The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

General JSKt'tfitUattg, THE WHARTON PEERAGE.—The adjourned Committee of the House of Lords on this claim again heard evidence on the 10th ult., at the close of which the Court pronounced judgment—"That in the record and proceed- ings, and also in the pronouncing of the outlawry against Philip, late Duke of Wharton, there is manifest error. Therefore it is considered by the said Court that the out- lawry aforesaid, and other errors be reversed, annulled, and altogether held for nothing, and that the said Charles Kemeys Kemeys Tynte be restored to all things which he hath lost by the occasion of the said outlawry," &c. RE-UNION OF THE BATIl AND BRISTOL THEATRES.— We understand that Mrs. M'Cready, manageress of the Bristol Theatre, has also become lessee of that of Bath. The seasons, as was the case many years since, will be concurrent—the company playing in the two cities on alternate nights.Bristol paper. SECESSION TO POPERY.—The Rev. J. M. Capes, of St. John the Baptist church, Eastover, Bridgwater, has formally announced his secession from the Established Church. He has resigned his license into the hands of the bishop, and given up all claim to the benefits of the endowments of St. John's Church. According to a statement given by the papers as from a correspondent"—Parliament will be prorogued by the end of July or early in August. The Queen and Prince Albert will then leave England for Gotha, to visit the Prince's family; there they will meet the Duchess of Kent; and there, on the 26th of August, Prince Albert's birth-day will he celebrated- The Duke of Hamilton is confined to his house in Port- man Square, from the effects of an acciJent: his horse stumbled in Hyde Park, on Thursday afternoon week, fell, and rolled over the rider. Advices from Paris state, that although the passports demanded by Don Carlos were allowed, those demanded by his son, the Prince of the Asturias, were refused. The Great Western mail-steamer arrived at Liverpool Friday morning; having left New York on the 12th inst. President Polk was ill, but not in danger. Philade'phis was prepared to pay the dividend 00 her stock due in August. President Jones, of Texas, had summoned a National Convention, to deliberate on a new constitution for the state, as a preliminary to joining the United States, and also on the subject of annexation. From Mexico there is no contradiction of the reports respecting amicable negociations with Texas; though rumours of war with the United States still abound. The Canadian papers annoince sums amounting to £10,000 subscribed for the sutferers by the late fire at Quebec; and other aid was eagerly offered. Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Downes Jackson, Com- mander of the Forces in Canada, died of apoplexy on the 7th instant. Sir Richard was on the point of leaving Montreal for England his successor, Earl Cathcart, being on his way out. A diminutive steam-boat has commenced plying on the river Lea, between Lea-bridge Road and Tottenham. It is thirty-two feet lonj*, and only five feet wide. Mr. Green made his 301st aerial voyage on Wednesday week. He ascended in his balloon from Creuiorne House, Chelsea, accompanied by seven passengers. The descent was safely accomplished at llorncliurch, in Essex. IN Great Britain and Ireland, there are, according to parliamentary returns, 2,250,000 horses, worth about £G7,OOO,000; about 15,000,000 of black cattle, worth about £215,000,000; 50,000,000 of sheep, worth about £67,000,000; and 18,000,000 of pigs, worth about £ 18,270,000. A FAMILY OF FOURTEEN HUNDRED.—In the Exeter Court of Bankruptcy last week, a bankrupt draper was asked why he had stated in his schedule that his family consisted of nine persons, when it was known the num- ber was less! He answered, that he put down that number to account for his treating customers, which he calculated at about four a day, or 1400 a year. Sir R. Peel has communicated to the Hon. Col. Trevor, the desire of her most gracious Majesty to subscribe the munificent sum of £210 towards the fund for the erection of a Monument to the late gallant and able general, Sir William Nott, G.C.B. With this addition the sum al- ready collected approaches £1,000. THE BisHors OF EXETER AND WORCESTER.—The Bishop of Worcester will have a speedy opportunity of answering the charges preferred against him in the recent charge of the Bishop of Exeter. His Lordship com- mences the visitation of his diocese at Worcester Cathedral on Monday, August 4, It is said that some cattle-feeders have begun to use molasses for fattening their stock and if Porto Rico molasses should be admitted, the supply will be cheap and abundant. The hopes for the crops, of all kinds, and in all parts of the United Kingdom, are most favourable; though the heavy rains th it have fallen lately, are not considered advantageous for the hay. A fishern.an of Pelt, in Sussex, has been killed, by pre- tending in jest to swallow a small sole alive the fish got into his throat and choked him. No fewer than twelve ships arrived at Liverpool on Monday, from Austrian ports, laden with corn and other grain, amounting in all to nearly 15,000 quarters. REPORTED LOSS or THE ApOLLO TROOP SHIP.—Ac- counts received at Lloyd's on Friday last, from Newfound- land and Halifax, of the 6th and 2nd of June respective, ly, contain information relative to the Apollo troop ship- from Quebec for Canada, which give reasons to believe that she has been lost, with from 60 to 80 persons drowned. The Apollo left Quebec on the 1st of June, with artillery and drafts for Canada, and on the 6th inst. information was received at St. John's, Newfoundland, of her having been lost at St. Shots. Such is the demand for certain descriptions of cotton goods, that hands cannot be found on the spot to produce them fast enough. In consequence of this deficiency of labour, a gentlemanfrorn the neighbourhood of Rochdale came down to Liverpool last week, to see if a supply of hands could be obtained from among the pauper children in the Liverpool Workhouse. We believe that the subject is under the consideration of our parochial authorities.— Liverpool Times, The iron-trade of South Staffordshire is in a most unsa- tisfactory state. The high price recently obtained for the manufactured article has suffered a rapid decline, and a "grmter ftrtV i»-C««Mredwhich .renders the trade very un- settled. The consequence has been a partial turn-out at Bilston, and some rioting and a general strike appears to be apprehended. In the prospect of this, a writer in the Times rejoices that Chartism is defunct among the men, and that the leaders of that party, in the event of a turn- out, could not exert the pernicious influence which they did on a former occasion. The Liverpool Times says-" If it should be decided that Cuba and Porto Rico sugars are entitled to be admitted into the English market, the effect of that deci- sion will be to throw nearly the whole of the carrying trade between those islands and all parts of Europe into the hands of the British shipowners." The produce that is not sold here will come to England in the first place, to take its chance of sale: by the Navigation-laws, it must come in British or Sfaiish bottoms; and the Spaniards not being a nautical people, British shipping will be employed. There was a bad collision on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway on Thursday week: two trains, one from Gloucester and one from Birming- ham, both going at great speed, met at Camp Hill, and before the engines-could be reversed they clashed together. The crash was frightful. One engine-man was seriously hurt, and thirty or forty passengers were more or less bruised; but no fatal result is apprehended. The departure of the Gloucester train before the arrival of the other is said to have been against orders. A singular and melancholy accident happened a few days ago at Aix. An inhabitant was coming out of his house, when his foot slipped and he fell with such force that his tongue, having got between his upper and lower teeth, was completely severed at about half its length. His sufferings have been most agonizing and there is every reason to fear that he will be entirely deprived of the power of enunciation.—Galignanni. BANKRUPTCY.—INFORMATION FOR CREDITORS.