The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

LIT E R it TURE. THE SLAVE TRADr.-The Society for the Ex- tinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civil- isation of Africa have published an abridg- ment of Sir T. Fowell Buxton's Work on the Africa Slave Trade and its Remedy, and from it we give the following extract to show the vast advantages that would accrue to Great Britain it site were to cultivate commercial relations with a section of tjie globe so rich in naturiil resOUrces as is Africa, and which is only debarred from attain- ing :he highest prosperity by the exi-tence of that fatal bane to the improvement and happiness of the African, the Slave trade. Alter having dwelt upon the horrors that this accursed traffic entails upon the natives of Africa, the pamphlet proceeds But what is the true remedy? Happily we have not to create it. It a ready exists Africa pos sesses it within herself—in her vast though unde- veloped native resources. And when her popu- lation shall be convinced that the wealth obtained by peaceful industry exceeds the slender and pre- carious profits derived from rapine, the work will be accomplished. "There is reason to despair of our ever winning the hearty co-operation of those European powers who now encourage or connive at the Slave Trade, because we have no sufficient bribe to offer them. Beyond a doubt the secret of their resistence lies in the 180 per cent, profit which attaches to this nefarious traffic. But with regard to the African powers, the case is the very reverse. The Slave Trade i not their gain hut their loss. It is Cu lable of demonstration that but for the Slave Tradt the other trade of Africa would be increased fifty or a hii,id-ed fold. If theretore zkfrica would be enriched, the one needful thing in order to indnce her population to unite with us in repressing the Slave Trade, is to convince them that they will gain by selling the productive labour of the people instead of the pe-ple tiieinselveli. It is then to be shown that Africa possesses within herself the means of obtaining by fair trade a greater quantity of our goods than she now re- ceives by the Slave Trade; and secondly, to point out how this truth may be made plain to the African nations. It is also to be proved that Great Britain and other countries have an interest in the question only inferior to that of Africa itself. "The present condition of Africa in relation to commerce is deplorable. The annual exports from Great Britain to Africa, deducting the value of arms, ammunition, &c do not amount to more than ±211,834, and the imports from Africa to this oountiy in 1834 did not exceed t456,014 (exclu- sive of gold dust, about £260,000). But, limited as is the commerce of Africa, it is capable of being indefinitely increased. And the advantages which would accrue to Africa in the development of her resources, the civilisation of her people, and the destruction of one of the greatest evils which has ever afflicted or disgraced mankind—not less than the benefits which would be secured to Europe in opening new marts for her produce and new field" for her commercial enter- prise-would be illcalculable. What can we do to bring about this consum- mation? It is in our power to encourage her com- merce, to improve the cultivation of her soil, and to raise the morals and the mind of her inhabitants. This it all we can do. But this done, the Slave Trade cannot continue. "The first question then to be considered is, in way we can give an impulse to the commerce of Africa. For this purpose little more is necessary j than to provide security, and to convey a sense of security. "Its natural productions and commercial re- sources are inexhaustible. Besides the wild beasts which infest its forests, immense herds of cattle, incalculable in numbers, range its plains. Hides and skins, therefore, as well as animal food to almost any amount, may be obtained. Domeslic poultry are literally swarm- ing. Fish of all kinds visit the shores and rivers in immense shoals. The mineral kingdom is ex- ceedingly rich. The precious metals, particularly gold, abound in the beds of the rivers, and in the bowels of the earth. Iron is found in Western Africa, and the discovery of this metal is most im- portant to the future prosperity of this country. Copper is so abundant in iVJayoraba that they gather e n o,, Lg, eir purposes from the surface of the grof^ST) to the mineral treasures of look. Wy regard the pro- Wiethe forests and the plains, ■»- i f- i -J j.y the valleys and the rich alluvial deltas, as of infi- ni,ely more vaille. With few inconsiderable exceptions, the whole liie of coast in Western Africa accessible to trading vessels, presents immense tracts of land of the most fertile characier. But it is not to the coast- alone that the merchant may look for the results of his enterprise. The interior is equally fertile with the coast. "The woods of this continent are extremely valuable. Travellers enumerate not less than forty species of timber, such as mahogany, teak. ebony, rosewood, ifcc. Of dye wood- there is also abundance, yielding the finest colours. Gums in variety may be ob- iiiiiied in large qiiantities. Of nuts there are the palm-nut, the shea-nut, the cola-nut, the ground- nut, f"* castor-nut, the nitta-nut, and the oocoa- nut. Of roots there are the manioc, yams, sweet potato, arrow-root, and ginger. The fruits are orange, lemons, citrons, limes, pines,guavas, tama- rinds, paw-paws, plantains, and bannanas. Of grain there is rice, Indian corn, Guinea corn or millet, &c. Of drugs there are aloes and cassia, senna, frankincense, cardamoms, and grains of paradise, or NJalagetta pepper. Amongst the mis- cellaneous products may be enumerated ivory, bees' wax, and Indian rubber. The quantities of most of these may be obtained to almost any amount, and be limited only by demand. Hemp, tobacco, and indigo grow freely in most parts of Africa. Coffee is another indigenous shrub which well repays cultivation. The tea plant grows abundantly in the interior parts of Africa along the Niger. Sugar canes also in several districts grow spontaneously. But the article which requires the largest share of our attention is cotton, because it requires little capital,yields a steady return, is in vast demand in Europe, and grows naturally in the soil of Africa. "Ail who have visited Africa bear testimony to the spontaneous growth of this important artiole. Dalrymple, Clapperton, Park, Lander, and Laird, besides many others whom Sir F. Buxton quotes, are all agreed on this point. They describe it to be of three kinds-white, brown, and pink, and declare it to be most excellent in quality. "The vast importance to Great Britain of an additional market for raw cotton cannot be ques- tioned, and Africa is capable of yielding this necessary commodity, the want of which impedes and oppresses our manufacturing prosperity. "It is proposed then, thai an effort shall be made to cultivate districts of Africa selected for that purpose, in order that her inhabitants may be convinced of the capabilities of their soil, and wit- ness what wonders may be accomplished by their own labour when set in motion by our capital, and guided by our skill. "There is no doubt that mercantile settlements won Id eflect a considerable amount of good, but to confine ourselves to the establishment of factories would retard if not defeat our objects. We have to call forth and elevate the native mind, and to provide a larger source of revenue than that derived from the trade in man. By agri. culture both will be accomplished. It is quite clear that the intercourse between this country and Africa is at present extremely limited; that the ohief obstacle to its extension is the Slave Trade, and that it might be indefinitely increased under the fostering care of the British Government. The grounds on which this suppo- sition rests are the number and situations of its navigable rivers, its rich alluvial deltas and exten- sive and fertile plains, its immense forests, its wide range of natural productions, its swarming, active, and enterprising population, its contiguity to Europe, and the demand of its people for the