Monmouthshire Merlin

(A CARD.] MILLINERY AND DRESS-MAKING, (ALSO STAY-MAKING.) !| RS- JOHN MOODY (from Bath,) begs respectfully to iVI announCI' to the Ladies of Newport and its vicinity, that she intends continuing the above business at 14, COMMERCIAL-STREET, NEWPORT. CHORAL SOCIETY. SEVERAL GENTLEMEN of this town being desirous of S forming a Society for the practice of vocal music, (sacred and secular,) and also for the purpose of elementary instruc- tion, it has been determined to hold a meeting of Ladies and (ientlcmcft desirous of joining such a society, at the Girls' British School-room, Llanarth-sireet, on Thursday evening, January 9, 1M", at Eight o'clock, when a deputation represent- ing the committee and members ot the Athenaeum and Me- clntiiics' Institute, will join with others in carrying out the de- termination of the committee of the Institute, to co-operate in forming such a society. DALMAINE'S PIANO-FORTE'S FOR Z5 GUINEAS DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTORY, FREE OF CARRIAGE. rn R. PRICE, MUSIC SELLER, NEWPORT, respect- t. • fully apprises the public of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, that he has been appointed Agent for O'Alraaine's Piano Fortes, which he is enabled to deliver to those who may honour him with commissions, at Newport, Chepstow, and Swansea, or at any of the intermediate Stations of the South Wales Railway, at the Manufacturer's Prices, and direct from the Manufactory in London. U'Almaine's Piano Fortes are celebrated for combining all the latest improvements of construction, with richness of tone, and elasticity of touch; possessing, also, peculiar elegance of form and polished nicety of workmanship, uninfluenced by the varied effects of climate, and recommended by the most emi- nent musicians. Compass, 6} octaves; height, 3 feet 9 inches width, 4 feet; depth, 2 feet 2 inches. At the uniform nett Cash price of TWENTY-FIVE GUINEAS. Mr. 1. R. PRICE continues to give instruction on the Flann Porte, at Schools, at the usual scale of charges made at bchoob-Four Guineas per annum. tíIiZ' The newest Music constantly on hand, at 2-5 per cent, ofl the Published Price; also, some at Half-price, and One- hird for Cash. Commercial Buildings, Newport, Aug. 23, 1850. NEW MUSIC. >LD BY E. NEWMAN, AT HIS MUSIC REPOSITORY 59, HIGH STREET, NEWPORT. MEW unrsrc.-THE PXANISTAI I J}? £ Rz £ IlV THE PIANIST A ALL FULL ,w,vr1-vr.r^ R M ENGRAVED MUSIC PLATES, (NOI 1 Y PL.) Composed by No. La.Fuive Halery 124 Pianista 2s FidellO Beethoven 123 28 Le Prophete Meyerbeer 117&1I8,eacb:2s p«n«arn Rellini 115 23 Midsummer Ni«ht's Dream Mendelssohn 111 2s Othello Rossini 110 2s (JeneTentola Rossini 109 28 Der Fr-ischutz lifter 107 2s Linda di Charaouni Donizetti.. 106 2s Mussaniello Auber J03 2s Semiramide Rossini 23 Lucrena Borgia Donizetti.. 33 ls."&*95 2« La Favorita Donizetti.. 35 2s l.astDajof Pompeii Pacini 39 2s Zampa Herold 40 2s L'Elisirc D'Amoie (Love Spell) Donizetti.. 41 2s Anna Boleoa Donizetti.. 47 25 Fra Diavolo Aubcr. 67 2s L.a Sonnambula Bellini 2s Nino Verdi 67 i. 2s Don G10var.n1 Mozart 68 25 Crown Diamonds Auber 69 2s I Lombardi Verdi 71 25 Norma BeUim 75 2s ltobert Le Diable Meyerbeer 82 2s la figlia del Reggimento (Daughter of the Regiment) Donizetti.. 84 2s tig»ro (La Nozzo de Figaro) Mozart 00 2s ™b,^e dl Seviglia Rossiru 9l 2s Stab.t Mater (the whole 10 Pastorals Symphony (the whole Rossini 20&27.. 2s Pasto[als Symphony (rhe whole four movements) Bethoven.. 72 2s Mrrr- Meyerbeer Don PasouaTe Donizetti.. 98 Ac 99, each 2s uon l asquale Donizetti.. 120 2s Le Domino Noir Auber. 121 3! ''The Piano-forte arrangements of these Operas are th* best 10 Furope.'— Atlas, May llth, 1850. »rcin«Desi Valtzes, Quadrilles, Polkas, Mazonrkaa, Songs. Ballads, &c &c., equally moderate in price, and brought out ia a mucf» su- perior style 10 the dear music. n 8U °?o No" caV**entfree,by post, for 30 stamps, or Three Nos. for 78 stamps, by addressing MR. E. NEWMAN Piano- forte and Music Repository, 59, High-street, Newpoit. J be system in which the PIANISTA has been Published Monthly for 1 en ea«>h;?pK|ven great«st satisfaction to the fashionable 111 sical world. This system is rapidly superseding the old mode ofucbargmg enormously. It gives aboul 10s. or 12s worthTf music for 2s. but no reduction (even if IOO Operas are taken can he made from the marked price. Sole agent for Newport. MR. E. NEWMAN, Pianoforte dnd music Repository, 59, High-Street. Cardiff, MESSRS BIRD and SON, Duke-Street. Neath, MR, HIBBERT. Swansea, MESSRS (VEY and PEARCE, Wine-Street. Catalogues Gratis. NEWPORT COMMERCIAL BOOMS. HPIIE ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING of the 1 Subscribers will be held on WEDNESDAY NEXT, January 8th, at Seven o'Clock in the Evening. 1 he annual subscription of One Guinea is payable in advance. THOMAS LATCH, Treasurer. JAMES SALTER, Secretary. January 1st., 1861. HARE AND GREYHOUND, WIKE AlrD SPIRIT VAULTS, ? No. 37, COMMERCIAL-STREET, NEWTORT. J OHM SOUTH ALL, in returning thanks for the support V bestowad on his late Mother-in-law, Elizabeth Yeates, at the Moulders' Arms. Marshes-road, begs to announce his re- moval to the above Establishment, which premises he has en- larged, and rendered replete with every comfort. Wines and spirits unadulterated, and of the best quality, at the lowest reasonable prices. J S. has erected a compact Brewery on the Premises where home-brewed beer and ale can be had retail, or by the cask. An Ordinary every Wednesday and Saturday. Good stabling. MR. ALEXANDER BASSETT, 0IVII, VNI) MINING ENatNKER, ESTATE AND MINERAL AGENT- AND SURVEYOR, (Office, No. 1, Angel-street, Cardiff,) A °E7CTf°ira»he "rR°yal Farmers' a"d General Fire Life [ 1 and Hail Storm Insurance and also for th« «< p and Graziers' Cattle Insurance locution ('arrlift, Dec. 20, 1&10. IN THE PRESS. „„TriS CHRONICLES OF THE TWYN HIE tEOPLE-THEIR ACTS, AND OF THE MON MOUTHSHIRE ASSOCIATION. **• k°™s' ASSEMBLY ROOMS, rn H HOTBX* CARDIFF T on TnCKSDAY, j 9t"^8f1EA80N wiU take Place T. W. If"VeTiJdrPatr°neSS- CBARLES RODJTEJT MORGAN, ESq.,TredeKar-r>ark I Stewards Dancing will commence at^lf-pt^Ni^e o^lock Supper on the Table at 12 o'clock. T¡ckets-GentlemenJ IOs. 6d. Ladies 7s 6d January 1st, 18.jl. KING'S ARMS COMMERCIAL INN I BLAENAVOM. l-fcESPErTFTT^Vv1^?1 A- PHILI.IPS R -f his sincere thanks, to Commercial Gpntw §*return in genera!, for the liberal s^ ^1^x1^ ?Uhlic last four years and to inform them that he has recently to his commodious premises, New Coach HOUSPR ->R,IY Stalled Stables, which are all Locked-up, and trusts1,?P'tal merit a portion of their future favours m&y Well Aired Beds. Wines and Spirits of the first quality Tickets, 3s. 6d. each. [Established 1750.] FRANCIS QUICK, GOLDSMITH & FURNISHING SILVERSMITH, Successor to Alfred Short, REMOVED to 24, CLARE-STREET, BRISTOL, (late Gillett's,) BEGS respectfully to infoim his friends and the public, that his new and immense Stock of SILVER PLATE SHEFFIELD PLATED GOODS, JEWELLERY, Lever' Horizonlal,and Duplex WATCHES, PARISIAN DRAWING ROO.\1 CLOCKS, &c., &c., is now complete, and to invite their inspection ot the same. Being desirous to maintain the eminent reputation this House has ever enjoyed for the good taste, and high quahty of the articles sold, he offers his assurance that the whole ot hit Stock is selected from the best makers and be believe* the Prices will be found to be realJy fD<)derale, and, rather lower itian mose usually charged for goods of equal quality. The following is a list of Articles to which attention is rcspcctfullv directed„ «I'LATE.—Dinner, tea, and coftee services, M new and elegant designs spoons, forks, 4cc. SHEFFIELD PLATE.—Epergnes, soup tureens, table dishes and covers, soufle dishes, candelabra, castors, liqueur frames, cheese toasters, candlesticks, &c. DRAWING ROOM CLOCKS.