The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

J. GREAT BRITAIN STORES, H SSIS&SB »!BSB G-SLM&Z&'Jt L. WALTER, TAILOR, WOOLLEN DRAPER, HATTER, & GENERAL OUTFITTER, IN announcing to the Public that he has iust received a very large Stock of the best manufactured FRENCH HATS, which he will sell at a lower rate than the general common Silk Hats, sold for French, begs to invite the attention of the Neighbourhood at large to his SPLENDID STOCK of READY-MADE CLOTHING, for the present Season and particularly wishes to impress on the Public that this is the first Establishment in Wales which has adopted the judicious plan of marking the Selling Price, in plain figures, on every Article-a plan which cannot fail to be hailed with admiration, because, while it realizes the most sanguine hopes of the economist, must be a source of pride to the Proprietor, based as it is on the most enlightened views, and conducted upon the most honor- able principles. L. WALTER confidently and positively asserts that his system must effect a greater saving to the Public, in the article of Dress, than ever yet has been realised in this part of the Kingdom. Aware that there is a general impression that lowness of price necessarily involves inferiority of quality, can unhesitatingly say, that with the facilities at his command and his practical experience in the Trade, he can secure lowness of price with every other concomitant advantage. L. W. earnestly solicits the attention of those persons who have not yet favoured him with a trial, confident that the result must be the general approbation and support of all parties who rightly appreciate the advantage of Fashionable Dress. The Proprietor of this Establishment, while he courts the custom of the wealthy, and renders it worthy their patronage by furnishing the very best material, and making up the same in the first style of the art, by the subjoined List of Prices, places the most elegant articles within the reach of all to whom economy is an object, with the addi- tional advantages of returning any article ordered which does not meet with their approbation. LIST OF PRICES FOR GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, MADE TO MEASURE. £ • s. d. £ 8. d. £ s d. Tweed Coat .from 0 12 0 Best quality manufactured.. 2 10 0 Albert and Polish 'Mixed Office Coats, handsomely CHILDREN'S DRESSES. T11D?E • • V 014 0 Office Coats, handsomely CHILDREN'S DRESSES. T11D?E • • V 014 0 made ,0 16 0! Black or Drab Kerseymere 0 15 0 Gent.'s Tweed Wrappers 0 17 6 Tunic, Vest, and Trousers.. 14 0 Best quality manufactured.. 12 0 Cachmerette, (all shades).. I 1 0 Ditto, Jacket, Trousers, Gent.'s Taglioni, or Russian Waistcoat 1 6 0 WAISTCOATS. Coats 1 2 0 Bluejacket from 0 10 0 Plaid Polka, (most fashion- BREECHES. Handsome Toilenett and ab!e) 1 4 0 Gentlemen's Cotton Cord Valentia Vests 0 6 6 Gent.'s Mixed Beaver 1 10 0 Breeches 0 8 0 Elegant Tibet Shawl pattern 0 10 0 Ditto fine Dress Coats 1 8 0 Ditto Kerseymere, of any Splendid Black Satin 0 14 0 Saxony ditto 118 0 j colour 0 15 0 FIgured Satin, in elegant Best quality manufactured,. 2 5 0 style 0 12 0 Superfine Frock Coats 1 10 0 TROUSERS. Black Kerseymere.from 0 7 6 Saxony ditto, with silk fa- Fashionable Woollen Trou- cings 2 0 0, aera 0 10 o Men's Suits of best Moleskin, ready made, 18s.; to measure, 20s. This being the only Establishment in the Town solely devoted to Men's and Boys' Clothing, the Public can be suited most advantageously from an unrivalled Selection of PARIS & LONDON BEAVER HATS, NAVAL & YOUTHS' CAPS, SUPERIOR WHITE & COLORED SHIRTS, SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, UNDER SHIRTS, DRAWERS, FLANNELS, &c. &c. GOOD TAILORS WANTED July 17th, 1845. !.alt- by auction. I GLAMORGANSHIRE. TOWN OF BRIDGEND. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. William Morris, On THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the 24th and 25th of JULY, 1845, on the Premises at NOLTON VILLA, OLD- CASTLE, BRIDGEMD, the undermentioned very valuable Modern and well Preserved FURNITURE &e. The Property of ABRAHAM VERITY, Esq., who is giving up his present Establishment. VIZ.:— TN the Dining Room, a set of Mahogany Dining Tables jL with circular ends, a Mahogany Sofa with horse hair seats and cushions, a handsome Town made Mahogany Sideboard, Six Mahogany Chairs with horse hair seats, an Easy sliding Chair with hair seat and chintz covering, Chimney Glass in Gilt Frame; Two Crimson Moreen Curtains with Brass Poles and Bands, a Carpet 18ft by 15ft., Hearth Rug, Bronze Fender, Fire Irons, Hearth Brush, and a Handsome Dinner Lamp. In the Drawing Room, Six Chairs with cane seats, Two Fancy ditto with Blue Damask seats, Rosewood Loo Table upon a pillar and claw, Card ditto and Work ditto, an Ottoman ditto with blue damask covering, a very handsome Mahogany circular Pedestal, Two green watered Moreen Window Curtains with brass poles and pins, a splendid full toned cabinet Piano Forte, Two years only in use, made on the most improved principle, by Dimolines," late foreman to Broadwood, Canterbury; Music Stool, a large Chim- ney Glass in Gilt Frame, Brass Fender, Fire Irons and Hearth lirush, a carpet 16ft. by 14ft., Hearth Rug, a Japan Coal Reservoir with Copper Scoop, a modern 8-day Timepiece in Mahogany Frame. The Upstairs Furniture include Four French and one Four-Post Mahogany Bedstead, Servants' ditto, Six prime Feather Beds, Bolsters and Pillows, several pairs of Blankets, Counter- panes, and Marseilles Quilts, Hair and Wool Mattresses, Palliasses, Mahogany and Deal painted Chests of Drawers, Washstand and Ware, Dressing Tables, Swing Ghsses in Mahogany Frames, a Brussel's Carpet about 1-lft. square, Bedside Carpeting, Fenders and Fire Irons. The Kitchen Requisites are 2 good sized) Deal Tables, i 6 Chairs, Flour Bin, Safe, Plate Rack, 2 Fenders and Fire Irons, and a general assortment of Pots, Kettles and other Culinary Articles, Brass and Iron Candlesticks, Snuffers, Trays, &c., &e., Mahogany dinner Tray & Stand, Cheese Waggon, Japan Tea Trays, Waiters, and lock-up Canisters, Bread and Knife Baskets, 2 sets of China, blue and white dinner Service, and other ware, a variety of Glass consisting of Quart and Pint Decanters, Finger Glasses, Ale, Wine and Tumbler ditto, and Desert service of ditto, a modern Tea Urn and a Brass Break- fast Teakettle with stand, Ivory handle Knives and Forks, &c., &c. A number of different sized Casks, Tubs, and Buckets, Garden Roller, Cucumber Frame and Glasses Garden Tools, and a quantity of old Iron, &c., &c. There are a variety of Books on different subjects, in- cluding Latin, Greek and French School Books. On the first day will be sold, a handsome modern built Pheaton and Harness, a five-year old Poney Mare about 14 hands high, remarkably docile, goes well in harness, has excellent paces and safe to ride; 2 Dogs, one a well bred