The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

ON 4. ^tcam flabigatton. —- rt«. THE A R D i F F BRISTOL J sitoam$)<uUrtj3 R I N C E OF WALES b MATTHEW JONES, Commander; LAD Y CHARLOTTE, HEXRY JEFFERY, Commander; A RE; INTENDED to SAIL during the week as follows ,1. (from ttreBUTE SHIP DOCK) *w'Ce Wa'cs — Mondays,; Ladi/ Charlotte — -—Monday» f *Jeitnesdays, Sc Friday.— ) Wednesdays, and Fridays, Charlotte I'uesdays, ( Prince of Wate*—Tuesdays, ,hl»rsd«ys, and Saturdays. S Thursdays, and Saturdays, »v '?rom C.UtDlFF. From BRISTOL. Yec-» l»4o. Dec., 1845. » Monday 5| morn ( 1, Monday 6 £ morn «• 1 uesday 6 morn > 2, Tuesday 7 morn 4* ,,yettaesday.. G £ morn ( 3, Wednesday. 8 morn • ^iiursday 7 morn ( 4, Thursday 9 morn P riday, 8 morn 5, Friday, 10f morn "> Saturday 9 morn j 6, Satuulav 10± mom arriages and horses to be alongside Cne hour previous p to Time of Sailing. FARES:—After Cabin, 4s.; Fore Cabin, 2s. IIlùren uuder Twelve yeatsoi age. Half-price; Dogs,Is. each. A Female Steward alteuds on Board both Packets. Refreshments may be had on board on moderate terms. ,r ''our-wheel Carriage 21s.; ditto Phaeton or Gig, 10s.6d.' *°-wheel, drawn by one horse and driver, 15s.; Horse 2°^ ^ider, After- Cabiu, 9s; Horse aud Rider, Fore Cabin, n"6J.; Cattle and Horses, 6s. each; Sheep, Pigs, and alvW, Is. each. ■ Carriages, Horses, Cattle, and Goods, will be subject to ^Oiling and Wharfages at the Bate Docks Not Accountable for any Goods without Shipping Notes- '"■'eighters are requested to order all Goods intended for oJc INC 14 OK WALKS, to be scui to No. 12, Quay-street, triO i(oherl Chaplin, C'lInberla.ud Bdsin I.oeks; and for "e L\0Y CH \llLO r r li, to Ciarc-street Hall, Marsh-street, Bull Wharf, Uedcliff-street, Bristol. Goods will b" hauled from the Warehouses to the Packets at expense of lhe Companies. Newbridge, Aberdare, Cowbridge, Bridgend, fja"triisen(, and Caerphilly.—Goods forwarded to these in Spring Waggons' anJ Lock-up Canal Boats im- "Ut.-ly on arrival/ unless ordered by any particular ;oaveyance, in which case they will bo deposited in the lealn Packet Warehouse till called for.—Freight to be paid 011 delivery: Packages, Parcels, Ike., forwarded to all parts of e Kingdom without delay, when sent to either of their tea;n 1'acket Offices in Cardiff or Bristol. further information as to Freight, will be readily obtained y applyintr to the Agents — Mr. Woodman, Agent at the acket Office, on the Wharf, Cardiff; or to Mr. G. C. JjUssojj, Agent, No. 12, Qaay-«treet, Bristol, for the *RlNCE OF WALES Packet, and of Mr.T. JoilN, at the 'at*et Office, on the Wl.arf, Cardiff; or to Mr. W. B. ^EN, 29, Avon Crescent, llotwells, Bristol, for the LADY LH-iKLOlTB Packet. Hot ICE.- The Proprietors of above the Steam Packets give L ollce, that they will not be accountable for any Passenger's Sgage, nor will they be answerable for any Goods, Packages. Or Parcels (if lost or damaged by Fire, Leakage, or otherwise) Jy'ess |}ooked at either ot their Offices at Cardiff or Bristol, abovs the value of 40", unless entered at its value, and "friage in proportion paid for the same, at the time of °okiug.— Goods consigned to order, or not taken away pfure Six o'clock in tlie evening of the day of landing, will e warehoused at the risk and expense of the consignees. AI/ G.od" to he considered as liens, no! only for freight and ^'targes due thereon, h it also for all previously unsatisfied *reiglit and Cnarges due by consignees to the Proprietors of ^he said Packets. Disputed weights or measurement, claims Or loss or damage, &c., cannot he allowed, unless a wriuen hl,tiee of the same he sent to the Office on the day of delivery flotittØ. The Library of the Dean of Llandaff. THIS extensive THEOLOGICAL and GENERAL LIBRARY will be SOLD by AUCTION, at the RATIONAL SCHOOL-ROOM, at Llandaff, at 12 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 18th of DECEMBER, 1845. Catalogues may be procured on application to Mr. W. Bird, Post-Office or Mr. Webber, Guardian-Office, Cardiff. lt1.NY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS STERLING TO BE GIVEN TO THE SUBSCRIBERS to the "PICTORIAL TIMES." For Particulars of this extraordinary undertaking *Pply immediately to any Bookseller or Newsvender in ^ng'land, Ireland, or Scotland, or the Publisher, Mr. C. **vans, 351, Strand, London, who will be happy to for- ward a Prospectus. FREEHOLD. rpO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, One -L third of an Interest in the Dwelling-House occupied Captain Morgan, iti Saint Mary-street; and in toui ^Welling-Houses on the Tunnel in Cardiff. Apply to Mr. Thomas H. Morgan, Solicitor, LlanJafl ^Church-street, Cardilf. TO COAL MERCHANTS AND OTHERS. TO BE LET, With immediate Possession, on Lease for any number of Years. ALL the rich COAL and IRON ORE under DARE- WONNO FARM, situate and being in the Parish of •Lanwonno, in the County of Glamorgan, and which farm *;0ntains by admeasurement nearly three hundred and "'ly-four acres. It is understood that the Taif Vale Railway Company Wend forming a Branch from their Main Line, which llranch will probably terminate at Pistillgola, and withill few yards of this property. Further information and the termS of letting, &e., may had upon application to the proprietor, Mr. EVAN ^VANS, Darewonno (if by Letter, postage paid). <B5S»&Stt<D2*<B&8r33B2SBSB<» TO BE LET, O¡z Lease for any number of Years, with immediate Possession, ALL the COAL and IRON MINE under the farm called by the name of PISTILLGOI.A, which farm is Sttuate in the Parish of Lanwonno, in this County, and 'tuntains by admeasurement nearly sixty-three acres. The intended Branch Line from the Taff Vale Railway ^ill terminate upon this property. For further Particulars apply to Mr. WALTER'WALTERS, "he proprietor, to whom all letters (post-paid) are to be addressed as above. November 24th, 1845. GLAMORGANSHIRE. TO HE X.E2T, tyith immediate Possession, on Lease for any specified number of Years, ALL the valuable Vein or Veins of COAL and IRON ORE which are upon and under the farm called ^IONACHTY, situate and being in the Parish of Lanwonno, ln this County, and containing by estimation six hundred or thereabouts. One of thfe Veins is now being forked, and contains Coal of most excellent quality. The Branch Line from the Taff Vale Railway which Jhe Company intend forming, will, it is understood, pass through this property. For further particulars, terms, &c., apply to Mr. *«OMAS EVANS, the proprietor of the property, as above if by Letter, post-paid. November 24th, 1845. BRISTOL. At Miiiifie's Outfitting Warehouse, 36, COLLEGE-GREEN, IS every Novelty in GENT.'S CRAVATS & SCARFS, for Walking, Hunting, and for Dress. J he New Arab Scarf and Shawl. Cambric and Silk Pocket Kerchiefs. "aris and London made Kid gloves. Superior liuckskin and the Patent Cloth Glove. ■Every kind of Winter Glove in Ladies, Gent.'s, and Children's. A good Dress Glove, 3 pairs for 5s.—French. Shetland and Welsh Knit Hose and Half-hose. Under Vest and Drawers, of Silk, Chamois Leather, Fleecy Hosiery, and the Patent Merino that will not shrink, and improves in Washing. Children's Hose, Socks, Vests, and Drawers, and Braces, y Belts, Stocks, Gaiters, DressingtCrowns, &c. Yatet proof Capes, Coats, and Travelling Bags. he Patent Waterproof Antigropelos, in Gaiters and Overalls cotch Plaid Woollen Wrappers -An 'le ^ri(:e marked on all Articles in plain Figures, kinds of Gloves Cleaned, free from smell, 2d. a pair. Country Orders Carriage-free.

Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for an Act or Acts to authorize the construction and maintenance of the railway and branch railways here- inafter mentioned, or some of them, or some part or parts thereof respectively, with all proper works, approaches, and conveniences connected therewith respectively, that is C"' to say, a railway commencing at or near the Upper Quay, in the parishes of Saint Clement, and Saint Nicholas, or one of them, in the city and county of the city of Worces- ter, and terminating at or near the Rugby Station of the London and Birmingham Railway, near the town of Rugby, in the parish of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, which said intended railway and the works con- nected therewith will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra- parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say. Saint Clement, Saint Nicholas, and Claines, all in the said city and county of the city of Worcester; Claines, Hindlip, Martin Hussingtree, Warndon, Tibberton, Oddingley, Crowle, Huddington, Hiinbleton, Dormston, Fladbury, Stock and Br,idley, Shell, Inkberrow, Grafton Manor, H anbury, Oldberrow, in the county of Worcester; Feckenham, in the counties of Worcester and Warwick, or one of them; Ipsiey, Washford, Coughton, Sambourne, Spernal, Studley, Mapleborough, Morton Bagot, Beau- desert, Wootten Wawen, Ullenhall, Henley in Arden, Shellield, Bearley, Edstone, Whitley Botley Aspley and Fordlialls, Great Fordliall, Little Fordhall, Preston Bagot, Yarningal, Yarningal Common, Snitterfield, Row- ington, Rowington Churchside and Lowsonside, Loweson Ford, Lowson Ford, Pindley, Pinley, Claverdoo Langley, Upper Langley, Lower Langley, Wolverton, Wolverding- ton, Norton Lindsey, Upper Norton, Norton Curlieu, E4 Hatton, Shrewley, Shrewley Common, Beaugall otherwise Beausale, Beausnle Common, Haseley, Budbrook, Hamp- ton on the Hill, Hampton Curli, Lower Norton, Sher- bourne, Guy's Ciiffe, Wedgnock Deer Park, Wedgnock Park, Old Park, The Cape, Saltisford, Saltisford Ward Warwick, Market Place Ward Warwick, West Street Ward Warwick, High Street Ward Warwick, Jury Street Ward Warwick, Saint Mary Warwick, Castle Street Ward, Smith Street Ward Warwick, Bridge End Ward Warwick, Saint Nicholas Warwick, Emscote otherwise Edmonscote, Leek Wootton, Church Wootton, Hikl Wootton, Milverton, Leamington Priors, Saint fMary Leamington, Newbold Comyn, Lillington, Offchurch, Radford Semele, Cubbington, Weston otherwise Weston under Weatherley, Honingham" Hyde's Pastures, Wapenbury, Eathorpe, Long Itchinton, Stretton upon Dunsmore, Princethorpe, Marton, Frankton, Bourton otherwise Bourton upon Dunsniore, Draycntt otherwise Draycote, Birdingbury, Leamington Hastings, Dunchurch, Thurlaston, Causton, Bilton, Church Lawford, Newbold- upon-Avon, Long Lawlord, and Rugby, all in the county of Warwick: also, a branch railway, with all proper works, approaches, and conveniences connected therewith, from and out of the said intended main line of railway, commencing near a bridge over the Worcester and Bir- mingham Canal, in the parish of Tibberton, in the county of Worcester, and terminating at or near Berry Hill, in the parishes of Dodderhill, Saint Nicholas Droitwich, Salwarp, Saint Andrew Droityvich, or some orone of them, in the county of Worcester aforesaid, which said intended branch railway, and the works connected therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them that is to say, Hindlip, Martin Hussingtree, Oddingley, Claines, Warndon, Sal- warp, Saint Andrew Droitwich, Saint Peter Droitwich, Hadsor, Dodderhill, In-Liberties Droitwich, Saint Nich- olas Droitwich, all in the county of Worcester: also another branch railway, from and out of the line of the said first-mentioned intended railway, commencing at or near Row Farm, in the parishes of Ipsley and Studley, in the county of Warwick, or one of them, and terminating at or near Nechell's Green, in the hamlet of Uuddeston- cum-Nechells, and parish of Aston, in the county of War- wick aforesaid, which said last-mentioned branch railway, and the works connected therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them; that is to say, Feckenham. Webheath, Redditch, Bentley Pauncefooi, otherwise Bentley Upper and Lower, Alvechurch, King's Norton, Moseley, Withall, Hall Green, and Beoley, all in the county of Worcester; Tardebigg, in the counties of Worcester and Warwick, or one of them; Ipsley, Studley, Tutnall and Cobley, Soli- hull, Pack wood, Lapwortli, Kiugswood, Edgbaston, Bir- mingham, Daritend and Bordesley, Duddeston-cum- Nechells, and Aston, all in the county of Warwick. And it is also intended by such Act or Acts to take power to alter or divert, or to stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and other roads, railways, tram- ways, aqueducts, canals, streams, and rivers within the aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, which it may be necessary to stop up, alter, or divert, by reason of the construction of the said intended works, or any of them and it is also in- tended by such Act or Acts to incorporate a Company for the purpose of carrying the said intended undertaking into effect, and to take powers for the purchase ot lands and houses by compulsion or agreement, for the purposes thereof, and for levying tolls, rates, and duties in respect of the use thereof, and to confer certain exemptions from such tolls, rates, and duties and it is also intended by such Act or Acts to vary, alter, or extinguish all existing rights or privileges in any manner connected with the lands or houses proposed to be purchased or tak-a as aforesaid, or which would in any manner impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use ol the s.iid intended works, or any of them, and to confer other rights and pri- vileges; and it is further intended by such Act or Acts to enable the Company thereby to be incorporated to sell, or let, or transfer the said intended railway, branch railways, and works, or any part thereof, and all or any powers of such Company, in connection therewith, or in relation thereto, to a Company proposed to be incorporated by and under the name of The Great Eastern and Western Rail- way Company, and to enable such Company to purchase, or rent, or construct the same or any part thereof, and to exercise such powers, or any of them and also to enable the said Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, if so incorporated as aforesaid, to raise and contribute funds for or towards the construction, maintenance, and use of the said intended railway, branch railways, and works, and to guarantee interest on the capital to be expended thereon, and generally to enter into and carry into effect all such arrangements in reference to the objects aforesaid as may be mutually agreed on between the said Great Eastern and Western Railway Company and the Company to be thereby incorporated And Notice is hereby further given, that maps or plans and sections of the said intended railway, branch railways, and works, and of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof respectively, together with books of reference to such plans, containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of such iands, will be deposited, on or before the thirtieth day of November instant, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Worcester, at his office in the city of Worcester; with the Clerk of the Peace for the city and county of the city of Worcester, at his office in the city of Worcester; with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Warwick, at his office in Stratford-upon-Avon and with the Clerk of the Peace for the borough of Warwick, at his office in the borough of Warwick and that a copy of so much of the said maps, or plans and sections, and books of reference, as relates to each of the parishes in or through which the said intended railway, branch railways, and works, are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or before the thirty-first day of December, in the present year, with the Parish Clerks of those parishes respectively, at their respective residences.—Dated this 10th day of November, 1845. ELMSLIE and PRESTON, 47, Moorgate-Street, London. HENRY FOLEY, Worcester.