—A variety of chaste and elegant designs, in rich gilt, ormolu, bronze black and white marble, &c.,&c. JEWELLERY,—Bracelets, brooohes, necichains, lockets, Albert chains, shirt studs, rings, necklets, lockets, in immense variety. WATCHES—Of gold and silver, with duplex, lever, and horizontal escapements, of London and Geneva manufacture. t^jT Elkington's plated goods, table cutlery, London bronze tea urns,— dessert knives and forks, in cases,—new fish carvers, knife, fork, and spoons, in'case,—children's cups, &c., &c. A complete service of plate kept for hire, at a very moderate charge. r LONDON MUTUAL LIFE AND GUARANTEE SOCIETY: Incorporated i,y Act of Parliament. Guarantee fund £150.000. office, No. 63, MoorRate-street, London. r«Mi:s «. D*TINCTIVB FEATURES. J pract.cL7mmnuaV!Vhe 010(1610 imProvem«nl» the Kales of Preii^a, J *ranCe- siMc, L'onsistent with Urkf4 contingency as moderate as pos- of proprietary offices, °U security, »nd much under those Tlie whole of the niofii.. whom are proprietors, and possess eJ!»0n|* a»*ured, all of vi lei t responsibility. ontrol over the management, i Mijrantee policies for fidelity of im.t .« combination wilh life ,1;raoce. panted at hule more tff t'hV^ matenal savim; is aNo caused to the assured, by the Director- in all instances disohilrglllg the usual medical fee- The Directors give favourable consideration to pioposaU from diseased or non-select cases, ai premiums proportioned to the risk, a system especially advantageous to parlies whose health may li we been implied by over attention to business, foreign residence, i'i'C. As evidence of the populaiity of this Society, it mny be stated 'h it 1016 proposals to assure the sum 01 £2.ió.70;¡, have been offeied to the Directors within ihecurrent year, giving an Income exceeding £4COO per annum. 011 7V4 cases accepted. By order, II. C. EIFFE, ,4l. r.. Secretary & Actuary. Hth December 1850. Cotartisfeiwl flffiifrWti LADIES SCHOOL, 3. BILL STREET. NEWPORT. 1\/I RS. JAMES T. LEWIS gives Instruction in French, lVX Music, and Drawing, together with the usual branches of an English education. The Duties of the School will commence on the 15th of January, 1851. CLASSICAL AND COMMERCIAL ACADEMY, 2, CHARLES STREET, NEWPORT; Conducted by Mr J. II. PHILLIPS, and an Efficient Assistant. MR. PHILLIPS begs to inform his friends and the public that the Duties of his Establishment will be Resumed on MONDAY, the 6th of January instant. January 2nd, 1850. CLASSICAL, COMMERCIAL, & MATHEMATICAL BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN, Conducted by The Rev. W. L. SANDERSON Member of the College of Preceptors, and formerly of Cheshunt College, Herts. And Mrs. SANDERSON'S SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES, No. 26, CROSS HOUSE, STOW HILL, NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE, WILL RE-OFEN, after the Christmas vacation, on MONDAY, the 18th January, 1851. In this Eatabhs ment, youth are liberally Boarded, with all the comforts of home and carefully educated in the Latin, French, Greek, and other languages, and in all the routine of a sound Com- mercial English Education. TERMS FOR BOARDERS. per annum. Under thirteen years of age £ 4 JJ j> Above thirteen Weekly Boarders. 3 II) 0 TERMS FOR DAY SCHOLARS. per quarter. Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic £ 0 ID 0 Ditto, with Book Keeping, English Grammar, Geography, Mensuration, and Mathematics 0 1-5 Latin, French, Greek, Hebrew, German, and Italian, each language extra o Navigation, the whole course.. 2 10 0 The Evening School will be Re-Opened the same day. References to the Rev. T. Havard, Independent Minister, of Talgarth, Breconshire, a fellow student with Mr. Sanderson at Cheshunt College; Rev. It. Jones, Independent Minister, of Brecon E. Davies, Esq., surgeon,ofCowbndge, Glamorgan- shire Mr. Hole, No. 2, North Street, Bedmmster; and other'respectable parents of the pupils. MONMOUTH. MOUNT PLEASANT BOARDING 4 DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, CONDUCTED by Mrs. RICHARDS, of St. Mary Street, j who, in consideration of the health of her pupils, has Removed to the above residence, situate on an eminence, a short distance from the town, the neighbourhood ot whici i^ remarkable for the pure and invigorating properties ot trie Mrs! 11. wishes to assure those fricnJs who have for many years supported h*r, that she duly appreciates their liberality and hopes, by unremitting attention to the improvement and happiness of those children who may be placed under her superintendence, to receive a continuance ot their patronage. N.B. Scholastic studies will be Resumed, D.V., on the l.iih of January, 1851. WESTON GROVE SCHOOL ONE MILE FKOM BATH, CONDUCTED BY MR. CLIFFT. A T this Establishment the pupils are boarded, and < are- /V fully instructed in English Grammar, Ih-t^i-y, graphy, Use of the Globes, Mapping. Writing, Ari Book-keeping, by single and double entry, &c- Terms,—from fourteen to seventeen guineas p • > will b« given on "^fair'or Weston is salubrious: tl'o ^eS'y eligible and the country around delightfully pi „ MJ, The Christmas Vacation closes on Thursday, January .'TN, 1851. LONG ASHTON SCHOOL. NSAlt BRISTOL- PKINCIPAL —Mr. JOHN KEMP, assisted by Masters of high attainments.. corVpVinir rpHE Studies embrace the Classics, Mathematics Sorveving I Chemistry, French, German, and all the accomplishments of a liberal English Education.. t :vr on |iie The prominent feature of this establiqlilment is, treatment most moderate terms, consistent with t(;r admission such a course of varied instruction as is requi- and for into the Universities, the Naval and Mi'.nafy C |h the Examinations preliminary to receiving Com i j(s_ Army, as well as tor Professional and Coinn?ur^„l. intellectual The Rreatest attention is paid to the reiigt > and |physica! development of the pupils. cdiate SUperin- I he domestic arrangements, under the lm _,er. tendence of Mrs. Kemp, are of the most 'l!j'er jnstani. J'he present Vacation will terminate on the aT,D|iCation A Prospectus, with Terms, will be forwarded, on application. Long Ashton, January 1st, 1851. BLENHEIM HOUSE ACADEMY, LEA, GLOUCESTERSHIRE- CONDUCTED BY MR. ISVING, F.S.A. A T this Establishment, noted for salubrity »veS Learned A YOUNG GENTLEMEN are and Professions, Military Colleges, and for Ag Commercial pursuits. Q an(1 Latin The course of Instruction embraces the u :tunnt. anv Classics; French (which is taught generally, /jorl^an extra charge),by a Resident Master, native °t i_ ? and Mathematics; together with Writing Eal lyfoVchants' and Water Colours Practical Land Surveying, Merchants Accounts, &c. The treatment is mild, and the system of Tuition c to ensure the Pupil's rapid progress in his L minence is given to Religion, which its_imp°rtan Reports of conduct and progress are issued qu rewards periodically distributed, by which and othe Ji, spirit of emulation is excited, and the lull powers o „^nfirai ful mind are drawn into action, without any recourse t p punishment.. r r Military Mathematics, under the superintendence oi Irving, L.L.D., F.A.S., &c. A Prospectus and View of the House, with the Terms, which are moderate, and, if required, inclusive, will be forwarded, on application. The present Principal has been at the head of the Establish- ment upwards of twelve years. Distance from Gloucester, ten miles; Ross, Sve numerous Coaches to and from which pass the Premises daily. The Pupils -will be expected to assemble on the 20th of January. STOKB BZSHOP BOVSE &ADXES BOARDING SCHOOL, STOKE BISHOP, NEAR DURDHAM DOWN AND CLIFTON, AND 2! MILES FROM BRISTOL; CONDUCTED BY MRS. BAKER. WHO gratefully acknowledges the increased patronage with which she has been favoured; also the many flattering testimonials of approval, and, for which, she tenders to her kind friends her best thanks; and she respectfully in- Tem an(^ public, that she has Removed her Establishment from Overndale House, Dowrtend, to Stoke Bx £ ho?'House, Stoke Bishop. 