manufactures of this country. There will of course be difficulties to overcome. But these, together with a considerable outlay of money,which will he required without an immediate return, will ultimately be repaid a thousand fold. The results to Africa will be the best reward of the pliilantliropiqt-to the merchant a new and un- explored field of successful enterprise-and to the Government the increased commercial prosperity of this nation." THE SCTIOOL -A small whiteheaded boy, with a sun burnt face, appeared at the door while he was speaking, and stopping there to make a rustic bow, came in and took his seat upon one of the forms. The white-headed boy then put an open book, astonishingly dog's eared, upon his knees, and thrusting his hands into his pockets began count- ing the marbles with which they were filled; dis playing in the expression of his face a remarkable capacity of totally abstracting his mind from the spelling on which his eyes were fixed. Soon after- wards another whiteheaded little boy came strag- gling in, and after him a redheaded lad, and after him two more with white heads, and then one with a flaxen poll, and so on until the forms were occupied by a dozen Doys or thereabouts, with heads of every colour but grey. and ranging in their ages from four years old to fourteen years or more; for the legs of the youngest were a long way from the floor when he sat upon the form, and the eldest was a heavy good-tempered foolish fellow, about half a head taller than the schoolmaster. At the top of the first form—the post of honour in the school-was the vacant place of the little sick scholar, and at the head of the row of pegs on which those who came in hats or caps were wont to hang them up, one was left empty. No boy attemp- ted to violate the sanctity of seat or peg, but many a one looked from the empty spaces to the school- master, and whispered his idle neighbour behind his hand. Then began the hum of conning over lessons and getting them by heart, the whispered jest and stealthy game, and all the noise and drawl of school and in the midst of the din sat the poor schoolmaster, the very image of meekness and sim- plicity, vainly attempting to fix his mind upon the duties of the day, and to forget his little friend. But the tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling from his pupils-it was plain. None knew this better than the idlest boys, who, growing bolder with impunity, waxed louder and more daring; playing odd or even under the mas- ter's eye, eating apples openly and without rebuke, pinching each other in sport or malice without the least reserve, and cutting their autographs in the very legs of his desk. I puzzled dunce, who stood beside it to say his lesson out of book, looked no longer at the ceiling for forgotten words, but drew closer to the master's elbow and boldly cast his eye upon the page; the wag of the little troop squinted and made grimaces (at the smallest boy of course), holding no book before his face, and his approving audience knew no constraint in their delight. If the master did chance to rouse himself and seem alive to what was going on, the noise subsided for a moment and no eyes met his but wore a studious and a deeply humble look but the instant he relapsed again, it broke out afresh, and teu times louder than before. Oh! how some of those idle fellows longed to be outside, and how they looked at the open door and window, as if they half meditated rushing violently out, plunging into the woods, and being wild boys and savages from that time forth. What rebellious thoughts of the coot river, and some shady bathing, place beneath willow trees with branches dipping in the water, kept tempting and urging that sturdy boy, who, with his shirt-collar unbuttoned and flung back as far as it could go, sat fanning his flushed face with a spelling book, wishing himself a whale, or a tittlebat, or a fly, or anything but a boy at school on that hot, broiling day! Heat! ask that other boy, whose seat being nearest to the door, gave him opportunities of gliding out into the garden and driving his companions to madness by dipping his face into the bucket of the well and then rolling on the grass-ask him if there were ever such a day as that, when even the bees were diving deep down into the cups of flowers and stopping there, as if they had made up their minds to retire from business and be manufacturers of honey no more. The day was made for laziness, and lying on one's back in green places, and staring at the sky till its brightness forced one to shut one's eyes and go to sleep; and was this a time to be poring Oloer musty books in a dark room, slighted by the very IUn itself? Monstrous!— Master Humphrey's Clock.

DAGUERREOTYPE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC MINIATURES. -The public generally is fully aware of the splendid photogenic effects produced by the aid of the camera by M. Daguerre; a novelty on similar principles has recently beet) introduced into the metropolis. The inventor, Mr Alexander S. Wolcott, of Now York, United States, has obtained a patent for it in his native country, and the grounds of his claim to that privilege are stated by himself to be, "that he has discovered the means of taking likenesses from life by the aid of a concave reflector so placed as to receive the rays from the person whose likeness is to be taken, and convey them to a focus on a prepared plate placed between the person and the reflector." Mr Wolcott, conjointly with Mr Beard, an Englishman, has secured a patent for his invention for Great Britain, and within the last few days the patentees have commenced their experiments at the Medical- hall, 138, Holborn, adjoining FurnivaTsinn. To M. Daguerre belongs the credit of the originality of the invention, so faras the preparation and silvering of the plates is concerned but Mr Wolcott also claims, and we believe is entitled to, the honour of ndapting the substitution of reflectors for the camera, aud thus reducing the length of the sitting to the short space of four to five minutes.

UANY THINGS IN FEW WORDS. A lahouring man, named Hunter, died last week at Park Farm, near Folkestone, in consequence of a bite he received from a viper, on which he had incautiously placed his foot. W. Rowland, porter to Messrs Neville arod Co., Maiden Lane, was committed for | trial ou Wednesday from Guildhall, for robbing his employers of three dozen pair of silk stockings, which he w,is attempting to (-7irrv away in the dust box. when he was apprehended. An epidemic is now prevalent in the city and neighbourhood of Lincoln, partaking of some marked symptoms of dysentery and cholera. The Manchester steamer has been sub mitted to public auction at Lloyd's, to meet the charges of the underwriters of the unfortunate vessel the Tyrian: the upset price was 94,000, and at the second bidding she was knocked down to Mr Joseph Soatnes at < £ 1,200. It is stated, that not otdy decoctions of the leaves of the camo- mile will destroy insects, but that nothing contri- butes so much to the health of a garden as a number of camomile,plants dispersed through it. A very beautiful arrangelllent for the hanging of pictures, and one presenting many great recommendations has very recently been invented it is formed by a rail moulding, to which elegant chains arc suspended, and slide with facility to the Icft or right.-Cash is a great power; yet it has not all power in heaven, no, nor even on earth The herring fishing has been moro prorluctive within the last few days than at any period since the commencement of the season The trial of Prince Louis Napoleon is to take place on the loth of October, before the French Chamber of Peers. -M. Guizot, the French Ambas- sador, has been dining often, of late, with Lord Palmerston. The Queen has appointed Lord Vis- count Falkland to be lieutenant governor of the pro- vineeof Nova Scotia. The average receipts of the London and Birmingham Railway amount to little short of twenty thousand pounds a week.