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-MILFORD DOCKS.
MILFORD DOCKS. "A special correspondent of The Daily Telegraph' says: Brunei's unpopular saying "Liverpool made I mistake in not going to Milford Raven," will force itsel upon the minds of many people at the present time, wht i works -ire in progress for the construction of docks when Nature has already dug the foundation. It needs not the ghost of Nelson to rise and tell us that Milford Haven i. one of the finest harbours of the world, nor shall we wani the entire wisdom of a Chamber of Commerce to demon- strate that, owing to the geographical position of this magnificent estuary, it is admirably adapted to the requirements of an extensive commerce both as regards exports and imports, while it is equally cer ain that, being just opposite Queenstown, it saves the navigation of St George's Channel in a passage to America, and gains time for a class of passengers with whom time is money. The first attempt at forming this noble natural harbour into a haven of really practical importance was made in 1790 when the Hon. C. F Greville one of the largest landed proprietors in the neighbourhood, obtained an Act of i arl ament giving him full powers to erect quays and execute o her works, establish market;, build doJis, and, in short, convert a small fishing port into a station for the mail packets to the South of Ireland. In the early days of the present century Milford i laven also had the honour of building ships of war, but this dignity was short lived. and se early as 1814 the Royal Dockyard was removed to Pater, now called Pembroke Dock. four miles higher up the harbour. The Irish Packet Company still remained faithful for many years afl er the withdrawal of the Royal patronage; but even this old friend eventually deserted Milford for the more favoured Pater, or Paterchuroh, as the town was orig nally called for many years After the loss of the Irish Packet -ervice, the town of Milford languished, until, in 1857, Colonel Greville. a descendant of the founder of the town. again instilled new life into its torpid existence by the construction of gas and water works, and a jetty 850ft. in length, a portion of which, however, was unfortunately earned away in a gile a few years since. The new energy thus imparted bore fruit in the construction of dry docks, warehouses for bonding all descriptions of foreig products, a Custom House shipbuilding yards, cordage, anchor, and other works connected with shipping. They have, however, given but little.vitality to the town, and it is to the future rather than to the present or the past we must look for the history of Milford. The scheme of the docks embraces an entrance lock. 559ft long by 75ft wide, with 34ft of water over the sill at ordinary high water spring tides This lock will be fitted at each end with wrought iron slidi g caissons, and will open into a wet dock having a water ar, a of about sixteen acres. By the side of the entrance lock, and parallel with it, is a gravino- dock 740ft long and 96ft wide. This dock has 36ft of water over the sill at ordinary high water or spring tides. The entrances to both the outer and the inner dock will be closed by means of wrought iron caissons. Beyond this large graving dock is a small one, which will be used for docking ships of small tonnage up to 250ft in length. -,&. -0 --r "0 On Tuesday an inspection of the works, which were renewed in 1874, has been made by a party of gentlemen interested in the new project The corn; any included Rear-Admiral Sir William llewett, V.C., K.C.B.; Mr. G. Cavendish Taylor, of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway; Lieutenant Cdonel F. D. Grey, president of the Great Western Railway of Canada MrG. W. Johns, Mr. J. P. Arrmtage, .Mr..j. It. Jolly, Mr. J. A. Worth, VC1"' ri Mr. C. C. Hood, secretary of the Milford Docks Company; Mr. J. M. Toler, constructor of the pier and Mr. Lake, the designer of the novel working arrangements by which the operations are being carried out. Broadly speaking, the dock schemes may be described as the reclamation of Hubberston Pill, one of the side creeks debouching into Milford Haven, through the centre of which runs an insignificant stream of fresh water, the feeble representative of the powerful torrent which, in some long past geological epoch, must have cut out of the red sandstone the deep, precipitous gully now covered by beds of clay, mud. and silt, which in some places exceed 70ft m depth. These peculiar conditions combined with the fact that the old red sandstone beds were much fissured and highly pervious to water, rendered the adoption of the ordinary system of dock construction namely, the throwing of a cofferdam, whether of timber or earth, across the entrance of the site, quite inadmissible The more costly and difficult mode of constructing by tide work was therefore of necessity resorted to in order to expedite the rate of progress, and at the same time secure thoroughly