Great Eastern and Western Railway. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for an Act or Acts to authorise the construction and maintenance of the railway and branch railways hereinafter-mentioned, or some of them, or some part or parts thereof respectively, with all proper works, ap- proaches, and conveniences connected therewith respec- tively; that is to say, a railway commencing by a junction with the line ot the proposed Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway, or by an independent terminus or station, at or near the Priory, in the parishes of Saint Peter, Saint Owen, Saint John otherwise Saint John the Baptist, and All Saints, or one of them, in the city of He- reford, and within the liberties thereof, in the county of Hereford, or commencing by a junction with a proposed deviation of the line of the Monmouth and Hereford Rail- way, at or near the turnpike-road leading from Bromyard to Hereford, in the parish of Saint John otherwise Saint John the Baptist aforesaid, and terminating by a junction with the proposed Vale of Neath Railway, at or near Nant-Lleche otherwise Nant-Lloche, in the parish of Ystrad-y-Fodwg, in the county of Glamorgan, and the parish of Penderyn, in the county of Brecon, or one of them, which said intended railway and the works connec- ted therewith will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra- parochial or other places following, or some of them; that is to say, Tupsley, Hampton Bishop, the Vineyard, Saint Peter, Saint Owen, Saint Nicholas, Saint Martin, Grafton, Saint John otherwise Saint John the Baptist, and All Saints, or some or one of them, in the city of Hereford, and liberties thereof, and in the county of Hereford Mordiford, Huntingdon, Upper Buliinghani, Lower Bul- lingham, Clehonger, Haywood, Haywood Forest, Treville, Abbey Dore, Allensmoor, Callow, Dewsal), Killpeck, Much Dewchurch, Tbruxton, Saint Devereux, Didley, Worm- bridge, Ewias otherwise Ewyas Harold, Kentchurch, Kenderchurch otherwise Howton, Rowlston, Llancillo, and Walterston, all in the county of Hereford; Langua, Grosmont, Llangattoc-Lingoed, Oldcastle, Llanfihangel Crugcorney, Penbiddle, Llantillio Pertholey otherwise Llandeilo Bertholey, Abergavenny, Hardwick, Lloyndu, Llanfoist.Llanwenarth, Llanellen, Aberistrwyth otherwise Blaenau Gwent, Blina, gedwelty, all in the county of Mon- mouth Cwmyoy, Fwthog otherwise Toothog, Bwlch Tre- wyn, in the counties of Hereford and Monmouth,or one of them Llanelly, Aberbaidan, Maesgwartha, Llaugattoc, Penallt, Prisk and Killey, Llangynidr, Blainey, Duffryn, Vro, Faenor, Coed-y-Cymmar, Dyffrin otherwise Dyffryn, Gelli, Cantreff, Nant Ddu, Ystrad-felite, Ystrad-fellte Higher,Ystrad-fellte Lower, Penderyn, Penderyn Higher, Penderyn Lower, all in the county of Brecon Dowlais, Gellygaer, Merthyr Tydfil, Forest, Garth, Gellideg, Heol- wermood.Taff and Cynon, Aberdare,CefnPennar.Cwmdare, Forchaman, Llwydcoed, Y strad-y-fodwg, Clydach, Home, Middle, and Rhigos, all in the county of Glamorgan also a branch railway from and out of the line of the said first-mentioned intended railway, commencing at or near Abergavenny in the parishes of Aber- gavenuy and Llantillio 'Pertholey, otherwise Llandeilo Bertholey, or one of them, in the county of Monmouth aforesaid, and terminating by a junction with the Monmouth Branch of the South Wales Railway, in the parish of Ragland, in the county of Mon- moutb, which said branch railway and the works connected therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them; that is to say, Abergavenny, Hardwick, Lloyndu, Llan- tillio Pertholey otherwise Llandeilo Bertholey, Llanthewy Skirrid, Llanthewy Rhytherch, Llanfetherine, Llanvapley, Llangattoc-juxta-Usk, Llanfihangel-juxta-Usk, Llansaint- tfraed, Trostrey, Bettws-Newydd, Usk, Gwehellog, Glascoed. Llanarth, Clytha, Llantillio Crossenny, Bryn- gwyn, Llandenny, Llangoven, Tregaer, Penrose, and Ragland, all in the county of Monmouth. Also another branch railway, from and out of the line of the said first- mentioned intended railway, commencing near Llanfoist House, in the parish of Llanfoist, in the said county of Mon- mouth, and terminating at or near Pont-y-Moyle, in the parishes of Llanfihangel Pont-y-Moyle, Pantteg otherwise Panteague and Trevethin, or one of them, in the county of Monmouth aforesaid, which said last-mentioned branch railway and the works connected therewith will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several pa- rishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places fol- lowing, or some of them that is to say, Llanfoist, Llanellen,Llanover, Llanvair Kilgiden, Goytre, Mamhilad, Llanfihangel Pont-y-Moyle, Pantteg otherwise Panteague, Trevethin, and Pont-y pool, all in the said county of Monmouth and it is also intended by such Act or Acts to take power to alter, or divert, or to stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams, and rivers within the aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-paro- chial or other places, or any of them, which it may be necessary to stop up, alter, or divert, by reason of the construction of the said intended works, or any of them; and it is also intended by such Act or Acts to incorporate a company for the purpose of carrying into effect the said intended undertaking, and to take powers for the purchase ot lands and houses by compulsion or agreement for the purposes thereof, and for levying tolls, rates, and duties in respect of the use thereof, and to confer certain exemp- tions from such tolls, rates, and duties and it is also intended by such Act or Acts to vary, alter, or extinguish all existing rights or privileges in any manner connected with the lands or houses proposed to be purchased or taken for the purposes of the said intended undertaking, or which would in any manner impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said intended works, or any of them, and to confer other righ!s and pri- vileges. And Notice is hereby further given, that maps or {Hans and sections of the said intended railway, branch railways, and works, and of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof respectively, together with books of reference to such plans, coulaiuing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of such lands, will be deposited, on or be- fore the 30t4i day of November instant, with the clerk of the peace for the county of Hereford, at his office in the city of Hereford; with the clerk of the peace for the city of Hereford, at his office in the same city; with the clerk of the peace for the county of Monmouth, at his office in Usk; the cletk of the peace for the county of Brecon, at his office in Brecon and with the clerk of the peace for the county of Glamor- gan, at his office in Cardiff: and that a copy of so much of the said maps, or plans and sections, and books of re- ference, as relates to each of the parishes in or through which the said intended railway, branch railways, and works are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or before the 31st day of December, in the present year, with the parish clerks of those parishes respectively, at their respective residences—Dated this lOlh day of November, 1845. ELMSLIE and PRESTON, 47, Moorgate Street, London.

