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BRITISH SCHOOL FOR BOYS.—We have e*sure in being able to inform our readers, of the in- fHjl opening of this school. A committee of gentlemen, 4%t| '° edue^tion on the Briiish and Foreign System, was III J 'ormed in this town, and they undertook the payment » ts °n both the Briiish Schools; this they have vir- TJ >»' 1 ected, and on Monday next, at nine o'clock, A.M., the ML ^hool will be opened under an efficient master, ipe- |||S. ^P^mended by the British and Foreign School So- n?! whe terra*wi"be as usua1, ,he pupil 10 Pay,one peDJny {'Uper: The schools will henceforth be earned on under Hke°dence of a visiting sub-coramittee, constst.ng of kSl» „ *ry a»d three other gentlemen, who will viiit both C1 4 n»tCn a week- We understand that it is intended to fQ 'c nieetiog in a short lime, to elect a general com- %Piw man«gement of the British Schools io Newport. ¡ J* Su V Committee have unanimously requested the Rev. D. Phju iP 0 become its secretary, and we are informed Mr. cheerfully complied. —As \1r. Rosser, who lives at Cha- lhi4 rin' an^ his wife, were proceeding across the bridge ^Veu ,0wd. towards their residence at the Moors, on Satur- V'tt8 pD^ 'a8'' ab°ut ten o'clock, the horse which Rosser was ^'i'rin' from mismauagement or accident, ran suddenly *e«i H alang the gig. in which the farmer and his wife "V1*lbe WM'1 Rightful rapiditp. The horse, as though n IV' wh-bey'ng an i"*60verned re'D' l'lan impulses of his Nl k'on„L h's poor, emaciated appearance, gave the lie, V *t a- one moment into contact with the bridge wall, c De*' was suddenly upon the road again, where ii !*th °n'act with a carriage and pair, belonging to Mr. 'ac'cn with a pleasure party reluming from Tin- Si>»c,hr:yine away the harness and smashing the splinter- I m^^elg sanc' splinters, became in a moment locked by h '^e v,0'ence of which concussion was so great •' »s ?LSe bfoke away from the gig with the harness, on his V''8 •• h 8^ unharnessed, the gig was suddenly thrown be»m ends," and the unfortunate pair were flung V^y t0ad with terrible force. The party of pleasure imme IQ (P*Ceoded from the carriage, and directed their aiten- V re unaeated couple. The woman was found lying \%> *nda.Ce towards the ground, slightly lacerated between the V4*th,0Sensib|e. The man regained his feet almost as S^C^n> *nd, with a remarkable coolness, seemed to en j N» **» n't. ^ofe particularly about his bony horse than his W »f, We are happy to add that the poor woman was 8|H !KPWards ttble to teturn 10 her home, rather enfoe- I aluQQiDi blow she had received. The funeral of the unfortunate Valentine Daniel, whose melancholy death from being thrown from a horse, we last week reported, was attended on Sunday afternoon last by a vast concourse of people, chiefly the younger portion of both sexes, about twenty couple of whom, dressed in mourning ap- parel, walked in procession after the corpse. The body of the deceased was interred in the churchyard of St. Woollos, and the many hundreds who attended on the mournful occasion, seemed impiessed deeply with the awful uncertainty of human life. MELANCHOLY DEATH BY DROWNING.—On the evening of Sunday last, an unfortunate Frenchman was sud- denly deprived of life by drowning in our river. The name of the deceased was Monsieur Charles Lemaire, and he pro- fessed himself a teacher of the French language and of the art of fencing, having, as his printed circulars set forth, been an old soldier in the foot artillery of France. For some time pre- vious to his coming to this place, about four or five months since, he resided at Abergavenny, from whence he made perio- dical visits to surrounding towns to attend to his classes. Ill- fate at length directed him to this town, where he unsuccess- fully attempted to obtain a French class in the Mechanics' In- stitute. Though he bore with him testimonials of the highest order, the stranger failed in everything he undertook in his pro. fession and driven at length by necessity, he applied to French captains who came to this port, to be allowed to act as interpre- ter in their business with the merchants of the town. He suc- ceeded but badly even in this attempt-he took obscure lodg. ings—his personal appearance gradually became that of an un- successful, broken-down, needy stranger