The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

GOVERNMENT CIRCULAR TO RAILWAY COMPANIES. The following circular has just been issued by the Board of Trade. To the Secretary of the Railway Company. Railway Department, Board of Trade, ——- Whitehall, Jan. 27, 1843. "SIR, In consequence of the late occurrences on the North Midland Railway, the Lords of the Committee of Privy Conncil for Trade think it right to call the attention of railway companies generally to the extreme importance, of observing the utmost caution in making reductions in their establishments by which the public safety may be' affected. The experience of the last three years has fully satisfied their lordships that the comparative exemption which has been latterly enjoyed from the alarming accidents which occurred, so frequently during the infancy of railway travellii-ig, is to be attributed mainly to the gradual formation of establish- ments of experienced and trustworthy engine-drivers, and other servants, upon all the leading passenger railways, and that it was only by maintaining such establishments that a repetition of such accidents can be effectually prevented, This opinion has been confirmed by the recent accident upon the North Midland railway, and the investigations tvhich their lordships have directed in consequence, have fully satis- fied them that sudden and sweeping reductions in the branches of the establishment connected with the lic safety, can rarely be attempted without occasioiiing" great danger. ;'1 Under these circumstances, although my lords Rave no wish to interfere with the direction of the directors of railway companies, especially in cases where pecuniary consid$r&ti6n« are involved, they think it their duty to rerriind th'em'WthS heavy responsibility which they will incur if they airoWthfenfi selves to be influenced by a mistaken econoihy; BO far' ds to attempt reductions either in the number and efficiency of the establishment, which previous experience has led thtirn to consider necessary for conducting the public traffic in safety, or in the accustomed wages of the class of servants 'upon whose intelligence, sobriety, and habitual good conduct, the safety of the passengers depends. I I I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "S. LA1NG."

THE LIVBRPOOL AND MANCHESTER COMPANY.—At the half-yearly meeting of this company, the usual dividend of 10 per cent. per annum was declared. The receipts for the half-year were 123,7361. Is. 4d., and the disbursements, 63,6961. 10s. 9d. The receipts, as compared with the: cor- responding period of 1841, showed a decrease of 13,000/ but as the expense of working had also been reduced 30,0001. no diminution was made in the dividend. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S CIRCULAR.—Since our publica- tion of Saturday last, we have ascertained that the circular there alluded to as having been issued in the name of Lord J. Russell was issued by his lordship's authority, though, we believe, he was not responsible for the careless, informal, and objectionable shape in which it was sent, and which waie certainly calculated to arouse strong suspicions as to its ge- nuineness in the mind of any cautious man. It is clear that communications of this kind should always bear unquestion- able marks of authenticity about them; for if the leaders of the Reform party induce amongst their followers a habit of trusting to circulars like that to which we alluded last week, they will be pretty sure to find, sooner or later, that un* scrupulous opponents have availed themselves of the. opportunity thus afforded to play tricks Jupon their distant friends, the consequences of which may be serious to the. party, as well as personally annoying to the individuals con- cerned.-Manchester Guardidn. ■ GROUNDLESS ALARMS.