The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

TO CORRESPONDENTS. I ^Us- stupid as he is malignant. The gcntle- toi's as l>lcaPable "f allowing political or to interfere with the performance of <l'4cl r >al duties, as Justus" is capable of slander I 'ri,iaUoJC^00^' '^icc^ the venom of the viper, I o, 1 ftC 'v Mull j hooded. We have thrown his fire, and, our only regret is, that we could f( ''<4,^ 7rluch for the writer. C. ll'c cannot form an opinion of the tc.ferrcd to, unless we sec them.

til TYD VIL, SA THRU A Y, Sept. 12, 1B3 o "lie r» a ^°l,se °f Common i ha9 been dismissed, || hgs more distinguished for the time 0,1SlHned and the worse than nothiu"' it ^<i Mutie JI ^6 g^' IJa" any within our remembrance.— a' oi,iects effected by Ministers have re^ ^'sP'acing of Sir Robert Peel and their "l On rn power by means the most dis^race- ,hey have done more to destroy l'le Pr'nc'P'es public men than c°HUtion, however dishonorable, >h to ttleb urpiug brand of infamy will »t- L i ,"gliah ,'e Melbo irne Cabinet so lon» as the a Written languaoe. When we look M d tll S ^^mini3,rat'011 has perpetrated, ^lUtiQ eeper mischief which, but for the on- i n0(l'cl firi,»»ess of the House of Lords, ii "4Vf> v Ii Soo^ 5lcbieved, and when to this we ado bin ^reve"ted, or at least delayed, we can- Si. l8av ii v ''try ■ lHt it lias proved a curse to tin Itl^ f'r0| H" ^his too has been done, not so a ^^I'berate intention as it has been h 8ary Payment of the unholy alliance the <!»■ r 5j 'rUc^ ,0nned with Radicals, rebels, and 0^' "le ^r't e r(Jtl,l'red f°r l''e posses ''Ce—'tor plac^-M>ey cominitted the a House of Commons to a Popish 1(1 fn Un place tb\:y h ive sacrificed their ^'leir p-arty'. We are at a loss for "s lo express our reprobation of lr our contempt for the men. Never ^rot;nred by methods more vulvar, nor c°ti(^°l,|itry0"re rnore precarious. Happily for ,'>ere 18 no principle of coherence in 'ct ([j 63 80 base, arid we inav confidentlv Iti, ion of the Melbourne Cabiuei f„H SPPeC|l ''as d sapptared,from our vision. 0f ^n,°fSir ^hert Peel, at Tamworth, j, 8ef^r"> j| a'1(l cheerful confidence for /■- t^e 6 j.^ {°° has learnt a lesson whici; ii r 's after guidance—he now knows W^!| j? Ue ot* Whig friendship—for place ii ^ther 1 ^ncu wi'-l betray. 16 ')rese,lt Uu"se of Commons will to re-assemble we know not—if its ■uu-w'jwiwj^iaaaaBiujiiBUJiHMMMiiwiMiu lii lui'w ii rwfiMaimwg destinies vv< re in our hands we should know how to deal with one half of it at least. As for the contemptible section represented by the English aliI Scotch Radicals they will soon return to the obs urity, the mire from which they sprung, 1 he People have lound them oiii-t,liev have long concealed their ignorance under noise and nonsense—their small acquire- ments, their vanity, restlessness, and petulance may, perhaps, find an appropriate field of ex- ercise in Parish Vestries, in the post of Town- Councillors, and the dullest may perhaps fiil the Municipal Chair. 1 o these men a state of order would, in the words of Burke, be a sentence of obscurity, they have been nourished into a dangerous magnitude by the heat of intestine disturbances, and it is no wonder that by a sort of sinister piety they cherish in their turn the disorders which are the parents ot all their con- sequence. The fruitful source, ne fear, of all the mischief of which the majority of the present House of Commons is capable, is irre- ligion. We do not go the length of asserting that all Conservatives are religious but we do contend that all the vi:al religion of the country is on this side, and that the party by which our Institutions arc assailed—"The arrogant appeal to numbers against law, right, and custom—the daring, furious and undisguised appetite for spoil, however guarded by antiquity and made sacred by religion," owes its origin and may be traced to the audacity of Infidel dissent. They who compose this party, are students in the Writings of the old Infidels and Revolu- tionists, and they are but attempting again the work of demolition, fro-n which the son of Chatham once, under the Divine blessing, de- livered us. Christians, be alive to this truth, and do your best when occasion shall serve, to Christianize the British Parliament. Be your language that of Burke— •' We have real hearts of flesh and blood beating in our bosoms —we fear God we look np with awe to Kings, wiih affection to Parliament, with duty to Magistrates, with reverence to priests, and with respect to Nobility —why ? Because, when such ideas are brought before our minris, it is natural to be 8'J affected because all otliei- fee'iiigi are false and spurious, and tend to corrupt our minds, to vitiate our primary moral,; 10 render us unfit for rational lib?rty and by teaching1 us a servile, licen- tious, and abandoned insolence, to be our low sport for a few holidays, to make us perfectly fit for, and justly deserviug' ot, slavery .through the whole course of our lives."

