Pontypool Free Press and Herald of the Hills

Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford. UP. SUNDAYS. Newport 7.15 9.0110.201.6 2.10 5.40 7.0 9 205.30: Pontnwyd 7.29 9.1410.341.18 5.54 9.32 5.42 PONTYP* L RoAD.f.4(»k22 10.42 1.242^9,6. 7 7.19 9.45 5.57) Nantydery 7.52 10.59 6.19 9.57)6. 8 Penpergra 7.59 11. 61 ;6.26j7.3610. 5:6.18 Aberga'ny 8.10 11.18 2.55 6.35 7.44 10.15|6.26j Hereford 9.12 12.18,! 3.307.35'8.3011 15|7.30 DOWN. SUNDAYS. Hereford 7.40! 9.45 12.10i 3.35 j7.25i 9.40 7.50 Abrga'ny 8.4510.37il2.48 4.40 8 18 10.45 8.53 Pnpergm 6.5l[l0.43| 4*48 8.24 10.53 9. 1' Nantydry9. 010.50i |4 56 (8.33 11. 0j9.10: PONTYP'L (I BoAD.9.1011. 3 1.102.30 5. 9,6. 5,8 43 11.18:9.28; Pontnwyd9.2111.111 |5.25j6.14 11.269.36 Newport 9.3511.25: 1.38,2.50,5.40;6.30,9. 5 11.4019.50

Newport, Ebbw Vale, and Nantyglo. From Dock-street, Newport, for Nantyglo and inter- mediate Stations, (Bassaleg Junction, Tydee, Risca, Cross Keys, Chapel Bridge, Abercarn, Newbridge, Crumlin, Llanhilleth, Aberbeeg Junction, Abertillery, and Blaina,) at 7, 11 15, 3, 5 45, 7 30 Sundays: 9, 15 & 5 15. FromNantyglo, 8 25, 11 15, 2 20, 4 45, 7 25. Sundays at 10 55 and 7 10. From Aberbeeg Junction for Ebbw Vale and interme- diate Stations, (Cwm and Victoria,) at 7 53, 12 13, 4 8, 6 43. Sundays at 10.13 and 6 13. From Ebbw Vale at 8 25, 11 15, 2 20, 4 45, 7 25. Sundays at 10 55, and 7 10.

Pontypool, Ebbw Vale, and Nantyglo. UP TRAINS SUNDAYF, Pontypool Town 9 37 1 32 5 29 8 3 f; n 3'1 6 3 Crumlin dep 7 41 12 00 Pontypool Town 9 37 1 32 5 29 8 3 Crumlin dep 7 41 12 0 3 51 6 30 10 0 Aberbeeg junct 7 53 12 13 4 t 6 43 0 13 6 13 Ebbw Vale 8 15 12 35 4 30 7 5 10 35 6 35 AbertineV 7 59 12 19 4 14 6 49 10 19 6 19 7 8 6 12 27 4 22 6 57 10 If 6 27 Nantygio 8 15 12 35 4 30 7 5 10 35 C 35 DOWN TRAIXS | SUNBAYS Nantyglo 8 15111 15 2 20 4 45 7 2M!0 55 7 10 BlaiM 8 32 11 23 2 28 5 0 7 33 11 3 7 18 Abertillery 6 41 11 31 2 36 5 10 7 41 11 11 7 2G Ebbw Yale 8 25 11 15 2 20 4 45 7 25 10 55 7 10 Aberbeeg junct 8 47 11 37 2 42 5 20 7 47 11 17 7 32 Crumlin dep 10 15 2 0 5 39 9 J'ontypool Town lo 30 2 20 5 55

Pontypool, Risca, &c., and Newport. UP TRAINS I SUNDAYS. Pontypool Town 9 37 1 32 5 29 1 8 8 C 13 Crumlin dep 9 Gil 54 2 55 5 45 8 011 SO 7 45 Abercarne 9 10 12 4 3 5 5 55 8 10 11 40 7 55 Bieca 9 23 12 20 3 If- 6 10 8 23 11 53 8 8> Newport 9 45 12 45 3 40 G 40 8 45 12 15 8 30 DOWN TRAINS SUNDAYS. Newport 7 0 11 15 8 0 5 45 7 30| 9 15 5 15 Risca 7 IE 11 3C 3 25 6 6 7 5/ 9 36 5 3G Abercarne 7 32 11 5t 3 41 6 20 8 H 9 50 5 50i Crumlin dep 10 15 2 0 5 39 10 49 9 4| Pontypool Town 10 30 2 20 5 55 H b 9 22

Pontypool and Merthyr. UP-TRAINB. | BUNDAYS. ftmtvpool Road 9 30 1 25 ;5 22 7 55 G 5 I'ontvpool Town 9 37 1 32 !5 29 8 3 6 13 Crumlin 9 55 1 48 |5 46 8 21 6 311 Tredegar Junction (Blackwood)lO 3 ,1 56 5 54 8 29 6 39 RhymneyJunction(Hengoed).10 9 22161885 6 45 Llancaich (Nelson) .10 17 2 10 16 8 8 44 6 54 Quaker's ard Junction 10 30 2 28 i6 22 8 53 7 3 Troedyrhiew 10 4012 38 |6 33 — — Merthyr 10 48i2 46 '6 40 — — DOWN TRAINS. ISUNDAYS MertbyT ,„ 9 20 1 10 4 45 — Troedyrhiew 9 29 1 19 4 54 ,n~T,L"7Q Quaker's Yard Junction 9 44 1 34 5 10 10 14 8 29 Llancaich (Nelson) 9 51 1 41 5 17 10 22 8 37 Bhvmney Junction 9 59 1 50 5 26 10 32 8 47; Tredewr Junction lo 5 1 55 5 31 10 39 8 54 Crumlin 10 152 0 5 39 10 49 9 4 Pontypool Town 10 30 2 20 5 55 }} Pontypool Road .10 352 25 6 5 11 13,9 27

Coleford, Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool. WEEKDAYS. SUNDAYS. a. m. a. m. a. m. p. m.l la. m [p.m. Pontypool Road 8 20 11 5 2 40 6 15 ill 20j Usk 8 55 11 20 2 55 6 3 £ 111 35' Uandenny 9 5 11 28 3 3 6 45 111 43 Bnglan Road 9 10 11 32 3 7| 6 501 111 47 Raglan Footpath.. 9 15 11 36 3 llj 6 55 11 51 Dingestow 9'25 ,11 45 3 20 7 6j (12 0 Monmouth 9 35 11 65 3 30 7 15 12 10 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m, ip. m. Monmouth 8 15 12 15 4 0 *6 0 5 0 Dineestow 8 23 12 23 4 10 6 10 6 8 Raglan Footpath 8 31 12 31 4 19 6 19 5 16 Raglan Footpath 8 31 12 31 4 19 6 19 5 16 Raglan Road 8 3512 35 4 23 I 5 20 Llandenny 8 39 12 39 4 28 6 25 a 24 vT8 5012 50 4 38 e 45 5 34 pontypool Road 94 551 7 5 5 50

Pontypool to Cardiff (Taff Vale). Y, DOWN. SUNDAYS. Pontypool town 9 37i 1 57i 5 29i 8 2 Quaker's Yard 8 19 11 19 3 54 7 9 9 29 4 24 Cardiff 9 12 12 12 4 47| 8 5110 22 5 17 tTP- SUNDAYS, Cardiff 8 20,il 30, 2 55. 6 45! 9 0 A 0 Quaker's Yard 9 15,12 26 3 50i 7 441 9 56 4 56 pontypool |l0 33j 2 10' 5 4G| 111 8 i

