was highly
honoured in being called upon to preside over such a meeting.
He could assure them that the object for which they were
met was one which was ever dear to him.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then read -r Englynion (stanzas), on
the opening of the Eisteddfod. Four additional verses were
then read from the chair, which were composed by Tegwyn,
a Welsh bard of eminence.
Mr. JOHN JONES, of Manchester, then played a tune on
the Welsh harp.
The Rev. R. PARRY, of Conway, then addressed the
meeting in Welsh, at considerable length, and with very great
effact. We give the substanee of his speech in English, and
must express our regret that we cannot do justice to the
original. He said that according to the usual practice of the
provincial Eisteddfodau, it was declared that one of the prin-
cipal objects contemplated by such meetings was, to proclaim
" barn gorsedd ar bob awenydd a barddoniaeth, yn llygad
haul ac yn wyneb goleuni"—the judgment of the congress
on all poetical productions, in the eye of the sun, and in the
face of light : and though it was not necessary on that occa-
sion, that they should go through the same formalities, it was
imperative upon them that they should act upon the same
principle. There never was, perhaps, any institution re-
specting the expediency or utility of which all were agreed.
While some might render their support to a particular insti-
tution, from a conviction of its usefulness, others would be
found ready to impugn it as useless and injurious. The public
had a right to investigate and to judge of all public meetings,
as a sort of public property. With reference to Eisteddfodau
and other literary institutions, there exists a diversity of opi-
nions. Some deem them worthy of support—others reckon
them improper and decidedly objectionable ; and, accord-
ingly, they strictly prohibit attendance upon them as sources
of moral corruption. Now, the good or evil of any institu-
tion must be judged of by the principles which are acknow-
ledged, the actions performed, or the general influence which
it exercises over the public mind. He would, therefore,
consider a few of the objections urged against such meetings
as the present, and urge the reasons by which they could be
supported. Some, who profess to a greater degree of holi-
ness than their brethren, in opposing the Eistedfodan, assert
that they are immoral meetings, and, therefore, undeserving of
countenance. But what could that immorality be ? In what
did it consist? It must necessarily proceed either from the
nature of the subjects under notice, or from the competition
which was encouraged, from the music played, or from the
poetical productions sung. With reference to the subjects
proposed for competition at that Eisteddfod, he would
challenge any one to affix the slightest stigma upon the
meeting. The principal subject was " Haman and Mor-
decai,' —a scriptural subject, descriptive of the humbling
of pride and the elevation of humility. There was no
harm in that. The next subject was Social Union"—
not dissaffection to the state, and contempt of the consti-
tuted authorities. There was no harm in that. Another
of the subjects is " Morality"—a subject which surely did not
involve anything savouring of immoralily. As there could
be no harm in the subjects, let them next inquire whether
there was anything objectionable in the principle of competi-
tion—in the struggle for superiority. He would seriously
ask whether there could be any greater harm in encouraging
competition in reference to mental improvement, than
there was in reference to the cultivation of the earth ?
There are in Wales agricultural societies, which annually
offer a great number of prizes for the best farmed lands, the
best draining, the best planting, the best cattle, and so forth.
Now, the very parties who were too holy to struggle for a
literary prize at an Eisteddfod, were among the most constant
competitors for these agricultural premiums. (Hear, hear.)
If the latter species of competition be right and justifiable,
they would surely acknowledge that struggling for the
superiority on subjects of a far nobler and more ele-
vated character was not to be condemned as improper.
What was it 'nit competition that had given them the incom-
parable essay of Dr. Harris on " Mammon," which had had
such mighty effects on the benevolence of the land ?—(Hear
and cheers.) Did not the eminent Jones, of Denbigh, as one
of the closing acts of his life, compose a poem to be sent to
an Eisteddfod 7—(Cheers.) If, then, there could be no harm
either in the subjects or the competition, was it to be found
in the music ? The only music was, playing the harp. Was
there any thing in that particular instrument which polluted
the fingers of those who touched it ?—(Cheers.) Was play-
ing the harp worse than playing the violin, the organ, or
the piano ? No, no : the harp, if there be any, is a consecra-
ted instrument.—(Cheers) What was the chosen instrument
of the sweet Psalmist of Israel ? The harp.—(Cheers. What
was the instrument which the Jews, in their captivity in a
foreign land, hung upon the willows, when they complained
how cau we sing—
" Gerdd lon mewn tir estronol,
A'n mad anwylwlad yn of ?"
