The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

EBENEZER DAVIES BEGS respectfully to acquaint his Friends and the Public, that he has DISPOSED of the SADDLERY and HARNESS-MAKING BUSINESS lately carried on by him (and formerly by the late Mr. JAMKS GREENHOUSE, deceased), in favour of MR. LEWIS 11EES, who will in future carry on the same, and who is authorized to receive all claims due to E. Davies, as well as to the Estate of the said Mr. Greenhouse. E. D. avails himself of this opportunity of thanking his friends for the kind support given him during the time he was in business. Broad-street, Merthyr-Tydvil, December 5, 1843. GLAMORGANSHIRE. IMPORTANT AND UNRESERVED SALE OF MOST VA- LUABLE AND WELL-PRESERVED HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CARRIAGE AND HORSES, LIVE AND DEAD FARMING STOCK, AND OTHER EFFECTS, TOGETHER WITH THE WELL-SELECTED AND CHOICE STOCK OF HOTHOUSE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, &C., &C. W. MORRIS Begs to announce, that he has received instructions from the Executor of the late Colonel MORGAN, TO SELL BY AUCTION, AT LLANDOUGH CASTLE, Distant about Two Miles from the Town of Cowbridge, On WEDNESDAY, the 20th of DECEMBER, 1843, AND FOLLOWING DAYS, The whole of the Elegant and very Neat HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, GLASS, CHINA, KITCHEN REQUISITES, DAIRY, AND BREWING UTENSILS, ETC. THE Drawing Room Furniture comprises 2 Couches 1. with Cushions and Pillows, with Chintz Covering; Ottoman and Cushion 12 Chairs with Cane Seats, and Cushions to match Rosewood Cheffioneer with Plate Glass Back; Mahogany Pillar and Claw Dining, Card, Pembroke, Work Tables 2 Fancy Marble Slabs, with Gilt Frames Henri Quatre Timepiece with Glass Case; Mahogany Bookstand, Music Desk, 2 Stools, Brussels Carpet, 11 yards by 6 yards, Hearth Rug, Window Curtains, Poles and Cornice, Fender and Fire-irons. The Dining Room Furni- ture include a handsome Mahogany Sideboard; set of Mahogany Dining Tables, with circular ends and sliding leaves; 2 Side Tables and Table Covers, 16 Mahogany Chairs with Leather Seats, and 2 Elbow Ditto to match, 2 Easy Chairs with Red Moreen Covers, 2 Fire Screens, 1 pair of Bronze Table Lamps, 2 Gilt Ditto, 3 sets of Moreen Curtains, Poles and Cornices, Brussels Carpet and Hearth Jtug, Fender and Fire-irons, Bell Pulls, Japan Plate warmer. In the Breakfast Parlour is a handsome Mahogany Bookcase with glass fronts, Mahogany square Table, 2 Pillar and Claw, 2 Card, and 2 Work Ditto, Mahogany Sideboard, 10 Mahogany Chairs with Red Leather Seats, 2 Easy Ditto to match, Carpet 7 yards by 5 yards, Hearth Rug, Window Curtains, Poles, Cornice and Bauds. Fender and Fire-irons. Butler's Pantry and Housekeeper's Room.-6 Cupboards and Shelves, Mahogany Oval, Round, and Card Tables, 2 Deal Ditto, 8 Chairs 2 Arm Ditto, Carpet and Hearth Rug, Fender and Fire-irons, Pier Glass, Mahogany Dinner Trays and Stand, Japan Tea Trays and Waiters, Tea Urn, Cloth JPress, Mahogany and Japan Knife Boxes, &c. The Glasi and China consist of a general variety of Cut Decanters, Saltsellers, Jugs, Wine Coolers, Caraffes, Finger, Tumbler, Ale, Wine, and other Glasses, Green-and-White Dinner Service, Desert Service, several sets of Breakfast and Tea China, Blue-and-white Dinner and other Ware. The Bedding comprises 20 prime Feather Beds, Bolsters, and Pillows; 2 Hair, 4 Wool, and 3 Straw Mattrasses 2 Palliasses, 31 pair Blankets, 7 White and 8 coloured Coun- terpanes. The Upstair Furniture. -11 Four-post, 3 half- tester, Stump, and I Press Beadstead, with Moreen, Chintz, Dimity, and other Furniture, 8 Mahogany and Painted Wardrobes and Drawers, 9 Ditto Ditto Chests of Drawers, 6 Kneehole and 8 other Mahogany and Painted Dressing Tables, 17 Washstands and Ware, 5 Night Commodes, 1 Shower and I Slipper Bath, 5 Mahogany Bedsteps, 8 Box, Swing, and other Glasses, I Bed Chair, 4 Mahogany and I Oak Bidet, 4 Foot Pans und Jugs, Cloth Press, 9 Towel Horses, 4 Rushlight Stands, Chamber Bucket, about 4 dozen Rosewood and Rush-seated Chairs, 3 Easy Ditto, 2 Postands, Fenders and Fire-irons, Window Curtains, Poles, cornises and Bands, Bed-side and Stair carpeting, Matting, Oil cloth, Door Rugs, Footstools, Fire Guards, Mahogany Boot Jack an Indian chest, Mahogany Writing Table, Work Ditto, Portfolio and Paper Stand, Escritore, Inkstand, Hearthrugs, 2 pair of Bellows, and chimney Ornaments. In the Kitchen, Scullery, Laundry, Store Room, Larders, &c., will be found a very general and useful variety of Oak and Deal Tables, chairs and benches, Eight-day clock and ea3e, several sets of Fire-irons and Fenders, Japan and Brass candlesticks and Snuffers, sundry Tins, Patty Pans and Moulds, copper and iron Preserving and Stewpans, Teakettle, Dish covers, Bread Tins, Bell Metal and other Kettles, and a number of other culinary articles. Meat Screen, Salt Bin, Plate Rack, Buckets and Tubs, a good Mangle, Ironing Tables and Trussels, 5 Clothes Horses, 12 Flat and 3 Italion Irons and Stands, Clothes Baskets, &c. China and Linen Presses, Marble Table Slab, Pestle and Mortar, Scales and Weights, Flour Tub, Stone Preserving Jars and Bottles, Salting Tubs and Pans, and Safe. The Dairy Utensils including Barrel and Upright Churns, 2 Cheese Presses, Milk Tubs and Pails, Cheese Vats, Tin and other Milk Pans, &c, The Brewing Requisites are a number of different sized Casks, Coolers, Vats, Stillings, Pails, Buckets, Bowls, &c. The Carriage and Horses, live and dead Farming Stock, together with the Greenhouse and Hothouse Plants, com- prise a close Carriage and Harness, 2 capital carriage Horses, remarkably quiet and docile a neat light Waggon nearly new, 2 sets of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Horse