Setter and the other a Labradore breed a good Sidesaddle and Bridle, part of a Mow (about two tons) of prime, old, and well harvested Hay, and as much of the Household Furniture as time will admit. The Sale will commence each day at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and the whole sold without reserve. TOWN OF CARDIFF. FOR SALE BY AUCTION, BY MR T. WATKINS, (Under the directions of the Poor Law Commissioners), at the GUILDHALL, CARDIFF, on MONDAY, the 4th day of AUGUST, 1845, at two o'clock in the afternoon, (subject to such Conditions of Sale as shall be then produced),— ALL THAT FREEHOLD MESSUAGE or DWEL- LING HOUSE, (lately used and occupied as a Workhouss-for the Poor of the Town of Cardiff), situate in SAINT MARY STREET, in the said Town of Cardiff, together with the spacious Outbuildings, Courts, Yards, and Garden of considerable extent, thereunto adjoining and belonging. j The above Premises are most eligibly situated in the centre of the Town, and form a most desirable invest- ment for building purposes. Further particulars may be obtained of the Auctioneer; or at the Office of Mr. E. P. Richards, Solicitor, Cardiff. MONMOUTHSHIRE. FOR SALE BY AUCTION, By Mr. H. M. PARTRIDGE. At the NEWBRIDGE INN, MONYTHUSLOYNE, on THURS- DAY, the 24TH day of JULY instant, piecisely at Two o'clock in the Afternoon. A HIGHLY-DESIRABLE ESTATE, called PEN- YRHEW, situate in the parish of Monythusloyne, together with a F A RM contiguous thereto, called M AES- YGARN, the whole containing by admeasurement 82A. OR. 8p., more or less, now in the occupation of Mrs. Rachel Lewis, and her under tenant. This valuable Property is situated in the centre of the Monythusloyne Coal Field, with Railway Communi- cation with Newport, and contains a considerable portion of the best Red Ash coal, left unworked, together with all the lower veins untouched, and which must necessarily become daily more valuable, as other Collieries are worked out. The Purchaser might be accommodated with an ad- joining Estate, if desired, upon reasonable terms, which would render the whole one of the most complete and valuable Properties in the parish of Monythusloyne, either as regards surface or minerals. T -J°rTCfurtIlerT>partiCuUlars' aPPiy to Mrs. RACHEL LEWIS, at Prayrhew or Mr. WADDINGTON, Solicitor, Csk. Usk, 10th July, 1845. SALE OF KENTISH FILBERTS. OWING to the appearance of a plentiful cron nf FILBERTS in KENT this Season, the Advertiser will be happy to Contract to supply parties, at the proper Season, (about the end of September) with good FIL- BERTS, direct from the Grower and fit for storing at the very low Cash Price of SIXTY SHILLING per hundred pounds; delivered in Cardiff Free of Expense. Apply to Mr. WM. TAYLOR, Bute AJ-ms, Bute Street, Cardiff. July, 1845, lioticto. I MISS MARTHA VAUGHAN'S SCHOOL WILL RE OPEN on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of JULY, 1845, Crockherbtown, Cardiff, July 9th, 1845. CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, & COMMERCIAL ACADEMY, BRECON, SOUTH WALES, CONDUCTED BY MR. J. F. GEARY, (Late of Airedale College). THE above Establishment will RE-OPEN, on MON- DAY, the 28th instant. A Prospectus, <&c. may be had on application. COLLEGE SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER. THIS SCHOOL WILL RE-OPEN on MONDAY, J. the 4th of AUGUST, 1845. Those gentlemen who wish to make enquiries respecting this School, are requested to apply to the Rev. Dr. Evans, College Gardens, Gloucester. LLANTWIT COTTAGE, near NEATH, GLA- MORGANSHIRE. S. W. STONE, B.A., Minister of the English Baptist Chapel, Neath, wishes to undertake the Education of Four Youths, who will be treated as Members of his Family. The course of instruction will comprise all the branches usually taught in Schools, with Latin, Greek, Logic, Mathematics and the Elements of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy. Terms, E30 per annum French and Drawing, each £4 per annum. The School will OPEN on the 24th inst. Reference may be made to W. H. Buckland, Esq., Cadoxton Place, near Neath to the Rev. Joseph Angus, M.A., Baptist Mission House, London and to the Rev. James Acworth, M.A., Horton College, Bradford, York- shire. The House is in a pleasant and healthy situation, at the entrance to the Vale of Neath. Aberdare Canal Navigation. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING,or ASSEMBLY, of the COMPANY of PROPRIETORS of this NAVIGATION will be held at the CANAL-OFFICE, Aberdare, on THURS- DAY, the 31st day of JULY, 1845, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. EDWARD LEWIS, Clerk to the Company. July 2nd, 1845. FLY POWDER. IMPORTANT TO FLOCKMASTERS. SHEEP and LAMB COMPOSITION, for preventing the alarming attacks of Fly and Scab, effectually destroying Tick, Lice, and all other Insects injurious to the Flock, cleansing and purifying the Skin, thereby greatly improving the growth of Wool, with one-fourth the labour and expense of the Dipping Composition. Prepared only by M. THOMAS, CHEMIST, COWBRIDGE. Directions for use with each Bottle. M. T. has had the honour of supplying most of the influential Gentlemen and Farmers of the neighbourhood for the last four years. TO IRON-FOUNDERS. WANTED, by the Cardiff Gas-Light and Coke Company, 4000 Feet of C-inch CAST IRON PIPES, with necessary Bends and Syphons. The Pipes to be proved, and delivered on the Quay of the Bute Dock or Glamorganshire Canal, Cardiff. Further particulars may be obtained at the Gas Works, Cardiff. Tenders for the above to be forwarded on or before the 22nd day of JULY instant, addressed to Mr. E. P. Richards, Cardiff. Cardiff, 10th July, 1845. RAILWAYS. Published this Day, price Is., with a Map, THE GirCE QUESTION BY WYNDHAM HARDING. EVILS OF DIVERSITY OF GAUGE, AND A REMEDY. J. WeaJe, 59, High Holborn. TOWN OF CABDZFF. TO INN-KEEPERS, TAVEM-KEEPERS, &UZ «3ratsais<. TO BE LET, AND MAY BE ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, A LL that old-established and well-accustomed free A TAVERN, known as the NICHOLL ARMS, Located in one of the best situations in the above flourishing and daily-improving Town, and in the imme- diate vicinity of the projected line of the SOUTH WALES RAILWAY, (which now is beyond a doubt of being put into early operation). The Premises are extremely convenient, and well adapted to the Trade, having an excellent Brewhouse with all other necessary Out-offices, Stabling, &c. RENT AND TAXES MODERATE! The many years' standing, and other well-known advan- tages which this taking offers, render it superfluous to make further comment, unless to say, it still maintains a FIRST-RATE BUSINESS. The Stock-in-Trade, Bar, and other Fixtures, together with Household Furniture, are to be taken to at a valua- tion, and nearly the whole of the Brewing Utensils (which belong to the Lessor of the Premises) are at the use and service of the incoming Tenant, free of charge. The whole of the interior and exterior of the House have, within the last twelve months, undergone complete repair, with highly judicious alterations. For further information apply to Mr. C. Sawyer, House-Agent, Auctioneer, &c., Cardiff; or to Mr. Henry Jones, the present Tenant, upon the Premises. The Incoming will be about £200. Cardiff, 16th July, 1845,

