The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

THE LATE MR. DRUMMOND.INlr. E. Drummond yas' nephew of the present Viscount Strnthaljan, Baron brpm rnond, of Cromlie, and Baron Maderty, in the peerage, of Scotland. This family have been remarkable for their steady attachment to the Stuart family, and William Drummond; fourth visconnt, personally espoused the fortunes of,, the Chevalier in 1745. He was slain at the; battle of Cullodenj and his name included in the Bill of Attainder passed in 1746, with that of his eldest son, described as James Drum. mond, eldest son of William Viscount Stratbalfan, although he was at that time himself Viscount Strathallan. Hii lordship had two other sons, one of whom, Robert, was the original founder of the bank at Charing-cross. A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT, and well nigh attended with fatal consequences, occurred at the Cheltenham Parish Church on Sunday night last. During divine service, whili the choir were singing before the sermon, a mural monui ment, erected to the memory of the late Mrs. Ironsides, fell from the wall into a pew immediately beneath it,, and seriously bruised a young wonjau who was Standing thcr Had the accident occurred a short time before, WbCllthO female alluded to was either sitting, or in a kneeling poatAri at prayer, the weighty blocks of marble would In all Ukeliv hood have killed her on the spot, as the greater distance they must have had to fall would have immensely increased their impetus. An extraordinary scene was witnessed at Shrewsbury on Monday week. A Falcon of the peregrine species was ob« served perched on a corbel in the highest part of the spire of St. Mary's Church, leisurely devouring a large water-bird, which it had brought there in its talons alive. The Falcoh was in no hurry to dispatch-its meal, but was leisurely seen first to tear out all the entrails. and: eat them,—therv the fk-sh off the breast, and the head and brains,—but whilst it was regaling on the latter, Mr. Shaw, bird-preserver, of 8brews'- bury, was informed of the circumstance, and proeured 'aux elephant rifle from an old Indian officer in town;, he sent a ball through its tail at the second shot, which mudetthebirA sharply shifts its quarters to. the Deighbcruringspire,ofgi, Alkmond' leaving the remains of-its prey behind. ThL-rp was too much left, however, not to induce the Faleon' to return and devour it, and again, it betook itself to the Car- ease, and again a ball from aiifle fired by one of the best shots in Shrewsbury found its way through its wing, but did not prevent it soaring away, and finally alighting upon thb tower of St. Chad's Church, whence it was followed by the same unerring hand, who crept up into the belfry, and sent a ball into the heart of the bird, as it was about to fly off. The whole weight of the, Falcon is not more than half a pound greater than that of the bird it devoured; but the exL traordinary muscular power it exhibits, easily accounts for its being able to fly off with, and tear to pieces a creature nearly its own weight. The Falcon, a. female, and a capital specimen of its kind, is now at. Mr.. Shaw's, previous to being preserved, and the remains.of the poor Coot lying by its side show how keen a relish the Falcon had for thb dainty parts of its victim, the whole being devoured but the back bone, the thighs, and the tendons of the legs. THE RECENT TREATY WlTU CHINA.—At the end of a late message from the President of the United States to the House of Representatives, touching the Haiwaian or Sandwich Islands," is introduced the following passage re- specting the recent treaty, between England and China, and the hopes which the Americans rest upon the fact of that convention The military operations carried on against the Chinese empire by the EnglisH Government have been terminated by a treaty, according to the terma of which four important ports, hitherto shut against foreign commence, are to be opened to the British merchants, viz., Amoy, Fool- Choo-Fow, Ningpo, and Chinghai. It cannot but be inter- esting [How delicate is this mode of putting it!] to the mer- cantile interest of the United States, whose intercourse with China at the single port of Canton has already become so considerable, to ascertain whether these ports, now open to British commerce, are to remain shut, nevertheless, against the commerce of the United States. The treaty between the Chinese Government and the British Commissioner provide neither for the admission nor the exclusion of the ships qf other nations. It would seem, therefore, that it remains with every other nation having commercial intercourse with China to seek to make proper arrangements for itself with the Govern- ment of th^ empire in this respect, j í

DESTRUCTION OF THE ROUNE>-DOWN-CLIFF BY -GUNPOWDER. Tbter singularly interesting experimentremoving the'far- farned -SHakeiperian' cliff by mitaris,'&df gunpowder, was tried last week at Dover, witfe- what' su<cesa >4he following «on- dertsed' siilrirtiary of the o'peratioiM will 4«Btify." They weiife 'eonduttted kry'CUbit the'engineei^, and the explosive;forde of ISjOOO1' Ibff. tof: grinp<Hvdfeit'Wa8 brought to bear •opotrr them, i The object df removitvg the elMFwae to facilitate theriutended; line 'of raiitoad'between Folkstone and Dover. It is riorie- moved,'Wnd some idea of its size may be formed from the fact j thit a squttre yard of chalk wdighi/ tWd tool, and that it was; intended by the experiment!1 to Temote one million tons. i THB OPERATIONS. i Three1 different, galleries, and ihree-diffbrentibafticoift-I iil*eted -with, kheth I were cofigtructed-in th-e cliff. The length! tif'thfe'galleries or passages waif, about 300 feet. At, the bottom ofeaeh'Shaft was-a chamber, 11 feet long, 5 feet high,' and 4 fdet 6 inches wide.; In each of the eastern and wegtenm1 cfcTambers 5,5001b. of gunpowder were placed^- and in the eentfe chamber'7,5001b.v making in the whole 18,5001b. The! gunpowder was in bags, placed ui boxes. Loose powder was j sprinkled over the bags, of which the mouths were opened, I and" tile bursting charges wete in the centre of th6,, rnaiii i charges.' The distanceofthe charges from the face of -the! -cliff wat;froin 60 to 70 feet. It was calculated that the pow-i der,1 before it «otild find a vent, must' more 100(000 yaind* of; chaitk; or ZOO.OOOtons. It -was also confidently expected-that j it would #»0ve one million tonsk THE PROCESS OF 1GKITION. Tbe 'f'ollowit1l:r prepáration" i1ftre made to ignite: this' enoirmou* quantity of" powder :-At- the back efthecliff all wdoden shed was constructed^ in'wlwchUii!ee electric bat-J teries 'were erectedi Each featteVy'consisted of r18 DapieU' eyliriderapand two common batteries of 20 plates each. To' th<es^ battferies Were'attached wires ivhficlv communicated at' the end of the charge by means- »f a very fine :wire of platiaa, which the electric fluid, as it passed over it, made red-hot, to. fire the powder. The wires -covered with ropes were spread! upon the grafis1 to the top of the cliff, and then falting oVerit,1 • were Carried to the eastern;" the centre; and the western' obambel-. Lieutenant Hutchinson, wf the Royal Engineers, kad> the'command of the tlvree batteries, and it was arranged' thatArhen'he'fired the centre,' Mr.'Hodges and Mt. Wrigfctj should'simultaneously fife the eastern and the western1 bat-' terles: The-wires were each 1,000 feet iri length,, and-it was' aicertairisd by experiment that the electric fluid" wikl fire! powder at a distance of 2,300 feet of wife. A red flag. wasi ,hoistedfdirectly oyer the spot Selected for the explosion. The! wires were then tested by the galvanometer, the batteries: were1 charged, and every arrangement was completed for r, gritig th-em. Theprot<es<'ofdfstructien!waNto be conducted! by, signals at different periods of the day. • Xt two, otlookthe general excitement became mtenee*' A 10 minutes past:2 Mr. Cubitt ordered the signal flag at the! directors' marquee to be hoisted, and that was followed by the hoisting of all the rest. A-quarter of an hour soon passed; in deep anxiety- A fharoon was thrown over the cliff, and! on its explosion with a loud report all the flags were htlledJ p down. Four more minutes passed away; two morfe1 maroonsi were 'fired, and all the flags except that 'On'the' point to bej blasted were again hoisted. The next minute waS one of silent, and breathless, and impatient'expectation. Not' a! vv'oAl' wasutteted, except by due lady, who, when too late J wished to be at a greater distance. Exactly at 36 mhtutM past 2 o'clock a low, faint, indistinct, indescribable moaning subterranean rumble was heard, and irnmediately-aflerwarda the bottom of the cliff began to belly out, and then almost simultaneously about 500 feet in breadth of the summit began gradually, but rapidly, to siiik, the earth on which the mar-i quewas placed- trembling sensibly under the shock. There Was no t-Oaring explosion, no bursting out of fire, no violent and crashing splitting of rocks, and, comparatively speaking very little smoke for a proceeding of mighty and irrepressi- ble force, it had little or nothing of the alipearance of force; The rock seemed as if it had exchanged its solid for a fluid nature, for it glided like a stream intb the sea, which was at a distance of about 100 yards—^perhaps more—from its basej filling up several large pools of water which had been left by the receding tide. As the chalk, which tumbled into frag-i ments, flowed into the sea without splash-or noislei it discoll oured the Water around with a dark, thick, inky looking fluid; and when the sinking mass had finally reached its restihg place, a dark brown colour was seen on different parts of it, which had not been carried off the land. The time occupied by the descent was about four or five minutes. The first exclamation which burst from every lip was1—" Splendid, beautiful I" the next were isolated cheers, followed up by three times three general cheers from the spectators, and by one cheer more.-Times. .i,t' :»'jltt