——The accounts from the moors everywhere speak of the birds being scarce compared with former years, and so wild that it requires no ordinary shot to bring them down The Rev. J. Pinder, Professor of'Theology at Wells, has been appointed by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, Precentor and Honorary Prebendary in the Cathedral Church at Wells Lord Stanley is at present on a visit to Sir James Graham, Bart., at Netherby, and enjoying the pastime of grouse shoot- ing at the right hon. baronet's manors in that neigh- bourhood, Sir Gregory Lewin was called within the bar, and took his seat as Queen's Counsel in the Nisi Prius Court at Lancaster, before the termination of the late assizes at that place The trustees of the harbour and town of Maryport have resolved upon building a breakwater on the north side of the entrance to that port. Mr Wm. Gladstone and Lord Sandon are to be the conservative candidates for Liverpool, against Mr Labouchere and Sir James Walmslev, the present mayor. The celebrated stud of Alexander Nowell, Esq of Underly Park, West- moreland, has been brought to the hammer the pro- ceeds of the first day's sale amounted to no less a sum than 2,877 guineas, and those of the second day to 1,813 guineas, making a total of 4,906 guineas. Mr Maziere Brady, is now Chief Baron of the Irish exchequer Mr Pigot, Attorney General; Mr Richard Moore, Solicitor General; and Dr Stock Ser- geant-at-Iaw.-The ship-builders of Bristol have presented a memorial to the President of the Board of Trade, to remit the excessive tax on Honduras mahogany. A marriage between the Archduchess Maria, daughter of the Archduke Regnier of Austria, and the Prince Royal of Sardinia, is considered at Vienna to be decided upon. -Some preparations have been begun at Havre to put its half dismantled fortifications into tiseful repair; for which purpose some officers of engineers have lately visited the place. Prince George of Cambridge has proceeded to the south of Ireland, and is expected oil a visit amongst other places at Mount Shannon, the mansion of the Earl of Clare. Viscount Andover, theWhig member for Malmesbury, has had presented to him by her Majesty, ten couples of beagles. The Queen of the Belgians and suite attended high mass at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Clewer, during their visit to the Protestant Court of her Britannic Majesty. • Preliminary measures are in course of adoption to erect a monument in Eskdale, to commemorate the memory and services of the late Sir Pulteney Malcolm. The thermometer at Quebec, towards the close of last month, ranged from 86 to 90 in the shade All the persons inculpated in the affair at Boulogne have arrived in Paris, with the exception of Colonel Voisin and the Pole Ovinski, who were both wounded, and remain at Boulogne: they are 74 in number; 17 are at the Conciergerie, and the others at St. Pelagie: the trial will take place on the 15th of October The number of ships of all nations that passed the Sound in the first half of this year was 3,823 from the North Set, and 2,794 from the Baltic, in all 6,617, which is 23 more than in the same period in 1839. -Mr William TGok(-, the treasurer of the "Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge," has been charged with making use of the influence of the society to procure votes in his favour for Finsbury, and a committee of the society, with Lord Brougham at its head, is at present investigating the charge. -Baron Bulow left London on Tuesday, on his return to Prussia; his excellency has been in the service of the Prussian Legation in London during the reign of three Sovereigns, and has in that space of time, represented his king at this court for no less than thirteen years the duties of Charge d'Affaires at the Prussian Legation devolve on the Baron Sehelein- itz. A private letter from Sydney mentions the culture of the vine as an object of great attention from thirteen acres of vines, of which on'y one-fourth part were in full bearing, it is said that 3,600 gallonsof iritic were produced. A mercantile chart has been published by Messrs Walker of London, the object of which is to exhibit the fluctuations of the prices of the principal articles of commerce, besides those of Consols and Exchequer Bills the period embraced by the chart is seven years, from 1883 to 1839, both ificlusive.- M. VValeski, charged by M. Thiers with a secret mission, had been stopped by the authorities at Genoa; and, to procure his liberation, was COlli, pelled to break the incognito he had preserved. A remarkable trial took place recently in Barbadoes, for selling slaves in Texas, of which (rime a Mr John Taylor stated to be very respectably connected in that island, has been found guilty, and sentenced to tran- sportation for fourteen years.A post-office agent will in future be employed on board each steamer to sort the letters on the voyage down frnm Calcn tta to Bombay, so that on the arrival of the vessel the various packets may be despatched to their destina- tion immediately. Intelligence is at present conveyed along the Great Western Railway at the rate of 200,000 miles per second, or 8,000 times quicker than light travels (Jui iiig the same period, by means of an electrical telegraph. The import of the bulletins issued from Clarence House during the week has usually been, that the Princess Augusta has rested well, and continues nearly the same, but with- out hope of recovery.-A new Romish Mass House, dedicated to St. Augustine, was opened near Preston last week by the Right Rev. Dr. Briggs, assisted hy the Right Rev. Dr. Murdoch, of Glasgow, and from sixty to seventy Popish priests from differ- ent parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Republic of Venezuela, in South America, has just completed an accurate survey of its entire territory, which has been found to comprise no less thin 35.000 square leagues, the greater portion of which has boen hitherto unknown.—* The silk manufacturers of Lyons consume 2.000,0001b. of silk annuallv: it requires 4,289,400.000 silk worms to produce this quantity ofsilk eacii silkworm produces about 500 yards of silk thread, and the total length of all the silk produced is equal to 14 times the distance of the earth to the sun, and 5,194 times that of the earth to the moon it is likewise equal to 52,505 times the cifcuinference of the earth at the equator, and 200,000 the circumference of the moon. -Lord Stanley met with a most cordial reception at the hands of the tenantry, 011 his arrival, a few weeks since, at his seat in the county of Tipperary. -There is at present in the possession of a merchant at Toronto, Upper Canada, the pair of Bibles presented by the poet Burns to his Highland Mary they are in a good state of preservation, having been carefully preserved by the family of the present owner, who emigrated from Scotland some years ago. Orders have been for- warded to all the outports, to commence an active enlistment of sailors, and a tender has taken np her station in the Downs for the purpose of receiving recruits. Letters from all parts of France announce that all kinds of oorn are declining in price, and that little attention is paid to foreign supplies, the French harvest having been excessively nbulldant.The Governor of tho Sudbury Poor Law Union has been apprehended on a charge of fraudulently appropriating the provisions and stores intended for the use of the poor. John Thorogood has been discharged from prison, some of his friends having paid the debt and costs amounting to ESO 63 C)tl.-Tlie repealers throughout Ireland are to bo known by their dress- a pepper and salt coat, velvet collar, and repeal buttons, which garb Mr O'Connell has already adopted. »»The codfishing on the Qrand Bank, Newfoundland, this year, has entirely failed, and most of the vessels ire on their way home with from one- half to one-third fares. The Aberdeen City registration has closed, and the result gives a ma- jority of 41 in favour of the Conservatives. The weather in Paris is described as beautiful, hut ex- ceedingly hot. The accounts from the wine countries state that never was there such an abundant vintage, and the wines will be of good quality. All the accounts of the corn harvest are also very satisfactory. The Lord Bishop of Meatb, now in his eightieth year, lies in a very precarious state of illness.- The gardens of the Zoological Society, iu the Regent's Park, received on Tuesday week a fine male tiger, four monkeys, illcluding a rare spider monkey.arhea, and an alpaca, which were purchased bv the Eat"5 of Derby for that collection. The Archimedes Oporto from Plymouth in seventy hours, being supposed to be the quickest steam com- munii-ation that has ever been made between those places; and this wns effected without her having once had occasion to stop her engines. flie distance is about 800 miles. In various par's of the country the public road commissioners have found it 1)(,l'pssari. to reduce the duty on stage-coaches, in of their business being severely injured by railroad travelling. Colonel Clements, the Conservative candidate, has been returned for Cavan without opposition. Mr pigott, the new Attorney General, hasa)so been re-elected for Clonmel. The Hon. W R L. Carew has been returned fur the county of VVaterford. n_