Cloths, &c., 1 Mow and part of another of very prime and well harvested Hay, 6 very excellent milch Cows in calf, all very superior milkers; the Implements are Ladders, Rakes, Pikes, Chains, Hurdles, &c. About 600 of the most choice and best selected Greenhouse and Hothouse Plants, which will be divided into suitable lots for sale, Garden Lights and Frames, sundry Garden Tools, &c., &c. N. B. There will also be offered for sale a number of very choice and rare Paintings, by the most eminent and celebrated Masters, which have been collected with much judgement and taste, and at a considerable expense, they include among others, a Moonlight Scene, by Gainsborough a Lady at her Toilet, by Lupicini; Consulting an oracle, by Parmegiano Cavern Scene with Soldiers, by nTouvermans; Ditto, by Romeyne; St. Peter, by Guercino several Land- scapes, by Lucatelii; Ditto, by Orizonte Holy Family, by Meuys; Battle Piece, by Borgononi; Landscapes, by Poussm Selling Game, by Wenia Flight into Egypt by Zucerelli; a Spanish Lady by Gamberini; &c., &c. There are also a few books on various subjects, which will be offered for sale. The Auctioneer respectfully begs to state, that he intends the order of the sale, to be, the Carriage and Horses, Live and Dead Farming Stock, together with the Hay, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, on the first day, and the Household Furniture, &c., on the following days, and as the Lots are very numerous particularly requests the favour of an early attendance, as the sale will commence each day precisely at L 11 o'Clock in the forenoon. f^\ '01"" i;j. lw" THEATRE, CARDIFF.-(By AUTHORITY.) LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. Wll3 W(£)r:08m Begs most respectfully to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, his Masonic Brethren, and the Public generally of Cardiff and its vaeinities, that HIS BENEFIT will take place on MONDAY NEXT, and he humbly solicits the honor of their Presence and Patronage. Mr. Woulds will be assisted on the occasion by the talents of MISS MACREADY AND MR. J. R NEWCOMBE, (Lessee of the Swansea Theatre.) ON MONDAY, DECEMBER llth, 1843, Will be performed the popular and Laughable Comedietta, CALLED A Lover by Proxy. Harry Lawless. Mr. J. R. NEWCOMBE. At the end of the Comedietta, Mr. BURCHELL will Sing I'm Ninety-five," in the character of an old Woman; and Mr. WOULDS a new Comic Song, called The Frenchman's Dinner." After which, for the first time in Cardiff, a new Domestic Drama of power and interest, entitled LOST AND WON. Leyton Mr. C. Perkins. Mrs. Leyton Miss MACREADY. In the course of the Evening A SAILOR'J HORNPIPE, by Master Charles Angel. Mrs Este, the favourite Song of Should heupbraid." A DOUBLE HAKNPIPU, by Master James and Miss Angel. Mr. W. H. Angel will Sing Odd Matters." And Mr. Woulds (by desire), 11 Werry Pekooliar." To conclude with the Historical Drama of Charles the 12th. STAGE MkNAGZR-Mlt. CHARLES PERKINS. The Performance will be so arranged as to terminate each Evening at Eleven o'clock. Doors open at half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.—Boxes, 3s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is.—Second Price a quarter before Nine.—Places for Boxes to be taken at the Post-office. THEATRE, CARDIFF.—^BY AUTHORITY.) LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. m [jJ Begs most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and her Friends, that HER BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, the 14th DECEMBER, 1843, when will be presented an entirely new Play, in 5 Acts, which his been received with distinguished approbation at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1843, Will be Acted, a Play in 5 Acts, written by Mr. Lovell, CALLED LOVE'S SACRIFICE; OR, THE RIVAL MERCHANT. Matthew Elmore The > Mr. C. Perkins. Paul Lafont ) The R,Tal Merchants Mr Silyer Saint Lo.Mr. S. Buckingham Eugene..Mr. Frazer. I Friar Dominic..Mr. Mulford Jean Russe. Mr. Artaud. Du Viray Mr. Burchell. Morluc Mr. Morland. Margaret Elmore Miss MACREADY. Herminie. Mrs. Macready. Jenny Miss Floyd | Marian Mrs. Este. Mr. W. H. Ang-el will Sing the celebrated Comic Song, called The Horticultural Wife." In the course of the Evening, Mrs. Macready will deliver a Farewell Address. Mrs. Este will, by desire, Siiig 11 The Corsair's Farewell," IVith other Entertainments. Tickets to be had of Mrs. Macready, Lewis's Commercial School, Crockherbtown the Post-office, where places may be taken; the Guardian" Office and the Cardiff Arms Hotel. C A U TI O N. WHEREAS, my Wife, ANN WILLIAMS, having left my house without any just cause, I hereby Caution all persons not to give her Credit, as I shall not be answer- able for any Debt or Debts she may contract in my name after this Notice. Witness my hand this 30th day of November, 1843. EDWARD WILLIAMS, Lamb Inn, Merthyr Tydvil. CARDIFF GAOL. ALL PERSONS desiring to CONTRACT for the fol- lowing Provisions for the next Three Months, are requested to send Sealed Tenders to the Gaol, addressed to the "VISITING COMMITTEE of MAGISTRATES,' at 12 o'clock on SATURDAY, 16th DECEMBER, 1843. The Contract to commence on SUNDAY, tha 31st of DECEMBER, and to continue in force until the Saturday irn- mediately preceding the Easter General Quarter Sessions for the County. Bread per Loaf of I lb., at each, best seconds Coals per ton Soap, at per lb. Candles, at per lb., best dips Rushlights, at per lb. Rice. at per cwt. Barley, at per do. Salt, at per do, Terms of payment at the end of the Quarter. BRECONSHIRE SESSIONS. T NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, f V next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS 1 ? ?eace» for the COUNTY of BRECON, will be G