Monmouthshire Merlin

BELL INN & COMMERCIAL TAVERN, BRECON. WILLIAM JONES RESPECTFULLY begs leave to return his grateful thanks RESPECTFULLY begs leave to return his grateful thanks to the Nobility, Commercial and Agricultural Gentlemen, and the Public in general, for their kind and liberal support since his commencement at the above Inn, and he further begs to in- form them that his House has just undergone a thorough Repair, and is now fitted up in a manner capable of affording every pos- -sible accommodation for the convenience and comfort of his Guests. He trusts by strict attention and moderate charges to merit a continuance of their favours. Neat Post Chaises, Cars, and Gigs, with steady Horses and Drivers, on reduced terms. A COACH Daily (Sundays excepted) to Bristol, Bath, and London, in Mail-time. Passengers and Luggage Booked through- out at considerably reduced Fares. Loose Boxes and convenient Stables for Race Horses, on com- mercial terms. Ordinaries daily, during tha Races, which commence on the 28th instant. The Clerk of the Course will meet the Gentlemen disposed to enter Horses for the Breconshire Races, at the above Inn at seven o'clock on the evening previous to the first day of the Races. Brecon, 12th September, 1831. Red House Farm to Let. TO BE LET, and entered upbn at Christmas next,—A compact and desirable small F ARM, situate near Manson's Cross, about a mile from Monmouth, now in the occupation of Mr. Wm. Preece. Apply to Mr. Phillpotts, Solicitor, Monmouth. TSUI HAY RAILWAY. WANTED, a Person to take the account of and collect the Tonnages on the Hay Railway, and superintend the "Repairs of the Road. No one need apply who has not been accustomed to Railways, and is not conversant with the price of labour. Proposals to be addressed to Mr. Spencer, Hay, or Mr. Oliver, Brecon, who will afford any information that may be required. Hay, September 13, 1831. MONMOUTHSHIRE. Abergavenny District of Turnpike Roads. ]VT OTICE is hereby given, That the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates within the said District, called or known by the several names hereunder mentioned, will be LET by AUCTION, to the best bidder, at the Dwelling-house of Thos. Evans, Innholder, called the KING'S HEAD INN, in the town of ABERGAVENNY, in the said county, on Thursday, the 13th day of October next, between the hours of Eleven and One ('subject to the conditions to be then and there produced), for the term of ONE YEAR, from the hour of Twelve o'clock at Noon of the 14th day of October next, in the manner directed by the Acts passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of his Ma- jesty King George IV., for Regulating Turnpike Iioads:" which Tolls were let the last year at the following Sums, and not having been re-let at a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Turn- pike Roads, for that purpose, will be put up at such Sum or Sums, and in one or more lot or lots, as the said Trustees shall think fit. Frogmofe-street and Gross-vach Gates and Bar, £ Penpound Gate or Gates and Bar, Llowynee f jggg and Chapel Chains, Tudor-street Gates, and l the Bar near Govilon J Tregare Gate and Bar, and Ragland Gate and > Bar Mill street and Monk-street Gates and Bar £ 920 > I IQO Llanellen Gates and Panty Goitrey Gates 180 > Rhy dw and Brynmawr Gates, and Nantmellan > g^g Bar.i. S Greege Gate 15 Whoever happens to be the best bidder for all, any, or either of the said Tolls, must, at the time of taking, pay in advance one twelfth part of the rent at which such Tolls may be let, and give such security as the Trustees present shall approve of, for the payment of the remainder of the sasJ rent, by regular monthly instalments. The Tolls to be taken at the said Gates will be the same as during the last year, except that the Tolls payable for every horse or other beast drawing any waggon, wain, or other such like carriage," will be such as shall be adjusted at the said Meeting and' except that double tolls will not be payable on Sundays. BAKER GABB, Abergavenny, Sept. 1831. Clerk to the said Trustees. NOTICE is herebv given, that on the twelfth day of Septem- ber instant, an Order was signed by James Barnard Davies and James Ashe Gabb, Clerks, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Monmouth, for Stopping up as unnecessary a certain public Footway, situate in the parish of Landenny, in the said county, leading across certain Lands there belonging respectively to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, to John Evans, Farmer, and to Thomas Jasper, Farmer, com- mencing at a certain Gate belonging to the said John Evans, situate by the side of the public Highway there, leading from the Turnpike-road between Ragland and Chepstow, nearly oppo- site to Treworgan House, to a certain other public Highway there leading from Lanerthil to the new Turnpike-road between Rag- land and Monmouth, and