The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

WEST INDIES—DREADFUL HURRICANE. We gave yesterday a short account of the dread- fat hnri ioane svhieh occurred at Bal badoes on the 26th of July. A more detailed report of this sad calamity will be found subjoined. 1 he day previous to the hurricane, a disastrous tire burst out in a house in the bay, which Avas not ^ot under before six or seven adjoining houses h id been burnt down. "On Wednesday morning last (the 2f>th of July), ai eight oclock, the wind at south and by west, the weather suddenly assumed a dark and stormy appearance, the clouds gathered in thick and heavy masses, which. about an hOllr and a IJalf previous. had emitted frequert and vivid lfashes ol lightning, with thunder, and some slight rain tell. About the hour mentionec the wind rose in lerrible gusts and commenced to blow a pe-lect gale, freshening with erery rising cloud, and increasing in violence for folly two hours, when, changing its position to SSW half W, it gradually died away; but veering to SW and by S, it again freshened, and finally subsided at about three o'clock, having shitted to SW. During this tJlne the sea rose several feet above its ordinary height; the waves rolled mountain high in Carlisle Bay, lashing the rock- bound pier and adjacent shores in awflll grandeur, and sending their spray full 100 teet high. Out of twenty-eight vessel, large and smalf, which were ridintr safely at their anchorage at seven o'clock, twentv-two were driven on shove, tiic),t of them dashed on ihe ledge of rocks reaching from below the stores of \Ies..rs Moore to the upper reef, lying in sottip places in heaps of lour or live, large and small, front 'he humble sloop to f lie lofty and capacious barque or brig, exposed, inuny of tlietn with their sides down, or kcel IIpwards, to the violence of the surf, which dashed far the greater pari of the day with unabated fury against them, driving the large upon the smaller vessels, and (bus completing the work of destruction to its inmost finish. Some again were- driven by the force of the win J and via ence of the sea, upon the rocks abreast of the pier, and there have become complete wrecks. Along the shore for above a mile and a half, may be seen the remnants of the iiiiie and :t shattered vessels and their cargoes piled up in heaps, and indeed wherever the eye turns, one unvaried scene ol ruin ai d devastation is presented. Never, we believe. ';l the memory of ihe oldest inhabitant of the island, has a hurricane occurred in so short a time so calamitous in its consequences. Only one vessel ,"a' abl,e during the height of the gale to succeed in clearing the bay; this was the City of Kingston steamer, which arrived here a few days previous. Her commander, it is generally observed, displayed excellent seamanship upon the occasion, and considering all circumsiances, that the wind was b!o«'i"g into the harbour direct, and the sea running so high that the wheels required an additional impetus keep her in progress, the etfort was one of great hazard, and the success which fortunately crowned it, entitles him to g'eat credit. Her ;\IaJf'sly S steamer A/ban, Lieut. Einling, we r«'gret to lay, was not so fortunate although equally deserving of good luck, as she grounded in Carlisle liaY very soon after the at- tempt to set away, :U,J novv lies fast i;i the sand. A French barque, ^e< Q'"itre Frcrrs, from Cher- bourg, with in1 des, P"t to sea early iu the morning, before tiie gale cOIJlmence and, by so doing, escaped its fury; the cptain of this vessel, it is said, expressed it as his opinion, that a storm of wind was approaching, and hastened away his vessel on that accoiim. Events have justified the opinion. Her Majesty's brig Gannett, her Majesty's c packet Spey, and two merchant vessels, belonging to Messrs. Daniels, tbe Fortitude and liritannin, two s'nall vessels, the schooner fc^hzabcth. and E*ther, and sloop Dorc, were all at that lime eft in the bay, and these rode out the gale in safety, with the exception of (be Britannia, the inizen.na'st of which ship was cut aWay, and went by the board at an early time of the mo-ning. and before evening I she had made so much water os to make it doubltuI whether she could t/nat until next day. Assoon as the storm abated, Captain Simmons,, her COlli