The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

Tllu IRON AND ST HE I TRADE. ii>t 16 tol,owin§:ls ^ie statG °* ^ie 'nii)01'tat'0,,s aodfrom Great Britain, of Iron Steel during the year 1832, as derived from an a'i sis of the Official Returns. J IMPORTATIONS. • 'Ion IN BARS, or UNWROIGHT. From „ Tons. Cwts. Tons. Cwts. um Sweden 11,630 134 Russia 6,618 181 £ °rway 515 17^ ranee 140 19f 5Pain 47 9 °ther parts 7 15 18,961 12* 2. IRON IN PIGS. 1,1 the U.S. of America.. 29 3 Netherlands 1 3 (j 30 6 °lDi BROKEN, AND OLD CAST IRON. r°m Sweden 44 0 guernsey, Jer. & Man"'?*- 23 19 Germany 24 16 Norway 24 9 Russia. 5 0 °ther countries 32 3 ir.9 7 p 4. IRON ORE. ratn Norway. 238 0J the Netherlands 135 13 other Countries 4 3^ p 5. CHROMATIC OF IRON. rOtn the U. S. of America.. 333 3! the Netherlands 5 If other countries l 11 J 339 17 1 6. SUNDRY IRON. j'o«i»lit,hammeredor drawn 1 14i 0,1 wire o 11| lW i 2 6J quantity of iron imported, 1832; Prides cast iron of the declared value < £ 105 2s lOd 19,871 6i j, 7. STEEL UNWROUGHT. fom Sweden 605 0 the Netherlands 0 8 other countries. 16 164 ids 622 4 56 t 8. STEEL WIRE. TS5ERMANY 50 unwi ought steel and steel wire, "Sported in 18 622 5 4 9. III ON AND STEEL MANUFACTURES, -I not otherwise described. Entered by weight. Ent. at value, p.. Tons. cwt. f°to the Netherlands 193 9J — £ 527 6 0 Russia 2 4t 7 0 0 Spain 0 ISJ 10 0 0 Germany. 1,249 10 0 ]France 692 6 9 other countries 0 14! 286 15 6 Tons 197 6i X2,772 183 EXPORTATIONS. J FOREIGN IRON. ■j, laON IN BAAS or tlNWROUGHT. 1,795 16 £ 8>a 606 13§ 2tltish Colonies,N.Ame. 505 101 J^ign West Indies. 121 7i in«er countries (under 1U" tons each) 421 4} 3,450 12$ V 2. IRON IN PIGS. g Spain and the Canaries. 9 9! •p 'Ron SLIT, HAMMERED OR DRAWN. aothly 44 li "€r countries 2 Total „ 46 3| «» quantity of Foreign iron exported ftl832 3,506 52 FOREIGN STEEL. 'I' ^wrought STEEL EXPORTED. °^8ia 673 4 the Netherlands 59 9$ other countries (20 tons Total each and under) 77 19f T ,2}?&ntity of Foreign steel exported 810 13 lTls« 'Ron (incl. UNWRODOUT STEEL.) ——— f I. BAR IRON. I) 18,159 lof of America 14,871 1 9,174 lli Netherlands 6,291 loj Colonies, N. Ame. 4,601 l/J J«rkey& Greek Cont. 4,453 17 £ f»ca 2,492 11 lra«ce 1,556 14 £ °rtugal, Azores,& Mad. 1,518 12 °ther parts (under 700 tons each) 10,904 Of 74,024 5] To T B0LT AND R0D IRON. 1,659 8 £ 1,167 19 ortugal, Azores,&Mad. 1,119 10 ^ermany 816 9 £ 'her parts (under 400 tons each) 2,174 15! —————— 6,938 It f0 3. PIG inoN. pe U. S. of America. 8,195 8 Arfapce 2,759 0 1,692 5 Netherlands 1.186 15 »-rit. Colonies, N. Amer. 1,167 0 Denmark 580 14$ c»er parts (under 500 tons each) 1,984 19 17,566 11 Tq 4. CAST IRON. S. of America 5,837 8 £ to v- Colonies, N. Ame. 2,099 12 £ f r.'tish West Indies 807 6 A?!* 594 91 506 6 her parts (under 500 tons each) 2,649 191 — 12,495 li T0 5. IRON WIRE. pe U. S. of America 320 5f ^"hiany ISO 12 £ Rer parts (under 90 each) 195 8| 666 7 (WROUGHT IRON.) T0 A>|CHORS AND GRAPNELS. iSTHERLANDS 197 12* ] £ *211 183 84 135 152 Ae ,U.S. of America 134 154 ftSca 125 ll| 0lher parts (under 112 tons each) 829 15 1,606 181 Tq. 7. HOOPS. ^Netherlands 1,397 9j ntish West Indies 986 10^ QSla' 928 9 S' & !? lier parts (under 500 tons each) 4,367 15 9,417 141 To to 8. NAILS. rlt. lonies in N.Am. J,409 10 pWest I ndies 1. 