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ADDRESS TO WILLIAM CRAWSHAY, ESQ., Chairman of the Glamorganshire Catial Company. "TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GLAMORGANSHIRE CANAL COMPANY. "Sin,—We, the undersigned, being the merchants, ship- owner*, ship-brokers, iron and coal agents,and others connected with the trade and port of Cardiff, beg respectfully to oiler to you our sincere condolence oa the lamented death of Mr. GROIWE FORREST, your late upright and efficient manager. tYe regret his loss and valuable services in all matters connec- ted with the shipping trade and interests of this port. In otfer- ing our condolence on the loss you have sustained in the decease of so valuable a servant, we thiuk it right at the same time to express the satisfaction and confidence we feel in the able and zealous services which have at all times been so efficiently and energetically iiccorded to us by your dock-master, Lieut. IIVDE, to whose exertions for the past six years in affording facilities for the transit of the largely increasing tonnage in the Canal Basin we all feel considerably indebted. DUXCAK & Co JAMES MARYCHURCH. agent for Messrs. Thomas Wood & Co. GEORGE SUI,LY, agent to Blaengwaur Steam Coal WILLIAM PRICHARD, wharfinger JAMES PRIDE, wharfinger H. H. PARRY, ship-broker BATCHELOR. BROTHERS, timber merchants D. EVANS & SON, wine merchants and ship-owners CHAS W. DAVID, ship-owner, Cardiff JOHN CALVERT, coal merchant W. A. BRADLEY, Cardiff DAVLD LEWIS, ship-owner GEORGE BIRD, ship-owner, Cardiff WATSON & RICHARDS, merchants, Cardiff BENJ. JONES, ship-owner W. B. WATKINS, agent for the Penydarran Iron Co. RICOD. CORY & SON, ship-brokers and agents for Southan & Evans, Gloucester WM. ALEXANDER, ship-owner JOHN ROWE, ship-owner JOSEPH JAMES, agent for the Aberdare Iron Co. W. M. & J. DAVIES, ship-agents and merchants JOliN OWEN, ship-owner BROWN & LUCAS, ship-owners EMWD. C. DOWNING, agent for Thomas Powell, Esq. GEO. INSOLE & SON, coal merchants WILLIAM MORGAN DAVIES, merchant RICH. W. PARRY, ship-broker DAVID BROWN, „ BAYLIS & Co., ship-owners and flour merchants DAN. HOOPER, agent to the Plymouth Forge Co. H. HOOPER, agent to the Plymouth Forge Co. GEO. FARMER JNO. JENKINS. iron merchant RICHARD COUPLAND, store-keeper (bonded) CHARLES MILKER, ship-owner JOSEPH ELLIOTT, bonded store merchant JAMES A. WISE, coal agent WILLIAM THOMAS, coal agent, and agent for Messrs T. W. Hooker & Co. Jos. DAVIS. French vice consul RICHD. DAVIS, ship-broker WM. RICHARDS for John Edmunds coal merchant." The above was transmitted to Caversham Park, in- closed in the following communication — "SIR,—Having been deputed by the gentlemen whose names !,re subscribed to the accompanying Address to transmit the Same to jou, we beg now most respectfully to do so. We have the honour to be, sir, your must obedient servants, D. EVANS & SON, W. B. WATKINS, To William Crawshay, Esq., W. PRICHARD. Caversham Park." To this communication the following reply has been reived:— "London, February 14th, 1818. To Messrs. Dd. Evans & Son, W. B. Watkins, Esq., W m. Prichard, Esq. GENTLEMEN,—I have the honour to acknowledge the re- elpt of the Address of the merchants, ship-owners, ship. ,brokers, iron and coal agents, and others connected with the trade and port of Cardiff, offering their sincere condolence on the lamented death of Mr. George Forrest; and also, at the **me time, expressing their satisfaction and confidence in the ttl)le and zealous services of the dock-master, Lieut. Hyde. I have lost no time in calling a meeting of the committee of the company of proprietors of the Glamorganshire Canal Navi- gation, to take into consideration the very great loss which the Proprietors of the Canal have sustained in the demise of their ''ghly.valued and efficient clerk; and at that meeting I laid efore the committee the address which you did me the honour 0 transmit to me as their chairman. I am requested by the gentlemen of the committee to inti- *ra'e the very high gratification which this Address has yielded