Monmouthshire Merlin

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD. Week ending January 4th, 1857 £ 999 5 11 Corresponding week, 1856 700 15 6 SOUTH WALES. Week ending January 4th, 1857 £ 6353 5 10 Corresponding Week, 18;5f; £ 4821 9 3 TAFF VALE. Week ending January 3rd, 1857 £ 3863 12 1

THIS DAY'S SUPPLEMENT CONTAINS Monmouthshire District News—Dr. Morris's Lecture on Music (concluded)—An Appeal on behalf of the Cambrian Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb—Murderous Outrages in the Weat-The Question of Army Medical Reform- Commercial Intelligence-Garden Operations—Miscella- neous—Poet's Corner-Railway Time Tables, &c.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Sessional Reports exclude two letters and a Review connected with Abergavenny.

THE ftlflnniautljQljiiT jUfrlin. NEWPORT, SATURDAY, JAN. 10, 1837. THE ANTI-INCOME TAX MOVEMENT. WE rejoice to see that the Income Tax is becom- ing a cause of extended grievance. The complaint is well founded; but great energy and perseve- rance are needed to ensure success. We have always been favourable to a property-tax and do not object to its taking the form of an in- come-tax, if it be justly levied. But if it were undeniably true that such a tax could not be levied on a more equitable principle, and by better machinery than at present, then we should say that it merits opposition altogether. But we cannot acknowledge the truth of this oft-repeated assertion. On this, Tait's Magazine says :—" A clever coterie of men have been allowed to persuade the country that the doctor's or the minister's £500, or the £100 per annum, for work done, are as taxable, be- cause they are as valuable, as the Squire's rents of the same amount. "It is the most peurile question that could be raised. A money- lender would decide it in a moment. Only let A.B., whose fees run annually to zC300, and C.D., whose rents are equal in amount, both try together to raise money, on the capabili- ties or industry of the one, and the acres and houses of the other, from E.F., the banker; and he will explain to them soon the distinction between their respective properties. The pub- lic have allowed themselves, nevertheless, to be amused with the stupid question, while the tax has been going on inreasing, "partly be- cause its early and total repeal was expected, without any better reason than a Parliamentary promise and partly because the bold imperti- nence of the statement takes their breath from the boldest, until they are familiarised with its proportions. Yet this abuse could not have been passed, or, if passed, would have been im- mediately repealed, if the Parliament reflected the people." At every public meeting which is held, this dishonest fallacy of the equal taxa- tion of incomes from labour and trade, and those from realised property, should be made patent. The manner in which the law is administered should also be the subject of animadversion. Many palpable instances of mismanagement are continually occurring. We will mention only one of the most recent. The District Com- missioners, who are an irresponsible body,invested with unconstitutional powers, and often selected with very little regard to their fitness,frequently appoint as their officers, political or personal friends, and think perhaps more of thus exer- ciuincr their patronage thar- of tbc publ;c good, j The Commissioner;? at North iSinehlr sppointed I a party named Biigii*, as ir. flout f; j I North I}j England WHS n«t iplIg in era | hezzlmg tiaTpublK rcorcv • c; £ 1,70O. He beearcc in.«uUtut, »;«»• paid In I th«p: .uu t-o all of his creditors, and has recoir- j meuced bosii »*, e*uitk'g in h^v-r« done" lii? fellow-tradesmen to the above large amount. Superiors here brought down obloquy upon themselves, because, with grossly culpable neg- ligence, they got no security from the man. The rate-payers are now actually called upon to pay their income-tax twice over and we fear the law will give them no relief. Yet they will be as much robbed as if every one of them were garotted in their own dark and nar- row sewer-sized-streets, and the same amount taken from their pockets by the thieves who invest the town. They did not appoint the person had they done so, there would have been some justice in their suffering. The gen- tleman who did appoint him, and took no pre- caution for his honesty, ought, in equity,, to bear the loss. The administration of the tax, then, ought everywhere to be indignantly denounced. But while these aspects of the tax should be ex- posed and condemned, it appears to us that the movement will lose much of its efiect upon Par- liament, unless there be some uniformity as to the practical measures recommended. It is evident that a repeal may not be expected this year yet it is very desirable that the crushing burden of the present enormous amount should be at once relieved. It is advisable, then, on the one hand, that no attention what- ever should be paid to the canting cry that it is -1 only for one year longer but the work- ing plan is, that all effort should be concentrated C, on the reduction, from the 5th of April next, of the war-increase. If more be asked, that will strengthen the Chancellor of the Exche- quer in conceding nothing; if less, he will say that it is evident the burden is light. But the reduction stated may, if advocated with deter- mination, draw from him a partial concession. OUR FINANCIAL PROSPECTS. THERE is one portion of the general view of the state of affairs which we took last week, to which it lllièht be well to look a little more closely. At the end of the last quarter, as shewn in the revenue returns recently published, there was a deficiency as regards supply services, of < £ 500,333. For this, as the law provides, what are called Deficiency Bills were issued, yet no actual advance was thus obtained for (as it is gratifying to observe) the increase of revenue provided for the amount. For the present quarter there is a similar, deficiency, but of larger amount, being somewhat more than a million. To set against this, however, there is in the Bank of Ireland, a balance of nearly half a million, and then there is the pro- bability of a further increase of revenue. Again, while the Chancellor of the Exchequer was authorised, in the last session of Par- liament, to borrow £4,000,000, he has exercised that power to the extent of £1,000,000 only. And even as regards this amount, instead of Exchequer Bills being issued to the public or circulated, the Bank has made the advance; from which it is reasonably in- ferred that the bills are but wanted for a tem- porary purpose, and will be, after awhile, with- drawn. And then, in addition, we have the gratifying intimation respecting the other £3,000,000, that it is expected they will not be required." Some writers are endeavouring