378 10 Ajeign, ditto 495 92 Brazil" 404 181 3'6 9i tonseach). 842 1 J«ll0T 4>347 181 the ,,BR 8orts excbpt ORDNAMCS. ■ S. of America 5,844 29 Asi« herlands 2,102 17| Germ 2'082 16 Britm^ny 1.803 lOf Br polonies, N. Ame. 1,485 3i othlV estlndies 1,397 9| parts (under 500 tons each) 3,877 14f • 18 595 0| Ron TO bb RK-MANDFACTURBD 773 6 rotm III lantity cf British Iron exported 832 146,430 141 ^°theiV Un,vROUGHT STEEL. Franop"0f Ar«erica. 686 17i Brit, p 92 ll| Asia olon»es,N. Amer. 75 19| °ther' 62 174 Parts (under 53 ^ns each) 193 14J 1,112 0 Tons. cwt Brought forward, (Unwroughf Steel) 1,112 0 1'2. BRITISH HAUDWAIIKS AND CUTLERY. Deel. value. Quantity. To U. S. of America £ 738,015 — 7,874 '.)> Brit. Colonies, N. A. 117,062 1,519 !> Germany 75,2,14 586 12 J Brit. West Indies 58,943 667 Hf Mexico & S. America r,2,602 616 13 Italy 36,032 311 81 Brazil. 35,494 497 llf Foreign W. Indies.. 35.228 — 560 4f Netherlands 32 800 2R5 4b Africa 320,54 314 1421 France 28.260 — 183 13 Russia -d. 27,619 229 ]5t Spain & the Canaries 1"1,374 150 other parts (under ll.000i.in val.each)146,550 — 1,437 4 15.294 15 Total val. exp.in 1832^1,433,297 Total quantity of Unwrought Steel, Haid- ware, and Cutlery exported in 1832 16,406 15 Adapted as our English Iron is to all the com- mon and most extensive purposes of life, it is not of a quality, fitted for consumption, where tenacity and elasticity are required, particularly for hard- ware and cutlery. We are, therefore, dependent upon the North of Europe for the supply of that superior description of iron, of which steel is made; and hence, of the 19,871 tons of foreign product, which are imported, 19,000 and upwards arc brought from Russia, Sweden, and Norway. For certain uses, there is no steel so suitable as the Swedish, which constituted (;05 out of the 622 tons which were imported last year. Of the whole importation of Foreign Iron, only 3,506 tons were exported consequently there were either consumed, or left on hand, 16,365 tons, or rather less than seven-eighths of the whole quantity imported. With respect to the produce of Great Britain in [iron, of which 111,023 tons of unwought mate- rial were exported, two quarters of the globe appear to have imported more than one-half; the United States having titken off 29,223 tons; the British Colonies in North America, 7,Si;7 tons; and Asia, 19,926 tons. The next most conside- rable consumers were Italy, 11,348 tons; the Netherlands, 8,012 tons France, 4,4/S tons; and Turkey and Greece, 4,978 tons, in which several amounts are included some small exportations, enumerated under the head of "other parts." Of British Wrought Iron, the export of which last year amounted to 35,407 tons, nearly one-fifth was taken off by the United States, viz. 6,290 tons; the next largest consumers were the Nethei lands, 3,798 British Colonies in North America, 3,719 Asia, 3,590; British West Indies, 3,306; and the German States, 3,123.-Alore than one-half, both in value and quantity, of the 15.294 tons of haid- ware and cutlery exported, was shipped to the United States and by reference to the statement given, it will be seen what amounts and quantities were required tor other markets of more limited consumption.

