The Welshman

CAMBRIAN HOUSE, CARMARTHEN. JOHN HOWELL BEGS respectfully to inform the Public, that he is now prepared to submit to notice his WINTER B STOCK of MILLINERY & STRAW BONNETS, MANTLES, JACKETS, HATS, DRESS-CAPS, FANCY & KNICKERBOCKER DRESSES, SHAWLS, HOSIERY, &c., &c., &c. The favour of an Eat ly Call is solicited. October 13th, 1864. AUTUMN AND WINTER GOODS. NOTT-SQUARE. DAVIES, BROTHERS RESPECTFULLY inform their Friends and the Public in general, that on and after TUESDAY next, the 18th inst., they will SHOW their NEW GOODS for the above Seasons, and the favour of an early call will oblige. They beg to direct especial attention to their Woollen Department, which will be found to contain a new and carefully-selected Stock. A Vacancy for a respectable lad as an Apprentice. Carmarthen, October 12th, 1864. ONE POUND REWARD. LOST, a month ago, in the neighbourhood of JLj St. Clears, a LIVER-COLORED SET fER BITCH, resembling an Irish Retriever. Whoever will restore her to the Editor of tbi3 Paper shall reeeive the above Reward. CARMARTHENSHIRE. MESSRS. JOHN DAVIES and THOMAS l?i- GRIFFITHS beg respectfully to announce that they have received instructions to SELL by AUCTION, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 22, 1864, at 2 o'Clook in the After- noon (subject to Conditions of Sale to be then and there produced), at the CAWDon ABMS HOTEL, LLANDILO, the I undermentioned FREEHOLD PROPERTY, I In Four Lots, viz. LOT 1. All that valuable Freehold Farm, called PISTILLGWYN, situate in the parish of Talley, comprising a recently-built commodious Farm-House, Barn, Carthouse and Store room over, Stable, Cowhouse, and Pigsties, all substantially built, slated an,1 in good repair, and 63A. 2R. 2p, of good Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Lind, lying compaotly together and bounded by lands of Sir James Drummond, Bart., and Wyndham Lewis, Esq. PISTILLQWVN is within about seven miles of the Market Town of Llandilo, and within about two miles of the pro- jected Llandilo and Lampeter Railway, and in the occupa tion of Mrs Esher Davies, yearly tenant. LOT 2.—All that desirable Freehold Messuage and Lands, called BANK LLANFIHANGEL, situate in the parish of Talley, and within 7 miles of Llandilo, comprising 6A. OR. 24P., of rich Pasture and Meadow Land, wita convenient Dwelling-house, Workshop, Cowhouse, and Pigsty, in good repair, surrounded by lands of Sir James DrummonJ, Bart and in the occupation of Mr. David Thomas, yearly tenant LOT 3.-All that improvable Freehold Farm, including Timber, called CWMMAWB, situate in the parish of Llan-I sadwrn, within seven miles of Llandilo, and within a mile of the Llandilo and Lampeter Turnpike Road, and the same distance of the projected railway to Lampeter, and probable Station at the Cross Road to Llansadwra and Cwmdn, com- prising 49a. 2R. 23p. of good Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, bounded in great part by lands of David Jones, Esq., M.P., and in the occupation of Mr Morgan Griffiths, yearly tenant. LOT 4.—All that improvable and valuable Freehold Sheep and Stock Farm called BRYNGWYN, otherwise BRYNGWYNBACH, situate in the parish of Llansadwrn, comprising a most commodious Farm House, very con- venient and extensive farmery all slated, substantially built buildings in good repair, and 75A. 2R. 4p. of dry Pasture, Arable, and Meadow land, adjoining Lot 3, and otherwise bounded by lands of Henry Foley, Esq Abermarlais Park, and James Morgan, Esq., Llandovery; Bryngwyn is in the occupation of Mr David Price, yearly tenant. Further particulars may be obtained of Messrs. POTTER and KNIGHT, Solicitors, Manchester; J. P. LEWIs, Esq., Solicitor, Llandilo; of the Auctioneers; and of Mr E. J. GRIFFITHS, Land Surveyor, Berthlwyd, Llandilo, at whose Offioe Maps of the Farms may be seen, and the Tenants will shew their respective Farms. Berthlwyd, September 22nd, 1864. CARMA RT HENS HIRE. VALUABLE FREEHOLD FARM FOR SALE MR. J. HOWELL THOMAS has received in- structionB 10 SELL by AUCTION, at tho Ivy BUSH HOTEL. Carmarthen, on SATURDAY, the 29th day of OCTOBER, 1864, at half-past Two o'clock in the afternoon, the very desirable and highly improvable FARM. known as II LLETTYCARY," otherwise" LLETTYCARIAD," situate in the parish of Llandefeilog, about Two miles from the Town of Carmarthen, and One mile from the Carraar- then Junction Railway Station, containing by admeasure- ment 33A. 2a. 31 p., or thereabouts, of excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, in the oocupation of the pro- prietor, Mr David White. The above Farm possesses substantial Buildings, some of which have been recently erected, is well supplied with water, has good road*, and presents a favourable site for building a residence. Lime and Coal can be obtained in the immediate vicinity, aod at a small outlay this compact Property may be very greatly improved. Full par, icslare may be had of the AUCTIONEER, at his Offices in Carmarthen and Llandilo. Estate Agency