substantial foundations for the wal s. The contractors have introduced and applied some interesting engineering devices. I may here remark that the whole of the dock and lock walls are built of Portland cement concrete, made of the est quality Portland cement and local gravel mixed with local limestone and san istone; the walls are faced, wherever requisite, with a super or quality of mountain limestone, and will be coped with the same material Two principal methods of construction have been employed in building the walls wherever the rock is to be found at a moderate depth below the o'd surface, and also in cases wnere special strength and stability are requisite; as for instance for the foundations of the quoins at the dock e trances the walls have been carried down and founded on the rock throughout .their length. Secondly, in places where the rock was only to be found at a very great depth, and where the walls will not be subjected to any special or extra strain, they have been built upon a series of concrete tubes of great size and solidity. This is an adaptation of the oJd Indian well system The tubes are sunk through soft strata by the simple process of excavating the mud from the exterior, and -o compelling them to descend hy their ow weight. When a firm foundation is reached the rock is levelled so as to form an even base, and the interior of the cylinder is filled up with concrete, thus f, rming a solid 1 pier on which to rest the walls. The surface alluvium of 1 the pile, although nearly approaching clay in character, ] is, when once disturbed and subiected to the tidal action, very unstable and shifty and much difficulty was J experienced in efficiently timbering the foundation. To t obviate this the c. 'ntractors Messrs Lake and Taylor- ( devis d and introduced the r iron caissons, which are set i on the site of the wall one in front and one at back. c The ends are connected by cross planking which are t bolted to the caiss ns and the joints properly caulked, t thus forming a rigid water tight box These caissons are f usually carried down about ten feet below the surface. J When the wall is complete the caissons are easily lifted T by being slung to a barge on the rising tide. As may J easilv be iniazined the nurndinff arra gementsin connection n with this form an important Yea, ure- of the works. he pulsometer pumps, which throw each from 800 to 1,000 gallons a minute, have exclusively been used, and their efficiency was no less a matter of remark to-day than their curious construction, which may have suggested to an anatomist the form and action of a pair of lungs. H aving inspected all the various pumps, steam cranes, rockdrills, and engines, together with the works of the British Electric Light Company, whose system of illuminating was fully tested on uesday night, the party entered a railway car and were conveyed along the short line which runs to the end of the pier, and wh i ch was for 111 ally opened on Thursday. Alongoide the pier was brought a steam tender used ordinarily as a carrier to meet the trawlers and bring in the fish. This peculiar vessel, so high in the bows that her deck forward is a steep little hi 1, carried us down as far as St Ann's head in glorious weaiher so that the mouth of the haven was seen to I he best possible effect. Lying off this little port of Milford is the Great Eastern steamship, which, by-the-bye h is been docked, go that the accommodation for whaafing and cleaning big ships is a sufficiently proven fact. The run was continued out to the waters of the Atlantic, when the steamer turned back to iVHitord Pive beautiful bays, each a commodious anchorage, .were seen with admiration in the bright, cr sp air; there aie also ten creeks and thirteen roadsteads, where the argest ships have lain tranquilly uuder the shelter of e ills when the great south westerly gales that blow so fiercely upon the Pembrokeshire coast have been ragmg; fortifications appear on the heights along the shore, and on the rocky islands in mid-channel, toward the approaches of this unrivalled haven. xT^alingJdnteatUofdtha SUn' visited Castle Hall, the old seat ol the Grevilles passing the ruined tower which is apocryphally associated with the name of Lady Hamilton, and were driven r>ack to the Nelson Hotel, through the company snewlr-acquired estijte lane^ bright with the 5 ellow gorse, which in this wonderful January is all ablaze in the spring like hedges. This little expedition will be long remembered if the busv projects at :vi ilford come to aught that is good The spo; whether visited or not by prosperity, will always be a centre of interest. Not five miles hence is Picton Cast Ie one of the very few Norman strongholds now remaining in the kingdom that has never been forfeited, desested nor burnt. It has been inhabited since the time of William Rufus. It stood a sharp siege during the civil wars when Sir Richard Phillips gat risoued it for the King The same fami y holds it n-w. "f the posiioll