The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

GLAMORGANSHIRE CANAL. „F ARRIVALS. iI ELlGA N, Roach, Falmouth, ballast. Active, Morgan r Milford, light. Sally, Roberts, Bridgwater, timber Friend&, Bryant, ditto, light Martha, Jones, Minehead. ore Maria Elizabeth. Frage, Elsfleth, ballast Anna Agatha, De Beor Rotterdam ditto Three Sisters, Newport, cement. Messenger; Hughes, London, sundries Mathilda, Weydeman* 1 Bremen, ballast.Hoop, Kathiler, Groningen, ditto.Ocean Corbet, llfracombe, ditto. Fly, Scanall, Carmarthen, oat* Friends, Crockford, Bridgwater, light.Comet, Bead, While- > haven, ballast Coronation, Stevens, Bideford. ditto. Castle, Morgan, Bristol, sundries. fireeze, Ragsley, Bideford, ballast. John George, Gulliford, Bridgwater,flour. Liver- pool Packet, Westlake, Watch-t, sundries Bowina, Beize,. Amsterdam, ballast Friends, Wright. Bristol, sundries. William, Smith, Gloster, pig iron. Orb, Knight, P..I. ballast.Donegal, Elson, Exeter, dhto.Prosperity, Chitds., Gloster, fruit. Enfield, Welch, Yarmouth, flour Lark* iayo, Gloster, fruit.Margaret, Jonea, Cork, sundries. DEPAHTURES. r.-i ANNA AGATHA, De Beor, Rotterdam, tin and iroii.i. Heligan, Roach, Oporto, iron.Vansktart, Down. Rotterdam, iron.Ann, Thomas, Bristol, ditto.Three Sisters. Fifoot, Newport, light. William, Fisher. Waterford. coal. Sally* Roberts, Bridgwater, ditto Bellona, Hoskins, Faversbam* iron.Moderator, Westfake, V, atchet, coal. Fly, Scannall, Carmarthen, illarllia, Jones. Bristol, iron Fly, Ayland.MJloster, coal. Elizabeth. Pernil, Liverpool, iron. Comet, Head, ditto, ditto. Elizabeth, Rogers, Bristol, ditto.. Active, Morgan, Liverpool, iron and tin Frifinds, Crockford Bridgwater. coal. Ci)iiimerce, Hart, Bristol, coal. Ninible, Phillips, Oporto, iron Maria Elizabeth, Frage, Bremen, ditto. Coronation, Stevens, Bideford, coal. Laxey Mines, Cubborn, Liverpool, iron, Friends, Bryant. Bridgwater, roal .John George, Gulliford, ditto, ditto.Hoop. Kleirs. Am- stcrdam, iron. Lark, Mayo, Gloster, coal. Margaret, Jones, Cork. coal George and Henry, Flahagen, ditto.William, and Henry, Heigh, New Ross, ditto Wiliiam.' Sm'iLli, Gloster, ditto.Sky Lark, Evans, Liverpool tin. ¡i" 6 PORTH CAWL SHIPPING LIST. r. I SSSEST ARRIVALS. SOPHIA, Cobbledick, Padstow, ballast. Two bothers,. Peters, Falmouth, Valentine, Goose, Jefsey. ditto. Zenobia. Lucas, Plymouth, ditto. Jane and Mary, Philips Barrow, iron ore.Sarah, Arr, Bristol, sundries Iris, Wedlock, Swansea, ballast. Albion, Vigors, ditto. «litto.• •••• Oreston, Bright, ditto, ditto. Ant, Todd, ditto, ditto. DEPARTURES. IBEX. Davis, Port Talbot,iron.Superior, Quick; Plymouth, coal Elizabeth, Prcwett, Bristol, ditto John and Elizabeth, Fisher, Bideford, ditto.Sophia, Cobbledick, Padstow, ditto. t LLANELLY SHIPPING LIST. :¡i'l/b 11.1 ¡/I FFIW58N»Y ARRIVALS. JOHN AND H ANN AH, l'rokenshirc, Padstow, grain.Mary's Helena, Osbourn, Chester, bricks. Hercules (s.), Hoberts, Bristol, sundries. Henry, Llewellyn, ditto, ditto. u. William. Williams, Swansea, copper ore Wasp, Davies, Liverpool, ditto. f,ady Mary. Ley, Plymouth, ballikst. Hope, Alurpliy, Gloster, ditto.Glory, Owen. Cardigan, ditto. Fly, Scanall, Cardiff, ditto. Ageitoria, Larkin, Wexford, ditto. Victoire Eugene, Flambcrt, Cherbourg, ditto. Hylton, Heay, Honfieur, ditto.Canning, Slater, Charcnta, ditto. Nimble, Penquite, Guernsey, ditto. DEPARTURES. MARIA, Hughes, A ml wch, coal. Marchioness of Anglesey., Hughes, ditto, ditto. I iidustry, Mendus, Ross, ditto. Her- cules, Harries, Dublin, ditto Swan, Hughes, Bridgwater. ditto. and Jane, Rowley, Padstow, ditto. Drogalty, Bowcn, London, ditto.Hopewell, Jones, Portmadoc, ditto.. Langford, Bevan, Plymouth, ditto.Albion, illorgaiis, ditto, ditto Richard and Ann, Pile, ditto, ditto Carnauton. Brabyn, St. Ives, ditto. Par, Elery, Fowey, ditto. Hegent, Gange, Gannel, ditto.Shepherd, Llewellyn, Truro, ditto. Ranger, Griffiths, Waterford. ditto. W illi»m, John, ditto, ditto. Three Brothers, Harry, Carmarthen, ditto. Sarah Ann Treharne, Morgans, Laugharne, ditto. Lark, Griffiths, ditto, ditto.Despatch, Winter, Littlehampton, ditto. Comet, Mitchel, Southampton, ditto Ann, Bentley, Barn staplo, ditto. Emily, Thomas, Bristol, copper ore. tierctiles" Roberts, d:tto. ditto. Saturday, April 1, 1843. Published by the sole Proprietor HENRY WERBEB, at Woodfield House, in the Parish of. Saint 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 Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Messrs. Newton and Co., 5, Warwick-square; Mr. G. lleynell, 42, Chancery- 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, Birchin- lane W. 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[ORIGINAL POETRY FOR THE Guardian.] -t JffKH'iSei In the days of my youth curiosity bore me From Cambria's sweet shore to the coast of Peril, Ber stupendous mountains with awe did amaze me, JIi" When far in the offing she appeared to uiy view. » II. I surveyed her fair strand that with coral was lined, Her lofty volcanoes that brightens her sliores Her vales that with beauty resplendently shined, Impregnated with seams of the richest of ores. J1. III. I ,1 She may boast of her beauties, her waters that winding Their courses majestically down her deep scenes •V But give me those hills where brave oaks reclining, J" And frowning with beauty on Ogmore's blue streams. IV. t For there I can view the sweet little dwelling 10 Wherein the bright orb of my fancy doth shine And the green laurel bongh that o'er us was swelling. When I clasped to this bosom that fair and divine. Bridgend, March 21st, 1843. J.W.C.