SHIRE-HALL, in Brecon, in and for the said >°iUnJ' -°n 0NDay> the First day of JANUARY next, at One o'clock m the Afternoon, at which Hour and Place the business rclating to the Assessment Application or Manage- ment of the County Rate or Stock will commence. Grand and Petty Jurors, Prosecutors, Appellants, Res- pondents, and" ltnesses, must attend on Tuesday, the 2nd day of January next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon. Depositions must be forwarded to the Clerk of the Peace 7 clear days before the Sessions, and in all cases arising sub- sequently, immediately upon being taken. Notice is hereby also given, that all Persons having claims upon the COUlItYg must attend with their Accounts before the Visiting Magistrates at the Shirehall, BRECON, on Tuesday, the 20th day of December instant, at 11 o'clock in the Forenoon, when such several Accounts will be Audited. And Notice is hereby lastly Given, that all Costs of Prose- cutions to be allowed by the County must be Taxed at the same Sessions, previous to or during which they shall be incurred, or they will not afterwards be allowed. POWELL, „ t-. i, iw, Clerk of the Peace. Brecon, oth December, 1843, NOTICES, &c. NEW CHURCH, CARDIFF. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, 'pHAT the NEW CHURCH of SAINT MARY'S, 1 CARDIFF, will be OPENED for DIVINE SERVICE, On THURSDAY, the 14th of DECEJIBER instant. Morning and Evening Service will be performed in the said Church on the occasion, at Eleven o'clock and at Half-past Two o'clock respectively, when SERMONS will be Preached by the VERY REVEREND THE DEAN OF LLANDAFF, AND TIIE REV. JOHN WEBB, M.A., Vicar of St. John's and St. Mary's, Cardiff. The attendance of the Subscribers in particular, and of the Clergy, Gentry, and others, Inhabitants generally of the town and neighbourhood, is respectfully requested. Such of the Clergy, Gentry, and others, as desire to take part in the Procession are hereby invited to meet the Com- mittee at the Town-hall, punctually at Ten o'clock in the Morning of that day. A Collection will he made after each Service, towards liquidating the Debt still due on the Building Account. T. STACKY, ) T, c J. C. CAMPBELL,) Hon' Secretanes. Caidiff, Dec. G, 1843. MUSIC. A t25 Ontnea Instrument for 65 Guineas. TO be Disposed of, a SPLENDID TONED 61 Octave CABINET PIANO FORTE,in a VERY ELEGANT ROSEWOOD CASE, with HANDSOMELY CARVED DOUBLE COLUMNS AND FEET, and Patent Metallic Plate, possessing a rich and powerful Tone, and beautiful touch. The Workmanship is of the very first order, it being of London Manufacture, and warranted to stand well tune. Price, 65 Guineas, delivered free of all expense. An opportunity of obtaining such a bargain is rarely to be met with. To be seen at Mr. WEBBER'S, Guardian Office, Cardiff. GLAMORGANSHIRE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the Next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE for the said County, will be HOLDEN at the GUILD-HALL, in the Town of CARDIFF, in and for the said County, On l'UESDA Y, the Second day of JANUARY next, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, when and where all Jurors, Prosecutors, and Witnesses are required to at- tend. All Appeals and Traverses must be entered before the Opening of the Court, and the several parties thereto be prepared to proceed therewith. A; Half-past Eleven o'Clock the Justices assembled will prcceed to the business relating to the Assessment, Application, and Management of the County Stock or Rate, and to the internal regulations of the County, and at Twelve at Noon the Justices then and there assembled will proceed to take into consideration the several Acts made and passed in Her present Majesty's reign relating to the Establishment of County and District Constables, and to make and enter into such Rules, Orders, and Regulations relating thereto, arki to the Police estab- lished within the said County as may be thought expedient. All Bills and demanls against the County Stock must be delivered into the Office of the Clerk of the Peace Fourteen days before the Sessions, and all costs given or allowed by the Court must be taxad at the same Sessions, or they will not afterwards fte allowed, the several acting Magistrates are requested to return ill Depositions into the Office of the Clerk of the Peace at Cardiff, oil or before the 29th of DECEMBER instant. WOOD, Cardiff, Dec. 2, 1843. Clerk of Peaoe. NOTICE. HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS, charged to make enquiry into the Manner in which the TURN- PIKE TRUSTS have been managed in SOUTH WALES, and into the way in which the Laws relating to Turnpike Roads have been administered therein, and also into the Causes which have led to Discontent and Disturbances in South Wales, will HOLD a MEETING at the TOWN- HALL, CARDIFF, on MONDAY, the llth day of DECEMBER instant, at 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon. And will also HOLD a MEETING at the CASTLE INN, in MBRTHYR-TIDVIL, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of DECEMBER instant, at 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon. At each of which Places they will be ready and willing to examine all Persons, who may come before them, and receive any Communications made to them by Letter touch- ing those matters. Parties from Lantrissent and Caerphilly Districts to attend at Cardiff. Dated this 2nd December, 1843. BUTE, LORD LIEUTENANT. All Communications to be addressed thus, To the Secretary of Her Majesty's Commission of Inquiry, Cardiff." MANOR OF COITY WALLIA. GLAMORGANSHIRE. To the Riyht Honourable The Earl of Dunraven, Lord of the said Manor, The Right Honourable Lord Dynevor, The Right Honourable John