Monmouthshire Merlin

FOR THE GRAVE. The fair reflection of the drooping flower, Fades from the bosom of the silvery lake, Soon as tbe cruel winds arise, and shake Its petals off, with unrelenting power; But P Death may come, and tempest-like devour The face of beauty, whose endearing smile O'er loving heart* diffused a JOY erewbile, With radiance gilding life's most dreary hour; Still in fond MEMORY'* mirror sball remain, The treasured ltkeness of those features fair lmmoital as herself, ihey cannot fade: Hail 1 sacred power, that ne'er permit* > stain To mar the portrait once imprinted there, In lines of gloiious light o'er Death's sepulchral shade I

AN ANGEL IN THE HOUSE. How sweet it were, if, without feeble fright, Or dying of the dreadful, beauteous sight, Au angel came to us, and we could bear To see him issue through the silent air At evening in our room, and bend on oura His divine eyes, and bring us from his bowers News of dear friends, and children who have nerer Been dead, indeed—as we shall know for ever. Alas I we think not what we daily see About our heartol-angels that are to be, Or may be if they will, and we prepare 'I heir souls and ours to meet in happy air— A child, a friend, a wife, whose aolt hert Ilogl In unison with ours, breeding future wings. LUOH HUNT.

FEUILLETON OF THE MERLIN. No 25. jfranff, in jYtfteen "unbreb ana SebentjHtoo. [CONTINUED FROM OUR LA ST. J ———— "Sir," replied Sirozzi, "it is quite true that I ordered that officer to tiCl as be has done io farour of the Huguenots, but io doing so permit me to declare that I thought I was acting in accordance with your wishes." By the souls of my fathers." said the Governor, trembling with indignation, you are either io my milld an infamous liai, or a base cowaid, bu I select between the two dellioariool, Florentine adreoturer,—I accord you the honor to be a villainous cheat. You think I shall complno against you J shall do no such thing 1 despise sod I contemn you. Excite the Catholics as you will,—augment (he auger of the Hug«enois,—I shall watch over you. For this time you are pardoned,—but, by God's death, should you again dare to intrigue, and put the lives of the King's subjects in peril, i shall baoisb you from the city, and with you those bands of marauders, who, coming from Italy, dare to think that tbey are made to batten en the soil of oar fair France,—aye, although the Queen Mothar and the Duke de Guise him.elf uid the 008trary." S'roizi left the presence of the Governor without speaking a void, or even ramog his eyes towards the face of the old man. Rsge was in his heart, to that degrte that bit lips refused their functions. Philip saw this, and was about to go forth with him, but his father held his hand. I his is not the time, my son, to play a chivalrous part, to show a young man doing battle for his father, in that father's absence. Strozzi is now furious, but he will sooo return to the habitual dissimulation of his character. He will only think of secret vgnggjoce, perhaps of the dagger and the bowl At thi- moment ao officer arrived, and announced that the advanced guard of the Italian regiments had come into the city, aod were being followed by an imposing force. \ou see, Philip, that they declare this reinforcement at the last moment, in order 'hat I might not have time 10 take other aud more «trini«nt measures. Now yoa sre my only support, •ad I swear that I am solely far the King aod our Holy Church' according to my conscience, aod roy high sense of justice. I now must call all the force Joan around me, for the decisive moment for action haa come." Proceeding towards the principal gate of tbe city, with a brilliant c r ege, he encountered the leadiog troops of the Italian companies. Stroxii was already at their head, conversing familiaily wi i, the several Captains. The Governor at once rode up, ana Adrusiog them, said that he presumed they knew the mission ihey had come upon that they had arrived in a peaceful and faithful city, and that they would best show their loyalty to the King by observing tbe law, and respecting the creed aod portions of his subjects." I translate your .vords, Governor, to my aoldiefl," said Sirozzi, for they know not tbe language of France." "Proud am I to learn so,—for tbey are then ignorant and guilless of the sanguinary inscription on the standard. We seek not for the death of rebels, for there are nooe in this pro. vince." All eyes followed those of the Governor, while they iesied on a Haunting ensign, on which were woren, in crimson tissue, the fatal words— MonT AUX HUGUENOTS!" Remove that incendiary standard," exclaimed the Governor. Strozzi addressed a few words to his soldiers, in the Italian tongue, and they remained immovable in the raoks. Again shouted she Governor, "do you he., 1" aduocing sword 10 hand towards the standard-beaier. 6 Yes, Sir Governor," exclaimed Suoui, bending the point of his ure with respect, but what you ask is impossible —the S aodard is the gilt of the Queen Mother, the inscriptioo the work of her own hands." You lo<uULher Majesty when you state 10. This stupid and ferocious phrase could not emanate from the Mother of the orders' 'enB°" U momeot» *l decline to obey my Stfoiii moved not; bis loldiers looked on io gloom, silence • but the bra*e old man flinched not fiom his duty to hit find his country. His sword was raised j it fell on the insultmo folds of the colors j the silk fluttered in ribbons, and all f«ll t« the ground. 10 Strozzi cried to arms, the drums beat, and tbe tumult was at its height. In an Jnsliolnoughl was heard but the clashing of armt, and the sudden rolling of the drums; and the rest of the Italian companies hastened to debouch on the glacis of ibe Place The Governor did not for liD iosiaal lose his presence of mind. Well knowing that boldoen of action ever finds admirers, he turned at once to the crowds of people that surrounded him.and wita a noble eloquence, declared that he acted from a SeDle of order, and a desire of peace that he separated the cause of the faithful Diuphioois, from those mercenary hordes, whose sole bopslay in the distractions of the country. He undid the folds of his rich tunic, aud showed numerous wounds that he had reo ceded fi^hiina against the eoemiell of France; the effect was electric, shouts of approbation pealed on bis ears from every side, and order at onee reigoed io the tanks of Ihe Italian troops. Tbey were ordered diiect to their quartets. The Governor re- turned 10 the palace,—aod Strozzi, after addressing a few words of peace, hie 1 in all haste to tbe snail bouse in the environs of the city, tlreatfy spokeD or. Yolet," said he, addressing the page, while assisting to diø. encumber him of his military habiliments, hasten with all Ibe speed that belongs to yaur age, « Mthttgt of the Soteil 4V. You will there Sod a number »f military meo, aod one of par- ticu'ar Stature, named Fabto Busoll; him you will address ia a wh.spe.tng VOice. aDd bid him here by the moat unfre- queo'ed P,«sent him thitnog. aod he will know whose ambe.aador Y08 are. Qick, Mlgnoa, begone. Ala f exclaimed S rozri, rubbing bis hUdl, when left 110118; the old lion has fallen into the irap laid for him. He bad not tbe sense to see thai ibe rag of a standard was a bait to call up bis romantic sense of justice, and he fell foul of it like an incensed youth of non-age. He has found many appUuders among the fat citizens of Grenoble but when those citizens meet their wisoa, and tell them how they acted, when the flag woven by the bands of the Q »een was trailed in the mire, they will verily get tMir reward by the loogues or at the bands of their fair lOci meek spouses' He refuses me his daughter now he shall yet be msde to offer her to me. He calls my companon* io arm,, mercenaries • he will yet be too happy to have them under his orders to eater. mina:e those Hu>oeoots, whom he now so zealously protects 1 shall compel hi<n to be a good Catholic ir> of hims^f J ;• Ib..k th. o, 0. got.ioe at H IT8 T r'° r, my h"d' 8Dd 10 P«c« tnd modera- Po.i'm h '!•'$Ut | S"me 008 koock»- It is Yolet. No i wolIdt £ lo»°t'B"»U !d,CT' 'f #b00,d W BuoU hef0«" uiu oe tost. But Jet ma hasten to recetve him as Quick as Phiifo de r" 7t0 ;r-b,iri"ray,elf ol bw Prt8"cJ" k™.u I"m "i,b vrxr z •• z. fere nee. Ut us embraoe, my?iild^ aJ?.?? ,ndU* the subject." Wnd, and think DO more upon Philip surprised at this nmehalM.. ~r djubt hypocritical indifference to an ina«lt>l>offel>f<Id "d.the 00 °'10 m'0Y' eo"'d 001 if0,d «dding h,fif lh.,am'^ P'e; the Governor was not deemed snSeienf' h. of render *11 ,he satisf.etion that ooTomL aJ'V tp'9p"9d ,<J could ofifer to another b,0ther-in-»rtns wilh the No, thank yoa, I vaonld .atl«r ram |in »»dev— be your executioner. Hasten to voni >Lfi t ti. tbao I am ready to receive hvs otdats as to tb* m troops, end tbat 1 full, and entire)! mv "My father wa. in'the right'* ,l.Td^To-» "'i"3' tiog the presence of Strozzi; "this man is neitb.TVuhii^ loyal he disguises his character, sod meditates re».«o- r ? public iqsmIt offered him by the Govwaer. He nod the aged man saved from the atMei's folds." ,n"M, Plunged in these reflections, Philip wandered on fori, lime, till be found he was oot in the direct r»*d totheGo»ef bouse. He looked carefully round, and found that strayed into a covered way, called tbe Gsulot-des-BarnafdinZ which possessed a convent of the monks of that order at one oi its angles. The day was falling, and the street was almost dark Philip had advanced midway up the si /eel, when he pereeited t NO persons msrehio« hnriiedly yet eau:iousJy along. One of them he knew to be Yolet, the page of Stroni. The other "II tall, and enveloped in a large roqaelaire; aDd Philip fancied he saw much in him to resemble the Ellliltn who bore the standard which his father had mutilated tbat morning. There wu nothing seemingly extraordinary io bit betog there at that moment, in the company of the plge; he waa an officer in the master's troop; but the precautions they both seemed to take called forth Phillip's suspicions, tremblingly ali.e.. he was fer his fathei's safety. He hastily drew up to one of the embrasures of the wall, sad awaped Ilu, approilcb of the two. Tbej came stealthily pMt( and Philip heard the tall man ask,—If the page knew the weighty tessoas his master had for summoning him so quickly, not even giving him time to finish his bottle. He wss "inhered in Ihe negative, and they both passed onward without Philip hearing further of their discourst. Indeed he wished not» 'or -Meonvtnced that their movements had no relation to the a«iir ol the morning, aod he we» oot covetous to know aught of the private concerns of Strozei, and he proceeded at once directly to bis father's home. Basola went, almost drunk, iato the presence of Slroi, who received hI. with a most frown, s.ying' You will never change, sirrah Your Escellency knows," replied Bllol., with an unabashed meio, that when w countrymen have yice, they do oot correct it easily; aDd IS I hue many, I hardly know where to commence, so I guard them all, that I may hu. less occanoo for (hought." »»5lw\Shg,'B f,rn!lbut the hfc*io« g pUced be,ore ,b« bru'al *°'dier, he was coin, •anded lo tell the latest news from Pan,. C°m t'bawlt' We"' "»W, continue to de Guise „sve, K' h, '°t « "f ,h.6,r The Duke small .fro,\Y '"V.hu °rMfed h°,e't.,D ,he M"«». ""bout thinks his lifB i, ° 8thov' to tbe «ood P«"sians that he has called round^e?^ 7 J M"dsrn,9'. Q««o Mother, as bright and rad'U(ll 11,6 plainest amoog which is persuasion and intri=„B t morning, to aid her in her work of Coiigoy, his the Admiral were balancing the bonks JL; V"18' think, closed, fot tbey "And the great aff.i, b,n I »•»*- 7 ji proceed? Here we cannot c'^•*>* S'roai, bow does old Gnvernnt will not hear reaso* «n eatremities. The elsewhere, swear only by hi», °lu tb#, «t«pid as th. m both but for this I «he\\ *u»l "nd a way to aaeite my good Fabeo Basola." '0ttt *'d and intelligence, If it be in a cause worthy of amnj I am at your service, Captain." rM* I««lieo soldier, But fust I must gatoisb your purse.—T r. •, lined." v 1 UOot well Empty as '.he haad of your page Yolet." The gold followed, and for halt-ao-hour tbe tempter and th* tempted held close converse toge her. At n« en(, claimed, '« I SHALL DO IT, Captain. There is nothing t0 be done unworthy of a Christian and a Soldier."

