The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

TO THE EDITORS OF ENGLAND. e Editors "r England, what freedom you posses^ Unlike those of other dimes whose just right to express Tiji- principles they deem the best for tll" good of even class. h g by t 11' Despot's wil, that rules the mighty mass — lint here, in merry England, the l'ress shall ever be Unshackled save by virtue's bonds, truthful, just, and free. Fear not a party censure when jlJstice guides the pen, But let your etforts seek the ttood of all your fellow-men And shrink not frotu your duty. but pilot out the way, That be multitude may fo'low "here none need go And should contention's thunders at Britain's Press be hurl'd, United let your watchword b. Trut:1 against the World." Advocate the cause of Peace, that commerce still may thrive, Guard the Nation's interests, fur its good and welfare strive, That Industiv may flourish, and Art be.-ir up its train, And this, ou; bonny island home, o'er all tnumpl1;.nt reign. Thea the t'en will supersede the Sword ia power, might and right, Anù thO" Press become the guttering stiir, the sun of Britain's light. NELSON MAKK- H, Bute-street, Cardiff, March -1, 185;

THE SOULS OF THE CHILDREN. BY CHARLES MACK.\ Y- Who bids for the little ch¡lùren- Body, and soui and brain; Who bids for the little children- Young and without a stain I" We biJ," said Pest a id Famine, We bd for lif" and limb Fever, and pain, and squalor, Their bright young eyes shall dim. I hid" said Beggary, howling, I'll buy them, one and all. I'll teach them a thousand lesson9- To lip, to skuik, to crawl." 41 Anù I'll biù higher and higher," Said Crime, with woltish grin, For I love to lead thp childreu Througn the pleasant paths uf Sill. 011, shame" sai,1 true Religion, Oh, shame. that thIs shoulù be I'll take the litlie children, L'll take them all 10 mp, II I'll raise them up wit!1 kinJneis From the mire in wlncll troù, I'll teach them words of blessing, l'l! lead them up to God." You're not the tru" religion," Said a Sect, with fllshing eyes Nor thou," said anuther sco.vliug— heresy and lies." "You shall not have the children," Said a third, with shout and leU; Antichrist and bigot- You'd train them up for hell." And England, sorely puzzieù To see such battle strong. Exclaimeù with voice or pity- Ob, friends you dù me wrong! Oh, cease your bitter wrangling, For till you all agree, I feci the littie chiiLlre,1 Will plague both \ou and me." But all refllseJ to listen ;— Quoth they—" \V t' bide our time;" Anù the bidders seized the children-. Beggary, Filth, and Crime Ami the prisons teemed with victims, And the giliows rocked 011 high; And the thick abomination Spread reeking to the sky.

LITERARY VARIETIES. A VEIL. —A Jace blind. worn by a woman, not to hide her blushes, but to save her complexion. ELOQUENCE.—Great is the power of r1oqucnce; but never is it so great as when it pleads alollg with nature, 2Ind the culprit is a cbilú strayed from his duty, and re- turned to it again with tears. A gallant, who was sitting beside his beloved, and being Imable to think of anythinlot else to say, asked her why. she was like a tailor? I don't know," said she, unless It 18 because I am fitting beside a goo,c." A brilliant" young miss. discoursing on poetry the other day. bur3t into the following- high flown "train;- *• P0etry, Sir, in my opinion, is harmony it is the voice of the angels, the music of the spheres, the royal harp of love, the pnent uf purity, the benign instrument of charity. Poetry breathes sweetly in the passing zephyr, aod sings luilabies in the majestic symphonies of Boreas; the sea echoes ics mUSIC, and the waves, as they roll onward in cDromatic scries, express its very soul. Poetrv, to me, i, my dear, wlieie did you purchase t hat love of a bonnet ? AUSTRALIA.— It is observed in .Mr. Lancelott'sbook upon Australia, that almost every thing in nature IS, in Australia, tile reverse of what it i, here. When we have winter they l>ave summer, wheil we have day they have night; we have Our feet pressing nearly opposite to their feet, There, tJo, the compass points ro tile south the sun travels along 1 ,.e thJrthern heiveii-; the plumage of the birds is beautiful, tneir notes are harsh and strmge the 8wans are black, the t-agies are white; the mules lay eggs; the owls screech and Loot only in tbe day-time, til" song is .hear,j only i, tbe night; th-■ valleys are cool, the mountain-tops are v-arm; the north winds are hot, the south winds are cold, tile east winds are healthy; tbe bees are without sting; the cherries grow with tbe stone <?urÚde; one of the birds has a broom in his mouth, lu,3tead ot a tongut>; another creature (the duck-billed pi itypus) unites wit!1 the boiiv. fur, the habirs of a mole, the webbed foot and bill of a duck. Many of the beautiful flowers are without smell; and even the geological formatiou ot the country, a8 far as 8>certai ned. is most singular. AMUSEMENT.—Among the many wants of mankind v« hich at once exhibit and employ the powers of their larger nature is that universal demand for amusement put forth by 1111 ages, aad in every form of character. Man is, or ought to be, a working character-a tact of whicli tbe mis- cllief so readily provided for idle hands furmshes too fre- quent proof; but some inferior species work also. Severdl orders of life and instinct, from the beaver to the bee, are 1 ,borious, at least in one season of the year, but during that period they look for neither leisure nor holiday, pursuing from month to mouth the same round of untlriog and changeless industry, till winter at last arrives, and they s1nk into silence and inactivity, ifoot complete torpor. The 1-ves of many auimals are thus almost equally divided be- tween labour aod rest; but our human want, of relaxation or amusement seem utterly unfelt among them. The aborigines of Northern Siberia and Greenland are said to follow a similar tashion of life, working and sleeping alter- nately, with scarcely a variation, except that of a great feast ÍII honour of their gods, as handed down from immemorial tradition. Duubtless the long nights and rigorous winters of those polar regions tend to limit the regards, and ev..n the faculties, of the generations over whom they pass to the absolute necessities uf existence — as, in milder climates, there ii 00 degree of civilization so narrow that it finds not D'ore room aod requisition for amu-em ent.. All savagt's. delight mere or lei-s iu indolence, and the active pastllTIei of Europeans are to them matter of unfeigned astonishment. A New Zealander can ecircely understand "hdt shoul.¡ in- duce a man to take a long walk among the tree, and btream8 only lor the purpose of tlJrning back. Working for amuse- went is tothe savrtge mind still more unintelligible. One of the earlIest missionaries to the Iroquois of Canada Was a French priest, tr) whom the tribe pai 1 louch respect, on ac- count of his superior knowledge and exemplary life. Tile Indians built him a log house in the forest, and eoclused him a small clearing by way of garden, iû which the good priest planted the seeds of some European vegetables, and many a native flower clJlIected in his walks through those wild woodlands, the cultivation of which was a pleasant re- laxation to the solitary exile. The first time he was found at this elDployment tiyoneof the Iruq,ois chiefs, the Litter 8tood for some time gazing at him 10 silent amazement, over the low fence, and at length in a most solemn tone ii quired, •' What hai my (ather dooe. that the great spirit has commanded him to descend from his high medicine, 8nd dig grouud?"

THE GOLD DIGGINGS. The JIelbourne Jloming Herald has the following remarks on the state of the" Gold Diggings," in January last: — "OlJf mining operations are gradually assuming a cha- recter which, while not at all preclulling the pU>Elbiiity of fresh discoveries even more splendili than those of Eagle- hawk and Bendigo, leHe every day less and less room for apprehending aoy sudóeu cessation of the gold yi?ld. Our diggers are no longer concentrated in one rich spot-1fe no longer all engaged in emptying one great pit of gold-but lire scattered over the country in half a dozen different d.rections. Bend'go and Mouut Alexander are still per- haps tile tavouri'e p'a.-es aud that they afe are not quite exhausted, the thirty thousand ounces brought down Irom tLem last week testify, lint when men talk of going to the diggings now, they no longer mean the above places as a IDa! ter of course anù numerous are the consuitatious held, and cogent tne arguments advanced, as tn the Ljuestion whicil neld ot labour is to be preferrt:,1. During tile last few weeks tiJt: Ovens have beeu decidedly gaining ground io public e,ti,oatiun; and gathering whit information we can from the confl cting accounts which lit present reach town, we fancy that at tiles- diggings the gold i, distributed more evenly tlian at Bendigo aud Mount Alex;mder-that great prizes are more rare than at these places, but that, as at Ballarat, there are fewer blanks. "The total quantity of goid shipped from Melbourne up to the 24th of is estimated at 100 tnus ) cwt. l qr. 11 lbs. 4 oz., which at £ 3 IDs, rer oz., amotluts 10 A'8,403,<5 J6 a larger quantity than any recorùed to have been proLlucpd iu any other country in a simtlar period, •• from the creatiou of ihe world to the battle of Waterloo," as compendious universal histories sav. We have, moreover, no mecins of a8cert"i¡;Ïog the amount of Victorian gold which has been shipped from cr retained ill Adelaille or Sydney. I tie decrease which during the last month or two has occurred i <I the earnings of woiking men, has been arcom- panied by a somewhat qualifying reduction in the expd¡,es of living. Ail those art:c:e, uf consumptiun which are in- cluded among the necessaries of lite, bave fallen in price, and there Cilll be no doubt that they will fall farther. The expenses of iiving in Yicturia are conslderablv less than tbey were a short time ago. This remark, however, does l1ut apply to tile matter of house rent in Melbourne, where a tour-roomed cottage is still rented at rather a h'gher rate tbau the houses ia Watbourne Terrace, Ujde Park. There se-ems to be 8till little illcllOatlon to build for speculation here, and we fear thrtt tor some time to come aU hut ímrni- grants of the wealthier classes will have to endure consl- derable crowding and discomfort, or to content themselves I with whatever canvas, homes they Clay themselves have brought hither. ilie tents of new comers have indeed been pitched in such multitudes, on a pit?ce of "-round apprupriated to this purpose, on the south of the Yarra. that a complete call- vass town has arisen there. The tents are arranged III regular st"eets and squares, aoJ tbe .\ldv-fair louo"er, mc1Y tiod amoug>t them promenades "hich "wiil recall IdS old 2,aunts 10 him by name, if ia IJO other respect. Some ot the tents ale poor-looking enough, but others, ornamented with green and gold arabesques at the rid.'e and set oil' by jaunty flags, indicate that iheir pioprietor? have siarted go.d digging, as though it were éI. highly remunerative pastime, res-oiblmg a cricket match. The oooervant epectator of tl1e canvass city indeed is much etruck by the diversely shaped aud sized tellts which .-neet his view. Such as they are, however, some thousands of men, women Mild cillltlren find their "local habitation" in them at pre: ¡¡eDt, nor does there (or the most part seem much disP08ltioa "nong the hardly tried new chums to magadj difficulties or to be reaflilv turned trow their intended course.

