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|f\|" NEWPORT, SATURDAY, MAY 1 4, 1 842. topic of the week has been Mr. of pa,.p s ""bunted attempt to enforce the purity ^Ve 0rla5?len': selecting for condemnation some ^hoiu )S1X meml)ers °n both sides of the House, ln°tits" 16 fCcusc(l of being parties to arrange- ^als colnpromises," by which certain indi- ^eCti0n' C ^e.^ bribery and corruption before Cu,|seaii Committees, were permitted to escape the T}^ of their delinquencies. %ht°h t0P^Cs were the horrible facts brouglit ofby lbe commissioners, respecting the con- to^ mi ^ema^es an(l children employed in many tinttaj.- es °f the kingdom, and the proposed con- i n' ^°r five years, of the Poor Laws, with all t^hest features. ^°*eu t^lese subjects is theme enough for a to-i»e^ec^ons» none of which, we are sorry to °f ajj terniinate in any other feelings than those ent and indignation. ,llakin~arc? enacted by the House in ridiculing and -its h,.a ^est *ts own rottenness and corruption pra^* ~^aced ackuowledgment of the existence S>«"' °e of almost universal bribery and intimi- ^0l1 of an<^ sense^ess laughter at the very men- ^^Ptom01^U^t constituencies-exhibit that worst ^nse °f decaying Public morals, the absence of r,(*'cul0ll ° .s^lai)ie* When crime becomes purely ^Per c]a' U s00n become universal. The eleSfGS the-joke of the corruption ellc()Ura ectors, but it ought to be their duty to avoid t exarn^i14" not t0 exPected tbat the P°0r, t^e Ple °f self-negation will be set by the x^Pected tnee^' an(* the greedy nor can they be j Poleons" ref^ ,tbe bribes of the Parliamentary 1 Pouriri ,° ^nvade them with their armies of Jf the • un n°tes* *'l(lreform^th not set examP^e °f morality, t ^?e^ves» there is no hope of a national *88es. But tkng P^ace miracle among the lower ^e*ent, re *s a class that is looking on at silent } Hu.shed in grim repose," I "ut not indifferent spectators of the scene ^lectof1116311 the masses—the millions of non- ^onr] s* These gaze with ill-suppressed feelings, !¡ltici! aSsuming an angrier complexion, upon the dra ^ractlces .°^ their virtual" representatives, b ^reat* Conc^usi°ns which we are afraid to guess. ^ncin ,were the Reform Bills and Catholic ^0l" let f soul-inspiring words; ^tages Sp S0 unSrateful as to omit ten-pound l0.^8} u .Ue"P°un(^ suffrages, Grote boxes, ballot baoi!1^61^8^ suffraSe—wondrous projects to •' sto i°nesty ant^ P^nty on the earth, but now Hat U^' w^th others of a similar nature, in We ^lQnal petition," or the moon. 6 ballot: it will remedy, to a great II'll astounding and widely-spread range of qllit *bY t0 ji ut We must admit, that as hopeful would *\°od esh straw in the expectation of procuring an as to expect by Grote or ballot-box to 0t Out ofnest.nian out of a given number of knaves, a a given number of hollow pumpkins, to H'e take it, lies the difficulty. What are j.°hleS) Ca°?t morals ? All classes of Englishmen, tarv St-S' Pers°ns, army, navy, par- ir^l/l0^^ca^ ec°nomists, able editors," aris- tK* l)erfecti 0crats, shopocrats, democrats, are nearly n8s is th^ Persua^ed that the existing state of l ^t<5 e only natural and just one, and that the :^d -pual and labour are all properly regu- V,C°rdin».tIn^to utilitarian economy and the virtue- s °*ship 0f ?~^aithus in a word, selfishness, or the ^iety. rj,v^arrimon, is the sole code or principle of ti ^^ticed are thoroughly and from their souls right of pleasure is pleasant, and that it is tJ8 ,s thei ?ach t° obtain it wherever he can, and 1-Sreatf a°d creed The leaders of the J*,e) and ^arties upon this build, upon this legis- st '8o«Verejlact Poof Laws and Corn Laws, and R*elgth t* aws are in accordance with it, adding Poor j strong, riches to the rich, poverty to v heref0 .Weakness to the weak. *jj Untariiyre 111 aociety. where all voluntarily or in- siia masses—where the exercise of He ts that belong to men is constantly lj Ss is re fr°m them—where all the unhappi- J^Piijess ;ervet^ f°r them, and all (what is called) ^n^eCottles !/eserve<i f°r men of the other classes— of sP«i*e u lduty °f each teacher to cry aloud of °. to speak to men of sacrifice and not Vl'tue and moral improvement, of true lij^ aHd e^ucation, and not of material well- to line the worship of Mammon—" adding the1*16*1 .hor PrecePt to precept." It becomes ^OSJ^J have the public eax-, say we, to preach C}l of j °. duty. Too mueh do we hear in this W H stUr>i2 e .1 aSe' of rights without duties. ^t*S dr°nii Par|iamenteer or an able editor," but ti0 ^nt0 from his watch-tower what seems tjjJ1 of t0 Presetve t° each unit what por- 'i1 this S may have managed to scrape toge- j^orld for the satisfaction of his selfish its ^ho fi °nour» then, to the memory of Drum- r»llties a„ rst ^ared to tell us that property had E end F°°. UPON well-being (that is, money) t0 ^e* -All their economical schools Hg111' that^31 ^orn for happiness—enjoy- ^lls> and th° ^AS ^LE TO PURSUE it by all his df ^ever none has the right to oppose him. ^Uy • r man or ciass °f men, by the fatality Uie ^Sht, o t-l0n' are not in a situation to exercise Itj 'l1, K0v?Clet^ ^oes not trouble its head about are hulk of the population of this ls 51 for th this latter situation, of what use, we | °r erfl to know that Reformers have de- the inean de.c^ar<?> their rights, if they have ti0 5*ght 0f exercising them ? What signifies *iif u*e fn Uc.at*on> y°u have no schools and ^eedonaVa^ y°urselves of them '{ What sy- ?lCornmerce, if you have nothing to Credit? 0lhmg to trade with—neither capital If the masses are foroed to spend the entire day in monotonous labour, constrained to fight against hunger, what is your nominal amelioration to them but a bitter irony ? Therefore we say again that unless a repeal of the Corn Laws shall bring the means of living, that is, bread, to the masses, they will not cease agitating for a House of Commons which will acknowledge the sacred principle of duly, before all selfish, material, unchristian doctrines of right, according to utilitarian and Malthusian eco- nomy. At all events it will not come to good, that our Parliament, with infinite wrangle and jangle, go on year after year, cancelling each other as Whig and Tory, and for result, produce no grand and searching good or like the two Kilkenny cats, mutually devour each other, without leaving behind so much vestige as the top of a tail.