dforrign EnteUigtttre. PORTUGAL.—Accounts from Lisbon to the 9th inst.» announce a rare piece of intelligence. The Portuguese Government has at last shown some honesty in their en- gagements to putting down the slave trade. Official intelligence had been received from Benzuela that a successful effort had been made by the Portuguese navy, on the coast of Africa, by which three different slaving expeditions had been defeated at the same period, two prizes made, and a third ship destroyed. The prepara- tions throughout Portugal for the elections were going on with great activity, and it was confidently anticipated by the Government that they would have a large majority. No decision had been come to by Ministers respecting the projected railways. SPAIN.—Madrid journals of the 8th have been re- ceived. Sixty of the Royal Halberdiers had left the capital for Vittoria. The Prince Francesco de Paula was about to proceed to St. Sebastian, and it was understood that four of the Ministers would join the Court at Sara- gossa, and then accompany her Majesty to the Basque provinces. According to accounts from Barcelona, Ge- neral Concha left that place on the 8th with 2,000 men and IS pieces of artillery, for Sobadell, which he attacked, killing 25 of the insurgents, and taking a great many prisoners. The next morning he entered Tarrossa. Owing to the vigorous measures adopted by the General, it was believed the resistance to the conscription would soon be put down. The Tiempo, a Madrid journal, publishes a protest against the abdication of Don Carlos, signed by 58 Spanish Royalists, The document is dated Paris, the 3d June. The Eco del Commercio had been seized by the police. THE FRENCH IN ALGERIA.-The Akhbar of Algiers, of the 5th, has the following from Orleansville — "There has just occurred in the Dahara one of those terrible events which deeply afflict those who witness them, even when convinced of their frightful necessity, and when they are justified in declaring that everything possible was done to prevent the catastrophe. It is known that the corps commanded by Colonels Pelissier, St. Arnaud, and de l' Admirault have been carrying on combined operations in the west. Colonel Pelissier was busy in pursuing the Ouled Riahs, who have never yet submitted, as they live in immense caverns where it would be madness for the troops to enter. On the 18th of June, finding themselves closely pursued, the Ouled Riahs flew to their usual place of refuge. After having surrounded the caverns, some faggots were lighted and thrown by the French troops before the entrance. After this demonstration, which was made to convince the Arabs that the French had the power, if they pleased, of suffocating them in their hiding-place, the colonel threw in letters offering to them life and liberty if they would sur- render their arms and their horses. At first they refused, but subsequently they replied that they would consent if the French troops would withdraw. This condition was considered inadmissible, and more burning faggots were thrown. A great tumult now arose, and it was known afterwards that it arose from a discussion as to whether there should be a surrender or not. The party opposed to a surrender carried their point, and a few of the minority made their escape. Colonel Pelissier, wishing to spare the lives of those who remained in the cavern, sent some Arabs to them to exhort them to sur- render. They refused, and some women, who did not partake of the savage fanaticism of the majority, at- tempted to fly, but their husbands and relations fired upon them to prevent their escape from the martyrdom which they had themselves resolved to suffer. This state of things continued till the night of the 19th, when, losing all patience, & no longer having a hope of otherwise subduing these fanatics, who formed a perpetual nucleus of revolt in the country, the fire was renewed and ren- dered intense. 500 dead bodies have been found. AMERICAN NEWS.—ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.— LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The steam-ship Caledonia, Cap- tain Lott, arrived here this morning, bringing New York papers to the 1st inst., being nine days later intelli- gence than previously received. The Caledonia made the passage under ten days from Halifax. The Caledonia met the Acadia, which left Liverpool on the 19th of June, about midway between Halifax and Boston. It would appear from these papers, that the appointment of Mr. M'Lane, as ambassador to England, is approved of by all parties. Heisspokenfavourably of as an honest and clever man, and one unconnected with any political party. The appointment has special reference to the adjustment of the Oregon question. It will be found, when the facts are clearly stated, that the discussion of this affair at Washington has reached a point which renders it desirable to have a particular proposition sub- mitted to the British Government, and Mr. M'Lane takes the mission on this ground. This matter is subject to much controversy in the American papers. The Government paper says :—" We congratulate the country on the appointment of Louis M'Lane as Envoy Extra- ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to London. He has been invited to the public service without the slightest solicitation on his part. This able and experienced gen- tleman accepts the office of Minister at the most distinguished court in the world at one of the most eventful crises which could occur in the relations between the two countries, and when the most important interests of his own nation are involved in the issue. He carries with him to the Court of St. James's great talents, extended experience, particularly at that court, where he formeily represented the interests of the United States with great distinction. Prudent, firm, and saga- cious, he will assert and maintain the rights of his own country, without violating the respect which is due to the British Government. He is orthodox on the great questions which now divide the country, and in none more so than on the important questions of Texas and uregon. Mr. M .Lane is expected to arrive in Liver- pool by the next homeward mail-steamer. The only item of much interest in the papers of this arrival, is the proclamation of President Anson Jones, of Texas, an- nouncing officially the proposition of Mexico to treat unconditionally as to the independence of Texas, and ordering a cessation of hostilities in consequence.

HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY! The question of privilege gave rise to a discussion of some length. Mr. Harlow and his attorney appeared at the bar 01 the house, and staled that the ground of action against Mr. Baker was evidence he had given before a select committee of the House of Lords, which the plaintiff considered to have been both malicious and injurious to his character. The I.ord Chancellor then moved that the action was a breach of the privileges of their lordships' hone. Lord Brougham earnestly advocated the necessity of sub- mitting their privileges to he decided upon by the law of the land. In former times the privileges of the houses of parlia- ment were supported by the people, because they were raised as a barrier against the encroachments of the Crown, and it was suffered under such circumstances to be carried to very extreme and unreasonable lengths. Now, however, the Crown itself subjected its privileges to the decisions of the high courts of judicature; and Parliament should not therefore, erect it- self into prosecutor, judge, jury, and executor, for the purpose of sustaining its assertion of privileges, which in too many cases amounted to a denial of justice. The Lord Chancellor would not follow the noble lord in his arguments on the question of privilege. He would only state that the courts of law, as well as the houses of parliament, were judges of their own privileges, and he never knew any failure in effect to do so. In fact, the proceedings in parlia- ment, in such cases, were precisely analogous to those adopted in courts below and they would find, if they did not protect witnesses examined before them precisely as they would their own officers, that they might as well abdicate their legislative functions altogether. Lord Campbell contended that all precedent justified them in the maintenance of their privileges. After a few words from the Earl of Wicklow, the motion was then agreed to. It was then moved that Mr. Harlow, the plaintiff, and his attorney, be committed into the custody of the Black Rod, which was agreed to. The remaining business was then disposed of, and the house adjourned. TUESDAY. Lord Stanley, in answer to Lord Monteagle, said that it was the intention of the Government to introduce several amendments into the Landlords and Tenants Bill, but they did not intend to press it forward this session. The Earl of Clarendon then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice on the subject of the existing commercial treaties with Spain, and contended that, accord- ing to those treaties, it was clear that Spanish colonial pro- duce ought to be permitted to be imported into this country on the same footing as the produce of the most favoured nJ- tions. The Noble Earl concludcd by formally moving the resolution to that effect, of which he had previously given notice. The Earl of Aberdeen, in reply, said that Spain had never, until recently, placed this construction on the treaty, and in- stanced several cases in which Spain had refused to admit British produce on the footing of the most favoured coun- tries, and in which, when Great Britain had admitted the produce of Portugal and France on more favourable terms than the produce of Spain, the Spanish Government had not remonstrated. On a division the motion was rejected by a majority of 14, the numbers being—for the motion 14, against it 28. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Sir R. Peel said that General Rosas had claimed the Tight of blockading Monte Video, but the British Government had objected to the claim, unless such right were indiscriminately exercised. Subsequently the French Government appeared to assent to thejblockade, and the British Government also felt it necessarridnecognise the blockade as the natural right of belligerent nations. The Coal Trade (Port of London) Bill then went through committee; after which the house resolved itself into com- mittee on the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Rill, the dis- cussion of the clauses of which occupied neatly the whole of the remainder of the evening. TUESDAY. The Turnpike Acts Bill passed through Committee. The Highway Kates Bill passed thiongh Committee. The House then went into Committee on the Lunatic Asylum Bill, and resumed at the five o'clock sitting. In answer to Mr. Labouchere, Sir H. Peel stated his belief that the report that the Brazilian Chambers had passed a law prohibiting the importation of British cottons, unies: the dif- ferent duties on the importation of Brazilian sugars into this country should be done away with, was unfounded. Lord Palmerston then rose for the purpose of directing the attention of the House to the correspondence which had re- cently taken place between the Duke of Sotomayor and the Earl of Aberdeen, on the stit ject of the claim of Spain to have her colonial produce admitted to this country, on the same footing as the produce of the most favoured nation. The noble lord concluded by moving that the House should present an address to the Crown on the question of the Spanish claim. A lengthened discussion followed, in the course of whi:h the House was addressed by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Labouchere, the Attorney-General, Mr. Baring, Sir G. Clerk, and Mr. Berkeley, and on a division, the motion was negatived by ft majority of 88, The House adjourned At half-past two glclgck,

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY BILL. By the considerate kindness of a gentleman connected with this county, we have been favoured with a copy of the report of the Select Committee on the South Wales Railway Bill. Pressed as we are for time this week, we can do no more than merely lay before our readers titi abstract of the report, to which we beg to call the careful attention of our friends and the public generally. Mr. Edward Buller reported from the Select Commit- tee on the railway bills and projects comprised in Group (P.), That in the case of the South Wales Railway Bill the committee had inquired into the several matters re- quired by the standing orders to be inquired into by committees on railway bills, and had agreed to the fol- lowing report: — First. That the proposed capital of the company is JE2,800,000, and the amount of loan they arc empowered to raise by t!ie bill is £ 9.33,333. Second" That the amount of shares subscribed for is £ 2,100,000, and the deposits paid thereon amount to £ 150,000. Third. That the names and places of residence of the Directors, with the amount of shares taken by each, are set forth in Appendix A. Fourth. That there are 549 shareholders who may be considered as having a local interest in the line, and the amount of capital subscribed for by them rs £ 487,(350. Fifth. That the number of other parties is 305, and the capital taken by them is £ 1,012,350, exclusive of the sum of £ 500,009 subscribed on behalf of the Great Western Railway Company. Sixth. That (exclusive of the subscriptions on behalf of the Great Western Railway) 143 shareholders have subscribed for £2,000 and upwards each, and their names and residences, with the amount for which they have respectively subscribed, are set forth in Appendix (B). The bill, when reierreu to the committee, contemplated the formation of a railway from the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway, near Standish, to Fishguard and Pembroke Harbour, crossing the river Severn at a place called Hock Crib, and with branches to Monmouth, and to the Forest of Dean; and it was also proposed to make a navigable cut for the purpose of facilitating the crossing of the Severn. In consequence, however, of objections entertained by the admiralty to the proposed mode of crossing that river, the committee came to the conclusion that, although the public advantages of the line from Standish to Fishguard and Pembroke had been satisfactorily proved to them, it would be inexpedient to sanction that portion of the line to which the admiralty objected, and the construction of which, under the pro- visions of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, they would have the power to prevent. The committee, therefore, have sanctioned the forma- tion only of that portion of the line lying between Fish- guard and Pembroke and the town of Chepstow, being the length of about 141 miles, together with the proposed branch railway to Monmouth, leaving it to the promoters to apply to Parliament in a future session for powers to complete a continuous line with other railways forming a communication with the metropolis by such route, and according to such mode of construction as shall not involve any prejudicial interference with the navigation of the river Severn; and they have amended the pream- ble by striking out so much thereof as related to the forma- tion of a line between Chepstow and Standish, and to the formation of a branch railway to join the Forest of Dean Railway, and to the construction of a navigable cut in connection with the river Severn. Seventh. That the present means