The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

FTTOIIINOUTHOHTIX. NEWPORT. ACCIDENT BY TI-IF WESTERN RAILWAV COACH FIWM BRISTOL To SWANSEA—Oa Tuesday last, 1 he 4th instant, as the above coach was descending a hiil a mile from Newport, from some cause not then ap- parent. the nor cs suddenly became unmanageable, and despite of the best endeavours ef the coachman to pull them in, galloped furiously to the bottom, when the each turned over oil the near side, pitch- ing nine outside passengers, with the coachman and- guard, on the side of the road. The horses con- t Tined running, for about 50 yards, after th" accident, dragging the coach after them. When they were stopped, a gentleman and lady were extracated from the inside. On the passengers running to each others' assistance,_mutual congratulations were ex- changed that no life had been sacriifced, and it was found, after a little inquiry, that no apparently serious injury had been sustained. Those who required medical attendance, to relieve them of anxiety or to dress a slight wound whicn one or two had received, were favoured with the prompt and kind assistance of a gentleman of the faculty passing at the time. The coach, meanwhile, had been raised on its wheels by the assistance of men in the neighbourhood, the broken pieces of the harness were then spliced, and to the wonder of alK in less than an hour from the lime of the accident, every passenger was again on his seat, and proceeding on his journey. No blame whatever-attaches to the coaclnnan (who we are sorry to learn was the most severely bruised), while great credit is due both to him and the guard for their solicitude and attention, and the promptitude with which they prosecuted the rest of the journey. On examining the coach the accident was found to hare been occasioned by the end of the pole being out of repair, in consequence of which it yielded I the polechains, leaving the weight of the coach to press in descending the hill on the wheel horses. ATTORF.YS,No less than 168 gentlemen have given notice of their intention to apply to be sdjnitted attorneys of the Cwort of Queen's Bench on the last da, of the present term,

i3t*ccan^uvc BRECON. BRECKNOCK INFIR)IARY.-Alty 4[11. „ Out. Patients remaining Inst week 3 29 Admitted since I a In. Out. 4 32 Cured and Relieved I 4 Dead. 0 0—1 4 Remaining 3 28 Physician for the ensuing week Dr Lucas. Surgeon ditto ditto Alr Bitt. BRLCON FAIR, MAY 4TH—This fair was very scantily supplied with fat stock of sheep there were none, and but few store and lambs, for which they asked very high prices; what few beasts were sold fetched about 7jd^ per lb; cows, with their calves, anti lean stock, which were not numerous, were a very dull sale, and to effect a clearance the sellers were obliged to submit to a decline in price of from ten to twenty per cent, from a fortnight ago; the horse fair was very thin of good horses, what few was there maintained their prices, but of inferior ones and mountain ponies there was a very good supply, but what sold fetched very low prices in short, money and buyers were never known more scarce at a May fair here before. A great number of the light fingered gentrv were in attendance, six of them were accommo. dated by the police with a trght's lodging in the town gaol, to be summarily dealt with by tll,, magistriktes, next day.-The following day's pig market was well supplied with all kinds of store pigs, which sold readily at very high prices, they being in very great dpmand, Fire of the aforenamed gentry have been this day committed, for want of sureties, in not giving a good account ot themselves. The Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Deb'ors have appointed Mr John Lazenby, keeper of her Majesty s gaol or prison of Brecou, a commissioner for the purpose of taking affidavits of the prisoners in custody in the said prison of Brecon to bj used before the court for reI ief of insolvent debtors, or any commissioner thereof, or any justices of the peace, or any officer or examiner of the said court. COMMITMENTS TO THE COCNTV GAOL.—May b3, Walter Maybery, Esq., Mayor, and T. Meredith, Esq Joseph Williams, for trial at the Quarter Sessions, charged with stealing from the person of John Davies one cotton purse. George Thomas, William Jones, and James White, three of the light fingered genus, were committed by the same justices to one month's imprisonment each for attempting to rob one Margaret Davies. State of the Gaol.—Brecon, 5th May, 1 S-ll Prisoners for trial I Males in the House of Co-rection 34 Females in ditto 4 Debtors 16 Total iiCi "1#1"" BLILTII. Tlie fishing season has commenced most satisfactorily to the numerous sportsmen in this vicinity, and salmon are plentiful and ia fine condition. ..#,### CLVDACIR. Lancelot Powell, of Clydach Works, Breconshire, iron master, and Robert Ellis, of Clydach, aforesaid, agent, have taken out a patent for certain improve- ments in the manufacture of ii-on.- Se-,iled the 24lh of April—G months for inrolment.

FAIRS FOR THE ENSUING WEgK. Glamorganshire — Cardiff, Wednesday 12; LI ailrif- sent, Wednesday 12 Wain, Thursday 13. Monmouthshire—Abergavenny, Friday 14. Ihccoashirc—BmUh, Wednesday 12; Crickhowell, 0(' Wednesday 12 Devvnuoek, Monday 10; Pontnedd- fechan, Wednesday 12. Carmarthenshire — Llandilofawr, Wednesday 12 j Llativiiian^el Yeroth, Wednesday 12 Llan^awel, Wednesday 12; Newcastle in Emiyn, Monday 10. Cardiganshire—L'anwydalus. Monday 10. Mwnoton, Fiiday 11 Pembroke, Tuesdav 11.