OUR NATIVE HOME. With tired wing the bird at close of day, Glides to her nest along the Ev'ning sky And though some other now should tempt her stay, Yet onward to her own is seen to fly. And so -upon the troubled track of life, The fainting soul on heaven looks alone And though the stars may cluster on its sight, Yet seeks above them for its native home. Cardiff, March 27,1843. H.

Afact, dFtrtion, aittr garetit. THE ENGLISH PRRss.-Of all the phenomena of civilized society I doubt whether there is anything more remarkable than the mode in which the people of this country are sup- plied with intelligence. It is one of the most wonderful instances in which, without the invention of Government, merely by dint of private exertion and expense, the public is supplied from all parts of the globe with that intelligence, the possession of which constitutes one of the greatest sources of national amusement and instruction. Some say that the press of this country is less eminent in point of ability than that of other countries. I do not entertain that opinion. Of course, in the free discussion of political questions there will be always much of acrimony, of personal comment and reproach; but, upon the whole, comparing this country to that of France, or the United States, or to the press as it exists in any other country, or ever did exist, it is a remarka- ble instance of ability and intelligence, of readiness of appli- cation in the mode in which the public intelligence is procured through the intervention of private men, and is a most remarkable instance on the application of capital. I will merely add to this, that I recollect many instances in which the first intelligence of important occur- rences, particularly during the war, were received by Gov- ernment through the means of newspaper establishments, and often those papers which were at the time in opposition to the Govemment.-Sir B. Peel. No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any plea- sure so lasting.—Lady M. W. Montague. Men are atheistical because they are first vicious, and question the truth of Christianity because they hate the practice of it.—South. A man should guard in his youth against sensuality; in his manhood against faction; and in his old age against covetousness. A necessitous man, who gives costly dinners, pays large sums to be laughed at.-Colton. I never love those Salamanders that are never well but when they are in the fire of contention. I will rather suffer a thousand wrongs than offer one I will endure an hundred rather than return one; I will" suffer many ere I will com- plain of one and endeavour to right it by contending. I 9 have ever found that to strive with my superior is furious; with my equal doubtful; with my inferior sordid and base with any full of unquietness.-Bishop Hall. A coquette may be compared to tinder which lays itself out to catch sparks, but does not always succeed in lighting a match. HONEST ACTIONS.—The memory of good and worthy actions gives a quicker relish to the soul than ever it could possibly take in the highest 4injoyments of youth. Too Goon TO BE Losr. -The following story was lately told by a reformed inebriate as an apology for much of the folly of drunkards:—A mouse ranging about a brewery by accident fell into one of the vats of beer, and was in imme- diate danger of drowning, and appealed to a cat to help him out the cat replied. It is a foolish request, for as soon as I get you out I shall eat you." The mouse piteously replied, That fate would be better than to be drowned in beer." The cat lifted him out, but the fumes of the beer set poor pass a sneezing, and dropping the mouse, he imme- diately took refuge in his hole. The cat, as soon as she could recover herself called upon the mouse to come out- co You rascal, did not you promise that I should eat you I" Oh!" replied the mouse, 11 but you know I was in liquor at the time!" ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.—This venerable body met last week, for the purpose of hearing the report of a committee appointed to sit upon a square piece of flag-stone, which t/ccxi fAuui ut-utaiu »uiue Auuuibu, uu clearing the ground for the new Royal Exchange. The stone was produced, and seemed to be an object of intense interest. The committee reported that it was crustaceous in its outer coats, and had been clearly used as a flag; but by whom, or when, or why, there was no means of ascertaining. From the venerable appearance of the relic, it was supposed to have been the flag that braved a thousand years; and having passed a resolution to this effect, the meeting broke up perfectly satii;fied- Punch, CLEANSING THE SKIN.—In order to enjoy good health it is as necessary to dense the skin of every part of the body as the hands and face. If yoa once begin to make a rule to wash the whole body at least once a-week, either by bathing or otherwise, in cold water, the vigour and hilarity of feeling you will experience will amply. repay yon for the labour. Try it a few weeks—it will cost next to nothing. NOTIONS or HAPPINESSJ'A gentleman walking through Knightsbridge the other day, overheard the following conver- sation between a man and a woman, who appeared as if come from some pleasure trip into the country:—Woman Bless me, Bill, now tired I do feel; I'm as miserable, too, as a starved herring. What a miserable world this is! I wish I had never been born, that I do; and now I am born, I wish myself dead again." Man: Why, Bet, what's the matter with you now ? What are you grumbling aboutl" Woman: Why don't I tell yer I'm as mift-rabl&zs -a rat, Man: Miserable, indeed! Why what on earth would yer have ? You was. drunk Monday, and you was drunk again Wednesday, and I'm blessed if you hav'nt had pretty near enough to-day. If that aint enough pleasure for yer, I don't know what is. I suppose you wants to be a downright hangel here upon earth." THE WoitsT KIND OF OUTS.-Out of humour, out of health, and out of money. THE WORST KIN# OF INS.— In love, in gaol, and fn water over your head.