STEAM. Cape of Good Hope, May 1840. A meeting of tile steam shareholders was lately convened at Cape Town, and about fiftv attended. The chairman opened the business by saying, that the meeting was called un the occasion of the unfortunate loss of the Hope steamer, and to learn the opinion of those on steam in genera). Mr G—— moved that as steam had been found of great benefit to the commerce of the colony, some plan should be adopted for renewing the power." Mr E then rose and said, that he 1ml just hard it asserted that the steamer had been found of benefit to the colony but he decidedly thought that it had been of injury to it, for it had a demoralizing effect on the community, having sailed on a Sunday: though a sailing vessel might be allowed to proceed on its way on a Sunday, a steamer ought not. The Capo is a Christian colony, and therefore the steamer ought to be navigated on Christian principles I lere- ul)oii a geiitletii;iii of itic sl)ldcr geiius c;illetl out-- Hear, hear." 1 think that is all right and proper, indeed, I think it is very right, and withal highly pro- per'' On the strength of this sentiment he beat with his stick, and hear, hear, was called out from several parts of the room. Mr G explained: "he had not said that, the steamer was a benefit to the colony, but to the com- merce of the colony; the steamer had never been advertised to depart ou the Sunday, but that in con- sequence of accidental circumstances it had on one occasion been prevented from starting on the ap- pointed day, and had then, and then only, gone out of the biiv on a Sunday." Mr E- said that lthe had rather the steamer were broken up and made into matches, than that it should start again on a Sunday." Mr G 's resolution, however, was carried. The secretary then proceeded to read the various accounts of the company. There appeared to have been considerable mismanagement by the directors, for they had at tirst been using coal of 60s the ton, when by proper precautions (such as were afterwards taken) they might have had them for 40s. The steamer had beeu gradually gaining the confidence of the public: the number of passengers had gradually increased every quarter and as to merchandize, they were at last obliged to refuse a quantity every time the vessel went to Algoa bay. But she came back empty, and it seemed strange that if no merchants there offered freight, the directors did not freight her themselves, by purchasing the produce of that vicinity, which is much cheaper than at Table Bay. The amount paid up by the shareholders was is 17,000; the company is now worth £' 14,000. The loss the first quarter was £ 700, but it has diminished each subsequent quarter, till at the last quarter it was only a few shillillgs. There were great outcries for dissolving the com- pany, some wishing* to do away with it entirely, and some were for forming a new one, as there had been so much mismanagement in this. Some proposed that the merchants should bear the loss, and pay the non- shippers their dividends, as it had been confessed in the room that there were some who had by their shipments made more than the whole capital of the company; and some again were for making the com- munity stump up, as the community, by the consent of all, had been much benefitted. Mr B-, one of the oldest of the Dutch inhabi- tants then got up, with Gentlemens, I beg dat you will listen with both your ears. In the ycar I was a member of de Burgher Sennat, and de only sorte of pooblique conveyance in, or about de colonie, was a postvaggone from Capstaad to Stellenbosch. Vel, dis here postvaggone was de property of de Burgher Sennat, just as dis here steamer is de pro- perty of dis company vol den, after a leetle time, when de bookes were made up, it was found dat do company had lost, zo de senuators wished to dissolve the company. I advised dem not;—what if you do loze leette now, giiiii more by and by. Den it will be all for de good of de colonic, if you loze :Cl, den de colonie gain XIOO but de sennators zed I was a fool for wishing to keep up de company veil dey were all lozing, and dey said dat dey would go to de Gouverneure at once to have de company dissolved. But I, burgher sennator, was before hand wid my broder sennators, and I told de Gouverneure all about it, and he zed, "So dey called you a fool, for your opinion;"—"Yes," zed I, ".ley did call me a fool, but I am no fool dey arc fools, for dey not see dat it is all for de good of de Colonie." Zo.de Gouverneure did not dissolve de company, and de postvaggone went on, allll afier a time it paid, and now what is de consequence, why dere are tree, four, five, Got knows how many postwagones, and dey all pay. The honourable quondam senator sat down amidst general cheers. Mr P- then rose and advised the steamites to proceed, assuring them of success: he had introduced steam-mills into the colony, and had lost by them at first, but had made it up all since. The greatest loss in the steamer arose from want of piers for loading and unloading, the vessel being always anchored at a great distanee off shore, and boat liire being very expensive. It was stated, however, that a jetty was constructing at Algoa B.iy, by which the steamer could bring up; and that there was a stone one being now built in Table Bay, which a vessel of light draught might reach. It was agreed, there- fort- to have another vessel out from England, of larger tonnage, but of less draught than the Hope," and, if possible, to get out two such vessels, as they would then monopolize the carrying trade between the two bays. With the aid of a o\i ■ horse steam engine, Mr E- makes out of Cape tobacco all the various favorite snuffs, having by him a quantity of printed labels ready to affix to the cannisters, informing her Majesty's liege subjects of the various large towns and manufactories in Europe, were the aid snuffs were made. The conveni encc of the tobacco being ground by a fellow what won't tell tales, is evident.

LIST OF NRW PA TENTS.—AUG., 1840. (Extracts from the Monthly List published by Newton and Berry, Chancery Lane, London.) William Daubney Holmes, of Lambeth Square, civil engineer, for certain improvements in steam engines, and in generating and applying steam as motive powcr.-Scaled 1st August 6 months for inrol- ment. Colin Macrae, of Cornhill, Perthshire, gentleman, for improvements in rotary engines, worked by steam, smoke, gases, or heated air; and in the mode of applying such engines to useful purposes,—being a communiation.-Sealed 5th August—6 months for inrolment. Robert Stirling Newall, of Dundee, gentleman, for improvements in wire ropes, and ill machinery for making such ropes,-beiiig partly a communication.— Sealed 7th August—6 months for inrolment. Andrew Smith, of Prince's Street, Leicester Square, engineer, for certain improvements in carriage wheels, rails, and chairs for rii[wavs. -Sealed 7th August- 6,inotiths for itiroimeiit. Downes Edwards, of Surbiton Hill, Kingston, farmer, for improvements in preserving potatoes and other vegetable subs t ai ices.-Sea led 8th August-6 months for inrolment. Samuel Howard, of Manchester, engineer, for cer- tain, improvements in boilers and furnaces.- Sealed 8th August-2 months for inrolment.