to persua le the people that there can be no remis- sion of taxatioi: this year, beyond the cessation of the war increase in the duties on coffee and sugar, which is already fixed by law. No doubt the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be very glad to take his stand on this alleged impossi- bility but though as truthful as Chancellors of the Exchequer ordinarily are, we do not give credence to the statement. It is true that there are heavy liabilities to meet. The cost of the war, largely increased by mis- management, will not, for a iong time, have been got rid of Besides the interest of the additions to the funded debt, there is the war sinking-fund of £ 1,500,000 a-year; and there are Exchequer Bonds to be paid off this year, to the extent of £2,000,000, unless, indeed, con- trary to the original intention, they should be removed; but there is ample room for reduction, if our expenditure be only properly looked into. That is the only way to go to work. So long as those interested in an unlimited outlay of the public money are allowed to assume that a certain expenditure is absolutely necessary, it is easy for them to prove that taxation must be correspondingly heavy. But there are many expenses which might and ought to be largely reduced, and then our burdens would diminish accordingly. C, MERLIN'S NOTKS OF THE WEEK. WE find the "SENTINKL" impatient of discipline, ignorant of the grace of military salute, a brawler upon his post, and so injudicious as to fire off his piece when there was no enemy in view, and nothing to eventuate but useless bustle in his camp, and nothing to salute his ears but the horse laughter of his companions in arms. The musket was cocked, the cap felt the shock, the bullet sped harmless on its way, but there was much smoke, and not a little recoil. Pojr "Sentinel!" we thought we had found a veteran, and we have only encountered one just emerged from the awkward squad. We have wasted logic—classic imag-cry-dignified rebuke—we are sorry for it. We thought we had found a soldier worthy of our steel, and not one only deserving of the stirrup- leather He may do lge his way for the future, and never hear the "prenez-ga>de" coming from our lips. We were accused of "condemning ill controversy," and of the writing down" of Kossuth. Our defence, we think, was complete. Sentinel's" total silence would lead to such a conclusion; but the pseudo- soldier, the libel on military honour, declines to make the amende-honorable, and ignores both questions altogether! But he does otherwise—he bellows forth his blatant bigotry like an infuriated SCRUB in the play, shouting at the top of his voice, "Thieves, murder, popery A writer, who signs himself TALIESIN," a Protestant, enlightened, and fearful of tlie'slur which such a pen as Sentinel's" might fling upon its fair escutcheon, has written quite enough on this subject; and in language forcible and withering, has held up to public scorn and contempt the fearful zealotism, the unholy spirit, the unchristian feeling, that would fling its venom on the GRAVE of a good, a moral, and a virtuous man, merely because he was a pastor of a different creed. The elite of the liberal- minded inhabitants of Swansea, the representatives of its wealth, wisdom, and true Christianity, have been accused of approving and giving countenance to "Poperv," because they testified to the worth of a fellow-citizen, by following to his tomb, one who never let his religious convictions interfere with his desire of doing good one who was the first in every effort for the intellectual and moral advancement of his poorer fellow-townsmen; one whose deeds of phIlanthropy will be long revered by the good of every sect. And "Sentinel" would malign the memory of sue.) a man. Proh pudor! By all means let "Sentinel" stick to his allegiance." WE should be sorry to tempt hi in liom it; and the more controversy" he imports into the journal he honours with his lucu- brations, the more we shall be pleased. Pray do "Sentinel" draw your "right Jerusalem blade; flourish it in right good Pistol style o'er your head— even "cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war." We will pardon all, even the summons to the Guards to turn-out," if they be not the Black-guards of the Press, who will shout No Popery! to the pitch of their cracked voices, not from the influence of any t-r politic.^ fe.uhig —Ah il««. -ai j ft'.vc t'us counter-cry for a cou-si-u-o-ra-tion—hi,; in the hope, ;U Tag*. would S«y, of "PnjxiA'a MO.V; IN TtiEJR "Or vest- jamais si ridicile par T'FI i'"ii v! jc: j ';r 'ii'i iii a'T'cetc iVavon*[0/?e jW>m a .wries o; MesuN'S Notes. ■chich wc ai?1 CQu'-ijcLeui io omit in j our publicaltfM vf ih > d- v, uv- ~r> 'if 'if heal ICncal StiMligettif.

MILTON.-On Tuesday evening last, a lecture cn the Prose Writings of Milton, was delivered, under the auspices of the Newport Athenaeum, at the Town Hall, by the Rev. F. Pollard, of Dock-street Chapel. There was an average number of persons present; and the rev. gentleman's remarks were listened to with evident in- terest. The chair was occupied by Mr. Ward, and a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Pollard and the chairman at the close of the lecture. INQOEST.—An inquest was held on Monday, at the Globe Inn, Newport, before W. H. Brewer, Esq., deputy- coroner, on view of the body of George Robinson, a native of Exeter, aged 41 years, a seaman belonging to the schooner Prince, of Plymouth. William Joseph stated that he was wheeling a barrow containing pig iron, and that the deceased was standing upon a stage, throwin" the iron into the hold of the vessel, when one of the pigs of iron caught in his sleeve, and threw him off of the stage. He fell across the coomings of the vessel, and then fell into the bold. The mate proved that he went into the hold and picked the deceased up he moaned once, but never spoke — Verdfct, "Accidentally killed, by falling into the vessel." ENGINEMEN AND FIREMEN'S BENEFIT SOCIETY. On Tuesday se'anight, at a meeting of the members of this society, held at the Ship and Pilot Inn, in this town, D. G. Owen, Esq., was elected surgeon to the society, there being three candidates for the appointment. INCOME IAX.—It will be perceived, from our report of their meeting held on Tuesday last, that the Town Council of Newport are about to inaugurate a movement against the Income Tax and we presume a requisition to the tftayor to call a meeting of the inhabitants on the subject, will speedily be in coarse of signature. SEVERE GALES.—Some damige was occasioned in different pnrts of Newport by the violent gales which prevailed at the close of last w eek. An elegant pUte- glass front recently fitted up at the shop of Messrs. Nap- per, High street, was partially blown in, houses were nearly unroofed, chimney-pots were blown about the street, &c. We have uot heard, however, of any person being injured. THE LATE MR. ELLIS, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.