which the town of milford occupies on the north shore of the Haven, it is impossible to speak too admiring y. Hare if anywhere, the b rr. nness and desolation of the treeless coast softens to a smiling and fertile aspect, the gra^s on the slopes is green and the cattle that dot the fields have a look of English comfort; but isnot Pembrokeshire itself more English than Welsh ? Ihe language of the Principality is not heard till we get as far north as 11 averfordwest This was probably the centre of that colony of Flemings who driven from their native country by fearful inundations in the b. ginning of the twelfth century, were settled i .South W ales by Henry 1., together with our .Norman conquerors of the country. Without much doubt the descendants of those same colonists, reinforced by the Flemish m: rcenaries who had served under Stephen and were banished by the second H cnry into Wales, are still the occupants of the South Pembrokeshire soil. You see it in remnants of old habits and customs; the very form of the cottage chimneys is Flemish, of the Middle Age type and character.^ At any rate, there is nothing strikingly Welsh about Milford and, I repeat, its situation on the right or north side of thi, land locked haven is splendid. Its three par illel streets, built step :1 bove step along the hillside, look down upon the harbour and hilly undulations that picturesquely enclose the wide watery expanse. Over the dulness of the desolate town a gleam of hope and promise, I think, is again cast. Everybody here seems to think so, and the very children were in evident earnest when they cheered the progress of the visitors on Tuesday. As for Milford rivalling Liverpool or any established port, that need not be talked about at present, but Liverpool had a beginning quite as insignificant as that from which Milford may date its career. As in the past Milford was extinguished by the removal of a Royal dockyard, it may revive in the establshment of a commercial emporium." I GREAT CONSERVATIVE MEETING IN NEWPORT. On Thursday evening a great Conservative meeting was held in the Victoria Hall, Newport under the presidency of Lord Tredegar. The spacious building was crammed with an enthusiastic audience. S r Hardinge Giffard, Q C., M.P., ex-Solicitor-General, was the principal speaker, and he put forward a heavy indictment agamst the Government. The following werle the local speakers:- The Eight Hon. Chairman, in opening the meeting, said that he had received letters of apology for non- attendance from Mr. Rolls, M.P., Mr Octavius Morgan, Mr Lister, and Mr. Gibbs, whose names were received with applause. Pr ceeding he said flint this was about the fourteenth anniversary of the Newport Conservative Association. At nearly the whole of these anniversaries, he was happv to 'say, he had been proud to preside. (Applause). But on no occasion did he think the Con servative principles required more to be expounded than they did that night. And on no one occasi n before did he think they would be more acceptable than they would be that night cheers) '1 hey had had a great many political orations during the last few months—big guns and little guns—and he thought he could safely say, as an outside observer, that in tho,e orations the enemy had been signally worsted (Applause). The Prime Minister w is a very clever speaker He could make the worse appear the better cause (Applause.) But his lieutenants were not so clever, and they were not ahle to do so, and in a great many of their speeches they found that they were obliged to resort t, abuse, when their arguments weie not good enough. The Home Secretan, a few days ago. was obliged to use a whole column of the limes to apologise for the defection of one Whig peer from the Liberal party. The Home Secretary tried to make out that that was a thing of no great importance. If it had been of no great importance he would not have taken so much trouble to have made an excus- for it. (Cheers ) They had als, had an oration from Sir Wilfred Lawson. ecause a few peers, several members of the Hous-i of Commons, and several other gentlemen, had put their names to a petition f,r releasi g those gentlemen who had been most har-hly and ruthlessly treated for bribery, Sir Wilfred Lawson remarked that the fact showed the rottenness of the upper classes Sir Wilfred Lawson was a baronet, and he imagined that all baronets btlonged to the upper classes. Therefore, Sir Wilfred Lawson had described himself. (Cheers.) It was Sir Wilfred Lawmen's term and not his (Laughter.) And he did not think they could find a better expression for Sir Wilfred Lawson's political programme than that it was a rotten political programme (Applause.) The hon. baronet was one of those, and he was sorry to say there were a good many in the House of Commons at the present day, who held a programme which was a pro gramme of Republicanism and abolition of everything that they held dear. And if that programme were carried out they would find