Was it not the harp. (Cheers.) Was the harp a disagree-
able instrument ?
" Mae mil o leisiau melusion
Mel o hyd yn mola hon."
Music was evidently designed to assist in the exer-
cises of devotion. As the harm did not exist in the
subjects selected, in the competition, or in the music,
was it in the stanzas to be recited by the Datgeiniaid?
He understood that it was resolved by the committee, that
nothing trenching upon immorality should he sung, and that
non-compliance with this regulation would involve the loss
of the prize. The earliest bards were in the habit of com-
posing their verses to be sung with the harp, The celebrated
Charles, of Bala, remarks on the Psalmist, " David was
not only a poet of great celebrity, but a skilful musician also.
He consecrated this acquirement, as well as all his other
acquirements, to the glory of God. There probably was no
place in the world where was a musical choir superior to that
at Jerusalem, established in the service of God, under the
superintendance of David and Solomon. All this prefigured
the joy which would be everlastingly partaken of by the
ransomed in heaven."
" Pyngcio a wnai fy' Fricerdd,
Nefol a rhagorol gt I dd ;
Prydodd dalm o ber salmau,
Fwyned I'm ynt, renaid mau!
Cann dwsmel a thelyn,
Yn hardd a wnai'r gwiwfardd gwyn.
Am ganu ni fu, ni fydd
Hoew fawl ei hefelydd."
Thus all the objections to these eisteddfodau were found
out to be creatures of the imagination, baseless as the fabric
of a vision. He would then enumerate a few of the reasons
why the eisteddfodau should be supported. In the first place,
they ought to be encouraged because they promoted learning.
The celebrity of nations depends, in many respects on their
superiority in manners and learning. This superiority is
acquired chiefly by the advantages which they enjoy for men-
tal improvement. The natural abilities of all nations are
alike. It is only through superior means of instruction that
they are made to differ. Why have men been endowed with
powers capable of such great improvement? Certainly not
that those powers should not be cultivated. Their talents
were not given them in order to be buried in the earth.
(Hear.) The light which had been given to them was not
bestowed in order to be hid under a bushel. (Hear, hear.)
It was given to direct their. steps. It was through cultiva-
tion that the pathless desert was brought to produce its wav-
ing fields of corp. It was by cultivation that the heathy
hills were converted into fruitful gardens. It:was by culti-
vation that the mind of man was brought to produce fruits
delightful and profitable to its possessor. The powers of the
human mind without cultivation are like the marble in the
quarry. Ages pass over and leaveundiscovered its variegated
beauties : but after ,the implements; of the artist have been
employed, its splendour is brought to light. Who knows
how many Robert Halls there are about the borders of Wales,
but whose abilities have never been made known to the world
because he has not had the advantages of mental cultivation ?
Again, he recommended that Eisteddfodau were useful, inas-
much as they promoted mental enjoyment. What enjoyment
can be compared with mental enjoyment ? What more de-
lightful than with Sir Isaac Newton, to take flight to the
worlds on high? Again, the Eisteddfodau were justifiable
as tending to promote morality, and dispel ignorance,
more especially when held, as on that occasion, on a day
ordinarily devoted to pleasures of a coarser character,
and frequently to revelry and drunkenness. Eisteddfodau
are also to be approved of because they reward merit. But
their chief recommendation is derived from the fact that they
have been subservient to the interests of true religion. A
few centuries back it was amongst the Welsh bards alone that
most of the learning in the principality was possessed. Who
were the translators of the bible into Welsh ?—(Hear.) Chief
bards of Wales. Who lighted the " Candle of Wales" when
darkness was spread over the land ? Was it not the old Vicar
Prichard ?—(Hear.) Who supplied the church with psalms
and hymns ? Was it not the bards ?—(Hear.) Was it not
Edmund Prys and William Williams ? The Eisteddfodau
have contributed to enlighten the teachers of the Welsh Sun-
day Schools. How many bards, who have obtained eminence
at the Eisteddfodau, have afterwards become eminent mi-
nisters of the gospel ! On these grounds he would maintain
the expediency of encouraging Eisteddfodau; and in closing
his address to the Second Liverpool Eisteddfod, he would
say—
" Gwresoged, ie tanied hon
Fyw areithiau'r Hen Frython."