Bristol & South Wales Union Railway. FromBrist.6 15, 100, 12 15, 3 0, 5 0.6 50, Sundays 8 10, 3 0, arriving atPortekewet Station before 8 2, 11 35,12 27, 132, • 4 55, 6 20,8*20 (and Sundays 9 35,4 49, ) trains to Newport, Vrom Newport to Portskewet, and up stations to London. 8 0, 10 0, 1 30, 8 5, 4 30, 6 16; Sundays, 8 to, 4 23. FromPortskewef Junction, 8 30,10 25, 2 20, 3 30, 5 5, 7 0, Sundays 9 30, 5,

STEAM PACKET TABLES. THE NEWPORT OR AVON. From Bathurst Basin, Bristol. (Colling at the Uotwell* Stage half-an-hour later,) SEPTEMBER. It Tueeday 11 45 morning 16 Thursday 2 30 afternoon 18 Saturday 4 30 afternoon From Beaufort Wharf, Newport. 13 Monday 9 30 morning 15 Wednesday 12 15 afternoon 17 Friday 2 30 afternoon

LOCAL REGISTER. Just Published, 1, And may be had at the FREE PRESS Office, Price 6d., (Post-free on receipt of Eight Stamps,) THE LOCAL REGISTER; OR, CHRONOLOGY OF PONTYPOOL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. Being a concise account of the Chief Events that have transpired in the Town and Locality, and (incidentally) in Monmouth- shire, from the Invasion of Britain until July, 1868. America! America! PROTECTION, SPEED, AND ECONOMY TO EMIGRANTS. Passengers booked through to all parts of the United States and Canada, at Lowest Rates. Sailing Ships.. (Including Provisions) £ 3 10 0 Steamers ditto P,6 6 0 Passengers met at the Railway Stations in Liverpool, and provided with the best accommodation at the lowest possible rates. Free Storage for Luggage. For every other information apply to JAMES R. MORGAN, Emigation Agent, Post Office, Pontypool, I and Galton Street, Liverpool. QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION OFFICES, 2, Old Broad Street, London, E.C. Emigration to Queensland. NEW LAND ACT, 1868. Persons 21 years of age, paying their passage to the Colony, can select a homestead of 80 or 160 Acres at a quit-rent of 9d. and 6d. per Acre for five years, when they become entitled to the freehold. Land orders, £ 30 per adult, are also granted to per- sons paying their passage to the colony. Assisted Passages are granted to shepherds, plough- men, agricultural labourers, quarrymen, gardeners, miners, carpenters, bricklayers, blacksmiths, wheel- wrights, and other eligible persons and Free Passages to female domestic servants, and married farm labour- ers, and shepherds with not more than one child and under 12 years of age. Assisted and free passengers, after three years' con- tinuous residence in the Colony, can select a home- stead of 80 to 160 acres under the Land Act. JAMES WHEELER. .dppointedagent forAbordaro,MrG.H.EVANP,,Auctioneer „ „ Cardiff—JOSEPH ELLIOT & SONS, Bute Docks „ Brecon—Mr JOHN EVANS „ „ Abersychan-MR EDWIN WOOD. „ „ Merthyr—MR JOHN COPELAND. „ „ Tredegar—MR EDWARD DAVIES. DUTY OFF TEAS AT W. PEGLER'S Tea and Grocery Establishments. s. d. Good Small Tea 1 4 per lb. Congou, recommended 2 0 „ Best do. 2 6 W. PEGLER, PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAFON Posters of the Largest Size Printed (45 inches by 27 inches,) EXECUTED IN THE BEST STYLE AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE, AT THE FreePress Office,Pontypool. Kaye's Worsdell's Fills. KAYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS have become so celebrated, because they go at once to the root of disease, purify the vital fluid, and enable all the organs of the human system to perform their functions in a healthy and vigorous manner. They are carefully com- pounded on sound principles, and, being entirely free from mercurial, antimonial, and other mineral or dan- gerous substances, may be safely taken by persons of the most delicate constitution. Sold by all Chemists and other Dealers in Patent Medicines at Is. ld., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Wholesale Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. Tea Tea! For the Million! Try JONES's Tea. Good Congou Is 4d Fine do 2s Od Finest Rough do.2s 6d N-.B-All Groceries supplied at Lowest Price Note the Address: Thos. Jones,Grocer, BRIDGE STREET, PONTYPOOL. IMPORTANT. IF you want to BORROW MONEY at a cheap rate, go to Mr W. WILLIAMS, 16, Dock-street, New- port, Mon., and Insure your Life, and, with approved personal security, you