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ø1- LAND AGENT, &urtoi>or, aitti pictorial ifHaypm T. PHILPOTT BI.GS most respectfully to inform the Public, thai it is his intention to carry on the above Business in ABER- G A VEN NY. and trusts, through indefatigable attention and Mi ict adherence to integrity, to merit the support and interest ot the Gentlemen of the neighbourhood. Having had a pro- tracted experience for some time past in one of the most ex- tensive offices in Wales, he flatters himself he is competent to the management of any business he may have the honour to be entrusted with. hsiates Measured and Mapped in a Plain or Picturesque manner, and on the most economical telms. Abergavenny. July 12th. 1836. [DUTY FitFE.] MONMOUTH UNION. ANY PERSON desirous of CONTRACTING with file GUARDfANS of the above Union foi- supplyiii, FIFTY CAS l'-lHON BEDSTEADS, are requested to send in Tenders (post paid) to the Cletk at Monmouth, on or before the Fourth day of August next, in order that the same may be laid before the Guardians at their Weekly Meeting. The Bedsteads to be six feet four inches long, and two feet six inches wide. By order of the Boaid. \V. F. POWELL, Clerk to the Union. NEW SHEEP FAIR, AT KINGTON, HEREFORDSHIRE, IN SEP TEMP, ER. A T a COURT LEET held for the MANOR of KING- lON, in October last, in compliance with the wishes of numerous Agriculturists who felt the inconvenience of having the September Sheep and Cattle Fair on the same Hi n WaS res°lv«l. that henceforth the SHEEP and P[G -s''°uld be held the day previous lo the Cattle Fair, but A'n 'd" l'le present Year upon a Sunday, the NEW SHEEP and PIG FAIR will, in consequence, be held on Saturday, the 17th a) -September, and the CATTLE AIR as usual on the 19th. The Gentlemen and Farmers have promised a plentiful supply of Sheep. J AMES CHEESE, Kington, July 12. 1836. Steward of the Manor. IVEOB.ESOffrgT IMIBPICIHES^ IN NEWPORT BY MR. EVANS, PRINTER, &c. fTIHL Public are respectfully invited to a candid examina- H_ tion ot the system of Mr. Morison and his coadjutors, in connection with the exhibition, by them, of a mild and n ocent compound of vegetable purgatives, as the only lational means for removing the cans* of disease, and for re- storing organic derangement to natural and healthy action. artf1111v*»d 1 i°i f,Vl0,:en,t oppusmon and misrepresentation bv npr nn 1 dfP-rooteJ prejudices of mankind and delnsiU t e'i 1 >u c?n,Inu:™ce of an ostentatious and delusive medical practice, the advocatesof the Morisonian to Ems'I- nl Pair0nS |iH'Se |Medlcint's. have continued i°onhave I/ severa1 membets of the medical proles- of "i r.h.! I T l!,eir C0!lvicti™ of the soundness ot .its th,oiy a ad their determination to apply its principles hw hecn'T l"'? prac,tluf a!1(1 ttl0l>sands of persons who inn r hopeless wretchedness of supposed from SeaSe' °'" by m8a"S of th'^ Medicines from the very jaws oi death, are now sounding its praises among their friends, and verifying, by the most incontestable evidence the truth of the system, and the absurdity of the clamour that has been raised against it. T THE LATE TRL\L. rhe Tilt-y, by their verdict in the late trial of Rex v. Salmon," took upon themselves to decide what can be known only by the Omnipotent, namely, whether Capt. Mc. Enzie died in consequence of the treatment of the Doctors or of the Uygeists the evidence, however, went clearly to show that he did not die by Morison's Pills. That verdict is only com- parable to that of a Jury at Bury St, Edmonds, who, in the year 1662, found two widows guilty of witchcraft, who were left for execution. Ihe Friends of the Hygeian cause, who have derived be nefit therefrom, are invited to show their detestation of such fnetueal persecutions, by entering into a subscription to pay the fine rf^ono, present Mr. Salman with a Piece of Piate of the value of 100 Guineas. Subscriptions are received 'all by all the Hygeian Agents thioughout the Kingdom. An interesting account of the trial may be had of any of the Agents also various other publications explanatory of the hygeian system. The Vegetable Universal Medicines are sold, with full di- rections. in Pills (marked No. 1 and No. 2): Boxes, Is lict, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lis; and the Aperient Powders at Is Ild per box. General Agent for the District of Gloucester and Monmouth, MR. C. CHUBB, At Higgs' and Co.'s, 7. Eastgate-street, Gloucester, By whose appointment the Medicines are sold by the following Agents throughout the District, viz.: Abergavenny, Mr. W. H. Stucley, Bookseller. Bourton, Mr. Palmer. Brmsconibe and Minchin- hampton, Mr. Alder. B'akeney, Messrs. Minchin and Co. and Co. Beaufort fron Works, Mr. Jones, Grocer. Cheltenham, Mr. Herbert, a. Arcade; and Mr. Ark- ell, Tailor, Chester Walk. Cirencester, Mr. VVyman. Park-street. Cricktadc, Mrs. Ockwell. "oleford, Miss Phillips, iNIr. Innell, Baktr. ^Chipping Sodbuvy, Mr. G. ,( :ole. Cinscross, Mr.T. Gardner. Chepstow, Mrs. Williams, High-street. Crickhowell, Mr.T. Williams, Bookseller. Dursley, Mr. Goodrich, Hat- ter. Gloucester, Higgs and Co., Eastgate-street, and Mr. Hickman, Westgate-street. Hawkeshury, Mr. Stinch- combe. Kingstanley, Mr. W. Leech, Grocer. Lechlade, Mr. Lawrence. Littledean, Mr. Cooper. Monmouth, Mrs. Heath. Mitcheldean, Mrs. Trotter. Moreton, Mr. Minchin, Jew- eller. Nantygio Iron Works, Mr. Jones, Grocer, Brynmawr. Newnham, Mrs. Russell. Newent, Miss Gatfield. Nortlileacti, Mr. W.P. Duc- kett. Nailsworth, Mr. Blackwell. Pontypool, Mr. Barry. Ross, Mr. Jones, Watch- maker. Stonehouse, Mr W. Barnard. Stroud, Mr. B. Bucknall. Stow, Mr. Tilsley. Thornbury, M. Wansbrough. Tewkesbury, Mr. D. Potter, Hanbury Terrace. Tetbury, Mr. Whelpdala, Grocer. Tintern Abbey, Mr. Pri tch aid. Tredegar Iron Works. Mr. W. James, Market Place. Usk, Mr. Lewis, Tailor. Wickwar, Mr. A. Sims. Woodchester, Mr. 11. Work- man. Wottonunderedge,Mr.Round Carrier. THESE MEDICINES ARE NOT TO BE HAD AT THE DRUG- GISTS, BUT ONIIY OF THE SPECIAI.I.Y APPOINTED AGENTS. UNDEH THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. AS the following letter, received from Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, Keeper of the Privy Purse, testifies: "Sir,-I am honoured with the King's command to ex- press his Majesty's sense of your polite attention in sending the two bottles of Essence of Ginger. His Majesty has been pleased to direct me to forward you ten pounds in payment for it-inclosed you will find that amonnt.