... DREADFUL FIRE AT SOUTH HETTON COLLIERY. On Saturday last, about seven o'clock in the evening, the No. 1, Engine House, of South Hetton Colliery, the property of Col. Braddyll, was d'9 covered to be on fire. It appears to have originate in a closet containing hemp for the use ot t e engines, and was first discovered by the brakeman. At that time there' were two men down the shatt of the pit, ...

... CALAMITOUS FIRE AT BURLINGTON AR- CADE AND GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PRO- PERTY. A fire broke out on Saturday night last, about ten o clock, in the house of Mr Absalom, tailor, which has been attended, as far as regards property, ivith the most disasterous consequences. The county engine was almost directly on the spot, and ot,hers quickly followed, by which time the house Mr Absalom was burning ...

... ittonmouttt01uvc. The Duke of Northumberland Ins presented the munificent sum of £100, and the Duchess of Northumberland £50. in aid of the fund now raising for tile purpose of erecting a monument in Durham Cathedral, in honour of the late lamented. liis'iop of Durham.—Newcastle Journal. NEWPORT. On Saturday the 20'h ult. the Lord Bishop of Landaff was in the neighbourhood of Newport looking ...

... LA TEST INTEL LI G ENC'E. FRIDAY, APRIL 1. There is nothing worthy the name of news.— We regret to say, that the maritime intelligence, owing to the late 'tremendous gales, as conveyed by the Shipping Gazette, is of the most disastrous kind. The commander of the Castle Huntly, off Torbay, writes to Lloyds, God bless the smith that made our chain cablc.—We have no doubt, and we mention it to ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. We will endeavour to satisfy our Correspondent and that speedily, on the subject of the Monmouthshire county rates. The Havren next week. All communications are requested, in future, to be ad dressd- To the Editor. Full price will be given by the Publisher, for any CLEAN copies of this Paper, of the 26th MARCH. The Agents are requested to return those of this date that ...

... At Bristol, the Town Council nominated 24 Magistrates, selecting 12 from the Conservative and 12 from the Reform party. This was a fair proceeding, calculated to satisfy both parties. But Lord John Russell has destroyed this balance. He has decided that 18 shall be the number of Magis- trates, and has selected twelve from the Reform party, and only six from the Conservatives, thus giving the ...

... PROGRESS OF THE STEAAJ-i.NGlSlf IN FRANCE. The following statistical notes relative to the pro- gress of the steam-engine in Fiance, are abstracted from a report lately published in t:le Moniteur by the Director-General of Roads, Bridges, and Mines, and, being official, mClY be relied upon Although, the first steam-engine wa csta'.li.he: in France so lontsiuee as the year 1740, at tht, coal ...

... NEWBKIDGK.—We are sorry to say tbat the a.r'e^ fever is prevalent in this neighbourhood, espe- ay amongst children, of whom a great number are e,-trried off. On Monday last, as two navigators wfr»* orking in an .open cut, for the foundation of Mr fawshay's extensive tin-works, at Tre-l'orest, (near ewbridge), an immense quantity (about twenty tons) earth full upon them, by which tliey were ...

... GLEANINGS. Rerum discolor us us. Dactionem in Europa si quis deseripserit, omne Estnigrum:os,digiti,cornua,c:tudanedes. Sin autcm huno ipsurn Matirus vult ponere pictor Candidior nivibus splendet imago novis. Disco or inde usus quern scilicet odit uterque Reddere dissiinilctn gaudet uterque sibi. EPICHAM. Stat sua cuique dies! April the First stands marked by custom's rules A day for being and ...

... FOR EASTER DAY. Again the Lord 01 Hfe and Light Awakes the kindliqg ray, Unseals the eyelids Of th. IDona, And pours increasing day. 0, what a night was that which wrapt The heathen world in gloom! 0, what a sun which broke this day Triumphant from the tomb! The powers of darkness leagued in vain To bind our Lord in death He shook their kingdom when He fell, By his expiring breath. And now his ...

... SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS.-No. 132. JoBii. 4.— And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skill for Skin yea, ail that a man hath will he give for his life. The Arabs set the exploits of their chiefs in the dialogue form, like the Book of Job. The Cingalese often spend hours at night in reciting alternately the exploits of Budhu, and of their Ij-ods and Devils. I have been disturbed by them. This ...

... CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSIZES. These Assizes commenced at Carmarthen on Wednesday the 16th nit., and terminated on Wed- nesday sennight. before the Hon. Sir John Coleridge. H s L,rdsliip %as met a short distance from the fovvti by the High Sheriff, R. J. Nevill, I sq of Llangennech Park, and a cavalcade of gentlemen and tradesmen, by whom he was escorted to the Town Hall, when the commission was ...