18th 1851 WILL BE R £ -°PENED ON JANUARY f iTj USe-13 'ar £ e and commodious, and is well adapted tor ail Edtxcattonal Establishment. The situation combines, in an eminent degree, those natural advantages which tend to please the eye, and to promote the health. The locality is of high respectability, the air is pure, and the scenery is delight- TV,1D a wor<^> ^'e. surrounding country is rarely equalled. Ihe course of instruction includes every requisite of a sound, lit)eral, useful, polite, and Christian, Education, em- bracing the modern European Languages, &c., with every other accomplishment, befitting the Gentlewoman. The French Language is taught by a well-educated native French Lady, resident in the House. The German Language is taught by an eminent Pro- fessor. The most sedulous care and attention are paid to the Moral and Religious Training of the Pupils, as well as to their intellectual improvement; and to this end, Mrs. Baker super- intends -personally their education; also for the encourage- ment of a spirit of emulation, and for the inducement of habits of industry, prizes are awarded to the excelling pupils. The health of the pupils is Mrs. Baker's peculiar care; and her anxious desire and aim are, to secure to her pupils health and happiness, and to render school a happy home. Such is the scale of liberality of this establishment, that it is not exceeded in England; and the privileges it presents to the public are obviously great, especially to young ladies tim-hi>kg their education. For the further promotion of the pupils' domestic comforts a small dairy is attached to the establishment. The young ladies have the frequent use of a pony and phaeton, for pleasurable drives. TERMS— Including Board, and Tuition in English, Writing and Arithmetic, Music, French, Astronomy, the Globes, and all kinds of Needlework, :2. Guineas per Annum, which include atlextras, except washing and printed books. Ditto, ditto, with German, 27 Guineas per Annum. the other accomplishments at moderate charges. professors of eminence attend the school. References of high respectability are kindly permitted to pupus parents, and other friends. Prospectuses will be for- TVI Ti °n aPPlicati°n rvr- Stoke Bishop is half-a-mile from Durdham Down; ithin a short but delightful walk to Clifton, and two and a quarter miles from Bristol. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. JOHN BLAND, OF T BRISTOL. HE Fi'iends of Mr. JOHN IK.ND, having determined upon presenting to him a TES^T1 MON 1 A L, to show tHe high estimation ha ishtld in by hi* Fellow Citizen*, in conduct- ing h.s Commercial tiansactioos for the past quarter of a cen- tuiy, and for his usual grraiahtforward and benevolent charac- ter, at a DINNER at the VICIOKIA R >OMS, Clifton, Bristol, on Ihe 10th day of January, 1851 the Committee beg to solicit the honour of the e'ompany'of as inany ot their Fellow Citizens and others, as are desirous of participating in the compliment. J. II. LYNN, Chairman of Committee. G. C. HARRIL. Esq., President. S. BRYAN I', lisq., Vrice-President. Tickets to clear the cloth (including Subscription) 21s., to be had ot L. C. Lepage, Ireasurer, Apple Tree, Broadmead; G-—y, -sireet John Print?, George Hotel, 'lemple-streei; John Keene, Greyhound Hotel, Broad mead R. Hauard, Exchange Coffee Kooius, Bristol U. Baker, George Hotel. Chepstow John A lien, Tredegar Arms, Newport; C. French, Globe Hotel, Cardiff; or of the com- mittee. TO CABIKET SCAKMRB, TIMBER MER- CHANTS, de. BUILDERS. NOW ON SALE AT A. & r. TRAPNEIl'S, Wholesale and Retail Mahogany, Cedar. Rosewood, Timber, and Hard-Wood Dealers, 7, & 14, BARR'S LANE, BRISTOL, A LARGE assortment of all KINDS nf T- k • Mahogany, CM«, Rosewood, B either in logs or boards; also 50,000 feet of prime Mahocanv F,«herod and Mo»o,,l, R„,c„00^ £ hX"d' Vcn P« 4* ki°d'' °' The Proprietors especially invite the attention of Cabinet Makers, &o., who are manufacturing articles for the Great Exhibition of 1851, to their choice stock of Dry Mahogany and Rosewood; also of Timber Merchants, and Builders, to their stock in the Wholesale Department .beingi decidedly the largest ?,, tl ritv. A scrupulous care in the selection of mahogany, A-r &c and punctual attention to all orders, will continue t°C^nti^Cc^srg^en1ln,Stor,llsS^1^iepost supply mahogany Contiacts g mansions, public buildings, See., where fashionable 'and durable material is used; also for deals, battens, &c. now on Sale, Thirty Logs of Hon- N.B. Just armed «d now of b" Rosewoodf»d One Hundred Ficcga of Qu.bec Birch. .toned COTTAGE FOR SALF., a ,I,ery Ff^vps 'in mahogany case, nearly PIANO-FORTE, 61 octaves, in m J ^ullah,^ L > new; Price Thirty Guineas. Also, a Sheeta with stand and music desk. t' ulats obtained, of Jan. 2, 1851. MU" ALp?o^SsSVf music, Chepstow. TO SB LET' ALL that FARM, with good Farm House and Out-Build" .'ngs, called PWLLYVVHJAID." situate in the parish n Janover, in the county of-fllonmouth, containing a Z1? J?un<^re(^ ail<i Thirtv-onc Acres of good Arable, Meado a»d Pasture Land. 4l affo a* r8»venny and Brecon Canal runs through the lan Tv. convenient carriage for manure. j 'arrn is about four miles from the town of Abergavenny, Slx from Pontypool. f °*8e88ioi). to be had on 2nd of February next. apply to Mr Wit,MAM Ltwrtfktm. tosh bmmhft 'tM* THE MONMOUTHSHIRE MERLIN, AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE No. 1, CORN STREET, THIS Establishment is completely furnished with an exten- a sive variety of NEW and HANDSOME TYPE, suitable for FI IK-5 SI"- Ornamental PUINTING, Posting and other Handbills, Shipping Notes, Auctioneers' Catalogues, BUN of Lading Returns of all descriptions, for Iron Works and Col- lieries, Law torms.&c., printed in a superior modern stvle 1 the shortest notice, and at very REASOMIBT T A JJ* Cards, Circulars, Invoices, Labels Add'.ess and most tasteful manner. Account Books at Bristll Prices TO ADVERTISPRS The Advertising Public of Monmouthshire' and „ i bounng Counties, are respectfully informed that th,> A f r the "MONMOUTHSHIRE MKUL.N," m the Cariou, TNABEN,S promptly forward all ADVERTISEMENTS for inserihnQS' Ti Paper; and Orders from Advertisers at a distance fnrnrt. a the Office, will receive prompt attention. 10 n- Advertisements received for the "Gazette tho T Papers, and for all the Provincial Journals ot En'glanrl OI}aot) and Scotland. ^'guna, Ireland SALE THIS DAY—SATVRO^ NEWPORT, MON. UNRESERVED SALE OF MEN'S BOOTS AND SHOES. Mr. H. M. PARTRIDGE, HAVING had consigned to him for absolute Sale a WP stock of the above articles, begs to announce that he win SELL the same BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at 36, Commercial Street, Newport, on Saturday, the 4th of January instant and following days of business, until the whole are sold, com- mencing punctually at seven o'clock cach evening. The Stock consists of Wellington, Ulucher, and Cossack Boots; and Oxford and lie Shoes. Offices, St. Woollos House, Stow Hill; and No. 38, Com- mercial Street, 1st January, 1851. SALE THIS DAY-—- SATURDAY. MONMOUTHSHIRE. CAPITAL HOOP COPPICE WOOD FOR SALE. MR. H. M. PARTRIDGE WILL SELL, BY I'U IAC AUCTION Al the CROSS KEYS INN, NEWPORT, on Saturday, the 4ih day of January, 1851, at four for five o'clock in the evening, the present FALLAGE of that excellent llOOP COPPICE, called '-Graig-y-Penhy." on the Bishtoo Castle- Farm, containing about 18 Acres, more or less. The above Wood IS of ten YCiHS' (jiowth, and, the Tithes having being commuted, will be sold T'" Free. Mr. Benjamin Samuel, of Bishtou wiiidi' 'rson to shew the Wood; and forfurlh j v i. H M. Partridge, auctioneer, at Oiii.\ >, Sr.' Vv < Stow-hiil, and No. 33, Cotnmt ••i-strtet, N* -i, Stow-hiil, and No. 33, Cotnmt ••i-strtet, Ne -i, MONMOUTH xMi RE, IMPORTANT SALE CI 17.. 5& Descended from some of the most l-t.ra! «>. Cotswold Ilills. Mr. H. 1\1. PARTRID, BKGS respectfully to announce that he ii.stru t< ;i J. Handy, of Salisbury Farm, to SKL;. H V -UlO'l at. Magor Market., on MONDAY, the 20th day ,>■»' J:u -v the whole of his well-descendcd and sound t'l.Ot'K SHEEP, of the pure Cotswold Breed, in lots t-t, comprising sixty breeding ewes, forty fat sheen, 'r yearling ditto, and one very superior ram. Sale to commence punctually at twelve o'clock at n • Mr. Pat tridge is also instiucted by Mr. Handy, to a uiouncc that the remainder of his valuable Live and Dead Stock useful assortment, of implements, Dairy Utensils, and effects: will be Sold by Auction, in the course ot the next month (February). Auctioneer's Offices, St. Woollos House, Stow Hill and. No..