Heddyw er y sydd o wir sain—nid yw
Ond dydd y pethau bychain;
Y mae'r adeg yn Mrydain
Gyda rhwysg i godi rhain.
The reverend gentleman sat down amid great applause.
Mr. John Jones then played a tune on the harp, accom-
panied by the singing of penillion.
Mr. LLOYD then addressed the meeting in English. He
observed, that it was an interesting reflection, that while
they were celebrating, in a strange land, their attachment to
Wales, its language, and its institutions, there were thou-
sands of our countrymen, even across the Atlantic, and on
the distant shores of New South Wales, joining in the same
employment, and listening to the thrilling strains of the harp,
" That brings unto the homesick mind
All we have loved and left behind."
He hoped that they would have occasion, in reflecting
hereafter upon that meeting, to use the words of a celebrated
English poet, and look back upon it as one of
The greenest spots in memory's waste."
Mr. SAMUEL ROBERTS then in Welsh sang " The Days
of Queen Bess, " which was rapturously applauded.
The Rev. Mr. DAviEs, of Llanerchymedd, then addressed
the meeting in Welsh, in a very effective speech.
After another tune on the harp, the chairman called upon
the Rev. W. Williams, of Caernarvon, to read a lecture on
the Bardic Rules. We are sorry that we are precluded from
giving even an outline of this admirable address.
The Rev. W. WILLIAMS, (who was one of the appointed
judges,) then announced the successful compositions on the
various subjects proposed. He accompanied his judgment
with a very able criticism on the merits of the productions
under notice. This
,criticism, will, we understand, be im-
mediately published in the Welsh periodicals.
The following is a list of the successful candidates ;-
1. For the best Ode, (Awdl,) on Haman and Mordecai.
The successful competitor for this prize proved to be the
Rev. John Pierce, Independent Minister? who was invested
with the silver medal by Miss .19nes,

2. For the best poem, (Cywydd) on social union. There
was only one production sent in, which though possessed
of very high merit as a composition, related rather to union
than social union. This prize was not awarded in conse-
quence.
3. Por the best essay on morality. There were three
essays sent in, but the authors had, in every case, mistaken
the subject. This prize was also withheld.
4. For best six Stanzas, (Englynion) on the Society of
Ancient Britons. Several compositions had been received
on this subject, but not one of them was deemed deserving
of the prize.
5. For the best six Stanzas on the Vine. The successful
competitor for this prize was the Rev. William Ambrose, of
Port Madoc, Caernarvonshire.
6. For the best Stanza to the Slanderer. Out of a great
number of compositions on this subject, not one was deemed
worthy of the prize.
7. 'Po the best player on the Welsh harp, under eighteen
years of age. The candidates for this prize, were Masters
Benjamin Rogers and Edward Jones. The latter was deemed
the best player, and was accordingly invested with the medal
by Miss Jones.
8. To the best singer with the harp (Datganydd). The
competitors for this prize were Mr. Isaac Jones, Mr. John
Edwards, and Mr. Samuel Roberts. The successful candi-
date was Mr. Isaac Jones, who was invested with the medal
by Miss Margaret Foulkes.
9. To the best reader in Welsh. This prize was contended
for by three boys, Robert Thomas, Robert Oweng, and Da-
niel Owens. The principal prize was awarded to Robert
Thomas, and the two others were each presented with a
Welsh Bible.

11. To the best player on the Welsh harp, (not limited to
any age). This prize was also won by Master Edw. Jones.
The other competitors were Master Benjamin Rogers and
Mr. Robert Jones.

We are extremely sorry that an unforeseen demand upon
our space obliges us to curtail our report of this interesting
Eisteddfod. The meeting separated at eleven o'clock, highly
gratified with the proceedings of the evening.
:" Oes y byd i'r laith Gymraeg !"