The Aberdare Times

-= "7- [A CARD.] DAVID EVANS, AtCTlOXKEli À N D Y A.L.:r Eta AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, 6, Gadlys Terrace, Brynhyfryd, Aberdare. D O W L A IS ME RTII Y R AND LLANIDLOES. MR. JOSEPH JONES of Dowlais, will run his SPRING VAN ^between the above Towns, every fortnight, starting from Dowlais e very ■Iter iate Tuesday, arriving at ] Llanidloes every Wednesday. Leaving the Queen's Head Hotel early next Iai, calling at Rhayader, Builth, Brecon, arriving at ifrsrthyr on Fridny. COFFINS. TOHN EDWARDS, Builder, No. 5, Gadiys- •J Hoad, Aberdafe, supplies COFFINS,j neat- ly trimmed outride-and lined with flannel inside, at the following low Prices: £ s. d. For a fullgrown person .120 For a child six months old 0 7 0 And other -Sizes in proportion. AGAIN. ThomasE^ftoberts, Carpenter, GREENVACH, (NEAR SILOA CHAPELJ ABERDARE, INFORMS the Public that he is now pre- paredto supply COFFINS of every description as good and as cheap as any in the town. J. DAVIES u CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CABINET MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, AND GENEBALJHOTJSEIFURNISHEIIS, IRON BEDSTEADS WAREHOUSE 6, CANON-STREET, ABERDARE. Agents for Hare's'Celebrated FlooilCloths. An Apprentice wanted. A premium required. A young person, domes- TT tically 'experienced, seeks a situation as Housekeeper and Cook. X.Y.Z., 12, Union-street, Newport, Monmouthshire. TO ADVERTISERS. — ABERDARE TIMES being extensively circu- lated throughout the whole of South Wales will be ti3ementseXCelIenfc medium for a11 kin(ls °* Adver- TERMS "FOR ADVERTISEMENTS a. d. Six Lines and under. o f) Each additional Line 0 2 sermon? C°ntraCts ^tered"'into for"a'setie's of in-

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A COMPARISON AND A RETROSPECT. All the country-has been alive with excitement. The scenes which have been presented to the Fpublic-gafcfc within the last few days, especially on the day of the grand entr6 and the marriage of the'Prince of.Wales to Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, are without precedent in the history of the country. We naturally go back to the time of the Saxon King Alfred, when the Danes were 'the terror and scourge of our island home; or even farther back still, into the past, when the formidable North- men first turned their greedy attention to this country. But how different were the fierce North men or the ninth century, from the civilised and christianised Danes of this nineteenth century. The pirate king or chieftain of the invaders was a very different persons ge from the polished prin- ocs which reign in the courts of Europe in these later times. Wild and lawless were these sons of the ocean, in the time of the heptarchy. Roam- ing over the seas in their light barks with two sails they would sing, The force of the storm is a help to the arm of our rowers, the hurricane is ia our service it carries us the way we should go." The bravest of their sea-kings never slept beneaith a raftered roof, nor drained the bowl by a sheltered hearth?' "Although allied in language, institutions, and land red, with the Anglo-Saxons and the Franks, these ruthless sons of the North retained no recollection of their ancient kindred. The conversion of the Teutonic nations of the South to die christian religioa had broken every fraternal tie between them and the Teutons of the North. They still gloried in the title of sous of -Odin, and treated the Germans, who were sons of the church, as bastards and renegades, making no distinction "between them and the conquered nations whose worship they had adopt- ed. Franks or Gauls, Liugobards or Latins, all were alike hateful to the men who had remained faithful to the ancient divinities of Germany. A sort of religious and patriotic fanaticism was thus allied in the souls of the Scandinavians with their disorderly spirit and insatiable thirst of gain. They shed the blood of priests with pleasure, were particularly gratified in pillaging churches, and littered their horses in the chapels belonging to palaces. When they had wasted with fire and sword some canton of the christian territory, we have sung the mass of lances,' they would say in derision; it began at dawn of morning and has lasted until night.' The foregoing