The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

^Foreign JEntcUfscncr. (Continued from our first page.) SPAIN, — THE MAURIAGF. OF THE QUEEN. — We {Timesof Thursday,) have received by extraordinary ex- press ¡dettcr from our Paris correspondent, from whieh we male the following extract" Paris, Tuesday Night, Sept. 1, ten o'clock.- Intelligence has reached Paris from Madrid jf an official and highly important. character. It is decidtd that her Majesty Queen Isabella shall marry her Majesty's cousin. the Duke de Cadiz (eldest son of Don Francisco de Paula) and that the Duke de Mont- pensier, youngest son of King Louis rhilippe, shall marry her Majesty's sister, the Infanta Maria Louisa Fernanla. It is further settled that the Duke and Duches* of Montpensier shall leave Spain immediately after tie marriage, and pass some time in France." GAIICIA.—AUGUST 24.—The accounts from Galicia arc far from satisfactory. In some districts the peasants will no; listen to any species of corvee, andalargebody armed with scythes and other weapons had refused to submit. We learn from Tarnow that on the 16th the peasants of Wolga, near Dembetza, to the number of 200, excited by a Jewish emissary, assailed the chateau of that place, and pillaged if. The owner of the chateau escaped with great difficulty. On the receipt ot this news, a detachment of cavalry left Dembetza, and dis- persed the band, tuning 26 prisoners. The principal leader, however, escaped. The event has caused so much alarm among the gentry that they all left their country houses and sought refuge in the towns. Tarnow is full of refugees. The reports which are in circulation, that disturbances had tr;ke;i place in the circle of Lem- berg, ue without foundation." TAHITI.—Captain Baker, of the ship Desdemona, arrived at New Bedford on the 20th August, and reports that he left at that place, on the 25th February, Her Majesty's war steamer Salamander, one French war steamer, and three corvettes. The troubles between the natives andtheFrenchremaincd in an unsettled state. The natives had retired to the mountains and were still in arms, and embraced every opportunity to annoy the outposts of the French. They had made a descent on their deserted town and reduced it to ashes. At Bota- bolo, which island the French had taken a short time previous, there had been a battle between the French and natives, in which the French were beaten and com- pelled to retire from the island. The French frigate Uranie had taken Husheina, and were fortifying the place. The natives, however, remained unsubdued, and the white population were compelled to seek refuge on board the frigate. A Mr. Harris, formerly of Nantucket (United States), who was acting as pilot to the French, has been killed. — Montreal Times. A NATURAL MISTAKE. — Punch lately gave what he called an "Unpublished Anecdote of the Duke of Wel- lington," in which, quizzing the Duke's style of letter- writing, he made him say to a poor fellow in danger of drowning in the Serpentine, and having called lustily for relief—" Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington is not a servant of the Humane Society, nor a member of the metropolitan police, and cannot therefore assist the gen- tleman in the water." The Parisian newspapers take this quiz in "sober seriousness; and gravely translate it as a matter of fact! THE LATE EARTHQUAKES IN ITAI.Y.—The Semaphore de Marseilles of the 26th ult. publishes the following letter, dated Leghorn, August 15:—" We have just re- ceived the most distressing accounts of the disasters occasioned by the last earthquake in the hilly districts of Pisa and Volterra. Entire villages have been destroyed, and the inhabitants are now cncanped in the fields. The Government has prohibited the traffic on the rail- roads. Large fissures opened in the ground, and on one point swallowed up several oxen. In the plain of Cesina, between Leghorn and Campiglia, most of the houses have fallen down. We are without news from the pro- vince of Siena. It is a remarkable fact that the districts which suffered most are entirely covered with sub-alpine marl. The workmen employed in the interior of the mines situate at the distance of a n-ile from Campiglia felt no shock, whilst those who were labouring above ground were so terrified, that fearing the building under which they were working would gbe way, they fled into the country." FoiiEiGN SUGAR.—Late accounts have been received from Havannah, by way of New York. The stock of sugar remaining in Havannah ar.d Matanzas, the 1st of August, was about 50,000 boxeF. The total quantity of sugar produced in the island of Cuba during the present season was expected to reach about" 700,000 boxes, of which 590,000 boxes had beer already shipped, which, with the stock on hand, left & balance of 60,000 boxes still to reach the shipping ports. Prices were very firm. Two Liverpool vessels had a-rived to load for England, in anticipation of the change in duties. The latest ac- counts that had been received from this country were to the 4th of July, by way of America but as Lord John Russell had not then developed his intentions in regard to foreign sugars, the opjrations were based upon the faith of their being favourable to the admiossion of those produced from slave labour. According to the "Augsburg Gazette," the Emperor of Russia has at length consented to arrange the differ- ence between Austria and Sardinia. The same journal states that the Greek government has submitted a bill to the Chamber declaring that two thirds of the surplus of receipts over expenditure, during the years 1845-46, shall be employed in payment of interests and sinking fund of the debt due to England and Russia.