Art RAY WITH POACHERS —On Sunday night, a desperate affray took place on the grounds of Lord Guernsey, M.P., Leamington, between two of his lordshtp • keepers, and seven poachets: there was firing on both sides, but such *as the des- perate onslaught made by the poacher*, 'hat both the keepers received frightful injuries one of them was dreadfully shattered. The mmour in Leamington tbac uflfort8D#tc men has liaee died,

THE IRON TRADE. ] At a meeting of the London Iron Trade, and others interested in Scotch pig iroo, held in London, 20th lostaot, Mr. William Bird in the chair,-members or representatives of the following firms were presentj-Guest and Co.; The New British Iron Company; Dumels and Payne; Dimmack, Thompson. and Firmstooe; William Bird and Co.; Gabain sod Co. Kumpf and Eckengteio; Levin and Adler G. Baiiey Toms and Co.; William May; Buchier and Carstaogen William Short; Whitcomb and Barton and Batemao and Von Dadelszen, jun. The following resolutions we e passed unanimously Proposed by Mr. Fumstone, (of Dimmack aod Co.,) seconded by Mr. G..Juld. (of D¡oiels aDd P"Y06,) "That the system iotroduced of late years into dealings for Scotch pig iron, of issuing and paying money upon rna ers undertaking,' to deliver, or what is termed scrip, has been earned on to so great a. extent, that the stock of pig iron in existence is often far lets than the quantity represented by such scrip. It .s, therefore, in the opinion of this meeting of the greatest importance that this vicious system of trading, which is not only insecure, but also gives a fictitious tone to the market, and is a source of litigation, should be promptly suPPref9^J- Pioposed by Mr.Gabain, seconded by Mr. Bevan, (of Messrs. Bird and Co.,) Tnat this meeting p'edges itself to co-operate with the Trade of Liveroool and Glasgow to dtscountenance and suppress •scrip,' aod to assist in carrying out such measures for the secrfty of dealers to pig uon and without in the leas degree *ishine to place difficulties io the way of transactions either for consumption or speculation, are of opinion that no ■hould be recognised as transferable, which does not represent pie iron absolutely existing. />„«,!) /rjuoti Prnposed by Mr. May, seconded by Mr. Puraell, (Guest and "That the Chairman of Ibis meeting be requested to commu. oicale these resolutions to the gentlemen who are now at Glasgow ,is a deput;itio 'n from Li,,erpool," Proposed by Mr. Racashaw, (of the New British Iron Co.,) seconded by Mr. G. Bailey Toms, "That the thanks ol thi. mee'ing be given to the Chairman, for bis kindness and attention to the subject before the meeting.

I VENTILATION OF COLLIERIES. At the loslitution of Civil Engineers, on the 19 h instant, VVilliam Cubitt, E-q., president, in the chair, a paper was read, 00 The Ventilation of Collieries, theoretically »od practically considered." by Mr. William Plice Strung, (of Swansea,) ivi. lost. C.E. 1 The auit.or rommenced by shewing that the general principles whi,-h ought to govero the ventilation of collieries, were- Ist. That a current of air through the channels of collieries, at a velocity of five feet per second, was sufficient for most purposes. 2nd. That. current exceeding that velocity, woald onlyjbe ,it,-ined at the expense of leakage and oifer evilf. 3rd. That in order to obtain the requisite supply of fresh air, the channels of a colliery or mine ought to be enlarged, according 10 the ellgeocy. In the process of laying out a mine, a subdivision occurred by which the workings were apportioned into numerous compart. ments, which facilitated the system of splitting the current of air, or diverting it into numerous channels, giving to each com- partment a separate, and, therefore, more effective,^ventilating torce at the same time the area of the channel was enlarged, and the aggregate length of the air tube shortened, so that it was quite practicable to pan through the workings of a mine, three hundred cubic feet of air per minute for each man employed. The velocity of the air current io a mine was so easily affected, that it was important to consider by sliat accidents, aod under "bat CirCuffilllaoces, aoy chaoges took place. It could not be supposed that the excavated apace of old wotkings was completely filled by the falls of tbe root, and "creeps" of the floor extensive rupture of the stratification occurred, and through this broken ground, great Jellkage must take place. This would seriously affect a long continuous all course therefore, the way to meet this difficulty was to split, shorten, and enlarge the air channel. The details of two expe- riments at the Eiglesbush and Ynis David CollIeries, where be air was pumped out by Mr. Struve s mine ventilator, s ewe a large proportion of the air was drawn from the o "0I !n^9, and the "goat or broken ground surrounding the (ollioy aDd did not come down the intake shaft, and traverse the actual workiog., as It ought to have done. In both these cases, the enlarging and splitting of •> air channels, so ss to reduce the velocity of the au <0 a. ou rte feet or four feet per second, would have produce m°s ece Cli results. hAe principles were shown to have been lost sight of in the majority even of the gteat collieries, and the power of tarefac tion by a furnace, was trualed to for tiragd'°g the long c0 anJD of air over and through "Iluln" rable impedilueoili. In some Ciues this was left to be produced by the increased temperature of the mine, from the candles, and the respiration of the men, aided by the cooling effect of water trickling down • e » • These scurcely sufficed >o produce an average i er* w the two shafts of thirteen decrees in winter, wbiIs, ,n .he summer and io certain states of the almosphere, there was DO difference at all, aod, consequently, little or DO Where rarefaction by he^t was use;i, 'he tempera p- cast shaft varied from ninety degrees to one un ? degrees th,a, however advant^eo-s for vent'U on »«• inju. rious to the sb«ft itself, and absolutely daogetous had to traverse '«• ( 8;, pW,ge3 ,D(| ,fie A comparison of the dimensions or tne p » velocities of the currents io cancerous collieries, Jed to an esti- mate of the mo-tve power required to produce the results attained ni lhe employment ot a in the best ventilated mmes in case or r i,-„_ „ TI, ,,ovver would have varied "team ensms and air pumps, lnupowc between 23 H P. aod 26 H.P. k. The efficiency of furnace ventilation was always increased by the depth of the shafts, especially if they were entirely devoted for the purposes of ventilation, irrespective of the working of the ? The experiments of Mr. Nicholas Wood, Mr. G. Elliot, Mr. H.Vi»ian, aod other mining engineers, wete then quoted, to demonstrate the insufficiency of ihe "steam jet, as a rneaos of promoiing ventilation, showing tbat it was a most waste u appli- cation of power, when compared with ibe steam force employed 10 work Struv £ 's mine ventilator at the Eaglesbu^b Colliery. This apparatus consisted of two hollow pistons, resembling large gasometers, plunging into cisterns of water, and having inlet and outlet valves. The pistons received alternate motion from a small steam-engine of 5 HP.; and being filled and emptied at each revolution of the craok, produced a regulariiy of current, and a degree of fopio a »e^nlatijn» hitherto unknown to the mines to which they had been applieJ. The small cost of their establishment—only about £100 for ao extensive mine—-jeioed with their little liability to getting out of order, was much in their favour. The paper terminated with copious extrarts from the able alining reports of Mr. John Phillips aod Mr. Keojoo Blackwell confirming all the positions assumed by the author.