—To judge by the tone of" a por- tion of the soi-disant Liberal press for the last week, it ill labouring under an exaggerated apprehension that Ministers are about to adopt a more liberal commercial policy, and their supporters to permit them. Every speech that a Ministerial M. P. has ever made against a fixed duty oil corn, or a reduction and equalization of the sugar duties, ifi carefully raked up and thrown in his teeth, with a view, apparently, to taunt him into consistency in wrong. Thd writers in question appear to be dreadfully alarmed lest the dominant party should act with too much wisdom. The country gentlemen would do well to remember the trick of the lapwing, with which their sporting experience must have rendered them familar-its anxiety to lead them in the direction they ought not to take if they wish to find its nest/ The attempts of the Liberal press" to warn them bff thd ground of free-trade may well render them suspicious thstt the warm nest of popularity and lasting political powefrls te> be found there. Much, however, do we fear that thead b, vociferous political plovers, now wheeling and screaming ss .anxiously around the heads of the Tory members, have- really no immediate cause for their apprehensioae; that the power3 which be" are not about to shelve for ever the claims of their adversaries to public notice, by bold and judicious measures. The straws thrown up to show which way the wind blows do not as yet indicate the strong gales required to blow cautious Sir Robert in the direction of his own inclinations.-Spectator. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. DRUMMOND.—The day of the funeral has not yet been fixed, but we understand his family have resolved that the interment shall take place in the church at Charlton, near Woolwich, of which parish the Rev. Arthur Drummond, brother of the deceased, is rector. It may be recollected that Mr. Perceval, who was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons by Bellingham, was interred in a vault in this church-a singular coincidence that two persons engaged in political affairs, who had fallen by the hands of assassins, should lie beside each other in death.- Observer. DREADFUL FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—Between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock on the night of Saturday last, a dreadful fire broke out at Manchester, which has destroyed property to the extent of between £ 15,000 and £ 20,000. The flames' were first discovered in the warehouse of Messrs. Gladstone' and Glayton, No. 10, Norfolk-street, cotton-manufacturers. Those with other premises, notwithstanding the exertions of the police, were quickly consumed. The whole of the buildings are the property of Mr. John Hall, of Pendleton. Messrs. Gladstone and Clayton were insured in the Phoenix1 and Liverpool office, and Mr. Eckhard in the Sun office., During the day, the scene of the conflagration, which is in the heart of the town, was visited by thousands of the inha- bitants. The lire did not spread any further. COLLECTION OF THE INCOME-TAX.-It may not be gene- rally known that each parish is answerable for the defalca- tions of the collector. If he fails to pay the tax to the receiver the party asfessed must pay it over again. The 43d of George III., cap. 90, sec. 14, affords protection against this evil. According to that act two parishioners, being tax- payers, churchwardens, or overseers, can demand security from the collector. If the commissioners, after this demand, neglect to enforce the security, they, and not the parish, will be liable for any defalcations that may take place on the part of the collector. SHIPWRECK.—On Saturday morning, during the fog, a Spanish vessel, laden with wine and fruit, drove against the cliffs at Beachy-head, and became a complete wreck. We regret to add, that 9 out of 13 men composing the crew (including a pilot taken on board at the Isle of Wight) were drowned. FATAL RAILWAY Ac(-IDENT.On Saturday morning, about half-past 4 o'clock, the following dreadful accident occurred on the London and Brighton Railway.—It appears that a ballast engine, called the Venus, Job Smith, eiigine- driver, was proceeding towards Brighton. On arriving' near the Red-hill station, one of the company's servants, named Tullet, came out of his cottage by the side of the railway, and held up his lamp to stop the engine, to give instiHictidn to the driver. The steam was shut off and the break put on, but Tullett, it is supposed, got by mistake on the same line as the engine. Smith, the driver, saw the unfortunate man's lantern knocked down the embankment, and imme- diately exclaimed to the fireman, We have run over Tul- lett." Every exertion was made to stop the engine, but the whole train past over him. Tullet was picked up and car- ried into his own cottage. He presented a frightful spec- tacle the top and back part of his head were literally cut off, leaving his face uninjured. Although the whole train had passed over him, none of his limbs were broken, the deceased being knocked down between the metals. TRADE TO AMERICA.