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TO CORRESPONDENTS. W.a The following extracts from official returns, will convey the information our correspondent seeks. He •Will find the statement different to that which he has been favoured with from another source, but it is re- liable :— ME. CBAWSHAY BAHEY'S VOTES ON THE DIVISIONS OF THE BALLOT. •»essiuu. 1852-3 Voted in the Noes. 185A n. 11 „ Noes. 1854-5 „ Noes. 1856 Absent. 1857 Absent. C.C.H. (Monmouth).—We are obliged to,our corres- pondent for his kindness, but as we have already at various times printed portions of the information for- warded relative to the controversy on the manufacture "°r ttee!, it is uimscessary to publish it now in extenso.

NEWPORT, SATURDAY, NOV. 81, 1857. THE anticipations we expressed last week of a farther derangement of commercial affairs, have Z5 been, unfortunately, too fully justified within the last few days. The Government letter to the Directors of the Bank unquestionably exercised a beneficial influence, and we may even give it the credit of completely checking the panic in many quarters but a feeling of un- easiness is still general, and no complete restora- 0 tion,of eonndence appears to have taken place. Money is still dear, trade with America is almost wholly stopped, and the continental markets are as unsettled as our own. Where- ever we turn, indeed, we find the same uncer- tainty and gloom, and every commercial circle is filled with distrust and evil forebodings. The saddest reverses of fortune are taking place almost hourly, and disasters, the more dieadfiil because the least expected, are constantly occurring. Improved news from India has had little or no effect, and the influence of domestic transactions completely overpowers that connected with the war in the East. A panic in commerce at home, and a war in our greatest possession abroad—these are evils of the most formidable character, and are likely (8'. to place 185.7 foremost. on the list 01 disas- trous and eventful years. The incident of the greatest importance to our own district is the stoppage of the Wolver- hampton and South Staffordshire Bank, an- nounced on Wednesday. The directors inti- mate that "the most absolute safety exists as to the liquidation of every claim against the Bank," and we trust this may be so. It cannot be disguised, however, that serious mischief has been occasioned by the stoppage, .supposing it 0 to be only temporary, and at the time we write six Staffordshire firms in the iron trade have broken down. These events, together with the high rate of discount, must necessarily act unfavourably on the Welsh trade, and it will require the greatest caution on the part of ironmasters to enable them to tide over" this dangerous period. We have heard of nothing worse at present than an universal slackness, and as will be seen in our district news to-day, in many parts furnace-hands are employed only half time, at reduced wages. Providence has mercifully spared us the calamity of scarcity of food-bread is not excessively dear, and provisions, generally, have been at a much higher rate at worse epochs than the present. This is the brightest side of the picture, and all of us, but labouring men especially, will do well to bestow the chief share of their attention upon it. A. few days may see an end to these mer- cantile convulsions. The panic in Scotland has subsided, the supply of gold to Ireland has been found sufficient to preserve quietude there, a44 the ^draiu of specie from this country to foreign parts is not nearly so great as it was. Gold is arriving from Australia and other parts, and, as the City article of a morning contem- porary remarks, unless some great and unex- pected disaster should occur, a gradual recovery may fairly be expected. Some very rotten firms have been swept away, and some very old and good ones; but if the events of the past few weeks have produced a fitting effect, we are sure many an establishment will adopt a more cautious and a safer system of trading, such as will be capable of resisting the shock of one or two adverse circumstances. With no desire to represent things worse than they really are, it must be acknowledged that there is room for much improvement in the system on which commercial affairs are often con- ducted. There might be an elevation of Prin- ciple without disadvantage, to speak in the mildest form. There may not be very many firms so bad as that of the late Messrs. Sadgrove, but it cannot be supposed that this establishment was pursuing a solitary road, or running a race by itself. It had companions, and some of them may be lucky enough to travel on smoothly, while more scrupulous men fall thickly around them. The indignant censures which have recently been passed on commercial dishonesty have touched, we may be sure, many besides those against whem they were directly levelled, and who managed mat- ters -so unfortunately as to be found out." Perhaps the fate of the latter may act as a warning to the former but in the meanwhile, who can withhold their sympathy from men of invincible integrity and irreproachable upright- ness, whose names are now filling one part of every Gazette, and whose families, a month ago in affluence, are this day suffering the sting of poverty ? THE Fall of Delhi, and the gradual restoration of our authority in India now perceptible, are events which every inhabitant of this country is regarding with pride and gratification. Both achievements have been accomplished by a band of troops »numerically small, but as gallant and courageous as ever fought against a foe. They have followed their generals on to their deaths or to victory, with a heroism which no cala- mity could daunt, and no hardship destroy. Famine and misery did not weaken their bra- very in the Crimea, nor has pestilence and c; dan- gerous climate reduced it in the East. The brave-are always brave, and when the history of our own times shall come to be written, many a page will contain records of devoted fortitude unsurpassed in the-annals of any natioa. With such men to do battle for us, it is probable that a few more mails will bring us news of the entire suppression of the rebellion. The muti- neers have been beaten from some of £ heir great- est strongholds, and these losses must necessa- rily have a highly discouraging effeofctipon them. Their old fears-of the invinciblenesffcf our arms will soon revive, and the dread of retribution will add