4ttt0ctllaite0tt0» THE STRIDE OF A RACE-HORSE.—The ground covered by Flying Childers at the utmost stretch of his stride wal twenty-five feet. This is a fact. The stride of Filho da Puta, when he won the St. Leger in the year 1815, was twenty-four feet three inches and a half. The stride of Blacklock-the next stride after he had passed the post, when he was defeated by Ebor, unseen by Jackson, was twenty-four feet eight inches. The stride of Harkaway, the finest horse of modern daye, at the top of his speed, with his neck level with his back, his head on one side, and whisking his tail, with 8st. 71bs. on the saddle, was twenty-five feet exactly. ELECTROTYPZ SEALS.—Hold the sealing-wax impression over the mouth of a Florence flask, having a small tube, from which the vapour of spirits of wine is proceeding by the agency of a lighted candle below; black lead powder is instantly applied by a camel-hair brush and lastly, a fine point of wood being nicely passed over it, it produces a burnished surface. When the copper seal is removed, touch the back with a soldering iron, and pour on your lead or fusible alloy, so as to form a sufficient mass for a seal. BUONAPARTE AND THE SURGEON. -After the battles of Bautzen and Wiirchen it was suggested to Napoleon that the number of the wounded had been increased by voluntary mutilation; and that all who had lost a finger, or whose hand had been pierced by a ball, were traitors who wished to escape from the service. Napoleon ordered that the wounded of this class, to the number of 1,200, should be separated from the rest; and that a commission, consisting of several principal surgeons, should examine each of these soldiers. A council of war, moreover, was appointed to try the guilty, and caused them to be executed on the spot. Larrey had been named president of the surgeon board. The day before it met, a certain personage, who believing the accusation, desired its success, ordered him to find four culprits in each division, who should be taken before a council of war, and shot instantly. Larrey, filled with terror and indignation at such an order, was about to send in his resignation, and quit the army, when a friend made him give up the project by observing, that he might be useful to these unfortunate men. Larrey did not hesitate one moment. The examination was extremely rigorous, and lasted four whole days. Larrey showed, by reasoning on the character of the wounds, that all the accused were innocent. He then addressed a report to Napoleon and, believing that he had displeased the Emperor in this affair, composedly awaited the disfavour which was to follow. But Napoleou was not insensible to the claims of truth and of justice when clearly demonstrated and resolutely main- tained. The conduct of Larrey was not lost upon him. In the middle of the ensuing week Baron Fain brought Larrey a most flattering letter from the Emperor, in which he was congratulated on his firm, honourable, and humane conduct. This letter was accompanied by a present of 6,000f., and the warrant of a pension of 3,000f. to be paid from Napoleon's privy purse.—Arnotts Hunterian Oration. The council of the Anti Corn Law League have, it is said, given the manager of Drury-lane Theatre JE500 for the use of the theatre during the five Wednesdays in Lent, making a rent of £ 100 frf each nigbt. j "J"; I SPRING Sot.-P.-Boil an ox's leg to lags for ten hours, with water only enough to so souse it; at the same time put in four or five carrots, and half-a-dozen onions and celery. Then strain it well. This should be done the day before you make your soup then add three handfuls of Young pease, two hunches of celery cut small, six onions, a small cauliflower, some young spinach, and a dozen carrots likewise s:nall. Salt to your taste.+Iayazi,)te of Domestic Economy. CHEAP JELLY FOR THE Pooit.-Tike a cow-heel (which may be bought, prepared for the pot, for sixpence) and add to it two quarts of water let it simmer eight or ten hours, till reduced- to one quart, which strain through flannel or a fine sieve, and add as much sugar and spice as will make it pleasant to the taste. If after this it is again strained, and when lukewarm beaten up with the white of two eggs, its appearance will be much improved; but without this addi- tion it will be found to form, when cold, a nourishing jelly little inferior, except in appearance, to calfs-toot, the price of which places it beyond the reach of the poor invalid, whose children may dine well on the cow-heel itself, with a little parsley and butter, and some potatoes.-Ibid. ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.-A man who is now confined ,in the New Bailey prison, Manchester, for desertion from ithe army, has recently been discovered to be heir to a pro- perty worth upwards of £ 100,000. Applications have been made to the Horse Guards to obtain his liberation from gaol, that he may immediately come to the enjoyment of the riches which fortune has so unexpectedly showered into his lap. His discharge arrived on Thursday, when he was set at liberty. His name is John Flitcroft, and he enlisted early in life into the Royal Horse Artillery. It is stated that E60,000 of the fortune will be paid to him in ready :cash, and the remainder in landed property in the neigh- bourhood of Ashton-under-Lyne at Staleybridge. Last week a warrant was issued from the Home Office, under the seal of the Secretary of State, directing the governor of the Compter to remove the monomaniac James Stevenson to Bedlam, there to be confined during her Majesty's pleasure. CHESS.—The Courier Franqais states that a new chess- player has appeared, who bids fair to rival Philidor and de Labourdonnais. This person, named Laigle, the proprietor of the Cafee de Paris, at Valenciennes, whilst sitting in a closet off the room in which the chess-board was placed, answered the moves of four antagonists with a degree of sagacity and promptitude which excited the admiration of the numerous visiters attracted by this singular contest. After 42 moves, the four players confessed they were mated, and the fortunate victor received the well-merited eulogium of the numerous admirers of his talent. CONTRETEMPS.—An amusing incident occurred on Tues- day last, in the Assize Court at Taunton, which even af- fected the gravity of the bench. Mr. Stone, who defended Parsons, charged with murder, in the course of a powerful address to the jury implored them to give the prisoner the benefit of any doubt they might have on their minds. The prisoner, he said, stood before them in an agony of suspense, charged with the highest offence known to the law. While urging this appeal to their mercy the learned counsel tutned half round to the prisoner, expecting to see the agony which he was so busily portraying, when lo 1 he saw his protege easily engaged in munching a sandwich. For a moment the learned advocate was taken aback, and Mr. Cresswell, who caught his eye at the moment, could scarcely forbear a smile. Happily for the accused, the defence made for him was too strong to be affected by the contretemps, and the jury seconded his effort at trying to live" by acquitting him. According to letters from Point-a-Pitre of the 13th ult., the number of persons who perished by the last earthquake at Guadaloupe had been ascertained to amount to between 5,000* and 6,000; Shocks were still occasionally felt, and the poputation remained on the qui vice. EXTRAORDINARY STATISTICAL PHENOMENON.—It is a remarkable fact-showing the contradictions that sometimes occur, and the curious anomalies occasionally to be met with--it is, we say, a very remarkable fact, that while the number of lunatics has been increasing in a very large ratio within the last two or three years, the readers of the Herald have been at the same time diminishing.