inander, came on shore, and represented the situation of his vessel to Messrs. Gill and Louis, aud hands were immediately procured and senl o board for pumping out the water, but the leak in- creasing, and there being at the time a full cargo on board, OoO hogsheads and thirty tierces of sugar, it was deemed advisable to beach the vessel, and accordingly in the morning, she was towed into shore by the City of Kingdon steamer, as near as she could carry her with safety to herself and worked further in, by boats, into shoal water, where she lies. Some ol the cargo, we believe, has been got out of her, not damaged, lining pail of the upper tier. Both the Gannett and Fo titurfe were seen to drag, but, fortunately, they did not lose much ground. "Btit tile picture of distress, although deep in its colouring, yet received an additional gloomj case from the number of seamen who lorined the crews of the wrecked vessels, ami who, clinging to the shrouds and sides ot their shattered ships for some time, supplicated the merey ot the crowds s who lined the shore, amid the howling of the winds and the deafening tumults 01.1 he waves; but they did not long sui)piicat" In vain. Some more attentive to the calls of humanity than others, fearlessly threw aside every consideration of per- sonal safety, and boldly rushed forward into the water to the assistance ot thetr fellow men Amongst these we have much pleasure In mentioning Mr Urinau, Mr Hovte, and many others, whose names we have not learnedi and also a black man of the name of 'Taylor, who is slower ol cargo sugar, and by whose inirepic i y an < auntless conduct, united with tf'at ot e' many of the seamen yvere safelv brought on s oie. A most painful and affecting scene was bere eXlibited Of the six in crew on board the barque hi z«beth> two of them were boys, and there was aLo one man who could not swim; ho* these were to be landed was the wonder of every one, a»d the spectators contiguous to the scene appeared to ente, tain tears for their lives; presently, however, a .le buoy was rigged out on shore and dispatched to the ship, -a tiliti,, litile known here, useful as ,r. is upon such occasions L -as drawn up and one of he Utile fellows was made a*t. The ba que at his time was rolling in a swell near y halt as h.gh as her masts. Presently °veT Ln^ 7 iv,r some tune, ail exclaimed, • Poo te^,n0 Tp i, "one, he is drowned when Poortellow, he is to the great surPr,s^ llie the head of the buoy witnessed the scene, up ,| heen dncr r ii and the boy together M been draSo*i ah ihe way beneath the surl, and although ha f drowned, was yet alive, and was assisted to the land by several of those who kept in the water for the purpose. The second boy was rescued from the wreck in the same manner, and then the man but of course the people had now seen ihe use of a life-buoy, anci they were no longer surprised at its value and eflicacv in preserving life. "Only three seamen, we believe, in the whole, h ive lost their lives; one poor fellow had his skllll driven in by being dashed on the rocks, and died on Wednesday night; an 1 of the other two, one died o! exhaustion trom chill and cold, and the other was drowned; a miraculous preservation of the survivors, when it is considered that nearly '20d ot these men were exposed to the fury of the .storm, on a rocky shore. "Of the amount of loss sustained bv this truly awtul and distressing visitation to the shipping interest, we shall hazard no positive opinion, as far as appearances go, iii,d according to opinions expressed, we should shi'e it at sterling, as most ot the homeward-bound vessels were nearly it not fully laden, and the vessels, Americans and others, discharging their cargoes, had in some instances the greater portion on board A public meeting, over which the Bishop of Barbadoes presided, was immediately convened, with a view ot a (fording immediate reliet to the shipwrecked mariners, and ^400 was subscribed a del ity. Upon tne laud the damage done is comparative:)' trifling. A few slIIall houses and a paling here and there have Iwen blown down in this town, but nothing beyond this and in the country the standing corn has been partially stripped, and one or two very high chimneys falling on the buildings to which they were attached, have done pirtial injury to the roofs."—London paper.