RAILWAY CARRYING STOCK. Paper read btfore the Institution of Mechanical E?igtneerst at Birmingham. Tbe object of the present paper is lo discos* and aaalyee the venous descriptions t»f railway carrying stork, with the purpose of suggesting such, improvements in lhe details of form and manufacture, as will materially reduce the grass or dead weight of the vehicles, wiihout affecting their efficiency or strength. This matter has been brought prominently under the writer's attention, fiom the fact that upon leading lines of railway, the first clsss carriages, for the conveyance of eighieen passengers, sve reac ed a cross weight of 5 tons, and waggons for the conveyance of a maximum load of 5 tons, have reached a gross weig to 4-} tons. 1 hese, it is to be observed, are probably ex- treme cases, but, beiog modem, they evidence the tendency to increase the weight of trailing stock. It is scarcely nesdlul to remark that if a locomotive eBgine is capab e ol conveying a train of fifiy waggons weighing 200 tons, and the load 200 tons, (which proportion will not be short of the truth, even without taking empties into account,) a sa»iDg of one ton in the weight of each waggon, will enable the engine lo convey 50 ions additional, of waggons *nd load, or equal to a M saving of one-eighth in the cost of the haulage. In the important matter of inland, through coal traffic, tbe waggon averaging 3 tons 15 cwt. carries 5 tons of coal; but as the waggon of course returns empty, for 5 loos of coal conveyed J one mile, 7 ion 10 cwt. of waggon has been conveyed lhe same distance. In ihu instance the saving one ton weight in the con- | Jtructioa of the waggon, would be equivalent to a total saying o f j neatly one iiith. in ihe cost of haulage—that is to say, if the 1 present rates are remunerative, the prices may be reduced 16 i per cent., inducing a much more extensive traffic, and better j enabling railways to compete with water conveyance. Inland ? coali are mostly conveyed io waggons belonging to the collieries, 1 or tented to the collieries by private individuals. In either case. 1 the tonnage or mileagecharges on the railways being irrespective of the weight of waggon, the object of the waggoo owner is to produce such waggons as will be most durable, with the smallest amount of 6ist cost. The weights of colliery waggons have been gradually increasing, each new lot being made (as was recently observed by the manager of an extensive inland colliery ) of such • strength and weight that, in the event of a collision, they may break their oeigbbours, and rfmain uninjured themselves. Eogioe aad carnage superintendaoce are ijeoerally distinct departments. The carriage superintendent aims at the ulmo-I economy of maintenance in his department, and produces car. nages and waggons, which, though very lasting and very servicea- ble, are meanwhile greaily increasing the expenditure of the locomotive department. It would appear that io no case has the <7f,.h8 P*ni,es directly concerned, been to decrease the weignts ot tbe vehicles. H.Iihe h"Ty lraL,n* b,oded ove' ,0 ,be locomotive department to an induced the construction of more powerful and weightier angices, until the maximum was qUIckly reached and checked by iht wm^» k** !> Per(n#neDl waV- I« «• to be observed that anv utooian «* T fe {° C9,rry T,e*t,on of Mt vehicles to exLr A Slmp y '° C*lml> ,tud> and elucidate, by S" #n,d «P"!««nt. the practical meaoa 0, reducing tbe weight* of vehicles wnhio proper bounds. w.«!m^iPeM°d °' lhe o( railways, passengers co4cbe>8htby -ao9' It It the IDleDtioD of iiiist paper to confine 'he enquiry to wheel. *»hi»l • u ^fe#t ^,s,'DC,ion between roail and railway vehicU. is that railway vehicles have to ausMin longitodmal strains in tbe direction of the buffing, as well ai lateral aod perpsodieular bio. The four-horse coach weighiog 19 cwt., conveyed eighteen persons with luggsige, weighing in all 1 100 7 cwt., at a rate of ten miles per hour. The four-ltorse Brighton van, weighing 1 ton 11 cwt.. convened 6 lous of goods, at a rate of four miles per hour. Every pound was carefully saved in weight of construction of the above vehicles. The timber was carefully selected Eiglish ash not that ash was the most lastioo and durable, but that for strength and to-ivhness, it was one- qualled io lightness, though short in its period of duration, The axles and the iroo-work were wl.olly made of the best narks of scrap iroo. Skilled and costly labour of a high class •as employed io the forging >nd fitting of the iron-work and be construction of the woodwork. In all cases where extreme s rength was required, the timber was carefully plated with iron 0 taming The utmost strength with the smallest amount of Material. Builders competed, not so much io price but as artists, to prodce by proportIon of pdeix and maleriall the utmost reault, -vith the least vgight.. lia^te^fr*The wMr'and'^t'ear of0carria,|^ee,^eC,' i^r'tof •• ow perfeciioo at raao i ino^nuiiu «« .ij a l ^.rn.,)r«ni»on. i t1'ogcouity could produce thero. Simultaneous w,th the four-horse coach and van, was tbe conveyance of coals upon tiamwavs with horse-oower The writer Will confine hi. observations to that di.tiict with which he is practically acquainted that of NIIOnmouthshire. The Act for the making of the Sirhowy and ihe Monmouth- shire tramways, a total length, exclusive of branches, of twentv- six miles from the mines and iron works to the shipping port of Newport, was obtained io the 42od of George III., and conse- quently forty-eight years since, and that tramway has been worked, until within the last twelve months, by horse-power. Originally, it was a tramway, with fish-bellied cast-iron plates laid and iomted upon stone blocks. with six feet bearings. These have gradually given piace to rolled plates of malleable iron, weighing about 80 lbs. to the yard, and laid in chairs upon cross wood sleepers, with two.feet eight-inch beatings. The gross weight of the waggoo, or, at it is locally termed, tiern." used upon Ibis tramway, was 16 c-t-, and it carried three toas of eoals, at a rate of three miles per hour, exclusive of the time consumed at the various public houses by the irarawav aide. The breaking or skidding down the inclines was effected in the most complete manner by means of a slipper or shoe, similar to 1 at of a stage coach, and the stopping of the traio by thrustiog I "*ood thrcugh the spokes of the wheel, or, as it i« Sred' "wwn the Wheel." The unloading was Ht nn« a roea,Ds °' 8 g>"ows and crub, tbe tram being raised tail-board at "he otihh6erCend.<1,,CharBed °' SwiDg,0g thaV .7'1,1be.ob,emd u,a« D° provision is made far buffing, but wheel, ,»nT U "r"Cttla,ed by means of the hitching. The dished in it,00*6 UP00 ,x'es, and were in most instances 1 the first 8 ,D*lJoe, 8 common wheel, thereby illustrating Ilagn"co From a common road vehicle. Sis hois»r k** is n,ostly ao incline from the mines to the port, trams. The s°U^ 1 down 60 tons ol coals and 16 tons of trams. Dead*™6-^ov,*r was required to take up the empty importance. Wt,6ht io the ir«ms wag consequently of vital trawls i. L • and improved now being worked with locomotive power •o4 th« {"•l^teti'^aggoni8 Company fiadiDg power, The same care, which influenced the private baulier, and caused him to equalize his upward to his downward load, does not now influence the freighter, and has been lost sight of by the company. In the eye of the freighter the waggoD which is the strongest and heaviest is the Lest, and the consequence is, |hat waggons weighiog three tons are conveying but five tons of load. The weight of waggon cooveve4 up hill, was in the one case 26 per cent., and in the latter 60 per cent., as compared with cOllis brought down. Instead of a perfect horse tram-road, heavy engines are beioe hammered, and are hammering to pieces a bad toad with bad gradients, and extremely bad curves gradients, and extremely bad curves This ,s wholly true but fortunately an extreme case • never \n iVeVVr lioe» are "ffering m lesser degree from ihe locumbus of dead wMa!,r g 1 he Huotiogdon and St- l Railway, 4| miles in length is at the nr° 6 Anglican horse carriage. This carnage' L n ll jT U"'e wo'ked b>' of three compartments, and carrying sixty* eonj,sl'Dlt side and out. It i, to'be obse.veT.Lt the c °8erS j*' 'a" 00 ordinary composite, the uoder frame beintr rn 6"i ^°m away, and wheels, Su.,da. and s.ringT,of^Te'llh? take° would not exceed two tons, if the carriage had hi g, built for the present purpose. Tbe horse is attached bj'n rigger lo which tbe traces are hooked, and he travels bv th» j «f .h. „,h hi. h„d ,«d ,p ,0 .b;Vp, :d: him from turning round. A break » appl.ed to the whee's The writer has instanced this carriage to illustrate that when bor^e-power bfou^Ut ioto ose ihe weiybj of vehicle ia at considered; and also that ihe veh,cleBbeing used siogU2Z not require streogth to resist the longituHinal buffing ThV ot v.orkiog this carnage is a.,pence per mile, includiog hors^ duver- 8Dd lbe e"1. who IS also a ticket collector The pace is ten miles per hour, and it would aPuear that this appli. eation meels all the requuemeots of the limited traffic of a short braoih. Rapid strides were made by engineers in perfecting the way Bnd the locomotive. The facts relative to the permaoent way have been diseased and appreciated, and the details greatly per ected. Locom< lives have been improved, tbe consumption of fue brought probably nearly to the minimum the details rn Tk discussed, and expenmeoted upon by men of high «alent and experience. But fat differently with ihe matter of the carrying s-ock. The construction of the carriage and the waggon was in the com- mencement left wholly to men of long practice in carriage- Those patterns originally set, have been copied and re.eopied in bo almost servile manner. When carnages and waggons have failed ,n Iheir parts, the sole remedy h.s been increase of strength by increas,n the weight and quantity of material Axles have increased from three inches diameter to four inches tyre, from 4 X If loches to 5 ) inches, and so throughout. I he dead weight of waggoo, pei ton of load, for tbe upward and downward journey of the Old Monmouthshire train, 4 ton. New Mrnmouthahire waggoo, 1} too. Derbyshi.e and Leices- tershire coal waggon, I ion. The writer presumes that it will be at once admitted that re ducing the dead weight of ntilway vehicle, idsestromely desirable. whilst such reduction of weight is effected with due revard to efficiency and strength to resist the longitudinal straio in buffioe Also that reduction in fiiet cost is not the sole object to be at- tamed, but to produce such vehicles as shall be, all points con- idered, the most economical in first cost, in mRinteoaDce, and especially in tractions; but at the same time it does not follow that reducing the dead weight, and impmving the quality of the materials shall add materially, it any, to the cost. It is proposed to try all necessary experiments as to the rela- tive strength of wood aDd iron, and the combioa.ion thereot, in order to obtain the necessary information as to the n.osr eligible and economical nieaos of attaining the greatest strenglh with the least weight. ° W. A, A.

AUSTRALIA.—POUT PHILIP. A respectable and intelligent man of business of this town has favoured us with the perusal of a long letter, written by an Emigrant who had been a favonnte amongst h^ brother trade ?11 w"1, an ,S Dj>W Puslllng ,lis fortunes at. the Antipodes.-We are permitted to make the following extiacts The city of Melbourne is situated above the river called the Yana. On one side of the nver is similar to Newport only the land rises as you leave the banks—the principal pa) t of the citv is upon the rising ground, but unfortunately, when first laid out was CIHJsidered too much in the low ground, and the conse- quence is that in the rainy season or winter, the n.er oveittows its banks, and the houses are all under water-you will actually suppose, therefore, that the increase will be on the high pounds —the thoughtmay arise to you, that one season ought to convince them of their error; and that the evil micht have soon been re medied by keeping further back-doubtfess one season was enough, bllt ihings are different here, from home. Whpn a city like Melbourne, was commenced, so much capital should be at once invested, and operations commocced in one summer as would make it a serious matter to change position, so havine'be gun 10 a wrong place, they made the best of a bad business. When you p,ettire to youiself, a c,ty laid out at right angles. like the squares upon a chess hoard, and all the main streets, being of one width, and the smaller ones, which are situated behmd the main streets, to afford the houses in the p!incipal streets, a bark enuance. aiso of the same width with each other, the principal streets being 100 feet wide, the smaller or back streets, 30 foe wide; when you walk up one street and down another, and see llie public buildings, churches, chapels, hospitals, government offices, public rooms, school houses, law couris, large hS an in some parts delightful residences, shops not [o be equaled to Newport; when you stand at the corners of the street-t to the right and tothe left, behind and before, up the fine widt paved streets, u strikes you at once as b- ing something different 1 J u y°U ever 8aw befo,e and wl,lle are wonder- ing what has become ot the crooked streets—and how it is lhat ss soon as you get 1010 the st 1 eel, you see from one end to the othe: and where is the old house, is a question insensibly cteep- m'nd; and beR'n to think aloud and to say to f>M cnlnn- t ?|" ,See my house; you are reminded by an old cojonist that you must he a new chum for dont you know that lo or 16 years ago, this place was all a forest. But you must not suppose the,e is no drawback to the appear- ance of the streets, there are places where the bouses are not fitted up, and sometimes you come upon a low wooden place that would disg.ace the canal side, made io the shape of a shoo close besideione ol the handsomest shops in the city • one housp has rooms over the shop, the next has none people have built according to their means they built a shop this year, and a house over it next year, and so on as their trade or other specu- lationsfi led their pocket yet, it is truly wonderful, what a good" figure it, presents; whata really good handsome town, ourcitvof Melbourne is-with lis 18 thousand inhabitants, shipping steam packets, warehoiess, "stores, toundr e steam null, auction marts, and all the appliances not only of civilised lite, but of an important mercantile city, with its enterprising merchants weaUhy shop-keepers, and iiandiciaftsmen ot'every de-crintion' fu ly.employed no want, no poor, no begginjr in its street. But there is another drawback, also; 1 said before, the low parts are subject to be flooded in the wet season and they are also in danger of be,ng smothered with dust in the dty season indeed the whole town is badly situated, tor the hot winds which blow about every other week, for six or seven hours at a time and in addition to the heat hicii they bring, suppl y the place with such overwhelming clouds of dust, that you aie glad to re- main in the bouse and keep the door shut, to escape it this is a gtoat annoyance, but after a lime, people become used toit,and care very little for either the hot wind or the dust. Since the corporation has been established, they have done much to place ia many respects, and the mud in winter, and the dust in summer, a3 the place impioves. will not be nearly the annoyance they have been the hot winds, the council are afraid they are not able to remedy, and therefore, they have not yet attempted to interfere. The writer having fully described the town of Geelong, proceeds to say :— luVk^ ''0a we were disappointed, in being able to buy land in Melbourne, and our search here proved not more successful. We could not get land within areasonahle distance from town, without paying 6, 7, and 10 pounds an acre: in the interior, it may be obtained lor 20s. and 40s., in proportion to the distance from town but in winter, it is impossible to get to town with a loaded dray, if you are 60 miles off, under a monih, roads not being made, and the grounds so soft through the r>ins. After collecting all the information we cou'd about land, and the pros- pect of paying expenses, every one, except those interested in the sale of land, bore the same testimony, that farming was the "■orit paying occupation in the colony, and advised us not to 'arm: we had come out with this intention, our minds fully made up to be farmers, so that we wt-re much disappointed and dis- satisfied; we did not like the idea of secluding ourselves in the bush, some 60 miles from iown, with the delightful prospect of spending our money without a return; nor did we relish the thought ot again commencing business. After a fortnight s con- sideration and looking about, I fell in with a person engaged in ihe timber trade, who required a person like myself, who could invest a few hundied pounds, and assist in carrying on a large :rade—we are timber merchants, and sell every description of ronmongery, and m the building line, sheet lead, oil, white ead, window glass, nails, indeed every thing of this kind used n building houses; we also take conuacts for carpenters' work, faoy good job presents itself worth our having but we do lot profess to be builders, because this would interfere with our •fher trades: we have however, the cat centers' wotkofan hospi- tal now erecting, £ 1300: the whole building is to cost nearly £ 3,000. We do a and increasing trade, and I like it much better than my own business—1 do not at all regret having come out. 1 have every prospect of doing »ell, and have now much better health. I am well satisfied—although at brst l was any thing but pleased every thing so strange, business done so dif- ferently-disappointed in getting land; and not ^"0WI"6 what to set about. 1 can tell you it is no joke to ero'gr;ate y^e jinee fairly started in any business, none need complain ,u,ned dinary carefulness, success is sure to follow. I* stationer and tobacconist, and is doinn very we ..ipals Can I do aov thing for you in the timhei way-we sell deals 11 by 3 at Is per f> ot, uncut, 9 by 3, 9d per foot they are dear just Lw8,he average ^rice is about 6d and9d; things fl.ctua^e a good deal here, the prices depending upon the »«Pi»,y- U ntinrinul trade is in cedar and what we call hardwood these a.e native^ lhe cedar is nearly as good as mahogany c'00rs- dows and -skirtings are made wiih it, are varnished, and look well this'interleres with the painter's work a good deal Cedar is as cheap as deal: hardwood is used for rafters joist, andfloor- L-U i. also split into what are called shingles, thin p-eces i thich and 15 by 4 wide: these are used instead of slates tnd makca good covering: we keep slates, but they are dear- t .ey are only used for very good buildings carpenters do well here, but every one turns master, therefore the place i. full of small masters-there is not one who conla be called such an employer as yourself. I believe we are the only persons capable of taking a large job so that the large ones fall to our share,and no carpenter is offended yet they all do well and aie satisfied: there is an immense consumption of timber, as you may judge when you know that this place is not more than 8 or 10 years old.

