The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

SCKIPTURE ILUJSTBA'I'IOSS.—iSo. 212. Lev XXIII. 15.—When ve be come into the land w!ticli I crive unto you, aud shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall brins* f* sheaf ot the first fruits of vour harvest unto the priest-" Tiie first-fruits of the harvest were offered to God at the feast of the Passover,on the sixteenth or isafl, The slieaf of- barley designed for this offering was gathered and prepared with great ceremony. The Sanhedrim deputed a number of priests 10 go into the fields and reap a handful of the first ripe corti and these, attended by great crowds of people, went out of one of the crates of Jerusalem into the neighbouring corn- fields. The first-fruits thus reaped were carried, with great pomp and rejoi>in<r, through the streets (o the temple. The Jewish writers sav that an fix preceded them. with gilded horns and an olive crown upon his head, and tlllt a pipe played before them until tikev appro-tolied the city. On entering it, thev crowned the first fruits, that is, exposed them to sight with as much pomp as thev could and the chief ofih:ers of the temple went out to meet them. This was to testify their acknowledgment, that the fruits of the earth were the gracious boon of that Jehovah who gives rain, both the former and the latter rain, in its season, and reserves to men the appointed weeks of harvest;" that lie had a right over those blessi.igs which he so freelv bestowed for, to use the language of St. James, "every good gift, and every perfect .iff, is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." It was with reference to tlrs custom that ollr Lord is spoken of as the first-fruits of them that sic-I)t,-tlie first-fruits of that harvest to be gathered into the sarner of the Lord at the end of the world. The custom was (lotibileis in- tended to typify this great event. That which is sown in corruption shall be r ised in incorrup- tinn. To this great and momentous event, then -ti-e resiirrertl,)ii of file I)o(,'V ;it tlje lait is the Cliristiati's (iiity to look t*(*)r%i,ard to bear in mind, that on that day the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incor- ruptible, and an eternal separation shall be made between the wheat and the tares, between the good and the bad seed.-Cliai-ch of England Magazine.

A\KC[>orE OF ClKKAN, AS KI-I.ATKD BY HlM- sFLF When a boy, I was one morning playing at marbles in the village ball-alley, with a light heart and lighter pocket. I he gibe aud the jest went jrailv round, when suddenly there appeared amongst lis a stransrer, of a very rcma) kable alld very cheerful aspect; his intrusion was not the least restraint upon our merry little assemb'a^e. He was a benevolent creature, and the days of infancy (after all, the hap- piest we shall ever see) perhaps rose upon his memory. God bless hiID 1 1 see his fine form, at the distance of half a century, just as he stood before 111 e in the litt'e bali-alle v in the day* of my chi'dhood. Hi name was Boyse; he was the rector of New- market. To me he took a particular fancy. I was ,illl1;ng-. and was full of waggery, thinking every thing that was eccentric, and by no means a miser of mv eccentricii ies every one was welcome to share ot" thcln, and I had plenty to spare after having freighted the company. Some sweatu/eats easily bribed me home with him. I learned from poor Bovse m v alphabet and m v grammar, and the rudi- ments of the classics. Me taught me all be could, and then he sent me to the school at Middleton. In short, be made a man of me. I recollect it was aliout five and thirty vears afterwards, when 1 had risen to some eminence at the bar, and when I had a seat in P irliameut, on my return one day from Court, 1 found an old gentleman seated alone in niv draw- ing-room •, bis feet familiarly placed 011 each side of the Italian m arble chimney-piece, and bis whole air bespeaking the consciousness of one quite at home. lie turned round—it was my friend of the ball-alley. ] rushed instinctively into his arms, and burst into tears. Words cannot describe the scene which fol- lowed: "You are right, Sir: you are light. The chin!cv-piece is yours-- the pictures are yours—the i,ise is vour.,i. You rave me a!l I have—tny friend inv father-my benefactor He dined with me; and in the evening I caught the tear glistening in his fine blue eye, when he saw poor little Jack, the creature of his bounty, rising in the Hon>e of Commons to reply to a Rt. Hon. Poor Boy-e he is and no suitor had a larger deposit of practical benevolence in the Court above. This is his wine let us drink to his memory. ELECTRO MAGNETISM.—The inining Journal gives a letter from New York, "showing the pro- gress made in America, in the application of Electro Magnetism as a motive power. The following is ;iti extriict:TV,,e last machine constructed by >Ir r>jvenport occupies a surface of ahout eighteen inches square—that is, eighteen inches 011 each side, and con-ists merely of a platform, having upon it an iron circular frame, with an arch extending from side to side above it, a spindle in the centre playing in this arch at top, and in a socket below, and on this "pilldle an iucomp'ete wheel, formed by two cross-pieces of iroll, with segments of a circle at th? four extremities. It is in fact a wheel, with four breaks in its periphery. Some hundreds of feet of isolatpd, or coaled, copper wire are wound around the cross-pieces, and also round the fixed circular frame; the connection with the galvanic ba'teries, which are three small cylinders, each con- sisting ot six concentric tubes of zinc and copper, t 'e outer one scarcely larger .than a quart pot, is. as usual, by small rods of copper. The revolving wheel is six inches in diameter, and weighs about six pounds. Attached to the upright spindle is a small cog-wheel, which may be made to work in other wheels, with axles, for the purpose of showing how great a weight can be raised from the ground. With the three batteries acting on it, the revolution of the wheel was 1000 times in a minute; and these 1000 revolutions raised a weight of 2()()Ib..3. one foot. The first machine made by Mr Daven- port, which is much smaller and has but one bat- tery, raised but 241bs. He is confident that with a number of batteries, or one very large one-say as l ij; as a barrel — there would be power enough to drive the largest machinery while the cost of con- structioll would be reduced to a fitth, or perhaps a tenth, and that of attendance, fuel, &c., now forming so heavy an item in the expenses of steam-power, would be almost done away with. Halt a barrel of blue vitriol and a hogshead or two of water would send a ship from New York to Liverpool and no accident could possibly happen, beyond the breaking of some part of the machinery, which is so simple that any damage could he repaired in hall a day. Surely it is a great and vastly important discovery and the wildest imagination can hardly gra-i, the %voiiders in achieving which it may, aud doubtless will, become the ioslrument,"