can have any sum up to £ 2,000, repayable by fixed instalments. Office hours, 10 to 5. II, C. 0IH.Y OH THE PUBLIC ARE CAUTIONED AGAINST NEWPORT, MON. Important Sale of First-Class Dairy Cows. MR. H. M. PARTRIDGE has received instructions from Mr EDWARD PARSONS FOWLER, of St. Clements, Jersey, (the Resident Importer and Purveyor to Her Majesty's Dairies at Windsor and Os- borne) TO SELL BY AUCTION, in the YARD OF THE WESTGATE HOTEL, Newport, on SATURDAY, the 11th day of September, 1869, ELEVEN PURE-BRED ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY IN-CALF COWS AND HEIFERS, Selected expressly for the Autumn and Winter Dairies. CATALOGUE. ALDERNEYS AND JERSEYS. Lot. Age. Expected Colour. Remarks. Calving Date. 1 Two-yr.Sept.Grev and White Very neat 2 Two-yrs Oct.Fawn and White .A Prize Heifer 3 Four-yrs .Sept..Red,Grey,andWhite.A Choice Cow 4 Two-yrs. Oct.Brown and White.A colour much prized 5 Two-yrs.Time up.Red and White A beautiful show 6 Three-yrs .Sept.Fawn and White.A Heifer well com- mended GUERNSEYS 7 Two-yrs.Oct.Yellow and White I Two Heifers, to a 8 Two-yrs Sept.Yellow and White. ) Breeder invaluable 9 Two-yrs Oct.Red and a littlewhite. A large Heifer 10 Two-yrs Oct.SmokyFawn&White .A Premium Heifer 11 The Alderney and Guernsey Cattle surpass all others for Dairy purposes. They are admitted to be the small- est consumers, and the greatest producers of Milk and Cream of any known breed, while their docility and Deer-like appearance render them an ornament to the Park or Lawn. The name of Mr E. P. FOWLER is sufficient guaran- tee that the Stock now advertised for sale will be found worthy the notice of purchasers. Catalogues describing Age, Colour, Time of Calving, c., may be had on application to the Auctioneer. On View the day prior to the Sale, and on the day up to the time of Sale 3 p.m. prompt, at the Westgate Hotel Yard. Auctioneer's Offices, St Woollos Place, and 109, Com- mercial Street, Newport, Mon. W. P ARKHOUSE, Wholesale and Retail Boot Manufacturer, COMMERCIAL-STREET, PONTYPOOL. AGENT for the "HOWE" SEWING MACHINES, the oldest established of any in the world and ac- knowledged to be superior to every other manufactured, being adapted for all kinds of sewing, from the lightest gossamer to the heaviest harness and upholstery. Ready-Closed UPPERS of every description Supplied to the Trade at the Lowest Prices. WOODFORD & SON BEG leave most respectfully to inform the inhabitants of Pontypool and its vicinity, that they have opened in the GROCERY BUSINESS. Good Congou Tea 2s. Very Fine ditto. 2s. 8d. British Wines and Cigars. GROCERY and CONFECTIONERY in all their Branches. Opposite the Crown Hotel, George Street, Pontypool. Fine Teas! THOS. AGG, PONTYPOOL, The QUANTITY of 2s. and 2s. 6d. Teas T. A. is selling, is a GUARANTEE OF ITS QUALITY. AAÂAAÂ.£Â£.££ 3 BUY E « Johnson,Johnson^Cos\ 3 PURE TEA, I @i|PP Free from, all Artificial £ 5 Colouring Matter, £ iS 2/- per lb.F 4 CHOICE QUAL IT I EsE "NEW SEASON'S," ► 2/8 — 3/ 3/4—3/8 — 4/- C < Supplied in Packets only, from 2 ozs. to i-lb. £ and 3-lb, and 6-lb. Tin Canisters. Sold by Chemists, Confectioners, « i8*W0r &*c., in ei>ery Town. ► "3 LOCAL AGENTS. t PONTYPOOL- Ed wards, stationer, George-street Abergavenny—James, confectioner Beaufort—Jones, chemist Pillgwenlly-Faulkner, chemist, 81, Commercial-road Nantyglo-Allen, Post-office, Garn Vach Mertbyr-Stepbens, chemist Aberdare-Thomas, chemist, 10, Commercial-place Hereford—Chave, 6, Broad-st; Jennings, 36, High town Tredegar—Jenkins, chemist Usk-Clark, Post-office JonNsoN, JOHNSON & Co., Tea Merchants, 17, Blom- field-street, City, London. HORNIMAN's TEA is selected only from the spring gathering, and imported free from'facing' powder; tea distinctively strong and delicious inflavour is thus obtained. Genuine packets are signed gex LONDON. Prices, 2s. 8d.—3s.