that in ten years' time England would resolve itself into a small island Republic of no more value in the councils of Europe than the Republic of Peru. f Cheers^ Mr. L. A. Homfray moved:—"That this meeting has the highest satisfaction of recognising Mr Thomas Cordes as a candidate worthy of the principles of the Conservative party, and a fit representative of the especial interests of Newport, Monmouth and Usk and they trust the day is not far distant when they may have the opportunity of proving how highly they esteem him as a townsman and politician by electing him again as their representative in Parliament The motion having been seconded by Mr James Howells was carried with acclamation, and Mr T. Cordes, in response, said they knew full well that at the last general election, notwithstanding their exertions, they were unsuccessful in carrying out the objects they had at he irt. Th"re was a b tier blast of continuous misrepresentation, which defeated their object* and that blast, he was sorry to say, was not confined to that district—it was common throughout the country, and many constituencies suffered in the same way as they did at Newport. He felt that the blast arose not so much from political causes as from misrepresentation and in- difference, and from that desire for a change which was ipt to animate so many ig. orant persons He was sure that a number of those who gave their votes for these causes must. if they reflected upon the result, deeply regret the course which they then took. If they looked upon the state of the country two snort years ago and contrasted it with what it is now, he had no doubt that many of them would feel sorry in thei, own hearts at what they had been the cause of doing. Two short years ago her Majesty's t'en Government had been the means of -taving off a serious war in Europe. The country was alto ether at peace. The relations we had got into with Afghanistan were calming down war h d ceased in that country, and they ha i maintained a position which, he whs sorry to say, they had since lo-t No part-of the policv of the late Government had been more preached against than their conduct in regard to Afghanistan. The war had been pooh- p(oh,"d as a needless o e, and one in which unnecessary blood had been shed. But what did they find now P They found that England had retreated, and Russia was advancing. (Applause.) And this was not a matter of small importance. Let them remember how they held India. ihey he'd it by the moral intluence they had over the p.,ople, and if the English retreated and the Russians advanced the people would side with the Russians and go against the English. He had a powerful confirmation of that statement from a friend in India, and a confirmation which carried great conviction to his mind of the justice of the G vernment in that respect. This friend of his was a member of a distinguished Highland re iment, and was, at the time the tioubles beg in, interpreter of a native regim nt on the north-west frontier of India. A man in that position had a greater intimacy with the natives around than the leaders of the Government could have and he said that when the news came to the North-West Province of India that the Russians had been received ostentatiously by Shere Ali at Cabul, the whcls of the regiment to which he was attached were in a ferment to know what England would do. If that happened in one native regiment, did they not think it must have happened in every native regiment, an > throughout the length and bread h of Ind a ? The stand taken then by her Majesty's late advisers, with ali the Success that. Mt.ionrl,rl 4f mno 4 J." il -u' '-Juu.u .1.1.1, "aD xiiiiJuuuiaLciy UliUWIL Over when the present Government came into power, and in tea.) of maintaining what they held they gave way to Russia. The difference between the present Govern- T, ment and the late Government in many respects was ,ST' fat her Majesty's Government in the present day upheld Holy Russia," whose name had become a by- word throughout Europe-a name of execration almost. owing to the savageries they permitted to be prac- tised upon the Jews — (applause) — and threw calumnies upon the Sultan, who was the friend of this country and the ally of many mi lions in India. That was one of the charges. He might name others, but he thought it u- desirable that lie should that evening occupy their time long. They spoke now of having a Government, but if he gave them their proper character he would say they were men who held the reins of government, but did not govern. They had only to press the Government hard enough, to squeeze them hard Ti enough, to kick them hard enough, for they were kicked in ihe Transvaal—(applause) they had only to heap upon them indignities, and they would give way. (Applause.) The first duty of a Government was to govern but the Government now in power did not govern they were aim st governed. (Laughter) They boasted of their liberality, they were the great Liberal' Govern- ment