CHIT CHAT. A quaint old author denounces oysters as being ) unzodlv, uncharitable, and unprofitable meat I ungodly, oecailse they ar eaten "ilhout grace i unch-iritab e, because thev leav e nothing but sheli; and unprofitable because they must swim in wjne — hi a Scotch brewer's instructions for Seo'ch ale, dated 17'Jij, we meet with the following curious mystical instruction:—l'l throw a Iiu;e drv malt, which is left 011 purpose, on the top ol drv malt, which is left 011 purpose, on the top ol 1 lie mash, "ith n handful of salt, to keep uiicues it, and ttien cover it up." Perhaps tis cus- tom "iive rise to the vulgar term waterbewitched," for indifferent beer.-('lIll,;d, \Ve read in a German paper that there exists in the magnificent warden of the Prince t'hilip of Batiiyani. at Knr- maiia, in Hungary, an aloe, about 80 years old, which has reached a height, of about 12 teet, and bears at present 1,(01) buds, which are going to blossom- CLEAR, AND DFCISIVK. — I'eter the Great, when iu England, is said to have remarked to a conndant, that he was not aware ot having more th:11I four lawyers in his dominions, and when he got home he would hang two of tiietn. The remain* of mammalia have been found on the plain of ( lie In the progress of cutting for the Grand Junction Railwav. two grinders ot the t"O elephant were discovered iu a bed of gravel replete with marine shells. visionary pretending to have discovered the philosopher's stone, up- plied to Po!,e Leo. X. for a recompcnee. who re- buked and rewarded him with an empty purse. A ladv requested a provincial manager to get up Henry VI11 he- regretted 1 hat the state of his company would not allow hi■» to comply, but he could get up the two parts of Henry IV. « hich would amount to the same thing. THK SrATF. CAR- RIAGES OF THE KING OF H,i;OVER.Follr sp'endid carriages, manufactured expressly for the King of Hanover, by Messrs. Adams, of the Haymarket, were last week shipped for that coi)titiv they consist of two phaetons, a landau, and a chariot. Thev are made on the same principle, and with the same decorations, as the roval carriages of this countrv, and bearing, in addition to the royal arms of England, the white horse of Hanover. The beauty and eleg-ance of their slyle and bllild excited universal admiration. An elderly gentleman going to a warm bath the other day, hired a fiacre bv the hour, and stationing it at the door of the bathing establishment, paid half a dozen Auvergnat porters to sit in it while he per- formed his ablutions, in order, as he said, that the vehicle might be well-wanned and ready to receive him en sort tint tie I eau.—Gtdignani\s Messenger. Roderic a Castro relates that he knew a woman, in that state which ladies wish to be who love their lords, who felt au inexpressible desire for a bit of the shoulder of a neighbouring baker; and her husband.persecuted by her constant prayers and importunities, prevailed on the worthy man to allow her one bite for charity's sake, but this was so heartily inlficted, that the baker would not sub- mit to a second.-LoNCEvit,y.- Died at Amsterdam, on the 18th inst., Gertruide Vall N tivs, widow of Francis Nicholas Andrau, who was born at the Hague, on the 10th of January, 17;3:J, and was, therefore, 102 years. 8 months, and 8 days old. Till two days before her death she enjoyed good health and all her faculties unimpaired; she has left 4 children, "> grand-children, and It) great grand children.- By Act of the last session, it is enacted.that any official franker wilfully franking letters as relating to the business of his depart- ment or office, when they do not, shall for the nrst offence forfeit the sum of ±'100., and for the second shall be dismissed from his office. A Goon WATCH. — An Emeraldor wanted to dispose of his xvatcli and, by way of recommending it, said, that it had beat the church clock by an hour and a quarter that Messed -A -;PI"CUY,ATIO.V A picture dealer has bought up all the family portraits he fonld collect, and exported them to the United States, where they are readily sold and bung up as ancestors Accounts from Florence state, that serious troubles have taken place at Home, and that the Pope has been obliged to leave that city. NKWS KOU THETAILOIIS.— There has been lately rowing; ill the garden of Mr John Atkinson, of t lal I it breehol in. a Savoy cabbage, which measured 140 inches in circumference, and weighed 2 lib.— Hull paper. A LONG osE.-Na- po'eon used to say, "strange as it may appear, when I want any good head-work done, I choose a man, provided his education has been suitable, with a long nose. His breathing is bold and free, and his brain, as well as his lungs and heart, cool and clear. In my observation of men I have almost invariably found a long nose and a lon- head together." JOE MILLEII'S JESTS —Sir Francis Bacon was lintit (o comnend much the advice of a plain man at Buxton, who sold brooms. A proud lazy young fellow came to hini for a besom upon trust, to whom the old man said, Friend, hast thou no money: Borrow of thy back and thy belly, they'll never ask thee for't 1 should be dunning thpe every day. It is here confidently stated by those connected with the families, thai the Marquises of Westminster and Anglesey are to be raiseritoLukpdoms, the patents for which are in the office —Chester Courant. It is stated that the Earl of Wiltnn i, about fa sell his stud ofrace horses and to give up the turf, in consequence of which Ileatofl Park races will be discontinued.— Lincolnshire Chronicle. STARRING.—The fol- lowing most luminous toast was given at a late railroad celebration in Carlisle, Pa Woman— the morning star of our youth, the day star of our manhood, the evening star of our old ae. God bless "ur stars" So It selIIs that lovely, divine, angelic woman is but a string of asterisk.y after all- -I ler Majesty, says the Muzt'cal World, is an accomplished musician. i fie simple circumstance of Lablache being engaged to give her Majesty some lessons in singing, at once evinces the judg- ment of the Duchess of Kent. Me always sings like a musician, and not a mere stage player. Lablache praises both the voice and style of her Majesty; the former, as he said, being soft, sweet, and correct. He also said that she had been well instructed. We l-arn from Munich, that Prince de Polignac, after a stay of some days in that capital, had set out on the 13th for Eglofstein, near Ralisbon.- The reigning Duchess of Anhault-Dessaii was brought to bed of a Princess on the 13,h insr.-The last number of the uccually contains a receipt for effacing indelible ink —If voll watH to understand a subject, hear a min speak of it whose business it is. L you want to understand the man, hear him speak of something else.-Blickwood. -Yoll',i not sweeten your mouth by saying honey." -A ,-old medal has been presented to Lieut. Keys, II N- (through the Lords Commis- sioners of the Admiralty), from the government of France, in approbation ot services rendered bv that officer to Fi-eilet, vessels and their crews "recked in December, 1830, on the coast of Devon- shire. The following inscription, which we copy from a mud hovel in a low and dirty street in -"lerkenwell, we recommend to the administrators of the New Poor Law starvation Iiill '-I- 'I'ravellers taken in here to B >arde and Lodge for two shillins a week' A useful hint might be gathered by calling there. A BANK.—The Rev. Henry t olman, in a late sermon, said, "The best bank ever yet known is a bank of earth; it never refuses to discount to honest labour, and the best I have is the ploughshare, on which dividends are always iberal EXTKEME DKI.ICACY.— Mademoiselle Niars was born on the 7th of February, 1779 so that she is now but it is invidious to calcu- late a lady's ag(?.-CY(ili!lfia;i i's Messenger SOUTH POLE.—A French expedition has sailed from Toulon, to explore the antarctic regions; and proceed, if possible, beyond the limits of Cook atid Weddell. ANECDOTE OF TilE LVTK JOHN CONSTABLE, ESQ. R.