North Wales Gazette

■' PiRfiT' A R'U IVA I' THR ST. DAJIJ) S^E VM PACKET FROM CHESTER. We were much gratified on Tuesday evening by tftc arri val at Bangor Ferry of the ST. DAVID, kein«- the first Steam Packet trom Chester, and which we understand, will continue to ply regu- larly once a fortnight. The course pursued on this line, being so immediately parallel witb the coast, affords the passenger such a romantic dio. play o4"scenery;, s(i <|iversified with verdailtfiefds^ c««tiem#A- ittukti,woods, and"i«»u»Aates^j«^f,, as far, to surpass flUfpo^rS of description. AM)rp^#s the pawiengers^ftW Chester; »*g*)lt, «c- w»- noticed R. Sankey, Esq. and Messrs- Hughes, Parry, Broster. &c. fce.—Vle feel consent that such encouragemeta will be «ri ven to this first essay as will induce the spirited Proorietors of the St. David, from-only once a fortibiglit. to make the trip at least once a week. The f(olowiiig was thl time occupied on the I)assage-Frolt, ChestL-i-- to Hagillt. one hour and a-ha»fc*-From BagiUtto Beaumaris, six hours and a-baWV? EvVr-y comfort and accommodation is afforded in this bo;tutifijl vessel, and the at- tention a fid active exertions of Lieut. Sarsfield, R. N. the commander, are highly'cOtamendable. Since our last, two more chains frawe been passed for the Bridge over the River Menai, and we understand another will be passed over on Friday next. VT DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWKKN NORTH AND SOUTH W "L):¥.e havealready,,stated the pro- irress made in the new road for effecting a direct communication between the norther^ and southern portions of the principality, and at*he same time we alluded to the probability of a material im- provement in the lines of roads between Builth and Brecon, and Builth and Llandovery.—It is with please we teantthafrhe firs to f these im- provexneitcV will speedily be effected, aiid we doubt not thfl ^tUer wril short) v be attended tu.-r At a minting Mje. B.recojishire Turnpike tees, h eY. fiOtb trit. the fbrirt-' ing of a new road to avoid the steep hill near Llwyn rhidill, oil t^e Brecon and Builth road, was voted on the motion of John Lloyd, Esq. seconded by Lancelot Morgan, Esq. at an ex-5 pence of £ 01300.—The nsVroatl near POJI: willing on the same linfc, is 111 great forwardness the latter extends a mite and a hglf fl.()lll,op.tovVn of, Brecon, and one of the longest and stefepest as- cents on the road is thereby avoided it will pro- 1 bably he open by tile fatter end of sqminer., It is hoped these imipo,vi-ititititi will tie extended, by easing other pUchevD?ar.Builth,-as doftbfless 1 this liue will become Of great consistence,—A stage coach from Newton, to Brecon talk^d of, which will form a i)er communicalipnv nat only between North and "South Wales, 'but betweapan Devonshireand flio Nm.. of Effgland, b); ft tnuch shorter route than the present circuitous one be- r n tween Liverpool and Chester on the one side, and" Exeter, Plymouth, Devotoport.and the Wltt, 01 England, on the other, passing ihrough theheart of tlm South IVales Iron Works, supposed to be the most considerable in the world, and crossing the Bristol chanuet, by a Packet from Swansea to Ilfracombe. Two millions of propertyhave been accumu- lated .Jinre the death of old Thelluson. It has been estimated that no less than three millions sterling are annually abstracted from Ire- land bv absentees. There are now bnilding at the different slup- uiiirhts* yards in Liverpool, no fewer than fifteen steam vessels, most of them of a superior class. The freight of a box of linen from Belfast to Liverpool costs less than the invoice coining by P°Bv the late pastoral letter of tha Bishop of Rouen, Priests are forbidden to reside with any female except their mothers or sisters, or to have any female servants less than forty years °fMr.e Martin, the Member for^Galway, has given notice of a bill to prevent sheriffs officers making arrest upon persons in a dartgejrous state of health. Government have determined on presenting the I)uke of Northumberland, who has kilned ac- cepting any remuneration for the expanses ofhis.: approaching embassy, with a sword, imd to beof| the value often thousand pounds, Our present unredeemed debt v» iyaL J28,222. Since 18-23, upwards of fifteen million four hun~ tired thousand pounds h&re been redeemed, of which more than 10 millions were reaeeined last year. The alterations in the mails are positively fixed for thwGth of May. both from London and Edin- burgh. The directmail will perforin the journey between those two cities in forty-six hourS. Our Ambassador at the Court of Swed$|, Sir fteniamill Bloomfield, is about to be elevated to the Peerage hy the title of Baron Loughton;. It U sV.d that Sir Benjamin has laid out lately,up- wards of i-70,000, in the purchase of landed pro- » r»> gentleman's estate in the neighbourhood of^W. bridge on the 26th of l,a?tjnonth-a eiretti»taftce, perhaps, seldom < witnessed at so early a period 01ThefeTs at present as Stralsnnd. an ejtitraor. drnary elephant which been taught to ma- nceuvre a piece -of artillery. brings 4a drnary elephant which been taught to ma- nceuvre a piece -of artillery. brings 4a pounder up to■ IHe ramparts, loads it ramsit »!ow», points ir. lights the iv y, and fires the cannon, all in 7 minutes and aliaii. EXEUCISK.