Monmouthshire Merlin

DREAMS OF THEE. MIDNTGHT!-the stars are bright, And the pale moon shines coldly pure in heaven, And the thin vapoury clouds, tinged by her light, Like passing thonghts across her face are driven, Midnight! the hour for rest- The time, the dearest of all times to me, When cometh slumber o'er my fevered breast, And I can dream—ay, fondly dream of thee. Yes—it is all of joy Left to my blighted heart and burning brain- The one pure pleasure that can never cloy— The rainbow that my clouds of life sustain. I wander all the day, Like something scarcely of reality, Careless of what I do, or what I say, And looking forward to my dreams of thee. Ay—nought but dreams are mine I touch thy living hand, and dare not press it; I gaze upon that deep blue eye of thine, And my heart longs—my lips refuse—to bless it. 'Tis only in my sleep I look upon thee firm, my heart quakes free, And pours in burning words my passion deep:— I would not lose for worlds my dreams of thee. The day and night seem changed I think of trees, and flowers, and failing streams, As things from which my spirit is estranged, As once, in happy years, I thought of dreams. My visions, like intense And vivid truth, my slumbering eye can see And when a trance is on each outward sense, My soul awakens in its dreams of thee. I And various are the forms My thoughts assume in that deep solemn hour: Sometimes thou look'st on me in clouds and storms, And sometimes as a soft and gentle power But be they as they will, Thou the one fond idea still must be- Like sun-light over changeful clouds, thou still Are light and glory in my dreams of thee. Yet, let me still dream on, And, in the realms of fantasie be blest, | And feel at morn, when the enchantment's gone, 'Tis my excited spirit's turn to rest. And when the slumber deep Of death at last is falling upon me, I'll only mourn because a dreamless sleep It is, and I shall cease to dream of thee!

PLAINT OVER THE DEAD "BABE CHRISTABEL." WITH her white hands clasped she sleepeth, heart is hushed, and lips are cold; Death shrouds up her heaven of beanty, and a weary way I go, Like the sheep without a Shepherd on the wintry norland wold, With the face of Day shut out by blinding snow. O'er its widowed nest my heart sits moaning for its young that's fled From this world of wail and weeping, gone to join her starry peers; And my light of life's o'ershadowed where the dear one lieth dead, And I'm crying in the dark, with many fears. All last night-tide she seemed near me, like a lost beloved Bird, Beating at the lattice loudrr than the sobbing wind and rain And I called across the night with tender name and fondling word; And I yearn'd out throngh the darkness, all in vain, Heart will plead, Eyes cannot see her: they are blind with tears of pain;" And it cHmbeth up and straineth, for dear life, to look and hark, While I call her once again but there cometh no refrain, And it droppeth down, and dieth in the dark. GERALD MASSEY.

"CAN'T YOU TAKE MY FATHER'S MONEY?" IF among ourselves, ladies are sometimes known to take the initiative, we see no great reasons for nrudish excla- mations. or fny severe judgment on their conduct. The proof of the pudding, they say, is in the eating and the best proof of the wisdom or propriety of any step, is to be looked for in its results. Owing to the rigid adherence, in this country, to the custom above alluded to, we never personally knew but one instance of a matrimonial match proposed by the lady-partner, and that turned out well. But we can record another, upon the responsibility of a friend who guarantees its truth. A young Norfolk fanner on beginning life with a limited capital, found that two things were wanting to do justice to the large farm which he rented on a long lease—namely, a wife to rule the house at home, and an additional thousand pounds to invest upon the land. Like a sagacious man, he conceived that the two might be found combined, and he began to look about for a cheerful lass, with a dowry to the desiderated amount. Accident threw him one day into company with the parson of a neighbouring parish, with whom, as he rode while returning from market, he fell into conversation. En- couraged by the divine, the youth unburdened himself of his cares and his plans, and mentioned the design he had formed of marrying, as soon as he could find an agreeable lass with a moderate dowry. I'll tell you what," said the parson, "I've got three daughters, and very nice girls they are, I assure you. Suppose you come and dine with me next market-day; you will meet them at my table, and if any one of them should prove the 1 inevitable she' you are in search of, I shall not be backward to do my part, as far as I can." "Agreed," said the youth I'll come, as aure as you're alive, if you'll say nothing about it to the young ladies." That shall be a bargain. On Saturday next, then, we shall see you at dinner, at five." And here, their roads diverging, the gentlemen separated. At the appointed hour on the following Saturday, the young farmer, in handsome trim, descended from his Galloway at the parson's door. Dinner was served a few minutes after, and the young ladies, with their mother, graced the table with their presence. All three fully justified the encomiums of their father; but the youngest, a rosy-faced, roguish, cheerful lass, just escaped from her 'teens, alone made a vivid impression on the young farmer. The repast pro- gressed agreeably enough; and when it was ended, the ladies withdrew, leaving the gentlemen to chat over their wine. Well," said the host, "what do you think of my girls ?" "I think them all charming," said the youth; "but the youngest—you call her Nelly—is really most bewitching, and clever, too; and if I am to have the honour or being allied to you, you must give me her." "That is against all rule," returned the host, to take the youngest first, but of course I cannot controul your choice. What dowry do you expect?" "My capital" said the wooer, is three thousand pounds, and I want a thousand more—and I must have it." I will give you a thousand with the eldest girl." No; the chaining Nelly and the thousand, or I'm off." That cannot be; five hundred with Nelly, if you like. The others are not half so handsome, and must have a fortune, or I shall never get them off." No; my resolution is fixed," said the youth, "and I shall not alter it." "Nor I mine," said the parson, and the affair is at an end but we will be good friends notwithstanding." The conversation which each speaker supposed to be strictly private, now fell into another channel. The ladies returned with the tea-urn, and chatted unreservedly with the farmer. Evening came on, and towards sunset, the girls having strolled into the garden, the youth rose to take his leave. He found his nag ia the stable, and having bade farewell to his host, took his way through the shrubbery that led into the road. He was about alighting to open the gate, when the rosy-faced Nelly darted forward to save him the trouble. As she lifted the latch, she looked archly up into his face, and you take my father's money?" "Yes, by Jove, I will, if you wish it!" Then cOme over to church to-morrow morning, and tell him so after service;" and the speaker vanished like an elfin sprite among the greenery. Musing on the proverb which says "walls have ears," the young farmer rode slowly home. He did not fail—how could he ?—of attending at the church next morning, and after the sermon, declared to the parson his altered reso- lution. He married the fair Nelly three months after; and she brought him in due course of years, a row of goodly sons, than whom there are few at the present hour wiser in their generation, or more worthy, or more wealthy, in the whole of broad England. — Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.