It vvilF be seen by our Parliamentary Report that the Municipal Ueform Bill, as deal: with by the Lords, has been accepted by the Com- mons, and it is now the Law of the land- A ii(i although the Radicals Ilave accepted it only as an instalment, we are disposed to think that it will prove to be a final measure, so far as concession is concerned. We are not disposed to inJ ulg-e in any laudatory strain in speaking. of tit(, conduct of the House of Commons in this affair; ,it is evident that the Radicals have been coerced by public opinion, by the firmness of the Peers, and by the ability of Ministers to do without their unholy allies. They themselves, therefore, with a few brnt" ful- mniations against the House of Lords, and were soothed into compliance by an assutance from Lord John Russell tlmt the liill would not be a final one. We agree with many %vell I'" people in the opinion, that the Conservative party, in the House of Commons, acted %erv tiil,isely in not shewing a more active and determined re- .sistance to such parts of the Biii as they objected to, for by this siipineuess they imposed a hea- vier responsibility on the Peers than real elongvd to them, and^brought upon them all Z, -d the pressure from vithout. We think too that Sir Robert Peel, on the discussion of the Lords' amendments, did not exhibit that unity of purpose, which is the strength oftlie Conserva- tive party. We hope the Right Hon. Baronet is not growing too liberal ;—his concession on n.i; Catholic claims should be a i%aiii it,, to him for the whole of his political life. The fatal year, 1S-9," says the eloquent author of the life of Pitt, is the first in that fearful series of hopeless resistance and accelerated overthrow, the head of that dark and fearful chronology which hall henceforth number the declining nmes of the noblest of all Empins." We do not t ike so gloomy a view of the present posi- tion of our country; but wc ftel the measureless diflicnlties tllat await the leader of our political redemption from the gulf inlo which the unad- vised concession of one, and the desperate rash- ness of succeeding ruler.c, have plunged us Tile M unicip il Corporations Amendment Dili may have strengthened the Jllllds ofdemocracy — thanks to the Peers it is no worse; but upon the sound, the loyal, the genuine Liiglish feeling, which, we are persuaded, greatly predominat s in the middle classes, we confide, and to theni their coun'rv looks for the Constitutional working ofilils Bill.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT. THE BLACK CATE it Pi Lf.A it.-ri iis destructive in- sect has committed great damage to the turnips in the vale of this country. In some places, the crop is destroyed, and the land must be ploughed up. They made their appearance slllldcnlv oil the 17th ult. like the locusts of old every green leaf disappeared in a few days, and while vegetation remained in the fibres of the plant they would not desert it. The common turnip appeared to be more palatable than the swede, or mangel, and were consumed first. In some cases the swede has been attacked, but not the mangel that we know of. A correspondent informs us that after experiencing for several days the mortifying sight of w itnessing the rapid destruction of his crop, exceeding 20 acres, all hoed and previously looking very pro- mising, determined on an attempt to reserve some portion of what remained from this voracious insect, Ie therefore tried the expedient of brushing them off the plant with a small branch from the adjoining hedge. A person having a bush in each hand swept them off two drills at once as fast as he could walk. This gave the plant a respite of about two days before they regained it, and a great portion of the smaller grubs perished in the attempt. The operation was again repeated, ill some instances a third time, and proved highly successful, for he has had the satisfac- tion of saving all that remained of his crop, which are now safe and doing well, at an expense of about 9d. an acre; and lie only deplores that he had not adopted it a few days sooner. It will be perceived by an advertisement in another part of our paper that a new coach has been started from the Angel Inn in this town to Bir- mingham. The distance is performed in fourteen hours, by which means the traveller is enabled to pro- ceed the same night, if occasion require, by the London or North of England coaches, or to Shrews- bury, from whence there are conveyances direct to Liverpool and Manchester. The advantages of such a conveyance are too obvious to need observation from us. We hope that the attempt will be successful. EXTKAOKDIXARY SPEKD. — On Tuesday last, the Lady Charlotte, (steamer) from Cardiff to Bristol, performed her voyage in the incredible short space of two hours and 35 minutes. This fine steamer, universally acknowledged to be the swiftest of her power in the Bristol M Channel, has never exceeded three hours in accomplishing the distance since she has been on the station, and it is expected that about March next, when Lord Bute's splendid improve- ments to the port have further progressed, she will be able, when necessary, to go to Bristol and return to C ardiff the same tide. The voyage up and down will not then average more than two hours and a quarter each way,( From a Correspondent.) PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE Fitoll Poisov.—A man at Swansea lately drank au ounce of oxalic acid, in solution, in mistake for Epsom salts. Au cmetic was instantly administered, which had a happy effect, and the man is now recovering. ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On Wednesday last, John Jones, a lad of IS years old, was suddenly killed in a mine level at Pen-y-darran Iron Works, I fill] if, th;, level.

"1' MERTHYR POLICE. (Before J. B. Bit L'CE and W. THOMAS, Esqrs.) I David James and John M illiams, furnace fillers at the Plymouth Iron Works were discharged from their employ for a misdemeanour, infilling irregular charges of mine.—The Magistrates, impressed with the seri- ousness of the charge, and the very great damage that might have arisen, had determined to commit them to the House of Correction, but Mr A. II ill inter- ceded. It was understood that owing to the scarcity of water, and the consequent slackness of blast, the furnace was nearly gobbed in consequence of the gross misconduct of these men. Thos. Lewis, Farmers' Arms beer-house, was fined 40s. for keeping his house open at unlawful hours. Evan Jones, Plough, was fined 40s. for the like offence. Howel Lewis was fined 2s. for being drunk on Sun- day last, and 5s. for an assault upon Ruth Rees. About 12 Gelligaer colliers had obtained summonses against William Philpot, of Pont Abcrpergam, for non-payment o £ their wages. Their employer had left the kingdom but his agent was summoned, and t ie wages, in most of the instances, being proved, the proceedingsjn such cases directed bv the Act of 5 Geo. 4, c. 95 were obtained against the employer's goods. SEPTEMBER 11.—Benjamin Davies was fined the costs, for all assault on WLihuu Morgan, York House beerhouse. In an assail11 case between Mary Hughes and Rees Jones of Dow cais, one of the witnesses assured the Magistrates that the complainant had called her "ail toe Prosecutes as ever was"

;Rto nnto1tth\ít. .31< L VYING THE T 11) N OF TilE NEW CHURCH AT NEWPORT.—Cardiff, Thursday, Sept. 10. — J he Lord Bishop of L'andaff, accompanied by the Chancellor of the Diocese, has just passed through Cardiff, from Duffrvn, (the I!o,.i. W. B. Greys) to assist in the interesting ceremony of laying the foun- dation of the New Church at Newport. The early part of the morning was very unpropitious, but there is every appearance of improvement. NEWPORT NEW CHURCH. On Thursday, the foundation stone was laid for this building, by Chailes, eldest son of Charles Morgan, Esq., M. P., Ruperra Castle, Glamorganshire. Tne silver coins of tne present King's reign were enclosed in a bottle. Mr Webber embraced the opportunity of enclosing a piece of parchment, oil which was writ- ten all tite localities oftlw town at this time, its commerce, number of houses, population, prices of labour and provisions, duties received at the customs, and the sum received at the post office the last twelve months: also the number of vessels with their ton- nage, the. quantity of iron and coal shipped, steam- packets and market boats, the sum subscribed for building the Church, the number of subscribers, with the amount of diiiercut contracts for buiding the same, the new dock, the present corporation, and other sub- jects of information. The bottle was let into a stone with a brass plate over it,, on which was engraved the following inscription THI^ STOVE Was laid hy CIIAR'TiLS. eldest son of CHARLES MORGAN f'>sq M P. of ihiperra, in the county of Glamorgan, assisted by the Ri^ht Rev. EDWARD CO P l/ES TON, D. 1). Lord Rislion of Landnff, and Sir CHARLliS MORttA V. Bart, of Trede gar, on | Thursday 10(t. September, lu35. AVHI )\Y iS ACSOV, Vicar. JAMKS FlnCES. Curate. THOM S AT SMITH, ) r, THOMVS MORHTS, Churchwardens. THOMAS Y.YVT, Architect. The morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells, and at eleven o'clock the Committee and friends of the undertaking met at St. Woollos Church, and about twelve the Lord Bishop of the Chancellor of the Diocese (the Rev. W. 15. Knight) with many of the clergy, arrived. A procession was then formed, which proceeded through the principal streets to the site of the New Church, headed by a band of music, playing sacred'airs, followed by the clergy, the Lord Bishop, and Churchwardens, the Chancellor, Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. Charles Morgan, Esquire, and Son, the Committee, the friends of the.church, two and two, and a train of carriages with ladies. On at the spot the gentlemen were gratified in seeing all the beauty and z, fashion of this increasing town. Seats were erected for the accommodation of the fair-sex, who, if we maybe allowed to judge, we would sav were well pleased. Our little hero, Master Morgan (about six years old), performed his task well, hand led the trowel and hammer like an old tradesman, to the satisfaution of a numerous assemblage of persons around him, after which his Lordship offered up a solemn prayer for tiie occasion, which was heard distinctly, we believe, by all, and every respect was paidtohis Lordship in preserving silence, and decorum. Wilt-ii the ceremony was over, the procession return- cd to the King's Head Inn, where a cold collation was provided the lrrgc room was quite full of Ladies and Gentlemen, and many Gentlemen left- not having room. Aiiioti,t til,)s("pre,,ent, ()b- served the Lord Bishop of Lund aft, the Chancellor of the Diocese, Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. Charles Morgan, Esq. M.P. liis son and Morgan,General Monday, S.nnuel llomfrav, Esq. and Mrs Homfrav, the Rev. Augusus Morgan, the Rev. James Coles, the Rev. R. Roberts and Mrs Roberts, Major Mack- wort, Mrs and Miss Staples, Thomas Protnero, Esq. and Miss l'i*ot licro, James Birch, Esq, and Mrs Birch, tiie Hey, James Kraneis, and Mrs Francis, &c. &c. Tile health of his Lordship was drank, also that ot Sir Charles Mofgan, the Chancellor, the Committee, and Master Morgan, who rose on a chair and thanked the Company, much to the gratification of all present. The healths of the Rev. James Francis, and Mr Wyatt the archi- tect, were also drunk. Each gentleman returned thanks in a very appropriate speech, in reference to the cause for which they were this day brought to- gether. We regret to say his Lordship, not being in good health, was obliged to leave the ground, and was unable to return in the procession to the King's Head, but after a little time his Lordship recovered and entered the room. It rained heavily in the morn'ng, but about nine o'clock it cleared off, and the day proved very favour- able, only a few light showers. This day will be ever remembered by the friends and supporters of the Established Church in this town: a more respectable, interesting, and unanimous meeting, never will, or could take pltee.-(Front a Correspondent.) .6"####,1"" A great number of porpoises were seen in Newport river, on Wednesday, supposed to be in chase of salmon. The Vs fisherman have been very fortu- nate this year; a greater number of salmon has been caught than was ever remembered The price is now from 7d. to Sd, per lb. On Tuesday iii,lit, or Wednesday moriiing, some villain or villians entered a shed in which was a carriage belonging to the Rev. R. A. Roberts of Ciiristehurch, Monmouth, smashed in the back part of the carriage, broke the leather, and cut the straps belonging to it.