in both its objects, as they cannot but feel interested in v e general sympathy which is manifested for the loss of so Jdued, so faithful, and so able a. friend, as their late clerk, Mr. p°n-est. The gentlemen of the committee feel that it is seldom a Salous and an active servant has the good fortune to please eyond his immediate employers; and can only attribute their 4te clerk's exemplary success to the strict integrity of his own conduct, aud to the honourable requirement, on the part of I hose with whom he had to administer the affairs of his em. ployers, of nothing more than what was right. The gentlemen of the committee request me also to state, at they have, to the best of their judgment, endeavoured to *^Pply the place of their late clerk so as to continue the good- will and kind feeling of the merchants, ship-owners, sbip- "r°kers, iron and coal agents, and others connected with the P°rt of Cardiff;—but they feel haw very difficult a task will be '^Posed upon a successor to their late most efficient servant and fr'end, and they venture, therefore, to call for the support of all Jnterested in that part of the trade of the port of Cardiff which 18 carried 011 through the Glamorganshire Canal, in favour of the appointment which they have made in the person of Mr. ujin Forrest, the nephew of the late Mr. Geo. Forrest. ■v." The committee feel confident that Mr. Hyde will continue jealous and active exertions for the good regulation of the |^vof the Glamorganshire Canal. I have the honour to-«ub- Cr*t>e myself, gentlemen, your obliged and obedient servant, WILLIAM CRAWSHAY, Chairman." CARDIFF COUNTY COURT.—FRIDAY, FEB. 11. [Before John Wilson, Esq., Judge.] The following insolvent cases were this day brought Up 0r hearing J°hn Thomas, of Forest Vach, near Swansea, eopper- Sof*1' ^ie learnetl judge observed, after examining the c Jedule, that it appeared there was but one creditor and 0 assets, and seemed to doubt whether an insolvent was nu«r such circumstances entitled to his dischaige. Mr. <( lt(J> who appeared for the insolvent, stated that in Protection" cases the commissioners had held that similar circumstances a party was not entitled to 1 ef; but when a person was in custody, he had no temative but to apply, or remain in prison; and it Quid be hard and unjust to refuse that relief to an in- vent with only one creditor which would be accorded an insolvent who might have twenty creditors. The solvent was ordered to be discharged. TK Jones, of Gwtter Favr, Llanguicke, publican. j e insolvent was opposed by Mr. John Morgan, of andovery, on behalf of Mr. John Jones, of Brynam- rn 11, and supported by Mr. John Bird. Insolvent sworn examined by Mr. Morgan: I have received since about £ 715. I received £ 50 from Mr. Lle- a I 7ni of Ynispenllwch £ 50 in July last, in security of ease I held. I was served with a writ at the suit of it Y detaining creditor in April. I defended the action Was referred. In November last I sold to Mr. Lle- ..e"yn all my property. I do not produce the deeds; ,ey are in Mr. Llewellyn's possession.—Mr. Morgan that it was incumbent on the insolvent to pro- UCe the deeds.—Mr. Bird observed that he was prepared J°. Prove the substance of those deeds, and verify the en- in the schedule relating to them.—His honor ruled it was necessary they should be produced, and ^journed the hearing for that purpose. (¡ Thomas Roe, of Swansea, baker and publican, was Il Pposed by Mr. Bird on behalf of a Swansea creditor, nd supported by Mr. Phillpotts. Insolvent sworn and examined by Mr. Bird I am in ^uatody at the suit of one William Jones. He is a car- Penter at Swansea. I owe him £ 26 or £ 27. He resides j*e whole of his time at Swansea. He has employed a f r* Williams, a London attorney, to proceed against me \vh t'le recoyery °f the debt I owe him. I do not know hetber he had sufficient confidence in an attorney at Nausea that he should employ one in London. I do know how he instructed him. I was arrested at Car- •u do not know by whom. Edmund Morris was ere; he is Mr. Phillpotts' clerk. (It