THE ANTI CORN LAW LEAGUE. The reproductive leaven which pervades a successful combination is once more rising; the spirit of organised 'conspiracy is invoked anew, and the unsatisfied cravings of democratic movement seek again to rouse the Corn Law League to action, refreshed by a temporary slumber, and cheered by the memory of a recent triumph. Under the new title of a Registration league, an attempt, it is said, will be made to revive the elements of the old asso- ciation, to recommission the hungry agents of political disaffection, and to consummate the threat of suborning the constituencies by distributing amongst them a fresh in- stalment of the quarter-million fund. It has suddenly been discovered that the fabricated votes of the old League are in imminent danger that British agriculture will recover lost ground at the next general election; I and that the Country party will eventually regain its ancient position in the councils of a great nation. But coincident with this sudden alarm and this nascent soli- citude in another series of occurrences, not wholly ino- perative nor entirely to be overlooked. The army of or- ganised agents, the band of itinerant lecturers, the distributers of tracts, the manufacturers of pamphlets, and the endless friends, the connexions, the dependents of these, have just received dismissal and been awarded pecuniary compensation. Their occupation is gone, their rewards are at an end, their accounts are closed it is high time, then, for them to commence a new score. The mere hireling agitator cannot cool down disturbance is the breath of his nostrils, and a grievance the source of his daily bread. Success has consecrated the character of his antecedent employment, and hope will cheer the prospects of his approaching labours. A summer sun smiled on the incessant toil of propagating fallacies or multiplyi"? sophisms, and he relies on the advancing autumn for ripening the fruits of ministerial terror and senseless concession. If his invocation fails, if the spirit of the old League yet slumbers in the temporary enjoyment of accom- plished expectations and satisfied ambition, we are told how, by another device, the legion of agitators shall be provided for. If a voluntary resuscitation of the League be impossible at present, a Government commission shall issue, a centralised board for controlling the registration of voters shall be established at the expense of a few cool thousands a year, and thus suggestion of Mr. George Wilson shall be adopted by a Whig Government in order to find places and occupation for the unemployed and disconsolate Leaguers. All local associations for ensuring an honest registration of voters, we are told, must be instantly abandoned j the whole principle of local self-government ought and must be transferred to a supreme central metropolitan board, invested with un- limited power, and we presume directed also by super- human intelligence. Local associations, it is said, are exposed to local influence; but we may be permitted tenderly to inquire to what safe and constitutional influ- ence will a central commission be obnoxious A metropolitan board, as some persons wish us to believe, would have no failings or frailties such as marred the new Poor Law Commission. The Registration board, would of course, always thwart the Home Secretary, despise the Government of the day, and contemn the influence of the Crown or the Minister. A central association, we are told, would have vast facilities for detecting frauds,, checking personation, and removing fabricated or fictitous votes' but we are something at a loss to discover how the local knowledge of land and houses, or the necessary ac- quaintance with the person and circumstances of indi- viduals, is to be acquired, preserved, transmitted from one commissioner to another, or practically applied to the necessities of registration.—Morning Herald.

WE'LL TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION NEXT SES- SI0N." The manning of the navy, representation of the colonies, poor law commission, drainage, and some twenty or thirty measnres, are all to be taken into con- sideration next session," but not a word has been said about the repeal of the income-tax, which was so indig- nantly denounced by the members of the present govern- ment'and their press, nor of the malt-tax, which latter proposition was carried in a Whig Parliament, but re- scinded on the motion of the late Earl Spencer. A 'CUTE FELLOW.—An inquisitive Yankee, seeing a labourer digging on a retired spot, inquired what he was digging for. "Money," was the reply. The fact was of course "duly heralded to the curious in such matters, and the money-digger was visited by three or four credulous fellows, when the following dialogue ensued .—Visitors— We are told that you are digging for money." Labourer » Well, I aint digging for anything else, and if you're wise you had better take hold also." Visitors-" Have you any luckl Labourer—" First-rate luck. It pays well." No sooner said than done the four fellows, thanking the generous delver for giving them an invita- tion to share in the golden harvest, off coats and went to work in good earnest, throwing out many loads of earth, till at length getting very tired, the following colloquy took place:—Visitors—" When did you get any money lastl" Labourer—" Saturday night." Visitors «< How muchl" Labourer—" Four dollars and a half." Visitors—" That's rather small business." Labourer—" It's pretty well: 6s. a day is the regular price for digging cellars all over town." The visiting loafers dropped spades and vanished, quite put out with the man who dug money at the rate of 6s, a day.