-I am, Sir, your's -obediently, H. WHEATLEY. St. James's Palace, June 25th, 1835. To Mr. Decimus Woodhouse." WOO D HOUSE'S iETHEREAL ESSENCE OF GINGER Is particularly recommended to all cold phlegmatic, weak and nervous constitutions; it is certain in affording instant relief in Cholera Morbus, "pasms, Cramps, Flatulence, Lan- guor, Hysterics, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Sensation of Fulness, Pain and Oppression after Meals; also those Pains of the Stomach and Bowels which arise from Gouty Flatu- lencies; Digestion, however much impaired, is restored to its prisline state, by the use of this Essence for a short time, if taken in Tea, Coffee, Ale, Beer, Porter, Cider, or Wine it corrects their Flatulent tendency. The undernamed, and 208 other Medical men, have given certificates of their unqualified approbation of the value of the Essence, as also of its superiority over all other similar preparations. Drs. James Johnson, Physician to his Ma- jesty; A. T. Holroyd, S. Ashwell. R. Rowley, A. Middle- ton, C. Loudon, D. Davies, Surgeon to their Majesties; J. Pereiia, G. Pilcher, F. Salmon, F. Tyrrell, J. H. Curtis, Aurist to his AIajesty C. Millard. This Essence is prepared only by DECIMUS WOOD- HOUSE, Operative Chemist Extraordinary to his Majesty, 18, King William-street, New London-bridge; and sold by him, wholesale and retail, in bottles2s 6d, 4s 6a, 10s 6d, and 21s each and may be had of W. Morgan, Newport; W. A. Cossens. Monmouth and of all Medicine Venders. Also, WOODI-WÙSE'S PATENT CORN PLAISTER, for affording instant relief, and eradicating CORNS and BUNIONS without pain or danger. I his plaister acts by softeni-jg and destroying the Corns or Bunions, and defend- tfS affected parts from the pressure of the shoe. Thus It se is perfectly safe and certain in affording reliei in ten .Inutes. if a cure is not affected; in Boxes Is I}d, 2s 9,1, and 4s 6d. TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. New Chinch at Newbridge. PARTIES desirous of Contracting for the several Works t_ at the above-mentioned Building, are informed that the SPECIFICATION and WORKING-DRAWINGS may be seen, upon application to Mr. WYATT, the Architect, at the BNIDFIWATKR Alnus, NEWBRIDGE, Oil Wednesday, the 3d of August. FOR NEW YORK, (TVill positively Sail, the Bth of August,) fflOL The Ship COSMO, burthen 550 Tons, Captain C. H. LEWIS. TillS Ship sails remarkably fast, (just arrived from New York in 21 days ;) is a regular trader coppered and copper- fastened and has superior Accommodations for Cabin and Steerage Passengers.—For Freight or Passage Apply to WM. BUSHELL & Co.; or to Bristol, July 8, 1836. W. CROSS & SON. AMIC1TIA, AMOR, ET VERITAS. frnbeprnbrnt of enb ..tFeUowø Loyal Hanbury Lodge, No. 653, M.U. THE Officers and Brethren of the above LoJge intend celebrating their THlIll) ANNIVERSARY on Wednesday, the 3d day of August next. The Procession will move off at Eleven o'clock, A.M., from the Odd Fellows' Hall, and proceed to Trevethin Church to hear-Divine Ser- vice,and will afterwards return to the Lodge Room to Dine. The company of as many visiting Brothers as can make it convenient to attend will be esteemed a favour. Dinner on the Table at Three o'Clock. By order of the Committee of Management, HENRY WEST BROOK, Actuary. Loüge Room. July 22d, 1836. IMPORTANT to the NERVOUS, the AGED, the IN- JL FIRM, and all suffering from local and general DEBI- Li,ry. &c. MR- HERBERT WILLIAMS, CHEMIST and DRUGGIST, Commercial-street, Newport, liasiust received a supply of i;' H A R V E'"Y's R E S T I > > i > ) This inestimable medicine stands unrivalled for its tonic virtues in all cases of nervous debility, weakness of th sto- mach, loss of appetite, &e. The generality of tonic medi- cines, while they strengthen, excite the system, but this inva- luable compound allays irritability, and without stimulating, invigorates the constitution giving tone to the stomach, pro- moting a healthy digestion, bracing the nerves, elevating the spirits, and affording relief in the most distressing cases of debility, whether owing to long illness, intemperance, seden- tary habits, or residence in warm climates. In the morning sickness of females it is exceedingly efficacious and in the complaints of young females, its success has been most de- cided, in giving health to the frame, and bloom to the cheek; it assists the growth, and prevents (in those predisposed) the development of consumption and scrofula. 10 the aged and infirm, it will impart energy and strength to the body, c eer- fulness and serenity to the, mind In ^Pi^sUade'fram by luxurious living, late hours,vexation, intense stdy, or SxJSs £ ?„*t& £ friend.—Price 4s 6d and lis per bottle. Soid by Boddmgton and Co., 90, Charlotte-street, Rathbone-place Bare ay and Sons, Farringdon-street Edwards, St. Paul s Church-yard, London; H. Williams, Chemist, Newport; F. Dowding, Chemist, Monmouth; Batten, Chemist, High-street, Bris- tol Walker, Journal Office, Gloucester; and all Medicine Venders. INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION. 22, Molineux-st., Edgeware-road, London, May 10th, 1835. SIRS,—Gratitude urges me to address these few lines to you, hoping you are well, as I now am. I have for some time past been very ill, and after trying several Doctors, and taking a quantity of nauseaus stuff, 1 was no better, but con- tinued in a weak and languid state I was thought consump- tive. My stomach used to swell every evening, and I had no appetite or enjoyment of my food. Fortunately a bottle of your HARVEY'S RESTORATIVE CORDIAL was re- commended to me, which had an immediate effect, and entirely restored me to health, strength, and appetite. I now sleep sound, and do not start up as I used to do at every noise in short, I am now quite well. and remain, Your grateful servant. CATHERINE MARTEN. To the Society for the Restoration of Heahh. SCROFVLA, OR ILINGIS EVIL, Safely, spreitily, and effectually Cured, (As the following most important and well-attested case will prove,) by the use of DR. BRANDRETH'S CELEBRATED VEGETABLE PILLS. THE parents of the afflicted child, to whom the annexed letter refers, feeling most grateful to the proprietor o this invaluable medicine for having been the means of re-f storing their son to perfect health, and being desirous of en- abling others, similarly afflicted, to take advantage of the same means to rid themselves of this distressing and torment- ing disorder, have not only consented to every publicity be- ing given to this communication, but are ready and most anxious to answer every