—We stated last week that an im- proved feeling had displayed itself in the American trade. The steamer Britannia brought home a considerable number of orders; and, in consequence, better freights have been offering. The Independence, Captain Nye, which is now ready for sea, carries out a large number of packages, consisting, for the most part, of fine goods. Her freight is, we learn, likely to exceed 1:800. The Virginian, Captain Allen, packet of the 1st of February, will, from the feeling at present existing amongst shippers, take out a freight equal, if not greater, in amount than the Independence. The vessels which have recently arrived from New York have brought full freights. The Cambridge, which arrived on Wednesday, had a freight amounting to £ 1,700, and the Stephen Whitney, I;loSOO--Liverpool Chronicle. TiiE REFORM CLUB.The Rev. Sidney Smith, went recently to see the Reform Club House, and when in the drawing-room, was asked by the authorities if he did not think it superb. "Yes," quoth he, "it is very fine: and, for my part, I'd rather have your room than your company." BATH AND BRISTOL RACES, 1843.—There are twenty horses for the Lansdown Trial Stakes, for three years old ten for the Weston Stakes, two years old; sixty for the Somersetshire Stakes; and fourteen for the City Cup. ZP AMENDMENT TO THE ADDRESS.—At the meeting of Par- iament, we understand Earl Stanhope will move the follow- ing amendment to the address:—"And to assure that H<r Majesty that this house will take into its immediate and most serious consideration the present condition of the productive classes in the united kingdom, with a view of providing for their profitable employment, and for the due remuneration of tiieif wdus W—Xmmq PwU HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. 1 FEBRUARY. Morning. Evening. | Sunday, 5 9 18 9 30 j Monday 6 9 47 9 55 Tuesday 7 10 13 10 22 { Wednesday, 8 10 60 11 5 I Thursday 9 It 17 0 4 } Friday, 10 0 63 1 54 J Saturday 11 2 33 "3 24 HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL, &c. (From Bunt's Tide Table.) r LTR j HIGH WATER. gulnb. Bathuritt FBBRUART. Morn. E-ten. Gates. Gates. Sunday 5 10 13 10 J25 2G 11 ^15~T Monday 6 10 42 10 50 25 2 13 11 Tiiesday 7 11 8 11 17 23 2 j 11 11 Wednesday 8 11 45 — — j 21 6} 10 3 Thursday 9 0120 59 20 2 8 11 Friday, .10; 1 48 2 49 20 2 8 11 Saturday 11 3 28 4 19 22 4 11 1 ZQUATION OF THE TIDES. These Equations, applied to the above Table, will give the Approximate Times of High Water, at the following. Plgceis on the Coasts of England and Wales. A. M. A., U. Aberyetwith add 0 15 Liverpool' add 4 6 Caernarvon add 1 45 Newport, Mori.sub 0 30 Cardigan Bar .sub 0 15 Portsmouth *add 4 24 Carmarthen Bay ..sub 1 5 Swansea Bar .sub 1 15 Chepstow .sub 0 13 Thames'Mouth sub 5 45 5th Sunday after Epiphany. Morning ^9t Lesson.59 chapter Isaiah.. f 2nd Lesson. 5 chapter Mark, 1 r 1 j Irening 'at Lesson-* «-64 chapter Isaiah. •' ( 2nd Lesson 1 chapter-2nd Cor. ,'f\){; MOR(;AN'S HOUNDS j HEBT ON V I Monday, February 6th at Holly House .Wednesday, 8th at Lanarthon joftturSay,11th. at Lanrumney Lodge j Each day at half-pastl l o'clock.

i NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. > tg^:Mr. Dix, who was recently in the Office of thisjournalt; 1 having oeased to have any further connection with it, the ti department which he occupied will in future be entrusted to a Gentleman fully competent, both from experience and capability.. The Poetry commencing with "The March, the March." is, inadmissible. B. C. D.The Communication from Cowbridge is inadmissible. The suggested omission of Mr. McDonnell's advertisement, came too late; that part of the paper in which it appears being previously worked off.