DESTRUCTIVE FlBK AT NEW BRUNSWICK. A great fire broke out in Frederick, New Brans„jck ftn N0V- II. A correspondent of ihe Courier (St. Joha',) Wfi follows, at the above dale:- Writes II. city has been desolated by the most terrific fire> w(ij taking our population into account, has ever taken phce i(j • Province. Upwards of one half of the city is burnt, iocludi0 !ge portion of out best building and places of buainen, and the •pacious Wesleyan church and parsonage. I be fire broke out about two o'clock, in a baro near this church, and ber0re ,0y ""•stance could be rendered, il was oo fire, and with g„at culty the organ was taken to pieces and got out. with cushiO0g( books, &c.; but within half an hour the flames wreathed rouod thrlofiy spire, which, with tbe ponderous bell, fell int0 the midst of the burning heop. The fue 'h^ J'^ CharU, street, and d,ove rapidly on in every direction particma,ly amongst the thick cluster o# stores m tbeoce down to Regent-meet, burning every building to na coirae. By .I* .«.. 300°;le; S.io ureal exertion, its proerets was stoppeu. 8 T u i Thm futholic chapel was on hre. are this evening houseless. 1 be Cam-on<* K. "> but has been saved. 1 he insurance, were coosiderable. The Wesleyan church was insured in the Cen ra -o c £ and the organ for £ 100. Other insurances on pnvaie property are considerable. The time, however, was «n avourable t.. ou, merchants had just gone into their stocks and as a g eat deal is burnt, their insurances will be but a small^compensation. The Central-office has lost heavily of course, and so al 0 a" the foreign offices. The whole city seems to be in ruins. I look down and «ee nothing but long ranges of »w*r0UD(led by burning heaps, where a few boor, ago hundteds of cooifo.t- able dwellings and stores existed. The fire was more unmanage able in consequence of the wind, which blew a gale, scattering burning flakes far and wide. While I wriief 10 o clock, p.m.) the fire is still butning-i mine ose quantities of fumiiure, goods, &c., are lying exposed, and hundreds of our ciIJZn are In the streets sitiving to look after the remnant of their property. What the houseless people are to do I know not. 11 is now almost winler, aDd the inean, of Ollcornmodation caDoot be furnished. All classes of people were at woik during the fire. noticed the governor and the biilwp, afld all 8trtt and condition* of men.

MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH STREET, NEWPORT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23. Magistrates present—The Revds. James Coles, Thomas Pope and Chancellor Williams, and Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P. William Manuel was charged with assaulting David Griffiths at Cbristchurch.-— Mr. Fox appeared for the defendat)t.-lined 20s., includiog costs. John Williams, for assaulting Matia Edwards, at Risca, waa fined 20i., including costs.

» NEWPORT TOWN HALL —MONDAY, Nov. 25. Magistrates present—W. C. Webb, Esq., (mayor,) T. B. Batchelor, Esq., and T. Hugties, Eiq. A wretched cripple, named Sullivan, who is daily imploring the inhabitants of the town for alms, was charged, for the fourth or fifth time, with begging—Mr. Eoglish proved the case and said Sullivan begged hard of him, as a brother Irishman," to iet him go.-Sent to ptison for a month. John Welsh was charged with being drunk and disorderly.- Jack knew nothing about it, by no means, he said but a very black mourning edge around his optics showed that he had fell something about il.- P.C. Pratteo proved that Welsh was drunk at a quarter to three on Sunday morning, and set a snappish, vicious cur at him, which occasioned him to draw his cutlass in selt.de(ence.-Flned 5s. and costs, or fourteen days' impiisonment. Eizibelli Harris, an old lady of alcholic tendencies, who rejoices in the happy cognomen of Peggy the Broom," was charged with drunkenne.-The dame said she was only a liltle poorly;" but she had taken a glass or two to cure her stomach, and that had nearly killed her.— Mr. Hughes said: You are a notoriously bad one, and always diunk.-Old Woman I be honest, if I be a drunkard.—She was found lying on the ground In Palmyra-place, by P.C. Prattto.-Adnioniglied, and dis- charged. John Davies waq charged by Elizibelh Morgan, with assault- ing her.—This was a case from Pillgwenlly, in which the man had assaulted the woman, on account of her being said by him to have called his wife an immodest name.-Rebuked by the Mayor, but at it was a general row, the case was dismissed. Joseph George Jek was discharged on Sunday, on a charge of being disorderly, and breaking the windows of Mary Newton. SERIOUS ASSAULT. James Sharer was charged with assaulting Elizabeth Morris, whose brow was bound up by a white clolb.-Miq. Morris said she was a married woman, living at the Canal parade. Defendant came to the house last Saturday, atone in the day, -ind icquired for a lodger, with whom he bad a dispute about a report that he was going away. Complainant then came out, and !Iud, the man was not going away and wished him to take her word that be was not when be said to her, You are a liar, anil a liar is not to be belie-ad, when speaking (he truth." She 'hereupon ordered him out, and pushed him on his refusing to no. He then turned about, and with a large heavy stick, struck her R very heavy blow oo the bead, which cut it open, and blood flowed very freely.- Defendoot said he was certainly shamed of his present position, but the blow he had unfor- tunately struck her, waacaused by her own unbtiirableptovocation, ne could swear he had not used the word "IIIf" In her house. woman, he sa<d, got into a passion with him, broke a iug in assaulting him, and scratched him like a cat.—Mrs Morris called a wilne,. named Benjamin Philpin, who was also to be called by the defendant, against whom, however, he completely proved the case ol assault.-Mr. Hughes said the only proper way of dealing with this case, was to send it to ihe assizes for trial for it was most shameful to enter a woman's house, there call her a liar, furiously strike her down, and camiog her to bleed like aox.-Doleadant declartd lie had merely dtfodecl himself.-The Mayor said he was quite able to defend himsell without using a cudgt-l-Defeodaut said if be bad not he should have had his face scratched to pieces.- Dr. Slack -as bete sent for, but not arriving, the complainant was recalled, and said Dr. Slack had visited her twice, and sewed up the wound, and dresed it. Hh would have to attend her once more. —The Mayor said the Bench considered defendant had acted in a moat violent and unmanly manner towards the complainant, and the magistrates had been in, lined to consider the piitoner ought to have been Stont to the assizes, to be tried for wounding. 1 here was, however, soirie intimation of a liltle aggraval on aD^ 1'le would only convict htm in the penalty ol £ 3, oc u ing the doctor'a bill, and the court costs. f » ROBBERY BY A PAINTER. OR ma owe, a man )D tbe emolov of Messrs. Wansbrough, painters, waa charged with i. > Ith stealing brushes and pain', I.is mastet sproperty Mr Phiiir, < .u iv,in.™, n II„ 'potts, for the p'osecutton, examined William Dillon, one of th* r>r,.c « i, n* il Pmseculor s jonrtievmeo, who sa.'il tie was al woik in Me on s-sirp«i i.c> o r» l i j t. ,i street last featuiday, when flowe. who had left the employ, came thpr« r j. «iuB mere about elevto o c ock, and came again, in and out, about tw«lv» u if ,weive. Having a susntc on of pnsonei, witness left one room, and w«m prisoner then gairg into the former room, where VkViriV 1 I been left by witness, with a Iarwe quantity of j "'Hi) colour naint Prisoner came out almost immediately, and went off \V then went into the room, and missed the paint." pr;"ne8S returned shortly after, while witness was enquuing af Asked him where the paint Was when piironer said "Do i make such a noise aod then went away, and brought back a jar of paint, which was the same as that stolen. Prisoner said "Tom" had given it; but this. "Tom" denied. Some oil was also stolen at about the same time. Went to prisoner's house in the evening, with a policeman, and there found several brushes and tools belooging to prosecutor.—Mr. Wansbrough said be had frequently missed tools and paints. When the prisoner hid been discharged, he returned his tools, and said they were all he had. Prosecutor iiientified the tools.—Thomas Rosier said he had been asked for paint by prisoner, but had told him to ask the men. He came again Dexi day but did not ask him; uor did lIe give him any p»int.—John Williams, another of the men, proved that Howe had no business at the work, but he had come there, aod asked for paint, which he (witness) relllsed.-PoC. Miles proved apptehendiogthe prisoner, and finding the tools produced at his hcuse, one of which had the prosecutois' names upon it.—Committed to take his trial at the SessionT. George Taylor, a "brandy snap" dealer, who said the magistiaies all knew him well, was ordered to pay the station. house fees, for drunkenness. Margaret Davies, an unfortunate cieature, *ho has been repeatedly punished, and is a perfect outcast, was charged with being druok.-The Bench did not know what to do with her, but at length fined her 5-. for the offence. iI TA KINO A PIPE." Charles Blank and Thomas William* were charged with stealing a gas pipe, the properly of Richard Budgen, founder.- Mr. Woollelt, solicitor for the prosecution, called Henry Coates, who proved seeing Williams last Friday evening coming from 'he Coalbrooke Dale Wharf, carrying about six feet of iron gas p pe; the other prisoner going arouod by aooiher direction, and taking the pipe from where he other bad thrown it over the wall, and carrying it to a vessel by the quay side.-P.C. Milea stated that Mr. Green, the agent in the yard, had given the prisoner into his custody, on the charge of stealing the pipe produced. He said Williams had given it him but it anything further was said lkbout it, be would pay for the pipe. Witness than appie- heoded the otbef prisoner. Blank said I pipe had been taken 'o make a bogie," or flue, lor the stove on board the vessel.— Williams said if it had oot been for the dlink, he should not have got into this mess but he would turn teetotalum after be was out of it.— Mr. John Gieen, agent, said the gas pipes On his wharf, from which the one produced had been stolen, were tl e property of Mr. Richard liudgen. It was worth about three shi lings and sixpence.—Committed to take their trial at the Sessions. MARINE-STORE DEALINGS. A PROFITABLE DEAL. John Cummins was charged with stealing p)g.iro"The prisoner is a marioe-store dealer and the case presented the feature of a marine-store dealer and stealer.-P.C. Long sworn, said I was on duty at The dock on Sunday morning, at hall-past one and heard something as I passed a stack of iron. I con- cealed myself and lay in wait. I presently saw the prisoner on the stack of iroo, from which I took him, with pieces of pig-iron concealed under his coat, and under each arm. The piecea weighed 60lbs. He said it was his first offence, and I might do as I liked with him. When I got a "Itle way. be resisted; and another officer came up, and we hand-bolied him. I know him to be a inarioe-siore dealer, with his came over the door. When we got to his house. I searched his store, and found two other pieces of pig iron, corresponding wi'h the heap on the dock. The pieces were then wet, as if just picked off the heap; and tbe night was very wet. I «»ked him for his eotry book but he could oot find il -P.C- Watis, ibe dock po.iceman, proved lhe heap uf pig-iron from which the pieces were taken, was in charge of the Dock Company. He believed about sixteen toos had been stolen from this single heap.—Mr. Ivessick: It looks like negligence on the part of lhe dock policeman, that such a large quantity of iron has been stoIen.-P.C. Walts I cannot be always wa'ching, night and day. I should like to catch such a Ihiel and receiver.—Mr- Hughes: Ihe e ought to be greater pro- tection of propeny at the dock, either by policemen, walls, or something.—Mr. Woollett: The company are now fencing ia their properly-—The prisoner was committed for (rial at the Session* Samuel Coles was charged wiih stealing the wearing apparel of his shipmate, John Bifhop.—Sergt. Lloyd proved apprehending the prisoner, and taking the clo'hes produced, which he admitted having earned io his lodgiogs at Pill—The pro/ecutor identified all the articles.—Committed for trial at the Sessions. Theie were two cases remanded to Thuriday.