—In the course of the proceedings in the matter of Saml. Watson, in the Bankruptcy Court, Bristol, Friday last, the learned commissioner, Mr. Sergeant Stephen, stated that it ought to be generally known that in the present state of the. law assignments were taken by creditors at great risk, and particularly to those who may be appointed and act as trustees under them, as persons making such assignments could at any time open the whole proceedings and render the trustees liable to account, by signing a declaration of insolvency and issuing a fiat 90 bill own petition. AN IRISH PACIFICATOR.—Mr. Steele is on a mis-ion in the North of Ireland, for the purpose of "pacifying" the people. He distributes an address from the Repeal Association printed on orange and green paper, and harangues the crowd. While he was speaking from a coach°at Cavan, a man called out Groan him where- upon the pacificator exclaimed—" You infernal ruffian I am giving the people such warning as may prevent some of them from joining the Molly Maguires, and others from assailing the legal processions of the Orangemen in July and you want to interrupt me. I suppose you arc one of the infamous Paddy M'Kews, hired to create disturbance and bloodshed." THE SIIETHEUD AND HIS SHEEP.—I was much amused once, in Belgium, at a curious contrivance adopted by a Shepherd to extricate himself from a dilem- ma, and at the readiness with which his sheep obeyed his intentions. Preceding his flock" he was moving them to fresh pasture, when his progress was stopped by a large corn-field, through which there was only a narrow foot-path. His knowledge of the habits of his charge made him thoroughly aware of the destruction they would commit if left to follow him at their leisure so, after a few moments' reflection, he started off at the top of his speed, the whole flock pursuing him at a gallop, and almost in single file, without doing the slightest damage.—Note book of a Naturalist. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—In consequence of the recent accidents to express-trains on the Great Western Railway, the Directors have resolved that no light four- wheeled luggage-vans shall in future form part of the fast-trainsthe change was made on Saturday. The four- wheeled vans weigh only three tons and a half, while a second-class six-wheeled carriage weighs seven tons. Mr. Vaughan, of Gloucester Place, was one of the suf- ferers by the accident last week: his ribs were broken, and he received other injuries. The Times states, that much of the iron rail on this railway is so worn down as to rendertravelling dangerous; the flanges of thecarriage- wheels coming in contact with the projecting nuts which fasten the rails to the sleepers. It considers that this was probably the cause of the late accident. New rails are in process of being laid down in various parts of the line, which are two inches and a half high; the old ones are only one inch and a quarter. ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPRESS.—The System of commu- nication by means of carrier-pigeons, between London and Paris, is' carried on to a very considerable extent, and at a great cost. There are several perfect establishments kept up by parties interested in the quick transmission of intelligence, at the ports of Dover and Calais, and at regular distances on the roads of the two countries; whence the birds are exchanged in regular order, as they return with their little billet. The interruption occasi- oned by the hours of night is made up by a man on horse back; who again at daylight, on arrival at a pigeon- station, transfers his despatch to the keeper, who has his bird in readiness. The distance by day is accomplished in less than eight hours. It has been found that hawks have proved themselves dangerous enemies even to these quick-flighted birds and a premium of half-a-crown is paid for every hawk's head produced. The pay of a keeper is JE50 a year; and when this is added to the cost of food and the expense of sending the pigeons on from station to station to be ready for their flight home, it will appear that the service is a:tended with considerable outlay. The duty of training young birds, and the management of the old ones, in feeding them at proper times, and in keepingthem in tte dark till they are thrown up, is very responsible, and almost unceasing. A good bird is not supposed to last morj than two years. The Prince de B-, a yourg man twenty-two years of age, connected with some of the highest families in France, and married about a year ago to the daughter of a rich banker, was arrested in Paris last week on a charge of forgery. Some ivory counters used by the French Jockey Club, to facilitate payment among themselves, had been forged, and cashed by th; Prince's brother-in-law; and when their spurious nature was detected, they were traced to the young Prince. After divers conflicting at- tempts to account for having them in his possession, he burst into tears and confessed that he had forged twenty- five of the counters. He was at once committed for trial. He is said to be rich, and .0 have been religiously brought up. ARTIFICIAL TEETH.—The attention of those who have lost their teeth, is especially directed to the following obser- vations:—The extraction of the few teeth or roots which may remain in the month, is insisted upon by mauy den- tists, previously to preparing artificial teeth. This is not necessary, sa by Mr. THOMAS'S improved method they can be fixed in the mouth, with tht greatest accuracy answer- ing most fully every purpose of articulation and mastica- tion and so perfectly natural in appearance as to defy detection by the closest observer without extracting any teeth or stumps, or giving any pain whatever. The new Incorrodible Teeth invented by Mr. Thomas, Surgeon- Dentist, 04, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, will be found much more economical than most others. The Glasgow Argus mentions a remedy for the bite of rabid animals, applied by Dr. David Burnes, (brother of the traveller Sir Alexander), in the case of two ladies of that city. They were in the parlour of a hotel, when a large dog entered, bit them both severely, and ran off. Dr. Burnes was in the hotel, having been on a tour in the highlands with Lord and Lady Panmure. "Dr. Burnes, on learning the nature of the accident, instantly cauter- ized, cupped, and excised the wounds; and had also recourse to the singular method of making the patients "suck their wounds. This course the Doctor recommended ten years ago in the Lancet; and he says that no danger whatever is to be feared from it, if the mouth and lips are free from seres or chaps." STATISTICS.—The British Association for the Advance- ment of Science" has done good service in its way; but that is no reason for allowing it to play freaks with the English language. There is the Word "statistics," none of the best English from the beginning. A German pro- fessor, some hundred years ago, tollected a number of facts tending to illustrate the comparative power and re- sources of various states; he was at a loss for a name whereby to design, t this collection; and, recollecting that from polis the Greeks had made (c hard), out of status he manufactured statistice. r.f|le Latinity of status, used to designate a modern state, is IIOre than questionable; and a derivative from it in the Gretk form was yet mure anomalous: still, we knew what vas meant-statistics were ao exposition of the power anj resources of a state or states. But our modern literati tJake bad worse. At this year's meeting of the Association, a gentleman has been reading a paper on the statjgtjcg of gmall-pox" we shall next hear of an essay on "Ue politics of typhus." • STRUCTURE OF THE TEETH.—'T^ Teeth, it ia well known to physiologists, are composed of bony structures which is covered with a coating of enamel—a substance of a fibrous nature, and so hard fS to strike fire with a steel. Notwithstanding its apparenthardness, the enamel is, however, extremely susceptible cf injury, and it thus becomes highly important to ascertiin what preparation, are best adapted to preserve so important a substance in its pristine integrity and beauty. We do not hesitate, therefore, to recommend Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl Dentiflrice," as the most valuable means of purifying, embellishing, and preserving the teeth and gums, yet offered to the public.—(See Advertisement.) A DOG RAILWAY.