ex- tract, taken from a reliable and first class source, will serve to give our readers some idea of the sort of people with whom "the good king Alfred" had to wage a long and disastrous warfare. Were it anythiag like a true picture of our Scandi- uavian neighbours of the present day, we very much question whether our countrymen, with all their love cf and esteem for the royal family, would have welcomed so warmly, as they have done, the Princess Alexandra to these hospitable shores. That Christianity, once so much a thing of hatred and contempt, has been the means of raising the Danes to a first rank among the mo- dern nations of Europe and although the addi- tional weight brought to this great Empire by a surer and closer alliance with Denmark, is not of sufficient importance to be of mueh essential ser- vice, it is still quite respectable enough to be be- yond contempt; and we only echo the wish of ten thousand hearts, when we pray that the good will of Heaven may attend this recent alliance. But not only may we wonder at the changes good influences, in the course of time, have wrought upon the country with which ours is allied in this roval matrimonial bond, but we stand iu grate- ful surprise before the picture of the change which has been effected, by tne same benign iu- fluences, in our own whlcS exists between Denmark of the ninth century and Denmark of the present day, is not greater, if so great, as that presented in our land of this nine teenth century compared with the state 01 the island when the Northmen drove their barks over the ocean and pillaged their Saxon neighbours. It is unnecessary for us to trace the giadual lU- fluence of a purer faith and consequent higher s civilisation in the United Kingdom. The his- c tory of the past is very often illustrated by bat- a tie fields. Our present happy condition has not s been achieved Withoui strife. Let us hope pro- 1 tracted strife of pai ties will not tend to weaken Co whit a necessary strife with tyrannical power 1 and evil influences did so much to attain and con- s solidate. Let us hope that Britain's future may i be as much a course of progress—and progress in 1 the right direction—as Britains past has been. Let us hope that the union of different parties j and interests, which Aberdare witnessed on Tues- J day last, may be a sign of a coming future—a future in which, standing face to face with the common interests of humanity, we shall learn to sink minor differences and join hands in the cause of humanity and truth. Referring again to the marriage which has so recently taken place, we beg to remind our read- ers that this is not the first instance of a union between the royaPfamily of this country and that of Denmark. The husband of Queen Ann was George, Prince of Denmark, second son of Frederic III. The wife of James I was Attn, daughter of Frederic II., King of Denmark. Nor should we forget that the Scandinavian blood mingles its course with the Saxon, Norman, and British elements. Our nation is made up of a strange medley of different tribes and families. We would only hope that we shall stand by the grave- side of the vices of each, whilst we keep their virtues in perpetual remembrance. Mr. Fothergill, in returning thanks to the assembled crow d* before his mansion, observed, in the course of a very neat and manly speech, that our way of manifesting loyalty now was widely different from what it would have been. even a quarter of a century ago. Taking up the same idea, and begging the gentleman's pardon, meanwhile --extending that idea a little, we are reminded of the barbarous rejoicings in past times, even amongst those nations in which civi- lisation had greatly advanced. We are remind- ed of the blood-thirsty spectacles to be witnessed in Imperial Rome the revolting human sacrifi- ces on occasions of rejoicing, in more barbarous countries; and cannot but rejoice that the shouts of glaaness which rend the air as they go forth from the of tens thousands of our land, are not strangely and horribly mingled with the groans and shrieks of the dying and that those specta- cles of a less revolting and yet unworthy charac- ter, are now superseded by such sights and sounds as those which have rejoiced the eye and the ear during the week which is past. H. B.

