Monmouthshire Merlin

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT. TO CONTRACTORS. PARTIES desirous of Contracting for the Construction of 123 yards of 3 ft. X 2 feet eggshaped BRICK SEWER, for the Local Board of Health, may see Drawings and Specifications, on application at the Office of the Surveyor to the Board. Sealed Tenders to be sent to my Office, on or before MONDAY, 23rd WOOLI,ETT, Town-Clerk. Council-House, 10th July, 1855. COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 1VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the .1., following BASIS or STANDARD for a COUNTY RATE for theO service of the said county, was ALLOWED andcoNFiRMEDat the GENERALQUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace, held at Usk, in and for the said county, on Monday, the 2nd day of July, 18-55, pursuant to the pro- -visions of the Act 15 and 10 Victoria, c. 81 ABERGAVENNY UNION. Parishes or Placei. £ a. d. Abergavenny, including the Hamlets of Hardwick and Lloyndee ••• 20,000 0 0 Bryngwin 1,fi25 0 0 Bettws Newydd 932 0 0 Bwlch Trewvn 550 0 0 Cwmyoy higher 1,123 0 0 Cwmyoy lower. ••• ••• ^,300 Clytha, Hamlet of ••• 2.100 0 0 Lanvihangel Crucorney, including the Hamlet of Penbiddle. 2,940 0 0 llangattoek Lingoed ••• 0 0 Lanthewy Skimd ••• 1.110 0 2,317 0 0 Lanvapley ••• ••• I'O 0 0 Lanthewy Rytherch 2,30o > 0 Lantillio Pertholey, Ultra and Citra 0,200 0 0 Lanwenarth Ultra 5,500 0 0 Lanwenarth Citra ••• ••• 2,040 0 0 Lanfoist 4,425 0 0 Lanellen 1,700 0 0 Lanarth 2,200 0 0 Lanover higher. 4,600 0 0 Lanover lower 2,500 0 0 Lansaintfraed 392 0 0 Lanvihangel nigh tTsk 9 Langattock nigh Usk ••• 2,3o0 0 0 Lanvair Kilgediu -• ••• ••• ^,<00 0 0 Oldcastle ••• 582 0 0 £14,755 0 0 BEDWELTY UNION. Abery strath ••• ••• o O Manmoel, Hamlet onBedwelty 6]680 0 0 Isnlawrcoed R PaTisli o■* A A Uchlawrcoed Ditto j ranSJl 2<,4b0 0 0 991,214 0 0 CARDIFF UNION. Rumney 2,020 0 0 Saint Mellons 4,000 0 0 £6,920 0 0 CHEPSTOW UNION. Caerwent including the Hamlet of Crick 2,322 0 0 Caldicot 3,110 0 0 Chapel Hill including Tintern Abbey 1,450 0 0 Chepstow including the Hamlet of Hard- wick 11,300 0 0 Dinha.m, Hamlet of 522 0 0 Howick, the Extra Parochial place called 550 0 0 Ifton ••• 720 0 0 Itton ••• ••• ••• 1,000 0 0 Killgwrrg 513 0 0 Langwm Isha 520 0 0 La.ngwm U cha. 1,990 0 0 Lansoy 1,250 0 0 Llanvair Discoed 684 0 0 Lanvihangel Roggiett 685 0 0 Lanvihangel Torymynydd 770 0 0 Mathern 3,350 0 0 Mounton 750 0 0 Newchurch East ••• 1,850 0 0 Newehurch West ••• ••• 947 0 0 Penterry 1 630 o ft Port.kewitt J 0 Roggiett 0 0 Saint Arvans, including the Hamlet ot Portcasseg, and the Extra Parochial Places called St. Arvans Grange, and St. Kienmark 3,400 0 0 Saint Brides, Netherwent 670 0 0 Saint Pierre, including the Hamlet of Runstone 1,660 0 0 Shirenewtown ••• 1,743 0 0 The Village of Shirenewtown 1,457 0 0 Tintern Parva ••• 1,020 0 0 Trelleck Grange .■• ••• 1,150 0 0 Undy ••• 1.800 0 0 Wolvesnewtown 1,647 0 0 51,380 0 0 DORE UNION. Grofmont 4,970 0 0 Langua 750 0 0 £5,720 0 0 MONMOUTH UNION. Palishes or Places. £ s. d. Cwmearvan 1,770 0 0 Dixton ••• ••• 4,990 0 0 Dingestow, including the Extra Parochial Place called Treworgan 1,870 0 0 Landogo 1,893 0 0 Langoven 1300 0 0 Langattock 3,428 0 0 LanvihangelyesternLewem 1,275 0 0 Lantillio Crossenny upper and lower 4,770 0 0 Landenny ^'235 0 0 Lanishen ••• ••• 1,-2 0 0 Monmouth 15,950 0 0 Mitchel Troy 2,214 0 0 Penrose 0 0 ?s;awil 2,IS « 0 Rockfield ••• 2,017 0 0 Raglan ••• ••• ••• ->400 0 0 Saint Maughans 1,156 0 0 Skenfrith 3,590 0 0 Trellick Town 623 0 0 Trellick Parish 2,800 0 0 Tregare 1,900 0 0 Wonaatow 1,210 0 0 £G5,13;3 0 0 NEWPORT UNION. Bedwas Upper 3,800 0 0 Bedwas Lower 2,700 0 0 Bettws 1,250 0 0 Bishton 1,200 0 0 Caerleon, the Township of 3,440 0 0 Christchurch, including the Village of Caerleon 11,300 0 0 Coedkernew 1,032 0 0 Duffrvii, Hamlet of 2,700 0 0 Goldclifl 3,966 0 0 Graig. Hamlet of 3,250 0 0 Henllis 1,500 0 0 Kemys Inferior. 1,472 0 0 Landevennv, Hamlet of. ••• ••• 300 0 U Langattock, nigh Caerleon ••• 2 51o 0 0 Langstone, with Lanbedar ••• ••• X I1! Lanhennock ••• ••• ••• l»^-2 0 0 Lanmaitin, including Landevaud ••• 1»1"^ Lanvaches ••• ••• 1>^0 0 0 Lanvihangel Lantarnam ••• 0,000 0 0 Lanwerne 1.160 0 0 Machen Upper 3,244 0 0 Machen Lower 4,250 0 0 Magor 2,950 0 0 Malpas ••• ••• 2,476 0 0 Marshfield 2,260 0 0 Michaelstone-v-Vedw 1,070 0 0 °° Mynyddinaen, ditto ) 5,835 0 0 Nash 3,995 0 0 Newport, Township of ••• 32,000 0 Ofi Penhow 1,520 0 Peterstone ••• ••• ••• 4,050 ft Redwick ••• 3,650 Risca 7,002 0;w Rogerstone 5,600 0 ^0 Saint Brides 2,700 G, Saint Woollos 46,790 0 t> Tredunnock 1,346 0 0 Wilcrick 476 0 0 Whitson 1,840 0 0 £ 206,397 0 0 PONTYPOOL UNION. Govirey 2,300 0 0 Glascoed, Hamlet of ••• ••• ••• 1,275 0 0 Gwehelog, Hamlet of 2,798 0 0 Gwernesney ••• ••• Kemeys Commander o Q-n A 2 Lanbacldock ° ° Lantrissent "• T'^QA A A Langeview 0 0 Llanvihangel Pontymoile ••• 1; Iiangibby ••• 4fo0u v Lanllowell Too 0 0 Landegveth ••• 774 0 0 Lanvrechva Upper ••• ••• 4,600 0 0 Lanvrechva Lower ••• 3,180 0 0 Lanthewy Vach ••• 1,000 0 0 Lanhilleth 4,200 0 0 Mamhilad 1,500 0 0 Monkswood 854 0 0 Panteague 8,960 0 0 Trevethin 39,310 0 0 Trostrey 1,230 0 0 Usk 4,040 0 0 £ 91,018 0 0 CHARLES PROTHERO, Clerk of the PMM. H. J. GROVES, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, "\T7TLL resume his Professional Engagements "f in Newport, Pontypool, Blackwood, Cowbridge, Cardiff, &c., on the 1st of August. Arrangements may be made for the formation of Choral Classes, and attendance on Private Pupils and Schools, by letter, addressed Stow HilJ, Newport." MISS PARTRIDGE'S SCHOOL will be RE-OPENED on the 25tli, and the DANCING ACADEMY on the 27th JCLY. St. Woollos House, Stow Hill, Newport. BRYN DERYN VILLA SCHOOL, CHRISTCHURCH. CONDUCTED by Mrs. MARMADUKE C BREWER and Miss JENKINS. The Pupils of this Establishment will re-assemble on MONDAY, the 23rd instant. 