LONDOX ANI) BUIGHTON RAILWAY.-On this liflo great activity is manifested. The directors and all engaged are incessant in their exertions to expedite the opening of those portions of the line extending from Croydon to Hooley Lane, and from Merstham to Balcombe. Orders have been given for the engines and carriages, as well as for the necessary accom- modations for passengers. It is said at Berlin that the king has sent to London M. Jacques Francois Beuth, director of the section of Public Works, in the ministry of the interior, for the purpose of examining into Mr Clegg's invention for the application of atmospheric air as the moving power upon railways, —with a view to its adoption on the line of road about to be formed between Berlin and Cologne. -Athen"m. DIAMONDS FOUSD SEAR ALGIERS.—Three dia- monds have been found in the auriferous sands of the river Goumel, in the province of Constautine. One of them weighs three carats. It is worth about £ '20, if free from flaws, according to the usual mode of computation; it has been obtained by the School of Mines at Paris. The second weighs I-L carat, and is possessed by the Museum of Natural History; and the third by M, Le Dree, weighs one carat,—' Atheweuvh

-fIO'- ON THE VENTILATION OF COAL MINES. TO THE EDITOn OF THE MINING JOURNAL. Sm,—In consequence of your inviting some obser- vations relative to tile ventilation of coal aud other mines, I have been induced to submit a few practical remarks upon the subject, trusting that it may awaken i some of your scientific and practical reaclersa desire to profit hy. and apply them to, the more effectual saving of life and property- It is a mistake generally fallen into by persons un- acquainted with coal mines, to suppose that accidents by explosion arc always to be attrbutccl to imperfect ventilation; for, although this oftentimes happens, it is by no means so frequent, as that lives are lost ill the interior of works otherwise well ventilated in the main roads but the working place's, being at certain s ages, and, according to the ordinary course of mining, incapable of being cleared of the gases, must either be worked by means of safety lamps or by candle*—hence the necessity for sound discretion being used by prac- tical persons in charge of them. The mode of working conl mines may be comprised under two general heads, viz.—working by pillar and hoard, and working by long wall. By the first method, a certain portion of the mine is, during the first stage, of working, left in pillars, which are, by a subsequent process, partially or elltirely taken away, leaving the roof to fall in behind, thereby destroying all ventilation arrangements, and leaving, inconsequence, the gases to accumulate, aud discharge at the most easy outlet. The long wall method is to carry away the whole ot the coal within the range of working, stowing up the greatest part for the purpose of supporting the roof—the remainder, of necessity, being allowerl to become filled with gas. Now, it will be easily understood, that, however good and unobjectionable the air course may be in the main roads of the mine, that in case of any carelessness, want of judgment, or mismanagement of the lights brought in contact with the gas, explosion will take place; and, as it generally happens that the persons immediately connected with the mischief arc destroyed or disabled, great difficulty is experienced in ascer- taining the real cause; but it maybe generally set down, either to unsafe lamps, unwarily taking off the tops, using cand es instead of lamps, or some casualty damaging the lamp; but, so long as these risks are to be run, and which arc contingent upon the working of the mines, there seems no remedy, beyond having the various processes guided and watched by persons practically acquainted with the cause of danger, and sufficiently scientific to direct" the best preventives under the ever varying circumstances of the case. If the above observations, applied to coal mines well ventilated in the general principle, show constant and inevitable danger, to what a fearful extent must that danger he multiplied, where the general ventila- tion is defective; for, when that is the case, and the main current of air becomes so vitiated throughout its course as to be inflammable, an explosion that would otherwise be but partial, and confined to the spot, explodes throughout all the ramifications of the mine, and carries destruction to parts far distant from the origin of the fire. The most effectunI agent of ven- tilation hitherto discovered is the rarifying furnace, which is placed at the bottom of the upcast shaft, thereby producing a uniform and continuous current of air through every passage into which it is guided; and it may not be unimportant to state, that such current, in a well ventilated mine in the Newcastle district, is expected to be equivalent to at least 2,520 cubic feet per minute, or a volume of air passing nt the rate of 70 feet per minute, through a passage six feet square. I have already remarked, that even this volume of air will not ensure safety to the mine, except the work- ings or interior parts are skilfully arranged, and con- ducted with watcllfulncss and practical knowledge, for the column of air needs to be ramified and subdivided by innumerable devices of stoppings, doors, brattices, crossings, &c., at the discretion of the managing au- thorities, according to the peculiar thiáness, inclina- tion, &c, of the bed of coal, and according to the peculiar mode in which the workings are carried on. With respect to the ventilating furnace, I know, that in many parts of the country, it is very little either applied or understood, for it is quite common to see the air so devious between upcast and downcast, as to change and alternate according to circumstances-the danger of which musthe obvious. Inshort, the safety of a coal mine is governed upon much the same prin- ciple as that of a steam boiler, both depending upon skilful and practical attention, and subject, at the same time, to unforeseen disasters, against which no human foresight can al ways guard. A blower of inflammable- air may come off in an instant, aud overpower the most unobjectionable ventilation—die iteglect of an indivi- dual, in the case of a lamp, a candle, or a door, may occasion a similar mishap, but still the safety valve consists of a good, steady, uninterrupted column of fresh air, not only in the prevention of oxpttMian. but the better to drive away the after damp (or noxious vapours), which so readily suffocate those who are unburnt, and which vapours, if not swept away by an active current of air effectually, prevent assistance approaching to the relief of those remaining aliyc. The editor of the Liverpool Journal suggests that Parliament should interest themselves upon the sub- ject; it is not for me to say how far it might not be important to insist that in every mine a certain stan- dard of ventilation should be adopted, but I do not see how any can be devised for the various contingencies constantly attending upon the working of mines, save practical and scientific management. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. M. DUNN, Colliery Viewer. Newcastle upon Tyne, August 21.

THE SICILIAN SULPHUR TRADE. The appendix to Mr M'Gregor's report on the commercial statistics of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, presented by command of her Majesty to both Houses of Parliament, and referred to in our last, contains a copy of the famous sulphur con- tract, translated from the Italian, with some inte- resting information upon the subject of the sulphur district, and the annual produce of the mines, besides a series of elaborate tables of imports and exports into the kingdom of the Two Sicilie-i np to very recent dates, with a detailed account of the injurious effect which a continuance of the sulphur monopoly would have produced on British oom- merce. The sulphur contract itself, in favour of Messrs Taix, Aycard, and Co., proceeds upon a flagrant falsehood, that the production of the article had increased 300,000 cantars annually over the demand of the foreign markets, and therefore the company is authorised to found theic establishment in the royal dominions on the other side of the Faro, to purchase annually the sulphur which should be produced in Sicily, amounting to 600,000 cantars, experience having proved a larger production to be excessive, and the cause of great losses. To show the fallacy on which the contract proceeds, it is only necessary to mention that England alone re- quires about 500,000 cantars, and that France requires nearly as much so that these two countries would take about 1,000,000 cantars, and yet the monopoly confined the exports to 6j0,000 cantars. specially prohibiting the production of an additional 300,000 canlars, because for a few years previous to the monopoly it is admitted that the production had in gross been equal to 900,000 cantars. The actual quantity exported was as follows:- Years. Carrara. 1932 400,000 1833 405,769 1834 676 413 1835 661,775 1836. 855,376 1837 764,244 1838 1,011,591 Total exports for 61 years. 4,866,058 The excess of exportation in 1838 was made chiefly in June and July, in anticipation of the monopoly. The above returns give an average of 748,624 quintals as the annual production. The price in 1S37 was 151131 tares per Sicilian oantar. The sulphur inined extend over a great portion of the centre, and down to the south coast of the island. The mineral is imbedded in blue marl, and is occasionally found in gypt-um and limestone. They have been explored and worked for 300 years, but the quantity mined and prepared for exporta- tion was unimportant, until chemical discovery within the last fifteen years caused an extraordinary quantity of the mineral to be successfully applied to manufacturing purposes. It i4 separated from the various substances with which it is combined by means of fusion in kilns built of gypsum, stonf, &o., which contain from 50 to 60 owt. each. It ruus off by a hole in the bottom in a thin brown fluid, into a trough or mould, in which it cools and hardens into the form and solidity in which it is shipped.