Grncrnl fHiffccIIaiti?. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset are expected at Beaufort House in the course of this week from Cowes, Isle of Wight. The aggregate of pledged Teetotallers in the United Kingdom" is about 1,000,000; of whom, it is computed 30,000 belong to the Methodist Church. — Wesley mi. "Assistant," like "shopman," having become common and low, a Lincolnshire establishment has dubbed its young men "coadjutors!" De Sevigne calls the science of medicine "pompous nonsense; specious babblingwords instead of reasons; and promises instead of results." A cast-iron bridge fell at Limerick last week, while nearly fifty persons were upon it. They all escaped unhurt. Lord John Russell has declined to make public the number of stamps issued to each newspaper. The other woman stabbed by the infuriated man at Leeds has since died. There is not a single French merchant ship which measures 7nO tons. The lead ore miners of Alston Moor, Allendale, and Weardale, have engaged the services of an oculist, at the rate of 6d. per man per annum. The number of soldiers in receipt of pensions is above 50,000. The in-door pensioners of Chelsea Hospital are about 500. The Bank of England has reduced the rate of interest on bills not having more than three months to run, to 3 per cent., from :3;' per cent. EI.OPKMEST. —Last week two young ladies, one from Penrith, and the other from Clifton, eloped to Gretna with two nnvifs,—labourers employed on the railway. POTATO SUBSTITUTE.—A Swiss journal states that the bulb of the dahlia, when dressed like potatoes, affords an excellent arlicle of food. Incendiary fires still continue to spread widely in France. It is said that a great number of matches and two or three hundred fulminating halls have been found concealed under a heap of stones in a village of the de- partment de I'Yonne. A policeman was dismissed from the Birmingham force last week, because he refused to go down a lane which was on his beat, where he said he had seen his uncle's ghost. THE IMPORT DUTY ON CORN is now at the maximum figure—viz., 10s. per quarter. At Southampton, on Saturday, a shopkeeper was fined Eighty Pounds for having 200lbs of gunpowder on his premises more than the law permits. The informer is the landlord of the premises, who will receive half the penalty. CUCUMBERS FROM RUSSIA.—Among the novelties in the list of importations now taking place, may be men- tioned the arrival of some parcels of cucumbers from Russia, which has just taken place in a vessel named the Victory, arrived from St. Petersburg oU' the St. Kathe- rine's Wharf. Mr. W. Cole, formerly an attorney at London, died in Norfolk Castle, last week, in his i)0th year. He was committed to prison for debt in January, 1830, and re- mained there till the time of his death, never having been out of the walls of the prison for sixteen years and eight months. IMPORTANT.—The Freeman's Journal states that the Pope and the College of Cardinals have unanimously denounced the "Godless Colleges Act," that is, the new public establishments for the academical education of the upper and middle classes in Ireland. The new iron-works in Fifeshire have proved most successful, each furnace producing 30 to 32 tons per day, of excellent quality. The district abounds with minerals, so that a great benefit is thus secured to the working population of that place.—Edinburgh paper. Two officers of the Belgian Customs, stationed at Rouvrois-sur-Cethain, seized, in the night of the 13th, a cart containing, in two cases, 250 pistols with daggers made to dart out by a secret spring, the value of which is estimated at 1500 francs. They were manufactured at Liege,and destined for Paris. The driver was, or at least pretended to be, ignorant of the nature of his load. TENBY.—A person of the name of Richard Williams, went into a barber's shop in this town, on Wednesday week, for the purpose of being shaved the shaker being engaged, he asked for a razor, and being furnished with that instrument, he immediately drew it across his throat: luckily some person present observed it, and struck it out of his hand, but it is feared he will not recover from this rash act. SUICIDE.—On Saturday Col. C. W. Thornton, of the East India service, who was in custody on the charge of uttering forged notes, committed suicide by hanging himself in the Marylebone police-station. Joseph Henry, who, as is generally known, was con- victed, on Thursday week, of having attempted to kill the King of the French, on the 29th July last., has been sen- tenced to hard labour at the hulks for life. The convict, on hearing the sentence, struck his forehead with every mark of despair, exclaiming, Why dishonour me—I who have never injured any one!" Several new colonial promotions and appointments are announced. Lord Eldon to be Governor-General of Canada Sir C. E. Grey, late Governor of Barbadoes, to succeed Lord Elgin in Jamaica Colonel Reid, from Bermuda, to replace Sir C. E. Grey; Captain Elliott, to succeed Colonel Reid. Great credit is claimed for Ministers in respect of these appointments, on the ground that all the parties, with the exception of the last, aie nominees of the late Ministers. Last spring, the wife of a cottager living at Bow-street, near Aberystwith, whilst planting some potatoes in a field, dropped her wedding ring, and not succeeding in recovering it after the most diligent search, she gave it up as irrecoverably lost. Last week while digging up some potatoes in the same field, she picked up one of middling size, and perceived something yellow encircling a nipple-shaped protuberance on the esculent. Upon further examination, this yellow circle turned out to be no other than her lost wedding ring, which the protube. ranee on the potatoe by growing through it had preserved. The joy of the poor woman is unbounded. The loss of her wedding ring had preyed upon her spirits as fore. boding some great calamity; and now it is found, both herself and all the rustics within ten miles around, believe that there is something preternatural connected with the romance of the ring.