— Mr Constable exhibited, in his general deportment, the same originality and independence of character which marked the productions of his vigorous penci!, and never permitted the conven- tional usages of society to restrain him from the free expression of his opinions and tee iugs. During one of his lectures on the Fille Arts at the Roval Institution, he spoke in very disparaging terms of Herghem. After the lectuie. some of the company clustered about the lecturer, for the pur- pose of having a little conversation with him. "1r Constable, observed a nobleman, distin- o-tlihed bv his rirtu "I am sorry you think so meanly of Berghem; for I posses" three or four of the finest Berghetns in the world. Would you advise me to sell ttioiiil11 Hy no means, my Lord," said MrConstab e, It would be a dishonest act to sell them." Well. b"t what would you advice me to do with them T' asked the Peer. "Burn them, my Lord," was the painler's prompt reply. PRICE OF Puxs.—We knew thai puns were get- ting very common, but had no idea they were so cheap as it seems they are. W e read thus iu the Times of Wednesday last —Three hundred puns, Bahia, sold at Is. Sd". This is a sad return for so much ingenuity Thev must, at least, have been "shocking bad" ones" we suppose—or not very new. And now we look further into the statement we think we see that our last ronjeclure is the true one —that these puns, at sixpence-halfpenny a hun- dred, were n!ched; for we see mention is made of f"lIpl' fjflotafÙm.r," !W that they must have been derived even at third band, being here quoted a second time. Call Hood tell us where Uuhia is? Does he get his ptius there ?—Atlu**

CRIME DKTKCTF.D BY MEDICAL SCIENCE- — The head of a man was found under an arch of the Brirle de la Tournplle, Paris; the trunk of a body was afterwards discovered iu a sink in the Street de la Houchette, and the two lower extremities near 'he Pont NeilI', Subsequent inquiries led to the knowledge that the deceased was a man of the name of Ramus, and that he was an old soldier, lately employed as a messenger tor the bureau of a receiver of taxes. The head and body being deposited at the Morgue, the medical examination commenced, which, from the very great length at which it is reported, renders it excnedinly ditlieult to enter much into it, though, from the careful and judicious mode of procedure, the medical men of this country would derive great advantage from its perusal. The exterior appearance showed the deceased to be about thirty; his countenance exhibited not the slightest mark of suffering or anxiety; the features were calm, the eves half open, the IlIouth wide open, the skin pale and livid there was a slight wound upon the forehead, and there appeared two or three slight bruises upon the face, but no indication whatever of violence upon any part of the body. The medical men, from all the circlllllstances which presented tbem-elves, on examining thc manner in which de- capitation and amputation had been performed, came to the conclusion that Ramus was killed during sleep, and that sleep must have ^been produced by anificial means; that it was either the result of drunkenness, or the effect of some narcotic; that the throat must have been cut, and an immense quantity of blood lost; that decapitation and the cutting off of the limbs mll-t have been immediately performed by a person accustomed to such operations either oil illaii or on aiiirniils that the instrument must have been sharply edged and long, either such as is used for amputation or for the kitchen that he must have been a vigorous person that ail the incisions were made by the same hand, and that the murderer became nervous as he concluded his horrid act. They then proceeded to the examination of'the internal parhofthe body, which led them to pro- nounce that the unfortunate man had laboured under no disease which had a tendency to terminate life suddenly that deiiii va, solely by the cutting of the throat; that the confusion, oil tile face were the result of the endeavours made, during the amputation, to perform it quickly and that death must have taken place ahollt three hours alter lie had had a meal. The contents of the stomach were submitted to and were pronounced to contain a small quantity of alcohol and of hydro- cyanic, or prussicacid,but its quantity could not be determined. About three weeks atlerwards the murderer was arrested, or raihet delivered himself into the hands of justice; for. learning that his son, who had been just apprenticed to an apothecary at Paris, had been taken up 011 suspicion, he returned to Paris, having previously left it for Arc. lie confessed at the Prefecture ot Police, after some hesitation, his crime and it was most satisfactory to all those who were interested in the subject to filld how completely the opinions given by the medical men were borne out by the nairative of the person who committed the deed. Just previous to the death of Ramus, he had given him a mixture of brandy and prussic acid, and had murdered his vic- tim exactly in the manner in which the documents delivered in by the examiners of the body had led x the public to expect. in the exiiiiiiiiaiiollofilje coli- tents of the stomach there were proved to be present traces of other matters which had been taken. The rooms in which the murderer lived were next the subject of examination, and all the bottles, the titt-lisils, tile different stains and marks which were visible, became the subjects of chemical investiga- tion, and so completely w as each particular of every substance thai had been taken analysed, itllll every- thing entirely elucidated; and so thoroughly satis- factory a chain of evidence was submitted" to the jury, that, even without the necessity of receiving the confession, the man was tonud guilty of poison- ing, murder, and theft.—lit • Siynond on Poisoning, in the Laricet. TOOTH ACIIE.—TH0 Mexicans inject brandy into the ear on the opposite side of the face to that where the pain is felt, and it is suffered to remain there until the piiii leave., the patient, which it generally docs, even in the most violent attaciis, iu tiio course of a few minutes,

ROTATOKY STKAM-KVGIN'15' ^JR Ruthven has now got the rotatory erected, and we saw it ill in<>l',>n on ('dllesday. Having described it before, w'C sha mere y observe at present, that it moves b.V the reaction of high pressure steam, which rushe" ".°U.7 1 'W° s,nu" orifices at the opposite sides of hollow arum, and impels them in a circular dit^ ™i"' i»c.;edible velocity. The engine has tici'^11 r lJ,s'°"> c> ltider, beam, crank, nor valve. Th« ^n's ll,e u» six inches radius, and as they llCI ".r,rl a )ollt •>- "0 revolutions in a minute, .heir extremities must move at the rate of a mile in eight seconds 1 his very high velocity, or something appr.CJ,¡elllllg' to ,II, s essential to the working of the engine No no.se is heard when it is in motion, but only a low hum,g sound like that of a boiiin<r keii.c. Oil Wednesday was mere! v toshoW |is ""K eo °l" lating but it is soon to l.e employed 1" ^avy wo, k which will test its powers, and 1<?" sPe' of it more at large. If its d-H' to the inventor's description, u U> *>e considered one of the happiest I'I'P 1Cl 0 steam- power which has ever beeu g'veH 0 e Hor'd— Scotsman, J'he following E.iplanaforii N)ticc respecting the Registration and Marriage Acts, (I> and 7 Gulichni IV. c. S5$■ 86, and 1 I~ictor>cP, c. '22. J has been issued the I egistrar GeneraU and is h re published with his authority. TIIPSIC ACTS no NOT INTERFERE WI rn THK RELIGIOUS CT'FTEMONIUS OF IHE CHURCH OF ENGI-ANO. Baptisms, lSurials,and Marriages, may be solemnized as before. The Registration-of Births and Deaths is in- tended equally for peisons of ALL religious persua"- sions; A-VO ALL AltE EQUALLY bound to atteiiu to i!. The object of the new Registration Act is, tn provide ail authorized legal Register of Births, and provide all attitiorized it, an authorized legal Register of