The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

An account of COAL and IRON brought down the Mon- mouthshire Canal Company's Tram-roads and Canal, from the 8th to the 15th of April, 1843. Tram Road Canal. COAL. n —————— Tons. Cwt. Tons. Thomas Powell 1818 6 150 Thomas Prothero 724 6 100 Martin Morrison 968 2 225 Rock Coal Company. 681 17 } Rosser Thomas & Co 1141 7 Thomas Phillips & Son 276 4 W. S, Cartwright 317 8 Penllwyn Coal Company: James Poole. Jun. 144 15 Joseph Latch & Co 987 10 Tredegar Coal Company 668 16 Latch and Cope. John Russell & Co. 936 2 Joseph Jones 464 John Jones. 270 4 Roger Lewis 538 10 Joseph Beaumont. 312 19 Benjamin Youn, R. J. Blewitt.. Mon. Iron and Coal Company John Vipond Richard Morrison 50 James Treasure R. Thomas Pentwyn and Golynos Company.. Ryce Davies 145 16 250 H.Phillips. Rosser Williams 70 TramRoad. I Canal. IRON. -————— _— Tons. Cwt. j Tons. Cwt, Tredegarlron Company 231 12 J Rhymney Iron Company 551 j Cwm Celyn & Blaina Iron Co. 249 I Samuel Homfray and Co j Coalbrook Vale 199 10 J Ebbw Vale Co 516 18 j From sundry Works j 1535 0

THE POWDER MILLS AT WALTHAM ABBEY. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—SEVEN LIVES LOST. One of those mournful accidents occurred lately, which have from time to time been deplored at every gunpowder manufactory, and which unhappily hurried seven unfortu- nates into eternity. The gunpowder mills at Waltham Abbey stand at some distance out of the town, on the side of a broad running stream, which branches out of the river Lea, is the property of Government, and is called Powder Mill River." They had been constructed on a plan which promised, in the event of an accident, to prevent the evil from extending beyond the place in which it originated. On Thursday afternoon, the business being carried on in the usual way, about five minutes after 3 o'clock, from some cause at present unknown, an explosion took place in the more northern corning-house. A few seconds afterwards, the press-house and washing-house, separated from the corning-house by the buttress, also blew up. In a minute or two from that time, the next corning-house, distant from the former about 200 yards, shared the same fate, and that in a few secouds was followed by a fourth explosion, and a second press-house and washing-house,, separated, as in the other case, from the coming-house, were in an instant de- stroyed. Unfor^nately, in the works vvhich'first blew up a number of unfortunate persons were employed, not one of whom survives. Seven men were in an instant dismissed from life five of them were carried over the river to a very considerable distance, and fell lifeless fragments in the marshes. One corpse was recovered from the ruins, and one dead body was found out of the building, but on the same side the river. It was difficult to recognize the deceased, they were so blackened, shattered, and disfigured. At a con- siderable distance from the ruins the impression made by the fall of one of the sufferers remains very distinct. The marks of the head, the shoulder, the hip, and the leg, were most distinctly traced; and the indentation made by the body was in some parts nearly six inches deep. Mr. Austin, the superintendent of the machinery, with two other persons, was there. The escape of that gentleman was almost miraculous. The windows at WaItham-Abbey station of the North-Eastern Railway were broken by the concussion, and its mischievous effects were felt at Waltham- Cross. The windows of Trinity Chapel, the chapel of ease to Cheshunt parish, which stands by the side of the main road, suffered considerably. Five females, who were collecting wood at a distance of more than a quarter of a mile from the mills, were thrown down, and for a moment deprived of sight by the explosion, and the accompanying glare. No one undertakes to say what was the cause of the calamity. q- DREADFUL DEATH.On Thursday an inquiry took place before Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, respecting the death of Alfred Ward, aged 32, who was killed on Tuesday, on the line of the London and Brighton Railway. The jury proceeded to view the body, which presented a most dreadful sight: the head was entirely severed from the body, as were also both legs. Henry Simpson stated, that he and the deceased were in the employ of the London and Brighton Railway Company, and on Tuesday, about 2 o'clock, they were repairing the line of road at Horley. On the deceased getting upon the embankment he went on