Two of the most disastrous and appalling events of mo- dern times, have just occurred, the conflagration of Ham- burgh, and the destruction of a train of Railway passen- gers between Paris and Versailles. The heart of huma- nity grows sick at the details which swell the papers. DESTRUCTION OF HAMBURG BY FIRE. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet Cale- donia, Captain Cheeseman, arrived yesterday afternoon, and brought the appalling intelligence that the greater part of the city of Hamburg, including all the principal public buildings, and all the chief streets of business, had been destroyed by a conflagration that broke out on Thursday morning at about two o'clock,and was raging with unabated fury at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The fire broke out in the Sreint-wiele, a streel not above eight feet in width, with high houses on each side, and as water could not immediately be procured, the canals being dry in conse- quence of a long prevalence of dry weather, the flames spread rapidly, and the whole of the narrow and crowded streets that form the heart of the city, were soon in a blaze. The great canal seems to have checked the progress of the conflagration on the one side, and the canal which runs along the side of the butchers' shambles appears to have arrested it on the other; but towards the north no impedi- ment intervened, and in the course of Friday all the streets around the Alster were laid in ashes. The following, from our own correspondent, is one of the few private letters that have been received from Ham- burg by the Caledonia, for, the Post-office having been de- stroyed, the usual mail could not be made up, nor had the letters received from London on Friday been delivered :— Hamburg, May 6, 1842. I have neither time nor spirits to address more than a few lines to you, merely to give an outline of the direst calamity that has ever befallen Hamburg. Yesterday mor- ning, at two o'clock, a fire broke out in a small house at the corner of the Deich strasse and Stein-twiete. Owing to the previous drought of nearly three weeks, the fire ex- tended rapidly, and in less than four hours (aided by strong and variable winds, which appeared almost to second the imbecile attempts made to extinguish it) the fire had ob- tained the complete mastery over the firemen. Nearly the whole of the Deich-strasse, the Rodings, and Hopfen markt; theBuhrstah.Bohnen-strasse. Muhlenbrucke,Berg Strasse, part of the Neuenwall,Grosse Bleichen, and Jungfernstieg, have fallen a prey to the devouring flames. The wretch- edness and misery of the lower classes are complete. Most of them have lost their all, and even of the few who were insured, it becomes very problematical if they will recover any thing, as they are chiefly insured in German companies, which there is every reason to fear are lotally ruined. The English companies will suffer heavily, but they enjoy the best confidence of the public. No estimate can as yet be made of the entire destruction of properly, but I should fear any estimate below two millions sterling would fall far short of the loss, and the fire is still raging on the Jung- fernsticnand near St. Jacob's church with almost unabated fury. The English post-house, the Senate-house, old and "fWe ^TC^Ln.,?eS'. B°rsen-'ia"e> and the magnificent church of St. Nicholas have all been destroyed, and great fears are even entertained for the chuich of St. Jacob. The city presents the appearance of a town sacked by the enemy. Furniture is to be seen in every direction, and the streets are filled with persons more or less interested directly in the calamity. 1 This moment Mr. Salymou Heine's house on the Jung- fernstieg and the Union Club have been blown up by gun- powder, and the chasm left gives us a faint hope that the rest of the new part of the city will be spared. God grant that the wind abate, and enable us to over- come the flames, for such another night as the last I do not wish my greatest enemy." "Six O'CLOCK.—Such a sight! Thirty-six hours with- out a change of dress—twenty four hours without food! God only knows when it will end; the Berg-strasse, Bleichen, &c., now in flames." "STILL LATER.—The neighbouring countries are pour- ing in aid the Danish and Hanoverian artillery are now e uployed in blowing up houses to prevent its spreading. God knows with what effect. I hear the estimated loss up to this moment may be taken at forty millions marcs banco." When the Caledonian was about to leave Cuxhaven, telegraphic despatches had been received from Hamburg to three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. At that time Sr. Jacob's church was on fire, and a gale was blowing from the north-west. Many of the poor people, who had been burnt out, had been ordered to leave the city, and some thousands of Danish and Hanoverian troops had marched in, to assist in arresting the conflagration by battering down houses with artillery, in order to prevent the further exten- sion of the calamity. The following letter appeared in the columns of the Standard yesterday evening Extract of a Private Letter from Hamburg. "It is almost impossible to describe by a few words the great misfortune which has visited our town. Yesterday morning, at one o'clock, a conflagration broke out in the lower end of the Deich-strasse, forced its way through the Rodings-market, consumed all the warehouses there, followed the Deich-strasse to the Hopfen,malket,consumed the St. Nicholas steeple and church, together with the whole of the Neue Bergh, Burstah, Nuenwall-street, Altewall- street, the old Exchange, the Senate-house, Johannis-street, Jungfernsteig, and Berg-strasse. While I write we know not where nor how it will end. The calamity is beyond any experience, and to have any idea as to loss on gooils, and buildings, and furniture, is quite impossible. No post-office has delivered any letters to-day for this rea- son, your merchants need not be alarmed in having no an- swers to their letters by the Countess of Lonsdale."

-——- r APPALLING RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT VERSAILLES. All Paris was thrown into agitation on Sunday night and Monday by the dreadful accident which took place on the Versailles Left Bank Railroad, which occasioned fromfony to fifty deaths, and three limes that number of people to be seriously wounded. The great watejs played at Versailles on Sunday, and consequently there was a great crowd of persons returning by the halfpast five train. There were seventeen or eighteen waggons, with two engines before and one behind. The velocity was excessive, when between Bellevue and Meudon, the axletree of the first machine broke, and stopping, the second ran over it, killing thesio- ker, and, breaking the first machine in pieces, split its fire on the ground. Instantly six or seven waggons were bio- ken in pieces, and the rest running over the live fire of the broken engines, burst into flames. It is the custom on the Left Bank Railroad for the doors of the waggons to be closed,without any possibility of opening them,except by keys in the hands of the conductors. No conductors were forthcoming, and thus the inmates of three of the waggons were burned. The impossibility of identifying the calcined remains adds to the horror and uncertainty of .the catas- trophe. The next train which was coming up, was stopped and the passengers getting out, hastened to the scene, and beheld a pyramid of cars, whilst men with poles and hooks were labouring to rescue the burning bodies. There was no possibility of getting water in any abundance on the height. When the fact became known, it was necessary to occupy the railroad station in Paris with troops, to keep off the crowd. The remains of the bodies were transferred thither, whilst the wounded were brought to the Palace at Meudon, and to the adjoining houses. A great many names are men- tioned of persons who have suffered, but it would be cruel to mention them without certainty as to the fact. M. GuizoT went to Versailles by the half-past five train the accident happened to that returning. A deputy and his wife are amongst those badly burned. It is M. Gaujat and his wife. Two students of the Poly- technic School perished. The commissary of police is dead of his wounds. Amongst the cinders under the wag- gons were found several ornaments, which are likely to make known the sufferers. Five waggons, containing each forty persons, were destroyed. This makes the loss in killed and wounded amount to two hundred persons. I We learn that forty-seven bodies were found. Three of the wounded have since died. An infantry officer and a student of the normal school are amongst the dead. Georges, an Englishengineer,Amville, Bontemps,Tixierand Dupiu, amongst those employed on the engines, are killed. M. Rebel, a lawyer, was amongst the burned. The shock was dreadful; the waggons were smashed in pieces, and a great number of persons were killed and wounded. This misfortune was aggravated by a still more frighlfnl circumstance. The fire of the first engine fell on the road, that of the second was soon added to it, and the coke, carried in the tenders, added fresh food to the fire. The first five carriages arriving over the furnace, were in- stantly ignited, and were almost entirely consumed with awful rapidity. The Nlltiolllll says, "One of our friends, who has just arrived from Sevres, states, that at eleven o'clock on Mon- day evening the adjoint of the Mayor of Sevres had ascer- tained 62 deaths. There were 16 wounded conveyed to the Chateau of Meudon, of whom two are since dead. There are several killed and wounded in the neighbouring houses. A considerable number of carriages are em- ployed to convey the wounded to Paris, and we ourselvi-s saw several brought by the steam boat Couriur. In i'ie course of the morning a number of fragments of hurn.to i orec were collected on the spot together with several wafches and pisces of money. The conflagration com* menced a little before six o'clock, and was not extin- guished until eleven. One of the rails was broken to the extent of four or five yards. Some frightful cases are men- tioned. The chief engineer, an Englishman, named George, having rushed into the fire to open the doors of the wag- gons, was himself suffocated. At Sevres, Meudon, and Bellevue, persons are to be seen in a state of distraction running and searching amongst the ashes to endeavour to discover their friends. Among the dead is the celebrated circumnavigator, Ad- miral Dumont D'Urville. He was seen ascending the third waggon at the station of Versailles, with his wife and son, by a servant of the house in which he resided at Paris, who having seated himself outside, was thrown off by the w°C|k w'len the accident occurred, and broke his leg. Willi Admiral D'Urville was an officer of the navy, who, not finding room in the vehicle occupied by his friend, placed himself in the fifth carriage, and was fortunate enough to escape with only one arm fractured. Since then all the researches made by his mother-in-law, and by order of the Minister of Marine, have been fruitless, and to-day, at noon, no accounts had been received at the Admiral's house of any of the party, Many persons of distinction escaped this calamity by being a moment too late, or by finding the train full. The King s son, the Duke de Montpensier, came by it a short distance from Versailles, and then got out. M. Chambol- les (a Deputy and Editor-in-chief of the Siecle), was on the point of entering with his three sons, when a friend offered him seats in his carriage, which he accepted. Mr. Henry Bulwer arrived at the station before the train started but could not obtain a place.