to their alarm. They have had a fore- taste of. the punishment which inevitably awaits them—they ha. ve seen at Delhi that the barba- rities they perpetrated at Cawnpore will not be unavenged, and as soon as our reinforcements reach the scene of action, a speedy termination to this melancholy episode in I nidi an history may be anticipated. This result, however, cannot be brought about without still further loss of life. Already hundreds have fell in the struggle, and the last mail brings intelligence of more casualties in the attack upon Delhi than were at first published. Two of the bravest of generals are among the dead, and have nob been spared to see the issue of the conflict. The rank and file, too, are not less brave, though more unknown, and they would: rather have suffered, death than their country should lose its honour. With such men, mors stun fcedus in fug a, gloriosus in victorta. They. know no fate so shameful as defeat, and enter battle with a determination which no repulses can over- throw. Yet there are thousands on whom the Indian news has fallen drearily and heavily enough. What sad forebodings it has aroused ,in the hearts of. relatives and friends:! What dark clouds are now hovering over many an English home! The records of "killed and wounded" must follow this victory, as every other; its price has been paid to the uttermost. Think of the hundreds ef families which will be plunged in the deepest anxiety till these fatal returns arrive, and will receive them only ta find them- selves desolate—the cherished hope shattered for ever, and an irretrievable gap left in its place. Who can realise the amount of anguish which the lists of killed and wounded repre- sent ? The soulskof the brave have passed away to an eternal rest, but the bitterness of death is with those who are left behind-with widowed wives and childless mothers, whose hearts are filled with unutterable affliction, who weep for those they have lost, and refuse to be com- forted, for they are not." To such as these the boasts of "glory" and "honour," purchased with the blood of the slain, will sound an empty mockery. The dead man hears not the voice of the harper, and can Fame atone to the sur- vivors for his loss ? No. The Archangel's trump, not Glory's, must awake Those whom they thirst for though the sounds of Fame May for a moment soothe, it cannot slake The fever of vain longing, and the name So honoured, but assumes a stronger, bitterer claim." Such is the penalty of war, which no skill or science can avert. The consideration of it, how- ever, ought to cause more solicitude about pre- serving peace than is ordinarily shown. The nation during the present reign has been placed by its statesmen in the most perilous positions, and it has not been extricated without serious losses, and, not infrequently, reverses. Had half the ingenuity been exercised in keeping us from danger which has been shown in bringing us out of it, many dismal events of the last few years would not have occurred. The war with Russia might have been prevented by the exer- cise of timely caution; we entered precipitately into a fresh quarrel with China; and a different policy would probably have saved us from the Indian insurrection. Experience has taught the British people some very striking lessons lately, and it is to be hoped their rulers will pro-1 fit by them. It is not always possible to avoid misfortunes, but it is to avoid rashness, which accelerates them.

Jo"taI lutfllifptt. CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY. — On Sunday and Tuesday last anniversary services were held in aid of the Trust Fund of the Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Commer- cial-street, Newport. Sermons were preached on Sunday by the Rev. Mr. Cornforth, of Wednesbury, and were listened to with marked interest by numerous congregations. On Tuesday evening the service was conducted by the Rev. Gervase Smith, of Bristol, who delivered a remarkably eloquent and impressive discourse from the words, in the prophecy of Ezekiel, I"C-,tn these bones live?" Mr. Smithis evidently a gentleman of refined taste, possessing a strikingly imaginative cast of mind. Exhibiting but little regard to the external accomplishments of an orator, and evidently intent upon something of more importance than grace of gesture, he displays the superior qualifica- tions of a cultivated mind and an earnest heart. With a profusion of imagery always chaste and appropriate, and sometimes even thrilling, the leading points of his sermon were presented to the audience; and the close, and almost eager, attention with which his words were received, showed how warmly his eloquent address was appreciated. Without aiming at popularity, Mr. Smith requires but two or three minor qualifications, to command it in a very high degree. Ok si sic omnia The collections made at the three services added, we understand, a considerable amount to the trust fund. A TEA MEETING, attended chiefly by the congregation of tha Pillgwenlly Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, was held in the school-room attached to that place of worship, on Monday evening last. Addresses were delivered by the ministers and other gentlemen -the lead- ing object of the meeting being to produce in the minds of those present a warmer interest in the promotion of Methodist influence throughout the circuit. THE DOCK-STREET CHAPEL.-Shall this costly and beautiful cbapel remain in its present condition, or be rendered more commodious by the erection of galleries ? Shall it be sold, and a larger and less expensive structure be raised elsewhere ?-These are, we understand, moot- points araong the members of the church in Dock-street— some being of opinion that the sphere of usefulness of the minister, the Rev. F. Pollard, might be extended by the erection of a chapel in which ampler accommodation of a less ornamental character should be afforded for the hum- bler classes—and others maintaining the view that in- creased accommodation is not so pressingly demanded as to warrant the sacrifice which would be involved in aban- doning the present building. To unite the differing par- ties, it has been suggested that the placing of galleries in the chapel would give all the accommodation required. These several points were seriously deliberated upon at a meeting on Monday evening last; but no definite course of action was, we believe, resolved upon. LECTURE.