appeared on re- e»"ence that Edmund Morris was named in the warrant of the sheriff's officers.) I was served with the *W"it at Cardiff, where I was arrested. I had intended fOing to France, and a man named Edward swoee-ttiat heard me say I was going. I was arrested on Mon- ay» the 27th December, 1847. My excepted articles ^revalued at Swansea ou the 2$th; my petition was IIlgnedon'the 29th,-and my schedule oa the 30th of that month. On the 1st of July last my property was worth consisted of stock, furniture, fixtures, and a horse aftd cart. I, sold the horse and cart to my father £ 13 or £ 14, Since that time I have bought goods of f*lr. R,ees an(j various other persons. I have not entered l* °iy schedule any statement of the goods I have pur- hased since July, nor how they have been disposed of. books are with Mr. Phillpotts; some of my invoices j^e here, and some at Swansea.—By Mr. Phillpotts: early all the debts due to me are due from workmen on le South Wales Railway. I attribute my failure to the IIIOppage of the works on that line. Several of the navi- gators owed me large sums of money for goods supplied 0 them.—Mr, Bird then addressed the Judge, and con- ended that the case was brought under his honor's l)olice by fraud, and directed attention to the circum- tances under which the insolvent was arrested—to the feditor being a carpenter at Swansea—his attorney re- ding in London—the airest being made upon a capias nder a judge's order, to avoid the delay and expense of an ordinary action, not at the insolvent's residence, but tk ^ardiff> and by the clerk of the insolvent's attorney— at the insolvent, instead of being about to leave the 0untry, must have come prepared with his books aud Papers wherewith to make out his schedule, for he was Rested on the 27th, his petition signed on the 29th, and J!}8 schedule on the 30th December—that the schedule ed was concocted and fictitious—and that goods had received by the insolvent since the July when his aCCOunt commenced, which had not been accounted for -and submitted that the insolvent should be remanded l,d ordered to file an amended balance sheet, and give resh notices to the creditors.—Mr. Phillpotts replied at onsiderable length, and contended that the schedule was sufficient for the purpose of bringing the insolvent airs before the court, and prayed an immediate dis- arge. His honor held that the schedule was lnsufh- le*U, aud remanded the insolvent. Evan Gay, of Aberamman, was opposed by Mr. R. LI. ^eece, and supported by Mr. Phillpotts.—Insolvent ex- uiined 1 am in custody at the suit of my mother. All S effects were sold off under an execution issued by my other. I gave her a warrant of attorney, and under it execution was issued. My mother and I are not on endlj' terms* I bought goods of Richard fiyaas, a maltster. I did not tell his servant that his master sent me for them. I did not meet Mr. Evans, and say his money was safe enough in my pocket.—Mr. Evans and his servant were called. The latter proved that insolvent bad told him that his master had sent insolvent for some malt, and by that means obtained it; and Mr. Evans swore that he had never desired insolvent to get the malt in question and that when he afterwards saw in- solvent, he told the witness that his money was safe enough in his (insolvent's) pocket. —Mr. Reece, having applied in vain to Mr. Phillpotts for the loan of his book, being supplied with one from another quarter, read the 78th section of the 1 and 2 Vic., c. 110, verbatim, and said that the insolvent, had committed the offence of ob- taining goods by false representations. —Mr. Phillpotts, in reply, said that he could not deny the truth of the charge, and urged that as the insolvent had been some time in prison, he ought now to be discharged. — His honor con- sidered the offence proved, and directed his discharge in three months from the date of his vesting order. Morgan Humphrey, of Dowlais, publican, was opposed by Mr. J. H. Langley for Mr. Pulling, of Hereford, and by Mr. Phillpotts for a man named Badger, and supported by Mr. John Bird. — Mr. Langley said that the only ground of opposition he had to submit to his honor was that a judgment in the county court had been obtained by the opposing creditor against the insolvent, and was still unsatisfied. He admitted that in his own opinion such a ground of opposition was not tenable, but, in com- pliance with his client's instruction, he asked his honor's opinion upon it.