THE AS0ANTEE PRINCES ANp SIR F. BUXTON. I, The, itbdvc-mentioned Princes, who were educated with an much care under a clergyman in thia country, selected? by Sir Fowell Buxton, were lately sent to the Gold Coast, and thence fh the capital pf Asbantee, to afford; t'he .'King an example of virtue aml inpralky. the resjilt of the purifying influence of their saintly education. They were accompanied from Cape Coast Castle by Mr. Freeman, the Wesley an missionary, thaj worthy aud excellent man being anxious to have the coun- teoance and.assistance of the two unliable youthi (trained up in the paths of virtue under the care and patronage of Ir ,.go.,ll.Buxton an theaainl.) In the good work he went upon to the Court of the King, vis.—to'establish ii Wesleyap branch mission at, Coomaasie. It was arranged before they left this country, through tl^e intercession of Sir Fowell Buxton and Dr. Lushington, that the^ should be allowed 100/. per. annum -each out ofthe British Treasury, which they were to continue'tp receive, tuujer, the denomination of Her Mpfesty's Consuls to Ashantee. Previous to leaving Cape Ceast Castle,, the Peaces had evinced, eprtain, amoroiui propensities, trim while and'er the roof of the Governor, which had brought then under. hi» ExcftHency'auiost severe reproof* aind w|o,pnly forgave theip under promise of sincere rqppntanie. H-is admonitions, how- ever, were anon forgotten on their arrival 'at Coomassie. Prince William Quantamissa quickly inveigled the wife of one ever, were. i Ioon forgotten on their arrival at Coomassie. Prince William Quantamissa quickly inveigled the wife of one of the Ashantee chiefs into a Crilnal liaison.wi^h hi in. which, jin -being discovered,. au^l the chief complaining to the King, the poor woman was taken to the door of the Mission-house, where the Prince was residing with Mr. Freeman, before whose eyes, and in the presenrie of the amiable, prince, she WAS executed under circuosstancqs of torture and Barbarity* too shock,iug to describe! Great apprehensions were entertainedat Cape Coast* Castle, when the last advjqes came itwoy, that the affair. would lead to an interruption of that,good understanding between us and the Kiag of Ashantee, which, under the able arid judicious policy of the 'present Governor, has so long, subsisted, and from which such great result* were anticipated.It i 1 -i:éo-" 'f ANBCDOTK OF WATKRLOO.—In tWearlier portion of the memorable,day of Waterloo, a young officer of the Ouarl received a wouBd wbfch brought him io the ground. His companions ruphsd op to the occupatipa of some point,t^eir desperate valour was called on to carry, and was left, utterly unable tp rise, for the wpund. was in hia foot, fielayfor u' some hdrir's"wirti: tlie thunder of that diy ringing around him, and niariy a rusTt' of horiiel and foot .had passed close besides him. Toward* th«4 close of fhrf Aij Be saw one of the Black Brunswick dragoons approaching, who dr" inali hia eye caught the young Guardsmnn, pate and almoiit Tuntipg, on the ground. He slighted, arid finding the officer was riot inortally wounded, he asrisled him to rise, lifted hirii into Ijis saddle, and helped to' support him there while lie walked besides him to the English rear. Tlie Brunswicker was an old riiaij his brow arid moustache were grey deimair was in his suriKe'n eye,, and from time to time he' looke^ up with an expression of deepest yeariiing into the face of yoiiqg soldier, who saw big tears rolling, down the veteran's cheek wbile he gazed^ iipon Jhi>. Voii seem in bitter sorrow, my kind frind,' said the stripling. «• No wonder," answered the old man, with a hollow groan. I and my thjee boys were jV, the same regiment —they were alive iri-. thf morning of i^gny-r*1 am childless to-day. But I have revenged them!" uu said fiercely, and as he spoke he held out his sword, which fas literaUy red with Iblood.' «'But o|i f that will not bring .me b^ckj^iy boy^ V" he ^xclaimed> relap^ipg into his sorrow- gallant boys !—and again, he wept, bitterly, ti|l clearihg his eyes frbm the*tears, and looking up in the young Mtldier s hapdsome face, he said teatlerly, 11 .You arc like my jnuflgeft; one, and t could not lit you. lie'O-u the*.&Id., Lover'i Handy Andy. FHSKMASONRT.—Lodges were attached before and after ■1733 to the British armies, and were called TrsreUiog are at present common, to the armies of Europe and. thc East, and are productive of wholesorfae effeefs^ T'heir tendency is to strengthen the bpntlf of ^iefidstdp, and to diffuae ajpfong the officers. and> 'privates a spirit-of charitf, (raternal kindness, and subordination. This is beautiful^ illustrated -by .anz event ln.^ our revolutionary .war.. Afta^r having routed a detachment of the BritMh army, the constitiv tiun and rc^lia of a lodge Ml kito, tbe hand# of-Aho American Persons. Actuated hy the. genuine principles of masonry,. he ^moiediitaly returned them to (he RriiijA mand,fir, with ^,20^^ the, following; ^orda.T«; .of lupnarchs, or the jarripg intere»t« o £ i^ates,- call forth, their subjects to war,, we, as ma^oiw, are disarmed «f that resentment w hich sMmulates to indisurimi qate desolstioa,; AND however -our political lfeDtitii^DTA; ma .iokpol. US .i public dispute, we are sti|l br^thrjen,: and our professional duties apar't t,ciaght t<\ prointite the1 happiness and actvaofQe the other. A cpt, itberefOr, M, the hands of, .a brother. the coQstiutiun of the Ladge « Uoity, No. 18,' hold j"" the< British regivaetat, nrhioh yowr late misfortunes, have put it in my power to return to you."