inquiry (if by letter, post paid) re- laiing to the extraordinary cure of their child, which may be seen, in order that the public may be convinced that BRAN- DRETH'S PIIXS, as a thorough cleanser of the blood (from the impurity of which all diseases arise) are unequalled, and withou! a The letter Newbury, Berks, March 6, 1836. Sir,—In gratitude to you and for the benefit of mankind in general, I beg to tnake public the following extraordinary cure:—My child was afflicted from infancy with scrofula or king's evil, being covered from head to foot with running sores. Although I had the best medical advice, his disorder increased so rapidly, that, his case was considered hopeless • one sore was no sooner healed, than another broke out. In this dilemma, I tried Morison's Pills, for three months; but they did my chitd not tj £ slightest good. I was at length induced to give your Pills a trial, and in the course of a month his wounds began to look healthy, and his general health be- came much imptoved. Only seven months ago he was fright- fnl to look at; and he is now as clear from the disorder, and as healthy, as any child can be. I now use your Pills as a family medicine, with the most beneficial effects. I consider I should not be doing my duty in withholding these facts from those who may be similarly afflicted with scrofula. Mr. J. Rand, Market-place, Newbury, your agent here, will refer any person to me and I shall be most happy to convince them of the truth of the above statement. I remain, Sir, yours obediently, "THOS. HANSON, North Brook-stieet, Newbury. Witness, ELIZABETH GIBBONS, Bartholomew-street, Newbury." ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY CURE. "10 DR. liRANDRETH. Greenham, near Newbury, Berkshire, March 22,1836. Sir,—I was a dreadful sufferer with a pain in my head and stomach, and was advised to try your Pills; I did so, and after taking three, 1 felt so exceedingly sick, and some- thing appeared to rise in my throat; I could not take any more pills, but. by persuasion, I was induced to try to take two dissolved in water, and very shoitly afterwards 1 brought up a worm nine inches long, since which time I have not felt any symptoms of the kind. Your very obliged servant, CHARLES HOBBS," Witness, S. DF.VF.REI'> North Brook-street, Newbury." It is a well-attested fact, established by the unanimous opinion of professional men of the highest eminence, that there is scarcely one family in the kingdom in which scrofula, or king's evil, has not either manifested itself or is lurking in the blood thus rendering it an imperative duty upon all pa- rents and guardians who are anxious for the future welfare of those committed to their charge," to adopt the use of Dr. Brandreth's Pills, which is an unerring preventive where the disease has not yet become visible, and a certain and effective remedy where it has. Testimonials, speaking in the highest terms of admiration and praise of these celebrated pills, from the most distinguished members of the faculty, an almost endless number of cases, in which extraordinary cures have been performed, and recommendations in favour of these truly and universally acknowledged invaluable pills, may be seen at any of the agents throughout the kingdom. In consequence of the most unparalleled success, and the wonderfully increasing sale, of BRANDRETH'S VEGE- if TABLE PILLS, his Majesty's Honourable Commissioners of Stamps have allowed the Proprietor (by express permis- sion) to have his name on the Government label; and the Public will observe that none are genuine unless GEO. IIODGKINSON, Alders»ate-street," is engraved on the -to counterfeit which is felony. To he had of MR. COSSENS, Monmouth; and every respec- table Medicine Vender, inbexesat Is nol, 2s 9d, 4s6J,& lis. CO TIE 19iøpoøeb jot, WJTH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, THE UNEXPIRED LEASE of an excellent DWEL- L LING-HOUSE, with Shop and Cellars attached, like- wise the STOCK in TRADE of a well established SHIP CHANDLERY BUSINESS, in one of the best situations in NEWPORT, the present proprietor retiring from the business, For particulars, apply to JOHN CORNER, Ship Broker. Newport. July 6th, 1836. VALUABLE MINERAL PROPERTY, IN THE VICINITY OF NANTYGLO IRON WORKS, For Sale by Private Contract. A FREEHOLD FARM and LANDS, about 30 Acres, situate in CWMKKI.I.IN, parish of ABEIUSTRUTII, nearly at the foot or opening of the Valley, bounded by the brook on the West, and on the East by the hill or Lordship of Abergavenny, containing all the strata of MINERALS used in the neighbouring Iron Works, and being a Key to other extensive Mineral Properties. The brook bounding the Pro- perty now offered for sale is capable of being applied advan- tageously to Machinery.. To treat for price and further particulars apply to the Pro- prietor, W. WILLIAMS, Aberbaiden, near Abergavenny if by letter, the postage paid. PROSPECTUS OF A MMVUL org of M (Cottlitt) of MONMOUTH, Chieflu compiled from Public Records, Ancient Documents, Personal Research, and the Information collected with a view to Publication, during a period oj nearly Ihirty Years, BY T. WAKEMAN. ESQ., In Two Volumes Quarto, handsomely Printed and Illustrated, EDITED BY C. F. ADDERLY. PRICE NOT TO EXCEED FIVE GUINEAS. WIIEN the wealth, the intelligence, and the local im- portance of Monmouthshire are considered, all to whom it is an object of attachment, or who are interested in its urosperity .must view it as equally a subject ot surprise and regret, that no work has hitherto issued from the press which mav be correctly termed a Comprehensive and General His- torv of the County. Connected so intimately as Monmouth- shire has ever been with the important events that have oc- curred between England and Wales, it is in a great measure the connecting link which unites the histories of both coun- tries Many of the incidents in Cambrian history, to which, from* the want of due attention to chronological arrangement, no data can be correctly supplied, may possibly be accu- rately traced to their own eras by drawing a parallel between them and the details of the Saxon and Norman records, which are available to the historian of Monmouthshire. l'oil and perseverance only, are essential to the accomplishment of this object. Of materials there can be no deficiency and as they are so interwoven with the chronicles both of England and the Principality, the labour will be amply recompensed by the result. Suffering from the ravages, and participating in the dangers of both