—A lecture on the subject of "Hugh Miller, his Life and Writings," is announced to be delivered by Mr. W. M. Jack, of this town, at the Town Hall, on the last day of this month. The interest with which the events connected with the life of the lamented Miller, are regarded will, doubtless, secure numerous audience. A CAPTAIN DROWNED. — On Wednesday morning the melancholy intelligence reached Newport of the death by drowning of an Austrian captain, named Prospero Armellini, at the mouth of the Usk, the previous day. Deceased left this town on Tuesday, in the Sar- dinian brig Angelina, which cleared out for the West Indies, and on Wednesday he was engaged in heaving the lead at a point immediately beyond the black buoy, when he fell overboard, and, having sea boots on at the time. he 1 sank and was never -seen to rise. Deceased was in the prime of life. DEATH FROM DROWNING.—An inquest was held at the Talbot public-house, St. Mary-street, Banes- well, on Wednesday morning, before W. H. Brewer, Esq. deputy-coroner, touching the death of John Caines, son of Mr. John Caines, tinman, in the employ of Mr. Jeffreys who met his death under the following ircurnstances Deceased was in the employ of Mr. Philip Morris, drug- gist, Dock-road, as errand boy, and was sent by that gen- tleman on board'the-ship Neptune, lying at the bead of the dock, with a parcel of medicines, at about six o'clock on Monday evening. The boy was going on board the vessel when he tripped himself up on a tramroad, and fell into the dock. A man, named Benjamin Jones, heard a crv that a boy was overboard, and ran for the drag-rope, which he let down, and m about ten minutes he dragged up the body. The poor boy had been in the water nearly half an a iiail n w,a9 ^en finite dead. James carried him to the Dock Hotel on his back, but the landlord refused to take the body in, and he then further carried him to his father's house. The jury returned a verdict of Acci- dental death," and added a recommendation to the Dock Company to furnish drags to the various quays, and urged upon tradesmen the impropriety of -sending their boys to the dock after dark. FIRE Ar LLANTAHNAM.—<A fire broke out at the Court farm, Llantarnam, in the occupation of Mrs. Moses, widow of the late Mr. John Moses, on Tuesday morning last. The blaze was first discovered in a shed ;n which there was a quantity of straw, and it rapidly spread across the farm yard in the direction of the barn burning a quantity of straw in its course. Information of the fire speedily reached Newport, and, within half an hour Sunt 'Huxtable, Sergeant Bath, and P.C. Pratten were at the farm with the town engine, and by their prompt exertions with the engine, the barn and other outbuildings which had been in danger, were saved. The conflagration was confined to the straw yard and the shed. The latter was burnt to the ground, and in the straw yard the fire conti- nued until four o'clock on Wednesday morning. The loss sustained from the fire is estimated at about j650, which, we are sorry to state, was not covered by insurance. Mr. Robert Brough is writing the Christmas burlesque for the Olympic, and Mr. William Brough for the Lyceum Theatre. In the Court uf Queen's Bench, on Nov. 16, before Lord Campbell, and Justices Coleridge and Wight- man, the Solicitor-General applied for a rule calling upon Mr. Lee and three other magistrates to show cause why a mandamus should not issue demanding of them to hear and determine the information and complaint of Mr Henry Mackworth, inspector of mines, in the district of Nant y-glo. It appeared that under the 18th and 19th Vict., cap. 190, an ait to endeavour to prevent some of those frightful accidents in coal mines that unfortunately happen, the inspector is empowered toframe certain rules for the conduct, of the mines, and also certain special rules for the same purpose, and in the event of the managers or viewers of mines, so supplied with rules, neglecting to carry them out, they are subject to a penalty of L5. for the offence, and an accruing penalty of £1 per day for every day's neglect after the conviction. On the 8th July, 1857, an information was laid before the above magistrates against John Phillips, manager of a coal mine at Nant-y- glo, Monmouthshire, for wilful violation of certain rules framed by Mr. Mackworth. but the magistrates refused to hear the information, .on the ground that Mr. Maekworth was bound to prove that he had given notice to the defen- dant of his wilful violation of the rule under the 7th sec- tion of the act.—Rule granted. PEMBROKE AND PEMBROKE-DoCK,- THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—The greatest pleasure has been caused in Pembroke-dock and its vieinity at the notice given by the Directors of their intention to com- plete their line to that town and continuing.^ branch on to the Dock-yard, for the accomplishment of which that I department of the Government, the Admiralty, .made such a determined stand throughout the whole of their proceed- ings. The circumstance has removed all doubts on the subject, and it only remains.for time to decide when that town shall have its railway. Pembroke-dock is rising into rapid importance, and must soon take the lead of the tcwns in its vicinity. Its extensive naval arsenal—its powerful garrison—its railway accommodation, both in existence and prospectively- itd private shipbuilding establishments where repairs of all ki&ds can so conveni- ently be effected, and ships stores and supplies of every description be furnished on the most reasonable terms then its coal, culm, and slate stores-its omnibus accommodation—its steam packet advantages—and its post office-stamp office —mechanics' institute and reading room—with abundant retail of every possible meichandize already stamp it with a degree of importanee high in the scale of trade and commerce.. HIGH SHERIFF NOMINATIONS FOB WALEi.