>8, Commercial Street, Newport, 1st January, 18.31.' TOWN OF NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE. TO BE LET, ANpn°.w'i"Rvlishe(iPIUuBL1C IIOU>SF" « compact filth VyLRYattached thereto, situated in a good thorough fare for business. Half of the money may remain, if required. Also several6, 9. and 12 Barrel pieces for sale. Apply to Mr. HENRY GREGORY, Cambrian Brewery Newport. TO INNKEEPERS, PUBLICANS, & OTHER PERSONS, That are desirous of entering into such business. TO BE LET. VM/ITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, a FREE HOUSE VW in the above line, doing a good business, in one of the best situations in the town of Newport. Coming in about Apply to Mr. NATHANIEL WEDB, Surveyor, Appraiser and House Agent, W, Llanarth Street, Newport. VALUABLE MINERAL PROPERTY TO BE LET, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. '-pIUS Property consists of about One Thousand Five Hun- k dred and Fifty Acres, on which a Five-foot Vein of excellent Steam Coal, workable by level has been proved by Mr David Thomas, Mineral Agent Pontypridd. Distant about ten miles from Neath and accessible from the Vale of Neath Railway in about two miles and a half. railway in For further information, or to treat for the same, apply to Mr. DAVID IHOMAS, as above or to Mr. P. DUNN, Abcr Jrn near Newport, Monmouthshire. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, £2,000,000, in 100,1100 Shares of .t20 each. „ TRUSTEES. JOHN SHAW LEIGH, Esq. I R. B. B. H. llLUNDELL, Esq. DIRECTORS. Charles Turner, Esq., Chairman. John Campbell, Esq., and J. Bramley-Moore, Esq, DKVUTY-CHAIKMEN. George Armstrong, Esq Edward Johnston, Esq Michael Bousfield, Esq Roger Lyon Jones Esc, Ralph Brocklebank, Esq James Lawrence Esq David Cannon, Esq Francis Maxwell' Eso William Claxton, Esq George Maxwell'Fso Thomas Dover Esq Robert M'Andrew, Esq Richard Harbord, Esq Edmund Molyueux Eso Robert Ellison Harvey, Esq Henry Mooref Esq q R. Brodhurst HIll, Esq Wilham Smith Esq Ihomas Dyson Hornby, Esq John Torr Eso John Charles Jack, Esq Sq Actuary and Secretary-Percy M. Dove, Esq. R. JAMES MURPHY, 74, STOW Hrix, NEWPORT, 1TJ. Agent to the said Company for Newport and its vicinity begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he is authorised to receive orders for Assurances; and desires to draw their attention to the remarkable proofs of the sound principles of the Establishment for which he acts, and of its ample re- sources, as exhibited in the extracts at the foot of the present advertisement. The large Capital of the Company, and the number and in- fluence of its Proprietors, enable it to rank with the most eligible Offices in the kingdom, with respect to the advantages offered to the public. FIRE INSURANCES will be effected at moderate rates of Premium. The Company will ever distinquish itself by its promptness in the Settlement of Claims. No Charge made for the Policy. Agricultural Produce and Fanning Stock will be Insured at Four Shillings per Cent, per Annnm, without the Average g Clause, and at Three Shillings and Sixpence per Cent per Annum, with the Average Clause. LIFE BRANCH. The important advantages afforded by the Company in this Branch, will include the following, viz.:— Guarantee of an Ample Capital, Moderate Premiums, Large Participation of Profits by the Assured, amounting to Two- Thirds of its Net Amount, Smalt Charge for Management, the Expenses ot the Office being borne in due proportions by the two Branches, and Exemption of the Assured from the Liability of Partnership. EXTRACT FROM THE RATES OF PREMIUM. X T Rates Rates Rates Rates of Premium of Premium Premium of Premium ^e" with without 1 with without Profits. Profits. Profits Profits. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 15 1 15 2 I 10 11 40 34 1 2 18 6 20 1 19 4 1 14 11 45 3 14 6 385 25 2 4 2 1 19 7 50 4 8 3 4 1 7 30 2 9 9 2 4 10 55 5 8 6 5 1 1 35 2 16 2 2 11 0 tin 6 14 4 6 6 0 PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. EXTRACT FROM HIE "POST MAGAZINE." The annual report of the Royal Insurance Company, at Liverpool, and a commentary upjn it ill the Post Magazine, have bccome as regularly conjoined as the Queen's speech on the opening of parliament, and the debate by which it is in- variably followed. The managers of other otlices cannot charge us with partiality in these annual notices, as the success of the Royal Insurance Company has been of so remarkable a nature, as almost to give it a separate position from Assurance Societies of recent date.. nm_ In analysing the report, read at the recent meeting, anc paring its details with those ot former years, we niu -'a( amount received for tire premiums in the year • £ 31,4')!) 10s. 4d.; being about jC'li,-00 raore lhan rec i ia 18'6-rather more than the amount received in „nt;r(» more than £ 3,000 above the receipts ot 1848. receipts, under this head, from the opening o i* > June, 1845, to 31st "December, 1818, stand as followb ( June, 1815, to Dec. 31, 1846 ? Jan.l, IS47, to Dec.31, 1847 34,187 5 S Jan. 1, 1848. to Dec. 31, 1848 31,346 1 J £ 119,602 0 2 Forming a grand total of nearly £ 120,000. EXTRACT FROM THE "REPORT." (LIFE BRANCH.) The position of the Life Uraucli of the Company is such as to give full satisfaction. One life only has dropped during the course of the past year. and since its close, small claims have become payable on the deaths of two others. The total number of deaths, therefore, in five years, has been but four whilst, if the average age of the lives insured by the Company be taken, and a computation be made, founded on the mortality known to prevail among in- sured lives, it would appear that the deaths in that period of time should have been no less than ten. Taking, therefore, the important test which the quality of the lives selected by the Company gives, the Proprietoi may hope that this department will, in future years, become the means of adding an increased permanent value to hi.: property, while the Life Assurer, in addition to his consciousness ot 1'er- fect Security, may indulge the expectation of an important ul- timate benefit to his policy, in the shape of a rapidlv-accruing profit, which the continuance of a minimum rate of mortality would insure. 3 NEWPORT—MIL JAMESTlUliPHY, 74, Stow Hill. Cardiff Mr. Jonas Watson, Wharf. Evenis' St" Th°maS' Green" SwanXa-fir W&I'W Confectioner. Merchant. I embroke-Mr. John Ormond, Dru ist. Pater—Mr. James M'Lean \°ru88lst- strcct. IMPORTANT LETTER. AZIT LETTEV- Received by Mr. Sa"~er, Agent tor the only Genuine Widow Dv A T? <ai r? Th<» • en,ale Pills. u' iviiI.L'«»i„„,1tC,roulatior> with the almanacks of the It8A striking case cam *°u 1,38 alrcadyproduced some Sood under treattiient by a Surgeon here, and afterwards for six PillfaTdspeedt feU fffb f1ye0flUecH continuing them for a short tim^K thP ."0Vv> af,er has been entirely removed P8*„ u offered health T J ',and sheis recoverino' dear Sir, your9 truly, "er 14th December, I849 n' These PILLS, 8o long and mat/rede^ virtues, are strongly re?NN. J V ? fbeirnPP11|:„r having obtained the /an?, t0 k n-ot,ce of eve?v men of the Medical &0," and approbat,ou of most in effectually removing!,h &8ttf" and,.v»!'iable 5lS •'B' conveniences to whiclf th» *-UC ?n9/- reJ'eving all nth*. -ne those which at an earlv ?ni.a f r^ara? is liable esn }! want of exercise and L^"0. ,-e* fre(lu''miJ aPecia!Uy create an appetite. corrp?r-aH- ty of sv9tP„ \?m nervous headache and »r. ,n{!1^estlon> remove (ri^fi; j «Qtn« in ♦>.<. arc eminently usefni .fe'dfliness and fn t • ° shortness of breath disorders fptvtn all #ei«K innocent, tliev 4 Pa'P'tation of Sal^ 'i8ea90n8and climates. 'e^ ^ay be used with It is necessary, owiiu; to tl inform the Public that liEA-RSL"le nuln(!rolis imitations, to EY'S jmi andGLNUINE MEDICINE 0f fhi« 1 e 0nly ORIGINAL and has been prepared by then, f„. deseription ever made, Purchasers are particularly ,2,1° ,n,ore tlmn fifty years- testimony of authenticity, each hm i i.