—There were two very fatnoblem.E nt the court of Louis X V. the Due de the Due de N—* They were both ««e day at the levee, when the King began to rally, the for- rner on his corpulence. You take no exercise, I :iup}K»se," said the King, Pardon me, sire,, '■aid De L——, M walk twice a day round my k!»usin De N A Theatrical Picture^ painted by Hogartn. »as lust been discovered, Th« subject is Garrick in !>e Green Room of Drury Lane Theatre, evi. ■'ently acting one of his favourite chaeactevs (we believe Sir John Brute) for the amusement ot a select circle, who are seated around him. AN EYE KNOCREII OUT.—Mr. Curran, the late ^lebrated Irish Advocate, was walking one day vith a friend, who was extremely punctilious in v "s conversation, hearing a person near him say MtrosUy for curiosity, he exctaimed. "How that i»nn murders the English language 1" Not so '1.' replied Curra", "il he has only knocked (tit, x aid}" 1;' A new edition of a very- modern law book is thus recommended by the author in his preface.— Since the last edition of this work, there have been* more decisious on points of pleading than will be found in the same number of years at any antecedent period." SINCIOLVII CIRCUMSTANCE. — Mr. John Tindall, farmer, of Fulsgrave, near Scarborough, York- shire, has in his possesiol1 a goose, whii h, a fortnight since, accomplished its time of setting on 13 eggs, which proikrced 15 goslings; two of the eggs having two goslings in each. The whole are in a-thriving state.—Bttth Journal.. Within tjie memory of the oldest persons living ther^ heyer.jippe^red such a prospect of an abun- dant season. Almost all the tillage in the neigh- bouring districts has been completed; the wheat corps are most luxuriant. and .every other crop appears most flattering to the farmer: the late .rains have crowned their efforts with success, IMPORTANT TO COACH-MASTERS.—The Court of King's Bench decided, on Thursday week, that a coach-proprietor was responsible for all parcels committed to his charge.although he might have ad verlised in the newspapers'that he would not be accountable for any parcels above a certain value, unless paid for accordingly. This was de- cided not to be Cs**fiicient notice and the Learn- ed Chief J ustM* suggested, that a coachrproprie- P, tor ought to give every pei son. bunging a parcel a small paper containing that not iltcation. We understf ftd that the pitiu ij>al p.titof the fauge of houses, called III Li- .'jr.efpo^l, has with a view of being thrown together, and of forming a grand hotel, "ftle great increase of strangers in Liverpool, rarising from thenuinerotis steam,boats and other causes, has rendered such establishment iiitiis. p'etisible. By an act of the present Session, the duties heretofore charged on internal windows in dwel- ling-houses (commonly called borrowed lights) ara repealed: we therefore recommend such of bur readefs. as (ire now charged with the duties for windows of that description, to give immediate notice thereof to the assessors of the respective parishes, who are empowered to make reduction in the assessments of the current year. NEW YottK.-Williaiu Gatt died 111 Richmond. Virginia on the 26th of March, lie emigrated from Scotland in 1775, and commenced trading with a pedlar's pack. At that time he did not own 6 feet of soil, but in 18$5 he could ride la miles rectilinear on his own ground. A short time before his death he estimated his estate at 760,000 dollars, nt,other5 add 250,000 dollars more. He accumulated this immense fortune by taking cafe of pvnee first, and then pounds. He is said to have been parsimonious himself, and liberal towards o thers. He Jived and died a bachelor. SiNGUi.\n INSTANCE OF I.-iCt)BATION.A lad, who a few weeks since had-the misfortune to frac- ture his thigh by a fall in the yard of his em- ployer, Er. Z. Fincham, banker, of Diss, during the necessary Period of his being obliged to keep his bed, amused himself with hatching a hen's egg, which has disclosed a fine chicken.