and those who had heretofore been pleased with the martial bearing and happy look of the "old soldier," were now startled by his changed appearance. Following the avocation to which we have al. luded, that of interpreter, he was last Saturday on board the French lugger Cesarine. of Brest, and throughout the day drank three" glllsses of brandy with the the captain, Matthew thew Lalla. He also, in the evening, drank at a public-heuse in the town, with the captain, one pint of beer, and returning to the lugger's side, they parted at about nine o'clock. He was afterwards seen about eleven o'clock proceeding by the Canal side, towards where the Cesarine lay, at the British Iron Com- pany's Wharf, and next morning he was found lying a corpse on the mud. He had gone on the British Wharf, it was con- jectured, for the purpose of hailing the lugger, but perhaps de- ceived by the gas lamps on the river side, he had fallen over tbe quay wall, and thus had met his untimely end. He was picked up next morning, and convtyed to the Ship and Castle, Inn, where, being searched by the serjeant of police, £ 5 5s., and 3Jd. was found in his pocket, which sum was the re- mainder of the sum of eleven pounds, for which be had sold his horse, when his circumstances began to alter. An inquest was held on his body before William Brewer, Esq., and a respectable jury, at the above inn, on Monday evening, when a verdict of" Found drowned," was returned. On the follow- ing day the remains of the ill-fated Frenchman were conveyed to the grave, the French flag being thrown over his coffin, and the captain of the Cesarine, with five of his crew, following be- hind, as the only mourners over the untimely fate of their hapless countryman. SUICIDE IN THE UNION-HOUSE.—An event of a shocking nature occurred this week at our Union-House. A female named Julia Allen, of somewhat prepossing appear- ance, and aged about 23, was received into the Newport Union House on the 3rd of December, 1842. She belonged to the Baptist society, and was the daughter of a respectable man of the name of Allen, who is an agent, &c., residing in Commer- cial-street. Her father had married a second wife, and family matters rendering the stay of the daughter at home unpleasant, the Rev. D. R. Stephen, pastor of the Baptist chapel, who is a Guardian of this Union, procured an entrance for her into the Union-House, where, through his intercession with the kindly governor, she was engaged as an assistant in light household 'iuties, which she performed with alacrity and cheerfulness.— She occasionally exhibited an intractable and irritable dtsposi- Hon when opposed but her conduct in general was good. On the 10th of June last she obtained leave from the board to visit her friends but on that occasion, she stayed out some houts beyond the proper time; and on subsequent enquiry, it was found that she had visited a house of ill-repute in Cross-street It was also ascertained that she at times visited the gardens of Floriday, at which place it was conjectured she met a young man to whom she was attached. Before she came irito the house. Dr. Brewer had attended her for an unsound itate of mind, and since she had become an inmate, her spirits had frequently been dejected, her health at intervals affected, and her intellects at periods very weak. She had once or twice spoken of having made her peace with God, and said she should put a period to her existence and on another occasion she informed a female pauper in the house, that if she needed anything to procure aboition, she (the deceased) would give her some powders. On Monday and Tuesday last she had leave to visit her friends for two days. On Tuesday evening—supposed to be reluming from Floriday's gardens—she called at the shop of Mrs. Jones in High.street, were she had frequently been before and as she wore her own clothes when allowed to visit her friends, Mrs. Jones did not know her to be an inmate of the Union- House. She here purchased two pennyworths of the essential oil of almonds-which contains prussic acid, and is the most deadly poison-alleging that it was for her mistiess, a lady in the neighbourhood of Newport, who required it for scenting hair oil. Possessed of this deadly drug, she proceeded to the shop of Mr. Phillips, druggist, to whom she exhibited it, and wished to know