CASHMERE AND THIBET TRADE.—Accord- ing to the report of two Armenian dealers, who resided in Cashmere four years, that city contains sixty thousand houses, inhabited exclusively by operatives, and indepen- dent of all other classes of persons. Thes dwellings average four individuals each, so that the entire number of operatives cannot fall short of 240,000. A consider- able portion of them are employe in weaving shawls. All the manufactures are let to farm by the Sovereign, and their yearly rents produce hitn a revenue of 275,0001. It is a great resort for Indian merchants, who deposit their supply of silver with the merchant of Anbassar, previously to their arrival in Cashmere, and exchange it for orders on that City, which are taken in payment for shaws only. After they have received these articles, the seller gives them a certificate, upon the production of which at Anbassar, they are supplied with the amount in coin which they require. A similar process takes place with regard to the dealers from Constantinople, Bagdad, and Ispahan, who bring silk goods and gold wares to Cabid, in exchange for which the buyers in Cabul give them assignments upon Cashmere, which are accepted in pay- ment of shawls. The Cabul dealers themselves frequent Cashmere but as the inhabitants have few exotic wants beyond a trifling demand for sugar, pepper, spices, and other insignificant articles, the return for their labour consists almost wholly of silver. From Cashmere to Pun, an extreme point of Thibet, the travellers' way leads across high rocky mountains, which they could only tra verse in three spots with the aid of ropes; their wares be- ing dragged across by similar means, and at no trifling hazard to their preservation. The bearers were hired countrymen, each of whom undertook the conveyance of two hundred shawls, besides paying all duties out of their own pockets. A single individual is able to carry live hundred pounds weight, and, in spite of his load, to travel thirty miles a day. Great care, it should be ob- served, was taken in selecting the stoutest and swiftest- tooted natives as bearers. Their pay did not exceed eighteen shillings for six months' hire; and in some hilly districts they placed their loads on sheeps' backs, making each sheep carry about forty pounds' weight. In seven places, they crosscd the rivers on very long bridges made of boards, laid crosswise on ropes, which were fastened to posts erected on lofty peaks of rock; the stream running in some instances between three and four hundred feet below them. On the whole journey through Thibet, the Armenians met with no settlements excepting here and there a group of thirty or forty houses. The duties paid in Ilnbet were about six shillings on each bale of goods.—(From the Siberian Herald.) SAXE. WEMAR.-It appears by the return of the inhabitants in the Grand Duchy at the close of 1832. that they amounted to 239,814, being an increase of 37,945 since the year 1816.. England is by no means the only soil in Eu- rope which gives liberty to the slave whose foot may touch it-Austrig,) that land, as a certain class will have it, which wallows in despotism, has carried her philan- thropy to the utmost verge of her dominion. Every slave, (says the Austrian decree of the 5th August, 1826,) which steps upon the Austrian soil, or even the deck of an Austrian vessel, becomes free." The law of Prussia too, so far back as 1784, enacted, That so soon as any strangers, who have slaves with them, or any subject of the Prussian Crown, who may purchase slaves in foreign lands and OID them into the country, shall fix their abode within it, slavery instantly ceases and de- termines." THE LAWS OF PEWS.—Sir J. Nicholl., in a late elaborate judgment, says By the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish they are for the use in common of the parishioners, who are all entitled to be seated, orderly and conveniently, so as best to pro- vide for the accommodation of all. The distribution of seats rests with the churchwardens, as the officers, and subject to the control of the ordinary. Neither the mi- nister nor the vestry have any right whatever to interfere with the churchwardens in seating and arranging the parishioner, as often erroneously supposed at the same time, the advice of the minister, and even sometimes the opinions and wishes of the vestry, may be fitly invoked by the churchwardens, and, to a certain extent, may be reasonably referred to in this matter. The duty of the churchwardens is to look to the general accommodation of the parish, consulting, as far as may be, that of all its inhabitants. The parishioners, indeed, have a claim to be seated, according to their rank and station but the churchwardens are not, in providing for this, to overlook the claims of all the parishioners to he seated, if sittings can be afforded them." THE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH. -Tobacco chewing is the most indelible (if that expres- sion may be allowed) habit that mortals ever contract. The editor of the Chenango Telegraph, in giving an account of the execution of George Denison, who suffered at Norwich, on the 19ih ult., says, that while standing on the fatal drop, and during the exhortation of the cler. gyman, the prisoner asked for (in a whisper) the tobacco box of the deputy sheriff, from which he coolly took a quid, deposited it In his mouth, and returned the box. In ten minutes he was launched into eternity !— We witnessed a similar incident in this city. On the morning of the day that Hamilton, who shot Major Bird. sail, was to be executed, the clergy passed two hours in solemn exercise with him. After they left the cell, Hamilton gave some directions about his gallows' ward- robe. As the keeper «fas leaving to execute his commis- sion, he asked Hamilton if he wanted anything else,- Hamilton replied, You may get me a paper of tobacco." After a moment's reflection he added, Stop, perhaps, I have enough and raising on his elbow, drew a part of a paper from under the pillow of his pallet, and measur- ing, in his mind, the quantity of tobacco by the few hours he had to live, calmly remarked, This will last ine."—NewYork Paper.