but what did their liberality and their Liberalism consist of? They accorded licence to the law-breakers, and the eby enabled them to coerce the law-abiding. Was not that the state of things in Ireland at the present time ? He couid detail many of the misdeeds of the present Government, but he thought it better at that time not to detain them and he would only urge them not to forget their organisation—not to think that, because they had come there and heard an admirable speech, they had done their duty. They had only been told what their duty was. Those who were va ers had duties imposed upon them which they could not shake — oiL And it was bad on their conscience not to vote from preconceived opinion, but to notice the signs of the times T( and to vote accordingly. He believed there were many in the room who preferred the interests of their country to the interests of party, and when called upon to again record their vot s, he would like them to ask their own hearts could they give a vote to enable ihe present Government, or mis Government, to remain in office ? His opinion was lhat if the present Government in power they would be still further degraded. Life and property wou d become insecure, and they would be brought to the verge of revolutionary times. Their duty therefore, eeiiied clear and open—to stand by those who were law-abiding, who maintained the privilege of contr ict, and who would regain for this country that influence thr ughout Europe which she had lost. In conclusion, the speaker said he would only reiter.te the expression of his sincere thanks for the kind vote they had given him, and for the confidence they had bestowed upon him for so many years. (Cheers.) ■ ——4, GA-IIDIN Almanac, published at the "Garden umce. bontLampton.street, Covent Garden, price is.. is i' h 1^'ueP It contains carefully drawti-up lists of the nnr=orV.v.IUltS' ?'l!^ veSetabl.es in use each month, of t n i e'i 8 seedsmen, and of the horticultural 1™t n a fountl'y seats in Great Britain and „ a l) la e lca-l hst of gardeners, new plants of the j eai, planting, seed sowing, draining, fencing, timber, biickvvoik, tai k, hot-water, weights and measures, leady reckoning, wages, money, calculating, and well-sinking tables, a useful and vaned mass of information,
COUNTY OF MONMOUTH.
COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. QUMMARY of ACCOUNTS of WILLIAM CHAS. ADDAMS WILLIAMS, County Treasurer, kJ for the Year ended 29th September, 1881. GENERAL PAYMENTS. GENERAL RECEIPTS. DR. 1880. CR. To Cash. £ s. d. £ s. d. 29th Sept. £ a. d Repairs to Bridges. 755 13 0 By Balance in the hands of the Treasurer 3,157 6 Shire Halls Account- By Cash. Monmouth 143 810 A Year's Rent of Gaol Field, Monmouth, to New Courts, Usk 66 3 6 Midsummer, 1881, less Property Tax 4 17 ( ————— 209 12 4 Three quarters of a Year's Rent of Gaol Conveyance of Prisoners 238 1 0 Field, Usk, to March, i880, less Tax 1 19 Ð Criminal Prosecutions at Assi- Of Her Majesty's Paymaster General on zes and vessi<>ns (90 cases) 884 9 0 Account of Criminal Prosecutions, to Ditto, under Criminal Jus ice 31st December, 1880 2,455 13 o Act (314 cases). 351 12 4 Of District Paymaster, Devonport, a Year's Ditto, under Juvenile Offend- Rent of Militia Stores, to Slst March,1881 61 0 0 ers' Act (96 cases) 57 IS 0 Of Her Majesty's Paymaster General Ditto, Dismissed Cases, 29 and towards cost of Pauper Lunatics, to 30th 30 Vict., Chap. 52 (11 cases) 14 9 10 September, li>80 141 0 0 1,308 9 2 Clerk of the Peace's Fees on Prosecutions, Reformatories ^()3 2 1 &c. 171 12 6 Police Courts 263 10 10 From Justices' Clerks, amount of Fines on JointCounties'LunaticAsylum Summary Convictions 374 1 0 ordinary Expenditure— From Inspectors of Weights and Measures, Pauper Lunatics, Mainteu- Pees tor Stamping &c. 89 4 3 ance of 207 15 8 Justices' Clerks' Fees, viz. :— Repairs, Annuities, & Main- Abergavenny Division, 1 year 217 5 7 tenance of Patients in Bedwellty „ „ 839 5 10 other Asylums 1,218 3 3 Caerleon 84 4 6 ———— 1,425 18 11 Chepstow „ 185 0 6 Militia Store Accommodation. 25 4 7 Christchurch „ 101 1 4 Coroners' Salaries 631 1 8 Monmouth „ 12 6 11 „ Expenses 494 14 3 Newport „ „ 168 09 ————— 1,125 15 11 Pontypool „ „ 502 15 10 Mr. W. II. Brewer, Coroner, gratuity in Raglan 43 10 11 respect of Inquest held in consequence Skenfrith 28 16 0 of the Risca Colliery Explosion 5 5 0 Trelleek „ 43 5 0 Pensions, viz.Usk „ 64 10 9 Thomas Holman, I year 90 0 0 2,290 3 11 Mrs Holman" II) 0 0 Rate ordered Michaelmas Ses- John Merrett j, 20 0 O sions 1880, at fd. in the £ 3,84311 2 Mrs. Bosworth „ 55 0 0 Rate ordered Epiphany Ses- ThomasSkipp 41 0 0 sions, 1881, at £ d. in the £ 1,895 14 0 James Boulton 100 0 0 Rate ordered Easter Sessions, ———— 316 0 0 1881 at Igd. in the £ 5,687 2 4 Salaries other than Coroners'- Rate ordered Midsummer Ses- Clerk of the Peace, 1 year 950 0 0 sions, 188], at L in the £ 2,369 9 11 County Treasurer „ 150 0 0 795 17 5 County Surveyor „ 150 00 By Cash for Gas