... DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF THE DARTFORD POW- DER MILLS-SEVEN PERSONS KILLED. Monday morning the inhabitants of Dartford, Kent, and for many miles around, were thrown into the most indescribable alarm by several dreadful explosions at the Dartford Powder Mills, belonging to Messrs. Pigot and Wilks, situate in the Downs, about half a mile south of the town. At a quarter past ten o'clock in the ...

... much regret the state of destitution into which G. S. who writes from Monmouth Gaol, is fallen. He complains bitterly of'■ the operation of the New Beer Bill against respectable and industrious publicans. It would be futile at present to press a petition, as Honourable Gentlemen will be for some time other- wise engaged. The Liberty of the Press next week. K. C. will add to prior favours, by ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE TO WIT. AT the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, holden at the Town Hall, in the town of Usk, in and for the said county, on Monday, the Second day ol January, in the second year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord William the Fourth, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ...

... The Journal des Debats states that the government had received certain information of the complete rlnl'p,at of the army of the ,Grand Vizier by the Egyptian f manded by Ibrahim Pacha, as the debouche of M wards the eastern face j that the Grand V: hat a part of the conquered had enlistp idard and that ,the victors were nr from which, at the departure of han 80 leagues •distant.- MUNIFICENT ...

... CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE. Monday, January 21.—Our supplies have been, since this day se'nnight, of English wheat, malt, beans, and peas, and English and Irish flour, moderately good; of English barley, rather great • of English, Irish, and Scotch oats, Scotch peas, and seeds from all quarters, but limited. Of any kind of foreign corn, foreign seeds, or foreign flour, none. In this day's ...

... THE KING'S STAG HOUNDS.—There is no truth in the report that the Royal Hunt is to cease its existence with the present season. But why, it may be asked, does not the Earl of Lich- field attend the Royal Hunt as regularly as Lord Maryborough used when he held the appointment; and why don't his Lordship reside in the neighbourhood 1 The answer to these questions may be leadily conceived. In the ...

... The Llantillio hounds will meet next week as follow :—Mon- day, at Tregare turnpike Wednesday, at Whitecastle Friday, at Lanvapley church—each morning at eleven o'clock. ...

... Their Majesties continue in the enjoyment of excellent health, and purpose sojourning here until the 22d of the ensuing month, on which day the Court will leave for St. James's Palace. The 6th of February is the day said to be fixed upon for his Majesty to go in State to open the Session of the new Parliament. A meeting of the Ship-owners' Society was held at the London Tavern on Monday. Mr. ...

... The King and Queen of the French, and Royal Family, arrived at the Tuileries to dinner on Saturday evening. The Minister of War and Marshal Gerard also arrived at the same time. On the 18th, a letter from the Minister of War was read in the Chamber of Representatives, announcing that the budget of his department would be first distributed, in order to its being taken into consideration. The ...

... DINNER TO LORD EDWARD SOMERSET. On Thursday se'nnight, as briefly stated in our last, a sump- tuous entertainment was given to Lord Edward Somerset, at the White Lion, Broad-street, Bristol. The proceedings passed off with the greatest eclat. Among the company present, which was very numerous and respectable, were the Marquis of Wor- cester, Lord John Somerset, Lord Redesdale, Lord Ellen ...

... Sn!.—As has been confidently expected, it new seems ccitain, that Parliament meets for the dispatch of business co the 29th of this month. Io those who have an- adequate hiea of the criti- cal state of the country—of the situation into which it has been plunged by the long prevalence cf Tory misrule, aud who there- fore look forward to a Reformed Parliament for remedies of the evils so long ...

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