—3s.4d. & 3s. 8d. per lb AGENTS IN THIS DISTRICT. ABERYSTWITII..Joties,Chemist | MONMOUTH Allen PONTyrOOL JPOORF,Chemirt. | MKRTIIYR Stephens usx Edwards NKWFOIIT, Edmunds, chemist, ABEROA'NY Watkins,Gosden | Phillips, 92, Commercial st CRICKHOWEI.L Christopher I HISCA Taylor, Chemist ART UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN. Tickets for the above will shortly be issued, and may be obtained at the Office of this Paper. Crane Street Chapel. T)EV. J. "W. LANCE, Newport, will deliver a K LECTURE At Pontypool, on behalf of the Chapel Debt, on THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 30. SUBJECT WISE SAWS & MODERN INSTANCES. NORWICH ART UNION, Sanctioned by H.M. Most Hon. Privy Council. AF T E R deducting Expences, each XI 000 of the A amount subscribed will be divided into Seven Hundred Prizes from £ 50 downwards, To be drawn for on WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29,1869. SHARES, ONE SHILLING EACH, may be obtained of the Agents in every Town, or direct from the Secretary, GEO.L. GOSNOLD, Bethel Street, Norwich. Last Day for Tickets, 15th Sept. Prize Nos. in London Daily Telegraph and Norwich Papers of 2nd Oct. Prize holders of Paintings allowed the right of selection. AGENT FOR PONTYPOOL: Mr W. EDWARDS, Stationer, Pontypool. BY the very kind permission of His Grace the DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G., there will be an EXTRA GRAND FETE AT RAGLAN CASTLE, On Thursday, Sept. 16, 1869. THE FULL BAND OF THE ROYAL MONMOUTH- SHIRE MILITIA WILL ATTEND. ADMISSION FEE.-Is. EACH VISITOR. Cheap Return Tickets will be issued from NEW- PORT, PONTYPOOL ROAD, USK and MON- MOUTH, by all Ordinary Trains during the day. Returning from RAGLAN FOOTPATH at 8.0 p.m. for USK, PONTYPOOL ROAD and NEWPORT;and at 9.15 for MONMOUTH. Fares to Raglan Footpath and Back.—From New- port, First Class 5s.; Second Class 3s. 6d.; Third Class 2s.-From Pontypool Road, First Class 3s.; Second Class 2a. Third Class Is. 2d.-From Usk, First Class Is. 6d.; Second Class Is.; Third Class 8d.-From Mon- mouth, First Class Is. 9d.; Second Class Is.; Third Class 9d. l»3" MACNIVEN & CAMERON'S RENOWNED PENS ON A NEW PRINCIPLE. Waverley Pen! Pickwick Pen! Owl Pen! THESE Pens are rapidly superseding all others, being adapted for cvory style and variety of writing. Is per Box ls2d per Post. Sold at the office of the PONTYPOOL FREE PRESS. I The OWL' for fine writing, and t The WAVERLEY' for the rough and ready hand, are the Pens that must, par excellence, supersede all othors.Foi-i-es Gazette. Loans, Investments, and Shares. THE Directors of the English Provident As- surance Company, Limited, are prepared to receive Loans of Money, for terms of not less than three months, in sums of Xio and upwards, upon Deposit at a fixed rate of interest, to be employed in Loans on personal security, to persons holding Policies of Assur- ance in the Company. Five per cent. interest is given for sums under X500, subject to the following notices of withdrawal: from tio to X50, fourteen days' notice; £ 50 to £ 100, one month's notice; £100 to X500, two months' notice. Mortgage Debentures are granted for sums of zC25, S50, and X,100, repayable in three years. Half-yearly Interest Coupons are attached to the Debenture Bonds, payable on the First of January and July in each year. The Directors have abundant means of profitably in- vesting sums of money entrusted to the Company, and the security is unquestionable. SHARES. The remaining unallotted Shares, Class A,of £1 each, upon which 10s. per Share is paid, can be had at a premium of Is. per Share. A large dividend is expected on those Shares. Class B Share Warrants of L5 each, with a fixed in- terest of seven per cent., payable on the First of Janu- ary, are an excellent investment. They pass from hand to hand, and, unlike Ordinary Shares, when sold, require no transfer or formality of any kind. For particulars, see the Share, Loan, and Investment Prospectus, which can be had on application to the Secretary, at the Offices of the ENGLISH PROVIDENT ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, 5, Bloomsbury Square, London, W.C. THOMAS LEWIS, Wholesale and Retail Butcher, CRANE STREET, PONTYPOOL, BEGS to thank his friends and the public generally JD of the town and neighbourhood, for the very liberal patronage they have conferred upon him during the last nine years, and respectfully informs them that he has Removed a Few Yards higher up the Street, to the Premises recently occupied by Mr Bundy, near the Eastern Valleys Railway Station, where he hopes to receive a continuance of their support. To be Let, A HOUSE in BRYNGWIN PLACE.