° remark. as a affidavit, and bears the signaturo r directions contains an writing, also engraved on the n of C. KEARSLEY"in .r is wrapped in ivhit Government Stamp, and each !E«irs- TO BVZI.I> £ Xts. THE CORPORATION OF THE BOROUGH OF NEWPORT, IN the County of Monmouth, are about to erect certain IL Offices, and make alterations, at the Council House. Plans and specifications of the works MAY be seen at the office of Mr. Langdon, Architect, on and after Wednesday, the 8th instant. The Corporation are prepared to consider Tenders, either tor the whole of the work, or each trade separately. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Buildin"- Committee, to be sent to the Town Clerk's Office, on or before the 22nd of January inst. Security will be required for the performance of the contract; and the Council do not bind themselvcs to accept the lowest Tender. „ Tr THOMAS WOOLLETT, Town Clerk. Louncil House, Newport, 2nd January, 1851. THE PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS OF THE PILL- GWENLLY AND NEWPORT GAS CONSUMERS, COMPANY, TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE NEW. PORT GAS COMPANY. 15, Great Dock Street, 30th Dec-, I3'>0. GENTLEMEN, YOUR answer to our proposals was duly received by us, IL and after giving it proper consideration, we now address you by way of reply. At the very outset of such reply, we cannot refrain from expressing to you our strong regret, that no attempt whatever is made on your part, no oiler suggested whereby yo" wonM meet us, or even show a disposition to meet 11s, ou that which wcregard as a most important principle namely, that involved in our first proposal-tll supply all iIUlil customers fir <f uniform rate of 4%. per thousand feet. We certainly did expect, that, entertaining a cordial desire to afford satisfaction to that class who, we believe, are entitled to be treated by you as most deserving of your consideration, r.amely the tradesmen and other individual consumers, at letst some attempt would be made by you to meet their views upon this important priit- ciple. We must, therefore, confess to you our disappoint- ment at your omission in this respect, and we feel bound to Point more particularly to the fact cf'such omission, because we are assured that it is not to be regretted by us aloue, but by the tradesmen and individual corsumors generally. l ou state that the principle of supply'11" gas at an uniform rate, is not a proper one. But if the graduating prin- ciple were the proper one, we are of (pinion that that principle is not correctly applied by your company; and we do not hesitate to say, that, as applied by tlem, it operates most un- fair y and unjustly. However, belie ving'as we do, most confi- dently, that no such graduation is a. all necessary, and that the application of the uniform primiple, would be not only more convenient, but in practice more lair, equitable, and, above all, advantageous, both tc your company and the consumers generally, we will submi. to you tho following reasons. You assume, and we take it for gr-fhted, that all the gas manufactured by your company is of one uniform quality, whether it be for the public lights, for companies, or for in- dividuals; and in the whole, the cost of manufacture is one uniform rate for every part manufactured. No one thousand ieet in particular can be selected and distinguished by you, as tIeing more expensive than another, but all must be taken on 1 average. <;vcry thousand feet of the article manufactured being pro- •d at one average cost, should, in fairness, as between your "iny and ail your customers, realize one average return :u -Hit. Every thousand feet should produce its equivalent ft (hi t cost of manufacture, and interest on capital. But if one pv be charged for public lights, a higher to companies, higher to individual consumers, the difference of lor the same article must be obvious. LIte price charged for public lights, namely, about :»s 'Jd per thousand feet, realizes the cost of manufacture, and its proper proportion of interest on capital, then that price is a fair one, -and the prices charged to companies and individuals being higher, especially to the latter, must to the extent oi'the dif- ference be excessive and unjust. If the price charged for the public lights, namely, about 3s. Hd. per thousand feet, does not realize the cost of manu- facture, and its proper proportion of interest and capital, then that price is not a fair one -becansLl the deficiency of cost and iuterest on the gas supplied for the public lights, is added to the price charged to the other cons umers, who then not only contribute their portion of expense oil' public lights, in common with the other ratepayers, but also. contribute their portion of the deficiency of cost and interest, because they happen to be individual consumers and why th tradesmen and other individual consumers should pay more for public lights than other ratepayers, is a question for wliicl 1, we confidently assert, neither law nor reason, nor anything else, can furnish a proper justification. J All the gas supplied by you, whether for the public, for companies, or for individuals 'is supplied for one purpose only, namely for lighting. The gas itself aft'ora's no other advantage to any one class of customers. The tradesmen and individual consumers apply it to that purpose only, and derive no benefit or advantage from the article, other than is derived from it by the public or companies. The public lights, although in a general! point of view, for the use and convenience of all the rate-pay t'rs of the borough, are, nevertheless, for the use and convenience of every in- dividual, ratepayer, and the price of thu gas supplied for those lights, therefore ought, in sheer fairness, to be uniform with that charged for the gas supplied for the use and conve- nience of the tradesman and other individual consumer. All the gas supplied to companies is consumed for their use and convenience, in connexion with their t.rade or business, and consequently for the advantage of every individual mem- ber of such companies; and the price of such ^as, therefore, ought also, in sheer fairness, to be uniform with that charged to the tradesman, for the gas consumed by him, for his use and convenience, in his trade or business. We cannot assent to your proposition, that "in regard to gas, as well as in all other manufactured articles, a reduction in price should be made to a wholesale consumer." It appears to us, that tlicre is very little, if indeed any, analogy between the two cases, and that your proposition, therefore, is so far fallacious. Besides, it implies this, that the small tradesman shall be charged, for the same necessary article, at a higher rate than his wealthier competitor. This is palpably wroug in principle. However, we do agree most cordially with you, that it is by an increase in the consumption thai, a reduction in the general price can best be obtained." Though we must observe, in passing, that your company has no general price. Your prices are essentially particular. For instance, that for the public lights is about 3s. 9d, -that for companies some- thing higher,—and that for the tradesman and individual customer 6s. But how, let us ask, does your company encourage an increase in the consumption 'C If by charging one class of your customers a lower price than tli.it charged to the other classes, then we contend you have begun at the wrong end; you have selected that class that is leant likely to benefit your company or the other consumers. For if, in con- sequence of the lowness of price, the public lights were doubled, (and by the bye, to that extent at least, Pillgwenlly and other benighted parts of the borough sadly require them,) such an increase in the consumption (that for the public ligAits being about one-fifth of the whole) at the same lowness of price, would make very