used at Shire hall, Mon- Inspector of Cattle „ 50 00 nuuth 0 8 0 Late Clerk of Peace propor- tion of Salary 35 15 8 1,335 15 8 Justices' Clerks' Salaries, viz.: A b erg a v e nny Division, I year 230 0 0 Bedwellty Divi- sion, 1 year 700 0 0 Caerleon Divi- sion, I year 113 0 0 Chepstow „ 197 0 0 Christchurch Ion 0 0 Monmouth „ 25 0 0 Newport „ 200 0 0 Pontypool 650 0 0 Raglan „ 57 0 0 Skenfr:th „ 36 0 0 Trelleck 48 0 0 Usk „ 77 0 0 2,433 0 0 ———— 3,768 15 8 County Analyst, Salary and Expenses 15 15 0 Magistrates' Clerks' Fees 34 5 2 County Constabulary Expenses of Inspect- ing and Stamping Weights and Measures 118 18 3 Expenses under Explosives Act 34 14 9 Expenses under Food and Drugs Act 0 12 11 Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act:- County Constabulary Ex- penses 53 8 6 Sundry Expenses incurred in Cases of Typhoid Fever in Pigs, convening Meet- ings, Printing & Compen- sation for Pigs slaughtered 190 10 6 243 19 0 Mortgages Principal paid off. 1,995 5 7 Interest 1,687 8 9 3,682 14 4 Expenditure on Main Roads, &c. (High- ways Act, 1878) 3 923 8 8 Incidentals, including Printing, Stationery, Advertising, &c. 542 17 3 1881. Sept. 29th. To Cash Balance in the hands of the Treasurer 3,300 9 4 Y,21,543 3 2 JE21,543 3 2 Usk, 11th October, 1881. Examined and Audited by ust S. R..BOSANQUET, A. D. BERRINGTON, H. C. BYRDE, W. W. PHILLIPS, E. LISTER, E. J. PHILLIPS, T P. PRICE, L. AUGUSTUS HOMFRAY, JNO. JAMES, S. COURTHOPE BOSANQUET. S. R. BOSANQUET, Chairman Quarter Sessions. WYEBRIDGE (MONMOUTH) ACCOUNT fir the Year ended 29th September, 1881. £ s. d» lsso To Cash Mr. D. Eoberts, on account of con- 29th Sept d „ Messrs. Powles and Vizard, professional ° By Balance in the hands of the Treasurer 339 0 0 charges 16 12 6 „ To Balance in the hands of the Trea- surer 27 2 6 £ 339 0 0 £ 339 0 0 Summary of Police Accmmt Jar the Year ended 29ih September, 1881. POLICE PAYMENT^ POLICE RECEIPTS. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1880. To Cash to Chief Constable 11,295 16 11 29^ gep(. „ AlperannStifnEWd0 228 12 8 By Balance in the hands of the Treasurer' 2,527 12 0 L°cfi°/4 SUPPlied by 27-2 8 2 OUrk, for 11 796 17 9 Police 136 5 2 Mortgages, Principal paid I ? 0jj 1 510 0 0 Pedlars Certificates 65 6 1 Mortgages, Interest 198 18 9 nfPn™ • a c « 7 708 18 9 Companies and others for" Additional Ground Rents of Police Stations,Ordinary r 1 a 11 ^>^8 10 0 Repairs, &c. 544 16 4 f VV ^6 10 O Treasurer, One Year's Salary 50 0 0 C<Jor Lodgings provided 1881 during the year 272 8 2 29th Sept Government Allowance for Pay and To balance in the hands of the Treasurer 1,994 18 5 timWgi/snthe y6aT ended 29th Sep' r, 1 ?,er'188? 4»55o 5 6 Cash, Rate ordered Michael- mas Sessions, 1880, Id. in 2 £ 1,560 7 6 Rate ordered Epiphany Ses.. sions, 1881, at |d. in the £ 780 3 9 4 Rate ordered Easter Sessions 1881, at fths of a Id. in the £ 1,950 6 11 Rate ordered Midsummer Sessions, 1881, at gths of a Id. in the £ 1,950 6 11 6,241 5 1 £ 10,090 11 3 £ 15.095 11 3 Summary of the Superannuation Fund for the Year ended 29th September, 1881. Dr. „ £ S. d. 1880. Ck To R. James, a Year's Superannuation 29th Sept. £ „ A jT A Allowance, due 30th June, 1881 42 9 4 By Balance 7 R75 n Win. Edghill, a Year's Superannuation Percentage on Police Pay 228 198 Allowance, due 2oth July. 1081 08 0 0 Dividends on Consols 4» a James Pettitt a ea! s Superannuation One Year's Interest on Asy- Allowance, due 1st August, 1881 45 0 0 luni Loans 75 « Wm. Nicholls, a Year s Superannuation One Year's Interest on Blaina Allowance, due 1st Au.'ust, 40 0 0 Police Station Loan 57 6 8 Wm Hopkins, a 8 upc^nnuation One Year's Interest on New Allowance, due 1st Sep ember, 1881 33 0 0 Court House Loan 59 n 3 Thomas Morgan, a Year sSuperannuation in. in 7 Allowance, due 20th September, 1881. 56 0 0 Cash received from Justices' Clerks as Der H. Fowler, a. 1 ear's Superannuation Fine Schedules Jasper Allowance, due 24th September, 1881 52 0 0 Sa e of Old Clothing 40 J q J. C. Ward, Three Q s Superannua- Sundry Special Services of Police 4 9 6 tion Allowance, due „rd August, 1881 22 10 0 Usk, 7th October, 1881. T. Lloyd, Half-year s Superannuation Examined and Audited by us, Allowance, due ytn July,1881 18 0 0 S. R. BOSANQUET Mrs. Mcintosh, widow of Superintendent A. D. BERRINGTON Mcintosh, a grant ot 2QQ Q oj H. C. BYRDE, Alrs: Boyte, widow 01 lBoyte, a grant W. W. PHILLIPS, of 71 0 0 E. LISTER, Balance— £ s. d. E.J PHILLIPS, Invested in £ l,9o810s 8d P.PRICE, Consols 1,864 15 3 L AUGUSTUS HOMFRAY Asylum Loans 2,171 4 0 JNO. JAMES, Blaina Police Station Loan 1,575 0 0 S. COURTHOPE BOSANQTTpt New Court House Loan. i,BOO 0 0 S. R. BOSANQUET, Cash 240 12 4 Chairman Quarter Sessions. 7,651 11 7 £ 8,292 10J1 £ 8^292 10 H
COUNTY OF MONMOUTH.
COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. A T the GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE, held at USK, on the 3rd day of ix JA.NUA.BT, 1882, the following demands against the County were ordered to be paid:— S a. d. S i. A a. d. A e. < — Main Rnari<i ■ Brought forward 1290 16 O Main nOaaS S.C.Roberts lor altering fitting^ W. P. James, a quarter's lalary. 50 0 0 &c., in Sessions House, Usk 2 16 0 d Chepstow Highway Board, amount Ri ;hard Lucas for plastering con. 2 of per centage deducted from sequent on such alteration 3 6 4 Main Road Account to 25th R chard Edwards, a quarter's March, 1881 32 (5 0 salary as hall keeper at Mon- 6 Raglan and Trelleck do. to do. 24 6 2 mouth, due 25th December 6 5 0 Newport ditto to ditto 53 15 9 Agnes Davies, hall keeper, Usk, 6Caristchurch ditto to ditto 34 12 5 11 weeks salary to 4th Jan. 5 18 0 Newport Urban Sanitary Author- Edwin Davies for arranging courti ity ditto to ditto 58 1 S) at Michaelmas Sessions 0 2 6 o Risca Urban Sanitary Authority Moumouth Steam Saw Mills Com- diito to ditto 12166 pany for Coal 0 It 0 0 Chepstow ditto to ditto 3 2 0 Will am Davies for firewood 0 10 0 Contributions towards cost of Mrs. James Jones for house flannel 0 12 0 maintenance of Main Roads, 21 1 7 0 p Vlz i ~tt" x. Petty Sessions Courts: Caerleon Highway E. Wheeldon for cleaning, &c.. ° Board for quart.end- petty Sessions Courts. Mon. ing oth Dec., 1881 60 8 11 mouth, during year, 1881 2 0 0 0 Less 10 per cent, retained 6 0 11 >00 54 8 0 „ «00 3 Chepstow Highway Pensions I Board, for quarter Thomas Holman, a quarter's ending 30th Septem- pension to 31st December 22 in n ber, 1881 81 4 11 Sarah Holman, ditto 210 n Less 10 per cent. retained 8 2 6 John Msrrett, ditto 5 0 0 73 2 5 Mrs. Bosworth, ditto 73 15 a Christchurch Highway Thomas Skipp, ditto. 10 5 0 Board, for quarter James Boulton, ditto 25 0 0 ending 24th June.. u u 188L 70 5 2 r> <» 0 0 Less 10 per cent, retained 7 0 6 Reform&toriSS 63 4 8 Woodbury Hill Reformatory Ditto for quarter towards maintenance of 1 boy ending 29th Sept., I to 30th March (2 quarters) 2 12 0 1 1881 88 7 10 Schoolship "Formidable" ditto Less 10 per cent.retained 8 16 9 13 boys to 31st December, 1881, 79 11 1 (J quarter) 8 1 10 Llanhilleth Parish, 4 Bath Industrial School ditto 2 quarters ending 29th girls to ditto (I quarter) 18 3 Sept., 1881, viz 6 13 2 Limpley Stoke Reformatory ditto Less] II per cent. retained 0 13 5 I girl to ditto (1 quarter) 16 3 5 19 g Somerset Industrial School ditto Monmouth find Sken- 5 boys to ditto (1 quarter) 6 12 6 frith Highway Board Poole Industrial School ditto 1 for quarter ending girl to 16th September, 1881 1 12 0 ) 29th Sept., 1S81 111 13 7 jj jq Lesslupercent.retained 11 3 4 I Coroners: Newport Highway ,0° =' » Board, for quarter ^4^7 40 inc ending 29th Sept., £ 427 4s 6d .106 16 0 1881 252 4 11 Expenses 53 8 O Less 10 per cent retained 25 4 6 E. D. Batt, ditto at 160 i 0 MynyddyslwynParish, £ 194 18s 8d 48 14 8 for qurt. ending 30th Expenses 43 19 6 June, 1881 15 19 6 v p A H 2 Less 10 per cent.retained 1 11 11 « 10 5' « r 14 fi 198 °d 2 4 9 Raglan and Trelleek ExPen8es 3 2 0 Highway Board, for ————— 509 quarter ending 29th 268 4 11 September, 1881 33 7 5 Printing and Advertising: Less 10 per cent retained 3 6 9 South Wales Daily Telegram, tor —— 30 0 8 advertising 0 13 4 Abersychan Urban Star of Gwtnt ditto 13 o o Sanitary Authority, Monmouthshire Merlin, for adrer- 3 qrs. ending 29th tising 3 5 q September, 1881 6 19 1 County Observer, for County Less 10 per cent.retained 0 13 10 advertisements 16 5 0 6 5 3 J. H. Clark, for printing and Caerleon Urban Sani- stationery 9 ]6 9 tary Authority, for Chepstow Advertiser 0 12 6 quarter ending 29th Monmouthshire Btaccn, for adter- September, 1881 4 3 4 tising 3 19 Less 10 per cent retained 0 8 4 Ditto for stationery 4 13 0 3 15 0 J. H. Clark for Register 62 15 0 Chepstow Urban ditto, W. E. Clark for priuting 3 5 0 for quarter ending jjj 7 Less 10 per cent, retained 0 14 7 6 11 2 Income Tax for year, to April, Christchurch ditto, for 1882, upon interest on County quarter ending ditto 3 18 0 Rate Loans 34 11 8 Less 10 per cent.retained 0 7 9 Henry Peach, crier, for witnesses 3 10 3 sworn & indictments presented Monmouth Urban ditto at Michaelmas Sessions, 1881. 3 18 0 for quarter ending Clerk of the Peace, a Quarter's ditto 91 77 salary due 14th January, 1882 237 10 0 Less 10 per cent. retained 9 2 8 W. C. A. Williams attending 82 4 11 Worcester Summer Assizes 8 10 0 Panteg Urban ditto. 2 The Duke of Beaufort 2 years quarters ending29th Tithe, due 1st October, 1881 1 6 September, 1881 30 3 9 ————— '.8-i U g Less 10 per cent.retained 3 o 4 21 b Contagious Diseases (Animals') Act: TT County Constabulary allowance Pontypool Urban ditto for inspection and reporting 2 years ending 2oth cattle, &c. 3 2 1 March, 1881 40 18 0 Expenses and compensation in Less 10 per cent.retained 4 1 9 cases of Swine Fever—Ponty- 36 16 3 pool, Caerleon, and Tredtgar Risca Urban ditto, for Districts 10 11 3 quarter ending 29th 13 19 f o■" t,, County Constabulary inspecting Less 10 per cent retamed 0 9 1 Q and stamping Weights and "USS S"S7 DIRS^S1 -2515 5 ending 24th" Sept. under Explosives Act to ditto 0 10 0 1881 ••• 8 15 2 Police: Less 10 per cent-retained o 17 6 Seargeant Bros., for printing and tno- «• a stationery 32 16 7 o Parker and Field, for accoutre- criageb ments 11 18 6 Wm. Brooks' repairs to 15 Bridge. 