Nicholl, SirCharles Salusbury, Bart., Sir George Glyn, Bart., Sir Geo. Tyler, Knt., R. H. Jenkins, R. T. Turbervill, M. P. Traheme, IV. Coffin, N- V- E. Vauffhan, Mark Wood, Morgan I ho mas, J. Bennf.t, Harry Lewis, JVm. Lewis, Griff. Llewellyn, H. Verity, and A. Verity, Esquires, and others, the Landowners and Twiants of the said Manor. rpHE above named Noblemen and Gentlemen, and all JL_ other the Landowners in and Tenants of the said Manor, are respectfully solicited to attend either in Person or by their Agents; at a MEETING to be held at the Dwelling- House of DAVID THOMAS, Victualler, called the KING'S HEAD, situate at PENCOED, near BRIDGEND, and within the said Manor, on the 3rd day of JANUARY next, at 12 o'Clock at Noon, for the purpose of considering what measures it would be expedient to adopt with lespect to the numerous and extensive encroachments which have of late years been made upon the Commons and Wastes, within the said Manor, to the very serious injury of the Lord of the Manor, the Landowners, and Tenants. About 20 years ago the late Mr. Vaughan, of Lanelay, the present Mr. Coffin, of Landaff, and other Tenants, accompanied by the Steward and other Officers of the Manor, took down the Fences of and threw open all the encroachments then existing but soon afterwards the same Fences were set up and other encroachments were made in some instances to the extent of many Acres, and no effort having been made to check them until the present year, some of the wrong doers may acquire a title by long possession, unless steps are speedily taken to assert the rights of the Lord and Tenants, which are of very considerable value. December 4th, 1843. DAVID THOMAS, EDWARD MORGAN, Haywards of the Manor. TEETH. MONDAYS and TUESDAYS, A BERGAVENNY; WEDNESDAYS, NEWPORT; THURSDAYS, CHEPSTOW; FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS MONMOUTH Until the 31st of December, MR. L. MOSELY, SUROEOM DENTIST, OF 12, BERNER'S STREET, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, HAS the honour to announce to his Patients, Friends, and the Residents generally of the County, that his 17th periodical visit will commence on Friday the 24th inst., and that he may be consulted as under, Mondays and Tuesdays, Angel Hotel, Abergavenny Wednesdays, King's Head Hotel, Newport; Thursdays, George Hotel, Chepstow; and on Fridays and Saturdays, at Mr. Powell's, plumber, Mounow-street, Monmouth. Attendance from 10 to 4. From Mr. L. M. s extensive and well-known practice at his old-established town residence (No. 12 Berner's-street, Oxford-street, where patients can always be attended) he is enabled to offer his Country Patients advantages never yet attainable except in the metropolis. The whole of the me- chanical department is designed by himself and executed on the premises, by which means an accurate and sure fit is guaranteed, all pressure on the gums avoided, and the Teeth are made to answer all purposes of mastication and articu- lation, and are worn with perfect ease and comfort upon the most tender gums, without extracting the remaining stumps. Mr. L. M. is happy to state, from extensive alterations and improvements just finished in the Mechanical Depart- ment, he is enabled to heduee his charges very considerably, so as to bring the aid of the Dentist within the reach of all parties. Mr. L. M.'s newly-invented incorrodible Teeth never change colour from the effects of medicine or ill health, and assimilate so closely to nature as to defy detection by the closest observer. Natural and Artificial Teeth of every description fixed, c from a single Tooth to a complete Set, without wires or ligatures of any kind. Scaling, Stopping, Children's Teeth attended, and every operation pertaining to Dental Surgery. ConsxUtations tree, and specimens shown in every stage of preparation. Mr. L. M.'s references combine very many of the most influential Families (his Patients) resident in the county, and the Medical Profession generally. Constant attendance at Town Residence, No. 12, Berner's Street, Oxford Street, where Patients can always be attended, and letters addressed will meet with immediate attention. CHARGES AS IN TOWN. Not, life 1843, NOTICES, LETTINGS, AND SALES, TArr VALF, PAIELWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT THE ADJOURNED SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the TAFF VALE RAILWAY CO., WILL BE HELD at the CARDIFF ARMS HOTEL, CARDIFF, on WEDNESDAY next, the 13th instant The Chair to be taken at 12 o'Clock precisely. F. W. JAMES, Railway Office, Cardiff, £ Secretary. December 7, 1843. J WOOD'S BANKRUPTCY. AS another DIVIDEND is expected to be paid Shortly out of this ESTATE, such of the Creditors as have Deposited their Notes in the hands of the late Messrs. TIIOMAS and RICHARD BASSETT, Solicitors, Bonvilstone, (or the Representatives of such Creditors) may receive the same on application to Mr. E. BASSETT, Lantwit-Mnjor, by payment of a trifle towards the expences of Scheduling them and Advertising this Notice in the Cambrian," and Cardiff Advertiser." Lantwit-Major, Oth December, 1843. The New Foundry, Cardiff. THOMAS WILLIAMS BEGS leave most respectfully to inform his Friends and the Public generally, that he still continues Casting GRATES, STOVES, &c., and every article in the Casting line, with the greatest possible dispatch, and on the lowest ternis. Smiths' Work in general executed on the Premises. New Foundry, Cardiff, | Dec. 8th, 1843. j MONEY TO LEND, THE Sum of £ 7,000 ready to be ADVANCED on gpod LANDED or FREEHOLD SECURITY, in the several sums of L3,000 and £2,500 and the remainder in smaller sums of not less than f300 each, at E4 per Cent. for £ 1,000 and upwards, and C.5 per Cent. under that