—We translate the following non- sense from Le Journal de Bruges .w<Two Englishmen have estabtablished a dog-railway, for the conveyance of fresh fish from Blankenburg to Brugea. Four dogs are harnessed to a slight fish cart, and aie stimulated to speed by the influence of hunger-a lump of fresh meat being suspended a few inches before their noges, but not given to them until their arrival. For their convenience of letters, which it is desirable should be more Tapid, two greyhounds are put in harness to the lightest possible carriage, and a hare is fastened before them, in its natural attitude when running; so that the dogs imagine they are coursing, and consequently outstrip the wind." Government has received a despatch from the Governor of South Australia announcing the discovery of a con- siderable deposit of guano upon Lawrence Island, lying in latitude 38 28 South, longitude 141 35 East, im- mediately off Cape Nelson, and within the territory of New South Wales. This deposit is represented as being less rich than that in South America; but this is accounted for from the sample having been taken from the surface. Captain Gray expresses an opinion that guano will be found on many islands on all the Coasts of New Holland. The Colonial Office has transmitted this information to Lloyd's. The first monthly mail to China direct by the over-land route was despatched on Tuesday week. It will be con- veyed to Ceylon by the Oriental Steam Company's vessels carrying the Calcutta maila; and at Ceylon will be transferred to one of the same Company's vessels forming the branch-line between Ceylon and Hong-kong, touching at Penang and Singapore. By this arrangement, Hong- kong is brought within forty-eight dsy*' post of London. To celebrate the event, the Direc o s of the Oriental Steam Navigation Company gave an entertainment to Sir Henry Pottinger on Saturday. FIRE AND WONDERFUL ESCAP2.-0n Wednesday week, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Fisher, artist, Broadmead, Bristol, in a bed-room in which two children were sleeping, occasioned by a spark from a candle which had been left burning. Mrs. Fisher rushed into the room and succeeded in securing the helpless children. The mother was much burnt in the attempt, and one of the children, we are sorry to say, is not expected to survive the injuries it sustained by the 6re. The other child and Mr. Fisher were also burnt, but not severely. The escape of the children was miraculous; as the bed curtains and part of the bed were consumed. The fire was extinguished before the arrival of the engines. THE LATE MR. SOMES, M.P.—The death of Jos. Somes, Esq., the extensive shipowner, which occurred on Wednes- day week at his residence in the Bow road, aftfr a few hours' illness, caused a great sensation in the eastern part of the metropolis, upon the river, in the City, and upon Change, where it -vas almost the sole topic of conversation. The deceased gentleman was at the head of the shipping interest of the port of London, and his vessels at the present time are in all parts of the world. Mr. Somes was of humble origin, and by his industry and persever- ance amassed considerable wealth. His father was a waterman and lighterman, and be intended his son for the same profession, and he was actually bound at Watermen's Hall, but subsequently abandoned the oars and sculls for a more lucrative business. Mr. Somes's fleet has been a nursery for good seamen, and every captain in his employ originally entered his service us an apprentice, and under "his fostering care gradually worked his way up to com- mander. He was a kind and benevolent master, and was universally respected. The death of Mr. Somes has caused a vacancy in the representation of Dartmouth. Mr. Somes was also chairmau of the New Zealand Company, whose affairs have been lately the suhject of discussion in the House of Commons. It is rumoured that Mr. Somes has (eft property to the amount of two millione sterling. Mr. Hamilton a farmer in Tyrone county, Ireland has killed a servant by discharging a blunderbuss at him, and stabbed another man with a bayonet. The farmer's conduct can only be accounted from the supposition that he suddenly went mad. MAIL BAGS STOLEN.—A sensation was caused at Gravesend on Friday last, by a robbery, on the preceding night, at the post office of that town. By some means at present unknown, the bags which had been made up for London, Woolwich, and Deptford, and fastened together, were carried off. It appears that since the Dover uight mail has been taken off, the Gravesend bags have been conveyed to and from London by a cart, those from Rochester being taken to Giavesend by another cart. There is some interval between the several arrivals; and it is said that the person in charge has been admitted by a spring latch, and thus enabled to take the bags prepared for him and placed in the pasf-age. On Thursday night however, the postmaster says he sat up till one o'clock, and then left a boy in charge. How the theft was effected is a mystery. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the General Post Office, went down yesterday to investigate the business and the police have been placed on the alert. Nothing is publicly known of the number of letters stolen, or of the value or nature of their contents. Their non-arrival caused some inconvenience at Lloyd's. PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT.—The vexatious question of Privilege has come before the House of Commons, with thickening perplexities. The Court of Queen's Bench recently decided against the validity of a warrant issued by the Speaker to arrest Mr. Howard, the attorney; damages have actually been levied, under that judgment, on the Sergeant-at-Arms; a select committee of the House recommended that a writ of error should be taken out, appealing against the Queen's Bench judgment to all the Judges, and from them, if need be, to the House of Lords; and that recommendation was the matter debated. The speakers were of three classes,those, under Mr. Hume's leadership, who counselled instant and determined resistance to all aggression on the privileges of the Com- mons; those who, with Sir Robert Inglis, would meekly submit to the Law-Courts, though looking to legislation for future protection aud those who would take a middle course, appealing for the present to the ordinary law, but prepared, if that appeal prove adverse in its result, to en- force the privileges of the House by arresting the Judges or making a military display; Sir Robert Peel and Lord John llussell joined in the lead of this the predominant party. In that view, the recommendation of the Commit- tee was adopted. Whatever may be thought of the way in which the House got into the scrape, there can be no doubt that the difficulties have been suffered to increase until there appears to be no extricatiou, but by a violence which would be a practical anachronism, or by legislation of the declaratory kind. Meanwhile, the affair remains in the hands of the lawyers who will find plenty to say— and to be paid for saying—before the House be again called upon to act. DUELLING.—The Morning Herald newspaper in an article upon Duelling, called forth by the late sangui- nary affair, which took place at Gosport says :—" To put an end to the practice altogether without opening a door for the fouler practice of assassination is, we fear, impossible. There are insults so intolerable that no atonement that human laws can suggest will prove suffi- cient. We will without assuming that any such case has oc- curred, suppose the case of an attempt made upon the virtue of a married woman by bribes and by threats of a quarrel with her husband—what can human laws do in such a case to satisfy the husband's natural feelings 1 We know that it is wrong to kick people or cudgel them, much more wrong to fight a duel upon the challenge of the party kicked or cudgelled; but something must be allowed to human infirmity, and, questionless, if there is any case in which kicking, cudgelling, or even accepting a chal- lenge can be pardoned, it is the case of a man whose wife is perseveringly persecuted with infamous solicita- tions by one who seeks to corrupt her virtue under cover of her fears for the safety of a beloved husband, holding out the very duel which may prove fatal to him, in terro- rem, as a means of bending the insulted lady to his licentious will. We cannot imagine an insult going beyond this. Should the seducer attempt by violence that which his odious craft attempts by bribery and intimida- tion, the law would hold the husband perfectly innocent in putting him to death, without allowing him a chance in self-defence. But are attempted bribery and an inti. midation directed againstthe best affections of an attached and faithful wife so much less criminal than violence, that the difference between a duel, in which both parties have equal advantages, and a summary homicide, sending the offender to his last account without opportunity of defending his life or preparing for the next world, may not adjust the balancer It is a mistake to suppose that a duel necessarily implies cold blood. This mistake arises from the fact that in general duels are fought by men whose blood was never heated at all, or who have had a reasonable time for their blood to cool; but this cannot be said of a man whose wife has been made the object ot a succession of foul solicitations. His blood can never cool while his insulter lives and moves in his presence, and in such a case the form of a duel is rather a restraint upon, than an indulgence of the natural feel- ing of man." THE BRANDESTON HALL ESTATE IN SUFFOLK.