— Welshman. ITINERANT AUCTIONEERS.—Until the 15th of the 8th and 9th of Victoria came into operation, an act which was passed at the time the auction duties were repealed, itinerant hawkers selling by Dutch auction were con- sidered to be exempt from the payment for an auctioneer's license. The fourth section, however, of that act brings these men within its provisions. On Friday last, befote Charles Harman, Esq., the mayor of High Wycornbe, a young man of this description, William Cooke, was charged by Mr. James Devereux, supervisor of Excise for that district, with not producing an auctioneer's license, when required to do so, at the time he was exercising his calling, or depositing JCIO according to the 8th section of the Act of Parliament. The prisoner acted as an auctioneer, by offering, in this instance, six locks for sale in the public market, for which he at first asked 2s" and gradually reduced the price to Is., at which they were sold. Neither producing a license nor depositing the sum of JE10 required, he was given into custody. The mayor stated that the offence was clearly proved but, as "he might have acted from ignorance, he should mitigate the punishment to which he had rendered him- self liable—the extreme penalty is one month a imprison- ment—to fourteen days' imprisonment. RURAL FETE AT OSBORNE-HousE,On Saturday after- noon, her Majesty gave an entertainment in the true old spirit of English hospitality, to all the labourers and workmen, with their wives and families, on the estate of Osborne.—A large tent was erected in the park, in front of the house, ornamented with flags, and the band of the 74th regiment played. At 3 o'clock, 270 persons sat down to a good substantial dinner, and after having well enjoyed themselves, amusements in all vanetieswere carried on till half-past 7 o'clock. The music played merrily to the dancing, and country dances succeeded each other ra- pidly. A match was played at cricket, for which her Majesty gave a prize, boys and men ran in sacks, and prizes were also awarded for running matches, hurdle. races, quoits, Catch the man with the bell, and other sports which afforded equal enjoyment to those who took part in them, and to those who were spectators. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the juvenile members of the Royal family were present throughout, and seemed thoroughly to enter into the games and to enjoy the power of affording so much innocent satisfaction to so many of their dependants. Her Majesty gave the fete to celebrate the birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. A DAY TICKET.—A romantic younglady, residing not a hundred miles from Bourn, contrived a few days ago, with the assistance of a little absence .of mind, to make more of these railway indulgences, and to enjoy a greater amount of locomotion in one day's fare, than commonly falls to any one's lot. With no luggage—(hear this, ladies!) and little more cash than was just needful for "the day-ticket," our heroine left Peterborough, and, in due time, arrived in London, where ices, and something quite new from Madame T—'s, in Regent-street, contri- buted to exhaust the small resources of her purse: but "the day-ticket" is all right—"I shall get comfortably to Peterborough to a late tea." The train leaves Euston- square, and our heroine, charmed with the day, composes herself with a novel and a first-class carriage for Peter- borough.—On they go, and night arrives the train, too, arrives at a station. Is this Peterborough1?" "This is Rugby, Ma'am." Alas,'twas too true! the virtuous hero of the novel was about to commit suicide when the train divided at Wolverton, and our heroine was at Rugby! Here, from the state of her exchequer, she was obliged to repose on the sofa of the "ladies' waiting-room" till the morning. With promises from the guard that she should really be conveyed to Peterborough forthwith, and that the "day-ticket" should, owing to the mistake, still be the passport, our heroine starts once more and now, in the place of a novel hero, she meets with a most agreeable gentleman fellow-traveller—a real hero—who soon be- comes more interesting than even the martyr at Wolverton the preceding day. Conversation progresses—so does the train till, during a pause caused perhaps by the intro- duction of some vulgar porter's head into the carriage, the lady fears they must be near Peterborough by this time." "Peterborough, my dear madam'. I am afraid you have made a mistake," said her companion; and, in the fullness of his topographical information, he tells her that she is at Watford! only some eighteen or twenty miles from London again. Such was verily the case, and serious misgivings arose as to the remaining and oft-tried virtues of "the day-ticketbut it still held good, and, with one more effort, Peterborough is at last reached in safety, and our heroine lives to tell the tale,—Stamford Mercury, RAHA AVIS.