AWFUL SCOOEN DE.ATH.-On Monday evening the 3rd inst., as Mr Richard Llewellin, machine maker, of Kington, Was in his jiilop following his usual occupa- tion, he was seized with a fit of apoplexy and almost instantly expired. The Earl of Cawdor has liberally given a large piece of ground at I'itdy.n, Carmarthenshire, as the site cf the erection of a new church, of a sufficient size to admit of there being a spacious cemetery attached. LOUD CARDIGAN.—We have beard, and we are iiicliiie,l to coiii.l(-r (lie report is tliit tije Secretary at War lias «<> far overcome the scruples of the authorities at the lIorse Ouards, ill regard to his Lordship, that they have reluctantly decid.-d that he must take the earliest convenient opportunity of sel. ling out. Mr Macaulay is said to have coin inced Lord Hill that any further protection of his Lordship by the military administration of the country cannot fail of being productive of the worst eousequ"tices to the discipline and well being of tlie army; anil that unless his Lordship, at length, consent to tiie step which cir- cumstances have so long rendered necessary, a change in the management of tlie affairs of the army will be called for, in a tone >0 imperative as to make a further resistance to public opinion dangerous, if not impos- sible. The noble Earl lias consequently received 110'ice 10 quit; but is to be allowed the grace of bavin;; himself originated bis retirement. Tiie Sunday flo £ j fjiog aff iir has proved the l.-ist drop to the full cup of ^ifijcial endurance.—Uaital Service Gazette.

CORRESPONDENCE. 8 WESLEY A NS. TO THE EDITORS OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN GENTLEMEN,—J beg you will allow me to correct a mistake which is in your valuable paper for last week, respecting tlie state of the Wesleyan Missions. It should be as follows :—The Wesleyan Methodists have no less than 26t) Foreign Missionary Stations; they employ 3SO missionaries, and in the schools are more than 5J,QCK) children and adults they have also 322 schoolmasters; seven printing establish- ments 7S.504 members in society and they preach in more than 20 diii rent languages; the expenditure, according to the last report up to December, 1.^39, was £ 113,559 18s 5J, and the contribution within the same year was £ 92,097 18s ".1, leaving a balance due to the treasurer of ^20,S71 195 9d. I am. Gentlemen, yours respectlullv, Glebeland, Merthyr. W. EVANS, TO THE EDITOR* OF THE GAZETTE & GU.MTB&N, GBSTLKMF.N,—Many of vour English readers would, perhaps, be gratified if .1 Wre!sb scholar would furnish a ft'w examples of words^in which the instinct of imi tation jjl Cijckoo apparently belongs to this large class of words a only mimics the cuckoo's note, cue coo, just as hiccough does the g:lltnrai convuUion or r¡¡IJh itself the noise of coughing, bark or IJ'¡rkill!r, qn:¡<:k of a du('k's quackiul{. &c. The Greek coceux, the Latin cueulus, the Welsh cog, the Erse ch'iacb, are all different forms of eue< 00. The Ilalian term for bird ucello ts highly expressive of the cbirrl of one. Erasmus, in his dialogue upon the pro- nunciation of Greek and Latin, has humorously made a lion and bear the speakers, and the 1 ion gives a prcttv long enumeration of sounds imitated by man after the fashion of a mocking-bird. Yours, obediently, May 3d, ISla. PQLYGLOTTUS.