LONDON", Till It D\Y F.VK\I\ H°ROGATIOX OF PARLIAMENT Pt'rs'S ^iesty, this (lav Prorogued Parliament in WJTS m* proceeded in the customary state The 1 -'aincs's Piiiace shortly before two o'clock. owin",Va,«ade was more than usually splendid; but, to exceedingly unfavourable state of the pr(>s aer! there were hut comparatively few spectators 1'is M-.jostv, on his arrival at the House Hid fr P,'0('"w'ed immediately to the robing-room, pri °'n thence, accompanied a;ul surrounded by the °f the Biood Royal, the (treat Officers of of'ilie Household, entered the Ilouse and fl p,al °!l t'H' throne.- m0ll"! Usher of t.ie IS lack Rod immediately sum- oile "the House of Commons, who assembled at Hj0j.j° to reci ve petitions, aii(igive notices of lolls f, l"ons for next session. bors"(' ^["dver and a considerable number of raem- below the bar. the Hpeakc ■r, at some hbn, !u'l're;v '1 the throne, giving a history of tiie ir of most faithful Commons, °ver Olh oft" and most important sessions- c^ n°«'n, and eliciting the royal approbation to not yet passed into a law—which having p]0. ^ane in the customary form, his Majesty was Wst address to his Parliament the following "rac,ous Speech.

TI-IE KINGS SPEECH. «; *y Lords and Gentlemen, Publ' ^"C' w'tu great satisfaction that the state of attp.U"i ^usi"ess enables me to relieve you from further wC **<>, :ln(' from the pressure of those duties, a5S|-('lui °U 'lnvc Pei''oriuec' with so much zeal and I as5Svi re(-eive from all Foreign Powers satisfactory >H0sj!\nJ;es of their desire to maintain with me the Cflu understanding, and 1 look forward with >j !^nce to the preservation of the public peace, Soii been, and will be, the object of .my constant JJHiude. ^f0v? 'a"H'nt that the civil contest in the northern ot Spain, has not yet been brought to a '^tion; but taking a deep interest in the wel- dife ? *e Spanish Monarchy, I shall continue to Co, that quarter my most anxious attention, in t|),. 1 ^ith the three powers, with wiioin I concluded t|,e f'a,.r of quadruple alliance, and I have in fur- p0W(^ the objccts of tiiat treaty, exercised the gr in me by the Legislature, and have SerVi_ Permission to my subjects to engage in the ^e ^ueen of Spain. lavt' concluded with Denmark, Sardinia, and traflfj ef' 'r''sh conventions, calculated to prevent the toItifi c 11,1 African es; I hope soon to receive the ^itii S (-'1 a s'mi'ilr treaty, wiiieh has been signed po^ I am engaged in negotiations with other 8:ij,0 'll Europe, and in South America for the ft,)rt^l'rP°se, and I trust that ere Jong the united tiliw. p^'ill civilized nations will suppress and ex- this traffic. ■W^ve with entire approbation that you have (lofjj y°urattention to the regulation of Municipal vSioj)s in England and Wales, and I have Pa$SpriU}y given mv assent to the Bill which you have I or h:tt purpose, ,w4 ieh fOrdutlJy concur in this important measure, Pcsvcy 'S ca'<;ulated to allay discontent, to promote union, and to procure for those commu- <ij le advantages of responsible government. rejoice. tliat the internal condition of i^stit been sucli, as to have permitted you to •las 0 t°r the necessary severity of a law, which to expire, enactments of a milder Sfs t't0 ')art °f my duty is more grateful to my feel- c tall hc mitiatinll of a penal statute, in any it can be dreeted consistently with the ^'lance of order and tranquility. ''j j 1e>Mctfien of the House of Common?, *°teri vou for the readiness with which you supplies. tl Ou have provided not only for the expenses of Warelr, and for the interest upon the large sum %the owners of slaves in my colonial pos- !Õ\i¡r¡s hut -,Ilsk) for several unexpected and peculiar" is t!)L» justice and liberality of the nation. '■'ese f| ost gratifying to observe, that not only have /la|uls been met without any addional tax- 1,1 t',at y°u bive made some further progress <(j ( ||,g tlm burdens of my people. \1f\t¡1} I'll;lbJl'll to congratulate you that the terms Pri{'to' 1(Ill the lo:tn for the compensation to the pro- eiQelrs 01 f'<ives has been obtained, afford conclusive T °' tlu> flourishing state of public credit, and erin' ^l!ller:l' confidence, which is the result of a Hn,l t0 "Ulti"n to fulfil the national engagements, ii j|l'utain inviolable the public faith. 1'1 k IJ Lords and Gentlemen, ?I|<1 p^t"° vV. may securely rely upon your loyalty f nlK' confident, that in returning v''l|'tiOi| ri SP''('tive counties, and in resuming tliose w''il-b vou discharge witli so much ad- lit',Ii vou with soiiitt(-!i a(l" ^HSS eommunitv, you will recommend to b y°'u* countrymen obedience to the law, °!lt ^0 thj Constitution, and a spirit of tem- which, under Divine Providence, in.SUrest means of preserving the tranquility, ^ioysJ^-ts'iig tne prosperity which this country