THE LATEST LONDON INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Guardian of Friday, yesterday.) We have received by express the French papers of Tuesday, the Augsburg Gazelle of the 9 31st ult., and letters from our Private Cor- respondent. The Augsburg Gazette contains the following of the 25th from Vienna:—" The Turkey 1\1 ail of the 10th inst. has arrived. The concessions made by the Porte to Me- hemet Ali are said to have been disapproved by Count Orloff, as they exceed those which General Murawief was authorized to offer at Alexandria in the name of the Sul- tan, and which form the basis upon which the Russian court wishes the negotiations to be conducted. A Russian declaration which has been rendered public is explicit on this point and it is said that Count Pozzo di Borgo is to make a similar declaration at Paris, to which the French Government cannot make any objections The Austrian Lieutenant Colonel Liniowsky has set out on an extraordinary mission for Stutgard. A considerable movement prevails in our army, probably with a view to form a camp in Moravia." FRENCH FUNDS, JVNE 4. Five per Cents 103f 95c I Bank Stock IS02f 50c Four per Cents 91f 90c Rente do Naples 94f 25 Three per Cen s 79fU.~ic Rente tie TElat Rontaindl^ National Loan 103f 80c i Rente d'Espagne 15| 4 Exchange on Tolidoti-Oiie Month, Paper, 2.)1 75c Money, 2jf 70c; Three Mmrlis, Paper, 25f 65c Money, 25f63c. — Cours Authenlique. RHENISH BAVARIA. (From the Spire Gaxette.) NEUSTADT, MAY 29. The sad and sombre aspect of this town, which pre- sents such alively appearance in general, denotes that some serious events have taken place. The following has just happened :-The day before yesterday, which was the anniversary of the Hambach meeting, about 1000 persons assembled on that height. Divers hymns were sung nevertheless the police succeeded in maintaining order. In the afternoon orders were given for the height to be evacuated, but we do not know what was the motive of that proceeding; the crowd was already dispersing, when on a sudden the soldiers fired on it and wounded an old man and two children. Orders had been given at Ncustadt for the streets to be empty that night at ten, instead ef the usual hour of eleven but by half-past nine none but soldiers were present in the streets, for they had been caused to be evacuated in a frightful manner. A considerable number of soldiers had been assembled on that day in Neustadt and its vicinity there was intamiy from Eiehstadt, Landau, and Spire, with cavalry from Spire, and artillery from Landau; these troops were lodged in Neustadt and its environs. Before eight a fright- ful scene commenced, but on what account no one knows. Some persons assert that improper expressions had been made use of, but this at most could have occasioned imprisonment as a police measure; no seditious cry was uttered however this may be, at eight several soldiers, of whom many were tipsy, attacked the persons in the streets with the butt ends of their muskets, with their bayonets and sabres. The cavalry made several charges ill the streets more than thirty persons were knocked down and trampled on by the horses. All those who were wearing white hats or a flower in their button holes were wounded. The deputy burgomaster Penner, who in his civil dress was exhorting the soldiers to be calm and obedient, received a wluUJd in the face a young man from Gemmaldingen was run through by a sword, and instantly expired; a journeyman butcher, sent by his master to fetch his son, received six wounds an old woman and a pregnant woman were very harshly treated. Some one having used an energetic expression on the conduct of the soldiery, several horse soldiers entered his house, and broke every thing it contained. Above a hundred per. sons, all belonging to the civil T class, have been more or less dangerously wounded. Not a single soldier was wounded this clearly proves they were not acting on the defensive not a single citizen was armed, for no one had foreseen such a scene. Blood has been shed in every street. On the morrow the troops from Landuu and Spire returned home, with three cannons and a howitzer at present there are here but six companies of the 15:h regiment of infantry and a small detachment of light horse. This morning the young man who was kLled in the commencement of the proceedings was interred. The worst of this affair i., that now no one will take any trouble about the interest of the commune. There are now neither a burgomaster, nor deputy, nor municipal councillors. Tne deputy burgomaster Penner has reo signed. The police is for the moment under the direction of the major commanding the troops. BRUSSELS, JUNE 1. Several strangers not provided with passports, or those passports being irregular, were yesterday arrested and confined in the prison of the Petits Cannes. The Courritr Beige savs-u The Independent has ceased to-day to boast of the victory. It is foil discou. raged to-day as it was triumphant yesterday in announcing three times, in the same page, the pretended defeat of M. Gendebien, at Mons, and the elections of its p ttrons by the influence of the electors of the city. We are assured that the ministry has, within the last twenty-four hours, m de serious reflections on its situation, and that it is alarmed at the result which it has obtained by the disso- lution. The Chamber, it sees, will not be so manageable as it had hoped. The union of the Liberals, of all de- criptions, at Brussels and Liege, cemented by indis- putable successes, terrifies it as much as it does the Courrier of the Afells, I and, to complete its misfor- fortune, the union declares that there is no alliance be- tween the ministry and the Catholics."

AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND LONDON MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, June 4 Our imports since last Tues- day have been very moderate, and the quantities of grain at present coming forward are reported to be on an equally small scale.-The wheat trade during the week has remained dull, and to have forced sales to any tent, lower rates must have been accepted, indeed, mid- dling and inferior qualities have been offered rather cheaper. There is generally, however, a considerable degree of confidence amongst holders, which the proposed financial change is calculated to strengthen. Prime flour has sold pretty readily at fuliy previous quotations., Some speculative purchases have occurred in oats and oat- meal, mostly based on the extreme dry weather that we have recently experienced on Sunday and during part of yesterday, however, there was a fall of ruin, which will be very serviceable to the growing crops of spring corn. 2s 7d was on Friday refused for Wicklow and Newry oats, and 2s 4-la to 2s 6d was paid for west of Ireland. Oatmeal was also 3d per load dearer, 22s 3d being obtained. Prices of beans are rather creeping up there are few on sale. No change in the value of peas. Bonded flour con- tinues to be an object of attention several thousand bar. rels of sour have.changed hinds at 16 Gd to 17s, of old sweet at 22s, and of fresh at 27s per barrel. There is an unwillingness at present to offer bonded whents. At this morning's market, which was thinly attended by the millers, a few samples of choice wheat were sold on the same terms as last Tuesday, but generally the trade was dull; the same was the case with oats there was not any disposition, however, to press sales of either article. Flour was sold rather cheaper, and oatmeal would not bring the rates obtained on Friday. LIVEKTOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY, June 4 -We continue to have a lively demand for cotton. The sales this day are 4,000 bales at an advance of d per lb. from last weeks' prices. LONDON CORN KXCHANGE, JUNE 5. Our arrivals of Corn in general sir.ee Monday have been veiy small, and the few sales effected in mos: descriptions of Grain were much the same terms as stated in our last. MONDAY S PRICES. Wheat, Essex Red 42s a 4Ss White 32s a 35 Fine 52s a 65s Rollers 3Gs a 3gv OM -s a -s Beans, Small a 3G White 50s a 54s licks 2S;j a Fine a >r)"s Harrow a 31 Superfine" 58s a 00s Oats, Feed a 18.- New —8 » ~8 19s a 2l- Rye 30i a 36s l'olaud j- a 19. Barley. 23s a 31i Fine J"" 20s a 22. Malt 60s a 54s Potatoe 23s a 24* Pine. 55s a 56s Fine$$3 a 20- Peas, Hog 22"a DT'1 8s a8s6> Maple JB' 8 34g PoUard,fin«.>#ttt jgs a is* LONDON COAL MARKET, JUNE 3. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of butiiievs. Beaumont, 13s 611-Eltst Percy, 12s-Holywell, 14 6d—Pontop Windsor, 1405 9d to 15^—Hartley, 14s 6J— New Flockton, Milne and Co., 12s—Wall's End, Gos- forth, 15i 3d—Hilda, 13s 6-1—Killingsworth, 14s—Rid- dell's, 14s 9d—Hetton, 16s 9d—Stewarts, 16s 9d—Old Etherley, 12s 6d-Tees, 15s 3d.-Ships arrived, 2. JUNE 5. Beaumont, 13s 9d—Hebburn, 14s-Holywell. 14s 6d —Pontop Windsor, 15s—I anfield, lös (j<j—Townl« y. i3s 6d—West Hartley, Hs— Wylam, 14s 9d_Beil'. Primrose, 13s 9d — Lainbton's Primrose, 15s—Hartley, 148 6d—Ll'angennech Coal, 25s-Silipeote, ] 3s WallV End Hilda, 138 6d-Riddell's, 15s 3d—Hetton, 16s gtl —Russell's Lyons, 16s 9d to 17s—Tees, 16s 6d,—Ships arrived, 19. L OJ\DON MQM Y MARKET; CITY. THURSDAY EVENING. Great anxiety prevails here to-day for the promulgation of the result of the visit of the Chancellor and the Pre- mier to his Majesty yesterday. The speculators f, r a rise have been eminently success- ful, and h:ive forced Consols to 901under the expecta- tion that the Ministers have full power to take their own course for the purpose of retaining their places, and that consequently political affairs will proceed smoothly a little longer. Foreign Stocks are likewise all rather higher.