the line of road, and stepped over the near rails, and stood still in the middle between the metal rails, At the time an engine, No. 20 tender, and a train of waggons were coming up the line, and about 30 yards from the deceased. The deceased was then 20 yards from him, and between him and the engine. Seeing the engine coming, and the heavy train following, he called out to the deceased six or seven times, but he did not seem to hear, and tlie truck struck him on the right shoulder, and he fell into the line. He was then driven forward and forced on the metal lines, and the near wheels of the waggons, engine, and tender, passed over his head and legs. Jones was very much affected when he saw the headless trunk, and said he did all he could to prevept the occurrence, by putting off the steam and blowing the whistle, BANKRUPTS.—Tuesday.—David Ellis, jun., Haverhill, Suffolk, draper--Heni-y Walton, jun., Crowland, Lincoln- shire, wheelwright—William Penn, Canterbury, cabinet- maker-Richard Watkins Carpenter, Holloway, cheesmonger —William Fuller, the Cliffe, near Lewes, currier—Nathaniel Wegg, East Greenwich, victualler—George Harris, Dorking, tailor—John Pratt, Adelaid-street, Strand, surgeon—Jabez Vines, Battersea, miller—John Philipps Davies, Davies- street, Berkeley-square, apothecary—John Morgan, Wood- side, Cheshire, merchant-Joseph Edmund Robinson, Liver- pool, wine merchant—Anthony Merga, Nantwich, Cheshire, watchmaker—Charles Webb, Kingston-upon-Hull, timber merchant William Peate, Shrewsbury, grocer-John Parker, BoUott-le-Mwfs, çottou-wte Spinner, HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. | AridL. | Morning.| Evening. () Sunday, 23 | 0 39 j 1 25 r. < Monday, 24 j 2 6 J 2 38 '(Tuesday, 25 j 3 10 3 36 < Wednesday, 26 j 4 2 j 4 23 5 Thursday, 27 j 4 46 j 5 4 I Friday, 28 j 5 26 { 5 41 il Saturday,. 29 j 6 0 { 6 11 j HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL, &c. (From Bunt's Tide Table.) \r- -I-n. J HIGII WATER. ,-5 Cumb. Bathust APlUL. | Morn, j Even. Gates. G_ates.\ Sunday .23 j t 34 I 2 20 j 21 1 9 10 24 3 t i 3 -.33 -22 11 3 Sunday .23 j 1 34 I 2 20 j 21 1 9 10 Monday > 24 ( 3 | i 3 .33,i 113 Tuesday .25 | 4 5 4 31 24 6 13 3 Wednesday.26 4 57 5 18 26 3 15 0 Wednesday.26 I¡ 4 57 5 IS 26 3 ¡ 15 U Thursday 27 5 41 5 59 } 27 8 16 5 Friday, .28 G 21 6. 36 j 28 9 I 17 6 Saturday 29 6 55 I 7 6 > 29 6 18 3 -.v, '7' v vvv -'V EQUATION OF THE TIDES. These Equations, applied to the above Table, will give the Approximate Times of High Water, at the following Places on the Coasts of England and Wales. A. M. A. M. Aberystwith add 0 15 Liverpool. add 4 0 Caernarvon add 1 45 Newport, Mon. sub 0 3 Cardigan Bar .sub 0 15 j Portsmouth .add 4 .2 Carmarthen Bay ..sub 1 5 j Swansea Bar. sub ■[ 6 Chepstow sub 0 13 j Thames'Mouth sub 4 55 1st Sunday after Easter. Marnino V 1st Lesson. 16 chapter Numbers. ° 2nd Lesson.20 chapter Acts.- Evening Lesson.22 chapter Numbers. ° I 2nd Lesson 2 chapter 2nd Peter.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Various poetical contributions wait our opportunity for in- sertion. The complaint of a "GROCER" is beyond our control. LUCIUS JUNIUS and BnuTus" are declined. In the second line of the last verse of the Poem entitled "HEAVEN," in last week's paper, for" illumine the night," read illume the air." ERRATA IN OUR LAST.—First Leader, for harmonize read humanize. Second Leader, for section of men," read section of our own." Third Leader, for used the play- ful satire," read reversed." We have received a letter from Mr. Griffith, minister of the English Independents at Merthyr, on the subject of the Rev. Thos. Williams' letter. Mr. Griffith's communica- tion is accompanied by a letter from another Dissenting minister, which last is rather of an acrimonious tendency. We have also received a letter from SACRICOLA" in defence of Mr. Williams' statement, and various other communications on the same subject. Having already given insertion to letters from the parties principally concerned, we conceive that any further publication would only tend to increase animosity; and, on that account, we decline extending the controversy. ø