Worcester and Leominster Railway. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing- Session, for an Act or Acts to authorise the construction and maintenance of a railway, with all proper works, approaches, and conveniences connected therewith, com- mencing at or near the Upper Quay, in the parishes of Saint Clement and Saint Nicholas, or one of them, in the city and county of the city of Worcester, and termi- nating at or near the borough of Leominster, in the county of Hereford, which said intended railway, and the works connected therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra- parochial or other places following, or some of them that is to say, Saint Clement and Saint Nicholas, in the said city and county of the city of Worcester; the bed and shores of the river Severn, Saint John in Bedwardine, partly in the said city and county of the city of Worcester, and partly in the county of Worcester; Hallow, Broad- was, Leigh, Bransford, Cotlieridge, Suckley, Lulsley, and Alfrick, in the county of Worcester; Linton, Avenbury, Stanford Bishop, Bromyard, Winslow, Norton, Wacton, Edwin Ralph, Thornbury, Bredenbury, Grendon Bishop, Puddleston-cum-Whyle, Docklow, Hampton Waver, Stoke Prior, Wickton, Humber, Risbury, Kimbolton, Stockton, Hamnish Clifton, Broadward, Brierley, Whar- ton, Eaton, Hennor, Stretford, Hide, Wintercott, Ivino-ton, Newtown, Stagbatch, Cholstrey, Saint John Ivington, and Leominster, all in the county of Hereford. And it is also intended by such Act or Acts to take power to alter or divert, or to stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways, aque- ducts, canals, streams, and rivers, within the aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, which it may be necessary to stop up, alter, or divert, by reason of the construction of the said inten- ded works, or any of them. And it is also intended by such Act or Acts to incorporate a company for the purpose of carrying into effect the said intended undertaking, and to take powers for the purchase of lands and houses by compulsion or agreement for the purposes thereof, and for levying tolls, rates, and duties in respect of the use thereof, and to confer certain exemptions from such tolls, rates, and duties; and it is also intended by such Act or Acts to vary, alter, or extinguish all existing rights or pri- vileges in any manner connected with the lands or houses proposed to be tvjrchased or taken for the purposes of the said intended n iertaking, or which would in any manner impede or i* > > .e with the construction, maintenance, or use of the HII intended works, or any of them, and to confer other right- <.nd privileges. And it is further intended by such Act rr Ai. < to enable the company thereby to be incorporate,, .ii, or let, or transfer the said intended railway and u-i.rka, or any part thereof, and all or any powers of (Wicn company in connection therewith, or in relation thereto, to a company proposed to be incorporated bv and under the name of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, and to enable such company to pur- chase, or rent, or construct the same, or any part thereof, and to exercise such powers, or any of them, and also to enable the said Great Eastern and Western Railway Com- pany, if so incorporated as aforesaid, to raise and contri-, bute funds for or towards the construction, maintenance, use of the said intended railway and works, and guarantee interest on the capital to be expended thereon, and generally to enter into and carry into effect all such arrangements in reference to the objects aforesaid as may be mutually agreed on between the said Greht Eastern and Western Railway Compauy and the company to be thereby incorporated. And Notice is hereby fur- ther given, that maps or plans and sections of the said intended railway and works and of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, together with books of reference to such plans, containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or re- puted lessees, and occupiers of such lands, will be de- posited, on or before the 30th day of November instant, with the cterk of the peace for the county of Worcester, at his office in the city of Worcester with the clerk of the peace for the city and county of the city of Worces- fr» at his office in the said city of Worcester and with e c erk of the peace for the county of Hereford, at his ° 1'F Hereford and that a copy of so muc ot the said maps, or plans, sections, and books of reference is relates to each of the parishes in or through which the said intended railway and works are intended to Ire made will be deposited, on or before the thirty-first 1^1,° <• £ emher in the present year, with the parish resideiuies SS Par's'les respectively, at their respective Dated this 10th November, 1845. ELMSLIE AND PRESTON, 47, Moorgate Street, London. -sii HENRY FOLEY, Worcester. W, T- DEVEROUX, Bromyard.

WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, OR CHEPSTOW, FOREST of DEAN, and GLOUCES- TER JUNCTION EXTENSION RAILWAY. NOTICE is hereby given, That application is intended to be made to Parliament iu the ensuing Session for an Act or Acts to authorise the construction and maintenance of a Railway or Railways, with a Branch or Branches, and all proper Works, Approaches, Bridges, Stations, Erections, Warehouses, and with such Piers, Quays, Docks, Canals, Cuts, Basins, Breakwaters, Land- ing Places, Approaches, Wharfs, Stages, and other Works, and conveniences, as may be necessary in con- nection therewith, commencing at Chepstow, in the parish of Chepstow, iu the county of^onmouth, and terminating at or near to a place called^Quakers' Yard, there or near thereto to join the present Or intended Taff Vale Railway, in the parishes of Llanvabon, Gellygare, and Merthyr Tidvil, orsome or one of them, in the county of Glamorgan; and also for making and maintaining a certain Branch Railway or Railways, from and out of the said last-mentioned Main Line of Railway, to cotnmence at or near to Pontymoile, near to the town of Pontypool in the county of Monmouth; and to terminate by a Junction with the Newport and Pontypgpl Railway in the parishes of Panteague, and Trevethin, or one of them, near to Pontymoile, and the town of Pontypool, in the county of Monmouth. Also another Railway or Railways, and Branches, with all proper Works Approaches, Bridges, Stations, Piers, Quays, Docks, Wharfs, Stages, and other Works, and Conveniences as may be necessary in conjunction there- with, commencing at Chepstow, in the parish of Chep- stow, in the county of Monmouth, and to terminate at or near to Pontymoile, near the town of Pontypool, in the said county of Monmouth. Also, a Branch from and out of the last-mentioned Railway, to commence at or near to Pontymoile, near to the town of Pontypool, in the county of Monmouth, and to terminate by a Junction with the Newport and Pon- typool Railway, in the parishes of Panteague. or Tre- vethin, or one of them near to Pontymoile, and the town of Pontypool aforesaid. And also another Railway or Railways, and Branches, with all proper Approaches, Bridges, Stations, and other Works and conveniences as may be necessary in con- junction therewith, commencing at or near to Ponty- moile, near the town of Pontypool, in the county of Monmouth, and to terminate at or near to a place called Quakers' Yard, in the parishes of Llanvabon, Gellygare, and Merthyr Tidvil, or one of them, in the county of Glamorgan. Also a Branch from and out of the last-mentioned Railway, to commence at or near to Pontymoile, near to the town of Pontypool, in the county of Monmouth, and to terminate by a Junction with the Newport and Pon- typool Railway, in the parishes of Panteague, and Tre- vethin, or one of them, near to Pontymoile aforesaid. And which said intended Railway, or Railways, and Branches, and other Works connected therewith, will pass, or be made from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several Parishes, Townships, Townlands, Hamlets, extra-Parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say: -Chepstow, Chepstow Cas- tle and Wood, Hardwick, Saint Kingsmark, Saint Arvans, Saint Lawrence, Itton, Howick, Mounton, Shire Newton, Shire Newton Parish End, Shire Newton Village End, Newchurch East, Newchurch West, Kilgwrwg, Wolves Newton, Lanviangel Tory Mynnyd, Llangunnock, Llansoy, Llangwm Ucha, Llangwm Isha, Gwernsey, Llandenny, Llangeview, Gwehelog, Usk, Borough of Usk. Llanbaddock, Monkswood, Goytre, Glascoed, Mamhilad, Llanvihangel Pontymoile, Pan- teague, Trevethiii, Pontypool, Llanhilleth, otherwise Lanhiddell, Crumlin, Mynnyddyslwyn, Newbridge Clawrphvyf, Mynnyd Maen, Penmain, Bedweltye, Ishlawcoed^ Bedwas, Gellygare, Cefn Hengoed, New- bridge, Llanvabon, Garth, Glyn Rumney, Merthyr Tidvil, Taff Cynon, and Forest, in the several counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan, some or one of them. And it is also intended by such Act or Acts, to take power to cross, alter, divert, or stop up, whether tem. porary or permanently, all Turnpike Roads, Parish Roads, and other Highways, Paths, Railways, Tramways, Aque- ducts, Canals, Streams, and