NEWPORT DOCKS.—In consequence of a para- graph which appeared in the Merthyr Guardian of last week, erroneously and absurdly stating that the above works had been suspended, the secretary, Mr. Cairns, wrote to the editor of the above paper, who. in reply, expresses his regret that the false report crept into his colnmns,—I hat it had probably arisen from one of the sub-contractors having gone to Ireland. The edi- tor, however, declines to give up his authority for the report. We are hapjpy to say that no cessation has taken place in the works, and that the great undertaking is now progressing with accelerated energy, in every department. To CORRESPONDENTS.—Testimonial Controversy again.—~We received a letter a short time before going to press, from a person who calls himself curiously enough" A Lover of Peace," but who is in reality a reviver of strife. This per- son in an exceedingly insolent tone, desires us to state publicly who Aristarchns" is, all other literary combatants in the late controversy, being, as he states known. We as contemptuously refuse to comply with this request, as it has been impertinently made/and despise the mean-hearted writer, who blunders out his suspicion that we were retained to write the letters signed Aristarclius Believing this fellow to be a snake in the grass, some crawling creature that "To be hated, neels but to be seen," and who may do injury, if not detected. We hereby announce that his letter (the handwriting of which appears to be an attempt at disguise), lies for inspection at our office. CRICKET.—We regret to learn that at present there appears but little prospect that the county club will be continued. We are unaware of the causes which have pro- duced this result, but we have heard it attributed in palt, to the unfavourable description of ground on which the club has held its meetings. The ground here is admitted to be very far Sll- perior, and were it more central, would, we doubt not, be in every respect suitable as the rendezvous for the county club. We know that it is the feeling of many of the members of the Newport club that the county club should not be abandoned, and that should the influential members of the latter be disposed to make Newport the place of meeting, and amalgamate 'he two, there would be every disposition on the part of the former to meet their views. When the noble game of cricket is likely to be more than ever fashionable and patronised (His Royal Highness Prince Albert having, as announced in the Sun some day last week, become the patron of one of the Sussex clubs), we should be sorry to see Monmouthshire abandoning rather than encouraging it. At the Police Court, on Thursday last, a man named Elias Francis was charged with highway robbery, and remanded till Monday next for further examination. When apprehended he had in his possession a pair of brass engine bearings, weighing about 281bs..The brass may be seen by applying to Mr. E. Hopkins, Superintendent, Newport.—Ano- ther fellow, who gives his name John Watkins, and states that he is from Tredegar, is in custody for having in his possession half of a brass bearing belonging to an engine. The property is in the possession of Mr. Hopkins. ROBBERY AT THE SUMMER HOUSE.—On Friday last, the old woman, who lives at the Summer House, near Pen-y-land farm, had occasion to be absent from about eleven o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon. During her absence the house was broken into by some depredators, who carried away all the clothes the poor old woman was possessed of. DRUIDS' SOCIETY.—On Saturday last, a very in- teresting meeting took place at the house of Mr. John Williams, ihe Stag's Head Inn, Cefn, parish of Bassaleg. On this occa- sion a deputation from the Abersychao Lodge attended, and opened with the usual interesting ceremonials of a Druid's vi A sumptuous and well-served dinner, very creditable to ivlr. Williams hostelry, was served up, and good things in abundance tempted the taste of the woithy brethren. Mr. Tho- mas Howells, Jun., N.A., was called to the chair, and Mr. F. Rollings, V.A., acted as vice, supported by Mr. David Corn. field. P.A., Mr. Turner, and other respectable persons. Alter justice was done to the feast, the cloth removed, and solemn grace said, Mr. HoJrlls delivered a capital speech in the ver- nacular of his mountain land; and Mr. D. Cornfield delivered an address replete with so much ability and happy allusion that we regret being unable to give it at length. G. F. Davies, the Cambrian Orpheus, delighted all hearers by the perform- ance of Welsh melodies, on his harp, and the social glass was toasted to the permanent duration and success of the Cefn Druids' Club." RISCA FAIR.—The fair at this place, which in- creases every year in importance, will be held on Tuesday next, being Whit-Tuesday. DREADFUL ANW FATAL OCCURRENCE.—On Tues- day last, a little girl, about eight years of age, daughter of Richard Jones, carpenter, of Trostrey, near Usk, being left to take care of the house for a short time during the absence of her parents, unfortunately went to the fire to remove a saucepan, when her clothes became ignited, and she was in a few minutes enveloped in flames. Before assistance arrived the poor child was so dreadfully injured all to leave no hopes of her recovery. She lingered in great pain for eight hours, when death put a period to her sufferings. FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR THE FLEURDE LIS.—On Saturday last, a person named Rowby, who was employed as a watchman, to look after coal, was riding on the water box on a tram which was loaded with coal at the time. Owing to some mismanagement the loaded tram came in contact with an empty one, when the unfortunate man was thrown off by the con- cussion, and falling on the road, the loaded tram, weighing upwards of 3J tons, passed over his leg, body, and head, crnsh- ing and fracturing each in a dreadful manner. The injuries inflicted were so extensive that death shortly put a period to the pains of the sufferer. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Thursday morning as Mr. Smith, mason, of Ragland, was engaged in pulling down a wall belonging to Mr. Lewis, builder, the structure gave way for a considerable extent, and falling on Mr. Smith, buried him under 'he ruins. Assistance was immediately procured, and after some time, Mr. Smith being disengaged from the rubbish, was found to be severely injured in the head and bod^ Mr. Shepard, surgeon, of Usk, being sent for was soon in attendance under whose care Mr. S. is likely to recover. ABERGAVENNY.—The anniversary of the Wcs- e^a*/r^'ss'onaty Meeting was held in the Wesleyan Chapel, on Monday evening last, ihe Rev. W. Baker, superintendent D E„CI,rcil!t,1 'n l^e c'la'r* t he meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Riley, of Brecon, Rev. H.J. Bunn, (Independent) Abergavenny, and the Rev. W. Griffiihs, of Gloucester, who attended as the deputation from the Parent Socieiv. The cause of christian missions was ably advocated, but in consequence of circumstances over which the superintendent had no control Ihe meeting was less numerously attended than usual, and as a matter of course the collection did not amount to that which it generally does on similar occasions. The deputation in a very masteily manner exhibited the means by which missionary societies can be efficiently supported and maintainedthe only way sanctioned by the new testament-the Voluntary Principle and scouted the idea that a people were to be taxed for the support of Christianity. That Book from which we all derive our common Christianity, no where sanctions the idea that an erroneous filith is to be suppressed, nor the true faith, as de- clared in the sacred volume supported otherwise than by the sentiment expressed in the language of one of old.—" Lord, what wilt thou have me 10 do 1" The annual meetings of the Wesleyan Missionary Society will take place at Monmouth on Wednesday next; at Chepstow on Thursday and at Abbey on Friday at 6 o'clock each evening. The Rev. E. A. Farrar, of Bristol, and the Rev. W. Griffith, of Gloster, will attend as a deputation. PHONOGRAPHY.—On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last, Mr. Joseph Pittman, of Bath, deliveted two very interesting and gratuitous lectures at the New Hall, Monmouth, on the above novel system of short-hand writing, which was invented by his brother, Mr. Isaac Pittman. The audiences, though not large, were very respectable, and appeared to be warmly interested in the subject of the lectures. On the first evening the lecturer explained the principles of his science, and on the second occasion he practically illustrated it bv nu. merous examples. The lectures embraced—the importance of a short-hand system—an exposition of the fallacies of the old systems—the reasons why stenography has not come into gene- ral use—and the advantages resulting from a knowledge of phonography, or writing by sound. This is the distinctive fea- ture of the science, and the characters employed are much fewer, and, as stated by the lecturer, more simple than all others. Without giving a distinct opinion on the subject, we must say that the arguments of Mr. Pittman appeared very plau- sible. We understand that the lecturer had twenty pupils after his second lecture. ACCIDENT. -On Sunday last, at Chepstow, two youths, named Luff and Taytor, were entrusted to take charge of a horse and phaeton, belonging to Mr. Thomas, draper, uf Chepstow, for the purpose of removing them from Tidenham, Gloucestershire, to the premises of the owner. On descending the steep hill eading to the town, the horse, said to be a per- fectly quiet animal, from some unknown cause, became unma- nageable, and ran away, at its greatest speed, towards Chep. stow. On turning the corner, near the bridge, one youth, LIltf, was thrown out, with great foice, against the wall of Elm Villa. 1 aylor continued in the carriage, endeavouring to stop the horse unt.) it reached the bridge, against the i;on railings of which it came with such force, as to break six bars, about an inch square each. 1 he concussion was so great that the youth was thrown several feet into the air, and entirely over the biidge, falling near y 20 feet from the parapet into the mud below. Fortunately the tide was low at the time, or the probability is, from the state of fright in which the youth was, he would have been drowned. Considering the terrible nature of the accident, it is surprising that both escaped with slight bruises, and consi- derably more frightened than hurt. The horse fared much worse, having broken his leg, and received other severe injuries it was killed immediately. The carriage was smashed tu pieces. > On Monday last the ffrsfc gfene of a Chapel of Ease for Lantil io Cressenny parish, was laid at Lanvair, near | to the site of a very ancient chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, and formerly belonging to the Abbey of Dore, in Herefordshire. The Rev. John George performed the ceremony, in the pre- sence of the Rev. Wm. Crawley, Rufal Dean, the Rev. T. Williams, of Lanvapley, the Revs. F. Steel, D.George,— Smith, G. D. Miller, and several other gentlemen, many ladies, and a great number of the parishioners, both old and young. The service commenced with the 100th Psalm, sung by the Lantilio choir, and in which a great portion of the congregaiion joined, after which the Rev. David Davies, curate of the parish, read some very appropriate prayers, when the 84th Psalm fol- lowed, being sung. The minister then read the lesson, from I Chron., xxix, I to 21, and finished wiih further prayers adapted for the occasion. The ceremony was finished by the congregation singing the Doxology. The following is a copy of the inscription :— Deo. Opt. Max., Quod felix faustumque sit, Uev. Johannes George, Rector de Grosmont Primumhuguscapellcp Et nunc de integro oediflcand Lapldem locat Ad Sept. Non Mai.. A.D. MDCCCXLII. Guilieim. Williams, Yicario, David Davies, Curatofe, Thoma Wyatt, Archil., C. Laurence et lac. Warr ^Edif. ihis chapel will be of great use, as the neighbourhood is at present without any church accommodaiion and the committee of management have decided that all the sittings shall be free. The funds for building the chapel are raised by voluntary sub- scription. BLAENAVON IRON AND COAL COMPANY.—At a meeting of the proprietors of the above company, held on the 220d ult., at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, a report was read, which stated that a reduction had been made in the expenditure, by which a saving exceeding £1000, per annum had been effected. The number of horses had also been less- ened by upwards of fifty, and a considerable reduction in the keep of the remainder, to the extent of £ 15 per horse per ann., had been made. The make of the furnaces had been very regular, amounting to 19,638 tons; only four furnaces are at present in blast. The result of the trading and manufacture of the past year, ending Christmas, 1841, shows a gross profit at the works of £7505. 10s. 3d. Against this amount must be set the charge of interest and banking account, and discount on bills, together £3365, 13s.—leaving £4139. 17s. 3d. Against this amount, also, must be set the current expenses in London, £962. 16s. 2d.; the annual proportion of 10 per cent. from the preliminary expenses, £243,; interest on mortgage and deben- tures, £ 4414. 6s. 7d.—leaving a balance to the debit of profit and loss of £1480. 12s. lOd.—A statement of accounts from the formation of the company in June, 1836, ID Dec., 1841, was submitted, which showed that the total amount expended by the company was £645,8&9. 17s. 9d.—The report and statement of accounts were adopted, and ordered to be printed, and thtfie directors re-elected—The meeting then adjourned. MERTHYR TYDFIL.—The Rev. Edward Griffith, late of Highbury College, was ordained to the pastoral office in the English Independent Chapel, on Wednesday, May 4th. The Rev. William Jones, of Swansea, introduced the services by reading and prayer the Rev. J. H. Blinn, of Abeigavenny, delivered the introductory discourse, and asked the usual ques- tions; the Rev. T. Gillman, of Newport, offered the ordina- tion prayer; and the Rev. Spedding Curwen, of Reading (the young Minister's paslor), delivered an affectionate charge from Daniel vi. v. 3, An excellent spirit was in him." In the evening the Rev. William Jones of Swansea, preached to the people.