-Anglesey -Richard Davies, of Bwlch-y-fen, Esq.; Major-General Robert George Hughes, of Brynddu and Henry Owen Williams, of Trearddur, Esq. BreeomMre-lobn Dilwyn Llewelyn, of Pant-y-Corred, Esq.; Thomas Wood, the younger, of the Lodge, Esq.; and John Maund, of Ty. mawr, Esq. Carnarvonshire—Hugh Robert Hughes, of Nantlle, Esq.; John Nanney, of Maesneuadd, Merioneth- shire, Esq.; and William Kyffin Lenthall, of Maenau, Esq. Carinarthensltire-Isaac Horton, of Ystrad, Esq. William Morris, of Coomb, Esq.; and John Dilwyn Llewellyn, of Penllergare, Esq. Caràiganshire-Thomas Hughes, of Noyaddfawr, Esq. William Pryce Lewis, of Llyenewydd, near Newcastle-Emlyn, Esq. William Jones, of Glandennis, near Lampeter. Denbighshire John Jocelyn Ffoulkes, of Erriviatt, Denbigh, Esq.; Thomas Lloyd Fitzhugh, of PlaB Power, Wrexham, Esq.; and Richard Christopher Naylor, of Nantclwyd-hall,' u 0 Ruthin, Esq. FlilltsMre-Hugh Robert Hughes, of Kinmel-park, Esq.; Phillip Bryan Davies Cooke, of Gwgsaney-hall, Esq.; and Philip Pennant Pearson, of Bodfari, Esq. Glamorganshire—Anthony Hill, of Ply- mouth-lodfre, Esq.; Henry Lewis, of Green Meadow, Esq.; and Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, of Sully-house, Bart. Montgomcryskire-Richard Peuruddock Long, of Dolfor- gan, Esq.; Edward Morris, of Berth Llwyd, Esq.; and William Curling, of Maesmawr, Esq. Merionethehire- Hugh John Reveley, of Bryngwin, Esq.; Edmund Buckley, of Plasyndinas, Esq.; and David Williams, of Castell Dendraeth, Esq. pombrokeshire--George Augustus Harries, of Hilton, Esq.; Nicholas John Dunn, of Westmoor, Esq.; and William Owen, of Poyston, Esq. Radnorshire—Sir William Sarefieid Rossiter Cock- bur, of Downton, Bart.; Howell Gwyn Howell, of Llanelwedd-hall, Esq.; and John Adcock Phillips, of Gunama, Esq. 9 THE ALLEGED ROBBERY AT THE POST OFFICE. -The evidence we publish to-day, taken before the magistrates at the police court on Thursday, will be seen by our readers to fully exculpate one of the officials at the Newport post office, from a very grave aud serious charge. We have given a fuller report than we otherwise should have done, in consequence of the attention which has been attracted to the reports of the proceedings when the charge was made, and it is certainly not less a pleasure than a duty to be the means of making publicly known the innocence of an accused and injured man. Though the result of Thursday's investigation has been the acquittal of Mr. Greenland, the result might have been very different had he been less generally known, or had he been so circum- stanced as not to have been able to produce witnesses to establish an alibi. Had he spent the day on which the stolen cheque was cashed, away from his friends, the result might have been very different from that we have now to record. The inoident should make people very cautious of giving their testimony against a prisoner on so serious a charge, unless they are fully assured of his identity. With regard to the examination, a word of praise is due to the post office authorities for the manner in which they have acted. The investigation was undoubtedly very desirable, and in fact unavoidable, and now that it has concluded, every amende will be made to the accused Mr. Champ displayed a very just feeling in his conduct of the case for the prosecution, and we are sincerely glad to find that the defendant was in a position to prove his innocence so completely and satisfactorily. THE HORSE FAIR.—This famous picture has been exhibited at the Town-hall, a portion of this week, and will remain during this day (Saturday). We recom- mend our readers to avail themselves of examining this great work of art. The largest copy was first exhibited in London in 1855, and created quite a furore among the artists. A soiree was held at the Gallery, in Pall 'Mall, where it was being exhibited, when the artist herself was present. The picture was bought by Mr. Gambert, and has since been sold, we understand, for S5,000, to an American. The artist, however, was prevailed on to paint the picture a second time, on a comparatively reduced scale, as well for the convenience of exhibition, as for the purpose of being engraved and it is this smaller edition that is now being exhibited by Messrs. Pearse and Brown. The larger copy was so enormous that, unless it were seen in an extensive gallery, it could not fairly be judged of, whilst the one now exhibiting is one of more cabinet dimen- sions, measuring nine feet by four feet. It is scarcely necessary to state that, being by the same hand, it is not only equal in quality in every respect to the large edition, but it may be presumed that the artist, in repeating her work, has probably made what she would consider im- provements. There seems to be an unanimous opinion of this great work, namely, that it exceeds in truth and knowledge any picture of mere animal life that has ever been painted-whether by Wouvermans, Cuyp, Syndera, Cooper, Ward, or Landseer. Rubens, perhaps, is the only artist who would have approached the effect of horses in varied action, but the most critical judges are of opinion that even the united efforts of Rubens and Synders could not have produced so extraordinary a work. Not only in the entire life and movement of the work, but in the par- ticular action of the horses, the artist's consummate study, knowledge, and ease, proclaim themselvesshy- ing, snorting, pacing, rearing, pulling, trotting, every member of the big group has its own vital individuality. The baick-ground screen of trees, glancing pale against the rolling grey sky, is also admirably felt and rendered. On the whole, although it would have been difficult to raise the estimate entertained of Madlle. Bonheur from other works, while some of those others in their more restricted energy and completeness come more impressively and de- lightfully home to us, the Horse Fair may be allowed to establish the unexampled range and calibre of the lady's art. lo wers in the most unexampled form of demonstration. THE ROYAL CIRQUE UNIQUE continues nightly to attract crowded houses, and the late addition to the corps of performers, and the varied nature of the enter- tainments, have sustained the public interest in Mr. Brown's Circus, which, we doubt not, will continue un- abated. The performances during the past week have undergone an entire change, and the excellent equestrians, Mr. and Miss Moseley, have met with a reception worthy of their respective merits. On Tuesday the troupe paraded through the pnncipal streets of the town, and a notable feat that of driving single-handed four bare-backed steeds -was performed by Mr E. Hicken, whose talents as a rider are of no mean order. On Tuesday evening the Circus was patronised by Sir Charles and Lady Morgan and family, when, of course, the house in all parts was crammed to overflowing, and the arthtes vied with each other in rendering theentei-tainment more than ordinarily attractive. The principal features of the evening were the riding of Mr. Hicken, Master Clark, and MadameStoodly, and the extraordinary athletic feats of the Elliott family. Mr. Henry Brown also gave his inimitable mock-elec- tioneering speech, which was greeted with the most un- equivocal signs of approbation, and the travestie of the vocal execution of a fashionable young lady, with the ela- borate accompaniment on the pianoforte, was given with a touch of humour peculiar to Mr. Brown, and its ludi- crousness was fully appreciated. We learn that at the close Sir Charles and Lady Morgan expressed themselves highly gratified with the whole of the performances The Circus was, on Friday evening, under the patronage of the Mayor, W. Williams, Esq. A gorgeous spectacle, en- titled St. George and the Fiery Dragon," written by Mr. Henry Brown, is announced for Monday evening. It comprises a grand equestrian pageant, which is to be pro- duced on a most costly scale. AUSTRALIA..