3, VICTORIA PLACE, NEWPORT, MON. MISS HALL'S Boarding and Day School will Re-open on MONDAY, JUNE 23rd. 5, CLIFTON-PLACE, NEWPORT, MON. LADIES' SCHOOL. MRS. SIMONNET'S SCHOOL will Re- open on TUESDAY, the 24th inst. N.B.—M. Simonnet, Graduate of the University of Paris, gives Lessons in Latin, French, German, and Drawing. I CRA UFFRD-HO USE. CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, AND CHEMICAL SCHOOL, MAIDENHEAD, BERKS. MR. PEARCE has pleasure in announcing that the increase of his pupils has led to extensive alterations and enlargement in Craufurd-house combining every arrangement for convenience, comfort, and health. During nine years medical attendance has been required once.. t The various branches of polite and useful Learning are taught in the most approved, expeditious, and effective manner. Discipline is maintained and good habits are formed by careful training and vigilant superintendence. The Pupils speak French constantly, many as easily as English. Germanis spoken. There are Singing and Drawing Classes. A band of music is being formed. Science is taught experimentally. The younger Pupils are under special and appropriate management. The vigour, cheerfulness, and enthusiasm in Cricket, Gym- nastics, Swimming, daily rambles, and frequent excursions into the neighbouring country, attest the scope and en- couragement afforded to the development of boyish feelings and physical strength. The Terms are from £ 30 to £ 40 per annum. References of the highest respectability will be sent on application. COLLEGE SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER. HEAD MASTER—The Rev. H. FOWLER, M.A., late Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and University Examiner. SECOND MASTER—The Rev. H. HAINES, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford. JUNIOR CLASSICS AND MATHEMATICS—W. J. VERNON, Esq., B. A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. DRAWING, WRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, MATHEMATICS, FORTIFICATION, CIVIL AND MILITARY SURVEYING— Mr. J. II. BROWN. FRENCH AND MATHEMATICS—Mr. W. BRUCE, Bachelier es Lettres, of the University of Paris. THE COLLEGE SCHOOL will Re-open on MONDAY, July 30th.—The terms, which are mo derate, and inclusive of Drawing and French, may be known on application to the Head Master, College Gardens, Gloucester. MONMOUTHSHIRE WAGON COMPANY. FURTHER REDUCTION IN PRICE TO BE SOLD, 23 Paid-up SHARES of £ 50 each, at £ 46 5s.—Apply to Mr. WILLIAM A. ADAMS, Midland Works, Birmingham. MONMOUTHSHIRE WAGGON COMPANY. T^O BE SOLD, at a Discount, SHARES in the above Company. For particulars, apply to N., Post Office, Gloucester. ORGAN FOR SALE. FOR SALE, a convenient-sized FINGER ORGAN, with Seven Stops, suitable for a small Church or Chapel. For terms, &c., apply to Mr. HITCHURCH, 16, High- street, Newport. BARMAID. A RESPECTABLE Young Person wishes -.Ik a RE-ENGAGEMENT, either in a Wine and Spirit Vaults or an Hotel. Respectable references can be given. Addresa H., MERLIN OFFICE, Newport. THE BEST BOOTS and SHOES are offered on the very best terms, at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES, by DANIEL FLOOK, Junior, Shoe Manufacturer, KiNGSWOOD HILL, near Bristol. N.B. List of Prices post-free. Copy the Address THOMAS and WILLIAMS, MARBLE, SLATE, and STONE WORRS, near NEWPORT BRIDGE, beg to acquaint the Public that they have Opened a Yard at the above place, where they intend to carry on the business in all its branches. Marble, Slate, and Stone Chimney Pieces, Monuments, Tombs, &c., will be constantly kept on hand for in- spection, and made to order, at moderate charges. MONMOUTHSHIRE. NEWPORT BOYS' BRITISH SCHOOL. MR. WM. GRAHAM, Jun., is instructed by the Trustees to SELL BY AUCTION (unless previously disposed of by Private Contract), at the KING'S HEAD HOTEL, Newport, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th day of August next, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon (subject to such Conditions of Sale as shall then b3 pro- duced), All that very valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, near the Station of the Newport and Pontypool and the Newpoit, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railways, at the N-e Old Canal Lock, Newport Bridge, Monmouthshire con- sistin"- of all that capital School House and Play Ground, known bv the name of the Boys' British School," situate in Market-street, in the Borough of Newport, having a frontage of about 74 feet to the new road lately made from Newport Bridge aforesaid to Market-street, and a frontage of about 56 feet to Market-street aforesaid, and contain- ing, by admeasurement, about 450 square yards. This little Property, on