At the annual Merting on behalf of the Avesleyll) Missions, held in Pomp street Chapel, Mr Ledbroke in the chair, the report stated that the Society had 25G principal stations, 3S0 missionaries, S22 paid cati-chists and schoolmasters, 5G:JO unpaid assistants, 78,5 )1 members or communicants, 200,000 individuals in the various congregations, 55,078childreti and adults in the schools, and that no less than 28 languages wen- I used by the Society's agents. The amount raided by the Worcester Auxiliary during the year was +'107 13s lOd.—Worcestershire Guardiin. LUDLOW —FATAL ACCIDENT. — An inquest waslate'v held at the Ludlow Union Woi khouse, 011 the body (if Wm. Fox, quarryinan and well sinker, whose death happened under the following circumstances It ap- peared from the evidence of Sir Charles Cuyler, Bart., niiti that ol Captain Halifax, that Fox it work for Mr Hughes, miller, of Henley, and having occasion to see Sir Charles on business, he went to where they were fishing, find that Sit- CJiHrles' Ashing tackle having been caught in the spray of a tree, lie was about to break off the spray. Sir Charles said there was no occasion for it: but heclimber! up, and while stand ing on two different boughs, the one he held with his hands above his head broke, aiui he, not being able in the short distance he had to fall—which was only about nine feel—to protect himself with his bands, fell upon tiis head, broke bis neck, and died instantaneously, Former escapes of this unfortunate ipan are stated as almost miraculous. He was on one occasion actually blowlI out of a well which be was sinking at Overton, by the train exploding before he could reach tho top, and escaped unUut't.—Worcestershire Guardian, A ;) I THE ROYAL WEST PK.WAID CII .I: E,—Ts.is gigantic production of the numerous cc1,.br:,teJ West Pelican! dairies, manufactured as a testimony of tho loyaty of their ownrrs to our gracious Queen, is now exhibiting at Bath, on its way to Mr VV. Norris's, of West Pennard, where it is to undergo the process necessary for its ripening, and being rejiden d fit for Royal mastication, which it is supposed it v\id be in t v i- ci; s. 11 will then be again forwarded to the' Palace.-l:rislO[ .:Iirrar. RAILWAY CIIASE Extii\nv.— On Thursday hist, a person named George Comley (h.i\ing wi h hitn his wile and six children) took places for himself and 1)1;lros fol- liiilisc-!i* family by the 11 o'clock railway train from Glouces- ter and Birmingham. Soon after the train had started, Mr W. Gillman, of North Nibley, arrived at thu station house, in the hope of intercepting Mr Comlev, who, he stated, bad executed a forgery upon him to tho amount of < £ '40, and bad a'so committed other fraudulent- delinquencies, atid was then en rou!c: to Li- verpool, where it was understood he bad engaged a passage for Amcrica. Aftcr a short consultation with inir Walker, police superintendent, on the best steps to be a pursuit was resolved upon, and for a payment of ^10, an engine was immediately got ready with which Mr Gilliiiau and Mr Walker started, at high pressure speed, in the hope of overtaking the train, which by that time hid had the advantage of about 2J minutes' stait. After a fine chase, they succeeded in getting sight of :11C train at. Ashchurch, and followed close in its wake to iheSpetehiey station, where, much to the surprise and consternation of tlio fugitive, liis pursuers c-iiiie tip willihiin, s-i(liv (le. ranged the plans be had so cleverly laid for his escape. The remainder of lJi journey to Birmingham was per- formed in company of Mr Gillman, who, 0:1 arriving in that town, gave him into the custody of the police on the charge of foi-gery.-Git.,ucestcr Journal. BKISTOI,. — A very serious fire broke out on Wed- nesday week on the works of the Great Western Railway Company, in Tee.iple Meads, in this city, by which properly to a great amjunt probably from £ 15,000 to < £ 20,000, has been destroyed I< oii^in- ated in a large iron reservoir of coal tar, employed for the purpose of applying the ci'posote principle (<1 ubstilute for tlie process of kyanising) to the limber used 'or bearers on the line, and was caused by a candle having been accidentally let fall into tf.ecom- hus ibie material. The reservoir being surround d in every direction by piles of timber, to a large proportion of which the creus ite bad been applied, the fire spread with great rapidity, and in little more than an hour, besides the immense sioek of coal tar, oil, &c., from 800 to 1,000 loads of timber were on fire. All the engines ill the cily were on the spot, but all attempts to subdue Ihe flames in ihe parts with which they had communicated were useless, and had not great exertions been used to clear away the piles of unbnnit timber, so as to cut off the communication with the other parts of theworks,the damage, it is would have been very greatly extended. The property is insured, but still, it i" thought, thpre UlIIt Le considerable loss to the company, eieu if the opening of the line to Bi idgewaier bo not retarde'd. It bos been since stated that the fre was caused by the overheating of ihe co.il tar, and not in the manner above described. But it is at prcsput impossible to ascertain any correct particulars iu this respect. GIIEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—This