—The Auction Mart was crowded on Tnesday week by the capi- talists of Suffolk to witness the result of this memorable sale, it being (to use a familiar expression) one of the pet places in the county. This fine property comprehends the extensive manors and the large annual income deriva- ble therefrom, with nt,moriai, 1'¡¡øO'l>ø. en,! immunities, together with the royalties and aU its conse- quential advantages. This, with the mansion and estate, was sold at the Auction Mart on Tuesday, independently of the timber, for thirty thousand guineas. Some of our readers may be curious to learn the origin of this cele- brated place. The creation of Brandeston Hall may be traced by historical record so far back as the year 1530; it is erected in the style of our Queen Elizabeth; is seated on a lawn of great beauty, with the river Deben quietly progressing through its park-like grounds, and full of trout. The woodland scenery is described as quite beau- tiful the demesne extends to near 700 acres of laud and as regards the soil the greater proportion, it is said, is of the highest quality of rich meadow and pasture, and the arable lands produce six or seven quarters of wheat per acre. It is let to a most respectable tenantry, and there is a circumstance of such rare occurrence as to be well worthy of record in these discontented times, the fact that the rent of £ 1,100 for the farms only is paid with- out deduction or complaining, and not Is. of arrear remained at the last audit. To this may be added the fines and quit-rents, which have reached from £100 to jE270 a year, and the residence and park-like grounds in hand, worth about 200 guineas a year more, altogether being about £1,400 a year, and this is independently of the consequence and value pertaining to the vast extent of sporting (to say nothing of the fishing), of which it pos- sesses the sole control. Mr. George Robins, we have learnt, is the purchaser of this fine property, solely (as we are informed) as an investment. The income, it should seem, will greatly exceed the interest yielded by 3 per Cents, at par, and may not be considered quite so safe as terra firma. This has been Mr. Robins's proclaimed opinion for the last ten years, and now he has himself set a good example and acted upon it. THE IRON TRADE.—We are sorry we cannot announce any amendment in the iron trade, or an inclination in the hands who have turned out to return to their employment. Another crisis, similar to former ones, seems fast ap- proaching, evidently from the unhealthy and extravagantly high prices which iron had reached some two or three months since—viz., £14 per ton—while at the present time it is difficult to know its market value. With abun- dance of orders from Canada and America, the manufac- turers in iron—particularly heavy goods in Walsall, Wol- verhampton, &c.—are in a dilemma in common with the ironmasters, although the execution of their undertakings cannot be delayed; and travellers, from the uncertainty of the price of iron, cannot take orders for goods to be manufactured. During the high price of iron, the mas. ters, with a praiseworthy regard for their men, raised their wages to a scale which would insure them the comforts of life; but now, on eo serious a reduction, the men are beginning to grumble at the bare idea of a reduction of their wages, and a turn-out of the colliers and workmen has taken place at Bilston, which, it is feared, will extend its mischievous effects to other districts delegates from the north have harangued the misguided men, and reso- lutions have been come to that they will remain firm in the turn-out. One singular and anomalous feature in this case is, that in some districts the men are waiting to pre- yentthe reduction of wages* and jn others to enforce an increase. The only occasion of any thing serious taking place has been a riot at Bilston, when a workman was rescued from the police; but, in general, although bodies of men are patrolling the roads, all remains quiet. THE REGISTRATION.—The first step which requires to be taken is that of the claims for counties. The time for making these claims is from the 20th of June to the 20th of July, inclusive. Any claim made after the latter date will be too late. The county franchise is divided into four important classes of qualification:—1. Freehold, which includes the ancient 40s. freehold of inheritance for ever; and property held under a lease for lives, which should be described as freehold in the notice of claim. 2. Leasehold for a term of not less than sixty-years, originally of £ 10 annual value; or if for a term of not less than 20 years, of £50 annual value. 3. Copyhold of JCIO annual value, 4. Occupiers of land, or building and land under one landlord, subject to a bona fide rent of JE:50 a-year. In the first class, the owner of a 40s. freehold for ever must have been in possession from the 31st of January of the present year; and the same in case the owner of leasehold for lives of 40s. a-year, provided he be himself in the oc. cupation of the property. If the owner of the Jease for lives do not occupy, the property must be of the annual value of £ 10. In the second class, the owner must have been in possession from the 31st of July, 1844. And in the third class, the occupation must also be from the 31st of July, 1844. Take care that the claims are made out in proper form, and served in due time. It is most con- venient to use printed forms of notice; and these should be filled up with the greatest care, the following particulars being closely attended to:—The name of the claimant to be written at full length. The place of the claimant's abode (not the place where his business only is carried on). The nature of the qualification must be correctly described in the third column, Any misdescription here will be fatal, it the vote should be objected to. Leasehold or copyhold must not be described as freehold, or freehold as leasehold. The situation of the qualification must also be accurately given as required in the fourth column. In cases of successive occupation, (as, for instanoe, where the voter has removed from one farm to another Bince the 31st of July last), each set of premises must be set forth in the claim. A correct copy of each claim must be kept, and the claim and the copy mu»t each bt ligoed by the claimant bitaielf. It is supposed that no fewer that 25,000 persons went from Dublin to Kingstown to gaze at the Great Britain Steam Ship on Sunday week. A woman's dress was set on fire the other day, on the Greenock Railway, by a live coal which flew from the engine into a third-class carriage. The gown was nearly destroyed before a man could put out the flamos. ACCELERATION OF TIlE NORTHERN MAILS. —A general acceleration of the mails over the whole Northen district will take place to-morrow. On the 6th July some further alteration to the same purpose will come into operation. In reply to our inquiries, we find that none of the proposed alterations will interfere with the exist- ing arrangements as to arrivals and departures at the Liverpool Post Office.—Liverpool Albion. The first monthly mail to china direct by the overland route was despatched on Tuesday week. It will be con- veyed to Ceylon by the oriental Steam Company's vessel carrying the calcutta mails; and at Ceylon will be trans- ferred to one of the same Company's vessels forming the branch-line between Ceylon and Hong-kong, touching at Penang and Singapore. By this arrangement, Hong- kong is brought within forty-eight days'post of London. To celebrate the event, the Directors of the Oriental Steam Navigation Company gave an entertainment to Sir Henry Pottinger, on saturday.