Offices, Nott Square, Carmarthen, 5th October, 1864. GOGERDDAN, NEAR ABERYSTWITH. Important Sale of Extra Live Stock, Horses, Stallions, Blood Stock, Guernsey, Alderney and other Cows, Fat Stock, Black and Store Stock, Fat' Pigs, Im- plements, Swedes, and Potatoes, well-harvested Hay, &c., &c. MR. G. T. SMITH has been honoured with instructions from PRYSE PRYSE, Esq, to offer for SALE by AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, the 2nd and 3rd days of NOVEMBER, 1864, at 1 o'clock precisely each day, at the FARM BUILDINGS at GOGERDDAN, a laue and very valuable assortment of LIVK & DEAD STOCK, GROWING CROPS, & IMPLEMENTS of HUSBANDRY, comprising 2 Gjernsey, 1 Alderney, and 4 other Cows, all in-calf; 14 Fat Oxen, principally Hcrefords 13 Devons as Store Stock; 7 Black Steers and Heifers; 5 Fat Pigs; a fine pair of Carriage Horses, quiet it) douole AND single harness; several other Horses and Stallions, including; Sambo," "Bellhaner," Blue Pill," &e., &c. THE YOUNG STOCK will include 6 Fillies and Colts of excellent pedigree; and 3 capital Cart Horses will also be offered. THE IMPLEMENTS consist of 1 Corn Drill to sow 10 rows, by Garrett & Co. 1 Horse Hoe to match ditto Turnip Drill to sow manure with the seed, all by the same maker a Liquid Manure Cart, by Muuro, of Bristol; a Box Cart a very superior Sawinn Machine, and Chaffeutter. Of the GROWING CROP 460 Drills of SWEDES, and a large quantity of POTATOES, aud Two Ricks of well. harvested HAY, which is to be seen at Cwmcynfelin, and specimens of which will be produced at the Sale. The owner will make one bid for the Stallions and Sawing Machine, but upon no other lot, and Credit for Three Months will be given on all purchases abuye Xj, u pon ap- proved Security. The first day's Sale will comprise the Live Stock, &c., and the Implements and Growing Crops, &c., will be sold on the second day. The AUCTIONEER respectfully begs to oall the attention of Breeders, Dealers, and Agriculturists, to this most Sale, as the Stock and other articles comprised therein are of the finest description, and toe Cattle of the most ap- proved breeds in the Principality, the whole offering an opportunity to purchasers seldom to be met with. Catalogues describing each lot will be ready in a few days, and may be had of the Auctioneer, and at the prin- cipal Hotels in the neighbourhood. Luncheon will be on the table at 12 o'clock precisely, and the SAle to commence at One. e. Gogerddan is within a few minutes' walk of the Bow-street Station of the Cambrian Railway. LLANDOVERY. Valuable Freehold Property for Sale. M R. REES AUGUSrUS will SELL by AUC- TION, at the CASTLE HOTEL, LLANDOVERY, on SATURDAY, the 22nd day of OCTOBER, 1864, at Two o'clock in the afternoon, the several Messuages, Dwelling Houses, Farms, and Lands, comprised in the following Lots LOT I.-All that Dwelling house, Yard, and Premises, called the CHANCELLOR'S HEAD, situate in Hiirh Street, in the town ofLiandovery, in the occupation of Mr John Thomas, at the yearly rent of L7. LOT 2.—All that Messuage Dwelling House, or Public House, called the STAl and GAUTEli, with y ird, stable, outhou-es thereunto belonging, situate in High Street, afore- tail, in the occupation of Mr Rues Roderick, at the yearly rent of 113. LOT 3.-All that site of a Ilearoaze or Dwelling House. formerly called GEORGE the FOURTH, situate in High Street aforesaid. LOT 4 -All that Messuage Tenement Farm and Lands PWLLUCHAF, containing 87A. 3R. 25P., situate in the parish of Llywell, in the county of Brecon, and in the occu- pation of Thomas Thomas, at the low rent yearly rent of ;C2.i, under an agreement of which there are two years unexpired. There is a valuable right of common belonging to this Farm.. LOT 5-AU that Messuage or Tenement Farm and Lands called CLOSE, otherwise TYRYCLO, situate in the parish of Llywell afure.aid. containing 110A. OR. lgp., and in the occupation of ltees Roderick, as tenant from year to year, at the low yearly rent of X51, There is also a valuable right of cordm, u belonging to this farm on tbe Treca.tle e Mountain. This Farm will be intersected by the intendej Railway from Llandovery to Strny Bridge. Further particulars may be obtained by applying to Mr RF.E. AUGUSTUS, the Auctioneer, or to Messrs. MORGAN & EVANS, So icitors, Llandovery. The premises will be shown by the Tenants. Llandovery Sel,t. 21st, 1864, TO FAMILIES. PURE WINES AND SPIRITS, At No. 19, Queen-street, Carmarthen, The New Premises to which J. H. SMITH AND Co., (Formerly Tardrew and Smith, Medical and Chemical Hall King.street), Chemists and Druggists, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Hop and Seed Merchants, have recently R E 1 0 V E D. Agents for—The Royal Insurance Company, Horniman's Pure Tea, Cassell's Choice Coffees, Ridley's Anticorrosion Paint, The London Manure Company, And Henri's Horse and Cattle Food. NEW WINTER VETCHES. DAVID HARRIES, of Blaencawdd, in the parish t of Conwil Cayo, in the County of Carmarthen, farmer, grazier, and