magnificent lino is fast approaching completion. Tiie most strenuous exertions are being made for the opening of ttio, I itio in June or July. Great preparat'ous are making for the creciion of the Chippenham Railway Station, tho site of u hieli is to be in a field called tiie Wail Ground, north of the tOWlJ, the intended entrance being through the oncc extensive timber yard of Mr John Pro\is. The Great Western Steam Company determined Some time ago to fit out the. Mammoth, an iron ship, of 3,2.11) tons, and upwaids of 1,000 horse power, tsitli tli:! screw propeller; and being now "plated up," and her engines in a forward slatp, tiH directors have chartered the Archimedes, to ennb'o them todecideupon the most approved arrangements of iii;icliiijvrv, &e. The Mammoth, we hear, is to bo put into the trade between Bristol nud New York, ;iii,i the proprietors confidently expcct that she will perform her voyages considerably under the avcraga iiio i-(,qti ir(,cl •ime required by steam ships at present. The position of the propeller being considerably under the water line, and in the dead wood of the vessel, it will be thus much less exposed to injury from gun shot, floating limber, ice, and other casualties than the paddlo wheels. But the great ad vantage which a sea going steamer, fitted up on the propeller principle, will possess over those with paddle wheels, will consist in her superior facilily of steering, and safety in lying to in heavy weather. Her Majesty's government bavo given immediate instructions for buiMieg a war steamer, to be fitted with the propeller.—Morning Chronicle. At the Bristol Police Court, on Saturday, Mr Luke Arnold, a solicitor iu Bristol, and Mr Smith, an inn- keeper, were charged with the following assault on Atici B(iL]cr, a youri, %t,(iiiiitt iii .11r service. The complainant slated, that twelve days before that on which she appeared, she had been hard at work, and after it was over took a glass of sp rits and water, which produced intoxication; she was carried up stairs and laid upon the bed, when Mr Ar- nold and Mr Smith came up into tlie room, saying- they would make her remember being drunk. Mr Arnold then lighted a squib and put it under her clothes, which he forcibly kept down with his hands to keep the fire work to her naked flesh, aud Smith emptied jugs of cold water over her mouth to prevent her from calling out. Two surgeons stated, that th state of flw wounds inflicted was dreadful. The de- fendant said they hml offered to compensate the girl for the fun" with 33s, but she asked £ ,j from each they then attempted to invalidate her testimony, but failed, and were held to bail in £ '2GO each, to appear at the sessions, the magistrates refusing to decide so atrocious a case. — Times. INDICATIONS OF SPUING. — Considering the ehiilv and unsettled weither that, wiih slight exceptions wo have experienced until within tile last cl;¡y or tWD, onr readers will scarcely be prepared for the tokens which II smilin spring" has now «iven of her bland and cheering presence. In several places in the neighbour- hood, the note of the cuekoo has been heard, and on Friday week swallows were Seen in great numbers. On Tuesday last a hive of bees swarmed in the garden of Cuthbert Simpson, Esq., of Woolton. This may bo considered the moststrikiugfact of all, the usual period being anticipated by at least .a inotith.-Liverpool Standard. THE PIUNTER.—"I pity the printer," said my uncle Toby. "He's a poor creature," rejoined Trim, r-aid my (incle. Beca it se, in the first place," continued the Corporal, looking full upon my uncle, "because he must endeavour to please every body. In the negligence of a moment, perlmp< a small paragraph pops upon him he has- tily throws it to the compositor—it is inserted, and he i, ruined to all intents and "Too much the case. Trim," said mv uncle, with a deep s¡,:II;" roo-IlHch--¡hc-case." An' please your honour," continued Trim, elevating his voice, and sdiking into an implorable altitude, an' pleas your honour,'his is nol the whole." Go on,Trim," said my uncle, feelingly. The printer sometimes, pursued the Corpual, "hits upon a piece that pleases him mightily, and he liiinks it cannot but go down with his subscribers but, alas! sir, who can calculate (he human mind ? Ile inserts it, Ind it is all over with him. They forgive others, but they cannot forgive a printer. He has a host to print for, and every one sets lip for a criiio. The pretty Miss exclaims. I'viis, don't liD give us more poetry, mirriages, and bonmots 1 —away with these stiile pieces.' The politician claps his specs on his nose, and runs it over in search of a violent invec- tive-he finds noneh takes his specs off, folds them, sticks them in his pocket, declaring tho paper good for nothing b 1 to burn. So it goes- Every one thinks it ou^h;tobe primed expressly for himsel f, as he is a subscriber; and Ft, after all this: complaining, would you believe it, sir," said tho honest Cotporal, clasping his hands beseechingly, "would you believe it. sir, there are some sub- scribers who do not hesitate to cheat the printer out of his pay! O r army swore terribly in Flan- ders.L, they never did any thing so bacTas that' "Nevei said uncle Toby, emphatioally.—Ameri' can Paper.