of conveyance and communication between the proposed termini are insuf- ficient for agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, and other purposes. That the amount of income expected to arise from the conveyance of passengers and goods, and in what propor- tion, and the description of goods from which the largest revenue is anticipated, are set forth in Appendix E. That the proposed railway is not (as before stated) a complete and integral line between the termini specified, but is a part of a more extended plan intended to be hereafter submitted to Parliament, whereby it is pro- posed to connect the railway with other existing railways communicating with the metropolis, and the calculations of remuneration depend, to the extent mentioned in the Appendices hereto, on such contemplated extension. That a report from the Board of Trade was referred to the committee, containing passages in favour of the measure as submitted to the committee. That this report further contained a suggestion that some security should be given by the Great Western Railway Company for the completion and efficient work- ing of the railway, which, in the opinion of the board, would constitute an additional reason in its favour. The committee took this suggestion into their conside- ration, but found it difficult to make any provision in the bill for carrying it into effect which would have greater force than the obvious interest of the Great Western Railway Company to promote so far as they are able the completion and efficient working of a railway which is calculated to bring to them so great an accession of traffic, and to which they are such large subscribers as the undertaking in question. That amongst many others the following petitions against the bill were referred to the committee — A petition from Sir Richard Bulkeley Phillips Phillips, baronet, alleging that the proposed line intersects petiti- oner's estates for four miles, and will greatly depreciate the value thereof. A petition from John Evans, Esq., alleging that the shrubberies and pleasure grounds attached to his house at Blaenygorse, near St. Clear's, will be destroyed, and the house itself, if not actually interfered with, will be rendered totally unfit for a gentleman's residence. A petition to a similar effect from Air. Frederick Kynaston, the occupier of the property. A petition from certain members of the committee of management and promoters of a proposed railway to be called the Welsh Midland Railway, alleging that their proposed railway will afford the shortest and cheapest communication for Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staff- ordshire, Lancashire, the Northern and Midland Counties, the districts of Carmarthen, Swansea, Merthyr, Neath, Llandilo, Llandovery, and Llanelly, a short and cheap route by which the coal and lime of the Welsh mining districts would be brought into the agricultural districts of Brecon, the Ilav, and Hereford, a direct road through Worcester to and from London and Llandilo, Llandovery, Brecon, the Hay, and Hereford, whereby the several harbours of South IVales would be made places of foreign aud colonial trade; that the proposed South Whales Railway Jails satisfactorily to accomplish a communication with the Northern and Midland Counties; that the necessary change of guage will be a source of exp^nse and delay, and, as regards some minerals, a great portion of which are conveyed to the iNortriern and iviuuaiiu vUUllues a prohibition. Mr. Edward Buller further reported from the committee, That they had amended the preamble, and had examined the allegations of the bill, and found the same be true, and had gone through the bill, and made several amend- ments thereto. MONMOUTH AND HEREFORD RAILWAY BILL A BSTHACT of the report made by the select committee on group P. of railway bills, on the Monmouth and Hereford Railway Bill. 1. That the proposed capital of the company is f550,000, and the amount of loan they are empowered to raise is £ 183,333. 2. That the amount of shares subscribed for is £412,500, and the deposits paid thereon amount to ^0,025. 4. That there are no shareholders who may be consi- dered as having a local interest in the line. 5 and 6. That the whole of the shareholders, being fifteen in number, have subscribed for t2000 and up- wards, and their names and residences and the amounts which they have subscribed are set forth in appendix B. That the bill as referred to the Committee contemplated the formation of a line connecting the cities of Hereford and Monmouth with the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway at Standish; but, in consequence of objections entertained by the Admiralty to the proposed mode of crossing the river Severn, the Committee have only sanctioned the formation of a line between Hereford and Monmouth and to the Forest of Dean and a place called Westbury, where it will unite with a projected Railway called the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway, the purpose of which has only been defeated in the present Session by reason of non-compliance with the Standing Orders: and the committee amended the preamble of the bill accordingly. Seventh. That the present means of conveyance and of communication between the proposed termini are in- sufficient for agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, and other purposes. Ninth. That the description of goods from which the largest revenue is anticipated is coal, lime, and agricul- tural produce. Eleventh. There is no line in opposition to the proposed Railway either in existence or contemplation. Thirteenth, That there are not any peculiar engineer- ing difficulties in the proposed line, except such as arise from the hilly nature of portions of it. Fourteenth. That the proposed tunnels are of the respective lengths of 121 yards, 1320 yards, 715 yards, 462 yards, 726 yards, 1432 yards, 407 yards, and 275 yards, which are respectively proposed to be 2S feet in breadth and 25 feet in height, and on the Forest of Dean Branch one of 1420 yards in length, 15 feet in height, and 15 feet in breadth. That there are no peculiar means proposed for ventilating the said tunnels, and the strata through which they pass are generally favourable. Fifteenth. That the gradients and curves are generally favourable considering the nature of the country traversed. The steepest gradient on the line between Monmouth and Hereford and the branch to Westbury is J in 81, and the smallest radius of a curve is 18 chains-but this is near the station at Ross. on the Dean Forest Branch the steepest gradient is 1 iq 50, and the smallest radius of a curve is 74 chains. Sixteenth. That the length of the main line between Monmouth and Hereford is°22 miles, of the Westbury Branch 10 miles, and of the Dean Forest Branch 4 miles, 28 chains. Eighteenth. That the amount of the estimates of the cost to be incurred up to the time of the completion of the Railway is JE.550,000, and the estimates appear supported by evidence, and to be fully adequate for the purpose. Nineteenth. That the estimated charge of the annual expense of the Railway when completed, is 40 per cent. of the gross receipts. Twentieth. That the calculations proved in the evi- dence before the committee have satisfactorily established that the revenue is likely to be sufficient to support the annual charge of the maintenance of the Railway, and still allow a profit to the projectors. Twenty-third. Various petitions against the Bill are enumerated, but the committee reported that they were satisfied of the fltness pf the proposed line in N4 engineer- ing point of view"

General ftt&ullang. /J' The statement that the Apollo troop ship was lost proves to he unfounded. The Socialist Hall at Halifax is being subdivided into cottages. From the parliamentary return of steam vessels in the United Kingdom, it appears that out of eighty Irish vessels, only five have been built in that country. The Times states that the Tractarian doctrines have reached the West Indies, setting at variance pastors and their flocks." ROMISH MISSIONS.—The receipts of the association for the propagation of the Romish faith amounted, in 1844, to 4,035,207f., and the expenditure to 3,743,908f., leaving a balance in the receipts of 29l,"299f. The Twentieth of July is the last day allowed for giving notice to overseers, of claims to vote for memheis of Parliament to represent the counties or ridings. Poor- rates and Assessed Taxes, payable before the Gth of April in each year, must be paid on or before the 20th of July. LOAN SOCIETIES.—The present Act for the government of loan Societies expires on the 1st of October, and a Bill has just passed the House of commons to renew the same for another year. ARISTOCRATIC WRITING.—The had writing of many of the nobility and gentry is proverbial. An illustration of this occurred at the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions last week, when, the Coventry Herald states, a prisoner who, on commitment, had made a confession to Lord Li)ford (which was taken down by his Lordship), was acquitted in consequence of no person in court being able to decipher his Lordship's writing. BRISTOL SLGAR MARKET, JULY 16, 1845.