—Mr. Bird stated that he had been in- formed that such an objection would be taken, and had written to his agents to ascertain what the practice in London upon the subject was, and had received a reply that such a ground of opposition could not succeed.- His honour considered that the mere fact of a judgment being recorded in the county court was not in itself suf- ficient to justify the refusal of relief to an insolvent debtor; and as there was no fraud imputed to the insol- vent, he was entitled to his discharge. Ezekiel Morgan, of Dowlais, publican, was opposed by Mr. Bird for Mr. Prosser, and supported by Mr. Phill- potts.— Mr. Bird said that the charges against the insol- vent were very grave and strious; but, before entering into them, it was necessary that his schedule should be amended, as the objections made in the case of ttoe to the preparation of the schedule would apply still more strongly to this, and requested that the insolvent should be remanded, in order-that-a new schedule should be prepared. This being assented to by the insolvent's attorney, he was accordingly remanded. TAFF VALE RAILWAY. [BY QUit OWN REPORTER.] The general and ordinary half-yearly meeting of pro- prietors in this company took place at the White Lion Hotel, Broad-street, Bristol, on Wednesday last, WALTER COFFIN, ESQ., in the Chair. The meeting was not numerously attended, a circum- stance which, we believe, may principally be attributed to the fact, that an important and generally interesting public meeting, having reference to the Bristol Docks question, was held in another part of the city at the hour appointed for this meeting. Of the Taff Vale Railway Directors we observed pre- sent, in addition to the Chairman, Mr. Crawshay Bailey, Mr. W. Done Bushell, Mr. Thomas Powell, Mr. E. H. Lee, Mr. James Poole, junr., Mr. Henry Rudhall, Mr. Richard Jones, Mr. R. H. Webb, Mr. T. W. Hill, and Mr. John Jenner Mogg-the only absent director being Mr. Christopher James, who resides in Swansea. The Chairman having taken the chair, punctually at one o'clock, Mr. Kenway, secretary, read the advertise- ment; after which the Chairman affixed the company's seal to the uegister of proprietors. The secretary then read the following half-yearly REPORT OF THE DIRECTOBS:— It is with pleasure that the directors of the Taff Vale Rail- way Company present to the proprietors the usual half-yearly report. The gross revenue derived from the Aberdare Railway has amounted to £ 3'23g 19s. 3J., or nearly double the income of the first half-year; and though insufficient as yet to pay itself, still, it may be remarked, that the traffic of the Aberdare Line has greatly increased the receipts of the Taff Vale Railway. The directors are gratified in st.itin^ that the trallio of the recent half-yeilr has exceeded that of any previous half-year. The detailed statement supplied to each proprietor prevents the necessity of any extended remarks. The directors recommend that a dividend of £ 1 on each ori- ginal old share be declared, with a proportionate per centage beyond five per cent, payable to the Quarter and Ten Pouud shares. This dividend is exactly eight per cent. on the amount actu- ally paid up. The directors further recommend that the sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds be carried to the credit of the Depreciation Fund for this half-year. as well as a like sum for the preceding half- yeaf; which latter, for reasons then given, was omitted. The work of opening the Ynisgoy Tunnel having been satis- factorily completed, the double tine from Cardiff to the Naviga- tion House has been perfected, and it used for the increasing trade of the ^company. Since your last meeting the directors have elected Mr. J. J. Mogg, of Bristol, to fill the vacant seat at the board. REVENUE ACCOUNT—HALF-YEAR ENDING 31ST DEC., 1847. Taff Vale. Aberdare. '£,'7 s. d. X. s. d. TQ passenger traffic. 