BI ill'US. April 2lst, at Tonna. near Neath, Jennet, wife of t'ie Rev Daniel Griffith, of a son. April 20 h, at Neath, Ann, wife of Mr Wm. Powell, landlord of the King William, of a son On the 24th nit., at Vicars I'ark, Fishguard, the lady of the Rev 11. Nathan, curate, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 4th inst., at Card iff Church, Mr Alexander Bevan to iliss Mary Oliver, niece of Mr Tredwin, ship builder, of Cardiff. May 4, at St Woollos Church, Newport, Monmouth- shire, Mr Thomas Jones, ship broker, to Miss Jihzabetli Latch, both of Newport. DEATHS On Saturday, the 1st instant, after a few days' illness, aged 78, r 1 homas Joseph, of Cvvin Malwg, in the parish of Margam. A most iuuustiions and respectable farmer, and of a family for a long period of years rtsi. dents in the said parish. On Wednesday last, aged nine years, Rebecca,daugh- ter of Mr i homas James, mason, Pontmorlais. On Wednesday last, suddenly, A nn, wife of Mr Stephen S'.lse, furnace manager, Aberdare Wt rks. April 30, at Newport. Monmouthshire, Mr Anthony Thi lips, corn and provision merchant, at the age of 63 years. On the 28th ult., in London, in his 61st yeat, Mr Ltike lia^sajd, Printer to the House of Commons,

,*J,n a paragraph in tho Louisville Journal, it ''Old C!,tl llaril,.v l)e credited, that dC|j. "ickory" (General Jackson), the former I'rosi- Pecu *e Statos, is rcduced to extreme ,g0 n'"v distress. It states thus: —" A few weeks |tQ..w° saw a letter from General Jackson to a Uu ?",n w!l° 1,ati d raw l on him lor 10) dollars. Itn,,) Mowledged that tho money was due; but j» that he was so miserably embarrassed by his ^c'^lsi «is to be utterly unable to raise the fie ,SUm necessary to meet the draught, lie said •lie i Sumc s^ock, wliicii lie was willing to give up to tun.' r',Wcr of tbo draught, but that 100 dollars in lcJ Was out of the question." 'pi » l,0 le Paris papers of Sunday have arrived, but bring |,)jrCWs importance. The Moniteur contains the Ciis'xt8^8 l,res"nterl to t'le King on the preceding day tl H^es,y's ^y Count d'Appony, in the name ,e C°>'j>s Diplomatique, by the Presidents of the •f.St fTS H' '>eers aiu^ Dopniies. and by the Council w'th the King's replies to them, but neither (. a,n any points of interest. The address of the tVe' Diplomatique is incorn^nrably the most trifling 5apr Presented to his Majesty by that body. It con- Wz I^8e^ a renewal of their homage, and a slight J>ri>erence *°—no* *'le political state of Europe, which a fair opportunity of complimenting the (jjj. 8 °n his clearsightedness, wisdom, and firmness, Jj,- tho baptism of the Count de Paris. His reply was a mere echo of this ''ex tremement dtscours,' as one of our French letters has it. t n ot.l,er addresses and the answers to them were ol da recsely similar character. The first of the two I ays ftes passed over, on Saturday, without accident, eclat. The preparations for I th-> k t',e second day were not, except as related to lja..eworks, of aii attractive character. The stu of y0Ui,g Prince was expected to be a piJ a'fair, from the suppression ot the promised anC' ex*reme beauty of the weather, which otb .iiWn to the country the crowds that would EU r*W'Se ^*ave filled the streets and the Champs <li 8jeS' ",us> wlii!e on the one h ind the absence of I *t)'!l r was satisfactory, tho indifference or the I %|)(j y "I the public presented on the other a marked t *0tl ?',eartening contrast, when compared with the I V>Q !;v,,u which prevailed at the christening of the I ,}e Napoleon, and at that of the Duke de Bor- j b x Times. I p ?1'8SELLS, APRIL 1.—The following are some jt 'culars of the explosion of the mine at Oagree. | jwa,s ra°re fatal tlitn was at first stated, 27 workmen Wl morneDt the report was heard. M. chi fert k°Dgdoz, director of the works, and Jout, the I ri«k "?ec',ail'st' went down one ol the shafts, at the Ith 01 their lives, and brought out three men, one of I *l't0ttl Was 8' alive, but he expired a few hours Of the 27 workmen, 14 were Germans, I V °u'^ 'our 'atliers of families- The workmen in I *7 parts of the mine did not sufter. The cause Rue calamity is unknown, and it is difficult to I ti|jrSs.xv!'at it may be, as every precaution is taken ia | ""Oes to prevent accidents. 1u (RIEce—^ letter from Athens of the 5th ut., lj.[ by the Sentuielie of Tmilon, affirms that Sir in consequence of instructions from London, I Q Entitled to the Creek G-arernment t»vo notes to p Was to demand the payment of the balance due 'he f?'llnt! the terms of the loan, and, in case of | ,reek Governreent not doing so immediately, Jim ar'n& that Greek snips in British po:is would be j Unt'er sequestration. The second note was to j tlie Government to prevent Greek malcontents Passing into L'andia and the reply of the Greek I «a0ierunaent was. that it was impossible to exercise a Oftk'ei)t degree of surreillauce for this. 