-Punch. Some anonymous donor has presented to the Bishop of London £5000, to be expended in building a church in London. A large common pocket knife was recently found in the stomach of a fine heifer, at Selby, open, and in excellent preservation, with only a little rust on the blade.-Alark Lane Express. SUPERIORITY OF IRON AS A BUILDING MATPP.IAL.-A. stickler for the superiority of iron as a building material in a letter to the editor of the Mining Journal says- Through the columns of your valuable publication, permit me to call the attention of the proprietors of West India property to the great advantage of iron houses over those of stone or bricks, 4n all countries subject to earthquakes; had this been the case at Gaudaloupe and Martinique, the great loss of life and property would have been considerably less than it has been upon the late melancholy event, which has spread destruction over so many families in those islands. The subject of substituting iron for a building material only requires to be more generally known to insure a very great consumption of it for those purposes, to the mutual advantage of both consumer and producer. As a friend to the mining interest of Great Britain, I am sure you will not consider any apology necessary for thus intruding upon you these few hasty remarks, and trusting you will allow them a corner in your next week's publication." StRUIKT SwrvrT". "RV M APUivrnv. On Wpdnpflday thft first exhibition in the metropolis of the self-loading cart, or street-sweeping machine, which has for some time been in use in Manchester, took place on the wood pavement in Regent-street. The cart was drawn by two horses and attended by a driver, and as it proceeded caused the rotatory motion of the wheels to raise the loose soil from the surface of the wood, and deposit it in a vehicle attached to the cart. Proceeding at a moderate rate through Regent-street, the cart left behind it a well-swept tract, which formed a striking contrast with the adjacent ground. It 'filled itself in the space of six minutes, its power being equal to that of 40 men, and its operation being of a threefold nature--that of sweeping, loading, and carrying at the same time which under the old process formed three distinct operations. The apparatus is exceedingly simple. It consists of a series of brooms, suspended from a light frame of iron, hung behind aj common cart, the body of which is placed near the ground for greater facility in loading. As the cart-wheels revolve, the brooms successively sweep the surface of the ground, and carry the soil up an inclined plane, at the top of which it falls into the cart. It is calculated to pass through the most crowded thoroughfares at the rate of two miles per hour, whithout causing obstruction, and doing its work as "perfectly, as if the streets were empty. The streets of Man- chester are now regularly swept by the machine, jthe result of which is that the sanatory condition of the population is improved and the town has now almost lost its character for mud and filth. -Sta-?tdard. The Shipping Companies and private Shipowners of Stockton, have resolved to lay up their vessels, rather than employ them in the coal trade at the present very low freights. A great number of ships are already laid up in the river Tees—more than has been known for a number of years. These compamie-A three or four years ago divided 30 to 40 per cent. CATTLE.—It has been stated that sheep kept in a cow pasture injure the butter. This fact wants confirmation, as newspapers say Cows and sheep have always fed toge- ther here without bad effect." The fallen leaves of the Ash, however, really do spoil milk this occurs also if the cows can get at cabbage-leaves or garden refuse-in which latter case I know the butter is detestable. Cor. of Gard. Chronicle. The Mark-lane Express of Monday contains a. challenge from five farmers in the county of Worcester, and five in the county of Hereford, who are prepared to offer a bet of £100 that they will find twenty as good, nay, better English farmers than can be found in the Lothians, or any two other Scottish counties and men who can make as much, or more, money of their farms than the latter can, if subject to English payments." OXFORD ASSIZEs.-Henry Wm. Grove was indicted for one of the most extraordinary and unheard of libels that ever formed the subject of a prosecution. The prisoner is the son of a respectable grocer at Lymington, in Hampshire, whose home he had left for the purpose of indulging a pas- sion he had conceived in his youth, of furthering, as he imagined he could, the interests of the church. He had, by dint of great perseverance, obtained the situation of lay assistant under the Pastoral Aid Society, at Bi.mingham. After remaining there about nine months, he was dismissed for misconduct, when he procured a similar situation at Bristol. There he did not reside long; but removed to Burslem, in the Potteries, where he obtained a similar situ- ation to the one he had already filled at Birmingham. Not long after he had taken up his abode at Burslem, he heard that a gentleman of the name of Alcock, a person of some influence and of some consideration, resided in the neighbourhood. He thereupon imagined, as it would seem, and afterwards compassd, the most dia- bolical scheme for obtaining an introduction to that gentleman's family. For this purpose he wrote a quantity of letters, many hundreds in number, and circulated these in Burslem, and amongst all the residents of that part of the country. These were all couched in precisely the same terms, and the effect of them was to spread abroad a rumour that the writer had committed an unnatural offence with Mr. Alcock's nephew. At first, from the unimpeacha- ble character of Mr. Alcock, they were treated with the contempt they merited but this indifference only produced an increase of the nuisance. More letters of the same kind were actively promulgated, imputing the perpetration of the same horrid crime to the writer and the prisoner Grove-no doubt, as the learned counsel for the prosecution suggested, with a view to bring about a consultation between Mr. Alcock, jun., in the hope that, from both being involved in one common accusation, their names would, by the public, be connected together, and that an intimacy thus commenced would afterwards be continued, and thus the object which it was supposed the prisoner had In view, of moving in a higher rank of life than the one in which he was born, would be accomplished. To a certain extent this end was answered. But suspicion so strong as almost to amount to truth at length fell upon the prisoner, and he ultimately confessed his guilt. The defence set up was that of insanity, and it was proved that he had suffered severely from epilepsy. The case was, however, in the minds of the jury fully made out, and they returned a verdict of Guilty. The judge took time to consider of the judgment which he should pass upon hiin.J J.u .1 J; St.) i IMPORTANT MEETING BETWEEN THE COAL PROPRIETORS AND THE WORKING COLLIERS. Last week a meeting was held- at the .Westgate Hotel, Newport, in pursuance of previous arrangements, between the coal proprietors of that district and the colliers who have been for some time standing out for wages, for the purpose of discussing the grouadn of their present misunder- standing, and settling the terms on which the mining operations of the district should he-resumed. A considerable number of the coal merchants who ship the produce of their colliers at this port were. present iu the large room where the meeting took place, among whom, we recognised Messrs. Powell, Beaumont, Morrison, Cart- wright, Latch, Cope, &c.' About 60 colli.ers'were introduced. They appeared as