Cfie a 1J b tr t í ø t t i. AND MERTHYR GUARDIAN. I_

PARLIAMENT assembled on Thursday for the dispatch of business. The Session of 1843 has begun. Did any Minister, we ask exultingly, ever occupy a prouder position than Sir Robert Peel. He stands the Pilot who has weathered the most adverse storms—the PALINURUS by whose guiding hand-adjuvanteDethe State Vessel is at length righted, and by whose judicious management, aided by a gallant and faithful crew, she1 is approaching the Haven where she would be, 9 the dangers over, the storms at rest. Let us drop our metaphor and take a rapid glance at the past, that we may the better ascertain our obligations to a Conservative Administration, and express our thankfulness as becomes men who have much to be thankful for. What was the qondition of the Country when Sir Robert Peel was called tb the Premiership at home and abroad ?-all was con- fusion worse confounded-an empty Exchequer,—a deficient Revenue—social disorganization—Commercial Credit stricken and palsied-Ireland rebellious —Europe distrustful—France clamorous for hostilities-America on the very threshold of a collision—India in jeopardy from an inglorious war, unjustly commenced, and visited by disastrous defeats-China, our treatment of which Country will some day be expiated by national disaster, presenting the anomalous spectacle of war without honour and conquest without glory. Such, in a few words, was the history of a Whig Government at the end of a ten years experiment. Such were the evils for which Sir Robert Peel was to provide a remedy. He has been some short fifteen months Prime Minister of England, and the whole aspect of affairs is revulsed. Like the change in one of those pictorial illusions called Dissolving Views," the Winter of our discontent has become glorious Summer. With France every point of difference is adjusted—with America we are at perfect peace--our Indian disasters have been gloriously retrieved, the honour of our arms vindicated, the disgrace effaced-with China a good understanding has been restored, and compensation has been made. The Temple of Janus is shut—we are at peace with the whole world. The instigators too of domestic rebellion have been put down. By an undeviating firmness, tempered by the most merciful consideration for human frailty, the mis- guided criminals have been slightly punished, but the cause of law and order have been vindicated and upheld. There may be some difference of opinion as to the effect of the financial measures of the present Government.- We believe that they will he efficient-to the sustaining of public credit, and to the remedy of our disordered Exchequer. Let the operation of that Tax, against which the Whigs have declaimed so loudly, but which the mal-administration of Whigs rendered indispensable, have fair play-and the expressed design of Sir Robert Peel in its infliction, will be more than realized. It is in vain that the soured and disappointed Whigs assure us that all which Sir Robert Peel has done they would have effected in their own and better way. To this ihe Country replies, that it cannot accept words for deeds- promises for performances-that whatever may have been gd intentions," they are gone to a place said to. qo P. pe paved with such unsubstantial materials. It is upon facts that we are speaking the language of congratulation, and we turn as pitiless an ear to the plea of intention" as does a jury to the culprit arraigned for theft, who assures his peers that he had intended at some day or another to have returned the abstracted money. We contend that the bjief career of Sir Robert Peel's Administration has been characterised by the most signal success, as it has been marked by the profoundest wisdom. That all which statesmanship could effect has been per- formed-and that our prospects are far brighter than the most sanguine expectation may have imagined. What he has not done-and what an Angel from Heaven we fear would fail to do-is, he has not extinguished party animosities. By these he will be confronted, thwarted, annoyed, and the more so in proportion to his success. But he has counted the cost of Premiership, and for these obstructions he will stand prepared.