'J he answer I bm to the first note is not mentioned, 'he demand is asserted to have put the Cabinet in p ol great embarrassment. I K ><AT VVOKK nv THB MILAV RAILWAY. — A I»P letter inentioni that the Tuscan Govern- thai '!as !,llthorised the formation of a railroad from cily '° F'orenei', passing by Pisa, 'i'lie work, to bo commenced between Leghorn and Pisas lenrn from Venice that the long bridge which is (j, ^constructed across the f.agunes, fro n the con- |f |°'it to the city, for the passage of the Milan Itail- ',(. win shortly Le commenced. This gigantic ^^ructi«n, which will cost 4,830,000 lire (or |<"jat "'••«t)0 francs), is to serve as an aqueduct at the ^itl *line> ai,(^ l,y 'lJ's nieans \'enice will be furnished (c' a Cony^;>n' tul P'.v °f frcsb water. BEF VMDEN SOCIETY. —The annual meeting of the mem- 1'nv XVilS °" U»"th>y week at the Freemasons' I !M>- Great Qlcell Street, Thomas Amyott, Esq., c„ v the chair. According to the report of the was read by the secretary, the society consists of 1*200 members, and the aU'airs "ia verv satisfactory condition. ejr neeount of the average amount of notes in '•iiiV'1'' sl,,(' VVales. by Private Banks, *°mt Stock Banks, (listiuguisbiug each in every |"f \l k>,in tb'- 20th of December, 1810, to the 27ill \y ,rch, 1S41. —1'ioin returns directed bv 3 and 4 Jji' 83—Private Banks, i'(),32^579; Joint J Bank-, £ 3,641,258; tola!, £ {>,903,S37. ? lee0V-—We find, from a return just published in In p a,,i;e with a motion lately made by i\Ir Hawes, (•/ that the total quantity of hard soip made in Ildqo' ^tain from Jan. 5, 1810, to Jan. 5, 1841 was t,);i *-0,0681b.; ami that the total quantity of soft ,u'e during tiie same period was 13,535,S3G. J ^Ua"t'ty of hard soap ex-ported from Jan. 5, 1S1W, 19:2-?() ()681b.; ami tint the total quantity uf soft ,u'e during the s'lme period was 13,535,S3G. J ^Ua"t'ty of hard soap ex-ported from Jan. 5, 1S1W, ( '841, was 22,004.0751b and the quanlity I 80<P, 7,00Slh.; the amount of drawback paid re°" being £ \40,7-15. The quantity of hard soip | 8u« r^ 't'latid was 0,1)30,108 and Ih.i' of soft I l()n'> The total quantity of foreign hard t| 'ported into Grunt Britain was 6-12 c»vt., and "luuit ofduty re eived thereon £ 1.271) IS. 8d. tot, Iquil)tity of foreign soli soap importPd was n"d the amount of dutv received thereon I 'j} I *>«A*0PS' ^'ALT» AVN BREVVKIIS, &C—From a return I it n ec' tor lately by Sir Matthew Wood, Bai t., M.P., "11[ Jj, 1J'J)e:,r8 'hat the total number of acres ol land in I If,* a,,d and VVales under the cultivation of hops in I li,, ea.r 1840 amounted to 44,805; that the duty on j the growth of 1840 amounted altogether to I fru* that the quantity of British hops exported Olh (, (if j'r,,at Brit,,iti to foreign coulltries from the 5th I ^23 1S4'J, to the 5th of January, 1841, was porC!1^ "'»t the quantity of forei»u hops i ut j J:, '"to the United K ioudom in the year ended J fr(,,Ui>r-v '841, was ll.yGtilbs. It further appears |,T vlL' ;'b»Ve return, that the total number of qu.ir I »ii.| M m between the 5th of January, 1840, i' 4,^ 5th of January, 1S4I, in the United Kingdom "'together to 5,337.107, out of which were used by brewers and victuallers, and I «,„r,58 fay brewers; that the number of per „i|f '^nsed to sell beer "to be drunk on the pre- in Kngland, between the 5;h of January, I ^87 j!,nu:,r-v' amounted to ^ru I a,u' t',c number licensed to sell beer not to be bygij °" 'be premises, to 5,74'2. The number of U'h"?F-of.ni,ltc(,Ilsulllvd by the former was 2,913,978 4.e "limber consumed by the latter 45-2,89;). I'lie consumed by bre*»ers in the who e United during the same period, was 19,800.151 8fiil? the quantity consumed by victuallers yy'l^o bushels. 'h«> ANT of —The consequences of ^|e^Vanl of labourers, says the Sydney Herald, in tjm \glni are fearfully ominoos at ibis e- We dread to think of tbem. Tlie colonist* lk uc I &{ _*°cb qnestiens as follow;—Shall sheep be t'On-V^ ^er ant^ ca"le and hor-es propor- ably low within a few years? Shall tliree- ^*n l'le 9et,lers °f Somb IVa es become lid.t)all the majority of the shopkeepers tfj.••'chants of Sydney be compelled to suspend fail? Shall the owners of money on tu',r,,y of landed property be deprived of said 'ro,n l'ie non val"P of securities'? Shall te4|.s be closed, and the owners of bank stook l4n ,,Se no profit? Sliall the labourer eat up the 'older and capitalist? Shall (he foreigner rev Priyed of bis invested capital? Shall the an(^ 'e &overnment be put hor.i de Vjji —Yes! these and many more calamities iin liappen if Coolies and British lahour be not Or | ^tely furnished by importation from Britain If, on the other hand, it is imported, this *i0nny will take the lead of every colonial posses- *i$e • Utl(^er the crown, and land and stock will !n Valtie to the European standard. — London yy *ndian Telegraph. <J.I^0I-ESAL,E ASSASSINATION.—The tribe of the ter|jf"es Myrdites has furnished, of late years, a 'he e*amp e of a series of crimes founded on 1I(H0I11 of. takin vengeance by assassination, tlie < oda, chief of the Myrdites, and formerly in •ot,^ Us,rian service, died in Ragusa, leaving two *tie °f tender years. Their uncle made an >ou,Tpf. *n to take advantage of their berej.' Bnd 'o supplant his nephew in the iie„r 'lary dignity of chief of the tribe. A \»ijj0 rel*!ion, or perhaps a brother of Doda's renionstrating with hiin on that subject, lierj| .l'ed by liim. Thereupon Madame Doda ,,nahl ',er brother in law. His son being *0|1. e 'o take vengeance on a woman, which ,^e contrary to the custom of the country, to it 'Flinated her son, his eldest cousin; and she ofjle,a,ed by murdering her nephew the only child «t0D r brother in law. Here the war of vengeance f*n|j| • because there remained no male in the ba,I ,except the younger son of Doda. But it at |?e*n since rumoured that (his child also ^i,,rettee-a mother, a smart, black '8{J8 little woman, catne herself to Scutari in »Ud lo defend her conduct before the Pasha, °. show that Ihe custom of the country 4^8ed her (o commit the above mentioned ,0aUo«» >tjtb the Hnif"? or pistol,—sUhcnwum. W'tUTKiiALL APiur. 