Tat PRINCESS ALEXANDRA'S ARRIVAL.—The Bells of St. Elvan's Church, on Saturday last, rang right merrily throughout the day, in honour of the arrival of H.R.H. the Princess Alexandra j of Denmark, in London. Though the weather was gloomy enou h to sink every one's spirits below zeTo, the exhilarating notes of bells gave an unusual air of liveliness to the town. Our enterprising townsman, Mr. T. H. Evans, of the Cardiff Castle, also improved the occasion by hoisting a Union Jack and displaying the hos- pitable sentiment, Welcome to Britain." Pro- tecting the standard of the royal flag there were two ferocious looking cannons, facetiously named by Mr. Evans, Messrs. Whitworth and Arm- strong. THE WEDDING.—THE CONDUCT OF THE PEO- PLE OF ABERDAKK -In the County Court, hela at our Temperance Hall on Thursday, His Honour Judge Falconer, addressing the Rev. T. Price, said that he had witnessed the proceedings of Tuesday with very great satisfaction. The conduct of all parties was most becoming; an immense but a most pleasing contrast between what we should have witnessed, under simliar circumstances, 15 or 20 years ago in Aberdare. The whole proceedings of Tuesday reflected the utmost credit upon the people of Aberdare, and especially upon those, like Mr. Price and others, who take so much interest, trouble, and pains, in teaching the youths of the town in morals and religion. Mr. Price, in reply, expressed his delight in hearing the expressions of the worthy Judge. THE PEOPLE'S PARK.—The contract for erect- ing the wall round the people's park, &c., has been taken by Mr. William Powell, the enter- prising contractor of Hirwain. When completed the work will form one of the greatest ot recent local improvements. LOCATE, MEEIT.—We beg to call our readers' attention to that portion of our mining intelligence of this week which refers to the relative prices given by way of tender or contract by the Welsh, English, and Belgian manufacturers. Not only do the Welsh masters out-rival their foreign friends., but, as will be seen, Aberdare heads the list and bears away the palm. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE GADLYS WORKS. -On Wednesday morning last a most distressing accident occurred at the above works, which resul- I ted in the death of two men named Joseph Jenkins and Thomas Williams, and another poor fellow, named David Richards, sustained such severe injuries that his lite is despaired of. It appears that the unfortunate men were engaged in cleaning the bottom of the interior of one of the furnaces, which had recently been blown out for the purpose of undergoing repair, when a large mass of brick- work fell in upon them. Jenkins was killed on the spot and Williams was so severely injured that he died in about three quarters of an hour after he was extricated from the furnace. Ma. SAM CO WELL IN ABF.it"DARE.-On refer- ence to our advertising columns it will be seen that we are at last to be favoured with a visit from the above clever artiste on Thursday next. It will be remembered that he was announced to give one of his concerts in Aberdare last au- tumn but, owing to a very severe accident, he was compelled to forego the visit. Much sympathy was excited here and elsewhere, and we have but little doubt that he will be greeted on the present occasion with an immense audience. To such of our readers as have not yet heard Mr. Co well, we subjoin the following notice from the Lincolnshire Herald As there is nothing in the professional world at all equal to Mr. Cowell in his peculiar style, we should be sorry if any- thing like a misunderstanding of the character of the entertainments should induce the I adies of Boston to absent themselves. Cowell is the wit- tiest and most outre comic singer of the age: there is not one syllable in the songs selected which could be objectionable to the most refined taste; they are, indeed, generally ot the class sung with such exquisite gusto by Mr. John Parry- such as Bluebeard,' 4 Fair Rosamond, &c.; with this additional attraction, that many of them are in character, admirably acted, and replete witn telling imitations of the great histrionic artistes of the age. For instance, in his 'Richard ye 1 hird, and 4 Ye life and Death of bad Macbeth, he re produces Kean, Kemble, Macready, Brooke, &c., with wonderful effect. A Liverpool contemporary (in which town the company has been performing 'with great success) says The vocal performance is inimitable, combining the raciest buffo singing with the refinement of true wit. We were glad to see the Mayoress and many of the leading fa- milies of the town present: the entertainment is one which all who love fun, satire, and genius, should patronise." LONGEVITY.—The other day an old woman, Mary Davies, residing in Aberdare, attained her hundred and first year. The old lady is quite smart, and seems likely to enjoy more than another birth-day. PIGEON SHOOTING AT MERTHYR.—A grand match, got up by Mr. Lewis of the Market Tav- ern, came off on Thursday, on Cae Mary Dwn Farm. It was a fine day, crowds were present, and the interest was sustained throughout. The I most notioeable feature was the creditable char- aoter of the shooting, which was so good that it howed that even if the rront rank of our defen- lers-the ritteinen-go down, the rank behind re not a. whit inferior in those qualities that con- ,titute the marksman. First prize, -Co, divided )etween Mr. R. Jones, Dowlais, and IMr. C. rames, Pontypridd. Second prize, David Tho- nas, gamekeeper to W. Thomas, Esq.^ Sweep- itakes 5 This called forth a display of fine sho< t- ng, and the result was the division of the prize between Mr. Lloyd, Court House, and Mr. Samuel Andrews. After the day's shooting, the party nljourned to Mr. Lewis's) and passed the day happily.