countries—sharing, alternately, in their glories and defeats—enduring more than the share of either of the horrors of warfare—occupying a position which con- ferred upon it the proud yet hazardous privilege of being the arena of the many stirring scenes that were enacted between the two countries—the History of the County of Monmouth is pregnant with matter deeply interesting to the divine, the philosopher, the statesman, the lawyer, and, indeed, to all ranks of society, from those whose brows are surmounted by the Regal or the Ducal coronet, to the peasant, whose head is sheltered beneath the thatched roof for which his fore- fathers bled. Without assuming the ungracious task of depreciating the efforts of those who have gone before him, the editor of the work now in progress, may say that there is not, at present, any publication extant that may be justly styled a General History of Monmouthshire. The essays of his predecessors, Williams and Cox, are by no means to be implicitly relied upon, nor are they, in fact, strictly historical in their plans. The system of the former is defective, and his errors are al- most proverbial-the latter, besides being partial, partakes more of the character of a tourist than of an historian. That the want of such a work as a comprehensive History of the County, has been felt, is sufficiently ptoved, by the interest which all persons with whom the editor has conversed on the subject have expressed in its success, the many promises of valuable contributions he has received, as well as by the vo- luntary offers of subscriptions, which, long ere the publication of a prospectus, were made to him. This publication bad been in contemplation, and material had been gradually in preparation, for some time, ere it was known to the editor that the ample and highly important fund of information which Mr. Thomas Wakeman had ac- quired during so many years of occasional application, was in existence. Accident fortunately revealed the mine of in- telligence, and an arrangement has been effected by which the whole of it is placed at the disposal of the editor. It may be justly said that few men could be better calculated to gleaa the information necessary for such an undertaking as the work referred to, than Mr. Wakeman.—A native of the county, and possessing that enthusiastic attachment to the land of his birth, which constitutes the soul of patriotism— having a personal knowledge of much of the property of the county, arising from his professional pursuits-possessed of habits of business and of patient and untiring research, and combining these with a clear, systematic mode of arrange- ment, he has, in pursuance of an ardent wish to see a history of his native country published that should be worthy of the name, gathered a store of knowledge which is invaluable. To this will be added, all that may be gained (and much is anticipated), from those gentlemen, who, like Mr. Wakerpan, may have a desire to see a competent Hisory of their own Countv-a work in which all may participate, and to which few can fail to contribute something. The smallest addition to the information already received, will confer a benefit on the publication which will be duly and gratefully acknowledged by the editor when it is com- pleted. The information which has been and may be ob- tained by the personal exertions of the editor, will be added to the general fund, and the whole will be carefully compared, revised, and arranged. No pains will be spared to render the work accurate and complete. The editor intends to in- spect, personally, from time to time,every place in the county, and the history of each will be re-written on the spot. The errors which former writers have suffered to creep into their works, and which have been adopted by "Guides," and "Tourists," withoutthe trouble of enquiry, will be corrected where doubt exists, the evidence on both sides will be cau- tiously sifted, and nothing will be inserted which will be likely to mislead. The editor and proprietor, is well aware cf the vast labour and outlay which he imposes on himself in this undertaking but he trusts that the former will be in some measure reduced by the aid which the gentlemen of ihe county may afford him, and relies upon their just apprecia- tion of the utility of the work, when completed, for a return of the latter. PLAN OF THE WORK. The General History of the County of Monmouth will be published in two volumes quarto, closely yet handsomely printed, on good paper, bound in cloth, with illustrations, &c. &c. It will comprise topographical, civil, and ecclesias- tic historical delineations, (ancient and mndern,) of each hundred; descriptions of the residences of the nobility and gentry castellated and other ruins remnants of antiquity encampments, &c. &c.; the geology, mineralogy, soil, pro- ductions, natural curiosities, population, manners, customs, eommercc, manufactures, aricnl ture, towns, hamlets, churches, and other edifices, markets, fairs, bishoprics, literature, learn- ing, and learned men, and remarkable characters, the pedi- gree of every family of consideration, so far as it can possibi y be ascertained the customs of manors, &c., of the county: and every species of information, in the most perfect and comprehensive form, which will be essential to render the work valuable as a book of reference, and to give it au un- usual degree of general interest and utility. A portion of the work will be devoted to the history of the county at large, from the earliest possible date-the remain- der will contain the history of each hundred, town, parish, hamlet, &c., in the arrangement of which the county will be divided into hundreds, and each hundred will be sub-divided in an alphabetical form no place, however trivial, to be omitted. „ The illustrations will consist of the castellated and other ruins, remnants of antiquitv, &c. &c., togethei with a Map of the County, corrected to the tune of publication* to be en- graved on steel, and folded up with the work. A list of subscribers, will also be printed and inserted in The price of the work will, if possible, be confined to four guineas, but should the expense of the illustrations, &c. make it necessary to increase the price, it shall not, on any ac- count, exceed the price of five pounds five shillings. No subscription trill be received in advance. 