LADIES' EXAGGERATION.—Our wives are never weary, but they are tired to death never warm, but they roast; never ohilly, but they are frozen. If they have a scratch on the finger, their hands are all raw. If they have a pain, 1 is deathly. If there is a spot on our linen, they tell us we are covered with ink; and a soiled dress is utterly ruined. en a mend goes home with us to try pot luck, if the hlaf •aa, een °ut pnee, it has been out forty times; if the savourv 14 u bufn.t to a cinder; if the soup is too oury, it is as salt as brine.— Virginia Messenger,

A BEAUTIFUL MORAL. IN the time of Neggdleh, there was a horse whose fame was spread far and near, and a Bedouin of another tribe, by name Daher, desired extremely to possess it. Having offered in vain for it, his camels and his whole wealth, he hit at length upon the following device, by which he hoped to gain the object of his desire. He resolved to stain his face with the juice of a herb, to clothe himself in rags, to tie his legs and neck together, so as to appear like a lame beggar. Thus equipped, he went to wait for Naber, the owner of the hcrse, who, he knew, was to pass that way. When he saw Naber approaching, on his beautiful steed, he cried out in a weak voice—" I am a poor stranger; for three days I have been unable to move from this spot to ask for food. I am dying help me, and heaven will reward you." The Bedouin kindly offered to take him upon his horse and carry him home, but the rogue replied I cannot rise. I have no strength left." Naber, touched with pity, dismounted, led the horse to the spot, and with great diffi- culty, set the seeming beggar on his back. But no sooner did Daher feel himself in the saddle, than he set spurs to the horse and gallopcrd off, calling out as he did so, "It is I, Daher. I have got the horse, and am off with it." Naber called after him to stop and listen. Certain of not being pursued, he turned, and hasted at a short distance from Naber, who was armed with a spear. You have taken my horse," said the latter. Since Heaven has willed it, I wish you joy of it; but I do conjure you never to tell any one how you obtained it." And why not ? said Daher. Because," said the noble Arab, another man might be really ill, and men would be afraid to help him. You would be the cause of many refusing to do an act of charity for fear of being duped as I have been. Struck with shame at these words, Daher was silent for a moment, then springing from his horse, returned it to its owner, embracing him. Naher made him accompany him to his tent, where they spent a few days together, and be- came fast friends for life.—Lamartine. THE LITTLE "MORNING GLORY." DEAR little pet! She was going a journey, in the cars, with mamma; and her little curly head could not stay on the pillow for thinking of it. She was awake by the dawn, and had been trying to rouse mamma for an hour. She had told her joy in lisping accents to "DoHy," whose stoical indifference was very provoking, especially when sh 9 knew she was going to see "her dear white-headed old grandpapa," who had never yet looked upon her sweet face, although pen and ink had long since heralded her polite perfections. Yes, little pet must look her prettiest, for grandpapa's eyes are not so dim, that the sight of a pretty face doesn't cheer him, like a ray of glad sunlight; so the glossy waves of golden hair are nicely combed, and the bright dress put on, to heighten by contrast the dimpled fairness of the neck and shoulders; then the little white apron to keep all tidy; then the Cinderella boots, neatly laced. I can see you, little pet! I wish I had you in my arms this minute! Good bye How the little curls shake what a nice seat our tiny voyager has, by that pleasant open window, upon mamma's knee! How wonderfully fast the trees and fences fly past! Was there ever anything like it ? and how it makes her eyes wink, when the cars dash under the dark bridges and out again into the fair sun- light. How cows, and horses, and sheep, all run at that horrid whistle. Little pet feels as though she was most a woman, to be travelling about, seeing so many fine things. On they dash it half takes her breath away—but she is not afraid; no indeed What little darling ever could be afraid, when its hand was in mamma's love clasp f Alas! poor little pet! Grandpapa's eyes grow weary watching for you, at the little cottage window. Grandmamma says the cakes will be quite spoiled," and she knits to her seam needle," and then moves about the sitting-room un- easily now and then stopping to pat the little Kitty, that is to be the pet's playfellow. And now lame Tim has driven the cows home; and the dew is falling, the stars are creeping out, and the little crickets and frogs have com- menced their evening concert, and still little pet hasn't come! Where is the little stray waif? Listen! Ammo the unrecognised dead" by the late railroad accident at Norwalk, was a female child about three years of age; fair complexion and hair had on a red dress, green sack, white apron, linen gaiters, tipped with patent leather, and white woollen stockings. Poor little pet! Poor old grand- papa Go comfort him; tell him it was a "shoeking acci- dent," but then" nobody was to blame;" and offer him a healing plaster for his great grief, in the shape of damage" money.—Fanny Fern.

SYDNEY SMITH'S TABLE TALK. —In the additional volume of Moore's Memoirs, just published, Lord John Russell thus describes Sydney Smith's wit:—" If it is difficult to convey any notions of the conversation of Sir James Macintosh, it is hardly possible to describe that of Sydney Smith. There are two kinds of colloqual wit which equally contribute to fame, though not equally to agreeable conversation. The one is like a rocket in a dark air, which shoots at once into the sky, and it is more sur- prising from the previous silence and gloom the other is like that kind of firework which blazes and bursts in every direction, exploding at one moment, and shining brightly at another, eccentric in its course, and changing its shape and colour to many form and mnny }.no. o., u..11"u". is set out with two kinds of champagne, so these two kinds of wit, the still and the sparkling, are to be found in good company. Sheridan and Talleyrand were among the best examples of the first. Hare (as I have heard) and Sydney Smith were brilliant instances of the second. Hare I kucw uuly by tradition, but with Sydney Smith I long lived intimately. His great delight was to produce a suc- cession of ludicrous images; these followed each other with a rapidity that scarcely left time to laugh; he himself laughing louder and with more enjoyment than any one. This electric contact of mirth came and went with the occasion it cannot be repeated or reproduced."

