... A collision on the Thame between a couple of stesmers is not quite so smashing an affair as between two rival trains on a railway. Ihe one which occurred on the river a few days ago, tietween the Emerald aud ihe John Bull, was, however, sufficiently terrifying ol its kind, to impress ihe passengers with a vivid notion 01 the perils attendant on even so shoil a voyage as a trip to Gravesend. ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, FEB. 10. The Earl of St. Germans took the oaths and his scat. The Noble Earl took his seat on the Ministerial side of the house, immediately to the right of the Duke of Wellington. After the presentation of petitions, The Earl of Dalhouse gave notice that he should to-morrow lay before their lordships papers relating to the Railway depart- ment of the Board of Trade, ...

... COLLIERY.—The number of men injured was eleven, and con- trary to the expectations which we expressed, they are all rapidly getting better. The cause of the explosionis supposed to be, the falling away of a. portion of the walls which separate the working from the old levels, by which a large quantity of &re damp WM liberated, and took fir. It of tn. workmen's ...

... Ti-ir, INCOME TAX & THE FRANCHISE. When a bad thing cannot be got rid of, it is wise lurn it incidentally fit far as may oe, to a go.i e hence we approve of the motion given tice of hv the Marquees of Nornianby, for leave to in a bill to confer the Parliamentary Franchise upon all who pay the income tax. The great majority of persons paying' this tax rnay be voters alieady, but there are ...

... SCARCITY OF SHEEP.—During the past few days the provision market in this town has been very scantily supplied with mutton. Two causes are assigned for this first, the farmers at this season always hold back their stock from the market in consequence of the great improvement they make and secondly, the wholesale butchers here find the demand so great in London, that they send all they can to ...

... 15 U T D O C K, CARD! F F M sfl Arrivals and Sailings for the week endingFebruirv l°th ARRIVED. juiclH Aave, Couch, Padstow; Camilla, Flain, St. Ivc, • Wa-e^ 'i'H Leo, Ocean, Spay, Buy, Peake, Azorean. Dawkin fame Tlnvi I mas, Auspicious, Spray, Swansea Desire, Barns, llirTcomb 4 I Herica.enicn. iiot;e, Neath; Elizabeth Ley Barr,«t v I toua ami Albeit, Gough, Dungarvon U-'i Gloucester Flora, ...

... n„ TYidiv the 14th instant, a petition to the iw-i from J Clark, printer, Chepstow, was pre- House of Commons f. > E M.P., setting forth the* in- dented by T. sustained by the decision of the local justice the petition profits by trade, &e. and praying that commissioners, as 'j, restrained from interpreting the pro- surveyors 01 taxeb maj oWIl purposes, and thereby to in- visions of tne law _t ...

... THE USE OF IRON. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-1 believe it is generally acknowledged that one man cannot exist independent of another, and the same maxim holds good in reference to the independence of nations they are forced to have recourse to each other, and thus all are compelled to exchange productions, and the diversity of com merce gives employment to the labouring man ...

... A BOLD TRAPPER.—M«ny stories are told of the feats, of thi strange adventures, and hair-breadih escapes of the free mounted trappers but it may be worth while to mention on which Richardson, a Kentucky man, well known to the servant of the company at one of the most astute and dare-devil trader, of the mountains, used to tell. It is his boast that he oeve- carries provisions with him, on the ...

... FODTIFICATION OF HARBOITH. It is the inten- tion of the Board of Ordnance to order the harbour at this port to be fortified. Two strong batteries, with fifty-six pounders capable of firing red-hot shot, will be erected at Staddon Heights, one at the Obelisk, and one or two others at other points at Mount Edgecombe. Heavy guns will also be placed in the Citadel %t Clarence Point Stonehouse- ...

... Present—W. Brewer, T. Hughes, and T. Hawkins, Esqrs. William Hemmingway was charged with stealing a two-foot rule lrom Robert Linton Discharged. Walter Halstow was charged with assaulting Wm. James. Discharged. Hopkin Hopkins was summoned for poor-rate and was or- dered to pay. + ...

... Present-Edwd. Dowling (Mayor), and J. S. Allfrey, Esqrs Thomas Thomas was charged with being drunk and disorderly. It appeared from the evidence of P.C. Harris, that he met the defendant, who was half drunk, and he became very abusive, and InsIsted on Harris opening the station house door, in order that lie might see if one Daniel Thomas was therein. Thomas insisted on seeing for himself, ...