Rivers, within the aforesaid Parishes, Hamlets, Villages, Townships, Townlands, and extra-Parochial, or other Places, or any of them, with which it may be necessary to interfere in the con- struction of the Works hereinbefore referred to. And it is also intended by such Act or Acts to incorporate a Company or Companies, forthe purpose of carrying into effect the said intended Railway or Railways, and Branch Railways, and other Works hereinbefore referred to, with power to levy Tolls, Rates, and Duties on and for the use of the same, and otherwise and for the compulsory pur- chase of Lands and Houses and that it is also intended to vary, repeal or extinguish all existing rights and pri- vileges connected with the Lands and Houses so proposed to be purchased, or which would in any manner impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said intended Railway or Railways, Branch or Branches, and Works, and to confer other rights and privileges. And it is further intended by such Act or Acts to en- able the Company thereby to be incorporated to sell, or let On lease, and transfer all, or any part of the Railway or Railways, Branch railways, and Works hereinbefore mentioned, of which such company may become possessed, or which they may be authorised to make or maintain under the provisions of such Act or Acts, or to unite or amalgamate with any other Com- pany or Parties already formed, or to be formed, and to enable such other Company or Parties, or such united or amalgamated Company or Parties or any other Com- pany or Parties, to purchase or rent the said intended Railway or Railways, and Branches, or any part thereof, and also to raise and contribute funds for or towards the construction, maintenance, and use of the said intended Works, and generally, to enter into and carry into effect such arrangements in reference thereto as may be mu- tually agreed on between them and the said Company or Companies, or Parties, or either of them intended to be incorporated as aforesaid. And Notice is hereby further given, that Maps or Plans and Sections of the said intended Railway or Railways, and Branch Railways, and other Works here- inbefore referred to, and of the Lands and Property proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, together with Books of Reference to such Plans, containing the names of the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees or reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of such Lands and Pro- perty, will be deposited on or before the Thirtieth day of November instant, with the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Monmouth, at his Office in Usk, in the said county of Monmouth; and with the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Glamorgan, at his Office in Cardiff, in the said county of Glamorgan. And that a Copy of so much of the said Maps or Plans and Sections as relates to each of the Parishes in or through which the said intended Railway or Railways, and Branch Railways and Works are intended to be made together with a Book of Reference thereto, will be deposited on or before the Thirty-first Day of December, in the present year, with the Parish Clerk of each of such Parishes, at the place of abode of such Parish Clerk. And Notice is hereby also given, That it is proposed by the said intended Act or Acts to obtain power to deviate in the construction of the said intended Railway or Rail- ways, Branch or Branches, and Works, from the Line or Lines thereof respectively, as delineated on the said Plans so intended to be deposited as aforesaid, and to such extent as will be defined upon such Plans. Dated the 8th Day of November, 1845. "W' T. H. PHELPS, Newport, Mon-} nrnZvtr6 L AND (Solicitors to a BECKETT, SON, & SYMPSON> the Bill. 'rten Square, London, > JONES & WALMISLEY, Parliamentary Agents.

TAFF TALE ttAItirAT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, rpiIAT a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of v. l! PROPRIETORS of the TAFF VALE RAILWAY wi be held at the WHITR LION INN, Broad-Street, Bristol, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of DECEMBER next, for the purpose of empowering the Directors to raise the additional Capital au- thonzed by the Company's Act, 7 and 8 Vict. w J. J. GULST, Chairman. Railway Office, Cardiff, > November 12th, 1845. J The Chair will be taken at One o cloch precisely. TAFF VALE RAILWAY, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIBTORS of the TAFF VALE RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the WHITE LION INN, BROAD-STREET, BRISTOL, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of DECEMBER next, for the purpose of converting or con- solidating into Stock the Capital authorized by the Company's Act, 7 and 8 Vict., upon such-terms as shall be determined at such Meeting. J. J. GUEST, CHAIRMAN. Railway Office, Cardiffl NvYembor 19th, 1845. )

THE DEFENSIBLE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. On a certain day in the month of October last, two French steam-vessels of war were observed to stand over from the opposite coast, and steer, as it seemed, for Dover. They were fine ships, neatly built, well rigged, and in excellent trim, and they cut through the smooth water as steadily as ducks. They approached very near the land, but did not enter the harbour. On the contrary, they put their helms up, and with a leisurely pace bore away for the upper part of the channel. The Downs, owing to the prevalence of southerly winds, were crowded with shipping; and the French steam-vessels keeping well within the Goodwin Sands, threaded in and out among the anchored merchantmen, as if their object had been to satisfy the skippers which were and which were not worth making prizes of. It was observed, however, by the good people of Deal, and, indeed, by the dwellers upon the sea-board generally, that they never cast themselves more than a couple of miles at the utmost from the shorl. Their tri-coloured flags floated in the light breeze, and there were many telescopes levelled from the quarter-deck of each vessel towards the land. In this manner they continued their progress, not saluting any of the castles, though over those of Walmer and Deal the union-jack was waving; till, rounding both the South and North Foreland, they left Reculvers and Whitstable behind, and, entering the Medway, cast anchor within a stone's throw of Sheerness. Then their guns opened, and they saluted in a style and with a vehemence which showed that their armament was formidable after which the officers, with- out making any report of themselves, or asking or ob. taining leave, landed, and made themselves at home. They went over the dock-yard, inspected the fort, took notice of the position of the buoys, &c., and having shipped a supply of coals, departed again, as they had come, at their own leisure. There was nothing wrong in this: like other vessels of other nations, they are free to navigate the English Chan- nel when they will, and to keep as near to the shores of Kent as may appear desirable to their commanders. That they acted in the teeth of a law which has never, as far as we know, been repealed, when, without permission, either applied for or obtained, they entered a great En- glish river, and brought up beside a government dock- yard, is indeed true; but we are far from charging them with a voluntary commission of wrong, even in this in- stance. Their commanders were, doubtless, ignorant that such a law exists; and who can be surprised, seeing that no care was taken to enlighten them on the subject t Nevertheless, it would be idle to conceal that the appear ance of these steamers in the heart of an enormous fleet -a fleet lying helplessly at anchor, because wind-bound -while they seemed to set both winds and waves at defi- ance, stirred up feelings that were not quite so agreeable as they were novel in the breasts of the spectators. You heard men whispering one to another in a tone which did not please you; new lights appeared to have broken sud- denly in upon them; it seemed as if they were watching the gradual developement of some mystery in nature, of which, though they had the beginning before them, they could hazard no guess as to the end. This much, how- ever, all were manifestly agreed upon,-that England is not so impregnable in her insular situation as she once was. That England must, therefore, fall a prey to a foreign enemy, either soon or ages hence, nobody would for a moment allow: but thus far all consented together, -that our national independence, our freedom from per- sonal acquaintance with the horrors of war, the aauctity of our soil, perhaps the greatest, certainly the rarest of the blessings which fall to the lot of the people of the earth, must be provided for hereafter by means different from those which have heretofore secured it. Long may it be ere the hour shall arrive which is to force the under- standing of this point both on the sovereign and the subject! But, believing as we do that it is one of the very highest importance, that it cannot be too soon taken up nor too