—Not yet being able to quit his bed, he has undertaken the care of two other eggs for a second brood.—Norwich Mercury Friday morning, duriii., the performance of the fofice Dead Alive at the Alnwick Theatre, the gitlery gave way, and gradually descended in a body, with the gods and goddesses in it; most of whom were certainly more dead than «<«)<•;■ trOm* fright a few trifling bruises were, however, all the-injuries which the fallen, divinities sustained;5 A patent has been lately taken out stt: Washington for an invention which wilhate foor- fifths of the: expense of bells now ill common use. Jt<i$.a Simple ^-{.angular .b.ar of cast steei, hungup By one corner. Three hammers of di ffereul siaes- are placed near tlie centre, which strike the base !4>s^|^Wis of fuFning a crantci: Sounds 1iVe= llÙI d every way as loud "and pleasant as from bellis; s Eat'cvnoN.—The Councillor Slovtsoff, in a i ifour of inspection which he recently made in the cantons beyond the lake of- Rai-kal, in Siberia, having occasion to explain to the etdt rs of the | tribes of Boiiriates. on the banks of the Seleiifya, | the most simple mode of teaching their children I to -wi-ite. he was much surprised to learn from them that their lamas wt-re in the habit of using hoards j covered with sand in teaching arithmetic to their pupils,.and that-this method had been originally I borrowed from Thibet. R At "VOER WELL M.VDE.—A wager was made a few days ago by two tradesmen of this place, .f)irie of them a close-set lilUe oite, and the other a vary tall huge man, in consequence of the-latter boasting of hjs superior strength of body, by .which the little one undertook to carry a consi- derable distance tivo Sach's of wheat, each to con- tain/our bushels, GOlbs. weight each. The little tine accordingly procured one sack, and put fottr bushels of wheat into it. and then drew We second fack over it, and contended that both II eacks. contained four bushels, which he carried with ease, Thr big man at firit took it very ill, I and cavilled a good deatat being taken in by the littie one-, but the stakeholder having decided that both sncbidfd contain the (luanfty of wheat agreed on, and that he had consequently lost the wager, he cheerfully consented to pay it. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE LORU CHANCELLOR. —His Lordship had just left the Court of Chan- cery yesterday afternoon, and, accompanied bv Lady Eldon, was proceeding hcone. when, just as he passed Green's Family Hotel in Lineoln's- inn Fields, the hind axletree broke in two, one of the wheets flew off to some distance, and the carriage came to the ground with a tremendoas crash. His Lordship and Ladi/ were promptly extricated by some gentlemen who weiire passing, and apparently without any injury except the fright. Having recovered their alarm in-about teif minutes, they walked away arm in arm. leav- ing thecarriage behind them on the ground. LYCREASB OF SMUGGLING.—-Notwithstanding the rigfd nature of the Preventive Service, siniig- sfling from France and Holland is carried 0.11 tq an immense extent. Three cufters, with earg)>es gainedai^40,0ilMK.' were nm up oriff fit the rivers iHfTOiie36; vand carried off inland Without diHC,o- v%ry;> in'tlte; course of a few nights intervening- Theisfe' siftaggHug cutters "are built very narrow, with a keel about 50 feet long," and row with twelte pair of oars. The crwws aru dressed in White jackets and white caps. They pass through all tjtie preventive boats, and having landed their cargo, they break up their vessel, apd bnry her. in the mud, then disperse and" work their way home, About three weeks sincea cut- ter, willv a I^,<K10Z. cargo, was rtin,ill) a river in .Suffolk, and safely disposed of. The parties wtll understood each other. is no month ltiebeatities of which havtt besMSo tnuchcetebrated as the present; and Milton has the following beautiful sornr on May morning :— Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her I'he flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire Woods and groves are of thy pressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with out- early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. This song is said still to be sung 011 the top of one of (he Colleges Wi Oxford,; every May morn-- iug, ai :Hiu rise, DISTANT KVILS DO N(OT AFVFET us.