cattle dealer, dealer and chapman, and also a8 commission agent, adjudged Bankrupt on the 8th day of AUGUST, 1864. An Order of Discharge was granted by the Court of Binkruptcy for the Bristol District, at Bristol, on the 4h day of OCTOBER, 1834. THE LLANDYSSIL NEW MONTHLY MARKET, MAJOR LEAVES, LIysnewyld, President. Rev. T. LLOYD, Gilfachwen,' Vice-President. Mr. REEs THBMAS, Criborfawr, Treasurer. THIS Market, will be held in this town every TThird Tuesday in each Month, to commence on the IS h instant, when various prizes will be offered by the Society, to the owners of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, &c., ex- hibited on the said day, according to handbills. J. D. THOMAS, Secretary. Llandyssil, October 3rd, 1864. CARMARTHENSHIRE. MESSRS. DAVIES & GRIFFITHS will SELL by AUCTION, at the CAWDOR ARM HOTEL, LLAN- DIDO, on SATURDAY, 22nd of OCTOBER inst., at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon (subject to such Conditions of Sale a* shall be then and there produced), all those THREE MESSUAGES or DWELLING-HOUSES, with the Ap- purtenances thereto, situate on the Bank, in the Town of Llandilo, and now in the several occupations of John Richards, Griffith Edwards, and Elizabeth Thomas, or their undertenants. The Tenants will shew the Premises, and for further par- ticulars apply to DAVID LONG PRICE, Esq,, Solicitor, Talley and Llandilo. Talley, Oct. 3rd, 1864. CARMARTHENSHIRE. SALE OF THE PWLLYWHEAD ESTATE- MESSRS. GOODE & OWEN will offer for iVJL SALE by AUCTION, at the FARMER'S ARMS INN, WIlIrLAND, on TUESDAY, 25th OCTOBER, 1834, at One for Two o'Clock precisely, the highly important and very valuable Estate of PWLLYWHEAD, situate in the parishes of Langan and Llanboidy, com- prising the Farm-Housp, Yard, Garden, and Out-Buildings ot P "Ily -bead, the go,,d F rm-House, and Orfices, called BRYNBANK. the FARMER'S ARMS INN, in the Village of Whitland. and about Three Hundred and Twenty-Two Acres of very rich MEADOW & PASTURE LAND, including thriving Plantations. The PWLLYWHEAD ESTATE is situate about 200 yards from the Whitland Station of the South Wales itailway in the midst of a very rich Agricultural district, and sur- rounded by scenery of unsuipassed beauty. It has direct Riil and Road communication with all the principal Towns and Harbours of South Wales, The proposed Railway from Tenby to Whitland (for which an Act of Parliament has been obtained, and which will be immediately commenced), will make the Whitland Junction an increasingly important position, and will afford direct communication to the Towns of Narberth, Tenby, Pembroke, and Pembroke-Dock, on the south side of the far-famed Milford Haven. Very valuable Building Sites exist along the road leading from Narberth to Carmarthen wuioh runs near to, and parallel with the South Wales Railway for nearly half a mile. To the Capitalist as an investment it stands pre-eminent, while to the Country Gentlemen its advantageous situation, in the midst of a well watered, wooded, and fertile district, renders it a most delightful position for a residence. It aSords every kind of sports, such as Fox Hunting, Shooting, and Fishing. The Lands up to last December, and for a long period were let as Dairy Farms to respectable Yearly Tenants ar a Rental amounting to about £ 750 per annum, the Landlord paying Tithes, Rates, and Taxes. The Estate will be offered in One Lot, and if not sold, in Seven Lots, as described in the Particulars of Sale. Plans and Particulars are in course of preparation, and may be obtained ot Mr W. H. OWES, Solicitor, Narberth of Messrs. GOODE & OWES. Estate Agents and Valuers, Haverfordwest; Dr. BENJAMIN THOMAS, Ltanelly or of Mr. JOHN GRIFFITHS, Woodtield, Narberth. CARMARTHENSHIRE. VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE FOR SALE. | R. WALTER LLOYD has been favored with 1'JL instructions from the Trustees of the late SAMUEL TARDREW, ESQ, to offer for SALE BY AUCTION, at the OAR'S HEAD HOTEL, Carmarthen, (subject to Condi- tions of Sale), on SATURDAY, the 22ud day of OCTOBER, 1864, at Two o'clock pm., all that very desirable Property called the FFYNNON LLWYD ESTATE, containing by admeasurement (including roads) 292a. Or. 20p. LOT 1. WAUN ISAF, otherwise WAIN KELLY NEWIDD, containing by admeasuremeut la. 2r. 5p. of rich productive Meadow Land. N.B. —If the above should not be sold as a single Lot, it will be offered for sale with Lot 5. LOT 2 -All that Messuage, Tenement, and Lands called the FARMER'S ARMS, comprising a good Dwelling-house Stable, Cow-house, and other Offices, and containing by admeasurement 32a. Or. 17p. of good Arable, Pasture, and Wood Land. LOT 3.