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Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Brecon Gazette

HOUSE OF COMMONS —THURSDAY

... ( Continuation of Thursday's Parliament from our last.) Mr. ItlPPON moved for leave to bring in a bill to relieve the Archbishops and Bishops from attend- ance in the House of Lords. Mr. GILLON seconded the motion. Lord ALTHORP, amidst cries of Question, said he was ready to meet the motion at once, or to leave it with the House to dispose of it as they thought tit. The cry of Question ...

savings banks

... Viewing the principle of those excellent institu- tions, the Savings Banks, conducted as they have hitherto been, in conformity to the plan laid down by that eminent statesman and true patriot, Sir George Rose, we have hitherto considered them worthy of our unqualified commendation. We confess, however, that the following extract from the Age induces us to fear that something ominous is now ...

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... MONMOUTHSHIRE n MONMOUTHSHIRE AND WYESIDE CRICKET MATCH. The return match between the Monmouthshire and Wyesidc Cricket Clubs, was played at Hay, on Tues- day last, and afforded excellent sport. After an ad- mirable display of skill and activity in this manly game, the sport of the day concluded by a majority iu favour of the Monmouthshire Club, as by the subjoined list MONMOUTIIIRE FIRST ...

GLAMORGANSHIRE LEGEND, OF THE LORD OF DUN RAVEN CASTLE. BY THE RURAL DOCTOR

... ( Continued from our last.) There lived in a sea-side hovel, near Duuraven, a des- perate character, once a smuggler, who having lost a hand, which was supplied with an iron claw fastened to the stump, a formidable instrument, obtained the name of Mat. of the Iron Hand. This man bore so evil a name among the country people, that he was best pleased to lead a soli tary life on the shore, shut ...

LONDON MONEY MARKET.

... LONDON MONEY MARKET. CITY, THURSDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. A slight depression has been felt in Consols as well as in Dutch Securities. In the early part of the day business on the Stock Exchange was somewhat lively, on account of the quotations from Paris of the French Funds.. [Consols are 87f, buyers, for Time, and sellers for Money.] Rentes 102 and Three per Centes, 74 15. Dutch Stock is 905 1$, ...

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... CAMBRIAN, GLOVCESTEU, AND LOXDOX RML- no.vii.—Our readers will see in an advertisement, that our liberal and enterprising neighbours in Swan- sea have taken in hand the promotion of this great national improvement, in their usual spirited manner. We regret that the crowded state of our columns pre- vents us referring to the subject at present, which, however, we shall do in our next. WF.SLEYAN ...

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... BRUrus AXD TITUS.-On a recent visit of his Grace the Duke of Wellington to Dover, he was, as Lord W arden of the Cinque Ports, received on his entrance into the place with military ho- nours by a detachment of the Rifle Brigade. The major commanding was the Marquis of Douro, eldest son of the Duke, who, by some accident, ap- peared before the hero in plain clothes—a circum- stance of which his ...

FASHIONABLES, LITERATURE, &c. j

... FASHIONABLES, LITERATURE, &c. Her Majestv has contributed £ 25 to the ftilid for raising a tablet to the memory of the late Mrs. H. More, and for the foundation of a school to bear the name of the deceased. The Marquis of Siigo, who has been recently appointed to the Governorship of Jamaica, possesses, it is understood, considerable property in that island. FLECTION FOR TOTNES.Iolin Thomas ...

MERTHYR y YDVIL, SATURDAY, April 5, 183 4. .,

... MERTHYR y YDVIL, SATURDAY, April 5, 183 4. Whoever has carefully viewed the fluctuations which the last ten years have brought upon trade and on the condition of the labouring classes in England, must be forcibly struck with the coinci- dence between these events and the astonishing decline of religion and loyalty, of moral princi- ple, and of patriotic feeling, that we have at the same time ...

GLAMORGANSHIRE, iii

... GLAMORGANSHIRE, THE MARQUIS OF BUTE.!—The Marquis and Marchioness of Bute are this day expected at Cardiff Castle from Mountstuart. Tiie 13i 11 for altering and enlarging the powers of an Act passed in 183 1 for empowering the Mar- quis of Btue to make a Ship Canal at Cardiff, near the mouth of the river Tuff, was read a third time in the House of Commons on the 26th tilt. and on the same day ...

WHIG JUSTICE.

... GXSaniWST POETICAL, VERSUS POLITICAL, ECOXOMY.—Fre- deric the Great, king of Prussia, as it is well known, was very economical, and so was also Voltaire; and this circumstance in their respective characters occasioned additional differences between them. Among the advantages which were to accrue to Voltaire, in consequence of his residence in the palace of the king of Prussia, was the being ...

SWANSEA REGATTA AND PILOT BOAT RACING

... These races commenced on Wednesday, the 24th ult., the weather proving favourable each day for the occasion with a fine breeze. It atttacted a numerous assemblage of rank and fashion, anxious to witness these highly de- lightfll1 aquatic sports, with which every one seemed much entertained. From the number of pleasure-boats and yachts seen cruizing about to witness the manoeuvring of the ...