carefully considered, we propose this month to let questions of mere party sleep, and to draw the atten- tion of readers to something which must have equal inte- rest for men of all parties, namely, the position of the United Kingdom, considered aa a state which is liable to be assailed by other states, and which is both willing and able, if her rulers know how to direct her energies aright, to maintain her independence against the world in arms. The application of steam to purposes of navigation has begun a revolution in the world, of which it is im- possible to calculate the issues. We flatter ourselves that, as far as it may bear upon the question of maritime superiority, England has rather gained than lost by the invention. We dwell with complacency on the many armed steamers which come and go from our royal har- bours and take also into account the immense capabili- ties of those noble boats which carry our West India and Mediterranean mails, which ply from the Thames, the Humber, the Tweed, the Forth, the Dee, the Ness, the Clyde, the Mersey, to all parta of the world. We run our fingers over the list of these steam-ships and 4ay,- Are they not at once more numerous and more powerful than all the steam-navies of all the nations of the earth put together! And who, we beg to ask, will venture to contradict us 1 We believe that in respect of tonnage, and the means of carrying batteries, the steam navy of England is irresistible but then, to get this power into operation,you must not only gather in your own steam-ships from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, but you must ptevail upon your enemy, who- ever he may be, to do so likewise, and bring the issue of your quarrel to a fair stand-up fight in the Channel, or wheresoever else the locale of the great battle may be fixed. But how are you to manage this! Will the Prince de Joinville. with all his chivalry, accept a chal- lenge if you send it! We think not. The Prince de Joinville will answer, as the Scottish king did to the English general, that be does not mean to take his enemy's advice either as to the time or place of fighting; and his respect for the English navy will probably hinder him from committing the fault which the same Scottish king, more wise in speech than in action, committed. Your superiority, therefore, though it be admitted, does not render you invincible upon one element, much less secures you from insult, if not from more, on the other. For the French have their steam navy as well as you; and till you shall have destioyed it as completely as in the last war you destroyed their fleets, they will always be in a condition to pounce upon the weak points in your line and to run across, whether for purposes of invasion or mere annoyance, as often as stress of weather, or the call of duty in some other quarter, may lay some con- venient corner of your coast open to insult. We may take it for granted that, when war with France does come, it will come suddenly that the causes for it will be sought for and found, not by us, but by our neighbours; that they will make all the necessary pre- parations for it long ere the evil day arrives, and strike home, or endeavour to do so, while as yet they imagine that we are comparatively defenceless. Now, France is already prepared for war. She has a standing army of 300,000 men at home, independently of the 80,000 whom she employs in Algeria; and the whole of these are available for the purposes of offensive warfare, be- cause her towns and rural districts are sufficiently guarded by the civic and national guards that swarm in them. France can boast of magazines, also, well-stocked; of arsenals full of arms; of guns, carriages, and pontoons, and other means of transport innumerable; and, above all, of a spirit in her population that will not be satisfied until it shall have hurried them into war. Her steam- navy, though much inferior to our own, is by no means contemptible and her seamen are brave if they be but imperfect in their knowledge of the arcana of their pro- fession. What does she require in order to place herself in a state of readiness to hazard a descent upon England Nothing; except the assembling in the ports along her eastern coast of a sufficient number of steamships to con- tain 30,000 men. For the men and horses, the guns and ammunition, the hospital stores, provisions, and other appliances to the efficiency of her army, are to be had in abundance, if not upon the coast itself, certainly within one day's march of it; and the passage across is, as we have just explained, a thing of ten hours continuance, at the longest; at the shortest, of three. In four-and- twenty hours, therefore, Louis Philippe or his successor may have in progress towards England, a force equal in point of numbers to that with which Napoleon landed at Alexandria; and which, though crossing wide seas in heavy transports, and with the delays that were incident to an old-fashioned voyage, Nelson himself, eager as he was to effect it, did not intercept. What have we to oppose it! Absolutely nothing! The whole standing army of England, infantry, cavalry, and artinery, combined, does not exceed 130,000 men. Of these, somewhere about two-thirds (we rather think more) are scattered through the colonies, or else in their progress to or from some foreign station. The entire force available for home service may, therefore, be esti- mated at 50,000 men 22,000, or thereabouts, of these, are in Ireland; 22,000 be it observed, of excellent sol- diers,—whole regiments in a state of thorough discipline; and depdts, which have been so long together that the youngest members of each know at least something. This leaves us, for all England and Scotland, about 28,000 men; of whom one-fourth, perhaps, are recruits that have not yet had arms put in their hands and another fourth cavalry and artillery,—both of infinite use as auxiliaries to the foot, but, without a sufficient strength of foot to faU back upon, comparatively of little use. Moreover, these 28,000 men, cavalry, artillery, and re- cruits, included, are so scattered, from the Land's End to John-o'-Groat's house, that to get them together In any thing like respectable numbers would occupy weeks. And when all was done, when you had withdrawn the last man from the midland and manufacturing districts, and denuded your sea-board fortresses below what they could rightly bear, the total of your field force would probably amount to 10,000 or 12,000, if to so many. But could you afford to assemble 10,000 or 12,000 men at one point! or having done so, could you, with safety, keep them long together We think not. The government are very desirous of keeping the navy in tn effective condition. In this they judge wisely and the naval service being nonular ♦ proposition which they make'wS ^ew to'Z a?com° plishmerit of this purpose is likely to meet eiAer i.i the House of Commons or elsewhprp witi, • eiMer .\me Moreover, it 1, ,W|ut° th,7M™ T" that England should S waves." We have colonies and «lllement. 7 of ,h,e with wWh = „, ■eiuements in all parts of the world with which a communication must always be keDt un We have an enormous trade carried on in the bottoms of our merchant-ships, which must be protected WeTave messages to send to other powers, friendly or olerwK »SSXW?3E; Africa, and to e.pend EnglUh'LVy" mj'SSite'En! "I* ?" »"■« Mtton. of the earth 1 trails Am ° e immorality of the slave-trade. Are we complaining of all or any of theae arrangements! Quite the reverse n • t » reverse, it 1S from our remote settlements that our national greatness aK 0ffr !ir&je.VVe11 de«erves all the protec- in cZniiL i k rd £ ? {°T U « the very marrow ;Se~o7 fce-t^td0 "J m., be made to p„, it £ £ • We^e'SS^ t°Kr rr in u-gard t0 the best method of accom- plishing the latter object. We fancy that a few armed steamera constantly watching the ports to »Wch iti* well known i that the slave-vessels carry their haman cargoes, would do more to stop the hideous traffic than twice the number of cruisers spread over the length of the African seas. And we come to this conclusion by analogy. In Italy and elsewhere, where men take the '"■J', °LWn hands' for one murd« committed in the middle of the town, a dozen, at least, are found to have taken place at the doors of the parties assassinated But because we think that the Admiralty is mistaken as to the means which offer best for the suppression of the traffic in human flesh, it does not, therefore, follow that we are friendly to such traffic, or even disposed to let the evil cure itself. Very far from it. Keeping this, as well as other righteous and wise ends in view, let us never permit the strength of our navy to be diminished; but let us not, if we be wise, depend any more exclusively on tHe navy for the defeoce of the land we live in. Times are changed, and we must change our views of things with them, however painful it may be to sacrifice old habits of thought, and to submit, while so doing, to that which is expenditur lar £ e increase to the public The exemption of England from foreign invasion must henceforth depend mainly