Monmouthshire Merlin

DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF. [TO TilE EDITOR.] SIB,—I have read a letter in your last publication, addressed by Sir Benjamin llallto yourself ,by which it would appear that the Honourable Baronet is extremely angry with me for desig- nating his letter of the 21st of October, to the Bishop of Utndarr. as an abominable letter." I am not at all disposed to retract the term. hut am content to leave the question of it* bcinn justly applied or otherwise, to the determination of the Kentlemen ot the countics of Monmouth aud Glamorgan, to whom the facts of the case dlscu5sed in tbat letter are now well known. But there are one or two points adverted to in the letterto your- self, upon which 1 would once more endeavour to set the Honourable Baronet right. I will not follow liin: through all the statements respecting the paiisli of Llanddewi Khyddercb, which he so industriously repeats, because I did but refer to one of them in my speech at Newport, on tlie 31st of October: nor do I think the test more worthy of notice now, than 1 did at that time, but I again maintain, as 1 did then, that the following pas- sage of tha letter to the Bishop of Liauddff, is calculated to convey a very false impression This parish (Uandilewi Rhydderch) contains a populatiou of 3HO persons, and the living is worth about £220 a-year there is a glebe-house, but 110 rc- sident incumbent, no resident curate. &c." For the fact is, thut there has been a resident curate for the last 16 years during which 1 have known the pansh, except duiing the very shoit periods which have twice inteivened between the departure of one curate and the arrival of biasuccessor: andyet, an unsuspecting reader would conclude from Sir B. Hall's statement, that there had been no resident curate at all. It is true, and I have never denied X. that on one of these occasions (in August, 1846) liom the mere accidental failure of the arrangements which had been m ule, there were, unfortunately, two Sundayson which 110 service was peiformed- T 11 From a recent personal inspection of the premises, I am able to alKnn that the state of the vicarage-house offers no ohstacle to the residence of the curate. It is bv no meant, in the d'taptdated condition represented by Sir B. Hall but, on the contraiy, it is in sufficient tenantable repair, and fit at this moment to receive the family of any eleiptvnian who may be appointed to thecuracy. Thi-re is one other, and only one other, passage 01 SIr B. Halls Letter 10 the Bishop of Llandaff to which I particularly alluded in my speech at Newport; and th.s also has a1 like tendancy to pervert the truth. It is that in which the old I ansli Church ol Goytre is referred to, and is as follows. It was contended at the time that the old Church was destroyed, that. was too much dilapidated to repair, although the inhabitants of this poor parish had been compelled, within the preVIOUS. year. to put on « new roof; I employed a competent and experienced builder to survey the Church, and his estimate for P»t1tinf.11' 1"'° c,)nH,lR|e repair amounted 10 less than £ 2<>0 and the £ 100(1 sunk in this new edifice might have been employed to a far more beneficial PllJ- pose." It would certainly be understood by any ordinary reader that the poor people of Goytre had been very hardly used, in belnll first compelled to put a new roof on the old Church just before it was pulled down, and then to contribute towards an outlar of £ 1000 in building a new Church when the old one might have been repaired for less than 1.00, But what are the 'act5? tst- ) ho inhabitants were not compeUtd, to put a new roof on the old Chuich, for no new root was put upon it it was only re-tiled, fcc., as Sir Benjamin now admits 2nd -rbe whole cost to the inhabitants ot the new c it c ( 11c 1 was erected nt an expense of £1000 and upwards) was. as stacd hy me at the Newporllllceting a sixpenny rale ai"?u" 1 M"* to £42. collected in two years a sum less by t-150"an Sir. B. H a s esti- mated cost of repairing the old chuich. At the tllne when the old church was pulled down, it would accommodate 147 persons, and there were upwardsol ROcommuu.cantsu.thep.r.sh: theMe numbers will afford sufficient data f..r determining whether or no any further chuich accommodation was require ui on y add that the proposal to re-butld the parish church, upon a aiger stale, was approved of by the Bishopof the Diocese, the ratron, and the Rector, and was carried by the unanimous decision 01 a very numerously attended vestry, assembled on due notice for the express purpose of considering and determining the question o rtpti'riiiff, or rebuilding and enlarging the church. But I,would ask in conclusion, What practical bearing can all these Incldentlll matters, however important iu themselves, have upon the merits 01 the Bishop's proposition in reference to theincreaseol pastoral superintendence and church accommodation in the diocese. I am, Sir. your faithful servant? Bryngwyn liectory, 18th No. WM.I.IAM CKAVYLEY. THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF. The following is the Bishop of Llandaff s leply to an address lient him by the vicar, churchwardens, and the parisluoncrs of Aberdare .— Llandaff Court, Nov. 1:" I860. .e My dear Sir,—I beg you will assure the parishioners of Aberdare, that I heartily concur with them in the indignation which they have expressed at the recent act of aggression on the pllrt ot the Bishop of Home. It is a great satisfaction to me that they regard this act in the same light in which it has been received by tbe countrY,at large, 8S a schismatical proceeding ftllke ioftulting to our Church and to Her M aje8ty 1I10 Queen. I truøt that it will have the effect, underOod*» blessing, of inducing all who value the great principles of civil and religious liberty, which have so long been ll.e boast and the happiness of ourcountry, to have 80 long i/c j:flr„rpnr„, an(] to combine in determined forget tht.tr mu,ualn^"e;n Our dissension,, both within opposition to £ ur t0™" we'nkcned our hand*, and exposed and without ihe Church, ha e ^ne ie |hp hunour us to this insult. As your parisl remind them that of asking my counsel, I would jespect.u^^ obsevvance union is the source ot s rerf t l;^1s,inuid endeavour to pieserve of the apostle's precept, that we in "d-~

A *e°?O*?ESOFVARUAMENT. PETITION TO Tll V)n Tuesday last, a meeting which was PUBLIC MEETING- U JIC]D at the Borough Court, for convened by the Mayor,1f(jclhlgs of thc inhabitants, <m the purpose of expressing gu]i. The meeting1 was the the subject of the late P^P'* which l,a.s been held m Mon- largest and most respecta s for many years- The cliair mouth, for any genera P«rPnf oina^ ^ra trex, Esq who briefly was taken by his worship* e business of the meeting, but appropriately introduced gud 90Conded by feamnel Various resolutions were prop* F. Arney, K. lilakcmore, R. Bosanquet, Esq., the l\cV; i0i,n Mayou, Esq and Mr. Esa MPT Tudor, Escl" 1 v -idopted, with the excep- q 1, „n-inini°us 1'vh one of the auditors Cossens, which were nnani"' w]llCli one u tion of a solitary pair of han > „ j.]lt3 town <_ 0c held up; nearly all the clergy g petition, is hood were present. The fo» indirfnation, that the ^^petitioners have Pope of Rome has made a independent realm ot usurped authority into her whereby the ES » po««o„e„ a«» »Wo h« been vmces and dioceses, subject to a vinl-ition of to be invasion of the rigbts of •«» churpl.^3 road upon the provinces of the and the constitutional laws of thc rcali 1 „,i,Icr llca- liberties of her Majesty's people- nCc to 1n""cthe' govern- That your petitioners owing hj siibnn'' ven, save to her Majesty, never vri 'tcutatc- cll your ment of any foreign prince, priest, « rilU,nbly j rV other Your petitioners therefore m°^ sS this and rties Gf honourable house effectualy to rep ;.lvVS) an^ .issumc Papal encroachment upon the rig'1 1,5 (j;itholic^> j England, by making it penal for K^ial .i»^d!Crrom tho Episcopal titles in this realm or tei olb^e' banishing any nominees of the 1 ou kingdom.. hv the chairing A petition to the Queen, was si{Jnc jxVo house-- behalf of the meeting, besides those t0