We think it well to remind our scientific friends that the British Association will this year assemble at Glasgow, on Thursday, the 17th of September, and not on a Monday, as heretofore.—Athenaum. COMPENSATION CASKS.—Two cases of extravagant demands have lately been decided by a jury, in the Great Lcinster and Munster Railway. Lord Portar- Mngton demanded X 1,200 for about 11 acres of laud, for which the jury awarded only 9365 12s 6d. In another case Mr James Lnparelle said he would most reluctantly accept ztl,200 for 21 acres, which thejury thought worth only ^oQ. Both these modest gentlemen had actually been offered more by the Company than the jury awarded.—Railmn Hat/aaint,

Ifr STATISTICS OF MARRIAGE.—HINTS FOR THE LADIES. (From tfie Scotsman.) We published some years ago a table of the proba- bilities of marriage at the different periods of life, in the case of females, for which we have no doubt that the Indies of Britain feel grateful. It was founded, however, on lunit d data, which were derived entirely irum records of marriages among- the working classes. The table published in our leading article of Saturday supplies materials for more accurate conclusions, grounded on returns which comprehend all classes; st and we think we shall confer a favour on our female readers hy putting the results into a more distinct forlll than the table in itsuriillal shape affords. If we take 100 to represent the whole of a woman's chances of marriage between the ages of 15 and 70, the proportional chances in each period of five years will be as ft)l I ows I AGE. CHANCES OF MARRIAGE. 15 and under 20 14; 20 23 5'2 25 30 IS 30 35 6A 35 40 31 4, 40 45 2i 45 50 ] > 50 55 55 6!) i 60 65 1 C One- 65 70 ) i tenth. 100 From lite table it appears— 1. That one seventh part of all the females who marry ill Englancl are married between the ages of 15 and 20, or one-seventh part of a woman's chances of marriage lies between those years. 2. That fully one-half of all the women who marrv are married between 20 and 25, or one-half a woman's chances are comprised within these five years. 3. That between 15 and 25 precisely two thirds of a woman's chances of marriage are exhausted and only one-third remains for the rest of her life ul) to 70. 1. That at 30 no less than 85 chances out of the 100 are gone, and 15, or about one-seventh only re- main. She has strong reasons now for improving her time. 5. At 35, a fraction, a tenth, is all that remains to her—which is reduced at twentieth at 40. 6. At 45, her chances of marriage have sunk to one- fortieth and at 50 to one-hundredih. At 60 there is still a glimmering of hope, for it appears that among females about 1 marriage in 1,000 takes pll\cQ at and boyond that age. The number of women married between 15 and 20 is 6 times greater than the number of men. The number of men and women married between 20 and 25 is very nearly equal, but the number of men married at all higher ages is greater than the number of women.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. 0- NEWPORT. IMPORTS. — The George, Tamplin, the Bristo Packet, Thomas, the Fanity, Johns, the Moderator No. 1, Ihe Bristol Packet, Tivers, the Swift, Richards the Nloder-tior, No. 3, the Bristol Packet, Prewitt, the Mary, Gainey, the Moderator, No. 2, and the Tredegar, Johns, the Tredegar, Morris, from Glou- cester, and the Charles, Howe, from Bridgewater, with sundries the Sarah, White, the Rival, Cooke, and the Harriett, Nurse, from Gloucester, aud the' Elizabeth, Prewiti, from Bristol, with hay; the Spraycombe, Marsh, the Edward and Margaret, Jone«, the Three Sisters. Dingley, the Friendship, Cridland, the Severn, Hooper, the John and Ilary, Widdico-nbe, and the Fortitude, Lewi<, from Bridge- water, with bricks; the Elizabeth, Cuming, from Truro, with tin the Robert, Clampitt, from Cardiff, with flour; the Two Friends, Base, from Kinsale, with sheep; the Broiliei-o,Quiiiton, front Chepstow, with beans and malt the Star of the Sea, Maddon, front Clotinakilly, and the Aid, Atteridge, from Yonghal, with cows, sheep, and horses; the Victoria, Richards, front Barnstaple, with ware the Ann, Western, from Barnstaple,aud the Tor, Moule. from Bridgewater, with straw; the Kitty, Finn, from Youghal, with sheep and cattle; the Helen, Hodge, from Plymouth, with oakum; the New Parliament, Brab) it, from Truro, with tin; the Blaina, Oakley, from Worcester, with sand and castings; the Unarrmiiy, Mitchell, from Bridgewater, with bricks and flour; the Turtle, Poole, from Bristol, with flour and hats; the Czar, Rumley, from Cork, wi-h gunpowder; the Friends, Cobley, from Minehead, with elm planks; the William, Collins, from Cardiff, with bark; the Elizabeth, Morgan, from Neath, with beer; the Union. Weenos, from Falmouth, with granite stone, the Fanny, Wills, from Bridgewater, with straw; the William, Smith, from Bullo, with iron; the Friendship, Wedlake, from Bridgrewater, with bricks and straw; the Blessing, Duddridge, from Bridgewater, with bricks and crests the Olive Branch, Williams, from Fowey, and the Fame, Welsh, from Whitehaven, with iron ore theCharles Tucker, Tucker; from Waterford, with bacon, butter, and lard; the Perseverance, from Cork, with butter; the Regulator, Stone, from Bristol, with iron; and the Charles Tucker, Tucker, from Waterf rd, with flour, bran, and bread. EXPORTS.