MERTHYR POLICE OOÙRT. SATURDAY.—Before J. C. FOWLER, Esq. ROBBERY AT AnERDARE.-Richard Williams was charged with stealing four shoe brushes, a brass tap, a clock, and a gimlet, the property of Mr. Evans, jeweller. The prosecutor had gone to bed the previous night about a quarter to eleven, and had been asleep some time, when he was awoke by the barking of the dog; on looking through the window he saw a man in the yard ou this he hastily put on his clothes, and, going out at the front door, made his way to the police station and obtained the assistance of P. C. Llewelyn, who, on going in through the back door, which communicated with another street, found prisoner in the back kitchen quietly turning over the contents of a drawer. On taking the accused into custody the articles named in the charge were found in his pocket. He was barefooted. His shoes were afterwards found outside the doors, having been taken off for the purpose of scaling the wall. Prosecutor identified the articles as his property. The prisoner (a returned convict) was committed to take his trial at the assizes to be held next week. CHILD D ISEILTro)T. -Catharine Whitchy was charged with deserting her child, at a lodging house at Aberdare.—Remitted BEER HOUSE CASE. Thomas Wall, of the Green Flag, Dowlais, was charged by P.S. How- left with an infringment of the beer house act. Having been several times fined, he was to-day ordered to pay 20s. and 9s. 9d. costs. JUVENILE ASSAULT.-tlewellyn Llewellyn v. Jane Thomas.—The complainant, a youth of the mature age of seven years, produced, for the purpose of proving the charge, another youth of riper years, being of the more advanced age of nine.—Fined 7s, 6d. including costs. AN IRISH Row.—Catherine Brian v. Ann Tin- nessy. Mr. T. Willians, of Victoria-street, appeared as the O'Brian champion, while the veteran Simons did the needful for Tinnessy. Several witnesses were examined, each telling the tale in their own way.—His worshipped said he had no doubt that the first blow was struck by the defendant, for which the good Mrs. Tinnessy was ordered to pay 2s. and costs, in default, seven day's imprisonment.

THE LATE DAVID WILLIAMS, ESQ., AND EDUCATION. The managers of the Aberdare British School will be glad to hear that in a letter just received C. H. James, Esq., informs me that the late lamented D. Williams, Esq., has left by will gloo for the above institution. THOMAS PRICE, Hon. Sec. Aberdare, Maroh 12th, 1863.

To THE EMTOR OF THE "ABERDARE TIMES." Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to acknow- ledge with thanks, through^the medium of your paper, the prompt manner in which the Directors of the British Nation Life Assurance Association paid jBiOO claim on the death of my lamented husband, George Williams, of Gadlys-Street, Aberdare. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Gadlys-street, Aberdare, MARGARET WILLIAMS. March 6th, 1862. {

Jnkllbjettre$ibt Jjroit fek J The festivities of the past week have necessa- rily retarded business operations. Nevertheless, £ trade looks more hopeful than it has done for a t few weeks past. The shipping trade has improved and large quantities of coal have been sent from t Welsh districts to foreign ports during the past fortnight. The iron works of South Wales are j progressing with their usual regularity, though j pride, still continue low.. ] A Swansea correspondent says:—There is but little fresh to communicate with respect to the state of the staple trades of this district. Upon the whole, the various iron works are well em- ployed, and the prospects of trade are certainly brightening up as the spring advances. Some ■ of the principal makers appear particularly san. guine of doing a good tiade during the ensuing six months, and are making large additions to their existing works. Probably, this arises from the fact that there is still a good demand tor bars and rails from Spain, France, Russia, and other continental States, which to countei balance, to a considerable extent, the depression into which the iron trade was thrown consequent upon the outbreak of the American war. There has been a large quatity of iron exported from the various ports during the past week, but, as usual. C irdiii has taken the lead. Amongst the principal ex- ports from this port we may note 458 tons bars to Galatz, 180 tons bars and 211 tons bars and bundles for Ancona, by W. Crawshay 463 tons rails to Lisbon, and 730 tons rails to Kouigsberg, by the Dowlais Iron Company 583 tons rails to Lisbon, by the Aberdare Iron Company; 298 tons rails to Buenos Ayres, by the Rhymney Iron Companv 158 tons bars and bundles to Oporto, by the Plymouth Iron Company. Th.'re are still several vessels receiving cargoes of iron, and the export trade is at least as brisk as for several weeks past. The direct line between Swansea and Neath, an-f which will connect the former port with the great coal-producing districts of Merthyr, Aberdare, Hirwain, &c., is being vi- gorously pushed forward by the co" tractors, and the general opinion is, that the line will be open by about May. A very large increase of trade is naturally expected to accrue to the port of Swan- sea upon the opening of