RAILWAY SPECULATION.—Few documents have pro- ceeded from Parliament of more curious character than one that has just been laid before the House of Commons, on the proposition of Mr. Gibson Craig, relating to sub- scriptions for Railways now under the consideration of Parliament. It is an alphabetical list of the names, with descriptions of the occupations and professions, as well as places of abode, of all persons subscribing to the amount of E2000 and upwards, to all railway subscription contracts, showing the amount subscribed by each person for every railway to which he may be a snbscriber, and the total amount of such subscription by each person. The list of the names of these railway subscribers occupies about 150 folio pages of close print, and the najnet of the railways themselves occupy six columns, and number no fewer than 209. The total amount of subscriptions by persons who have subscribed JMOOO 01 upwards to any railway sub. cription contract deposited in the Private Bill Office dur- ing the present session of Parliament, is the enormous sum of £61,603,707 16s. 8d. Many of the subscribers are put down for immense sums as the amount of their subscriptions to the various lines. The following are the names of some of the parties who have subscribed for the largest amounts:— 1. Mills, Francis, Esq., New-street. Spiing-gar- dens £ 670,300 2. Thomas, William Henry, merchant, Moorjate- street 624,320 3. Stnale, Hrnry Le«i<, proctor. Doctors' Commons 601,760 4. Tyndale, Charles William, Esq" nromptofl 587,780 5. Macgregor, James, hanker. Liverpool 579,800 6. Murray, Charles Kiiight> £ Sq.t Notiing-hill 574,800 7. Harding, Benjamin, Esq., Wadburst Castle, Sussex 574.760 8. Kirkland, Sir John, fall-null •• 574,760 9. Browne. Robert, merchant, Edire-hill, Liver- pool 577,260 10. Winslow, Edward, Esq., Torrington-sqware, London 320,160 11. Hudson, George, Esq.. York •• 319,835 12. Gower, Itobert Frederick, merchant Devonshire- place 29-2,000 13. Crowley, Charles Sedgfieltl, gentleman, Croydon 288,483 14. Hankey, George. merthant. Mincing-Ialltl • 287.400 15. Davis, Kicliard, merchant, St. itel.-It's place 261,400 16. Rich, Henrv, E§q., Mount-street Grosvenor- sqnare 287,000 17. Vigors, Louis, merchant. Old Broad-street. City 245,000 18. Horn»by, Joseph, merchant,Liverpool •• 220,080 19. Manchester and Birmingham Hail way •• 200,000 20. Wilkinson, Wm. Arthur, Rgq Camberwell 192,626 21. Jones, George, Ilcntleman lIedland Brisiol 192500 22. Miles, John William, banker Leigh-court •• 180,000 2S. GoltlsmiJ,'Sir Isaac Ljon, ftart. •• 179500 24. Symond*, Henry, Esq., Iteading. 175.000 25. Stern, Sigismood, nierel 52 Sorina-gardens, Manchester •• 174,500 26. Tothill. William, inercliant, Bristol •• 170,000 27. Marshall, William, Ksq x>enw0rtham-hall, Proton 167000 28. Schuster, Leo, merchant, Manchester •• 167.000 rhom". merchant, Hfi»ate-lodge 160,580 30. Chaplin, William Janae*, Ksu Adelphi terrace 158,320 31. Moss. John.banker, Liverpool •• 158,020 32. Walters, Gregory Scale, merchant, C"leman- street, London 156,000 33. Stevens, Charles, gentleman, FrederickVplace, Londn r 155,000 34. Brooks, Samuel, hanker. Manchester 154 500 :io. Garnett, Kob^rt, R.q., Wyc„idp, Lancaster 154,000 36. Broadbent, Thomas, merchant, Manchester 151,500 37. Gower, V.dwin, merchant. Hanover-terrace, Regent's Park # > 00 0 150,000 38. Merrier, Francis, gentleman, Lordship-lane, Tottenham 148.000 39. flatton, James, iron merchant, Salford 143900 40. Gladstone, Robertson, merchant, Liverpool 141)000 41. Maze. Peter, merchant, B.ijtol 140,000 42. Smith, John, merchant. Manchester 140.000 43. I'aul, Charles, banker, Clifton 130.000 44. Waddington, David, gentleman, Manchester 129.770 45. Glyn. George Carr, Ksq., Lombard-street 127,520 46 Wright, John. clerk, Wcstbourne-teriace, Hyde Park 121,030 47. Younj», Thomas, Esq., Albany, Piccadilly 120,580 48. Mowait, Francis, U«q.,35, I'evonshire-place 120,400 49. Hargcaves, J., merchant, Manchester 121,500 50. Houldsworth, Hmry, raerchsnt, Manchester 119.000 -SI Qrooper. til— E«a Livernool 118,400 o2. Barlow, Frederick I'ratt, Ksq., Kensington- square rt«i6as 53. Hodgson, David, Esq., Liverpool 114,400 54. Peto. Samuel Morton. contractor for public works, 47, Russel-square 113,625 55. Baines, Benjamin, Holloway I 56. Wiiiskin, James, Esq., Upper Rcdford-place 132,470 57. Davies, Robert, gentleman, York 100.000 58. RicVetts, Frederick, meichaiit. London .» 110 000 59. Ifoberts, Frederick, gentleman. Catnberwell 110,083 60. Smith. Archibald, merchant. Glasgow 00 107,150 61. Tee, Charles, linen-manufacturer, Pinder-oaks, Barnsley, Yorkshire 106,480 62. Lawrie, John, gentleman, Charles-street, St. James-square 106,580 63. Saltmarshr, Christopher, Esq., Yorkshire 103,900 64. Learmonth, John, Esq., Edinburgh 103,000 65. Humphyrs, Ambrose, Ksq 22, Upper Wimpole- „ r ",reet 102,710 bb. tnthoven. Ilenry J., merchant, Bromd-street 102,500 67. Palmer, Charles John, solicitor. Great Yarmouth 100,820 68. Pnnsep, Henry Thoby, Esq 37, Hyde Park- >q'iare 1(X),500 69. Aiken, Peter Prccland, banker, Clifton 100,000 70. Watter., Gregory Scale, merchant, 2. Artillery- P -co, Finally .0 100,000 71. Ward, Henry George, Esq., M.P. 100,000 Gu« sr. Sir John, Bart., Dowlais, Glamorganshire 33,75') Guppy, Thomas Richard, engineer, Bristol 60,000

BANKRUPTS.—(From the London Gazette.) FRIDAY.—Sam. May & Pryce Mottram, Shrewsbury, drapers.-Riehard Carr, Fore-street, Cripplegate, cheese- monger.- William Greenwell, Redcross-street, South- wark, wheelwright.—James Forrester, Hampstead, baker.—ChaWotte Pain, Lewes, Sussex, plumber.- Robert Westrnore, West Derby, Lancashire, Builder.— William May, Liverpool, Draper.-Fenwiek Loraine, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, bookseller.-Edward Thomas, Bristol, wine-merchant. BANKRUPTS.——TUESDAY.—Thornton Bentall, stock broker, Copthall. chambers.-Thomas Clarkson, Jun., upholsterers' warehouse-man, Charles-street. Middlesex Hospital.- William George FUnn, merchant, lower Thames-street.—Christopher Wakefield, licensed victual- ler, Hampton wick.—James Cousens Wolton, iron- monger, Halstead,—Thomas Brown Manufacturer of grylls whelp, BilUter-street, Ctty.—JosephHaycock.jun., corn facter, Wells, Norfolk.—William Coleman, victual- ler, Crediton, Devonshire. —John Bindley, hosier, Ather- stone, Warwickshire.—Ilenry James Witchell, stationer, Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire,

LONDON MARKETS. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES of CORN pet Qua, ter computed from the Inspectors' Return*. GENERAL AVERAGE. s. d. 47 10 Rve 29 9 Beans « < 7] Pea.$| DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN. s. d. Wheat 20 0 Rye 2? B'L. 'V 0a'g 6 0 Pea I s

CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY. w11 HAT. V I. 8, Esse* & Rent red 50 — 52 Whit « vi 0.4 1 Do 50 52 Do S S RYE. — 3t | New 36 — 0 BARLEY. <•- Grinding 25 28 Chevalier 3j 0 .M.al',nS 30 32 Bere 25 O I»*h 24 — 26 t Malting; 30 32 Bere 25 O Irish 24 26 I MALT. S 8 • j Suffolk and Norfolk 58 — 63 Brown 5g — Qo Kingston and Ware 60 — 0 Chevalier 65—0 Kingston and Ware 60 0 1 Chevalier 65—0 OATS. s. 9. I t. t. Yorkshire and Lin- a. 8. colnshire feed.. 22-22 Potato U 26- Youghall and Cork Cork white 21 29 black 22-23 Wevport 0 2T 1,r lDr V 22 23 B)ac)t. 0 — 22- Waterford white 21 22 Newry 23 M Galway S0t — 23-24 Potato 24-2* Clonratl. 21 Limcrick 23 — 2* Londonderry 23 — 21 Siigo 0 231 BEANS. 8a 9* I S* 0* Tick new 30 — 36 j Old small 38 — 40> PEAS. t • £ "7 38 .— 40 Maple '() — 3ff vv«"c .88 — 40 Boilers. ;.38._ 40» :——