PROSPECTS FOR EMIGRANTS TO CANADA. The Commissioners of Emigration, in their thirteenth re- port to parliament, give the following extract from a des- patch addressed to them by A. C. Buchannan, Esq., the emigrant agent of the government of Canada, stationed at Quebec, on the prospects of emigrants to Canada :— The prospects and demands for labour are most satisfac- tory. The immense railway system undertaken by the pro- vinces, will greatly stimulate general prosperity, involving, as it will, the introduction and expenditure of a large amount of capital, which will secure steady and profitable employment for the labouring classes, for many years t. come; so that Canada never presented, a more favourable opening for the reception o all classes of her Majesty's sub- jects, or such others as desire a comfortable home. The de- mand for labour of every kind is on the increase. The wages paid for unskilled labour are four shillings per day sterling." 0 Mr. Hawks, the emigration agent for Western Canada, speaks in similar terms Ct I have," he says, "conversed with mnny intelligent persons on the subject, and they are of opinion that able-bodied, unskilled labourers will be able to command a dollar a day. Agricultural labourers must either get equal wages, or the farmers will not be able to re- tain them in their service. As these extensive works will not be completed for several years, and as such large outlay of money will stimulate every other branch of business,! do not think it will be possible to overstock the labour market for many years to come in fact, the prospects before us are of the most cheering description, and capitalists, merchants, mechanics, farm servants, and common labourers, may safely calculate on finding in Canada, an abundant demand for skill, capital, and labour, to a profitable, as well as to an al- most unlimited, extent." The arrangements made by the government of Canada for the reception and protection of emigrants on their arrival at Quebec, contrast in a remarkable manner with the want of such arrangements at New York, and the other parts of the United States, to which emigrants are conveyed from Europe. On the arrival of each emigrant ship in the River St. Lawrence, she is boarded by the medical officer of the Hospital at Grosse Isle, situated a few miles below Quebec, and whenever disease prevails in a ship, the emigrants are landed, and remain at the hospital, at the expense of the Colonial Government, untilfthey are cured. On the ship's arrival at Quebec, Mr. Buchannan, the go- vernment agent of emigrants, proceeds at once on board, for it is his duty to advise and protect each emigrant on bis ar- rival. He inquires into all complaints, and sees that the provisions of the Passengers' Act are strictly enforced. This he is enabled to do in a most effectual manner, as under an arrangement sanctioned by the Commissioners of Emigration in Great :8ritain, whenever an emigrant vessel leaves any British port for Quebec, the emigration officer of that port forwards to Mr. Buchannan, by mail-steamer, a duplicate list of her passengers, with their names, ages, sex, trade, &c. This list is usually received by him two or three weeks be- fore the vessel reaches Quebec, so that he is not only fully prepared for her arrival, but is furnished with every parti- cular which may be useful to him in protecting the emi- grants. If just cause of complaint exist, he institutes, un- der a very summary law of the province of Canada, legal proceedings against the master; but so thoroughly are the value and efficiency of this officer felt, that within a very short period, subsequent to his appointment, it has very rarely been found necessary to take such proceedings. In cases where emigrants have arrived without sufficient funds to take them to places where their employment is most abundant and remunerative, their fares have been paid by Mr. Buchannan, out of the funds in his possession for the purpose. Emigrants from other than British ports, ex- perience precisely the same protection at the hands of Mr. Buchannan. In 1853, about one-sixth of the emigration to Canada, was German and Norwegian.

THE RE-ESTABLISHMENI OF THE STEAM PACKET COM- MUNICATION BETWEEN MILFORD HAVEN AND WATERFORD. —Now that the South Wales Railway has so nearly reached its terminus on the shores of Milford Haven, the re-establishment of the steam-packet communication be- tween the above ports is beginning to excite considerable interest. A company, consisting of the Directors of the South Wales and other railways, as previously noticed by us, has already been formed for the purpose, and persons of such influence are they, that the thing may be con- sidered as already more than half accomplished. They profess to act—and very properly so, too—entirely inde- pendent of the Government, leaving even the conveyance of the mails as a secondary consideration, quite satisfied that an arrangement to that effect will soon become neces- sary, and demanded of the Post-office by the whole of the South of Ireland, as well as by Wales generally. That such a speculation will be remunerative, not the slightest doubt can be entertained, and the company who first com- mence the undertaking, will ensure it the most completely. A few-and, indeed, a very few—months must witness the commencement of operations.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH-ST., NEWPORT. SATURDAY. Before the Rev. T. Pope, the Rev*. Chancellor Williams, John Russell, Esq., and the Rev. Richard Williams. CHARGE OF FORGERY. Mr. John Christophers, farmer, Redwick, was charged with forgery. Mr. Fox, with Mr. Baldwin, of Chepstow, defended the prisoner. Benjamin Cook, sworn I am a constable for the county of Monmouth. I was instructed to serve a summons in November last, on Mr. Christophers, of Redwick, for non- payment of the quota of the poor-rate, as overseer for the Union. I received the summons on the 19th of November. I afterwards, on the 24th of December, received a distress warrant to serve on him. I went several times, having been promised the money but was obliged to execute it on the 12th of January. It was for the sum of £50. I have been in possession ever since. I produce an authority, signed by Mr. Christophers, to hold over his stock till the 6th of February. The distress warrant was to distrain on the goods of Mr. Thomas Phillips and Mr. Christophers— they being co-overseers of the parish of Redwick. I did not distrain on Mr. Phillips; Mr. Christophers being the acting overseer, and receiving all the rates, as I was told by the collector, and he having repeatedly told me he would pay it. He never repudiated the debt; but he has given me a bill for fourteen days. I met Mr. Christophers last Saturday, at the Tredegar Arms, at his request. He was to meet me at two o'clock; and I met him there accordingly. He told me to wait at the Tredegar Arms half an hour, and he would be back again. He ordered a glass of ale for me meanwhile. When he came back, he produced, and gave me, the promissory note for £ 55, saying it was all he could then do for me that day. He said his neighbours, Lewis WiHiams, of Redwick, and Daniel Baker, of Chepstow, had joined him in the bill; and did I think they would take it ? It was for fourteen days, and on the West of England Bank. I told him I did not know if it would be taken—I would go across, and ask Mr. Pope, at-the Ma- gistrates' Office. I brought it to Mr. Pope. It is that which I now produce. In consequence of instructions from Mr. Pope, I apprehended him; and he came into this office. Mr. Pope then said, "This is not Lewis Williams's writing"—referring to the signature. Mr. Christophers said it was; and Mr. Pope had no right to detain him. Mr. Pope then ordered him into custody, on the charge of for- gery. Mr. Christophers, when ordered into custody, said he had the authority of Mr. Baker and Mr. Williams to