It t atrberttget AND MERTHYR GUARDIAN. -r"J" SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1843. We do not feel or affect surprise at the opposition of the Dissenters to the Educational Clauses. of the Factories' Bill. They are but labouring in their vocation, and if to the warmth of Sectarianism they add in many instances, as at Merthyr, the folly of Fanaticism and the fury of Faction, this does not astonish us. It has long been their temper so to act, and having for party purposes been indulged by a Whig Government in the gratification of this natural propensity, they have grown wanton in the use of it, and having been somewhat obstructed in their march of ascendancy by an Adminis- tration which recognises a Church and State alliance as Constitutional, they fret and fume (as spoiled children will) under gentle discipline, and deem it subversive of all toleration, and a violation of religious liberty. But there is a wide distinction, and one which ought to be carefully preserved by a Government really concerned in the true welfare of the people, between toleration and indifference-between the non-interference in religious opinions and the encouragement of error. If any man chooses to adopt a religion of his own he may be per- mitted to do so without let, hindrance, or molestation- but when lie demands, by virtue of a payment to a rate, to interfere in a scheme of National Religion, aided by funds from the State, he asks neither what is reasonable nor what is safe, the boundaries of all lawful toleration are passed by such a requirement; it cannot be conceded, and we trust that the Education of the lower classes will never be conducted on a plan so latitudinarian in prin- ciple as this. Hostility to the Established Church is a leading feature in all Dissent-and it appears to be the great bond of union with Dissenters of all denominations. Concede the question of interference, let each instructor in error have scope for the exercise of his ingenious vagaries in a Factory School, and Bedlam would scarcely present a scene more afflicting to a serious mind. Babel would be a faint type of this confusion worse confounded, and Religion would suffer grievous wounds in the house of her pretended friends. The Dissenters are up and active, and it becomes the friends of the Church to be vigilant. What modifications in the Bill as it now stands Government is prepared to make we know not, but Lord John Russell has laid a set of Resolutions on the Table of the House, the discussion on which will take place soon after the recess. We invite the serious attention of our Readers to the noble Lord's' propositions-they are evidently intended as Articles of Peace, but we greatly question if peace and order would result from the adop- tion of them, and they seem eminently adapted to provoke accrimonious disputation and religious dissension in the House. Here they are, however-with some of them we hava no quarrel, with others we partially concur, to many we are decidedly opposed, the ninth has our entire approbation, presuming that the Training and Model Schools are lightly superintended :— 1. That in any bill for the promotion of education in Great Britain, by which a board shall be authorised to levy, or cause to be levied, parochial rates for the erection and maintenance of schools, provision ought to be made for an adequate representation of the rate-payers of the parish in such board. 2. That the chairman of such board ought to be elected by the board itself. 3. That the Holy Scriptures, in the authorised version, should be taught in all schools established by any such board. 4. That special provision should be made for cases in which Roman Catholic parents may object to the instruction of their children in the Holy Scriptures in such schools. 5. That no other books of religious instruction should be used in such schools, unless with the sanction of the Arch- bishops of Canterbury and York, and the concurrence of the Committee of Privy Council for Education. 6. That, in order to prevent the disqualification of com- petent schoolmasters on religious grounds, the books of religious instruction, other than the Holy Bible, introduced into the schools, should be taught apart by the clergy man of the parish, or some person appointed by him, to the children of Protestants who belong to the Established Church, or who may be desirous that their children should be so in- structed. 7. That all children taught in such schools should have free liberty to resort to any Sunday schoul, or any place of religious worship which their parents may approve. 8. That any school connected with the National School Society, or the British and Foreign School Society, any Protestant Dissenters' school, and any Roman Catholic school, which shall be found upon inspection to be efficiently conducted, should be entitled by license from the Privy Council to grant certificates of school attendance for the purpose of employment in factories of children and young persons. 