—A fine specimen of the hoopoe—a bird very rare in England, although it is believed they have been known to breed here—was shot at Southwold, in Suffolk, in the early part of the last month (August), and is now in the posession of an inhabitant of that town. The late Sir Charles Wctherell died intestate. Search for a will has been made without, success at the residences of the deceased, in Berkeley-square, Stone-building, Lincoln'8-inn, and Old House, Sussex. The personal funded property is estimated at upwards of £200,000, priucipatly investcrl in Venezuelan, Chili, rllld other foreign stock; and there being no surviving children, one half of the same will be Lady Wetherell's share. The remainder will be equally divided among the brothers and sisters of the deceased. The lande,1 amI other pro- perty is valuable, and goes to the heir-at-law, the llev. R. Wetherell. It consists of the mansion in Berkeley- square, a leasehold investment, purchased for several thousand pounds, from the Earl of Abergavenny, the residence anrf. chambers in Stone-buildings, wljere RC entertained the Kingof Hanover on two occasions during his last visit to this country, and lands in Sussex, Surrey, Kent, the litter about 15UO acres. For many years Sir Charles took a warm interest in agricultural matters; but on the passing of the Corn Law Repeal Hill, he expressed considerable fears as to its probable effects on the lauded interests, and determined upon selling the farms which he possessed but his fears after a short time subsided, and he resolved not only on retaining them, but on pur- chasing others: and it was while in the act of carryiug^ut such intention, that he met with the accident which, in such a short time afterwards terminated fatally. The property in Sussex is situate near East Grimstead, and in Surrey near Chertsey.—Morning Paper.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. lg§|" A11 COMMUNICATIONS and ADVERTISEMENTS intended for this JOURNAL should h" forurarded early in the Week—not latertltall THURVDA lr. OuRREAPErts AND SUBSCRIBERS.—We should feel obliged to sucli of our friends and readers as will send us information of matters of local and general interest— meetings and incidents occurring in their respective neighbourhoods. The obligation would be enhanced by the information being authenticated by the name and address of the correspondent. WE inadvertently omitted in our last number to thank an unknown correspondent for transmitting to us a copy of the Report made to Government by the Commissioner appointed to enquire into the state of the Mining Dis- tricts generally of the kingdom. He will see that in addition to the copious extracts made by us last week we have again drawn largely from the source which he so considerately placed within our reach and for which act. of kindness we now tender him our best acknowledgements. At the same time we beg to ex- press a hope that we may again be similarly favoured at some future time, as information of a local nature, wr the means of obtaining it, is at ail times most accept- able.

THE CARDIFF Wit MERTilYlt SMRMAY. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER CO 1846. I- MONSTER ENGINES.—We learn that three of the Taff Vale Railway Company's new locomotive engines, viz.: — the "Severn," "Avon," and "Newbridge." were tested last week as to their tractive power and speed on the Taff Vale Railway. The experiments were conducted by Mr. Edward Highton, the company's late engineer, and Mr. Craig, their late locomotive superintendent. We are unable, as yet, to give the results of these experi- ments, but we understand that they were most satisfac- tory, and proved the engines to be of extraordinary power. We ourselves observed two of those engines, each dragging after them more than three hundred tons up steep ascending gradients at a very considerable velocity ( and we understand that on some parts of the line the ( same engines conveyed that load over up-hill ground at more than twenty miles an hour. It must he remembered j that the whole of the line from Cariiff to Merlhvr, a distance of twenty-four miles, is composed of ascending 6 gradients, without a single yard of level ground upon it. ( The exact amouut of load the engines would draw upon ( a level line, it is almost impossible to say. The engines, ( we believe, are of the class known by the name of < "Stephenson's six-wheeled coupled engines;" but we understand that other improvements have been added by £ Mr; Highton, which have tended to increase their power j very considerably. From the inquires we have made we are led to believe that each engine is capable of drawing along a level line the enormous weight of ONE THOUSAND TONS IN A SINGLE TRAIN! Surely, such machines as these must tend most powerfully to develope the resources of a district so rich in mineral produce as that in the 1 immediate vicinity of the Taff Vale Railway. } AT a meeting of the Street Commissioners of this town held oil Monday last, at the Town-hall—C. C. Williams, | Esq., in the Chair—it was unanimously resolved that j r public lights should be forthwith placed from Bute-street Bridge to the end of the Docks. In addition to the { great public conveniences which these lights will be the means of atl'ording, we have to report that fourteen lights C have been placed near the Basin at the Docks by Lord Bute. They were fixed there under the personal super- I intendence of Mr. Edge. I CRICKET. We are given to