—Apply to Mr G. J. JEE, Glanwern Offices. FARM TO LET. TO BE LET, with Immediate Possession, the PEN- RHIEWFEED FAKM, in the parish of Trevethin. Apply to Mr GEORGE JOHN JEE, Bryngwyn Place, Pontypool. TO PUBLICANS AND OTHERS. To he Let, THE NEW INN, Abersychan, a first rate House for Business. Apply to Mr Joseph Cooke, Royal Victoria Brewery, Abergavenny. TROSNANT, PONTYPOOL. To he Let, With immediate Possession, A NINE-ROOMED HOUSE, with GARDEN. Apply to Mr Andrew Hair, Pontypool. TO COLLIERY CONTRACTORS. TO BE LET BY CONTRACT, the getting and delivering into trucks at the Railway Siding, the Coal worked at the Blaendare Colliery, Pontypool. Trams will be supplied to the contractor. For further particulars apply to Mr J. T. WIGHTMAN, Pontypool; Mr ALDERMAN HEYWOOD, 58, Oldhani-street, Man- chester Mr JAMES WOODTWIS, Cheadle, near Manches- ter; or to the Secretary, Mr ANDREW HAIR, Pontypool. Tenders to be forwarded to the Chairman of the Company, Mr ALDERMAN HEYWOOD, 58, Oldham- street, Manchester, on or before the 14th day of Sep- tember. The Advertisers do net bind tbemselves to accept the lowest, or any of the tenders. 1- The Ivorites' Lodge WILL hold their ANNIVERSARY at the ALBERT INN, Talywain, on SATURDAY, the 18th of May, 1869, when Mr Ll. Williams, the Harpist, will be in attendance. To Intending Life Assurers. ABSOLUTE UNFORFEITABLE POLICIES, SECURED BY A GOVERNMENT INDEMNITY FUND. AT the present time one of the gravest discussions in monetary circles is the position of Assurance Compa- nies. Public opinion insists upon a Parliamentary re- vision of the conditions upon which our great Provident Institutions are carried on. The prestige attached to an enormous business does not conceal the fact that tho accumulated reserves of substantial offices bear a very small proportion to the outstanding risks. The majority of large Proprietary Companies have been crcated by a system of buying up small institutrona at a lavish ex- penditure of capital, and such amalgamations have eventually crippled the resources of otherwise sound offices, and developed a spirit of speculation in trying to obtain business at any price. Other Companies have carried on conjointly Life, Fire, and Marine Risks, and eventually losses on Fire and Marine Insurance have had to be made good from the premiums of Life Assurers. Recently two offices, with Assurances outstanding to the amount of ten millions sterling, have had to close their doors, although their assets amounted to over a million. The cause of those failures arose from amalgamations, profligate expenditure, and the system of investing the premiums of assurers in miscellaneous securities, con- trollable at the will of the directors. The assurer having paid his premium, has no further voice in the disposal of the funds and until his policy becomes a claim, he has no locus standi, or right to interfere with the office, nor can he ascertain what proportion of the premiums paid by himself are invested to meet the claim on his policy. All those difficulties are avoided by the new system adopted by the English Provident Assurance Company, Limited, whereby a Government Secu- rity is given to an Assurer, and every Policyholder possesses the key to an audit, which will demonstrate to the Assurer the office's ability to meet its engagements. Dr Farr, the eminent Government Statist, laid down certain formula in the 12th Report of the Registrar- General, and, upon this basis, the English Provident is established, the Table of Rates being the English Life Tables," the soundest exponent of European mor- tality. The whole of the net Premiums will be invested in the names of trustees in the Three per Cent. Consols, upon a Deed of Trust, for the sole purpose of meeting Policy claims at their maturity. The Deed of Trust will prevent the Shareholders, Directors, or even ordinary Creditors, from interfering with, or converting the money of the Assurers from this special purpose. The "Assurers' Fund," being thus invested in Govern- ment Stocks, the payment of all Policies is guaranteed by a public security superior to any known investment. Every Policyholder will receive an annual balance- sheet, specifying the number of risks incurred, with the existing payments upon every policy, the amount of money invested in Government Stocks, the certificate of the Trustees that the) hold such stock, and the affidavit of the officers of the Company of the truth of such statement. Every Policyholder thus becomes his own Auditor, and, without consulting an actuary, knows the precise ratio the investments bear to the Assurances effected. Tho Shareholders' Capital is advanced on Loans to Policyholders. Other Features.