if it were poison and framing a lie for the I purpose, observed that she enquired because her i>ttie bro- ther had been playing with it, and her moiher feared the child had drunk some. Mr. Phillips informed her of the na- ture and powers of the oil, and at once desired h> r to carry home a strong emetic. This she refused to do, trying she would first see her mother, and then left the shop. She then went to the Union House, and was admitted soon after seven o'clock, in high spirits. She was searched when she entered, but nothing of a suspicious nature was found upon her. She brought in two cucumbers, some gooseberries, and en rants, a I portion of which she earnestly pressed the governor t" take.— During Wednesday morning she was cheerful and in strious. About twelve o'clock the nurse in the sick ward obse^ed her apart by the window eating gruel, and almost immediah v after heard her cry out as if in agony. She was taken exiret!ly ill, and trembled violently. 00 being laid upon the bed, she grew worse; and the governor, being sent for, came immediately into the sick ward. He smelt the oil, and knowing its deadly qualities, at once rightly conjectured she had taken poison.— Indeed, her appearance at this moment confitmed his suspicions —her eyeballs were fearfully swollen-her face was empurpled, and her limbs quivered excessively. Surgical assistance was ai once procured, but too late for as Mr. Wm. Brewer, jun., pre- ceding Mr. James Hawkins by a few minutes, entered the room, le heard her last convulsive gasp. A post mortem examination of the body was made on Thursday evening, by Messrs. William Brewer, junior, and James Hawkins, when the presence of poison was proved and at the same time an inquest was held on the body before W. Brewer, Esq, coroner and a reapectable jury, when the substance of the facts related above was given hy the witnesses, and a verdict found that—"The deceased destroyed herself by poison in a fit of insanity." Julia Allen, who has thus rushed unbidden into the presence of her Judge, was a person of superior education for her grade of life. Some manuscripts, found in her box, indicated an imaginative mind. an exceedingly retentive memory, and some poetical taste. A pre-determination to destroy herself had no doubt for a long tirpe existed, and circumstances affecting her reputation which had transpired, seemed to make death appear to her a de. sirable thing. The following letter was found immediately after her death :—' You need not ba surprised—the scandal has borne heavily on me, together with many other things that have been said since I have been here—all of which I die with a clear conscience, to appear before God. May the Almighty have mercy on my toul." In a pocket-book were fouod several manuscripi poems, chiefly on blighted affections and wasted happiness, while one, among other pieces on death, was entitled The Pauper's Death-bed," commencing thus:— Tread softly bow the head, In reverent silence bow No paping bell doth toll- Yet an immortal soul Is passinf now!" These, together with copious notes of, and commentaries upon, a large number of aermons she had heard from the Revds. Messrs. Stephen, Thomas, Evans, &c., were written in a neat and graceful handwriting by the deceased and were found, with a quantity of powders and pills, among her effects. FATAL ACCIDENT.—ON Tuesday last, as a party in a carriage, going to Ragland were descending the Star Pitch, near Dansoy, the drag broke when the carnage was urged forward with great velocity, and the lea tog oises fe down on their sides. The postillion, Benjamin Wixcey, fell under them, and before he could be extricated his peril- ous situation, the unfortunate man was so dreadfully crushed and otherwise injured, that he almost immediately expired. The party proceeded on their way to Ragland with the wheel pair of horses. At a reoent meeting of the Guardians at the New- port Union, an honest Hibernian from the Cove of Cork, made his bow to their hanners," on a subject that be tuk might- ily to heart." The applicant was a weather-beaten but hearty- looking seaman, who had lost both his legs on one of the wooden walls of old England, and stumped in on two limber substitutes. It appeared that the jolly tar's brother had died some time ago in the parish of Mynydduslwyn, leaving four children