—Thnre has been rather more business doing in the West India sugar market since our last, but without any alteration in prices. I loved thee once," as the tee-totaller said to the bottle of whiskey. — Joe Miller the Younger. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—The next Wesleyan Con- ference will take place in Leeds about the close of the present month, July. Last week a boy, nine years old, died at Bilston, from a cut in one of his fingers. The blood ran copiously from the wound, and continued to do so for about twelve hours, when the poor boy breathed his last. The advantage of the new muskets now used in the army over the old ones formerly in use, is most fully de- monstrated. Out of a thousand of the new muskets recently tried for four days, the caps having been pre- viously steeped in water over night, not one missed fire. The total number of emigrants arrived in the United States during the eight years ending January 10th, 1845, was 581,528, averaging 28,941 yearly. Of these, 231,044 had no occunation. 51.788 were children,76,022 labourers. 08,208 mechanics, 97,736 farmers, 1,736 physicians, 552 lawyers, and 2,080 dressmakers. The number from England and Scotland was 89,320; from Ireland, 240,648. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—In consequence of the great increase in the number of candidates for ma- triculation in the University of London this year, the chambers of the university, at Somerset House, not being sufficiently spacious to accommodate the whole of them, the principal of King's College, on being applied to, placed one of the lecture-rooms of that institution at the disposal of the senate during the examination. LABOUR.—Not less than 150 able-bodied men have gone from the neighbourhood of St. Helens in this coun- ty, to work on the French Railways, and from the scarcity of hands in the farming districts of Lancashire, wages are rising. From 13s. to 14s. a week, with additional pay in hay and corn harvest, is now generally given to farm labourers in this county.—Liverpool paper. THE PICTON MONUMENT IN W ALEs.-It is gratifying to be able to state that public sympathy has not been per- mitted to flag on this subject, and that subscriptions are daily coming in. The necessity of renovation has been long felt, and a little more activity and liberality on the part of those who will not forget what is due to the memory of the illustrious Picton will enable the com- mittee to commence with vigour tile work of restoration. -Carmarthen Journal. TESTIMONIAL.—A silver service, comprising tea and coffee pot, cream jug, and sugar basin, each bearing the following inscription, has been presented to the Rev. E. BurneyPresented by the congregation of St. Paul's, Bedminster, to the Rev. Edward Burney, M. A., on his retiring from the curacy of that parish, as a token of their great respect, esteem, and regard for the assiduous and faithful discharge of his ministerial duties amongst them, 1845." — Bristol paper. LIMING LAND.—We do not think thatlimecan be applied with advantage to the potato crop, during an) period of its growth; the proper way is, to work it well into the soil in spring, when preparing the ground for a crop. Poor clay land, well drained, will be much benefited by lime and if it be previously compounded with a large quantity of moss, or vegetable matter of any kind, its good effects will be more apparent, as clay soils are generally deficient in vegetable or organic matter. It is considered a good plan to take two or three quarts of blood from a horse, before being turned out to grass more especially if he has been previously over-worked and his winter coat of hair has not come off well.-Irislt Farmers' Gazette. A project has been formed for uniting the Great Western Railway with the Eastern Counties line, by a tunnel from Paddingtoo to Shoreditch, under the New Road to Finsbury Square, and then turning off. By means of branch-tunnels. Tottenham Court Road, Sorner's Town, King's Cross, Islington, and other districts are to be benefitted. Mr. Robert Stephenson is the engineer. A prospectus of this remarkable project will come before the public in a day or two.—Morning Post. [A few weeks ago a scheme was propounded for superseding omnibuses, by tunnelling London in the line of Regent Street, Char- ing Cross, the Strand, and so on to the City, with stations at the principal points.] WEST INDIA PINES,—Another large importation of pine-apples has just taken place. A vessel which arrived at Fresh-wharf, and reported at the Custom-house on Saturday, from Nassau, New Providence, brought nearly 1,000 dozen of that description of fruit in very fine con- dition. The markets have, since the sale the other day by the enterprising brokers in Monument-yard, presented an excellent show of this luscious fruit at a remarkable low figure, and it is probable that this fresh cargo will shortly be offered for sale, thus insuring a continued supply to the public at probably a still lower price in consequence of their abundance.—Another vessel, called the Katinka, arrived on Monday afternoon at Nicholson's Wharf, Lower Thames-street, from Eleutherin, with 1573 dozen of West India pines on board, of very fine quality. DERBY SWEEPS AND BETS AT RACF.s.-In the Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday, Chief Justice Tindal gave an important decision with respect to Derby Sweeps," a species of gambling in which many thousands are interested. A subscriber to one of these lotteries brought an action against a cih publican, the treasurer of the club, for the amount of a prize the plaintiff having drawn the horse which was declared the winner. The defendant pleaded that the whole affair was illegal, and tendered one pound which the plaintiff had subscribed.— The Lord Chief Justice gave judgment for the defendant, declaring such lotteries to be illegal.—Judgment was aho given in an action to recover a bet of ten pounds on a horse race. If the bet be under ten pounds it can be recovered; but one of ten pounds cannot be. Judgment therefore was given for the defendant. THE PORTSMOUTH DUEL.—WINCHESTER, JULY 12.— Mr. Cockburn, who was retained for the defendants in this case, in the event of their coming in and submitting themselves for trial, left this place this evening, upon a special retainer, to conduct a mining case at Cardiff. The departure of the learned gentleman in such circum- stances put an end to all doubt as to the determination of the defendants, Lieutenants Hawkey and Pym, not to surrender for their trials at the present assizes. A true bill for wilful murder was returned by the grand jury this morning against both parties, and soon after Mr. Rawiin- son applied to Mr. Baron Platt for a bench warrant. The application was granted. The impression, however, seemed to be that notwithstanding the application for the warrant, no particular measures would be adopted by the prosecutors for the purpose of securing the arrest of the defendants. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—Tuesday evening, half-past five.-One of the closest contests in the annals of election- eering has just terminated, according to all human proba- bility, in the return of the Conservative candidate, Her Majesty's Solicitor General. Anything to equal the rush, turmoil, and excitement towards the close of the poll was never witnessed during our experience of such contests. The people on both sides outside the walls of the respec- tive committees are shouting and rejoicing, each claiming the victory. Some members of the Conservative com- mittee have published the following as the numbers at the close of the poll; but it does not come from the whole body authentically, the chairman, Captain Purchase, de- claring that the majority is lg t—The Solicitor General 750 Mr. Adair 728 Majority for the Solicitor General 22. The Whig committee have announced the numbers as follows :—Mr. Adair 740 The Solicitor General 740. If the latter be really the case the question comes to be considered as to the Mayor's vote—whether he can give it or not, as the casting one. Although there is soma doubt expressed here at this moment about it, we believe we are correct in stating that he can give it by the terms of the Reform Act.-Herald, SINGULAR MATCH AT CRICKET.—ARMS VERSUS LFGS. —A match, which from its novel character attracted an immense number of spectators, was played last week in the Cricket ground of the Railway Tavern at Reading. The players on one side consisted of an eleven with only one arm each; while on the other side each had but one leg—saving a wooden one. One of the umpires had lost both his arms, and the other had not a leg to stand upon," A referee was also selected who had neither arms nor legs! At the commencement of the play the odds were in favour of the One-arms notwithstanding the Single-legs had many backers. During the first innings, in consequence of the soft nature of the ground from the late rains, no less than three legs were broken, but these were soon "set" without the aid of a medical man, a neighbouring carpenter skilfully performing the opera- tion." At the termination of the game the score stood thus I he Single-legs, first innings, 25; second innings, 46—total, 71. The One-arms, first innings, 50: second innings, 60-total 110. The players dined between the innings at the Railway Tavern. TUB JESUITS IN FRANCE.