Dedhs, neither of w'tieh existed bejore. )qj o),e. Tiie Church iiegi sters are Registers of Baptisms and not of Births; of Burials and not of Deaths. The Church Register of Baptism, as provided by law, has no col umn for Birt h •; it is only a record ot the performance of Baptism, a sacred rite, which no parent who is of the Church of England, or who believes in its ellicacy, ought to neglect; and which sometimes does nit take place till nvitiy Years after the liirtk. The legister of Bllrials is on'y a record of the burial, which sometimes does nnt lake plöce tii} several lVeek ((Ifer the "Dcrtth. It is therefore plain that the Church Registers of Baptisms and Burials could not, even for Members of the Established Church, furnish evidence of the date of a Birth or Death; and that with respect to all those who were not baptized or bnrried accord- ing to the forms of the Established Church, tney furnished no evidence at all. The new II'c.is 1 liArtoN Ac IS snpplifls these tlijicir.nciev. It provide" Rc:isters of Uirtlu and 01 iJef/flts which record the daft of each and also the place, w ith such other circumstances as may serve to id"n ify the person registered; and these or certified copies of them, will be legal evidence of a Birtii or Death, in any Court of Law or Equity. The REGISTRATION and MARUIAGK ACTS also lessen the dilliulllly and expense of ohtaining: a copy of an entry in a Register. ihe new Register Books of Births, of Deaths, and of Marriages, both of the Established Church and others, will be kept, when Ii led, in the Superintendent Begistrur's Ojfice, and certified copies will be sent every quar- ter of a year to the General Register Office in London. Tims, instead of its being necessary, when the Parish is not known, to go to many Cnurches or Chapels to search in the Registers of or Marriages of each Parish, it will be sufficient 10 go to the Superintendent Re. ()istrar's Ojftce, which will contain the Registers of Births, Deaths, and Mar riages, for a yvhole Dis- trict, some ot which Districts comprise more than 50 Parishes. It even the District is unknown, partivs lIIay apply, or calle others to apply for them, at the General Register Office in London, where, 011 demand,and on payment of 3s. 6s any person may obtain a copy of the entry of any Birth, Death or .Marriage, registered in any part of Eng- land or Wales, which copy being "tamped wilh the seal of the Office, yvill be received as evidence of the Birth, Death, or Marriage, to which the same relates, without any lurlher or other proof of such entry." It is useful to all persons, and to some it is of great importance, to be able to prove their- age, whicll toget her with theplacofbirth may be proved from this lime forward, bv means of the Begister of Bit ths. In addition to the obvious IIses of such a Register for proof ot pedigree, and for other legal purposes connected with the disposition of pro- perty, it is of IIlility for Life Insurance, Friendly or Benefit Societies, and to the poorer classes for Apprenticeship, employment in Factories, and on all other occasions when a proof of age may be required. Parents therefore should secure for their children the advantage of having their births registered by the Registrar of the District in wtiicll they are born. It is ofgr -at importance to many persons to be able to obtain legal evidence ot the dtte of a Death. The establishment of the right to a Legacy sometimes depends upon this proof, w hich from this time forward may he obtained easily, whenever the Death has been duly registered. LSLKTIIS. The Birth of any child born after June, 1837, may be registered by the Registrar of the District in which tile eiii d II as born, within six weeks after the birth, without any pai/rnetit being reqniret/. Alter six weeks, and within six months, the ex- pence of registering will be 7s Gd. AETKR SI\ MONTH,, THK BIUXH CANNOT BE REGISTERED Ai, Ai,i.. It is adviseable that parents causing the births of their children to be registered before baptism, should state to 1 he 'egistrar the name by which thev intend thev shall be culled, which will save the trouble and cxpenee of having- the baptismal name inserted in the Register afterwards. VVhen a child is baptized before registration of birth, it i, not necessary to obtain. certificate of Baptism, and to shew it to the Registrar A certilicate i requisite only when the child is baptized ajter registration of Birth, and the parties, having previously stated no name, or a different one, wish to go a second time to the Registrar to have the baptismal name inserted. DEATHS. Every Death after June, 1837, may be registered at any time, by the Registrar of the District in which it took place, without any payment being required. It ought, if possible, to be registered bejore burial, and a certificate of registry should be obtained Irom the Registrar, (who is bound to give it without pa//merit,) and given to the Minister ofliciating at the fun"ral, who, if tfiis is not done, will for so oiffciating be liabe to a fine, unless within seven days he gives notice to the Re- gistrar. Persons bringing a corpse, withont, certificate of registry, for interment at a distance bom the place where the Death occurred, sllnuld IIltorlll the Minister of the name and address of the Registrar of the District in which that place is situated and persons who are withoutot her means oi ascer- taining ihe name and address of the Registrar of 'he District may do so by application by letter to ''the Registiar General, General Regi-trar Office, Londo" communicating the name ot the parish; iureoly to which, the name and address of the Registrar for I hat parish (if there is only one lte- gistrai) will be sent by letter, tree ot postage, by the general post. N.B.- All persons tTlay give notire to a Regis- trar, either by word or writing, of any Birth or Death within his District; and it is desirable that whosoever has an opportunity should do o, By Sections 2J and 2', of the Registration Act, (0 and 7 Win., IV., c. R6) it is provided, that cer- tain persons shaH" yvithin stated periods "give information, respecting a Birth or to the Registrar, accoiding to the best of their know- ie,i;e iitl,j belief, iii,on being requested so lo do." The Registrar will tell them what kind ot informa- tion is required. The informant must sign the Register,without which the information yv ll be incomplete, and the entry not valid and a refusal to sign, will be equivalent to a refusal to inform. For refll sa I to give inforn)ation. the Registration Act does not impose a special penalty hut a l persons shoulu know that it is an established rule of Law "That if a Slattite enjoin an act to be done, with- out pointing out any mode I, of punishment, an ill- dictme/lt will lie for disobeying the injunction of the Legislature." MARRIAGES. Persons may be married as before, according to the rites of the Church of England, by Licence, by Special Licence, or after publication of Banns. Persons may also be man ied according to the rites of the Church of England, without publication of Banns,on ri-odtiction ol a Superiniendent Registrar's Certificate. Persons may also be married otherwise than ae- cording 10 the rites of the Church of England, in a registered Place of Worship, or at the Superin- tendent Registrar's Office, on production of a Superiniendent Registrar's Licence, or Certificate A Ytarri'gP by Licence may be solemnized fourteen days sooner than by Certificate- All requisite information respecting the steps to be taken for obtaining a Certificate or Licence, will be given on application by the Superintendent Registrar of the District. General Register Office, September, 1837.