— The British Museum has sustained a loss by thd death of Thomas Ellis. Esq., of the manuscript department. Mr. Ellis was a Welshman, and an admirable ssholar in the Oriental languages, and particularly distinguished for his acquaintance with Syriac. The public are indebted to him for the translation of the extremely curious Hebrew amulets discovered by Mr. Layard, at Nineveh, and published by that gentleman in his second volume. He had long been in a declining state of health.— Civil Sfrvice Gazette. ■^DARKNESS VISIBLE. -On Sunday evening list, about ten o'clock, at a time, probably, when many persons were enjoying social converse at their firesides, those dwellings in which the lighting is under the superintendence of the Newport Gas Company, were suddenly left in total darkness. While unfounded inferences were being drawn by some as to the strong wind that was blowing at the time having found its way into the gas pipes, and extin- guished the light, others, better informed, concluded that, intending to make the usual reduction in the supply of gas to the street lamps, the officer of the Gas Company, too zealous in his darkening economy, had unwittingly plunged the lieges of Newport into dismal gloom." Had this occurred during the festive week, some might have thought it was intended as a Christmas freak but, at any time, it is rather inconvenient than amusing. BRISTOL.—A new church is about to be built in B: istol chiefly for the accommodation of mariners, at the cost of the Rev. R. H. W. Miles, sou of the late Mr. P. Miles of Leigh Court. THE NEWPORT BAND -The inhabitants of Newport have probably been not merely enlivened, but gratified, by the skilful performances of the Newport Band, especially during the festive season. As a mark of the public appre- ciation of the gratuitous efforts of the band to minister to their pleasure, it is, we understand, intended by several tradesmen of the town to form a committee for the pur- pose of raising subscriptions to aid in defraying the ex- penses of music, &c. The appeal will, no doubt, be gene- rously responded to. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION BALL.—This ball is announced to take place, at the King's Head Hotel, Newport, on Thursday, the 20th instant. From the spirit displayed by the committee on former occasions, it will be observed with satisfaction that the ball this year is to be under the same management. Colonel Somerset, one of the members for Monmouth- shire, has been honoured with the companionship of the Bath, of the third-class. THEATRE.—We understand that the Manager of the Newport Theatre is in town, preparatory to opening the house for a short season, with a company selected from the large establishments. NEW TOWN AT MILFORD.—Plans for the erection of a new town at Milford have been prepared, and application is to be made in the next session for an act 10 carry the same into effect. It is laid out in front of Milford Church, and is ultimately to be expended to Castle Pill. The sur- veyors have been actively engaged in marking out the ground. The plans are elaborate, and comprise terraces, shops, and detached villas, with a complete system of lighting, water, and drainage. The erection of public baths and an assembly-room has been settled and in con- Yanction with the line from Johnstone it has been deter. lhined to erect a new pier, a disideratam long needed. To carry out these improvements a company has been formed, who are taking the necessary steps to procure an act for the formation of gasworks, cemetery, waterworks, &c., and the customary Parliamentary notices have been issued. THE PROPOSED SHOW OF FAT STOCK IN PARIS.— We have to inform such of our readers as may inteud ex- hibiting at the French Fat Stock Show, in April next that Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, of Half Moon-street, Picca- dilly, hasjut been furnished with prize sheets and forms of certificate, which he will be happy to forward on appli- cation In addition to this mark of confidence, Mr. Gibbs has within this day or so received a more substantial com- pliment from the French Government, viz., a gold medal from the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, for the valuable assistance rendered in the preliminary arrange- ments for the Agricultural Show in Paris last year. Mr. Gibbs ha. 1 already been honoured with a nrst-clasa medal," for his services in connection with the agricultural machinery department of the Great Universal Exposition in 1855.-Mark Lane Express. BF.AUTIFVI.NO AND PBESERVING TUF. HAIR.-To preserve the human hair has been for a long time the unsuccessful pursuit of innumerable chemists and naturalists, and although there have been various compounds professing to accomplish this desirable end, still nothing really capable of restoring and preserving one of the most beautiful of nature's gifts, was discovered until 1821, when the result of a series of experiments, tried for a long pre vious period upon persons of all constitutions, fully established the infallible virtues of C. and A. OLDRIDGK'S BALM Oil COLUMBIA. The wllndelPfal efficacy of this inestimable compound iii restoring the hair to its pristine beauty, and the certainty ith which its conservative agency operates in preserving it, has received, as might be expected, the most flattering testimonials from the grateful thousands who have experienced its effects. JLDRIDGE'S BALM causes Eye-broivs to grow, prevents the hair from turning grey, and the first application causes it to curl beau- tifully, frees it from scurf, and stops it from falling off—3s. 6d. and lis. per Bottle; no other prices are genuine. When you ask for" Olùriùge's Pd n," never let the Shopkeepers persuade you to buy any article as a substitute.—Sold by the Proprietors, C. and A. OLmimoR, 13, Wellington-street, North Strand London, and all respectable Chemists, Perfumers, and Stationers. 