—Prepared both by firmness of character and strength of intellect—both by purity of intention, and achieved success. Discarding all motives that are selfish and sordid-neither tampering with democracy nor succumbing to faction—his counsels are essentially British, and directed with a single eye to his Country's good. In this he is ably assisted by colleagues, who with him form, that to which we have long been unaccustomed, a real Government-in this he will be supported by a party such as have rarely gathered round a Minister within the walls of Parliament, and be sustained by a vast mass of the rank, intelligence, and property of the Country from without. We have no fear of the issue so long as integrity of character, and honesty of purpose, combined with consummate judgment and ability, are esteemed amongst men. Against him, no doubt, the whole fury of a defeated Opposition will be directed, but only to prove the strength of the ramparts; he may defy them all, from the waves of faction that rage and war horribly, down to the mimic lightening of Lord Palnierstone, and the dyspeptic thunder of, Mr. Cobden and his League,—for his house is founded on a rock- the rock o principle—of faith incorrupti. aadtruth simple and severe, not on the shifting sands of expediency. May Heaven prosper the work of his hand, and give his opponents grace to see with admiration, if not without envy, the safety of a natioil which their rashnesj had endangered-the renovated strength, of Country ]*h|cli their quackery had brought to the --very -verge -,oi despondency and death. .ø.ø.#<##.#t. ;¡, '-@. r WE have heard from a Working Collier; of good character, that some of the Monmouthshire Coal Masters have not kept faith with their Workmen in their bargains, and that they make deductions in settlement which are not just. Let us know the names of these partw,, Axtd an authenticated account of the transactions complained of; and if correct we will expose them whoever they fnajj be. We are as much opposed to grinding, or to breach of faith, as we are to mob law and mob intimidationi We are rejoiced to hear that the Duffryn Colliers havf returned to their work. They have given a regular notice to quit unless the price of cutting is increased this nobody will deny their right to 4o, and wje earnestly, hope that an increasing Trade, a brisk Market, aii&, is .remunerating Prtce, will enable.theiryer to comply! ^ith their request* rRI-|F RRWF RF '■ F ;■( *( eit cia IT is- with extreme reluctance that. we eyer exerciie Otis of the functions of the: PressT—that of public cepsorst over men living, and things done, under our immediate e eyes. There is a sore evil, however, done under tKe$uni which shines at Cardiff which will no longer pamit; us to be silent, seeing that it has increased—-is íøêtea81 though it ought to have been diminisfc#4,. since it en- gaged our attention some time ago. We allude to the state and condition of some parts of the town, anecting generally the public health of the place, and that of thei poor who reside near the spot particularly. Numerous! applications have been made of late to the Cardiff Board of Guardians by poor Irish families, and others, living in; the new part of St. Mary's piarish;—inOst of them suffeiing from low fever. The intelligent Surgeon at tending that district assured the Board, that while the, new streets remained in their present condition—unpaved and undrained-tbat quarter of the town would be a perpetual cause of illness, and a constant source of expense to the parishes of St. John and St. Mary., Stanley-street, Charlotte-street, and others in that vicinity were particularly named as containing all the noxious: elements of fever and malaria. Pools of stagnant water before the doors—heaps of the foulest rubbishandj deposits of every kind of filth. There is, we believe, a controversy waging between the Mayor and Council, the Street Commissioners and the landlords of these tene- ments, on whom the charge of cleansing and draining should fall. It was once said, in reference to the irresponsible character of corporate bodies, that they had neither a body to be kicked, nor ',A-,soul'to be——— Hence, their reckless disregard of duties and obligations, of which, perhaps, as individuals, they are remarkably sensitive. But the people must not be suffered to die o/ fevers and distempers, whilst Corporations, Commission- ers, and Landlords, are adjusting their disputes. W strongly urge a public meeting of the inhabitants, to take this matter into immediate consideration; to elect a Sanitary Committee, and abate, without delay, this grievous public nuisance. We have it on the authority of a gentleman well acquainted with both localities, that the quarter of Rome where the malaria ever broods is scarcely more pestilential than these filthy streets in the new part of St. Mary's parish, Cardiff. But the p experience of individuals is personal;—that of nations and corporate bodies, historical: and it is not, probably, until. the unseen pestilence has visited and ravaged, one of the families Qf the litigant parties, that he will be made to feel the wrong, the injustice, and the cruelty now in- flicted