delegates from the different collieries on the .hills, and were accompanied by Mr. J. G. 11. Owen, solicitor, of Monmouth, as their adviser. Joseph Davies,. Esq. of Bedwas, a magistrate of the county, was also present in the character of a mediator be- tween the parties, with the view of promoting the objects of the meeting. Shortly before two o'clock, Mr. Beaumont having b.een called to the chair, Mr. Davies rose to address the meeting, when. Mr. Owen desired to be informed if he (Mr. Davies) was a colliery proprietor, or if he had any direct interest iu the settlement of the matters in dispute between masters and men, and on which side. Mr. Davies, in reply, stated that he was not a colliery proprietor, nor had he any direct interest in the settlement of the question. He appeared as ari independent mediator, and had been invited to come among them, to lend his as- sistance in settling the differences which had already been productive of deep and general distress in the country, and which, if allowed longer to continue, would produce the most disastrous results to the interests of every class in the community, but particularly to those of the working men. It was then' absolutely necessary that these differences should be adjusted, any in order to this it was thought best that the parties should come together. For his. own part, he would say, that he had interests of the working men at heart, and had been induced to" interfere principally that he might be of service to them. That the working mOnare at the present moment suffering great distress was, unhappily, too true, and that distress was not confined to this district, but -pervaded the country generally, was equally indisputable. Every class of persons and every department of industry was struggling under unparalleled difficulties, and those which affeat the colliers of this district are not the result of any causes,to it, but of those which have produced the general depression of industry throughout the country, of which we hear complaints on every sidCl No description of property ihas suffered greater depreciation than that invested in col- lieries in this district, and he conld not appeal to a more striking proof of the truth of his assertion than the vast falling off in the quantity of coal exported from this port during the last year. The competition of other ports has been mainly instrumental in producing this result; and this competition will continue with annually increasing vigour until the coal of this district be finally driven out of the market, unless we can sell it at such a price as will enable us successfully to compete with those ports. Cardiff, Porthcawl, and the other ports in our neighbourhood, Whitehaven, Workington, and the ports in Cumberland, as well as New- castle, and all the northern ports, are now underselling us, and therefore it does not require much argument to show that we must come down to corresponding terms, or give up the trade. To do this, the cost of production must be re- duced the Canal Company must reduce their tonnage the charge for. hauling must next come down; and the price for eutting must be fixed at a lower scale than heretofore. In fact, a rigid system of economy in every department bf the trade must be adopted. The masters, therefore, being con- strained by the exigencies of the period, propose a reduction, but at the same time they offer such countervailing advan- tages to the men as will, on the whole, be more than equivalent to that reduction. He wished not to be misun- derstod. He was the last in the world who would recommend to the men any concession which would not tend to their own benefit. He. saw that reduction was inevitable, and he was glad to be the medium to propose an arrangement so eminently calculated to better their condition. The price paid at present for cutting coal ie 2s. per ton, and the mastfers propose a reduction of 3d. on this, that is to say, l-8th part of the present price. This is not a naked proposition. If the masters shall be enabled to effect this they will establish the trade of the port on such a footing' as will enable them to defy competition, and to restore the trade, not only to what it was in former years, but even to extend it. The coal proprietors are at present negociating with the Canal Company, and with other parties, for such a reduction of their charges, and other alterations, as will amount in the whole to about 9d. per ton. This, together with the 3d. proposed to be reduced from the cost of cutting, will give the desired shilling. This is the great object to be be attained. But do the masters seek to put this shilling per ton in their own pockets 1 By no means. They will at at once take it off -the shipping price, and thus obtain such a command in the market as will enable them to export full fourth more than the present quantity. Here, then, the men will derive an immediate advantage. Their present complaint is, that at 2s. per ton they are unable to obtain sufficient employment to afford them a livelihood reduce this price but one-eighth, and you immediately produce a demand for one-fourth more coal, and one-fourth more em- ployment. lie had made calculations on the subject, and he thought there was not a working man before him who would deny that he could make 17s. in cash purchase as much of the necessaries of life as he would get for 20s. for truck. Here is a direct benefit of three shillings in the pound in itself, more than equal to the proposed reduction of wages, which was but 2s. 6d. in the pound but when he added to this the additional advantage which the colliers would derive from the increased employment consequent on their accession to the terms proposed, he was not wrong in stating to them in the beginning of his address that it was an agreement tending immediately and directly to the benefit of the working men. Let the men not deceive themselves on a subject of so mu h importance to them. They must be aware that the trade of the port is falling off, but lest there should be any doubt on the subject, he would read them, from the official return, the amount of the exports for the last two years. In the year 1841 there were exported from the port of Newport, of red ash coal, 549,951 tons and in the year 1842, 454,042 tons of the same sort; showing a decrease of no less than 95,909 tons in a single year; and if the present state of things continue, the decrease this year must be considerably more, and in a short time the trade will be totally extinguished. To avert this terrible catastro- phe should now be the object of every individual, for they were all deeply concerned in it. He thought he had suc- ceeded in showing that by acceding to the terms proposed the men could do well, and that not only without making a sacrifice, but with a very considerable and immediate ad- vantage to themselves. The address of Mr. Davies was listened to with the deep- esr attention by the men, who appeared to regard him throughout the day's proceedings as their friend and advocate. Mr. Beaumont, addressing Mr. Owen, said he hoped he should not give offence, as he assured Mr. Owen he did not intend any, but, as chairman, he wished to be informed in what capacity he (Mr. 0.) appeared. Mr. Owen said he appeared as the humble orgnn ap- pointed by the men to represent their case. Mr. Beaumont then said that he had been connected with collieries for 35. years, aud was always happy to have an opportunity of discussing with the men their mutual inter- ests, as on the present occasion. Their interests were mutual, inseparably connected with, and dependant on one another, and they were mistaken if they supposed that either could prosper or be depressed without the other being simi- larly affected. The trade of the conntry was in a