sum. Apply to Mr. Richard Llewellin Reece, Solicitor, New- bridge, near Cardiff. GLAMORGANSHIRE. NEATH TURNPIKE DISTRICT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the TOLLS arising at the several TOLL GATES within this District Will be Let by Auction, To the Best Bidder, at the TOWN-HALL, NEATH, on FRIDAY, the 29th day of DECEMBER next, between the hourll of 1 welve and Two o'clock, in the manner directed by the Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, For Regulating Turnpike Roads," which Tolls were Let the last year for the sum of EI,666; and the Tolls will be put up at such sum. Whoever happens to be the best bidder must, at the same time, pay One Month in advance of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let (if required), and give Security, with sufficient Sureties, to the satisfaction of the Trustees of the said District, for Payment of the Rent Monthly, or in such other proportions as shall be directed. There will be no Toll payable on Lime carried for Manure nor any Side-bar to be erected at Cadoxton Village. By Order of the Trustees, ALEXANDER CUTHBERTSON, Neath, Nov. 21, 1843. Clerk MONMOUTHSHIRE. DESIRAEIS FREEHOLD ESTATES FOR SALE. TO II SOILS BY AUCTOOOM, By. Mr. H. M. PARTRIDGE, At the KING'S HEAD INN, NEWPORT, in the County of MONMOUTH, THIS DAY, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to such conditions as shall be then and there produced (unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given), the following VALUABLE PROPERTIES. LOT 1. PWLL COCH FARM, with Farm-house,JBarn, Stables, and Cow-house, and several Pieces or Parcels of excel- lent Arable and Pasture Land, containing 43A. OR. 221' or thereabouts, situate in the Parish of Saint Melon's, in the County of Monmouth, now in the occupation of Mr. Evan Thomas Thomas. The above Premises are very pleasantly situate about half way between the towns of Newport and Cardiff, have a good aspect, and command an extensive view of the surrounding country, and of the Bristol Channel. LOT 2.—VAINDItE VACH FARM, with Three Dwelling-houses, or Labourers' Cottages, and several Pieces of excellent Arable and Meadow Land, containing IIA. OR. 20r., or thereabouts, situate in the said Parish of St. Melon's, in the occupation of Mr. William Thomas, and his undertenants. The last-mentioned Premises are situate within a short distance of Lot I. The Land has a good aspect, and is very fertile. It is well supplied with Water, and the Meadows may, with advantage, be irrigated. LOT 3,-PENTWYN FAint, with the Dwelling-house, Stable, Cow-house, and several Pieces or Parcels of superior Orchard, Arable, and Pasture Land, containing 14A. 0K. 251'. or thereabouts, situate in the Parish of Marshfield, in the County of Monmouth, in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Jones. This little Farm is situate by the side of the road leading from Castletown to Peterstone, and is about a mile distant from the former village. The soil is good, and in a good state of cultivation. The Orchards are well stocked with Trees of choice Fruit, and in good bearing growth. LOT 4.-TNvo Pieces of Arable LAND, in the Parish of Peterstone, containing 8A. JR. 30p., or thereabouts, in the occupation of lr, Daniel James. This Land is situate adjoining the Summerway-lane, and although now in tillage, may be advantageously laid down to pasture. The drainage is good, and it is well supplied with water during the summer months. It is not liable to the repair of any part of the Sea Wall or Gouts. The respective tenants will show the properties. For further particulars, apply to Mr. WM. TIIOMAS, (the proprietor) The Walk-Farm," Marshfield; Messrs. BIRCH AND DAVIS, Solicitors, Newport or the AUCTIONEER. 1

COMMISSION OF INQUIRY IN WALES.—At Abcrystwith, the Commissioner have inquired minutely into the expendi- ture of the county rates, and an account of the several items of expenditure for several years past has been furnished to them. One of the chief complaints brought before the Commissioners is against the unexplained increase of the county rate. Up to 1838 for twenty years previously, the average yearly amount of the Cardiganshire county-rate, or county-stock, as it is here called, was £ 1,650, never exceeded £1,900 and sometimes as low as £1,000 and LI,200 a year. Since then, however, from some unexplained cause, this rate has been greatly increased, as the following statement of the last five years' rates will show :— x or the year 1839 £ 2,207 1840 2,300 1841 2,629 1842 2,688 1843 2,814 JN ext year tne expense of the London police down there will greatly increase this amount; and should the rural which has been proposed be established, the whole rate will thereby be doubled. The commissioners are said not to have thought much of the increase. The commissioners have concluded their inquiry at Aberystwith, and proceeded to Rhayader, in Radnorshire, where some recent Rebecca disturbances have taken place. On Sunday a young farmer, very respectably connected, was apprehended at Llanon, on a charge of having been concerned in breaking down the turnpike-gates in this trust about three months ago. The informant against him was a discardad servant who had changed masters. He was conveyed to Aberayron, and discharged out of custody on bail. A number of similar informations are expected. INNKEEPERS. Societies are forming in almost every town in England, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to relieve the innkeepers from the heavy taxes under which they labour. That body now find out that the railroads have utterly ruined some of the first hotels in the kingdom, which ruin has actually descended to the smallest neighboui- ing public houses. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.-It is rumoured that herMajesty will take up her residence in the neighbourhood of Bristol during the ensuing summer, and that negotiations for the possession of Ashton Court have been already entered into. LIGHT WEIGHTS AND FALSE BOTTOMED MEASURES. Several shopkeepers were last week convicted at the Coun- cil House, Bristol, in various penalties from 2s. 6d. to 40s. and coats, for having in their possession light weights and false scales. Some hawkers were likewise convicted for selling with measures having false bottoms, HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. DECEMBBR. Morning. Evening. Sunday, 10 7 51 8 16 Monday, 11 8 29 8 54 Tuesday, 12 9 6 9 32 Wednesday, 13 9 48 10 it, Thursday 14 10 43 11 5 Friday, lo 11 16 11 47 ) Saturday, l<> S 0 2(i 1 0 HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL, &c. (From Bunt's Tide Table.) | HIGH WATER. I Cumb. < Bathust U';CEMBER- Morn, J Even. I Gate.. Sunday 10 8 46 9 11 j 28 11 17 8 Monday 11 9 24 9 4i) > 28 2 16 11 Tuesday 12 10 I 10 27 j 27 3 16 0 Wednesday 13 10 43 11 14 26 2 14 11 Thursdav" 14 11 38 — 2o 1 14 0 Friday, 15 0 11 0 42 24 6 13 3 Saturday 16 1 211 55 J 24 4 13 1 EUUATtON OF Til K TIDES. These Equations, applied to the above Table, will give the Approximate Times of High Water, at the following Places oil the Coasts of England and Wales. A.M. A.M. Aberystwith add 0 15 Liverpool add 4 0 Caernarvon add 1 45 Newport, Mon .sub 0 30 Cardigan Bar .sub 0 15 Portsmouth .add 4 24 Carmarthen Bay ..sub 1 5 Swansea Bar sub 1 lo Chepstow siti) 0 13 Thames' Mouth sub 5 45 2nd Sunday in Advent. Morning$'8t, Wesson. 5 chapter Isaiah. I 2nd Lesson.10 chapter Acts. Evenino- Lesson.24 chapter Isaiah. 2nd Lesson 3 chapter .Tames. Mr. MORGAN'S (Ruperra) IIOLKUS will meet on Monday, December 11th, at Croscorneinon Tlitirsday, 14th at Tredegar Saturday, 16th, at Piecorner Each day at half-past Eleven o'clock. The COWBRIDGE IIARRlERS^IeT^ On Monday, Dec. llth at St. Mary Church Ou Wednesday, 13th at New Forest At half-past Ten. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ø" All Communications and Advertisements intended for thia J oumal should be forwarded earlv in the week-not later than THURSDAY MORNING. If Ilarpocrates" will read the last week's notice again, he will see that the words "general acknowledge fitness" apply to the supposed candidate, and not to the one appointed. The suggested alteration in the advertisement of Cwm y Gorse came too late, that part of our impression in which it appears having been previously struck off. In the advertisement the following should have been omitted —" There will be no toll payable on lime carried for manure."

THE Deanery of Landaff has been conferred on the Rev. W. Bruce Knight, the Chancellor of the Diocese. If ever the monstrari digito was applicable in a public appointment, this is one of its most anuronriate illus- trations. A few weeks only have passed since we recorded the proceedings of a meeting held to do honour to this excellent person, who now for 25 years has administered the affairs of the Diocese, intrusted to his care, with singular propriety, wisdom, and moderation. Acting under Prelates perhaps the most distinguished in modern times for learning, the present Dean of Llandaff has secured the unmixed approbation of all, both Clergy and Laity, by the firmness and consistency, tempered with the gentleness, meekness, and courteousness which are main ingredients both in his natural temper and his Christian character, with which his high functions have been discharged, Highly as these qualities have been appreciated, and large as the Testimonials to the Chancellor's public life may have been, amply has he deserved them all. His praise is in all the Churches where his labours were known, and we heartily rejoice at this additional reward of his long and arduous services. To the wise and sagacious choice of the Bishop of Llandaff we owe the selection of the Rev. Bruce Knight to the Deanery of Llandaff. Never was there a time when Ecclesiastical appointments required greater care and caution in those who bestow them than now; and in the selection of the Chancellor of the Diocese we have the surest guarantee from the past, for the due main- tenance of the pure & Apostolical Church of which he is so distinguished an ornament. Holding the golden mean between those idle pageantries that distract the attention to things purely sensible, and those illusive reveries that pretend to iefinements which human nature cannot reach, he will pay due regard to the ancient discipline of the Church of England, her venerable order, and her wise constitution, which planned by men of superior eminence have stood the test of ages, the church which it is our conviction is the same that was once delivered to the Saints. We have exceeded, in this brief and imnerfect attempt to speak of the Key. Bruce Knight, our original intention, but we should still fail in our object if we did not in conclusion allude to that enlarged spirit of Christian philanthropy by which his whole ministerial course has been so strongly marked. Every charitable Institution within the Diocese has had the benefit of his wisdom, the advantage of his exertions, and the aid of his benevolence. '1'0 these general labours of love, we may add his later effort in behalf of the Cathedral of Llandaff, and in which his piety and energy were alike conspicuous. In the restoration of this Building he will find a fitting type of his own Christian character,—so strongly supported, so firmly united, so nobly adorned, by wl scioi-n, strength, and beauty-the wisdom which is the fear of God, the strength which is love, and the beauty which is inward holiness.