THE NATIONAL FORESTS." The management of all the forests was, up to the 10th October, 1851, combined with the extensive departments of the land revenue, under the control ot one Board —sioce tbat period one commis- sioner has charge of these extensive and hitherto profitless domains; they cjnsist of the New Forest, Hants; Dean Forest and High Meadow Woods, Gloucester; Alice Holt Forest, and Woolcier Forest, Hants; Bere Forest, Hants; Parkhurst Forest, Isle of Wight; YVhittlewood Forest, and Salcey Forest, Northampton; Delamere Forest, Chester; Whychwood Forest, Oxon; Walthain Forest, Essex; and the Chopwell Woods, Durham, containing a range of much above 200,000 acres and yet it appears that the wide crown estates in Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and in Wales, together with the glorious Windsor Park, Hampton, Richmond, the urban parks, — Hyde, Regent's, Victoria, Battersea, and also domains in the Isle of Alderney, &c., are all placed ander the control of the other absolute Com- missioner of Her Majesty's Crown lleuts and Land Revenue. — The Builder. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS.—Extract of a letter, written uy John Molarl Wheeler, E-q., Collector ot Cu-toms, Jamaica, having been banded by his brother, at Swindon, lu Mr. Prout, for puhliciitiolJ, know yuu luve never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let me emphati- eally tell you, ill mercy to any friend who mav from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any branch ol that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them. In this couutry they are of wouderful eflicacy not only am I personally aware of their powers, b jt I see III) friends and acquaintances receiving unfailing benefit from their use. I wouid not be without them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it alto- gether: if ia a later, they alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier cure than by any other means within my know- ledge."—Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London and by all respectable medicine vendors through'jut the LL'iitcd King lorn. Price 2s. 9J. per box-

RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BRIDGEND AND MAESTEG. A ruBLic MFETING was hel,1 in thc Town-LLALL, Bridgend, 0:1 Saturday last, for the purpose of considering the ex- pediellcy IJI having A broad guage railway frolll Biaen Llvnti tl) Bridgend, and also to consider the bills now before Par- liament for the construction of railways to thø Llynfi Valley. The ;¡ttendnncewas highly influential; and among those presellt we NOTICED— M. P. Trahi roe, E-q., Coytraben; Colonel Tu.hervill. Kwenuy Abbey; U-v. It Tyd¡e;:ston,! Courr; Win. Lie well) n, 1->4.. Court Ooltnan H. Lindsjy, Esq., Taibacb J. Truherue, E-q., Cefn-ydfs: John Hand ill, Esq" Bridgend C. J. Hampton, E q Mae-ieg; JUNES Brown, E-q., Bryn!!la., Newport, Monmouthshire Wlllhll1 Lewis, E-q., Bridgend; S. Cox, E"l" Bridgend; G. H. Verity, ES.]., Bridgend; H, Verity, E-q., Tremains; Dngdale Houghton, E.q., Forchiwm; Philip Dunn, Esq, Aber- C IF II', and Bel" Jenkins, E-q., Blaencor\rg, directors, an,1 Robert P.ir-ons, E q„ Toii.naur, Secretary uf the South Wales Miner-W Railway Company; A Cutnbertson, Esq., Ne«th; Mr. T. Price, Hritlgea.l Mr. W. Bl yaut, Bridg- end Me-srs. W, and I), Williams, colliery proprietors; Air. IV. I>vies, rnll<ral agent, Maest. g :'11', J. II iglte*, Pillgwenhy Mr. T. Jones, Mr. R. Ev illS, Mr. &e., &e.. &c. There were M lny other parties present, whose names we were unable to ascertain. It Was prop<>s."t, seconded, anil 011 being put to the meeting was carried unanimously, that M, P. Traherne, EJQ 01 Covtrahen, do toke the chair. The Clia rm.N, "fter a FJW remill k", in calling atlention to lite object ot the meeting, a !\erle,llo tne great impor- tallce ot opening up a communic itiori with the district between Bridgend and Maesteg, bv which its rich mineral resources should find m-alls 01 transit 10 a market. This could only be effected by means of such a line as was con- templated ill convening thi. meeting. The valleys of the Ogmote aud Garw, and other smaller valleys along which the line would pISS, abounded ill coal of the most valuable quality, as well liS iron ore; "t present they were not worked, BECAUSE thev had 110 means of access 10 the markeL-The chairman here referred to a geological map, aod p lin'ed out the several localities where minerals were to be found, and referred to authorities ag IU their richness and value. If they had means of Iran911, by which to convey these re-ources to tile South Wales line at Bridgend, they wonl,1 have access to Cardiff and other ports on Ihe ea-t, and by means of the proposed line from Maesteg to Briton-ferry, as well a8 by Ihe South Wales 10 the shipping ports on the we*t. Th J landlords of Ihl8 dis- trict had there/ore must important interests dependant on the opening of a railway communication betwuen this town aod Maesteg. In saying this, he (the chair- nun) did not wish thit they should turn th ir backs on the old (the Porthcawl Railway) company. If tiiey woulû uudertake the work, let IHEM do il. by all mean". Their oid line was ineflicient for the traffic of the tiistrict. In filct, from its high level, it was of no use to them. H, therefore, they uo not determine to make a oew rue on the broad guage, whicll would, as a means of trm- uit, be available fur the conveyance of the minerals of the valleys of the Ogmore, it must be done by other There was uo doubt that somebody else would óo it, an(1 the result would be that they (the old com- pauy) would lose all their traffic. The course which in- teresF, and every consideration of wund 6policy, dictated to the Duffryn Llynfi Company was therefore in accord- aoce with those interests which required such a railway communication as would open up the resources of the valleys of Ihe Ogmore and Garw, up to Cymmer and Hi rwain, and he trusted the old company would seize the opportunity (JuW presented to them, of benefitting the whole or thiS important district, as Well as this town-for if they did not 8 )me other parties would (hear, hear). As there were several gentlemen present uf great experience in mining matters he would not add any other remarks, but if any gentleman had a pruposal to make he shouJet be most hanpy to hear him. Mr. CharIes lhmpton moved the first resolution—" That the great anù growing importance of tbe iron works in the Llynvi Valley, and Ihè larg-e and rapiily increasing popula- tinn of Maesteg, render highly desirable a more cunveuient and Expedllious me.1ium of communication between them and Ihe town of ilriJgeod than at present exists; and that a broad guage line of railway would, wliile allordiiig the desired medium, at the same time eoaneet the former with the South Wales Railway, and by its means wilh the metropoLs by Ihe nedrest route." The proposition containeù in the motion was so self- evident, IIlat it needed very few words from him to en- force it. In THESE railway times, une must express the greatest wonder thólt a population of some six thousand souls at the head of those valleys, but nine miles in length, should have been left so long without adequate me3ns of communication. The mineral re- sources of those valleys were undoubted, aod certain por- lIon9 Wl'1'e full of minerals, for which. at present, there was no outlet. The demand tor coal, Ihey all knew, was very great indeed and whilst there was coal there which could be worked so cheaply, it seemed a disgrace to the district that it had no means of carrying it to market. That a line must be made, he felt there could not be the slightest doubt, for the present line did not alford enough of accommoda- tion to the district but if the Llynvi Valley Company would afford proper accommodation to the district, he thought they should have the preference. The line that [ud been suggested would take its coune to Bridgend p'1ssing near Tundu. 1t was the very best that could be formed. Such a line harl been before sanctioned by a committee 01 the House of Commons, and he did not see why the lioe should not be successful at aDY future time. Mr. P. Price said he had been caned upon, as an inltalJitant of Bridgend, to second the re30lurion. Nothing would justify him taking the position he then did, excepting that he was engaged in commercial pursuits, was an old inhabi- tant of the town, and had taken a(1 iutere9t in the efl'ot ts which had been made for its well-being and Ihat uf the neighbourhood. He was quite sure thH the proposition which was made that day to the meeting would be highly beneficial to the neighbourhood-he would not say town, for he wished prosperity to the whole district. He thought it must be evident to all who resided III the neighbourhood, and who knew anything of its mineral resources, that a broad guage line from Maesteg to the South Wales Hailway at Bridgend waul,1 greatly advance the inte- rests of the town alld neighbourhood. The pruposition which had been made by the old company would not mcet the wants of the district at large. It could not possibly open the rich mineral re.-onrees of ttle valleys which Were cluse upon the proposed line, such as the Hirwdin Valleys. lIe had, therefore, gre3t pleasure in secondiüg such an important resolution. He was quile sure the eudeavour to carry it out would succeed ;-if not at ODce, in a short time they would gee accomplished the object for which they were then lOet. It would be to the interests of the Llynvi Railway COIOPlllY to fall in wid1 the views and recommendations uf that meeting; and he believed if tt1ey aùopted the suggestions then very amicably made to them, they would benefit themselves to a great degree, as well as opea tile mineral resources of the district. He had had the honour of acting with those gentlemen, who successfully opposed tbe devialion of the South Wales line fcom Bridgend; and whel1 he took his part before a com- miltee of the House of Commons, he remembered statiug that tile natural outlet, above the town of Bridgend, was the Ogmore. He was quite certain the time would come when a bro1(l guage line trorn Bridgeoll to Maesteg would have communication with those valleys. Every interest— landed, commercial, and mining—would be benefitted by the accomplishment of that object. The whole of Glamor- ganshire wlJuld receive equal benefit from the results. It would likeNlse be a paying line, owing 10 the magistrates meeting, and other public business being transacted, at Bridgend. He confessed be looked upon the scheme for IlmaJ¡;:1matiDg the Llvnvi Valley Railway Company with the new scheme-the Briton Ferry and Glyncorrwg Rail- way-with some suspicion. If they amalgamated, good-bye tu Bridgend; uut If thq disagreed, he thought they would succeed in getting a good rallwar to Bridgend. If those companie3 made an amalgamation, he hoped they would never be satisfied till they had a broad guage line to Maesteg. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. J. Randall begged to move-" That the large pro. portion of the mlUeral property in the Llynvi Valley is in consequence of the high level at whiell the Llynvi Valley Railway runs through that valley, practically shut out from all railway communlcatwu with any port, or with the South Wales Rail way, and that the valieysof C^MOGWR.CWM Garw, aud Cwm Du, and the large tract of couotry called Hir- wain, a1l known to be rich iu minerals, are at present with- out any means of developing their valuable resources for want of a railway to connect them with the trunk line of the South Wales Railway, which runs within a few miles of them." Having lived a longtimein that neighbourhood, the difficlllty which the iron works have had in regard to railway communication had come under his notice. The present line was upon 80 very high a level, that those who drove their levels at the lower parts of the valley could not, with- out very great expense, get upon the line. Therefore it was most desirable to have a new line at the bottom of the valley nearer the river. If that were done, the valleys of Cwm Ogwr, Cwm G.irw, aod Cwm Du, might all be brought upon that hne, whlch.was at present impossible, uuless at great expense, by stationary engines, to get to it. The land- ownerS were very much concerned in havin" a new line for the minerals which were nuw locked up for want of it, Consequently, the proposition before the meeting must be very beneficial to them If carried out, The Llynvi Valley Line not reaching Bridgend, they had no outlet to the east; and the town of Bridgend, therefore, must ma- terially suffer. It was, tben, of the highest importance to the town that a new hne should be brought, as tllat line would embrace the whole of the valuable minerals of the district; it was still more of importance that they should have that communication which had been proposed. He, therefore, hoped that what had been thrown out that day, would induce the Llynvi Valley Cumpany to atford theln the desired communication to th",t valley, which would be available for the other valleys, of the resources of which Mr. Hampton bad told them. If it came to Bridgend, he had no doubt of its being a paying line. He did not think he need say more on the subject, because it was quite clear that nothing but a new line of railway, at a low level, could be of any service to meet the increasing wants of the valleys. 1\1r. Goddard, having seconded the resolution, it passed unanimously. Mr. J. Traherne, in moving the following xeaolution, would refrain from making any remarks upon il, the subject having been so clearly laid before the meeting:—"That a broad guage line of railway, commencing at Blaen Llunvi at the head of the Llynvi Valley, running down through Maesteg, and following the course of the river Llynvi to its junction with the Ogmore, and theuce 10 the South Wales Railway, at or near Bridgend, would form the desired link between Maesteg and Bridgend, and, while open- ing the Llynvi, Maesteg, Garth, aod Tondu Iron- works, and the whole of the mineral property in the Llyuvi Valley to the South Wales Railway by the nearest route, would be the first and a necessary step towards the development of the other valleys and Hirwain, which could be connected with it by branch railways and thus the whole of the district would be thrown open to the South Wales Railway, aod by the Llynvi Valley Railway Company broad gmging t heir railway from Bridgend westward to the port of Porth Cawl." Mr. W, Lewis, though suJering from a very severe cold, could Dot, as ao old inhabitant, be well abseol 011 sucll an occasion. He had great pleasure ill seconding the proposi- tiou.-C-trried unanimously. Mr. Cox: then propo,ed-" That the Chairman be requested to communicate to the Llynvi Valley Railway Company the resolutlODs of thts meeting, and to ascertain whether Ùey are disposed to apply to Parliament in the next session for powers to make the line suggested anù, it oot, whether they will co-operate with a company to be formed fOI" the purpose, to atlall1 the objects in view, and meet the exigencies of the c<mntry." In doing so, he would make one remark wÎJicÎJ had not been previously made, on a matter more irnrnedlalely felt by the inhabitants of Bridgend, who could all teHify how very badly they were supplied with coals. He himself spoke feelingly on the subject, and should, therefore, very glad to see additional collieries opened to the town by the proposed railway. He agreed wilh one of the j2;entlemen who h ID preceded him in thinking that the Llyuvi Vadey Railway Coinpauy ought to have the option of making tIle ime. They had, however, long koown the wants of Ihe disl. ict, and had neglected them. The object of tllat meeting w 1; to draw the atten- tion or that Company to what was required, and lu what WH re50lve,! to be done, ,.11OUiÜ they Dilt elJueavour lo remedy the evil complained of, Mr. Win. Bryant fully concurred in and seco!11ed the resolution, wlllch was subsequently adopted. Mr. Dugdale Houghton said tie had waited patiently, being ill doubt whew.r, not being an inhabitant 01 Bridgend, he wduld be allowed to appear or 110: before the meeting; but 11'.110 the circular lie held ill hi., hand, lie found that they bad been cal;d iOgpther to condida tho: expediency of having a brdaJ g iage line froal lilaenllunfi to Bridgend, and also tn consider tile oills now before P<trliament lor the couslruction of railways lo the Llyn;, I V diley; alll!,1i It all parties interested were ilJvlled 1<> ai- teoJ. He was an active promoter of tl, Sooth 'lIc' H Iii wav, aud wished to Know if tie ;.11 "lid tie ill older 1'1 RTIUU„ tu lIle meeting the course Ihey were about III take. It IK was oot in order he would immediately MI d nvn, but il il was the wish of the m""tin¡r, he -Iwuid lIe happy tu proceed (heir, hear). And lírH lie wuuld express iI HOPE that ttu- geutlemen of Bridgend wuuld not. tor lolle suppose that Ihe Soutb Wales Mineral Itailway Company wer.- wanting in respect tù the III a8 a hody uf gentieme I. Mos of the gem lerneu connected WillI that compniy wele men of bu,iIles3, allll tlHt day happened tu tJe oue oj tue most unfortunate ou which the meeting could be held He had SEVERAL letters from dilferent gentlemen, ass gtling various reamns why tiley CJU d not attend, SlJ thdt thcy coulu perceive it was oot out 01 any disrespect those gentlemen were not thell preseut.- \1r. Houghton theu proceeded to give :111 outlllle of tite formation of the South Wales Mineral Ihilway Company. Hirn-e f alld nome other gen- !lemeo. owners of large property Uil Ille Afoti alld Blien- llunfi V 4!!ey>, who had COUU which tlley WANTED to bring to market, projected a private rai!w»y, but were m?t wM> fie objpc\ion tint, MS it was a priv-tte scheme, thev co i'd not Cill upon Ihe public for su '!>•»«. Thev then proposed to go from Glyncorrwg; aliI: it ,;truc:, him titH it woiicl he verv tn make a lea,) line, commencing ill. Bridgend, through Maesteg, and terminating at Neath or Briton Ferry. \ith that view he went over the COUlJlry with -Mr, Parsons. Thev ,ipci,1d that they wou 1.1 spend some little money I" try i', and a prospectus was issued. P'O,) >sing tl) make a new 1'l1e ivh cli should terminate at Bridgend. B it when they went to London he discovered what, he .e;is n it aware of pr> vi"'ls1" that tt,e valley wa. already oc/upied bv the Llynvi Valley Tnniwav Comp-tny, who-e intentions those gent I. • n-.e wished to assert in. They we e io!d that the compniy in- tended to g> 10 Parliament for po»er tll make a line trl)11I Bndgen(1 '0 Maesteg. whkh they "Iii was all they wished for, and accordingly altered their n di e merely for a 11111' to Maesteg, wit.ii a junction to lilaenllunfi. They then waited f.ir Ihe plans 1)1 tiie eo-rpmv — and he was very sorry the Hev. Mr. Knight was « >t then jq the roo n to heir what he was then sta in^ — and "er ■ gr ev.>u-l\ disappointed lo find that, inst"H-i of going 111\, till" "ere ¡;h"111 tl) patch lip a thing wliÍ,'1I was worse pa ched u;) than it was lh-,f"r.->, f ,r it woii'd preclude other p.-oole fro n going into the vadcy; but- if the people (If Bridgend b",1"rre 1 theni-e ves he d,d UDt thiuk Parliament "\}11¡d suc'i a thing. 4- communication was then opened with thev ewto coming to an amalgamation, and he was sotry to he.ir a gentleman say that Bridgend woti'd have thJ go by" if such an amal- gamation took place. If thev did amalgamate it would only be upon the condition of having ;\sgooc! a line a' thecouutry could produce upon the brotd gauge. They would never be parties to tinkering up a line and if anv of the shareholders of the Llynvi Compallv were present they would h,) th mkful to them tor o"t t. Would It be mopose 1 dial gentlemen having mineral property would -end it down by such road" If thty had not good roads, they wh" had would beat them hollow. He uuoerstond thrre had been two documents put out by the Llynvi Valley Company, in which they—the South Wales Mineral Railway Company— were toidthat they were nobodies—that they would never make Ihpir surveys—that they would never deposit their plans—that the subscription deed would never be signed. They would find, however, when the day of tight came, that the South Wales Mineral Railway Com- pany would be quite ready to fight the Llynvi Valley Railway Company, and to assist the gentlemen pre- sent. And the former company were quite ready to come forward next year to make a good line from Bridgend round by Maesteg—such a one as the South Wales Railway would treat with the greatest respect. He challenged them to produce more business-like men than theprujeforsoftheline. There were many among them who cojid make the line themselves. Just to show the feeling which existed, he would mention that a deputation had been appointed to wait upon the Directors ot the Llynvi Valley Company, and tenns were proposed. Whe- ther those terms had been accepted, or other terms offered, he could not say until Tuesday, when the meeting of the company would take place. If the Llymi Valley Cumpany would make the line, with thamor without them,-if the Llynvi Valley Company did what he thought they would do -attempt to frighten them, he hoped he wou1d have the pleasure uf seeing the gentlemen cOlllposing the meeting next session; and if they took the matter up as he supposed they would, among the iroll masters would be found plenty of men, with the siuews of war—money—and well versed in Parliamentary tactics, to help them. Mr. Llewellyn, of Court Colman, explained the reason of the Rev, .\1r. Knight leaving the meeting, lie had been obliged to start for London to attend a meeting of the L.ynvi Valley Railway Company. Air. Price thought he was right in assuming that, if the amalgamation to which he had alluded took place, there would be very great uncertainty and improbability of both companie<, when combined, carrying out Ii distinct broad guage line to the station at Bridgend. But he must confess he did not see mod, prospect of such an amalgama- tion if it were the the determination of the South Wales Mineral Company to carry the line to Bridgend, against which company he was sure the meeting had 110 hostility. If they did effect an amalgamation with the Llynvi Valley Railway Company, and projected a line to Bridgend, they would meet with a very favourable reception from the inhabitants of the town and from the landowners of the neigbbourho:1d. 'Ihe Chair man intimated his readiness to give any assistance to the Glyncorrwg Company, for the other company had done nothing. Mr. Houghton said the company did not at present pro- pose or think of coming to Bridgend as a company. All they said was that, if the people of Bridgend desired a line up to Mae»teg, the company would assist them. The com- pany would be satisfied with taking it to Maesteg. but did not wish to take the initiative in extending it to Bridgend. If the inhabitants of Bridgend did that, the Glyncorrwg Company would assist them by taking shares, and by affording them other very material help. The Chairman was anxious that the Llynvi Valley Com- pany should have the benefit; but if they would not supply the requirements of the district, other steps must be taken. Mr. R. Parsons then addressed the meeting, contending that the couversion of the Llynvi Valley tramroad into a narrow guage railway would not be sufficient for developing the miueral resources of the district. The very finest coal fields in the Comoro. Garw, and Afon valleys were only waiting for a road. In proof of his assertions, Air. Parsons read an extract from a statement published in 1845, in sup- port of a railway, "the object of which was to enable an important mineral and manufacturing district in South Wales to communicate with the ports of Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot, and other ports:"—"And that if this bill should not receive the sanction of Parliament, the legisla- ture will, in effect, lock up a district of more than fifty miles in circumference-a disttict full of coal and iron and also confer a monopoly upon a tramroad company, who-e lates of tolls are exce.8sive. and hy their Act ot Parliament cannot be lowered until jt;6 per cent. has been divided among the proprietors, and which tramroad, together with the port wieh which it is connected, is quite inadequate to the pre- sent trade." That line had since been abandoned, but if the statement were true in 1815, it was equally true at present. Mr. Lewis said the statement which had just been read was made by parties then opposed by the Duffryn company. The statement was made by parties in opposition. They afterwards agreed with the Dulfryn Company and Llynvi Valley Company. Mr. Parsons: And left the country j ust where it was. The Chairmau They just <1 id nothing. Mr. Lewis entirely agreed that the c mntry was locked up A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, who, in acknowledging the compliment, expressed a hope that the proposed line would soon be completed. He would give it every assistance in bis power. In the course of a few days, no douht an answer would be received from the Llynvi Valley Company; and he should then take measures for again assembling the meeting to make them aware of the result. The proceedings then terminated.