-Absolute Unforfeitable Policies are issued upon the new principle of a limited number of payments, and these Policies cannot lapse" by reason of non-payment of Premium, as ordinary Policies. Every payment securing a proportionate quota of the full amount assured. Marriage Settlement Policies (ante and post nuptial) are issued, whereby the Trustees of the English Pro- vident" become tho Trustees of the Assured. Where no Agent has been appointed, intending As- surers can effect a Policy direct with the Office, upon receiving a Form of Proposal from the Manager, CHIEF OFFICES, ENGLISH PROVIDENT ASSURANCE COIPANY, LIMITED, 5, BLOOMf-BURY SQUARE, LONDON, W.C. Special Agents Wanted. Croicn Inn, Vartcg Hill, Sept. 9th, 1869. Dear sir,-In reference to a letter signed "Mild," which appeared in your paper of the 28th of August, allow me to assert that it contains some false statements that ought to be corrected, made, no doubt, for some evil motive well known to its writer. I think the heavy burden of rates, taxes, rent, licence, and other expenses attached to public-house keeping are quite enough to prevent any one from running the risk of an additional penalty, which would inevitably folloto the adop- tion of the course described by Mr Jlild. I can safely venture to assert, without fear of contradic- tion,, that the visits of our police officers are so nu- merous that the words of respecting stables, rfce., could not possibly be verified without detec- tion. I am the only innkeeper at Varteg ivho has stables attached to the premises, and am in a po- sition to disprove on oath that any intoxicating liquors have been drawn out of legal hours to be consumed either in the house or on the premises. The hint thrown by Mr M. must be ttnfounded. I think if the writer of Drunkenness at Varteg"1 did but give his real name it would be more to his credit; but perhaps he was afraid that by so do- ing he would be jilaced in the position of the boy who had his cars well warmed for telling his fa- ther an untruth. You know, Mr Editor, there are some rude boys here on Varteg, according to Mr statement, that would very willingly give a flogging to those who deserve it (even pious teachers) rather than prove troublesome to old folks. JAMES PUGH. Please examine the manuscript of the letter, and you may find that the learned 1IJild has placed the letter W upside down, or not written it very intelli- gibly, and that you have thus misrepresented him as Mild instead of Wild, the name most suitable to him. The error should reduce him to his pro- per place, that of pupil instead of teacher.

TERRIBLE COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN AMERICA. MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST. The American correspondent of the Times telegraphs as follows:— PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7. A dreadful calamity occurred on Monday, at Plymouth, in Pennsylvania, in the coal region of Avondale. The colliery had not been in use for some time, on account of the labourers being on strike, but they resumed work on Monday, when a shaft more than 300 feet deep caught fire at the bottom, from the ventilating furnace timbers being dry. In a few moments the entire shaft and buildings above were in flames. The fire continued for some bours, and rubbish fell down and choked the shaft. Two hundred and two men and boys who were in the mine are believed to have been suffocated. Access has not yet been got to them. Two men sent down the shaft last night were suffocated. Great distress is manifested at the pit mouth, which is surrounded by hundreds of weeping relations. EVENING. Efforts have been made to-day to force air down the shaft by a steam fan. An at- tempt is also being to effect an entrance to the colliery from an adjacent colliery by drilling a hole from one gallery to another. Nothing is yet known of the unhappy persons inside, but all arc believed to be dead."

THE EMIGRANTS. The folloioing vessels, some of which probably bore emigrants from this district, have ar^fdout Arr out. Columbia Sept. 3. Siberia „ 4. City of Washington ,,5. Russia „ 6. Virginia „ 6. Minnesoto „ G. City of Baltimore « 7.

