1828.] 



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a depth of 50 feet ! One lady had her right arm 

 broken, and her head and face much lacerated. 

 The other ladies, wonderful as it may appear, 

 were but very slightly hurt, and the horse sus- 

 tained but little damage ! Hoo, the driver, was 

 very much injured, and his recovery is doubtful. 



Died] At Brighton, 76, H. Boulton, esq., 

 uncle to Sir C. M. Bnrrell, bart., M.P. At Ports- 

 mouth, 71, Mrs. Ann Nicholas ; she had accumu- 

 lated 2,900 bright farthings found in a box, for 

 purchasing her coffin. 



CORNWALL. 



A new chapel has been lately opened at Truro, 

 and that part of it which is appropriated to the 

 use of the poor, contained seats for 800 persons, 

 which were entirely filled. 



At a special meeting of the friends of the slaves 

 in the British Colonies, held at Bodmin, it waa 

 lately resolved to petition Parliament to carry 

 into effect their promised amelioration of May 

 1823. 



Flora-Day was celebrated at Helston with the 

 usual gaieties ; the number of strangers who 

 were desirous of witnessing this desirable festival, 

 peculiar to Helston, was considerable, and they ap- 

 peared to enjoy the animating scene. The danc- 

 ing through the streets, &c., was kept up with 

 great spirit ; and the ball in the evening was very 

 fully attended by the beauty and fashion of the 

 town and neighbourhood. 



WALES. 



Mr. Bakewell, in his Introduction to Geology, 

 calculates that the coal in Northumberland and 

 Durham will be exhausted in the period of 350 

 years; that the coal fields of Derbyshire, the 

 West Riding of Yorkshire, Staffordshire, White- 

 haven, and Lancashire, will none of them last 

 longer than that time ; but that the immense 

 coal field of South Wales would supply the whole 

 consumption of the country for two thousand 

 years. This last coal-field extends over 1,200 

 square miles, is of an average thickness of 95 feet, 

 and contains 100,000 tons of coal per acre, or 

 65,000,000 tons per square mile. The coal is of 

 an inferior quality ; but it is probable that im- 

 proved methods of burning will be discovered, 

 which will cause an economy in the use of the 

 fuel. 



The Trinity Board has now fully determined to 

 build a light-house on Caldy Island, near Tenby, 

 for which preparations are commenced. The site 

 is selected, and arrangements made for the sup- 

 ply of stones, &c. The accomplishment of this 

 object has long been wished for, and will prove of 

 eminent utility to vessels entering the bay. 



Married.'} At Machynlleth, L. Pughe, esq., 

 banker, Dolgelly, to Miss Lewis of the former 

 place. 



Died.] 77, T. A. Smith, esq., lord lieutenant 

 of Carnarvon. At Pentrevelin, near Llangollen, 

 78, Mr. K. Hughes. At Hafotty, Glan y Bala, 



Earish of Llanddeiniolen, 99, Janet Owen ; she 

 as left a numerous race of children, grand-chil- 

 dren, and great-grand-children behind her; one 

 of her daughters (who is married) is now nearly 

 80 years of age ; she retained all her faculties un- 

 impaired till about the close of last autumn. At 

 Holywell, Flint, of a decline, in his 18th year, 

 universally and deeply regretted, Charles Samuel, 

 second son of the late amiable and lamented Capt. 

 John Taylor, late paymaster of the 54th regiment 

 of foot, and of the Royal Flint Militia, and grand- 

 son of the late George Billinghurst, esq., Captain 

 R.N., and great-grandson of the late William Bil- 



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linghurst, esq., J.P. and M.P., of" Mytchen-hall, 

 Surrey, and High Billinghurst and Gate-street, 

 Sussex, and great nephew of the late Hon- Admi- 

 ral T. Brodrick. 



SCOTLAND. 



The county of Aberdeen has unanimously re- 

 solved to Petition Parliament for a revision of the 

 Excise Laws. 



There is a great number of shops unlet in all 

 quarters of Edinburgh. Small places of business, 

 with rents under .20, have, in aggregate, let 

 pretty well, and brought at or about their former 

 rates; but the rents of most of the large shops 

 have fallen materially, and not a few of them are 

 let at two-thirds of their former rent. In general, 

 dwelling houses have fallen about one-sixth, and 

 there is still a great number to let. 



The captains of the steam-packets trading be- 

 tween Glasgow and Ireland have, at the request 

 of the custom-house, been making up, from their 

 passage-books, a statement of the number of deck 

 and steerage passengers carried by them from 

 Ireland ; and on comparing the imports with the 

 exports, they find, on an average, that fully more 

 passengers go from Glasgow to Ireland than from 

 Ireland to Glasgow. 



IRELAND. 



An address of congratulation was recently pre- 

 sented to the Lord Lieutenant by the Marquises 

 of Downshire and Westmeath, Lords Landaff, 

 Bective, and Gort, Mr. Latouche, Mr. O'Connell, 

 and several other persons of different parties. The 

 Lord Lieutenant, in his reply, declared himself 

 highly gratified, and added," When I contemplate 

 the elements of which this deputation is com- 

 posed, when I. observe in it men of the highest 

 rank and reputation in the country, men differing 

 from each other in their religious creeds, and in 

 their political sentiments, but all coming forward 

 with common accord to hail the arrival of the 

 king's representative, whose chief aim is now 

 known to be to promote the union of all, the 

 abolition of every invidious party distinction, and 

 the advancement of the general good, I am san- 

 guine enough to anticipate that happy days aTe 

 at hand ; and I indulge the flattering hope that 

 I may have the heartfelt gratification of witness- 

 ing the innumerable benefits and blessings which 

 would, I firmly believe, immediately accrue to all 

 classes x of society in this country, from the esta- 

 blishment of mutual confidence, harmony, and, 

 tranquillity throughout Ireland." 



The Lord Lieutenant attended, by invitation,, 

 a dinner of the musical society in .Dublin, called 

 the Beef Steak Club. On his health being drank 

 with rapturous applause, his excellency acknow- 

 ledged the honour, and then proceeded to say - 

 " That if this had been a political club, he should 

 not have attended it, as he assumed the govern- 

 ment of the country independent, unprejudiced, 

 unfettered by any political engagement, unin- 

 fluenced by any party feeling, and with but one 

 object in view the prosperity of Ireland.'' 



Married.'] At Dromore, Rev. W. H. Wynne, 

 nephew of O. Wynne, esq., M.P., Hazlewood, 

 Sligo, to Sarah Saurin, daughter of the Bishop of 

 Dromore. J.Cumings, esq., to Elizabeth, youngest 

 daughter of T. Bligh, esq., of Brittas, Meath, and 

 niece of Lord Darnley. 



Died] At Cork, 91, J. Boyton, esq., late lieu- 

 tenant in the 6th Royal Veteran battalion; he 

 fought at Bunker's Hill. 



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