-All that capital Pasture Field called PARK TIR- CALCH, containing by admeasurement 10a. Or 30p. LOT 4. —All those Fields and Lands, with a Cottage and Garden, called LAND Wit, and containing by admeasure- ment 57a. Or. 35p., of good Pasture, Meadow, Arable, and Wood Land. Tbe Trustees have been informed by several competent persons that there is every prospect of a very valuable SLATE QUARRY being u;der this Lot. LOT 5-AII tlJat very excellent Farm and Lands called FFYNON LL WYD, comurising a substantial built Farm House, with convenient Farm Buildings, recently built,Two Cottages and Garden, and very productive Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and Wood Land. Total acreage of Land and Build- ings, 187a. Or. 37p. All the foregoing Five Lots are let to very respectable per- sons as Tenants from year to year. There are several Plantations of Larch of considerable extent; also a number of Ornamental and other Trees in Lots 2, 4. and 5 these have been valued by the Auctioneer, and a separate sum apportioned upon each Lot as the price thereof to be paid by the Purchaser or Purchasers in addi- tion to the purchase money, which sums will be stated at the time of the sale. The Vendors reserve to themselves the right to offer Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5 in One Lot, and if not not sold, then in separate Lots, as ab ive. This Estate is pleasantly situated on the side of the road leading from Saint Clear's to Llanboidy, and is within three uiiies of the Saint Clear's Station on the South Wales Rail- way. Most of the Land has a Southern aspect, is all witnin a ring fence, exceedingly compact, plentifully watered, and well stocked with Game. The excellent shooting, fishing, and fidd sports around, together with the well arranged belts and clumps of Plantations and Ornamental Trees, and being situated in a neighbourhood that commands extensive and delightful views, all combine to make the Estate eligible for building a Gentleman's Residence. Such an oppor- tunity rarely occuis. The celebrated Pack of Fox hounds, belonging to W. R. H Po-ell, Esq., Of Maesgwynne, hunt the immediate neigh- bourhood. Particulars, with Plans of the Estate, are in course of pre. paration, and may be had on and after Saturday, the 24th day of September instant, of Mr. Thomas George, No. 33, Blue-st.eet, Carmarthen of the Auctioneer, at his Offices at Carmarthen and Mydrim and also of MR. RICHARD GARDNOR, Solicitor, Carmarthen. Carmarthen, Sept. 3rd, 1861.. FOR SALE, a pair of excellent CART or -F PLOUGH MARES, young.—Apply to Mr. AINSLIE, Cottage, Llanstephan. WANTED, by a highly-respectable person, who is ?i?ing up Housekeeping. a situation as HOUSE KEEPER to asingle gentleman or widower. Salary not so much an object as a comfortatle home. Further particulars by letter.-Address, M. A. J., WELSHMAN Office, Car- marthen. TO IRONMONGERS' ASSISTANTS. WANTED, an active, energetic Man, 28 to 30 TT years of age, whose character will bear the strictest enquiry, as all Assistant (in the house) to the general Ironmongery Business, with a knowledge of Book-keeping and workmen's time. Apply, stating age, salary, reference, and other particu- lars, to HODGES and WRIGHT, Brecon. THE ISLANDS FARM, GUMFRESTON, NEAR TENBY. 286 Acres, in One or Two Farms. TO BE LET, with immediate possession. No Tone need apply who cannot command sufficient capital, References required. Landlord will advance money for draining, Vtc.Ipply, by letter, to W. H. HOOPER, Esq. Solicitor, Tenby. WALES.—NEAR ABERYSTWITH. t TVithin a few minutes' walk of Olan Dovey Station. TO BE LET, for a term or by the year, well and handsomely furnished, Y N Y S H I H. HOUSE, beautifully situated on the estuary of the Dovey, containing Hall and Three Reception Rooms, eleven Bedrooms, capital Stable, Coach-house, Walled Garden, good supply of water, and four acres of Meadow Land, witti right of shooting ovet upwards of a 1000 acres of wild and varied sporting, with excellent fishinz. The House will be vacant the first week in November, but the right of shooting Of\U bo obtained immediately. Fox-hounds and Harriers hunt the neigh- bourhood. For rent, &c., apply to W. S. CREALOCK, Esq., Laura Place, Aberystwith. CARMARTHENSHIRE. TO BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. PERSONS willing to Contract with the County J? of Carmarthen, for the erection of a DOUBLE LOCY- UP HOUSE at Llanboidy, may see the Plans and Specifica- tions at my Office, No. 33, Blue-street, Carmarthen, on and after MONDAY, the 24th inst. Tenders m ist be sent in on or before SATURDAY, the 19th dav of November next. The lowest tender will not neoessarily be accepted. T. GEORGE, County Surveyor. October 14th, 1864. LLANDILO LOCAL BOARD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Copy Nof the Bye-Laws proposed to be adopted by the Llandilo Local Board is now deposited at the Odice of the said Board, situate in Abbot-street, Llandilo, and open during office hours thereat to the inspection of the ROlte- payers of the District to which such Bye-Laws relate, without fee or reward. And Notice is hereby further given, that the said Local Board intend, at the expiration of One Month fro:n the day of the publication of this Notice, to submit the said Bye-Laws for the confirmation of the Secre- tary of State for the