Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1852-04-14 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE CAPITA/, CONVICTS.— W. Robinson, who was left for execution at Bury St. Edmund's, on Thursday lust, has had an application made on his behalf at the Inv moment. His life will be 'spared, in coneideration of his extreme old age—SO years—and the remainder of his wretched existence will he spent in close citifinement. The oase of John Keene, for the nuiriler of hie wife's child, near Guildford, ia not yet neturilly decided, although his execution is fixed for 'Tuesday next. After sevi-ral references, Justice Coleridge, who tried the italic, has suggested some inquiries, which are now in progrese of being made. Until these shall lie concluded, no satisfactory tfecision can be come to, although, from the difficulties that have been started, it is likely that his life msy he spared. No reprieve has yet been transmitted Inc Eliza Dower—who was convicted, with her paramour, Abel Ovens, for the murder of their illegitimate child, at Minonouth—but, as not being actually engaged in the commission of the crime, she will probably be respited before the day of execution, Friday next.—Daily News, The Cardirnshire Quarter Sessions were held at Aherayron, on the 6th instant, The county business was quite unimportant, und that which usually conies under the head "tril of init.-mere" all but it sinecure, there being only one case, that of Edward Edwards, charged with ninliciously killing a sheep at Llantiailorn-fawr. The prisoner was acquitted. Nlr. Jones, of Derry Ormond, has issued his address to the eleetors of the Cardiganshire boroughs. It contains not one word about Protection or Free Trade, Mr. Junes simply states that he is a candidate vu" sound Proiestent and Coneervative priociples" . _ .  Tlie Cardigan annual fair before Easter was held on Monday week. The attendance of 1)0Iii 111,11014 nod buyer.. wan remarkably small. Hod very few horoot or horned iamb., ware shown; business, uunsequandy, was very *lncl.  - - - SWANSEA; WEDNiSDAY, APRIL 14, Mi.  Both Homes of Parlianient adjourned en nits, day se'imight for the Ender recess; not, however, without the occuirence of one or two incidents which, though tiivial in thentselvee, are certainly not calculated to inspire pelffic tonfidente in Earl Derby's Ministry. Mr, Osborne's keen satietion on the withholding, hy the Ministry., of a frank avowal of its policy, while it tuffied the temper of more than ohe of the Cabinet, so as to call forth from them defiance of a " meribiind Parliament," proved only More clearly, by the answers which it evoked, that the Ministry do not announce a policy, for the simple reason told they have none—that they are going to trust to the chnpter of accidents—to welt and we what a general election Will send them— and theh shape their Cellit4C OA the Wind may blow at the time. A very tonvertient position, certainly, for a body of statesmen determired to retain porer, but not one which, we think, befits the destinies of a country with great interests like those of England at stake. Ministers regularly broke down with their Militia Enfranchisement scheme. In our last number we exposed its inconsistency, and, considering the principles of the men who proposed it, its utter absurdity. When proposed on Friday se'nnight, it took the Htillt4e a Commons by surprise—and well it might. On Monday evening Mr. Walpole withdrew his proposhion, acknowledging, in the plainest terms, that he had made it " too hastily," and Without the advice of his colleagues in office. Such acts as these tithed no proof that the men at present at the helm of Government are fiCfor the functions of the office they have taken upon themselves. In tact, it proves to us that they have not a single leading idea in their policy—that they live from hand to mouth—are mere political adventurers in agorae, where to keep office as long as they can appears to be the object aimed at. And yet there are people infatuated or silly enough to call this Ministry a