deplorable condition. Look, for instance, at the iron trade, the great staple of this district, which was never in such a state of depression, and, what was worse, with but little hope of improvement. The men depending on that trade were suffering deep distress, thousands of them being out of em- ployment, and their numbers likely to increase, as he felt no doubt if things go on as they were at present, and have for some time been going, many establishments which he knew, and which were now at work, would be stopped. But the men in every department, and in every trade, were suffering privations from the unexampled pressure of the time, which bore heavily on the masters as well as the men. Under such circumstances an effort must be made to relieve the industry of the country. Limited demand and falling prices have caused a falling off of nearly 100,000 tons in the quantity of coals exported from this port last year, as com- pared with the previous year. The falling off in the quantity of coal will be considerably greater this year, unless the masters, by reductions effected here, are enabled to reduce the present market price of coal to such a figure as, taking its superior quality into consideration, will put them on a footing of equality with rival ports. To effect this desirable object the shipping price of coal must come down a shilling, and then they will be able to command such a trade as will enormously increase the quantity of coal exported. This they will never be able to do as long as they pay 2s. a ton for cutting. Indeed, he would state publicly, that it was impossible they could go on paying that sum. The reduction they propose is only one-eighth on the present price, which will enable them to give one-fourth more employment, which will return the men a considerable larger amount of wages each month than they can earn at present. It is the interest of the men to increase the quantity of coal sold, but to do this will be impossible in the present state of the market, unless the shipping price be reduced. This depends wholly on the determination of the men themselves, whether they will accept the terms proposed or not. They have it now in their power, by agreeing to a reduction of one-eighth on the present rate of wages, to increase the gross amount of their earings full £2 per cent. He feared much mischief had been done by bad advice given to the men, and he trusted that upon the present occasion they would be guided by the suggestions of their own true interests, which were insepa- rably connected with the well doing of the masters. He would beg of them to recollect what was going on at the present moment in other branches of industry, where the working men, in order to meet the exigencies of the times, are obliged to submit to reductions, not of one-eighth, but of thirty per cent., on the amount of their wages. He wished to impress this deeply on their minds, and also this fact, that if the present state of things continue this district will be ruined the masters cannot go on they must shut up their collieries, w<l go to districts ffhsre the cost of isTcCpilated by the rrnrrkot price of the article which it pro- jduces; Trié openinit of each .cdlii,ery éötyts. on an average The maslers airb getting no return on this capital presqut* it,was impossible they could while they were !obliged.t9.;p;xy 2s., as at present,. for cutting; and rather than continue to do so, and sweep all this away, they would clpse their collieries. He, for one, was determined to do so,. Sunless he were enabled to sell at a steady and lower price, jaiid by that means bring lacl the trade to the district, which, In consequence of the present high prices, is falling off day by day. He woul^ repeat his determination to shut up his; collieries rather than parry them on at a loss; but. on the other hand, if the men would come forward in a fair spirit, and show a willingness to assist. in relieving the present distress, he would, be happy to advance their wages.whenever the state of the market-w.ould enable him to do so. Mr. [Beaumont concluded by reading the following resolutions, containing tho terms proposed by the masters, by which they I were determined to abide 1st—" That the price of cutting coal be reduced 3d. from the price paid in October last, on every 2520 lbs. or other Nveight, such as has been the custom at each colliery heretofore. 2nd—" That the men have a draw once every week, and a rest or settlement to be made in cash every month." Mr. Owen took a copy of the two resolutions proposed by the masters, to which, after a lengthened conversation, the following was added :— That although we do not bind ourselves to put in all our men, we declare we will not exclude any man from vin- dictive feeling arising from the late turn-out, and will employ as many of the old workmen as we can find employment for, and will give every man discharged such character as he deserves." Mr. Powell said, before the meeting separated, he wished to express his sense of the obligations which both • masters and men were under to Mr. Davies, for his disinterested and able exertions on the present occasion. No one had a deeper sense of these obligations than himself, and he was happy to have the opportunity of publicly acknowledging them. He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Davies. Mr. Morrison felt great pleasure in seconding the, motion. He fully concurred in all that his friend Mr. Powell, had said of Mr. Davies and he was sure the colliers would feel grateful for the efficient manner in which he had advocated their cause. The motion|having been unanimously adopted, the meeting separated. :=:-

dFomait CAVE OF GOOD HOPE.—All the news that had come to hand from the north-eastern boundary was the statement that Col. Hare had determined to' pass the Orange River with his force, and March in the Boer country. Up to this point he had not encountered interruption, and nothing further was h.eard of the attempt which it had been rumoured would be made to intercept his progress when he should arrive at the Modder River. On the frontier matters, con- sidering all .things, were pretty peaceable. Some few thefts by the Cafires are alluded to as exhibiting thair old inclina- tion to steal, but the activity of Col. Somerset, during the absence of the Lieutenant-Governor, had proved a check upon any further encroachment. PARIS.—During many months the crime of murder has been of almost nightly occurrence in Paris and its neigh- bourhood. The following paragraph, which we copy from the" National," places the matter in a point of view that cannot surely be overlooked by the authorities :-The capital has become for some time past the theatre of audacious murders. The Forest of Bondy is more secure than the first city of the civilised world. On Wednesday night last an unfortunate operative, who was late on his return home, ivas taken up bathed in blood in the Rue de Bourdonnais, nd shortly after expired. Is it possible that the police, with a million-of secret service money, cannot at least protect the lives ot the citizens 1 ROME.—Advices from Rome of the 9th instant, mention, tfhat the Pontifical Government had abolished, to a certain extent, the exorbitant privilege which hitherto insured im- punity to malefactors who sought an asylum in the churches and convents of the Pope's dominions. A recent legislative qnactment provides, that hereafter the secular authorities may cause to be followed and arrested, wherever they may take refuge, all individuals guilty—1st, of the destruction of relics, or images of the saints; 2d, of profanation of the churches; 3d, of insults by words or violence against cler- gymen dressed in their costumes; 4th, of high treason; 5th, of murder; 6th, of highway robbery, &c., &c.

