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the firing comiiienced, the moh began to 

 disperse in all directions. Twenty -one 

 persons have fallen victims to their rash 

 and daring outrage, besides 70 to 80 

 severely wounded. Some few of the 

 soldiers were also wounded, but not one 

 was killed ; they are now nearly reco- 

 vered. On the same evening, different 

 troops of yeomanry cavalry arrived, and 

 every thing appeared to be going on 

 very quietly ; but on Saturday morning 

 a much more numerous assemblage of 

 the mob was to be seen on the different 

 hills surrounding the Iron Works, armed 

 with guns, bludgeons, and other offen- 

 sive weapons. The ammunition of the 

 93d regiment was stopped on the road, 

 at a place called Coedcymmer, within a 

 mile of Merthyr, and was taken back to 

 Brecon the same day. The cavalry ad- 

 vanced towards Coedcynuner, but made 

 a judicious retreat, fearing that their 

 arms would have been taken away by 

 the mob. In the afternoon, as the Swan- 

 sea cavalry were within three miles of 

 Merthyr, they were totally disarmed, 

 and were compelled to return to Neath, 

 where they were joined by fresh forces, 

 when they took a circuitous rout through 

 Bridgend and Lantrissent, and arrived 

 at Merthyr at six o'clock on IMonday 

 morning. By this time the infatuated 

 rioters had contrived to stop the Bute, 

 Sirhowy, Tredegar, Ebbw-vale, and Nan- 

 tyglo Iron Works, and compelled the 

 men to join them, although the Cyfarthfa 

 men had in the mean time agreed to re- 

 turn to their work. It is calculated that 

 there were upwards of 10,000 men, from 

 the above-named works, assembled at 

 Uowlais when the military went to meet 

 them. The Riot Act was again read, 

 and it appearing that there was no dis- 

 position to disperse, the 93d were ordered 

 to make ready ; scarcely had the order 

 been given, when away the mob scam- 

 pered, and in less than two hours the 

 whole had disappeared without the loss 

 of a single life. In the afternoon, a 

 party of the 3d Dragoon Guards arrived, 

 which, together with the Swansea ca- 

 valry, were immediately stationed at 

 Dowlais ; the 93d and other forces being 

 placed in a situation to protect the town. 

 All is now quiet. 



We have the painful duty of record- 

 ing a most appalling and distressing 

 accident at the Colebrook Vale Iron 

 Works, Monmouthshire, by which nine 

 lives have been lost. From the nature 

 of the workings in one of the coal levels, 

 a very considerable accumulation of 

 water has Iteen 'for some time forming, 

 and to guard against meeting with it un- 

 exjiecleilly, very particular instructions 

 had been given not to carry on the work, 

 without (irsl boring to the ri^ht and left, 

 and also in advance. J'"or several weeks 



those operations have been continued, 

 but it is much feared the present cala- 

 mity has been occasioned by not strictly 

 observing those necessary precautions. 

 On Friday last, about mid-day. the water 

 broke in upon that part of the works 

 where 14 colliers were employed, with 

 such impetuosity that three only were 

 enabled to reach the pits, and thereby 

 escape. 



There is at present a strong popular 

 excitement in the forest of Dean. A 

 great portion of the forest was enclosed 

 and planted with oak, under an act 

 passed in the 48th of George III., which 

 plantations are now in a thriving state. 

 'J'he act provider that 1 1,000 acres are 

 always to be inclosed as a nursery for 

 timber; and that the fences can only be 

 legally opened by order of the I^ords of 

 the Treasury, and that only when the 

 young timber shall be sale from the 

 browsing of the cattle, sheep, and swine. 

 An erroneous opinion, however, prevails 

 among the foresters, that the enclosures 

 should be thrown open at the expiration 

 of 21 years; and as the act was passed 

 in 1808, several of the enclosures are of 

 a longer standing, and great dissatifac 

 tion has been for some time felt at their 

 continuance, and about a fortnight since 

 a portioii of the embankment was secret- 

 ly destroyed. A large reward was of- 

 fered for the discovery of the offenders, 

 without effect, and hand-bills were cir- 

 culated, cautioning against the recur- 

 rence of similar outrages. On Wed- 

 nesday morning a body of men, about 

 eighty, commenced levelling the em- 

 bankments. In the course of the day 

 their number increased to .500. On 

 Thursday they continued the work of 

 devastation, and their numbers increased 

 to 2,000, parties being sent out in all 

 directions to compel the colliers and 

 other workmen to come and assist in 

 opening the enclosures. Several miles 

 of fences were levelled in these two 

 days. The men worked regularly with 

 suitable implements. — Jiath Herald, June 

 18. 



SCOTLAND.— Provost Haig, of St. 

 Andrew's, on Thursday week, received 

 a letter from Dr. Bell, the author of 

 what is termed the Lancasterian system 

 of education, and a native of St. An- 

 drew's, enclosing Bank of England trans- 

 fer receipts for £00,000 three per cent. 

 Consols, and £(JO,000 three per cent. Re- 

 duced, vested in the names of the Pro- 

 vost, Princiiial Ilaldane, Dr. Buist, and 

 Professor Alexander, as trustees, for the 

 ])romotion of education and endowment 

 of schools in St. Andrew's. Besides the 

 foregoing magiiiiicent grant, the donor 

 has made over to the same gentlemen, a 

 piece of ground he had purchased from 