SMITHFIELD MARKETS—MONMT, < •nd'Comparison of the Supplies and prices of } Fat Stock, exhibited and Sold in Smitbfield Cattle Market.. on Monday, July J, 18t4. and Monday, June 30, 1845. July 1, 1844. Jun* 30, 180- r, a. d. s. d. a. d. a. d, t Coarse and inferior Beasts. 2 8 to 2 W.3 2 to S 8 t Second quality dnto 3 0 3 2.3 10 4 0» Piime large Oxen 3 4 B 6. 2 4# X Prime Scots, &c. 3 8 4 0.4 6 4 » Coarse and inferior Sheep.. 3Q 32.82 L Second quality ditto$4 3 6.3 8 4 4t f Prime coarse woolled ditto £ 8 3 10.4 6 4 8 j Prime bouthdowaditm. 40 4 2.4 10 5 0> Lambs 4 0 5 2.5 0 6 0 Large coarse Calvea 32 3 6.3 8 4 4 Pirme 354 0.4 6 4 10 Large Ho^f* 3 0 3 6.3 0 3 8 Neat mall Vorkert 3 8 4 0.3 10 4 2 V -J SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1845. rublwhed hy tbe aole Proprietor, HENRY "WIBBEH, at f his residence Charles-street, in the Parish of Staint John the Baptist, in the Town of Cardiff and County of Glamorgan, and Printed by him at his General « Printing Office in Duke-street, in the said Parisba V of Saint John, in the Town and County aforesaid. £ Advertisements and Orders received by the following Agents:— LONDON: Mir. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Messrs. Newfcim t and Co., 5, Warwick-square; Mr. G. Reynell, 42, J Chancery-lane; Mr. Deacon, 3. Walbrook, near the Mansion-house; Mr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill; Mr. Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; Mr. C. Barker, 12, Birchen-lane; W. Dawson and Son,. 14, Cannon-street, Cit-yf; Messts. Lewis and Lowe, 3. Castle Court. Birchin l.:me. MERTHYU .Mr. H. W. White, Stationer, BRECON .Mr. William Evans, Ship-street, •' SWANSEA .'Mr. John Lewis, 6, Nelson Place, I: And by all Postmasters and Clerks on the Road. This paper is reguAarly filed in London at L!oyd Cttffee House City.— -Peel's Coffee-house, Fleet-stree --The Chapter Coffee-house St. Paul's.—Deaeou t Coflfee-howse, WalbM ok. I

Glamorganshire Quarter Sessions. The General Quarter Sessions for the county of Gla- morgan commenced at the Town-hall, Neath, on Monday last, the 30th of June, upon which occasion the following Magistrates were present:— HENRY THOMAS, Esq., in the Chair; Hev. II. L. Elosse J. Dilhvyn Llewelj-n, Esq. Starling Benson, Esq. William Llewellyn, Esq., Court Rev. John Collins Coleman E. C. Nicholl Carne, Esq. Griffith Llewellyn, Esq. L. L. Dilhvyn, Esq. J. Bruce Pryce, Esq. Frederick Fredricks, Esq. Charles H. Smith, Esq. II. J. Grant, Esq. T. Edw. Thomas, Esq. Hovel Gwyn, Esq, Iltid Thomas, Esq. John Grove, Esq. N. V. E. Vaughan, Esq. T. Y\\ Hill, Esq. Charles Warde, Esq. Hev, Robert Knight &c. &c. PRISONERS CONDEMNBD TO DEATH. Mr. Dalton read a statement of rules to be observed in the treatment of prisoners condemned to death, and which were drawn under the direction of the Secretary of State. It was ordered that the regulations so read be entered on the gaol rules of the prisons of this county, COUNTY PRISONS. In submitting the various journals of the county pri- sons, Mr. Dalton drew the attention of the magistrates to a special entry in the chaplain's journal relating to the internal arrangement of Cardiff gaol, by which it ap- peared that a young man named Elliott and two others infringed the regulations of the prison by climbing over a wall and intruding upon the rooms appropriated for the imprisonment of women. The chaplain recommended that a c 7ievmix-de-frise should be placed on the division wall, with the view of preventing similar irregularities in future. Upon the suggestion of Thos. Edward Thomas, Esq.. the matter was referred to the Visiting Committee. The attention of the magistrates was called to an item of E4 16s. Od. in the accompts of the Cardiff gaol, which sum, it seems, was paid for stones which prisoners not sentenced to hard labour were employed to break. Mr. Woods briefly explained that the stones were purchased by the directions of the Visiting Magistrates. An item of thirty shillings paid for the services of a barber at the Swansea House of Correction was also noticed. Mr. Cox said the charge had always been hitherto allowed. Mr. T. Edward Thomas said the ser- vices of a hair-dresser were required, and the item had been hitherto allowed. Mr. Woods said that be generally selected one of the prisoners for the purpose of perform- ing the duties usually required of a barber. The various journals were then signed and passed. FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Mr. Dalton then read the following report:— Glamorgan,-At a meeting of the Finance Committee, held at Pyle Inn, on Thursday, the 26th of June, 1845—present: Robert Oliver Jonp, Esq., in the chair; Lewis Llewelyn Dilhvyn, Esq., and Henry Thomas, Esq.: "The Committee have examined' the several bills for the ex- penditure of the last quarter, amounting to £ 735 14s. 4d. They re -urnmend such bills to be paid, but they would remark as to hill at Cardiff gaol, that they find no account of the applica- tion o £ a quantity of stones charged at £ 4 16s.; and an item of th;rj y shillings —a quarter's allowance at Swansea gaol to a bar- hr-r, -which docs not appear in the gaol accounts. As requested c ),\ the last Sessions, they made enquiry into the care and cus- tody of the weights and measures belonging to, or lately used bv, the county inspectors, and find that in 1835 the respective c,rpovations of Swansea, and Cardiff granted the county the use of their weights and measures, free of charge, but that the set at Cardiff being incomplete, the treasurer completed the same, and they were entrusted to Mr. Watkins, the then inspector;- that the weights and measures belonging to the town of Swansea we-e used by the inspector of such district until the spring of this war, when the council declined allowing the further use of them except within the town, and that no inspection has since taken place in that district. In the Cardiff district no inspection has taken place/or some vents, -that at the last Epiphany Sessions a new inspector was a >piiiated, but he has been unable to perform his duties in con- rc--quenee of the defective state of the weights and measures handed over to him by Mr. Watkins, his predecessor. In the Merthyr district there is a complete set of weights and measures; but your committee do not know when any inspection took place, as in reference to the payments of salaries no entrv for such appears for many years past. Yoiir Committee have caused a plan and specification for an intended Justice-Room at Merthyr to be prepared; and having advertised for contracts for the building the same, recommend that the offer of Mr. Thos. Jones be accepted, but that he be re- quired to make drains therefrom & from the police-station gener- ally to the main drain of the Merthyr market, at a specified sum that all the works br completed to the satisfaction of the county surveyor, and that no extras whatever be charged by him in the completion of all the works beyond the sum contracted for. Your Committee find that the sums expended for prosecu- tions at the last Spring Assizes, and at the Epiphany and Easter Sessions amount to JL1118 14s. 7d.; namely-at the Assizes, £ 731 Is. 3d.; at Epiphany Sessions, £ 210 3s. 10d.; and at Easter Sessions. £ 177 9s. 6d.; one half of which sums will be repaid to the county, as also the sum of jEl7 15s. 6d., being the whole expense of the removal of convicts for transportation. Your committee referring to the expenses attending the holding of Coroners' Inquests, remark in the bills of Mr. Collins aiid Mr. Cuthbertson charges for fees to medical men on two occasions, which appear to have required such extra expense, but beg to call the attention of the sessions to the act authorising "'11:11 expenses, that, if possible, some positive rule may be laid down, and eorone^niot subject themselves to have their bills ieUured by striking out payments, which although sometimes iv.juisite may not be strictly chargeable on the county rate. (Signed) 11 ROBERT OIIVEB JONES, "L. L. DILLWYN, "HENRY THOMAS." Air. Woods explained [that the stones broken by pri.. «orers in Cardiff Gaol would shortly be sold, and the pi.ceeds placed to the credit of the County. MESTIIYB STATION HOUSE. Mi-. Hill asked Mr. Whittington, the County Surveyor, whether, in the Station House erected by Mr. Jones, the contractor for building the new Justices' room, a vast quantity of green wood had not been used in building1? Mr. Whittington replied in the affirmative, and said ,c wood shrunk a little." Mr. Hill put one or two other questions to Mr. Whit- tington with respect to the quality of the timber put in The Station House at Merthyr, but which, we believe, ZJr. Whittington did not answer directly. The Vice-Chairman then interposed and said the ,'r.q;istr&t«3 would decidedly feel obliged to Mr. Hill for having their attention drawn to the subject. He did not think the County Surveyor was responsible for the quality of the timber put in the Station House at Merthyr: however, as the tender sent in by Mr. Jones had r?eeivcd the approbation of the Finance Committee he should move that the report just read be entirely adopted. This proposition was seconded, we understood, by Mr. Emce Pryce, and carried unanimously. COUNTY CORONERS. Mr. Dalton drew the attention of the magistrates to charges in Mr. Charles Collins' bill for fees paid to medi- cal