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CAP" T G 'T C I R I C A R D I G A N'SEISE. I ABEP.YSI'.VITH GAS MEETING.—The annual meeting I): Aberystwith Gas Company, took place at the I 0Wn Hali, on Tuesday last, John Evans, Esq., Mayor, Jn the c hair. Mr. Wells, clei k of the company, read the circular convening the meeting, which purported to be for the purpose of appointing auditors and a new committee of management, for the ensuing year, and to Contract with the town commissioners for lighting the public lamps, (the present contract being about to Expire,) also to take into consideration the propriety of Saucing the price of gas to private consumers, and fur transacting other general business." The Clerk then read the balance sheet of the company for the last year, y tthioh it appears the capital of the company fixed and floating is £1,092, and that the profits of the last )ear was the question arose as to the amount of the dividend to be declared. It was stated that by I declaring a dividend of 8 per cent there would remain the sum of the contingencies of next year, a.na it was discussed whether that was sufficient. Dr. Edwards thought it was not, and he spoke repeatedly as to the necessity of having a good capital to fall back upon. A discussion then took place as to what would t wanted next year for the gas manufactory when it was stated by Mr. W. Sullivan, one of the committee, that two retorts would be required, which would cost between £ 50 and £ 60. One of the shareholders Intimated that a new Gasometer might be wanted. Ir. Wells, the clerk, stated that a Gasometer was cal- culated to last 20 or 30 years if properly coated, and as their Gasometer had been carefully done so, he felt no hesitation in saying that it was now almost as good as It was ultimately decided that £ 139 Wall suilql- cient for a reserve, and a dividend of 8 per cent. was unani- mously declared. The meeting then entered into the consideration of the propriety of reducing the price of gas to private consumers. The price heretofore charged has been 14s. for every 1000 feet. There was a general deling that there should be a reduction, and the ques- tion was how much ? Several sums were suggested and II was ultimately decided and unanimously carried that the future price should be lis. 8d. per 1000 feet being a reduction of 2s. 4d. upon the former price. There being a committee of the town commissioners present, ^meeting proceeded to contract with them for lighting the public lamps. It should be stated that for the last 4 or 5 years the lamps have not been regularly lighted, eXCcpt for 8 months in the year, and Mr. Alderman Hughes, (Laura Place,) stated that the average cost to the town each year was about E263, but as the com- missioners had determined that for the future the town should be lighted for 10 months each year instead of 8, he proposed that the commissioners should pay the gas company jE3 5s. for each public lamp for each year of 10 months, which he stated would amount to much about the same as the last 4 or 5 years, ( £ 263). This being seconded by Mr. Thomas Jones, (Ropewalk.) Mr. Robert Edward rose and proposed as an amend- ment, that the sum of £ 3 7s. 6d. each be charged for the public lamps, which would make about 1:10 a year additional to Mr. Alderman Hughes's proposition, or about £27:3 a year for the whole public lamps, Mr. Robert Edward stated that he and the late committee had been carefully considering the matter, and had come to the conclusion that E3 7s. Gd. per light was the very lowest they could charge for the public lamps, & that would be; only at the rate of 7s 6d. per 1,000 feet "hile even according to the present reduction private Consumers paid lis. 8d. Mr. Hugh Hughes, (Solicitor) seconded Mr. Edward's amendment. After a little dis- cussion Mr. Alderman Hughes withdrew his motion, and it was unanimously agreed that F,3 7s. 6d. should be charged for every public lamp for the next year. The following gentlemen were elected on the new committee, Mr. Alderman Hughes, (Solicitor,) Messrs. Robert Edward, John Matthew, W. Julian, Griffith Thomas, and John Davics. Auditors, Alderman John Hughes, Laura Place, and Mr. Thomas Jones, (Rope- walk). Thanks being voted to the chairman for his conduct, the meeting then broke up. 0:i Sunday last a most eloquent sermon on the behalf the National School, was preached at St. Michael's Church, Aberystwith, by the Rev. John Hughes, Yicar of Llanbadarnfawr, and minister of the above church the collection it the doors was 1:25 17s. ABFitysTIN-ITIl.-Tiir.. SEASON.