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Mouiiioullisliirc Railway and Canal Company. IIA LF-Y E ARL Y M EE TI NO. The Ordinary Half-yearly Meeting of this Company took place at their Oflices, lligh-street, Newport, 011 Wednesday last; on which occasion there was a very full attendance of shareholders. Crawshay Bailey, Esq., the chairman of the company, pre- sided and the following gentlemen were present R. Blakemore, Esq, M.P, T. W. Booker, Esq, M P, Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart, Thomas Prothero, Esq, Thomas l'owell, Esq, W. ( J. Thomson, Esq, C. Conway, Esq, Rev. J. Coles, George Thomas, Esq, W.Jcnkins,Esq,solic!tor, O. Morgan, Esq. M.P, Dr. Nioholl Carnc, Thomas Lately Es<(, John Jenkins, Esq, J. Jenkins, jun, Esq, R Bowsher, Esq, J. Bowsher, Esq, 11. Wedgwood, Esq,J. Corsbie, Esq, T. Cooke, Esq, T. Hughes, Esq, T. B. Batclielor, Esq, J. J Nicholas, Esq, T. Whittaker, Esq, li. Ivuscoe, Esq, W. A. Williams, jun., Esq, James Brown, Esq, H. Oakley, Esq, W. Evans, Esq, W. S. Cartwright, Esq, Timothy Curiey, Esq, J. Rennic, Esq, J.Logan, Esq, A. W adilington, Esq, C. Conway, jun, Es(j, James Birch, Esq,G. A. Conway, Esq,and VV. Williams, 'Ti' The Clininnan having taken his seat, Mr. Wells, the chief-clerk of the company, pro. trm., pro- ceeded to read the minutes of the last general meeting, held in May last; the report of the committee, engineer, &c. We append the committee's and engineer's reports, with the state- ments of the company's accounts, to the 30th June last, to which period (instead of the end of September,) they have been made up, in compliance with the requirements of the government auditor appointed to examine them. COMMITTEE'S REPORT. The revenue account for the quarter ending the 30th o" June last, has been circulated among the proprietors. The note at the foot of it states the reason for the alteration in the time to which the account is made up. In consequence of this alteration, a quarter's account only has been presented to the proprietors and for the future, the accounts of the company will bo made up to the 30th of J une, and the 31st December, respectively. In the general earnings of the company during the quarter, no comparison can be made with the corresponding quarter of I!!4i), as the company were not then carriers and providers of locomotive power on their Western Valley lines. The same remark applies to the expenditure, which is also much in- creased by items incurred during former half years, and by tho present account exliibi'mg and charging all the expendi- ture of the company dunn:; the quarter, whether paid or not; a system which was not adopted in the former balance sheets ot the company. Every a ccrtained liability of the cotnpanyr on the revenue account, is included in the present statement. There are still, however, some claims by freighters, for com- pensation in lieu of locomotive power, unadjusted. So far as these claims have been ascertained and admitted, they arc included in this account. The committee also lay before you the statement of the receipts and payments during the quarter, on the capital account. The committee regret that they are still unable to report to you that thc inspecting ollicer of the commissioners of railways, has allowed the Wcsteru Valley lines to be opened for passenger traflic. The committee have, since the last meeting, made every effort to comply with the requirements, and to remove the objections, of the inspecting ollicer; and also to erect the several stations and booking ofHccs required for the passenger tramc. The objections of the inspecting officer to the opening of these lines, have arisen, principally. from the want of fencing, both on your lines, and on the mile in Tredegar Park, belonging to Sir Charles Morgan; and from the weighing machine at Tredegar Park being on the main line. These machines have now been removed, with the consent of Sir Charles Morgan and new machines have been erected on the Pillgwcnllv branch, and also between Court-y-Bclla and Newport. The fencing of the Tredegar Park mile is now nearly completed; and several miles of additional fencing have been erected on your lines; and from the last report of the inspecting ofTieor, (a copy of which is laid on the table for the inspection of any proprietor,) the committee believe that the lines will be opened for passenger traffic before the end of the present year. A heavy outlay has, necessarily, been incurred by the company in carrying out these requirements; but which, from having been incurred subsequently to the 30th of J une, does not appear in the present account. By the revenue account, it will be seen that the balance available for dividend is only £ 1433 6s 7d' Taking into con- sideration the circumstancc, that some of the claims by freighters, for compensation in lien of locomotive power, remained unadjusted when this account was made up, and also considering the heavy expenses the company have been put to during the current half-year, in carrying out the re- quirements of the government inspecting officer, in respect to the Western Valley lines, the committee recommend that a dividend be declared only on the preferential shares of the company, created under the act ol As, however, an in- junction has been applied for to the Court ot Chancery, by Mr. James Brown, a shareholder possessing one share 111 the concern, to restrain the company from declaring any dividend until the Newport and Pontypool railway, and the other works of the company, are completed; and as the motion or the injunction has been postponed from the 14th instant untd about the 2nd December, ill order that the company may answer the statements in M r, BrowlJ s afl,davit, upon.an undertaking that any dividend to be declared at this iiiectiii, sliall be payable only in ti)e event of the ii,.iitnction not being gr,tllte(l-tli(' eve,ii upon tli,- pi-etereiitialsli;tres, iiiiizit -ttioil be declared subject to this Uua'VC<1.1011', »» .1 "Since the general meeting in May last Mr. Ruscoo re- signed his office of chief clerk to the company 1 he commit- tee, thereupon, issued an advertisement, inviting applications from persons desirous to fill the situation, at a reduced salary of .13,W per annum; but no appointment has yet been made by the committee.. Mr Colson, the late engineer of this company, also resigned his appointment on the 30th J une last, and the committee have appointed Mr. David Jones engineer to the company, 111 his place. J11 accordance with the intention stated iu the last lialf- year's report, 21 miles of single line have been laid 011 the Western Valley lines, with a combined rail and tram-plate. So far as their present experience enables them to judge, the 0' committee consider the result very satisfactory. The committee regret to be obliged to state that but a small proportion of the preferential shares, created under the act of 1848, have been subscribed for. The works on the Newport and Pontypool railway have been, tor some time past, suspended, through the want of funds,in consequence of these shares not having been taken up. The large amount of capital already expended upon this railway, ( £ 147,421 lis 7d, to the 30th of June,) consequently remains wholly unproductive. The sanw want of funds lias materially retarded the completion of the works 011 the Western Valley lines; and a considerable amount of debt has been necessarily incurred, which, unless liquidated by the preferential .shares being subscribed for, may involve the company in very serious embarrassments. Legal proceedings have been already commenced against the company by Messrs. Rennie and Co., the contractors for part of the Newport and Pontypool railway, for the recovery of a large sum claimed to be owing to them by the company; but as this claim considerably exceeds the amount which the committee believe the company arc indebted to them, the whole matter lias been referred to arbitration, which is still pending. "It will be recollected that the total amount of capital authorised to be raised, is £ 630,IMX). Of this amount £ J:m.lli4 12s. 4d. remained to be raised on the 30tli J line last. If this amount could be raised, the committee believe that it would be sullicient to discharge all the liabilities of the company, and also to complete the Newport and Pontypool railway, and the other works of the company. The present gross revenue of the company is nearly £ (J(),(j>iH) per annum. "When thc company carry passengers 011 the Western Valley lines, a large additional income will be secured, at a comparatively small additional expense in the working of those lines. A considerable income from passengers and goods may also be expected from the Newport and Pontypool railway, when completed. After providing for the working expenses, the only charge on the revenue, prior to the dividend on the preferential shares, will be the interest on the deben- ture debt. This amounts, at present, to £GOOO per annum, and when the whole loan capital is raised, cannot, exceed 17700 per annum, even if five per cent. interest be paid for the whole of it. The committee have gone into these details, in order to enable every proprietor to judge for himself as to the eligibility of these preferential shares as an investment. They would, in addition, warn the proprietors, that unless the capital be subscribed for, the most serious consequences may ensue to the property all eady invested in the under- taking. If the shareholders generally will take their proportions of these shares, those members of the committee who have not a/ready taken shares, are prepared at once to take their proportion." —— ENGINEEWR REPORT. "MonmouthsbiroRaitway and Canal Company, Engineer's Office, Nov. 20Lh, 1850. 1/ To the Chairman and Commuter of the Mounioulli liin: Railway and Canal CumpllJ/Y, GENTLEMEN,—I beg to lay before you a statement of the works executed during the past half year The water has been let out of the Pontypool and Crumlin canals, and they have been repaired, and cleared of the mud which had accunutlatcd during the past three years. Two new lock-sides have been built; and with the, exception of the Crumlin canal, the whole of the locks on the Poutypoullillo have uudergone a thorough repair; three new lower lock gates have been mado and fixed, and seventy-two gates re- paired thc trunks, puddle banks, and towing-paths nave also been put in good order for carrying ou the traflic. On the Western Valley lines, two miles and a quarter of the combined rail and tramplato have been laid, and it proves to be one of the best and most substantial rail-and-tramways of any of the company's lines, and in my judgment, is an effective substitute for an edge rail. For the better accommodation of the freighters, about two miles of additional sidings have been laid, with old wrought iron tram plates, in the town of New- port, and at dilferent junctions numerous through crossings have been laid in, and two new bridges, communicating with the wharfs, have been made over the canal. "The old cast-iron switches have been removed from the main line, and new aud improved ones substituted. I he line has been re-packed and ballasted, nearly the whole distance from Newport to Blaina, and is now in good and substantial order for locomotives. "One mile of new wrought-iron tram-plates fins been laid, in making the line double near Sir B. Hall s bridge, and in sidings at Aberbecg, where there will be a locomotive depot. The old machines (as required by Captain Simmons) have been removed from thc Tredegar Park, and four new machines erected on the town and Pill roads, with a commo- dious house for the agcut on the Pill bank. "Twenty-four new signal-posts and lamps have been erected, and sixty-four new gates made and fixed, on public and private level crossings. Five additional booking-offices, i e, and ten platforms, two new carriage sheds, one goods shed, and one engine and coke shed, have also been erected. Two turntables have been laid down, and two water cranes have been erected, with tanks, and six hundred yards of piping complete. 1 lie fences have been repaired, and ten miles of new paling, and post-and-rail fencing, have been made, and seven miles laid. Several occupation roads and paths have also been made, for the accommodation of the inhabitants of houses adjacent to the tramway. All meeting points have been removed, and placed in the proper direction for the traflic, and the shifting plates removed from the main line. The booking-offices are completed, and furnished with toll-tables, sign-boards, and other requirements of the in- specting officer the present week will terminate the expenses to be incurred for opening the line, for passenger traffic, from Newport to Blaina. "The fencing of the branch from Aberbecg to Ebbw Vale iron-works is in progress. "On the Newport and Pontypool railway, nothing has been done since the last report. 1 have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, '"DAVID JONES."