-Adam Smith has observed, that. if a-man in Europe were to go to bed with the conviction, that at the hour of twelve on the following day the whole empire of China would be swallowed up by an-earthejuake, it would not disturb his night's rest so much as the certainty, that at the same hour he himself would be obtiged to suffer the amputation of his little finger. At the Carlow Meeting, on Tuesday, Thomas Finn, Esq. said, That an Eoglishman and a Scotchman, b6th manufacturers, had been in that town a few days ago, to have muslin shawls Wrought, fit for the South Akiiericantiiirket-tlilt they visited the Convent, where 300 children are educated, and taught every description of, needle wor)i.—.that tOO of the children were- immediately set to "work, and if 000 hands could be there ob- tained, they might all be so employed-that the Children actually employed, earned 8s. a week each—and that the Scotchman declared that the shawls wrought there were superior to Vny thing of the kind made in England uv-Scotland. FASTIUIOUS I'AitisiiiONicit.,— In a v Ml age, where a farm was i iituclt. ltetter tiling than a 'vicarage, the incntiibent took nnconimon pains to please his paVishioners but his task was like that of Ulan, and the boy, and his ass. A Iter a.time, how- ever, by accommodating the different humours of his, parishioners, he succeeded better, though- to. please all was^inpi'issible. Returning one Sun- day from the church, he was accosted by an opu- lent farmer, who. though lie H\'ed¡Jh;-pr()flle' style, S^M- not a whit more poflslied in jiis tleponi meiit of 'understanding than his ploughman.w Well, doctor," said he. you be gwain on pratty wel,l now i but why doliiit -ye, i,,i' us now and tail a scrap of latin 7"c. Why," said the Vicar. '• if I had thought it had been your wish I should have had no objection, but fnronething iiiii afraid you would not liti(tei-staii(i fc That," said the: otif'(!r; is n'ou't to you all Wt dopayver ihebest. we oft to ha' the best." The County Courti Bill," as amended by the Committee, is now printed; anil, according to its provisions, instead of raising about twenty-" I four barristers to bo local Judges, to carry into effect the purposes of the Act. they are to be effected by the Commissioners of the. Insolvent Debtors' Court, who already go circuits. There are, however, to he Jour Commissioners of the Insolvent Depths' Court; and each Commissioner is to preside in the County Courts, as well as in the Insolvent Deptors' Court. The Bill then provides that J/irte other fit and proper Ilersons" of ton years standing at least at the Bar, shall be appointed to carry ipto execution the purposes j of this Act. Six of the Commissioners are to go the circuits, and the circuits are to be held three times a year. The Commissioners of the County Courts to he empowered to examine "plaintiff f or'defendant upon oath." The Act to extend to Wales, and it is proposed that it «hpuid#o into Sept- 1. 1 An official statemebt has been laid before Par- liament, which proves most satis&ctoniy. the present effective-state of the British'Na vy,~It is an account of the nances and rates of each ship, launched sinee January. 1S15, whichconiprehends SGline-of-tiattle ships, 2S large frigates. 11 small | frigates. a t 2i> smaller-, ves- r sels ;■ which, since they were launched; Jmve near- I- ly all b^en'ijooked. i be examined and, it proves 1 that only two of them, the St. Vincent, fr>0, built at Plymouth, 1S15, and the Redoubtable^ 71, bnilt at Woolwich, in ISI5, have been foumi to require any repair the former at an expense i <if 1>?,7001. the latter at 15,3001. Each ship, with the exception of the Redoubtable, has been inject- ett eittier with coal or Vegetable tar, linseed oil and whiting,, lime, gr ciiik.rcoal, or as a preserva- thle o!" thi^rliuibers from dry Vot'—We perceive that w-e,ulakiiig. u this can- | tnVyiPvt'ed subject the Fisgard. 46. has one si(le b\ii.lt|uiberXarked in,,tll^ Spring ol 181 +, an<l flet|:j&i4rtmfolffiftSiiff yaar.; tlie North Star,.2S ( is bui't^v^lftiflJV iif'ft.inbeir barked in one year, and fellftifthfl toiloWjfl In, addition to these meads,- to t(i a to discover a method tp protect timber from dry rot, dWters ve been given to imnierse the tim- ber, plank. &c. at the Dock-yards in s^a water, except that at Deptford and Woolwich, where it is to be immersed in fresh water. —Portsmouth paper. I .1 A PVD.' RTi,-ir,.m rNT F..x-rR AOR DINA Rv.- A German who lately lost his horse, published the follow- ing notice:—" Ilundnway, or sdolen, or. Wits: sdrayed, mine targe plack horse, about 13 hands hie. He hasjfour plack legs; two pehind and two "i pel'ore he i| plack all over his pcftiy, put he has got some vite spots pan his pack, wheredu skin got some vite spots pan his pack, wheredu skin vas rub off, but I grepsedem, audde vite spots is all plack again. He trods and kanters, and some- times he vatks; and when he vautks all his legs and feet goes on von after anoder. He has two ears pou his head, both alike, but von is placker dim toder and a small pit longer. He has two eyes, von is putout.