9. That, in the opinion of this House, the Committee of Pfivy ÇOçU fot JE4u«»Uoft qualit tg be îij¡¡;¡,ijh¡1! with "r.: means to enable them to establish and maintain,"U sufficient number of training and model schoolg jn Great Britain. 10. That the said committee ought likewise to be enabled to grant gratuities to deserving schoolmasters, and to afford such aid to schools established by voluntary contribution as may tend to the more complete instruction of the people in religious and secular knowledge, while at the same time Pe rights of conscience maYibe respected. ;:(: THE active mind of Lord Brougham has found a conge- nial field for its resources, a safety valve for its oppressive expansion. Another Bill for the better prevention/of the Slave Trade has been laid on the table of the Lords— another vigorous offspring of his'.prolific humanity has been cradled in the Upper House. The noble Lord's first object has been to decide, by a declaratory act, that a British subject residing abroad but not within the bounds of a British settlement, buying Slaves and trans- porting them to-his Plantations, was guilty of felony. His next object was to relieve British subjects who came by inheritance to Plantations in other Countries, from the guilt of Slavery where Slaves were inseparable from the possession of those Estates and the third, to prohibit the buying and selling of Slaves by Joint-Stock Compa- nies established here for the carrying on projects abroad. His Bill also embraced other objects, but those we have named were the most important. It is only, we think, by a great naval. combination of all the powers of Christendom that this odious traffic can be utterly put down, The inconsistency of America in declaring the Slave Trade to be Piracy, yet complaining of the assistance of a friendly Power in carrying its own law into effect, was severely but justly handled by Lord Brougham. The Pirate and the Slave Dealer by natural law are common enemies-and wherever found, or under whatever flag, should meet the common fate of Piracy. But aft alliance of Nations, so "holy," a congress of Sovereigns, for purposes so humane as the suppression of Slave dealing, are movements yet to be recorded on the bright page of History. How it happens that any new enactments should be necessary after the general 'congratulations that filled this Country a few years ago, may well excite our surprise. Slave Dealing declared to be a felony thirty years since, and twenty millions paid by Englishmen to modify Slavery under the name of Indentured Apprenticeship, and yet new laws to restrain the traffic are required. There is one, fact connected with the Compensation Act which Lord Brougham has placed upon record, and which ought to be generally known. A Colonial Secretary admitted that 25,000 Negroes had been brought from the African Coast into the Mauritius since the law for declaring Slave Dealing felonious had passed-so that 25,000 felonies had been there committed, and this under the eye, if not with the sanction, of the Colonial Government. For all these human beings, illegally held in bondage, full compsensa- tion, at the rate of £ 53. each, was allowed by the Commissioners, and paid by the people of this Country, in not one of which Slaves could there, by law, be any kind of property claimed. A million and a half squan- der ed" says Lord Brougham, on the vile and sordid wrong-doers, felons and accomplices of felons. To the great work of African Liberation Lord Brougham has devoted a large portion of his active life, and his name will be eyer associated with those of Ciarkson, and Wilberforce, and Sharp, and Stephen. His resolution has been registered-he will keep his vow. I had no choice," he said, when speaking in his place in Parliament on the Eastern Slave Trade. "I had no "Choice' ó but to act now as I have acted ever through the whole "of my life, maintaining to the end the implacable "enmity with which I have at all times pursued this infernal Trade." It is this holy warfare against the Combined powers of cruelty and avarice, which will perpetuate the name of Brougham so long as England has a place, and her language a name among nations. So to have employed the vast powers of his gigantic in- tellect, will be the highest praise he can receive from man, and be his exceeding great reward when human praise has lost its value.

GLAMORGANSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE DISPENSARY AND INFIRMARY. Abstract of House Surgeon's Report to the Weeklv Board for the week ending April 18, 1843. u /Remained by last Report 13 1 o I Admitted since 0 ) Discharged 1 j. I Cured and Relieved l( 2 Died 0 j Remaining -11 g Remained by last Report 80 i o f« i Admitted since 9 ) .2 < Discharged 1 Dietl 1 I 10 O Cured and Relieved 8 ) Died .r ,I 10 o Cured and Relieyed 8 Remaining 79 Medical Officers for the Week. Physician Dr. Moore Consulting Surgeon Mr. Reece Surgeon Mr. Lewis Visitors Mr. Grover and Mr. Hopkins F. M. RUSSELL, House Surgeon. —■ TAFF VALE RAILWAY TRAFFIC, For the week ending April 15, 1843. £ s. d. Passengers. 93 8 6 Dinas Branch 118 0 11 Dowlais Brandl. 173 11 6 Laucaiach Branch. 183 4 2 General Merchandise 114 10 2 Mr. John Edmunds, Pontypridd Colliery 10 14 4 BlakemoreandCo. 1 12 7 £695 2 2 PORT OF CARDIFF.—Connected with the commercial prosperity of the town, it cannot but be gratifying to know that duringone tide last week twenty-two vessels, registering more than two thousand tons, cleared out from the Docks for their respective destinations. This circumstance, coupled with a corresponding improvement in the trade of the port, augurs well for the ultimate success of the Bute Docks. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. —On Friday night a man in the employment of Mr. Booker was stopped outside the town by two men who asked for charity. On his giving them what coppers he had about him, it whetted their desire for more, and they plainly hinted that he should stand and deliver. He, however, evaded their polite request by the assistance of a clean pair of heels, which he threw between him and his pursuers. On this occasion they did him suit and service, and fairly carried him out of the reach of those very doubtful objects of charity. CARDIFF SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR.- On Tuesday last a special general meeting of the subscribers was held in the committee-room, pursuant to public adver- tisement, to take into consideration the expediency of increasing the accommodation for the reception of poor children, and for general purposes. The mayor presided. The meeting was convened in consequence of the recom- mendation of the last general meeting to provide increased accomodation for the poor children of the town, the present being found totally inadequate. Various resolutions, in conformity with the object of the meeting, were proposed and unanimously adopted, and were to the following effect:— That it was expedient to have increased school accommoda- tion for the poor children of the town. That the nlunificent grant, by the Marquess of Bute, of a site for the erection of an additional school in the parish of St. Mary be accepted. That advertisements in the Cardiff Advertiser and Felix Far- ley's Bristol Journal, be inserted for plans nnd specifications of the proposed school. A resolution, declaratory of the thanks of the meeting to the Marquess of Bute for his muni- ficent grant, was also put and carried. The thanks of the meeting were also unanimously accorded to the chairman, and the meeting separated. We insert in another part of our paper the report of the audit and finance committee for the county of Glamorgan, and beg to invite particular attention to this very important and most interesting document. It reflects the greatest credit on the industry and ability of the committee, and is a valuable record as attesting the comparative expenditure of the county. The Honourable W. S. Lascelles, M. P., has purchased the Marquess of Bute's residence at Campden Hill, Ken- sington. THE IRON TRADE.—According to advices from Sweden to the middle of March, a royal decree had been published on the 6th of that month, by which the duties till then exigible on the export of pig, bar, and other iron were abolished until new order. The low prices of iron which have ruled for a considerable time both in the countries of production and consumption, the increase of the duties on its importation into the United States, and the formidable competition with foreign powers, British and Belgian especially, are doubtless the motives which have led to the suppression of the duly on the export of Swedish iron. The iron-masters of this country must prepare therefore for the additional disadvantage to which they will now be exposed by the reduced prices at which Swedish iron can be supplied. EDUCATION IN WALES. The following is a return of the sums expended for edu- cation in the principality: E. s. d. E. s. d. Anglesey. 68 0 0 Glamorgan. 404 0 0 Brecon 77 0 0| Merioneth. 109 0 0 Cardigan 100 0 0 | Monmouth. 724 0 0 Carnarvon. 573 10 0 | Montgomery. 190, 0 0 Denbigh 302 0 0 1Pembroke. 