—The Anti-Jesuit party in France have achieved one of those victories that lead to nothing. The General of the Jesuits, in consequence of the representations made by the French Government at Rome, has instructed the heads of the houses of the oider throughout France, to break up their establish- ments, desist from receiving novices, and dispose of the lands belonging to the Society with as little delay as pos- sible, There will henceforth be oo official Jesuits in France. But to have been, or even to be a Jesuit, will be no offence in the eye of the law. Every Jesuit at present in Franee may continue to live there, and if he have a mind, make proselytes to his church, disseminate the peculiar views attributed to the Society, antl intrigue privately to mould the policy of the French Ministers into conformity with those of the Papal Court. If the Jrsuitsare the reckless intriguers and conspirators that some men profess to believe, they will be more dangerous working in private, without acknowledged concert or union, than working publicly, as a recognized corporation. In the latter case, public has a check upon them— their fear to compromise a well-disciplined order respon- sible fnr the actions of its members in the former, the individual may go more recklessly to work, for it will be more difficult to bring home his misdeeds to the Society. This is true of more than Jesuits. Governments enter- tain an exaggerated fear of associations, religious, and political. Associations are perhaps more useful to go- vernments of r-sistanco than to the cause they are combined to promote. They show a government who are its opponents, and what their numbers and position in society. If the ohjects of their members are dangerous or verging towards illegality, they are in fact so many houses of call where government can find the culprits when any overt act is committed. An association is necessarily a herd of implicit followers with one or two leaders. The same leaders would be actually more powerful wcrs their followers disseminated through society without any visible bond of union for an asso- ciation excites quite as much distrust and antagonism in society at large as in a cabinet. -Spectator, THK NEW SoLicnon-GENKRAL.—Mr. Fitzroy Kelly is a member and bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and first en- tered as a student in 1818, as pupil to Thomas Abraham, Esq. whom he left, and became the pupil of Mr. Wil- kinson, of Pump-court, Mr. Crowder, Q.C., being a pupil of that gentleman at the time. He afterwards took out his certificate, and acted as a special pleader until the 7th of May, 1824, Trinity Term, when he was called to the bar. The late Sir William Webb Follett had been entered of the Inner Temple in the same year with Mr. Kelly (1818). They were constant readeis together, and were called to the bar in the same term. Mr. Kelly and Sir William Follett soon obtained a firm position at the bar, and were rival juniors, each being engaged in most of the principal and important causes brought before the Court, being separated only by the circuits the one (Mr. Kelly) having chosen the Norfolk, and Sir Wu. Follett the western circuit. In 1835, on the occasion of Sir R. Peel coming into power, Mr. Kelly received the honour of a silk gown, with Sir Wm. Follett, preparatory to the latter being appointed Solicitor-General. Mr. Kelly first took his seat in Parliament in that year, for Ipswich, but was, on petition, unseated and remained out until 1837, when, at the election, having been defeated, with Mr. R. Wason, by Messrs. Milner Gibson and Tuffnell, bv a small majority, he succeeded, on petition, in ousting Mr. Tuffnell, and took his seat for Ipswich. At the general election, 1841, he was defeated; and although his opponents were unseated, and the election declared void, he declined to risk another contest, and again re- mained out of Parliament until 1843, when Alexander Craig Grant, Esq., having accepted the Chiltern Hun- dreds, and a vacancy being thereby occasioned, he was, after a severe struggle, elected for Cambridge. The closeness with which Mr. Kelly has trod upon the heels of the late Attorney-General is somewhat curious. Both entered as students the same term, read together, were called to the bar the same year, received silk gowns toge- ther, and after the remains of Sir William Jollettwere conveyed to the tomb, Mr. Kelly was appointed Solicitor- General. PROSPECTS OF IRELAND.— The great revolution which the making of Railroads is likely to produce in the social state of that country is stated by the Nation newspaper with perhaps a little blindness to its effect upon the fa.. vourite schemes of Young Ireland and the Repeaters: "A great combining power is the increase of intercourse and trade. Some persons see with alarm the progress of Irish railways. They only dwell 011 how much nearer l ralee and uonegai win oe to L,onaon iuiSci. uuw far nearer still they will be to Dublin and to each other. Ireland has not been conquered repeatedly because it was so near to England. The barrier between us is immeasu- rably greater than between any of the great ancient or modern empires. The placid Mediterranean flowed with no such obstacle between Carthage and Rome as our deep and stormy channel between us and England. The most nervous tactician may be content with the Irish sea as a frontier line. No! we were crushed partly because of religious and civil divisions, and quite as often by the difficulty of mental and physical co-operation. The Irish railroads will centre the intelligence and passions of all Ireland on every individual town and barony in it; will enable the strongest minds in the island to move its soul as surely as the magic loadstone moved Swift's Island- will give a market to literature, as well as to manufactures —will unite in friendship and action the chiefs of every district-will give universality to knowledge, recognition to genius, and combination and speed to military move- ments." No consideration suggested by this species of progress is more obvious than that which the Nation says some people see with alarm. Already, we believe, even without the advantage of any other lines than the Bir- mingham and Grand Junction and the Dublin and Kings- town, the persons who fear a proximity to London, and, therefore, to wealth and peace, are quite justified in their apprehensions. It would be inconsistent to talk of military appliances amid all this anticipation of intellec- tual advantage; but the Nation has strangely enough mentioned the subject, and that not, we fear, for the purpose of cQnveying the proper moral, but rather to insinuate that a foreign foe could be easily transported across the country, than to tell its deluded readers that the same means which last year brought portions of Mr. O'Connell's trial in sixteen hours to the Morning Herald Office from Dublin, could in the same time take the Horse Guards back again. But we are willing to let "the Nation" solace itself with military visions (talking as it actually does of Miltiades and Epaminondas, Tell, and Washington, Bruce, and Wolfe Tone"!) since it happens that the advantages of art and ingenuity are open to both parties in war. It is because Irish railways and Irish education will go far to prevent a resort to any such arbitrement that we endorse the Nation's opinion of their advantages. We suppose that centreing the intelligence and passions of Ireland" m^ans some sort of intellectual progress (for an Orential tale-writer in a modern Book of Beauty is not more delightfully unintelligible thall Young Ireland) and it is from this progress that we hope for an end to absurd vagaries, and for the substitution of naoits ot industry tor enthusiasm tor repeal or the union. "The strongest minds in the island" it is, indeed, to be hoped will then rule it, and that their strength will rest upon truth, unsullied by the misrepresentations of piiest or demagogue, whose primeval fields of deception will be opened to daylight by the intercourse of industrious and honest men. We trust the Irish will learn the Saxon" character from seeing the Saxon himself, and find the tyrant and oppressor," as the French find perfidious Albion"—an enterprising speculator and a good papuaster,-Herald.

NOTICES, &c. Tuesday, July 22.—Tenders received for Cast Iron Pipes for the Cardiff Gas Light and Coke Co. Thursday & Friday, July 24 & 25,-Sale of Furniture at Nolton Villa, Bridgend, by W. Morris. Thursday, July 24.—Sale of Penyrhew Estate and Maes- ygarn Farm, in the Parish of Monythus- loyne, by H. M. Partridge.