little difference, as between your company and the tradesmen and other individual consumers. The same may be properly urged as to companies, but with this addition, that the consumption of companies is incapable of any material extension- If this principle, therefore, is to be the means of encouraging a substantial and really btneficial increase, we submit that you should apply it to the class, con- sisting of tradesmen and individual consumers—the really im- portant one to your company, and the one only that is capable of increasing the consumption substantially and beneficially. With them, the increase mav become in a manner almost in- definite. At present, most of the tradesmen must use gas from sheer necessity; but while the price is comparatively high, they have no inducement to consume more than cannot be dispensed with. If, however, your company were to reduce that price materially, the result is irresistible, not only would the tradesmen increase their consumption, but the range for gas, as an article of utility, would be immediate y expanded, -for it would then become, from principles of economy, a most desirable substitute for the candle and oil, in dwelling. houses.. u The cost of collecting the rents >iy matter. Besides, you forget that the cost of coveting the Wough- rate is included in such ratc'—•^tc'litrhts Is to <r.n /• ference between the public and the rents, is this,-the one is -cf ecte by tborougn rate collector, and the other collected by the collector for your C°Fromyvour abstract of receipts and expenditures for 1849, we fiad tliat the gas supplied in that year by your company was as follows feet To' ficlS U WW"»« —" Total j" A^iOOO feet wc HAVE no doubt, 11)6 SVIDDIV IS During this preseiit year^ assuminff that a r(,dl^Jon very considerably .Jncr^isjr per thousand feet, produced the to one uniform price following result, namely: Jy615,000 feet Public lights in }i07,o(J0 fect Increase— one-halt .•••• 5,080000 Private lights in 1849 2,540^000 feet Increase — one-halt •••••■ m 10,042,500 feet ,1* wlVr result, we feel confident,—then to the present and prospee"^ their local,VS neither select your work* I<»r *} 'i .JL7 a site. However, for reasons whicli *■ neces- sary now to explain, and to evince to vou our «tl mour own convictions, wo are willing, even v-1 Jn to under- take the responsibility of carrying {"rto ™.r «->"Jorm principle of -U. per thousand Jed. We the efoie offer to take your works on lease for a term of seven ye- s, with the option of continuing the term for seven, or fourteen■years longer,— at a rental, for the first seven years, equivalent >■<-> -■> per cent, per annum, upon your assumed capital oi t]^ 0r to £ 7 10s. per cent, per annum upon the actual value of your works and after the first seven years, at an increased rental: fl.8d the outlay to be made by our company, in extension and improvements, to be capitalised, and converted into shares in your company. In fixing tho rental at a sum equivalent to £ o per cent, per annum, we take into consideration your dividend returns, which are as follow Dividend for the year 1843 r>$per centum. « <. tc 1844—5 « « 1845—2i « 184C-4 « « « 1847-4 « « 1!I48—4 « « « ltM'J-8 Which, if correct, show an average of less than £ 5 per centum per annum, for the last seven years. But we also consider, that viewing the matter in a comprehensive manner, your company has no equitable right to a higher rate of per centage than £ 5 per centum per annum, until you have supplied your gas to the full limits of consumption fairly and legitimately extended, as they should be, by the inducement of a 1;lir and moderate price for the article. And let us remind you, that the question is not the ordimwy«n« vf mere manufacturer and consumer,—but that the legislature intended, and public policy demands, that your company should regard its powers as conferred, not for the pecuniary advantage of the members ot'your company alone, but equally, and quite as much, for tho convenience and advantage of trie consumers of sras '-ind the inhabitants generally. ( We call your attention to the following statements, which we intend to demonstrate that we have based our calculations on proper data Extracted from the Neu-port Gas Company^ Abstract of Reciots and Expenditures jor of 6,695,000 only. Oas rental collected ] £ Public lights I!! jf. Rental ot metres jq £2133 11 4 EXPENDITURH. *"———— Dividend at per cent, per annum ■••»•••••• 774 r r Interest on money borrowed on mortgage ■' >' £ s. d. 1 ,J Rent 20 7 9 Property tax J J J J t oor rate j J ? Incidentals :31 14 I Mr. Spiney, for manufacture of gas, at his con- 11 1° Balance iii°favor of the Newport Gas Company 20 u, £ £ 213 £ V~^ To be Received and Expended on a Consumption 0f" ftet. f RECEIPTS. £ 5 D Gas rental, for all lights, at one uniform rate • of 4s. per thousand ieet.. 0 0- Rental of metres (as above) _u 2 £ 207(i 19 2 EXPENDITURE. Dividend of E5 per cent. per antiuni, oil ztsqunled capital of £ 12,500 { •' ^Vt-ilV 0 0 Rent, property tax, poor rate, aud lnci c^ (as above) V" .1 Dividend of £ 5 per cent, per annum, 011 iurtucr outlay, say £ 2000 "'and 100 0 For manufacture and supply of the gas, and collection of rentals, (a sum vine ,7 4 Engineer assures us would bo ampiw £2û7fj 19 2 Wc observe tho other parts of ^Utp?etitK' it necessary to make any remarks up«J1 1 passed them by. Requesting the favor of a reply to our proposition to lease, at your earliest convenience, For th. wiXiJjiA jSierito COUNTY COURT or MOITaiOUTK- SBZSE. HOLDEN AT NEWfO&T. l'UIE Petition of MARTIN HAYNES, at present of. and 1 for the last two years, carrying on business at Number Forty-six, High Street, in the Town of Newport, in the County of Monmouth, but lodging at Number Two, George Street, in the said Town of Newport, Seedsman, Fruiterer, and Florist, and also a Dealer in Game, Tobacco, British Wines, Pickles, and Sauces. Notice is Hereby Given, that the County Court of Mon- mouthshire, at Newport, acting in the matter of this Petition, will proceed to make a Final Order thereon at the said Court,on the 21st of January instant, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon precisely, unless cause be then and there shewn to the contrary.. TO BE LET, FURNISH fvD APARTMENTS, with a quiet family in a respectable part of the town. An invalid, or person of steady habits, would be well suited Terms moderate. Apply at the MERLIN OFFICE, Newport. 1st January, 1851. [ADVERTISEMENT.] TIIE MONMOUTHSHIRH RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY, AND THE PUBLIC. [TO THE EDITOR.] Allow me to congratulate you and the public on a most auspicious event. For the !ast year and a half your readers have been kept on the qnï live, every week turnin" to your columns, in eager hopes of meeting with the announce- ment of "The grent, the important day, IJig with the fate of the Western Valleys line, or, in other words, 011 and after »hich date the railway would be opened for the conveyance of passengers and parcels. <■ CJU'>1 n°'' avo'^ feeling a secret veneration for the ng heads, whose plans and purposes took such a length of time to ripen into fruit but, unfortunately, their expectations were pioportionatily clicitcd. Profound procrastination was easily construed into absolute wisdom. Happy company thought the public to themselves, where the members think so many tunes before they act, again and again review their reso- lutions, determine on nothing rashly; hilt ùoubtJess, as b;g heads should, convey their thoughts to each other, pregnant with meaning, and matured by no ordinary reflection. 