use their names. Mr. Lewis Williams came in, and in the presence of Christophers said— Mr. Fox objected to anything Mr. Williams or Mr. Christophers had said, the one not being sworn, and the other in custody. Nothing that was said, could in ldw be repeated. Mr. H. J. Davis said this was absurd. A witness had a per- fect right to state what transpired between the two persons. It was of no consequence, however, for Mr. Williams would be examined. The Bench said the conversation need not be repeated, as Mr. Williams would be called. Witness, to Mr. Fox: I brought the note to Mr. Pope, and in consequence of what that gentleman said, I did not accept it as payment for £50; but detained it in my cus- tody. To Mr. Davis I brought the note to Mr. Pope, to see if I might take it in payment, and give up the distress. Mr. Lewis Williams, farmer, Christchurch, sworn The signature to the note produced, and purporting to be mine, is not mine and I did not authorise him to put my name to bills. I have signed bills for him but do not know that I ever authorised him to sign any bills with my name. To Mr. Fox: I Jiave known him all my life time, and have had many transactions with him. I have lent him my name on a bill for four times the amount of this, which he honourably met. We were on intimate terms. I did not give him permission to put my name to the bill. I signed it myself. From our intimacy, I think he might believe, and he knew very well, that he might use my name to this bill, and that I would be prepared to meet it. I am at this moment prepared to meet this bill for £55. I do not know as to that, if it were a hundred; but I am pre- pared to meet this, however. To Mr. Davis I mean that I would as soon he should put my name, as myself; and I would adopt such signa- ture but I did not authorise this signature. To Mr. Pope: If he had put my name to a bill for a larger amount than this, I might perhaps not have allowed it—I don't know. Mr. Daniel Baker, formerly of the George Hotel, Chep- stow, sworn: I am acquainted with Mr. Christophers—for many years. I have not lately authorised him to sign my name to a bill for JE55. The signature produced is not mine. Mr. Fox: We admit it is not. To Mr. Fox: I have known him intimately for a long number of years. From the nature of his transactions with me, he might have fairly presumed that I might saner tion his use of my name. That is, if he had applied to me on the bill in question. I am myself this moment pre- pared to adopt and pay this bill. If he had applied to me to sign my name to this bill, I should, under the circum- stances, have done so. This was the case. Mr. rox saia tlle two uhiof -witnesses had clearly shown their willingness to bear the responsibility of the bill; and no jury would convict Christophers on tho fevidence ad- duced. Cases were most distinct which would support this view. A case the learned advocate read, proved this. Mr. Davis here made an observation. Mr. Fox said he could not allow the clerk to the magis- trates to reply to him. He had a painful duty to perform and he was sure others would agree with him. The Rev. Thomas Pope said it was one of the most pain- ful cases he had ever heard; and he was glad to find there was a probability, if sent before a jury, he would be ac- quitted. The magistrates, however, were bound to deal out even-handed justice; and Mr. Christophers would stand committed to take his trial for forgery. Bail was taken, for himself in £200, and two sureties in £100 each, NEWPORT TOWN HALL.—MONDAY. Present: Thomas Hughes and James Rennie, Esqrs. Wm. Roberts was cautioned and discharged, after being shown to have been upon wharves with improper intent. William Palmer was charged with stealing a silk dress, the property of the wife of Mr. Cornelius Bowe Palmer. —No witnesses appearing against him, he was acquitted but being proved guilty of drunken conduct, he was fined 5s. Richard Hussey and Wm. Morgan were charged with making a disturbance on Stow-hill, on Sunday morning, at three o'clock, and breaking the windows of Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Morgan.—Allowed to settle with complainants, on paying costs. Richard Preece was fined 5s. for being drunk. .Mary Crane was charged with stealing a piece of bacon, from the shop of Mr. Edwards, grocer.—Sergeant Lloyd said he had taken the prisoner jinto custody on Saturday night, and found the bacon concealed under her shawl; and Mr. Edmunds (who now identified the bacon) proved that prisoner was in his shop purchasing potatoes, and when she went out, he missed the bacon. She professed her readiness to pay for the bacon; and said she could not think what induced her to do it.—Committed for trial at the Sessions. Two men, named Wm. Thomas and John Matthews, were sent to Pontypool, to be examined on a charge of stealing slates, the property of the Pontypool Iron Com- pany.—Thomas was on bail, charged with stealing a pair of boots, in Newport, on the previous week. The other prisoner had also been convicted of a larceny. John Rowland, Mary Rowland, and Mary Howell were charged with causing a public d'sturbance. Rowland and Howell were also charged with attempting to rescue Mary Rowland.—The women were discharged, and the male de- fendant was fined os. and 8s. costs. John Carey, George Driscoll, Wm. Crofton, and Jere- miah Callaghan, remanded from Monday, charged with stealing copper from the yard of Mr. Willmett, shipbuilder, were again brought up; but no prosecutor appearing, the young urchins (who were bad characters) were cautioned and discharged. —Mr. Rennie said it was a pity but a re- formatory institution existed in Newport for the benefit of young offenders like those at the bar. John Thomas was charged with permitting soil to be thrown about the street.^—The defendant said it was occa- sioned by his horse running away, and capsizing the load. The police said the nuisance was still remaining in the street.—To pay 9s. 6d. costs. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED VIOLATION BY A SOLDIER—■ EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Thomas O'Riley, a tall, athletic young private of the 1st Royals, now stationed at the Newport Barracks, was placed at the bar on the serious charge of assaulting, with felonious intent, a respectable and modest-looking young female, named Ann Lewis. The court was cleared, when the case was entered upon. The prisoner's face appeared to have suffered, both from a recent debauch and the struggle in which he had been engaged on the previous evening. The poor girl, on being brought into court, looked with a terrified gaze at the pri- soner for a moment, and then appeared sickened and horri- fied, and cried bitterly. Her face was bandaged; marks of violence were evident about her eyes, checks, and mouth; and she seemed suffering acutely from mental as well as physical illness. Her master, Mr. Clapp, was in court during the investigation. The prosecutrix said: I am in the service of Mr. Clapp,; at Clarence-place. Last evening, at half-past six, I left home to visit a female friend residing at one of tho houses in Factory Field (or Maddox Close). I went down Stow- hill, up High-street, through Pentonville, and along the roadway by Mr. Corsbie's and when I reached the stile to go into the garden towards the houses, I saw the pri- soner, who said, Good night, Miss." He wanted to talk with me but I said I did not want to talk to such a per- son and went on. I saw him coming after me so I ran; and when I got to the bottom of the path, before turning up to the houses, he overtook me, and caught hold of me. 1 said, if he did not loose me, I should call assistance. Then he threw me down, and stuffed my mouth full of earth, and thrust his two fingers into my mouth, to keep my tongue down, to prevent my screaming. He pommelled me about the head dreadfully; as hard as ever he could; and pulled me by