understand a match of Cricket will take place on the Cardiff Cricket ground on Wednesday next, between eleven gentlemen amateurs and eleven of the Cardiff Club. From the interest it is ( exciting among our fellow townsmen, the ground is likely to be well attended by the admirers of this manly game. | AT the Hereford Assizes, on the 17th August, 1736, a j cause was tried as to the power of the Bailiffs of Cardiff to make Burgusses, which was very strenuously argued by counsel on both sides. The jury, however, without j retiring, gave a verdict in favour of the Bailiffs. j TUB WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have been I favoured with a week of most delightful weather, which, < we understand, the farmers in this and the adjoining c counties have availed themselves of, in order to complete ] the gathering of the harvest. The crops (generally j speaking), we are happy to learn, have not been inju- < riously affected by the recent heavy rains; and the hopes ( of the farmer are proportionately high. In our fourth s page will be found the Farmers' Magazine's "General ] Agricultural Report for August," which at this season must prove peculiarly interesting to our readers. I CARDIFF SAVINGS BANK. —August 22, 1S4G.-Deposi- tors, 35; received, £65 IOs. Gd.; paid, JE64 14s. 6d.- 1 Wv. perceive by the Gazette that Captain John Tobin, J 11th Regiment, has quitted that regiment, and retired 011 half pay unattached. We also notice that Major-Gen. J. W. Tobin has been appointed Colonel Commandant of the R.A., vice Lord Bloomfield, deceaseds IN our fourth page will be found the continuation and < conclusion of our extracts from the Report of the Commissioner employed by Government to enquire into the condition of the population of the Mining ] districts. Our last number contained his remarks on the state of Merthyr Tydfil, Dowlais, Aberdare, Monmouth- shire and Breconshire; in the present number we give his views of men and things in the central and southern portions of Glamorganshire. THE Earl of Jersey and Lord Villiers, M.P., have been staying for the last week on a visit to H. J. Gratit, Esq., at the Gnoll, Neath, and have been much engaged in inspecting the Britonferry estates in that neighbourhood, and in accurately examining the line of the Neath and Merthyr Railway, io which their lordships have taken the most lively interest. Both of the Bristol Gas Companies have further re- duced their price to 6s. per thousand cubic feet, with a discount upon large quantities. We direct the attention of our subscribers to the fol- lowing paragraph, which we borrow from the Live/pool Mercury: COUNTRY SUBSCRIBERS.— We have to thank a number of our distant friends for availing themselves of Post-office orders, as a cheap and safe mode of trans- mitting their accounts; and at the same time would direct the attention of such of our friends as have not availed themselves of this easy mode of accommodation to the circumstance." THE LATE GENERAL NOTT.—Lord John RUlsell, we understand, has given one of the best livings in his gift to a son of the late General Nott. The gallant officer did not live long enough himself to enjoy the fruits of his distinguished services. Acts of this kind go a great way to strengthen a government in the feelings of a people so accustomed to the abuse of patronage as to be really grateful for its honest distribution. OCTOBER ALE.—A very fine strong ale is customarily brewed in the October of one year for drinking the same month the year following. It is prepared by making the wort stronger than usual, and drawing this off for one or more barrels; after which a weaker wort is made from the same malt, and used for table-beer. To those who wish to brew this strong October ale, in perfection, and without the necessity of making a weaker quality a^et"" wards, we recommend a trial of the Concentrated Malt and Hop Extract, which easily dissolves in boiling water, and will make a wort of any required strength. By this means nothing is wasted, and it is both easy and econo- mical to make all strong ale. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES PREVENTION.—The bill ^u^°" rises any town council or other similar body na\ing jurisdiction in a corporate town, drainage commissioners, or poor-law guardians, on receipt of two medical men s certificate vouching the existence of any public nuisance, to lodge a complaint with two justices of the peace. 1 he justices, on being satisfied of the validity of such complaint, are required to make an order for the cleansing, white- washing, or purifying of any dwelling-house or other building, or for the removal of the nuisance complained of in the certificate. If this order is disobeyed, the com- plaining parties are to have the power of entering upon the premises and of themselves carrying these remedial measures into effect. The expenses so incurred may be recovered summarily from the owners of the property in question. The president of the council or any three members of that board (of whom the Lord President or one of the Secretaries of State is to be one) are empowered to issue orders at any time to prevent the spreading of contagious or epidemic diseases in England. All penalties leviable under this act are to be applied towards the relief of the poor. All orders made by the Privy Council are periodically to be laid before Parliament. Provision is made for the payment out of the poor-rates of such expenses as are not defrayed by the owners of the pro- perty complained against, GOOD NEWS FOR THE TEETOTALLERS.