-and toder is pon d side of his head and ven you go toder sidey he vont see you. Ven he eats good deal, he has pig pelly he has long dail, that hangs behind put I cut it short toder day, and now it is not so, long vat it was. He is shoed ail round, puthispehjnd shoes coined O|T,tand now he has got on shoes only be- fore.. Ij^ holds up his head and looks gaily and 1 vhen* lie has peCu frightened he jomps a pout' like every ting in de vorld. He vill ride mit a saddle or a chaise, or K hart j or he vill go py himself vidout nopody oh his pack put a. pag, aud a poy on de top ofit. He is not old: and ven hevulks or ruirrs his head gpfes first, and his tail stays be- hind only when he'gets mad, and turns round den byn dail come first.—Vooever will pring him paefcfhall pay live tollars reward and if Spring pack de tief dat stole him, be shall pay twenty tollars, and tell no questions." Tliere are few public spectacles more gratify. ing, or more animating and imposing than to be the KING of n free\»eoplemixlng with his subjects in their public amusements. And it is, therefore, witfi"Wh5Peigheiijov t)iat we,perct-,i %,e his -Al'A, rsTY's hea It li hM enabled him to visit both the theatres, I arid to receive the enthusiastic homage and ap- plause <?f as Maijv of his subjects as could crowd theinselve* under the same ^oof with him. Had itlit-en teiifti d what they were, and the same Ull- anbnous j?jenli|meiits of loyal attachment would iiiih .1 1 have heeiiexbibited in tjie same increased decree. Thee^uct- df the public towards the KING is exactly; thftt which is due to the line of sound policy apilWsplendid success which has marked the wh^>1e period of our national history since the coiniiieMemeiit of the Regency, And if his Ma- jesty has been of late unable to show himself to and to mix bjit little with his.subjects they seem determined to inake up for the loss whenever they can get him among them. We anxiously hope that the KING will be able to repeat these visits to.public pliices and that the loyal attachment of the public will have vent oftener than it has had. We nothing which rivets sound principles more than occasional enthusiasm. There is. a fine old glee which says '• We must be good subjects when our hearts are thus warm/1 That the hearts of the public of every denomination and HI e very quarter of the empire are warn towards their Monarch,! every thing which occurs, wher- ever he goes, iflost clearly evinces. We are not l|i the habit of ^bestowing fulsome complimentS;- but without enooHnlering- any sUch impntatiofls1}" we may say that so.Monarch ever was iftbre pol pular, or more jwstly so than his prasentjMA3EsTY- and we eartiestjy.hope that his life may long' ^4 ,spared to withes, and enjoy the fervent'attach-' ment of his people. EMiGRATtoNir^-A nUmbei1 of tftilgratits Will salt in a feW'weeks iirom, Scotland,-to forth a colony in Buenos Ayres, under, peculiarly favourable prospects, one of the gentlemen at tlie head of it a jnember of congressj and Connected witfl government;, and the colony under his care js likely to meet with protection and' favour. If consists of farmers, surveyors, engineers, &c.v amoUllting if) till to about 200 souls and \ve are persuaded that we only speak the sentiments of the country, when we wish them every success, health; wealth, peace, plenty, and honest inde- pHldence,Cale(lonÙtlt' !I/e)'Clu'!J. The New Bankrupt Act" is not intended to make any change in what is at present held to be an act of bankruptcy, nor in what constitutes a trader, so 11 to bring him withih.tlieoperation of the Bankrupt {-qws,. ..It leaves- .-these points as they stand in the old Acts of-Elivabetti, and James, and George-Ili It :adds, however, to the list of acts of bankrutcy. Under the old laws, only five act «fbankruptcy were defined —1st. The trader's departing d.. Departing the dwelling house, or.tfOiVwise absenting him- self from'hi, home Jind 'husiness'; 2d; Keeping* the house (hTe.b^ing demed to a creditor) • It if. Lying in.pj-ispn two man tlm and. ring all his property, .The nfew'Act alters the period of lying in prison from two months to tweitfy'one da^s,-and phis three othei;acts'ofbank, ruptciy,v.|z. A petition to the Insoiv^it. Court j to lajce thfe lfcne.fit 6'f the Insolvent Act; of a dfeclaratioit;^f-insQlyency by the bShkrupt liirnself leftjat tne Binftrupt Offlcfe, provided a cojnmtssion be ^iue^'wittljlt tWfl^inonthB *oV a trskler's coin- poundingj,w,Uli a petitioning- creditor, after sa docket strucK- against ^him, s I {"