account of its double frontage, presents a very eligible site for Cottage building-ground. The Monmouthshire Railwny and Canal Company arc under covenant to drain, and also to lay down a pavement in front of the said Premises, if required by, and accord- ing to the directions of, the Town Surveyor, and the Pur- chaser will bke the benefit of that covenant. For further particulars apply to the Auctioneer, High- stveet, or to Mr. GEORGE BATCHELOR, Solicitor, Newport. LIVERPOOL TO AUSTRALIA, FOX LINE OF PACKETS. Final Notice to Shippers and Passengers by the Splendid I Packet Ship of the 31 stjubj. f THE "QukEN OF THE EAST, JL 2500 Toxs BURTHEN, LEWIS HILTON", ESQ.. Commander. No Cargo or Luggage can be received on board, in Prince's Dock, after MONDAY, the 30th instant. All Passengers must be on board at 10 o'clock on TUESDAY MORNING, the 31st JULY. A Few enclosed Berths at £ 14. Apply at once to HENRY FOX, 2, KING STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE FUNERAL OF LORD RAGLAN.—A meeting Was held on Wednesday, of the Magistrates, the Town Council the Master aud Wardens of the Society of Merchants, the Governor of the Corporation of the Poor, and other bodies, in Bristol, in reference to the precise mode in which they should severally manifest their respect for the deceased hero. The Right Worshipful the Mayor, who presided, communicated to the meeting the substance of a conference which he had had with Major Wetmore on the subject, and also the contents of a letter he had received by that morn- iug's post from his Grace the Duke of Beaufort. The noble and gallant duke left the arrangement of the demonstra- tions, upon the landing of the body, and during its progress through Bristol, entirely in the hands of his worship, who, as chief magistrate of the city, would best know how to give direction to the views of the citizens. His grace further expressed the wishes of the family that, after reaching the village of Fishponds (about five miles from Bristol, on the road to Badminton), the funeral should be strictly private. It was arranged at the meeting, after some discussion, that the mayor should attend in state, and that the officers and members of other bodies should attend in their carriages, and not on foot. It was stated that the body would be landed on the north or Clifton side of Cumberland Basin, which would be occupied by the military-that the cor- poration would meet at the Council-house, and the other bodies at their respective halls, whence they will proceed to the Hotwells, and take up such a position as will enable them, at the fitting juncture, to join the funeral cortege. We regret to announce the demise of Mr. Phillip Pusey, of Pusey Park, Faringdon, Berks, and late M.P. for that county, who expired at two o'clock on Monday afternoon, at the residence of his brother, the Rev. Dr. Pusey, Christ Church College, Oxford, in the 57th year of his age. Since the death of his wife, the Lady Emily Pusey, which bereavement pi eyed heavily onhis mind, Mr. Pusey had been compelled to keep his bed in consequence of an attack of paralysis which occurred in November last, and from which he never recovered. v .V i — ACCORDING to the Parliamentary Return for 1854, printed by order of the House of Commons, of 17th Feb., 1855, the Newspaper of largest circulation in the South Wales District, is THE MONMOUTHSHIRE MERLIN. The advance of its issue in the last year, over that of 1853, was 12,425, giving an average circulation of more than Two Thousand One Hundred per week :— 1854. Wkly. Average. Monmouthshire Merlin 110,245 2124 Cambrian 79,000 1519 Star of Gwent 76,100 1463 Merthyr Guardian 61,500 1163 Swansea Herald 58,250 1120 Monmouthshire Beacon 36,500 702 Silurian 35,375 661 THE" MERLIN" is now published twice a. week, on Wednesday and Saturday mornings :-papets for sub- scribers at a distance are posted on Tuesday and Friday evenings, so as to ensure their regular delivery on the morning of each succeeding day. Wednesday'spaper, consisting of 4 pages, is issued at Twopence; and Saturday's, consisting of 8 pages, at Threepence, unstamped. Botlt papers are delivered to subscribers Oil the following terms: Unstamped 5s. 6d. per quarter. Stamped 7s. 6d. IP Subscribers taking the stamped edition, will secure the privilege of unlimited postal transmission for fifteen days after the date of each publication. The paper must be folded with tlte stamp outside. Tlw unstamped sheet may be transmitted by post, provided a penny postage stamp be affixed each time it is posted. Each paper contains Advertisements, the local news of the dis- trict, with the domestic, and foreign intelligence brought up to the latest period, by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. As the circulation of the MERLIN will be thus largely extended,, corresponding advantages will ensue to advertisers: and a reduced scale of charges has been adopted. The XERLIN has been registered at the General Poet Office, for transmission beyond the United Kingdom but in this, as in other cases, the paper must be posted within 15 days of the period of publication. The postal charge (which may be ascertained at the Post. office) must be pre-paid.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter from the Chaplain at Usk shall appear in our next.