753 LECTURES ON THE COMMONWEALTH. On Wednesday evening.Mr. llenry Vincent delivered the first of a series of six lectuies, under the presidency of the Mayor of Newport, at the Town Hall, on the Common- wealth illustrative of its religious, civil, legal, and intellectual conflicts and its influences on the character anil liberties "f the people of England, at this time." The audience was highly respectable, but not so numerous as the reputation of Mr. Vincent as a popular and eloquent lecturer would have led us to expect. Mr. Vincent was introduced by the Mayor in a few appropriate remarks, from which it appeared tbit the proceeds of the course of lectures would be devoted to a charitable purpose. The lecturer commenced his oration by stating that no period had so tended to the elevation of the people of these kingdoms ps that of the Commonwealth, yet that no period had been so villified. History, he said, was the most important study that could engage the attention of mankind-,he glanced at the difficulties attendant upon its study in ages gone by—and proceeded to shew that it was not Kings and Emperors who now filled up its pages, but that it recorded with equal faithfulness, as it should dc the acts of the commonalty. All changes and advance- ments in society and governments were the results of political and ecclesiastical conflicts; but whenever the rulers refused the just and reasonable demands of the people, none but moral and pacific means should be used for their attainment. Their insular position favoured them in less civilized days. and engendered a dogmatic and obstinate spirit, and although the English could not call themselves Saxon, Noruaau, nor Aboriginal British, they were, in fact, made up of odds and ends,"—yet, in the day of danger, there was no people more intensely national. The lecturer proceeded to review the feudal system, show- iog that the growing intelligence of the people alone destroyed the baronial power He then went on to show that the Crown, by charters and other privileges, fostered the towns, and that the barons took the farmers under their patronage, and thereby strengthened both. To municipal governments he attributed (the power beiug so spread over the land) the overthrow of tyranny and wrong. in reviewing the character of King John, whom he designated a buffoon and a slave, be called attention to Langtou, himself a Catholic, who roused the people of England to a sense of the degradation their King placed them in, by submitting himself to Rome. Ho then pro- ceeded to review the origin and progress of the representa- tive system, until at las the power lay with the Commons to control their subsidies even after being voted and humorous y alluded to the conflicts between Lords and Commons, their progressive growth, and the tendency of the several branches of our constitution to elevate the people. During the wars of the Rosas, he said, the feudal chains fell from the limbs of the peasantry. Henry the Seventh he considered a more tvrannicdl monarch than Richard the Third and Henry the Eighth was no great shakes" The characters of Wolsey ;irut Cranmer were here reviewed, and the difficulties under which the Pro- testant Church laboured at that period. Th« pro<»r«s» of f.<» ci.trfses was grs;c ■y d- !ed to .v:;rd tie isixtu an t Elizabeth 'vui.> u«-xt la ..rder the Utter of f ni-om «.» admita strong-minded quwa, woc-tn • ou cv:f-.Wil be would not b.') cov t usoi hUoli a » •'•r t.« •: i? sur' "rl^btcii'-d pv b-a-r u,«ir | ■vferi tV -ti-jr.i-pscd !,<?v ft? I v.. tier qoMi .p, wh'tt you "01" "1'1'1 \11'11")('1.: j -hak :.>fearo, ^accv" child/' Haeon. Ilaleigh.and a host <■/ 1 a.d o^es, (j r!v -id f.be liberties of j J Kyiiil'-U t?. t* t tisgcciw-^aotft-titt i'irsfc w u&V- .•-otchsn in tisgcciw-^aotft-titt i'irsfc w u&V- .•-otchsn in & ludicrous manner his attachment to Presbyterianism in Scotland, and to Episcop iliamsm and the Diviue rights of Kings in England being right jocosely dwelt upon. The rise of Baptists, Independent*, and Presbvterians-the King s siding with the High Church party, aiid his prose- cution of the Low Church party and the Dissen'ers, with its consequences, w re rapidly glanced at and in a masterly manner; the lecturer concluding this subjfCt by describing the Court of James as one round of obscenity and filthf- ness. Charles the First, he said, was educated in the false principles of his father's reign—a voung man of good principles, but surrounded wi;h the "gravest difficulties— the Commons roused and in a ferment, debating on the first principles of government, an indication of the coming storm. His marriage with Henrietta of France, so dis- tasteful to the Pro'estants of England, together with his adoption of the profligate and base Duke of Buckingham, destroyed his popularity. The disputes with tbe°King and his Parliament, and the first 'dssolution of the latter, were then described.The eloquent lecturer concluded with an impassioned peroration, in which lie passed in review a galaxy of noble and patriotic names, which will cast a halo on English history during all ages. SECOND LECTURE. The lecture on Thursday evening embraced a well- digested narrative of the more pro ninent points of tho gradually-strengthening congest between the Court party and the Parliament. The foibles of the monarch were touched upon with sarcastic pleasan ry—while the exc-l- lencies of the Opposition leaders were rather over-lauded than over looked. Still, some of the sk tches of oharac er were remarkably well.drawn-portraiture, 'o ns, appear- ing to be Mr. Vincent's forte. He is rather a pointer than a philosopher—Ills acquaintance with the springs of hu- man action being less apparent th m his ability to depict the phases of individual conduct. His selection of an im- portant epoch in our national history, for his sen s of lectures is not, however, on that account, to be regretted -inasmuch as his peculi *r talent enables him to render interes'ing and amusing a subject which would pail upon the popular taste if given in mere hstoric detail The following synopsis indicates the points dwelt upon in the second lecture — Arbitrary Government of the Kin«-• passive obedience inculcated by the Clergy a second Par- liament called; impeachment of the Duke of Bucking- ham nature of the dispute between King and Parlia- ment Dissolution of Parliament Forced Levies of Money, and geuer.il discontent; Third Parliament; the Petition of Right; Murder of Buckingham j excitement in the nation state of Ireland and Scotland accession to the Court party Wentworth Earl of Mrafford Laud, Bishop of London (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury). The popular leaders, Sir John Eliot, Pym, Hampden, Vane, &c., their mental and moral power. The a'tendance was not numerous, the hall being scarcely half-filled. In the absence of J. N. Knapp, Esq., who w« precluded from being present, by indisposition, tne chair was oc- cupied by the liev. W. Aitchison, to whom a vote of thanks was passe i at-the close of the lec ure. Mr Vin- cent's third lecture is to be delivered on Wednesday even- ing next.