LoXboy MONEY MAKKKT. P«UCES or uarnsii STOCKS-THUHS»AY. 1 '»Si° — per cent. Iti-iiucei! — :3.J per cent Nc'.v 99 3N>ls -'>nsols 90i 4 per cent. — Account 90f: [n.lia Bonds 4 G • K.t'(iuCeci — Exchequer Bills 19 Chilian 1? PiUCF'S 01' FOREIGN STOCKS On *n 0r><J-i 5 per ct — Greek Aug. Bds 5prct. — k tr^C ,,<!P 'to \Iex. Bonds, 6 [If-rct. — l'»n Ilnn,ls.C) !>r ct ^)1 I'ortu^iicie Bds. 5pc,rct Sf)^ Jjj^li^i 0||<'s. 3 pnr ct. 771 Portujarse Jlcfr. Heads — Uf.'>er CPllt ■ti ItussiauIJ ind<5p ret 106i i>^li j/Cer't J02j Spanish ( 18-22), 5 pcrct 78 5 ppr ct —- Belgian Bonds. 5 pur d 101

MOR: OF BUUKE.—" Those knots or cabals of men AIIO have uot together, avowedly without any public principle, in order to sell their con- junct iniquity at the higher rate, and are there- tore universally odious, ought never to be suf- fered to domineer in the State because they have no connection with the sentiments and opinions of the people. Of this I alii certain, that in a democracy the majority of the citizens is capable of ex- ercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority whenever strong divis on prevail in that kind of polity, as thev often must, and ilia oppression of the minority will extend to far greater IlIlmbers. alld will be carried on with much greater fury than can Imost ever be ap- prehended from a single sceptre. "Faction wiil make ils crieS resound through the nation its iftlie whole were in iiii iil)roarivi) oil by far the majority and much the better part will seem for a while as it were annihilated bv the quiet tn which their virtue and moderation incl ne them to enjoy the blessings of Govern- ment." All men possessed of an uncontronled dis- cretionary power, leading to aggrilllUlsCIHellt and profit, have always abused it." "Every project of a materia! change i" a Government so complicated as ours, combined at the same time with external circuuist nices still more complicated, is a matter full of difficulty, in which a considerate man will not be too ready to decide a prudellt m m too readv to under- take or an honest man too ready to promise.— They do not respect the public nor themselves who engage for more than they are sure that thev ought-to attempt, or that they are able to perform." The distempers of Monarchy were the great ^abject of apprehension and redress in the last century in this, the distempers of Parilaiijcilt." "When bad men combine, the good must associate—else they will fall one by one, all unpitied sacrifice in a contemptibla struggle." «' No men can act with effect who do not act in concert no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence, that no III, I, can act with confidence who are not bound together bv ■ •,minion doinions, common affections, and com- mon interests.

NEATJL MUSEUM. On the evening of Thursday, the 3rd instant and the forenoon and evening of the following day, the Rev. W. 1). Convber.ro de'ivcred three lectures in illustration of the suite of geological specimens pre- sented to this Museum bv the Rev. f. M. rra.ierne. It was his object by calling public attention to the in- formation wirieh IIIíglJt be afforded by a single bran-h of the collections to which the establishment of such a Museum would give rise, to excite a more genera! in- terest in favour of an institution of such eviuent uti- lity, and especially, to invite support to the raising a fund for the erection of an appropriate bui'ding, a very neat design for which, by MrK. O. Iregelles, was ex- hibited—this included a very suitable lecture-room, museum, and library and yet the estimate did not exceed the very moderate sum of ..t"SOO, We need not add our earnest desire that the hopes expressed by the lecturer, in this respect, may not be disap- pointed. Tiie lecturer endeavoured to lay before his audience, which consisted of about 400 persons, a general ele- mentary sketch of the whole science of geology, so far as so extensive a subject would admit of being com- prised in so limited a course. He began by observing that the intelligent traveller wou'd at once be struck by the fact that the mineral materials constituting the crust of the earth were not thrown confusedly togetuer, but distributed in regular zones, disposed in a determi- nate order and the successive ranges of hil is, which traverse our island, generally ranging from north east to south west. Heinsisted ontheimportance which must attaeh to the unravelling this determinate order of the mineral strata in a country whose rank, as one of the great powers of Europe, mainly rested on its commercial enterprize, of wnich the firmest support was to be found in our mines of coal and iron. After explaining the general nature of stratiifcation, and the terms employed, lie proceeded shoi-tly to notice the nature of the minerals, entering into the composition of the rocky strata, stating that, for the most part the composition of these rocks was extremely simple, and required little more than a knowledge of the common varieties of limestone, sandstone, and clay even in the more composite rocks of the supposed volcanic classes, a knovvJedge of not more than 20 varieties of simple minerals, could be practically required. The lecturer then entered in detail into a survey of the several rock formations of which he exhibited a synoptical table extracted from an article commu- nicated by him to the first number of the IVest of England Journal: to wiiieh we would refer such of our readers as may feel interested in the subject for a full though very concise explanation of the general views which were elucidated in these lectures—feeding tint they will hardly admit of being intelligibly ex- pressed within the limits of such a space as we can afford. We shall therefore merely notice that the lecturer especially called the attention of his audience to the very important connection between geology and zoology—the former science having con- tributed to the latter the knowledge of thousands of species wliicii have now ceased to exist and "vanished from the things that he." Whole genera and even families have tiius become extinct, and among them some w,iieh form very curious and important links in the chain of nature. Of course no person can be con- sidered as a competent zoologist, should he remain ignorantof the very materia! supplement this furnished, nor was the botanist less indebted to the remains pre- served in our rocks, for new species. On the other hand, no man could become a competent geologist unless tnoroughly acquainted with the general laws of structure in the animal and vegetable kingdom.— The lecturer therefore illustrated, as far as his time permitted, the general divisions of those kingdoms, beginning with the most simple, and pointing out the remains preserved of every class as he proceeded.— The coralline zoophytes were first noticed, liiese, al- though at present principally confined to warm lati- r tudes, often occur in our rocks in such quantities as to present an exact resemblance to tiie cor d reefs now so common in the pacific. Tne lecturer dwelt on the surprising architecture of these little zoophytes which often become the founders of new islands: tneir structures, when raised to the surface, becoming graduallv elevated by drifted fragments and covered with sand, which affords a lodgement to floating seeds, cocoa-nuts, &c. which spring up and wave their foliage where all was late: V ocean. The star nshand sea-urrhin family were next illustrated, especially the encrinites or stone lilies, a sort of star fish, with the rays sub- divided into numerous ramifications, (like th.; Me- dusa's head star fish) mounted on along-jointed stem, made up ot joints like vertebrae. These numerous articulations,amounting to many hundreds, in a single individual, constitute a species of skeleton of the most surprising skill and beauty, an admirable illustration of the. wonderful riches of contrivance lavished by Creative power on the very lowest of its creatures. Of the encrinites only two recent species are known, but more than twenty fossil. A good, illustration of the importance of toe additions hence derived to zoology. The different classes of shell fish, bivalve and univalve, were then dwelt upon, especially t;r C chambered univalves, like the nautilus the abodes of animals nearly allied to the cuttle fish of these who'e orders, viz. the ammonites and belemnites, containing many hundred species, are only known as preserved in the "fossil state. Some" extinct fossil crustaces, called trilotites, werethen ex- hibited from Dinevor and 13[lii tit, and a fossil fish from (iermany. As we ascend, both in the geological and zoological scale (for the more perfect animals arc found in the iiigner strata) we discover various monstrous varieties of vast lizards, inclu li tg the crocodile and many unknown genera, on one hand presenting a link between lizards and fish, and on the other between lizards and birds; many of these monsters must have exceeded 30 teet in length, and one discovered by Mr Mantel 1 in Sussex must have been near 00 feet. It is only in the most recent strata that laud auimais arc found, and it was by tiie investigation of these that the great Cuvier was led to develope those important laws of animal structure, which first converted comparative anatomy into an exact science. All tiicse animal remains are arranged in an exact order in the strata,shewing that they have lived and died where now found, and not been brought from a distance, in which case they must have been piled confusedly together. I he o dest or first deposited strata exnibit genera, and species most strikingly dis- similar to those now in existence, as we ascend to higuer beds we find a greater resemblance as to genera, but the species are still distinct at length in tne upper order or tertiary forma ttons we find j¡1 the three successive stages—I'irst, per cent, of species, tiie same as recent—Secondly 20 per cent. ditto, and lastly, 50 per cent.; tne animals are uniformly those of warmer climates, indicating that a much higher temperature must formerly have pervaded the surface of our pianet. Ihe conclusions from fossil botany are very simiar in the earlier strata plants of the order of Ferns-and, those allied to p,,iliris inale tip gf) liiiiidretltlls of t'ic' fos,ii Fiori, though only a very small fraction of that which ac- tually exists, and the vegetation is of a description w.iicii could only flourish in very hot and very moist climates like those ol tropical islands, but in tiie upper or tertiary strata, a mucu greater resemblance to the present order of tilings prevails. After tnis survey of tile phenomena of the strata and their organic remains, the lecturer observed that it being thus evident that nine-tenths of our Conti- nents had been formed by deposits beneath the ocean, it became necessary to account for their emergence— that the torn and dislocated position so often noticed in those strata, sufficiently attested that this emer- gence had been effected by their having been elevated by mechanical loree-that Volcanic agency (which still acted to elevate occasionally new mountains and islands) presented the only analogous operation with which we were acquainted—and that irregular masses of rock were often found breaking through and dis- turbing the strata, which every circumstance of their mineral constitution, &c. must naturally lead us to refer to a Volcanic origin. The subject was concluded with a summary account of the phenomena which have led geologists to refer the excavation of the valleys to the force of violent diluvial currents of water, partially furrowing the surface and covering it with water-worn gravel re- suiting from the fragments of the rocks thus torn away, and containing the remains of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, and Hyaena, often differing (though very slightly so) trom those now known, and also occur- ring in such caverns as those of Pariland and others on the coast of Gower— Kirkdale, in Yorkshire, &e. We should not omit to notice that the lecturer carefully adverted to the illgrounded opinion that any real hostility existed between the discoveries of Geology and the authority of Revelation, the latter he observed was confined to the dealings of God to man—it was a providential history of our race ""ly, and limited to such subjects as were suited to awaken the slumbering or reassure the penitent conscience. Geology entirely agreed with Revelation in ascribing to tne existence of menon our planet a date com- paratively very recent; we indeed might seem to need an ample period of ages for the accumulation of the other organic remains—but this involved no contra- j diction of the sacred text, which, after declaring the general fact of creation in the first verse, describes a state of the planet in the second, when the earth was without form and void, before the commencement of t !e six days work; nor can there be any inconsistency i'1 considering this chaotic state to have been the ruins of some former system to which the remains in ques- tion may have belonged other religious writers how- ever, agree with Faber, and would consider the days of creation to have been successive periods of ages called days, by a figure not without example in other parts of the sacred writings; on this subject the lecturer especially referred to some papers in the Christian Observer for last year. These lectures were illustrated by numerous sec- tions^ on a very large scale, hung round the walls of the lown Hall, where thev were delivered, and by maps some of both related particularly to our own very important coal field, to the examination of the structure of which one portion of these lectures was especially devoted.