NEWPORT POLICE.—MONDAY, MAY 9. Before the Mayor. Elias Jones, a ragged and barefooted boy, was charged with stealing iron, the property of the Rhymney Iron Company.-— The Superintendent of Police informed his worship that the prisoner was before him some time ago, and was dismissed on a promise to leave the town.—P.C. Pennimore being sworn, stated that on Thursday evening, between six and seven o clock, he and P. C. Huxtable met prisoner and another boy with a bag on the shoulder of each, on the Canal Bank, near Botany. Prisoner on being questioned, said that he had some old iron in the bag, which he found in a ballast heap. The other boy escaped, but left his bag behind. In bringing prisoner to the station-house he tilted the bag off his shoulders into the canal; Huxtable brought prisoner to the station.house, and witness remained by the canal where the bag was thrown in till nearly ten o'clock, when he went away.—P.C. Bath then came and searched the canal witness did not see Bath search the canal, nor was he there when Bath arrived. Witness here produced a bag containing several small pieces of irnn he would swear that the bag was the one prisoner had on his shoulder when stopped, and which he threw into the canal. There was one piece of iron also which witness would swear to as having been in the bag when witness searched it on taking prisoner into custody.—P. C. Bath stated that on Thursday night, between nine and ten o'clock, he was ordered to go to the bridge over the canal, at the bottom of George.street, and relieve Pennimore he went there, and between two and three o'clock on the following morning he got a boat hook and fished up the bag produced he identified the same piece of iron as was identified by Pennimore as having been in the bag when he took it out of the water.- Mr. Duncan, agent to the Rhymne> Company identified the piece of iron as belonging to the Com- pany.—Mr. T. J. Phillips reprimanded the constables for the slovenly way in which the case was managed Committed. CRUELTY TO A DOG, William Davis was charged by Mr. T. J. Phillips, with cruelty to a dog.—Mr. Phillips said that on Thursday morning he wasgoingoverNewport bridge, when his attention was called by Captain Parfitt to the piisoner, who was treating a dog with great inhumanity he flung him over several times, and as often as the poor animal would creep through the mud in order to make his escape, the prisoner would catch him and throw him over again. The prisoner pleaded guilty.—Judgment was deferred for the present, and his worship gave directions to the Police to bring up the prisoner 10 receive sentence if they should after that day see him in Newport. Thomas Brooks was convicted of an offence under the Town Act, committing a nuisance in the public streets, on Sunday afternoon, and fined 5s. and costs.