Home Department. By Order, GEO. WILLIAMS, Clerk to the said Local Board. Llandilo, Oct. 12th, 1864. TO THE ELECTORS ■OF THE UNITED BOROUGHS OF CARMARTHEN AND LLANELLY. GENTLEMEN, I have received Two Requisitions, signed respectively by 356 Electors of Carmarthen, and by 165 Electors of Llanelly (being a large majority of the Voters on the Register), inviting me to become a Candidate for the honour of repre- senting you in the House of Commons in the place of your late lamented Member. Such a mark of confidence, emanating not from my Friends and Neighbours only, but also from a large body of Electors, to many of whom I am personally unknown, and for whose good opinion I feel I am mainly indebted to their lively recollection of the services of my late Relative, is most gratifying to me, and precludes the possibility of any hesitation on my part in complying with their rfquest. I therefore cordially respond to the call :made upon me, and in doing so. I am deeply sensible of the importance of I the Trust which I now ask you to confide to my keeping, and of my inability adequately to supply the loss you hive sustained by the death of one who represented you so faith- fully and so long as your late Member. I shall, you may rest assured, endeavour to justify the kind preference of my Friends by a diligent and indepen- dent discharge of my Public Duties, and by an anxious desire to promote your Local Interests by every means in my power. Having resided all my life in one of your Boroughs, and having always identified myself with the Liberal Party, I feel it is unnecessary for me to enter into any lengthened exposition of my Political Opinions. It will, I trust, be safficient for me to assure you that they are in unison with those which your late Member so consistently held, and which, for the lon4 period of Twenty-seven 'years, obtained for him your uninterrupted confidence and support. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant, W. MORRIS. Carmarthen, 0ot. 12th, 1864.

As this is the season when new railway works are proposed, it may not be uninteresting to our readers if we describe the schemes which are now under consideration, and for which it is probable application will be made in the next session --of Parliament. Some confusion has arisen from th-3 imperfect, and at times grossly incorrect statements which appear, first of all m the daily papers, and are then copied into many of our contemporaries. Almost every new pro- ject in South Wales is adapted to the existing condition of the railway system. Formerly, when there was no railways in the country, and the value of local traffic was disregarded, we had from time to time gigantic undertakings from the north and the midland counties of England running direct to our great harbour, or conceived so as to form part of the thoroughfare from our manufacturing towns to America and the Colonies. These grand projects all failed, except the South Wales, and to their failure we owe the very slow progress that railways, until recently, have made in this country. And, the South Wales itself, is not what it was originally intended to be. It was to have gone to Fish- guard, for the Irish traffic, but 0 at the last moment it was foun d impracticable, and the main line was diverted from Clarbeston-road about twelve miles east of Fishguard, through Haver- ford west, to Milford Haven, and the line from Whitland to the southern shores of Milford. Haven was abandoned. We will not now in- quire into the cause of failure, but it has alwajS II seemed certain that sooner or later the Fishguard line would be completed. Fishguard is a de- sirable port, and the line would open up the shortest and best route from London to the .south of Ireland. It was feare d that the Milford, Fishguard, and Cardigan Junction railway would delay the completion of this line, and on that ground it was vigorously opposed. There is no reason why they should interfere with one another, and so far as we can now learn, it is probable that both these lines will be completed. The hands of the Great Western Company arc tied by a resolution, which restrains the Direction from entering upon any further extension of their lines. They cannot do anything at present, if they were so disposed, but an independent company has undertaken to make the line from Clarbeston-road to Fishguard, completing, in fact, Mr Brunei's original scheme. The Engineer is Mr Brereton, under whose instructions Mr Armstrong, of Car- marthen, is now engaged in making the neces- sary Parliamentary survey. We are also informed that it is proposed that the Fishguard line should be extended to Milford and Neyland by narrow guage, and also to Pencader. The particulars of this scheme have not yet transpired. If these Lines are made, so far as Pembrokeshire is con- cerned, the railway system will be tolerably complete. All the more populous towns will be connected, and Milford Haven will have direct communication, by the broad and narrow guage, with the