DR. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. CR. Being the Account Current for Three Months, from the 31st of March, exclusive, to the 3)th of June, inclusive, 1850. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. I To Balance from 31st March, 1850 113,95-2 5 0 By a Dividend of £ 2 10s. per Share, on 2.M2 Shares, payable 30th June 6.185 17 4 Proprietors of Shares, unuer Act oi 1k4o, for Interest due 31st March 2,437 0 4 RE\ENUE ACCOLNT, \iz.— sons. £ s.d. ? 1S4Sj n due 30:h June 27o 3 7 „ Tonnages on Iron 62 916 amounting to l,-r2 3 2 Holders of Debentures, for Interest, due 30th June 1,490 13 4 M *> Coal «. • 14^,258 iI a w Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company, Discounts and Commissions 203 3 3 »» »> Minerals «. 5».ll0 ,5^1 !? 2 Sir Charles Morgan—Three Months' Tonnages of Park JVJile «. 791 14 0 »» »» Merchandise •«. -0,41-. n l,#i54 12 7 Law Charges—A. Waddington, and general charges £ 1^2 12 9| r(u, 0 r. Dcrrington Co.'s Bill—parliamentary charges 393 5 0/ „ r. I'oT- in o >> Income Tax to 25th April last • ••• 343 12 10 „ Locomotive Power on \Yestern alley Lines 2,3oo 19 2 Salaries •••• Sol 0 8 £ s* Incidental Expenses •••• 1,275 17 10 Carrying Account—Carriage I s e VA 16 8 Maintenance of Wav, Wages, Materials, fcc. 6 081 6 6 Ditto Houseage, Porterage, and paid ons 8/2 4 0 Locomotive Account" -5,014 15 9 lt4roi« 7 >> Carrying Account •••. 1,141 1 5 X a « i. Store Account—Sundry Goods for general purposes 424 10 5 „ Newport Dock Company-Dividends on Shares ooO 0 0 Policemen, Gatekeepers, ar.d Switchmen's Wages 610 U 2 „ Monmouthshire and Glamorgan Banking Company, for Interest 212 5 Rent Account-Sir Charles Morgan, E Kendall, &c. 72 19 9 r t> j j A Tq n i! Engineering Expenses 28 12 6 Holders of Debentures, Income Tax deducted 43 9 Pensions-Thonifs Cooke, W. Tombs, and others 82 12 2 Proprietors of Shares under Act of 1845 <1 3 £ ompensation to Freighters, in lieu of Locomotive Power 1,374 12 10 Ditto under Act of 1348 *06 Bad Debt Account -5<r; 0 0 ■r, „ Hi \t o Balance earned down 1,133 C 7 Rent Account—Sundry Rents received. 63 16 2 Tramplate Account—Sale of Old Tramplates «. 146 19 6 Stamps deducted from Interest Warrants o 12 6 Annual Expenditure, Fines, Boat-hire, &c •••. 9 9 0 i' s. d. Sundry Stores in Canal Yard, 313 1-5 1 „ at Court-y-Bella 1,378 3 2 ——————— 1,601 18 3 Proprietors of New Shares, for Interest. 22 14 5 fe 31,18 ) 1-3 0 & 31,180 13 0 To Balance brought dcwn E1433 G 7 The prese.it account is made up to the 30th of June, instead of the 30th of September, as heretofore, in conformity with the last Act of Parliament regulating the affairs of the Company, which, requires the accounts to be made up to the 30ih of June, in each year. The present account, also, in pursuance of the requirements of the Government Auditor, contains the Assets and Liabilities of the Company on the Revenue Account, on the 30!h of June last, and is not, as was the case with the former accounts, confined to the amounts actually paid during the half year. The present account also embraces a very large amount of expenditure incurred previous to the 30 h of March last, especially under the head of ''Locomotive Expenses," in which is included the whole cost of the Coke purchased by the Company since the 1st of August, 1849, and the greater part of the expenses incurred foi the repairs of the Locomotive Engines cf the Company, since the same period. The account also includes the expense incurred in laying tr.e mile of the Combined Rail, directed by the last General Meeting, and the amount (as ascertained up to the making up of this account,) of the compensation allowed to the Freighters, in consequence of the inability of the Company to provide Locomotive Power on the 1st of August, 1849, and the whole of which compensation was incurred previous to the 30th of March last. Signed, on behalf of the Committee, October 24th, 1850. C. BAILEY, Chairman. I

DR. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. CR. Being the Account Current, for Three Months, for the Newport and Pontypool Railway, and Western Valley Improvements from 1st of April to 30th June, inclusive, 1850. £ s. d. £ e. d. Z e. d. To Balance from 31st of March last 3,422 16 8 By amount paid for Rolling Stock, the „ Debentures, last half-year (omitted in past Three Months 0 0 0 3,166 0 0 March Account). 1,200 0 0 WBSTEIIN VALLEY JfMritovEMENTS, „ Proprietors of Shares under Act, 184.5 1,402 17 4 Viz. Ditto ditto 1848 3,831 5 0 „ Haulage and Freight. 8 18 11 Balance 2,218 2 4 >, Contractors, improving roads 2391 9 9 „ Trenails, Wedges, and Shop Goods 267 10 0 Carpenters, chairing sleepers 69 9 it Sniiths' Work 4 4 0 IViasons' Work 94 13 4 Engineering Expenses 65 17 8 Kails. Chairs, and Switches 660 18 0 Sleepers 258 0 0 Purchase of Land. 830 0 0 Labourers' Wages. 86 13 9 Lamps and Signals 169 0 0 Fixing Water Cranes 13 10 0 4,925 5 4 PONTYPOOL RAILWAY, VIZ.: — Parliamentary and Engineering Expenses. 67 0 0 purchase of Land and Property 100 0 0 Contr.ictors, on account of work 340000 Inspector's Wages 16 16 0 —————— 3,583 16 0 £ 12,075 1 4 1: 1 4 By Palance down £ 2,218 2 4 s. d. June 30th, 1850 ,-A 0 nt Expended on pontypool Railway, to this (late 147,4'21 10 7 I Rolling Stock 35,19 10 2 C. BAILEY, Chairman.