pilICES OF SHARES—.Thursday Per S1"V £ n M 1>r SLar* \nglo Mexican l^i Del Monte 2S| United ditto —~ Brazilian gg Uolotahian ^2 Bolanos LONDON PRICES OF STOCK. Friday. Suur .nim Tues. \re(] Tbur* ■iDsrCent.Cons. 89J 9 89 i S9 J S9J j S9 £ Cans*, tor Acct !89i i 89.} i ^9< (t9i | 9o^ goi ( per Cent. Red. 88 i 38j, i |894 i ;8Sj 4 89 89 j per-Cent. Iter!. 95j | 95j J j95 4 i95; p ggj New:->5pfcrCentj9tjj J 96j I 96^g | 9i;i i perCent-, 1 102j i |102? i K'Sj 5 !0-2^ § 1026 1 103i Bank Stock. 1194 j 5j 19/i 8j'l98 9 j[98 9 -203 4 Long Annuities 1G £ 19J 174 1"^ Exchequer Uills 50 51 51 2 51 2 51 52 50 51 50 51 India *,or.ils. 1 30 2 30 2 i30 32 28 30 28 30 itelgi.in |S/i i 88i 9| 89 £ |80j 90 ;90 4 |g is Brazilian Boncb|85j$"Oi 4 H9i 3 [6/ j |Gj J 'fi/. Chilian Bonds.. 1*20 '21 20 1 20 21^20$21^224 23i!43i Colombian, 182-1 17| i '71 18 ^4 IS^Ci ) !2o| Danish Boiiaa.. 73$73, 4 73{ 4 73; 4^ (73; 41 74 Diitcli2iperCeni|47i$48j j 48$I 48^ 14.91 k 49j French5perCenl| Ditto 3 per Cent] #* iii-eek5 per Cent 35{ fij 3Gj 7k i36* 364 74 ',40 42 42' MexicanCperCt. 3tj 5 34j 5 34J 5j 34J 5* :34j 51 351 Portuguese. 55 0 59j 60J59J GO 5SJ 60 159 (i0 60 Ditto Scrip 3i 3 di- 2* ljd. 2i 2 dU,34 3 dis[2| £ di.- Ru3»i»'i linuds. 103^ j 103j 4 jl03 £ 4 jl03i j 104^ 4 JOS Spanlst- Bonds. |l9jj J 19$i '19 j Il9fc j 19^ | 19J

The letter which Mr. JOHN PARRY of London, Bardd Alaw, did us the honour to address to us and which appeared in our last nuniber, on the subject of the next Eisteddfod Fawr, will have been perused by the public with interest and gratification. Mr. PARRY is advantageously known, not alone in the jtriucipality but in the metiopolis, by his patriotic and persevering exertions for the encouragement and preservation of the national music and literature. We karu from him that several of our influential countrymen in London have suggested that the next celebration of the Eisteddfod shall be held in ll e county Glamorgan and without undervaluitii; he compliment which is tints intended, for which indeed the kindest feelings of its inhabitants are 11 justly due, we may be allowed to say that the Garden of iviiles 11 may fairly lay some claim tc the distinction, and, we are bold to predict, will he found anxious to surround the national festi- val with all the splendour and attractions which native genius and generous enthusiasm combined r, with the just pride of birth and country can impart to so interesting a scene. We presume to think that the natives of Glamorgan in connexion with their immediate friends and neighbours of Brecon and Z, Monmouth, aided and graced as they will be by the presence of their countrymen and their beauteous countrywomen from other parts, will he found to respond not unoecomingly to the high honour which, on the respectable authority of Mr. PARRV we are informed that we may be allowed to antici- pate, in the patronage and we trust presence of he. Roval Highness the Duchess of KENT, and of the beauteous hope of the el11 pire, the Princess VICTORIA of Wales, as we have a right to style her. But there is one part of Mr. Play's communi- cation to which we must beg to tender some ex- ceptions, and that is, the nomination of Swansea as the point of union for this asssemhly for the Bardic meeting. We submit that the place to be selected would better be left to the selection of those parties on the spot who will be likely to take a lead in the necessary preparations on so important an occasion,—respecting the mode of action and com- bination of whom we shall hereafter offer a few words of suggestion. Swansea, we say it with all respect, does not in the first place appear to us well pointed out in regard to position; and unless it should be found that Cardiff cannot. furnish all the accom- modations needful for a large assemblage of visitois of all classes, as well as spacious rooms for the concerts and entertainments, we cannot understand why the county town should be passed over with, we must say it, so marked an appearance of dis- respect. Cardiff offers advantages and facilities besides which entitle it to preference on other grounds. Its proximity to Monmouthshire alone ought to be a supreme inducement in its favour, for although that country has been by Act ot parliament declared to form a part of Eng- land, it is, we trow, beyond the power of a thousand Acts to make our neighbours forget that they were and that they still are of the stock and lineage of Old Cambria. Whilst on the other hand our Carmarthen friends having had their Eisteddfod, there is the less cause to put forward any expectant benefit from the situation of Swan ea. Our Carmarthen, as our Brecon neighbours, who have likewise had theirs, would not begrudge the extra distance for an object so dear to all their best feelings. We trust it will be seen, however, that we make these objections in no unfriendly spirit towards Swansea, where we have the pleasure to count so many friends, that it would be an act of real ingra- titude on our part, of which we believe ourselves to he incapable, to say any thing that might seem to militate against its honour and profit. Although the Festival cannot take place this year, that forms in our minds no sufficient objection why Committees should not without more delay be formed in eaeh principal town through the whole county, who by active and regular intercommuni- cation should so arrange all the preliminaries of the great event as to leave as little as possi- ble to the accidents of time. There can be no difficulty in composing such Committees; we have in our mind's eye many names that ought and that would be found on them in more places than one and lrere amongst our own townsmen we take leave to say there are those who have occasionally, but too seldom for the pleasure of its readers, mani- fested in the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN the posses. sion of those varied acquirements which so pecu- liarly qualify them to do good service in a Committee for regulating the proposed Gorsedd of Glamorgan. We cannot doubt also that the Lord Lieutenant of the County would not be among the y r, last to patronize and encouragc this glorious un- dertaking.. We have received in due course French Papers to the date of Tuesday. The Moniteur of last Saturday announces the raising of the embargo on the Dutch vessels detained in the French ports, and the release of the garrison of Antwerp. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday last, the minis- ters were left in a minority on a vote of IS millions uf francs (720,000!. sterling), moved for by them to defray the expense of completing the junction of the Tuileries and the Louvre (on the north side), projected and partly effected by Napoleon. The session of the Chamber was expected to close in about three weeks. The Duchess of Berry was to take her departure for Palermo on Wednesday last, The Due de ltuvigo (Savary) died at Paris on Monday last of cancer on the tongue. The trial of the two Misses Guiny, the ladies in whose house the Duchess of Berry Was concealed, has commenced at Rennes. Sir Stratford Canning arrived in Paris on Monday last, on his way from Madrid to London, having failed in the object of his mission. The Toulouse journals mention an affray on the 26th ultimo, between some young men of Perpignan and a party of soldiers, in which two of the former were killed, but they give no account of the origin of the quarrel. M Lionne, the editor of the Republican journal the Tribune, has been tried and acquitted on charges of having excited the people to hatred and con- tempt against the Government and Louis Philippe The result of the late elections in Belgium is considered to be unfavourable for the existing ministry. Party feeling ran very high, and the country was altogether convulsed with political agitation. From Hulland the accounts are per- fectly tranquil. The settlement of the dispute between Turkey and Egypt bids fair to rival in duration the Dutch and Belgian question. It now appears from an article in the Augsburgh Gazette of the 31st, that the concessions made by the Porte to Mehemet Ali had been disapproved by Count Orloff, the Russian Envoy 911 a special mission to Constan- tinople. It is added that a similar declaration on the part of Russia would be made by Count Pozzo di Borgo at Paris. The intelligence received this week from Germany gives various details of disturbances which have taken place in some of the small states. The anni- versary of the fete of Hambach, 27th A'Iiy, did not pass over without bloodshed. At Neustudr, half a league dis:ant from Hambach, a collision of the people and the Bavarian troops took place, in wliicn the Journal de la Merthe asserts, more than 100 of the. former were killed or wounded. The Courier it; laMosellc states the numbers at five killea wounded. The town of Neustadt was iinmt afterwards declared in a state of siege. On lowing day several students attempted to create a disturbance in Frankfort, but were dispersed. Several of them were subsequently arrested by the police. At Neiderhad, a village near the scene of he festival, other students paraded before the Austrian troops quartered in that neighbourhood, singing French and Polish revolutionary songs, but were not molested, and subsequently retired without doing any mischief. The Frankfort and Spires Gazettes confirm those statements. The Berlin States Gazette of the 29th nIt, contains a. ,proclamation for Prussian subjects to remain at foreign universities. M. de Chateaubriand had arrived at Waldmunchen on his way to Prague. There are no further accounts from Savoy respect- ing the conspiracy lately discovered in the Sar- litiian territory. We have received a file of North and South American papers to the latest dates. Accounts have been received in New York from Jamaica, which state that the Earl of Mulgrave had issued his proclamation, caUing a new Houseof Assembly the writs to be returnable on the 14th of May. The New York paper of the 12th states, that the Pre- sident of the United States was grossly assaulted by a Lieutenant Randolph. The President and a numerous party were proceeding on board a steam- boat, to witness the ceremony of laying the first stone of a monument to the memory of the mother of General Washington, at Alexandria, when Lieu- tenant Randolph (a most eccentric character) ac- cused the President of ruining his prospects by dismissing him from the navy, and concluded by pulling the President's nose until it bled. The offender was then carried on shore. This event caused much excitement, and a public meeting- was lIehl to address the President upon the occasion. Vera Cruz papers announce that the Congress had sanctioned the election of General Santa Anna tv the Presidency. Accounts have been received from Rio Janeiro "f the 16th of April, and Buenos Ayres of the 2Sth of March. The private letters from Rio state that some disturbances had taken place in the mining districts, and that insurrectionary movements were displayed in the country. From Buenos Ayres we learn that trade is very dull. At Montevideo another attempt at revolu- tion was anticipated, and civil war appears to be the inevitable result.