_L__+ IMPROV EMENTS ON TilE DAVY LAMP. T. the Editor of the Mining Journal. Sin,—In a former letter we called your attention to that valuable property of the. Davy Lamp, resulting from some peculiar arrangements in its structure, by which the non-inilammable gases or smoke, generated by the combustion going on within, is made to meet within its exit, and so to dilute or neutralize the fire- damp entering into the lamp to the point of destroying its explo.;i vcness. We pointed out, moreover, that the peculiar con- trivances by which Sir Humphrey Davy, succeeded in effecting this desirable object, however admirably calculated to ensure such an end,when the fire-damp sur- rounding the lamp is in a tolerably quiescent state, are by no means of a character that can be relied upon when it is agitated by any violent current. Aware of the importance of this neutralization, and that a lamp wa.nting in this respect (however carefully constructed, or however defended against currents,) mu-.t, like that of Messrs. Upton and Roberts, be quickly driven out by an internal explosion, and so leave ,the miner in dark- ness our attention was for several years directed to- wards effecting the desired improvements in the Davy Lamp, without coinpiising to so great an extent the present usefulness of that valuahll invention. Our efforts have, to a certain, but (as we are constrained to believe) a necessari y very limited extent been success- ful and we think that by detailing some of our experi- ments, and by pointing out what we conceive to be the limits of improvement of which the Davy Lamp is sus- ceptible, we may not only be of assistance to others engaged in this cause, either by, in some measure, aiding them in their or by otherwise savin" thelll a good deal of fruitless exertion but that, besides this, we may have the opportunity of paving the way for the introduction of otii- life lamp; for so long as the winds of scientific men shall continue to dwell upon the possibility of effecting everything by improvements upon the Davy Lamp—improvements of which neither its nature or principles are by any means susceptible— there is the less chance for the introduction of an inven- tion upon a construction altogether different. We shall feel anxious, therefore, when we sliull have occasion to speak of our Proof Davy Lamp, that it may be by no means considered we are recommending such lam;) as ca.ciliated to supersede the peculiar advantages of the life ia:n:> (where circumstances render the em- ployment of that lamp at all necessary), but simply as a reallv Slirn, tlinuuli .mohil, alkI -1 the i'-ivmc tunc nmiiily portable lamp, that may be used in combination, with it. From our endeavours to improve the Davy have resulted three separate inventions; the hirst, to wliieh we have given the name of Tiie Neutralize! or Close Da,y Lamp," is in outward appearance, and particu- larly at the lower part of its construction, a great deal resembling a policeman's laniheni, being much the same in "i:ie, of a cylindrical shape, and having a strong glass lens or bull's eye inserted about the middle, in a similar manner. The upper part of the lamp is conical, terminating in a pipe, which afterwards divides into two branches of equal bore and length; and each of these branches, after ascending a very little way, i; bent or turned downwards, but with a similar and i gradual curve. Through out these curved pipes or branches, forming in fact the chimney, the whole of the smoke is of necessity obliged to escape, and in equal volumes; nor are the pipes scarcely more than suffi- ciently large to completely effect this purpose the air passing into the lamp for the support of the flame is ad- mitted through a pipe called the Suction Pipe, or Air Feeder." This pipe is several inches in length, funnel- shaped at top, and having a stop-cock in the middle of it, care being requisite not to admit a greater supply than is found to be consistent with its object. The small end of this suction pipe, or feeder, being inserted into or atlixed by union to the cylindrical part of the lamp, at some distance below the wick, it is afterwards bent upwards, so that its top or funnel nearly reaches up the top of the lamp, and in such a manner as to become a recipient for one of the curved pipes or branches before mentioned as forming the chimney, and which is made to enter it for a considerable depth. From the peculiarity of this arrangement, it will he found that the aircomina: in to supply the lamp IS admitted in quantities proportionally minute, according to the deyres "f its injl'lI/JIllûbi!i!y for no sooner does any considerable elongation of the flame take place, and which is of course accompanied by an increased formation of smoke, as well as by an extra draught, than the natural effect of this increased draught is to drawer suck doù'n through the suction or air feeder, an extra portion of thi, smoka (or of thenitrogen and caihonic acid gases ) from the chimney, and in such manner to so choke or stop up the feeder, as to prevent the ingress, except of a very minute portion onlv of the external air, until