The Chairman, in opening the business of the meeting, re- marked that as the minutes and reports had now > he would make a few observations upon the acooui concern. They would all have observed that the ba very small. That had arrisen from the em; _■ t||js ;|c_ large amount of floating debts hail been brouj, -iccounts: count, in order to suit a new mode of making up [ larger if this had not been so, there would have oUhTn-s balance. But as they were beginning a nc^^ rmjl(fnt it was thought by the committee a and it was auditor, that these charges should bo bl™kh ,f j floating owing to that, that the balance ^s s° S' • ld Jiave ]ia(i a it* arrfcis—, com. balance of £ 8,000 odd. U nnei 11 evident tliat mittee had recommended no divi ,i;vidp r» ner cent • out of £ 1 400 (the balance) they could not divide •> pei cent. and the committee, therefore, recommended no dividend upon the old shares but thought there should be one upon the preferential shares. To prove to them that the. concern was not in so bad a state as some seemed to suppose,lie would remind them that the gross revenue of the concern was about, SoO<> per annum. Out of this sum they had to pay the interest upon the debenture account, which amounted to J?r Of Ml n vl'ir Also, the dividends upon the capital already SWd'wSi amounted to about mOUO;Vlucb would leavo in thc present state of the concern, £ 34,000, ov more tl r per cent, for working expenses. After the entire authorised, had been raised, thc dividend wrmU calnt:vl to about 25,000—which, added to the £ C() )o clUlount for interest, would leave £ 29,000, or nearly "(I I);,y;ible for carrying on the concern, and working ,J l'Cr cent however, they could get the Pontypool line «T„,C ?lant- If, Western Valleys line completed for the rum sengers (and the latter, indeed, he considerTf31100 ot already done, for very little remained to lu. W:is almost would place their concern in a much C0niPlishcd), it position. He would put down the revenue l'"0 a,'vantageous at 10,000; that would make the trross r » m t',ose sources £ 70,000 per annum and if thev could the concern tho difference between that suiii and tl NVor^ their line for interest, &c., to which he had alluded tl aniV"r)ts payable for bo willing to be turned out that di,r' '»e, for one,would felt quite satisfied that when ,any ot'101' day. He thev would be able to get 5 Ti,.r n Woi'ks were completed, capital. Tho committee had nw'Ii \lpon t,,c %vllole of thc,ir a resolution to take up, atnontr ,monnng, and come to rontial shares created bv IIIM^I n! 100 ot tlie ?re U," With these observations h^ °1amounting to ^5,(KM), cugsiou by the shareholders W avo tlle matter for dis" Mr..John Jenkins said, that in looking over the accounts he perceived a note at the bottom, stating that the accounts pre- sented to the proprietors, ending 30th June last, contained the assets and liabilities of the company ou the revenue account, 011 the 30th June last, and was nut, as was the case with former accounts,confined to the amounts actually paid during the halt year. j J,, thought that the ac jounts generally stated the actual position of the company's affairs, but, according to that account, it would appear that any debts due from the company, that wero unpaid, were not brought into the ac- count so tliat by staving off the payment of a debt for a week, or a month, or so, accounts were made to appear much better than they really were He also saw that, under the head of locomotive expenses, was included the sum of £ 1,443 16s 7d, for coke, &c., and at the foot of thc account was the following note:The present account also em- braces a very large amount of expenditure incurred previous to the 30th March last, especially under the head of' Locomo- tive Expellses; in which is included the whole cost of the coke purchased by the company since the 1st of August, 1«{4U." -^t the last meeting, he had asked whether there had been any money paid for coke; and the chief cit,i-k, ,tt the time, Mr. Kuscoe, had said yes," and stated that. it was in- cluded in the account of shop goods. From the present account, however, it appeared that that answer was incorrect. The Chairman said there had been some coke paid for. Mr. Kuscoc said there had been a little paid fur: but nothing of much amount Mr. Blakemore said lie thought it would be better to let Mr. Jenkins finish his statement, before any explanations were given. Mr. Jenkins said he would propose that all expenses and liabilities should be included in the accounts, so that the pro- prietors might know the actual state of the concern. Mr T. B. Batclielor said he thought the proceedings of the committee should be read to the meeting, before any dis- cussion was permitted upon the accounts- The Chairman said the present question had better be dis- cussed first, as it had boon entered upon. Mr. Jenkins remarked that if his resolution was not carried, they would, perhaps, have another fictitious account. Mr Booker said he understood that the goverment auditor required that the accounts be made to include the liabilities. Mr. C. Conway said that the accounts which had been formerly presented, were certainly such as could not be de- pended upon for they always accounted for the money due to the concern, but not for the liabilities. The government auditor required that the accounts should be JIIado up accord- ing to this neW mode, and stated that he should make out his report to thc Commissioners of Haitwaysinthatmauuer. The committee then considered whether it would be better to alter the accounts now, or at the period of the first rest in their accounts, which would be in thc year 1851; and they had come to the conclusion, that it had better be done at once. Mr. Blakemore hero called upon the late Chief Clerk of the Company, Mr. Uuscoe, to meet the statements which bad been made by Mr. Jenkins, and to declare whether there had been any concealment in the accounts, of the company's liabilities, or any thing else affecting the interests of the shareholders. Mr. lluseoc said he knew of no concealment; and, he believed there was none. He also read, iu proof of his re- mark, an account which had been presented at the last meet- ing, showing tlie liabilities of the concern at that time, and the stores in hand at the same period. The following are the items:- t: s. d. James liennie & Co, for contracts ami extras 25,860 13 0 William Fleetwood, for ditto 4,325 10 9 William Fitzpatrick, for ditto 212 0 ° Stephen Thomas, for ditto 337 0 Benjamin Farmer, for ditto 2,229 i. <> J A Herbert, Esq., and others, for land.. 6,005 0 0 Engines, wheels, lamps, ^witches, sleepers, trenails and keys, goods, kc 7,495 14 I £ Hi,.H;¡. 3 4 Everything that he (Mr Ruscoe) was cognisant of, had been stated to the shareholders. lie had never practised any concealment. The Chairman No one has said so. Mr. John Jenkins said he had merely remarked, that the answer given to him at the last meeting was incorrect, and as the accounts were now made up, so as to shew the liabilities of the company, he would move that the committee's report now read, with the accounts, be received and circulated among the proprietors The Chairman said he must now put the resolution to the meeting. Mr. Jenkins had moved it: did auy one second it ? Mr. W. Evans seconded it. M r, Blakemore said, as the resolution was now before the meeting, he would call the attention of the shareholders to some points which ought to be considered in connection with the subject before them. It should be remembered, that in the management of concerns like those of the company, there were always some things due, which were not paid. He con- sidered it absurd that an account should be charged with those things which had not been paid. They were liabilities, not payments,—aud a statement of liabilities should, of course, be presented to the shareholders. It was absurd, therefore, to say that the balance in hand, when the account was made up, was only £ 1,400, when they had, in fact., a balance of £ 8,0<X). Suppose, for example, that lie had bought an engine. It would surely be incorrect to charge that in an account as though it were paid, merely because the amount incurred in such purchase was dne from him. The former accounts had been carefully and thoroughly examined by a public accountant, who fully understood those things, and had been approved by him. Mr. William Jenkins, solicitor, read an extract from one of the company's acts of parliament, showing when and how the accounts were to be made up. From this it appeared that the accounts were to show, not merely the debts PAID, but also the debts DUB by the company. The accounts were made up formerly, so as to show only what had been paid but upon the representation of Mr. Quitter, the government auditor, who had examined the company's accounts, they had altered their plan. That gentleman had said it would be quite an absurdity to publish an account, showing that there was a balance of £ 8,000, when, in fact, the actual balance would only be £ 1,100, after the liabilities of thc company had been discharged. Air. George Thomas said this was not a new question to the company. He recollected that the subject had been brought before the committee but the chief clerk (Mr. Ruscoe,) had always resisted them, stating that the accounts should be made up in the way in which they usually were made up during his time. He did nut moan to say that the chief clerk was to blame in the matter, for lie followed precedent Mr. Thomas then proceeded to bring to the remembrance of the shareholders, aa instance in which the account led them to suppose that they had a balance of £ 2000 to their credit, when just at the same time they were called upon for £.i,OOO, by an individual to whom they owed that amount. Air. Thomas again said that he did not wish to impute blame to the chief clerk upon the subject,—for lie had followed numerous precedents, and, no doubt, considered the plan lie advocated, the best. Mr. Ruscoe said Mr. Thomas had certainly misstated the circumstances but not designedly. He (Mr. K.) had been an advocate for bringing in the liabilities; and he thought, there- fore, there must have been a strange misapprehension of his views. When the particular account alluded to by Mr. Thomas had been brought in, ho had stated that he was not responsible for the estimates which were given in it; but that they had been made by the engineer Mr. Blakemore said he was anxious to call the attention of the meeting to what was, in fact, the great question for their consideration, viz., the claim against the company which had just been spoken of. When the act of 1848 was passed, they liad obtained powers to create prcferenthyt shares, to raise the capital necessary for the carrying out of Ihe works they had undertaken. But when those shares came into the market, what was the result ? Why, that lie was almost the only individual who had made any great cil'ort to carry out the purposes of that act. He had, at the outset, taken two hundred shares, and thirty shares subsequently. Indeed, I10 had lately paid not much less than £ 20,000 upon these very shares. Well, the committee went on with the works, in full confidence that the remainder of these preferential shares would be taken, so as to enable them to meet the claims now made; but this had not been done,-and hence their present embarrassment. He was anxious to know what the present committee had done to meet the circumstances to which he had alluded. lie did not believe that their having intimated their intention to take one hundred shares, would go far to remove their difficulties, or would produce the slightest effect upon the market value of the shares. That, as it appeared to him, was the great question of the day, and lie was anxious to know what the committee had done respecting it. The Chairman said the meeting would, perhaps, like to know the extent of the company's liabilities. He would state them, for he was not at all afraid of the concern. The contractors for a portion of their Newport aud Pontypool line (Messrs. Remiio and Co.), had a claim against them amounting to 26,800; Mr. Herbert, and others, for land, A6,000; engineers, for engines,_ about £ 2,000; The Bank, i.6,<XKt; and Mr. Batclielor, for timber, about i 700. To meet these liabilities, they had in the bank £ 2,2tX); due from the freighters, to 30th Sept., about £ 2,(XX); due from the Dock Company, £ 5,0»XI; and old tram plates that would realise, perhaps, about £ 7,000; and the committee wero going to ask the shareholders for permission to raise £ 10,000 upon the dock shares, by mortgage. If that power should be granted, it would make the 'assets of the company, about £ 26,000; which would leave a balance ot i.16,000 or i;)7,000 against the concern. Then there would be the October freights, which would be about t:f>.Ot\() Now, if a balance of £ 16,000 or £ 17,000 was to be the ruin of such a concern as theirs, he would leave them to judge, 11e was not afraid of its being ruined by any such amount. Mr. Blakemore But the Chairman had not stated what ■was to become of the proprietors in the mean time, while their difliculties were being met, and these engagements were being paid oft'. Were they to have 110 dividends i Was the money they had invested in the concern, to lie unproductive; were they to derive 110 advantage from it ? If that was what the committee meant, let the shareholders understand it. Let it come out, and let it be discussed by the meeting. If that Were the plan eontemplaLe((by the committee, tie apprehended they would not have a dividend lor the next ten years and It that was the intention of the committee, let them have it out. Mr Blakemore then reniaikcd upon some objectionable clauses in the Company's Act of arhament for j;—clauses which, he said, involved apericct robbery of the old pro- prietors but these remarks were anticipatory; the principal question for the shareholders now was, whether the concern was to go on having its capita' swallowed up in payments for stock, ,tc.; and the shareholders to derive no boneiit f<om their investments. That question, however, would be raised Presently.. After some observations from Mr. 1 rothero, Mr. Jenkins, and Mr. Whittaker, upon this subject, Mr. Wedgwood made some inquiries as to why the government auditor had not signed the accounts he had examined, if lie approved of Several gentlemen remarked that it was not necessary, as the auditor's report was made to the Railway Commissioners, and not to the company. Some conversation followed as to a bill for 16,000, which appeared in the company's banking account; but which, from lolls the explanations given, wo understood had been included in the statement of liabilities given by the chairman—after which Mr Bookerrosetoadrtress thc meeting. lie said he had examined the accounts of the company, with care and attention. He could not say that he considered the accounts upon which so much discussion had taken, place, as unfair; but from au examination of the accounts now before them, and of other accounts of the company, he believed they did not present the real state of the company's alfairs. Taking into consideration the clause of the company's Act of Parliament, which had been read by Mr. Jenkins, he must say he considered that the old accounts showed all that was required by that clause but, whatever difference of opinion there iniglit be upon that point, of one thing he was quite sure-that both the old and th. new committee were anxious to lay before the proprietors, the full extent of their liabilities, and to develope the true state of the concern. Mr. Booker then stated that he had sketched out a view ot the Company's iinancial affairs, from which it appeared that they would be compelled to get new powers from Parlia- ment, for the raising of additional capital. By a reference to the capital account furnished to the shareholders .'31st March last, he perceived that the company had, up to that period, ex- c pended capital to the amount of £ 557,026 t ts. 4d. that, up to the same period, there were claims to the amount of £16,46,) 3s 4d that the engineers' estimate for the improve- ment of t)le Blaenavon road was j £ 13,7H3; the estimate for the completion of the Newport and Pontypool Railway, with plant for Lhe same, Nva,, e94,191 16s 8d; and for the completion of the Western Valley Improvements, ±a,•)"<'■ these sums, put Aether, rendered necessary a capital of nearly £ 720,0<M). company had been err.powcrcd to ra,s^ ^['htho sur" of *■630,000. but of this sum nearly £ 140,000 had not been raised Of the concern f Ibey^ had b c any wa3 about ±M),000 an(j that the gross mcoine wcre crampcd by the want 0/ with a concern llke for want, of thc means money to carry out thur losing a large revenue to complete their .h,^ '(rnm a passenger traflic. The Chair- which might be derm d animill aI110unt to be derived mail had set down Xll'> f contident it would be much more, from that source; but c e )gs rcvcnuc. after the opening But, supposing they nxc a the sum stated by the Chair- of their lines for PaSSen=,i;il' they would have a valuable and man, viz., £ 70,<»0>; eV'" :n their possession. He quite highly it was a urcat. injustice that, in a agreed with his rcl.it'^ a vcry large capital had been in- concern like this, m «" £ (livi;lon(1 topper cent, should vested, the limitation ol «'' th werc_ anJ 8CltjllR down the i'xist..But, taking (h>7) he supposed tlu; working expenses Stress revenue :U t would leave £ 60,000 for dm- would not exceed .1^ 0f raising the capital was the ob- dends. But the ,Jjr way. Out of 160O.OOO which they suele which obstruct*- l))uy on[j, ra;SC(i about had obtained PowcrS,iicvcd the statement of his honourable £ 495,800; and he ot he Was thc only individual who had relative was correct, nilip for ihe purpose of carrying011'' Jone anything wortt Why was this? Why, he must the powers of the Ac w;in[ of tilal unanimity and co-operation say it arose from 3|)(,(VVeen all the parlies interested in such which ought to exist 0.11 t appeared to him to be most eXorln- a concern and demands made upon the company, on .,I)IC taut and unreasou,¡ ,J¡tprs. had never known any public the part of the freiglters in the manner in which this had concern treated by tt was au undertaking which had done been by the trcl¡:{ t ill whieh It Was bitnatcù: it hat! coutu" '.ill IV ii -i it )ja(1 coiitri, much for the loealIty ralively few years. jf423,!i00 towards the butcd, within cotair trade of the district; and h» did think that a concern which had done this should have Veen treated in rather a different manner than by the moving for injunctions to restrain the shareholders from making a dividend, because the letter of their Act of Parliament had not been fulfilled. When it was considered that, with this concern were identified the interests ot widows of clergymen, and many persons of limited income, who looked with anxiety for the interest upon their invest- ments,—he did not think they ought to be treated in that way. But, notwithstanding theopposition which had been manifested, he was exceedingly sorry that the committee had been deterred from pursuing the only course which could effectually relieve the concern flom its present embarrassment. He thought ihcy had done wrong in not going to Parliament. It had been understood thaa they were to treat with the freighters by nego- tiation, and not by law; but that understanding seemed to have been forgotten it was, therefore, necessary that the com- pany should keep one object in view-that of preserving their property, and rendering it productive of benefit to the share- holders. But to the point as he did not think that the ac- count pLced before the shareholders presented the true state of the company's aflairs, he could not consent to its being passed, without amendment. Mr. Blakemore next addressed the meeting at considerable tength but as so much space has been already devoted to the important proceedings of this meeting, we can only remark that, in the course of his observations, the hon. gentleman stated that Mr. Beckett, M.P., who had co-operated with Sir Robert Peel, in introducing the obnoxious clauses of which he had coiuplaincd, into the Company's Act of Parliament, had since expressed his regret at the injuttice which he now per- ceived was inflicted upon the company by those clauses; and he had said that he considered the House of Commons ought of itself to take up the matter, in consequence of the injury which had been done to the company. In these circumstances, he thought the committee should have gone to parliament, and there could have been no doubt of their success in getting the obnoxious* clauses removed. Mr. Blakemore then spoke of the efforts made by the company to accommodate and conciliate the freighters" remarking, however, that they had not been met in a conciliatory spirit and characterising the proceedings of the freighters as exceedingly hostile, and their claims as ex- travagant. 1\Ir: George Thomas defended the shareholders against the imputation implied in Mr. Blakemore's and Mr. Booker's ob- servations, ns to their not having taken the preferential shares created by the Act of 1848. Men who had already had half the property they had invested in the concern, confiscated (for that was the truth of the matter), could hardly be expected to in- vest more money and that was his answer to the freighters, who asked why ttiey did not finish their roads. The freighters were doubly interested in the success of the undertaking; and nothing, therefore, could be more unwise than the course which had been pursued within the last few days—that of getting an injunction against the company. After remarking that no company had been so unjustly pushed by the freighters ;u; they haù beell-Mr. Thomas said it appearedto him that the object of these persons was, either to get the concern out of heir hands at a price much below its value, or to confiscate it altogether- If the Blaenavon Company, for example, were anxious to have the roads finished, why (lid they not take the preference shares, and help to get it finished? Mr. Thomas concluded his speech with some remarks upon the probable ex- pense ol working the lines when they should be opened, ob- serving that he considered the working expenses would be much higher than stated by Mr. Booker, viz 20 per cent. Sir Digby Mackworth said he thought the only way to get out of their difficulties, was by going to parliament. Mr. Thomas said that notices had been sent to all the mem- bers of the committee to attend the meetings at which the question as to going to parliament had been discussed and he thought it hardly fair that those who had not attended, should come now, and complain that their views had not been carried out. ftlr. Blaleniore anl Mr. Booker, considering themselves re- ferred to by Mr. Thomas, assigned their reasons for not having attended the committee meetings—the former gentleman stating that lie had not attended because he thought thc inter- ests of thc company could not be fairly laid before the House of Commons while so many freighters were upon the committee; and the latter, that a want 01 unanimity and uniformity of pur- pose among the members of the committee, had induced him to absent himself. The Chairman said lie thought the freighters were entitled to be represented upon the committee; and there were only three out uf thirteen. A lengthened conversation ensued upon this and other points, in which Mr. Booker, Mr. (Jeorge Thomas, Sir D. Mackworth, Mr. C. Conway, the Rev. James Coles, Mr. Whittaker, and Mr. Wedgwood took part; after which, the terms of Mr. J. Jenkins's motion were discussed and, as several shareholders objected to the passing of the accounts in their present form it was ultimately agreed, that the words of Mr. Jenkins's reso- lution including the accounts, should be omitted, and the resolution was passed in the following amended form That the report of the committee now read, be received, and that it be printed and circulated among the proprietors." The following resolutions were then passed nan con :— Moved by Mr. Wedgwood, antL seconded by Mr. James Bowsher, "That the account rendered by the committee exhibits so alarming a condition of the company's affairs and so pressing arc the difficulties by which the concern is environed, that it is expedient to appoint a committee, for the purpose of investi- gating the expenditure of the money raised under the late Acts of Parliament, and the general management of the company; and of suggesting such means as they may consider best adapted to place the interests and property of the company, on a more secure basis for the future." That tho committee of enquiry consist of the following gentlemen, namely, Henry Allen Wedgwood, Esq., Henry S. Chambers, ESll, Dr. Nicholl Carnc, John Jenkins, Jun., Esq., and James Bowsher, Esq., of whom any three or more shall be competent to act in the name of the whole; and that they be empowered, at the company's expense, to examine whatever persons, book, and papers they may think necessary and to employ any accountant, or other person, to provide whatever assistance or information they may require." "That this meeting do adjourn until the 22nd day of January next and that the committee of enquiry shall then make their report." After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated about half-past three.