—The friends of passengers will be glad to hear of the magnificent passage out of the White SIQrto Melbourne in 72 days-all well. Her owners, H. T. Wilson and Chambers, have just despatched their re- nowned ship the Red Jacket, with 500 passengers, and the most valuable cargo that has left these shores for a long time. The White Star Packet of the 20th December, is the favourite clipper Sultana, one of the crack ships of the day., having made two passages to Melbourne in 78 days, And to the Cape of Good Hope in 45 days, beating every -ship and steamer that sailed with her. ENTERTAINMENT.—On Wednesday evening, Miss Louisa Foote Hay gave a concert, which formed an unusuady rich treat to the admirers of well-selected and tasteiully-rendered music. The artistes were Miss Hay, and the Misses Alice and Florence Hay, the latter only five years of age. The concert was opened with "Annie Laurie, and this beautiful ballad was sung with a softness and mellowness of tone which considerably enhanced its simple sweetness. Auld Robin Gray" also admirably developed the excellence of Miss Hay's taste in this class of vocal music. A striking feature of a more lively character was presented in" Tutto e giorja, aud two other Italian selections from Bellini's Sonnambula," which secured for Miss Hay the most enthusiastic plaudits. In the gayer airs her sister Alice -signally ex- celled, and her rollicking vivacity told with charming effect in The Rataplan," and the Scotch ballad Coming through the rye." The duet" The Swallows" was ad- mirably executed by Miss Alice and the infant Florence, who displayed a surprising precocity, and gave evidence of possessing a voice of great promise. Mr. Loder, the composer and pianist, accompanied the vocal selections. Mr. riay s entertainment, entitled Sketches of Cha- racter, was of the most mirth-creating nature, and was received with uproarious demonstrations of appro- bation. Lady Morgan and family were in attendance. MELANCHOLY DEATH.—Considerable sus- pense has been occasioned since Saturday se'nnight, by the dwajipearance of a man, named George Ingram, who was tor jnany years one of the game-keepers on the .estates ot ^sir ouarles Morgan, and as it was supposed that he had a sum of money with him, it was feared that he had met with some foul treatment. On Wednesday afternoon the worst anticipations of Ingram's friends were, unfortu- nately, -realized, for the body was found by a labourer, named Joseph Dyer, in the Jack's Pill lock. The inquest on theremams was held before the coroner, W. Brewer, )^esteru Valleys Hotel, Dock-road, on Thuis- p"J'V n" °"«Mice, was £ iven by Mrs Curtis, landlady of the ♦>IA mcrbt nf ^UPERRA"street, which showed that on house "about t 'leceasecl'3(lisappearance, he was in her A U nrn t nours' and had about two pints of ale. i i twelve o'clock, against her entreaty, the deceased left her house, and, in a state of intoxication, he proceeded in the direction of the canal.-Dyer was called, and stated that he was employed to drag the canal, and on Wednesday afternoon he dragged the body to the sur- face from the bottom of the lock. There were no marks of violence visible on the body.-Tbe jury were of opinion that the unfortunate man came by his death aecidentally, while nUller the influence of drink, but they recommended that the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company be desired to ereot a railing of some kind to prevent as much as possible the recurrence of such an accident, although no blame was attached to any one in this instance.-Thosame ■J* J. on body of George Plasters, a child five T 'r Francis Plasters, a labourer, living in It appeared that at tea o'clock on Wed- nesday night the child was put into bed to its father and mother and on awaking next morning, tha parents found SL S Th'I"?™ ">« » b»a *le °hild was warm, and from its discolora- tion, there was no doubt that it had died of convulsions, "Visitation*of "God!" The returned a verdict of Visitation of God." SHEEP STEALING.—On Wednesday night last, a sheep belonging to Mr. Moses Scard, of the Court-y- bella farm, in the parish of St. Woollos, was slaughtered by some miscreant, who carried away the hind-quarters, the shoulders, and a loin, and left the remaining portion on the field. This is the second sheep which has been stolen in this neighbourhood within the last fortnight. We have pleasure in stating that Mr. Daniel Kerney, junr., a young gentleman who served his articles with our Town Clerk, Thomas Woollett, Esq., successfully passed his examination this week. MONMOUTH FAIR will be held on Monday a special train is announced to leave Newport (after the arrival of the 7.50 a.m. up train), which will arrive at Monmouth at nine o'clock in the morning. TROUBLE AFTER AN ACCIDENT.-On Friday night last, between eleven and twelve o'clock one Af n men employed in loading the Newport steam«r *fV • through the density of the fog, fell hito thn at Bristol, the quay wall and the vessel. Mr p £ ater» observed the accident from the deck of tb« 0S, PCr aV1?g hold of a rope, and immediately J mer'cauSht rescued the poor fellow who i 7 JUD?Ped overboard, and no. swim, (Z, quay-wall hn had o "j • "hen he fell over the and after beim* j? +CC °f bre?,d at)d cheese iu his hand, ness the first f and having recovered his conscious* if I a'int made use of were « be d— ia t* a m7 bread and cheese." We understand this Person rescued from drowning by Mr« Harper* SHARPER THAN HIS NEEDLE.