THK TEA TRADI;, Monday.— i'he deliveries last yveek, were '¡;J8,:H3Ib. he private trade sales have terminated, and the average prices obtained were all considerably above those realized at the June sales. Common boheas are 75 to 100 per cent. dearer; congous, 30 to 10 per cent, dearer than 1 hey were three months since. Of the (57,000 packages about four-tilths were sold. ^POIUID STAMPS.—Her Majesty's cominis- sionc-rs of stamps and taxes have consented to abate the long complained of nuisauce, namely, the trouble and expenses attending the exchange of spoiled stamps for others of equal, value, without the inter- vention of a Loudon agent. They have ordered that the arrangement tor the allowance of spoiled stamps by distributors shall be extended to Liverpool as requested. And i,„ douht other places will be sitni lai ly accommodated. I

THE PRINCE OF AUCTlONKcRS. The following portrait ol the greatest hero of the hammer now I i >■ i ng—that his ever lived—or pro- babiv that ever will live —is copied from the last Number of ij'.I(tcliti-vo(I's "There is still something I ike character left in this level yvorld. The London auctioneers arc characters. The celebi ated Christie, w ho flourish- ed about half a century ago, still figures in the rccordsef auctioneer eloquence. The hammer iu his hand was his thunderbolt with it be knocked (io%vii lilr)re oaks, I)iils, and I)ariil, t[ii,ii lif, of Oivtnpus ever smote with his fires. His tongue was the cesius that cillhellishcd, graced, and coloured all that it touched. It was he who rt)iiildc,tl a description ot' i. iiiit in view (li' 'I'vbiirn by pronouncing that it had the advantage ot, i. hanging wood in vieyv, and talked of a running stream in the neighbourhood oi a mansion the mansion being a warehouse, and the stream ITeet Ditch. It was he who found the perfumes of Arabia in the neighbourhood of a codec-shop, and promised the beaioies ol a tropical landscape in a Held planted half with potatoes ami hait with tobacco. Rut if he was eloquent, descriptive, and Irish, be w as, notwithstanding, au honest man. To expect him to be a man of his word was out ot the question, vet h" was faithful to his engagements, and though estates slipped through his fingers as fast as through those of Lo-'d Barryinore or Hughes Ball, lie made money. George Robins is now the successor to the taiiie of this celebrated personage. George Robins is now by far the most eloquent man of his own profession. The famous Maugvaby, who now figures in Alexandria, to the astonish- ment ofthe Quarterly Bei'ieic andot all the loungers of the Mediterranean, is a bungler compared with the dextrous touch, the quick prediction, and the unhesitating dexterity ot George Robins' skill in the ideal. His fame is, like Mr Green's, above the earth; )ike.,Iir itigilby, he is the prince of con jurors; õcUJd like the late George Canning, for fancy figure and, and fiction. unsurpassable. As an evidence tltat our is not ill-tounded we shall give three examples ot iiis eloquence which have met our eve in one column of a newspaper. The first is a cottage in Devon, which lie 'oll'ors for public competition.he word sale being alto- gether below the subject. He declares that this cottae IS ;ittiate(i it, spot which even those ac- customed to the varied loneliness of this beautiful county, universally admit to be the garden of South Devon; that it is completely iinbeded in its own wild IllxurJous gro,in(is t ",t"nch,' S¡HS George Robins, 4 in need of no auxiliary beauties, for Nature hath most liberally gifted it -it is inac- cessible to the sight, save only from the sea, upon which it peeps, and obtains a view of the limped Bayof Bahbicomhe, which has, with great truth and justice, been likened to the Bay of Naples.' This is pretty weil tor a cottage. VVe now come to something of a order— an estate ill the same county. I 'i'liis sAy, George, 'needs not the artificial aid of ornament throughout the county, for it is t0o well known to require panegyric; but the following concise and imperfect statement is intended with a view lu i a (ii,t,,i,ce:-It is ,ate(i in a luxuriant valley; protected during the inclement season by it,, itil('iltl-e ot' hills surrounded by park scenery "t Surpassing beaui v, w ith a never- ending combination of hill aud dale; adorned by majestic woods, Ihe COU.,lallt ulldulalioll of the grounds combining t0 f{„-n, perfect Claude scene. The abundance ot fish caught within sight of the drawinif-rooni yvould render ihe vocation of a neigh- bouring fishmonger a yvork of supererogation. The wiuter appears a stranger to the estate, and the climate i> so congenial to longevity, that even an East Indian valetudinarian, who in despair had resigned himse'f 10 a very limited period of years, may here find a solace, arising out of the salut.rity of the air, that wdl awaken to him the cheering prospect of a renewed lease of health and \jg-Hur: Till' pa..lures eO'lIe ill for a ,.hare (,f the pallryric, -9 and are described as possessing ihe facility of fatten- ing cattle with great quickness; it being further de- clared that Soinhfield owes to ihem a heavy debt of gratitude.' The estate has another treasure iu A Magnificent Rock ot Marble, which appears inter- minable and it profit be in the mind's eye of a pur- chaser, he will find the rock capable of erecting a second city of Bath.' This we look upon as a showy specimen of his grand s'yle; the next and last ex- hibits his genius in the picturesque and poetic. "This is the (lelitteatioii of a third estate, the man- sion of yvhich is described as being seated, or rather I ii(,stlinlr titi(ler file bi-o%v of a I;ill.' Vie are told that the majestic timber which ornaments the haug- iusj woods includes the monarch oi" Hie forest, Willi pines of stately growth Ihe rising grounds afford shelter from ihe wintry wind, while the valley, teem- ing with wild f'etiilily, refreshes and aids the de- lightful illusion. The mansion is of stone, of modern elevation, avoiding all the faults of the present school withia Iller" is that which passeih show, tor corllfort in itsmost intelligible fuiin prevails through- out.' All this is very clever, and must he very tempt- ing, but George Robins has another bait for the pur- chaser, a bait for his ambition—ami if auy man, with a few thousands to iiii-ow away, has a desire 1011:111'1.' at a eOlllllyekclioll, the auctioneer has found out the spot for him. 'It may not be amiss,' says he, 'to al- lude to the forthcoming contest lor this district, when the possessor of ibis estate yvill put in very strong claims to be one of the representatives of the county.' f\|| iiij., Hi in1; irresistible; alld after this varied display of hi- talent, who shall venture to deny thai George Robins is the Prince ot Orators and Auctioneers? "The question has been di-puied whether a man <>l genius is or is not, igaorant of liis oyvn powers. We contend that he is not, and quote our celebrated auctioneer as an example. The newspapers mention thai, some tillle "¡lIcc,hc met it prolessioual brother, of provincial lame of the name of Wat kins. 'Sir,' said the London I i,iii happy lo recognize in you the tieorge Robins of ttie West.' S i I- 'it; (I ihe Mail ofthe West,' 1 reciprocate the compliment, Ili(, (it' ,tiid I), oli,i to sce- ill you file of the Metropolis.' TliVre have brou hiut* < h it he has tn.ido lur^e col I Oct ions for h is liisi ory ami '11 11 11 ^<M y man writes his memoirs, when no great man dies u iihout being instantly pqnuced upon hy a host, thai, like the kites or vultures, blacken round his dying flours to pick up all that they can lay hold ol, we hope that George Robins wiil act the gieat man make his faille secure; write his own biography, lor fear of accidents; and let what wilI come of plicards, harangues, and hammers, niaivc IlIllIsell the Silak- speare of all auctioneers to come.

VESTIUKS. A few weeks ago we gave a copy of the Act recently passed, called Loi d Godolphiu s Act, for altering the mode of giving vestry notices. 0,\ t h i" su hjl'ct I he NudiwmjJlr!n J1 e/'uld of I..ist Saturday, has the following remarks. The object of the new statute is to prevent such notices trom being published in churches, anil so much of a former Act of George the Third, as required such a publication, is declared by the present Act to have been repealed from the day of its passing, name y, the thirtieth of .Inly. Now, it might have been expected iliat the system, which was to supply the place of what was thus abolished would be substi- tuted fortbw ith, or as soon as possible, and for this ..e¡"ou, that if wise it could not commence too soon, and if necessary a positive evil would arise oil, of delay. With modern ministerial legislation however, a leasonablc expectation' goes for nothing, nay, is rather the subject for contempt. Accordingly, January lk.'lS, and not August 1837, was selected by our precious law-makers as the time when their profound sagacity was to benefit the public. They thus left an interval of five months ullprovided for, in order, we suppose, to make the public l- el that a form of no tee which may be absolutely requited by the pubiic-good when next year is entered upon, is altogether superfluous before the present year is concluded, or, that legal vestries for the remaindi r of this year are entirely beneath the notice of her Majesty's present government. A CH.VKMIN(> AUVERTISEIL The object in advertisements being to save room and economize language, we areolten treated to a monstrous funny association ct thing* the tnosl titiassociah e. Moral qualities are lumped witn svoraiy contin- gencies, personal requisites with religious motives In the limes, 1 he other day, a genllewoman, aged thirty, wants to board with •' a kind, comfortable, individual — pleasantly situated in the country." Then come her attractions. Ite is ed, hClllflty, a proficient on the pianoforte, and gives no troubl OPENING OR TIIF LIVERPOOL \h.CIIA!IC'S IN- STITUTION.—This splendid edifice, which has been erected by voluntary subscription, was opened on Friday night. During the week four sections ofthe British Association held their meetings within its walls, preparatory to which every exertion was made, at tio sacrifice ot money (I lie workmen having been kept employed until miouight (or Hie last three months), to get ihe institution ready. The spacious theatre,'capable of accomodating upwards of 1/200 persons wiih seat room, was crowded to excess be- fore eight o'clock,nuinerousindividuals being unable to obtain a seat throughout the evening. The ptp- sident and most of ihe distinguished individuals of the British Association, aud a grcai number ol ladks, al tended.