200 0 0 1 OQ 0 0 1 iduQ¡'L.t! 100 0 0 DEATH inf. I^DWNIKG.r-An inquest was heldTJ|Urs- < '< day, ^Tt the Angel J'n, "l view of the body of Skhiuels Ninnis, aged 10, a seainan, on board the Joseph, of St. ITCS. It appeared that the deceased was a sailor before the mast. The I- Joseph" came into the Bute Dock in ballast, on Tuesday evening. Deceased was last seen alive and well about two o'clock on Wednesday, when he took his dinner as usual. The mate observed, while on the deck, a south- western (a seamaNs cap) floating on the water, which first led suspicion ihat a man was overboard. Enquiry was set on foot. and the deceased was missed. Graplin" irons were procured, and the dock drawn, when the body of the deceased was found lying under the bow of the Resolution," which lay second next to the 11 Joseph." From the state of the eased's apparet when discovered, it is conjectured that IiVhad occasion to go to the small boat of the" Resolution," (or want of a convenience on board the "Joseph," whfii it is supposed" he fell oVerboard. The evidence of the captain and mate went to confirm these facts, and also that previous to leaving the vessel he asked the mate if the necessary accommodation was on board. Verdict—" Found Drowned." TAFF VALE RAILWAY.—We have heard it reported that the Dowlais blanch, in connection with this line, had com- menced; but on inquiry, we find there is no foundation for such report, and that it was not likely it would-be begun for some time. The Rev. J. M. Traherne has, with his characteristic liberality, presented this week to the Mechanics' Institute I I vols. of the Philosophical Magazine. This forms the third donation of the Rev. gentleman to this establishment. CAUTION. -Trades-people and others who keep spring vehicles for market convenience would do well to recollect that coach-builders are obliged to .make an annual return of all vehicles sold by them, to the general Tax-office iri London; so that the buyers may be immediately assessed and, unless they haie complied with every letter of the law, the present surveyors will not allow the exemptions. BOROUGH COURT OF RECORD, April 20, 1843.—[Present, the Mayor.]—Thomas David (chandler's shop) v. John Phillips (tailor). Debt, 1o,s. for shop goods; no appearance for defendant. Verdict for plaintiff, 15s. Attorney, Montague Grover. Amos Hobbs (chandler's shopkeeper) v. William Hughes (hobbler on the wharf). Debt, 30s. shop goods. No appearance for. defendant. Verdict for plaintiff, 30s. Montague Grover, attorney. • PENYLAN FAIR.—A number of holiday mongers visited this pleasant rurality on Monday, the pleasures of which were not a little enhanced by the fineness of the day. The presence, and rather uncalled for interference of two of the county constabulary interrupted the general festivities of the • -occa.sioit Tgwai-ds the close of the evening two of these 'unctionaries made their appearance on the giound, and peremptoriou sly ordered them to leave the field. The offen- sive tone of these men, coupled with a peremptory command to quit the field, produced many words, and blows were interchanged. One of the police got a severe blow in the melee, which laid open his forehead and cheek. The second policeman was also severely beaten, and his head exhibited sad punishment. A general row ensued of which the two policemen had the worst. One of the wounded men was taken to a neighbouring farm house, where he partially recovered. In the course of the evening, the presence of some of the borough constabulary became necessary to restore order, under whose escort the two policemen left the ground. A report was prevalent on Wednesday, but since contradicted, that the policeman so severely handled had died of his wounds. The mortal remains of Mrs. Richards, of Plas Newydd, near Cardiff, who recently departed this life, were conveyed to their last resting-place in Llanrlaft. Cathedral this morning (Friday), attended by a large concourse of sympathising friends and acquaintances. Most of the shops in the town were closed, as a mark of respect to the memory of this excellent lady. The confinement of her Majesty, who is at present in excellent health, is daily expected. Sir Robert Peel, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and other high functionaries, remain in town to await this interesting event. THE DUKE OF SUSSEx.-We regret to state that, contrary to the sanguine expectations of his medical attendants, his Royal Highness's complaint has taken a most unfavourable turn,'and the worst consequences may now, we fear, be anticipated. Dr. Chambers, Dr. Holland, and Mr. Copeland met on Wednesday night last at Kensington Palace, and held a consultation. The Spanish Ministry have resigned in a body last week. MILFORD, April 16.—The Charlotte, Ryan, from Cardiff to Waterford, sailed hence yesterday, struck on the S. Bishop's rock, carried away her rudder, became very leaky, and sunk this morning, S.S.E. of the South Bishop; crew saved. THE GERMAN WATER CUR.E.-The prejudices at first existing against this rational mode of treating diseases, termed' in Germany, "Hydropathy;" and in England the "Water Cure," seem to be fast wearing away under repeated proofs of its truth and value. The individual to whom the world is indebted as the Founder of this system is Vincent Priessnitz i and the place which has for many years past acquired noto- riety by the astonishing cures effected there-and been vioited, as a little work informs us, by the Prince, the Peer. and the Peasant-is Griifenberg, a distant village in Austrian Silesia. The benefits of the Water Cure are nowextetided, to England, and two or three Establishments have already been formed in this country for the cure of Chronic diseases, more especially Dyspepsia, Bilious Affections, Nervous De- bility, Scrofula, Cancer, Dropsy, Diseases of the Liver, Spine and Kidney, Rheumatism, Tic-Douloureux, Gout, and