29.—Tho Queen hns been pleased to order a coiy;c d'clirc to pass the (ireat Seal of tho United Kingdom of Great Britain an Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral church of Worcester to elect a Bishop of that see, the same being void by thedeatb of Or liobert Tames C u r. lato bishop thereof; and her Majesty has been also pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Iti^lit Rev Father in God Dr Henry Pepys, now Bishop of Sudor nnd Alan, to be by them elccte;! Bishop of the said see of Worcester. I.o 11 D CHAMBEIIUIN'S Oi L ICE, APRIL 19- Notice is hereby given, that Her Ma jesty will hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 12th of May next, at 2 o'clock. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing Room at St. James's Palace, on Friday, the 21st of May next, llf-r Majesty's Birthday, and on Thursday, the 17th of June next, each day 2 o'clock. WINDSOR, MAY 4—Tt has been finally arranged this morning; that her Majesty, and his Royal High- ness Prince Albert, with their distinguished suites, will leave the Castle to return to Buckingham Palace, on the afternoon of Thursday. A few days since it was 6tated in a morning paper, that the Princess Royal would remain at the Castle for some weeks after the departure of ilie Qsieen, for the benefit of the country air; but if her Majesty ever intended to leave the infant Princess at Windsor, the intention has been now abandoned, and her Royal Highness will accompany her illustrious parents to London on the above dsv. Since the arrival of the Court atthe Castle on Saturday last, the Prince has daily taken equestrian exercise, but has not hunted in any of the parks, as that amusement has been considered by the medical advisers of his Royal Highness to be too fatiguing for his present delicate stateof health. It is expected that the Court will return to Windsor a few days previous to the grand triennial celebration of the Elon Montem. PIUNCE ALBEKT.—We have the greatest possible pleasure, from the inquiries wo have made, in being able to give a most positive contradiction to the statement which has appeared in the daily and weekly journals, relative to the delicate state of health of Prince Albert. \Ve are assured by those who must or the fact, that his Royal Highness is in Ilw full possession of his usual good state of health. -Standard. The Duchess of Kent will leave England in the course of this month for the Continent, upon a visit to her Royal Higlmess's illustrious relatives in fiermnny. It is stated that her Royal Highness will not return to this country until the clld of the au- tumn. BANQUET AT THE FKFNCII EMBASSY.— On Sunday the Baron de Bourqueney gave a grand dinner at Hertford Ilousp, in celebration of the hirth day of his Majesty tlm King of the French. Covers were laill for 34. Among iheguests were the Marquess or Lord Melbourne, Lord Clarendo i, the Marq iess of Normanbv, Lord Palmerston, Lord John Rus-e I, Lord Erroll (Lord S'eward) Lord Uxbridge (Lord Chamberlain), his Grace the Duke of Welling- ton, the Duke of Beaufort, Sir Robert Peel, the Mar- quess of Anglesey, Prince Esterhazv, B iron Bulow, B-irou Neumann, Baron Urunow, Count Kielmansegg, P,iiiec General Alava, Baron Blonie, Baron Cetto, Comte Pollon, M, Van de Weycr, M. de fiersdor.T, Baron Moncorvo, &e. &e. I lie whole suite of rooms was thrown open and brilliantly illuminated. The sumptuous and tasteful arrange- ment of the table, together wiih tlie mixture of uniforms, the cordons of the different orders, and the richness of the liveries, combined to form CIIUP (l'æil of eclat worthy of the occasion. The health ol his Majesty the King of the French was proposed by the Marquess of Lansdowne, to which Baron de Bour- queney responded.by proposing "The Queen ol Gieat Britaill," allll subsequelltly, Th' 81J\"l'rcigll ill all., nnce and amity with France." The latter toast was acknowledged in appropriate terms by Prince Ester- hazy. The company separated at 11 o'clock. DKVTH OF GENERAL DONKIN, M.P.—This vene- rable and gallant general terminated his existence at Southampton, 011 Saturday last. \Ve are informed the deceased general, who was on a tour on the coast for the benefit of his health, which for some time past has caused much anxiety to his family connections, had o.dy arrived a few days previously, attended by a person in charge of him. and that having availed him- self of the temporary absence of his attendant, suc- ceeded in hanging himself. The deceased had been upwards of 63 years in the army. lie was surveyor general o!' iliv ordnance, a K.C.B. and G elI, and colonel of the I 1th or North Devonshire regiment of foot, to which regiment he was colonel in chief many years. He was letumed as member of parliament in 1832 and 1835 for Berwick, and was returned at the last election for Sandwich, for which place there is now a vacancy in the representation. SANDWICH ELKCTIOV.