1828.] 
tons burthen each, were at their mooringsin the 
Road. Of this number, 9 broke adrift ; 2 of them 
were got in without loss, and one partially in- 
jured, but the other 6 were completely wrecked, 
thereby occasioning a loss to their unfortunate 
owners of more tlian £760 ; one boat, the Nelson, 
of 25 tons register, would have readily sold for 
200 guineas the day before. Itis remarkable that 
every one of the boats that broke adrift had chain 
moorings only; whilst those with hemp cables 
rode out the gale extremely well. Some that had 
one cable of emp, and another chain, broke their 
chain, and owed their preservation to the hemp 
mooring. This fact may, perhaps, be considered 
ofsome importance to the slipping interest. A 
a collection is now making in aid of the poor fisher- 
men, who are thus suddenly bereft not only of 
property of considerable value, but are also 
thrown out of employment, and we cannot too 
strongly recommend their case to the notice of the 
public. ’ 
Died.| At Holwood, the seat of John Rogers, 
esq., Jobn Daw, aged 113, as appears by the pa- 
rochial registry of baptisms. For upwards of 100 
years he resided in the same house, the faithful 
and attached servant of the family ; having been, 
when very young, bound an apprentice to an an- 
eestor of Mr. Rogers, by the parish of Quethiock, 
and having lived to see the estate in the succes- 
sive possession of four generations. Hebad three 
times received the reward adjudged to the oldest 
servant in the county, whose character had never 
sustained a blemish !!!— At St. Juliot, 70, Joanna, 
wife of Wm. Bath, yeoman. She was carried, by 
her own desire, to the grave by her six sons, fol- 
lowed by three daughters and their husbands, 
with a great number of grand-children, 
, 
WALES. 
At Swansea Quarter Sessions, the following 
memorial was agreed to, and signed by the chair- 
man and 25 magistrates of the county :—* To the 
“Hon. the Commissioners appointed to enquire 
into the return of the Courts of Law in England 
and Wales, with a view to their improvement.— 
_ We, the magistrates for the county of Gla- 
_ morgan, assembled at their General Quarter 
Sessions, beg leaye to submit to you our firm con- 
_ yiction, that the abolition of the provincial judica- 
ture of Wales, and a participation in the benefits 
_ derived from the authority of English judges, is 
a measure anxiously looked for by the owners of 
property and principal inhabitants of this county ; 
and that we are well satisfied it would be produc- 
tive of large benefits in the administration of jus- 
tice, both as it regards the acquiescence of suitors 
in the decision of their judges, the economy of its 
executive department, and the diminution of frivo- 
lous litigation. The details of evidence of the 
Committees of Parliament, and the statement de- 
rived therefrom, and other authentic sources, set 
forth in the very able letter of the Earl Cawdor 
to the Lord High Chancellor, render it quite un- 
_ necessary that we should enter into any matters 
of detail; we therefore humbly trust, that the 
Commission which His Majesty has been gra- 
_ciously pleased to appoint, may be enabled speedily 
point out the best practicable mode of effecting 
lesirable an object.” 
A Common Hall has been held at Carmarthen 
: or the purpose of considering the expediency of 
applying for an Act of Parliament to enable the 
ough magistrates in Sessions to try for petty 
cenies, &c,, and to hold their sittings four times 
Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland. 
665 
a year. J. Jones, esq., M.P., showed strongly the 
advantages that would result from such an ar- 
rangement; and, at his suggestion, it was unani- 
mously determined to apply for an Act to effect 
that. 
’ 
A new road is about to be made from Rhaya- 
der, Radnorshire, to Llangerrig, near Llanidloes 
Montgomeryshire. Nothing could be more de- 
sirable than this to travellers; the present road 
is highly dangerous. A bill will be brought into 
Parliament the ensuing session to effect this im- 
portant work. The effect of the improvements 
already made, is evinced in the increased value of 
land; an instance of which was given at the sale 
of the lots of common land (disposed of under the 
Rhayader Inclosure Act), for which the following 
extraordinary prices were obtained, many of 
them, as will be seen, having been sold at the 
rate of 40c2 per acre! Common Land :—1 rood 
19 perches sold for 60/.; 1 rood for 6927; 14 
perches for 35/.; 16 ditto for 30/.; 15 ditto for 
291.; 17 ditto for 34/.; 14 ditto for 367. ; 12 ditto 
for 34/.; 12 ditto for 33/7.; 15 ditto for 377.; 16 
ditto for 412. ; 15 ditto for 237. ; 20 ditto for 337, ; 
2a.34. 24p. for 260/.; 4a, lr. 20p. for 2107. 
Died.] At Llanio, Cardiganshire, in her 67th 
year, Mrs. Jones, relict of the late T. Jones, esq.— 
At Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, Mr. E. Ashton, 
in the 96th year of his age.—82, Mrs. Jones, relict 
of the late J. Jones, esq., Penybryn, Ruabon.— 
Mr. J. Jones, of Chester, 88; this gentleman has 
beequeathed 207. for the support of the Wesleyan 
Sunday School, John-street,- Chester ; 207. to the 
Sunday School in Trinity-street, Chester; 1002. 
to the mayor and sheriffs of Chester, the interest 
of which is to be annually divided among five of 
the senior gownsmen; likewise his estate, near 
Ruthin, the rental of whicli is to be applied to 
the gratuitous education of poor children of the 
parish of Llanfair-Dyffryn Clwyd. 
SCOTLAND. 
It gives us great pleasure, as regards the pro- 
gress of improvement, to be able to announce 
that an experiment was made yesterday of a 
steam-hoat onthe Forth and Clyde Canal, from 
which the most satisfactory results are expected. 
The boat tried was the Cupid, which has been 
plying during the season on Loch Fine, and she 
is not of course adapted for the canal—yet, mak- 
ing due allowance for the vatious imperfections 
she labours under, the experiment demonstrates, 
most decisively, the practicability and vast utility 
of steam on such a canal; and when the improve- 
,ments which are contemplated, as regards the 
construction of boats for passengers and towing, 
and the banks, are carried into effect, we have no 
doubt the results, as regards expedition and eco* 
nomy, will be yery important to the public and 
the Canal Company.—Glasgow Journal. 
The Commissioners of the Northern Light- 
houses haye ordered their Secretary to give no- 
tice, “That a Light-house has been erected upon 
Cape Wrath, county of Sutherland; the light of 
which will be exhibited on the nightof Thursday, 
the 25th day of December, 1823, and every night 
thereafter, from the going away of daylight in the 
evening, till the return of daylight in the morn- 
ing.” The lantern light room ia elevated 400 feet 
above the medium level of the sea, The light- 
houses now erecting upon ‘Tarbetness, in Cromar- 
tyshire, and Mull of Guloway, in Wigtonshire, 
will be lighted in 1829, of which due notice will 
be given, 4 
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