ffvccoitghtve. ( From the London Gazette of September lh)- 10th Foot-Captain Gervas Power to be Major, vice, Waller, who resigns Lieutenaut Henry Onslow to n be Captain, by purchase, vice Power; Ensign Charles Harford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Onslow; John Garveck, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harford.—1st West India regiment—Lieutenant Col. William Bush, from half-pay unattached, to be Lieu- tenant-Colonel, vice Dohcrty, appointed to the 89th Foot. HKKCONSHIRE RACES.—It will be seen by an advertisement in another column, that the next Bre- consitirc Races promise excellent sport. The number of horses already entered is considerably more than any previous year. The course is in very good order, and Mr Roger Powell, the clerk, is indefatigable in his exertions in making the necessary preparations. A very splendid Magnolia Grandiflora, is now in full blossom in the garden of Mr Robert Wallace, Ship Street, Brecon. The bells of the different Churches at Brecon, were last week rung many merry peals, on the intel- ligence reaching that town of the marriage of the Earl of Brecknock, to the eldest daughter of the Bishop of Rochester. Through the spirited exertions of Mr Jones, the landlord of the Bell Inn and Camden Arms Hotel, Brecknock, a direct communication in one day by means of a new coach has been opened between Bir- mingham and Merthyr Tydvil. BRECON FA !H.-The supply of cattle on Wed- nesday last, was very superior, but we arc sorry to add that the purchasers were very few. What was done was with fresh cattle. The assortment of horses was by no means good, and those sold were disposed of at low prices. On Thursday, pigs went off briskly. A direct communication by coach, between Brecon and Swansea, has at length been effected by Mr Edwards, of the Castle Hotel, Brecknock, and we are certain that this arrangement so long looked for will be duly appreciated by the public in general. BRECKNOCK INFIRMARY, 8th SEPT. 1835,- Medical Repot*t In and out Patients remaining last woek. 52 Admitted last week 8 60 Cured aud relieved ]0 Remaining 50 Phvsician of thc, week, Dr 11. Lucas; surgeon, ditto Mr Walkins.