THE Jfimranratjisjiire JEtelitt NEWPORT, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1855. MR. ROEBUCK'S MOTION. THE motion of Sir E. B. Lytton was one of which Viiany persons not concurring with him in politics, approved; but the resignation of the Colonial Se- cretary naturally diminished the number of those who were inclined to support it. Still more was the Hon. Baronet influenced in its withdrawal by the evident fear of Lord Derby and his friends, of the responsibilities of office. should it lead to that result, or of the cost of a general election. But some of the party covered the retreat of their leaders by an intimation that their strength would be mustered in support of Mr. Roebuck. Not so, however, thought, intelligent politicians. The fact that General Peel, though avowedly desirous to substitute Lord Derby for Lord Palmerston, had undertaken to move the previous question, indi- cated at least a division among the party. But more than this, it might have been taken for granted that there would be many Conservatives whose de. sire to censure the Aberdeen Government, would be over-ruled by their consciousness that the cen- sure of Mr. Roebuck was directed entirely against a system which permits so many kinds of misman- agement, and which they have no disinclination 0 substantially to uphold. The charges brought by the hon. and learned member, on Tuesday evening, were true; and, so far as his health permitted, ably sustained. There was a faint attempt-supported out of doors with much acrimony towards individuals, by one of the Government organs-to show that the evidence before the Sebastopol Committee was not true. But the majority of those who spoke, had not the hardi- hood to follow such a course; so they fastened upon trivial matters, quite beside the main question, or smoothly talked of losing sight of the past in a better future. We know the difficulties attending the inculpation of bodies of men, or of persons whose offences have been committed some time; though this argument would be thought a strong one in a Court of Justice. But the solemn censure of Parliament would be but a slight punishment for those who have caused such a loss of life and treasure as has undeniably been occasioned by official negligence and recklessness. The debate on the motion was resumed on Thurs- day night, in the House of Commons, and de- feated by a majority of 107 the numbers being— For the previous qustion 28U Against it 182 Majority for Ministers. 107