this line, as we shall then avoid the break of gauge and the heavy gradients, and other difficulties which the coal trade has now to contend with in shipping at Swansea. This, however, is not the source from which the greatest increase of trafIio is expected. At the present moment (as officially reported at the recent Vale of Neath meeting) there are no less than 4,500 narrow gauge wagons in the Aberdare and Merthyr districts which never have and never can find their way down to Swansea under the present state of things, but the open- ing of the direct line between Swansea and Neath on the mixed gauge principle will bring the whole of these wagons into play, to the ma- nifest advantage of the colliery-proprietors and the port of Swansea. In order to meet the in- creased trade likely to ensue from these causes, the Vale of Neath Company have ordered the erecting of three additional shipping stages, two of which are already at work, and the third will be in a few weeks. Another line of railway which will bring a large coal trade to the port of Swansea, is the Llanelly Extension," which opens up a large area of coal which has hitherto been comparatively useless from want of access to the sea. The line has already obtained par- liamentary sanction, but the directors are seeking for power to make certain deviations from the original plans, and we are sorry to be oblige to report that at a special meeting of the trustees of the Swansea harbour, held on Tuesday last, a resolution was unanimously passed to oppose this bill, as, it was alleged, the proposed deviations would materially injure the property of the trust. However, any hostile feeling was altogether de- lie precated, and we hope that some amicable ar- rangements will yet be come to. The first sod of this new line will he cut in the course of a few days, and the works vigorously proceeded with by the contractors, Messrs. Dixon and Co. It is gratifying also to be able to report that a large iron ore and iron traffic is rapidly springing up in the port, so much so that the Harbour Trustees have found it necessary to erect a large and pow- erful low level hoist at the extreme end of the South Docks, in oHer to meet the requirements of the trade, aud which will be re-idy in some two or three months. From Monmouthshire a correspondent writes: -The fine weather is exercising a healthv hdin- ence over trade generally, and things look more hopeful than has been the case for a long time. Out-door employment is more readily obtained, and the surface works on the hills display a fair amount of activity. Last week it was stated that the Aberdare branch of the West Midland had been opened, and that it was ready for traffic. This statement tvas made on the authority of Mr. Thomas Brown, one of the directors of the West Midland, who announced, at a public meeting some months since, that the line was ready for traffic. Mr. Lvne, however, at the last meeting of the Newport Town Council, saidthat the branch would not be ready for one month yet, and then it was expected that a large quantity of Aberd-«re coal would be brought down to Newport for ship- ment. This only corroborates the views express- ed last week, that the coal-masters had refused to send the coal via Pontypool road, although the West Midland Company had offered to convey it at the same rate as the Taff Vale charged to Car- diff. What Mr. Lyne meant, no doubt, was that the Sirhowy would be completed in about one month's time, and then there will be a direct through route, and only a difference of one mile in the distance from Aberdare to Newport, and Aberdare to Cardiff. The Sirhowy line is the property of the Tredegar Company, or, virtually Messrs. Fothergill and Fornian, and, from the well known disposition of these gentlemen, it is expected that every facility will be given to the through traffic. Messrs. Powell and Son, who have some extensive collieties in the Aberdare valley, have already taken a large wharf on the side of the river, and they have also prepared rolling stock, &c., with the view of bringing down their Aberdare coal. Other coalmasters have also expressed similar intentions, which clearly shows that Newport cannot fail to be considerably benefitted by the branch to the Aberdare valley. The iron trade remains in about the same state as last reported. Messis. Partridge and Jones are preparing the Varteg furnaces for blast, and in a few days hence operations will commence. The neighbouring furnaces at Golynos are being re-built with considerable energy. The larger works are kept going as usual. I;) The manufacture of iron, wherever performed, must be of some interest to our readers. The following remarks relative to the Belgian iron works, especially as they bear, in a measure, upon the capabilities of Welsh works, will not be out of place here :—The Lubeck and Buchen Railway Company have invited tenders for 5,720 tons of rails, and some Belgian industrials have submit- ted tenders the result of the adjudication is awaited with interest, as it is here that, for the first time, a serious competition has arisen be- tween the English, German, and Belgian forges. The rise in the price of rails is now firmly