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alight and stab the lioness with 

 a knife, but was prevented by 

 the remonstrance of the guard, 

 who observed, that lie would ex- 

 pose himself to certain destruc- 

 tion, as the animal, feeling her- 

 self attacked, would turn upon 

 him, and tear him to pieces. The 

 prudence of the advice has been 

 cleaily proved in the fate of the 

 poor dog. It was the engage- 

 ment between him and the lioness 

 that otfeied time for the keepers 

 to rally. Had it not been for that 

 interference the mischief at the 

 mail would have been more con- 

 siderable. 



The lioness, which attacked the 

 horses in the Salisbury mail coach, 

 did not kill the dog, as stated in 

 tl'.e former relation of the affair. 

 The SalLshiiri/ ikizc.He says — " The 

 lioness, on finding herself attack- 

 ed, quitted the horse, and turned 

 upon the dog, which it was ex- 

 pected would very soon become the 

 victim of her fury ; but the ani- 

 mal, uith more reproach than 

 %iciousness, inflicted a slight pu- 

 nishment on it, and on hearing 

 tlie voice of the keeper, retired 

 underneath a staddle granaryi 

 where, soon after, the keeper ^■ery 

 deliberately got in, put his arms 

 around her neck, and secured her 

 without any fin-ther injury." The 

 owner of the lioness has published 

 a letter saying she l;roke loose 

 in consecpience of sf)mc person 

 breaking open the caiaAau, in 

 expectation of stealing goods go- 

 ing to Salisbury fair. 



21. The new Silvci" Coinage 

 goes on with great rapidity ; each 

 [tress produces per minute sixty 

 ))ieces, that is, 3,(iOO per hour. 

 The hours of work aie ten daily, 

 making the wliole number of 



pieces from each press 36,000 • 

 there are eight presses at work: 

 and of course the whole nimiber 

 daily finished is '288,000. The 

 amoimt to be issued is to the value 

 of 2,500,0001. in shillings and 

 sixpences, in the proportion of 

 seven of the former to five of the 

 latter. 



22. Newport. — In consequence 

 of the depressed state of the iron 

 trade, the proprietors of the Tre- 

 degar iron-woiks gave notice to 

 the workmen on Monday se'n- 

 night, that a further reduction in 

 the jirice of their work must take 

 place. 'J'be workmen, who a few 

 months ago could have subsisted 

 on what tliey had, in consequence 

 of the rapid advance in the price 

 of the chief article of their provi- 

 sion, were driven almost to de- 

 spair by this intelligence. They 

 concluded that nothing but misery 

 awaited them, and came to the 

 desperate resolution that it was 

 better to seek ledress by tumul- 

 tuously assembling than to work. 

 Under this delusion they left the 

 works, and proceeded in a body 

 towards Jlerthyr, with a view of 

 learning the inclination of the 

 men theie : the proprietors at 

 Dowlas works, knowing of their 

 coming, instantly swore in a num- 

 ber of men as special constables, 

 armed them with pikes, and placed 

 them in the pass, adjoining the 

 works, near the dwelling of jMr. 

 Guest, who with otbers, being 

 armed, po.sted themselves at the 

 window. When the men from 

 Tredegar and Sirhowy came to 

 the place, finding themselves op- 

 posed by an armed force, they 

 seized some of the pikes from the 

 men, and broke them in pieces : 

 the constables fled, but during this, 



some 