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THE CARDIFF AA'D MERTHYR GUARDIAN. FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1845. ACCELERATION OF THE MAIL.—We have the satisfaction of stating, upon the most undoubted authority, that the long and anxiously desired change in the line of mail communication with the metropolis will positively take place in the course of a fortnight. The delay has been occasioned by certain interested parties, who have, throughout the consideration of this question, manifested a spirit of the most intense selfishness. ON Monday last in the House of Commons, the South Wales Railway Bill and the Monmouth and Hereford Railway Bill were read a third time and passed. We perceive by the Gazette that John J. Thomas, Esq., of Caercady, in this county, is appointed to a Cornetcy in the 5th Dragoon Guards; and Capt. Knox, of the 13th Light Dragoons, lately quartered at Cardiff, has succeeded to the Majority of his regiment. Lieut. Charles Deacon succeeds to the vacant troop. CARDIFF MARKET, July 12.-Beef, per lb., 7d. to 811.; veal 5d. to 6d. mutton 6,1(1. to 7d.; lamb 7d.; pork 6d. Butter (fresh) ts. cheese, 6d. to 7jd. eggs, per doz., 9d.; fowls, per couple, 28. 6d. to 3s ducks 4s. Potatoes old white, 6s. purple, 7s. 6d. red, 8s. 6d.; new, Id. to l^d. per lb. Peas Is. 8d. to 2s. per peck. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—H. S. Coke, Esq., and se- veral other gentlemen connected with this county and the South Wales Railway, passed through Cardiff on Thurs- day last, to attend a committee of the House of Lords on standing orders with reference to the South Wales Railway Bill. We have every reason to hope that the Act will be obtained this session. CARDIFF SAVINGS' BANK.—Saturday, July 12th. — Amount of deposits received, £314 9s. 5d. ditto paid, JL377 2s. 8d.; number of depositors, 42. CUSTOllI HOUSE, CARDIFF.—Received under bond by J. F. Burrow, from London and Liverpool, 51 chests (3564 lbs.) of tea. TEA.-The genuine and unadulterated Asam Tea is sold, in sealed packages only, at the office of this paper. The agent has not the slightest hesitation in affirming that it will be found of the Most exquisite flavour, and supe- rior to any other sort of tea sold. BRAIIAM'S CONCERTS.—The concert announced in our last was given at the Theatre, Crockherbtown, on the evening of Monday, under the distinguished patronage of the High Sheriff, and was attended by a fashionable and numerous audience. The vocalists, Mr. Braham and bis two accomplished sons—sang with their ac- customed energy and succcss, aid elicited tlvj most enthusiastic applause. When we recollect the advanced » age of the elder Braham, the wonderful power and sweetness which his voice still retains, his puiity of style and perfect expression, we certainly are of opinion that he is entitled to those eulogistic appellations which the public press of this country his so frequently applied to him. He is certainly still "The Prince of British Singers" and "a most extraordinary man." Mr. Charles Braham and Mr. Hamilton Braham have only this point of resemblance—both are able and accomplished vocalists -the characters in other respects of the two voices are as opposite to each other as darkness is to light. Mr. C. Braham possesses a beautiful tenor of moderate strength and compass, but which, nevertheless he manages with admirable skill and t-iste-Iiis Lads of the Village" 011 Monday, being one of the gems of the evening, and in which he received a most hearty encore. Mr. H. Braham has a very powerful bass voice and will, at no distant period, take a very high rank in his profession. In the duet with his father he went through his part with great skill and enW. In the glee (the "Red Cross Knight,") the voices of Mr. Braham and his two sons harmonised beautifully. Altogether the concert was a most delightful one in every respect; and we regret that want of leisure and space, will not allow us to notice it at greater length. The entry of Robert Savours, Esq., the High Sheriff, was hailed with loud and repeated cheers. We hear that an interesting and beautifully embellished Memoir of the late Sir Henry Halford, Bart., M.D., <- F.R.S., &c., Physician to the Royal Family; containing particulars respecting the administration of his Royal Family Pills and Celebrated Cough Pills: as also Di- rections for the use of his Preventive Gout and Rheu- matic Pills," (in the treatment of which diseases he was remarkably sllccessful),-may be had Gratisof the Agents appointed for the Royal Family Medicines.—(See Advt.) ST. SWITHIN.—The anniversary of this Saint, on Tuesday, passed off, in this town at least, without a drop of his favourite moisture, so that if there be any truth in augury, better weather may be expected for the harvest, than the forty days' successive rain which is said to follow his pluvial indulgence on the 15th. THE WEATHER, during the past fortnight has been very unsettled. A great quantity of rain has fallen, and the nights have become almost cold. Should the present state of the weather continue much longer, the arrticipa- tions of an abundant wheat havest may not be realized. The crops are in a very forward and healthy state, but j now want the warmth of a July sun to bring them to maturity. Grass is abundant, and great quantities have been cut and stacked, though a partial stop has been put to further hay-making. Vegetables and fruits are very abundant and very cbeap. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—The Marchioness of Bute, of Cardiff, Joblin, arrived at Zante on the 23rd ult., from Trieste, and proceeded same day for Smyrna; the Mary Stuart, of Cardiff, Fudge, arrived at Ancona from Liver- pool, on the 3rd instant; the Lady Charlotte Guest, of Cardiff, Fraser, sailed from Ancona for Smyrna on the 3rd instant; the Maria, of Cardiff, Evans, arrived at Limerick, from Quebec, on the 12th instant. Outt OWN DELIGHTFUL BED!—The celebrated poet Montgomery, of Sheffield, says—"how sweet it is to stretch the tired limbs and lay the head down on our own delightful bed." No doubt, had he seen one of these now on sale at the Cardiff Pantechnicon," he could not have expressed himself better. The beds sold by B. Kearney, in the Hayes, are delightfully made for rest, and are also delightfully low in price,—they are of fea- thers or milpuff, and to suit purchasers, the same esta- blishment supplies Palliases and Mattresses of excellent material and durable qualities ;-then there are bedsteads either Four-post. French, Tent, or Elliptic-either plain, painted, or polished and a stock of hair-bottomed, caue- seated, or plain chairs, to suit every purse and taste. The stock altogether is not to be surpassed out of town."—(See Advt.) LLANDAFF.—We are glad to find that the successful competitors for the erection of a monument and tomb to the memory of the late Rev. Thomas Lewis are natives of i the principatity-namety, Mr. J. Edwards, Robert-street, Hampstead-road, under the feigned name Ifor," and our highly-respected neighbour, Mr. Evan Morgan, of Cardiff, under the feigned name "2 John 12." There were seven more competitors whose designs (it is but justice to state) were very creditable. A PETITION, of which we subjoin a copy, has just f been forwarded to the House of Lords from this town. It was most influentially and very numerously signed by the gentry, clergy, merchants, and other inhabitants of the place and we seriously and earnestly hope that other tovms along the intended line will, without delay, forward I'TiPeti,i0ns- The.v m iy W|"itten on paper, aud the fallowing will serve as an example :— t 1° the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. "The humble Petition of the undersigned gentry, L merchants, traders, and inhabitants of the borough of Cardiff and its neighbourhood 1.1 "SHF.WETH,—That a bill is now before your Itight Hono.. » rahle llotiee for making a railway from Pembroke Dock and Fishgnard to the town of Chepstow, with a branch to Mon- mouth, to be caHcd the "South Wales Railway." "That your petitioners consider the proposed railway as calculated to be productive of the greatest advantage to the commercial and manufacturing interests of South Wales, and particularly of that important portion of it of which Cardiff is the port, in affording increased facilities for the transmission of iron, tin plates, coal, and other products of the district and as affording means for the further development of its well known mineral resources. I hat your petitioners also feel deeply interested in the success of the present bill, as affording the best and most direct communication with the South of Ireland, and u facilitating the completion at a future period of railway communication with the metropolis, and with the Midland and Western Counties of England. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Right Honourable Home, that the said South Wales Railway Hill may pass into a law during the present session of Parliament"