CARDIFF DOCKS. THE opening of the new CARDIFF DOCKS yesterday was a noble demonstration of public spirit-a bright omen of the future greatness of a PORT, the creation' we may say, of one vast, far-seeing, and in- telligent mind. A Duke of Bridgwater laid the foundation of a princely fortune by cutting a canal. A Marquis of Bute's was a greater and grander project—he found Cardiff a creek, and he left it a commercial emporium, with plans which, if success- fully carried out, must make it the rival of the first of the Northern ports of England. Nobly and right-loyally are the trustees of his princely fortune carrying out the conceptions of his genius faith- fully are they treading in the footprints of his en- terprise. All promises fair-all gives the earnest of a great and glorious future. We bid our sister port God speed," and we envy not the great race she is running. In HER case, the victory is to the strong and the fleet of foot," and we lament only that we cannot now follow her footsteps. But we have the prospect of better days before us.

THE MERLIN'S NOTES OF THE WEEK* LonD PALMERSTON would not lower himself to the stand- ard of the Bedford level; and Lord John Russell has ceased to be a Jlinister of the Crown, and certainly in- capable of serving her Majesty during the continuance of the present war. Nay, further, we believe he has sunk for ever as a public man! As Junius once said to the Duke of Grafton, like other honest servants, he was determined to involve the best of masters in the same difficulties as those in which he himself was placed; but the master, unlike poor Lord Aberdeen, was too adroit for his tactics, and the star of Palmerston is in the as- cendant, while that of Russell has paled, and all but gone out before men's eyes; and, of that star, it never can be said: The darker the heaven, the brighter it shines." The cloud hanging over his Lordship is gloomy and por- tentous and his fate should be a lesson to many, and an example to all. But yesterday, the representative o the Majesty of England, at the council board of nations to-day, so fallen, so abject, that there are none so poor as to do him reverence. Yet he had been a proud and a haughty man, and thought be could have wielded the destinies of this great country at his pleasure that* cajoled by perfidious Austria, he could save despotic Russia, at the expense of British honour, and the do* struction of British rule. He has miserably failed, and his fate furnishes a lesson to statesmen, that they should mark, learn, and inwardly digest. "Forbear you things, That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height; when you do fall, You dash yourself to pieces, ne'er to rise. And he that lends you pity is not wise." A ribald press" has not been the ruin of Lord John Russell, though it has collected the rays of public indig- I nation round and about him. He has been the architect of his own ruin-the forger of the chains that now bind him to an un-English system, from which no rhetorical artifice-no paltry trick-no political expediency-can or will divorce him. He essayed atask above his powers, and fell from the diplomatic height, to which his own vaulting ambition, and the cruel kindness of his too pliant col- leagues, bade him soar. An expert debater at the right or left side of the Speaker's chair, cannot, at a moment's notice, behind the curtain, put on the mantle of Talley- rand, and hope that it will cover his utter insufficiency when the curtain rises, and the solemn drama commences. The only result of his practice, the leading journal says has been to confound and stupify himself." Hence, his painful efforts to bewilder us all, by telling his story over again, with some little difference of words, and some trifling addition of particulars." But, with all this, the great and grave charge against him remains proven," and no adequate plea for pardon has been made before Parliament or the people. In his heart, the advo cate for peace, he made a furious war speech, when Ministers trembled in their places, and to use Mr. Roebuck's words, he deceived him and other members of the Commons House of Parliament." He has shaken the public faith in public men, and the bold and fearless member for Sheffield was justified in asking were there any" TRAITORS" then in the Cabinet ? Ho cannot be answered fairly and honestly, unless by a vigorous pro- secution of the war, and not by such verbiage as we, ad nauseam, have been of late compelled to hear-paltry ex- cuses-inveterate nothings, such as this line means nothing-that tint is merely natural; that dash is natural." There is nothing natural about Lord John Russell, unless his greenness in becoming the tool of Count Buol. As the Minister of England, he could have done much at Vienna; but he only exposed his country to shame, and his colleagues to rebuke. True, he was abetted in his pusillanimous policy by the French Am- bassador. But that Minister having failed, when his thoughts were turned to peace," gave up to his Sovereign, on his return to Paris, the porte feuile which he held, and we have been told, on the authority of a gentleman in the French capital, on whose veracity we have been accustomed to rely, that Drouyn de Lhuys is deeply in- volved in a gigantic project for the extension of European railways, and that the continuance of the war may pre- judice his noble, indeed princely, inheritance. We of course only give this statement as we have heard it, with- out pledging ourselves for its truth or accuracy. If such' however, were the case, the French ex-Minister has nobly atoned for it, and honestly gave up a place he could not honourably nor honestly hold. Would that Lord John Russell had done so, and that, like Mr. Gladstone, he had gone out with the crowd! Lord John Russell has, no doubt, reason to complain of personal ingratitude, and to speak with "contempt" (to use his own words) of those that have turned their backs upon him, when the hour of adversity came upon him. Man's ingratitude is ever before us, and we require no Timon to paint its repulsive features. A greater man than Lord John Russell found himself deserted at his utmost need by those his former bounty fed. The ink was scarcely dry on the Act of Abdication of the great Napoleon, when Berthier and his other marshals were found hurrying from Fontainbleau to fling themselves at the palsied feet of the future lord and giver of places, then installed in the Tuilleries-Louis the Eighteenth! True, most true, we quite agree with his Lordship Those you make friends And give your hearts to, when they once perceive The least rub in your fortunes, fall away Like water from ye, never found again But when they mean to sink ye." But it was not the people that fled from his lordship. They ever stuck to him, while he stuck Rturdily to them, in their interests. They were his young Whig friend that Insidiously aside Dealt the blow they meant to chide." Men, who have sat at the feet of the GAMALIEL of Ches- ham Place,and imbibed political wisdom from the Bedford oracle,—Mr. Bouverie, and other scions of noble Whig Houses, have been, next to himself, Lord John's un- doing." But it was only such young men that HE de- lighted to honour and bring forward. Gentlemen, as feli- citously observed by the Times, whose business it was to band thin' slices of political bread and butter to the elderly ladies of the society, and to breath with rapture the deli- cate air, impregnated with the esoteric wisdom of Whig- gism." Lord John Russell never, in his long careers brought forward one clever young man, whose only herit- age were his talents-whose only reliance was on himself -and who could say to many of the titled noodles, that scoffed' and glaucked at and around him,—"You, gentle- men, may be the last of your race, but I shall be the first of mine." It had not been so with Pitt it was not even so with Peel. When Pitt fell, the plebeian Canning was at his side, and the immortal Pilot that weathered the storm," was wrecked, not in the saloons of Downing-street, but amid the shoals of 'Putney, when the Pilot no more guided the destinies, or stood by the helm of the State. Lord John Russell may yet deeply think and pause on this, and feel that to serve a clique, is not quite as high a mission as to serve a State. WHOM SHALL WE HANG Most startling words at the present moment, when Ministers are toppling" from their places, when votes of censure are rife, and the carry- ing of "previous questions," cannot divert the public mind from the great question of the life or death of our gallant army in the East. Whom shall we hang!"—the wonderful heading of a pamphlet—certainly not wonderful for its grasp of thought, vigour of style, or felicitous pleading for or against the accused, whom it has thus, with a Calcraft flourish, brought before the bar of public opinion. The writer wishes to be considered a great unknown, but unlike old Stat nominis umbra, he is deplorably deficient in his cutting antithesis or trenchent manner of dealing with profligate villanny. What public villain have I spared, triumphantly asked Junitis, when writing to Horne Tooke: what recreant, imbecile functionary have I not sought to screen, may exclaim the author of the pamphlet just pub- lished by Ridgway, and now under our notice, from his close chambers overlooking the Classic Pump-court in the time honoured Middle Temple Whom shall we hang surely not the Aberdeen's, the Newcastle's, or the Sidney Herbert's, whose brilliant administrative talents have been so advantageously exercised during the present war for although thousands of our brave soldiers, though hundreds of the chivalrous scions of our ancient aristocracy, though the flower of our army lie ensepulchred on the plains of Alma and Inker- mann, yet exclaims the would be embalmer of the ashes of the Aberdeen Cabinet, those disasters arose from causes incidental to war." We would say more on this subject, but our space com- pels to postpone further comment till next week. The Sunday Beer Act is on its trial before a committee of the House of Commons, and various and conflicting has been the evidence given on the subject. Police-magistrates, from the fetid atmospheres of the different metropolitan tribunals have been examined, and these fledged and un- fledged sages of the criminal law, have, in many instances, helplessly and hopelessly failed in defining the genus Traveller." Mr. Hardwick, certainly not Lord Chan- cellor Hardwick, hasrisen more than once to the sublime, in his "fixing a limit"and defining a space," but after all, was compelled to pause, and so far as he is concerned, the great question is still down for argument," and what new light may still be thrown on the subject, time can only tell. That the new law is an invasion of the subject's rights, an abridgment of the subject's comforts, there can be no doubt, and that it has fostered the hateful system of espionage there can be little said to gainsay the melancholy truth. But then it is broadly and stoutly affirmed, that it has to a great extent, in large towns at least, arrested the progress of drunkenness, and given a healthier tone to the public feeling. If this be so, much must be borne for the attainment of so desirable an end, and it ia certainly better, even that one undefined" traveller should thirst, or even faint by the way-side, than that whole bodies of men and women should brutalise themselves by the soul- and-body-destroying—GlN The labours of the committee we trust, will do much good, and their report must be looked forward to with much, indeed, general interest.

Two young ladies-Miss Rees and Miss Anne Rees —were drowned the other day, while bathing near Car- marthen. Their governess rushed into the water to save them, and was also drowned.