THOMAS ROGERS, Deceased. PURSUANT to the Statuto 22 and 23 Vict., c. 35, J. "An Act to further amend the Law of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all persons having any claim or demand upon the Estate of THOMAS ROGERS, late of Blaenavon, in the County of Monmouth, Contractor, who died on the ninth day of December, 1867, are hereby required to send particulars in writing of their claims or demands to Mr REKS ROGERS. of Maesteg. in the County of Glamorgan, the Administrator of the said deceased, or to us the undersigned, as his Solicitors, on or before the first day of October next, after which date the said Administrator will proceed to distribute the assets of the said intestate, according to law, having regard to the claims or demands only of which he shall then have notice, and will not be liable for the distributed assets to any person of whose claim he shall not then have had notice. Dated the 2nd day of August, 1869. 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23trtf)S, iftlarungcs, anb Iteatijs. No births or marriages inserted unless prepaid (is.) and authenticated. DEATHS. Aug. 30. at Abersychan, aged 43 years, Mr Charles Walter Ingles, baker. Aug. 31, at Abersychan, aged 82 years, Ann, widow of the late Mr Thomas Bayton, wiro drawer. Sept. 3, at-the Sowbill, Pontypool, aged 6 months, William, son of the late Mr Isaac Rowlands, coal miner. Sept. 5th, very suddenly, at Clithorpe, near Hull, aged 57, Mr Joseph Willan, lime merchant, Dartmouth street, Birmingham, formerly Station Master at Aber- sychan deeply regretted.

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS. NEWPORT ATIIFNJEUM EISTEDDPOD.-The subscrip- tions to this eisteddfod, to come off at Newport on the 9th of November, are rapidly filling up. and amongst others we may state that Sir John W. Ramsden, Bart., the member for the boroughs, has forwarded to the committee a cheque for X5. A LUMP OF SWEETS.—On Friday last, a huge me- lon, carefully enclosed in white cotton wool, was shown to us by Mr Paterson, bead gardener at Pontypool Park. It was of the Superb Rock variety. Its weight was 24 lbs., and it measured 42 inches in circumference and eight inches deep. Its value was said to be at least £ 10. PRESFNTATTOV.-For some time past the band of the Ilanbury Rifle Corps has received valuable assistance from Mr Hubert King, an amateur whose manner of playing the cornet is marked with great ability and taste. His gratuitous services have been duly appreci- ated, and on Tuesday evening his comrades met at the Three Cranes Hotel and handed to him a handsome silver-mounted meerschaum pipe, bearing the following inscription Presented to Mr T. 11. King, by the Hanbury Band, as a token of respect. Pontypool, 1869." FETE AT RAGLAN CASTLE.-It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that an extra grand fete is to be given at Raglan Castle on Thursday. The attractions of this magnificent ruin are so far-famed as to need no encomiums; and should the day prove fine there will no donbt be crowds of visitors. A HUN-AWAY T.IIAI.I.-O. Saturday evening a train from Crumlin that should have pulled up at Pontypool town station ran with such velocity that it overshot the mark and proceeded some distance before it could bo stopped. The driver, who is spoken very highly of for general steadiness, has been suspended. ASSURANCE SOCI F.Tir, -While the "Albert" affair Ils is exciting so much distrust as to assurance companies, it is gratifying to find one coming forward with a state- ment that it affords security for policy holders by in- vesting in Government funds to the amount which the Government Actuaries certify will cover all liabilities. Such is one of several strong inducements heid out by the English Provident Assurance Company (Limited), whose advertisement will be found in another column. Their prospectus deserves the attention of the prudent. QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—The ship "Light Bri- gade," 1244 tons burden, belonging to Messrs J. M. Mackay, Son. and Co., sailed on the 30th ult. from Gravesend for Queensland, Captain Henry Evans com- mander surgeon-superintendent, Dr Prentice; matron. Miss Barker. The Light Brigade" is the 93rd vessel that has sailed on the Land Order System of Emigra- tion, under the immediate direction of the Queensland Government Emigration Otfice, 2, Old Broad-st. She contains 362 souls, divided into paying, assisted, and free passengers, and consisting of 148 members of fami- lies, 131 single men, 83 single females. ALARM OF FIRE.—On Monday night considerable alarm was excited in Commercial-street by dense vo- lumes of smoke, which poured out of the gully" or passage leading by the side of Mr Bunning's iron- mongery shop into Park-road. There was a very na- tural supposition that Mr Bunning's tinworker's shop, which is situate under the Free Press office, in the Corn Market House Buildings, was on fire. Mr Taylor, the assistant, promptly hurried to the place, and on unlock- ing the door was agreeably surprised to find the pre- mises perfectly safe and free even from smoke. The po- lice had been summoned by a frightened spectator, and they, too, were pleased to find that there was no neces- sity for calling the fire brigade together. All the po- ther was occasioned by some lads, who had been amu- sing themselves by burning blue lights close to the tin, shop door. The names of these youths have been given, to the police. SEBASTOPOI, TEA PARTY AND SCHOOL TREAT.—ON, September 2nd the monotony of the village was distur- bed and the place enlivened by a tea party. The at- tendance was really good, and it certainly seemed, to a looker-on, that everyone enjoyed himself most tho- roughly. Dr James deserves all praise for the way in which be supports this school out of his private means, and also for the pleasant way in which he induces other a to contribute towards it. The money goes to the pur- chasing of books and other necessary expenses of the Sunday and week-day schools. These schools are much better attended than they were formerly. Four years ago ninety children attended the tea party; this year upwards of one hundred and forty children sat down to tea. The gratitude of all these to the Hon. Mrs Ashley, formerly Miss Fanny Hanbury. for her kindness in pro- viding this treat is, we hope, thorough, and her kind- ness ought never to be forgotten. FIRE AT PONTYPOOL-ROAD STATION.