TREDEGAR PARK RACES. These annual races took p ace on Tuesday l ist, in Tredegar Park, under the stewardship of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. The weaiher was piercingly cold, and the attendance on the ground not very numerous, in con- sequence of the severe and nipping wind, and the early hour (twelve o'clock) at which the spoits were appointed to come off. The running was excellent, considering the unfavourable stale of the ground, caused by the intense frost of the previous niibt, which Tendered great caution necessary on the part of the gentlemen who competed for the honours of the course. The party assembled on the occasion were chiefly the visitors at TrcJegar, amongst whom wre Sir Charles and Lady Morgan, Godfrey Morgan, Esq., Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P., The Rev. Augustus Morgan, j Captain Frederick Morgan, W. M. Style, Esq., and Mrs. Style, Captain illiamson and Mrs. Williamson, Sir George and Lady Walker, Captain Lindsey and Mrs. Lindsey, Co'onel P. Mundy, Colon 1 G Mundy, Colonel Somerset, Captain Paynter, Captain Bailey, Captain Cal- vert, Owen, Esq., Edgar Brewer, Esq., Mr. Arthur Morgan, Mrs. Howard and the Misses Howard, Mrs. and Miss Williamson, H. Blundeil, Riq., Mrs. and Miss Gratrex, Mrs. Williams and the Misses Williams, John Lewis, Esq., —Lewis, Esq., jun., W. Reynolds, Esq., J. Maylon, Esq., &c., &c. i. The following was the order of the r Ices :— Cup given by Sir Charles Morgan, Bart 12 stone each; one mile and a half; heats. Second horse to receive £ 5. Greek Prince, b. g. (Captain F. Morgan) 2 1 1 I Pat Manley, g. g. (H. Blundell, Esq.) 1 2 2 Bones, b.g. (Godfrey Morgan; Esq) 0 0 0 I A well-contested race. Mr. Godfrey Morgan met with an accident in the second heat, which fortunately proved not to be serious. In comi.ig up, his horsj stumbled and feil, thro.viug Air. Morgan from his seat, but he quickly remounted, as if nothing had occurred. Ladies' Cap.— Handicap Plate.—.One mile and a half. Second horse to receive £ -5. Veluti, b. g. (C ptain F. Morgan) 1 Herring, b. g. (H. iliundell, Esq ) 2 Master Frederick, b. g. (Sir Charles Morgan) 3 Robert the Devil, c. g. (Godfrey Morgan, Esq.) 0 Mrs. Barney Williams, g. m. (Captain Payater) 0 Holdhard 0 Welter Cup, given by Godfrey Morgan, Esq., added to a sweepstakes of £ 2 each. Two miles; 14 stone each. For horses that have never started for any stakes. Baron, c. g. (Captain Calvert) 1 Molly Bawn, bk. m. (William Style, Esq ) 0 Frank, c" g. (James Baillif, Esq.) 0 Pat. Manley, e. a (H. Blundeil, Esq.) •• 0 Dead heat between the Baron and Frank. Won in the „ second heat by the Baron. TT j- |1TI D Goffrey Morgin, Esq., added to a Handicap bweep3takcs of £ 2 each. Migniouette, c. m. (Captain F. Morgan) i Pnysician, b. g. (Godfrey Morgan, Esq.) 2 Horniblow, b. g. (H. Blundeil, Esq.) 0 Veluti, b. g. 0 For the Hurdle Race Cup—a Handicap for horses beaten in the first races, three horses started—Hold- hard, ridden by Captain Paynter; Master Frederick, ridden by Captain Frederick Morgan and Robert the Devil, ridden by Godfrey Morgan, Esq. This was a good race. Holdhard went off at a rattling pace, and kept the lead; Master Frederick and Robert the Devil, who made well-intended attempts to near him, being life far behind. Master Frederick sought to become upon more intimate terms nearer home, but Holdhard kept at a winning distance. IIoldhard exhibited some freakish- ness he, however, became a winner, passing the post at railway speed, carrying his rider far beyond, to the gates of Bassalleg Church, and narrowly escaping a collision with a carriage on the road. The gallant captain having at length reined-in the impetuous steed, was congratulated on his return to the field. This was the last race of the day, and was over a little before five o'clock. The Fancy Ball proved a highly pleasing entertainment -a re-union, remarkable for the unflagging spirit in which the variety of dances were sustained, and the elegant costumes in which several of the visitors were attired. Amongst the company, wore Sir Charles Morgan, who appeared as a "Courtier of the reign of Charles the 2nd"— lie sometimes loves to hear the hunter's shouts, King through the echoing woods." Lad v Morgan, as Lady of the time of Charles 2nd"— "0, all the counsel that we two have shared, The social hours that we have spent, When we have chid the listed-footed time For parting liS," Mr. Morgan, Bashi Bazouk"— From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds." Captain Morgan, "Zouave"- Metliought he bore him in the thickest troop, As doth a lion in a herd of Ileat," Miss Morgan, "Air"— "Her beauty hangs upon the check of night, Like a rich jewel." Miss Mary Morgan, Sun"— But see the radiant orb now sinks Ilpace- Gradual anll. ilov aha sports her glorious face." Mr. Arthur Morgan, Fancy dreslI"- You men of Angiers, open wide your gates, And let yonn^ Arthur in The Hon. Mrs. Mundy, Full dress Lieutenant- Colonel Mundy, Spaniard"— "0. partner of my soul, how soon With thee the dancing moments flew, Unfelt the burning breath of noon, Unfelt the icy breezes blew. Lieutenant-Colonel Mundv, Scutari Chief"- I saw Bassanio and Antonio part." Miss Rose Mundy, a Spanish Lady"— Oh! remember the time in La Mancha's green shade, When the roses so gracefully blew, When you called me the flower of Castilian maids, And [ blushed to be called so by you, Miss Emma Mundy, Greek G il." A pleasing repre- sentation of the Maid of Athens," Mr. Style, "Inspector of Police." Dressed aØ a formidable personation of this branch of the executiv"- Mrs. Style, "Moonlight"— I When Phoebe doth behold Her silver visage on the watery glass, Decking with liquid pearls the blades of grftSb< Mr. Williamson, A Highlander1'— "Talk not to me of dangers, I desp>8C "10m. Mrs. Williamson, Fancy drosa"- A Highland lad, my love waS born." Sir George Walker, Full dress." Lady Walker, ditto. Captain .Lindsey, A Chelsea Pensioner"— "One who served his country, and they know it." Mrs. Lindsey a becoming dress of the reign of Charles the 2ud. Miss Williamson, "Water." Total abstinence here appears in an attractive guise. MissTyler, Jenny Lind." The Swedish Nightingale was exceedingly well dressed. Captain Baillie, "Royal Horse Guards (blue)"— "BtJfieath the spreading camps of danger, He would shield the throne." Captain Calvert, Horse Artillery"- Who n Vulcan forced the bolts of Jove." ..fl. Ci.-pi&iu uf Jiatori «oa(■«' :• it as the silwry ray tuat ile, pp i1\iD the n--«r » tivm hang course. iShali (jiiJeoor h.u' Mrs. Rovvard, Full dresV' M'M Howard, Night"— "W>, n thp i, w iulU'i re;>o.^>, t «.h< M-JI-P. ("XP^RISE OPUS SORFUI*. J II miider >' Fair Cynthia (•>•«.••• <a.li 'C'e 5 h>iw C. liowisd, Mornirv • { V. ar? and inn **>* 4?" f Before the wheels of Phoebus, round about, Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray." .v Rodney, Full dress Mr. Augustus Morgan ditto Miss Lascelles, ditto Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, ditto Mr. and Mrs. Gratrex. ditto. J J The Misses Brewer. Fancy dresses"- As beautiful as tints of closing even, The beauteous sky, the crimson glow of Heaven"* While silvery clouds still kindling in the beam In mirrored beauty prints the waveless stream." Miss Lewis, -ylph of the Danube"— "0. so 1 glit afoot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flints. A nymph may emulate the gossamer, That idles in the wanton summer air, And yet not fall." «, £ Ir* FnU dress » Mrs Williams, Bassalleg, F uIl dress; Miss Williamson, "Christmas." A pleasing representative of the agreeable festive season. AUpper, w,as 1,1 every respect equal to former hospitalities of the "Old House at Hame and the i welfth-day Cake (made bv Mrs. Davies, House-keener at SSJ1forl1'aDy <li5p"asi°8 "™k*