PONTYPOOL POLICE MAY 7, 1842. Before Edward H, Phillips, Esq. and David Jones, Clerh. John Williams and Thomas Richards were charged with committing a trespass on the property of C. H. Leigh, Esq., in the parish of Lanvihangel Pontymoile—Convicted in costs. David Lewis was charged with stealing a waistcoat, in the parish of Trevethiu, the property of Perlina Harris.—Com- mitted to take his trial at the ensuing session. Samuel Williams was charged with assaulting Morris Harris, in the parish of Tievettun—Discharged on paying expenses ue tween them. Sarah Williams was charged with assaulting W'illiam Wil- liams, in the parish of Trevethin—Discharged. Thomas Lewis was charged with committing a trespass on ihe property of Richard Morrison, 10 the parish of Panteague.— Convicted in costs. Charles Meredith, James Meredith. James Harvey and Wil- liam Lane, were charged with trespassing on the property of Isaac Evans and Daniel Jones, in the parish of Trevethin. Con- victed in 4s. 6d. each. John Collins, summoned for an assault on William Jenkins. —Case adjourned. 1 MAY 9. Before E. H. Phillips, Esq. Richard Jenkins was charged with stealing a ham, the pro. perly of Henry Mosely, in 'he parish of Irevethin.—Committed to take his trial at the ensuing sessions. John Crowthers wa< charged with running away and leaving his wife and child chargeable to the parish of Trevethin and this being his second offence, he was committed to the House of Correction, at Usk, for three months at hard labour. MAY 11. Before the same Magistrate. Mary Leherne was charged with stealing coal, the property of the British Iron Company.—Case adjourned. George Thomas was charged with committing a trespass on the property of the British Iron Company, and convicted in 3s. and costs. In the report of the Usk police, Kent for insertion in Lst week's MtRi.iN, the warrant which was there stated to have been obtained by Robt. Dowling, to gain possession of a house occupied by Wm. George, was obtained by Win. George against Robert Dowling.

THE IRISH MAIL. One of the most numerously and respectably signed petitions ever got up in this town, has been forwarded to the proper quarter, in order to avert the injury which would result from Ihe threatened removal of the Irish Mail. Messrs. Birch and Da- vis deserve much praise for their activity in the movement.

The following petition has been signed by all the leading in- terests of Monmouth :— To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ire- land, in Padiament assembled. The Petition of the undersigned, Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Monmouth, in the Couniy of Mon- mouth, humbly sheweth, That a select Committee of your Honourable House is now sitting on the subject of the Post Ottice communication with Ireland. "That your petitioners are informed that the object of such Committee is to determine the best and most advantageous mode of conveying the Mail Bags from London and the West of England, to Ireland. Tnat the present routeof the Mails from Bristol to Ireland, and from Bristol to Chepstow, Monmouth, and Hereford, is by the Old Passage Ferry and Jhal your petitioners are in- formed that it is in contemplation to convey letters from London to the above towns by the last mentioned Mail. That great delay now occurs at the Old Passage Ferry fiom the want ot proper Piers, to enable a steam-boat to ply to and from at all states of the tide. That in addition to the inconvenience arising from such de- lay of the Mails, the present inefficient state of the Ferry is of serious detriment to the adjoining counties and districts on each side of the Severn; and that an implovement of the Passage would be of great service to this extensive and important pait of the kingdom. That if her Majesty's Government would take such Ferry into their own hands, and expend a sufficient sum of monev in perfecting t he-same. your petitioners believe that the Mails might be greatly expedited on their present route, and that an ample return for each outlay would arise from the tolls of the Ferry. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly trust that your Honour- { able House will encourage the improvement of the Old Passa. e Ferry, and thereby expedite the present Mails, facilitate the iravellmg, and promote the convenience of the surrounding districts. And your petitioners will ever pray."