FIIIE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. On Saturday night, a few hours after the arrival of the Royal Family fit Windsor Castle, an alarming fire suddenly broke out in their private apartments, which are situated in the Prince of Wales's Tower. On its giound floor stood the Gothic Dining-room, a very handsomely decorated apartment, and here Her Majesty and the Prince dined alone on Saturday, as is their custom on the day of their arrival at the Castle. They had concluded their repast, and retired to an adjoining apartment, when dense volumes of smoke suddenly apprised the domestics that a fire had ori- ginated behind the woodwork of the dining-room. Every exertion was used to extinguish it, but we regret to say that the efforts made were not successful until a considerable de- struction of property had taken place. It would appear that the damage done has been extensive, foi, from the tire orixinatint: behind the wainscoting, and spreading thus from apartment to apartment, it was found impossible to extinguish it until an immense body of water had been expended. The Prince of Wales's Tower is com- pletely gutted, the roof even being destroyed, and the flames penetrated into portions or the Brunswick Tower, which adjoins, doing much injury there also, The apartments which have chiefly suffered are about a dozen bedrooms and the Gothic diuing-roorn" the whole of the valuable furniture of the red drawing-room, which was placed in great jeopardy, was carefully removed by the soldiers and the Lord Chamberlain's men, and little damage is done to it, with the exception of the breaking of some of the glass of the magnificent chandeliers. fhe plate-rooms are situ- ated immediately underneath where the fire was raging, but it was not considered necessary to remove any portion of the plate, as the rooms were made fireproof. It did not appear, however, that they were waterproof, from the quan- tity which poured into them from the ceiling. In a very few minutes after the alarm was first giyen the fugUeer Guards, 700 strong, had doubled to the Castle, and the 2nd Life Guards, under the command of Colonel Williams, followed with their barrack engine. The soldiers behaved manfully, some mounting the roof of the tower, some re- moving the furniture with the utmost care from the apart- ments coutiguous to the conflagration, while others were using their utmost exertions at the engines. At about II the fire was at its height, when nearly all the engines had arrived on the North-ierrace, and were playing on the tower from various directions. All express was also despatched from the Castle to the London Fire Brigade, which arrived with two powerful engines, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, at 2 o'clock m the morning. About this time the fire was partially got under, but it was not totally extinguished before 4 oclock. Fortunately there was a plentiful supply of water 'ro'n '"C Crauboume tank, which had only been laid on to this part of the Castle in the autumn of last year, and were it not for this supply, in all probability the whole ot the Castle would have been burnt down. The frost was so intense during the night as considerably to retard the action of the engines, while it no doubt favoured the action of the flames. They appear to have spread with great rapidity and force, and to have resisted for au unusual time the immense volumes of water thrown upon them. The fire is said to have originated from a furnace-flue, situated at the basement of the Prince of Wales's Tower, for the purpose of heating the air which warms the Gothic dining-room and many other apartments in this tower. No estimate has yet, of course, been formed of the loss, which will fall chiefly on the Lord Chamberlain's department. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was present until the last. The Queen and the Royal Family, who bad retired to their private apartments at the south-east part of the Castle, remained there the whole of the night. The Hoyal family remain at the Castle, and were visited by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who came from her resi- dence at Frogmore as early as 9 o'clock Sunday. LATER INTELLIGENCE. The damage caused by the lire on Saturday night at Windsor Castle fortunately turns out to be much less ex- tensive than was at first supposed. Some half-dozen small bedrooms for domestics in the Prince of Wales's Tower have been destroyed, and the furniture of two or three more has suffered in the course of removal. Half the decorated ceil- ing of the Gothic dining-room has been burnt, and the rest is no doubt so much injured that the whole must be pulled down. But the side walls of this fine apartment remaiu unimpaired; the handsome mirrors with which they are ornamented have not been in the least degree damaged, and, with the exception of a single pane which seems to have been cracked by a blow, the plate glass win- dows are still perfectly entire. In short, considering that the fire lasted from before 10 o'clock on Saturday night till 4 o'clock on Sunday morning, and that it had possession of a part of the Castle where its extension would have involved a greater destruction of property than at any other point, it is a subject of surprise and congratulation that so little mischief has been done. Her M^jcty and the Prince when the fire broke out were in no immediate dauger from the occurrence, and the statement that they had dined on Satur- day in the Gothic dining-room is *e believe, erroneous. Above this dining-room there are two stories in the Prince of Wales's Tower, containing about 10 apartments, five on each story, chiefly for domestics. The fire appearo to have originated behind the woodwork of one of these apartments on the floor immediately over the dining-room, and on its north side. The alarm appears to have been given above and below about the same time. Above, one of the men- cooks on going to his room found it tilled witb smoke, and below, the gentlemen of the household, who had dined, ac- cording to custom, in the Octagon-room, on entering the Gothic dining-room heard tbe crackling of fire overhead, Ind sinelt the burning of wood. The nUrm having been given, the immense establishment of the Castle was at once collected on the spot to render assistance, The first object accomplished was to strip the dining-room ot its valuable furniture—an operation of no ordinary difficulty, but which was nevertheless performed in a very few minutes, and without a single breakage. Among the articles thus re- moved wefe some magnificent china va-es, II tew pictures, and one go'd vase, said t,) be worth £\O,UOO. Even to the carpet everytimig was saved. The Crimson drawing-room on the one side, and the Octagon-room on the other, were tlso dismantled, and such effectuil steps were taken to block up the connecting pass'ges, that the lire never reached either of these apartnien s. Tiie exact origin of fie fire his not yet been ascertained, but there seems good reason to believe that it WitS caused by a defective the. t'he inllnellse volumes of water t1,rown Upvl1 the •-urniug pile would, nad not due preciutioas been adopted, tve dOli" more injury th ui the lire itself, but tbe whole ,vas timed into the aieu floor of the Castle, whence it either •nade its escape by tne a.nk*, or was pumped out next morn mg by the engines. it 'Arts (Jot found necessary t,,) remove lier Maj ->ty from the White Drawing-room, which she oc- cupied when t .e tire wis tirst .liscovered, and the ordinary lotnestic arrangements of lhe Royal Family have not been in tile slightest de/ree distur led tJy whal lIa3 happened, tlis Royal H'giine<s Prince Albert penonally superintended the measures adopted o ) the occasion, and to his coolness md judgment mudl uf the good orler wi,iC!1 prevailed is itt. ibutcd. During the progress of the fire the sa'ety of the jewelled armoury seems to have excited more unvety thin auythiu^ else, for the plate rooms WERE constructed to be fire-proof, IIlId WeC" the-efore considered out of danger. So precious IS thi..¡ coi .-etioo IH-EM-D, THAT it is never shown to th.. public; and the Lord Chamberlain "veil LI;is no I'IL"rr to grant a I OIIS-IOIIS to it. It CONSISTS ..frwo small apartment", aHl that urarest the Octagon rOOIi) h;I(1 ils contents removed into the one farther back. Tne wonderful jewelled bird of Tippoo Saib has seldom been in GREATER peril thall Oil tills occasion, and i' "ould have Peeu all IGNOBLE tpfluinatioll to its history, if. "fler SURGING the cap ore of Seringapatain it had been de-troyed by the elf, CIS of au 8ccid Ilt,.1 fire in Windsor Castle.