the flame is again reduced to i;s proper level. The effect, indeed, is very curious, for the flame keeps rising and falling alternately for some time after the sudden intro- duction of any inflammable gas, since, in proportion as it is at one instant elongated, it is the next depressed. Internally there are arrangements, so that the air ad- mitted is obliged to go direct to the wick, and there are others to prevent any firing backwards. The suction pipe, or air feeder, being at some slight distance from the lamp, and the smoke consequently being somewhat cooled in its descent,its union with the explosive air is we have thought, in some slight degree promoted hy this circumstance and so great is the extent of neutraliza- tion produced by employing half the smoke in the wav described, that the lamp yields only a minimum )f in a pure atmosphere indeed, it can scarcely be said to yield any light at all, unless the air ie somewhat imprq- nated with carburetted hydrogen, so thr.t it is evident we could go no farther notwithstanding, the great extent, however, of this neutralization, it is insufficient to pre- vent a tendency towards internal explosion, that is when the lamp is severely tested. It is true, that by simply inserting a small stop-cock into the remaining branch of the chimney we are enabled at pleasure to throw an extra jet, or even the whole re- maining portion of the smoke into the air feeder, and so to overcome this tendency towards internal explosion, and in fact, if the air feeder is not too large, we can so choke it up as to put the light out altogether. For further experiment, it is desirable to have a second air feeder, in all respects precisely similar to the one already described-its funnel forming also a recipient for the remaining branch of the chimney. By gradually augmenting the volume of siiioke, or at other times the volume of air, taking care that the air admitted shail at a"' ti"'('i be thoroughly neutr:llized,we are e,,ablci to n almost every mixture ot t'.xp.0sit)s atmosphere. But tIt" precautions necessary in the management of these cocks must evidently go far to preclude its usefulness for other purposes, than merely as an experimental lamp. III short, Sir, after all our efforts, and I believe almost every possible modification, with a view to ensure tne full action of its principles, we have had this lamp go out, and at other times explode (that is internally) when the transition from one atmosphere to another has been f," I y sudden, and at other times we have haJ I too great, an elongation of tiie Hame nor can it escape observation, that hy the substitution either of tin or of sheet copper, in order to render it a close bmp. we have foregone completely all the beautiful radiating properties of the wire gauze, and that in process of time the lamp, under such circumstances, must become inconveniently hot. It affords, however, a good illustration of the action of the non-inflammable gases in neutralizing fire- damp, and of our early atteiiipts to accomplish this neu- tralization in a vessel apartfrom the interior of the lamp, with a view to obtain adose Davy Lamp that should be proof against currents. 04r experiments made in this way, when considered in reference to the lamp invented by Messrs Upton and Ro;).rt;, have naturally led us to the conclusion, although W have never yet tried the e perimeut, that was any decided attempt made for apply- ing this principle of llpntl',¡li,:in2, the air in is entrance to their lamp, that although it niiirht not be impossible by such means to overcoini in great measure its present tendency to .cards internal explosion, yet the result would he that we should pridncc so great an elongation of thf flame as to endanger the breaking of dh" class, which, iu our opini/ll, must, ill l'eat measure, direst the Irmo of its radiatine po er. The lamp of Messrs. Upton and Roberts ha s, like the Davy Lamp, qualities sui ye,e)ii, which it is highly dangerous to tamper with. We are, Sir, your obedient, servants, G. t'-c W. Bt'itsti.i.. 1, Queen's Head Lane, Lower Road, Islington.

FROM THE LONDON GAZUI-'TE i. London, I,, id(iy, Ne,!)teiiiber 8 INSOLVENT. Thomas All work, Ha,>tings, Sussex, dealer. BANKRU PTS. William Henry Hunt, Crown Court, Cheapside, mer- chant. W iliiam Antonio Rocher,Broadwall, Blackxriars, v.ine merchant. Warner Lidùiarù and Robert Kitton, Golden Lane, carpenters. John Green and George Eley, Birmingham, and Thavies Inn,-Holi)orn, wholesale jewellers. William Twells est, Nottingham, draper. John Bonnor, Cheltenham, ironmonger. London, Tuesday, September 12. BANKR{]PTCY ANNULLED. Robert Cawood, Leeds, Merchant. BANKRUPTS. William Henry Page, Plymouth, linen-5 raper. William Kier, Liverpool, wine-merchant. George Wilson, Darlington, Durham, mercer. Jump's Plevni, TN antwich, Cheshire, timber-merchant. Richard and Runard Lowe, Worcester, leather- dressers. John AVihiam- Manchester, glass-manufact irer. William Clarkson and James Waterhouse, Stanning- ley, Yorkshire, cloth-manufacturers. Henry Doneaslei, Sheffield, porter-merchant. William George Jackson, Hartlepool, Durham, grocer.