A most melancholy and distressing accident occurred last oitlht to a young lady from York, a patient of Mr. Hepwonh, aurast, resIding at II unsIEt-Iane. Mr. Hepwor. i, 's son, a a about thirteen years of age, incautiously tn<.|< up a gun that was loaded, presented it at the head of tk young lady and fired. She instantly fell dead.— Le,s paver.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—As Mr. Kealy has made no allusion to the invitation which I sent him. publicly to discuss the respective merits of the authorised version and the Douay translation of the Sacred Scriptures, it may perhaps be thought, that it is not necessary for me to lake any notice of his written reply. His reply, however, seems to hië so likely to mislead, and at the same time so open to remark, that I deem it my duty to offer a few observations upon it in the columns cf ysur paper. I regret that I cannot lav before the readers of the MotUN so full an answer as I could wish—as. fully to enter upon the sub ect would occupy a11 unreasonable portion of your space; beside which, my means will not allow me. to incur the heavy pecu- niary expense attending long advertisements but I avail my- self of this opportunity of informing Su;h as take an interest in the important subject of this correspondence, t"at in a few- days I hope to be able to publish a more copious ansster in the form of a cheap pamphlet. I shall abstain from making any remark on the not very courteous terms in which Mr. Kealy speaks of my letter, as a pompously learned epistle," as well as on his concluding paragraph, irr which he insinuates that it would probably be agreeable to me to see hnn transported. 1 abstain from making any remark on these topics. not because it would be difficult to answer them, but because it would cer- tainly be the means of diverting our attention from the proper subject in dispute, and would lead to much angry feeling and animosity, which I can truly say I am most anxious to avoid. It seems; then, that I betrayed a want of judgment in com- paring the two versions with the Hebrew and not with (iu- Latin ^ulgate, and that, too, because the Hebrew, as it now stands, IS corrupt, whereas when the Vulgate was made from it. it was comparatively purs. Now there is here more than one m st extraordinary mistake. The Latin Vulgate was never made from the Hebrew, but from the Greek translation called the Septuagmt, so that as respects the Douay version, we find that it is not only a translation from a translation, but that the translation from which it was made, was not itself made di- rectly from the original, but from another translation. I did not make this statement in my last letter, because I intended to do so when discussing the matter with Mr. Kealy before a public audience, had he afforded me the opportunity. With what judgment he has now partially revealed this circumstance, which of itself is more than enough to condemn the Douay version, let the public decide. Did my conduct, in taking the Hebrew in preference to the Latin Vulgate, as the criterion of the accuracy of the lival translations, require any farther de- fence, I might refer to the authority of Bellarmine, one of the ablest champions of the Church of Rome. who distinctly states "that it is impossible to understand which is the true reading of the Vulgate, except by having recourse to the originul." This remark of Bellarmine will also enable the reader to judge of the value of Mr. Kealy'sassertion, that the Hebrew, as it now is, has been corrupted, but that into the Latin Vulgate no mis- take of importance has been allowed to creep. Yet it may not be amiss to submit to his consideration the following facts :— Both Jews and Christians acknowledge the inspiration of the Hebrew Scriptures, and regard them with equal veneration; yet, from the very first preaching of the Gospel, there has ever been the strongest opposition between the professors of these two religions. Under these circumstances, how was it possible that any considerable error could have insinuated itself into the Hebrew text, when both Jews and Christians were jealously .on the watch to detect them ? But how stands the case as re- gards the Vulgate Why it was the received version of the Latin church only, and therefore not only might have been, but as I shall presently shew, actually has been, grievously corrupted. But my opponent may justly ask what is the value of my opinion when weighed against that of Home, which lie quoted in his last letter. It is with pain that 1 approach this part of the subject, for I regret to be obliged to tell the reader that the passage, as quoted by Mr. Kealy, has been sadly, though I hope not wilfully, perverted. Home simply states, that The Latin Vulgate preserves many true readings uitere the modern Hebrew copies are corrupted." Mr. Kealy quotes the conclusion of the sentence as follows: whilst the modern Hebrew copies are corrupt"—giving the passage quite a differ- ent meaning from what the author intended.. All that Home intended was, that in several cases where the modern Hebrew copies contain incorrect readings, the Vulgate translation had been of service in discovering the true, which is no more than might be said of the Septuagint, and indeed of almost all an- cient versions. Home does not say one word about the re- ceived Hebrew text being corrupt, but only of modern Hebrew copies; and when the fact is borne in mind, that not fewer than 630 of these were collated by Dr. Kennicott for his edition of the Hebrew Bible, it would surely have been strange, if an an cient Latin translation did not in several instances assist him, and others who have been similarly engaged, in detecting 4ie errors which must necessarily, through the carelessness of transcribers and other causes, have crept into such a multitude of copies. It is by carefully collating copies that we can alone obtain accurate editions of any author, and from the amazing labour that has been thus bestowed, both by Jewish aud Christ- ian scholars, on the original of the Old Testament, it may safely be affirmed that the received Hebrew text is the most pure of any ancient book that has come down to our times. That thi- is Home's meaning, and that he never meant to imply that the Latin Vulgate is more correct than the original Hebrew, might be fairly inferred from his high reputation as a Biblical scho- lar; but we need not have recourse to inference, when we have his own words to decide the point. In the paragraph from which Mr. Kealy's quotation is taken, Home, after giving an account of the" very numerous alterations" made in the Vulgate, speaks of its revision by Jerome, towards the close of the fourth century. Various grave errors." he goes on to state, "having again crept in, several revisions were under- taken by learned men of these the most celebrated is the re- vision of Pope Sextus V., published at Rome in 1590, but sup- pressed by Pope Clement VIII., whose authentic edition ap- peared in 1592. This edition has been followed in all subse- quent editions of the Latin ulgate, notwithstanding the vac- ations between the Sixtine and Clementine editions (both pub, lished by infallible pontiffs), and that several passages are mis translated to support the peculiar dogmas of the Romish church." Then follow the words which Mr. Kealy has so in geniously altered, but which I have faithfully given above. Before closing my remarks on Home, it may be well just to I a) before the reader his opinion of the Douay translation and the authorised version. Of the former he says It is crowded with barbarous and foreign terms, calculated to perplex ratliei than to diffuse the light of truth;" and of the latter: Of all modern versions, the present authorised English translation I' upon the whole, undoubtedly the most accurate and faithful, the translators having seized the very spirit of the sacicu writers, and having almost everywhere expressed their mean- ing with a pathos and energy that have never been rivalled by any subsequent versions either of the Old or the New Tes- tament." Mr. Kealy now tells us that he called our version mutilated because the Reformers have thought fit to cut out of their Scriptures books that have, from remote ages of antiquity, been considered part of the canon of Scripture."—Now, it would have been but fair to have stated the plain fact, that these re- mote ages of antiquity extend only to about three hundred years ago. Mr. Kealy, no doubt, refers to the Apocryphal books, which our Reformers most properly declined placing in the canon. These books were not known to the Jews the Christian church for ages was an utter stranger to them all the ancient catalogues exclude them Cyril of Jerusalem, and Gregory Nazianzen, declare that none beside the books now contained in the authorized version are to be classed with 'h( genuine inspired writings; aud Jerome, whose name is inti- mately associated with the Latin Vulgate, says that the Chu- cii did not apply the Apocryphal books to establish any doctrine. fhev were never, in fact, declared to be canonical, except by the Romish Council of i rent, a few centuries ago. If there be any "oint which Lradition can fairly decide, this is one, and it, decision is entirely against the Church of Rome. With respect to the alleged instance of incorrect translation, 1 Cor., xi., 27. in which it is said they should have used the word or instead of and, I admit that the disjunctive conjunc- tion is here found in the received Greek text, but there are many examples, both amongst Latin and Greek writers, ot he use of the disjunctive particle or for the copulative and. 1 he 29th verse of the same chapter shows, that as regards the 81 ,j. ject of communion in one kind, it matters not whether you IM. the one particle or the other in translating the 27th verse, fur it clearly proves that the Apostle used both under precisely the same circumstances. Beside, what temptation could h e influenced our translators to mis-translate this particle All the world admits that our Lord instituted the communion in both kinds. St. Paul, in the very chapter of which this verse forms a part, proves that the cup was then given to the laity and this, too, was the universal practice of the chnrch for tip- wards of a thousand years and further than this, the authors of the English version had the authority of most of the old and best editions of the Latin Vulgate for their translation. 1 have not D'lsraeli's hook in my possession, and therefore cannot tell whether Mr. K.'s quotation be accurately given or not, but if it be, it is quite irrelavent, as it refers to editions uf the English Scriptures which were printed long before the pre- sent standard erli'ion, from which the editions now in use have been executed. As to the statements contained in the memorial said to have been presented to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in April, 1832, the subsequent conduct of these learned bodies shews what little importance they attached to the statement' of the memorialists and if any one who wishes to satisfy his mind upon this point will take up tW9 or more editions of the English authorised version now in use, and compare them to- gether, he will soon be convinced of the futility of the state- ments in question. The only differences he will be able to discover will be, here and there the change of a comma for a semicolon, and such other minute and unimportant discrepan- cies and as there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of editions of the authorised English Bible, the wonder is, not that the memorialists should have been able to discover in about the fourth part of the Bible, an aggregate of two thousand nine hundred and thirty-one such inaccuracies, but that they were not able to discover ten times that number. Yet, after all, why all this clamour about the typographical variations of the au- thorised version No doubt it is inlended to lead to the infer- ence that there are none such in the Douay version but 1 happen to have now before me two different editions of that version, and on collating them I find them full of variations, to an extent, in short, which has perfectly astonished me and I am convinced that there are more variations between these two editions of the Douay, than between any fifty editions of the authorised version now in use. If such slight inaccuracies are to be regarded as sufficient to shake our faith in the authorised translation of the Scriptures, it is utterly vain to seek the con- firmation of it in the Douay version and equally vain wii) it be for the enquiring mind to seek a resting place in the cree Is or in the decisions of General Councils, for all these abound with various readings, not even excepting the decrees of < ;e Romish Council of Trent. The truth of the matter is, these objections are borrowed from the armoury of infidelity. Al- most all infidel writers, since the days of Collins, have endea- voured to shake the faith of the unlearned Christian, by asse r- tions ahout the uncertainty arising from various readings. The Church of Rome does not scruple to have recourse to the same means, hoping thereby, perhaps, to bring the weak into her infallible communion, but their obvious tendency is to produce universal scepticism; and the wretched infidel condition of France and Spain, together with that of many other Roman Catholic countries, clearly proves that this is not only their 0 n- vious tendency, but their natural and necessary result. sir. your obedient servant, Newport, May lllh, 1842. JAMES FRANCIS. [* We have, in justice, to stale, that at the door of our com- positor rests the blame of this deviation (in the single verbal In- stance cited.) fiom the text of Home. The manuscript of Mi. Kealy has ihe word where, which has been printed whilst" by error. Mr. Kealy s manuscript, with the correct quotation, may be inspected by the Rev. J. Francis, or any other geolle- man, at our office.—Ed. MERMN.]