ending at the point at which the said Footway adjoins the said last-mentioned Highway leading from Lanerthil to the new Turnpike road between Ragland and Mon- mouth and which said Footway contains in length six hundred and eighty-two yards or thereabouts, and is further described in a Plan thereof annexed to the said Order. And that the said Order will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace of the said county, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be liolden at the Town-Hall in Usk, in and for the said county, on the seventeenth day of October next. And also that the said Order will at the said Quarter Sessions be confirmed and enrolled, unless upon Appeal against the same, then made, it shall be otherwise determined. GABB & SECRETAN, Solicitors. Abergavenny, the 14th day of September, 1831. NOTICE is hereby given, that on the twelfth day of Septem- ber instant, an Order was signed by James Barnard Davies and James Ashe Gabb, Clerks, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Monmouth, for Stopping up as unnecessary a certain part of a public Highway, leading from the Turnpike-road there between Ragland and Chepstow, nearly opposite to Treworgan House, to a certain other public Highway there, leading from Lanerthil to the new Turnpike-road between Ragland and Monmouth, commencing at the point at which it joins the said last-mentioned Highway, and ending at the point at which it is intersected by a newly made piece of public High- way leading from the said last-mentioned Highway into the said Highway part of which is so ordered to be stopped up as afore- said, and which said piece of Highway so ordered to be stopped up is bounded by Lands belonging to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, in the respective occupations of William Robins, farmer, William Arnold, labourer, and Michael Phillips, carpenter, and Lands belonging to Thomas Lewis, labourer, and contains in length two hundred and eighty-six yards or thereabouts, and in breadth twelve feet or thereabouts, and is situate in the parish of Landenny, in the county of Monmouth aforesaid, and is further described in a plan thereof annexed to the said Order. And that the said Order will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace of the said county, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at the Town-Hall in Usk, in and for the said county, on the seventeenth day of October next; and also that the said Order will at the said Quarter Sessions be confirmed and enrolled, unless upon an Appeal against the same, then made, it shall be totherwise determined. GABB & SECRETAN, Solicitors. Abergavenny, the 14th day of September, 1831. N,. OnCE is hereby given, that on the twelfth day of Septem- iiol ber instant, an Order was signed by James Barnard Davies -and James Ashe Gabb, Clerks, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Monmouth, for Stopping up as unnecessary a certain part of a public Footway, situate in the parish ot Landenny, in the said county, leading from the Turn- pike-road there, between Ragland and Chepstow, towards the village of Landenny aforesaid, across a certain Garden there, in the occupation of Michael Phillips, Carpenter, and certain Land there, belonging to and in the occupation of William Bigham, Farmer, commencing at the point at which it joins the said Turn- pike-road between Iiagland and Chepstow, and ending at the point at which it is intersected by another branch of a newly made public Footway leading from the said Turnpike-road into the said Footway so leading towards the village of Landenny as aforesaid; and which said piece of Footway so ordered to be stopped up contains in length one hundred and twenty-six yards or there- abouts, and is further described in a plan thereof annexed to the said Order. And that the said Order wili be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace of the said county, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at the Town-Hall in Usk, in and for the said county, on the seventeenth day ot October next, and also that the said Old r will at the said Quarter Sessions be confirmed and enrolled, unless upon Appeal against the same, then made, it shall be otherwise determined. GABB & SECRETAN, Solicitors. Abergavenny, the 14th day of September, 1831. SKENFRETH, MONMOUTHSHIRE. To Capitalists and landowners. FREEHOLD LAND. TO BE SOLD, about Sixty Acres, in this parish, forining a JL compact, commodious, and valuable FARM, situate on the borders of the turnpike-roads leading from Hereford to Brecon, and from Monmouth to Abergavenny. It consists of about equal portions of Arable and Pasture Land. Additional particulars to be had at the Office of Messrs. Powles and Tyler, Solicitors, Monmouth. MONMOUTHSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At the Kite's HEAD INN, NEWPORT, on Wednesday, the 19th day of October, 