manufacturing towns in England. It is rumoured, but we have no authority for the statement, that the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company contemplate laying down a third rail from Neyland to Carmarthen. The chances are that this is mere rumour, for it is not long since they declined an offer of the Pembroke and Tenby Company, to lay down another rail from Whitland to Tenby, for the broad guage traffic, if they would provide accommodation for the narrow guage traffic from Whitland to Carmarthen. The Pembroke and Tenby Company want an unbroken narrow guage communication with the north. In a very short time the only break will be from Whitland to Carmarthen. The Tenby, Narberth, and Whitland line is in progress, and will be finished in two years, and as the Company have no ruuning powers over the South Wales, and a break of guage would be disastrous to their interests, they have determined to apply to Parliament in the next session for au inde- pendent narrow guage line. The survey is now being made. ,It is uncertain whether they will succeed in their application, but they must gain their object, which is an unbroken guage from Pembvoke-Dock, through Tenby, Narberth, and Whitland, to Carmarthen, where it will join the narrow guage systems of the country. The line from Carmarthen to Llandilo will shortly be opened and its promoters, anxious to secure for it a large through traffic, intend applying to Parliament for an extension from Llandilo to Trecastle. At present the Vale of Towy line runs from Llandilo to Llandovery, and in the last session an Act was obtained to make a line from Llandovery to Trecastle where it joins the Brecon Junction. Objection has been ta ken to this route, and the extension now proposed is from the Llandilo and Teify Valley line, at Dolau- gleison, about a mile north of Llandilo, across the Vale of Towy railway at Talley Road station, then over the river Towy, passing the farmsteads of Glantowy, Dolgoy, Baili. Leaving Llangadock a mile to the west, it goes direct to the Sawdde Valley near Rhydsant and up through one of the smaller Valleys to Llanddeusant, into the Vale of Usk, and down to Trecastle. From some point of this line, if possible a branch will be thrown out to the lime rocks of the Black Mountain, but if that cannot be done a tramway only will be made. The gradients are easy throughout, and the land, for the most part, is of little value, being common moorland. The saving in distance over the Landovery route is six miles, and the works are less difficult. The Llandilo and Teify Valley Railway, which runs from Llandilo to Llanio, on the Manchester and xlii ford line, is in future to be known as the Swansea and Aberystwith Junction. It will be 1 remembered that an Act for this line was obtained in the last session. Some time since we heard that an extension from Llanio to Aberystwith was under consideration. The determination of its pro- moters has not reached us. There arc, however, two other schemes which might have deterred them from action. In order to give a clear under- standing of the various proposals it is necessary to state that the Manchester and Milford line as at first laid down extended from Pencader, where it joins the Carmarthen and Cardigan, to Llanidloes, by way of Lampeter, Tregaron, Pontrhydfendigaed, Devil's Bridge, and Llanguerig. "It was subsequently found that the section from Tregaron to Llan- guerig was commercially impracticable, and application was made in the last session for powers to divert it through Strata Florida, and some of the lesser valleys to Llanguerig, and also to abandon the branch from Devil's Bridge through the Rhcidol to Aberystwith, in favour of a branch from near Tregaron by Ystradmeurig, through the Ystwith Valley to Aberystwith. On account of some informality the application was rejected. The application will be renewed in the next session, the only change being in certain details which have been perfected. The Mid-Wales Company also propose extending their line to Aberystwith, adopting pretty nearly the same route from Strata Florida. The Mid-Wales line proper runs from Llanidloes through Rhayader to Talyllyn, near Brecon, and the extension is from Rhayader to Aberyst- with, through Strata Florida and the Ystwith Valley. So far as we can ascertain nothing is being done for the next session in the Vale of Ayron scheme. One other proposal we must notice. We refer to the contemplated conversion of the Kidwelly Canal into a railway. A meeting of the shareholders has been convened for Tuesday, the 25th inst., at Pembrey, when the subject will be fully discussed. Other schemes are mentioned, which we have not noticed, because they have not assumed a definite form. We shall have occasion to refer to these proposals in detail, when they have been matured. Our object so far has only been to explain what is under consideration by several public companies, without expressing any opinion as to the merits of the several projects.