[ADVERTISEM ENT.] To the Editor^of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Siu,—The Koberts I es'.imonia! Controversy is at an end permit me, therefore, to ask the managing committee (if such n -s ever formed,) what has become of the money or the testiraonnl for if the Bible is purchased, and it is no! in contemplation t. present it to the Rev. :1r, Roberts, it surely is not unreasona- ble in me 10 intimate, thai I should feel obliged to the com- mit'tee (if such was ever formed), if tbey would let me kno-^ what they intend doing with it. Again, if the Bible is noi purchased, and the committee (if such was ever formed), d-> not intend doing so, I should be glad to have my money ba k, for there are daily too many appeals to my charitable feeling. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, May 10, 1842. A SUBSCRIBER THERETO.

NEWPORT. Imports and Exports for the crepl, eaaiiig May 12th, 1842* IMPORTS. Robert, < CWmpitt, Cardiff, sundries.—Fly, Stephens, Car. marihen, tii?.—Venas, Thomts, Waterford; Fortitude, Lewis, ditto, biickg.Eliza. Berry, Porthcawl, iron. —Roebuck, Moule, Bridgwater Unanimity, Mitchell, ditto; Blessing, Duddridge, ditto; Biucher, WaNhbourne, Gloucester; New- port Trader, Jackson, ditto, flour -Elizaheih, Matthias, N«-ath, beer and twk.—Shamrock. Rnrtie, Wexford, oats.-Pllgrim, Colford, W aterford, oats and flour.—Susanna, Price, Ccrk, porter.— Venus, Thflrrras, ditto, porter and caille.—Osprey. Lewis, Barrow Eliza Priscilla, Lloyd, ditto, iron ore.-Gan- net, James, Bridgwater, clder.-Fame, Nichols, Portheawl Margaret, Sutton, ditto, metal—Petrel, Howland, Wexfojd, sheep.—Seda, Tope, Gloucester, salt. And the market boats, from Bristol, with sundries.

EXPORTS. Star of the West, Peatte, M'to John Ormerod, Pether- bridge, Ancona Governor Harvey, RovJiey, Gibraltar; George. Veale, Nantes; Phoenix, Port, Messina Cynoxure, Yabsley. di,to, coal.aosittart, Down, Dordt; Amelia Mary, Wan- less, Hambnrg Phoebus, Leissing, ditto Thomas and Mary, Yeo, Rouen; Matia, Lewis, ditto; igilant, Evans, dtto Flora, Shield, Stettin Gazette, Davis, Dunkirk; Blul,her. Washbourne, Gloucester; Newport Trader. Ja kson, riitio. HOD.—Jane and Mary Ann, Me. Cartby, Cork, coal and i ■ — Erin, Dempsey, Kinsale Mary Ann, Francis, ditto Lionel, Lewis, Runcorn; Margaret. Evans, ditto; Gwen, Edwards, Liverpool; Prudence, Jenkins, ditto; Myra, Evans, ditto, Osprey, Lewis, ditto J Sarah, Jones, ditto Eliza Pris ilia, Lloyd, ditto; Gertrnde, Newman, ditlo; Roben, Ciampitt, Cardiff; Neptune, Johns, ditto Neptune, Johns. ditto Nymph, Hughes, Maldoo Mary Atkinson. Howard, TrMO Thomas and Frances, Vines, Swansea Thomas and Sarah, Hiscox, Swansea; Blossom, Walker, Grangeo/Cnalb; Nancy, Dark, Padstow Ruby, Ruller, London Young Gipsy, Wil- liams, ditto Fly, Stephens, Carmctrthert. Margaret, Sutton. Waterford Clio, Rundalt, Salcombe Friends, Kees, Llaaclly, iron and tin plates. The Market Boats from Bristol, and 160 vessels with coal.

BUTE DOCKS, CARDIFF. Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending 11th May, 1842. ARRIVED. John and Elizabeth, Fisber, Bideford Sarah Dickson, Car. roll, Dungarvon Cambri*, Stamp, Kinsale Forester, Demp- sey, ditto; John and Eleanor, Andrew, Hayle; Betsey, Sy- ous, ditto Review, Read, ditto Catherine, Stevens, Si. Ives Astrea, Davis. ditto; Rhondda, Friar, Bristol Taff, Bailey, ditto Caroline, Rowles, ditto; Dinas, Carter, ditto Swifl, Washbourne, ditto Friends, Beer, ditto; Otter, Whitte, ditto Rhondda, Friar, ditto; Taff, Bailey, ditto Yarmouth, Mayor, Bristol Channel; Mary Ann, Donovan, Cork; Liverpool, Phelan, Waterford Mary Jane, Wilson, ditto Jim Crow, Roche, ditto; Prosperous, Coleman, Bridgwater; Minerva, Knight, ditto; Success, Siraras, ditto; Mary, Bose. Biide; Star, Bishop, Gweek, baHast.—Neptune, John, Newport; Tre- degar, John, ditto; Neptune, John, ditto; Fosnes, Nyggard. Gloucester. iron.—Elizabeth and Sarah, £ «cl»e, Cork Pretty Maggy, Eastaway, ditto Barelli, Flaherty, Waterford Re- solution, Brabyn, ditto, limeltoDes.- WiHiam, Mftggs, Bristol, timber and freestone.-Lady Charlotte, Jeffreys, ditto; Prince of Wales, Davies, ditto, general cargo.

SAILED. Margaret, Williams, Newport; Taff, John, ditto Neptune, John, ditto, hallast.-Neptune, Johns, ditto, iron.-Nuo,o Raito, Maborg, Messina, iron and coal.—Prince of Wales, Davies, Bristol Lady Charlotte, Jeffreys, ditto, general cargo. —Cironde, Galeghitty, London; Parker, Davison, ditto; Sceptre, Walker, ditto Sisteis, Guy, Bristol; Water Lilly, Guy, ditto: Hope, Malpass, ditto; Rhondda, Friar, ditto; Dinas, Carter, ditto Swift, Washbourne, ditto; Friends, Beer, ditto Otter, White, ditto Wave, Rees, Hayle; Letitia, Bannoke, ditto; Fame, Granfell, ditio Park, Gregory, ditto Fame, Thomas, ditto Sarah, Guy, ditto Toy, Peake, ditto Carnsew, Cundy, ditto Joseph, Care, ditto Maria, Gilbert, ditto; John and Elizabeth, Fisher, ditto; Fame. Granfell, ditto Riviere, Reed, ditto Lawrence Delaney, Kelly, Drog- heda Water Lily, Cooke, Gloucester Jane and Mary, Guy, ditto; Caroline, Rowles, ditto Success, Sims, ditto Minerva, Knight, ditto; Toy, Narvall, St. Ives; Industry, Giles, ditto Henry, Humphreys, ditto; Catherine, Steven, ditto James and Ann, Trick, Bideford; Clipper, Hattherby, ditto Forester, Dempsey, Kinsale; Jane and Archibald, Torrance, Dublin Alexander, Hooper, Weterford Royal Adelaide, Matthews, Gweek; Cambria, Stamp, Kinsale; George, Stamp, ditto; Smith, Hughes, Cork, coal. VESSELS ENTERED OUT AND 1.D4PUIG FOR FOREIQN PARTS. Destination. Skip. MASkr. Tons. Quebec Mary .Hardie 296 Messina Nuovo Raito Maborg 190 Neiv York, U.S.Ni)e.Keoney .456 Constantinople Pallas Muny .296 Hamburg .Fosoes.Nyggtrd 261