CARDIFF POLICE.— MONDAY. Magistrates present :-W. Bird, Esq., Mayor, and Charles V dchell, Esq. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. William Williams was charged, by Mr. Samuel Abbott, with ill-using a horse, belonging to Mr. Coleman, of Lloodaff.-Nir. Kichaid Reece appeared lor deleadant, and contended that the horse in question was a most stupid animal, and, consequently, the temper of his driver -as tried to the utmost.-Wiillam Tresedder, gardener, proved that 00 of hllrsday last he saw tI;e defendant strike the horse must violently with a large whip, the handle of which was mounted with brass. The animal was standing still, and the cart was being loadedo-Mr. Coleman said the defendant had always conducted himself with the utmost propriety since he had been in his employ. He had neve' known him strike a horse belonging to him before. The Magistrates considered the case proved, and fined delendant 20s. including costs. ROBBERY IN A BROTH FL.-SERIOUS CHARGE. Lemuel Aodersoo, Mary Williams, and Nliry Powell, were charged with stealing three f5 Bank of England notes, five sovereigns, one half-sovereign, some silver, and coppers, the property of John Armstrong, horse-keeper to iNIr. Win. RitsolD, contractor.-It appt-aied that on Tueoday evening last the pro- eCulor arrived in Cardiff wilh several carls and Ifllplmenll used in eacavatiug, in the neighbourhood of Aberdare, when Ihe foolish man entered a house of ill fame, in company with lhe prisoner Williams. The consequence was the loss of the whole of the cash which he had about him, part of which belonged to his employer. P.C. Fisher slated that he met the prosecutor at a late hour on the oight in question, bleeding profusely from a wound which he had received on bis head, while sleeping on a bed at a house next door to the Noah's Ark, in Whitmoie-lane. In order to find out the perpetrators of the foul deed, he entered the house of the prisoner Powell, and soon found that he was oo the right Acent. He afterwards look prosecutor witb him to Newport, in order to look out for the suspected parliea. The prisoner Anderson was found in the Plume of Feathers, drinking with a man, known by the name of Punch, and the prisoner Williamll wali found diinking with a mao at the Suoder. land Hooee, Newport; she waa so drunk that she could not be conveyed to Cardiff that night. Having brought the prisoners back next day, he (Fisher) returned to Newport, where he Found the prisoner Anderson and Punch had disposed of two f5 notes the day before. One was in the possession of Mr. Irhin, r the Tredegar Arms, Bassalleg.— Mr. Joseph Sawtell, of The Canteen, at the Newport barrack, said that on Thursday morn- ing last hia wife brought a note up-stairs to him, to see if it was "good one. His wife said it belonged to Iwo ale,, who were driok.ing io the tap-room. Finding it was a good one, he went Iown will) the change, and asked tbe prisoner Anderson, who was in company with another man, to which of them the change belonged. Both of them replied, simultaneously, that they "Ollb in search of a young woman from Chepstow, who had rObbed her father of £15; and the prisoner Anderson was her "'other. Witness produced a note, which wss identified by the Prosecutor as bis property.—Mrs. Sarah Irwin, landlady of lhe h redegar Arms, Bassalleg, proved that the prisoner Anderson called nt her husband's house, m company with aooiher on the day io question; and lhat she changed a £ 5 noie on £ r>r-I. answer to Mr. Richard Reece who appeared cheop» r°f lt"> prisoners, witness stated that she tendered Ihe "•h ear deducting the amount for refreshments, .o a man in oh 8* io h,< (Punch). This worthy is not yet taken -The mj" l° P'0Cu,e evidence, the case was remanded, joined Cf"er 'n whlcl> policeman Fisher, who bench. 0,c*' «ted ia ,his case, was highly eulogised by the wi^'steal!og^nf "nf Th°™* Treggs, two lads, «ere charged Mr. John HaIWo„nJ 0r and two marlin-spikes, lbei pioper y desirous of nuurnin'Luc»s, who appeared quite destitute an stand down; and T6 t>'8 f'iends ID Jersey, was ordered o William "ub also remanded for a short tinie. or fourteen day*' r a8saultiog P.C. Fisher, was fined 1W* James Mat.hew.Pw,?°vent' out of a boat belon^ion t„ w'1'' some provisions last.—An intelligent lad slat'?111'6' Atk'D8« on Saturday nigh' boat and asked io dry himself u"1 ,'ie Pr',0Der came to the accommodated, he stole all the re 'he prisooer being -committed for trial, actuals which were in the cabin.

TAFF VALE RAILWAY TIME. TAFF VALE RAILWAY TIME. rv. • r.- UP TRAINS. [Greenwich Time is kept at the Stations on this line, which is twelve minutes earlier than Cardiff.! .J — — AV BEK DAYS. SUNDAYS | STATIONS. 1 | 2 3 4 ~j 2 H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M H. Til. H.M. n j• rp -p» T A.M. A M. P.M. P.M. A.M P M ..Cardiff Docks 8 45 1 15 4 4a 8 45 3'^ 11 i'i i IT 2 9 0 1 305 0 9 0 4 0 4J Llandaff 9 10 1 405 10 9 11 4 11 J ?eff-7rw 11 9 18 1 48 5 18 9 19 4 19 10 i,a^-S •••* £ « 24 I 54 5 24 9 25 4 25 2 1 reforest 9 38 2 8 5 38 9 3.9 4 39 3- Nfwbndge 9 43 2 13 5 43 9 45 4 4:> In5 Aberdare Junction H< 9 54 2 245 54 9 56 '4 56 17! Incline Top 2 10 4 2 34 6 4 10 6 ''>5 6 22| I'roedyrhiew IO 21 2 51 6 21 10 26 '5 26 24; .Merthyr 10 30 3 0 6 30 10 35 5 35 ABERDARE BRANCH. — 16J Aberdare Junction 8 20 10 0 2 30 6 0 10 0 'l 0 20i Mountain Ash 8 34 10 14 2 44 (i 14 10 16 5 IK Aberaman 8 42 10 22 2 5'2 6 22 10 2r) I'reaman 8 46 10 26 2 56 6 20 10 29 20 23^ \berdare 8 50 10 30 3 0 6 30 lo 3.5 24| Mill Street 9 4 10 40 3 10 6 40 10 45 5 54 DOWN TRAINS. W)I, P. K D kVl "SUNDAYS" ? STATIONS. 1 2 3 4 1 2 Ct H.M H.M. H. M. H.M. H. M. H. M -■ Ut. &M. P.M. P.M AM, P.M.' Merthyr 7 45 1 15 5 10 9 104 10* 'Z\ I'roedyrhiew 7 53 o 1 W4 5 19 9 194 19 71, Incline Top 8 fi Z 1 41 5 36 9 39 4 3^ 8 Aberdare Junction 8 18 S 1 51 5 46 9 49 4 49 111 Newbridge 1(8 28 "2 S" 2 2 5 57 10 0 5 0 124 Treforcst 8 33 2 7 6 2 10 6 5 6 1(5 i I'aff's Well 8 -16 < £ 2 21 6 If. 10 2(1 5 20 1(5 i I'aff's Well 8 -16 < £ 2 21 6 If. 10 2(1 5 20 18 Pentyrch 8 M 3^ 2 27 6 22 10 26 5 26 20} Llandaff 9 0 3 2 35 6 30 10 34 5 31 •-3J Cardiff 9 10^ 2 45 6 40 10 45 5 45 24i Cardiff Docks 9 20 2 55 6 50 10 55 5 55 m:*?!;rdarb BRANCH. — 16, Shu Street 7 25 9 6 1 0 4 45 8 55 3 55 lo, Aberdare 409 2(, 1 15 5 10 9 10 4 lu J'eaman 7 44 9 24 1 19 5 14 9 15 4 15 ,31 Aberarnan 7 4g 9 28 j ^3 5 18 9 19 4 19 1 i Monntain Ash £ 6 9 36 V 31 5 26 9 28 4 29 a Vberdare Junction 8 10 9 50 1 45 5 40 9 43 4 43 1 i Monntain Ash £ 6 9 36 1 31 5 26 9 28 4 29 8-lberdare Junction 8 10 9 50 1 45 5 40 9 43 4 43