AGLUCULTUKE, COUMtiRC^ j AND LONDON MARKETS. j LONDON CORN EXCHANGE- j S. S. » I AT'ERIUR RED WHEAT.. 51 N FI J '.VLIITE J M <1-JI;TIAC 5II A .">9 BOILERS J| > FEE- IN A 0.1 BEANS, SMALL BIT' II R LUTE R'1 X E!) TICKS 8 "J KINR (ILL A 02 HARROW 9' SUPERFINE F'-L A I'-LI OATS, FEEIL ALANIAII LLARLEY 31 H ;J.L FINE "'<& 'I INLI NE ZJ A .'ILL POTANIL 11 1 IT; :« :IL KN.E „0»»L JLALT A.L RT FT;; — A — FINE PEAS,LL.>E 'A A JT:F RAN >1 A|>!E A '■>) POLL-RII.T;NT-.• PH ICE OF HOPS l LONDO:"i, PER CW'f'¡J Sew Pnckels. £ £ B ,s. TI.I.SL KENT 4 IFT A J LA FARNLIANI — CON' MI.I. 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Unitarian slieeii'-<iillo 2 H LEO„ SA SRIEEP'S TIILLO 2 2 |0 SE.-OVIA ILITTO 2 T Stivia 2 0 9 C.II-IIL I« ILITTO 2 F S|> ULLSLL L IINLI'S WOOL I '■ 'J C GERMAN AND SPANISH NIFO 2 0 )H L\> 1111 GAI 'HER|.V.|;U 19 AUSTRALIAN, TINT-CRNS-II-IL NALIVI: SIII-RP'S I Van Dii'iu m's L mil tlitlu 1 q l!l BRITISH 1 TRICES OF METALS, c. COPUET — BI II. CAKES, TON 99 ? 1 TILE, RIE SS « SHEETS, CR HI T' "LIT BOTTOMS 0 « » S. AMERICAN («1> LI/S WTJ BIL.. TO 11. 6 —" IRON BRITISH, PIG, NO. 1 6 9 <1 B r-t. 10 10 0 TO F T5 DO. CARGO IN WALES 9 ? BOLT? 1011 IN NAIL HODS.. INN HOOPS TON I' U Sheets, single ion 13 0 (Otheisin propoition.) Foreign— Swedes, en bil ton 1.1 0 I I FOR ISIEEL, IVAR MT<) I DALY 30.4." TON £ 16 0 0 10 .'I5 0 { PER TON \LLUSSIAROM TON L-'L PSI TON 14 C C N D TUN I1' I" LEAD, BRITISH PIGS TUN 2IJ RT SHEET TON VI I" SNOT ION 21 RED ION 'J'-L WHILE (DRY) 30 «> DA. (ITI IN NIL) to,, :120 2.10 FOREUN—SPANISH (TL> 40S PER ION) IK! TON 20 1 4 5 Burs. eWl 4' (I PLATES, COMMON I 10 LO 0 TO I TOLIEST.PER •> X 1 "» 0 TO 2 2 BOX. [IXX 2 2 0 TO 2 # WASIERS of the :IL>OVE MKS 3S ITSS, ALL OTHEIS 6S IES"' Olhm ilt pr: LOCAL J'JA RKETS. -a- CAKDIKF. T IN F'<* WLTEAL LFISIB 23X. 0DTN?5S. OD. VEAL J> liarli y If»?. (M. If! 0<l. Limb, per lt> 14! Oats. 3* <M. -'VS. Gtf. Uuttcr 1^' (.TI Href, per Hi. (>». f><i. "s. 7'- Salt do i*.itk. Os. 5<1. Us. (M. I)i»<'ks,pr coupled 0*' MUMOII 6<I 7<1. .ilez MKIUHYR. FINE FLOUR 5 UTI 0 0 BEEF, PERLB. () FI LIES! SECONDS 4 9 « FT MUTTON • 7 BNTTTU ,1'RE.SII, PER LB '> 11 « 0 VEAL.— A L) DITTO, SALT 0 0 0 (I L'ORK,PER LB. *1 G FOWLS, PER UONPIE 2 0 2 I> LAINB.PCRLB ..$ DUCKS, DITTO. 3 TI 4 0 CHEESE '» I 8 p r hundred i> OtoO (I Bacon per score..7 NEWBHlOGE. NEWDltlDGE. Wednesday, Sept. 27lh. 1337. Ren Wheat (Imperial bushel) 7 White, ditto S 0 to 9 B.jrlev 3 6 TW 4 Maliin-r ditto 0 OTOO Feed Oats 2 9 to 3 Covcr Seed 0 0 W Beef from 51 to74 | CN-itm Chet'-E lid T" MINION (i I to 7IL STIEEPI mi Ik ditto 'I«,T L.a:N!» 7 TI> "D F.estt Bulter .12D|0 'TI VI a 4.1 T O 0 Salt .-itto I Oil '» | ;O K —'1 'TI OTI L,I RD 7DL" M:\TH. LA L<* SALTING PIT'S. 4^1 FRESH BUTTER ITIL 1'OTATUES, PER CWL W | CASK. DO. Wheat S 0 to 9 JJ Itarley 0 to 4 Oats 12 0 to I COWHRIDGE. $9 Wheat (W. bu.) 7J. « 1. 8-< 0.1. | Mutton (perlb.)0» "<'• DoWuich bushel 'is. Oil. 0s. d Veal Hs Oil. US" Barley Os. 0,1. F'S. FUL. Pork Ms. — 0J Outs .I. 3d ?.S. 9i. Lainb Q*. 0J. "*• .9,| ('lover, pei lb.. — O L — Oil Fresh butter.. O.H 0.1. 1* JJ(| T.eioii, ditto.. — OD — nd. Eggs (per doz) S. Oil. BEEF US. 5^1. OS 6T*. J SWA NS EA. fill WHEAL 8S. I OATS 2S. | BARLEY 3S. 6 I. I BRANS MONMOUTH. WHEAT F,3S. N.L. | BEANS —«• BARLEY 30S. (I L'EASE «»• Oats —S. II,I. I TR EL) EG A It. TWF 0 0 S.! I.A nib 0 GID 0 L\ Mutton 0 7d 0 3d Pork 0 !»D 0 Veal 0 1.1 0 5d Flour 10s. to I Is. I">P* Hay £ 8 8s. to .f8 165. Fresh butter li Id. per lb.— Salt ditto, Od. to Is- Potatoes lis. per sack. AHEUGAVUNNY. VVti-at £ 2 5 I | liarlrv -CL 9 „ OATS — 0 0 Beans o 0 L'ease « 0 O 1 (Ml Ht'>TOW. Wheat 5FIS. 7 L I Oats 231, Hurley 34s. 8J. | Beans B R Et'OM. Wheat IMP BN. 7- fid to SS N Beef (per lb.) Narlev.. 4s. 3d. -Is. 6 1.1 Mutton OATS. 3S. TILL. IN. LID. VEAL *D- MALT 42S. 0.1. — T. 0,1. PORK PEASE FIS. O T. _u_ CRICKHOWEL. II' WHEAT 7<- IFD. | VETCHES Barley 4S. 6,1. J Pease 5*' TC Oats 3s. 0,L.| Butter, perlb I"'1 10 CAR.MARTHKN. Wheat,per bu ill. 7 0 !■ 7 0 C ,sk Batter, per lb. Barley .4 U -1 0 Fresh, ditto, 21 oZ- •••• ,T ;ats 1 9 2 0 j Clieesr, ditto BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE.. s. d. s. d. s. d. >■ Wheat, Red. 51 O to 5li O Rye — o to — White 08 o to O Beans, New — O to Barley,Grinilinn'2-1 o to 2G N (ML.. :6 o to 4L< ■Maltinif 3 O tn 34 o Pens, White 4« o to 42 Oats, Feed 19 o to 21 N Malt £ >I o to l'otatoe 24 0 to 2(> o | Flour, Fine 4'J O to 50o Seconds 42 o to 41 A Thirds 31 o to 35 o Pllllard,pertoll .110 0 t91211 9 Bran HI O to 10o A PRICE OF LEATHER AT URISTOL. d. d. d. CRAP HIDES, PERLB. LLTOKI.^ DORSE BUTTS.. X TO I'.NVIPI 4I,IES IN LL.J CALL SKINS, BEST I'J 21 L; IN FORVI^N MID. 11^ 13.^ CAL- SKINS, COMMON.. 13 HE TV. DIITO 12 13 IRISH STILLS I? ;LL-H BUTTS 14 1> )\eisli ik,ns 12 F, .-i,-n Units 13 £ IS Kips, EimlishSiWelsh 13 '5' 13 Foreign Rips, Peter* Common ditto 12 13 burgh, 13 16 Shaved ditto. if; IF,e;ri Kil), F-a,t SHOE HIDES II |2 INDIA II "> COMMON DITTO II 12 SMALL SEAL SKINS 18 2« WELSH HIDES II 12 MID.ILIET; UIITO 14 15 BEST BULL DITTO II 12 L,:IR<?E DITTO 12 II BASILS. 18 13 IURSE D (ENGLISH).. I A 12 OFFAL. .VEUH DITTO 10 11 FOREICN BELLIES 5 German,)i" I] ,:q Sholllders. !j JO Spanish ditto 14 IS Dressin-r Hide,Bellie- 8 8 Shaved dn. without Shouldtfm.. W MOON' AGtr FIRST QUARTER, OCT. 7, at 7 in the Morning. Printed and Published by JOHN GRAINGF., Print^r>; of H is;h-street, Merthyr Tytlvil, in the. County Glamorgan, at the Ollice, High-street, Merthyr Tydvi'V where Orders, Advertisements, Communications, &c- are requested to be addressed. -Also, published at Hrecon, by JOIl" WILLIAM MORGAN, High-street. inferior, in the Chapelry of St. Mary, within the Parish of St. John's, in the County of Brecon. Saturday, September 30, 1837.