George Robins is finisliiiig- with extraordinary eclat a long protracted season, by the disposal of some'of the lurgest estates, that have been in the market during the last two seasons he sells, as we perceive at Cardiff, on the 3rd of October, about I soo acres of rich land for the Marquis of Bute again in North Wales on the 6th of October, 4,000 acres of the best'land in the county,near Newtown, which will probably produce 180,0001, the rental bein"- near 6,000/a year. In Staffordshire, im- mediately afterwards, one of the largest estates in that highly favoured county, exceeding in value 100,000!, and near to Worcester, about 2,000 acres of land, valued at 50,0001. This is independent of smaller properties near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and at Dover, from 1 (),0001- to 20,0001. value. These sales, it is understood, will all be peremptory, and thus establish the real price of land. This season it has considerably advanced in prices, the Welsh folks preferring terra fir mn to pay 3t per Cent, to the uncertain tenure of 3 per Cents, at 90. The month of October will probably again corroborate this important fact- Sun. LL.\ELLy._lIl)day the bodies of-the three pilots belonging to this port, who were lost about ten days a T0 were picked up, one at 1 embrcy, one atLouglior, :tttd the other at the entrance of our harbour. All in- quest was held upon them on Monday, before William Bonvi'le, Esq, alld also upon two other men, who dropped down whill; at work and instantly expired. Oil Tuesday se nnight, the house of a respec- table tradesman, in Abcrystwith, as well as several adjoining cottages, were providentially prevented from being burnt down by a timely discovery of the flames in a servant's bed-rooiii, which had been occa- sioned bv carelessly leaving the candle too near the bed furniture. Several vessels have put into Milford Haven, during the past week, 111 consequence, of injuries re- ceived at sea, during" trie Lite boisterous weather. BRISTOL AGKICI'LIURAL SOCIKTY.—The pro- ceedings at the meeting of the Bristol Agricultural Societv, on Monday se nnight, are detailed in our fourth page. The exhibition was peculiarly interest- ing. The show of live stock was of so superior a description, that Mr David,^ of Rhadyr Court, near Cardiff, who acted as one ol the judges, and who had frequently done so at similar meetings of old esta- blished societies, declared, at the dinner, that the 11 Bristol show upon this occasion was unquestionably superior to those he had been i„ t|)e habit of witness- in"- elsewhere, and he legarued this fact as a pledge of its' future stability and success. This spontaneous tribute, from a l^o'1 a,K' |luPartial authority, produced a burst of satisfaction throughout the room. The chair was taken at the meeting for business, and also at the dinner, by J. S. Harford, Esq. There was much animated and interesting discussion at the morn- ing meeting, upon various points of practical utility connected with agriculture; and the distribution of premiums, together with the general prevalence of hilnritv and gOO? humour at thedinner, gave universal satisfaction, which was not a little heightened by the excellent quality of the venison, for which the society was indebted to the liberalhfy of Sir John Smitli Bart. The assemblage of practical agriculturists, of farmers and graziers, was numerous and highly res- pectable, indicating, in the strongest manner, that this societv lives in the cordial esteem of this important body of inen.-Bristol fflirror. B tISTOL LEATHER FAIR. This fair commenced on the 1st illst. The attend- ance of buyers has been occasionally larger, but very considerable sales have been effected. The supply of best saddler. hides, shaved hides, shoe hides, and common hides was not great. The first maintained their prices, and on the latter there has been a small advance. Prime pattern t-kins, to 641b. per dozen average, were not equal to the demand- common sorts were not much sought for. Heavy aud light skins met an indifferent sale. There was a large supply of K'iglish, Spanish, aud German horse hides—sale dull. Foreign kips of best quality were in steady deniatid-iiiferior ones unsaleable. The sale of seals and basils was very dull. There was a large quantity of butts, much of which was sold at a slight variation from former prices, p, jme crops and Foreign hides scarce ai-d sold well-in- ferior are unsaleable, as were bellies and shoulders. in raw p-oods little was done. u. S. d. s. d Best Sc»lc Butt' 5tol 6 Ditto ditto 3*-l 4| Very Light Kngbsh Insole 0 O..o n Buffalo 0 8..0 10 Best Calf Skins Cordovan 3 C, 9 Kip B itts 1 *2 9 Bellies, Light 1 J0-.2 0 RF.LICS OF A.VTIQU'tY- Workmen, in levelling the Casile-yard, have iscovered several relics of former times. A COlli of the Emperor Vespasian, one of David, KIng of Scotland, and se- veral of the reign of King Charles have been turned up. The bones of animals, ollugled "tth crumbling relics of humanity, including seveia skulls, have also been brought to light. A human thigh bone, which has evidently sustained a fracture from a shell, a portion of which «'19 adhering to it, i8 not the least curious among the latter. A cannon ball of iron, weighing 32lb«. and an exploded bomb- shell, have also been fuund. The, had fallen be- 1 ween the old entrance to the Castle from Castle- gale and the new temporary porfei s lodge, and it is probable that they have been fired over Clifford s Tower, from Severus'-hills, during the nieniorable siege of York, in the conflict between the Royalists and the Parliament.— York Herald,