A SKETCH BY MOONLIGHT. SCENF. BaSsalleg, a Village on the Banks of the Ebfno. i. Soft music floats o'er yon smooth stream — I gaze around—no form appears— And yet it woke me from my drcam- It seem'd like nmsk from the spheres. And oh, 1 feel its sweet music controul, w" Subdue, yet elevate my soul! ■ U( U. What a calm and heav'nly night 1":J;\{ af i And what a scene of loveliness r; ■ >• v<* fit- j The moon pours down hcrsilvcr light, i. From those blue depths fathoir.less (lj And trees, and flowers, and crystal streams Are tinged with her soft, radiant beams. 111., The drooping birch waves to and fro, Stir'd by tire frttgrant, summer breeze— :M ? And o'er the river bending-low, .fft J:; • Are other rich, luxuriant trees— 'J:d MR, J The graceful deer in groups now stray. M hile the young fawn around them play. IV. Entranced I gaze upon the scene. In silence 'round, above, until en It seems enchantment, or a dream So beautiful, so calm, and still— '• 1 Not e'en I he nightingale is heard, That lonely, tnelancholv bird. I, V, Jia '1 ,:f. AnoodofmoMttighttofdyMh. r I i •! tin. O'er the redilifce Ot pray'r m-ril H: While partially itulusky wajls o«{ ;»•»«»* ,'¡'" Are wreathe) with ivy—$nd ah 1 there ,noiiwiv! Many a form is coldly laid, n Beneath those yew trefs sombre shade. .vt- 'v. Beyond the dim, blue.moiintaih's screen, Rich-woods, and fields of wavrng'corn— 11J A crescent there of emerald green, > o..i Which whit(-,weAt'd cottages adorn; And here a rustic bridge is seen >• -—uvitatf -.fytr the gay Ebbw's winding stream.) •iii j.irl yiul- y 1-1. ij ;(¡!LL.,l *»;v y Again I hear thatpVuntive stream; Its thrilling echoes make me weep— Am I awake, or does ray brain ntlf' anii Deceive me thus ? Ah no, my sleep Mjth psstaway. ?»nd I awake ,:Ul tsi.'tti'j ji qo feel more sad. and desolate.V 1m .11:1£:> VIII. :HI,I ;t ti And yet not desolate, for Than-, :n ?!i Ju: fi;ooi<xr: My God, vouchsafes, to bttmyignider- fzi, Thou soothesl,ev'ry pang iDf ',woe., t-tv And checkest ev'ry thought of pride— tvi in- Whate'er my earthly destiny, [ •: Thou rulest all for good to me. it,d ;„ IX" :,H ,La,IIt'¡. 'Tis sweetto know that Aiigclsl/ehrf il"' e ''1 O'er us in our ttoublcd sleep— Or with our pray'ra to Heav'n ascend— Fv'a tbos- perchanes., fbr wbovw we weepy" A u(L art thoss o'er me benaing low ? Is it thy breath that fans my brow? X. ,¡oJ Sweat spirit, spe^k I hear no sound* \<1, inf. ..J.^J 4*1^1 night winds'sigh and .waters'gush, The world is lock'd in sleep profound-r- ui.. Peace, peace my heaxt tliy throbbings hash— Ki:'Perchance 'tis some bright cherubim 1ml Hovering near oh tadiant wiigl1 'J,,u XI. • Peace reigns supreme thfe lovely night; There's stceetoess in the summer air— <t hi1- The holy stars serenely bright. yuihiw Rend calmly down to hear tny-pr*y!r— Vi i My hynvn pf triifinfh should be,^ung,, lu u: ji But oh, my lyre is ail onstru^n^' f!j ;j, ..X. y«;if Sweet music bid repining# ceasie— r With sacred joy my s()ul'inpire-- J .1" I. Oh! whispertomywad heart'pface'* j That-boon for which I would aspife; 03 That I may Mho baotuhyttrain. 11' ;1;. And fling aside each earthtychan). t-i i,( •X-ni X i XUI., I yjiruj' Alas it mav not-it cannot he. Fqr tJune's the.pow'^atonce to waken, Alternate jOj and misery,— ,1, When by Uiy touch each chord is shaken— Unbidden tears from griefs fount gush', 1'. Whilesweet thoughts o'er the full heart roalr. ■v. xiv. i1' Yet ibine is-stil I amighty spelt- :> yi; Anct tbine a rich aiDA pteciouw dow I lo > ti Dark passions in the breast, to. quell- toi iu .vl And balvg 'e'er.biraen hearts to pcmr; But on thy sweetest, me(ody. g • >} BringF back the fading past to me And who shall lift the veil so dim— ""C «i» nViTV" The shatiow »'«r the fut- cast ? r .rr- .v»i»,rse».' c A still, small voice" seems whispering i Of all the lov'd Anes from mc past- They've past as s"E^uvg, QDe by one, On whom my fondtst hopes were hung. 7-yfO. xvi.' 1 And many a dear. familiar face, .ri;«rl Whose. eyes seem fond 'ty heat- on miM, •>? Hi) Glide gently forth from the.dim. place— .1;,)" ii/h, shxin«:{ y <- Oh death and grief tp^e paiified 'Hi? My love for those 1 bad tiejfieif! XVII/ j,. 1 long to ra-unite the chain, > Whick link'd hs in pur^arliest year- ,r I look above -^atrd not in vain •" I gaze on those bright, spangled spheres Even the night wind has. a tone, Which speaks to me of toy. last home. XVIII. Then breathe that mournful strain no more, I may not listen to it now. I've heard it many limesbefpl-e^, •>.(> -.O Sorrow had luitT my spirit* low—r, But I would muse this holy night On brighter things with pure delight. MARfANNE. [The demands on our space, particularly dtiritlg the Session of Parliament, tv ill oblige us to limit poetical con-' tributiotis' to a very short space.]

dFact, dftrtion, alto dfacetix. PERSUASIVES TO MAIRIBIONY. You ougl^t to marry." If Never." I know a good girl for you." Let me alone." She is young." Then she is sly." Beautiful." The more dangerous." Of good family." Then she! is proud." Tender-hearted." Then she is jealous. "I She has talents." "To kill me." And one hundred thousand dollars." I will take her." The other day a bashful man, seated upon a bench of the Luxembourg, wishing to address a young lady placed by the, side of him, adroitly seized the moment when an insect was creeping over her shawl, tosay, Miss, I beg to apprise you that there is a beast behind you." Oh, dear!" she exclaimed,, turning round with fright and astonishment, I did not know you were there." IT'S A FINE THING TO BE A GENTLEMAN. Och!—it's a fine thing to be a gintleman," said Andy. Cock you up!" said his mother. Maybe it's a gintleman you want to be—what puts that into your head, you omadattml" Why, because a gintleman has no hardships compared with one of uz. Sure, if a gintleman was marri'd, his wife wouldn't be tuk off from him the way mine was." Not so soon, maybe," said the mother, drily. "And if a gintleman brakes a horse's heart, he's only a I bidivid rider,' while a poor servant is a careless blackguard' for only taking the sweat out of him. If a gintleman drinks till he can't see a hole in a laddher, he's only I fi-esh,btit dhrtrnk' is the word for the poor man. And if a gintleman kicks up a row, he's 4 fine-spirited fellow,' while a poor man is a disorderly vagabone' for the same and the justice axes the one to dinner, and sends the other to gaol. Oh, faix, the law is a dainty lady; she takes people by the hand who can afford to wear gloves, but people with brown fi3ts must keep their distance. "-Lovet-'s Handy Andy. THE MENDICITY MARKET.—Twins are looking up, but orphans are. still below par. Blind men make but little pro- gress — but their dogs, when properly trained, ftteh a great deal, and that, too, at a single bidding. Cross-sweepers are firm, and stick to their posts, though the Lascars have lately swept everything before them. The frozen-out gardeners are complaining bitterly of the mildness of the weather. Congreve matches, since the rain, will not go off at all. Ballads are largely quoted-but somehow do not sell for more than a mere song. Begging-letters do not answer though the chalk-writing on the pavement, especially the running-hand, goes off asjrapidly as ever. Wooden legs are sent away begging; whilst sailors, who have lost thetr arms, go crying about the streets, but find that London is not exactly the place for alms-giving. Fiddlers continue to scrape as much as formerly but organs are turned to no protit, and the Scotch band, we are sorry to say, no longer pipes to the same tune as it used to do.-Puitch. 0 Julia 1" sentimentally exclaimed a young lover, the first time that you address such hopeless words to me, I will kill myself at your feet!" "And what will you do the second time I" was the lady's inquiry. How TO GET INTO TROUBLE.—Always keep a sharp look out after your neighbour's concerns: knowledge, you know, is power. Get upon parish committees if a party question, never mind which side you take, it will show your impar- tiality, besides it will let you, into the secrets of each. Always speak your mind boldly-no matter where, or who hears you. Do not refuse to be bail for poor Bob, it is only a trifle. Take an active part in a popular election. If all these do not succeed, go to law! PLEASURES OF KNOWLEDGE.—How much pleasure of re- flection and contemplation is lost to the ignorant, whose outward sense wanders over the objects that surround it, deriving from them but half the delight that they give the wise and well-informed even fancy it at fault, for fancy itself scarce devises images more strange, and beautiful, and wonderful, than the reality of things presents to those who understand their properties and natures. In Queen Anne's reign, the Lord Bateman married three wives, all of whom were his servants. A beggar-woman meeting him one day in the street, made him a very low courtesy. "Ah! God Almighty blees you," said she, "and send you a long life if you do but live long enough, we shall be. all ladies in times."