estab- lished, and the minimum at which business can now be done is £6 per ton at the works. There are not wanting those who desire even in the in- terest of Belgian industry, that this price should not be carried beyond X6 as. per ton, as if it ex- ceeds the latter figure there is reason to fear that the course of affairs between Belgium and a great number of foreign railways would only tend to the profit of England. Of course, this is a Bel- gian, and not an English view of the matter. For the rest, a price of 96 per ton is remunerative for the majority of the great works, and a price of £ 6 4 s. per ton enables secondary works to com- mence the fabrication of rails at a profit: these terms, then, are suitable and convenient. It is thought that they can be maintained, as the for- eign railway companies admit as a rule a margin of 6s. 8d. to 8s. 4d. per ton between the Belgian and Welsh rails, in consequence of what they re gard as the superior quality of the foimer. A quotation of £ 6 4s. per ton in Belgium would, then, be equivalent to £ 5 16s. per ton at Cardiff, and the latter is the price current of late at that increasing and important centre. Adjudications for locomotives and rolling stock are about to be made by the administration of the Berne State system of railways, and it is believed that Bel- gium will be a competitor on the occasion. A short time ago, the Roman Railway Com- pany, requiring 8000 tons of rails, deliverable partly at Civita Vecchia, and partly at Ancona, received the following tenders — BELGIAN WORKS. zE s. d. The Tyndicate, 7 16 6 per ton. Seraing, 7 18 9 „ WELSH AND ENGLISH WORKS. ABERDARE, 6 17 4 per ton. Dowlais, 7 0 0 „ Rhymney, 7 1 6 „ Tredegar, 7 4 0 „ Ebbw Vale, 7 8 9 „ Blaina, 7 lo 0 Middlesbro, 7 17 6 „ From the above it will be seen that the Welsh tenders were considerably below both the Eng- lish and Belgian ones, and it will be gratifying to our townsmen to see the local works at the top of so important a list. A correspondent says :— The rising in Poland has, however, had an in fluence on the pro- spects of business in the Baltic. Russian and Prussian merchants hesitate lo ordergoods when the political horizon is so over-cast. A strong belief is entertained by all the more intelligent Russians that if the Poles can man tain their ground for a few weeks longer there will be an insurrection in Russia itself. Should this be the case the whole aspect of affairs in Northern and Central Europe will be changed, and although the immediate effect may be to injure trade, the ultimate result, if successful, wiRbe strongly in favour of both trade and freedom. When Poland was an independent country, its commerce was very considerable the great natural resources of the nation, and its liberal commercial regulations, opened up a wide field for the autivity and enter- prise of foreign merchants. Should the present outbreak end in a batter political condition of affairs, the mercantile transactions of Poland will be greatly improved and extended, and in their improvement and extension no country will par- take more largely than England. Letters patent have been granted to Messrs. William Blackraore and Henry Lamb, residing in the counties of Limerick and Clare respectively, for the invention of improvents in burning limestone and generating steam." For these purposes, in order more advantageously and economically to burn the fuel used, whether coal, turf, or peat, when generating steam, limestone is introduced into and burned in ordinary steam boiler furnaces, by which lime is manufactured at a cheap rate, whilst the fuel employed is found to be more effective in generating steam than when burned in the same furnaces without the introduction of limestone. This invention is pe- culiary useful when using the furnaces ot tubular steam boilers having fire-boxes such as are usually applied to locomotive steam engines. In practice the limest"ne in lumps is spread over the fire- bars of the furnace, and the fire is made thereon, and is kept up by additions of fuel, together with quantities of limestone, mixed or thrown on to the fuel therewith. Mr. William Hatherton Hall, of Birmingham, hrls obtained provisional protection for the inven- tion of improvements in miners' safety lamps." These improvements consist in the manufacture of the Davy, or safety lamp, with a spring lock and superior wire gauze. Tile spring lock con- tains a bolt which shoots into a hole in the body of the lamp, the lock being on the bottom or base of the lamp the bolt has a coil spring to shoot it into the body of the lamp, and requires a key to withdraw it, which key consists simply of a socket or tube, with handle at one end and internal thread at the other, the bolt having at the outer end a thread, it screw (to match), or of the same pitch as the key the other end of the bolt is square, or of such a form as to prevent it turning round; the inner extreme end is sloped as a slid- ing latch; the base of the lamp has a passage in which the bolt fits loosely and slides, and the bolt having a collar (near its middle but towards the latch end), is prevented falling or springing out of the lamp by a nozzle, which also serves as a guioe