—An incident occurred the other day, in a respectable tailor's shop near this town, almost as broadly comic as some of those little events which take place occasionally on the stage, where the honourable order of Needle Knights are never brought in but to be laughed at, where they are always being burnt with their own flat-irons, sewn up with their own thread, and cheated by every one who has the opportunity. In the instance, however, to which we have now to call the polite readers attention, the tailor unquestionably got the better of his assailant, and remains to this hour the vic- torious master of his shop-board, and its divers effects. The young and inexperienced hero of this narative, it °0Wn- a Ple«f of cloth forwarded him by mLlK Par'entn r9?nDt1?' for the Purpose of being made into well, we 11 not enquire too closely. How" Wa? f aK ed' a^th0 cloth was carried in state to the expert fashioner thereof, who in due time transformed it into the requisite shape. Now came the most awkward part of the transaction-paying the money for the metamorphosis of the remnant," and concerning this there is an universal tradition that nothing can be more exasperating. As no chalk was at hand when our hero received his pant— garment we mean, it became necessary to produce the ready money-a task which in the present case was rather more difficult than the unso- phiscated would suppose. To be short, however, it was promised on the following Thursday; the bree—, that is to say, clothes, were taken away, but returned a day or two after for a slight alteration. This being performed, the Thursday came, and with it our hero, who "just looked in, you see, to know why the deuce my things havn't been sent ?" A delicate and playful allusion was made on the part of the ingenious clothier to the mone- tary part of the business but this was received with the same dissatisfaction as that with which the very unplea- sant subject is now generally regarded. The absence of American or other remittances had deranged our young gentleman's affairs, and it may be supposed that he was suffering from a commercial crisis, for, instead of cash, he offered to write to his uncle, not the obliging one hard by the tailor's shop, but a man, said he, learned in the law. This announcement not producing the imposing and terri- ble effect desired, a friend" was brought in to mediate, and bully the valiant tailor. Even this failed to inspire terror, and as the two could not produce the money, an embargo was laid on the garment in dispute, and posses- sion refused to the disconsolate owner of the cloth-in other words and in plain English, the tailor seized the breeches (the murder is out now—it could not be helped)—and defied our hero to get them. This piece of generalship was, of course, very provoking, because, as was observed, the man is only a tailor, you see, and what right has he to be paid, or grumble if he isn't ? Our two young gentlemen, then, rather breathless with talking began to feel a turn for pugilistics, aDd invited the tailor to a scene. Whereupon a policeman is sent for, the youths become appalled at the tall individual with the shiny crown to his hat, and leave the field with their Bob Acres' courage all oozed out, and without the coveted garment. By and bye the money is sent, and the receiver is appeased, but our hero is still to be seen, a pungent warning to young men, and a melancholy example of the fatal effects of a man quarrelling with his tailor.

TAFF VALE RAILWAY. It appears that difficulties have arisen between the Taff Vale Railway Company and the ironmasters and coal pro- prietors of the district which threaten a stoppage of the coal trade at the port of Cardiff. The company's new Act came into operation on the 17th of August last, and to compen- sate themselves for the loss of revenue sustained by the re- duction of the tolls (about 4id. per ton upon the whole dis- tance) the company have attempted to impose certain charges for extra and special services" never demanded under the old Act-viz 2d. per ton terminals upon all coal to Cardiff, 2d. per ton per day for the use of sidings at Cardiff, 4d. per ton terminals upon coal to intermediate stations, and 6d. per ton at each station if sent in less quantities than 20 tons. These charges the freighters, as a body, refused to-pay, on the ground that they are not sanctioned by the Act, and are therefore illegal. The company stated that t' ey had the power of making those charges under the old Act; but, the tolls being sufficiently high without, no attempt was made to enforce them. The freighters-a deputation of whom has recently had an interview with the directors of the company at Bristol, argue that it was the intention of Parliament to reduce the tolls to Jd. per ton per mile, and that to concede the present charges would in reality be to pay'higher tolls than those payable under the old Act. A meeting of freighters was held at Cardiff on Saturday last, when the whole question was fully discussed, and a series of resolutions were passed, by which the meeting pledged itself to a continued resistance to the attempted impositions of the company, and to refuse the payment o the back accounts until the matters in dispute are adjustedf

GREAT BOAT RACE.—One of the most spirited boat record occurred on Tuesday, between Thomas Cannon, of Wapping, and Alfred Ralph, of Wandsworth, both men of very considerable pretensions as scullers,although differing materially in their style. The antagonism of above and below bridge, as west and east of London- bridge are termed, rendered this race one of more than ordinary interest, and the friends of the parties specu- lated their money very freely upon the result. The race was for JE60, the distance being from Putney to Mort- lake. Cannon had the best station on the Middlesex side, and the men started themselves very evenly, in which position they rowed to the Duke's Head, where Ralph, by most extraordinary rowing, drew his sitting thwart level with the nose of his opponent's boat, where he continued only for a few pulls, Cannon again becom- ing nearly level, and looking as though he were going by him. Both pulled very gallantly, Ralph forcing a slight lead again, but being unable to retain it, and so they continued by Craven Cottage, Ralph ever and anon putting on a spurt which gave him a lead of a few feet, but he was unequal to the task of keeping pace with the apparently untiring power of Cannon, who, in making the shoot to Hammersmith-bridge, gradually went away from his opponent, and beat Ralph by more than a dozen lengths.