BLAESTAVOtf. On Tuesday last an accident happened to a man, named Isaac Moore, who was working in the Coily Pits he was severely crushed under a large quantity of mine which fell upon bim. He is, howover, progr-ssing favourably, under the skilful treatment of R Steel, Esq., surgeon of the above works. i' o MELANCHOLY EVENT.- -On Saturday last a man, named Samuel Parry. aged seventy years, residing at Blaenfrwdd about theee miles from Bla*mavon, mme to the abova named place to buy provision. He left Blaenavon about foiu o cloc* in the evening, to cross the mountain, to hili home. Nothing was seen or heard of him until three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, when he was discovered ba a labouring man. about fifty yards from the road, quite dead, and apbarently having been so for some hours His death, no doubt, resul'ed from exposure to the cold during the night. It is supposed deceased lost his road in consequence of the snow. Au inquest was held on the bo.ty on Tuesday, at the Victoria Inn, before C. M. Ash- win, Esq deputy coroner, when the above facts were given in evidence and a verdict accordingly was returned. MONMOUTHSHIRE EPIPHANY SESSIONS. [Continued from our 3r £ page.l 1 llURSDAY. The Court opened at half-past [tine o'clock. NEWPORT.—STEALING CLOTH I-, G.-Thorlias Jones and John Williams were charged with stealing a coat, the property of Mr. John Harrhy, at Newport, on the 23rd ot October last.-Afr. Barrett prosecuted.—Jones pleaded truilty.— ihe eoat was lost from the doorway of Mr. Harrny's shop, and the same evening was offered for sile by the prisoners at the house of a person named Dowell living in Market-street.—Guilty.—In a second indict- ment the prisoners were charged with stealing a coat, the property of Mr. \V. B. Siocker, on the same d iy.—- Jones pleaded guilty, but no evidence was offered against \V ilhams. as he had been found guilty in the previous case.—Jones was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for each offenoe; Williams was sentenced to nine months' impriaonment, with hard labour. NEWPORT.—STEALING MONET.—Stephen Roberts was indicted for stealing the sum of 13s., the money of Mr. Rosser Morgan, at Newport, on the 22nd of November last.—Mr. Smythies prosecuted. -Prosecutor and prisoner slept in the same room at the Trout Inn, and during the n;ght the prosecutor saw the prisoner taking the Dlonsy out of his trowsers pocket, but was so unwell at the time that he could not prevent him. In the mortung the prisoner was apprehended, with a sum corresponding to that lost by prosecutor in his pocket, and among the rest was a sixpence with a flaw in it, and a '10" upon one side, which prosecutor identified as one he had ]0st. [The sixpence was shown to the jury, out they could find no flaw in it.J The prosecutor lost two floriD8< anj two such coins were found upon the prisoner, In the same bed vitti prosecutor was another man, who accord- ing to the evidence of prosecutor, asked the prisoner what lie wanted with the money.—Acquitted. /-a. PENHOW.—STEALING GEESE.—Cnarles x indicted for stealing three geese, the 9* Mr. John Morgan, at Penhow, on the 30th offer»? er*~ Mr. Mihnan prosecuted.—The prisons?. 0Q iflree geese for sale to Mr. Fennell, pou!terer» theih 30tb of December, but he refused to pu^'j the prisoner became importunate, and as ^or 6s., which Mr. Fennell agreed to g>v"'tj0ii to r011 as prisoner left the shop lie gave infiir'lL The poli°e; and the prisoner was taken into ,n. 'as hi/6ese wer<" subsequently identified by Mr. Molg\viPea v Prop3rty- They were stock geese, one b*'°* old.— Guilty. — Five months and seven J W'isonU'SQt. with hard labour.. BEDWELLIY.—Jam>-s Barnes was cb*rjj V-Jtb steal- ing a mahogany tea caddy, tbe property 0 *0geS kina, at Bedwellty, on tile 14th of %er.fr, Somerset prosecuted.—Prisoner, with in the house of pro.secu or—who keeps a A)use— after he left '.he tea-caddy was mi3«e Vas 8Ubse- quently found in the house of prisoner,^Quih^ Three months and seven days' imprisonme^ with ^r( labour. a f BEDWELLTY.—William Evans was indic £ y Steal- ing a quantity of wearing apparel, theproJ^[r Lfhos Jones, on the 28th of December, 1855.pj ^ilmM, prosecuted.—Prisoner lodged at tne house (fterT^tor, ana left on the 2Ath of December, 1855. 8 had gone away, a pair of trousers, a cr-ivet, of b les, and other artiol>-a were missed. On the 2? {be n .^tu- ber last—twelve months after the robber/^f tbl'^er was taken into custody at Tredegar, and hiss- ing neckiies was found upon him.—" '^Oui months' im,)riso!imc-!t, with h*rd labour. w LLANWENAUTH C'TiiA.—William W"at^ jrop^l in- dicted for stealing a pike and a spade, 'Kber \2 oi Mr. James Jacobs, about the 2aJ of Dec roscp, Mr. Smythies prosecuted.—Prisoner was in a service as a labourer, and during that time (fhey mentioned in the indictment were l°3t. «^heeLier€ afterwards found in prisoner's house, by S.C; Co\i. —Guilty. —Prisoner pleaded guilty 10 a PreV^9y8.%i. tion for felony.—Four months and fourteen Un- prisonment in the county gajl.. ,te cv NEWPORT.—Tims. Patten pleaded guilty to on Ie of obtaining three shillings from Grace Way, ?? pl$Q pretences, and also with obtaining two shil'l.J?prjNa Jane Dole, upon false pretences.—Ten weeks-1 ment., with hard labour. ,iiltv BEDWELLTY.—Thomas Winslo* Pleaded ^red to stabbing and wounding William Par8ons( 9t j to^Y on the 15th of December, and *a3 8enten<^$te months' imprisonment, with hard labour. BASSALLEG.—Julia Coleman waS ^cted her c'.ild in a ditch, and deserting it, J t abandon it, on the 6th of lhy\ prosecuted. —The prisoner left the c i d itv a ji Bassalleg, on the 6th of November, & fortunately found by a farmer and hi3 pi oc -eding along ihe road, and were ,• SPot where the child was lying, in 0f l>eariIig cries. They toik it with them i"t0 anc* the same evening discovered that the P'150; seeking lodgings in the neighbour oo V jbe pthgj. of it.—Guilty.—Five months and d»ja prisonment. NEWPORT—ASSAULT.