_a_1. ^xvlmmuL (nOSE Of N DA This being the day on which the royal proclamation dissolving the fate Parliament directed the writs for the election ot new Members to be returnable, both Houses pr(, At a quarter past two o'clock the Lord Chancellor entered the House and took his seat on tie™ Woolsack, the other Peers present were Lord Holland, Lord Glenelg, and Lord Foley. The Lord Chancellor then directed Mr Pullman, Deputy Usher of tllc Black Ituti, to summon the House of Commons to hear read her Majesty's "Writ" issued under the Great Seal for the further prorogation of Par- liament. In a few minutes Mr Rickman, the second clerk, and several other officers of the Commons, appeared at their Lordship's bar (not a single member of the Commons being present), when The LORD CHANCELLOR said-My Lords and Gentlemen, her Majesty has heen pleased to direct a writ to be (,i-(!at Seal, for the further prorogation of Parliament, v. hich you will now here reaÜ. The Clerk of the House then read the rvyal writ, which absolves all Peers spiritual and temporal, Knights of 'he shire, citizens, and burgesses, from giving their attentl- anee at WestminsK r this llth day of September, and commands tnc.n to be present on Monday the second d.w of October next. the Lord Chancellor then declared Parliament prorogued until Monday the 2nd day of October next. The proceedings, whi'-h only occupied a few' minutes, then terminated. The Peers did not wear the state robes a; is usual on formal prorogations of Parliament.

.AJ,£IIIZ:Y LATEST INTELLIGENCE, Lovnov, 'PiuiitsDAY, KVENIVG. o regret to slate that this morning, about a quarter beiore 4 o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr Harris, India Rubber Manufacturer, .No, 48, Strand, no u'lv facing the Charing-cross Hos- pital, aiid which we deeply regret to state, iu the sacrifice of tin ee lives-viz., Mr Harris, his son, a chiht si.v years of age, and a female servant. — i be houses of Mr Coppoek, shirt-maker, and Mr Bewlev. tobacconist, were considerably injured. The loss of property sustained must be very great. About seven o'clock the remains were dug out of the ruins, and convened in shells to St. Martin's work- house, where they will remain until a coroner's in- qllet sllalj have been held. The Paris Papers received this day, announce the dissolution of tee Chambers; and add, that a new creation ot Pcci-s will accompany tile appeal to the electors. J iie communications from Spain are of trifling interest. to tll(, Pcii.r, 'I I'Llilit)tir pr(-ii! that the yellow lever, imported by a vessel from Cuba, has made its appearance in the neighbourhood of Barce- lona. The Barcelona Journals, However, make no mention of ueit a calamity. It was rumoured 0:1 the Paris Slock Exchange, on Tuesday, that Cabrera bad appeared before Valencia, at the head of his whole division. The Gazetle d' Augsburg containsa letter of the GLh, from Munich, wherein it is stated that the King and Queen of Bavaria, and the Dowager Empress oi Austria, had recently escaped a great danger, the horses in their Majesti s' travelling carriage having taken fright, and Iwing ou'v prevented 11'.0111 dragging tiie vehicle over a dangerous bridge by a dragooll soldier, who cut tin; traces with his sabre. Ttiesame authority gives out that an inundation in YVa.laci.!a has cost some hundreds of the people tlwir 1 i Yes. Tilt" raill III that prineipallty did Ilot cease fallill for si:, weeks, and the consequences were fatal, as well to agriculture as to the inhabitants. In consequence of the recent tremendous gales.in the VV est Indies, the premium ol insurance ou W est India produn: from all ports, except those of Jamaica, where the hurricane was not felt, has risen from .50s. to ten guineas per cent, upon all ships which cannot be warranted to have sailed on the 1st of Augusf. Tn is great advance has been currently given at Lloyd's and also at the vaiious insurance companies.