VESSELS ENTERED OUT AND LOADING FOR FOREIGN PARTS. {Jufittatiun. Ship. Mutcr. Tonnage. Agents. Messina Fhcenix Port M Stonehouse & Co Hamburgh Amelia Mary .Wanless 237 ditto Stettin Flora Shield 142 ditto Bremen Eliza Piste 81 ditto Hamburgh Phaebus Leissing 99 ditto Bremen Gesina .Bass. 60 ditto Ancona Jobxi Ormerod.Petberbridae. 187 ditto Marseilles .Statira Williams S7 Havannah Native Murphy 227 Nantes George -Veal 1« duto Messina Calypso .Punsheon 299 ditto Ditto Ferronia Taylor 157 ditto Rio Janeiro Sultana & Seiina_Mc.Larea 122 ditto Quebec Shamrock Roach 82 ditto

An account of coal brought down the Tram- road, during the week ending May 7 TONS. CWT. Thomas Prothero 1 532 3 Thomas Powell 2,046 IS RosserThomas,andCo. 1,196 19 Thomas Phillips and Son 683 18 Clements, Jones, and Co. 539 19 Martin Morrison 481 12 W. S. Cartwright 1,077 16 Messrs. J. Latch and Co 1,057 11 J. F. Hanson — — Rock Coal Co 878 19 John Russell and Co 1,006 11 Latch and Cope 567 3 S. Homfray and Co> >• •• •• 961 18 J.Poote.jun. t. — — Total O. 12.031 4 IaON 613 .13 Tons. 12,644 17

An account of coal brought down the Canal luring the week ending Ma, 7 0 TONS. CIFT Thomas Prothero. 75 Martin Morrisoc. 450 Thomas Powell 200 R. J. Blewitt 375 John Vipond 500 Monmouthshire lion and Coal Co. 100 John Mauad — Richard Morrison 75 William Young R.Williams •• .• •• •* William Thomas 25 Total o-o 1,800 IRON 1,531 Tons 3,331

BIRTHS. On Sunday, the 8th instant. the wife of M'r Barnes, of the West of England Bank, in this town, of a son. On Friday, the 6th instant, at Wenvoe Castle, GUrtorgtn- shire, the lady of Robert Francis Jenner, Esq., of a son. On Tuesday, the 10th instant, in Grosvenor-place, Lady Villiers, daughter of Sir Robeit Peel, of a son. On Monday, the 9th instant, the lady of Captain Boteler, R.N., Inspecting Commander, of a daughter. On Friday, the 6th inttant, at Frampton, Dorset, the lady of Richard Brinsley Sheridan., Esq, of a son. MARRIED. On Monday, the 9th instant, at St. Woollos Church, Mr. Edward Pritchard, auctioneer, of this town, to Miss Anne Blower, daughter of Mr. Blower, of Langwm, near Usk. On Tuesday, the 10th iostant, at the Baptist Chapel, Pont- rhydyryn, by the Rev. S. Price, Moses, son of the late Samuel Morgan, Esq., Nash, to Ann, eldest daughter of Isaac Hiley, Esq., Varteg. On Wednesday, 11th ins'" at Blaina Church, by the Rev, James Hughes, Mr. Samuel Davies, of Gadlys, to Miss Guest, of Coalbrookvale. On Monday, the 2nd instant, at St. Nicholas Church, in the city of Bristol, Mr. E. Payne, of Newport, shipping agent, to Mary, only daughter of the late John Angell, Esq., of that city. On Thursday, the 12th inst., at St. Pierre, Monmouthshire, by the Rev. Francis Lewis, rector of Llanvaver, the Rev. Ed- mund Turberville Williams, only son of Major-Geneial Sir Edmund Keynton Williams, K.C.B., to Faooy, daughter of the late John Baldwyn, Esq., of The Mount, near Chepstow. On Saturday, the 71h instant, at St. George' Hanover- square, by the Rev. Philip Scholfield, M.A., and afterwards accoiding to the rights of the Catholic Church, by the Rev. J. Harrington, of Warwick-stieet Chapel, the Chevalier Joseph Calza, of Rome, Captain of Cavalry in the Roman seivice, to Dorothea, widow of the late Admiral Maitland, and eldest sister of Colthurst Bateman, Esq., of Bertholly-hoase, in this county. On Sunday, the 8th instant, at Monmouth, Mr. John Lawis, builder, of Ragland to Miss Charlotte Powell, of tbe Red Lion, Monmouth. On Thursday, the 10th instant, at Newland, Mr. White, of Mitchel Dean, to Mrs. Hulin, of Coleford. On Monday, the 2nd instant, at Aberdare Church, Glamor- ganshire, by the Rev. E. P. Thomas, Mr. William Williams, cashier at the Gadlys Iron Works, to Ann, eldest daughter of Captain William Ellis, and niece of Mr. William Jones, of Hirwain Iron Works DIED. On Sunday, the 1st of May, Lucy Anne, third daughter of Mr. Haines, ship builder, of this town. May 7th, at Abergavenny, Eleanor, the wife of Elmta Yelverton Steele, Esq. On Friday week, at Monmouth, aged 57, Mr. W. House saddler. On Tuesday last, at Monmouth, aged 43, Mr. Edward Dugmore, mason, of that town. At Llanwenarth Great House, Mra. Stevens, the mother of Lieut.-Col. Raper's lady. On Monday last, aged 73 years, Mr. Thos. Cba«. Williami, of Kemys Farm, Panteague. May 3rd, at her residence, in Barton-street, aged 44, Mrs. Hannah Walker, widow of Mr. Alexander Walker, formerly one of the proprietors of the Gloucester Journal, leavit,g two daughters to deplore the loss of an affectionate mother.

THE TARIFF.—The tirst effects produced upon agricul- tural stock, in this agricultural district, is upon asses. These animals were purchased in Bideford Great Market on Tuesday, by Messrs. Pethetbridge and Paw, carriers, of Bideford, for 6s. each. Twelve months ago they would have sold at from 30s. to 40s. each.— WeHem Timet.

J-/)E T() C(M '<>SP(*NDF.NTS. Un<nl]'i t oilier articles in type, art postponed. Jl ncsdr/u'tL** j/le drift's Court, Monmouth, OK H'ert- u e y *■>sAa// appear in our next. 1 Ult LamiUa s" ease is only a literary fiction. ^.JT'T a couP^cl the* might (if not presumptu- V £ c °ffered as«/»«»<— He ruled, because she would obey, l^e jhe? in sr> obeying-, rol'd 8s \veil as he." tvzil innocent satire i\ •ferritin* Jtmctibnary in question, but we must ,na!ttin*<P^f"rt€ nHy flinS' (M,7'ou?!< our columns,) of a t/o&si'v tS f "racter- s Flageliifer" appears to be a *Si\]!ie WM remember the passage- Tolle jocos-non est jocus esse milignuni.

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