MOKMONISM.—THE PROPHET OF THE 19TH CENTURY. I hope she is not mad exclaimed Mr. Charles Dickens, on seeing one of the inmates of an American madhouse. Yes." ,.o what subject! Autographs 1" No. She heare, voices in the air." Well, thought I, it would be well if we could shut up a few false prophets of these latter times, who have professed to do tije.sarrte and-1 should like to try the experiment on a Mormonist or two to begin with." ,-)' A work has been recently published by a gentleman very competent to detect and expose the workings of this, egregi- ous superstition in America. A Mr. John Smith is the chief apostle of this blasphemous doctrine. In order the more fully to appreciate the prophet's' character, and the nature of his bold and visionii-y ideas, which he is so anxious to inculcate, let us beak hifj rown account of his "call,' as given by his biographer, Mr., Carnall: In the year 1823, when Smith was living at Manchester, and about 17 years of age, an unusual religious excitement was produced in the whole community. It commenced with the Methodists, but soon extended to the Baptists. Presby-I teriams, and other sects in the vicinity. Smith began to reflect on the importance of being prepared for a future state; but, upon inquiring the way of salvation, he found that each sect pointed to its own particular creed as the perfection of truth. So great was the confusion and strife among the different denominations, that, it was impossible, for him to come to any certain conclusion upon the subject. He now determined to investigate the question more fully,' believing, a# he said; that,' if God had a church, it would not be split into factions.' While labouring under extreme, difficulties, produced by the contests of the sectarian bodies, he happened to read the 5th verse of the 1st chapter of St. James—" If any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbtaideth not, and it shall be given him.' He determined to act in ac- cordance with this precept, and retired into the woods in order to meike,,ttio. attempt. Having, looked around and; found himself alone,!he kneeled down and began to express the 'desires his heart. He had scarcely done so, when he' was seized by a power which entirely overcame him, and bound his tongue, so that he conld not speak. Thick dark-J ness gathered around him, and he was ready to sink into despair; but, exerking all his powers to call upon God, he; ■aw a pillir bf light exactly over his head, above the bright-^ ness 6f- the" *ufri, which gradually descended till it came upon; him. When the light rested upon him, he saw two! personages of surpassing brightness and glory standing above; him in the air. They exactly resembled each other in features, and were surrounded with a brilliant light which eclipsed the noonday sun. Smith begged them to inform him which of the sects was right, and which it was his duty tojoitt. He was answered that he must join none of them,' for they were all wrong, and their creeds were an abomina- tlonin the sight of God.i At the same time he received a promise that thefulnessofthe gospel should, at some future' time, be-pade known, to him. After this, however, hewasi left to all kinds of temptations, and gave way, by his own admission, to the gratifica'tion of many sinful appetites. <Jn the bilst bf '■September,; I8s?3, after he had retired1'to bed, he: betook himself to grayer. He begged for the forgiveness or his: sins,: and. also for .a further manifestation of divine gLoryJ Suddenly bis room was tilled with light, far purer and more glorious than th light of day. The appearance produced a shock Which affected his whole body, and in a moment a form-stood before him, whose countenance was as lightning,! g, and whose, person beamed with unutterable spiendoiir.Thel celestial visitant was of somewhat more than ordinary size, tnd his garments were pure white, and apparently without seam. He proclaimed himself to be an angel of God, sent tYVtiikg the joyful tidings. thdt the covenant made to ancient' lariet was about to. be fulfilled, and that the preparatory work for the second coming of the Messiah Was speedily to camnienee. He declared to the enraptured Smith that his, sins, were ofrgiven, and that the Lord had chosen him to bring forth, and translate the Book of Martnon. Moroni, the last of the Nephites, bf the seed of Israel, had abridged this book from, the records of his tribe, and bad engraved the work upon golden plates. These plates were deposited in a stone: box, Mnder the hill Camorah, near Manchester, about: thrfee miles .from Smith's tesidence, where they had already: been concealed about 1,400 years. Although these marvels were. twico;repeated, before, morning Smith went as usual to1 his labour on the following day; and it was not until the angel had: appeared next day, and expressed displeasure at| the delay, that he proceeded to the spot indicated to him, in; sefroch nof the hidden treasure. "Having removed a portion of the soil, he found these precious: doeuinents deposited in a box of stone near the surface. of the earth, and secured from air and moisture by a pe<juiiar:ceHient applied to the joints of the box. The plates! jvere thin leaves of gold, about eight inches long by six' wide, and were held together at one edge by three goldeni fWga.,p"aiug through each leaf. On removing the stone from the top of the box, he attempted to take possession of the plates, but received a shock, which not only frustrated his attempt, bnt deprived him of his natural strength. This was repeated three times, until finally he exclaimed aloud, f Why ^an^T o^aiu this box V Suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared and informed him that the book was withheld from; hiim; because he had indulged in mercenary1 thoughts, and had desired to enrich himself by the plates of the book-, tq be translated from them. He resorted tdl prayer, and again the Heavens were opened, the glory of the Lord shone around, and Satan with his hosts passed in dread array before him. The angel then declared that he piust desire to obtain -and translate the plates solely for the glory of God and the good of mankind. As a punishment for his covetous wishes the angel forbade his removing the plates at this time, and told him that he should not obtain them until he had,repented of his folly. Four years after this memorable day, viz. on the 22d of September, 1837, the angel delivered the records into his hands. They were filled with engravings, in Egyptian characters, small in size, but beautifully executed. With them were found the mystic Urim and Thummim, which appeared in the form of two transparent stones, set in the rim of a bow, like a pair of spectacles, and fastened to a golden breastplate. By look- ing through these, Smith was enabled to read the Egyptian characters in English, I by the gift and power of the Almighty.' After, completing the translation, the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate, were again taken by the angel, and concealed from human sight. Such, was the blasphemous tale substituted for the former invention of the same description. The following is the account of the doctrines promul- gated by Smith respecting the priesthood of his religion It is asserted, that the original apostles appointed no successors-in. their office but that the-long-lost succession is revived in the person of Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the, Lord.' He holds the keys of the church for life, with authority to bind and loose, and the power of the sword is committed to his hand. In the Book of Covenants he is called a seer, a translator, an apostle of Jesus Christ, and an elder of the church. There is none other appointed to receive commandments and revelations, until he is taken away and he is like unto Moses, having all the gifts of God* which he bestows upon the head of the church.' The church is to give heed unto all his words and command; ments, and to receive, them as if from the mouth of God. He is to be exempt from temporal labour; for those who desire the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven' must pro- vide him food and raiment, and whatsover he needeth.' He claims to have been • ordained to the Aaronic priesthood by John the Baptist, in the presence of Joseph, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and Adam; and to the priesthood of Melchisedec by Peter, James, and John.' And, to complete the climax of anti-Christian and Satanic blasphemy, the prophet has been heard boldly asserting that he was as good as Jesus Christ.' We may search the annals of infallible Rome, and trace the history of her most aspiring pontiffs, yet it is doubtful whether higher titles, greater authority, or more immaculate holiness have ever been claimed than in republican America by Joseph Smith, the moneo-digger."