totally helpless and unfriended. They were taken into the Union, and the tiod-hearted uncle now offered 10 take two of the II child. her" off their hands. "Pray, my honest man," said one of the Guardians, "what means have you of providing ror these little ones, if we entrust them to you ?" Manes 1 oh, plenty, your banners I Haven't I an acre of potatoes, and an illigant fishing boat 1 I'll keep them clean and dacent, and if I've luck, an' the fish is plentiful, I'll take the other babbies to my home too. Ask any one of the Cork captains about me- they all know Maurice O'Hearne." After due enquiry, the Guardians, we understand, allowed the honest old sailor to take home to his cottage at Cove an instalment of the childhei." How pleasing it is to find such traits of character, such amiable principles, among those whom we suppose poverty and oppres- sion had rendered sour and unsociable. A singular being has been traversing the pre- cincts of our town during the past week. He was a man about 35 years of age, greatly sunburnt, possessing a dark brilliant eve but exhibtiiug no particular expression, and wearing large He wore a white hat, light eoat, white trowseis, and cairied a large block ornamented slick. This singular man would stand before a house for a few momeois i, »ith his eves on the earth, and then suddenly lift hisSeves bow gracefully towards the house, and commence and his eyes, Do g ..j Qg j„ dancing, in a very graceful go through sundry.^S"elf by whistl.ng in a soft, clear, manner, accomp J' ggionaj outbursts of melody of which was and full tone,.the dancing and whislling thus for a surpassingly beautiful. After absUac,e(1| ,ooked lew minutes, he .uddenly cease around. Some gave bim lhe donors to drop their self to touch the money, allow g bounty into his coat pocket, wh CD g( e purpose and throughout the wlioie o ing., he spoke not word, and appeared dumb. Again very gracefully bowing towards the house, heaving sighs, and ap- pearing to wipe tears from his eyes, at the same ime i g is hands up in a mournful manner, the strange eiog p sse on to some other house. Bets and conjectures are rife about him but we suppose him to be an unfortunate lunatic. By orders recently issued by the Lords Commis- sioners of her Majesty'. Treasury, coals exported in Russian, Prussian, Swedish, Norwegian, lad Austrian ships, to countries other than Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Norway, and Austria, as well as to those countries themselves, are to be treated in the same way a. coals exported in British sbip. to foreign countries SILURIAN LODGE OF EREEMASONS.—The arrangements for the dedication of this lodge are, we have been infoimed, in a state of great forwardness; and we are happy to hear that his Worship the Mayor, has granted the noble room in our Town Hall, in which the brethren of the craft will dine on that interesting occasion. The dinner is to be provided by Mr. Hallen. NEWPORT DISPENSARY.—Monthly report, end- ing July 31st:— On the books July 1st "5 Admitted since •••• • Cured Relieved Died p- Under care at present 53—126 R. F. VVOOLLEl I, Surgeon. Llanarth-street, Aug 1st, UH3. Mr. Rosser, farmer, in Risca Vale, reaped wheat and mowed barley on Wednesday. USK.-At the Sheriff's Court, at the Town-hall, on Tuesday, the Ist of August, before A. Waddington, Esq.. Under-sheriff, Nathaniel Coales, apothecary, summoned Lewis Davies, shoemaker, for attendance and drugs.—Verdict, for the plaintiff, X2. 15s. 6d. Mr. R. Waters, attorney, for the plaintiff. ODDFELLOWSHIP.-The officers and brothers of the Loyal Friend in Need lodge of 1. O. F., Abergavenny district, celebrated their thirteenth anniversary at the house of host P.G. J. Wells on Monday the 17th ult, upon which oc- casion about one hundred and fifty of the fraternity walked in procession to the Primitive Methodist chapel, Abersychan, at which place excellent sermons were preached to them by Bro- ther J. Mole in English, and the Rev. T. Kenvyn in Welsh. They then returned to their commodious and elegant lodge. room, which was most tastefully decorated for the occasion with flowers and evergreens, where they partook of a good and sub- stantial dinner, provided for them bv the host and hostess, and general satisfaction pervaded the company. The amount paid for the sick broihers from the funds of this lodge, during the last year, was £224 6s. This affords a pleasing instance of the use fulness of the society. At a parish meeting held at Monmouth last Thursday, a church rate of fourpence in the pound was granted for the ensuing year. On Thursday last, a son of Mr. Taylor, of the Bute Arms, in Cardiff, accidenily fell into the Bute Canal, and was unfortunately drowned. A man working in the gas-yard also met with a similar misfortune and loss of life. The annual meeting of the Odd Fellows took place on the Ist instant at Cardiff. There was a strong muster of the fraternity, and the day passed off well. LANDEVAUD CHAPEL.