4p frf)e Cfjeatre. Some stock pieces, but more novelties on these boards, have been played since our last notice; in the latter of which, Mr. Shepherd, the leader of the Surrey corps, has made his first appearance before a Newport audience, and proved himself an efficient performer in the melodramatic line of business. Since the completion of the alterations, which are cer- tainly great improvements to the house, as well-ventilated and capacious stalls, favour ably contrast with close galleries, called boxes, far removed from the Procenium-" Her Majesty's servants" have the honour of appearing before more numerous audiences than heretofore. On the evenings when Millman's flue tragedy of Fazio has been performed, special interest has been manifested, both as to number and respectability of visitors to the theatre and this is creditable to the taste and judgment of the admirers of the drama here; for, in beauty of poetry, striking theatrical effects—powerful flow of feeling —exquisite passages of melting tenderness, of self-re- proach, of remorse, of the melancholy effects of a de- cadence from the hallowed state of virtue and honour, of the unfortuate consequences of encouraging the prompt- ings of an immoral and corrupt ambition, and in the awful pathos of the denouement, few plays are so admirable. Mrs. Chadwick as Bianca, and Mr. Calvert as Giraldi Fazio, eminently shine in this fine tragedy. They give the passion as well as the dignity, the promptings of na- ture's inborn sentiment, as well as the poet's genius. Mrs. Chadwick most happily gave expression to the bitterness of feeling expeiienced by a devoted wife seared to the heart, by the infidelity of a husband whom she had loved to adoration whilst Mr. Calvert finely pourtrayed the struggle between the attachment of the honourable and holy state of connubial love to Bianca, and the perilous allurements of a guilty passion for the Marchesa Aldabella. The passages of tender expostulation between Bianca. and Fazio the scene before the senators of Florence, the ex- pressive touches, the fearful revelations called forth by jealousy, the returning flow of the well-spving of affection, when the heart's idol is menaced—the pleadings for his pardon, the prison scenes,—the withering denuncia- tion against the impure Aldabella, and the dying mo- ments of Bianca, were illustrations of truly beautiful acting, and drew down very arimated applause, as well as tears from many of the audience. Fazio was played, we believe, for the last time this season, on Wednesday evening, with increased interest. Romeo and Juliet was performed on Thursday evening, in a manner not to de- tract from the merits of the leading performers.

TOWN IIALLL.—THURSDAY. Before Samuel Homfray, Esq., (Mayor), and R. F. Woollett, Esq. T. H. Tissier was summoned fur £ 19 19s. damage done to the vessel Ellen Venn.—Adjourned. George Dallimore was summoned for furiously driving a cart and horse through the street—Fined 2s. Gd. Ellen Crowley was charged with being drunk and dis- orderly.—Fined. Thomas M'Greth was charged with being drunk and disorderly.-Fined 5s. 6d. Charles Brown was charged on suspicion of stealing a pilot-cloth jacket.—Remanded until Monday. William Taylor was summoned for committing a nuisance in Friars^ields.—Fined 2s. Gel. Catherine Sullivan was charged with assaulting Ed- ward Waters.—Fined 9s. Gd. ° Hugh Morgan was charged with furiously driving a cart and horse through Commercial-road.—Fined 9s. 6d. Ellen Richardson was charged with drunk and dis orderly conduct in the streets.—Fined 2s. 6d. Thomas Canim was charged with being disorderly, and using obscene language in Commercial- street. -Fined Is. 6d.

THE ROYAL LONDON EISTEDDFOD. [TO THE PEOPLE OF WALES.] FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,—When I had the honour of addressing you, on the 16th instant, I thought our pros- pects were flattering, indeed. A great number of the nobi- lity, clergy, and gentry of Wales, had given their support to our patriotic undertaking and the noble and generous people had co-operated with them.* 0 Many have been the years which have rolled into the ocean of time, since your forefathers—before the Norman, the Saxon, or even the Roman invasion, bad driven them, fighting bravely, to preserve their independence, to the in. accessible fastnesses of your mountain bomes-cele- brated this, the chief of their primitive, peculiar, and po- pular institutions, in the southern parts of this island- Now, for the first time in London—the capital of this empire, the-greatest that ever flourished, the commercial metropolis of the world-the seat of wealth, politics, arts, science, and literature the abiding place of men of every creed, hue, and chme-the men of Cambria are afforded the opportunity of displaying, in honourable rivalry with every competitor, the mental powers which they inherit from their highly-gifted sires. Fellow Countrymen,-The Royal London Eisteddfod will inaugurate a new era for Welshmen. Already up- wards of toiar hundred literary contributions have been received. The civilized world will now be afforded, for the first time, an opportunity of judging of the sterling merits u ,ymry/ ,TT worl<i shall now learn—what outside the borders of Wales, was only known to a few of the lite- ratI-the influence which the earlv literature of Wales and its traditions exercised upon that of England, Germany) 4. France, France, Scandinavia, and America,-tbat the land,, which cradles the descendants of the ancient Britons, is rich in literary and other stores. That she can boast of the historians Gildas and Giraldus-of the inspired poets Aneurin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hên, Merddin, and Cyn- ddslw,—that she has a rich store of old manuscripts, in the various departments of history, poetry, and laws. Such valuable records as the Black Book of Caermarthen, the Book of Hergest, the Bardic Institutes, the Triads, Chro- nicles of Britain, the Chronicles of the Saxons, Annales de Cambria,and of the Prince of Wales, the Descendants of Caradoc, Arthur, Glendower, Llewellyn, &c. I am fully conscious that you will, on this auspicious occasion, re- flect glories upon your race, and your country. Fellow Countrymen,—Every moment of my time is engrossed with the committee, in making the preliminary preparation. A few days, very few, intervene between this day and next Wednesday you will, therefore, see what little time remains to me to address you. I must be brief, but, before I conclude, let me exhort vou, one and all, to make a generous, united, and common effort, to ren- der tha Royal Eisteddfod worthy of its origin, its great objects, your native land, and of our gracious Queen, its august patroness. I have the honour to subscribe myself, fellow country- men. yc"v f.vlthful, devoted, and obedient friend, THOMAS ROBERTS. President of the London Welsh Patriotic Society. London, July 19, 1855. We regret that the second sheet of Dr. Roberts' ad- dress, which should have been inserted here, was (of course, through an inadvertence,) not forwarded to us. We have pleasure, however, in presenting to our readers the other portion of that patriotic gentleman's address.