on the poor of the district we have named. It is to prevent such a consummation that we have invited public attention to the subject; and every inhabitant of Cardiff, who values his own health, and the lives of his children, is interested in this matter. Before he is aware, the mischief may enter his own door; and then when the disease-which is no respecter of persons-has scattered the arrows of death and desolation around, it may be too late to inquire how a little timely interference would have prevented the mischief he deplores. In the mean time, we call upon the corporate bodies we have named, as guardians of the public health, to take some immediate steps for the cleansing of these abominations. And we would suggest to the parochial authorities, whether, even as a measure of economy, their funds would not be better employed in draining the district referred to, than in expending the rates in providing medicine and attendance for diseases which are the result of negligence at least, if not of an interested selfishness. We shall have a word to say on the general subject of draining in our next; but we cannot lay down the pen without enforcing, as strongly as we have the power to do, the positive duty of every inhabitant of Cardiff not to suffer this subject to rest, even for a single week. The present winter has been singularly mild; but, we fear, singularly favourable to the various forms of typhus fever. It is in such places as the new streets of Cardiff that this malignant domestic scourge broods ;-it is here that it is nourished, and gains strength. We need say no more. If we have failed in our appeal to the common humanity of the influential, we shall not, probably, succeed by an appeal to their fears. But pestilential fever is an awful visitation and we contend, both from the evidence of facts, and the deductions of right reason, that pestilential fever sits enthroned, gathering might from neglect, on the localities to which we have called public attention, we hope, for the last time

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. By an effort, which we are satisfied will be appreciated by our numerous readers and subscribers, we have secured the insertion in our present number of this in- teresting communication. At almost the hour of publication, we have barely time to do more than advert to a document, which, whether we regard the complicated interests it embraces or the singularly lucid and frank exposition of their details, cannot fail to excite and deeply interest the community at large. The Speech from the Throne, though ostensibly and constitutionally considered the Speech of the Sovereign; yet custom and the knowledge of the fact, has attributed it to the Premier, and has invested him with the respon- bility attachable to such a State manifesto. The Speech adverts, in a tone of proper exultation, to the brilliant achievements of our army in China. It regrets the diminution of the Revenue, but indulges in the hope, that the causes which led to it are but of a temporary nature. Regret is also expressed for the con- tinuance of distress in the manufacturing districts, which it is hoped may be but of a passing nature, and such as the perseverance and energy of the country shall be able, effectually, to cope with. As a whole, the Queen's Speech reflects credit on the distinguished individual, whose emanation it really is; and on the Sovereign, who, by adopting its sentiments, recognise its force and truth, and thereby identifies herself with the Conservative feelings of the country. i

•TAFF VALE RAILWAY TRAFFIC, For the week eliding January 28, 1843. „ £ B. d. Passengers 93 n 2 Dinas Branch 82 6 1 Dowiais Bran(-h 249 7 6 Plymouth Branch. 0 0 0 > General Merchandise 70 10 Stone 0 9 4 Mr. John Edmunds, Pontypridd Colliery 18 5 5 v. £ 517 0 T GlfAMOBGAN8HI)?% AND MONMOUTHSHIRE DISPENSARY AND INFIRMARY. Abstract'of House Stgeon's Report to the Weekly Board, for the week ending Jan. 31, 184Q. u Remained by last Report'8 j S 5 1 Admitted since 2 .) £ < Discharged 0 b f Cured and Relieved 1 ( | Died 0 ) Remaining Q g ■. (Remained by last Report 87 } 0-jj VAdmitted since v; 11 I 9 £ < Discharged 4 a « I Died ;70 >' 14 P \.Cured and Relieyed 11 J Rpm»?ntrfg » ;■•„ Medical Officers for the Week. Physician.. ;.<•>, Dr. Moore Consulting Surgeon Mr. Reece Surgeo. Mr. Lewis Visitor*. The Rev. T. Stacey and M*. Hopkins F. M. RUSSELL, House Surgeon. U. BALL AT TMB CABBIFP ARMS.