1831, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, by order of the Assignees of Mr. William Williams, a Bankrupt,- THE FOLLOWING VERY VALUABLE FREEHOLD, CUSTOMARYHOLD, AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTY: That is to say-Lot 1. ALL that ESTATE, called COURT LANGOYTRITCH, containing by admeasurement 44 Acres, or thereabouts, situate close to the Iron Works of the British Iron Company, in the parish of Trevethin, in the county of Monmouth, and within three miles of the market town of Pontypool. The Surface of this Property is let to John Walter, and the Minerals to Messrs. Robert Small, James H. Shears, and John Taylor, for a term of 21 years, of which 18 are unex- pired, at galeage and wayleave rents, the Lessees having covenanted that such rents shall amount to £600 a year, at the least. The Property will, it is estimated, afford a suffi- cient quantity of Minerals to produce at the galeages paid by the present tenants, £ 600 a year for 70 years; and the Estate is very valuable apart from the Minerals, as affording the only access to a large tract of mineral country beyond. Lot 2. All that FARM and LANDS, called BLAEN GAIVWG, now in the occupation of John Walter, containing by admeasurement 30 Acres or thereabouts, situate in the parish of Trevethin aforesaid. This lot adjoins the British Iron Works, is within a quarter of a mile of the last lot, and contains all the Minerals found in that Property, with an additional Vein of Coal. The Mine- rals are unlet, and the yearly fixed rent agreed to be paid for the Minerals under the first lot will shew that the Minerals under the present, so closely adjoining thereto, must be of considerable value. Lot 3. All the BANKRUPT'S INTEREST of and in a FARM, and LANDS, called WENALT RHYD, situate in Cwm Nant Ddu, in the parish of Trevethin aforesaid containing by admeasurement 21 Acres, or thereabouts. Of this Property the Bankrupt is entitled to the entirety of Fourteen Acres, and to two-thirds of the remaining Seven Acres. This Estate contains Minerals which, from the situation of the Property at a convenient distance from the Varteg Iron Works and those of the British Iron Company, are of con- siderable value and it forms an access to a large extent of mineral country on both sides of the Valley. Lot 4. All those TWO undivided THIRD PARTS of and in PENYLATGARN ESTATE; consisting of 120 Acres, or thereabouts, situate in the parish of Trevethin aforesaid, in the occupation of Rachael Williams, widow. There is a good Dwelling-house and Malt-house on this Pro- perty the Farm Buildings are extensive and convenient, and attached thereto is a valuable Right of Common on the adjoining Hills. Lot 5. All those TWO undivided THIRD PARTS of and in the MARKET HOUSE, at PONTYPOOL, with the TOLLS and other payments accruing in respect of the fairs and markets held within the town under a grant from the Crown. And also of and in the GEORGE INN, the BLUE BOAR INN, and the Piece or Close of BUILDING GROUND thereto adjoining, commonly called the BLUE BOAR FIELD-all situate in the town of Pontypool. The vendors reserve to themselves the right of offering this Property for sale in two, three, or more lots, if, at the time of sale, they should deem that expedient. The Property comprised in this lot is important and valuable it is situ- ated in the centre of the town of Pontypool, and fionts both the principal streets the Market House is commodious and convenient, and the Tolls, which now produce a large rental, must increase largely in amount. Lot 6. All those TWO undivided THIRD PARTS of and in a MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, Outbuildings, Gar- den, Ball Court, Bowling Green, and Premises, occupied as a Public House, by Francis Williams, at a low yearly rent, situate near the parish church of Aberystruth, in the county of Mon- mouth. Lot 7. All that FARM, called HAFOD FAN, containing by admeasurement 63 Acres, or thereabouts, now in the occupa- tion of Lewis Richards, situate in the parish of Llanhilleth, in the county of Monmouth. Lot 8. All that FARM, called BLAEN NANT-Y-LLAN, containing by admeasurement 18 Acres, or thereabouts, now in the occupation of Lewis Richards, situate in the parish of Llan- hilleth, aforesaid. Hafod Fan and Blaen Nant-y-Llan Farms adjoin together, and enjoy an extensive Right of Common on the adjoining Hills. There is a substantial-built Dwelling-house, with suitable Outbuildings on each Property, and a considerable portion of the Land is planted with Larch and Coppice Wood, upwards of 40,000 Larch having been planted within the last ten years. These Properties contain all the lower Veins of Coal and Iron-stone, now in work at the Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Works, and the Cwm Vein of Coal, which is 2ft. lOin. in thickness, and of excellent quality, has been recently worked in an adjoining Estate, and