GREAT VVESrERfTRAlLWAY TIME. DOWN TRAIMs—-MORNING. j ,WOKLAT?' AA''AAi'AAA'¿A\A''T'V?A 5'AA' Starting ftom S^ail.fist &hst,2d>lst &ilixpr.<Mail. 'Jst2d.:Brsto <L 25 2nd 3r<1! =lst &U & 4';& 3rdi 1 & 2 £ lass.5( lass. Class |C]ass.;2d Cl.^Class. jClass.j Paddington j J 7. 7.50? 9.5000.15= 8. oj ^w'"don h2.30-10.32:11.25? l.W 1- 0^ Bath s 9.15j 2.32 II.2O5I2. 5-i 2.10; 2.58? Bristol r'rm' '< ••$9-45> 3.23 11.50^12.25; 2.40j 3.45^ ( departur > 7.50; 10. 0 5.30 a2.30:. 3. Oi 6.50? 7.50 Bndgwaier j 9.lOjll. 6> 7. 8 1.15s 4.17; 8.28; 9.10 bxetei, arrival 510.40| 12.45> 9. <>j | 2.30^ 5.50^0.20:10.40 DOWN TRAINS-NOON AND AFTERtfOON SUNDA YS < ONLY. í Starting from &;Expr.|lst &lst Si\ Mail.-1st fcl Mail. Li iind jlst &i 2nd "•>«» 1st 2nd Ust & | Class-J Class. ;^2d c!.|ciass.|ciass.(2d Cl.^Class.(2d CI. Paddington ,h2.3o| 2 45| 4.5I' 5.3o|~1 8 55?"^ in| r 2?5h'¥ sd 2-4C "iiiSS Bath ? 4.15; 7.13s 9.40i •• 11*2.505 6 13il2 50 Bristol XT* 7 35 l0-l° lilS i rfepaWur 5.20 7-50J> 7.50 1.25! 6.50 1.25 Bridgwater,I 7. 8 9.2 } 9.2 2.35^ 8.28 2.35 Exeter,orrtval 9. 0|10.30;10.30| j j 4. 5|10.20| 4. 5 UP TRAINS— MORNING < j ONLY. Starting froni; *iExpr.< Mail.list 2d<lst &llst &!lst2d|lstA <ri n?nd 1st & & 2 & 3rd 2nd 2nd <& 3rd 2nd >Class.^Class.pd Cl.|CIass.|Class.|Class.(Class.|Class. Class. Exeter.? | > | 630< 7 (50| 9 6-30 Bridgwater..< 8 12> ()23hi 15j 8.P2 Bristol s V v i *• •• •• 9.30 10.35! 12 30; 9.30 Bath ? l'J]\ 8',0S 8-35 10.50 10.4,^12 40J10. 0 7.30 Swindon" 8'26^ 9- 0 11.40 »1. 8? 1 4510.40 8. 0 Padni?n .V'' *• 9-25f'0.23 1.20 12.27! 2 2^12.30 Padrigln.,ar.; | ji^ 0< 1J0; 0<55j 3> 3 fl| 5 0| UP TRAINS—NOON AND AFTERNOON. | SUNDAYS ONLY. L 1 } ? { r i Starting from ;E*prJlst &>|9t &>|st &>MaiI.?lst &ilst &< Mail I & 2 2nd I 2nd 2nd U & 2< 2nd 2nd <'( & 2 jL'ass.|Clas8.plas8.jclas8.;Class.jClasg.|Class.(Class. g",er-, j1?-*0| TT *2!4oi*5lii*rof2.4o|~r9ro Bridgwater. 1 45 4 10 7Jg},0.3r 4.101 10.30 Bristol avrlval 2.35; s 5.20? 8.3(^11.40 5.20 5I0.40 ( departur ? 2.39; 3.30 5 35? !11 -5° 5.30 8.45:11.50 53> 6' ),12*10 oa!h 3.53? 6. 0? 12.10; 5 55? 9.15?12.lo twl"don 3 55 5.JO? 7.17= 1.25! 7.10s ].25 Paddington,arnW 5.25 8.20ho.15? 4J5?10.10 [4.I5 < j i < > < j i < >

NOVEMBER JU, I860. LONDON MARKETS, &.C. r MARK LANE, MONDAY AFTBR OON, Nov. 25, 1850. Most of the country markets hel I on Saturday were but moderately supplied with all kinds of wheat of home prodwee. Un the whole the trade was firm, and, a some instances, prices had an upward tendency. Foreign wheals, as well as oat* were quite as dear. A good business was doing in barley at liieher rates. Flour was inquired for. We have leiteis from Neir York to the 15th instant. For home consumption the demand for wheat and flour was steady, but the transactions for shin- ment to England were comparatively small. The value of both wheat and flour is still declining in Fianoe; but in theBaltic and Black bea ports, prices of wheat are well supported. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up te our market this morning coastwise from Essex, was somewhat on the in- crease and of fair average quality. From Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c.. the receipts were coinpaiatively small, and ik gjeat differ- ence was observable in the condition of the samples of both red K'l. W ,'i'lC/ j ,a,n(! the receipts were very moderate. Notwithstanding that the stands were rather scantily filled, th« demand for all kinds, owing l0 the thin attendance of country buyers and the pressure of foreign flour for .ale, was inactive, plk^s clearancewas Wlth d'fficulty effected at last Monday'i Very few offers reached us to ship wheats from the east coast, except at higher rates; but millers were not disposed to operate: however, scarcely any business was doing Although the show ol Iresh foreign wheat was by no meana arge, the inquiry lor that article fell off. Selected samples were, however, in fair request, at full rates of curency but the damp and illferlor kinds were much neglected, yet we cannot call them cheaper The bulk of the arrivals is still going into warehouse. lhe total supply of barley, including the importations from abroad, was somewhat larger than that exhibited on this dar se nnight. Selected parcels, fit for mailing, were dull, but held at the late advance. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off slowly, and the currencies were the torn in favour of the buyers. With malt we were but moderately supplied. On the whole the demand for that article was steady, and a full average busi. ness was transacted in it at last week's quotations. The suply ol oats was very moderate. Sound parcels moved off sle/ldily at fully previous rates. In damp samples eompara- lively little wasdoing. Beanp, the supply of which was tolerably good, moved off slowly at late rates. White peas were dull, but grey and maple were quite as dear. Indian corn and flour moved off slowly, yet prices were well supported in every instance. The supplies of the latter offering ) were good. Shillings per quarter. WHEAT. Essex & Kent, white 40 50 — Ditto red 38 44 — Norfolk and Lincoln, red. 3(3 42 Ditto, white 38 44 v»Bi 26 27 — BAULK*, Grinding 20 23 Malting 26 28 H Chevalier NA MALT, Norfolk and Suffolk "1^1. 43 40 Brown "'J* 40 4A Kingston and Ware 47 61 Chevalier 52 55 OAI8, Y orkshireand Lincolnshire, feed. 17 Ili Ditto, Poland and potato.. 19 23 -IT Northumberland, Berwick, and Scotch feed 20 23 —. — Devonshire, and West Country feed or sack 14 16 Dundalk, Newry, and Belfast, potato 16 18 Limerick, Sligo, and Westport, potato.. 17 19 Ditto, feed 16 17 Waterford, Dublin, Youghal, and Clonmel, black 14 16 — Cork, white ic 17 Scotch, feed IL BEANS, Tick -m T* JR Pigeons i? PEAS,boilers "ILLLI!! 97 — — Hog and grey -I* 25 2Q tLoi/R,tou-n made (per sack of 2801hs.) awn fVorfolic and Suffolk, household (ditto). 29 34 SMITH FIELD CATTLF. MARKET, Mo NOAT.Nov. 20 The weather abroad still continues mild • .u little prospect of any immediate falling off 'in the arrivals" c7 ™ ■be ^5 no means prime. l .Dorl'iern outporls only about 900 head have bwtn landeddun,g ,he week and those chiefly a, Hul. torn R0! • 8ea- from Ireland, we have received thirteen caltla and twenty-seven pigs. The number of foreign beasts on sale here to-day were large, but of very middling quality. Those of sheep, calves, and pig?, were moderate. beasTJw,0"' °Wm gr":nS d'S,nCt:- the arr'va'" of home-fed men in T 'urease, >et there was very liltle improve- uppVed .bl T"f ?l,dltIOn- J,he dead m»^ets being well stances 0,1 WaCn'n f S'UgB,8h Sla,e' and in nces, prices were 2d per 81bs lower than on Monday last, shpTn Wenrr well» l,"t n«'t to say heavily, supplied with 'heep Most breeds we,e in moderate request, at price. au^ J equal to those obtained last week. P q kinH,lnr "I11 ca,vf? f0ld a' fu" ra,e»of currency. In other currencies VCry business was transacted at barely late Pirs, ihe supply of which was good, were a slow tale, but we nave no actual decline to notice in prices. Per 8!bs. to sink the offal. Coarse and Inferior Prime coarse wool- o. ea?'s 8 led Sheep 3 8 3 1ft pecond quality do 2 10 3 2 Prime South Downs Pmne Urge (W3 2 3 6 ditto *"4 0 4 2 Coarsean^u'f*0'*3 10 4 0 f-arge coarse Calves2 8 3 IO Shppn Prime small ditto..3 8 3 10 o 10 3 2 Large Hoes 3 0 a a Second quality do.3 4 3 6 NeX .Sffi P.VkwV.8 lS 4 I tolS'S™ 18s< t0 26s,i and quarter-old Store Pigs, I7».

LONDON PROVISION MARKET, MONDAY. Nov. 25 IRJ1H BUTTER a Carlow New orTER- CHEESE. ». d. Sligo 7« sn P011}1 e Gloucester. 56 to 66 Banbridge '1 80 SingU ditto 46 5* Cork, 1st 7fi Sfi Cliesnire 5b 7t It '1 5 15 Dorset0/"11 BT,TTER' Per CWt" BAc^KTNew"8 48 IDoi88t 1 90 Mi* IIAMS. FOREIGN, per cwt. Trish Prime Ki'a? We3t™<"e)and ii!H I rime Kiel. 86 90 york Fresh Butter, 8s. 0,1. to 10s, 6,1. per dozen"

flULIuS CURRENT OF LEATHER AT BACKHTT7 BRISTOL. OACK-HALL „ lb. lb. s. d. CrepHMe'p,, lb. JO Kip,,P„«r,b„,h. 4 p 50 CO—11 14 Fast India 10—13 14 Foreign Hides. 3q 35 74 Seal s"ns?J»an" English Butts \°6 20— 9 j? Middling U ,5 22 2<; 10 13 I Foreign Butts Je 20 Q 11 n iu Shoulders 5* 1 22 2?^ 0 !i DreSSCd Hi<!e Bellies. 4| 5 2N \f~ qi A r, Shoulders 6 S ^8^2— .9$13 Dressed Kip Butts. is M Engine Rutts 5 40-10 13 Dressed Shoe Butts j2 ,5 Be»t Sadlers' "1 £ ep Sking' PeI Sadlers' dozen jg t0 ,0g Best Shaved. HZ M t RAW GOODS. Common ditto. 4 27— S lnl Market Hides per lb. 1J2J Shoe 1 8 Market Skins 2 a Common ™ 88 Salted B.A., M.V.V 27 3°— 7 8 R.G. Hides i* « Welsh 32 38— 7J 9 Dry B.A.,M.V.and r!g. Best Bull' | D H'des 5 ^ommon Bull Salted North American. 14 a English Horse'/Yin Cape 2 Xi ^'elsh dittn S 8 Heavy Salted Irish U German d;ttr. Light Salted Irish jj j Spanish ditrn J2 Salted Spanish Horse per Do.,shaved vrithoutbutts T) r'" fi«to6s«d p 20 Drysalted East India 41 ii» Common 45 55-13 16 Salted Irish si; » I "S M"I? H s"«' non.. Irish 3 I? !? Bark, (long rind) 0 to £ 6 Wtlsh. 27 is—in ill v~I—(hatched; £ 6 o to £ G 10 38 40- 2 ti yhaJonia.di«0 £ 12 0 JKI5 O 40 45 I Ji Shumac, per cwt. 14s Od to 15s Od 45 VoZ A i' Ue Pieces (fleshed) 18s to 24» K" 59 14 Ti iT (unfleshed).. 12s 16s K-^f^ and We,sh It jf u; PR1CES OF METALS, LOMDON, Nov. 32. Bar. bolt, & sa per ton ehgi,IS« covrzu. d don e> ^,on" Sheet9, sheathing, and/ Nail rods bolts, per £ 0 0 9} H°°ps • •• • 6-6 10 Tough cake per ton 84 0 0 Sheei#, (fi,*no] •• — 10 Tile # Y Jr Bars.atCaS&NT 7 12 0-8 5 °ld copper- • per lb 8*d Refined metJw ,eWrrt 4 14 6 POUKION CO/per t Do .ml ,W>,esl- 3 5-315 Chili "in Watar.ef 33^ I Pi<r — Do Notn'j f°rge 25210 Sheet Ver ton t« 15-18 5 oS"X, r„ boiler-platos,&cP,ditto'j- 4 10 0 — JUrling'sPatent > inGlasg 2 J5 o Block *NotIiiH T1f- i 1 oughenedPigs J inWales 3 10-3 15 Bars ••••per cut 4 o o Staffordshire bars, at I 4 1 O -} 5 M tails 'i')"<' J ff1 Export only Chairs (Clyde) 4 o o Stl alt8" „ f 8 O V 3 JIN P2.STKS* I Iwedi-th 1E0N" 6 IC Coke rer box 10 3-18 '('NT! IC Charcoal 1 12 fl-1 13 d,ND lo 0 IX ditto ,18 6 SPELTSS. tn Plates,warehoused»./(?n lfl 5 lfi m i. ,r,?REI<:is »TKE*" c Ditto, to arrive 7 l Iwedlshkeg 14 10-14 15 ZINC, » 6 )itto faggot 15-15 5 EnglIsh sheet.per ton 20-21 TERMS.—a, 6 months, or 21 per cent' p€r lb- 3s' vd- nonths, or 3 per cent. dis. e, ti months or 9i °'jC' dllt0; d< Ktto; h, ditto; i, ditto; A.netcash-/ 1 Percent, dis.;ditto g iet cash; n, 3 months, or IA pfr cen't r montlis, or 3 per cent. dis.; m .com >»«"»»•• II M"I.7Ø. Welsh bars itill both consumers aod Shippers be.ogS" demand 8t £ 4 12« Scotch pigs are more innniro^ r lias been done in Glasgow at ^l?00 businsua rates. There are buyers of milL VdvaDceLon ,a*i week'8 sellers demand 43s 6d for three mn» tK cash at 43»,. but done al 44s. A meeting 0f -s "Pen—busine«« has been Weduesday, the 20th insiant reo-a,ri-r0Q .,ra^e *as, bcld ou at which several resolutions'We,_ lj gfr,P question, wiih ihe late meetings in LiverDonl f. j'St en,irelJ coinciding The demand 10 lead continue8goodUd M"Chester. More business has been done in lin'.L- little lower about 2000 of Baoca h7„! k Week» bwt P"CM**re a remain quiet at 79s and ROs. been sold at 79s. traits English bars and block are dull but ;> • j-m fined at the present price. 18 "'fflcult to find re- Tlie supply of tin plates continues short and j active. • deoiand In cupper, several second parcels havino maiket: nothing is to be had under the quotation" n off bu^"r,^n.ap~r.,0i.«l,5.:p< £ 16 ,o':