—On Thurs- day week the whole range of buildings at Pontypool- road station stood a very fair chance of being totally consumed by fire, and were only saved by the prompti- tude of the officials, assisted by the men who are em- ployed in building the new forge for Mr Strick at the back of the station. It appears that about six o'clock p.m., a porter named John Davies was doing something in the lamp room, when he accidentally spilt some naphtha, which took fire. The whole place was ablaze in a few moments, and Davies darted out in terror. A scene of the greatest excitement ensued, and the most vigorous efforts were made to prevent the destruction of the telegraph office and the adjacent buildings. Luckily there was plenty of water at hand, and though the fire did catch Mr Cooksey's office and occasion some panic as to the fate of the money-drawer (which was fortu- nately saved), the conflagration was extinguished, with the loss of the lamp room and the lamps, &c., which it contained. MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY AND CANAL COM- PANY.—The directors of this company have issued their half-yearly report, in which they state The com- mittee much regret to announce the untimely decease of Mr Powell, in whom the company have lost a very able and energetic director. Thu requisite statements of receipts and expenditure on the capital and revenue accounts, and of other statistics, for the half-year end- ing on the 30th June, 1869, are annexed hereto. Re- I venue Account: The trainc receipts (inclusive of canal tolls) are zC67 less than the preceding half-year, and X6,929 more than in the corresponding half-year in 1868. Relaying Account: The outlay under this head has been credited with Cc,,000, transferred from the net revenue account. Debentures The average rate of in- terest on the total amount of borrowed capital is £,1 12s 4d per centum per annum. Dividend After pla- cing £ 1,000 to the account of debts due to sundry freighters, of which debts the recoverable amount has not yet been ascertained, and 11,000 to the reserve fund account, the net revenue account shows that there is a balance of £ 22,483, and as that sum will (less income tax) yield a dividend at the rate of £ 4 per centum per annum on the ordinary stock and shares, and a balance of zC718 to be carried to the next half-yearly account, the committee recommend that those dividends be de- clared and made payable on the 5th of October. New Works A contract has been entered into with Mr Jo- seph Firbank for constructing and completing the Cwm- frwdore and Cwmnantddu branch railways by Juno 30th, 1870. In the course of last half-year the com- mittee arrived at the conclusion that the services of Mr xSayer, the engineer, could be dispensed with, and eco- nomical alterations made in the engineering depart- ment. In furtherance of this the committee have made the alterations, and placed that department under Mr Harrison, the general manager. The result will be &. saving of about £ 500 per annum in salaries and wages, as compared with the amount prior to 1S69." ABERSYCIIAN. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.—On Sunday last the Eng- lish Baptist Sunday School anniversary services were held, when the Revs R. Jones, J. Forth, and S. Price preached. A selection of appropriate pieces was given by the children, and several pleasing hymns were sung. The attendance in the morning and afternoon was not large, but the chapel was well filled in the evening. Credit is due to Mr Brain, the superintendent of the school, for the manner in which the recitations were given, and to Mr Thos Jones, the leader, for the sing- ing. Miss Harrison very ably accompanied on the har- monium. NEWPORT- MR DODD AND HIS DOG, -On Monday, at the Police- court, John Charles Judge was charged with having violently assaulted William Thomas Dodd, of the Mould- ers' Arms Inn, on the Marshes-road, in the month of June last Mr Bradgatc, solicitor, appeared for com- plainant, and Mr Cathcart for defendant. Complainant stated that in the month of June last he had a terrier dog, and afterwards found the dog at the Cornish Mount. Subsequently the dog was brought to him, and he shook the dog a bit, whereupon the defendant asked him what he did that for, and then Judge ran at him and struck him three times in the face. Since the assault an offer bad been made to settle the affair. Mr Cathcart said it had not been shown that his client was connected with the offer. Cross-examined by Mr Cathcart: In March last Mrs Judge, the mother of defendant, had given him the dog. She said it belonged to a Scotchman, and they did not want it. Mr Cathcart addressed the Bench, on behalf of his client, and commented with considerable force as to complainant's conduct towards the dog. He beat the animal most brutally, and in such a manner that lie could hardly call him a man. George Strong was called for the defendant, and stated that he was a cabman, and on the day in question was at the door with his cab. In about five minutes after, Mr Dodd came in, and spoke to the landlady. Then a small terrier jumped up to his leg in a kindly sort of way. Dodd took up the dog and flung it out over the steps on its back with great force. The dog was knocked silly for a time, and then jumped up and ran away. Mrs Judge asked him what he treated the dog in that way for, and young Judge came to him. They disputed for a time and then rose hands one against the other, and then disap- peared in the passage. lie saw no blows struck at all. -Fiiied 40s., or 21 days. DROWNED.—George Smith, a cabman, was drowned in the docks, on Monday night. The poor fellow had driven a captain down to his vessel rather lite, and had gone on board with the captain. On returning to his cab, which was standing by the quay wall, he missed his footing, slipped into the water, and before he could be rescued was drowned. His remains were not re- covcred till morning. The inquest was held on Wed- neiday.