the ear, and swore he would murder me if I would not yield to him. He also dragged me by the hair of my head, about two yards, having previously torn off my bonnet. He pulled up my clothes, and I struggled with him to save myself. He swore he would murder me, if I resisted. He would have his revenge, one way or the other. I called out repeatedly. I had three scuffles with him. The first was down in the bottom, which I have described. Then I got up, and ran off; but he ran after me, and got me down a second time, and beat me about the head. I begged him to let me get up, and he did; and I ran; but he caught me again by the houses. I screamed murder; but he threw me into the hedge, jumped upon me, and beat me about the head. He then put his hand on my mouth, and lay upon me but a young woman who came out, shouted Shame, you brute shame and he then ran off across the garden. My clothes were much torn. I had never seen the man before. Mr. Kessick, to prisoner: Have you anything to ask the witness ? Prisoner I have nothing to say to her. I never saw the female before. Prosecutrix: I swear he is the man. The clothes of the poor girl were here produced. Her black bonnet was literally squeezed up to a mere handful. The petticoat was covered thickly with mud; and all the dress, shawl, and other articles, presented evidence of a most violent struggle. When the clothes were exhibited, the prosecutrix screamed violently, and was taken out of the court in hysterics. Mrs. Marsh, wife of Mr. M. Marsh, Factory-buildings, sworn: About half-past seven last evening, I heard the cries of "murder" from a female, two or three times. I opened the door gently, and looked out, and saw a soldier and a woman about twenty-five yards from my door—on the ground, struggling very much. She was screaming murder!" I heard him say a man was looking at her; and I saw him stuffing his hand into her mouth. I sent no assistance to her. I was in the house by myself, and was very much frightened: that was my reason. I was look- ing at them about fifteen minutes. When he told her there was a man at the door, I went in and shut it, and went up- stairs, and looked through the window. When I got to the window, I saw them scuffling more violently than ever. She was struggling against him. Every time his hand was off her mouth, she was crying out. He asked her to give in to him, and she said she would not. Mr. Ronnie Did it not strike you to give an alarm, and get assistance ? Witness: I was too much frightened. Then he asked her to kiss him and he would let her get up. She did kiss him; and he then let her get up. She told him to take his hands off her, and let her arrange her dress. He did so; and she at once ran up towards where I was. I had heard him say, if she did not yield, he would make her —he would kill her, if she didn't. I was still at the window, and did not let her in. His belt fell off. Ho stopped a minute to pick it up and then ran after her. He caught her near the houses, and threw her into the hedge of the garden, and fell upon her. They were then within three or four yards of me. I saw him place his hand over her mouth, and again try to disarrange her clothes. They were disarranged by him. His back was always towards me, when I saw him. She was still crying for assistance. Then a boy and girl came out of one of the houses, and the girl cried out; and the soldier walked right over the female into the hedge, and went away. I was almost looking down on them. The prisoner is about the size of the man; but he was not dressed as he is. I came down directly on that, and with others her into Mrs. Lewis's. She was in a very disordered state. She was bruised very much. Her bonnet was off, and her hair loose. Her ear was bleeding, and her face and mouth were covered with mud, and she appeared as if mud had been repeatedly put into her mouth. Mr. Rennie Were there no men in the houses to hear her screams, and go to her assistance ? Witness There was not a man we could find in the row of eight houses; and I was very much frightened. She kissed him, it appeared, merely to be released. Prisoner: I have no question to ask of the witness. Jane Thomas sworn: I live in one of the houses—No. 3. About half-past seven, I was coming out with a young man and I heard screeches. I ran, and found the soldier abusing the prosecutrix severely. She was down-one part in the water of the ditch, and one part on the garden. She was crying out and struggling. I called out, "Brute!" three or four times; and he had one foot on her chest, and the other on the other side of her. He stepped over the hedge, and went away. Samuel Evans sworn: I was with the last witness. I heard some cries, and went up. This young woman cried out, You dirty brute." I ran and kicked at the doors, and people looked out. I saw a soldier assaulting the woman; and he got up and went over the hedge. His coat was all open. P.C. Williams sworn: Last night, about eight o'clock, from information I received, I went with Sergeant Harlow, to Maddox Close, to Mrs. Jones's, where I saw Ann Lewis, the prosecutrix, covered with dirt, and blood running down the left side of her face. Her clothes were torn and muddy. She gave us information; and we went to the barracks in search of the soldier. We saw the prisoner in the barracks. He was very violent, and under arrest. His trousers were covered with dirt. His other clothes were off. I took possession of his trousers, coat, boots, and belt. I found blood on the belt and coat, and covered with dirt; as were the trousers, as if he had been down on his knees several times. The mud was wet, and is so still. I or- dered him to be detained; and went back to the factory field, and oaw tKo three spots where the three scuffles had taken place. In the first place—a lane—I found a soldier's belt plate. From the marks on the ground, it was evident there had been a great scuffle. There were foot marks which corresponded with his boots, which we had taken from him. The marks corresponded with both feet, in a hundred places. The impressions were very good, being on a wet clay soil. I went there again this morning, when I found a handkerchief and several small articles—a black hair comb, a shawl pin, a piece of ribbon, like the strings of a bonnet—all belonging ,toprosecutrix. I wentto the barracks this morning, and brought prisoner down to the station. I took out the handkerchief alluded to, and the breast-plate (which I produce), and a stick. The prisoner said, They are all mine." I also had his hat from the barracks, cove: 01 with mud. There were impressions of the peak and other parts of the hat, which it had made on the mud. He de- nied all knowledge of it—said he had never been there; but had been drinking, and knew nothing about it. Sergt. Harlow produced the dress worn by the prosecu- trix last night, a part of the umbrella she had carried, and the soldier's stock. The Sergt.-Major here said the number on the belt-plate and the soldier's hat, showed that both belonged to the prisoner. On being cautioned, and asked if he had anything to say, The Prisoner said: I went out of barracks yesterday evening, and had some money. I fell in with acquaint- ances, soldiers, and drank until. I was entirely intoxicated —to that degree, that I was incapable of knowing any transaction that I might be guilty of, for which, I believe, I was put under arrest when I got to the barracks. The prisoner was then fully committed to take his trial at the assizes. Mr. Rennie said he thought it due to the prosecutrix to tell her that she would leave the court with a character which had no spot upon it, and which was, indeed, im- proved by the distressing tale she had told. Her master, who had heard the case, would no doubt appreciate her conduct in its proper light. Mr. Hughes also added some words of commendation on the conduct of the female; and the parties then left the court.