BRYNMAWR. SINGULAR EXTRACTION OF A PIN.—About four months ago, a woman named Rachel Bowen, the wife of William Bowen, coaker, Nantyglo, swallowed a pin, and on Wed- nesday last she felt a pricking in her bosom, and on scratching the skin off a small pimple, discovered the head of the pin. By the assistance of another person, the pin was extracted almost immediately, to the great relief of the poor woman. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A LITTLE Boy.-On Wed- nesday last a most distressing accident occurred on the Clydach tramroad. A little boy, aged about nine years, named Matthews, the son of Mr. Matthews, the late night. watchman, attempted to cross the tramroad, just in front of some loaded trams that were going down towards Nan- tyglo, but missing his foot, he fell on the plates, and the tram wheels passed over his neck, completely severing the head from the body, aLd also splitting open one of his arms. Deceased used to go about the town begging, and through his meek and gentle disposition he was esteemed by all who knew him.—An inquest has not yet been held upon the body. FUNERAL.-On Friday last the mortal remains of Mrs. Wilcox, the beloved wife of the Rev. II, Wilcox, Wes* leyan minister of this place, were interred in the cemetery, Brynmawr. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, Wesleyan Minister, and the Rev. Mr. Williams,Tredegar. We also noticed a large number of mi- nisters and friends of other denominations, some of whom had come a considerable distance to pay their last tribute of respect to one they loved so well; and we may add, that it is seldom a community has the privilege of so es- timable a lady, in all the relations of life, amongst them. Her death was sudden, but happy. She had been at Swansea for a few days, and on returning home, found herself suffering from an inflammatory attack and, after suffering intense pain for about sixteen hours, she calmly resigned herself to the will of the Most High and affec- tionately bade adieu to her beloved husband and five children.

BEAUFORT. ENGLISH WESLEYAN CHAPEL.—On Sunlay last the anniversary of the above chapel took place, when three sermons were preached by the Rev. T. Protheroe, of Rich- mond, in the morning at half-past ten, in the afternoon at half-past two, and in the evening at six o'clock. A col- lection was made at the close of each service, in aid of the Trust Fund. A tea party was also held on Monday, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the same object.

CHEPSTOW. THE PIERCEFIELD ESTATE.—We readily comply with the request of a gentleman who wishes us to mention that this fine estate has been purchased by Thomas H. Morgan, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. Baldwyn and Mor- gan, Chepstow. and not (aa stated in our Wednesday's number) by Edwd. Clark, Esq., of Bristol.

CRUMLIN. THE LATE SOIRE, E.-We are requested to state that the. committee consider Mr. Churchill free from any censure with reference to the entertainment, carried out with entire satisfaction. If any blame exist, it must be attri- buted to the committee. Mr. Churchill fulfilled his con- tract to the letter, and as he has been so strongly censured, it is but justice to him to make this statement public, and the adoption of this course was agreed to at a meeting held recently. The cause of complaint was simply respecting the water, which Mr. Churchill was not to supply the ar- rangements were disorganised by the rain, and there was no cause of complaint in any other respect.

GARNVACH. IVORITE ANNIVERSARY.—On Saturday last the mem- bors of the Ivorite Society, held at the Hector Inn, cele- brated their anniversary, and attended Divine service at Tabor Baptist Chapel, Brynmawr, where a very appro- priate discourse was delivered by the Rev. James Davies. At the conclusion of Divine service, the members walked in procession "through the streets of the town, preceded by a brass band, after which they returned to their lodge-, j room, where a bountiful repast awaited them. t

LLANTARNAM. f We are glad to learn that a Sunday-school has been established in this place, and that several kind friends favourable to religious instruction are unremitting in their endeavours to forward this desirable and long wanted method of training the young. A numerous choir, under the instruction and direction of Mr. Thorne, organist of St. Paul's, Newport, has also been recently formed, and from the progress already made, we may hope for good results.

MACHEN. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S ANNUAL FETE. On Thursday, the third annual fete of the Machen Horticultural Society, under the patronage of the Lady of the Rev. Agustus Morgan, took place in the schoolroom and in tents conveniently fitted up in the field behind the school premises. The object contemplated by the patroness and the Rev. Augustus Morgan, the Rev. Howell Williams, Philip Wood- ruffe, Esq., and other philanthropic residents in the lovely vale of Machen, in the establishment and support of the society, was—the encouragement of the love of flowers among the cottagers of the district-the inducing of a desire for neatness in the cottage gardens, and industry in making them ornamental and useful-and the bringing to- gether, every year, in the joyous time of summer, the in- dustrious villagers aud their children, and the gentry of the neighbourhood, to participate in a local festivity and a relaxation from toil or business, at once serviceable to those immediately interested, and gratifying to all. Blessed be God for flowers For the bright, gentle, holy thoughts they breathe From out their odorous beauty, like a wreath Of sunshine in life's hours Thus sang the poet, and the sentiments are echoed by every lover of nature and her myriad of floral beauties. Dr. Johnson truly observed, that Man finds in the pro- ductions of nature, an inexhaustible stock of materials, upon which ho can employ himself without any tempta- tions to envy or malevolence and has always a certain prospect of discovering reasons for adorning the Sovereign. Author of the universe." Not a. tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains A folio volume. We may read, and read, And read again and still find something new— Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the hedgerow weed." In the Machen valley we may everywhere perceive the advantages resulting from the tastes fostered by the patrons of its Horticultural Society. Not only do the gardens of the gentry present a higher class of cultivation than is k generally found in similar districts, but the homes of the workmen, the field labourer, and the cottager, have gar- dens attached, which yield most abundantly remarkable varieties of the choicest flowers, and the finest productions of the vegetable class. This we bail as a pleasing proof of the usefulness of the institution, whose third display of flowers, shrubs, fruits, and vegetables took place on Thurs- day last. The visitors began to arrive at about one o'clock, and were most courteously received by the Rev. Augustus Morgan and his amiable lady. Among the company pre- sent we noticed the Rev. Augustus and Mrs. Morgan, Machen Rectory Mrs. Leigh, Pontypool Park, and party; Sir George Walker, Bart., Wentlooge, Castletown Rev. Sir Charles Salusbury, Llanwerne House, and Miss Lewis, St. Pierre Rev. Hugh Williams, Chancellor, Bassalleg Rectory, and Mrs., the Misses, and Mr. Hugh Williams Rev. Howell Williams, The Garth; Captain Tynte, Cefn Mably, and party Rev. B. H. Williams, Curate of Coed- kernew; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lyne, Newport; Mr. Birch, The Oaks, Newport, and Mrs. and Miss Fanny Hornidge Mr. Samuel Homfray, Glen Usk, and Miss Staples and the Masters Homfray Mr. and Mrs. Edward Robothan, Risca; Rev. Wm. Williams, Rector of Bedwas; Rev. — Hughes, Curate of Mynyddyslwyn Rev. T. and Mrs. Prothero, Malpas Court; Mr. and Mrs. Banks, Newport; Mr. Philip Woodruffe and family, Machen; the Misses Pope, ditto Mr. and Mrs. David Morris, Risca Rev. Freke and Mrs. Lewis, Portskewitt, and Mr. Rous Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Davis, Newport, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis, Haytesbury, Wilts; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Russell, Machen Forge; Miss Hicks, Miss Jackson, Miss Jenkins, and Mrs. Roberts, Machen Mrs. and Miss Thompson, Mrs. Grout, Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Potter, and party, Newport; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young, Park House; Mr. Frank Lewis and party, Llanvair; Mrs., Mr. E., and Miss Sargeant, Machen-place Rev. Wm. Jones, Curate, Undy the Misses Smith and Miss Winter, Maes Glas Mr. Cornelius Evans, Newport, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Caerleon Rev. David Davies, Risca Mr. W. Thomas, Fwrmishta; Mr. John Duffield, Risca; Mr. Barlow, Machen, and party Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brewer, Machen Mr. Seamark, St. Alban's, and party; Mr. and Mrs. R. K Jones, and Mr. Robert Jones, Dany Bank, and Mrs. Watkins, London Mr. John Lewis, Tydee, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rev. Wm. Jenkins, Michaelstone-y- Vedw; Mrs. and Miss Griffith, and Miss Jones, The Garth; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones, Machen; Mr. Andrews, Ruperra; Miss Bryan, Newport; Hon. Captain Fortescue, 1st Devon Militia, and Lady Camilla Fortescue Captain 'Of..