MAD DOGS. There was a very lamentab e case of death from hydro- phobia reported in our last number, which h iving gone the round of the newspapers generally, makes U think: the pre- sent a favourable time for drawing public attention to the verr imperfect and u¡¡s"tisf1(.t"ry slate of the law regard- ing mad dogs. Io introducing the subject, it is hardly ne- cessary to SAY anything on the frightful, the terrible conse- quences ot hydrophobia, involving not only tile INTERESTS of the animal creation, but tilt-lives and comfort of those nearest and mo-t dear to Us. It is a question that comes home to the lu ariii and feelings of every one the min who takes the field with a valuable pack ol hounds, the firmer who trusts his flicks and herds to the supposed peaceful security of his pastures, the shooter who goes out witit his favourite wel'-traiued setters or pointers, the I courser who values h'« kennel of greyhiunds, nay, the very mugger who turns his donkey loose into the lane, or the old woman who keeps only acit to sit by the fire in the house -,oil are equally liable 10 suffer frO'1I this teriible visita- I nor.. It was only at the beginning of this season that we j read of a who E pack OF HEM,IS being B :.U-n by one of their body ihat went miid i'1 tbe held. Tile case we have alluded to was that of a poor little girl ofseveu years ot age. of humble pa-ents, living at Birken- head, who was bitten by a dog that had also bitten a cat that died mad, and what other extent of mischief it may have committed time only can determine. Meanwhile, however, the Ww is such, that no effectual steps can be taken (save under local bye-laws) for arresting the terrible calamity. The child was bitten before Christmas, but it was late in the month ot February before any unfavourable symptoms manifested themselves. There is a very general belief that magistrates have the power to order all dogs to be muzzled or confined during seasons of danger, unhealthine-s, or suspicion; and it is very common to see placards healed "MAD DOGS directing the police to lay information agiinst all pa'ties transgressing that order, but it is a IM-re empty threat; the magistrates (save under lo al acts) have no power of enforcing it bv line or otherwise Tfie consequence IS that thp order is disregarded, the magistrates blain ed, and the whole authority of the law weakened. Most of the local acts are Borough 01' Corporate-town Olle., while (lur grievance gcuerally exists most in the pure atmosphere of the country. If a dog, or. we presume, other animal, is evidently, un- deniably rabid, then a pulicemelu or other person may, it is said, justify the killing of it, but not without incurring the risk of the County Court; for few owners will ever admit their own dogs to be mad, though they would have had no hesitation in pronouncing them so if they belonged t.) any one dse, The consequence is, that before a dog can be duly declared mad, alld properly outlawed, he hds traversed Inlf a county, spreading the seeds of hydrophobia far and wide, to be reproduced a hundredfold in no one knows what species of animal, if not indeed in the human frame itself. The general rule seems to be that when an idle vagabond c<innot, or will not. keep himself, he keeps a dog; alld the introducllOII of hydrophobia into a country may generally be traced to slime miserable half-starved mongrel, whose wretched looks disarm suspicion-just liS the size of the little London pickpockets prevents our suspecting what they are, liS they 8cutl\e about us in the streels. The worst of hydrophobia is, that when once it gets a footing in a country, one never knows when it is eradicated. Sometimes when it appears to be quite gone, it buists forth ngiin with redoubled tury. All weathers and seasons seem tu be alike to it, winter pro,ll1cing quite as many ca-es AS summer. It is a calamity that is friglitfully on the in- crease, but unfnrtunately one Ihat always seem. to be be- neath the notice of our rulers. The temonstranCes and representations of magistrates are always met with the same frigid civility, whoever happens to be in power. The con- sequence is, 111 we said before, that the magistrates are blamed and the dignity of the law weakened by the issuing of ordersthiitarenot carried out. If tile Government will not strengthen thehands of the justices, by giving them the power of enforcing their prudent precautionary orders, it is wellat all events that the country should know with whom the blame rests. — The Field.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol- lowing bills;—Consolidated Fund bill, Mutiny bill, Marine Mutiny bill, InUnd Revenue bill. Commons luclosure (No 2) bill, the County Elections Polls bill. Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) bill, and the Indemnity bill. The Lords Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Breidalbane, and the Duke of Argyll. The Earl ot Eglinton presented a petition from a place in Scotland, praying that the Ordnance Survey might be continued. The Earl of Derby asked whether the Government had any objection to the production of the papers relating to the affair of Six-mi!e-bridge, which had been moved for in another place last night. He did not do so for the pur- pose ot founding any motion on them. The Earl of Aberdeen had no possible objection. The Earl of Cardigan condemned the course adopted bv the Irish government in reference to the prosecution of the priests He also expressed his surprise at the dictum of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, that if an unpopular can- didate started tor a large constituency without fair chance of success, he was answerable for any evil consequences that might ensue. The Earl of Aberdeen deprecated as most irregular any reference to the debates of the other house. Tiie noble earl (Derby) had moved for the papers relating to this affair, and then the noble earl (Cardigan) might more tit- tingly express his opinions to the house. At present his doing so was disorderly. The Bishop of Exeter was glad the noble earl (Aberdeen) deprecated reference to debates in the other house, and he hoped he would communicate his opinion to one of his colleaJlles in th;) uther huuse, who had referred to a speech made in this house by him (the Bishop of Exeter). Lord WharnclilFe asked if it was the intention of the Government to make any arrangement for the more certain transmission ut the mllils to Australia and whether they proposed to take any steps for more effectually en- forcing 01' terminating tile contract with the Australian Royal Mail Steam Company? Lord Canning Doped the public would not Bt19tl!in much inconvenience trom the accidents to the Australian, as the letters intended to go by her were immediately on her fuilure forwarded by the overland route to the Isthmus of Suez. and thence to Australia. He had also to state that the Committee now sitting upon the postal packet system were considering the subject of the Australian Mad con- tracts, and he therefore hoped the noble lord would not press his question as to whether the Government intended to enforce the contract of the Australian Mail Packet Company. The subject then dropped, and their lordships soon after aljourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-TIIURSDAY. COLONIAL POSTAGE.-Lord Stanley wished 10 ask his hon friend the Under Secrelary for the èolonies a question of which he had given hi m noticein reference to a subject which he had intended some short time ago to bring under the notice of the House-he alluJe,1 to an uuifurm nte of postage to all our colonies. Since then, however, an in- timation had been given to him that though it WAS intended to establish this uniform rate, nevertheless some consider- able delay must probably take place before it could be car- ried into elfect; he therefore wished to ask his hon. friend the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, at what time the reduction in the rates of colonIal postage announced by the Postmaster-Geueral, migut be expected to come into operation ? Mr. F. Peel said, in answer to the question of his noble friend, be was afraid that some considerable time would elapse before the plan announced by the Postmaster Gene- ral could be brought into operation. He understood that plan would be THIS:—That a uniform rate of tiel. per half ounce should be imposed upon all letters sent to or from the colonies, and out of that sum Id. was to be allotted to the colonies. Now, Id. by no means represented the amount levied in the colonies ou letters sent by sea. Having looked over the Australian Postage Acts, he found thit they there levied rates varying from lOd. to 3d. per half ouuee on all letters transmitted by the port of arrival, or from the port of dispatch and if a letter was sent from the interior of the country there was a further rate. Now, the Postmaster-General had no power to reduce that rate of postage, and to levy A uniform nte of Id.; formerly, indeed, he had the power, aad it used to be the exclusive province of the Postmaster-General, in con- currence with the Treasury, to establish a fixed rate of postage. In 1849, however, an act of parliament was passed conferring that power upon the colonial legislatures —indeed, he believed that the great majority of the colonial legislatures had exercised the power, and, further, that all our North American colonies, with the exception of Newfoundland, the West Indies, the Cape, and the Mauritius, possessed the power before the act passed. He apprehended, therefore, that as a prelimiuary step it would be necessary to address a circular to the governors of the colonies, inviting them to call the attentiou of the different legislatures to the subject. Mr. Hume would wish to know from the hon. gentleman whether or not the uniform rate of postage would be appli- cable to our East Indian possessions? Mr. F. Peel could give no answer to a tquestion entirely beyond his province. 3 FRIDAY. Mr. Duncan presented a petition from Dundee complain- ing of the provisions of the Lord Advocate's bill with respect to the extension of the jurisdiction of the sheriff's courts in Scotland. The Speaker announced that he had received intimation that the petition against the return for Tipperary had been withdrawn. Several petitions were presented against the Excise duty on soap. ROYAL ASSENT.—Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, entered the House, and having approached the table, summoned the members to attend in the House of Lords, to hear the rOYl11 assent given by commission to several bills, for which see our Lords report. J\1ALDON ELECTIOs.-Lord R. Grosvenor brought up the report on this committee, in which it was stated that the last election was a void election, and that the sitting mem- bers had, by their agents, been guilty of bribery aud treat- ing. He moved that the issuing of a new writ be delayed to the 1st of May.—Agreed to. Lord J. Russell moved that, after Easter, on Thursday* orders of the day should have precedence of motions. In answer to a question from Lord Jocelyn, Sir C. Wood said an inquiry was going on into the whole circumstances connected with the Ameers ot Scinde, and in the meantime the famiiy of Ali Morand and his Ameers would receive allowances. It was then agreed to that the House should at its rising adjourn to the 4th of April. In the course of a debate on the further motion that Thursdays should be allowed to the Government, MR. Wil- liams, Mr. Duncombe, Lord R. Grosvenor, Sir J. Pakington, and Mr. Hume took Mr. Disraeli's view of the case, while Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston supported that of the Government, urging the rendering an arraugement of the kind absolutely necessary. On a division, the motion was adopted by 17I to 139. Lord John Russell gave notice that on the 4th of April he should state the intentious of the Government with re- gard to National Education, and would also announce the day on which the Chancellor of the Exchequer would make his financial statement. In answer to a question of Mr. Blackelt, Lord J. Russell stated that a telegraphic message had been read that day at the Foreign Office, stating that the Grand Duke of Tuscany had liberated the Madiai. Lord Stanley asked whether the Government had received any notification from the Charge d'Affaires at Constanti- nople. to the effect that he had sent to demand the presence of the Mediterranean fleet in the Archipelago. Lord J. Russell replied that information to that effect had been received by electric telegraph, hut had not been officia 11 y ClHl fj I' m ed. In committee upon the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill, upon the first clause a debate arose, in which the old grounds of opposition to the bill were traversed by Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Walpole,Sir F.Thefiger. Lord J. Manners, Mr. Napier, Sir R. 11. Inglis, and other hon. gentlemen, who WERE received with the old weapons in the hands of Lord John liussell, Sir A. Cockburn, and Mr. lluuie, and the Govern- ment supporters. I he incompatibility of this measure with the Act of 1791, it« breach of national talt/I, and its unjust advantages 10 the Roman Catholics, were urged on one side with no dimunition of emphasis; and were met upon the other with arguments IN which the measure was justified up HI legal and liberal grounds generally, AU.L especially upon the great principle of colonial self-government, which it was the determination of the ministry to maintain The clause was ultimately agreed tll without a division; and the second clause, after a great discussion upon a small point. L Irú J. Rusiell proposed the motion on the third c'nuse, when, on a divisiou, there appeared a majority of US in ftvour of it. The Jew Bill was podpo.iei till April llt.'i, ir.d t'ic House adjourned at oue u'ctock.

LONDON M ARKETS, CORN-KXCHANGE, MONDAY. Fresh up to-day from Essex and Kent the arrivals of wheat were uu a moderate scale, and in but middling con- dition. From the east coast the supply was limited, but we had a fair spriukliug of red qualities from the midland counties per railway. ISotwithstanding that the show of samples was by no means extensive, the demand tor all kinds, owing to the comparatively small number of buyers in attendance, and the continuous imports of foreign flour, was in a very inactive state. In the general quotations, however, no change took place, although damp parcels were in some instances offering on easier terms, to save demur- rage. For forward delivery very fe", transactions took place. Some of the growers were less tirm in their demands. With foreign wheat we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily. supplied. Good heavy qualities sold slowly, at last week's currency. In all other kinds, very little was doing, at barely late rates. Since our last, a larger business has been doing in floating cargoes off Falmouth, although the arrivals have been large. The show of both English and foreign barlev was very moderate. Selected malting parcels changed hands at previous rates. Grinding and distilliug sorts moved off slowly on former terms. Rather a large quantity of malt was brought foi waru yet a steady busi- ness was transacted in most kinds, at full prices. There was a moderate sale for good fresh oats, at full currencies. In other kinds, comparatively little was doing. Very few Euglish beans were brought forward, but trie SUPPLY of foreign was goad. The trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. The demand for all kinds of flour was heavy, and quotations were barely supported. ('ClititEN'r I)IIICPS_ofG lt_AIN & FLOUlt in MAUK LAN B s. S. S. s. Wheat English. 43 .52 White Peas 37 .40 Kye 28 32 J Gray Peas AO 3O Barley 29 32 | Oats (Potatoe) 19 24 Malt 54 58 Ditto (Feed) LT> 21 Beans 34 38 | Flour 41 46