LATEST NEWS. MERLIN OFFICE, Friday, 5 p.m. FRANCE. THE EMPEROR OFFENDED WITH LORD PALMER- STOX s SPEECH. It is affirmed by persons usually well-informed, that Lord Palmerston s late speech at the Mansion House had the effect of advancing the departure of M. de Persigny from Paris for his post in London. Whether this be the fact or not, it seems quite certain that his excellency has received instruc. tions to make himself acquainted with the real drift of his lordship's observations respecting what England was ready and able to do, should any European power attempt to take advantage of her present difficulties, the noble lord's observations were, it is stated, in the first instance, considered in a very high quarter as one of those Hibernian flashes with which the vivacious Premier not unfrequently enlivens his speeches, both in Parliament and elsewhere, and which never fail to excite a demonstrative explosion, so welcome to the ear of every orator. Viewed in that light, they were good-naturedly smiled at, and valued just at what they were really worth-a flash in the pan. But the sensa- tion they created, not only in Paris, but throughout the whole of the continent, led, or, in some sort obliged, the Government to regard his lordship's menace, speaking, as he formally did, in the name of the entire Cabinet, in a graver light, and hence the serious demand for explanations. The wpllJmrmTn .uv" La. difference of opinion on the settlement of the Princi- palities question has been alluded to as giving rise to this ebullition of Lord Palmerston, but this notion is too idiotic to be correct. No man in his sober senses would dream of throwing out an after dinner challenge to all Europe, on a question upon which a Congress is a ready specially convened. Russian diplomacy has also taken up the expressions of his lordship very warmly, ascribing to themselves greater importance than Lord Palmerston, even iu his cups, could invest them with. Who in England can possibly fear a Russian invasion-quis subarcto Rex gelidse metuatur auMe ? THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS. The Markets on Thursday were rather firmer. Gold continues to arrive, and a total of about £ 150,000 was taken to the Bank, jE90,000 being bar gold, and £ 60,000 Russian gold. A further quantity of sovereigns was transmitted to Ireland. It was stated with confidence on Thursday that the Bank committee were occupied for a lengthened period in deliberating upon the position of a large mercantile establishment which requires pecuniary assistance. lhe interests involved in the case in question are of <Tn important a nature that every endeavour will it p:esumed, be made to assure the Dartie* • ? support. Should the negotiatin nS v. re?uired to a successful conclusion tkerp conducted the house will have to succomh thaf other firms are likel, to be comprised S° Tn „ii THURSDAY EVENING. ampn^m ) quarters there has been a decided I } t0-day- ^ot a single failure has been re- ported, and some special causes of anxiety lately preva- tant have been entirely removed. The stock-market opened with firmness at the prices of last evening and, although a slight reaction subsequently took place, a steady tone was again manifested at the close. THB WOLVKBHAMPTON BANK.—A late 'despatch re« ceived by the Times says Mr. Henry Hill, the former ] manager, is going through the books. If found satisfactory ( the requisite capital will be forthcoming."—1The Telegraph gives a very different version of the affairThe depu- j tation of directors from this unfortunate concern returned last night (Wednesday) from London, without having j accomplished the object of their visit-viz., the obtaining of a loan of £ 100,000 to put the bank on its legs again the Bank of England having insirted upon a wind-up a!s an indispensable condition to the advance of th. money— proposition which the deputation refused to entertain. The meeting of the deputation with thedepositors and other creditors, at the Swan, this morning, was a very noisy one. After a long aud desultory discussion, the meeting was adjourned until Tuesday next, the day after the meeting of the shareholders, convened by Mr. Hornden, the chair- man of the bank. It having been positively stated in the limes, and a Birmingham paper, this morning, that the deputation had succeeded in getting the required advance, the disappointment among the more credulous of the depositors, and others interested, has been great on the revelation of the truth. The general opinion is that the affairs of the bank must be wound up. THE TRIALS OF THE BRITISH BANK DIRECTORS.— So far as can be ascertained the following are the counsel retained on the trials of these important informations:— The Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Ser- geant Ballantine, Mr. Welsby, and Mr. Brown for the Crown Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Aspland for the defendant Esdaile Mr. IJugh Hill, Q.C., and Mr. C. R. Kennedy, for the defendant Brown; Sir. F. Kelly, Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Coleridge, for the defendant Stapylton; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Keane for the defendant Alderman Kennedy Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C. and Mr. Sleigh, for the defendant Yalliant; Mr. D. Seymour for the defendant Cameron. THE LEVIATHAN-.—A surprisingly successful hoax, was played off on the Londoners on Tuesday. One or two of the papers which pretend to exclusive wis- dom announced that another attempt would be made to launch the Leviathan on that day. This was enough. The deluded public rushed down to Millwall by trains, cabs, private carriages, and river steamers, and occupied cvey point of advantage. Of course they saw nothing whatever, and had besides to en- counter the jeering of the natives of those parts who enjoyed the joke amazingly and had full soope for chalf, of the kind relished by the Cockneys. The s occurrence took place on Thursday. It is now stated that the launch will be a private one; that every attempt will be made to keep it secret; that the ad- mittance of spectators on the last occasion was a mistake and much impeded the workmen and that now the very people employed won't know until the hour, appointed when the Leviathan will be launched. Mr. Brunei must act with expedition, for eveiy day's delay increases the difficulties to be encountered. THE FALL OF DnLm.—A copy of the "Overland Athenaum (Madras) has been obligingly forwarded to us, from which we extract the following interesting particu- lars in connection with the capture of Delhi: The following additional particulars of the proceedings of the 12th are from Mr. Greatherd's letter of that date -It was before reported that the 18 gun battery. No. 11 in front of Ludlow Castle, had, with the a d of the heavy mortars, quickly silenced the Cashmere Bastion. That bastion has not since replied, and heavy sa'vrs are continually directed against it. No. 1. Battery c ) tinues to fire into the Morse it is a heap of ruins, but the gunners manage to fire light guns from different parts. 