1 niUN>F t'su5S "peculation, Monmouthshire continued, as I a rea y o served, a full year and a half expecting every day that something would be done commensurate with such vast cogitation, jiyery time your journal was t, ken up, it was hoped we ;.hou,d learn uhcu the performance would go oil but we only found something like au assurance of a very speedy opening till at lengtn, almost in despair of the eharm evr being broken, we felt tempted to exclaim with Hamlet, to tho players, Leave your damnable facc3, and begin In sober earnest, Mr. Editor, these repeated promises unful- filled, were the occasion to great numbers in our county of that hope deferred" which, as inspired Wisdom, and the experi- ence of ages, concur to assure us, "inukoth the heart sick." I say nothing of the printed hand bills circulated prior to the 13th nit., wherein the public were told, that trains for passenrers would positively start at that date, at specified minutes "earlier tll"1I the locat time nor will I lay any stress on the revulsion of sentiment which they experienced, who, after Slllg-iug, Now's the day, and now's the hour," (in anticipation of the day of the Cattle Show,) had to clnn.m their note, and ponder on the philosophy of never whistlim, till one is out ot the wood. ulllo I gladly waive all these by-gones, because, as I intimated at the commencement, every minor retrospect ought to be at sorbed in one chorus of satisfaction, at the announcement in your paper of the 2Sth tilt., of the actual opening of that nor tiou of the Western Valleys Railway lying between Court. Bella and Blaina Church. After such a tedious gestation, surely there is reason to con- gratulate the public 011 the happy deliverance. Yes, sir that we have trains'on some portion of tin; lines of the company is patent. It is 110 longer in embryo, or in nuhibns, but is a fact substantial as the solid globe —mi jalt accompli, as our neigh- bours say. "Oh, ye winter and summer!" during which we have patiently waited, "Let the floods clap their hands, and let the J^lhes be joyful togetlur\" f Ji" are ye not all, 011 and after the „r., u^t-» aPpro.\irnatcd by the spell of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company ? ot so fast! Ominous words how full of moment and ^nK ,h0r,,W» t0 'he matter of this communication. IVot to fast! il0' l?c y°ur space and patience, "while I a plain unvarnished tule ^piivnr »' c 11 and, I doubt not, ere I have dm" a s histoiy RU,P»R with bittprpr I <ionu- >'°nr numerous leaders will "Uh emphasis than Ucsdemona, Ti failli, 'ti4 strage-Itis i)u.,silig wondrous ]litifuI » ""C And wish they had not heard it." Wc are told that to be soften before it is rir o U .v, of the medlar;" and I would pohn t^' Lr^-UU,\VntuC miserable shed, contiguous to tho town of Newport1"1 st'lIMIlK cal commentary on the aphorism. It has notion r U ')ractl" already it seeks to hide with art the impotence 'JU'> and, overhung with faded laurel and evergreens and^v, wreaths suspended in the form of triumphal arches 'it m w "to a fanciful view," the gaunty aspect of a demiren inTi^ last stage of a decline. From 'his description, your readers will have no difficulty ilt recognising Newport Station. Thither, accompanied by my twocldestsons, I hied me on the 24th nit., and asked for first-class tickets for Abertilery, the distance being under seventeen miles. Judge my surprise, at hearing a demand for 4s. 3d. cach, or THRK;: PKNCK PKR MILE. If the soul be happily disposed, everything, even the stupidities of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, become capable of affording entertainment. I could not but laugh in scorn at the outrageous charge; hut being necessitated to take the trip, in order to heighten the absurdity and make the humour more poignant, I requested, in lieu of my first demand, to be favoured with third-class tickets, at Is. 5d. each, having received which, we forthwith occupied places in the third-class carriages. Alas! sir; I soon found I had need of all my philosophy, the company having been for some time past engaged in re- solving many abstruse points in astronomy, and for that pur- pose several ot their head dons having taken lessons of a cele- brated governess, who teaches the use of the globes, deter- mined, it appears, to astound the natives by a display of their acquirements. Accordingly, the time table, assisted by a "fine Roman hand," points attention to the significant fact that Greenwich time is kept at all the stations of this railway and in order further to enlighten our faculties on the point, we are next instructed by these learned pundits, that Greenwich time is twelve minutes earlier than local time." U tempora we might well ejaculate, and subjoin, on finding the science or the honour of the company at fault, 0 mores! For seventeen long minutes were the good people of Green- wich going a-head of the unhappy wights whom the Mon- mouthshire Company had ensconced on their line ere we started; but it is fair to mention that on our return, we were even with them, for Rhymncy (or Rummy) junction anticipated Greenwich time" by six minutes and consequently we were in advance of the locality by eighteen minutes. Who does not admire the result of a philosophical management ? Who not call to mind the words of our great dramatist, Men are not finely taught, but to fine issues and so often has it fallen to my lot to hold up to the light of day, the issues of this stubborn, unwise, and silly company that I was really inclined to hope they had reached their ne pills ultra of fatuity; that the force of folly could no further go and that they must mend, in their own despite. But, alas the monstrous absurdities and gross acts of injustice to the public committed by this company, set all precedents and proverbs at defiance. Sir, they are unique, a law unto themselves, an exception to all rule, and might well adopt for their motto the language of Hildebrand the Pope, I have a conscience higher than the world, And its opinions narrow measurement;" and in point of fact they do "govern about them with an authority not less than that which Cardinal Wiseman arrogates to himself; being, as they conceive, equally infallible and irresponsible. Sicvolol Si,- jnheol is a sentence they are ever illustrating by some pas or other; and sick enough, God knows, is Monmouthshire oi their doings. It furnishes little consolation, to think that conduct so inju- rious to the rest of the world, should be suicidal, as experience daily demonstrates, to their own interests. To return to my incarceration in the carriage of this com- pany,— 1 resolved to emulate the happiness of temper of the famous Cardinal de Retz, who, being confined a close prisoner in the Castle of Valenciennes, laughed at his persecutors, and carried the jest so far, as to be revenged by writing the life of his gaoler. So did I assume an air of terrible complacency; and, as some compensation for niy annoyance, resolved again to show up in your columns this incorrigible company. On arriving at Risca, I observed a station, built at a cost of several hundred pounds, so utterly out of place and inconve- nient, as to be wholly useless to the public. The neat little station at Pont-Carne next attracted my attention; it is still worse placed, being built, as out of.the way for the purpose, as it well can be and appears to have been superseded by a new edifice in the centre of the population at Abercarn. I attributed the motives of these anomalous erections to the natural wish on the part of the more learned pundits on the committee, to possess some apprc 'natc buildings wherein to prosecute researches after the quadrature of the circle, an 1 to ponder on the way in which comets are apt to fly off from the terrestrial globe, in a tangent, just as managements sometimes do from common sense; and, indeed, we can scarcely wonder that they desiderate some petites niiiisons where they might st udy at leisure, how trains, so equivocally circumstanced as are those of the Western Valleys line, shall arrive punctually at the several stations twelve minutes earlier than the local time." It is, however, satisfactory to observe, from the notice at the foot of the time bill, that the company, well aware of their own irregularities, do not undertake that the trains shall start or arrive at the time specified. Such is literally the statute of this sapient company, which, in its very style, carries an air of irony and satire. Still, allowing for the unconscious ridicule, the notice is, no