—On Friday r{igh|^a«t,1a public ball took place at the Cardiff. Arms. It was tHe last w t festive display of the season, and was a happy j|na/e to the joyous, gatherings which preceded it. The only, alloy to the gaiety of the ifeene was, that it mtt the last of ,a series which gladdened and enlivened those who aggoda.d-.thera- itu p'e; r thi Mrs. Morgan, of RUpérra, ai, tlUt is, was us- remitting in her assiduity to promote the hilarity of the scene, seconded by the urbanity and courtesy of the Stew- ahli, Lord James Stuart; M.P., and Capt. Sir Geo. Tyler, 9.f4. Dahcing commenced at 10 o'clock, and wis kept up with spirit and- vivacity to a late troiir. Amongst the com- ■ psnyr present on the ocesoibit, besides the lady patroness and '• rewards; wrte'Lady Jsittie*Stuart;: the Hon. Miss Stuart CiOt. Xtndir,i Ruperft-Mrs. and Miss-Milmin, and MasI ter Milwan,'Tredegar • ahd nearly all the leading families in this and the neighbouring county. The sapper coAafoted of every delicacy of the season, and reflected much credit on Mi. Ainsley and his establishment. > 'tå:È MHciuNrcs" INS'i'ITlJTB.- w refer with jlfeasute to a letter in. another part of our impression, signed a hçhanip" on the propriety of holding occasional lectures at the Institute. We know nothing of greater practical im- pltnc, either to the mechanic or the Institute, than the occasional delivery of lectures on the miscellaneous topics of science, literature, and art; which, thanks to the intfustry of the U .chp.°lrnaster" and the docility of his pupils, now so generally interest the great body of our artisan populatio) We hope to see the excellent suggestions of the "I Mechanic acted upon, by a prompt and cordial co-operation of gentle- men, whose learned leisure and love of scientific and histori- cal disquisition, eminently point them out aa fit persqns for the office of lecturer. It is flattering to the artisans of our tdwn to evince a taste for such things; and we gladly direct attention to the subject, in the hope that all the available sympathy of individuals, Competent to lecture, might be stirred up in favour of the object of the 44 Mechanic." Subscriptions for the purchase of philosophical apparatus, for the use of the Institute, have been entered into.. The call for them we have no doubt will be responded to. EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY.—On Wednesday, Even- ing, a serie. of very entertaining experiments in electricity were exhibited at the Mechanic's Institute. The operator on the occasion was W. Nicholl, Esq., of Adamsdown, whose love of experimental philosophy induced him to favor the members with the present entertainment. The apparatus was displayed on a table, over which was suspended a large piece of iron, in the shape of a horse-shoe, girt round, with copper wire, to facilitate by contact the transmission of the electric fluid. Copper wires as conductors of the fluid; and connected with the jars, were attached to it. mentis of these, the horse-shoe Was magnetised, and became a mågnet of great force. The attractive power of this was tested by various individuals holding a plate of steel of considerable thickness in a horizontal position, and within an inch of the magnetised hor*e shoe. Such was the atrractive force of m e the magnetised horse-shoe, that when at that distance, the steel from the inherent force of the magnet, was forcibly drawn up, and became, from the adhesive force with which it clung to it, almost incorporated with it. The force of the adhesion may be estimated froro^the fact, that. it w..1IId require, by ançcurate computation, a weight of more that two tons to detach the steel from the magnet. On one of the wires being withdrawn from the horse-shoe, a consider- able quantity of the Thagnfttie, influence was subtracted from it, and an ordinary effort then served to detactt the > ateel plate. -1 Through the medium of the wires, electric P. shocks were communicated to Various individuals aucces- < sively. Some winced under the shock, and refused to repeat the experiment, thinking it far too shocking an opera- tion. Others more adventurous, and relying on vigorous palms and nerves of steel, resolutely laid hold of the wires, and by the vivacity with which they let them.go again, showed of what little avail are the stoutest nerves, and most determined resolution, against the potency of the electric fluid. The experiments excited much interest, and afforded general satisfaction. Mr. Nichollikis understood, intends, in a short time, to repeat these experiments. THE WEATHER.—How true it¡,,¡'t There is nothing new under the Sun."—This open winter, the like of which few of us remember, has no doubt hfli many parallels. We observe in Pepys's Diary, January 21, 1661,—" It is strange what weather we have had all this winter no cold at all but the ways are dusty, and the flyes fly up and downs and the rose-bushes are full of leaves, such a time of the year as was never known in this world before here. This day many more of the Fifth Monarchy men were hanged.This weather was more surprising than that at present, for then it was dry and warrn. We have not dust to complain of.