1 he work is to be paid for on delivery, and to be published within eighteen months from the date of this prospectus. A correct and well-executed view of the residence of any nobleman or gentleman will be inserted in its proper place in the work on payment of merely the expencesot the plate. &c. Information and suggestions for the improvement, of the work, are earnestly requested to be forwarded, addressed thus To the Edii iii- of the General History of the County of Monmouth, care of Mr. Watkins, PoH-oflirr, Abrrgavonny. 24th June, 1836. ==-= PROSPECTUS. THE fHonmoutWrg banning arompang. CAPITAt., £ 500.000—25,000 SHARES, OF f20 E4CH. LONDON AGENTS, MESSRS. WILLIAMS, DEACON, AND CO. THIS Company has been formed for the purpose of carry- ing otuthe lucrative business, hitherto conducted as a Private Bank, at the three towns of Newport, Pontypool, and Chepstow, in the county of Monmouth, with ulterior views of exteiiding the establishment, by purchase of the interests of existing Bankers, orotherwise, through the whole of the neigh- bouring Districts. The clear profit of the three Banks above mentioned, for the year ending December 31, 1835, was at the rate of up- wards of 20 per cent. on a paid up capital of £ 50,000. The following is the basis on which the shares will be ap- propriated:— One-fifth to the present partners, at par. Two-fifths to such customers of the Bank as may wish to take them, at a premium of £ 2. 10s per share. Another fifth to be apportioned, at a premium of E5 per Share, amongst such local residents or influential persons, as may be likely to promote the interests of the Bank. The remaining fifth of the Shares to be sold to the public, at such premiums as may be agreed upon. The money to arisT from the premiums on the different classes of Shares, to be disposed cf as follows :—Three-fourth parts thereof to be paid to Messrs. Jones and Blewitt, as a compensation for the relinquishment to the Company of their business; and the remaining fourth part thereof, after satis- lying all expences incidental to the formation of the Com- pany, is to be carried to a lese-v., or provisional fund, for the general benefit of the Shareholders. The premiums on the Shares, together with a deposit, or first instalment of £ 5 per Share, to be paid immediately on the appropriation of the Shaies and a further instalment of S-5 per Share on or before February 1, 1837. The remainder of the capital to be called for, at the discretion of the Directors, 'n sums not exceeding £ 5 per Share, at any one period, and at intervals of not less than three months. The Directors to have power to increase the capital to One MiHion. by thecreation from time to time, of additional Shares, which Shares shall be sold. Three-fourths of the produce of such Shares to be distributed amongst the holders of Shares in the original Capital; and the remaining fourth to be car- ried to the reserve or provisional fund, for the general benefit. A Board of Directors will be forthwith appointed, of which Mr. Jones shall be Chairman, and Mr. Blewitt Deputy Chairman. The general affairs of the Company to be regu- lated and managed by such Board but for the sake of en- suring that privacy respecting the pecuniary concerns of in- dividual customers, (the absence of which is so objectionable a feature in the general conduct of Joint Stock Banking Com- panies) Messrs. Jones and Blewitt alone will, for one year at least, have the right to inspect, regulate and controul the ledger accounts, and discount operations of each particular customer. The qualification of a Director to be the possession of one hundred Shares in his own Tight. :> The business of Messrs. Jones and Blewitt, at Newport, Pontypool, and Chepstow, will be transferred to, and carried on by, and for, the benefit of the new Company, on and from August 1, 1836, when the whole concern is to be taken to as it then stands, save that Messrs. Jones and Blewitt will in- demnify the Company against any bad debts which may be incurred previously to the said 1st of August. All the present officers and clerks of the establishment, who have been selected with great care, shall be retained. All Shares upon which any instalment shall not be paid, within thirty days after notice, shall be forfeited, together with any previous payments made thereon, and such Shares shall he sold for the benefit of the Company. Applications for Shares to be made by letter (postage paid) -WILLIAMS, DEACON, and Co., Rireliin Lane; Messrs. RICKNEIX, ROBERTS, and FINCH, Solicitors, 57, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London or at either of the Banks at Newport^ Pontypool, and Chepstow. FOIlfj OF APPLICATION FOR SHARKS. TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF T1IE MON MOU HU H IR E BASKING COMPANY. Gentiemen, I request you will allot to me Shares in the capital Of the abi)ve'Crmpan?i, uhich I agi-ei, it) accept upon the terms contained in the published Prospectus, and to pay the premium and insta/mints as therein mentioned. I also agree to sign the Deed of Settlement, when approued by the Directors. Christian <3f Surname of Applicant in full. Placc of Abode. ProJ ession. MONMOUTHSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE ualtutlio <ffompani?. THE Shareholders and the Public are respectfully informed t. that the business ils different branches in NEWPORT, PONTYPOOL, CAR- DIFF CHEPSTOW, and USK. on MONDAY, the 1st day of' AUGUST next. The Ledger Accounts and Discount transactions will continue for the ensuing year to be under the private controul and regulations of the original Partners, but the general management of the Company's affairs will be -a t transacted by the undermentioned Board of Directors, each of whom has had experience in Banking operations. CHAIRMAN PHILIP JONES, ESQ. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: REGINALD J. BLEWITT, ESQ. DIRECTORS. William Towgood, Esq. Thomas Fothergill, Esq. Henry Wyborne Tones, Esq. John Jones (Chepstow), Esq. With power to add to their number. Officers to sue and be sued on behalf of the Company. REGINALD JAMES BLEWITT,) w JOHN OWEN, 5 ,SQURFS. Newport, 27th July, 1836. RAGLAND. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. lIlICllA EL DA VIS, At the BEAUFORT ARMS INN, ItArF.AND, on Monday, the 22t1 day of August next, between the hours of Twelve and One o'clock in the Afternoon, (by order of the Assignee of Mr. ROBERT Tnrouoi.n, an Insolvent Debtor,)— ALL those TWO FREEHOLD modern-built COT- TAGES, adjoining one another, with the Gardens and Appurtenances, situate in the village of Ragland. One Cot- tage is now in the occupation of Captain Rudge, at the rent of £20 a-year, and the other was lately occupied by Mr. I redgold, and is now vacant. N.B. If thought desirable at the time of sale, the Property will be offered in two Lots. Observe—No Auction Duty will be pavableon this sale. Further particulars may be had on application (if by letter, postage paid,) to Mr. MOSTYN, Solicitor, Usk. Usk, 20th July, 1R30\ MONMOUTHSHIRE. Abergavenny District of Turnpike Roads. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS payable at the several Toll-Gates within the said Dis- trict, called or known by the several names hereunder men- tioned, will be LET by AUCTION to the highest bidder, at the ANGEL INN, in the Town of ABERGAVENNY, in the said County, on FRIDAY, the 19th day of August next, between the hours of Eleven'and One (subject, to the Conditions to be then and there produced), either together or in separate Lots or Parcels, anft for such Term not exceeding three years from the hom- 0f Twelve o'clock at Noon, of the 14th day o( October next, as shall be determined upon by the Trustees, in manner directed by the Acts passed in the 3rd and 4th years of the reign cf his Majesty, King Georce the Fourth torreflating Turnpike-Roads;" which Tolls (exclusive of the Toiis ofPenpound Gates and Bars, and ^'the new Here- ford Road Gates, which are collected by ti.e inistees) arc let tor the current year at £ 2,355. The Tolls of Penpound Gates produced for one year, ending 24th day of June last, f 7s 3d; and the Tolls of the new Hereford Road Gates during; the same period, £ 257. 18s 6d above the expenses of collection. nF>->ginore-Street Gates and Bar, Chapel-Bar. Tudor-Street Cafes and Weighin<r-Machitie,and the Bar near Gomlon Mill- Street Gates and Wnghirur-Machine; Monk-Street Gates and Penpound Gates and Bars; Crossoiwn Gates; lantu Goitrey Gate Llanellen Gates Brynmaicr and Blwh^hock yj'tes, and Nantmellan Bar Greece Gate Penlnddle Gate ross Buchan Gales.—Neto Hereford Road Gates and liars. Whoveer happens to be the best bidder for all, any. or either of the said Tolls, must, at the time of taking, pay m advance, one-twelfth part of the rent at which such J o.Is n?a-j, K- let, and give such Security as the Trustees present snail approve of, for the payment of the remainder of tne sa id rents, byjregular monthly instalments. I,,11? Tolls shall be let together for the term of tnree y^ars> 6. 5 OT Takers will be required to pay in advance of the M'.II"11" the first fifteen months of the term, an additional ionthly Instalment of £ 100, for which interest wul be aHewed. T CABB, Cleric to the said Trustees.

FRANCE. The Paris journals of Saturday have arrived. We re- gret to learn, from the Monileur, that the approaching f&tes, and the necessity of the King's appearing in pub- lic, either at a review, or whilst the arch of triumph, at the Etoile, is uncovering, cause serious uneasiness. The Moniteur announces that no review will take place, a resolve to that effect having been made in a Cabinet Council. It is to be hoped that these fears, however natural, are groundless, and that France really contains no more fanatics ready to exchange their lives for the criminal notoriety of appearing at the bar of the Court of Peers, and of posterity, a" a regicide. The necessity, however, of regarding the repetition of this crime as possible, is an awful state of things. There were Mi- nisters in France who, not many months since, de- clared that public order and good government could only be secured by striking terror into the per- verse population. Unfortunately the perverse have themselves adopted the principle, and succeeded in the application of it better than the terrorist Statesmen. It is time that trial were made of another system, and that the effort to conciliate hostile parties in the Senate, already made by M. Theirs, should also be made with respect to that portion of the French population which nothing save an ample share of political freedom or of military glory can content. It is time to think of satis- fying not merely the majority of the electors, but that of the nation, and for this purpose no very material or dan- gerous concession is required. But some remedy should be applied to the moral discontent generally spread through France, the existence of which Ministerial writers allow under the name of indifference, whilst more Lib- eral writers deplore it as more akin to discontent and disgust. We are still in hopes that a kind of amnesty may usher in thefétes of July. M. Armand Carrel, the highly-gifted editor of Le National, died at five o'clock on Sunday morning, of the wound he received in a duel on Friday last. The friends of Ministers may feel some relief at the prematuie re- moval of this great leader of the Opposition Press; but should we—which Heaven forbid !—be visited with fu- ture popular disturbances, the loss of M. Carrel, who would and could control the party to which he was at- tached, will prove a serious calamity. You may form some idea how much lie was respected, when I tell you that among others—his opponents in pnl itics-wlio went to St. Maudé, near Vincennes, yesterday, to inquire in person respecting him, were M. Chateaubriand, and Geneud (editor of the La Gazette de France). So deeply interested was the Government in the matter that an agent of the police remained in the house to which the wounded man had been carried. When unequivocal symptoms of approaching dissolution became at three o'clock this morning obvious, the agent left for the Pre- fecture with the news. THE DUCHESS OF :BERRf.-Sevei-al journals have stated that the Duchess of Berri had passed incognito through Paris. We have received some confidential in- formation respecting: the journey of that Princess. We are assured that, on the news of the crime of Alibaud, she fled from France, where she was concealed; from Paris she came to Ghent, where she changed horses, ac- companied by two youngladies of noble families of Bretagne, and by art ex-omcer oTtTfe floyaT Grtiard. The Dnchess, when she passed through this city, wore a green veil; she and all her suite spoke English, and it is probable that she travels as an Englishwoman. From Ghent. she went to Brussels, and thence, by way of Aix- la-Chapelle, to Germany. We have these particulars from a person who seems to be better informed than the police of France or Brussels.— Ghent Paper. The Monitiur of Saturday states:—" Numerous ar- rests took place this (Saturday) morning, in consequence of information which had reached the authorities. They brought about the seizure of a certain quantity of arms, cartridges, and seditious writings."

SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals to the 16th, with a letter from our correspondent in That capital. The choice of Procuradores for Madrid has fallen upon seven staunch Liberals—supporters of Memlizabal, and opponents, we are told, of Senor Isturitz. The name of Arguelles came first from the elective urn, and Mendi- zabal's came next. Martinez de la Rosa was one of the unsuccessful candidates. From the result of this elec- tion, and the turn which the contest had taken in those farts of the country from which accounts had been re- ceived, an impressi#n prevailed at Madrid that the con- stitution of the new Cortes would be decidedly hostile to the present administration. It is hinted that in this event Senor Isturitz would again have recourse to a dis- solution. We cannot credit a rumour that attributes to the President of the Council an intention so utterly irre- concileable with the duty of a minister of a free govern- ment. The unpopularity of Isturitz is chiefly attributa- ble to his support of Cordova. The treachery of this intriguing soldier has done more damage to the cause of Isabella than could the achievements of the united bands of her open enemies from the Asturias to Catalonia.

BURNING A MAN ALIVE.—The deplorable accounts lately published of a man of colour having been burned alive in the territory of Missouri, in the United States, however well attested, the people of this country could hardly believe to be true. It is now placed beyond all doubt, by the arrival of the Judge's charge to thi; Grand Jury at St. Louis. The Judge, Mr. Luke Lawless, bro- ther to Mr. John Lawless, of Dublin, in a speech of great ability, dwells on the enormity of the proceeding, solemnly protests against it, but gives the following directions to the Jurors:- If, on a calm view of the circumstances attending this transaction, you shall be of opinion that it was perpetrated by a definite, and, compared to the population of St. Louis, a small number of individuals, separate from the mass, and evidently taking upon themselves, as contradistinguished from the multitude, the responsibility of the act, my opinion is, that you ought to indict them all without a single excep- tion. If. on the other hand, the destruction of the murderer of Hammond was the act, as I have said, of the mally-of, the multitude, in the ordinary sense of those words —not the act of numerable and ascertainable malefactors, but of con- gregated thousands, seized upon and impelled by that mys- terious, metaphysical, and almost electric phrenzy, which, in all ages and nations, has hurried on the infuriated multitude to deeds of death and destruction -then, I say, act not at all in the mater—the case, then transcends your jurisdiction-it is beyond the reach of human law. The attempt to punish it would, in my opinion, be fruitless, and perhaps worse than that. The foundations of society might be shaken, the social elements in this city and county thrown into most disastrous collision. For how are we to indict—upon what evidence —two or three thousand offenders! How try them if in- dicted-how convict them if guilty-how punish them ? I repeat if the thousands congregated round the fire were the actors in the fearful tragedy, it would be impossible to punish, and absurd to attempt it. He points to the facts of this case in order to show that there were some palliating circumstances. Not so here, the people were comparatively under the influence of a generous excitement. When it is recollected that their respected and beloved fellow-citizen, slain in the performance of his duty, lay dead before them—when they saw another worthy father of a family, and faithful public officer severely, and, to all appearances, mortally wounded—the pavement streaming with the blood of those two unfortunate men-when they heard the shrieks of the widow and her desolate orphans, and added to all this, when their feelings and their understandings were assailed and outraged by the atrocious and savage demeanour of the murderer himself, after he had com- mitted tlio,e crimes, and within the grasp of the sheriff, is it to ue wondereli at that the people should be moved? —is not something to be allowed for human sympathies in those appalling circumstances I-is there not some slight palliation of that deplorable disregaid of law and constiiiuii;n which is now the subject of our deliberations'?