28 2 8 Garrett Bros., for oil, &c. 13 ll 2 Ditto clearing away rubble from Supt. Berthon, cost of removing Monnow Bridge 3 7 6 from Usk to Monmouth 21 O 0 Samuel Davies for metalling of S. Harris for repairs at Pontypool 3 bridges 54 5 0 Police Station 2 18 0 John Hayward for work on Usk Pontypool Gas and Water Com- bridge 110 pany for gas fittings at ditto 5 17 0 Edward Morgan for work on 3 Robert Kallend, for repairs at bridges 20 0 6 Blackwood Police Station 1 17 10 John G. Thomas to Llanellen John Lancaster and Co., for ditto bridge 12180 at Blaina ditto 2611 Chepstow Local Board, 2 years James Prichard, for do. at Raglan repair to road over Chepstow ditto .053 bridge 20 0 0 Thomas James, fir ditto at Ponty- Newport Urban Authority, for pool ditto 22 19 1 repairing and scavenging New- Richard Thorn, for ditto at Chep- port bridge road, 1 quarter to tow di'to 7 9 9 25th December 17 10 0 John G Thomas, for do. at Aber- Thomas Williams for damage by gaveuny ditto o 0 1 stone stacked on land for repairs Income tax for year to April, 1882 on Abbey road bridge 0 8 0 upon interest on Police Station County Surveyor quarter salary Loans 2 3 9 to 25th December, 1881 37 10 0 Blaenavon Company" (Limited)', 185 2 • year's ground rent for Shire Halls: Blaenavon Police Station, to John Rees for repairs at Old Gaol, 29th September, 1881 12 10 0 Monmouth 0 15 6 U2 13 11 Ditto for repairs to Shire Hall, —————— ditt0 3 1 0 j62274190 Charles James Herbert for alter- ———— ing hot water pipes in Sessions VT„ House, Usk .493 O. A. WYATT, Carried up. J129õi6õ Clerk of the Peace.
A NEWPORT-BOUND VESSEL SUNK…
A NEWPORT-BOUND VESSEL SUNK IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. Early 01 Saturday morning a Newport bound vessel was run into and sunk iu the Bristol Channel by a steamer bound to Cardiff, the crew being saved, and landed at the latter port in the evening. It appears that the French brig St Marie, of Nantes, Captain Jan with a cargo of pitwooi, from l'Orient for Newport' was off Trevose Hend about four o'clock on Saturday 'moraine The wind was easterly, light; the weather clear The brig was on the wmd, and going from a knot to a knot and a half. When the crew observed a steamer approach- ing them all hands were at once called. The captain was on deck, and the ship's bell was sounded from five to six minutes It is stated that the steamer did not alter her course, but came straight on at full speed, and struck the brig amidships, when she heeled over towards the steamer. The crew took to the rigging, and during the short time the vessels were together they catne over the yards and saved themselves by dropping down on the topgallant forecastle of the steamer, which turned out to be the Durley (.light), from London: for Cardiff. Artei the vessels got clear the brig* sank, and the steamer proceeded and docked in the East Bote Dock, Cardiff, in the evening. The French crew lost everything they possessed, and when they landed at CarlifF, Mr. James Sweeney, of Messrs Morel Bros, supplied the with necessaries, and conducted them to the Sailors' Home, where they were kindly received, and all tneir wants attended to by Mr. Towler. The bows of the steamer are slightly damaged.
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BOUNTY COUKTSS IN CIRCUIT…
BOUNTY COUKTSS IN CIRCUIT 24. COURTS will be held in the several Geurt-town« in the said Circuit, before John Maurice Herbert, Esq.. the Judge thereof, on the days here. under mentioned:— 1881. Jan. Feb. March Usk 6 — Abergavenny 6 10 10 Monmouth 16 13 13 Chepstow 17 14 14 Pontypool 18 15 15 Tredegar 19 16 ig « 20 17 17 Newport. 4 8a 24 21 21 2,5 22 22 These Courts are held only in alternate months The Court will sit punctually at 10, except at U«k' where it will sit at 1 and nt Chepstow where it will sit, at 11.
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PT_ C,REAT LLANIVIELLIN FARM, CAERWENT, A.bout H miles from MaKor Station, 4 from Port- ekewett, aud 6 from Chepstow. lmrrfcaDr>d t rr=\ed Sale °f 9? store Sheep^li head of Shorthorn Cattle, 6 powerful Cart Weldings and Mares, Cart Colt, Cob Mare, nearly new Implements and Machines (by eminent makers), 5 acres of Swedes 'to be consumed), 50 Tons of Mangolds (to go off), several Sacks of Potatoes, 1350 gallons of prime Cider, and Casks, the usual assortment of Dairy and Brewing Utensils, several lots of Household Furniture, and other effects, which jV/TESSRS. DAVIS & BROTHERHOOD hare favoured with instructions from Mr. H. *terhoxtse, who ie leaving the Farm, to arrange for SALE BY AUCTION on the premueB, On MONDAY NEXT, January 30th, 1882. Descriptive catalogues may be obtained of the Auctioneers, Luncheon (by ticket) at 11 sale to commence at 1 sharp. Welsh-street, Chepstow, January 28th, 1882. I J