ST. ISHMAEL'S.—HARVEST THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL. Thanksgiving services for the Harvest are now happily becoming very general, and few are the parishes in this county where the whole or a part of a week day" is not annually dedicated to the holy purpose of repairing to the parish church to thank God for the fruits of the earth. Wo now proceed with our report of St. Ishmael's Harvest Home Festival, which was held on Thursday last. At 2 o'clock the inhabi- tants of Llansaint and neighbourhood met in that village, and walked thence in order to St. Ishmael's with their banner, on which was inscribed Llansaint Harvest Home," and the children bearing tufts of corn tied with red ribbon. Their procession was pretty, though it must be acknowledged that the villagers and farmers did not master so strongly as they should have done on so great an occasion. At the same hour the inhabitants of Ferryside and vicinity met at the parish school in large numbers, with some 20 or 30 banners, and several small sheaves of corn. Having arranged themselves, the procession, led by the band of the Llanelly volunteers, marched towards St. Ishmael's. Seldom have we witnessed a prettier sight than this, so many banners fluttering in the breeze, so many small sheaves of corn lifted up above the procession as it moved along, and above all so many christian people, with hearts full of the joy of harvest, proceeding to the House of their God, to thank Him for the fruit of the earth. At 3 o'clock a very large congregation entered the church, which was tastefully decorated In the chancel stood a large sheaf of wheat loosely twined round with ivy. On the East wall was the text, I am the bread of life," composed of ivy leaves and wheat ears, the front also was dressed with barley, oats, and evergreens. Prayers were said by the vicar, the Rev. Owen Jones. A very excellent sermon was preached in English by the Rev Latimer Jones, who took for his text, I Cor. x, 31, Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." The Welsh sermon, which was very good and most appropriate for the occasion, was preached by the Vicar of Pembrey, from Isaiah ix, 3, They joy before Thee as they joy in harvest. The collection, which was in aid of the county Infirmaiy, amounted to X3 IS Gd After service the procession again formed, and re- turned to Ferryside, where the children weio dismissed with a few buns each, & li); adults enjoyed their Harvest Home supper at the schools, which the ladies had decorated with exquisite taste. Everybody having done amply justice to the many good things which Mrs Hart, White Lion, had provided for them, and grace being said, the Vicar with a few brief remarks, pro- posed the healths of the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, all other members of the Royal Family, the Bishop and Clergy, with whom he mentioned the. preachers of the day. Each of these toasts were received with much cheering. The Rev Latimer Jones in responding to the last toast, said he regretted that Mr Jones, of Pembrey, had just left, whose duty it would have been to return thanks. However, he need not shirk the duty he waS called to perform for it was a most easy one. When the Bishop's name was mentioned everybody could say something. Though not a Welshman by birth, he was a Welshman naturalized, and in one sense he was possibly a far better Welshman than any body in that room. Mr Goring Thomas next proposed the health of the Vicar; who had provided for ttiem the services of the day, and had assisted so much in getting up the Festi- val. The Vicar, in returning thanks for the kind way in which his name had been received, said that when it was suggested to him by Mr Goring Thomas that they should get up a Harvest Home supper on the same day with the Harvest Thanksgiving services, he was pleased with the suggestion, and expressed his willing- ness to assist but after all he had done very little. All the labour had fallen upon Mr Goring Thomas this was not as it should be, and if they were spared to see another Harvest Festival, he hoped every one who was present that evening, would willingly do his share of the labour that was necessary to get it up. As he had already said, the suggestion of having a Harvest Home supper pleased him very much, for it seemed to him such a nice opportunity to bring all his parishioners together. If one thing give him more pain than another, ever since ho became Vicar of the parish it was their manifold divisions. The rich and the poor spoke different languages, and in consequence of that had very little intercourse with each other. He could testify that the rich were always ready to feel for their poorer brethren when in distress, and that the poor were truly grateful for any kindness that was shewn to them. If, however, they met oftener, they would know each other better, and in proportion to the better knowledge they had of each other, he ventured to say, their sympathy and love for each other would increase. Again, as Christian people, he regretted to say that they were sadly divided. Each section of Christians as- sociated almost entirely with the members of that section, and the result too often was, that they lost all affection for everybody else, and they looked upon all other Christians with jealousy. This was not as it should be. He was proud of that day, because he saw his Christian parishioners for once forgetting their differences, and as children of the same God, wor- shipping him together. He believed the day would come, though he could not hope to see it, when God's children will have no differences to forget. Rev William Reed next proposed the health of Mr Goring Thomas, and alluded to all that he had done for Ferryside during his residence in the parish. Mr Goring Thomas briefly returned thanks for tho kind way in which his name was received. Rev Latimer Jones proposed the health of Mr Reed and strangers. Mr Reed in returning thanks spoke in grateful terms of the kindness of the people of Ferryside to him, since he had undertaken the Sunday duties at the chapel. The Rev Mr Sloggett returned thanks for the strangers, and said that during the last few years of his residence in India, he had observed in English news- papers, that Harvest Thanksgiving Festivals were becoming very general. This was the first he had witnessed since his return to England, and as a stranger he must say that he considered it a privilege to join in it. Mr Goring Thomas then proposed the health of Mr Finch and Mr Mathias, who had rendered good service in the processions. Mr Finch briefly returned thanks. The Vicar next proposed the health of Capt Cross and Mr Penson, who, though unable to be present, had kindly subscribed liberally towards tho expenses of the Festival. The last toast was the health of the gentlemen who distributed the tickets for the supper. Mr Jones, Cwmbwry, in returning thanks made a graceful allusion to Mr Goring Thomas, who had so ably filled the chair on a similar occasion some 5 years ago, and then proceeded to tell his brother farmers that he generally succeeded in getting his harvest over before any of his neighbours that the secret of his success was this,—he fed his men well and often, and was always kind to them, that he allowed his men last summer to go to Merthyr with the Excursion train, and paid half their expences, and that the men soon made up to him for such kindness. After singing God save the Queen," the company broke up much pleased with the day's proceedings.