111. at the Custom House has not yet opened. Some alterations had to be made in it. It is expected it will be ready this evening. The enemy have not made any more sorties but they keep up a brisk fire of musketry in front of the bastions from rifie pits, and among the jungle, and they have a flanking fire from field pieces on the ri^ht, and from a heavy gun and mortar on the other side the river. Suleymgurh and the Water Bastion also fire on the left and centre batteries. Rockets are occa- sionally fired from a Martello tower in front, and there are single light guns on two others. All this does not retard the progress of the siege or lead to any inter- ruption of fire, and, though the delay about No. 111. is certainly a disappointment, there is still every reason for congratulation. A position has been seized and maintained for breaching purposes which, if worked up according to rule, would not have been ours for some time, and our fire is very destructive. A party of the enemy's Cavalry, two hundred in number, got across the cut of the Canal yesterday, to cut off our camels. They retired on seeing a force coming against them, and might have got off, but they were met by 80 of the Guide Cavalry under Capt. Sandford and two Rissaldars and ^s°war(s lT,ere killed on the field. The rest got off to Delhi. The sense of impending danger has roused the energies of the Pandies, and they talk of nothing but defence and are making Dumdummas near thf magazine, and between the Cashmere and Cabulee gates. But experience has hitherto shown that those energies fail when the moment of action arrives and I think it is generally a source of congratulation that the rebels are not availing themselves of the many avenues of escape. The population appears quiescent. Major Campbell, of the Artillery, was wounded by a grape shot in the leg in Battery, and Lieut. Lockhart is also wounded. The enemy was quieter last night, and the casualty return for the last 24 hours is I hope moderate. The erection of Xo. 11 costs a good many men." HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Thursday morning, information was issued from the chief police office, Great Scotland-yard, Whitehall, of a daring highway robbery and attempted murder, for which a reward of JC20 is offered for the conviction of the offenders. It appears that as James Paice, carter to Mr. Charles B. Smith, was proceeding from Maylea Farm to Wickham. between the hours of eight and nine o'clock at night, on Monday last when he was brutally attacked by two men, who knocked him down, and then severely beat him over the head and face with a bludgeon, and left him in a state of insensibility, bleeding profusely. They then robbed him of his silver watch and 33s.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON CORN MARKET—FRIDAY. Sellers of English wheat at reduced rates of Monday met with little business. Few buyers of foreign supply large, and price declining. Flour inactive. Barley dull, and rather lower. Oats in abundant supply not much demand terms rather lower. Few buyers of beans or peas. Seeds dull and declining MTRTADE°V?RVTDILF at^ > MARKET- FRIDAY. Trade very clllll at Monday's 48. to 58. 10d. to 4s. 8d. to 59. 8J.; 4s. M- to 5s.; pork, 3&. lOJ. to 411. 8el. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—FRID \Y A very dull feeling, and owing to the absence £ buyers very little business was doing; p, ice8 were nominally without change but to effect sale a further redncHnn must be conceded Flour and wheat offering largely, and a fair supply of other grain. u WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET-FRIDAY. Fair show of grain buyers limit their purchases to the supply of their immediate wants the business passing is of a retail character at the following declinesWheat, barley, Is. to 2s. and beans and peas, 2s. per qr. «g ■———

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. [XK°"otjces ?f marriages, births, or deaths, will in future be in sender.] ^h.utLcated the uame and of x, IStrlfis. fr.. a s^n.th0 12th inSt at Abercarn> Mre. T. S. Edwards, of On the 9th inst the wife of Mr. Noah Watkins, grocer Agincourt-square, Monmouth, of twin sons. &rocer» R°R ?err}3th iCp" at HartlanJ« Devon, the wife of K. rv. G. Thomas, Esq., surgeon, of a son. tfflamagre. On the 14th inst at Llantar nam \< A lips to Miss Sarah Gee, both of Pontypool. Lately, at Llanhilleth, by the liev. James Hughes, rector, Mr, John Williams to Miss Elizabeth C. Roberts, both of Pontypool. On the 12th inst., at the Independent Chapel, Mon- mouth, by the Rev. W. Campbell, M.A., Mr. John Phil- lips to Miss Rebecca Evans, both of Raglan. On the 14th inst at Llanelly parish church, by the Rev. Arthur Gnfhths, Mr. John Watkins, Ebbw Vale fo Miss Jane Watkins, eldest daughter of Mr. Tho-nio w kins, Swan Inn, Llanelly. A&Odaaa Wat- On the same day, at the same place bv tho p.. » Griffiths, Mr. John Evans to Aliss MJrv R<!v. I A^hur elly.—Also, Mr. John Price to Mi« iu Roberts, Llan- of Llanelly. t0 Mlss ,ohwn» Smith, both Ontbe 15th inst., at Newrfort Mr. WilHam Jones, tin-piate worker r a^8hter of aged 15 years. Deceased had been fl' Commercial-street, lar attendant at St. Pml' i some years a regn- esteemed by her teacher,^ f n °^' anc* was greatly attention and fellow-pupils for her diligent On the 20th ^7ic' expiuplary behaviour. off Sydney \v'iiln shipwreck of tbe Dunbar, midshininfn *1 7 Butler Williams, aged 16, beloved eldest son of Thomas R. Wil- f-v 'st3'» C&erleon, Monmouthshire. n the 28th of Sept., drowned off tbe North Cape, on his passage home from Archangel, Mr. William Curtis, of A ew Market-street, Newport, aged 50 years, leaving a widow and three children to mourn their loss. On the 14th instant, at Baneswell, Newport, Mr. Wm. Dillon, painter, bo., in tbe employ of Messrs. J. and T* P. Wansbrougb, aged 49 years. Deceased was for many jews actively engaged in the Caffre War. He was much respected by a numerous circle of relatives and friends. On the 14th instant, at Mellon's bank \r William Stuckey, aged 69 years Wport' Mr- port Dock, Joba.aonof^^olin/^gj?^111 the New* On the 18th instant, at theSl^ 14 £ eara- William Morgan, aged 20 years D« near Bassalleg, Mr. fears in the employ of Mr. Charles f1"17 rod is deeply regretted KTT ^mith, porter stores, rod friends. y numerous circle of relatives M^Tbomas^Thom411^ at Farm. near Christchurch, ^eatlv ««Wml r^ PL90D,' aSed 67 years. Deceased wal O. f^7u d for hls kindness of disposition. On the 17th instant, at Bedwas, Mrs. Blanch Thomas, in8t*' ,at Llantarnam, Mr. David Llewellin A 90th year of his age. 4tli ult > at Boston' tf-S-, Mary, the beloved wif» of Captain J. L. Chambers, and third daughter of Mr. James, Bassalleg, leaving two children to lament th« Lose of an affectionate mother, ion of an affectionate mother,