? WALES, 
Several parts of Wales, especially in the 
neighbourhood of the Severn, have suffered 
much from the inundations at the early part 
of the month. For some days the mails 
were prevented from proceeding, and the 
couriers to whom the letter-bags were en- 
trusted. were occasionally obliged to swim 
their horses oyer the flooded high roads. 
The upper arch of the celebrated Devil’s 
‘Bridge, near Hafod, Cardiganshire, is broken 
down, and impassible by heavy vehicles: a 
safe and temporary platform has been placed 
for travellers. The lower arch, and indeed 
the foundation of this picturesque and ex- 
traordinary structure (which is supposed to 
haye been built seven centuries ago by the 
monks of Strata Florida Abbey), is still se- 
cure. The second arch, which overspans 
the other, was erected in 1753 at the ex- 
pense of the county ; and, in the year 1814, 
the patriotic Mr. Johnes of Hafod removed 
the lower parapets of crumbling stonework, 
and placed in their stead iron hand-rails and 
ornaments. , 
Married.] _W. Wood, esq.,. of. Dowlais 
iron-works, Glamorganshire, to Margaret, 
daughter of the Rev. J. Powell, Lecturer 
of Monmouth.—J. Lewis, esq., of Cardiff, 
to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Sir J. Hom- 
fray, of Boulogne-sur-Mer,—At Llanwinin, 
J. Lewis, esq., of Corngafr, to Mary, eldest 
daughter of B. Griffiths, esq., of Penhenrhin, 
Caermarthenshire.—At Dale, Mr. V. T. 
Langworthy, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter 
ofthe Rey. J. Upton.— At Morville church, 
Pembroke, J. Robinson, esq., to Letitia Ann 
Freeman, of Lambston, Pembroke. 
Died.|, At Nash, near Cowbridge, Gla- 
morganshire, T, Markham, esq.—At Lees- 
wood, Hull, county of Flint, 70, the Rey. 
W. H. Eyton.—73, T. Jones, esq., of Brin- 
tirion.— At Swansea, 37, J. Terry, esq.— 
At Lannihangel, near Cowbridge, Glamor- 
ganshire, J. Franklin, esq.—At Denbigh, J. 
Price, esq.— At Brynllithrig, near St.Asaph, 
Margaret, relict of the Rev. P. Whitley.— 
At Danyralli Uwyd, near Aberystwith, 
Mrs. Hughes, relict of the late J. Hughes, 
esq-—At Glasbury, Radnorshire, Mr. J. 
Morgan.—D. Davies, esq., of Lampeter.— 
At Swansea, Mrs. Collins, relict of the Rev. 
J. Collins, Rector of Oswich, Glamorgan- 
shire, 
SCOTLAND. 
The following is a statement of the num- 
ber of black cattle and other animals slaugh- 
- tered and exposed for sale in Annan mar- 
ket, from the 12th Nov. 1825 to the 12th 
Noy. 1824; cows and bullocks 358 ;, calves, 
236; sheep and lambs, 2,018; and swine, 
925. 
A prospectus has been issued at Edin- 
murah of a projected company of Wool 
staplers on a very extensive scale. A capi- 
tal £500,000 is to be raised, in. shares of 
£25 cach ; and the object of the projectors 
is fo buy up all the wool grown in, Scot- 
Jand, and submit it to the process of sta- 
Wales — Scotland—TIreland. ~ 
575 
pling (sorting) before it is sent to England ; 
whereby the Scotch will secure to them- 
selves that profit on the stapling of their 
wool, which is at present derived by the 
English woolstaplers. The wool grown-in 
Scotland is estimated in this prospectus at 
the annual value of two or three millions 
sterling, and of this three-fourths are sent 
to England in the raw state, and there 
stapled. The profits of stapling are calcu- 
lated at thirty per cent. on the cost of the 
raw material, and they infer, therefore, that 
the Scotch allow others to make ‘a profit of 
at least £300,000 a year on an article of 
their production, when they might keep all 
this profit to themselves. 
A joint stock company, under the name 
of the Albyn Company, has been started in 
Edinburgh, with a capital of £200,000. 
Its object is to facilitate the investment of 
capital: in fen duties, houses, and other 
species of heritable property. It is also pro- 
posed to establish a Joint Stock Dairy Com- 
pany in Edinburgh. 
Old Coins.—A number of ancient silver 
coins, in an earthen jar about the size of a 
quart, were found lately inthe globe of the 
Minster of Inverness, about a foot from the 
surface. They consist:of silver pennies of 
Henry III, Edward I. and ILI., coined at 
London, Lincoln, Canterbury, York, Cam- 
bridge, Bristol, Dublin, &c. There are 
some of the contemporary Scotch kings, 
Alexander IIJ, Robert I, and David TI. 
The coins arein good preservation, and the 
date of the latest being 1330, they were pro- 
bably secreted by the Monks of the Fran- 
ciscan Monastery, which stood there during 
the invasion of Edward III, who plundered 
Inverness in 1336. 4 
Five new projects have lately started at 
Edinburgh, .viz.. a Porter Brewery Com- 
pany, capital £150,000; a Pawnbroking 
Company, capital £75,000; a Distillery 
for the English Market, capital £200,000 ; 
a Glass-making Company, capital£100,000; 
aWhale Fishing Company, capital £250,000; 
and a company, originally projected in 
Glasgow, for making a Rail-way from 
Paisley and Glasgow to the City of Edin- 
burgh. fii 
Married.] At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. 
the Earl of Glasgow, to Miss Julia Sinclair, 
daughter of Sir John Sinclair, bart. 
Died.| At Moffat, Mrs. Lockhead, for- 
merly of Glasgow.—At Dumfries, Robert 
Whittley, esq.—At Cushet Hill, 66, Dum- 
frieshire, T. Davidson, Esq.—At Cupar, 
Fife, the Rev. Dr. Geo. Campbell. 
IRELAND. 
Discoveries of Coals are said to have been 
made, by the first. inspections which the new 
Irish Mining Company has caused to be 
made, at their expense, in the several coun- 
ties of Roscommon, Leitrim, and Mayo, (we 
wish some correspondent would favour us 
with the names and situations of the spots, 
and other particulars), and also discoveries 
of metallic ores, inthe mountains of Canna- 
mara ; 