- And in the year following the winter appears to have been still warmer 1662, January lath.—Mr. Berkenshaw asked me whether we had not committed a fault in eating to-day telling me that it is a fast dap ordered by the Parlia- ment, to pray for more seasonable weather; it having hitherto been summer weather, that it is, both as to warmth and every other thing, just as if it were the middle of May or June, which do threaten a plague (as all men think) to follow, for so it was almost the last winter; and the whole year after hath been a very sickly time* to this day." *Among others who died of this sickness were Dr. Fuller, the celebrated author of the Worthies of England,"—Dr. Matthew Nicholas, Dean of St. Paul's, (brother of Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State, and many others. FARMER'S CLUB. This excellent society will hold its next sitting on the llth inst. The subject for discussion will be-the management of hedge row fences. As the pro- ceedings of this body are not inferior in interest to any that we know of, and are from the nature of the subjects dis- cussed, and the temper and research brought to bear upon them, worthy of local, as well as general attention, we shall be particular in noticing the proceedings. GLAMORGANSHIRE EPIPHANY SESSIONS.—MINUTES OF BUSINESS DONE 3RD JANUARY, 1843.-The visiting justices of the several prisons in the county, reported they were severally insufficient, and the clerk of peace was directed to give the required notice for taking such reports into con- sideration the next sessions. Resolved, that it is inexpedient to hold an adjournment of this session for the trial of prisoners, before the next spring assize. The court being unanimously of opinion, that the population, wealth, com- mercial, manufacturing, and agricultural importance of the county, entitle it to have the attendance of two judges at each assize, and in this and every other respect to be placed on the same footing as an English county.. A committee to audit the accounts, of the expenditure of the couuty, was. appointed to meet at Cowbridge, on Monday next, preceding the easter sessions, such committee to report generally on the expenditure, and the best mode of checking the same in future. The clerk of peace to summon the committee, not less ihnn seven days prior to the day of meeting. A return of all fines where time had been allowed for payment was onlered to be prepared, and the clerks of justices required to infoim the clerk of peace whether such fines had been received,, or what proceedings had taken place relative thereto. The committee on the proposed erection of a new bridge at Wyrfa, was continued to the next sessions, with a request that they then report fully. A table of fees for clerks of justices and constables, under 5 & 6 Viet. c. 109, was settled and directed to be forwarded to the secretary of state. Robert Oliver Jones, Henry Thomas, and Griffith Llewellyn, Esquires, were appointed a committee to cairy into effect the proposed new valuation for the county rate. John Bruce Pryce, Esq., the Rev. T. Stacey, and George Thomas, clerks, depupty lieutenants, were appointed to inspect the required repairs at the armoury, and to have the same carried into, effect. Ordered, that no allowance for the maintenance of any prisoner whilst in the custody of a constable, for any longer period than one day or one night be made, unless such detention be by order and under tLe hand of the justices before whom the prisoner shall be taken, and so certitied by him on the usual certificate of expences previous to commitment. ACCIDENT AT OXFORD.—On Tuesday, as Mrs. Gaisford and her sister, Miss Jenkins, were returning from a drive in an open carriage to Oxford, while turning the corner from Iffley, one of the horses got his leg oner the pole, which caused him to kick and plunge, and before assistance could be obtained the carriage was upset. Mrs. Gaisford and Miss Jenkins fortunately were thrown upon a bonk, and I although severely bruised, we are happy to say eseape l without fractured limbs. They were immediately taken to the nearest house, where every attention was paid them, and in the course of the afternoon .were conveyed to Oxford; Mrs. Gaisford to the deanery of Christ Church, an,1 Miss Jenkins to the lodgings of her brother, the Masterof Balliol. They are going on well. The coachman, although thrown from the box to the middle of the road, escaped with a few slight bruises.