THE 1SURTH WELSH "BISHOPRICRS. Those who would either defend or impugn the proposed) destruction of a bishoprick' in Wales, ought distinctly to bear in mind the object for which that destruction is proposed. Historically, it is notorious that the object, five years ago, was the establishment of a bishoprick at' Manchester. The Welsh reveriues' were to be alienated fo? the endowment' 61 a see in one'of the wealthiest commercial districts "ofh the kingdom. Should' any' one dispute this, we would ask for what reason the establishment'of a bishoprick atrMandhester* was recommended to be' delierred, and is at this "moment! deferred, till the death of a bishop in 'North Wales 1' The! The connexion of the two desigtas, as a matter .ot'.fact,"i, undeniable; and we' ehaHeng,e atly., one to contradict'uS when we say that, but for the p'ropdsal to erect a new see:,ini Lancashire, the Churcrh^'Odmnri'ssioners would have no- Wore) advised a reduction in the Welsh1 bishoprrcks, than ifaey1 would the'^suppression of the see-of Canterbury.' Then, what are the grounds on which these t-,vol m.easutei are held to be so intimately connected together, that the bnej cannot be adopted without the other T At first sight, it does not obviously follow in the way of bauste and effect,, that because the people of Manchester want a bishop, the people: of North Wales want none-that -because experrence, has shown the diocefse-of Chester to 'be too large, therefore a diocese in'Wales should be made twice as large, as, it is. Certainly, it seems extremely far from reasonable to take from the poor Welshman a benefit in-which for 1300 years they have had a vested interest, merely because it is thoaglil desirable' to extend a similar benefit to a far richer population Which has never enjoyed it hitherto. It is not physically hetessary to destroy in one place because-we build up in another; what, then,-is our reason for doing it 1 ■ TWo reasons have been alleged. The first- is. that we must have a bishppriqk at Manchester, but cannot endow it, unless we seize the revenues of some other existing bishop-1 rick for the purpose, and that the' Wrelsh bishopricks being) the most defehceless, may be mftst 'feasibly attacked.' Aj rich, powerful, and munificent nation; which -lately1 gavej away 20,000,000?. for the extinction-of negro slavery' in h £ ij colonies; which spends 30,0001. a year' at home lup6lrfMal Systerti of Education satisfactory to nobody wWch building1 a. palace for her Parliament at a cost of 2,0Od,QOO/. whiclii lately give 70,000/. to erect new stables and a new ridiug-j house for her Queen; which; within the last' fivei,-or"sii years, has spent 15,000,0001. upon a worse than an- Unprofi- table" effort after seff-ag'^randwem'ent in 'Afghanistan; andj Whitffi annually expeutls much more thitn lOOjOOO/ upbri the tnichinery of the 'New. Poor Law; this-imperial httioh; wdWied by its highest judicial omcers, thatt'upbn'tne' emciency of.the church in the manufacturing districts de-t pends the; peace and order' of the- operative massed;" and) considering an episcopal see' at Mfihchester of palrftrtlount! ne(*cssityl for the efficiency of the church in those districts,' cann6t provide' 5,0001. a-year fotr that' purpose, without1 rifting the pockets of the churchmen in North:Wales^-—nay,; more, until the period'arrives when, in the course of nature, the church in Nbrth Wales may be rifled without robbitig an individual, this1 worky though deetfie'd fco1 necfesfeary, is W. be: altogether suspended Can wordy I express'the fathomless' political imbecility and meanness (to drop all mention dfthej injustice) of such a course 1 We dci not "beliehre'that, iri'- the! face of the protest of Wales and the whole Church ofl England, any Minister of the Crown will- staad- up and de- fend so inexcusable an excess of spoliation. We warn the mail, however, to be upon their guard against the evasive pretence that the specific funds to be .tak^n. f^om their see shall be applied to Welsh purposes-. l4hjbV((if| offered, will be a mere juggle they, will be merely so acplkdl as to set othev funds at liberty to go to Manchester. If tperej were honesty in such an arrangement, the whole question! would be opened as to the propriety of suppressing a bishop-j rick for the promotion of those particular objects within the principality, about which, we apprehend, there could be! little doubt,Times. < THE MI/RDER OF. MR. DRUMOND, We have rewivedj four Letters upon the subject of Mr. Drummond's murder.^—1 Our contemporaries are, no doubt, disgusted by similar cow-4 munications, and it is upon this consideration Nve advert toj trash: otherwise unworthy of notice. W.e ark desitwup thati justice be firmly and impartially executed upon the murderer of X most amiable, honourable, and uaefdl- mau, who, thtte is no doubt, has been cruelly murdered. Whether the wrettlit designated by the coroner's jurors as. hj» murderer be the! guilty man, it is not for us to say, until,-after, another, jury shall have pronounced upon the case but, meanwhile, Jet nothing, bedolle to. deprive him of, the/benefit of that fadij trial which, our laws- secure, as far :as laws can Aeoureitl: ti, the.vilest.criminal- Such fair trial,'however, he cannqt have, if the public shall become impressed with the conviction, con-i trary to the truth, that a sect of asga$sins.exists, atntongst. us but the letters which we have received, and no doubt1 our couiemporarLes have received similar, letters, would lead tcj the belief thikt miscreants are to be found in this country, In some number, not unprepared to shed the blood of their fel-i low-creatures for political objects, and restrained from the commission of murder only by cowardice. We defya jUryi though composed of the best of human kind, if they -axe; pos- sessed of this opinion, to regard with proper tecfipei\& patty accused as M'N aughton is accused. It is severb entmghj though, it is-what truth and justice require, to allow the hy-i pothesisof,gerterat malice, but ouce admit the exis^nbe ttt any extent of a theory of assussinationapproved o^by 'ah^l considerable number of persons, and you greatly lidm* tb4 field of the prisoner's defence. In the case of the wretch accused of murdering Mr. Drummond the field oT defence i already sufficiently narrow. The facts.are* too clear for dis4 pute, and the stories of his insanity in other years, even jup-. posing them true, must go for nothing. A inan once mad does not become a licensed assassin for life in consequence of the visitation. If this doctrine hold, insanity must, for the public safety, be followed by parpetual imprisonment and even the degree of insanity ascribed to M'Naughtenj though it hadcontinued up to the moment of' Mt. Drum. mond's murder, and though it should continue;fip1o theholir of his trial, does not amount to the degree of privation that ought to prevent his being treated as a murderer. The wretch's case is already bad eiiough-let,itnot bernadèworsf by proving that murderers in will are ftmrierOfctf, though they happen to be cowards.—Standdrd.