CARDINAL WISEMAN'S APPEAL. This very important production is published as a pamphlet, and appeared in the London morning ami evening Journals, of Wednesday. The document is voluminous, occupying nearly a page of the I imes, and such was the anxiety for perusal, by the public, that the Sun says the shop of Messrs. Richardson, in Fleet-street, the publishers, was literally besieged during the day, by crowds, eager to procure the work. N early all the public organs award to the appeal the praise of great learning and ability," but, in most instances, the critic's knife was whetted to cut deeply and mercilessly. The introdue:ion to the paper gives it brief "history of the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in England," wherein the Cardinal argues that this was no act of grasping aggres- sion, but one gradually and undisguisedly matured; "one based upon the necessities of the Catholic body," having no temporal aim or tendency, solely spiritual, and confined to the Roman Catholics. Section I treats of the Royal Supremacy, and Bishops named by the Crown. Section 2 goes elaborately into the extent of religious tole- ration granted to the Roman Catholics, alld whether they have a right to possess Bishops, or a hierarchy. The Cardinal, 011 these branches of his subject, quotes Parliamentary proceeds ings. Section 3 embraces the question, How could Catholics obtain their Hierarchy;" In Section 5, Has the mode of establishing the Hierarchy been insolent and Insidious?" Cardinal Wiscmantgives the copy of a letter which he wrote to Lord John Russell, from Vienna, on the 3rd instant, in which the following passage appears,— ■' And with regard to myself, I beg to add that 1 am invested with a purely ecclesiastical digiiity-that I have no secular or temporal delegation whatever-that my duiies will be, what they ever have been, to promote the morality uf those com- mitted to my chargc, especially the masses of the poor, and keep up those feelings of goodwill and friendly intercommu- nion between Catholics and their fellow-countrymen." Scction G asssigns a reason for selecting the title of West- minster. We have only room to add to this mere recapitulation of the contents of the vindication of, perhaps, the best abused gentlc- tnanin her Majesty's dominions, his advice to the Lloman Ca- thulics in this season of tempests. "Thanks to you, docile and obedient children of the Catholic faith; many of you I know, by nature fervid, but by religion mildened, who have felt indeed—who could help it ?-the indig- nities that have been cast upon your religion, your pastors, and your highest chief, but have borne them in the spirit of the great Head of your Church, in silence and unretortiug forbear- ance. But, whatever In s been said iu ignorance, or in malice, against its, or against what is most dear to us, commend with me to the forgiveness of a merciful God to the retribution of His kindness, not to the award of His justice. May lie not render to others as they would have done to us; but may He shower down His kindness upon them, in proportion as they would have dealt unkindly in our regard. The storm is last passing away; an honest and upright people will soon see through the arts that have been employed to deceive it, and the reaction of generosity will soon set in. Inquiry is awak- ened, the respective merits of Churches will be tried by fair tests, and not by worldly considerations and Truth, for which we contend, will calmly triumph. Let your loyalty be unim- peachable, and your faithfulness to social duties,above reproach. Shut thus the mouths of adversaries, and gain the higher good- will of your fellow-countrymen, who will defend in you, as for themselves, your constitutional rights, including full religious liberty."

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BUISTOL DISTRICT (Before Commissioner \j,. „ °.F BANlvllUl lOi. MuNi^ySerjeant Stephen.) JOHN JUNES, COA.1, JTKURUA E BUYNMAWH.—The lkmkrunt's nr! T' RKOCKR, JIRATKR, &C, unopposed; stiliJ il,1' ,101111'111 his certificate was were perfectly sntisfiV(t 'with the n assignees, stated that thev that if tbcdeV ol d 1* colkcteH° (?,lduc' "f bankrupt, and paying 20s. in the Sund d' would be a surplus alter came before the court,1t'w"s of fraudulent eases which in which the conduct of the W i toryto have to deal with one which lie was undoubtedly enflti j ul'f was unimpeachable, and in Hll'orded to tire tinfoi tuiuit,. < ^() the protection which thc law awarding a certificate of tb<> la.(1ur- He bad much pleasure in L"e first class.

TIfF. PEACE PRINCIPLE. tn iustify even a fanatical hotror If anything i«rcJ H9pett ot Europe at this moment, of war, it woiild < r Borodino, or Leipsie, or such a Such a scene as war, is horiible and appalling, stoiy ns t,mt t nljj8, t)f angry passions and bloody refulia- but, connng • t[ie re0SOn with a show ol necessity, and V0"8' .'f "uoul down into the animosities of the struggle. In n*rP.ent instance there is neither reason nor provocation, r Z is underarm without auy assignable cause. Two ,MPat empires. spcaki»K tlie same language, not only neigh, bourinn but even intermixed, members of an ancient confeder- aiion and wi'h the SHine real interests, are bringing into the field against one another, not only every sol.lier, but almost every m«n capable of bearing arms. Prussia has called out her militia from every village and town, and put them iu motion from one end of her slratrglmtr possessions lo the other Anst r' lm« summoned to tlie points of collis on the tribes that IT 1 and disquiet her semi-barbarous frontiers. ()„ ei,. ^u.r France and Russia are ready to pour hundreds m »i into thc arena, should thc game once begin. Kutw,. 10nsand» for two million armed men to decide that oonl.i „ i 18 by two men of peace • What is there for a I, ,,T H Sf,lci1 millions of human beings to become ejjetajej'about y