-This neat little edifice si- tuated in a pretty sequestered spot, near Penhow, in this county, and lately rebuilt by voluntary subscription, was, on Wednesday last, opened for divine service by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, when, notwithstanding that the morning was very wet and unfavourable, there was a full attendance of the clergy and gentry, and poor of the neighbourhood, and of many from a considerable distance, who were anxious to be present on this interesting occasion. The service commenced at e even o'clock, and the prayers were read with great solemnity bv the Rev. Robert J. Smith, Rector of Penhow, who has been ap- pointed to the curacy, and by whose exertion, aided by the Misses Phelps, of Caerlickeo, Sir Digby Mackworth, and others, the desired restoration of this long dilapidated and deserted house of prayer has been effected. The sermon was preached by tge Bishop himself, who took for his text John 4, 24, God is a spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spi rit and in truth." After lamenting the great diversity of opi- nions, and of modes of worship, now prevailing, and the too great importance attached by some to forms and ceremonies, to the neglect of the true spirit of gospel worship, and exhorting all present to unity and simplicity in worshipping God in tpint and in truth, his Lordship concluded a very able and learned discourse with a forcible appeal in behalf of a school about to be erected in the parish for the education of the children of the poor whfch was liberally responded to by a collection at the church door of upwards of £14. At the evening service at six o'clock, an eloquent and most impressive sermon was preached to a numerous and attentive congregation by the Rev. Evan Jenkins, of Dowlais, Glamorganshire, from 1st Cor. chap, 1, v. 21. "It pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." The effective manner in which the Newport choir of singers chaunted parts of the service, the «• Venite, Jubilate," &c., and sang the psalms and hymns selected for the occasion, gave great satisfaction, and was de. serving the highest praise. Amongst those present were Sir Digby and Lady Mackworth, the Misses Copleston, nieces to ihe Bishop, Mrs. Illyd Niclioll, the Rev. E. F. Lewis, the Rev. Thomas Pope, the Rev.J. B. Davies, the Rev. Hugh Williams, the Rev. Daniel Jones, the Rev. David Jones, iPanteague.) the Rev. W. Powell, the Rev. Divid Jones, (Undy,) the Rev. Kenyor Homfray, the Rev J. P. Shepard, lie Rev. S W Gardener, the Rev. J Yorath, the Rev. W P Lewis, the Rev. E Jenkins, the Rev. T Williams, the Rev. if T Harris, J S Barber, Esq., J H Langdon, Esq., Mr. M Kvans, &c. &c. BIBLE MEETINGS.— Messrs. Davies, classical tulor of Brecon College, and Phillips, of Hay, visited Mer hyr and its vicinity on behalf of the British and Foreign Bible So- ciety, the latter part of last week. They commenced at Dow- 1 a is on Wednesday evening, by delivering two sermons respect- ing the Holy Scriptures, at Bethania Chapel, which was lite- rally crammed by persons from all sects and parties residing in that place. On Thursday evening a public meeting was held at Pontmorlais Chapel, Merthyr, which was not so fully at tended as the former. The Rev. Thomas Harries, assistant cu- rate, occupied the chair, and spoke on the objects of the meet- ing, as did also the deputation, Mr. Owen, of Zoar Chapel, and Mr. Watkins, the grocer. On Friday evening, the depu- tation visited Coed yCymmer, the celebrated place for races, cock-fighting, &c. Here all religious denominations forgot their peculiar tenets, and met under the same roof, for the same object. It appears that this branch liolds quarterly meetings among themselves by rotation st the different chapels, and that £ 5 is the amount of congregational collections to the Parent Society, during the past year. The operations the British and Foreign Society were fully entered into by the deputation, and addresses were also delivered by Mr. Walter Williams, and again by Mr. Watkins, to a large but not a crowded audience. -( From a Correspondent,) FRIENDS' MEETINGS FOR W ORSHIP.