AGENTS FOR MOKMOHIKWU, nnergavenny—Mr. J. II. Morean fhZ 4 & Messrs. Rees& Son, stationers.' T?vl„T7 Mr' C'ftUc and M' Atiirsycfian —Mr. Somers at ■ stat'oners, sic. Abergwyddon-Ur. Fuller r ,ie8 Cossens, post schoolmaster • °ftce. Aberdare Mr. T. Evan- .f, Tydvil — Mr. Wilkins tioner, druggist &c. stationer. Rlackwood—.Mr. Jones dori Po»typi idd—1,U. W. Jones,Bridg. »r„nmawrMi2AL „end HoU8e- Breron-— Mr. R Prv^r <^ ^S( r Ponti/pool—Mr. Hughes, printer ('ardift Mr Hirn Klsca—Mr. John Evans, grocer OrlckhoJt -Mr"'TredeRar-Ur. Davies, Post Office WlUlam». Jun. Vsk—Mr. Clark, printer. „ LONBOK AO EHTS.* — t'l Barker and White, 33, Mr.Charles Mitchell, 13,Redifcn fleet-street. Court, Fleet-street. Messrs. Newton and Co., 3, War- Mr. Munden Hammond,torn- wick-square. bard-stxeet. Mr. George Keynell,42, Chancery- Mr. Bamuel Deacon, 3, Walbrook lane. lane. By whom this paper is regularly filed. The MEaLIN it also illed at Lloyds' CofTee Room, and at Peel's Coffee House, dtp. Newport, Saturday, November 30, 1850. I Printed and Published fcr the Proprietor, E D W A KD I DOWLINCj,of Mount Pleasant, Hill-street, in the Parish I of St. \V lollos, in the MERLIN Geneial Printing Office I situate in Corn-street, at the Borough of Newoart 1

HIGHWAY BOBBKRY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR CARLISLE. The court at the Town-hall, Carlisle, was crowded to sufToca- tion on Saturday morning, it having been reported that four desperate characters, who had robbed aod made a ri/fianly midnight attack upon Mr. Palmer, farmer, of Hull flat, near Carlisle, would be brought up for examination. The names of the prisoners are VV. Mounsey, J. Thompson, VV Graham, and R. Pinnick. The prosecutor, John Pa'mer, who evidently suf- u m 21UC'1' j,ate(* ln eyidence that he was a farmer, living at Hull-flat, and that, while on his way home with his can, from Carlisle,on Saturday night week, about eleven o'clock, Mounsey and I innick came behind the cart, and asked I or a ride. They got upon it behind, and «oon after Graham came up and seized I hig horse by the head. The prisoners in the cart then seized him by the throat, and struck him some severe blows, which rendered htm insensible. The last words he heard were •'Slick him." <>n coining io his senses, be found that he had l4en robbed of 30s., a silver watch, and about 35lbs, of beef. The prisoners repeat- edly lntenupted the witness; in coarse and brutal iangu«^e, they accused him of uttering falsehoods, and tbe magistrates were moie than onceobliged io interfere. A man named Coffield swore that he was in company with ihe'prisoners after the rob bery took place, and bought some beef of them. Heafterwards received an account of the robbery from Graham. This witness was also coarsely assailed by the prisoners, who were ultimately committed to take their trial at the next assizes.

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thJ^QUef" ,iaB /Iea8eJ t0 appoint Alfred Tennyson, room of W. asMr;'°hrn ^rSCie,'fit iSTt"ticipated' wil' 8,,cceed Mr.Shiel hJldbv x t "'P ?'SapP°in^entwill no longer be held by a Member of Parliament, and the salary will be reo duced to £1,530 a year. Randal Edward Plunket Baron Dunsany ha„ been elected a Morn!?!* 7"daf °! b,sbG,,acethe Duke of Portland, held at cental, "f mgA f mkUnificent "turn of thirty per cent, was made by order of that patriotic and benevolent nobleman, to his numerous tenantry. The Treasurer of the Birmingham Town Mission has re ceived a donation of £ 30, given •'Jn memory of one who died October 13, 1850." per the Secretary Miss Burdett Courts has presented tIle sum of £100 to the aval School at New Cross, the moiety of which she has ap- propriated to the purchase of two debentures qualifying her to nominate pupils to that institution. The population of the Hebrides are acain reported to be in a state of famine. The Sheriff, officiating in the Long Island, has announced that the failure of the potatoe crop is as exten sive and complete this year as in any season since 1846. that the oats are almost a total failure, and the bete crops infenor to those of last year. Mr. Thomas biggin, of Dronfield Woodhouse, killed last week an ewe sheep, which weighed, when cut up. 1541bs. This animal attained to that extraordinary latness with only com- mon food and attemion, never having bad either corn or cake. She had, in three years, six fine lambs. One of the first musical instrument makers ifi Ireland is Thomas M. M'Mahon, a lunatic inmate of the Armagh Asylum. Where darkness predominates, dirt accumulates, and as OUr government taxes the admission of light and air into the dark dwellings of the poor, especially in our crowded cities, it is surely very, very studious in encouraging filth, fever, miasm, and malaria amongst them. The government have determined to extend the metropoli- tan police to a circuit of twenty miles from the metropolis, and the commissioners are now etTectingithe necessary arrange- ment. 61 It came out in the course of a recent trial at the Southwark County Court, thai a dealer in wine had employed a manufac- tnrer of aerated waters to infuse into a quantity of Bucellas wine to resemble champagne. A London paper states, that six officers at least have now declined the command of Hong Kong. The Law Times says :—" As yet we have heard of no appeal from the County Courts. This is extraordinary, seeing that the Act has been into operation upwards of three mouths. It would appear from this that the suitors are more satisfied with the law dispensed to them in thtse courts, than we lawyers have supposed." The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Chipchase, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the Island of Trinidad.' The produce 01 eight concerts given at Boston by Jennv Lind, amounted to 170, 000 dollars. 44 What are you engaged in ?" said the head printer of a newspaper establishment to one of the compositors. In an elopement." "Stop," said the interrogator, I want you tc share in a murder." At New York, Jenny Lind has given her 26th concert with undiminished success. Rumours were current thai she was on the eve of leafing for the west, and ultimately for Caii fornia. Mr. Disraeli is writing the life of Lord George Bentinck. He has undeitaken this literary task at the request of the Duke ol Portland. Professor Thomas Holloway, the celebrated proprietor ol the ointment and pills, has obtained an injunction in the Roils Court, against a person of the name of Holloway, for selling medicines purporting to be the genuine article of Pro fessor Holloway, who had expended £ 150,000 in bringing his pilis and ointment into use, all over the civilized world. GLASGOW..Nov. 2; -Pig lron-ll consequence of the nu- merous meetings relative to the scrip system, business in pig iron has been rnueh interfered with during the week. Tht price to-day must be quoted 44s for store-keepers' warrants, at which some business has been done. I XTSNT or THE UNITED STATS It has been computed the United States have a frontier line o1 10 750 miles, a sea. coast 5,130 miles, and a like-coast of 1,160 miles. One oi its rivers is twice as long as the Danube, the largest river in Kurope. I he Ohio is 600 miles longei1 than the Rhine, and ion n°, ^l,dson has a navigation in the Empire State'1 1 0 miles longer than the Thames. Within Louisiana are o-iss and creeks, almost unknown, that would shame by com- narison the Tiber or Seine. The State of Virginia alone is larSer 'ban England. The State of Ohio contains .^000 square miles more than Scotland. The harbour ol New York receives the vessels that navigate rivers, canals, and lakes to the extent of 3 000 miles—equal to the distance from America to Europe. From the capital of Maine to the Cres- cent City," is 200 miles further than from London to Constan- tinople—a rJutethatwould cross England, Be'gium, a part of Prusa. Austria, and Turkey.—National Intelligence. ATLANTIC Exciritsiov I he Americans are about to give a new impulse to 1 transatlantic trip, by the cheapness of the are at which they announced their intention of perform- ing the voyage. Some projectors at Boston have ailvenisrd that they wiil undertake to convey passengers from America to England and back, with first class fare and accommodation, for 100 dollars each, instead of £1000 as heretofore each passenger to be a'lowed six weeks' residence in England Should the plan be reciprocated on this side of the Atlantic, crowds of summer tourists, with £20, and a few weeks to spare, may pass agreeably from one country to the other. SUICIDE TII SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY—Mr. William CUIer, Coroner for Edst Surrey, held an iaque*i at Mr. Smith's he 1 wo Brothers TaVrn. N IjW road, Batlerseii-fialds, upon Ibe body of Mr. Robeit Henry Hamock, u member 01 Triniiy College, Cambridge, formerly possessed of a veiy large amount of properly, and brurhtH-in.la, to Mr. Goocli, It'e chief eogmeer of the South-Westero Rail way. The deceased, who was in hii 37th year, and who hod recently held the appointmeot of soper- inteodaoi of the locomotive department at Windsor, was fouod killed on the Soiith-Western line on lest Saturday night. Several wttoesies s'ated their opinion to be lhat the deceased had destroyed himself; and it was shown that Ihe pressure o( indigence and. a great reverse of fortune, had unsettled hit intellect. A verdict in accordance with this evidence was then returned. THE GALE IN THS BBISTOI. CHANNEL.—During the whole of 1 hurs lay there wag tremeadous wether in the Channel, at interval* the wind blew a perfect burricwrt. A coal vessel, called the Harriet, foundered, the cr. were fortunately picked up by the Oiprey steamer. It was curreoily reported at the Commercial-rooms Ibltt a large tappoted to be an East Indulmllo, had foundered off B deiord Bar, sod lint all bdOd had perithed aho, that a schooner bad sunk on the N uh S-inds. At night it blew a gale, with heavy squalls. The shippiog at Kingroad held on, with the exception of a baiqoe, tUpposed to be ihe SYíioam. which drove on there and grounded oo the Duoball. The Welsh mail which was due at eleven o'cfock at night, did not arrive till two, Fiiday motniog, having been defined three hoars ic <HOSai>rff Aust CHAPPED llADS —The application of a little oil, pomatum, common grease, lard, or cold cream, opprates as a preventive for chapped hands. The camphorated balls sold by chemists are compounded of starch, rice powder, white lead, oil, soap, camphor, &.c., moistened by Hungary water, oil 01 rosemary, and of lavender. It would not suit a private consumer to make them. A little honey used when washing has a re- markable effect in softening chapped skin. First wash the hands until free from dirt, then rub honey well into the chap- ped parts, then soap and wash the honey oil, and rinse; then dry thoroughly by dabbing with a soft towel. A FOOT-RACE IN A Railway TUNNEL.—Two Honourable Members of the Legislature at Frankfort, Kentucky, a few day ago went out to make observations, and got into the tunnel all the cars were coming, They look 10 iheir heels, lod did preity well. They never ran agaiost a locomotive before, however, and were about to be overhauled, when (hey threw themselves against the sides flf the luonel they literally spread themselves. Never were two Honourable Menabeis so peifectly flat. The cars whistled by without touchiog. They looked inlo each oihet'i faces, aod one burst into a laugh. The other's serous mood was not off so quick. It's no laughing matter," said he but that observaiion made it one decidedly. -Louisville Democrat. POPULAU GAMES and PASTIMES.—The great body 01 the people are but children of a larger growth, and are as much in need ot pastimes nay, more so, for they require whole- some exhilaration to enable them to bear up against the wear and tear of toil, and the stern realities of life. Deprived of innocent amusement, they droop, they become listless, mo- rose, dangerous they cease to 10"e their country. There are persons who maintain that the pleasures of religion, and a knowledge of their duties, are sufficient, or ought to be sui. ficient, to enable the working classes to endure the hardships of their lot with patience, if not with cheerfulness but this is to infer that the majority of those who are doomed to afire of toil and suffering, have attained to a perfection of Christian heroism not often practised by those who preach its necessity Solomon tells us, »• There is a time to work, and a time to play." Why should those who toil, be denied their share of pastime r Agnes Strickland. TALK AFTER CHURCH. —" Well, Laura, give me a ahort sketch of the sermon Where was the text?"—" Oh I don t know-I have forgotten it. Hut would you believe it, Mrs. V. wore that horrid bonnet of hers I I couldn'tkeep my eyes off all the meeting time. Miss P. had on a lovely little pink one, and Miss T. wore a new shawl that must have cost, at least ten guineas I wonder her folks don't see the folly of such ex travagance. And there was Mr. II., with her short figure, in one of those rough shaggy paletots, called Vegumas! it is astounding what a want of taste some folks exhibit."—" Well, if you have forgotten the sermon, you have not the audience. out what preacher do you prefer, this new one, or Mr. A. V' —" Oh, Mr. A., decidedly He is so handsome and so grace- ful-what an eye, and what a set of teeth he has Different WAYS OF DOINO THE SAME THING.—"Pray excuse me," said a well-dressed young man to a young lady in the second tier of boxes at the theatre," I wish to go up stairs and get some refreshment--don't leave your seat." 1 he sailor seated in the pit near his sweetheart, and disposed to do the same, arose and said—" Harkee, Pol), I'm goistg aloft to wet my whistle don't fall overboard while I'm gone," ALL OVEII.—The celebrated Madame Ileeamier, who died io Pans last spring, wa* ia her day one of the most U.-cioating of her sex, and exercised a prodvtJW«H influence by her talents, grace, aod beauty, throngh a long series of years, The durallon of her personal attractions extended far beyood the ordinary term, but when nt length the long bright day dtQw towards" dO"f, no declining beauty wu ever accepted wph moie amiable :an»lour. "My dear," she replied to a friend, who was compli- nenting her defiance of time, "when I saw tliat the little joys in the itreet no longer turned to look at me, I knew all ilia. over." PUNCH SCHARADE FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851. I am found in the sea, L am ound in the air, 1 am found in a bed, I am found in a chair, I am found in the palace, I m found in the lane, I am found in the fields, I am found on the plain I am found down a well, I am found up the steeple I am found by myself, I ain found with the people j 1 am found in the cellar, I m tOund on the all, Iiiiii found very great, and I'm found very small What I am none can tell, yet I've not the least doubt That those who have sought me have all fOUnd me QuU