to the key, and a guard to hinder the lock being picked. The coil spring presses against the inside of the nozzle outwardly, and against the collar of the bolt inwardly, so that when the base of the lamp is screwed on to the body the latcn slides over the thread until the point arrives at the hole or recess made to receive it, when it snaps in, and cannot be withdrawn without the key or injury to t he lock. The nozzle has a flat upon it, which, when the lamp is screwed toge- ther, fits tight against the body of the lamp, so that it cannot be unscrewed without first with- drawing the bolt and removing the base from the lamp body. The superior wire gauze is made by forming the woven wire work into the usual or suitable shapes, and then tinning or galvan- izing them. The process solders the seams and strengthens them entirely. 0

The Works of Thomas Hood, Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse. Edited, with notes, by his Son. Containing all the writings of the author of the Song of the Shirt," (" Hood's Own," 1st and 2nd series excepted) that can be discovered by the most careful research and inquiry. In 7 volumes, small 8vo. price il2 2., cloth. London: Edward Moxon &. Co., 44, Dover-st., W. Who has not heard of the immortal Tom Hood ? Who is there that has not read his humourous and pathetic writings? The author of the Song of the shirt" needs no aid of ours to make him famous. His prose and poetical writings arc world-renowned, but not until recently have the public had the ad- vantage of possessing a complete edition of his much-prized works. Messrs. Moxon and Co. have, however, by publishing the above supplied the long- felt want. The present and latest edition of Hood's works is edited by his son, who says in the preface:- The present arrangement of my father's works for a complete and uniform edition has not been determined on without due deliberation. It appear- ed to me that for the requirements of those who do not care to trace his career as a writer from his first connection with literature, and to note the gradual development of a genius which, at the time of his death, had not arrived at its fulness—enough is to be found in the edition of the Serious Poems;" of those of Wit and Humour;" of the Whims and Oddities;" and of two volumes of Hood's Own," already published by Messrs. Moxon. I have therefore consided it best, when called upon to prepare a complete and uniform series of his writings, to throw the materials collected into a form which shall be of interest to more than the general reader. By republising his works in the order in which they were written, as far as my most diligent search and most earnest endeavours can establish it, I believe I shall meet the wishes of many of my father's admirers and readers, who have contracted from the perusal of his works, an almost friendlike interest, that will be gratified by tracing step by step, the bent of his mind, the pro- gress of his intellect, and the maturing of his powers. It may be urged that I have reprinted fugitive articles that might well have been omitted without detriment to the Series. To this I might answer by pleading that it is only natural that I should place greater store by what my father has written, than one not 90 nearly related to him would do. But believing, as I do, that the less laboured Writings of an author are amo of his thought, and the best t have omitted nothing that I the real student of literature, literary men—to a true estii whether as an author or a mai recollection that quaint wise anent similar trifles-" Take a up into the air, you may see b wind is which you shall no stone." Throughout the whole of scattered many important eXI Editor,-notes which must p] the student and interesting t4 In publishing these works M have added another link 1 obligations under which tl reading public.

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THE WONDERS OF QUACK it's wonderful, sir," exclaime what them pills and hointn benefick of huming natur. I Sairey Jane's first cousin, wh a journeyman bricklayer, sii terminate a jobbing bricklayc on at piecework he fell off Boro' Road, and lay wery da Orspittle, and nothink in the vented a camera obscura fro told me with his own lips, ai his affydavey of it any day o the Sabbath, which he wer bricklayer), but that there b] might have gone about on WI day. And as for the pills, mine down in Lincoln'sinnsh as a hounce of liver left, and in a harm-chair and fancy tl tickling of the soles of her marry him, which bigamy it the eyes of justice, being hei let alone the disgrace of goin a wagabonej: and after a 00: the advertisement says is for back, dislike to society, chill blushing is a certain renied; quite conwalescent as you m testimonium to the professor with my own eyes in the Wt a most respectable joornal Si of the nobility and gentry 01 tone. And what I say is sir, trude on your time -which I most littery gents-I beg yo mention of it-what I say is shame to make knights and widdles now-a-days for what and kip Professor Gullowa which in the peerage he ot good he's done in the meddi< not Betsy Croker."—Apartm Society Magazine

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