—The Blncher, Shepperdson, for Swan- sea, with bricks, c ay, and oil; the Moderator, No. 2, the Tredegar, John. the George, Tamplin, the Mary, Gainey, the Bristol Packet, Thomas, and the Fann), Johns, for Bristol, with sundries; the Mo- derator, No. 3, the Mary, Gainey, the Bristol Packet, Tivers, the Turtle, Poole, and the Swift, Richards', for Bristol, the Margaret Wilson, Hardie, for Greenock, the Alicia, Welsh, for Dublin, the Col- lector, Pearse, for Palermo,the Monmouth. Beynon, for Stockton, the E izaheth, Morgan, for Neath, the Industry, Cousins, for Wexford, the Thetis, Davis, the Favourite, Jones, and the Anna Maria, Lloyd, for Liverpool, the Charles, Howe, and the Blessing, Duddridge, from Bridgewater, the Robert, Clampirt] and the Three Sisters, Filoot, for Cardiff, the Blaina, Oakley, for Worcester, tfie Abeona, Attridge, for Cork, and the William IV., Rees. for London, with iron; the Sarah Ann, Field, the William, Small, and the Alexandrina Victoria, for Cork, with hoops; the Taunton Packet, Bnshell, for London, with iron and sugar lead the Newport Trader, Jackson, for Gloucester, with tin plates and wool; the C Irdiff, Evans, for Porthcawl, with bricks; and the Fame, Welsh, for Whitehaven, with timber. NEWPORT FOREIGN SHIPPING LIST. (From the Mercantile Presentment.) ENTERED INWARDS.—The Triumph, Buon, from Nantz; and the Hannah, Glovier, from Prince Edward's Island. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Arno, Dixey, for Havannah; the Mason, Allen, for New Orleans; the Rival, Avery, for Dordl; the Anna Magdelena, Breckwoldt, for Dordt; and La Fortuna, Bulow, for Copenhagen and Lubeck. CLEARED OUT—The Collector, Pearse, for Palermo. COALS SHIPPED COASTWISE EXCEPT TO IRELAND. Tons. Newport Coal Co j3jcj Thomas Powell 1610 J. F. Hanson. 659 R. Welsh 459 \-V. aud R. Thumas. 758 Tredegai- Coal Co 1056 James Poole, jun 597 Clements, Jones, and Williams 419 T. Carlwright 704 Motirtiotittkshire li-oti atid I (-.o 180 COAL SHIPPED COASTWISE TO IUELAND, Newport Coal Co, 3320 Tiiolnav-Powell 1430 J. F. Hanson 230 Tredegar Coal Co 170 Clements, Joues, and Williams 95 T. Carlwright 180 R. Welsh o 385 SWANSEA. ARRIVALS.—The Phoenix, Lodge, the Bristol, Jones, and the Palmerston, Bailey (steamers), and the William and Jane, Barrett, from Bristol; the Edward, Pease, the Picton, Thomas, aud the Joseph, Williams, from St. Ives; the Harriett, Atkinson, and the Sinbad, Thomas, from London; the Favourite. Joues, and the Victoria, Jones, from Aberayron the Moderator, Wedlock, from Watchet; the Tredegar, Crockford, and the Ann, Bushen, from Minehead; the Lady Willoughby, Thootaa, from Conway; the Thomas, Rosser, the William and Frank, Kussel, from Portsmouth; the Thomas, Carter, fro.1I St. Agnes; the Wave, Rees, the Nancy, Andrews, the Fame, Grenfell, the Riviere, Rosewall, the Thomas, Stephens, and Ihe Auspicious, Spray, from Hayle lite Elizabeth, Hotioti, and the Fripoidti, Fry, from Falmouth; the Lively, Hart, from Poole; the Susan, Irvion, from llfracombe; the Susan, Evans, the WiTiam and Mary, Kastaway, the Fanny, Brooks, the Friends, Burford, the Mary, Killg. the Fanny, Chanon, and the Dasher, Bowder, from Bideford; the Good Intention, Lake, from Barnstaple; the Olive Branch, Mendoo, from Aberthaw the Ocean, Tose, from Plymouth the Fanny, Pulsford, from Porlock the Perseverance, Basset, and the Heyo, Dalling, from Portreath; the Btucher, Shepherd, from Newport; the Joseph, Prosser, from Cork; the William Alexander, Howe, the Sltrah, Crocker, and the William and Ann, Bright, from Gloucester the Affo, Marshall, from Bude; the Henrietta, Power, and the Attthiew, Cock, from Beerhaven; the HMMMMwawiiUh, ■,iiMWag«^aMBW——B——I Minerva, Hawev, from B-deforiJ; ihe Eleanor, J.uieS' rite Aleimxid, Davies, the Rachels, Evans, and itil, L' nil y, {i riffi 1 hs. Irom Newquay; the Truro, Carter, and ihe Symni t v, Gile from Truro; ihe Mariner, Williams, from Wexford; the Fi-ictids, Tliotiias, from Whitehaven; ihe Rambler, Brown, from Car- diff; the Primrose, Griffiths, from Milford the William and Mary. Dinsjly, the Good Intent, Wil- l iiiiis, ttic Rosolteiioti, [teed, aiid the Columbia, Richards, fiom Bridgewater; the CharJolle "lid AUII, Fry, from Fowey; the lirthers, Jotiem, from Ua ry the Rambler, Wall, aud the Ellen, Connor, from Wirklow; the Hope, Carpenter, from Cowcs the Mountaineer (steamer), Edwards, the Fenella, Beynon, and the Sarah, Codd, from Liverpool; the James, Rees, from Peiiryti the Henry and Sarah, A len, from Yonghal; the Glengary, Whelan, from Dunarvall; the Alfred, Crowhurst. from New- havell; the SlIsan, Gile, from Skibbereen the Margaret, Hughe*, from Amlwch; and the Pelican, Saunders, from Dublin. FOREIGN, ARRIVALS.—The Reb cca, Reary, from Itichebiicto the Zeo Zelie, Pa-cal, fsoiii Barfleur; the t"ii Pallot. from Jersey the Alln and Mary, Ctmninuham, and the Scipio, Gretrgs, from Quebec (both discharging -it Aheravon); the Ocean, Edgar, the Alexander, Deans, from Cuba the Henry, Thomas, from Roueu; the Ielltor, Hopper, from Havre; aud the George and Mary, Morraut, from St. JE van. An account of the quantity in tons of coal, culm, and stone coal shipped at Swansea, in the week ending, August 29, 1840- Stone Coastwise. Coal. Culm. Coal. Ystalyfera Co loos British Iron Co. 270 640 CathetidCo. 3(37 Morgan and Heinekill. -i 694 J. S i i- i c k 52 Ceion Co ,3i Grainy-. Co 570 3ys — Ja,iies and Atibrey 730 360 Ytiisgcinon Co — 37() — Neath Abbey Co 333 55 flenrose and Staibuck 210. Rees Willia nsand Co.. 64 C.H.Smith 575 Swansea Coat Co 215 JevonK Arthut- atid Co 260. Landore Co 135 — Totals 1253 4887 1758 TO FOREIGN PARTS. Coal. Graigola Co 1008 Neath Abbey Co 204 C. H. Smith. 70 Total 1282 NEATH. CLEARED OUT. The Neath Trader, Jones, the Elizabeth, Morgan, and the Morfa, Francis, for Bristol; the Ibex, Davies, for Port Talbot; the Providence, Morgan, for Porthcawl; the Adelphi, Phillips, and the Primrose, Hocker, for Llanelly the Royal George, Evans, the Isabella, Atkinson, and the Maria, Wallis, for Cork; the Speedwell Vincent, the Mary and Sally, Dale, the Amelia, Trinick, the Friends, Finnemore, for Salcmnbe; the Mary Ann, Nicholls, the Commerce, Bennett, and the Swift, K mpthorne, for St. IvPtI; the Countesis of Lisburne, Jones, and the Robust, Simon, for Aberyst with; the Susan, Fishwick, for Bide'ford; the Fanny and Betty, Lewis, for Beaumaris; the Union, Jones, for Aberayron the Nautilus, Cro- combe, for Lymouth the Thomas, Rosser, for Plymouth; the Venus, Davies, and the Victory, Davies, for Newquay the Alert, Conolly, for Wexford; the Magnet, Bevan, for Youghal; the Brothers, Hughes, for Carnarvon; the Aiichat, Daniels, for Southampton the Blucher, Washbourn, for Gloucester; the L'Actif, Joubin, for Croisie; the Success, Kearons, for Arklow and the Charlottei Carey, for Bridgewater. LLANELLY. ARRIVALS.