Tiie Bishop of Bath and Wells in addition to having purchased tne oi gun which formerly stood in the Abbey Church of Bath, for the purpose of placing it in the church oj. VVeston-super Mare, .has directed a very handsome painted glass window to be put up at the east end ol tiie same church, at his own expense. These donations will cost his Lordship not less than 1:61)ii. CONSERVATIVE PATROVAOE V. POPISH PERSECU- li:IS been said of the treatment widen tile gieat Dublin brewer, has experi- enced from the freedom ot election liberals of the Irish metropolis, on account of his vote against OVoimel!, at the late election. It is confidently asserted, that in consequence of the persecution directed against Mr Guinness, in Dublin, the demand for his porter in Loudon, and jp other parts of England, has been more than doublet!.—linsloi Mirror. EXPLOSION (W A STEAM BOILER.—On Friday, at the ironworks ot Messrs. Browuand Hunt, Broekmoor, near Stourbridge, one of the steam-boilers burst, the explosion IL w hich spread devastation around to a very considerable distance. One mall was killed, and several otner persons were scalded and bruised, and we are sorry to Hear but little hopes are at present I,e entertained of their recovery. I lies windows of the dliferent houses and offices connected with the works -were all completely biowu out. Tile wholt; of tlie premises are a complete wreck- I he damages are Saul to be estimated at ol"3,0 JO,—Bristol Paper,

ION I' Lí.J n I 1 IN A I!) OK I IRISH EILESTJOM PET'jTiO^S* | A T a Meeting he'd on Wednesday, August 1837, at the L oidon Coffee House. L.udj.ite H1'- AXDREW SP0TT1SW00DE, Esq in toe Chair, J It was resolved :— I hat a subsrriotion be now entered into, in a (I of"1 j1 expenses of the Dublin and other I :-ish pierti >u petih0" t and that, with a view io invite th contributions of i classes, it is expedient, to request oi.'v ONE SOV ER EL^ I from each P'>"SIH., without, however, retusing jarger Or smaller donations if off-red. The following i; ntleuini havp. consented II) act a Committee for the disposal of the fun Is ;0 obtain • I — Edw Smith Bigg. E«q. Jonn Masteruutu Jin. E»1* [ Edward Baldwin, Esq. P. C. Ooore. E»q. John B irwise, Esq, S^umel Oliver, Esq. I Colonel Ciitherow Wdi. Pavnier, Esq. Nath. Clidon Esq. J D. Powh-s, Esq. B Follett, Esq. '{ich. Ramsdrn, Esq. fir John Oioboiis, Bsrt. J, \I. Strachaii, Esq. Thomas Hamilton, E-q. Oliver Hargreave, Esq. Andrew Spottiswoode, Ef<P Henry Hoaie 'q. ■.{. H.Seeey, Esq. John Hooper. Esq. Edwin W Sc.addioi, R. Lambert J.Mies, Esq. I'll,is. Walford, Jun. Esq-, Geo.Hcibert Kll1de¡le.y.Es;l Treasurer—John Masterman, jun. Esq. ( A long list of ubscribers follows.) The Com.ni'.ioe havealsoto acknowledge, weh; h a ii k f the offer or several of the country Conservative Journal' to advertise the subscription free of clurge. The Committee trust th e the Conservatives in the lea1 ing towns of the empire will, without delav, form Loc* Committees, and obtain subscriptions in iheirown nClgh- liUl" hoods. Subscriptions are received bv Messr. Masterman and Co.. Line, Messrs. Praeds ii, IC,, Srreet; all,j \!e"rs. lIerrie, Fa(''uhar, ,auÙ CJ.. t. James's Street. Subscriptions will also he received in Merthyr at the Gil AIIOI A.N Office. JUST PUBLISHED, DON KARLOS, a DRAMATIC POEM, from ,1,e German o> SCHlLEE'l. By JOHN WYNDHAM BRUCE, Esq. Loudon: Black and Armsir >ng and W.Bird. Car^ On the ISth of September, will he Publis .ed. Elega"1^ Printed — Price, 6d CHARADES, bv oriirin.illy published tiie MERTHYR GUARDIAN. Printed for J. PAYNE, Guardian Office to who,ll.a, the number of Copies printed is limited, early app'lCil tion is requested to be made. NEW @0SISEs>NATIVE z loo The Fr:{ST :,U.\IIL:l{ of the EiaiTEEOUTSISHXRE BSACON* WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, will be Pnbiishe1' on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1837. Oldris and Advert scme.nts received bv Mr HOIK'" and Mr F.VRltOR, Booksellers, Mon.noutn.