—Tiiis borough has been in the bands of the Whig Radicals since 1837, at which period Mr Grove Price, the former Conserva- tive member, was ejected. In 1839 the lato Sir R. S. Donkin vyas returned without opposition. Mr | Hamilton Lindsay is the present Conservative candi ilate, and is in every way worthy of the confidence of the electors. Lord Worsley, one of the members for the county of Lincoln, is understood to have withdrawn his support from Ministers, in consequence of their deter- mination to attempt a repeal of the present corn laws Scandard. We are sorry to learn that the Earl of Lonsdale is much indisposed. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BfBLE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the above society was held on Thursday at Exeter Hall. The Right Hon Lord LJexlev presided, aud upon the platform were the ICarl of Chichester, the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop ot'Ripon, the Bishop of Lichfield, Eirl Rodrn, Lord Teignmouth, Mr Piumplre, &c. lire Church and Conservatism have had a most glorious triumph in the parish ol Great Staughton. At a recent contest for n church rate the numbers were, for the rate, l it) against it, 0-2. The fine new Gothic church recently completed in Watney Street, Commercial Road, was off Monday consecrated by the Bishop of Loudon. The church provides accommodation for upwards of MOO persons, and was built by voluntary subscription, aided by a grant from the Church Building Fund, THE NAVY AGAIN SI.IGIITED.-Tlie Gazette of Friday last gives to General Sir John Harvey the hitherto unheard of appointment 01 Governor of Newfoundland! From its (irst foundation this colony has been ever governed by a naval officer. lilliv, tlwll, t his a Iteration in the ruling authority ? Surety a i t i t nry man is nol so well qualified to manage a maritime (omlllullity. or to set tie differences between wrangling fi-iliermeii or dissatisfied seamen ? But indeed it would seem to be the object of the weak and innovating Whigs 'o do every thing they can to give disgust to the 11 aval serv ice.— Times. A deputation from the cnroners of England and Wales, consisting of M Todd, coroner for Hants; lr Charsley, coroner for Bucks Mr Shebbeare, coroner fflr Hants Mr Westell, coroner for Oxford- shire; Mr Lewis, coroner for Essex; Mr Carttar, coroner for Kent MrSworder, coroner for Hertford- shire; Mr Burnett, coroner for ilir Lanwarne, coroner for Herefordshire; and Messrs Wakley, M P., and Baker, coroners for Middlesex had an interview with Lord J. ltussell, on Thursday, at tlie Colonial Olfice. The workmen, in excavating part of the site of the New Exchange, London, have found several Roman antiquities on the site of a large poud, 50 feet long, 31 feel wide,and 13feetdeep. Among these antiquities are a Roman wall and pedestal, articles of pottery ware, glass and glass vessels, lamps, coins, stiles and tablets for writing, and a strigel such -AS had been used in the baths of Poinpeii. The latter is perfect. Sheep bones and the bones and horns of stags have tttso been discovered in the excavations. AUSTRALIA.-One of ttie.most valuable acquisi- tions to the public treasury that have yet been unveiled since the first formation of the colony, is the developement of a now source of internal wealth, in the discovery of a rich ore 01 metal, abo i( (wenty miles in the interior, by two gentle- men on an exploratory excursion. It exists in immense quantities, there being thousands of tons already visible in a mountainwfls fissure. Speci- mens of the above have heen brought to town for scientific investigation, and have since been sub- jected by an operative chemist to all the available analysis of the colony (scanty as it is)> The fol- lowing are its natural characters, with the chemical results:—lis native appearance is of a grey blue colour, in small crystals about the size 01 gunpow- der; inodorous, incombustible, insoluble in the strongest mineral acids or alkalies specific glavity 11.739. On being examined through the microscope, the crystals are presented in an octagonal form; on being subjected to the strong red heat of the blowpipe, small ignited globules fuze out with dimeuLy. and instantly coalesce into a button; on cooling, it presents itself as a soft laminable metal, hardening bllt little under the hammer, very flexible, not very ductile, sli^hily tenacious, fusible at about 610 deg. Fahrenheit, thereby clearly demonstrating, on considering the specific gravity, that the great bulk of the mineral is lead, existing as a sulphuretted oxide, and in an alloy with some ofhei metal or metals, possibly unknown either in the old or new world It (iiiist, ttotvever, be tinder- stood, that from want of the necessary reagents used in chpmical manipulations, it is impossible 10 arrive a' ary correct atialysis,-Port Philiip Pa* iriott