AN ENGLISHMAN'S WARDKOBE. The following humourous account of the finding an Englishman's wardrobe by some Turks, is from Ayesha, a work of fiction by Mr Morier — There was a portmanteau containing clothes, there was a dressing case, then a medicine chest, books, draw, ing materials, charts, mathematical instruments, &c. &c. First, the contents of the portmanteau were exhibited. It principally contained Osmond's clothes. In succes- sion were displayed, waistcoats, neckcloths, shirts, drawers. and stockings, which drew forth the astonish- ment of all present, for they wondered what one man could possibly want with so many things, the uses of gp,,st of which were to them incomprehensible. They afdmired the glittering beauties 'of a splendid uniform jacket, but when they came to inspect a pair of leather pantaloons, the ingenuity of the most learned amongst them could not devise for what purpose they could pos- sibly be used. For, let it be known, that a Turk'. trowsers, when extended, look like the largest of sacks used hy millers, with a hole at each corner for the inser- tion of the legs, and when drawn together and tied in front, generally extend from the hips to the anklet. Will it then be thought extraordinary that the compre- hension of the present company was at fault as to the pantaloons? They were iurned about in all directions, inside and out. before and behind. The Mufti submitted that they might perhaps be an article of dress, and he called upon a bearded chockhadar, who stood by wrapped in dotibt and astonishment, to try them on. The view which the Mufti took of them was, that they were to be worn as a head dress, and accordingly, that part which tailors call the seat was fitted over the turban of the chokhadar, whilst the legs fell in serpent-like folds down the grave man's back and shoulders, making him look like Hercules with the lion's skin thrown over his head. Bai-ikallah-praise be to Allah! said the Mufti, I have found it; perhaps this is the dress of an English Pasha of two tails! Aferin-well done cried all the adherents of the law. But the Pasha was of another opinion h. viewed the pantaloons in a totally different light, in- specting them with the eye of one who thought upon the good things of which he was fond. For what else can they be used," exclaimed the chief, his dull eye bright eniug up as he spoke-" what else, but for wine? This is perhaps the skin of some European animal. Franks drink wine, and they carry their wine about in skins, as our own inifdels do. Is it not so?'' siid he, addressing himself to Bogos, the Armenian. So it is," answered the dyer, 11 it is even as your highness has commanded." Well then, this skin has contained wine," continued the Pasha, pleased with the discovery. and, by the blessing of Allah! it shall serve us again." "Here," said he, to one of his servants, Of here take this, let the Saka sew up the holes, and let it be well tilled instead of wine it shall hold water," And true enough, in a few days after, the pantaloons were seen parading the town on a water-carriers back, doing the duty of mesheks. But it was secretly reported that, not long after, they were converted to the use for which the Pasha intended them, and actually were appointed for the conveyance of his highness's favourite wine. In the lid of the portmanteau was discovered a boot jack, with a pair of steel boot hooks. These articles put the ingenuity of (he Turks to a still greater test. How could they possibly devise that so complicated a piece of machinery could, by any stretch of imagination, have anything in common with a pair of boots, a part of dress which they pull off and on with as much ease as one in- serts and reinserts a mop into a bucket? They thought it might have something to do with necromancy, then with astrology, but at length it struck them that the whole machine must be one for the purpose of torture -1 what more convenient than the hinges for squeezing the thumb, or cracking the finger joints what better adapted than the boot hooks for scooping out eyes? Such they decided it to be, and, in order to confirm the conclusion beyond a doubt, the Pasha ordered his favourite scribe to insert his finger between the hinges of the boot jack. which having done with repugnance, he was rewarded for hii complacence by as efficacious a pinch as he could wish, whilst peals of laughter went rouud at his ex- pense.- The instrument was then made over to the chief executioner with orders to keep it in readiness for the first occasion. The various contents of the dressing case were next brought under examination. Every one was on the took-out for something agreeaole to the palate, the moment they saw the numerous bottles with which it was studded. One tasted eau de cologne, another lavender water, both which they thought might or might not be Frank luxuries in the way of cordials. But who can describe the face which was made by the Pasha himself when, attracted by the brilliancy of the colour, he tossed off to liis own drinking the greater part of a bottle of tincture of myrrh! The Mufti was a man who never laughed, but even he, ou seeing the contortions of tns colleague, could not suppress his merriment whilst the menials around were obliged to look down, their feet reminding them of the countenance they ought to keep if- they hoped to keep themselves free from the stick. e Whilst this was taking place, the Iman of the Mosque, whose mortified looks belied his love of good things, quietly abstracted from the case a silver-mounted bo'x, which having opened, he there discovered a paste»like substance, the smell of which he thought too inviting to resist; he therefore inserted therein the end of his fore- finger, and scooping out as much as it would carry, straightway opened wide his mouth, and received it with a smack. Soon was he visited by repentance: he would have roared with nausea, had he not been afraid of ex- posing himself,—he sptittered-)ie spar What has hap- pened? said one, with a grin, 11 Baksee," roared the Pasha, who was delighted to have found a fellow-suf- fcrer, -1 Baksee, the Imam is sick." The nature of the substance which he had gulped soon discovered itself by the white foam which was seen to issue from his mouth, Ther. other feelings prevaded the assembly; they appre- hended a fit—:hcy feared madness—in short, such was the state to which the unfortunate priest was reduced, that he was obliged to make a rapid escape from the as- sembly-every one making way for him, as one who is not to be touched. The reader need not be informed that he had swa llowed a large dose of Naples soap. Many were the mistakes which occurred, besides those above-men- tioned, and which it would, perhaps, be tedious or trifling to enoraerate. They pondered deeply over every article, t) cy turned the books upside down, they spilt the mercury from the artificial horizon, broke the thermometers, dis- placed the barometer, scattered the mathematical instru- ments about, so that they never could be re-inserted in the case. A small ivory box attracted their attention. It was so pret ily turned, so neat, and so ornamental, that, like children quarrelling for a toy, each of them longed to possess it. At length it was ceded to the Mufti. This sapient personage had enjoyed the pleasure of laughing at others, but, as yet, had not been laughed at himself. Twisting the box in all di- rections, at length he unscrewed it, much to his satisfaction, and seeing a small tube withiu, surrounded by a bundle of diminutive sticks, he concluded this must be the Frank's inkstand—the liquid in the tub. being the ink, the sticks the pens. He was not long in inserting one of the sticks into the tube, he drew it out and on a sudden instantaneous ight burst forth. Whocandescribe the terror of the 'I'ut k ? He threw the whole from him as fif he had discovered that he had been dandling the Shczitatt iii person. Ai Allah he exeb ined, with eyes starting from his head, his mouth open, his halds clinging to the cushions, his whole body thrown back "Allah protect me! Allah, Allah, there is but one Allah?" he exc'aimed in terror, looking at the li tie box and the little sticks strewn on the ground before h m, with an expression of fear that sufficiently spoke his ap- prehension that it contained some devilry, which might burst out and overwhelm- him with destruction. Nor were the surrounding Turk, slow in catching his feelings, they had seen the ignition and had partaken of the shock. Every one drew back from the box and its contents, and made a citcie round it: looking at it in silence, and wailing the result with terror, low "Allah Allahs! broke from the audience, and few were inclined to laugh. At length, seeing that it remained stationary, the ludi- crous situation of the Mufti began to draw attention, aud as he was an object of general dislike, every one who could do so with safety, indulged in laughing at him. The grave Suleiman, who had seen more of Franks than others, at length ventured to take up the box, though with great weariness; he was entreated in the name Of the Prophet! to put it down again by the Pasha, who then ordered Bogos, the Armenian, to take up the whole machine, sticks an all, and at his peril instantly to go and throw it into the rever ■, swearing by the Koran, and by all the Imams, that if the devil ever appeared amongst them again, he would put not only him, but every Armenian and Christian in Kars to death.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. .& London, Friday, September 4, 1835. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED- James Macknight, Dawlev, Shropshire, draper. Francis and William Coupees, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw-hat-manufacturers. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Pulvertoft, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, iron- master. John Raven, Suffolk-Jane, Cannon street, wholesale grocer. George Heather, St. Ann's place, Limehouse, and Edward Aighs, Brunswick-terrace, Commercial road- east, mahogany merchants. Thomas Turberville, Worcester, grocer. John Ashwin Smith, Bilston, StatTordshire, grocer. William Hindell. Brayton, Yorkshire, victualler. London, Tuesday, Sept. 8. BANKRUPTS. John Brown, Southampton,jeweller. Thomas Molyneux. Falmouth linen draper. John Hendersop, Great Surrey Street, Biackfriars, and Trinidad, West Indies, master mariner. John and Jonathan Abraham Webster, Wadsley, Yorkshire, paper manufacturers.

PROSPERITY OF THE WEST.—The following extract of a letter from a young Scotch lady, lately removed to the west, will give our readers some idea of the astonishing prosperity of that fair section of our fair country :—"Since my husbaud and self, with our cow, now, dog, and cat, came to this part, we have beeh highly prosperous; our pig has increased five- fold, our cat six-fold, our dog three-fold, our cow has a beautiful little compauion, and thougli last, not least in affection,'I have presented my husband with a tiiie roti, a little Yankee, of whom he his not a little proud. Ourfamily now numbers twenty-two, vhich increase is the fruit of barely twelve mouths. ls'nt this a country to prosper in ? We are all 1 doing well,' "-BQ.vtQn tatesman

PAGAN INI AND DICK SHON SHAMS* Invenies aliuin si hie defunxit." TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND Gt ARD)AX. The death of this matchless bowman, reminds me of a defcnce made by an Abcrdarc constable to a charge of neglect. He had been sent into Somersetshire to apprehend a culprit, and returned without success, having spent his sovereign. Paganini was at that time at Bath, and the Ma- gistrate said to the constable, "you vagabond, you have spent your sovereign in going to hear Paganini." —"Paganini! who is he.?" -The famous fiddler Not I indeed, if I wanted to hear a tiddler. 1 might have heard Dick Shon Shams for less money, without going from Aberdare!" Your obedient servant, ANTI-CLIMAX. Dick John Jamp