The Cambridge Chronicle aays—rthe number of candidates for the Regius PnbffsspHfhii ^f B £ vih$y vacant by the re- I signation of the very Rev. the xif Westminster, is now! reduced to three, by the retirement of the Rev. the Master! of Christ's College, in -consequence of a protest against higi eligibility on "the ground of his be1-n"g art eleetbTr. LastWeeki we announced, on what wev.,cnceived to be good authority" that thfeARev, Dri Lee, Regius Professor.of Hebrew, intended, to loifer (hintsetf as a candidate for-the vacant Profeesor- sbi but we, have. been requested by the Rev. Professor ■, tp i contradict this announcement. The actual candidates' are therefore the, Rey.]Dr,, Mill,'Tiinity College; the Rev. Dr. Ollivant, Trinity Collegeij and the Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, Trinity College. On Tuesday last the electors (the; VioecChaneellor, the Provost of King's, the President of Queen's, the Masters of St. John's and Christ's, and the CWQ T$enior 'Fellows of Trinity) met in the schools, when the! examination of the canditlates took place* Tuesday, the! 31st ult,* Was, fixed for the delivery..of the' Prelections, :and Wednesday, the 1st: inst., for thpelp. The new Bishop of.Tasmania,if .»!qt; expected o' ePJ,Qar;k for his distant diocese until. tb* 15th inst. „ His ..Lordship1 will remain a few days ,at the Cape, for the purpose of holding confirmations, and for the settlement of other eccle- ,siaotical matters. The Right Rev. Prelate- preached his farwell discourse before an overflowing congregation at Ash- iJSieiit, on Sunday last. The Rev. Dr. Walmsley, Rector of Hanwell, the first' ,Secretary to the National School Society,,has set an example of church patronage, which j if it were generally followed, jvoukl'pr.ove a great, encp.ur^geinent to the jupiox, clergy,, and tend to promote the befit interests of the church. In order to show the he held the services of his curate, the Rev. J. A. EmePtpn, and his reliance upon1 his judgment, Hfc offered him fhe living of N ew Brentford, value 3301 pe annum, or the.nomination to it" in case of circumstances preventing him accepting it. Mr. Emerton has recommended for this, important and responsible position; the Rev. George Harrison, 4.)1., curate of Rayleig^i, Essex, in, whose favour he has bad the: highp testimony,— that for fourteen, yesirsk a* curate. in parishes where there has been to resident incumbent, he has proved himseli; a most energetic* judicious,;and usefucfclgcgyman. The Lord Bishop, of Norwich has-instituted the, J1,ev., G. P. G. Cosserat, of Exeter College, to' the Rectory of Saimt Matthew, Ipswich, in the county ptSufblk. i, By the death ofthe Rev; Yincfcut Edwards, tformerly of Trinity College, the Yicarage of Brooiyigeld, in.,the connty of Essex, has become vacant, ipatran the Bishop of London,! and. the Rectory of Peterstow, Herefordshire, has become; vacant by the death of tbe Rsv.; Joint Nelson,, of St. John's College:} patrons, the Governors of Guy's Hospital. This, it in 1841* Mrr N- C. Corsellis has presented the Rev. J. Dibson, to the valuable Rectory, of Wivenhoe., jn,.the county of Essex. J I ——

— — EFFECTS OF DRAINING.—-In Aberdeenshire knd else-! where, crops ripert on land that has been drained about a fortnjght sooner than they did" before the drainage. In! Berwickshire, land now grows very good crops of turnip or, 11 w e fwhere none could be Had before the <1railllige,took place; and in general it bears wheat well. Sir James' Graham has stated,, that land worth to him 4s. 6d. an acre, became worth 20s. an, acre, after draining and subsoil' ploughing at -a cost of j £ 6. 18s. ^d. an acre, thils returning! "11 per cent, on the, outlay—all of which was in labour. On Lord Hafherton'^ estate at Teddesley-Hay, in Stafford- shire, a farm worth only £ 254. 10s. 2d. a year, was in- Jrèasëd to the annual value of £ 689« 13s. ;ld at a cost of no more than £1,500 all in'labour. ^ir Robert peel states, that from a.fiejd of his which was.thoroughly drained,-audi whieti befbre tro operation did not produce -more than a brush of a crop of turnips," he immediately obtained four time's as many turnips as at any previous time before—as time's as many turnips as at any previous time before—as much íneed"as27 tons an acre. On the farm of Swelhead, in Kincardineshire, undrained land worth £ 52, a year, be- came by skilful mamagemeht, principally by draining, with- out which all the rest would have been useless, worth £50.00. a year. In this case the total outlay for improvements of all kinds Was £ 54000 — and it was nearly all, in labour. In; Berkshire, Mr, Rham says,, that in Whidsor Forest, land ihaf wa so rotten and bad thái slieep could,, hot stand it, nor carts be drawn over it, suddenly became by uriderdrainiiig so sound as to carry immediatélr, afterwards, ninp quarters of oats an acre, and afterwatds a splendid crop of wbàt" BONE MANURE.—Bone manure is composed ofi earthy saltp^ chiefly' phosphate of line, with a little carbonade.pf lime, phorphaie of magnesia, and about one-half of decom-i posable animal matter.. Thpse of f4 yqurig ^nimals^ are altowefl to be the best,' They are less beneficial for clay [ lands than for ligl;t soils, and less efficacious in Mian jni dry,seasons, 'In': |ln improved <lisfVicts of Scotland, bone dust is com^n^ into very general use as a manure for turnips and mill's, for rushmg bones are genetal in many parts of tlie country. There has been no improvement in, Scottih agriculture' so universally adopted as applying bone dust to land intended for fhe,production of turnips and it seems better qualified than any manure hitherto tried for bringing waste land info cultivation. It is Tight and can be carted foi a great distance at'little-, expense, ortc wagon load of onei hundred bushel's being found, nearly equal to forty cart- loads of farm-yaTd manure. It is asserted by some that it^ efficacy remains durijig the whole rotation, and even aft.et it. On pastoral farms it will be found exceedingly useful as raising a better crop of turnips, it will greatly improve the condition of the stock. COAL ASHES FOR MANURE.—Coal-ashes have long beeri known as a valuable article lin improving all stiff, tenacious soils, in opening fhe texture, and in correcting the tenacity and in a pulverised state they form an excellent top-dressing for young grasses. The principal u9e is in top-dres6ing clovers, in March and April, at the rate of 50 to 200 bushel^ per acre, and usually applied in moist weather, when the effects are very great and certain. The calcareous matter they contain impart?* 'the warming and sweeteiling quality that is found attajdllt'^ to all residual Substances from com- buStiOri ahd aceofdihgly the use of coal ashes, and of all alkaline and saline matters are always recommended to be used on all soils that produce sorrels, rushes, and mosses, in order to bani$h thdse plahts^' by depriving the land of the peculiar properties that are necessary for their production, cut it may be observed, that such plants cannot' exist-where farfrring prevails, and that thfe action of manures should be restricted by every nosspjle means to the promotion of'those plants' which the cultn'atoi' nses as a crop. Tn inland situations, where the supply of aslies is limited, an'excellent use' may be adopted' by'throwing tlieiii into, the riiglit soil reservoirs.