THE NEW CEMETERY. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,—Having been favoured with a view of the plans in competition for the proposed New Cemetery at the Hand Post, I think that a little criticism upon them would not be at all out of place in a local paper. I do not mean to impugn the good faith of the gentlemen who compose the Board, whom I shall presume to have acted with the best intentions, or the abilities of the selected architects, un- known as they are to me, both in name and reputation. In selecting the designs, however, of Messrs. Purdoe and Johnson, I think that the Board have been too much misled by a pretty picture, and have awarded praise to the architects more justly due to the unknown artist. I think that the committee have come somewhat too hastily to a conclusion in this matter, and that it would have been much better to have allowed the plans to have stood over, for the judgment of a few practical men, architects and builders, to have reported to them as to their respective eligibility. Had this been the case, I do not think but that the architects would have decided against adopting a plan showing such a solecism in taste as having the two chapels, near and opposite eaAh other, in two styles of ar- chitecture, distinct in period by several centuries, namely, that of the Anglo-Norman and Decorated Gothic; whilst the builders would also have decided against a plan mani- festly incapable of being carried out in its integrity for the sum named, £400? Not only is the Anglo-Norman Dis- senting chapel entirely out of keeping with its Decorated neighbour; but it would seem as if the architects selected the style as a type of the superior eligibility of church over chapel—the Anglo-Norman style being merely a relict of a rude and barbarous age, whilst the Decorated is the very culminating point of the science and skill of the Gothic architects. I will also venture to add that the proposed Dissenting chapel is itself but a poor specimen of the style adopted. As to the estimate accompanying the plans, I should fancy it remarkably figurative in its figures, and I should hope that the Board will ask for a "material guarantee." The sum put down for the a re- markable proof of the modesty of architects in framing an estimate, whilst £ 400 for the roads, footpaths, drains, planting, and the various etceteras, I do not know how to account for, unless with the idea that those gentlemen are laughing at us. Have any of the gentlemen who form the Board ever had the pleasure of getting into the hands of a landscape gardener. If so, I think they will agree with me that their bills can only compare to those of some lawyers. But there is no need to enlarge upon that point; for by the time that the roads, paths, and deep drains required, are executed, the sum remaining for planting will be far on the wrong side of the ledger. So much for the selected plans. As to the other plans, many of them contained, no doubt, good points worthy of adoption but I cannot help admir- ing the more than poetic license taken by tho worthy ar- tists. One gentleman favours us with what I suppose is intended for a view of the site; but it certainly much more resembles a panoramic vie .v of the vale of Chamouni, with Mont Blanc in the distance. Another poetic gentleman gives us, in conjunction however with some good designing, fountains, and a lake, with swans peacefully gliding on its bosom. One ornothological specimen is, I think, in the appropriate act of singing its mythical requiem; but this I will not exactly vouch for. One firm of architects of some celebrity sent in designs for the chapels, which would be very appropriate as decorated lime-kilns. Another gentle- man, probably not knowing or caring for the irregular na- ture of the site, coolly cuts it up into mathematical straight lines and squares, "on economical principles," which would give it the appearance of a nursery garden; and he pro- bably intended to plant our defunct citizens instead of cab- bages. Indeed, it would seem that the majority of the gentlemen had never even seen the site they proposed to lay out. The result on this occasion certainly does not bias me in favour of competition plans in general. I beg to remain, sir, your obedient servant, CIVIS.

SANITARY IMPROVEMENT. We select the following importantly suggestive obser- vations from a pamphlet, entitled Results of Sanitary Im- provement," by Dr. Southwood Smith, whose zealous efforts in aid of the Metropolitan and other societies, for improving the physical condition of the industrious classes, and whose practical information on the subject of vital statistics, give him a high rank amongst the benefactors of the human family: — Preventible disease has been diminished, but not sup- pressed. There has been, in the improved dwellings, com- plete exemption from typhus, cholera, and it may be added, small-pox; yet it must be admitted, that other forms of zymotic disease—scarlet fever, measles, hooping-cough, and diarrhoea—have occurred, though rarely, and these maladies have in no instance spread. In the present state of towns, it cannot indeed be expected that large numbers of persons can be placed under circumstances which will give them absolute immunity from the visitation of epi- demic diseases. These terrible maladies are the stern monitors of our duties, with respect to laws, obedience to which is the ordained condition of health and life and the consequences of such neglect of those laws, as recent dis- closures, relative to the sanitary condition of the country, have shown to be habitual and general in every town in the kingdom, must, for a time, at least, have their course. The neglects of years cannot be remedied in days surface cleansings cannot reach the mischiefs that exist and accu- mulate beneath. Nevertheless, as long as any localities are subject, in ordinary seasons, to the frequent recurrence of zymotic disease, in any form, none can foresee the ex- tent to which they may suffer during an extraordinary epidemic period. We are now, in all human probability, entering on such a period. The new and terrible plague of modern times is again amongst us. It may remain comparatively inert during the winter months, as it did in 1818, but there is too much reason to apprehend that it will reappear as formidably as ever in the coming summer. It has cer- tainly lost nothing of its former virulence. On the con- trary, it is, in some respects, more violent than on any previous visitation, and it numbers among its victims, a larger proportion of the higher classes. The interval be- tween 1848 and 1853 has been grievously neglected. Com- paratively few towns are now better prepared than they were then, to meet the impending danger. On this very account, the more urgent and imperative is the necessity that the interval between the present time and the ap- proaching summer, should not be lost. Though it may not be possible, by any such temporary and inadequate measures as are practicable within the time, to prevent, altogether, outbreaks of the pestilence, yet we hope to lessen their severity. There are not wanting instances in which the energetic adoption of such measures as were available, particularly the enforcement of all practicable means of cleansing, anhe resolute removal of nuisances, warded off the disease to a very 'great extent, even under circumstances in which a formidable attack appeared inevi- table; and, perhaps, at the present juncture, it may serve for encouragement and guidance, to direct attention to one or two of such examples. One of the most remarkable of these occurred at Balti- more, during the prevalence of epidemic cholcra in America, in 1849. The population of this city is about 149 000 souls. The site of the town is naturally salubrious, and parts of it are well built; but the districts near the river, occupied by the poorer classes, are low and damp, and liable to remitant and intcrmittant fevers, and therefore predis- posed to cholera. "In the spring of 1849, the pestilence, which had at- tacked, with great violence, several neighbouring towns, appeared to be close upon the city. A general conviction prevailed, both among the authorities and the citizens, that uncleanliness had much to do with the development and spread of the disease; they, therefore, spared neither money nor labour to purify the city, and they gave the execution of the cleansing operations to experienced and energetic officers, who performed the work so vigorously, that it was generally admitted, that never before had the town been in so clean a state, or so thoroughly purified, as during the summer months of the year 1849. About the middle of June, while cholera was prevailing at New York, Cincinnati, and other places, north and west of Baltimore, diarrhoea broke out, and became general over the whole city, accompanied by another system which was universal, affecting even those who had no positive attack of diarrhoea; namely, an indefinable sense of oppression over the wh<jle .region of the abdomen, seldom, amounting to pain, hut constantly calling attention to that part of the body. At that time,' says the medical ofScor of the city, I felt assured that the poison which produced cholera, per- vaded