POSTEY. e ODE TO A GOOSE, Written after dinner on the 29'/J Sept. the Fe(,,st (f Michael. BY HORACE—SMITH.) 0 Bird most rare although thou art Uncommon common on a common, What man or woman Can in one single term impart A prefer name for thee — An anci>>n' Roman Would am ver—' A user. Suro I am, that no man, Kno.ving thy variou; attributes, wodd choose To call thee Goose No, Goose thou art no Goose. Well stuffed with sage And titillating things, both dead and living, For ever art thou giving Solar" to mall in hiVs brief pilgrimage. Jove s eagle wielding the avenging thunder, Is but a foiio hawk, a bird of plunder. ]\1 i IIPl'va' owl, I' ,)-t h i I f.) ,v I She.nninu; th:> light. should ne'er have been preferr'd "r.) rank ¿i3 Wisdom's bird. — A> for tlip voting and .;lat, swan, A ;)tti,h er i-; till "ro irig it:4 praises. [ ala no writer to the Cvgnet—so, Avoiding further periphrases. For thee alone, 0 Goos^ my verse shall flow. Bird of Apollo worthy to pluck grass On the Parnassian mountain, Beside the classic fountain Of Hijjpocrjne, what Muse with thee can class, To whose inspiring wing we owe All that the poets past have writ; From whose ungathered wines shall flow All our whole store of future wit ? Well may'st thou strut. Proud of thy pens uncut, Which shall cut jokes. In after times, for unborn^folk;;— Well mav'st thou plume thvself upon thy pluniage-ali Is erudite and intellectual. Each v. ing a cvciopætiia. fraught With genius multiform, a world of thought! All I when thou put'st thy licall Beneath that wing to bed, In future libraries thou tak'st a nap. And dream'st of Paternoster Row, mavhap What are they dreaming of, that they forget (The publishing and scribbling set) To apotheosise thee. Goose As the tenth Muse ?

RO TTIT: EOlTOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. SiR, NYe liave in a former lett T called your at- tention to the practical safety of the Davy Lamp; and are now induced, by an insinuation c ist out in llip last paragraph of .Messrs. Bursill s letter to the Editor of the Mining Journal, against the safety of the Davy' Lamp, to throw out a tew hints iu de- 1 nee of that lamp, which has had an universal adoption The paragraph thus reads. 1 tie lamp of Messrs. Upton and Roberts bas, like the Davy La 1 pt qualities sui generis, which it is highly dan- gerous to tamper with. We would like to know what those qualities are, and whether thev be peculiar to this lamp, or whether they have, as an immediate cause, ever been known to operate \o the production ot acci- r, 0 r u dent. We have had uianv opportunities of testing the safety of the lamp of Sir Humphry, and ot test- ing it to the utmost too, "ithout that lamp ever failing. We have used it iu air «;o inflammable, that in a short time the gauze has been red hot by the (lame or fire within, and so intense was the hea< ot the circumambient atmosphere, that one could scarcely bear it any length of time; and vet that lamp did not fail. This was not for a momentary trial, but rather an hourly one. The above did not happen once in our history, but often nor did we ina^e trial of one lamp well-selected, hut with m • 11 y, and they promiscuously taken of many scores ill daily use. Those lamps had with us a regular inter- change, i. e. as one was healed as ahove described, we then sent it out lo cool, and introduced another in its stead. Observe, this was not done iu arti- ficial gas made for experiment, hut it was done among inflammable gas extending over many yards of square area. Ifcis ii-iie our condition was not sine omni perieulo, but polius cum I)i(ili,7.tit I periculo Yet it afforded us All opportunity of testing the lamp, as, perhaps, another has not ^yet been teste. We grant, all this while, the lamp was in air almost in a quiescent state, exeep! the necessary motion produced by the transition of the lamp through the air. Here we suppose the lamp would have exerted its peculiar aud admirable influence, to counteract or neutralize the power of ignition in the surround- ing air, until the materials would have yielded to for roding influence of the internal flame. Thus, we pronounce the lamp <1 safe one, when used cau- tiously, and such caution every lamp will require. Perhaps those gentlemen, who so fearlessly put down the Davy as an unsafe lanti),ttiiy not be disposed to deny the above premises, or the conclusion drawn therefrom; yet are ready to assert, that under other circumstances the lamp would be unsafe, i.e. in any powerful concussion of the air, or when passing in au air course. That there are such emotions occa- sionally produced, and that the lalllp has sometimes to pass ill a strong current, we will not deny but that any accident has ever been known to arise from the lamp failing in those conditions, we sup- pose remains to be proved; and, therefore, the danger is rather probable than possible. Those emotions that are produced in the air in a milll" have very little influence generally on the flame of a lamp, and in a very strong current we have pased with the Davy without any harm Generally, in currents of air, there is litile of the hydrogen felt for, to produce such a current as would be in danger Or t)lowilig I ike ftlitie of tli,- lititil) the ;.ratize &c., there must be a larae proportion of atmospheric air passing iu and through the mine; and ilit-ii the hydrogen generated in the mine wi'! lie more safely diluted, and carried off.—There is a very simple contrivance used in the North by the miners, as a safeguard in currents of air, i. e. a small piece ot tin made to fit the "side of the gauze externally, and fastened to two of the pillars. This shelters the lamp on one side, and when kept clean, reflects a better light oil the other. We do not wish to check improvement, or to prevent the introduction of a heifer liiiiii) but we would not like to give up that lamp, which has already been so tested, and has proved so safe, that we think no accident yet can be said to have happened since its introduction, that the lamp was ill fault. Those accidents have either arisen out of the want of a lnrnp, or from some thoughtless men un-erewing it, when and where they ought not to have so doue, or from some accident happening to the laitip itself. In all attempts to improve this lamp, lIIenshollltl remember these three qualities are indispensab e viz I)oy-ttibilit.it, simplicitv of' con- struction and operation, and a capability to afford a brilliant light tn the miner. Should it want the above, or auy one of them, it will in the same1 propor- tion prodnee danger. It is not for the sake of contro- very that we have takPII up the subject again, but only lo check any doubt or trepidation that may be produced in the minds of men or masters, by SlIch like hints as that which gave rise 10 this letter. Front the use of the lamp we have derived much benefit; and, therefore, won'd t culpable, if we were to bear if spoken of as unsafe, and be silent. If, Sir, this letter be worthy a place iu your columns, you will greatly oblige me by its insertion. 