THE PRISONLIR after the death of Mr. Drummond the melancholy intelligence was commu- nicated to the prisoner, who turned very pale, and was for a short time slightly agitated, but soon, regained his usual composed manner. He had been previously informed that Mr. Drummond was in a hopeless state, and must therefore have been prepared for such a communication; but still it was noticed that the prisoner seemed to treat the matter with perfect indifference. It has been frequeqtky,, asserted that the prisoner has several times been visited by Dr. Sutherland and Dr. Mouroc, in order to ascertain the state of his mind, but we understand from good authority that such is not the case the only medical gentleman who has visited the prisoner is Mr. Davies, the regular surgeon to the prison. At all events no official report has been made to Government with repect to the prisoner's state of mind. The father of the assassin says that he could not do with his j son at all in his place of business, for although he was well behaved, he was frequently reading books, and keeping others off their work. He was a violent Radical, and spoke furiously against the Conservatives of Glasgow, frequently declaring that they and Mr. Lamond, their agent, were con- stantly against him. So far as we can judge, the assassin seems to have been a tolerable sane person, except upon, the [ subject of Toryism. After allowing his mind to ruminate upon th'e doings of that party for a considerable period, he i appears to have come to the conclusion, that the extirpation of even one of-them would be doing his conbtry a service and in the absence of all evidence on the subject, we see no reason for supposing that Sir Robert Peel wis his object any more than Mr. Drummond. ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTE. —— On the 18th instant, a gentleman caught in a common bird-trap, baited with apple, a male specimen of that melodious bird of song, the f Black-cap Warbler (Curruca Atricapillai Bechst.) its usual time of appearance not being before the latter end of April or beginning of May, as the seasons are more or less ad- vanced; therefore its appearing among us at this early period of the year is a fact connected with its history well worthy of record. AWFUL -CATASTROPtivi-A fearful calamity has occurred at Duitdrum, county Down, by which 80 poor fishermen have fallen victims to the snow-storm of Friday, many of them leaving widows and helpless families to deplore their loss and mourn over their untimely fate. The following extract, dated Duudrum, Jan. 15, t p.m., gives a brief detail of the disastrous calamity: Fiiday morning was so very fine that almost all the boats from Newcastle and Analong went out to their fishing in the Bay, where they had quite an uncommon take of fish. About noon it came on to blow, with snow. Up to this hour there are, I believe, seven boats from Newcastle, and four from Analong, missing. They were skiffs, manned with about six hands each. Some of them were seen to go down by the crews of the boats which got in. One made Killough, and sold 25s. or 26s. worth of fish there; in fact, I believe they .were all heavily laden. One boat drifted in with two dead men in it. I think they reckon on a loss of 48 souls at Newcastle, and about 30 at Analong, or 80 altogether but I do not pretend to give you an official or authentic account of the numbers, only what appears to be the best and least exaggerated. You can easily picture the state of the unfortunate widows and children along the coast. It is .the most afflicting event that has ever occurred in this quarter." THE ADDRESS TO THE THRONE.—We understand that the address to the Tliroiie, in the House of Lords, on the opening of Parliament, is to be seconded by the Earl of Eglintoun and Winton. The selection of Lord Eglintoun for this highly honourable duty will be hailed by the people of Ayrshire, as an earnest of his Lordship's future status in the House of Peers.—Glasgow Courier, B, i

THE INQUEST ON THE.LATE MR. DRUMMOND. We noticed in our last the attack made on .'his estimable gentleman, and dtaile the progress pf the,symptoms gpne- rated by it. Notwithstanding fonaun^jjijate medical skill,,$n$j pa the most .unremitting assiduity of family and friends,, he j succumbed to the hall rof the assafrin, and expired after ipuch; suffering. An inquest was subsequently held pn the body; when the particulars of the,attack detailed in our last were deposed to. A post-mortem examination was subsequently held, conducted hy that eminent surgeon Mr. Guthrie, in the presence of able prpfessional men. W* extract the fol- lowing fropi their report :— The.ball entered behind, two injehes from tKe' spinal pro-' cess or ridge of the backbone, between' the 11th and 12th rib, and three incbe. distant from the inferior angle of, the shoulder-blade. It was extracted in front, between the car- tilages of the 7th and 8tb ribs, about ten, inches distant from that part which is commonly .called the, pit of the stomach. The ball after entering the cavity df the chest slightly Or-Aded the left lung at its lower and. ulterior eitgg, wliich1 part was covered by recent lymph,_ the^lung being internally sound.. The.left side of the chest contaihed nearly a pint' Of r M ,red,coloured serum..The ball perforated the diaphragm, c5r' muscular partition dividing the,chest from the abdomen it grazed the fat of the left kidney, and passed thr6ugh the great omentum below the stomach, to the Jjart where it was extracted, injuring no very important organ in the'abdomen' in its. transit, but giving rise to an effusion of blood, which) was found coagulated and diffused, to the amount of perhaps twelve ounces. The absence of all that shock and alarm which almost invariably follows the opening into either of the, gre^t. cavities of the body, together with the great difB-' culty of ascertaining the spot at which the ball-had entered, ffom its small size, gave rise, during the first twelve hours,' to the anxious hope that it had not passed so directly'across.' ^Te consider such a wound to be inevitably fatal." The coroner then charged the jury, who, without the least; hesitation, delivered a verdict pf Wilftii Murder". aigawstt Jtianiel M'Naughton,

DEATH' OF RICHARD SMITH, ES We have this week to record an- awful instance of sudden death in the person of one of our fellow-citizens, who was universally, respected and beloved by a numerous body of friends and admirers. Mr. Richard Smith, of Park-street, the celebrated surgeon, on Tuesday evening last went to the Philosophical Institution about eight o'clock, where, after spending about half an hour, he rose and went out intending to return home but meeting at the door a gentleman, with whom he entered into conversation, he returned into the house. He requested the gentleman to give him the date of an event—the death of a relative—and to write it for him. The gentleman had sat down at the table to do so, Mr. Smith taking a chair rather behind him near the fire, when his attention was called from his writing by a heavy fall. On turning round he beheld Mr. Smith on the floor before the fire, under the influence of an apoplectic seizure. Medi- cal assistance was promptly on the spot, but it was found that death had been instantaneous. Mr. Richard Smith was the desoendant of one of our oldest Bristol families. He had been for many years Senior Sur- geon of the Bristol Infirmary; alike esteemed for his skill in his profession, as for the firmness and humanity with which he treated his numerous patients, rich and poor. His Ana- tomical Museum, which has long enriched our Infirmary, will now, we understand, become by his bequest an heir- loom to it. We learn that the visitation, which in so sudden a manner deprived Bristol of one of the most distinguished ornaments of the profession, was, in medical calculation, not so impro- bable as is generally supposed. Mis Smith, rather more than a year ago, was present at a visit of inspection by the Charity Trustees at Congresbury at which place, his foot slipping upon some substance on the ground, his right leg came in contact with a. stake. This slight accident, destined, alas! to have afterwards a serious effect upon his constitu- tion, Mr. Smith at the time disregarded. On his return home, however, he found that the place injured gave him great pain and soon afterwards mortification commenced. He sent r Mr. Greig, House-surgeon to the Infirmary, by whose skilful treatment a recovery was effected; but the constitution of the lamented gentleman had sustained, a shock which was afterwards followed by paralysis of the right side. From this disease, which confined him to his house for three months, Mr. Smith also recovered; but it became necessary at times that he should undergo the operation, of cupping. On Monday last, only the day before Mr. Smith's sudden removal from life, Mr. Greig saw him, and expressed his opinion that. it .was necessary he should be again cupped. Mr. Smith, however, said the operation must be postponed, as ha had so much to occupy his mind this week, and he would be cupped the following .Monday.-Bristol Journal. THE LATE MARQUIS WELLESLEY.—The will of the late Marquis Wellesley has been brought' into the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury for probate. A legacy of £1,000 is given to Alfred Montgomery, Esq., his Lordship's Private Secretary, in consideration of his dutiful services. The Marchioness Wellesley is constituted general residuary legatee. By a codicil, dated the 18th of February, 1839, the noble testator gives his watch seals, books and papers (with the exception of his Grenville Homer), to Mr. Montgomery. To Earl Grey, his George, carved on a larc amethyst, as a testimony of his sincere respect and esteem and to his highly-esteemed friend, Lord Brougham, his Grenvilla Homer, in four volumes quarto, as a mark of his high consideration, and of his affectionate attachment. To all his servants, his Lordship gives six months' wages from the day of his death, and his wardrobe to his valet. The personal estate is sworn under £ 6,000. ggQuicklime slacked on the ground, spread thinly over it, and forked in whitst hot, is infallibly destructive to slugs iii potatoe ground. ■ <