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-=-- TO CORRESPONDENTS. '0. "A Monmouth and Glamorgan Conservative tor" has our best thanks. IVe will avail uurstafw^v his valuable CÙ;)WWlltl:aÚOn next week. CiiLii-cli of olir Fiitiiei-s!' shall appear. The Swansea Shipping List cam-: too Lite for mxerti°n- Ab lulu's tVelsh Translation of The sea the sl a the open sea!" shall appear in our next. H. G., Where? and why?

MERTHYR TYDVIL, SATURDAY, Sept. la;3 My uncle, says TRISTRAM SHANDY, was one; ilie best litiiiiotired niuji alive. Though b>r<ivt! as a lion, he had not the heart to hurt *'■' r(! One day at dinner lie was plagued by a blue-bottle that came humming and buzz"1^ about his forehead, he caught the troubles')" II¡illg' at last,carr,ed it in his IWlld to the WilltlOI" and letting it loose,said—"Go! I'll not hurt a hair ¡' J 11" lu ,)t' tliy lieatt I)oor creittvire, iiiere is rooiii ell()"" in the world for thee and rne." We quote tro"' memory, bill our moral is true. We have blue-bottles, some large and some of tlie IT .clj¡ smallest size. But we have the soul of L & Toby within us. We bear their humming buzzing for a while, sweep them off our (orcheil with a touch of our finger, aud fill to our [ without thinking about them. Then iloivii co|l! ;lie liiiiiiiiiei- and buzzers again, i)L rage of our good nature, iiii(i illtt!llli)tlrl- I C' alight on us. Etit %e tre Uii(.Ic t,ol)v to life, brave as a l:on yet compassionate fault. We thus soliloquize. What harm ci'" !he creatures do us — tiiey have no sling, 0(' ire merely trying to extract Otit C I 1 (r.],' our Cuticle, the loss of winch we ennnot cL j. -they are fond of using their wings., ° r making a show of attacking the hand th;it know by experience iias no wish to exti'ii?"1* insects as they ;ire,iiL- litile )Ir_pril,,Y of ihe dunghill aud the pool, dying in the s1" ii'r. But It tlJey are too Intlillg for IIS tt). squeeze fheni on our own account, th'V' I ¡eli,' length grow teasing to the company, on WI" still exercising our eOlllpassioll, we titke .J In our grasp, carry tllt'.Ill to tile \VillkioW, ivhen their little hearts are Avitil and when they expect to die, reduced *0' mpalpable powder under our heel, we te-B loose, wilh, Go, poor devils, the worki's w'1' enough for us all." As for the little velioll, ()Ils teasers, the mock sectarian libellers of the -[ sfitution and religion of the country, w«> ytfl acknowledge that we have now and then tAOi'p'^ it our duty to be stern, nav.rnuch as it shocks0" nature, to be severe. We have, notwithstaiid' ¡I' the native generosity of Our disosiliulls, vee.. compelled to crush them, and there's an end- JII" tice, like Truth, is mighty, and will IllIye jt': ,i<ue' way. Who has compassion on the o-nat7. 1 it \>e burn announces venom, and the little _I,e bloodsucker is extinguished accordingly. 'J'' n th1-' ,"I the present OCC<lSiU11 \e }¡,l\ e tu deal II itll t genuine blue-bolfle—larg", full, shilling die reverse of being able, or perhaps wilU*^ sting. On all occasions we h ,ve heen oer^c'.iy l-i 1 (billed to pay due respect to the M«iuhef derthyr. Offence to the private charade^ j ■my man is against our rules, and wo s' adhere lo them as punctiliously, at 18ist, ¡,:o ,)¡I" that gentleman is likely to adhere 14-) litics perhaps too a Litle more, for that tlenian is a Tory» as evy.y iutiivjuual ot P :V' perty and understanding in England »nRl"e -/1 ¡4'" fionably roust be, however be may talk The proprielor ot Dowlais can be no more W1'^ or HadicaJ, or allY olter oî th wicked, (1011 seiisic;tl aiid tiiiit I)o [)It "lor larity hunters arc forced to seem, than the IIC. who plavs the G/ot ill llamlet" can be a Ihlll of thin air." It is his flesh and blood enables him to play the spirit;—it is tl'« enables him to play the si)lrlti-it istile "'Igor