GLAMORGANSHIRE. CARDIFF. TAFF VALE RAILWAY TRAFFIC. Wnek enditltr Nov. lti, 1850. Total £ 2,334 U AI. BERT SMITH.—This popular writer intends visiting Cardiff shortly, we undersiand, with his new Entertainment. NARROW KSCAPE.—A Prussian sailor was blown over the quay wall here on Tuesday night, but was rescued from the water by some dock men, who heard his piteous criesfor ne p- THEATRE.—The season" terminates here in about the three weeks and a more wretched season ot unfilled houses, it would be difficult to remember. ATHENAEUM.— A library of vocal and instrumental music, has been formed in connexion with this popular institution. MELANCHOLY OCCURRBNCB.- We regret to state that a ..ost melancholy beieavement has befallen tbe family of Mr. John Godfrey, who, with his wife and family, left Cardiff about three months hack, for Pennsylvania in America. It appear that while they were landing their luggage at New York, Miss Godfrey, a fine young woman about 17 years of age, from some cause or other fell into the river and was drowned. The ago- nized father immediately dashed into the water after his child, and had a narrow escape. But alas! the troubles of the ill- fated emigrants did not end here. Mrs. Godfrey, whose parents left Nantyglo for America, about 30 years back, during which perind she had not seen them, thought as she approached the dwelling of her aged fatherto find a little rest and consolation in her heavy affliction, but the first sad newe which met her ear was that her father bad but a few days before been consigned to the tomb. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey are members of the Weslevan connextion, and their deep affliction bascaused much sympathy from their numerous friends in Cardiff. CARDIFF POLICE—MONDAY. Magistrates present-W. Bird, mayor, and C. Vachell, Fsqrs. Alaria Meyrick, an unfortunate, was charged with stealing 7s. 6d., from the person of Josiah Jones.—Prosecutor stated that while walking through the passage of the Noah's Ark, on Saturday night last, the prisoner met him, and wilhollt glvinlC him an instant to be on his guard, thrust her II/md inlo his pocket and extracted the above amount.—Mr. John Bird ap- peared on behalf of the prisoner, but the case was so elearJy made out by the prosecutor, that she was committed to take her trial on the charge-Several attempts have been made by humane persons, to reform this fallen female, bnt without success. She was supposed to have acted a conspicuous part in the murder ol poor Morris, in Whitmore lane, about three years back, and narrowly escaped the fate which now hangs over her. William Bray and Michael Hagarty, two ill looking fellows, werechnrged with stealing some bread from the shop of Mrs. Lydia Williams, in Queen-street, on Saturday night last.—Mr. Stockdale said, that he had the honour of entertaining the pri- soners on several previous occasions, but their disguised ap- pearance at the present time would probably prevent their being recognised by the magistrates.— His Worship said that a little exercise at the treadmill would do them good, and accordingly sentenced them to fourteen days' imprisonment, with hard labour. (Ann Williams was charged with obtaining two pair of slip- pers, from the shop of Mr. Jewry, bootmaker stating she was sent for the property by her father, Mr. Edwards, tailor, In St. Mary-street.—Mr. Stockdale stated that the prisoner attempted to hang herself at the station house this morning, and would have carried out her awful intention, bad it not been for the timely arrival of a surgeon, who had come in the utmost haste. The wretched woman appeared very ill in court; all her trou- bles are attributed to drunken habits. Her husband, an ex- ceedingly industrious man, has been obliged to separate from her on account of the reckless mant^T in which tbe domestic affairs of flie house had been carpjat on of late. —Mr. Jewry, with great humanity, said be did TOt wish to press the charge against thefprisoner, as she appeared to be unconscious of her ac- tions at the time.—i he case was therefore ordered to stand o, er, in order that some means might be adopted to reclaim the unfortunate woman. Our worthy ex-mayor, who is ever philan- thropic, buggested that she should be taken to the Union work- house for the present, and prevented doing barm. Mary Williams was charged with beating Ann Price, on last Monday week —Complainant bore evident marks ot the de- fendant's pugilistic abilities, and the bench fined the defendant in the sum of Is. Cd.t and costs, or fourteen days' impn- Ann Gould was charged by Samuel Thomas, of Swansea, with stealing nine sover- igns and two half-sovereigns, belonging I" hiiu, while in a house of ill-fame, on Saturday night last. 1 he prisoner was discharged, a# the prosecutor did not appeur against her. Mary Davies was charged with stealing coal, from one f < Mr. Powell's boats, last week. Discbarged, as no person ap- peared to prosecute.

Shipping Intelligence. NEWPORT. Imports and exports for the week ending Nov. 21. IMPORTS. WILLIAM, Withers, Gloucester, pitwoon. —nope, Lea, Bridgwater, potatoes. Gloucester Paekri, Collins, Gloucester, Iron.—Eleanor and Mary, Wal- iford, Bridgwater, plank.—Royal William, Klldg." Gloucester, charcoal. George, Cam, Bristol, timoer. Hibernia, Tullock. Cork, pitwood.—Daniel, Hawkins, Glouces- ter 8an(j William and Eliza, Bally, Barrow, iron ore. Queen of the Usk, Jones, Barrow, iron ore.—Fortitude, Lewis, Bridgwater, bricks Fly, Thomas. Gloucester, plank.—Sen Flower, Watts, Gloucester, lfour—Kitty, Long, Lidney, stone. Eagle, Williams, Barrow, iron ore. Industry, Davidge, firidgwater, bricks -Dasher, Squire, Bideford, oat. New- ag castle, Welch, Southampton, iron ore.— Ann Binnison, Ains- worth, Barrow, iron ore.—Leviathan, Bower, rork, passeiigers. Moderator, Parry, Barrow, iron ore.-Newport, Jones, Cardiff, coke.—Ann, Jones, Milford, iron.-Eliza, De Lassayle, Port Labbel, potatoes.—Lively, Duddridge, Bridgwater, flour. -Caroline, Prendergust,^London, loam —Friendship. Bryant, Bridgwater, bricks.- A genorin Jones, Whitehaven, iron ore. — Enterprise, Jones, Barrow, Iron ore.-William and James, Sully, Bridgwater, brickll.-Queen, Irving, Whitehaven, iroll ore. Bransty, Nulty, Whitehaven, iron ore Friendship, W oodwafll, Gloucester, flour.-Hannah. Davies, Bartow, iron ore. Comer, Thomas, Dublin, sundries. Mary Pester, Jennette, Truro, tin.-Le Bonne, Pere, Nantes, potatoes.— Mary, Vale, Youghal, pitwood.- Liberty, Davies, Penzancf, tin.—Hudson, Flynn, Cork, sundries. EXPORTS. Alphonsine, Jeaune, Ertand, Brest, 150 tons pig iron. Deaman1, Payeken, St. Vincent, 280 tons coal.—Charlotte Harrison, Mc'Intyre, Jamaica, 720 tons coat-Sophia, Autumn, Maha, 598 tons coal.-Prince of Wales, Brown, Savannah. 800 tons iron.—Jeune Cilistine, Merle, Nantes, 110 tons conI, —Buebn Labouer, Nantes, 80 tonscoal.— Nimrod, Griffiths, Yarmouth; William, Collins, Cardiff; Mary, Sutton, Cork; Hope, Davies, Cardiff; Henrietta, Marp*. Rye Spread Eagle, Evans, Liverpool; Salsci", James. Dublin Charlotte Ann, Pearne, Fowey; Shamrock, Roch, RosI, wilh iron and tin plates.

THE CHASE. THE TREDEGAR HOUNDS will meet on Monday, November 2.;th, at Duftryn on Wednesday, 27th, ;.t Bassalcg Garth and on Friday, 29th, at Marshfield, at half- past eleven o'clock. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE HOUNDS will meet on Monday, 2r,th November, at Skenfrith Bridge; and on Thursday, Ztli, at Monmouth Cap, at half-past ten o'clock.

FROM FRIDAYS LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 1.5. BA PI 1Ut U PTS. J. Watkins, Belmont-row, Vauxhall, draper W. F. llairis, Friday-stieet, Cheapside, Manchester-waie- houseman W. Carter, High-street, Southwatk, bootmaker [IN TUB COUHTBt.j G. Hand, Wolverhampton, grocer J. White, Birmingham, hay dealer J. Amo<. Cnvpntty. )<imm)n« manufactaTer W. Randall Manchester, cslico-piinter J. F. Bri-lt, Gateshead, Durham, tailor FROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 19. 1850. ■ ANKIUIFTS. A. E. and M.J. Hickman, Csnnon-street-rosd, and Princes- place, St. (i corge's-in -the- Part, undertakeis E. Brewsier. Hand-court, Upper Thames-street, printer W. Negus, Bagnigge wells-road, victualler J. Bultfield, Newbury, Berkshire, grocer T. Tuffield, HoxtonOld Town, tallow chandler [IN THII COUNTRY.] W. Bennett, jun., Worley Wigan, Worcestershire, brick maker J. Smith, Liverpool, haberdasher A. Chad wick. Rochdale, and Fair riew, near Littleborough, Lancashire, cotton spinner E. Chadfick. Manchester, starch manufacturer