—We have been given to understand, that the celebrated Fathef Matthew," the Great Temperance Apostle, intend9 visiting this town early in the Autumn. He is, it seen19, a descendant of the Llandaff Family: and is anxious to visit the place where the dust of his ancestors rep«>sfS' His visit is looked forward to with feelings of inteuSe satisfaction. ELIHU BUKRITT.—This celebrated personage, who is known as The Learned Blacksmith," the great advo- cate of Peace and Temperance, will, it is said, visit gentleman residing near this town in a few day". DISEASED POTATOES.—English cholera is very pre. valent amongst the infantile; population of the easter" parts of the metropolis, in proportion of nearly ten to one of its attacks upon adults. Several medical rnen attribute the augmentation of this disease to eatinS diseased potatoes, which, in many well-ascertained case* produces diarrhoea and vomiting, with many other sever6 symptoms. EDUCATION IN WALES.—111 another column will be found a most interesting communication 011 the subjecl of Education in Wales, to which we beg to call the par' ticular attention of our readers generally. ACCIDENTS IN COLLIERIES In this day's impress'00 will be found, addressed to the Editor, a letter from .\fr. Evan Emanuel, of Dowlais, in which he discloses sorlie novel and useful views relative to a mechanical invention, by which accidents in mines may be prevented. ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCOTTISH MUSIC AND SON«;^J Mr. Wilson, 'he highly popular vocalist, gave his entertainment on Wednesdav evening in the The# Crockherbtown. As on the occasion of his visit to tn' place last year, the boxes were crowded with all the ra»K' fashion, and beauty of the town and neighbourhood; in the attendance of the pit and gallery, there marked falling off. His success was, as we anticipate it would be, most decided,—the whole audience /r^ quently giving utterance to their expressions of j and admiration at the alternations of pathos and colll0f humour, so freely displayed by him in his the national music of our northern neighbours, I which presented to the minds of the audience and amusing notions of the habits, customs, and quall,lJ opinions of the old Scottish minstrels. It has been that of the national poetry and music of Scotland tn songs which mark the enthusiastic attachment of t I. people to the cause of the gallant Prince Charlie, the most beautiful and heart-stirring; and of those 1 Wilson introduced a few, which may be considered fine specimens, and which elicited general applause. 'I this evening he began with Robert Burns's compliment:tr,¡ song to his Bonnie Jean—" Of a' the Airts the Wllld can blaw,"—which he-sang with exquisite pathos a" feeling, and then followed the spirited and favou Jacobite song-" Ower the Water to Charlie,"—^ was loudly applauded. Then followed in success ie "Thou hast left me ever, Jamie,"—"Saw ye ,I coming1 quo' she," In yonder happy Cottfo (a German ballad, introduced for the sake of varie'J{ "She is mine," (a German song)—"John Anders my jo," —and 0 whistle and I'll come to ye, my which the audience wished to have repeated, but fir: Wilson sang another instead. This concluded the part. After an interval of ten minutes, the second p commenced with The Soldier's Dream," (the 1' by Thomas Campbell) which was followed by yi Tammie." Then came in succession The flower\,1 the Forest,"—" My Tocher 's the Jewel,"—"The ^a^af o' Cockpen,"—" Annie Lawrie,"—" Gang up aIlt |j4 the door, John," (a very humorous song) and lastly ej bagpipe song of "Allister M'Allister," which ehclt JP bursts of laughter and applause, and an encore, pe taking leave, Mr. Wilson thanked the audience ill and graceful terms for the attention which they had o1 jt and said he hoped to have the pleasure of singing ,jtn next year,—an announcement which was hailed "tl,rJ evident nraiks of satisfaction. We had almost forgot to notice Mr. Lamb's judicious accompaniment 011 lis piano-forte, which was mentioned most favourably to by many highly competent observers. I ich, IN reference to the remains of a human skeleton g)1 we stated in our last number, had been discovered .-j old hedge at the back of Bute-street, near Saint )lar'øl Church, we have to stattf further, that on Friday we e to the spot, and saw the place in which the bones e' found. On each side of the head's rpsting-place a he Jell stake had been driven, the points of which w'erefi!(eJ sharpened, and which (stakes) had evidently been fl[1, there in order to keep the body in a certain P°sl t ii» One of the arm-bones bore marks of having bee" c^ce, three places, and broken by a severe cut in a fourth P It has been surmised that the individual, whose mOu "it/1 ing remains were thus so singularly discovered, afifl a violent death by foul means,—that the cuts on thebody bone were received in self-defence, and that the ^(§ was interred in the hedge in order to conceal the P* All this, however, is mere conjecture. to CAERPHILLY.—Information having been forward j gt P.C. Price, the intelligent and active officer stati £ ° .jS|i this place, that a mare had been stolen from Bichney, on Monday night, the 24th August, he j,, inquiries, and received such information as sooii$t linced him that one answering to the description grgot1 !iad been sold at Caerphilly fair on Tuesday, to a P cil1g residing near Pontypool. Having succeeded io olJfor' her to that place, and proving her identity to the U tbe tunate purchaser, she was immediately restored to 3wner. yt, THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.