THB REV. THOMAS POPE.—We have much pleasure in stating that this gentleman, whose late fearful accident caused the serious apprehensions of his family and amongst his friends,—of a fatal result,-is rapidly progressing to convalescence. IMPORTATION OF FLOUR.—We are pleased to observe, that there are now landing in this port, ex Sarah, from Spain, 1,835 sacks of extra superfine flour, consigned to Messrs. Evans and Goodwin, being, we understand, the second cargo imported by the firm within a few weeks. ACCIDENT.—While a detachment of the Monmouth Militia were at ball cartridge practice, this week, at Pem- 9 broke, the musket of one of the rear rank men exploded while in the act of capping, the contents lodging in the knee of the man in front, which it severely shattered, but there is every prospect of saving the limb. Fortunately, the muzzle was pointed well downwards, or the result might have been fatal. THE LIVERPOOL" LINE OF AUSTRALIAN PACKETS. -The following testimonial was presented to the owners of the Gipsy Bride, belonging to the Liverpool Line of Aus- tralian Packets :—" On board the ship Gipsy Bride, Ilus- kisson Dock, Liverpool, 1st July, 1855. Messrs. P. Magee, J. Levingston, and J. M. Walthew, owners. Gentlemen, We, the undersigned passengers by the above ship, having now arrived in port, feel it a duty to Captain Montgomery, to express our confidence in his qualities as a seaman, and his kindness and attention iu other respects. We have also to state our good opinion of the sailing qualities of the Gipsy Biide, she having made the run to the Mersey in eighty days, though becalmed three days off Port Philip Heads." (Signed by all the passengers.) THE TRT. — For the information of the numerous friends of passengers by this well-known ship, we are happy to state that she arrived safely at New York, on the 22nd June, all on board well. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.—On Thursday, one of the opera- tives employed on Mr. Batchelor's iron ship—now progres- sing to completion—fell from a height of about 35 feet, and, it is feared, suffered a concussion of the brain; the unfortunate man is under the care of Mr. Jehoida Brewer. The boy who recently fell from the top of the new build- ing attached to the King's Head Hotel, by which he was fearfully injured, is likely to recover. NEWPORT CRICKET CLUB. -The gentlemen of the New- port Cricket Club have considerately and gallantly pro- vided accommodation and shelter from the intense heat of the sun, for the ladies who may be desirous of witnessing the sport of cricket, on the Marshes Field. There will be a match between the Hereford and Newport clubs, on Wednesday next.-A spirited match took place between the Monmouth and Newport Clubs on Wednesday last. The following were the results of the p!ay :— Monmouth,—First innings 80 Ditto Second 109-189 Newport,-First innings 70 Ditto Second. 17-87 THE LONDON EISTEDDFOD.—We have pleasure in inviting attention to the announcement, in our adver- tising columns, of the forthcoming London Eisteddfod. This great Celtic festival is to be held on Wednesday next, and the attractive programme of proceedings, with the stirring and characteristic address of Dr. Roberts, given in our pages, will doubtless render the Eisteddfod eminently a National Congress. IvoRITES.—The True Ivorites Lodge held their annual festival at the Bush Inn, Newport, on Tuesday evening last. After the cloth was removed, the meeting was ad- dressed by several speakers, in glowing terms of praise of their true catholic philanthropy. The reduction of entrance money, in imitation of the scale used by the Oddfellows, was a new feature in their rules, whereby they hoped to gain a fresh accession of members. They had also dissolved the old link that prevented their coalition with any other countryman than their own for now they had English Ivorites established in connexion with their own Celtic lodges. This new feature in their proceed- ings, their chairman characterised as a step in the right direction. It showed that liberal sentiments of fraternity pervaded their society, that an exclusive spirit belonged no longer to their order, and that they embraced all the world as brethren in the missions of industry, peace, and philanthropy. Sobriety and good feeling prevailed until the meeting separated. AUSTRALIA, HOBART TOWN, AND LAUNCESTON, VAN DLEMAN's LAND.—Mr. Henry Fox, 2, King-street, Liverpool, agent to her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emi- gration Cominissionners, by his monthly line of splendid Australian packet-ships, provides accommodation for the free emigration of holders of bounty tickets, issued by the Colonial Government of that colony.