—The season at this fashionable watering place may be said to be now at its meridian. Until this week the weather has been anything but favourable, yet the tide of visitors has continued to throng in sans-intermission. Last Sunday the church was so crowded that many were obliged to fctire for want of room, thought it is well known that the resident pew-owners during the summer season 8er.era)]y give up their seats for the accommodation of gangers. The evening promenades on the Marine ierrace are crowded with company-the rippling mur- In IJrs of the mighty Atlan tic blending with the harmonious cadences of the German Band and bestowing the most "tdightful fascination on the scene. If any other proof were wanting of the fashionable season having set in at Aberysthwith it may be found in our friend Mr. Feuton, who, we are given to understand, is about to open the Aberystwith Theatre for two or three months. Among the most recent arrivals at the Bell Vue Hotel we find the names of Sir John Conroy, Bart., and party; Sir A. Corbet, Bart., and family; Lady Herbrooke, and family Lady Jones, and family General Bunt, and family; Major Lewis; Major Sotheby; Rev. P. Claughton Mr. and Mrs. Hobson; Mr. and Mrs.Iioyd; \lr. ar.d Mrs. Ilolbeech Mr. and Mrs. Houghton, (the -purchaser of Ilafod) Mr. and Miss Jones Mr. !ld Mrs. Ridwell, and family Mr. and Mrs. George t/r- and Mrs. Barnard, and family Mr. and Mrs. Lagle; Mr. and Mrs. Ilall; Mr. and Mrs. Edwards; 31r. and Mrs. Kee, and family; Sir. and Miss Shapton; Dr. and Mrs. Walker, and Miss Walker Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan Richards, and family; Mrs. Totnall, and Miss Cooper Mrs. Whittington Mrs. and Miss Clarke Mr. liard)- Mr. G. Lewis Mr. C'olbick Mr. Thomson; Mr. Robins; Mr. Tomkins, &c. &c. &c. CARDIGAN.—Mr. W. L. Noott, it will be seen, is candidate for the office of Coroner for the county, and IS powerfully supported in this neighbourhood. CARDIGAN MAIL.—We understand that after Monday fiext, the above mail will leave Carmarthen at 4 p.m. so as to arri ve at Newcastle Emlyn between 5 and 6 the same evening and on to Cardigan, returning to New- castle Emlyn at 8 o'clock in the morning, and from thence to Carmarthen, by this means London letters Itill be delivered at Cardigan a day sooner than at present. CARDIGAN.—On Saturday, an Excise Officer went into the White Hart Inn, and while there, two hawkers offered him some of their articles for sale. He de- manded their license, and on their refusal he seized their goods, which were deposited with the Clerk to the Magistrates, till Mondav, when the case was brought before the Mayer and Borough Magistrates by the hawkers as an assault. The Excise Officer, however, Produced his authority to demand the licences, and the case was dismissed.—John Phillips, alias Cook, ap- peared to prefer a complaint against Mr. Roberts, the re- sectable landlord of the lrbite Hart Inn, for threatening to assault him but upon Phillips giving his evidence, It appeared that he had made some unjust observations upon the veracity of Mrs. Roberts, and the Magistrates Ter' properly dismissed the case.—On Tuesday last, Mr. Mosel y, Excise Officer, was summoned before the Mayor and Borough Magistrates for assaulting Mr. Stephen Williams, currier. It appeared that the par- ties were or. Saturday at the Angel Inn, and a dispute arose as to a glass of porter, when the complainant stated that Mr. Mosely struck him, because he drank Out of his glass—being a very powerful man, he laid hold of Mosely and put him upon the floor. A witness of the name of Evans, who happened to be in the room, stated that Mosely struck the first blow. In his de- ence Mosely stated, that he believed he did strike com- pa.nant who laid him down and knelt upon him. The Magistrates desIred thè room to be cleared, and on the re-aumittance of the public their ?ships fined the dc- fendant Ms. and costs 8s. p EXC:SE Co?-lCTIO?S.—Before David A «S a ers Davies, Esq., M.P., and the Rev. 13. Lew?;?? J'/?/?. of Drefach, was fined in the mitigated n?a?[?- of ?50 for fraudulently making malt.o? ??. Currws Mil!, was summoned to attend for having had ?alt in his possession but having stated to the officer at the *e ?f the seizure the name of the owner, he ? liberated, and John ./MM, Pantglas, who owned the *^alt, was tined in the mitigated penalty of £ 25. Both ??s WCTC further recommended to the clemency of -c?rd in consequence of their poverty. ^enrhiwpale^ on Tuesday last, David Thomas, of jj 'r?r'V lia!1' P''ir'sh of l'cnbryn, was committed (,ry lwJl, jn the pani'h of enbryn, IHIS eomnlllteo for ?'"Ung cue leather back band, and one ham strap, ? "? property of David Jones, of Blaenpant, in the same Parish. NEWCASTLE EMLYN.- —The weather since Tuesday has been delightful for the harvest, and in this neigh- bourhood both scythe and sickle are in full operation. should the present weather continue a fortnight, the crops will be for the ,iost part secured. Ddh wheat and barley of this years produce have been under the OPeration of the ruijk-i and yield well. r-

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