—Edward phillip^dwsrd Se3, ward, and Charles Church, out on bail; t0 take their trial on the charge of conspi'witb o ihet8) and riotously and tumultuously aasenibuti| m OQJJ, parade, with a large crowd of persons, wid fOfCe violence taking away a large quantity of se^ff|s cloth, ing and effects from William i),),V[Ilag, azil did assault the said William Downing, and beat one ^oflard Ash, at Newport, on the 10th of Decern "Hdr, Barrett prosecuted, and Mr. Smythies appp^re W defence. —The prosecutor Downing was a boar y^^use keepej at Cardiff, and on t ;e 6th of December, fought si* seamen to Newport, for the American ^\Jniver8e. Upon his arrival in Newport, he found that the 8b\P Was not ready for sea, and he consequently kcpt tht øen a the Masons' Arms, as he had a loan of £ 2 their chests and cloihing. On the day when the al'^cd riot took place, the prisoners, who were board ilig- "Nters at Newport, went to the M*800^ Arms, and e°devVoured to get possession of th" seamen's goods, they .ha"it¡g suC- ceeded in persuading tbem not to goi" the i)t>wn- iog endeavoured *° retain °/ the g°0 3>butthe prisoners and others succeeded in getting them OUt of the house. A unfile took place, in the course Of which Downing WdS struck by some one of the Prisoners. Church made use of the expression that he Would give £ is rather than the men should g° XQ the ship. The prosecutor Ash was a shipping eJ, from Cardiff, and remained with Downing at the ^^•i30inr0^rtlas, the whole of the time, and w is taken by the 1 by church, or one of the other prisoners, at the sa Ae assault was committed upon Downing. T-^e tbegoods were removed from the Masons' roceej- l'ou3e of one of the prisoner. During these .^tur^anlI:i88 a large crowd was collected, and a great dis ce made.— The jury found the prisoners gui'ty i e°tnmon as- sault only, and they were fined t^g ail(l bound over to keep tbe peace for twelve in0r}r;ff<i.i NEWPORT.—SHOPLIFTING.—EUe? and Ellen Dwyer were indicted for stealing 4^ir J-n 8 ribbon, the property of Mr. Edward Per> on the 18th of December.—Mr. Somerset Pr°3cCptenp 8 prisoners went into Mr. Thomas's shop on Pr Of purchasing some ribbon, and while there t0°, 6 opportunity of secreting several rolls of ribbon, they afterwards offered for sale, and while s° w'er6 taken into custody.—Guilty.—Two months ir5Pfls.0niaent each. NEWPORT.—STABBING.—Peter i Jams, a foreign seaman, was indicted for stabbing n wounding James o: uctvot i-Mr, SmvthitS pt- pnsor-.et was enga^cJ ic a Ji.-tuban'-C some parties at t-bc P'l'-road, and the prr~?cut_r !,<U_0 v-hat wa; the matter, ti. ;ri#.i,ier b' three *coe .i! tbc face, v.thoiigh hli ¡,ø.J ti '-okou mir. in any -tan :rr. Whm taken into ru*to<ij, a knife rect wit. blood '~3 £ ;n•<* o^oo ?-h« *'?.* i-^r.—Ace.ttitU; N"r'Vpo:n.i;. •' its "Psiisox,— Eawarda wm iadictaa tc.«' i" • « vvAU-l-j

.»NTEAC-:<!0".3, COLLIERS, AND OTHERS. J. h* LET .) TENDER, the Working, Raising.. IHI ivering into the Railway Trucks, Coil f:ot" tbo .Hafo>' Pit, in the Rhondda Valley. *■&« £ .<»tior. it wh, t will be required of the Con tractor) .4 v, at tjp. lhftd Colliery, or at the Office of Mr. VPlLL.TAMS. Civil and Mining Engineer, 2, Broad- ly, C&rd'jf, -iny further information may 00 ? f > ba «or;i to dr. "WILLIAMS, on or before the -T.r.\i\ry 'Mtar.t. [930 BOitOliCH OF CARDIFF. AM) SLAUGHTER-HOUSE TOLLS. f|Vr be LET hy AUGiION, at the New vL rc«y^Cvr,rJt f'ariiff, ou THURSDAY, the 22nd day I r>T7. s.o Oue o'clock in the afternoon pre- nU»- 1 «ucii Conditions of Letting as shall then 4'- fee ftwi' uceii • — fc +pT 1 Tb;i envcunl MARKET PLACES, in Cardiff, f :rWII by ths rames of The New Market," The Corn >• Market/' and ?'_«> Ti-j Market," with the Tolls therein ■v #:riau-x. •j tie* 2. —'Tho N F.W SLAUGHTER-HOUSE, with the *Y therein a.ri&n £ ■ Sjkiv. yp- of three years, at the option of the r' from the .-• •• day of February, 1857, free from i- td'sfreb, ,,001. i«>cal board, and highway rates, which will f! 'tffyasn by the landlords; end the New Market aod S*61^hti*r-boase wiii also be lit at their expense. £ l" l^er on th-1 amount of the rtnt for each lot lit.- vo be paid by the high st bidder, on the djv f: tho Auction, and security for payment of the %a £ an'°. By .loniniy instalments in advance, will also be TheMaikci PJa-oci were let for three years, from the i>f Ivbrj irj, IS~ + at £1030 per annum; and the IUNMBWIII £ 170 per annum. I further p.rticula>g may be known on application at the ^fRee of Mr, 2. j'tfC HARDS, Town Clerk, Cardiff. Decern* er, 1856. [972 IMPORTANT. "'O 'BF LFT. ari l entered upon immediately, HOUSE, with convenient and commodious ,uiaee, f- r tMrryicg on a Drapery, Ironmongery, and oral L'cv oe-M. in -wel:-«'.ta-;ied in a good and first-class neighbonr- 1, afarLi 'V1fH'" a large business in the above line has earrlea on -or a ■Tjnber of years, and is now about i ;,iv«n up. n weil worth the attention of any one wish- Ô'). ft business of the kind. W j- farther par iciiars, apply to A. B. Post-office,' j Berth %i T 0CA. C H M A K B R S r BtTPINESS to be LET, having been 5 esV>fc;u!ico fifteen years. The Advertiser has taken iaem in JiuuiOoiKhshire. The Stock has been re- LB4 is the oIily one in the trade at Oundle. ■ J t-.uwcul'-r- apply to ALFRED MARTIN, Coach- r) 'SjkTteiZti- x. ,i tb.irtptonshire. be LET. with. immediate possession, a >, OHi,ft, called the "Bridge Inn," at r: C'TOinor, n-L ar the Crumlin Viaduct, on the Taff L itei^iiou Liu« in-coming about £ 2 v At,, the present Landlord. GfHATZD, CHAFF CUT, & THE FOOD -D, «LXED AT ONE OPERATION. r -STCN L s to invite particular atten- d Çi.1 to SA !:UELSON'S NEW PATENT it n i> MACIITXE. jV u d«hig led to meet the demand of Agri- -UcSug H mixliTe of roots and chaff. It consists '1 WEr-'? Hoot U:ver and Chaff Cutter, so arranged ( .p*? tb it i«a cu*' chaff roots are intimately mixed Amva the kr.;v«-s And fall through the same sliute 4li- L.'JO luixtuie taking place while the grated root s'\wi p'.ato. :e riuc'i more complete than if the chaff i rUits «•••' i-i lately, and afterwards mixed by i-:r> cut separately, if required. Ms-chin«»;0 ly ipiesthe space of one Chaff Cutter A^aarrdpCatt«• v PRICES. £ s. d. ■igf^.nAaa F«w .No. 1 6 10 0 •yf'Mor .'Lurse Pov.er, o.' can be worked by a Man ,1i *nd So? No. 2 8 0 0 Delivered to »r,y Railway Station in England. p^ifOVv ROOMS, DuCT-STREET, NEWPORT, MON ¡ fit GAR TDIFFAITH. 1 fBELH'JLD TVWEL^ING-HOUSES & PREMISES L J- i HILI OT will SELL by AUC: zi jt o = WHITE LION INN, Pontypool, on f u 17th, 1857, at Six o'clock in the is (ouaor Jv-iect to the conditions of sale to be ) ) the following Freehold DWEL- 'KOu'SKw..), and PREMISES, consisting Oi iiv -iistirai ^'wel'i^g-Houses, with their Appurte- Y .:1) -.ncsM", aith, in the Parish of Trevethin, i° Ii] occu put ions of Joseph Hill, James Mor- I JafU-is MrlS'u, jjt id Jones, and William Riley, as t' ItJSants ibonaur; ilh L) Piece of Land thereto adjoining ■- i CTuaimn in the whole, 448 square yards, v-r J bo JL nsca )1' saota: tially and conveniently built, and 4. i i W-d vepav pr<ng an annual rental of JE30, and • «vifl f".Dd J »*i'i •; remunerative investment. i'renoi«ef m;v> i > viewed on application to the re- pf~^5ee*v« tenant* Jtr Coombs, Garndiifaith and fur- J tidei W. from the Auctioneer, or ,x: OKib.