doubt, considerate, thoughtful, and provident, 011 their parts especially,since it is the current observation,that their trains start when they arc ready, and are due at the minute when they arrive. The following lines are particularly applicable to the genius of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company "1 ween I better lines than yours have seen. You'll say no compliment could well be colder But since you're only in your prime, And wait the strengthening hand of time You may improve,. s you get older." Uninstructed even by what has been styled the wisdom of fools," and determined, it seems, not to profit from the "ex- pcrience" of others, with wayward recklessness they adopi a scale of fares that must preclude the possibility of their dc- riving any important revenue from first-class passengers, Ihat this company go demented upon system, is to trite an allegation in their regard, that it almost demands an apology to repeat it; yet, is it not b.rneout when we consider that running their trains at about half the speed of those upon other lines, their rates cf first-class tares is much higher, to wit, Monmouthshire Railway and J canal Company—Newpoit s. d 1 « !nil< S' farc 5 time 2 ll0urs South Wales —Swansea to Pyle. J91" "40,, 1 hour iaft Vale ivlerfhyr to LlandafT 20t „ ,,3 G U „ Glasgow and Ayr—Glasgow to Kilbirnie 191 ,,3 3 „ 50min. Scottish Midland—Forfar to Woodside 19 „ ,,3 2 „ GG „ London and North Western 35 —London to Watford 18 „ 30 ,,35,, un the lines named, no such extravagant charges exist; neither are they to he met with on the Irish or Continental lines; and if I may so far affront the understanding of your readers, I would ask, why ? Why do these companies adopt the most moderate charges compatible with prudence ? For a reason palpable to every soul, save and except the wise-acres of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company. Because they know better than to defeat their own ends by laying an embargo (so to speak) upon the travelling public. Because their mother-wit teaches them, thnt if they would have cus- tom, and have a respectable dividend, they must make locomo- tion as recommendable as possible, to which end the adoption of the minimum of fares is one obvious means. Because, in short, did they act as our Monmouthshire friends are doing, they could not make a profitable traffic; and they know that a railway which docs not pay, besides involving in itself a national loss, may lay its account upon having a supplemental terminus that it least desiderates. Did thev secure for the public the speed and comfort accom- plished by the Great Western Railway, perhaps there are few who would demur to charges correspondent. But what do we witness on the Western Valleys line? The extreme of every Possible disqualification. A company that, at the same time it conveys passengers at that snail-like pace speed, which, as an »*verted Ichievemeut. might command the prize next year at the London Exhibition, actually commences its operations b, charging the highest known rate of tares. floW f8 this preposterous proceeding to be rectified ? In my •>VdRmcnt,n can only be met and put down by a determined and slt»uUancWs course ot action on the part ot the public. ,,Let aU those who agree with mo in opinion, that the equita- at»d remuneratory scale of charge for first-class passengers rll't0 Pence pe). miU, set their faces against the three-penny inteiu'Y5 ralher than yield to the dictation of hat obliquity of diRK W,hich would eventuate in its own defeature, and the them na Appointment of all descriptions of travel ers- cePt second 7cn cor>nive at mismanagement so lar as to ac- goort, suW-\ 38 tickets but, for the sake of a great public thirrt-clasa pro ^"V'A to the inconimodit.es incident to would brin<rat)rHn!?einetU8- astonishing how soon uus But not onlvC ComPany to their senses. 'or the Lib6 the f^es on the Western Valleys line too company, derate pace at which the trams run, but the bani?;^ S'ns are inclined to, would fain make atnenV^'030 him> "° ,1,ind 1 • thoroughfares of this l** for tlie'r dilatorincss along the iron to those bkased rcp;ionB^Iv,Cf,'rth> by charitably giving us a 11,1 Ottc lCi foi*9«oiH|to be tn»,r»e w«jary are at rest,' ttl,< Wttiui running trains on Sundays, at sincle fares fur H10 ,1 1 journey which, without a doubt must rrove rso ir^,ffn, income to the coffers of the several coEL, > A it may be denounced as a desceration of the 4bbahT/th" Fharasaical management with which we unfortunately are CM cerned wc need not be surprised at the workin- e asses verv genera y availing themselves of the accommodation } But the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal piously constituted and disposed to be influenced ^yanjVare for the projanum vnlgas; and although their exchem,; J flourishing co.dixi™, U,ey w„S, ,St,« orphans, whose wordly means depend under 'uu"b,an.a ,kur»l perish o„/a endanger their precious souls in the lite to come 0 How strange: and inconsistent are the working; of the human mind! especially when unanimity is required in the dire. o of a company! How noble and complicated is natural bias" the analysis of the feelings ot a corporate body It fectly notorious, that for two years past, scores, nay at times' HUNDREDS, of men have been labouring upon tho 1; 1 .V,5' Sabbath-day; but, then, the advantage of the or, 0111110 promoted in this world, by the same good works wli*?1"^1 the eternal welfare of the navvies themselves aS8UteCl It is thus that i would solve the enigma contained in the entangled sources and latent springs of the conduct of the management m tins particular. Ihey have heard I m l doubt, that Laborare est orare has been inqoi-ih«,i ^10110 Monastery of the Chartreuz. To labour is to rlrav l Now, the saints of the committee are not wise above their generation, and albeit they had no objection to their workmen scaling heaven after a fashion that contributed to the comnlo ti°n of the line now opened, they did not by any means con sicler themselves called upon, when they concpivn/i .1 1 derive 1,frum a cluSr for U,\3 to put the railway to its legitimate use. bv A humble habitants of the Western Valley's at half farrsWe^ port, there to attend their respective places of worst.in 1 of leaving them, as heretofore, to spend their time ] rate their wages in public houses/ This is^ beyond their comprehension. In their committee eVerv mrm ber is his own Pope, and they make all even betweqi, them- selves and heaven, by taking good care that none of the humbler classes shall partake of the dangerous luxury of the Sunday tup. Io do aught which must militate a-ainst their character for sanctity, merely lor the sake of the w^n i • r T I J wtll beino: of the working classes, were, they thniK, to follow the 1>o h sophism of the end sanctifying the means, or lather woul l"'S fcr a pitch of self-denial too transcendental for them to arrive at., unless, indeed, Cardinal Wiseman happened to beat hand to ascribe to them hereafter the benefit of a work of superero' gation, or to euable them to take it out, while in the flcsh^T" self-indulgences. Thus have I accomplished the object I proposed to myself iu addressing you—the holdmg up to public reprobation the wretched imbecilities of lie management of the Monmouth- shire Railway aud Canal Company. In this respect, their com- mittee have not hitherto been equalled; and will not, I am confident, ever be surpassed. Many sympathising readers, I know, think my sentiments will find, and I deliver the few suggestions I have offered, with proper indifference as to their immediate reception but in full reliance upon the cordial approbation of all classes who travel upon a railway, and, upon the public eventually, by a strong pull, and a pull altogether, overruling this system of manage men', which for years I have exposed nil 'nauseam, so ao to place Monmouthshire, in respect to locomotion, .011 a par with the rest ol the empire. 1 beg to subscribe myself, sir, Your obedient servant, Bryn (jlas, Newporf, JAMTS BROWN Jan. 1st, lii-31.