(From the Standard.) (FROM OUR WEST END CORRESPONDENT.) Lord Grey, accompanied by the Loid Chancellor, left town at an early heur this morning for Windsor. During the silting of the Cabinet yesterday afternoon, the messenger who was entrusted with the despatches informing his Majesty of the discomfiture of his confidential servants, returned with a message from the Sovereign, appointing the audience which that grievance rendered indispensable for this day, in consequence of his Majesty having promised to honour the Eton Regatta with his presence last evening. We are informed, and we have reason to believe that we may rely on our authority, that, notwithstanding what has been eaid to the contrary, the Premier and Chancellor are commis- sioned to take the resignations of all the ministers, and that the resolution of the Cabinet yesterday was not to agree to return to office, except on the following very modest conditions First, that they (the ministers) should have a carts blanche for creating peen-and secoadly, that his .Majesty would be most graciously pleased to return the most ungracious answer to the dutiful address of the peers that the dignity of the crown and the usages of parliament can warrant.

■" -1L The adjourned meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock was held on Wednesday, to take into consideration the plan of Government re- lative to the renewal of the Charter, but the proceedings excited very little attention in the City, as the only topic of political consideration with the commercial body, was to ascertain whether Ministers will really give in their anxiously desired resignation. The general opinion appears to be that the Whigs have too great an affection for office to resign on the 11 trifling" ground of a vote of censure from one important branch of the legislature having been passed upon them. A blacksmith of Milan, named Ponti, has lately discovered a very simple mauns of diminishing the loud and disagreeable noise produced by hammering on the anvil. It consists of suspending, by a ring, at one of the extremities of the anvil, a short imn chain, which swings freely, and partly prevents the sonorous vibrations. INFLUENZA.—This complaint has become so general here, that there is scarcely a family in the town or its vicinity which has not been visited by it. Men, women, and children—persons of all ages and occupations —the clergyman in his pulpit, the player on the stage, the magistrate on the bench, and the merchant at his counter, all cough in concert, and are successively driven to warm diluents and to bed. The attack generally las-s from four to six days but when taken in time is much milder ic, character, and its subsequent effects (which are often worse than the disease itself), are proportionally harmless. Theie seems to be no doubt of the influenza being all epidemic, caused by sudden transitions of tem- perature, as the atmosphere has this season been peculiarly variuble.-Invei-ness Courier. HYGROMETER.—This new instrument, the invention of Battisia Landi, consists of a ball. made with a composition, of which the inventor has not hitherto divulged the secret; it is immerstd in water, contained in a glass vessel. Two days after the hygrometer has been hung up, the volume of the ball begins to increase, and, in ten or twelve days more, it forms a handsome pyramid, the four aides of which are of shining appear- ance. In rainy weather, these sides become covered with a variety of coloured globules if stormy, foggy, or cold weather are at hand, the pyramid emits aparks but if fog or wind is gathering, it becomes flatter, and if snow is to be expected, it assumes a dark, and, in point of colour, uniform tint. WHITEHAVEN PIERs.-Tlie first stone of the new North Pier, Whitehaven, was laid last week, by John Peile, Esq., amidst a vast assemblage of people. The stone, which was a block of enormous weight, having been lowered to its station, below the foundation of the present wall, and finally fixed, Mr. Peile with the usual masonic ceremonies gave the finishing blow, and then ad- dressed the company as follows :—'• Gentlemen-Nine years have elapsed this month since I had the honour of laying the first stone of the West Pier—that handsome structure which has proved alike ornamental to tho town and beneficial to its inhabitants which is the ad- miration of every stranger, and which ought to be the pride of every resident. That Pier, gentlemen, has already proved of immense advantage to the port and it is peculiarly gratifying to me that 1 have been srlected to lay the first stone of this wall, the completion of which, I believe, will secure every advantage we have contem- plated, and under the able management of Air. Logan, the superintendent, I have no doubt it will be finished in a style which will do credit to his taste and to the libe- rality of the builders. Having said thus much, gentle- men, it would be needless for me to enlarge upon the manifold advantages which must ensue from this work, and therefore let us give three cheeril,,to show our desire for the success of the Northern Pier." The audience made the welkin ring with three tia,esthree. and one cheer more, in hot air of the undertaking, and then gra-' dually dispersed to their respective homes. This portion of the Pier is inter did to run out in!o the sea in a north western direction, verging towards the point of the West Pier, so as to narrow the entrance to the harbour—a plan that has become necessary from the accumulation of sand deported by the tide in different parts of the harbour, which threatens to become in time, if not obviated, a very stfious inconvenience. The work is now proceeding ra- pidly. and gives employment to an immense number of persons.—Carlisle Patriot,