-jNWAY, Solicitor, Pontypool. in |V j • -tVi—' EVANS (Author of the W, -A., i Ffrtiid-Hook'•r Time and Tune") Principal Choir .Mister ;'j tbe Cht,.d!n Association for Promoting Church J, Music Organ^t ;f St. Paul's, Newport, begs j), espectfnlly ianounce that be gives instruction in j Xlalift' Banish, wi -Scored Singing. Also, on the Piauo- t funb ft1>oo< <tignr.; nvd itt the Theory of Harmony and h: Uimi ji. Tore,? for any -w above Branches, singly ONE V<f?CTS £ A f»".H CjUAKri, r, 1 A: £ A vS v. ui sit weekly Cardiff, Pontypool, k, ,x.. 3{1, >tov.-HILL, NEWPORT. Gj_.AOIvv A>< -S i' I: £ ■ AND MONMOUTHSHIRE t, J^.PIttMA. i AND DISPENSARY. 'i'He ANNUAL MEETING. 4 T t-ho Twenllfth Annual Meeting of the jjjl. XJL Su&eci-ilK-M of i,U9 Glamorganshire and Monmouth- ih ^irj j.nd J>■ psnsary, held at the Committee- t\ snoiiK-y, Ti.urst'ay, „r.aary 8tb, 1857, b;rA\T £ a •-•oj'iiii, L}».. M.P., Vice-President, in the sv- ■ Chair, ,v tTbc ta"o-:r,? were carried unanimously :— a Propcie i by Vv. O r.u^hel, Esq., seconded by the Rev. ti JEvans, ai 1.1 /'at th-i Pi of the committee for the t past yetf Le confir:yd, a:id that the report just read, with iv the stii I fand abstract of the number of s .'indoor and oai io >! f,ent8, and a list of subscribers, be f twiritet ar 1 a py oo each subscriber, and to others lo1: f ieBdly *•> the natit; ■ j." CIv Oi tlter Coffin, Esq., M.P., a 1.. -'htf- tiie V'■*•»' acknowledgments of this meeting ¡ .tc oft-.ainl men who, in answer to n *^ibe tppeal rna,le to ilum on behalf of this Institution in 17, !?:-itdepressed aud uscessitous condition, came to its til i • <&1 with ^enerou^ contributions, in the way both of dona- !.tQJ!s "GII »uhrtcyipi .ous. and that they be specially invited ijb cnt.nae '.heir [>roU-. on and support to its humane and CTIRISFIAA '>KI A-, J." posed L. P. Mchards, Esq., and seconded by Sir. W. Neil. t 3—!w.o th. bf" t.lianks of this meeting be given to n 0..F Vac! ell, fcVr< M D,, Physician; Edward Evans, Bsq., C->Usu!tiu'; Su^eou; W. T.Edwards, Esq., M.D., j Joseph Lew if. t Surgeons in Ordinary; for their ■t valnabie xe • and that they be requested to •V lAll.ne tl'e Ban c. l'r^p'<fr;d -y C v. shell, Esq., and seconded by ilr. Webber. 4-—Tb-v th'. !;hauler, of the meeting be given to the tlk '')11.1lIiU, .ao'l 'I reT'1fer. for their attention to the in- 11 terests of i.i-. IiJi'tion during the past year, and that bl" Com ;!J" :fJ fOI t Ld present year consist of the following •lemoc II Mr. Ln^ii n W. E^q Jarnf- • •• S Nell, Mr. "William Stacey, Rev. T. Stacey, Rev. Cyril Tredwyn, Mr. R. Vachell, Mr. John Woods, Mr. J. B. t1 J'< d by Dr. Vachell, tV at the tti« ''<s.H of this meeting be given to the V *8 Stacey, for the kind and efficient manner in '.continued his services as Honorary Chaplain W." W -oposed by W. D. Bushell, Esq., y the thanks of this meeting are due to the i'1* ze, Rector of St. Nicholas and St. Lythams, Osborne, Minister of Wesley Chapel, and the ? nfrey, Minister of Bethany Chapel, for the 1:1 jade by them in aid of the Institution." f -oposed by W. Coffin, Esq., M.P., the thanks of this meeting be offered to Mr. ts, for his valuable and gratuitous services in [P ,eaccouutsoftbislnstitutionforthepastyear." in. -sed Ly C. Vachell, Esq., and seconded by v' W. D Bushell, Efq. lat the sum of £ 20 be voted to Dr. Taylor, as a u accordance with the recommendation of the 1.1 te." WALTER COFFIN, Chairman. fl -airman having left the chair, it was unanimously rIc tie cordial and best thanks of the meeting are tor his services on the present occasion." 0 \nnual General Meeting of the Subscribers being "*2 i, the meeting was made special to take into con- the propriety of altering the day fixed for hold- <1Q inuual General :leeting, from Thursday in the be Fpi"V"'iy Saosi.ns V» 3w- L oilier daj uiigiit mi -.jf:h Si'ieftial inu^tisg. He notii-.< ;v«u• ;y< such ap^s< i .etmg bsvirr^ fcesn rond. c, »vau it tii <t»». Gon-rr;! Moot'ng the Subscribers 3 „ Vi Ofttb s suoh «<»y 33 shall be an th" iliecticg >-T !>*• 'AKI va.> .ft-.».ir (■ mor« of the v -t >■. tl. .T "clution b" V '• i 1 i.*4 !• ■' f V.in CHEAP CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE. (By kind Permission of the Mayor, X. D. JENKINS Esq..) Ik/FE. G". F. DAVIS begs to announce that 1 I bis Second Popular CONCERT will take place at the ASSEMBLY-ROOMS, New Town-Hall, on MONDAY next. January 12th, 18"7; when, by the kindness of Messrs. BATCHELOR BROTHERS, their newly-formed SAXE-HORN B ND will attend. Vocalist HARRISON. Flautist .Mr LEWIS. Pianist Mr. MACRONE. Solo Harp Mr. DAVIS Accompanist .Mr. B. S. MARKS. Conductor Mr. DAVIS. Admission :—Front Seats, Is.; Back Seats, 6(1- Doors open at Seven n'clock, Concert to commence at Eight, and conclude at Ten. Cardiff, J" n. 8th, 1857. #nif5 h; Station ANNOUNCED IN THIS DAY'S MERLIN. By Mr. J. i,.o,r ii oil I,EY- flousehol(I Furniture, Shop Fixtures, Smillis, loots, %c-, at Cfichhowell, January 31. By Messrs. GRAHAM & CO—Leasehold Homes, at the King's Head JTotel, Viewport, January 13. By Mr. JOHN DAVIS—Fallme or Coppice 1 Tooth, Ac., at the George Inn, Chepstow, January 20. By Mr. THOMAb WaTKIXS.—Farming Stock at Llartrumney Farm, St. Meltons, January 22th. Ship" Gratitude," at the Dotvlais Inn, Bute Docks, Jan. 22. By MR. J. PHILPOT.—Freehold Dwelling-Houses, at While Lion Inn, Pontypool, Jan. 17.

NEWPORT DISPENSARY. At the monthly meeting of Directors held on Wednes- day last, the Rev. Edward H<twkins, vicar, in the chair, the lists of subscriptioca, &c., reported by the Treasurer as received during October, November, and December, were read over, amounting to,- £ s. d October 14 3 9 November 910 December 10 13 0 33 17 9 Amount before reported 26:3 10 0 Making together. JE297 7 9 RESERVED (OR BUILDING) FUND. 18567. JE a. d. Sep. 30. Amount reported 1300 18 8 Oct. 31 Mr. Thomas Ponsford 0 5 0 Dec. 31. Interest toditto.porOverend&Co. 5 9 6 Jan. 7. Cash per Treasurer of Newport Dispensary 30 16 4 Present state of the fund £ 1337 9 6 REV. EDWARD HAWKINS, 1 SAMUEL HOMFRAY, Trustees. HENRY WILLIAMS, ) Monthly Report, to Nov. 30 Monthly Report, to Dec. 30 Under care Oct. 31. 110 Under care Nov. 30. 112 Admitted since 98 Admitted since. 102 -208 -214 Cured 84 Cured 92 Relieved 10 Relievel 10 Died 2 Died 5 Under care at present 112 Under care at presentl07 -208 214 ROBERT F. WOOLLETT, Surgeon. The Mount, January 1st, 1857.

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET ON Monday, Jan. 12th Werny Cwm Gorse. Thursday, „ 15th Skenfrith Bridge. Monday 19th Lantillio House. Thursday „ 22nd Pontiilas. Saturday, 24th Lanover Village. At half-past Ten o'clock.

THE TREDEGAR HOUNDS WILL MEET ON Monday, January 12th Michaelstone Wednesday 14th Tredegar House. Friday" 16th.Goitre. At half-past, F]even.