may be opened to in this Property at an inconsiderable expense. The road of the Monmouthshire Canal Company, leading to Nanty- glo, passes through the Property, and affords a ready con- veyance to the shipping place at Newport. Lot 9. All that FARM and LANDS, called TON-Y-VELIN, in the occupation of Thomas Edmunds, containing by admea- surement 21 Acres, 01 thereabouts, situate in the parish of Mony- thusloyne, in the county of Monmouth. The Monythusloyne Veins of Coal are now in work under this Property, by means of a level opened thereto. Lot 10. All that desirable FARM, called GELLYDEG, in the occupation of Watkin David, and containing by admeasure- ment 125 Acres, or thereabouts, situate in the parish of Bedwas, in the county of Monmouth. There is a Coppice Wood on the Property, and the Dwelling-house and Farm Buildings are ex- tensive and in good condition. Lot 11. All the BANKRUPT'S INTEREST in the GUR- HAY LEVEL, being a Moiety thereof, and of the Coals under the Gurhay and Penyvan Property, containing by admeasure- ment 200 Acres, Or thereabouts. This Level is capable of working 120 tons of Coals a day the Coal is of excellent quality, and a large capital has been expended in the level and roads. Lot 12 All that MESSUAGE, or DWELLING-HOUSE, Stables, Outbuildings, Field, and Premises, occupied as a Public House by James Treasure, situate at Gellygross, in the parish of Monythusloyne aforesaid, adjoining the Sirhowy Tram-road, in a very convenient situation for business. Lots 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10, are Freehold. Lots 1, 3, and 5, are Copyhold or Customaryhold, held of the Manors of Wentsland and Bryngwyn. Lot 9 is Copyhold or Customaryhold, held of the Manor of Abercarne. Lot 11 is held for a term of 40 years, under agreements for a lease, at galeage rents and Lot 12 is held under a lease for a term, whereof about 60 years are unex- pired, at a yearly rent of £ 25. The Tenants of the several lots will shew the Premises', and for further particulars, apply to Messrs. Prothero and Phillips, Newport; Messrs. M'Donnell and Mostyn, Usk; or, with re- spect to lots 4 and 5, to Mr. Charles Herbert Croft, Pontypool if by letter, post paid. GLAMORGANSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, By Order of the Assignees of Mr. Wm. Williams, a Bankrupt, At the CASTLE INN, MERTIIYU, on Saturday, the 22d day of October, 1831, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, ALL that valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, called PERTHY GLYSHON, containing by admeasurement 275 Acres, or thereabouts, situate in the Valley of the Taff, in the parish of Merthyr, in the county of Glamorgan, within five miles of the populous and increasing town of Merthyr, and 19 miles of the sea-port town of Cardiff. There are two Farm Houses, with suitable Farm Buildings attached thereto, on the Estate, which is now let in separate portions to three tenants. The Glamorgan- shire Canal, from Merthyr to Cardiff, passes through the Estate, which reaches from the river Taff to the ridge of the Hill extend- ing over the whole of the Valley on one side. The Property is well Timbered, with extensive Plantations, the Proprietor having planted 16,000 Larch within the last four years, in suitable situations. The valuable Iron and Coal Mines of the district are contained in the Property, and there is a Vein of Coal now in work on the Estate. The country is picturesque the high road to Cardiff from Merthyr passes at a convenient distance from the Property and the neighbourhood is well stocked with game. For further particulars, apply to Messrs. Prothero and Phillips, Newport or to Messrs. M'Donnell and Mostyn, Usk; if by letter, post paid. Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, HEREFORDSHIRE, AND MONMOUTHSHIRE PROTECTOR .ffite -Etiottranre (tioitivant), 35, OLD JEWRY, AND REGENT STREET, CORNER OF JERMYN STREET, LONDON; St. Margaret's Hill, Southicark COLLEGE COURT, GLOUCESTER, AND 94, HIGH STREET, CHELTENHAM. CAPITAL FIVE MILLIONS. THIS COMPANY is founded upon the principle of a division of its Profits thirds to the Insured, without their incurring as such any personal liability for losses, aid one third to the Shareholders the latter receiving annually a fair rate of interest upon their advanced capital. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Insurances which expire at Michaelmas should be renewed within fifteen days thereafter, or they wilt. become void. Receipts for such renewals are now ready at the above Offices, and with the respective Agents to the Company throughout the United Kingdom. Agents for Monmouthshire. Monmouth Mr. Dyke, jun. Abergavenny Mr. Wm. Baber, Grocer. Chepstow Mr. J. Wallington Usk Mr.Michael Davis, Maltster. WILMER HARRIS, Secretary. BRITISH FIRE OFFICE, STRAND & CORNHILL. DIRECTORS, &c. The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird. I Neill Malcolm, Esq. Sir Charles Suilivan, Bart. George G. Mills, Esq. Sir Robert Wigram, Bart. Richard C. Plowden, Esq. Sir John Stuart Hippisley, Bart. I John Soane, Esq. Sir Francis Freeling, Bart. G. H. Sumner, Esq. Charles James Auriol, Esq. Joseph Warner, Esq. John Bebb, Esq. Henry Webb, Esq. James Colquhoun, Esq. James West, Esq. James Henry Deacon, Esq. Richard Williams, Esq. William Fitzhugh, Esq. E. H. Williams, Esq. Solicitor. Elijah Barwell Impey, Esq. John Helps, Secretary. ESTABLISHED in 1799, for Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire, on the most equitable terms, and on a principle which conveys PERFECT SECURITY, WITH- OUT ANY RESPONSIBILITY whatever to the insured. Persons effecting insurances for seven years, by one payment, are entitled to an IMMEDIATE RETURN, equal to £15 per Cent. on both Premium and Duty, WHICH RETURN IS CERTAIN AND NOT DEPENDENT on any contingency. Policies will not be charged for sums of S300 or upwards. THIS OFFICE HAS ALWAYS PAID FOR DAMAGE BY FIRE FROM LIGHTNING. T. J. GOSLING, Agent at Monmouth. REDUCED PREMIUMS 1st CLASS FROM..2 TO..Is 6d. 2d CLASS FROM..3s TO..2s 6d. 3d CLASS FROM..5s TO..4s 6d. ARM IT COKfUACTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, 1st September, 1831. NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous of contract- ing to supply the following Articles for the use of the Army, viz. BREAD. To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the undermentioned Counties and Islands:- Bedford, Middlesex, Berks (including the town of Monmouth, Hungerford), Norfolk, Bucks, Northampton, Cambridge (including the town Northumberland (including the of Newmarket), town of Berwick-on-Tweed), Chester, Nottingham I Cornwall (including Scilly), Oxford, Cumberland, Rutland, Derby, Salop, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Stafford, Durham (including Holy Is- Suffolk, land), Surrey, Essex (exclusive of Tilbury Sussex, Fort), Warwick, Gloucester (including the city Westmorland of Bristol), Wilts, Hants, Worcester, Hereford, York, Hertford, North and South Wales, Hunts, In the several counties in North Isle of Man, Britain, Isle of Wight, And in the Islands of Alderney, Kent (including Tilbury Fort, Guernsey, and Jersey, in the county of Essex), As also Bread to the Household Lancaster, Troops in London and its Leicester, vicinity. Lincoln, OATS. To his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Cantonments, and Quarters, in the undermentioned Counties :— Bedford, Leicester, Berks (including the town of Lincoln, Hungerford), Middlesex, Berwick, Monmouth, Bucks, Norfolk, Cambridge (including New- Northampton, market), Northumberland, Chester, Nottingham, Cornwall, Oxford, Cumberland, Rutland, Derby, Salop, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Stafford, Durham, Suffolk, Essex, Surrey, Gloucester (including Bristol), Sussex, Hants, and Isle of Wight, Warwick, Hereford, Westmoreland, Hertford, Wilts, Hunts. Worcester, Kent (including Tilbury Fort), York, Lancaster, North and South Wales. FORAGE, Viz. OATS, HAY, and STRAW, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Barracks, in the undermentioned counties in South Britain Berks, Northampton, Cornwall, Northumberland, Devon, Nottingham, Dorset, Somerset, Essex, Suffolk, Hants (including the Isle of Surrey, Wight), Sussex, Kent, Warwick, Lancaster, York, Middlesex, And in the several counties in Norfolk, North Britain. That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the first day of November next; that proposals in writing, sealed up, and marked Tender for Army Supplies, will be received at this office on or before Wednesday, the 5th day of October next; but none will be received after eleven o'clock on that day. Proposals must be made separately for each County and Island, except for the Counties comprising North and South Wales, all of which must be included in one tender; likewise the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey, as also the several Counties in North Britain and each proposal must have the letter which is annexed to the tend-r properly filled up, by two persons of known property engaging to become bound with the party tendering in the amount stated in the printed paiticu- lars, for the due performance of the Contract; and no proposal will be noticed unless made on a printed tender, and the prices expressed in words at length and should it so happen, that during the continuance of the Contract no Troops should be sup- plied by virtue of the same, the amount of the stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor, will be refunded to him. N.B. It is particularly desired that persons wishing to tender, will not make use of any forms but those recently printed, which may be had upon application at this office, and to the barrack masters in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.