T HE ME T A L F R A D E. A: s. d. £ s. d. IaoN—Bar and bolt ton U 0 0- 9 10 0 In Wales d 10 0— y 0 0 111 Liverpool 00 0— D 5 0 In Staffordshire 0 II 0-10 10 0 Sheets (siu-le) 0 U O-IJ 0 0 (dtjttb)f). 0 00—t4tU 0 Hoops 0 0 0 —li 0 0 N-iurods 0 0 0-11 0 0 Rails (Wales) 0 0 0—8t50 Ditto (dtall'ordshire).» 0 0 0—10 0 0 Chairs. 0 0 U 5 0 0 lJig,-No. 1, Clyde .net cash 0 0 0— 2 11 0 3-5ths No. 1 & 2-5ths No. 3.. 0 0 0— a lo 0 No. 1, iu Wales 0 0 0-4 0 0 Scotch Pig, No. I, Íll London. 0 0 0— 3 15 0 Stirling's Patent t iu Glasgow. U 0 U- 3 12 6 Toughened I'igs in Wales.. •• 4 0 0- 4 á 0 Relitie(I inecal, Wales o, 0 0 0— 0 0 0 Do. anthracite 0 0 0— 0 0 0 Do. duo foqe 0 0 0— 0 0 0 Swedish. 10 15 0—12 0 0 Russian CCND J 0 0-11 0 0 PSI 0 0 0—0 0 0 GourietF 0 0 0- 0 0 0 Archangel 0 0 0 0 0 0 Indian Charcoal Pi^s in London 0 0 0- 6 0 0 STBBL—Swedish keg 0 0 0 — 20 0 0 Uo. faggot 0 0 0— 0 0 0 SPELTER—Plates, warehoused, per ton 0 0 0-22 10 0 Ditto, to arrive 0 0 0 ZINC—English sheet 0 0 0 « Covrsa—Sheets,sheathing & bolts..lb. 0 S 0 £ £ 0 0 "IH* 0 0 0— 0 L 9 Old copper.. »D- 0 0 0— 0 1 11 Yellow Metal I Wetterstedt's Pat. Metal.cwt. 18 0 South American, in bond ..t011 0 LEAD-VIG J J-. & 0 U Sheet 2J 10 0 0 Pipe ?, °~ 0 00 Red lead 0 0 0 White ditto. U (J U 0 0 0 I,Lttelit shot 0 0 U- 0 0 0 Spanish, in bond 0 0 o- u 0 0 TiN-Btock .cwt, 0 0 0- 0 3 0 Bars 00 0- 6 a « 0 0 0- 6 0 0 IS 0 0 o- t; 0 d Straits 0 0 0— 5 18 TIN PI.ATB3—■IC Coke box 0 0 U— 1 7 6 TlN 0 0 0- 1 1* 0 1C Charcoal 0 0 0— 1 'j 0 0 0 0-f o 0 Canada plates o 0 0- •> 4 QUICKSILVER r, UT- U .1 MARCH 2(3, 1853. Published by the sole Proprietor, of .w hts residency, Crockherbtown, ia tailll Jolin the Baptist, in the Town ot^ at hia General of Glamorgan, and Pniried by.^ the 3aid p I Punting Oliice in Duke-street^^ afoce3ai(1 LotS Barker Newton & Co., 5, ^tcou, 3, Wali.' 42, Chancery-lane;, epn Thomas, [ ueal'tae Mansion-house; 27, Loiao' V Coiulnll; Mr- h StWeV >lu V 15-n-l er li, u»icl,1111 o 'UlilVsou and bon, 7_i TM ni-s £ ret,t' -kyre, lljuveriti- UKieet-sil'eeI;;v^r* |0l«aS) 21^ O itliei tue- street* Strand; W. Everett and Sou, 14, Fiuch-lane, 8 lioyal Exchance. A LOCAL AGENTS; .rFRDAitii Mr. Thos. Evans. tiitiiou.N Mt- Jonu Clerk, of l'eace (Mice ^uDGiiS" > Leyshou, Stamp O.iice vliiiu'uvu -^ts M. A'. Wlnte. atatio..er J;U NITLL>uii Mr. C. liussett, Ciieuu^t. >n>vi'oiU' .Mr. ^vaU;j) Stationer, ail *Ii's. Wards, Commercial-street. NEAT \lR. W. P. ilees. Alfred LLA\man, Chemist SWANSKA. Mr. li. Utidilhs, Priui'-r, ILIJJH.SIIW: 1 ALII AC LI. Ai 1*^ F> 1 F d, C ^V* 111 A ON 'V OI And by .11 Postmasters aud CicrK.* 011 tne tfo.id. iius paper is regalarU ilied in Lou«i -*t Ltu>-i s Cotfets-house. (.'in pt-f' Fie^t-street. .The Chaii' r t'otf e-house, St. P iut's.-De icon's Coli'ee-housc, ulinook and at the 1 Uy ot Luudun { News Rooms, Gti, Cheajjaide.

CARDIFF POLICE.—MONDAY. [Before W. W iiliams, Esq., Mayor, and G. Phillips, Esq.] A TAIK OF NOBLE BROTHERS." John Tatflur and Daniel Thuiivn, two bullies of Wliitmore Lane, eacti Keeping A house of ill-fame, was charg-L with ¡ lighting in the Dumb^Is, ye.-tcrday afternoon, in the pre- sence of a lai ge couc->ur<e ot people.— P C. Ba^lian sni.I there were neerlv a thousand o! the roughest characters in the town pre eut—about a hundred being ''unfortunate women." The lor.t! d'perse I when witne-s APPROACHED. —Tne Superintendent, wint that the two principals minis "Uirage retiied 10 T' e Noah's Ark beer-h<iu>F alld the fight might 101' renewed I.t,! ,I;j the tnagist.< a'e-* tù bind !et/1 UVRR t keep 11 e pe -ce. ,J one was In court who coul:1 prove that T v LOR wa-present, although tln-rj \a" no do ibr of it Tho "as was lined bs. and co-t. rur heiog di tmk; and ordered to hud surtti-s to tile amount of j_t0tokcepthe peace.—Taylor was discharge 1. "AN U\FOilTl."S YTE GIRL." Maria Prince, a you.-g won HI 01 bad character, was charged by PC. i> t-hmi w th being in a state of raving dt unkenne"S in and about W'nmnore Lane yesterday after- noon. She bewail in tue N tail's Ark; and Bi-lnii believed that Daniei Th mus, Ibe detendaut 111 the List case, Wdi her man."—Fined 5i. alld expenses. CA1/1IQN To.> 1'l:BLICA:>iS. T/wmus Thoiiias, L11I,:lor,1 pi tile Noah's Ark beer-house, Whitinore La ie, WJS charged with keeping a D-sordeily house. — .Maria PRINZE SAIN that yesterday evening there WERE two M-'n ill the house, going to fight. They were dr unk. The landlord was there. There were a great many people there-not more IhJI1 twenty. There were some girls of the lane there.—L I e defendalJt said he « »■< at din- ner when the crowd cam" in: he declined to draw them any heer, and endeavoured t" keep them uut. By doing so he was struck on his eye. —P C. Bashau said the passage was quite choked up wi:li people. He did not see auy fighting there.—The defendant reiterated his statement, th it he was doing all in his power to keep the crowd out. They hid not got drunk ill his hou-e,and he had declined to draw any beer for them. He cuuld do no more than he had done. —The Magi-trates considered that the case was proved, aud fined the defendant 2()->. aud expenses. 'A ROGUE AND A VAGABOND." Thomas Banket, otherwise liobert H'atkiris, was charged with playing pi ch and toss at the back of the Stcain Mit), on Frulay afteruoou.—The Superintendent proved the ca-e, and R-aid that the man was a coustant player at this game, AND -pent his nights in houses of ill-fame, in company with thieves and bah women. He HAS no visible means of earn- ing his livelihood and IS a *ery old offcnder.-Fine,15s. aud expenses, or one WEEK'* impmoument Wit!> hard labour. ROBUINO A TILL. Lemuel Wil'iams, a mi<L JLE aged man, wus charged with stealing about a shilling's worth of copper money from the shop of Mr. Richard Lucas, Nurth Church-street.—Mr. Lucas said,—Ou Thursday n'ght last I was sitting in the sitting-room, about LULL-pa-t ei^ht. IT adjoins the shop— behind. I heard money rattling in the shop, and ro-e to go in. I saw this nun going out ot the sdiop. The till was partly out. 1 followed the man and asked him what he wantfti he gave me no an-wer. I asked him the second time, and had no answer. He went inlu the next stieet, and began to run away, lie did run for some di-tance, and I followed him. I caught him, and brought him back 10 the shop. While I was following him I saw him put some- thing in his pocket. Ou my return 1 examined the tit) and I bdieve thue were some coppers gone, but how many I cannot say-not more than a shilling's wOlth. I amquile sure I lust SUiDe, Tile prisoner haù beeu in the shop a few 1I1!uu'es before, and was leaning over the counter.-1':le Supennleudent said that the prisoner had 2^1. in copper about him when apprehended.— The Magistrates dealt sum- marily with the caile, hy sending the offender to gaol for seven days as a rogue aud a vagabond, there tu be kept to hard labour. ASSAULT. William Holland ivas charged by Mr. Stephens, landlord of the Dowiais Inn, with endeavouring to make John Mat- thews, working cutler, commit a breach of the peace, he (Matthews) being under sureties to be of good behaviour, —Mr. Stephens being his bai!Ir. Stephens sa'd he was in his house last night when he heard his name mentioned by Matthews. He ran out and Saw Ihat twu men had hold of his hair—one on each side. He separated them. In the brief struggle that ultimately ensued, the defendant struck him ( Mr. Stephens) unprovokedly, as he was merely endeaVOUi iug to restore order,-The defendant was fined h. for the assault and costs; or seven days with hard labour. A DESERTER (?). IVilliam. Leonard, an exceedingly knowing young man, from London, gave himself up as deserler from the Tower Hamlets Militia; AND was very anxious to save his character by surrendering himself, as be desired to join his comrades.— The Magistrates concurred with the Super- intendent ia believing that all the man wanted was a jaunt to London at the public expense; and they told hitn that if he wished to go to London he had better lose no time in commencing his journey. A DRUNKEN SEAMAN. William Crawley, a seamau, belongin to the Elbe, of Sun- derland, was charged with having, while drunk on Saturday night, assaulted P.C. Wines iu Lewis-street.—The officer said he saw the defendant in altercation with another in the street. He went to the middle ot the street and knocked a man down. He was seized, and then struck out at the officer, w.ho with the assistance of P.S. Wall took hitn into custody.—Fined DS. and expenses for being druuk. ALLEGED ASSAULT. Lawrence Curragan, an Irishman, was charged with cut- ting and wounding a deaf and dumb man in the Operatives' Inn, in Mary Ann-street.—Mr. Evans, landlord of the house in question, gave an account of the tran-action, saying, —I and the defendant were in the act of boiling some cOlllbustibles which he represented were good for a cold. There were two parties in the house, and that person who represents himself as being deaf and dumb, and also an ex- cavator. It was half-past ten on Tuesday night. The deaf and dumb rmn, putting three-peuce on his hand, made signs that he wanted a pint ot beer. He was evidently under the influence of drink; and I gave him to understand that he should not have another drop. The defendant, who was attending to the saucepan, SIID to him,—"Why don't you make use of the faculty which God Almighty has en- dowed you WITH, and speak as I do." Some words ensued, and the defendant was pushed down against the bars of the grate, whereby his head was cut. The Superintendent: How did the deaf and dumb man get that cut 011 his lorenead Witness I suppose he had it in the melee. Statements were made wr.h the view of showing that the deaf man could hear, and that he was not quite dumb, but could partially articulate.—The case was dismissed. WAGES. William Rowlands, master of the barque Countess of Dur- ham, was charged with refusing to pav Henry Parry" a sum for wages," which was justly due.lr. Dulid Ret's ap- peared for the defendant. — The complainant said he hlid been six weeks witl: defendant and agreed for £ '2 a month. He had received 17s. 61. ou account, which left a balance of £2 2s. 6d. Tne defeudunt wanted to charge 8s. od. for damage sustained by a sail through his omission in not. letting out R point," when orllered to .blike a reef Jut of the fore topsail. He omitted doing so because he was hurried by the c1l'fendaut.-George Nicholas, seaman on board, saw the damcge done, and sdid it Wai an accident. Many old seamen might have committed th" same error as the complainant had. itness woulù eogage to repair tile .ail in twu hours; hut a sail-maker would '10 it in an hour. -Fur tile defeuce, David Matthias, mate uf the vessel, gave evidence to show that the complainant was negligent in doing his duty, whereby the sail suffered damage. Sail- makers would charge about 1 's. for repairing it. The second matu was from seven in the morning till four in the evening repairing the rent; an,1 used canVdSS and twine.- The Magistrates, atter again questioning Nicholas, made an order for the full amount of wages to be paid, with costs. A JUVENILE OFFENDER. Edward Ingram, aged 16, was charged with stealing a quautity offat trom a cart, the property of Mr. Mazey.— The Cise was a slight one, and the Magistrates dismissed it. They felt it to be their duty to recommend Mrs. Ingram to 9end her son to sea. SUNDAY ROMPING. Catherine Bennett, a young girl trom Lindore Court, was reprimanded for having, with other girls, obstructed the pavement in Saint Mary-street, on Sunday, by engaging in noisy rompiDg.—Reprimanded and dismissed. QUEEN-STREET. Superintendent Stockdale said that the obstructions, so often complained of in this street, still continued. On the 15th instant a large waggon, with potatoes, went to the shop of Mr. John Williams, grocer, who was spoken to on the subject: he seemed to claim a right to have goods delivered at his house. The Magistrates referred the matter to the Board of Health.

SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. The usual mouthly meeting of the Swansea Town Coun- cil was heidat the Glllldhall, on Friday week. IIOWELL'S CHARITY. Mr. Vivian, M. P., made a communication to the council in reference to Howell's Charity, a subject which has en- gaged the consideration of the council on two or three previous occasions. He stated that about a fortnight since fie called upon the Attorney-General's solicitor, who told him that the present Attorney-General had a decided lean- ing to the establishment at Swansea of one of the schools of the charity, but having learned that the late Attorney- General had decided in favour of Denbigh, he would not interfere in the matter, but left it entirely in the hands of the Court of Chancery. Under these circum- stances he feared that an establishment in connexion with the charity could not for the present be 'ocated at Swansea. The same gentleman had, however, told him Ihat the funds were not exhausted, and that it was not improbable that, at some future period, another establishment might be formed. PUBLIC CEMETERY. Mr. Aubrey, obsetviug Mr. Vivian present, was desirous of putting a question to him for the satisfaction of the inha- bitants of the town. Some time since preliminary meetings were held, with the view of considering the propriety of adopting measures for providing a public cemetery. The matter had, however, been allowed to remain in abeyance, because it was thought that government contemplated a general measure. He would beg to ask Mr. Vivian whether it was probable such a general measure would be intro- duced this session ? As Mr. Vivian was about going to London, perhaps he would be good enough to institute further inquIries in reference to the matter. Mr. J. B. Vivian. M.P., believed that such a measure as that alluded to by Mr. Aubrey was in contemplation It was thought that the government were about preparing a bill to meet the requirements of the metropolis, as well as of pro- vincial towns. THE MILITIA. Air. G. G. Francis observed that the militia of the county would be called out in the month of April, and he had been informed that some difficulty might be experienced at Car- diff all to finding accommodation, fur officers, and other conveniences; iudeed, doubts existed whether the particu- lar towu at which they were to meet had been decided upon. He haù therefore proceeded, in company with one of the deputy-lieutenants.of (his county, to inspect the accommo- dations whicn it was in the power of this corporation to place at the disposal of the militia, aud he found that they Had severallJlaces adapted as a depot for arms and for other purposes. Such being the case, be thought it to be their duty to put such place* as they could at the disposal of the force. He would therefore move:—"Tnat the Lord- Lieutenant of this county be informed that the Corporation will be happy to place any room in their possession, which MAY be convenient, at the disposal of the lieutenancy, as a depot tor the arms of the Glamorgan Militia." Mr. J. T. Jenkin seconded the proposition, which, after a few observations from Mr. T. Edw. Thomas and Mr. Vivian, was carried nem. dis.

GENERAL MISCELLANY. 'J"" r, .r- A steam battery of immense six" is being constructed in America. The cost wiil be £ i;0,U00. Colonel Porter's repeating rifle, the cylinder of which revolves verticallv instead of horizontally, like Colt's, carries nine charges. This gun primes and cocks itsell, and may he fired ollce a second, as olten as the trigger can be pulled. With a magazine of sixty charges. with winch it i.s furnished, it may he fiied sixty times in a minute. The curoner's jury bave returnell a verdict of man- slaughter against Peikins and Ma)cock, the guards of the man-train which came into collision with a pilot-engine near Bristol. Mostor the wounded passengers, including Mr. Thompson, are going on iavourably hut Saml. Bennett, the post-office guard, does not progress so fast as could he wished. He is obliged to keep his bed, with his headaodtacepnniticed. The Duke of Bedford has written to*Mr. Christopher to con'radict an assertion made by the latter gentleman at a public dinner at Lincoln, to the effect that the visit of Lord John Russell and Lord Aberdeen to Woburn Abbey, in December last, was in connection with a scheme tor ousting Lord Derby's Government, and declares that the present premier has been in the habit of visiting him there merely in the light of a private friend for many years.— Civil Service Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Saturday morning last, between II and 12 o'clock, as the Rev. William BeaudJamp. rec- tor of Chedgrave, was on his way to Norwich, his horse took fright on going down Bixley-hill, near Trowse, when he was precipitated from his gig and fell upou his head, which caused instantaneous death. The rev. gen- tleman was the son of Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, Bait., of Langley-park, and has left a widow and five children—Essex Herald. FRIGHTFUL DEATH.—On Saturday Mr. W. Payne, the city coroner, received information of the following melan- choly and fatal accident, which occurred near the Bank of England, in the presence of several hundred persons. About a quarter past 8 o'clock on Friday night Mr. Won- nacott, a piumber and painter, of No. 60, Coleman-street, city, while passing across the cayiageway from the end of Prince's-Btreei, in the direction ot Coleman-street, was knocked down by one of Pickford's vans, heavily laden. Police-constable Oliver rushed forward, in the hope of saving the life of the unfortunate man, but the wheels of the vehicle passed over his body, literally flattened it. He was picked up by Oliver, the officer, and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was examined by Mr. Wood, the house surgeon, who declared life extinct. A CLEVER HOUSEBREAKER.—A crowd assembled on Thursday in the rue d' .r¡!euteuil, near the Palais Royal, iu consequence of a thief, ddectrd in Ule act of robbing in a house having succeeded ill reaching lhe roof, where it was dangerous to lollo-v liiio. The man, who had on a blouse, hut was witlwut shoes, was seen to move about fur some time a" if seeking a window through which tu ">lcape, and at last disappeared altogether. Meanwhile a detach- ment of soldiers was sent for, awl they blocked up ad issues from Ihe house; snme firemen were also sent fur who went on the rools, but they arrived just as the man vanished. The military, firemen, and crowd waited for two huurs, and Iben a commissiunnaire gave the following lelter 10 the Serjeant in command: Brave Sergeant,-DJ not fatigue your men any longer by making thein wait for me when you receive this letter Ishalbeatongwayotr. Invisitntgthettousenexttotttat in which your men are, you will see howlesc-tped; nothing Was more simple. After having passed frolJl one roof tu the other I opened the window ot a chamber, which I found to be nicely furnished. 1 found ill II box placed under the bed a great cuat and a pair of varnshe:! leather shoes. lind, alter- having put them on, I went away by the porte cocho. e, which the too curious porter lelt free, I talked a few moments with YUII. and told you that yuu \\Iould have a good deal of trouble in catching the thief. I said thief, for 1 confess thaI, having found a £ I0J nute and 1,'Of. in gold in the trunk with the coat and shoes, I could not resist tile temptation of taking them." The statements of this letter having been ascertained to be exact the soldiers were sent home, and the crowd dis- persed. The secret police have commenced a strict search after the man.—Gazette des Tribunaux. MUROEII OF TWO CHILDREN, AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDEHER.—The fashionable locality of Chltun has been thrown into a state of the utmost excitement and ollrlll, in consequence of tile discovery of a most appalling tragedy, which has been perpetrated by a respectable master shoe- maker, named Isaac Tucker, who after having murdered his two children, aged respectively 5 and 3 years, by cutting their throats with a shoemaker's knife, put a period to his own existence in the same way. It would seem, from what particulars have as yet transpired, that the deceased had re- cently taken a house upon Priuce's-place, near the Royal York-cresent, Clifton, in which for many years Mr, Kempster, shoemaker to the Queen, carried on business, and into the possession of whicn Tucker entered, with his family, only a few days since. On Thursday week at be- tween 12 & 1 o'clock, his wife had occasion to go to Bristol on Borne business, and he wa., left at home ill the house with his children and a female serv8nt. SOOI1 after his wife left, he was observed to come down stairs, go to the street donr, look up and down the thoroughfare, and then go to a look- ing-glass and survey himself, putting out his tongue, and working it about ill a somewhat strange manner. He then went up Biairs, IInd soon afterwards his eldest little girl went up also. Nothing subsequently was heard of any of them; but soon alter, upon a person going up stairp, the door was discovered to be locked, and upon its being afterwards broken open, all three of them were discovered quite dealt, their clothes saturated with blood, & their throats cut in a shocking manner, the heall of the youngest being all butcomptetety severed from the body. The knife with whicll the fatal deeds had been accomplished was found in Ihe room. The fatal occurrence has created quite II sensa- tion iu the neighbourhood, and the house, since the bodies were discovered, has been 8urrounde.1 by crowds of persons. THE IRos TRADE.—We are again able to revert with satisfaction to the opiuion we strongly expressed at the commencement of the present quarter, as to the probable stability of the prices of iron then declared. Although, comparatively speaking, they were fixed upon a rather higher HCile, it did not appear that they advanced further than the actual relation between the demand and powers of produc- tion would justify, divested of any speculative considera- tions. This position has been assailed again aud again, from different quarters, by aS3ertions and arguments of various description*, and has been most severely tested by the steady withholding of orders olllhe part of dealers and consumers, the manufacturers having assisted to the utmost of their power by generally abstaining from entering into their usual engagements for raw metal, as if by common consent, io the expectation, 110 doubt, that a failing demand or accumulating stocks would operate favourably for pur- cllasers; but such has not been the case. We find ourselves nolV, within ten days of the close of the quarter, without any intimation of an approaching reduction. The utmost firmness is still exhibited on all hands and though in pig iron the transactions of the qUlrter have been limited, the demand for rai}., sheets, and bars is unabated. Our mills and forges are all employed-labour and materials of every description are equally scarce-the consumption is fully covering the make —and the parsimonious transactions of the last three months induce a settled conviction that a large accession of demand mu-t ensue. Our ex ports, also, not- withstanding reiterated predictions to the contrary, have continued to exhibit an increase; and more than propor- tionately high rates lire well sustained in other metab, 89 coppt>T, tin, and hrass, while the means of payment are everywhere unusually plentiful. Under these circumstances there appears no reason 10 expect any material alteration in the prices of iron, and the approaching preliminary meet- ing is looked forward to with less interest than usual though, from the secrecy with which information is pre- served, and the peculiarities by which the deliberations of its members are influenced, confidence will not be wholly established till its resolutions are known.—Aris's Birming- ham Gazette. PRICE OF COPPER.—The late rise in the price of copper has justly exhited a sensation, and given a stimulus to mining enterprise in England which, for a long period, has been looked forward to. Tile price of laboor his, coo- sequently risen; alld though this, to a certain extent, has somewhat neutralised the advaniages to be acquired from the increase, yet still our poorer mines must have been considerably benefitted by it, whilst the richer must be making large profits. it may be remembered we have always, though, we must confess, ineffectually, advocated that the interest should be independent of the smelters, and reduce their own ores. thereby reaping the profit wh'ch at present is obtained by the gigantic monopolists of Swansea at the expense of the mining interest generally. This, though, probably, with the same unsuccessful results that have hitherto attended ollr elforts, we conceive it our bounded duty to urge on those most affected. It appears that the Mexican and South American Company, solely established for the purpose of smelting, to ihe commence- ment of the year 185'J, had realised a fair prolit, while copper varied in price from £88 to £92 perton; it is now at £135; and we would ask the simplest tyro in arithmetic what must now be the profiis. The manager ot the-e works has entered into contracts for ores to be delivered in the year 1853, at sums based ou the low prices of copper. This lIkewise applies to large quantities of regulus to be delivered on the same conditions. A cargo of 300 tons of copper, per Vigilant, was sold on terms yieiding a high profit; while another vessel, the Sam Ogilby, with 200 tons, is expected in a few days, which, probably, will realise its cargo at the same high rate. The available capital of this association, to which attention is likely to be prominently directed, was, on the operations of the company to the 31st December, 1851, about £80,000, or about £.1 per share on the 20,000 shares in the company. Dividends of 5s. each were paid in Julyanu January last, against which there is the whole profit of the year 1852. From the extensive demand for machinery for several purposes, we have no doubt but that copper, as well as the other metils, will for some period maintain the present high prices. We cannot, however, refrain from expressing an opinion, founded upon conviction, that had due energy been exercised by the mining adventurers, much of the profit which now goes to the smelter would have been their own, instead of enriching a body, who finding means oftrammelling them in the unfair dependence which their own negligence has allowed others to take advantage of.—31ining Journal. A SCIENTIFIC GOLDDIGGER.—Among the passengers by the Falcon, which ariived in the Mersey, on Tuesday from Sydney, was Mr. John Calvert, a geologist, who has been 11 years in the Australian colonies. During that time he has made a geological survey of alt the mineral districts in Adelaide, Van Diemen's Land. Sydney, and New Zealand, and he has brought back with hiin a m'tp of the western goldfietds, which alone is 30 feet long. He has also a large number of drawings, some of them valuable in a scientific point of view, and other. pleasing and instructive, as giving a sketch of life and manners at the gold diggings. Mr. Calvert has himself been engaged for eight years iu tracing the auriferous veins and in procuring gold. A short lime ago he sent home a block of quartz weighing a ton and a half, and he has brought with turn in the Falcon 730 nug- gets of the precious metal. One of the pieces weighs 2.31b. of pure gold, and we had the opportunity of seeing a piece weighing Iklb" which is considered one of the best speci- mens, being, in the state in which it was discovered, above the standard. The amount of gold brought hone by Mr. Calvert is about 330ib. gross, between 70lb. and 801b. being dross or quartz more or less mixed wiih tha gold. The largest quantity he ever obtained in one day was 761b. weight, which he broke off with his geological hammer in pieces varying from half an ounce to 2lb. weight. He had been led to the spot by auriferous indications, increasing as he came nearer, for a distauce of nearly 40 miles. The quartz vein ran north and south, and was from 9 to 15 feet in breadth, half a mile from where he robbed it of its pre- cious treasure. It stands out in large blocks of from 15 to 20 feet in height, looking in the distance like white house*- This place is distant from Sydney about 215. long way from any at present worked goldfield. Ivert had the latter part of his residence in Australia Mr- CiI. d a camp, and three men as assistants, and, properly eq MH • >tia discoveries, he pursued his scientific survey. Among h» mjnerals< jn he found diamonds, rub.es, and many v-Iu-b u(Itlerstaud which the Australian colonies abound- that Mr. Calvert will proceed direct to Lon. o le intends to get his drawings aud maps trans an- vass, for the purpose of exhibiting them as t anoraina of the goldfields, illustrative of lectures w "c nds to deliver Oil the origin of gold, and on 1 ie es 0;vards which so many thousands of his CQ are now turning their attention.—Liverpool er ry. ANOTHER CURE OF COUGH AND HOARSEXESS. BY DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFER3,- p.ioiu, J'eb. H, 1852. Gentlemen,—For some time past I was alilieted with a most distressing Cough and Hoarseness, anil which I thought, from various symptoms o.is rved, would couduce to Consumption. — After having tried 8ev«r .1 remedies, and hading 1 I11E or nil relief, I dr.ierrnuie(J T(, tr^ a wrn11 BOX of your Dr. Locock's Pulmonic haters. and to my surprise in Irss than two days I lotind liiy.scit perfectly remored and it is wiih Jepp-leit gratitude 1 return illY sincere thanks to you and Provi ieuce that I am by means o' your invaluable medicine thus perlecily restored. I Gentlemen, your.- thankfully, G. \Vyatt.To singers and public speakers they are invaluable lor strengthening! voice. Price Is. I3L, '^s. 9d., and lis. per box. Sltlfl h) all mediciue vendeis. Also, Dr. LOCOCK'S ANTIBII.IOUS WAFERS, a mild and gentle Aperient Medicine, h iving a most agreeable taste, aud of great ellicacy lor regula1" the secrelioos and Correcting ih« aciiun >,ie Stomach aud Liver. Price la. 1|1., ^a- aud UJ, per box. The ship Mary Green sailed from Southampton on Fri- day morning, with nearly three hundred emigrants on board, for Adelaide. She is the first emigrant ship which has been provisioned in Southampton, aud has occasioned an outlay in that town of £3,000. I ATTACK ON AN EMIGRANT SHIP.—Intelligence has been received it Lloyd's, under date, Stanley Falkland Islands, Jail 5, of a most dariog attack on the ship Porcupine, of Liverpool, Millinger, master, by the Patagonians. It seems that in passing through the Straitn of Magellan, on her way to California, the Porcupine grounded. Early the nPlt morning the ship wa* surrounded by numerous canoes, full of natives. The captain, thinking they might be useful in getting ihe ship off, let some of the principal chiefs come on deck, when they ollered to exchange a copy or "Johnson'* Comprehensive Dictionary, signed on the flyleaf, John Badiain, January. 1851," a Prayer-book, and other articles, evidently belonging to an English ship The captain, now observing a fleet of canoes approaching nearer, many bear- ing lighted pine branches, gave orders for the crew and passenger-, most of whom had revolvers, to arm themselves, and a terrific conflict ensued the savages fought desperately and tried to burn the ship. After a severe struggle and TREAT slaughter, they were beaten off, and ^00 bags of oats being thrown overboard, the ship floated. Two cf the emigrants, named George Row«ell and Henry Boyle, were killed, and several others severely wounded. The abip re- J turned to the Falkland Islands teiribly disabled. A If to those whd remove the greatest amount of human 1 miserv, and promote in the greatest degree the sum of hu- man happiness, the highest meed of praise and gratitude is due, it would be hard to point to any man so eminently deserving of that meed as Mr. Du Barry, the discoverer of the now celebrated RETALENTA ARABICA FOOD. The good I effected by others, whether patiiots, politicians, or what not, may be problematical, may be probable, it is at all events matter ot hypothesis. The good done by Mr. Da Barry is tangible, undoubted, unquestioned, and unquestionable. Also of FIFTY THOUSAND of his countrymen—men of title, and rank. and men of lowliness and obscniiry; men of learning and men of obscurity; ministers of the gospel and men of the camp and the armament: have, in their several styles aud forms, forwarded to him their ardent expressions of thankfulness for rescue from pain I and disease. In the following disorders the efficacy of J this food has been found unvarying and unrivalled: Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipation, functional irregu- larity, obstructions, aeiuity, cramp-, spasm*, fits, heartburn, diarrhea, nervousness, biliousness, affections of the liver and kidneys, flatulency, distention, palpitation of the heart, » nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears, !1 giddiness, pams between the shoulders, and in almost every part of the body, chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach, eiuotious on ihe skin, scurvy, fever, scrofula, impurities, poverty of blood, consumption (it J not beyoud human aid), dropsy, rheumatism, gout, in- J fluenza, grippe, nausea aud VOMITING during pregnancy 1 af'er eating, or at sea. low spirits, spleen, geueral debility. j paralysis, couuh, a th na, tightness across the chest, phlegm, Inquietude, s'eeplessness, involuntary b.usliing, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness lor study, delusions, loss of memory, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melancholy, trroundless fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts ot seif- destruction, &J. We shall not here refer individually to any of the cases of cure, but merely ob-erve that the aggre- gate results, certified and avouched, contain the most exten- 1 sive, authentic, uud- convincing body 01 EVIDENCE ever pre- sentcd to ilil world upou any subject whatever. Nothing in the medical annals ot ancient or modem tunes approaches it in completeness, whilst its grand distil guishing mark is. that the entire is susceptible of such easy application, and perfectly estaolislies Mr Du Harry's tine to be con-iiiered (ill the language of several of his coiresp indents) the greatest living uenefactor of his roce." For further parti- cuiars we ) eter our readers to Messrs. Du Barry's advertise- ment in our to-day's columns.