the city; that it was brooding over us; that we were already under its influence; and I anticipated momen- tarily an outbreak of the epidemic. In about two weeks, however, from the commencement of this diarrhoea, and the prevalence of the uneasy sensation which accompanied it, these symptoms began to subside, and in a short time they wholly disappeared. Simultaneously with their dis- appearance, cholera broke out at Richmond, and other towns south of Baltimore. I then felt assured that the fuel necessary to co-operate with this poison, did not exist in our city: that the cloud had passed over us, and left us unharmed.' No case of cholera was reported to the Board of Health or other authorities of the town, as having occurred durin°- this time; but on a close examination, it was ascertained that four deaths had taken place from the disease in its most virulent form. That the cholera poison had really pervaded the city, was appallingly evinced by an event which occurred in its immediate vicinity. The Baltimore almshouse is situated about two miles from the city, on sloping ground, remarkable for its beauty .and salubrity, in immediate contiguity with the country- seats of several of the wealthy families of the town. It is surrounded by a farm of upwards of 200 acres, belonging to the establishment, for the most part under cultivation. The building is capable of accommodating between GOO and 700 inmates. An enclosure of about five acres, sur- rounded by a wall, adjoins the main building upon its north side. In the rear ol this north wall is a ravine, which at one point approaches the wall to within about nine feet. This ravine is the outlet for all the filth of the establishment. It is dry "in summer, but retentive of wet after rain. The space between the wall and the bed of the ravine is not under tillage, but is overgrown with a rank, weedy vegetation, common in rich waste soils. The phy- sician of the establishment, under the same appreheRsion of an outbreak of cholera as had prevailed in Baltimore, had taken the same precautions against the disease, and had placed the establishment itself in a state of scrupulous cleanliness. On the first of July, cholera attacked one of the inmates. On the seventh, a second attack occurred. This was fol- lowed, in rapid succession, by other seizures, and within the space of one month 99 inmates of the establishment had perished by cholera. building and grounds, the most diligent search tailed to discover anything that could account for this outbreak; but on examining the premises outside the no. hern wall, e was found a vast mass of filth, con- sisting of the overflowings of cesspools, the drainage from pigsties, and the general refuse of the establishment. In short,' says the medical officer, the whole space included between the ravine and the wall, upon its north side, was one putrid and pestilential mass, capable of generating, under the ardent rays of a Midsummer sun, the most poi- sonous and deadly exhalations.' During the greater part of the time that this outbreak continued, a slight breeze set in pretty steadily frpm the north, conveying tho poisonous exhalations from behind the north wall directly over the house. The first persons attacked, were those who happened to be particularly exposed to the air blowing from the north side of the building. On the male side of the house there was no protection from the ravine. The female side was partially protected by three rows of trees. The residents on the women s side were more numerous than on the men s, but the attacks were considerably less. Among the paupers, those who slept m apartments ex- posed to the north were attrC cod-those nut so exposed, generally escaped. "In the basement story of a bunding, opening di- rectly to the north, and close to a spot wmch received the contents of one of the cesspools, 17 lunatics were lodged, all of whom were attacked, and all died. Eight medical students were attached to the establish ment, of whom four occupied apartments with a northern exposure, and four were lodged m ioom.3 with a southern exposure. The four whose rooms were exposed to the noi th were attacked, the four whose rooms were not thus exposed, eseapod. h I t The manager, also, who slept in a room above that of the students, looking to the nortn, was attacked his family, whose rooms looked to the south, escaped. Men, after some difficulty and delay, were employed to remove the filth and dram the ravine, the whole surface of which, after having been taoroughly cleansed by a stream of water, was thickly co\ercd with lime, over which was put a deep stratum of earth. The men employed in this wprk, were attacked with cholera, as were sume of the several inmates ot the almshouse who had been dispersed throughout Ba imore, but the disease did not spread to any other persons in the city. From the 25th of July, the day on which the drainage was completed, the disease suddenly declined from 11 the day previous, to throe, aud, by the 9th of August, had entirely disappeared. In the cases of Baltimore, and the Baltimore almshouse, a neglected spot was severely visited by the pestilence, while, by well-directed exertion, an entire city escaped. In our own country, an instance has lately occurred in which, —!«)!)« t by similar exertion, a particular spot escaped, whilea lous town was devast, ted by the plague. No town in Great Britain has ever been so se? visited by cholera as Newcastle, yet the garrison of ™ castle has wholly escaped. tIe The barracks, in which tho garrison of Newas quartered, are situated about three-quarters of a mile the centre of the town. In houses at distances fat ø from 20 to 200 yards of the barrack gates, numerous de from cholera took place, and in a village 260 yardS the barracks, the pestilence prevailed to a frightful e for many days, numbering one or more victims in every cottage. On the outbreak of the pestilence in the town, the dical officers of the garrison, with the sanction and, ance of their superior officers, exerted themselves great promptitude and energy to carry into effcct jjj means at their command, calculated to lessen the of an attack from which they could not hope aloge to escape. The sewers, drains, privies, and ash-p1^$ thoroughly cleansed all accumulations of filth were moved; the spots where such filth had been collected" purified; the freest possible ventilation was establ day and night, in living and sleepiug rooms; overcrop ( was guarded against; the diet of the residents ^$ far as practicable, regulated; the men were strictlY. fined to barracks after evening roll-call, and were den to go into the low and infected parts of the J amusements were encouraged in the vicinity of racks; every endeavour was made to procure a ch tBf compliance with the requirements insisted on, citing fear; and there was a medical inspection of the twice, and of the women and children, once daily. The influence of the epidemic poison upon the was demonstrated by the fact that, among 519 pe eS the total strength of the garrison, there were 451 caS I premonitory diarrhoea, of which 421 were among the (J men, irrespective of the officers, women, and children" attacks being, in some instances, obstinate, and reC,^ more than once. Yet such was the success of the j11^^ measures which had been adopted, that no case of Kti occurred within tho barracks during the whole P jrf the epidemic; and every case of diarrhoea was from passing on to the developed stage of the dis' M while in Newcastle there were upwards of 4000 at and 1543 deaths. J It is impossible to over-estimate the practical 1111 ance of the results which have now been stated. f show the extent to which, under circumstances utmost difficulty and danger, it may still be save life they open a prospect of the physical and improvement of the people, such as, before these were obtained, there was no warrant from expert a anticipate; they indicate that the first step in this prof must be the removal of the degrading influence 0 J present dwellings of the labouring class, and they P the practicability, without loss to the capitalist, tional rent to the tenant, of the universal substituy houses for hovels. There must be compulsory en jl ment of certain sanitary conditions wherever jjf human habitations. There must bo provision for tfl J ply of better-ordered dwellings for the industrious cl dwellings accessible to air and light, and no longer ducing that malarious depression which resorts f° J to the fatal stimulus of ardent spirits dwellings c° ble with cleanliness, comfort, and those decent obser f which are necessary to self-respect, and which I11t1"iD come habits, before there can be respect for the hpr f property, or life of others. Until such dwelli11^ within the reach of these classes, they cannot bCb out of that physical debasement which has lately |l painfully depicted, and which has been shown to ot portion (the unnecessary portion) of large masses il people. The physical improvement of these mas5åS, now admitted, must precede their intellectual &nl elevation. When the house ceases to be a sty, and P^r the conditions which render it capable of being. "Jy home, then, but not till then, may it receive, 1 hope of benefit, the schoolmaster and the religion."

NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL QUARTS^ MEETING. TUESDAY. Present —Joseph Latch, Esq., in the chair, in tb:Ëd of the Mayor; and Messrs. Davis, Jenkins, & M Turner, Lyne, Llewellin, Lewis, Dowling, Burton, Townsend, Knapp, Homfray, Mullock, Webb, Williams, and Batehelor. re The Deputy-Clerk read the minutes of the V p, Council meeting; and the Board considered ta reports (watch committee and Board of Health) e, f The accounts as audited by the finance comnlltte <; also presented. h Sc Mr. Davis said that in reference to the BritJSJeøY the committee, cousisting of himself and Messrs- and Llewellin, had been informed that the Canal orti did not want the school premises, but merely a P tPSI f the play ground. The committee considered tioØt agreement did exist on the part of the old corpor_ give the building to the trustees of the school > JL committee recommended that the conveyance oft building and part of the play ground, be made> any necessity to go to the Lords of the Treast^ other part of the play ground not to bo convcyed yi the Canal Company to pay the trustees for it J* y# required it—the purchase money to be used.bytho for the benefit of the school. v W The Chairman said he was glad the matter arranged. 1 øI The iown Clerk said he was anxious to say opinion now decided upon, was not in accordance^ 1 views he had expressed: and though he was matter was settled, and after the mature jjjtfl the committee, he did not wish to take the 1 the present step. ,{ i>U Mr. Townsend, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Iggulden, W|) Mr. Llewellin, Mr. Dowling, and other gentlen>e spoken on the question, the second speaker static? gA committee quite agreed with the view raised by }{fllofl Batehelor, solicitor, the committee presented the jr report, which, on the motion of Mr. Dowling, sec Mr. Lewis, was adopted by the Council:— <$ Y our committee find that the site of the Briti3 room and playground was given by the old corp0^, certain persons for the buiiding of such school; recommend that a conveyance of the British Sob.^ ing, and that portion of the play ground which "'l¡tCf required for the widening of the street, as arr^jiJ the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Compan/ executed to trustees for the benefit of the school; the remainder of the play ground be thrown street, and the purchase money payable by the N shire Railway and Canal Company, for that portl p be received by the trustees of the school, to be w the benefit of the school. fl> "HENRY JO "WM. JENKII*9'J "T. M. Lle^JJI Mr. Llewellin and Mr. Davis said the views,e by the Town Clerk were properly urged by hjJlJti case was one which required strict legal investi?aj{tl The list of accounts passed by the finance coiu11 jj then read by the Town Clerk when a discusS10 to a claim by Mr. Scard of £10, charged for oJtj gil tho removal of the snow. It appeared that thl ei been disallowed by the committee, but the su allowed for extra work ordered by the sub-colP the Board of Health. t Mr. Iggulden moved that the £10 so deduct to Mr. Scard. Mr. Webb seconded the motion. Mr. Knapp was of opinion that there was grol1 Scard's demand of £10.. Mr. Rennie said if the Council had confidenccJ; finance committee, let what they did be agreed they should abide by their decision. If their Pf Jjj were to be nullified, the committee bo b..jl Undoing what they had done, was rendering theIr a nullity. Mr. Iggulden still persisted in his view. j Mr. bowling said Mr. Iggulden would the^ abrogate the 1 unctions of the committee. Pr'0 tlciuen, with such a result before their eyes, ■ over ready to serve on committees. Mr. Lyne said if the Council did not aSrcCfe £ report of the committee, the report should be fC to the committee. elJt Mr. Rennie said he would move as an amends 0 the report of the finance committee be aCc confirmed. ft6 Mr. Lyne seconded the amendment, which, 8 sion, was carried. 1\fa The Town Clerk here read a letter from the ce wished to state that he was opposed to the aC jj the proposal of the Tredegar Wharf Company; t see that the tenants on the property of tha a should be excused any portion of the rate, wIllC,.h. i paid for the general purposes of the borons ) Couucil accepted the company's proposal ,th £ J ae tho whole matter; but if it were not, and t'\epi<~j of rates took place, he would recommend that yíllg 0 i should .be placed on the committee for carr; „ matter. thO 1Z Mr. Knapp moved that the question of j Wharf property should come before the 1>0 cussion.jjfit vj Mr. Homfray said, in reply to Mr. Rennie, portion of property in the new borough, he 0{f>A < company, was £16,000 against £45,000, on P tlt. the general rateable value. Mr. Homfray a to show that the roads of the company.. by the town at large. The proposition not be considered as cmanating'from the be to own desire, but called for by the Council;, if the roads were taken to by the Board, it "V rious to the interests of the town at large, Mr. Rennie moved that the offer of the J- Company be respectfully declined. T?PQI^C IA # Mr. Iggulden considered with Mr. Board should not accept the proposal, an the motion. ^0n Mr. Knapp quite concurred with the P1, meeting unanimously passed) and w0.'jl1 the subject popularly termed u the Fi'l S. considered that the commotion among the new borough, was fully justified. d^ there had been called upon to pay ott ^ot £ old borough, of £800; [The Clerk Ji not i having subscribed that amount, they e as th P corresponding benefit. He would propo > as 1 J Board of Health had recommended 1, tP3V B. and due to the ratepayers in the new no a ■