on her capability of meeting from the shore, or upon it, any armed force which may be sent against her. The noble lines of the poet are no longer applicable to her condition. Steam has falsified the aphorism which we have been accustomed for many pars to repeat; and which, because of the beauty of the language in which it is clothed, we shall continue to repeat to the end of oar days England needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep. Her march is on the mountain wave Her throne upon the deep." England does need bulwarks now such bulwarks are not to be found, except at remote intervals, along her eonts; and she must get them too, with the heaviest orananee mounted thereupon, if she desire to keep her virgin soil uncontaminated. Towers there are, it is true Martello towers—scattered over the months of her sandy bays in Kent and Sussex, at distances, we rather think, of half-a-mile from one another: but if any body is weak enough to suppose that by these an enemy is to be scared from attempting a debarkation, we truly pity his delusion, though we shall scarcely stop to remove it. The whole theqry of the Martello-tower fortification is beneath contempt. We were surprised, on the occasion of the bombardment of a Corsica* town, to find that the shot from our shipping told with effect everywhere except on one tower; and we forthwith came to the conclusion that towers built upon a like model must be impregnable. Accordingly, our engineers were directed to construct a line of those dovecots wherever the coasts were level and the approaches to them easy; and government and peo- ple nattered themselves alike that they were secure. But what is the faett Unquestionably you may hammer away at a Martello tower from the sea till your ammuni- tion is expended, and perhaps you will find when all is done that you have very little damaged its masonry; for a cannon-ball glances off from a circle of masonry as a musket-ball will from a drinking hom. But one Martello tower, or two or three, will never stop an enterprising enemy from landing his troops under their very walls. A Martello tower mounts one, at the most two guns, en barbette upon its roof. How long will these crown their carriages after a well-trained ship's company shall have opened the broadside of a forty-four gun frigate upon them! Or, if they do escape, are We, who landed at the Bay of Aboukir in the face of castles, and redoubts, and batteries among the sand-hills, to be told that the fire of three or four guns will stop the advance of boats to the shore ? And, once ashore, what is to become of your Martello towerel A single company, with a couple of scaling-ladders, will walk into each of them in half-an- hour; and then your sandy bay is defenceless. We have, however, a. proposition of ourown to advance, which will, we are disposed to guess, rather surprise some of our readers. It strikes us that'the time "has come for making use, as a protection both to the country and its trade, of one of those natural impediments to the free navigation of the Channel, of which we have heretofore been accustomed to speak only with horror. We fancy that it is within the reach of science and skill to fortify the Goodwin Sands, and render them a perfect bulwark against molestation from the shores of Picardy. The Goodwin Sands, be it remembeted. are dry to a great extent, for a considerable space of time, twice in every 12 hours. It has been accurately ascertained, likewise, tllat their shifting superstructure rests upon a solid foundation of chalk everywhere; that, though the depth of sand varies a good deal, it nowhere exceeds fifty feet; and that to drive a cylinder through and render it immovable by planting it upon the chalk, is a work of no difficulty whatever. It was upon this principle that Capt. Bullock undertook to construct his house of refuge on these sands for shipwrecked mariners and that a miniature thing of the sort is actually established, of which the upper works, though slightly constructed of wood, have heretofore defied all weathers, and of which the foundation bids fair. to abide immovable to the end of time. Our space will not permit us to describe in detail how these cylinders are to be forced through such a depth of sand, but when we state that the operation is carried on by exhausting the air in the upper part of each, thus causing the sand to rise, as all substances d'o. that the vacuum may be filled up, the more scientific of our readers will perceive that the difficulties to be overcome are very slight. One great obstacle to be encountered lies, to be sure, in the limited space of time whieh, at intervals of several hours, is at your disposal for labour. But even that will yield to patience for there is no difficulty in so securing the progtess which may be made at one low tide, as that neither the common flow of the water nor a t- long 1 continuance of stormy weather shall interfere with it. The work must atthe best be a tedious one, but we see no reason to apprehend that it shall fail of success in the end. Acting upon this principle—the merit of having propounded which belongs to a gentleman who has scarcely been treated as he deserves -you may sink any given number of cylinders at a convenient point of the Goodwin Sands, and filling-them up when based upon the chalk, with some heavy substance—say sand itself, or chalk stones-you have what you seek, the outline of as solid a foundation as building ever rested upon. Place your cylinders very close to one, another. Let them not be more than a foot or eighteen inches apart at the utmost, and cover with them such an extent of sand as shall leave room for the interior of a fort, capable of containing a couple of hundred men, with stores and provisions for six months* consumption. Of course you must raise your Cylinders considerably above Tiigh-water mark ere yon begin to make use of them. But once get these in sufficient numbers securely settled, and your diffi- culties are at an end. The same science which builds bridges and custom-houses, and houses of parliament upon piles, wil' build on piles far more enduring in their substance-a redoubtl on the Goodwin Sands, which no enemy's fleet will ever be able to face. and which will withstand the elements AS long as Eng- lishmen shall desire-that is, till England cease to be the mis- tress of the ocean. Neither the fortification of the mouths of the Thames and Medway, however, nor the judicious Selection of harbours of refuge, nor the planting of a fort upon the Goodwin Sands, beneficial and indeed necessary as they all seem to be, will suffice to protect this country from molestation from a foreign be taken to increase largely the effective strength of the artny. We should be glad also to see a more decided encouragement given to the corps of yeomanry cavalry than it has been thought expedient of late years to affont In case of invasion, or an alarm of invasion, the services of such men at usually compose these corps would be invaluable. P" ii"vy,. wo Put it to the government whether they conceive that the Royal Regiment of Artillery is, in point of numbers, what it ought to be ? For efficiency and skill we will match it against the world but considered as an arm, and a very im- portant arm of defence to the eoaatry, can anything be more feeble T Few as oar fortified places' are at home, mod wretched as is their armament, we believe that we are within the >j»ark when we say that were you to distribute the entire corps among them you would not be able to provide a single pian per gun. Sir Robert Peel is one of the ablest finance mini* that ever presided over the affairs of this country. The change which his policy has effected in .tlie condition of all classes of the community is marvellous. W:hat we cannot but be afraid of is. that be will suffer his thoughts to be so engrossed by the operations of peace as to forget that the peace itself may be broken, and thus expose his country, rich, but in a military point of view feeble, to be,insulted, and wronged, and perhaps overrun, by an ungenerous enemyi We hope not, however • and it is because our belief leads us in the same direction with our wishes, that we have taken the liberty to read to him and to all whom it may concern, this lecture on the Defensible State of tbe Couatrj.—ft<m Frutf/t I" '( '1

€«i If nli at VND LIST OF FAIRS, NOTICES, ETC., IN THB COUNTIES OF GLAMORGAN, MONMOUTH, AND BRECON, FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Nov. 30. ADVENT SUNDAY. Morning— I lesson, 1 chap. Isaiah; 2nd ditto, I chap. Acts. Evening-l lesson, 2 chap. Isaiah; 2nd ditto, 6 chap. Hebrews. DEC. 1. Alexander of Russia died, 1^25. Sun rises 7h. 45m., and sets 3h. 53m. — 2. Napoleon crowned, 1804. Battle of AusterM litz, 1807. Mariner's Compass invented, 1300. —— 3. Day-break, 44m. past 5. —— 4. Hobbes died, 1679. —— 5. Mozart died, 1792. —— 6. St. Nicholas died in Lvdia. A.D. 392. FAIRS. Glamorganshire: Aberdare, Dec. 7: Cow- bridge, Dec. 2 Duffyryn-Golych, Dec. 2. Monmouth- shire None. Breconshire Builth, Dec. 6 Devynock, Dec. 5; Talgarth, Dec. 3; Llangynydd, Dec. 1.

GLAMORGANSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY. Abstract of House Surgeon's Report to the Weekly Board for the Week ending Nov. 25, 1845. u Remained by last Report ) l i § t; i Admitted since ] j .S < Discharged 0} o « I Cured and Relieved lj 1 \Died 0; Remaining. 11 g £ /Remained by last Report 123 1 o p I Admitted since 19 j < Discharged 2j s,08 I Cured and Relieved 13 15 Died o) Remaining 127 Medical Officers for the Week. Physician Dr. Moore Consulting Surgeon Mr. Reece Surgeon Mr. Evans Visiters. Mr. J. H. Langley and Mr. Lowder. r. M. KUSSELL, House Surgeon. ob TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Traffio Account, for the Week ending Nov. 22, 1845. L. s. d. Passengers, 144 1 11 General Merchandise 171 9 10 W. Coffin and Co 152 8 5 T. Powell [Llancaiach Coal 223 1 9 „ L (Lantwit ditto.. 27 18 2| 260 19 11 Duncan and Co 85 2 3 Dowlais Co 254 0 6 John Edmunds (Pontypridd Colliery) 11 1 4: Insole and Son 9 5 i R. and A. Hill 7 10 2 Dan-y-Deri Colliery n 0 0 T. W. Booker and Co 000 Total for the Week £ 1085 19 5

— ==^= m PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS AND RAILWAYS I Is THE COUNTIES OF GLAMORGAN, MONMOUTH, & BRECON. „ No. of Original Present Shares, Cost. Price. Glamorganshire Canal 600 £ 100 zil-0 I Aberdare Canal 221 120 70 Aberdare Railway. Swansea 533 100 235 Neath Canal 25U 100 340 Duffryn Llynvi Railway. 400 100 140 Bridgend Railway 300 20 I 24 Taff Vale Railway 3000 100 141 Ditto Quarter Shares 25 30 South Wales Railway a Monmouthshire Canal 2409 100 180 Monmouth and Hereford. Newport and Pontypool. Brecon & Abergavenny Canal 150 80 Brecon and Hay Tram Roadj 425

AN ACCOUNT OF COAL AND IRON Brought down the Monmouthshire Canal Co.'s Tram.

BRISTOL RAILWAY SHARE LIST. Stttck Exchange, Wednesday, November 26, 1815. SIIARE. RAILWAYS. PAID. CLOSG. PRICKS jelOO Bristol and Exeter 1 70 82 ex d 33$Do. New 2 3t pœ¡¡ 100 Birmingham and Gloucester. 100 U;) 23 Do. i Shares (issd. 7J dis.). 174 35 „ 35 Bristol & South Wales Junction 2 1; 25 Do. Extension to Monmouth 2 1; die. 50 Bristol and Gloucester. 30 24 ex <1 50 Do. Coal Pit Heath. 50 80 50 Bristol and Liverpool Junction. I 2. par „ Bridgwater and MineMfead. 20 Cambrian Grand Junction. 2-2 ( 25 Cambridge and Lincoln. 14 If pm 50 Chester and Holyhead 15 par Chepstow and Dean Forest. I f pm 50 Cornwall 5 i dil, 25 Eastern Counties ..aver. 14.16.0 19i 6| Do.Perpetual,5perCents,No. 1 6.13.4 | pm 61 Do. Do. Do. No.2 4.13.4 f 25 Do. New. 6.16.0 51.. 50 Exeter, Dorchester, and Yeovil 2i. 100 Great North of England. 100 213 ex d 40 Do. New 5 45.. 30 Do. New 2 25 pm 100 Great Western. go 65.. 50 Do. Shares 50 34 25 Do. } Shares. 2115.. 20 Do, Fifths. 20 13 ex a 50 Hull and Selby 50 90 12J Do. J Shares 126 8 pa 25 Do. 4 Shares -2 17.. 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 30 22 It Stock. London and Birmingham 100 210 32 Do. Thirds. 10 30 25 Do. Quarters 2 22 pm 50 London&SouthWestern..aver. 41.6.10 74 40 Do. Consolidated Eighths. 20 14.. 50 Do. New 7& 10 40 Do New 2 9 50 London and York 24 i „ 25 London and Black wall. aver. 16.13.4 8J ex n Do. New.. lj 2 50 London and Brighton 50 58 J „ 50 London and Brighton 50 586 „ 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths 35 5 pm 20 I London and Croydon .aver. 13.15.9 194 20 I Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8 SO London and Greenwich.. aver. 12.15.4 10 „ 20 Do. Preference aver. 18.17.2 2< pm London, Chelt.Oxf.Glstr.&Here £ If „ 100 Manchester and Leeds. 76 65 ex n 50 Do. 4 Shares.. 34 30 „ 25 Do. i Shares 2 IS „ 6$Do. Sixteenths.. 4i 6 40 Manchester and Birmingham.. 40 65 ex a 10 Do. i Shares. 4 7.. 10 Do. New i Shares 2 7 „ Do. Continuation. 11- It 20 Manchester and Southampton. 2 1 pm Stock. Midland 100 139 40 Do. New. 6 10.. Stock. Do. Birmingham and Derby. 100 110 35 Newcastle & Darlington Junct. 85 18.. 15 Do. New (Brandling) 15 J8., 25 Newcastle and Berwick 5 5 50 Newport, Heref-.&Abergavenny 81 11 pDt d 15 North British 174 5 ex d 134 Do. New 34 8 pm 25 North Devon 2 in 50 Northern and Eastern.I 45 70 124 Do. i Shares.1^4 18 25 North Wales 34 31 110 Northampt. BanburyScCheltenh. 2 i n 50 Oxford, Worcester# Wolverham. 124 t 11. 20 Oxford,Gosport, ^Southampton 2.2 J 50 Portbury Pier & Railway Co. 24 par 25 Scottish Midland 14 8 pm 35 Severn• ••••• avg. 35 es to Shrewsbury and Herefordshire 1 20 Shr»tfsbury&TreotVaIleyUnion 12 1 Somersetshire Midland 94 50 South DeVon I •' Do. Midland V* f, «\d Zo 8°Oo rwr"1 DoVer•• &ver. 33.2.4 334 „ l89d-«*32).No.l 12 1 M K'2W(" £ 3368 8d-)No-2 7 1 » ■S j4 U1,p- 35 Do. J Shares 85 294 TV. 10 5 P-Ceat •• 80 Trent Valley. 8 13 20 Vale of 2 1 pm 50 Wilts Somerset and Weymouth 2.10.0 2.. SO Welsh Midland 24 par. Worcester, Tenbury, & Ludlow if it ,J 20 Yarmouth and Norwich 20 11 ex a 50 York and North Midland. 50 102 pm, 25 Do. 4 Share-s. 25 50 25 Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 50 to Do. Selby 20 50 35 Do. Extension I 5 15 0 w, H, LAND, SKAKS BBOESB) 17 SnrtU Stmt4 Bristol t 9 A