men, and more especially to sums paid to Mr. llerepath, Analytical Chemist, Bristol, for analyzing the contents of the stomach, of a person named Gibbs, who resided in Gower, and who died under circumstances which caused suspicions to arise that his death had been occasioned by unfair means. Mr. Dalton said he had trken the Right Hon. John Nicholl's opinion upon the subject, who stated in effect that the payments were not in accordance with law, as the service of a second medical man had not been required in writing by a majority of the persons comprising the jury. The Vice-Chairman took the same view of the case, although he thought that in point of equity the sums charged in Mr. Collins' Bill ought to be paid. Mr. T. Edward Thomas said he knew nothing of the late inquest in Gower, except from common report, and what had appeared in the public papers of the county. How- ever, he had not the least hesitation in moving that upon this occasion, the fees referred to, be allowed. (Hear, hear.) From the nature of the case it was quite impos- ;Uc that the jury could have been satisfied with the .pinion of one medical man, and he conceived the cor- jr.cr had exercised a sound discretion in sending the ieh to Mr. Herepath. (Hear.) The distance from Swan a to the place where the inquest was held was 16 miles, lie believed, and ^therefore, as an adjournment necessarily took place, he thought the coroner entitled to mileage for each adjournment. (Hear.) Taking every circumstance into consideration, he had great satisfaction ill moving that the fees referred to by the clerk of the j euce, .be allpwed. (Cheers.) Air. J. Dillwyn Llewelyn had great'pleasure in second- i:v; ,i (C proposition, which he hoped would be unanim- ou.>_> c.ried. The Rev. John Collins believed an analysis of the stotna'-h was strictly required by the peculiar circumstan- ces of the case. The question was then formally put, and carried unanimously—namely—That the full amount of Mr. Collins' bill be paid the items in dispute being the amount paid to medical witnesses, in the case of suspected poisoning" in Gower, and the mileage caused by the inquest having been adjourned. The Chairman said the only irregularity complained of was, that the coroner had called in the services of medi- ca'. gentlemen, without having been required in writing to -the so by the jury. It was stated to the ;magistrates that R. Lewis Reece, Esq. h-id appointed Charles Vachell, Esq., physician, to be his deputy,and that the Lord Chancellor had approved ot the appointment. COUNTY TREASURER'S BALANCES. A statement of the accounts of the county was read to tho magistrates, from which, it appeared that E. P. Richards, Esq., the county treasurer, had in hand the following balances IJunc 29th, 1845—Balance] on' county account 1 £ 049 5 10i POLICE—Merthyr £ 10 15 V 4 Newbridge 38 10 6* Ogmore 80 17 Swansea 42 18 lo| £ 173 2 9* Merthyr Stipendiary Magistrate's rates 219 15 5? -\itor the accounts had been fully read a COUNTY RATE of one half-penny in the pound was unanimously ordered. THE CHIEF CONSTABLE'S REPORT. Captain Napier's report was then read by Mr. Dalton. Bridgend, 26th June, 1845. My Lords and Gentlemen—I have the honour to submit to your consideration my usual returns for the quarter ending the 15th of June, 1845. The number of persons summoned and apprehended, amount to 494 of which 191 are cases of drunkenness "u;d assaults: a much greater proportion than has occurred h ny previous quarter during the last three years. Drunkenness, the fruitful source of assaults, amongst the lower ord ers, may in the present instance be attribu- t ted 10 the increased rate of wages now given at the rarjo-ui the county, and to tbe ■i J "umber of beer shops. On referring to the tabular return it will be observed that in the last quarter no less than 30 convictions have taken place against public j houses and beer shops. The sums raised under 10th section and superannuation fund is £23 9s. Id.: under 17th section X90 Is. Id. The police stations remain exactly in the same state as in the report of the last quarter, except as regards the Neath station, in which the wrong wing of the building had been given over to the county this error has since been rectified." This report was signed by Captain Napier and ad- dressed To the magistrates of the county of Glamor- gan." BRIDGEND STATION HOLSE. It was stated that the rooms of this station smoked very badly-that the chimneys did not draw well. The Rev. Robert Knight was of opinion that the evil might be remedied altogether by placing new and im- proved grates in the rooms. At all events he thought the county had received a good shilling's worth for a shilling in having a station house which cost .£'500 for £300. (Hear.) Mr. H. S. Coke said that the room the magistrates were then assembled in smoked dreadfully at one time, but the evil had been entirely cured by substituting a new grate for the one which was formerly fixed there. After a short conversation upon the subject, in which the Vice-Chairman, Mr. Bruce Pryce, Mr. T. Edward Thomas, Rev. Robert Knight, and the County Surveyor took part, it was ordered that steps should immediately be taken for the purpose of lessening, if not entirely removing the evil complained of by the inmates of the Bridgend Station House. The Vice-Chairman thought the Swansea Gentlemen were best calculated to deal with nuisances caused by smoke. (Laughter.) COUNTY POLICE RATES. The following sums were ordered for the several police districts of the county:— f. s. d. Merthyr District 332 7 111 Newbridge" 151 17 9 Ogmore 110 14 8 Swansea 89 14 10 It was formally reported that the Secretary of State had approved of the appointment of an additional policeman for the Swansea District, who is we believe, to be stationed at Briton Ferry. MERTHYR STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE'S RATE. Mr. Dalton stated that the sum of JE550 would be re- quired to meet the contract to be entered into for building the Justices' rooms, independent of the fitting up, which would form a separate item of expenditure so that in all, for the ensuing term, £ 880 would be required, of which sum there was a balance in hand of about £ 200. No rate was payable this day, as no order for one was made last sessions. The sum of JE687 5s. 4d. would have to be raised to meet the demands of the ensuing four months. An order to raise that sum was unanimously carried. Mr. T. Edward Thomas hoped that the county sur- veyor would see that no green timber was used in the erection of the justices' rooms at Merthyr. THE VICE-CHAIRMAN. In pursuance to notice, it was moved, by Mr. J. D. L!ewe!yn,—" That the Vice-Chairman be an ex officio member of all county committees." He (Mr. L.) well knew the advantage which attended the presence of the chairman of the sessions amongst the members of a committee and he had, therefore, great pleasure and satisfaction in moving the proposition which he had just named. (Hear.) Mr. J. Bruce Pryce briefly seconded the motion which was then formally put and unanimously carried. EAGLES' BUSH COLLIERY. The Vice Chairman rose and said that in the absence of his right honourable friend, the Chairman of these Ses- sions, he rose to move a proposition which he had given notice of, and which had reference to this coliierv. Those gentlemen who resided in the neighbourhood of Neath were perfectly acquainted with the circumstances which caused the notice to be entered upon the paper, but as Imany of the magistrates present resided in distant parts of the county, it might be as well if he were briefly to detail some of the leading circumstances which had been the means of directing the attention of the public to this colliery. (Hear.) It was a matter of notoriety that during the last two years, accidents by ex- plosions of what was termed fire damp," had very frequently taken place, by which many workmen had been seriously injured. In this case there were two ad- jacent collieries, namely-the Erskine Colliery, the pro- perty of the Earl of Jersey, and the Eagles' Bush Colliery, which was the property of Mr. Herbert Evans, -which collieries were worked by lessees-Messrs. Pen- rose and Evans, and were viewed by the public as one and the same colliery. He (the Vice Chairman) would not pledge himself for the accuracy of the statements he was about to make respecting this colliery, but he might observe that many of them were roatteis of common notoriety. He believed he was correct in stating that within the year 1845, a great number of accidents from the explosion of fire damp had taken place, (hear, hear), and that many of the colliers engaged in these works had been seriously injured by fire. (Hear.) He believed his honourable friend, the Chairman of the Neath Union (Frederick Fredricks, Esq.) would corroborate him when he stated that more than twenty persons had suffered. Mr. Fredricks.