—The Charles, Marker, from Bristol, with sundries the Hero, Mandriut, and theSuperb' Har*ey, from Carnarvon, with slates; the Sisters' Hicks, and the John, Noal, from Poitreatb, the' Fhe is, B -van, and the Trial, Bennett, from Swansea, and the Brothers, Jenkins, from Truro, with copper ore; the Elizabeth, Carter, from Glasgow, with iron; the Primrose, Hawkins, and the Adelphi, Phillips, from Neath, with bricks and day; the Lively, Davie-, from VVaterford, with flour; the Peter and Sarah, Wills, from Barnstaple, with tim- ber; the Henry, Lewellyu, from Chester, with bricks the Leonora, Griffiths, from Plymouth, with ballast; Ihe Industry, Griffiths, from Dnb'in; the Dnre, Rundell, itip John and Mnry, Richards, and the Ann, Bentley, from Barnstaple; the George IV., Bennett, from Dover; the Penelope, from Tenby the Trevanuance, Sleeman, from St. Agnes the Charles, LoveriNg, from Bideford; the Mary, Davies, from Newquay the St. Ives, Quick, from St. Ives; the Alexander, Dowlas, and the John, i Howel s, from Southampton; the Norris Castle) Merly, and the Dolphin, Rowe, from Wexford; the I Crile, Fog well, from Exeter; and the Betsey Sherris, from Panzance. I < FOREIGN ARRiVALs._The Bon Pere de Famille Oliver, and the Deux Sceurs, Burjon, from Brest' and the Josephine, Gowpe), from Jersey, withbatbtt* SAILED. The James and Sarah, Dysaut, for Ppnz,!nce, the Gnorl Intent, Wade, the Providence Philips, the Favorite, Felder, the Milford, Owens. f and the Wiiliam and Sally, French, for Ross, the Sports-man, Williams, the Agnes, O'Beean, the Eliza. beth, Jenkins, the Hope, Llewellyn, the Liberty, Blanchard. and the Mary Ann, Burgess, for Water- ford the Hope. Roberts, the Marquess of At)glesea. Hughes, the Portland, Williams, and ihe Unity* Owens, for Amlwch, the Chepstow, Lane, the Tho^ mas, Ching, the Mary, Gould, the William and Nancy, Griffiths, and the Dove, Ritidell, for Barn. staple, ihe Union, Pender, the Margaret, Mottatt, the Elizabeth and Sarah, Bowen. and the Elizabeth, Jenkins, for Cork, the Cygnet, Lodwig, for Druti more, the Caroline, Bynon, and the Olive Branch Sentlebury, for Plymouth, the Fanuy, Pile, and the Flower, Tippet, for Fowey, the Boconnoc, Rowe. for Charlestown, the John and Mary, Williams for Gosport, the Britannia, Huhe, for St. Ives) the James, Samuel, and the Margarelta, Cooper, for Truro, the Saruh, Condon, for Fethard, and the Charles, Marker, for Bristol, with coal. FOREIGN ENTERED OUTWAnDs.-La Augusta, Lalla, and La Julie, for Brest, with coal.

Green, the aeronaut, says that as soon as he can get a balloon made fit for the purpose be will cross the Atlantic in it. We do not doubt it. NIGEB EXPEDITION.—-On Saturd-ty Inst the second iron vessel for this expedition was launched from Mr John Laird's yard, North Birkenhead, and was chris- tened the Albert, by the lady of Captain Trotter, R.N., commander of the expedition. The names of the other two vessels are, we understand, to be the Wilberforce and the Soud,, it. -Liverpool Albion. ELEVEN PERSONS DKOWNED.—A most melancholy accident occurred on the Lea river, at Loa Bridge, ou Sunday evening. Two boats, containing pleasure par- ties, ran foul of each other, both were upset, as was 11 third which put off to the assistance of the parties, and the result was, that out of fourteen persons precipi-. tated into the water eleven were drowned. Printed and Published hy ARTHUR CHARLES LUTHMAN Printer, at the Office, High-strset, Merthyr Tydvil* in the County of Glamorgan; where Orders, Adver- tisements, and Communications for the Editors are requested to be addressed. Advertisements antl Orders received by the. following A gents.- LONDON: — Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet Street; Messrs Newtou and Co., 5, Warwick Square Mr. G.'Revnell 42, Chancery l.aue Mr. Deacon. 3. Walhrook. near the Mansion House; Mr. Joseph Thomas. 1, Finch Lane, Cornhill; Mr. Hainmond, Y7, Lombard Street Afr. Charles Barker, 12, Birchin Lane; and Messrs Clarke and Lewis. Crown Court, Threadneedle Street ABERCAVKNNY Mr C. R. Phillips, Auctions BEAUFORT: BLAINA: BRYN MAWR: EBBW VALE; VANTYGIO: Mr George Parry, Grocer, Beaufort. BRECON Mr. Win. Evans. Ship Street. B R I DG E N D NI r. David Jenkins. BRISTOL Mr. John Rees, ai, College Oreen. BUiLfii: Mr. Thomas Gwillim, Lion Hotel. CARDIFF; Mr. Wm, Bird, Bookseller. CHEPSTOW Mr. B. Bradford, Chemist & I)riig..ist. C0WBUID6E: Post Office. N. CRICKBOWbLl: Mr. T. William- Post Office. HEREFORD Mr. W. H. Vale. Bookseller. Hitth Street. LLANDOVERY Mr William [tees. lost Office. LLANDAFF: MrJ. Iluctwell, Registrar's Office. < MONMOUTH Mr C. Hough. Bookseller, &c NEATH Mr William Prichard Rees, Green Street. NKWBRIDGE: Mr Thomas Williams. Ironmonger." NEWPORT Messrs. Webber and Son, Booksellers. NEWCASTLE EMLYN Mr William Jones, Printer an4 Stationer, Bridgend House. PEMBROKE Mr R. C. Treweeks, Chemist and Book. seller. PONTYPOOL Mr E. Prosser, Bookseller. SWANSEA Mr Henry Bevan, Somerset Place, Borrow* TENDY: Mr John Rowe, Ironmonger, High Street TREDEGAR Mr. Hcman. AND by 311 Postmasters and Clerks of the Roads. This Paper is regularly filed in London at Llovd's Cotfee House, City. Peel's Colter House, Flee t Street, The Chapter Coffee House. St Paul's. And at Deacon's Coffee House, Walbrook. Saturday, September 5, 1840.