COMETS. A correspondent of the Times say*: -As the attention of the public at the present moment is particularly directed towards the comet that has so unexpectedly made its appear- ance, I think it may be interesting to examine into a calcula- tion I have somewhere seen, from which it was shown that pjrobably through the agency of the comet called Halley's the general delate related in the Mosaic account was accom- plished. What data Dr. Halley had for stating that the comet named after him returned only once in 5751 years, I know not; assuming, however, that the revolution of that comet to be as Dr. Halley states it, then I must confess the calculation marks the period of the deluge in a most suprising manner, and proves the truth of the account we read of it in the Bible. The following is the data taken from the Bible Years. From the Creation to the Deluge. 1655 From the Delcge to the birth, of Christ. 2349 The age of the world at the birth of Christ. 4004 The present centuary since the birth of Christ. 1843 5847 The comet that appeared in 1630, whose revolu- tion is onCe in 575| years, will return again in the year 2255, which from the year is 4121 The age the world will be on the comet's return 259. Noah entered the ark on the 17th day ot the second month, when the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and it also rained for forty days. The waters prevailed on the earth 150 days, and on the 17th day of the seventh month the ark rested on Mount Ara- ratb-bein-, five months. On the 27th day of the second month, in the following year, the earth had got sufficiently dry to allow Noah to land from the ark, being 12 months and 10 days from the com- mencement of the flood. Reckoning back seven revolutions of this'comet from the year 1680, when it was last seen; we bnng It to the year 2349 before Christ, which was the time of the deluge, viz Years. From the deluge to the birth of Christ. 2349 From the birth of Christ to the year the comet was last been 1680 The comet's revolution once in 575 years-seven revolutions is, therefore. 40281 To which must be added half a year for mean time between the commencement and end of the deluge a Being the exact period, reckoning back to the deluge 4029 The probability, therefore, seems counrmed that it the Hood was occasioned by a comet, that It was by this. Some very celebrated writers on the subjeet of the deluge have ascribed it to the influence of a comet—amongst them Halley and Whiston. Dr. Halley ascribes the deluge to the influence of a comet approcliing very near the Earth and Whiston, in his New Theory of the Eartlg, endeavours to show, from many coincident facts, that a comet descending on the plane of the ecliptic towards its perihelion, did pass just before the Earth on the first day of the deluge. From the approximation of such a body, and the known laws of attraction, he accounts for all the phenomena of Noah's flood. ms, THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—At a late meeting of the Society of Arts, Mr. F. Wishaw read the first part of a paper, On the Application of Electricity to the Arts and Manufactures of the Country." The immediate subject for the evening.'s consideration was the transmission of signals through the means of electricity, by Messrs. Cooke and Wheatstone's telegraph, now in daily nseonthe Btackwai), Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Manchester and Leeds, Rail- ways. From the experiments of. Professor Wheatstone, it has been correctly ascertained that the electric current travels at the rate of 200,000 miles per second and, availing them- selves of this extraordinary property, that gentleman and Mr. Cooke, who had both been devoting their whole attention to the subject, unknown to each other, convinced the scientific world of the truth of their proposition—lor.communication by an electric telegraph, by .laying down a line on the Great Western Railway, from the station at Paddington to West Drayton, and by the completion of which it is clearly estab- lished that communications may be transmitted to a distance of seventy-eight miles without an intermediate station. By a series of very extensive experiments, lately made by Mr. Cooke, that gentleman is now enabled to lay down a line of telegraph at about half the original price-he now dispenses with the iron tube for protecting the insulated wires, which will now be supported by wood or iron standards, nine feet high, and i ranged at convenient distances along the Great Western line of railway, upon which the apparatus, when complete, will be the first channel of the kind used for the communication of Government intelligence. On a future evening the method of transmitting the signals, and the whole working of the plan, will be fully illustrated by the apparatus itself, before being fixed at the stations. The vast importance of this new mode of passing signals to any distance momen- tarily is very clearly proved on the Blackwall Railway, the working of wheh is of that complicated nature that, without some plan by which the officers at one station knew what was passing at the other, the traffic could not be carried on with any degree of safety. The signals are given by pointers, fixed on an axis, moving freely through the centre of a dial each instrument has a battery and thus a porter, or policeman, by turning a handle, can transmit, in a second, any required intelligence, such as Stop," Go on," or information of any nee' st casualty or accident requiring immediate attention. 2500 signals of this kind are given daily. Within a short period, it is expected that offices will be opened at London, Windsor, and Slough, by which communications may be transmitted at MT TINE OF FLIGHT wr D»Y« ;;i.. I ?;h!d H:j,)\r }, ii, rt i: <

¡-f" /0. -J i HOUSE OF COMMONS./ THURSDAY. ,1! Lord Palmerston to' (;k*ai, (,pl),)rtunity ol(.fi.-rec iog.a inigtalie into which be.bud faiien on his motion respecting the Wash- ington treaty, in stating that Lord Ahhburtoa. was an Americau ciLiz,-n. Loi-Li As.hburton bad ¡!,Içe inlormed him jlliat the fact was not so, that an..Eii^htiiima.u could not beooyie a-citizen of the United States wiloyat renouncing his hiiegiiuice to his own S^vcreigu. Lord ,Pafm;erstoq» therefore,. bonsidured- himself bou^.d to take this "earlitst "occasion ol |correctin» his error. Mr. Hogg having reported; from tlje Nottingham election fcounnittee, of which he was chairman, that the last election, for that town was void, by reason of bribery commuted on the side of Waiter, though wholly witnout"that gentleman's knowledge or consent. Lord Lincoln moved that the, evidence taken before the committee should be laid on toe table, which was ordered. Some discussion then arose whether the issuing of a new jwrit'for Nottingham ought,not to be suspended for a few days. ■ Mr. Hume moved that it should issue forthwith.. Lord Lincoln iiioved to. postpone it for a weeii. Mr. Hawes was adverse to the suspension. Sir C. Douglas wished to know, before the writ should issue, who the persons were by whom the. bribes had been given. Mr. Escott, after the intimations given by some of the members of the committee, would not think huuseif justified in voting for a suspension. The House then divided Furtbopcstponement. 91 For the ilumediate :Issue G9 Maiority for the postponement.. 