-The Small passed on Friday, has just been printed, contai01"1^ sii provisions and four schedules. It may be regarded Experiment in litigation for sums not exceeding £ ,|.t»i'1 will be put in f >rce in a few places at first, to its practical operation. It would seem that the tie y. will not affect the Palace Court, which possesses a J ^et diction to £ 20, as it is not considered one of to Majesty's superior courts of record but with reg tIT" the superior courts, persons bringing actions passing of the Act (August 28), "for which a ^thi# might have been entered in any court holden act," are to be liable, under certain circumstances,^ t" payment of costs. The primary object of the act eet to prevent the denial of justice which existed in reS|\3 claims under £20, as in innumerable cases the co otber ceeded the debt, and insolvency resulted: atl(Vt|ie cases debtors escaped with impunity because of ft1 penses of the proposed remedy. By the 58th setc, jurisdiction of the Cotfnty Court is to extend to (,ptil\ damage" of not more than £ 20, with the e* (among others) of actions for malicious prosecutio ft slander, criminal conversation, seduction, or br promise of marriage but false imprisonment am are not excluded and by another provision the to an action, their wives, and all other persons, examined. By the 78th section all forms of Pr";tti'j^ to be used in the County Courts under this act, general rules for regulating the practice and Pr0^e siiPe9 of the same, are to be framed by the judges of 1 fale rior courts of common law at Westmiuster. -As will take some time to frame, and notice must of the intention of the Government to enforce 1 a particular county, a month or two must ne elapse before it can he put into operation. It l1^ by the 129th clause, that if any action (other 1 ^i"^ specified) shall be commenced in any cause f»r plaint. might have been entered in any court un 3911 t act, and a verdict be found for the plaintiff ^jTJ less than £ 20, if the said action be founded on c ,9ii)' or less than £ 5, if it be founded on tort, the shall have judgment to recover the same onl)' [gi^y costs, and if a verdict shall not be found for the the defendant be entitled to his costs as between ^fl|| • and client, unless in either case the judge who the cause shall ceitify ou the back of the record t, J action was fit to be brought in such superior COllrtJ øtd I' fees to be charged are specified in a schedule, a» a very limited character. THE NINTH LANCERS.—Major General SIr coloøjJI Smith, Bart., has written a letter to Lieutenant Fullerton, commanding Her Majesty s Dth L^ reference to the vile, calumnious, and w'c^e<f|ai,l'|li' put in circulation by certain newspapers in k[lj' the effect that that regiment did not do their du <v|)' field at the memorable battle of Sabraon;" pi assertion the gallant officer indignantly c°I1j^ko'e With reference to his own division and the iH*1 j he says— J ,t1; Mv division was ordered to the assault of entrenchments—no field for cavalry—difficult A". infantry —and I directed Brigadier Campbell to i lie was, to support my division and General GilDe we were beaten back., an event I did not anticipate^ f0 p#" provided for it. After the vie tor j-I ascertained l"' t was this brigade [the 9th Laucers] for the assault been moved forward, and had lost some men and enemy's cannon this I regretted, but could n°^1 j upon so laudable a desire to participate in the of victory, Had I made use of this brigade in t" J entrenchments it would have been madness; pj with veteran confidence and the knowledge of a Bn 5 yy experience acquires, that never did our coun'r?e'r '|!i for gallantry iu its soldiers, posess a regiment ^et I with every noble feeling of the brave, from its 0 privates of the brigade of Brigadier Campbell, of Lancers formed a conspicuous portion or never I1* Sovereign of our realm possess a regiment of y1 JJ. efficient in physical strength, or better animated A her Majesty's 9th Lancers, We have great pleasure in calling the atte^ readers to the foregoing extract, inasmuch » g(i> ^|i' the gallant regiment referred to was f°rW:e^0^ in this town, commanded by Captain Spottis$1 by his gentlemanly and soldier-like conduct,^ ^pl respect and esteem of all classes. We have m jp in stating that he now holds a high situation t.

CARDIFF POLICE:M°* [Before R. Reece, F.S.A., Mayor, & ReV* ¡.Cl Wm. Jenkins, shipwright, who a fortnight ago r dflll1t>J in the penalty of eight shillings, including costs, fo II be r was this day brought up in custody, as it app«a j. lected to pay the fine. He was allowed a 0 did not do so; consequently. Superintendent ,eS him to be taken into custody, and the magis that he should be exhibited in the stocks o order to avoid this exposure, the offender paid y0U K J ROBBERY BV A SERVANT. Phill* » P p* ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. Phill* » P p* of decent appearance, was charged by her {(0& | Whiting, of Union-street, with having abstract in his house, on Sunday last, the sum of yk eight sovereigns, a half-sovereign, aud i 1^ J — —— — 1' » Within the last nine months many drunken convicted for drunkenness, and have been » si>'?!!f,^J pay but we believe very, very few have pai J and, Tn all probability,never intend doing 30; deal out even-handed justice," the Superin I must treat all those persons as be has, very I ( tay, treated Jenkins,—ED,