6,749 15 .3., 1.0U6 11 II Carriage of Mails 118 16 0.. General merchandize traffic.w 7'1. 3.. 502 19 10 „ Iron traffic 3.^37 17 10.. 11013 7 ..IronoretTaBle. 4,030 0, ^0.. 25 19 11 „ Coal and coke traffic 19,109 15 6.. 1,586 14 2 „ Rent. 20 « 6. Transfer fees 1. 18 1 6,. „ Interest account 50 11 11.. Totals Dr. 41,177 1* 3 3,232 19 3 By direction 500 0 0.. Secretary's office expenses- Salaries 341 1 0.. Current expenses 94 511.. Maintenance of ways & works- Salaries 202 10 0.. Wages and materials 1,453 3 6' 260 12 4 „ Locomotive department Salaries 125 0 0.. Wages of engine drivers, stokers, aud cleaners 1,217 16 6^. 176 0 9 Coke .,1.230 17 t.. 351 13 (j Stores oil, tallow, waste, &c.f for engines 395 7 8.. 54 1 3 7 Wages & materials for re- pairs of engines & tenders 1,523 16 11.. 14 i Stationery engine and iucline lllane- Wages of enginemen and bankriders, coal & stores 416 5 2.. „ Traffic department— Salary of superintendent., 150 0 O.. Salaries of station clerk*475 I 2.. 114 17 6 Printing, advertising, and stationery 226 14 4.. Coals, candles, oil, & other stores lor st itions 226, 15 7.. 22 14 7 Stores for carriages 108 710.. 3 7 5 Wages of guards, men, porters, and police 1,510 10 4.. 330 g 9 Wages & materials for re-" pairs of carriages, &c. 564 6 10.. 83 9 7 Ilorse-keeping 14 10.. 51 17 1 Coal-tipping expenses 556 6 0.. Working expenses of Llan- caiach incline 404 8 8.. Guards'& porters'clothing ,10 6 0.. „ Government duty on passen- ger traffic 330 15 7.. 49 12 10 „ Compensation for damage 4)1 15 6.. ig „ Parish rates 1,029 16 9.. j29 17 n „ Law expenses 129 18 Travelling expenses 103 9 3,. f) Freight aud carriage of stores 3-1 0 6.. Insurance 23 3 9.. Incidental expenses & stamps 84 15 10.. Rent of warehouse at Newbridge 11 13 4.. Amount paid Lord Bute for rent of wharfs, & wharfage on minerals, See. carried per railway, less sum received from sundry parties 011 sanie account. 477 810.. Balance 26 282 18 10.. 1,126 2 4 Totals Cr £ 41,177 12 3.. £ £ ,232 19 3 Theje balances—namely, £ '26,283 ISs. 10d. and £ 1,126 23. 4d. -are thus disposed of in the account' jray Vtile. Aberdare. By 8 months' interest on 1st tinort- 9. s. d. jfc*. s. d. gage debentures to Aug. 1, 1S47 2,104 8 6. 8y do. on 2nd do. to do. 1,325 7 3.. Da. on 3rd do,, to Sept. 1, 1847. 809:13 7.. „ Do. on quarttr shares to Oct. 1. 1847 4,045 3 0.. „ Do. on Consolidated Preferen- tial 5 per Cent. Stock, to Dec. 24, 1847 1,456 3 10.. „ Do. do. on 4J per cent do. to do 1,310 11 10. „ Do. on Aberdare Railway Shares to Dec. 31, 1847 1.250 0 0 Do. ou do. debentures to do..» 373 10 0 „ Income Tax 475 14 10.. Balance 14,755 16 0.. Totals 26,282 18 10.. !.<>« 1U 0 Thus, there is a balance of £ 197 7s. 8d. against the Aberdare Branch, as the expenditure ( £ '1,623 lUs.) exceeds the amount held in hand ( £ 1,1*26 2s. 4d.) by JL497 7s. 8J. GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNT. To balance 30th June, 1847 £ 10,578 11 2. By dividend at the rate of 5-55 per cent. per annum on 2,996 original shares, being £3 10s. per share, paid 6th September, 1847, less Income-tax 10,179 19 9 •v Leaving a balance of £ 398 11 5 To which balance add that of revenue account, half-year ending 31st December, 1847, as above, less £ 497 7s. 8d., the balance of Aberdare account 11,258 8 4 Gives the general batanceon31st Dec., 1847 £ 14,656 1J 9 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF REVENUE. June, 1817. Dee, 1817 Passengers 6,535 13 0.. 7,756 7 0 Carriage of mails 112 10 0.. 118 16 0 General merchandize 7,101 19 0.. 7,724 19 i ,rou 4/218 6 0.. 3,368 11 5 ^roaore a,317 1 2.. 4,05ti 0 5 Coal and coke 14,311 1 3.. 20,696 9 8 19 12 6.. 20 8 6 Transfer fees 14 17 6.. 18 7 6 Interest 259 u 50 n Interest 259 u 50 n £ 35,920 a 8„ JS44,UQ li 6 *>

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