@lamorgangntvC, GLAMORGANSHIRE AND MONMOUTIISHIRF DISPENSARY AND INFIRMARY. Abstract of House Surgeon's Report to the Weekly Board for the week ending Dec. 5, 1843. Remained by last Report Admitted since } G Q2 | Discharged y r, "S j Cured and Relieved o t *> \Died .WW' 0 j Remaining < £ /Remained by last Report o "2 I Admitted since jj; 132 ç¡ Dischargd 1 = 1 Died y I u ^Cured and Relieved jy 1 Remaining -121 Medical Officers for the Week. Physician Dr. Moore Consulting Surgeon Reece Surgeon Mr. Evans Visiters Rev '1. Staeey and Mr. G. Phillips F. M. RlTSSEL, House Surgeon. TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Traffic Account, lor the week ending Dec. 2. £ s. d. Passengers 81 ]t5 10 Dinas 15 ranch Gi) IH 7 Thomas Powell. (ji) q 4 Duncan and Co 20 10 10 Dowlais Branch j General Merchandise Q John Edmunds (Pontypridd Colliery) 20 5 2 Darran Ddu Colliery 7 19 n Total for the Week f532 4 6 A detachment of the 4th dragoons, under the command of Lord George Paget, reached this town on Tuesday, and took up their quarters in the barracks assigne(i for the cavalry. They marched from Brecon and Merthyr. Lord George is son of the Marquess of Anglesea. TAloF V ALE RAILWAY.—I5Y an advertisement in another column it will be seen that a special general meeting of the proprietary is fixed for Wednesday next, at the Cardiff Arms I hotel. ARRIVAL OF THE LONDON MAT L.-Arriii,,cmeiits, it is understood, are in progress to expedite the "arrival of the London mail in this town. By the contemplated change it will reach Cardiff at 8 o ctock in the morning, and not leave for London till six in the evening. The precise period at which this will occur is not known, but there is every reason to bll satisfied of the ttutli of the proposed change. CARDIFF NEW CHURCH.—We do truly congratulate our fellow townsmen upon the removal of the little difficulties that have hitherto presented themselves to the opening of the New Church of St. Mary's, in this town. The auspicious event of making this beautiful building available at length to the accommodation of this immense population will take place, we rejoice to hear, on Thursday next, the 1.1th instant, on which occasion we anticipate a Meeting of well-wishers to the Church of England commensurate to the feeling of love and attachment that is entertained for her, and of the deep gratitude that is owing to her from the Land for the savours of religion which she has shed among her people, and with which she has imbued her every Institution. We regret to hear that there is a large debt still unliquidated by the Committee, which has been incurred by the erection of churchyard walls and fences, and the supply of internal furniture, not provided for in the original estimate- it is said a debt of nearly £4UU. Will the people of Cardiff suffer this, and be content to worship in a House of God, the erection of which has not been fully paid for, the security from damage and the modest accommodations of which have been provided for them 1 We do not believe it. We have long witnessed better things at their hands. And we cannot persuade ourselves that on the approaching occasion our fellow parishioners and our neigh- bours will not come forward' cheerfully and liberally, each as God has blest him, and pour out of their abundance or their poverty as much as the necessity demands; having imbibed the knowledge and the spirit of Charity from the Waters of Life, we know that they will distil it amply on the »\yeet pressure of this holy necessity, until, like a sponge, it wipes out all, and leaves not a trace of sorrow or anxiety upon the mind of one of those many earnest and laborious men who have now brought their sacred work to its comple- tion. We do hope that on that good day they will re- member the Apostolic precept, and enable the Committee to act upon it-Iloire no man anything, but to love one another," and add, we will "provide things honest in the sight of all men." As there are several social confraternities in this town, who we are satisfied warmly sympathise in the proceedings of the day, and as it would be desirable to enhance the pomp and solemnity of the procession by the attendance of the members of those societies, with their flags and banners, no more fitting opportunity for their display could present itself. We venture to throw out the suggestion, quite satisfied that the members of the Masonic and Odd Fellows bodies, in Cardiff and its vicinity, are not indifferent to a ceremony promotive alike of the honour of God and the eternal welfare of their fellow. creatures.- Since writing the above we learn that the Masonic body and the Cardiff Odd Fellows have considerately made a tender of lMir lervices to the Rev. T. Stacey, and will form part of the procession on Thursday. The place of rendezvous for the members of the clubs is understood to be the Cambrian's Pride Lodge, Black Lion, St. Mary's-street. THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. A very interesting lecture on The Life and Character of Socrates was delivered at the Institute oil Monday night, to a numerous and respectable auditory, by Mr. Rhys Stephen, baptist minister, of Newport. Although the sub- ject it one respecting which much is known, and therefore little can be said to interest the public, yet in the hands of Mr. Stephen it has been redeemed from the imputation of common place by a manner at once graceful and coloquial, and by a power of exposition and illustration which his admirers would wish to see employed on more modern and therefore more popular topics. Choice of a subject is perhaps 1.8 essential to the character of a lecturer, who would combine at once pleasure with instruction, as the most graceful delivery, and without meaning to detract fiom the character of Mr. Stephen as an excellent lecturer, we cannot help thinking that his choice on the present occasion was rather infelicitous. The ingenuity of many persons has been taxed, and some think successfully, in discovering points of resem- blance between the character of Socrates and that of our Divine Redeemer. No profanity could be hazarded by the comparison. Many worthy personB, imbued with the most profound and reverential feeling for whatever appertains to the character of Christ while upon earth, have not hesitated to institute comparisons between some of the saints and the man-god. The holiness, the purity, and amiability of his life, whilst it held out to mankind the most alluring example, invited at the same time a comparison between his divine character