1 am, &c., U. THOMPSON. Taff Vale Iron AVorks, S'p. 25ih, 1837.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT LIVERPOOL. -Q- (Collclurled frolll the A thellællm ) pi 'he Geological and Geographical Section, on Wednesday, Dr. W. H Crook made some observa- tions I'll the unity of the Coal Deposits of England. The object of this communication was to show that die poal fields of F.ngland ami Wales were not dis- ti'ift basins, but that the supposed basins were only portions, which had been detached and elevated by lilC (\PJlCV of siPlli:ic and trap rock" of a much larger deposit, spread over the greater par' of the districts now covered by the new red sandstone. Of the vegetable origin of coil there is now no doubt ihe only question unsettled is, did the plants supplying tji'ow on the spots where it is found, or were they transported ? Or Crook inclined to ihe latter op'ni;ill> and conceives that this view may be extended ''ie c"»l of Belgium, of the north ot Francp, and the north-west of Germany the car- boniferous bed sot those countries having originated, 11 his opinion, in a d'ift of vegetable snbst tnces from countries lying to ihe east or LS E. ot them; and he al-o thought, that the extent and richness ol the English coal-fields, especially in the midland counties, arose in n considerable degree, from the impediments offered tn tiip transit of the drifted matter by the slate and other ancient formations of Wales and Cuinbei land. lie that the Chain wood Forest rocks had elevated the coal-field iie:ii- it, and a similar elevation had taken place at Nuneaton. v Mr G reenoii jh considered Ihe idea ol Dr Crook as very that the deepest of our coal basins has been found lo be ill South Wales. — Mr Young, from Nova Scotia, stated, that large deposits of cod had been found in that country. Mr Sedgwick requested the attention ol the meet- ing to an account, which he was about to submit, of the late unfortunate accident at the Workington Collieries. He pointed out, 011 tbe geological map, Ihe rocks which occur ill that neighbourhood, and stated seme of 1 he phenomena ot the stratifieat i- 11 of Il1e coal measures, which are there very much disturbed. There is an anticlinal line, on the oppo- site side of which the strata dip differently, so that, in one place, vei-3, important beds of coal crup out under the sea. Workings, quite submarine, have accordingly nee" carried 011 for so rue rime: ia the Isabella pit, a depth of la5 fathoms ullder high water has been readied. A'culpable want of caution ha been shown by the managers of late, as they have caused the workings to reach too near the sea—even within fourteen fathoms of it iiiti the pillars and roof uf the older works bad been taken away, by which the danger was greatly increased. There had been repeated warnings from the shrinking of the ground, and from an old work having become filled with water;—also iu the new workings — although the pumping brought iip 1,000 gallons per minote, the miners were in such danger of being drow ned, that several left the employment. III Iilc Liller PIHI of Julv, the sea at length broke in, filling the mine in all its pacts, in little more than two hours, and destroying twenty miles ot railway. On one side of the Camperdown dyke, which ranges through the mine, not a soul was saved, but several escaped from other parts and one individual, all Irishmall, cal- led Brennagh, had not only ii i-iii;irka I)l e escape himself, but saved three others by his intrepidity. Professor Sedgwick related to the Section this man's story, which was so singular, and told with such a mixture of the seriou" afld ludicrou.oftell in the language of the man himself—-that it is impossible 10 convey to the reader all idea ot the effect pro- duced on the audience. A remarkable (act in the escape of one of the individuals rescued by Bren- nag-Ii was, that he was aclnally blowlL tip the last open shaft of the ulÍue by the enormous force of the air.the noise of which wus heard at a considerable distance in the country. The first notice to Bren. uagh of the accident, was an unusual undulation ot airin the gal>ries, \i,1J made him suspect that all was not right, and he took the precaution of moving near to au air—passage in the dyke, which lie had been permitted to use: he vas thus enabled to save himself and his companions. At the suggestion of the Professor, a subscript ion was made in the Sec- tion for Brennagh. which amounted lo In Section G—Mechanical Science—Mr Must.et made some observations 011 Railway Iron, founded 011 experiments carried on tor forty years. He ex- pressed himself much surprised, that hitherto, in contracts for iron fur railway purposes, fibre and hardness were not stipulated for, but were left to the chapter of accidents. Both these qualities might be attained by lii, the principal clra- racteristic of which consisted in doing away with the refining process now ill general practice, and the preventing the severe dec 11 bonizatiou to which theitonwasat present exposed. Several specimens I of iron, of extremely fine fibre and hardness, were laid before the Section, and afterwards removed to the Model Room. The great object of his process was to obviate I ho evil of lamination. Oil some railroads thev had been obliged 10 lay the iron t«0 or three limes but he had little doubt, that it would soon lie possible lo obtain a solid rail without any exfoliation. Mr C oltain mentioned, that he had known n piece of iron six inches thick, ;;ii(i cotisii(.II)IV be quite straightened bv blows, but, at the same time, to he greatly weakened; and that he attri- buted this to some of i,s constituent crystals being driven 'into it, by the force of the blows, like so many wedges, thereby weakening the strength of the it-oil. This year the B1 i'i~!l Association has lost one of its most aeii > e members by the death ot Professor Ritchie, which look p^aee at Musselburgh a tew davs ago. We must also notice with regret the early death 0f 1)r R!|s' of ihe London University, well known to the public as a disfnguished philolo- gist aud oriental scholar, and to a large circle of private friends a* a most amiable man.