... HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. GRIEVANCES OF THE MALTING TRADE.—A meet- ing of maltsters was held on Monday, in the Corn Ex- change Coffee-house, Mark-lane, London, to represen t to the Government the grievances under which they lie under the new system of short credit, by which six weeks only is allowed between the assessment of the tax and the time for its payment. There was a general ...

... AUDITORS & ASSESSORS—A Court was held by the Mayor, W. Davies, Esq., at the Shire Hall, on Saturday week, for the purpose of electing Auditors and Assessors for the ensuing year, when Mr R. Greenish, of Market-street, and Mr J. B. Henly, of Quay-street, were elected Auditors, and Mr W. Evans, of High-street, and Mr James Birch, of High-street, Assessors. SAINT DAVID'S COLLEGE, LAMPETER.-The ...

... ^LAFoegans^HTE^ WRECK OFF THE MUMBLES.—A vessel foundered off Langland Bay in the afternoon of Wednesday, and every soul on board had perished. It appears that, about two o'clock on the day in question, a vessel was seen labouring up towards the Mumbles, the wind blowing pretty fresh at the time. On approaching with her prow towards the headland, she suddenly foundered, leaving nothing but the ...

... PEMBROKE-DOCK. The Psyche, paddle wheel steam yacht, will be launched at Pembroke Dockyard on the 29th inst.. after which she will be jury-rigged, and navigated to Posts- mouth to receive her machinery. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.—John Mathias, shipwright apprentice, has been admitted by the Admiralty to receive a superior course of Education. Mr H. Hardin, foreman of smiths at Deptford, has been ...

... IMPORTANT FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD COLLIERIES, SOUTH WALES. MESSRS. FULLER and HORSEY are instructed to SELL BY AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, March 26th, instead of the 12th of March as previously announced, at Twelve o'clock, at the AUCTION MART, London, in one Lot, by order of his Honour the Master of the Rolls, and WT\ ™? 1C?CIU»'ECE OF THE Mortgagees, the very valu- able COLLIERIES aud other ...

... THE GETHIN COLLIERY EXPLOSION. THE ADJOURNED INQUEST. ON Tuesday morning last the Inquest on the bodies of the 47 unfortunate victims of this lamentable explosion was resumed by G. Overton, Esq., Coroner, at the As- sembly Room of the Bush Hotel. The proceedings commenced at ten o'clock, and continues daily until six o'clock, with half-an-hour's interval for refreshment at mid-day. There are ...

... Oh God is't not a fearful thing That fifty lives should thus be lost, And comforts that their labour bring Are purchas'd at such awful cost ? A flash—report—a sulphurous smoke— I A fight for life with death—'tis o'er, And hearts that beat, and tongues that spoke Are ailent, dead for evermore. Without a moment's warning sent To everlasting joy or thrall, The good life and the life misspent, May ...

... mRTH. On the 21st instant, the wife Evan Hams, late Holly Lush, Dowlais, ...

... A NEW GUN METAL.—A foreign journal states that the new guns introduced by Austria on board her vessels, and the composition of which has been hitherto kept a secret, are cast in an alloy called Aich metal, from the name of its inventor. This alloy is composed of 600 parts of copper, 382 of zinc, and 18 of iron. It is exceedingly tenacious, can be easily forged and worked, and will bear a ...

... [The following appeared in our SECOND EDITION of last week] A parish meeting was held in St. Mary's church, yes- terday; the Rev. Canon Morgan, the vicar, in the chair. There was rather a large attendance, as compared with former meetings, and the business, according to a notice read by the Chairman, was for the purpose of considering a memorial addressed to the Poor-law Board, praying for a ...

... FOREJGI?T INTELLIGENCES AM ERIC A. NEW YORK, Feb, 12. General Buroside's expedition has taken possession of Roanoke Island and completely destroyed the Con- federate fleet. On the 9th inst., the expedition at- tacked Elizabeth city, which the inhabitants evacuated. Elizabeth city was completely burnt, either by the in- habitants or the shells from tile Federal fleet. The Federals had occupied ...

... The folloiing notice has just been issued by Captain r Parsons with refercnce to obtaining recruits f&r the Corps: - Gentlemen intending to become miem1lbers are reminded that the present is the best thie for enrolment, ns the setting tip drills and annual course of musketry instruction will conmmuence next month. Application to join the Corps to be made to nme at the Old Bank, or at the ...