The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-02-08 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

MEXICO. Nxw YORK, Jan. 26. Republican aooonnts received bore from Vera Cruz, Ind New Orleans, state that 18,000 republicans are menacing the City of Mexico. The Frenoh oontinee their preparations to evacuate the country.  THE _WEST INDIES AND AUSTRALIA',  The Royal Mail Company's steamship Seine, Captain Berea, with the West India, Mexioan, Australian, and New Zealand mails, arrived at Southampton on Thursday, with 81 passengers, 938,597 dole. in specie, and 3,154 packages of cargo. She experienced strong westerly winds and heavy seas. The Seine, on her outward passage, only remained at St. Thomas six hours, and she then prooeeded to Jamaica. On her homeward voyage she stayed at St. Themes 24 hours, and sailed on the 18th. They had 14 mass of fever on board, but only one death, which occurred on the 9th ult. -  Among the paseengers from Jamaica is Lieutenant Brand, .  _— The Seine has been sent to qnsrantine. Easiness was brink at Valparaiso. It was ramoured that Chili had refused the media— tion of France and England in the Spanish question. The reunion of a Congress of the South American Republica was attracting attention. The British barque Simon Habley and the AMOtinill' ship Star .of the Union collided off Cape Horn. The former sank, but the ore. were saved. It is supposed that the British barque Uruguay, from Valparaiso for Liverpool, Wll9 boat outside the harbour. Honduras. and Nicaragua have entered into a treaty of peace•and amity. The coffee mop in Central America was good. The. ootton orop in Nicaragua was suffering from worms. Siokneas prevailed at St. Thomas. The news from the Wands was unimportant. _  The Australian Mail Company's ateamer Ramie arrived at Panama on the sth alt. A new gold-field of groat extent has been discovered at the Weddoi mountains, about 2.50 miles from Sydney. The Government offioials report that it will give employ meat to a large number for three or four year's; sinking is about 50 feet through hard soil, aria tho holes bottomed are yielding an average of five grains par dish; about 8,000 miners are already on the ground. The Sydney Legislature 14 gill to session passing the estimates. The yield of the gold-fields, as indicated by the escort returns, shows that a falling off has taken place during the present year as compared with that of last year, the amounts being-1865, 230,03 i ounces; ISJC 194,037 ounces. Bourke, the bushranger, has been hanged at Melbourne for the murder of Mr. Merit. The Barb won the Melbourne Cap, the eeoond longest race of the year, Smuggler, by Fisherman, won the Queen's Plate. Basinees had improved in Melbourne, since the arrival of last Overland Mail. The South Auatral4n Government having decided to abandon, their efforts to establish a colony on the shame of Carpentaria, they have despatoleed a .Warner to bring• away the settlers now imitated there. Major Warburton has returned from a futile attempt to explore the northwestern portion of the oontinent. Want of water compelled this step. The Government of Queensland are issuing treasury value ..£l, to meet the oriole which has arisen, through the failure of the Agra Bank to carry out Its engagement to negotiate a loan. Traces of Leichardt have been found on the Gulf of Carpentaria, and part of a akull close to a tree marked with the lost explorer 'a marg. Her Majesty's ship Salamander has recently discovered several fine harbours on the northern °oast. A young salmon, one of those liberated by the /lochmatisation Soaiety, who procured the ova from Fog. land, bed been caught on the Tasmanian coast. From New Zealand there is little news of importance to communicate. The war is finally over for this year at least, and the loading rebels have oonimenoed to sue for peace.  Lifeboats in Prance.—We are requeoted to @tate by the French Shipwreck and Lifeboat Central Society of Paris that they have no lifeboats at Calais, Boulogne, Barre, or at Dunkirk. All the society" lifeboats, which are 32 in number, are on the sell. righting plan of the National Lifeboat Institution of Ragland. One of these boats, stationed at Gravolises, was happily the intninr, dz.ring a ritoent gale, of saving a shipwrecked orew. Conviction of Railway' Oflicials.—At ths. County Polloooourt, Macclesfield, on Tuesday, the, guard of a goods train that came into collision with paasenger train on Friday night, and the pointaniae on duty at the spot where the twoident 000ured, on the North Staffordshire Railway, were fined £lO and wet* moll for having caused the collision by reason of their negligence. They were offered the alternative of two 11°°1111' imprilonment, coupled with hard labour.  or'