-Decidedly. (Hear.) The Vice Chairman stated that Messrs. Penrose and Evans, had at the Neath Petty Sessions, made application to the magistrates for summonses against certain of their workmen who had left their work previous to giving the usual and required notice, and the result of that applica- tion was that the magistrates to whom it was made, dis- missed it, being of opinion that as the works were notori- ously deficient in ventilation it would be hard to compel men to labour in them and thereby to expose them to great peril. (Hear.) However it would be unfair for the magistrates assembled in Quarter Sessions to give any opinion upon the subject until a proper enquiry had been car ried out; but as there could be no doubt that within the last two years a great number of persons had met with serious accidents by fire in the colliery, it was their duty to take measures for instituting an enquiry into the state of the works, with the view of protecting that numerous and useful class of persons who were engaged in mining operations, and who probably were not able to protect themselves. (Cheers.) The Vice Chairman then referred to the Act of Parliament—5 and 6 Victoria, cap. 99, termed Lord Ashley's act, by which it was made illegal to employ women and girls in collieries, and also contained provisions under which it was intended to memorialize the Secretary of State upon the subject, with the view of inducing him to send down a proper person to examine and report upon the state of the works and the means adopted for ventilation. No case of this kind, calling for the interference of the magistrates, had hitherto taken place-safety being the rule, and accident the ex- ception in the collieries of this district. (Hear.) How- ever he thought the magistrates were justified in making the present application as a great number of persons resided in this neighbourhood who were employed in coal works, and whose wives and families in cases of accidents, formed great burdens upon the rate-payers of the Neath Union. (Hear.) But still, the magistrates did not put their application upon that ground they had far higher motives for their conduct, namely, the protec- tion of a large body of men who were rather unable to protect themselves, and who were far from being a tur- bulent set of men. (Hear and cheers.) It was the magis- trates' duty to prove to that class of men that while they were at all times required to obey the law, the same law was also able to protect them from injury, and that they were entitled to receive the benefit of that protection. (Cheers.) There was no class of men more peaceably or well disposed than the colliers of this neighbourhood, and he was sure the magistrates generally would feel happy in doing anything calculated to promote their happiness and prosperity. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Griffith Llewellvn said, that the accidents were to be traced to insufficient ventilation. Mr. Dalton said he had received a letter from Mr. Penrose, in which it was stated that the accidents were frequently occasioned by labourers who had entered cer- tain stalls of the works with their lamps, into which the men had been forbidden to enter upon any pretence whatever. Upon one occasion 12,000 cubic feet of fire- damp had exploded solely in consequence of the careless- ness of labourers, and by which several men had been severely burnt. --— Mr. Fredricks said, that twelve months ago Messrs. Penrose and Evans pledged themselves that the state of their colliery should undergo an examination by an eminent surveyor of mines, but he believed the examina- tion had not taken place yet. Accidents were of frequent occurrence; and as there was no sort of fund established in connection with the works whereby men might be assisted during sickness, they were consequently wholly thrown on the union for support. Men, who unfortu- nately suffered by accidents, required great assistance- extra nourishment and attention. (Hear.) He did not think the burden of providing such extra assistance should be borne by the rate-payers the owners of collieries who derived such large profits-such immense advantages from the labours of their men—should come forward and contribute towards the support of men injured in their service. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. D. Llewelyn trusted publicity would be given to (the matter-to the course taken by the magistrates -in order that the proprietors of other collieries might take warning. (Hear.) Mr. Fredricks stated that he was induced to infer from the tenor of a conversation he had had with Mr. Evans, that they were about to take the most decided measures, namely, to ascertain by means of a mineral surveyor (Mr. Struve), whether the works could be efficiently ventilated and if so, to proceed forthwith and ventilate them on the other hand, if it were ascertained that it was impossible to ventilate them efficiently, the works would be given up. Mr. Bruce Pryce said it might well be supposed that sufficient care had not been taken to ventilate the works, as in general coal-pit accidents by the explosion of fire-damp happened on Monday mornings: in the case of this colliery the accidents did not happen generally on Monday mornings. In ordinary cases the inflammable air gathered in the interval between Saturday night, and Monday morning; but at Eagles' Bush colliery accidents took place at all times. Mr. H. J. Grant said that those accidents had been going on for several years. It was then unanimously agreed, that the Secretary of State should be requested to send a surveyor down to inquire into, and report upon, the state of the colliery, with the view of taking ulterior proceedings under Lord Ashley's Act, should it appear by the report advisable. A conversation then ensued upon the same subject between Mr. NicbvJl Carjje, Hr. Brueg fry ce, wri Vice-Chairman, from which we gathered that by the provisions of the Act, proprietors of coal works may be compelled to have their collieries well and efficiently ventilated. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. The notice upon this subject was ordered to be held over to next sessions. THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Mr. N. V. E. Vaughan rose and said, that as it was probable that in the event of the passing of the South Wales Railway Act, a great number of strangers would be employed in the county in forming the proposed line, it might be considered expedient to call upon the South Wales Company to appoint a sufficient number of constables to protect the property, and to preserve the public peace of the county. (Hear.) It would also be extremely desirable that the constables so appointed should be under the control of the Chief-constable, who, however, would not move them from their respective districts, but merely see that they did their duty properly, and by a proper system of training render them more efficient. (Hear.) Mr. J.D. Llewelyn said he had named such a proposition to the police committee, and was told that the case was provided for under the general act. The Vice-Chairman thought no harm would be done by giving notice that the subject be taken into considera- tion at the next sessions. Mr. Vaughan then gave notice—" That a communica- tion be made by the Clerk of the'Peace to the Directors of the South Wales Railway, expressing the wish of the county magistrates that a sufficient additional police-force should be employed along the line of road during the peiiod of its construction, at the expense of the company; such police-force to be under the control of the Chief- constable and superintendents of the county police." A conversation took place with regard to the payment of witnesses in bastardy cases. No order was made. The court rose at three o'clock, having sat two hours. At five o'clock the magistrates dined at the Castle Inn, the entertainment being placed upon the table in a style highly creditable to Mr. and Mrs. Savours. ( To be continued in our secondpaf/e.~)