BERTHS, MARR!AMS,& DEATHS. BIRTHS. On the 16th instant, at Verbena Cottage, Newport, the wife of Mr. J. B. Seward, of H.M. Customs, of a son. On the 18th, the wife of Mr. Edward Morgan, Pie Corner, Nash, of n daughter. On the 13th, at Nolan's Lodge, Llanstephan, the wife of Mr. John Williams, of a daughter. On the I th, at Monmouth, the wife of Mr. Burford, Robin Ilood, of twins, who, with their parent, are doing well. On the 2nd instant, the wife of Mr. David Prichard, Ccfn-y- forest, Quakers' Yard, Merthyr, of a son. On the 10th, the lady of the Rev. £ B. Squire, vicar of Swansea, of a daughter. On the 1 ltii, the wife of David Morris, Esq., Chemical Works, Risca, Monmouthshire, of a daughter. On the 10th, at Llanblcthian Cottage, Glamorganshire, the wife of Captain Jenner, of a daughter. On the 11th, at Cambrian-place, Cardiff, Mrs. JohnGrierson, of a son. On the 11th, the wife of Mr. J. T. Barry, jeweller, Duke- street, Cardiff, of a son. On the 14th, the wife of Mr. John James, Druids'Arms, Frederick-street, Cardiff, of a daughter. On the I Ith, at Cardiff, the wife of Mr. B. Jones, harp- maker to her Majesty and the Prince of Wales, of a son. On the l<?th, at Pontypridd, the wife'of Mr. Edward Evans, King's Head inn, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the lGth ult., at St. Woollos church, Newport, by the Rev. Edward Hawkins, Mr. William Richards, Gwerna Fawr, Bed- was, to Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. John Llewelyn, Pennsain, Mynyddysllwyh, Monmouthshire. On the 12th ult., at Hengoed Baptist chapel, by the Rev. J. Jenkins, and, in the presence of the registrar, Mr. David Miles, Pcnyearth, Llanfcibon, to Rachel, eldest daughter of Mr. Wm, Williams, Folddu, Eglwysilan, near Pontypridd. On Tuesday last, at St. Paul's. Bristol, (by license;, by th<? Rev. W. II.Taylor, Mr. William Davies, of Newport, latr of the Grove Gottage, Coytre. to Mary Anne, second daughter of Mr. C. Fifore, Andover, Hants. On the 21st, at Goldcliff Church, by the Rev. James Yorath, Mr. John Hale, Mill Farm, Grant County, State of Wisconsin, America, second son of 1\1r, Charles Hale, of Nash, to Cecilia, third daughter of Mr. Luke Webb, of Goldcliff. On the 2nd instant, at Bcdwelty. Church, by the Rev. E. Leigh, Mr. Thomas Bigham, Ty yr 1. Ywen, Bedwas, to Rachel, youngest daughter of Mr. William Isaac, iwynshon Evan, Bedwas, Monmouthshire.. On the 12th, at Llanfahon Church, by <h^«fv. W. Davies, curate, Mr. Richard Cule, t0. ^arT' eldest daughter of the late Mr. William 1 homas, ldcrs Arms, Mr. n^ d Jones'clerk at Mr. Thomas Peters, grocer, NeW, t. Sne eldest'daughter of Mr. Edward Tudor. On the 9th, at th* »alnc church, and by the same clergyman, Mr Rocs Lewis, Cwmtwrch, to Gwenllian, eldest daughter ol the'late Mr. Philip Phillips, Cwmcldag, Eglwysilan. On the 8th, at, the same church, and by the same clergyman. Mr Kees Llewelyn, Holly Bush, to Miss Cecilia Williams, Royal Oak Nelson Viliage, Glamorganshire. On the 17th, at Trevethin church, by the Rev. T. Davies, Mr. William Bourton, of Tontnewynydd, to Miss Ann Rode- rick, of Pontypool. On the 16th, at Christchurch, Cwmaman, by the Rev. J. F. Griffith, Mr. Thomas Evans, builder, to Miss Mary Jones New Farmers' Arms, both of the Aman Iron Works. On the 11th. at Aberdare church, by the Rev. J. Griffith vicar, Mr. George Murray, veterinary surgeon, Swansea to Margaret Susan, eldest daughter of Mr. James Hammet m ter of the British and Foreign School, Goat-strect SwariK At Llanwonno church, Sir. Thomas Thomas to M" ^1' Davies; also, Mr. Thomas Thomas to Miss Leah Ed vards all of Llanwonuo parish. an DIED. On thc 15th, at George-street, Newport .v i j wife of Mr. James Howard, aged 45 years' Ti j' beloved borne twelve months' severe illness with'tv. deceased had and Christian fortitude, and cxtjirpd'fnli v,moRt px«'nlPlary that she was going to thc enjoyment ,,r°o,a *ssur;inc«? pincss in a better world. eternal rest aud hap- On the 13lh, at Newport Si dim,. II years. 0,1 °f Mr. Callaghan, aged Thomas, Nalh'J('. jda 11 ^11 r0r °f the Rev. T. J. ^r^ms, formerly fur- On Suiui .v 1- V. g I,()U Works. painter lc ivin 1 Mo"niO"th, aged 43, Mr. John Wood, parents'. family to feel the loss of both their Fso" Tl\Uc1' rcspccted, in bis 75th year, J. J- Morgan, n "V1 UUmi' Abergavenny. OI the 8th, at Liswoincy, near Cowbridge. Mrs. Charlotte lupkins. widow, ilie only surviving sister of the late Rev. homas Charles, of Bala, aged 80. J f On the 7th, at King's Castle, near Cardiff, aged 75, Mrs. E. Clatwoithy, mother of Mr. Job James, of the above place. On the 9th, at Cardiff, age<! HI, Mr, J. Watkins, maltster. Oil the 14th, at Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Richard Perkins Esq late of Penmain, near Newport, Monmouthshire, in his 78th year. On the 11th, at Bristol, at an advanced age, Mrs. King, re- lict of William King, Ksq. late of Jamaica. On the 13th, at Olveston, Gloucestershire, aged 71 years, Mr. Keturah Batt, relict of Mr. George Batt. On the 1 -4th, at his residence, Fark-row, Bristol, after a short and severe illness, aged 75 years, Thomas Cotey. EbQ., merchant, of that city.

CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY. Our market, to-day, was very moderately supplied with all kinds of English wheat, and a good clearance of the stands was effected, at fully Monday's prices. The arrivals, coast- wise, since Saturday, arc confined to 1,350 quarters. Those by land carriage have fallen off. Only K.o quarters of foreign wheat have reached us this week. That article was in somewhat improved request, at full rates of currency. The show of samples of both red and was comparatively small. The few samples of malting barley brought foward were readily disposed of at extreme currencies. Grinding and dis- tilling sorts were quite as dear. Malt, the supply of which was good, sold heavily, at late rates. The oat trade was firm, at fully the late improvement in value. Beans, peas, Indian corn, and flour, were in fair request at very full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barlej7. Malt Oats. Flour. Qrs. Ors. Qrs. Qrs Sacks. English 1,350 810 1,330 1.200 330 Scotch ■— — — — — Irish — — — 5.V) — Foreign 450 — — 3 310 —^ Will TECH A PEL. Prime beef and mutton sold steadily, at full prices. Other- wise, the demand ruled heavy. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s (id; mutton, 2s 8d to 3s lOd veal 3s 2d to 2s lOd; pork. 2s Od to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Our market is in a very inactive state, and in some in- stances prices have a downward tendency.

BRISTOL ST[QatT~hi^i Tho transactions IN FI,„ MARKET, WEDNESDAY. a retail character, owinn- niarkot continuo to bo of quite tinuo firm, lium is iu botter H^anV>f K"l>ply- £ »ces con- wuer demand, at improved rates.

BiSCA. MORlAR BArriST CHAI'SI..—The anniversary services of this place of worship were held on Sunday last. Hie Rev. D. Da.vies of Swansea, officiated on the occasion, when upwards of f 130'was collected towards defraying the debt on the building, the cost of which was above £ 700. It is now reduced mamly i urmflralleled eflorts of the members and friends ft the :rX&hood, «o about £ 70. Although the pa tor of the chapel has been deprived of his natura eyes.ght, the mind's eye is nevertheless piercing and powerful; and we the mina s cj preScnt must have been highly T Cf' l sermons, both Welsh and English, which pleased with t composition( very cloouently de- leered Ind most attentively listened to by overwhelming con- gregations.-A Correspondent.