and that of many of his adoring contemporaries, who in some degree justified the comparison by a close imi- tation of his divine example. Socrates was not a saint, but between the dignity and amiability of his character and that of our redeemer points of resemblance have been found, and these so touching that Addison, in admiration of them, at one time involuntarily exclaimed, Oh holy Socrates pray for us." This feature in the lecture would, we have no doubt, be peculiarly attractive in the hands of Mr. Stephen, and the regret is the greater that he has not touched upon it. Such a contrast would have redeemed the subject from any little imputation of triteness or common place that may have attached to it, & invested it with much interest and originality. After a suitable exordium, Mr. Stephen proceeded to give an account of the social and political state of Greece at the birth of Socrates. Socrates himself was rather of humble parentage, and from the vigour and irrepressible force of his genius became the artificer of his own fortune*- The bent of his mind led him to employ much of his leisure time in mechan- ical pursuits, and though he did not become a Praxiteles, (an eminent sculptor of that period) he executed several works in statuary, which were considered excellent. His instructive life was a model of unwearied industry and perseverance, with an amiability and sweetness of disposition which even the frowardness of his wife Zantippc could not always disturb. The peculiarity of his reasoning powers is what has rendered this extraordinary individual a subject of so much interest, and the Socratic mode of reasoning will ever be associated with his name as a mode of argument the most insidious and effective which the schoolmaster has ever invented. In Greece, as elsewhere, manly beauty was much admired—if associated with beauty of intellect it was con- siderably enhanced, and the fortunate individual in whom both happened to be united, was considered by the fastidious Greeks as little less than an angel. Socrates, however, with all the beauty and vigour of his intellect, was by no means a. good looking fellow,-he had rather an ungainly person, a snub nose, large blubber lips, and an obliquity of vision, in the vernacular termed a squint. These to a modern philoso- pher would be considered terrible accessories to genius, a great draw back and a damper to all the amenities of modern dandyism. Socratcs, however, was either too phlegmatic or philosophic to be much concerned about them, and instead of permitting them for a moment to damp the ardour of his puisuit in quest of knowledge, he made them the subject of some pleasant raillery. A friend of his one day commenced bantering him on these peculiarities.—« With respect to my nose, said Socrates, it is somewhat of a snub to be suiv, but then you see I have this advantage over yours you« can only smell what is immediately under it, mine, from its capacity and inclination to a cock, can take in anything above it and around it, my eyes may squint somewhat, but then, if sight is a blessing, I can see two ways at once, and that beats your power of vision hollow." "Oh, but the lips," said his querist, how could you approach the cheek of beauty with such a pair 1 « With regard to that," replied Socrates, ladies like a good hearty smack, and you must own that a large pair of lips are well calculated to leave » proper impression, and keep up the character of the owner for a labial encounter." Zantippe and a scolding wife are ill-naturedly considered matrimonial synonymes. This lively lady was the wife of Socrates, and if old saws say true, she led him a plague of a life." Whether this vivacity of disposition was the result of temperament, or an occasional supplemental cock of the snub nose of the philoso- pher, or that she did not properly appreciate his blubber lip* -or that HE was too bookish, or too abstract, or staved out ate at night, or forgot to warm his feet before he went to bed, and used his night cap for an extinguisher to the light, or of twenty things not dreamed of in his philosophy, is no affair of our pensive public, suffice it to say that she taught him a good deal of practical philosophy, and a power of indurance very serviceable to him in after'life, in his con- tentions with the Athenians. Few gentlemen, however, would be content with an initiation into the elements of philosophy at the hands of a Zantippe-and "singlc g-entle W r r6 douh^>" would do well to consult their f f t unfortun;itely produce a Zantippe. h(nv"e'. such gentlemen are fond of speculation, and aie yeamillg- after classical associations, let them try a little neg- led, and they will incontinently produce in their better halves a vivacity of disposition quite as classical and uncontroulable- as /antippe's. After a few other anecdotes, characteristic of Socrates, the lecturer proceeded to a review of the life of this eminent individual, and an analysis of his writing 1 hrongh mere inadvertence the thanks of a numerous and nig lily gratified auditory were not given to Mr. Stephen at the ci0se. It i3 but justice to the people of Cardiff and to the talented lecturer to say that the omission was purely Proved1; HiUl l'hC le°M r°ibee" 1CSS ^an it Z tt0 \,Pe0p!U r VC mUurai'y turned their £ 2' rS' H compliment (o Mr. S,c„ his auditory were too highly ■>■.•. 1 nlcrl,llnlnf?' uuu> Ihc dr,- Ml, Of vo=lc ■trr* "wlu"'Mr- preciselv tlie'-imi'"1"1'' Ills[lUUl0n with lecture, that for similar omis'i' leasons he will run the chance of a. lecturer and'th"' Cre blc at OIlce 1o the powers of the: and the just appreciation of his auditory. ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE TO THE TI f WAliQUESS OF BUTE. voted VtheVTn~ is liis Lordiiiij)'s reply to the address lately" week -I. lowi^U' »™rted m the Guardian of laJt T i 1 Edinburgh, 1st December, 1843. nit reorn;ed J11,1* monilr^ JO" obliging letter of 27th. enclosing the Address, vhich was so kindly adopted 'it CJ your'-u 11J'ee't n° i U'l iuhabft:l,lts Cardiff, convened under r hon. -[' for the l'urre of,piving expression to their thy With me on occasion ot the late fire at Luton 1100. afl)J i > years to entertain m* aUtetionate goodwill toward! the inhabitants of Caidiff aiidJ most gratifying it is to me .0 find from such an addre4 thi.C h;s feeling is reciprocal. 1 >ffer them my warmest a.kn.nv- accordingl'y, g WUl tUis lette< Public. Relieve me to be, Sir, wih respect and regard, our very faithful Servant Addressed, Tt 1 TErt Henry Morgan, Esq., Mayor, Cadiff. I