FRIDA 1"8 LONDON GAZETTE—BANKRUI-IS. William Ayres, Blackhea'h, K*nt, nurseryman Frederick Arthur Hutt, HenrY-litreet. Pèutollville, Mid qè- sex, grocer Joseph Boy-, Ilisrh-st'eet. Peckham, Snrray, draper John Francis Hricknell Carburu, Cuinoerlaud low, King'A- cross, Middlesex, licensed victualler Joseph Henrv Dunne and John Veuables, Craven-street, Strand, Middlesex, shipowners Hiomas Kent Ciav, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, London, woollen -warehouseman John Johnson, Wakefield, Yorkshire, cabinet-maker James Broadhead, Scuoles, Wooldate, Yorkshire, manufac- turer Thomas Brock, Hull, coal-merchant John Heap, the elder, and Richard Heap, Longsight, Lin- cashire, silk-printers George Earusluw, Ashton-uoder-Lyne, Lancashire, grocer TUESDAY'S LONDON G;\ I.E I'TR.-BASK RU PIS. Charles Lane, H-isiiugs, Sussex, plumber. Jatnes Rogersou Hunt, Great Alarlow, Buckinghamshire, tailor. Robert Bond, Mitre-court, Hatton-garden, wine merchant. James Horder, late of Wimborne, Dorsetshire, market- gardener. Thomas Ballard, South wick-placc, Paddington, apothecary, Thomas i'horne, jun., Hastings, Sussex, plasterer. Henry Butt, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, linen- draper. George Augustus Eades, Portsea, grocer. John Hogbeu Itolle, Faversham, Kent, hosier. Richard Henry Davie, Welliugtou, Somersetshire, money scrivener.

SM1THFIELD, MONDAY. To-day's market WA* but moderately supplied with foreign stock, the general quality of which was inferior. There was a decided falling off in the arrivals of home-fed beasts fresh up this morning, and there was no improve- ment in their weight. The attendance of both town and country butchers being large, the beef trade ruled brisk, at an advance in the quotations realised on Monday last of quite 2d. per SIbs" and a good clearance was effected without difficulty. We were again very scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep; hence the sale for that description of stock was very firm, at a further rise in the currencies of quite 2d. per Sibs. The primest old Downs, in the wool, realised 5s. 4d, in some instances 58. od. per 8lbs.; out of the wool, 4s. 4d. per 81bs., at which the whole changed hauds. At least one-fourth of the sheep were shorn, but dealers gene- rally gave the preference to those in the wool, owing to the unusually high price of skins. The few Dorset lambs in the market sold at from 5s. 4d. to 6s. per SIbs. Prime small calves sold steadily, at a slight advance in the quotations otherwise, the veal trade was in a sluggish state. Pigs, the supply of which was moderate, sold at full quotations. Beef. 3s. Od. 3s.l0d. 4s. 2d. I VeAt 33. 8j. 4s. 3d Mutton 4s. 0d. 4s. 8.1. 5s. 41. | Pork 3s. 8d. 4s. 0d