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. SIR,-Being one of the many mineral men who have coniiuually taken up Geological works without hope, and laid them down in despair; having sought in vain for matter, or principle, reconcileable with the evidence of underground experience having acted as the guide of Mr. Farey, during the weeks my father entertained him, when employed by the Royal Society in a Geological survey of Derbyshire; having been concerned with the survey of collieries and iron mines in about forty parishes on the line from Sheffield to Tenby, and resident twelve years at this mineral property, bought on the advice of him whom Mr Conybeare honors with the title of ''Great Original Discovererr' (Mr William Smith), it will not appear strange that I should ride 50 miles to hear the lectures at Neath, a few davs ago. Two circumstances combine to deter me from tendering the notes taken on the occasion: first, your having exprewd the hope that the lectures will be published; and, secondly, that a most en- lightening personage, who "glories in the name of Radical," was taking notes so intensely that he did not observe the drip from another and higher shin- ing light, adding, not to the stores of his head, but stratifying in his hat: in other words, that a surplus was actually found to exist with the real lights of the people and he got, as every Radical belou- ex- pects to get, a share of it. We shall, undoubtedly, observe a waxing in the warmth of one of your con- temporaries, in consequence of this concretion and addition to the sinews of paper war, so liberally showered upon them, and I beg you to be prepared Before I revert to Geological affairs. I must inform you that a friend at Neath, knowing that I had taken to our last county election such a number of voters for Church and King as would (had they gone against them) have increased the majority by half its amount said to me, «' You are in a perfectly Radical atmos- phere here." On entering the hall I observed the rear of the audience were to be seated upon planks, resting on empty tea chests—aright Radical arrange- ment—vast weight laid on no foundation, 011 concluding one of the lectures Air Conybeare proposed to remain for balfau hour, that questions might be put to him, but the friends pressed around, and there was no opportunity. I beg to submit that nothing would teud more to give us (to use the ex pressiou of the learued gentleman) Geological eyes," than to have opportunity to state what we have observed in nature. For instance, how g-ladly should I have drawu forth an opinion on the myscle- band-ironstone of Derbyshire, which, raided ever so deep and in large flag 's, will in the weather, fall into muscle shells, and contains, with some iron so much calcareous matter, that it is valuable with other ironstone for fine castings. 1 should also have mentioned the finding at ten yards deep in clay and gravel, five hundred feet abovothe level of the sea, but only two miles from it a water worn bolder about a foot diameter, split throu-h the centre certainly by falling on a stone, as the mark of the blow as large as a shilling, was visible on each side of the .plit-tlie line of separation so fine as scarcely to be visible when the parts were placed together—the parts were found at "bout two feet asunder, and the convex sides down proving- I think, that they came there not by deluge but by volcano, and that volcanos have been rather receutlv ill this part. of the world. I afterwards fitted stones as large as a man cou'd move, from the same pi,: and have no doubt a large portion of the surface stones of your everlasting hills" might be fitted. I should have mentioned our trap rock supposed to have been produced by fire laying upon a seam of anthrasite coal supposed to have been deposited by water. I should have mentioned the idea of Smith, that stone coal ill merely hitulninous coal-charred; our trap rock harder and toughffr than the Granite brought thousands of miles from China, and at last broken upon the London roads that I intend to ship a cargo of trap, notwithstanding thi, untoward cir- cumstances that we have not tea to fill the vessels to the deck. And now, Mr Editor, pray allow me to speak of the disappointment I felt in not hearing, what I be- lieve I never shall hear, a theory to fall in with my underground observations, as to the deposit of our coal seams. To hear this great Geologist talk of our 200 miles of pure black diamond having been formed, as the bar at the mouth of the Missisippi is now forming, was a disappointment. The Mi-sisippi bringing down little hills—millions of tons of earth mud, and sand, and sometimes a tree or bush, given as a sample of the mode of forming our seauis of black diamonds 0 Science! what wert thou, ere this was of thee, and what art thou-now. I remain. Sir, Your obedient bumble servant, THOMAS BUTLER.

■ .^0ST^Y TULIP.—The sum of ^640 has been, .f ^P"1Terl or ,'ie bulb of a new tulip, called the Citadel of Antwerp." This sum was paid by 1. Vanderninck, of Amsterdam, a florist, formerly a Captain 10 the Dutch naxy.—Evening Mail. HilTtbe "Reform Tailor's bill, which we published in our last was destroyed by the want of pointing. It should read tilLIS To mending the Britith,* s (i" Moving pochett, *2 6 And Mahing a pair of slaives ..$ British is the Welsn term for brecche. -r""

A i w i_ BIRTH. of G Rnr'i?>n Monda> last> lhe 7th 'nsiant, the lady • Russell, tsq. of a daughter. MARRIED. "Siturday, the Hon. Charles J. Canning, son of the !*<* Right Hou. George Canning, and of the present viscountess Canning, was married to the Hon. Ch,nlo:te Stuart, daughter of Lord Stuart de Rothesav. A number of the Nobility attended the ceremony, which v.as urr- formed in St. Martin's Church. On the 1st instant, at Oddington, by the Rev. Francis Rice, the Rev. Alexander Cameron, youngest son or the late Donald Cameron, Esq. of Lochiel, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Hon. and Ve y Rev. the Dean of Gloucester, and niece to the Lord Uyncvor, On the 27th ult. at Oxford, Thomas Edwaru Bridgps, D D. President of Corpus Christi C.illege, to Henri,.tta, sole surviving daughter of the late Robert Uourne. 11.1). On the 17th ult. at St. Mary's, Paddington, Henry Bickersteth, Esq. one of his Majesty's Conusel, to the Lady Jane Elizabeth Harley, eldest daughter of the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. On the 10th iusrant, at Bathwick Church, Bath, Hmry Thomas, E-q of Llwn-iu^iioc, Ureconshire., to Clara; only daughter of Thbmas Thomas, Esq. of Penho. ri Radnorshire, and Llanbradach, Glamoruanshire. ° On the glst tilt. at Coity, by the Rev. J, Harding, M.A.. Mr Thomas Evans, Draper, of Bridgend, to Ann, daughter of the late Mr Wm. Morgan, Draper, and grand-daughter of the late Rev, Thomas Davies, Rector of Coity. On the 10th instant, at Cardiff, by the Rev. W. T. Nicholls, the Rev, L. A. Nicholls, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Wm. Morgan, of the above pUce. On the Sth inst. at Stainton, near Milfo.-d, by the W. S. Austin, John Lloyd Morgan, Esq. M-D, of Haver- fordwest, to Eliia Sophia, only daughter of Paul Star- buck, Esq. Merchant, Milford. DIED. On the 1st instant, at Bodlondeb, C irnarvonshire, Caroline, wife of Henry Lucas, Esq. formerly of Upianda, near Swansea.. • On the 2Sth ult. in his 93rd year. Sir William Blizard, Knt. F.R.S. and F.A.S-. a Member of tl» Court of Exa- miners of the Iioyal College of Surgeons in London. At fliallelly, on the Sth inst. after a very long and tedious illness, borne with christian fortitude and re- signation, James Gutherir, Esq. of that town. oil the 91h instant, at an advanced age, at Garr«<- Vawr, Ystradfellty, Bi-econsiiire, Ilr John Powell, father of Mr Jeukin Powell, of Garreg Vawr, aloresaid. At Swansea, on Monday last, Mr David Watkevi landlord of the Ferry leaving a young familv t q, deplore their loss of father and mother wituin a few months. „ On the 1st instant, in Great Ormond Street, London the accomplish^ Mr HCnry He „s the fir,; Kni;nlh President of Demerara (m lSl3)_the first Supreme Jo t.' ofthe loniah Islands, and framed their new wasUuiif- s&r ES.1" <" l«s«I in,.u,"in On Sunday last, at Gravesend, the Hon. Mr. Petre in consequence of the shock she received last Jek whcn- "TaVl hCr hu8baud and children. Lately, of the Choiera, at Genoa, Paganini tho unrivalled performer on the Violin. On the 31st ult. Philip Williani Wyatt, Esq. son of the late J'l.wes Wyatt, Esq. Surveyor General, Qn the 1st instant, at Kingstown, near Dublm whilst on a Vlst to the Rev, William Digbv, Ann, widow of late atthew Wyatt., Esq. formerly of the Inner Temple, tra^ifTw1 omany -Vears resideut Police Mag is,' trate of the Lambeth Street District.