LLANG UNNOOK.-SuDDEX DEATH.—On Tuesday last an inquest was held before George Thomas, Esq., coroner, on the body of John Broadwood, a farmer residing at Ffald, in the parish of Llangunnock, who died suddenly on the previous day, under the circn m- stances narrated in the following evidoncoJohn Davies, a labourer on the farm ocoupied by the deceased, said: I came to service here last All-hallowtide. The deceased and his wife, with their children, and a female servant, made up the family. The deceased was about forty-six years of a¡!o, and was a tolerably hearty man. He was a Scotchman. Ho died yesterday morning about nine o'clock. I saw him that morning about a quarter to six; we wore making hay-bands In the yard. He had only been at the work about a minute or two, twisting a straw rope, when he fell on

As we have already stated on more than one occasion, the great body of electors in the Pem- broke Boroughs are dissatisfied with Sir. Hugh Owen, who was returned specially to represent the commercial interests of Milford Haven. He so utterly neglected his constituents, and paid no attention whatever to the Haven, that it was determined at the next General Elec- tion to return some one in his stead. Mr Potter, the Chairman of the Great Western Rail- way Company, was fixed upon, as possessing in an eminent degree those qualities which 0 are required in the representation of such a place. He was waited upon by gentlemen of influ- ence connected with both the Conservati ve and Liberal parties, and after hearing their state- ments, be consented to become 0 a candidate. An lunderstanding was also come to with Mr Meyrick, who had some thought of again con- testing the borough against Sir Hugh Owen, and Mr Potter pledged himself not to oppose Mr Meyrick if he did so, but Mr Potter was then accepted as the candidate. So long as this arrangement s was adhered to there could be no doubt of Mr Potter's return. It has, however, been de- stroyed by Mr Meyrick, who has expressed his intention of coming forward, and Mr Potter is prevented by his promise from being one of the candidates. He has written to us tile following letter, which, we are sure, will be read with great regret, not only by the electors of the boroughs of ° Pembroke, but by all who take any interest in the commercial prosperity of Milford Haven. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "WELSHMAN." SIR) It is known, I believe, to most of your readers that in the spring of this year influential electors o the Pembroke Boroughs invited me to solicit the honour of representing the constituency in Parliament. Gentlemen connected with each of the political parties in the Boroughs were pleased to express the belief that, if elected I should be able, not unworthily or unsuccess- fully, to forward the interests of the district in the House of Commons, at a time when great industrial changes were in prospect, and when the spirit of enterprise was moving upon the waters of your noble Haven. It appears, however, from recent discussions and correspondence, that the present Member, Sir H. Owen, will certainly seek re-election, and that the Conservative candidate at the last election, Air. Meyrick, is prepared again to contest the Boroughs, if called upon by his friends. 1 AVith the interest of both political parties thus en- gaged, the position of a third candidate is clearly un- tenable, and would soon become a source, of embarrass- ment to many worthy electors. I beg you, therefore, to allow me to state, through your columns, that I have no pretension to sock the honour of representing the Pembroke Boroughs. I shall ask you further, Sir, to accept for yourself, and the conductors of the press which circulates in your district, my warm appreciation of the kind, courteous, and com- plimentary language used towards me personally, and I am, your obedient servant, RICHARD POTTER. Stan dish House, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, October 8th, 1864. It is not yet too late for Mr Meyrick to with- draw. A requisition to him has hoen suggested as hoon sla,este d asking him to retire in favour of Mr Potter, not with view of putting him altogether aside, but of securing for Milford the services of one who from his position, his personal influence, his com- mercial experience, and his intellectual fitness, is perhaps better qualified than any other person who has been named for the representation. At this moment Mr Potter is the candidate most acceptable to the :constituents, and we are con- vinced that if the real facts of the case were laid before Mr Meyrick he would not stand in the way of Mr Potter. It would be a thousand pities for Milford to lose the chance now offered. We have no political odpersonalmoti ves to serve, but having for more than thirty years advocated the commercial advantages of Milford Haven, we have some right to advise the electors in this matter.