BOTE DOCKS, CARDIFF. j¡.; 4RRIV ALS." CIl VIiliENGEK, Anthony, London. ballast..Blacher,Barrett, poster, general car;b, Friend' Beer. ;Bristol. ballast.. C'aroUne.Frztey, Harran. Ptymonth. ballast.. Ale andeivorbes. PQttînge" Bristol A. Wfiite. BMpfotd, ballast. JiHi Criw.^ Kbehe, t ondrth, brallail..Taff, Hooper. Bristol. balUit ^iSwfftp'niwton.'Brhtol;ballast.Itariibler. Cook, Bridgwater, bricks. William Colliyis. Bristol, baillast Ranger, Gayn^. Westonr. ballast. Eliv.&, Spray, Swansea, ballast.Mary's, Peake, Swansea, ballast. Endeavour, Lloyd. Barrow, iron ore iry'^arris' Wesu>n. ballast..Dolphin. Fry. Bri«^ol, ballast 1 hoebe, Richards, Newry, ballast.Ocean, Spray* Swansea, ballast. Dinas, Pearson, Bristol, ballast. Hhondda, Mills, Bristol, ballast,Hope, Rendall, .Bristol, ballast..Yarmouth, Mayor, Bristol Chaniie.], ballasi.'L'raff.' Hooper, Bristol, ballast Swift, Tawton, HnstOl, bnifijjStViTemperance. Ltewewllyh, Cork, general cfirgo.. Brisk, Nicbptargf, Cerk,general cargo..Pifcit, Hill. Bridgwater, ballast.Indj>sfry4 Murphy. Kinsaleib&i list Air (s), J. ffery, Bristol,general cargo. Prince of Wales (s), Jones, Bristol, general cargo. HSFAaTVR^s«a ISABELLA, Kelly, Belfast, .iroq,. Elj/abeth, <3°inton, Dublin, iron-Victona, Brown, Newport, ballast..Yarmouth, Mayor, Bristol Channel, ballast..Good Hope. Sanders, GToster, coal.. Brothers, Mules Bideforii, coal.Three Sisters. BSker, Bride* water; iron. Jane. Nerse, B.HO^Water, coal..Bluclier. Brrreft, Gloster, coal.. i.. Friendq. Beer, Bristol, coal.. Jim Crow. Moche Waterfonl, coal. Taff, Hooper, Bristol, coal.Swift, Tawton, Bristol, coal. Rambler. Cook, Gloster. coal.. William, Collins, Bristol.,coal.. Rang,-r. Gaynor, Bridgwater, iron.. Mary. llrrris, Weston, coal.Dolphin, Fry, Bristol,coal. Uinas, Pearson, Bristol, coal.. Khondda. Mills Bristol, coal..Victoria.Miltpr, London, general corgo..Henry, Llewellyn, Plymouth, coal, Tali, Hooper, Bristol, coal..Swift, Tawton, Bristol, coal.. Prince of Wales (s), Jones, Bristol, general cargo. Air (s), Jeffery, Bristol, general cargo. Vessels in Dock, Cleared Outward, and Loading for Foreign Parts. Destination. Name. Master. Tont. Oporto. Villanova Willioms 126

GLAMORGANSHIRE CANAL, 11 1: ARRIVALS. i 8-IMP SON, Bryant, Bridgwater, light Royal Forrester, Furney, Bridgwater, sundries.James, Hole, Minehead, potato.s. Brothers, Furney, Bridgwater, light. President, Williaim, Abcryitwith, ballast Venus, Headford, Ihidg- waier, light Thomas ai.8 Ann. Smart, Bristol, lipht Courier, Brant. Aldenhurg, ballast Kiiig Dtvid, liaiIP3,, Bristol, ponder Lurk, Owens, i'enarth, stones.Friend, Bryant. Bridgwater, sundries. John George, Gulliford, Hridg- water, light.Jasper, Evans, Pwllhely, ballast. Bude, Waters, Bridgwater, bricks.. Youghal, Sheean, Youghal, ballast .Olive Branch, Mendns, Aherthaw, coal. DEPARTURES. J A Nl ES AND ANN, Trick. Bidefurd, coal.Robert, Jones, Swansea, iron. James, Hole, Watchet, coal.. Koyal Forrester, Kumcy, Bridgwater. coal Sampson, Bryant, Bridgwater, co.il.Merthyr Packet, Evans, Bristol, iron.King David, Bailey, Bristol, light.3 Brothers, Browning, Gloster, light.. .Venu«?, Headford, Bridgw ater, coal. Elizabeth, Rogers, Bristol, iron.Thomas and Ann, Smart, Bristol, coal.. Lark, Owens. Aberthaw, light.Ann,Thomas, Bristol, coal John George, Gulliford, Bridgwater, coal. Brother's, Furney, Bridgwater, coal. Yolthal, Sheean, Youghal, coal.Olive Branch, Mendus, Newport, coal. ••Friends, Biyant, Bridg- water, coal.3-SisLers, Reed. Bidefor.d,coal. .>

PORTH CAWL SHIPPING LIST. ARRIVALS. SAi LY ANV, Tucker, Bude, ballast.Sir Richard Vivian, Found, Uude. ballast.. Friends, Richards, Swansea, ballast. DEPARTURES. OCEAN, Nicholl, Waterfoid, coal..Gazelle, Percy, Miliord. coal ..Providence, Bushen. Minehoad, coal. Saturday, Febuary 4, 1843. Published by the sole Proprietor HENRY WEBBER, at Woodfield House, in the Parish of .f)aint John, in the Town of Cardiff and County of Glamorgan, and Printed by him at his General Printing Office, in Duke-street, in the said Parish of Saint John, in the Town and County aforesaid. Advertisements & Orders received by the following Agents-- LONDON Afr. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Ilessrs. Newton and Co., 5, Warwick-square; Mr. G. Reynell, 42, Chancerv- lane; Mr. Deacon, 3, Walbrook, near the Mansion House Mr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill Mr. Ham- mond, 27, Lombard-street; Mr. C. Barker, 12, Bircliin- lahe W. Dawson and Son, 74, Cannon-street, City. ABERGAVENNY Mr. C. R. Phillips, Auctioneer BRECON Mr. William Evans, Ship-street BRIDGEND Mr. David Jenkins CHEPSTOW Mr. Taylor CRICKHOWELL Mr. T. Williams, Post-Office LLANDOVERY Mr. William Rees, Post-Office LLANDAFF Mr. J. Huckweil, Registrar's-Office MERTHYR. Mr. White, Bookseller and Stationer NEWPORT. Mr. G. Oliver, Stationer, Commercial-street NEATH Mr. William Prichard Rees, Green-street NEWBRIDGE Mr. Thomas Williams, Ironmonger SWANSEA Mr. T. Shepherd, Chemist, Wind-street USK Mr. J. H. Clark, Printer and Stationer And by all Postmasters and Clerks of the Roads. This Paper is regularly filed in London at Lloyd's Coffee House, City.—Peel's Coffee-House, Fleet-Street. The Chapter Coffee-House, St. Paul's. --And Deacon's Coflee- House, Walbrook. '9" f. 4 II' I.