BRISTOL, BlRMIN(ilTAMT&c.—TIME. UP TRAINS. SUNDAYS. ST ATTmvrc 1 2 1 & >iT&TTT&T& 2 1 2 & 12 &T&1 STATIONS, c lass class c lass 3rd class; 3rd 3>d class .s exprs govnl mail, c las c las, mail Rrit,„, n'0l(1 'norn afterfaiTTr Tiller imorn allei ~^Uer Xf,sto1 8: 0 U: 0 3:15 5: 0 7: 5 6:45 5: 0 7; 5 ri°l Tr °!S8 12:?6 4-41 6:54 9: 0 8:39 fi;54 9: 0 Tewkesburv" a I- 4:561 7:14 9:16 8=59 7:14 9:15 ri°l Tr °!S8 12:?6 4-41 i 6:54 9: 0 8:39 fi;54 9: 0 Tewkesburv" a I- 4:561 7:14 9:16 8=59 7:14 9:15 Worcester int 12'"58 5: 0 1:20 9:19 9: 7:20 9:19 \orcester 10.2,5 1:3o .§:25 7:48 9:40 9'4o 8. 0 9.-40 «! 10;64 1:59 5:55 8:27 10:14 10.12 8:27 10:l4 Birmi I0*6" U;1° 2:10 6: 6 8:44 10:25 110:29 8:l4|0;25 •• niMjhu y.45 9;45 11: 0 II: 0 llan'cheVier^l5 6:30 8:o<J 1:55 1:55 Limooo Vf* 8:45 10:20 • 4:11 4: 5 4:11 ■Liverpool. 3:10 8:3< 10:45 3:54 4:45 3:54 DOWN TRAINS. SUNDAYS. <5T ATin\r« 1 &.2 1 1 &2'|1 &2 1 2& 1 & 2|1 2& 1 2& • ro ail. c la»s c lass'class 3rd mail. 3rd 3id ifovrn class class — raorrj morn morn after altei morn morti aiier B ™.eSr ^:1° 2:30 6:30 2:10 «:45 5:0 n 2;45 8:It* 11:41 3: 6 7:17 2:45 7:32 5:47 Wnrr«S 3:20 7:30 2:5C 7:45 6:0 2:29 8:S7 12: 5! 3:30 7:4B 2:29 8: 0 6:18 /'he! tpn ha m o'f5 9:24 12:27 3:52 8:22 3:56 8:35 6:/>° Cheltenham. 3;55 9.53 i (.57 4;24 9: 0 3:55 9:13 7*28 ^lo,Jcf,er | 4:30 10:20 1:28 4:5!? 9:34 4:30 9-47 8- 2 ,sto1 ) 6: 0| 11:55 2:50 6:35 11:15 6: 0 11:30 9:45

BRISTOL STOCK EXCHANGE, "r. NoVFMBFn 27. -w_ Sharej Hallways. j Paid, ¡Closing Pri; ^100 ^Bristol and Exeter .j 100 j 69J J0i ^irmin8- and Oxford Junction 20 28 — 29 Caledonian 50 98— 94 12H Do. New s__ Mock.jEastern Counties. aver. 20 5?— 61 100 JQrcat Western j 100 < 701— 70a 50 < Ditto Half Shares j 60 — 4 25 Ditto Quarter Shares 25 — 20 > Ditto Fifth Shares j 20 I — 11 LDi"° Ne? 15 6i~ 5 dis 25 IGreat Northern 24 14*— 144 Rtock. j London and North Western.. 100 1171-1181 Stock. London & South West.aver. 100 68 — 69 25 London and BlackwaJ 1 ..averJ 11.6.3 ( 61-7 50 London, Brighton, & S. C. 100 84 85 20 London and Greenwich.. aver. 12.16.4 11 116 100 Lancaster and York, M. & L. 100 48 49 In m!°nKltetshare8 "•••' 23i 13J— 12J dis 20 | Ditto rifths 5 if) I 8* 73. 23 Ditto Thirds 16i l_ 20 IWest Riding Union *j jji i 71 ga 20 Manchester,Buxton,& Matlock I 54 41— 41 Stock.{Midland J jqq 4^1 Stock. Ditto Consolidated Pref. 100 50 | Ditto New. 35 22^— 22 dis Stock. Ditto Birmingham and Derby 100 21 2i 25 Do. 6 per cent. Bir.&Glos. 100 1^5-127 50 Do. do. do | 44 371 Do. do. do 22.16 25 North British J 1 g,_ £ | Do. Preference "j 5 | 4I g* 20 North Staffordshire 171 gf_ Q..■ 50 JPortbury Pier & Railway Co. 7 j 25 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 13.5.3 7—61 djs 50 (South Devon 50 i 12 — 13 50 South Wales. 50 244—251 100 TaiFVale 126 138—140 25 5 Ditto Quarter Shares 25 33 35 10 | Ditto New 5 j 1 —ji p Stock. Do. 5per cent 10 par.-2perct om Stock. Do. 4i per cent 10 par.- P 50 (Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth! 50 j 43 — 44 Stock. York and North Midland 50 22- 22i 25 Do. preference > 10 2— 11 dis 25 Do. East& West Riding Ex. j Stoak.) York, Newcastle and Berwick; 25 > 16-r l6 o'r | Original N. andB.| 25 j of jYork & Newcastle Extension? 20 8?— 84 dis 25 Ditto, No.2,N.&B-( 20 — 25 DittoGt.N. of England, Prefj 9 4J— 3| dis 124 Local and Miscellaneous Sioed j |W;OfE &s W.District Bank! 12 100 Ifj 161 LSiu„ k ^ares 147.9 0 94 95 20 I Bristol Gas .°.t!.S. I ,2L'n 9^10^'llp"ct.pm. 25 IciiftonGas B 100 Great Western Ste'am 100 25i 30 Ditto New 30 I! 35 {Serein & Wye Q, ay, 35 j 26

SEED MARKET. Canary seed continues to move off steadily, and prices are again the turn in favour of the sellers. All other seeds, in- cluding cakes, are very dull. Cow Grass g Linseed (per qr.) .sowing 54s. lo 66s. cr Js'hing 40s. to 43« I>XTl(pe?cwiTr,,M0ol3lb8-each) —• JC8 6«.'O £ 9 0» Mu.taid <„r M.J, oivb^e".« IS

li A K K. — Per load of 45 cwt. English, Tree £ 13 0 0 to £ 14 0 0 r, Coppice 14 0 0 10 0 n n..t!oKAl'i,°1' (Dl,TY FRKK)-Queicitron, £ 9. 6s fo Dutch Oak, per ion, £ 4. to £ 5.; German, £ 3!10s! to