-Since our last Mrs. Backhouse spoke very powerfully at the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, at Coed.y-Cymmer, on Thursday evening. and on Friday evening at Zion Baptist Chapel, in both cases to very crowded audiences. She was accompanied by her daughter and J. T. Price, Esq., as on former occasions. The Merthyrites seem fond of hearing the lady. It seems she is a sister to the philanthropic Joseph John Gurney, Esq. DOWLAIS.—Saturday the 29th ultimo being t e tenth anniversary of Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest's mar¡ riage, the children of Dowlais Free School, to lhe number of five hundred, were plentifully supplied with tea and cake at the new pattern shop, Ivor's Works, in that place. They were a dressed by Sir John and Lady Charlotte on the advantages o education, &c, who were loudly cheered at the conclusion o their addresses. In compliment to the assiduity and zeal o Mr Thomas Jenkins, the efficient and talented teacher, net- ladyship called for a hearty cheer for him, which being mos enthusiastically responded to, Mr Jenkins duly acknowledged the compliment. In the evening the agents and their families, to renumber, with others, of one hundred, were kindly enter- tained at Dowlais House, in commemoration of the same happy event. We must not omit mentibnina, also, that the wonhy Baronet benevolently sent tliirty-fle pounds to the poor of tre various Dissenting chapels in the lace, which must have been highly acceptable at such a time, when workmen's wages are so very low, and flour is advancing in price. PLYMOUTH IRON WORKS.—Ever anxious to ame- liorate the condition of his workmen, Anthony HiH, Esq- has got flour for them at the late of forty-two shillings and sixpence a sack, whereas the same costs at the shops fifiv-two shtlliig9 and sixpence per sack. Were the Merthyr iron in the United Stales and the Ame.ican flour at Menhy}, ,t is conjectured the inhabitants of both henmphers would be much benefitted. STAGNATION OF TRADE.—A FACT FOR SIR Ro- bert.- We much regret to observe the stillness which cheerlessly prevails over our iron wharfs, where seventy five thousand tons of iron now remain for buyers. ROWLAND'S MACASSOR OIL—There cannot he a more just criterion of Ihe excellence of any artirlP than the attempt to mutate it. The very idea of a counter,iTt is^a Soud testimony to the great utility and value of the Original The universally high repute of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR Oir has in- duced some unprincipled Shopkeepers to try to impose uoon the public a spurious imitation for ihe genuine; and who to in- crease the deception, have cop.ecI the Labels and Bottle's of the Original Aiticle—for which fraud the said parties have lately been punished in a Court of Law. The principle on which ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL (the Original and. only Genuine) is prepared, is confined solely to the knowledge and practice of A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton Garden, London, who are still at an immense expence in completing its preparation. Anv Salcinbanco may pretend purely to give an analization'of its ingredients; but the fact is, the amalgamation of this purely vegetable compound neutralizes all attempts to seperate its com- ponent parts therefore such a declaration only brings disgrace and contempt on any wretched pretender. ROWLAND'S MA- CASSAR OIL is a compound of the most costly materials, has stood the test for neaxly fifty years, is patronised by the Royal Family of England, the whole etite of the aristociacy and haut ton," as well as the several Courts of Europe' while the thousands of testimonials in its favour, and the general use of it in all countries, sufficiently confirm its value as a nourisher, preset ver, and beautijier of the Human Hair

MERTHYR POLICE.—JULY 28.

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