23 Mr. Williams moved for an account of the expenditure, from 1811 to 1841, on Itoyal palaces and parks, and on (salaries to rangers. Lord Lincoln's only objection to such a return was the freat labour and expense which it would occasion. If the ,_on. member wished merely to know the principle on which, this branch of outlay was regulated, he flight obtain his jobject by confining the motion to a .shorter t;rio: and if lie" {sought only to know any particular facts, iliat. information Ishould be given to him whenever lie would apply for it at the (office of Woods and Forests. lie would suggest t'int the 'hon. member should limit the return to the last ten years. Mr. Hume denied that the return asked for would be at- ,tend,ed with the difficulty supposed by the noble Lord. More ipalaces were kept up than were at all necessary. j Sir R. Peel said, that Lord Lincoln's offer showed the total labsence of desire on the part of Government to conceal any- thing. The official establishments were not now sufficient for than the conduct of the ordinary business and if ex- tensive returns like these were thus frequently called for, there would arise a necessity for. such an increase in those establish- tments as would be extremely unacceptable to the friends of economy; moreover, the total of an account taken for 30 years would always look invidiously large; even the expen- diture of any private nobleman, on the aggravate of 50 years, ,would appear enormous. The returns were then ordered in the limited form suggested iby Lord Lincoln. Mr. Smith O'Brien came next. His notion was for a setect committee to inquire into the executiouand operation of the, Poor Law in Ireland. He complained of the conduct of the Commissioners. For instance, where the guardians of an union had ordered a meat dinner for the paupers on Christmasrday, the Commissioners had rebuked tlietn, alleging the necessity of protecting the rate-payers. There might have been exaggerations; but all he now asked WilS the means of ascertaining whether the allegations made were exaggera- tions or not. He did not mean, by moveing for a committee, to exonerate the Government from their proper responsibility of bringing in a bill upon this subject; for the condition of the Irish poor was most deplorable. Lord Elliot, after complimenting the moderation and ability of Mr. O'Brien, assured him that the. present Ministers had no predilection for the Irish Poor Law. Several of them had indeed voted for it as .introduced by the late Government, but not without much of .doubt with respect to. its sufficiency. For his own part, he had felt so much difticulty on the subject of it, that he had abstained from voting upon i.t at all. He admitted that it had produced much dissatisfaction in Ireland, though there were many instances in which It appeared to have worked well; but the Government had now a measure in preparation, which he thought the House would,do well to wait for before they took the course of appointing: a committee; and he would not now forstal the discussion to which that measure would property give rise. After a few words of rcpJyfrOlD Mr. ,S. Brien the House divided— Against the committee 108 For it 23 M-ijority against it S5 FRIDAY. The first business on the list of orders was the Factories Bill. Sir James Graham, in moving the second reading of it, proposed that the labour clauses should gn through committee on an early day, but that the education clauses should be postponed till after Easter., Sir James Graham referred to the announcement he had made on introducing this bill, that Government intended to extend the principle, by subsequent measures, to children engaged in lace works and print works, and to children in the workhouses of large towns. Mr. Hawes and other members protested against com- mitting the entire control of national education to the clergy of the Church of England. Mr. Ewart would proceed to state his objections. The first of them was, that the measure excited a feeling of dis- pleasure throughout the whole body of the Dissenters, inclu- ding even the Wesleyans,. who generally leaned to the Church of England, and thus introduced the brand of theological discord. Religion was as different from theology as justice from law. There was only one sound principle of dealing with this subject—that the general education should be merely secular, and that the religious necessities of the pupils of each denomination should be supplied by teachers of their own creed. Mr. Hawes referred to the opposition offered by the Tories to the erection of the Board of Privy Council; and contended, on that precedent, that he was not to be charged with general hostility to national education, in respect of any resistance which he might offer to the particular bill before the House. Sir R. Inglis claimed for the Church the maintenance of her office as the supreme instructress of the people. He feared that this bill did not place her in the pre-eminent position she was entitled to. Her functions were transferred to a Com- mittee of Privy Council, of which it was possible that not one single member might be in communion with the Established Church. Sir James Graham, if he was prepared to make the concessions required on the other side, could not expect the support of Churchmen, who were well aware of the very con- siderable sacrifices they made in supporting the bill even as at present framed. It was an error to suppose that the trus- tees would be exclusively Churchmen: even the church- wardens were not necessarily members of the Church; and two of the other trustees must be chosen from among the oc. cupiers of factories, a class of whom nearly one half were Dissenters. He regretted the great extent of power which this bill bestowed upon the Committee o Privy Council. The argument of numbers was one which lie did not regard in de- liberating upon a political claim, but it was one which here made against the parties employing it. It appeared that the number of church-marriages in the last year was between 114,000 and 115,000; of non-church-marriages only 8,200. Either, therefore, the Dissenters bore a very small proportion to the Churchmen in point of number, or they had celebrated their marriages in the Church, thus proving that their con- scientious objections were mere pretexts. Mr. Acland read evidence to show that the Dissenters, in districts where Church schooli;-are established, very ,willingly allow their children to partake the religious instruction be- stowed there. Mr. Milner Gibson apprehended that this bill would cause great numbers ot children to be removed from the factories subject to its operation into branches of employment not affected by it. Mr. Manners Sutton believed that the education clauses, instead of deferriug parents from letting their children go to the factories, would be a strong inducement to them to send the children thither. Mr. W. Cowper regarded the bill as a necessary one. The voluntary system was experimentally proved to be in- adequate, and the present measure, though not free from imperfections, was perhaps on the whole as good a one as could be found. Lord Ashley said, he had been asked why his application to Parliament had been made only for the manufacturing, and not for the agricultural districts. He would answer, that in the agricultural districts the duty devolved on the landlord of seeing that all who lived under him were brought up in loy- alty to the King and in the fear of God it was only among the great masses congregated in the towns that Parliament could properly be called on for the means of education. He showed the inadequacy of the education provided by the old law, and enlarged upon the advantages which the prtsent bill was likely to effect. This was no time to inquire on whom the responsibility of past neglect ought to rest; let all parties rather combine to cure the evil now. What figure would England make among the nations of the world, if, after the avowal and exposure oi so much filth on the surface of her society, she were now to shrink troiu cleansing it away Lord J. Russell did not regret the discussion which had taken place, and which he hoped would induce the country to look at this bill, hitherto somewhat misunderetood, in the fair temper, now generally exhibited by the house. He should have been glad if the church would have agreed to foundations in which the Scriptures might have been read without the inculcation of any particular creed; but he knew that this was not now a practicable course. But, then, if the feelings of the church were entitled to consideration on the one hand, so, on the other, were the opinions of the Dissenters. Some weight was due to the objection that the board of trustees, as here constituted, would tepresent one party exclusively. He recommended an increase in the annual grant distributable by the Privy Council for the purpose of educating proper persons to be masters in the factory schools. The bill was then read a second time. NeAt came on the Dogs Bill, the third reading of which "Is opposed !>y Mr. Ijlark "Pluilips. lie be would •ruin many individuals who,, were mainly dependent on dogs for purposes of draught,' particularly in th« lace trade. The result wouid he that much heavy labuur would be thrown upon young children. Mr Mutt opposed the bill, as did Mr. Christie and Mr. Muntz. Mr. Sidney Herbert treated it as apiece of surface hu- manity, aud oitserveu that the author of the bill was at this very time vut af town, trying to get hooks into the jaws of fish for the sole purpose ot his own amusement. Sir R. Inglis supported-the bill, and asserted the inaptitude ■of dogs for draught, except on saud or on snow. 'The house divided in favour of the.third reading. Additional clauses were moved, which gave rise to several divisions, but at 1 rni- i11 the bill was passed.