Pul- monary Complaints. Of these Establishments, the most prominent is that at Sydney Gardens, near Bath, situated at the foot of the Claverton Bills; and supplied with water from the famed springs in the neighbourhood, which, for purity, cannot be exceeded. This Establishment is fitted up with a variety of Douches and other appliances of the Water Cure, and is under the medical superintendence of Dr. Mastalier, a German physician of eminence, who has practised the Water Cure in Germany for a number of years, with success only equalled at Grafenberg—and whom report speaks of as a person of particularly mild, gentlemanly deportment. There is, also, an Establishment at Liverpool, under Dr. Heathcote, an English physician of considerable experience in the Water Cure, who has effected cures in a number of difficult cases. There is, also, an Establishment at Malvern. The attention of society is now fully alive to the efficacy of this excellent mode of treatment, which, when properly ap. plied is most successful (eminently so in ladies' cases), and is perfectly harmless though, in the hands of inexperienced persons, it may prove, like medicaments injudiciously ad- muuaicicu, ueiLuub in us results. iiincs oy a Traveller. "e. CARDIFF POLICE.-MONDAY. Charles Collins, a tidy, tipsy, little Hibernian, in his best holiday looks and clothes, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Friday night, breaking in the door of John Mathews, and threatening, in case the latter was not so easily done, to take the same liberty with his head. Oil the night in question it appeared that Collins, who owed a grudge to Mathews's door, for having on various occasions resisted his sssaults, flew at the said door in a violent manner, and inflicted thereon divers and sundry blows and kicks. Mathews hearing him at his door, and seeing a tipsy little Irishman assaulting it, interposed. The tipsy little Irishman whereupon put himself in an attitude to do the same kindness to complainant. As from the thews and sinews of the latter that did not appear so easily affected, he indemnified himself by a few oaths and hard Words, and created as much uproar as if he stood six feet nothing in his stocking vamps. This being the fifth attempt at an assault on the door, which stood proxy for the owner, Mathews brought the affair before the magistrates. The little Irishman bit his lip very hard, and looked despondingly into his every-day cap, when told that he should pay 5s., for being drunk and disorderly. Thomas Llewellyn was fined 5s., for being drunk and dis- orderly on Sunday night. Edward Jenkins was charged by Policeman Davies with exercising cruelty towards his horse. On Tuesday, evening. Jenkins was observed on the canal taking hold of his horse's head, and giving him a severe kick in the belly. The shoe of Jenkins was heavily ironed at the time. He subsequently beat him on the back very severely with a boat-hook. There was, apparently, no provocation for this treatment, except the gratification of a, malevolent disposition. Jenkins admitted having used the horse in the manner described, but stated that he had done so for the purpose of curing it of laziness.—Fined 20s. and costs. Fox HUNT.-On Monday last, the celebrated fox hounds of Wm. P. Lewis, Esq., of New House, turned out a fox in Coed Mawr, Ponty Mishtere, from whence they pursued him along the brow of the hill, through Wain Fawr, and across the river, near Quarra Mawr. From here he directed his course and ran towards the Tori Ethan side of the Valley and Abertaudawr, where he ringed twice, in order, we sup- pose, to replenish his bellows with a little extra wind, previous to a renewal of another forward movement. He now ran to Abercarne, thence straight for Pontypool, and back to Risca Darran, when the dogs, well-tried ones, took possession of his carcase, and one of the sportsmen, probably, his brush. Too great praise cannot be bestowed on Mr. Smith, the huntsman, and his son Hopkin, and also Mr. Eva'n Thomas Edwards, for their perseverance in keeping up the sport; and who were the only three, out of a large field, in at the "death." ACCIDENTAL DEATH. —An inquest was held this week at Cadoxton, before Lewis Reece, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of Robert Laurie. The deceased, who was a farmer, and much respected in his neighbourhood, was employed, it appears, in company with his son-in-law, in what is termed bush harrowing," which is done by attaching a quantity of brushwood to a machine, which is trailed along by horses while so engaged the brushwood got loose from the wood to which it was attached; while engaged in arranging it one of the horses became restive, and shook the bridle off its neck the deceased, in attempting to quiet the animal, got some- how entangled between the two horses and fell, when they plunged forward dragging the machine to which they were attached after them, and unfortunately over him. Parties who witnessed the accident directly ran to his assistance and extricated him. He was subsequently carried home, where he shortly after expired from the effect of his bruises. Verdict, "Accidental Death." The deceased had only just been,sworn in as High Constable of the Hundred of Dynas- powis, which appointment he received at the late Cowbridge Quarter Sessions.