Explosion of Fire Damp at Risca. TWO MEN SUFFOCATED. „„;n,r tn nrcss last week, we received a brief Just as wp, wer^ jj damp explosion had taken place in the intimation that a Rj^-a Colliery, in which, it will be re- Bhck Vc,„ 1 Jt of ,e R,a ago niembered, thirtj tanceg connected with the recent We now report the taken before the Coroner, William calamity with tlie e i vVednes(iaVi the enquiry having Brewer, fcsq on J {n a verdict of accidcutal death." terminated on thc lat th scene of renewed sorrow. On our reporter proceeding to men RtiU survivcd thc on Wednesday, he oun them; and that two young burning" visitation wh. J1 1 James Strickland, men, in the vigour of man! ood, 'one i brcn hlmied' aged 18, and Thomas of'the fatal gas in the into eternity on the sudden expwsiou mine. nf this calamity, Mr. Russell, Immediately on the occ i,astcned to the mouth ot one of the proprietors of t and'intense anxiety, watched the pit, and with deep em b (j;cs t0 the surface. Two, the bringing of wounded aud ht up dead and several as we have already ^aI^' hoverin" between life and death, others, partially suffocated, n°'er'n=f au3ti()US friends. were restored to the hands an f jenows who are It is right here to observe, tha moment, are, in some suffering from "'j1"'08 at ^,cieties into which they had measure, assisted by funds of normitled them, and are entered, when health and mdus^tiry p Mr. Robothan, helped towards recovery bj the skilhilI M guddenly the surgeon, the unfortunate yo K t tj e expense of hurried into eternity, were buried dccently at r Mr. Russell. «to.„ that Mr. Blackwall, thc It is due to the proprietary to state that M recently eminent inspector ot collieries, under R and having [ visited this colliery without previous Dressed to thoroughly examined it in all its collicri. s s some satis(actioll lIot only to the proprietary, but to the friends of the deceased, and the public. opinion stated in In conclusion we reg rifl^Sc'i ra it their deaths, like many poor fellows the unfortunate meu indifference to their own •» W. •« be painfully true, on previous occasions, in this ucighbour- Tllcre w Is someunpleasant misunderstanding respecting the inquest, which calls for enquiry. Mr. Colley, the constable sworn for the district of Risca and neighbourhood, but regarded as the constable for the works, had been discharged by l\lr. Russell; but by virtue of his previous otfiee, he considered him- self empowered to summon a jury for last l ridny. He did so Mr. Evans, grocer, being the foreman. This jury, consisting ol respectable tradesmen and others, were withheld from their husiness for several hours on Friday, and after all.on Saturday, were s "pSa,.ted by another jury, summoned by another eon- stable The unseemly and highly irregular dispute as to who had a legal right to empanel a jury, was, and is, the subject of much altercation and animadversion. The enquiry on Saturday, was of brief dura ion, lie wit- nesses not being collected; and it being anticipated, also, that a communication, courting "rigid enquiry having been sent U, he Coroner, and the proper notice of the sad event having •en forwarded to Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, by v Vnssell that a tiovernmeut Inspector would be sent down, Mr. Russell, ina day „.ns sir„ply to swear the following •,lr'the house of Mr. Rrain, and to take the evidence of Mr. ^rhc°folloi'llg Kcomposed the jury ihelollo gh N(r Catcman) foreman. Wflii ModSf« William Bwin •■ KNJE it Luke Barnes. J)awd llrin:ble » ureeon sworn, said I was yesterday morn- Mr. Uobaiujin, 0?ejocj4> Sent for to attend at the Black ing, about yanr Colliery, in consequence of an ex- Vein Pit, :,t 1 |,i;ioo. I observed many persons at the plosion having l,l^w n(0 |,rought up, burnt, but not severely, top ot lie pi' ()rought up, suffering from the effeets of Two or Hirer wire oa]lcd carbonic acid gas. They soon after-dam| c"iiu"on ,|icre until nearly eight o'clock, when recovered. I ren'au ^()]nas Edmunds were brought up dead. Jan.es Ntrii-klaiiu am They died from thc cffccts of after- They were no' burnt 11 There were five burnt, indc- danip, and not m |u were dead. About ten suffered, more pcndently "I ihe g pf th(, explosion. or less, "l £ (,he absence of a more important witness, who was not fortlic rn"1^' jje saj(]: I live in Risca, and ain John Shoit- >s l K ,nl iast at a little after four o'clock, f a miner. On Fn'1'^ pit t0 see that the draught was going descended the llf'CK rilace of the fireman, who had gone right. I was acting in the £ t< j f<mnd a„ right_thc through the pit on the pre j lcft the placc twen,y draught going in lt,8.p." six persons working there m the minutes after fi\e 0 c1"^ {)ne of the six, William Cower, draught at the time I wci • owinf? Ug b(? a said the draught was jf ;t W;IS not frost at the top ol the clear night; and he e:nq i n;^ht j WCHt round t0 thc pit. I told him it «'as' llu, w'md-road of the »ame course, other part of the wor H>ci0ck, I saw some smoke, which About half-past sis r o( the t.Xplosioii, being too far oil was the first inlinia i Qut tjJg wjnd-road, and soon to hear it. I im,11C kintr for me, as they thought wc were in after saw two mC"'s p t[ an explosion had taken place, and danger. They wi,ilst others had been injured. All had two had been kll'La' hoWcver. I felt no bad effects from the becui got outof tn« P • a from 8o0 t0 900 yards from explosion, which had occ where I was.. doors not been struck down by By the Foreman> wg shou|d have felt it where I was. the explosion, it down nearly an hour, after thc By the c°™n £ jjen made our escape through the other pit. I explosion, ai where the explosion took place thatmorn- had been in the stall w^tie 0ne wind.way goes T8* V /hp ere itcr part of that stall. It was my business to see°the wind was going in its proper course and all was then "'By the Foreman; I could have escapcd, if the door had not been blown down, as I was so far off. Bv the Coroner I was aware there was fire-damp there but it was not continuous. We carry lamps, which we elevate, and if fire burns in thc lamp, wc use precautions, and keep the on working with the lamps low. There was none in thc place, so far as I went, that morning, but there was some there on Monday morning, as there generally is, after a stop of the work for a day. When 1 saw it there on Monday, I told the fireman of it. There has been a little more tire-damp iu the pit the last two or three nights, owing to the atmosphere. The two men who were injured, had begun thc stall in which tliev were at work, and were working there thc day before. I heard of no complaint respecting fire on that day. The Coroner asked the foreman it he had any questions to put to the witness, being more conversant with the nature of the case, than he (the Coroner) was. The Foreman replied that he saw no reason to make any further enquiry of the witness. J The Witness", in reply to Mr. Brain, one of the jury, said There was no fire in thc heading where the explosion took lace at about twenty minutes past five. This was at the entrance, certainly, and there might have been a little on the inside The ventilation was most excellent that.morning at the ime he spoke of. A man, Henry Smith, told witness he had J1one of the deceased a lamp to try thc placc. He took the lamp Had he not—had he refused to take a lamp, he would haBv^herForem'an: There has been a little fallage in tlie stall where the two young men were killed, ihere was not always fire with a faI'' When men think it safe, they work with a lo the [ which they can do more work than by the naked candle* uj lamp. T Work and more safety would be far pre- The Coroner •. Less ferable, I should was working that morning, in the Witness "cnI?i.c said there was no damp there. I believe opposite stall, anu deceased where the explosion took it was in thc stall o bloWJ1 down> place. I think six ao haye comc down from the top To Mr. Brain: The n gma]1 substancc and this of thc stall, by the light, would cause the explosion ol coming in contaCt.LirP whatever fire was there, thestall to be in thc usual con- To the Coroner: 1 con* b<? in a g00(j worki„g state, dition of safety a"d *na(raid to work there at that time. I should not have been air wag william Hazcll who said Thc next witness exam w work by day that week. 1 1 am a fireman. It w-'s > or licar it, having met him at the changed my partner said it was all right below. I had some top of thc pit- f p pUCrine-house then, and saw indications cause to go towards the c „ i dom} pJt ^jmed.ately, of fire having gone off oe ,osion had taken placc, 1 went and not knowing where told me lt vvag in annthcr to the mountain side, w' am, met a man comlng dircction-the river side. He to)d another to out from the bottom oi iftUey were alive but he believed hurry ou and rescue tliej as ,ar as j could) for thc all on the level wee <le • j haJ t0 rclurn> and get the wind after-damp, and ttie" dooVS had been blown out. I made turned into where l" rward) to where George Parry was another effort to j belieVe. We got him down on thc groaning, q«lte ins^ rr'ied him out. I suceecded then in level, and some one bp(lics wero stin m ttie stall getting to the deceas The bodies wcre about six yards where they had l"'°n • (Jcad \yc „ot tllcm ()ut to t,l(? apart. 1 believe they col,id Strickland's safety bottom of the pit as Qn> was about a yard from where we lamp, unlit, /rberu was one lamp used between the two found thc body. jelled. On the dsy before the explosion young men who were s)j'earns had been all the way through all was safe. 1 at)" • ^ue rjgi,t to the back of thc work. We the wind-way, 'rom, nt>t think it possible to give a correct found all right. j lhink the men appointed to ex- reason for the exl' collicry competent to do their work. We amine ihe state o yards in length on the mountain go through I evi y mucli on the river side. But then we side, ana no (1 t0 examine, which is quite enough for have all^ the s a • .'tj)P walking. I am of opinion tiie de- one nigh s wo■ jed the stall, but not sufficiently high ceased may e"1 uf the place. Or it might have to ascertain the actual si fallcn_ It how £ verj im. 'I^ifi^fwhat was the cause. Ii a door had possible to say William Coomer was working, it would ,be"n MrZ' dr,u 'lit entirely off thc stall where the young the explosion might have been caused. firrmar. Stepheu Crook was then examined. He said: I am a fireman, and was in that part of the colliery where the deceased were killed at eleven o'clock on Thursday night last; when the air was all right and good. I tried thc stalls with the tire lamps, and saw no signs of one bit of fire. The young men who arc dead were not in the stall when I was there at night. They went'in at a little before six next morning. By Mr. Morris There was no one at work in the stall, but By Mr. Morris There was no one at work in the stall, but some were at work in another part of the same heading, when I was there at eleven o'clock. I was fully occupicd, after eleven o'clock, till six in the morning, examining into thc state of the colliery, and then left all right, as I believed, having discovered nothing wrong in any part. I had just got into my house, when 1 was told of thc explosion and I returned at once, to assist in getting the men out. The choke damp was still in the stall where vve found the bodies of the young men. They were both dead. In the evening, I went into the stall again, but saw nothing to indicate the cause of explosion. '1 hrre was a small fallage of coal; but no more than ordinary. I aave worked collieries nearly nine years; but I can form no opinio as to ihe cause of this explosion. ..j/rht a Mr. Robothan re-examined: During last ^'iurs,ie 0f the severe frost set in, which continued during the wn sudden night, until about half-past five in the morning. cQn_ thaw then took place, which caused the bar°"!f n £ re." I think siderabl*—from set fair," down below c which this had an effect on the air in the pits. guch cbaI,gC8. 1 men were slightly burnt, frequently ,0J. nce Gf mind to walk believe, if the deceased had sufficient p been saVed, like the out of thc stall at once, they mign rest.. briefly on the nature of the The Coroner addressed the ju t)ien j)roceeded to evidence which had been &l\fn,(iiey announced a verdict of consult in about ten m11,llt lffocatien from the after-damp, .■Accidental Death,caused in an explosion on 1 f'"aJ

that an abundant supply of pure and cheap gas, could be secured to the inhabitants, at a cost not exceeding-Is. per ]0110 cubic feet. J t was also proved beyond a question of doubt, that the existing company, have not the power of meeting the requirements of this rapidly extending town. As "trilles light as air," often prove condemnation strong, so a nation's taste is not nnfrequently manifested in those small and apparently insignificant items of general use, which ironi their cominon-placo character, do not take that prominent hold of our attention as items of weightier import invariably do, but which nevertheless may be taken as inimitable evi- dences of the condition of a nation s civilisation. out h is es- sentially the case with those articles, which are iaimliaily known as "gasiittings." Co-equnl with the extraovumiuy strides which have been going on in mechanical science and the constructive arts, has an improvement been going on al- most silently and imperceptibly, with reference to these arti- cles. The primitive and ungainly fittings of ten years back, are now supplanted by those of a fanciful and elegant con- struction, evidencing harmony of style, and an adaptability of design, to the structure intended to receive them, producing a pleasing and attactive ensemble. There are few articles ot gonerafuse in which an approximation to a more correct and refined taste, has been manifested of late years, than in the article of gas fittings. It would be an act of gross injustice to charge our fellow- townsmen, with an incapacity to appreciate the brilliant and attractive appearance presented by all the shops in the lead- ing thoroughfares of the great metropolis, and the principal manufacturing towns in the united kingdom, inasmuch as by the operations of the existing monopoly, they are precluded from exercising any choice in the selection of their littings, except under the most disadvantageous conditions. # Regarding this state of things as intolerable in a civil- ised community-conceiving that a liberal supply of gas, is a powerful auxiliary to the man of business—being desirous al- so, of seeing it more generally used in our private houses, as an useful domestic agent, independently of the exhilirating influence it invariably imparts, wherever it is obtained in a pure state, such for instance, as in the principal streets of modern Athens —being condemned to a condition of darkness, owing to my vegetating in a locality where no ray of light is shed, saving that which a munificent providence occasionally gratuitously affords, and feeling convinced that the existing company, will never be in a position to secure these impor- tant advantages to the inhabitants of this rapidly increasing town. 1 entreat the promoters of the new company, to pro- ceed vigorously for the attainment of their laudable objects, when they may rest assured they may reckon upon the hearty support of their fellow-townsmen, and ot their hum- ble co-operator in all social reforms. THE RISCA RHYMER. Fillgwenlly, Nov., 20..