Somrstir Nctus. FATAL ACCIDENT ON TBE RIVER.—Sundavafterno about four o'clock, as some young men were'bathin °n' the river opposite Goding,s new brewery, Lambeth "a short distance from Waterloo-bridge, one of the f the name of Murphy, got into one of the numerous i7ol,° with which this part abounds in consequence of the > w ing of the ballast engines, and, not being able to swi, was drowned before any assistance could be proctireil. Drags were immed.ately brought, but U,e bod; was not lound after some hours unavailing search Th w ceased was about 19 yea-s of age, and was in corn pa, with a brother at the time the accident happened AT low water from the above circumstance, there is always considerable danger to inexperienced bathers and f™ the numerous losses of life''which occur somJ should be affixed to warn persons of the dans™r FATAL ACCIDENT.-Tuesday evening se'nnigfct a young man in the employ of Mr. Bolton, omnibn* n'm pnetor lost his life in the following melancholy manner" —While he was in the act of puttiniy-trt t r V horses at the Wheatsheaf, Edgware-road, on^of S traces fell to the ground and as soon as he stooped to pick it up, the horse kicked out its hind leg and dashed the poor fellow's brains out. He immediately fell to ground lifeless, and his body was removed into a Dtibli!. house, to await an inquest. c* On Saturday notice was sent to every police office in London, of the escape of a convict, named Henrv \Vil. liams, from Newgate, under very extraordinary anU m terious circumstances. From inquiry before the sh it appeared that the prisoner was locked up jn one s condemned cells at the usual hour on Friday e and he was missed from it between five and six'6" turday morning. The massive hinges on the door^f th' cell had been filed through, which enabled the nriso to pull the door towarde him, so as to make an an t* large enough for him to escape into the lobby; andit11-6 conjectured that he then made his way into the Go '3 or's house, and jumped through one of the windowjfm" the Old Bailey, a task which no person would cred were they to see the immense locks he had to pick 'Jt the number of officers upon guard immediately3 On that spot. The prisoner, although not more than sT has been for many years one of the most expert and d gerous thieves in London. He was committed f Hatton-garden police-office about five weeks since f™"1 burglary in the dwelling-house of Mesdames and Caroline Mann, keepers of a ladiw' !L- Highbury,and several other robberies,upon which'S^ at he was found „„ilty and sentenced to devh .he cmody of (he gaoler of one of ihe police-office, he ,Wd. 'eS a"<P 10 gel Ur8e' a"d double- The letter which was read at the ExetPr Hall hS M'. M-Gee a„d ntten by the Pope, was, it now turns out, a forgery. As soon as Mr. M'Gee was apprised of the circumstance he lost no time in communicating to the Editor of the Standard, and through that journal to the public, how the matter really stood but we regret to say that the tone and the terms of his letter displayed more zeal than discretion. The Standrit-,d is evidenily disgusted at the whole proceedntg, and we do not wonder at it. With. out lookine any further >vitn- supplied the enemies of our own Church with a topic of abuse which they will not fail to turn to account The Ministerial journals represent it, one and all, as an act of unparalleled baseness; but it was only an act of folly; and, with the usual fate of folly, doing mischief where it intended the reverse.— Morning Herald NEW STEAM PACKET COMPANV.— A prospectus has been issued for the formation of a New Steam P I- Company, for all the ports in ihe Bristol Chanrefor^ ginating, we understand, with some very resn^Vi' dividuals of Bristol. ,l1" SAGACITY OF A HORSE.—At the sitting of M, mittee of the Plymouth and Tamar Humane So^' COrn" this town, on Wednesday last, a singular insta'^ brute sagacity, or instinct, was brought before tile meet- ing. It appeared that as a mail was driving -ja cai,t loadv-d with lime, from a kiln near Deadman's Bay, Cox side the lime set fire to the cart. The man, to save j"°X e' perty, with great promptitude tilted the Iime i"» road, and hastened back to the beach at Dead ma R where he drove bis horse into thewater and exti ° S the flames, but the cart coming in contract with f of stones lying under water, turned over,and precini/^S the driver into the sea. A man and boy, seein» th cident, instantly put off in an old leaky boat and6 ^°~ ceeded in catching the poor fellow by the l'iai head, and held him up while the boy sculled on °h the boat by this time being nearly full of water "TVT while, the horse, in his alarm, had made seaward ^1" the cart, and he was given up for lost, when, strai W. it may seem, another hbrse standing on the beacb>Se-ih harness on, who had peen attentively surveying the see' plunged into the water, and made after his friend in dis tress, whom he soon overtook, and applied his mouth to the affrighted animal's ears, apparently attempting to push his head towards the shore; he then turned about, neiglwng loudly to encourage his companion, when the ihe latter also turned and followed his gallant leader i the beach, where they both arrived in safely. The ° and boy were rewarded by the committee with 15s for their noble and spirited conduct.— Country Vn er John Dearllllan, who was capitally convicted on Wed- nesday last, for the wilful murder of John Hall H went the last penalty of the law on Friday morni11" the drop at the hack of the county gaol Wine}1^' °n At eight o'clock the solemn procession appeared o^ih'* scaffold, the culprit walking with a quick step accom panied by the Rev. Chaplain, the gaoler, &c' After spending a few minutes in prayer, the bolt was drawn, and the unhappy man was launched into eternity.-Sa. lisbury Herald of Saturday. *~a" TRAGICAL CASE.—At the late Abingdon Assizes William Poole was convicted on the capital charge of maliciously cutting and stabbing Henry Lambourn with intent to murder him. The prosecutor and nri'- lived, at the time of the offence, in the Bear Inn \v'ier tage, the former as hostler and the latter as stabl h3"* It seems that an attachment had been formed b^ Poole and Jane Basson, the cook maid at the6 house, arid that Poole was prompted to the atta f8"16 Lambourn in a fit of anger, in consequence of his h "°n circulated some reports to the disadvantage of paV'n^ The prisonei stabbed him twice with a knife, infltSf°n" wounds which rendered his recovery very doubtful 'P? some weeks. The prisoner received sentence of death without the slightest hopes of mercy. He is described as a mere lad, and of very prepossessing appearance REMARKABLE DEATH.'—Lately a coachman Such, employed at Kent's stables, Southamptori-rr was found lying on a dung-heap, with his windpin neaily (as is reported)quite through. He was con "li to the New London Hospital, and the wound sewed^ Notwithstanding the dreadful nature of the inju patient rapidly recovered, sustenance being corn^ *? to the stomach by means of a pipe. He advanced"^ waids a complete cure, and was allowed to go out /°" received a caution not to swallow anything solid Tv' advice he neglected, and in attempting to partak f mutton chop, the first mouthful killed him. Thej6 f!pa were laid beforea jury, who returned a verdict aecrrT RAILWAYS IN IRELAND.—The survey of th r>E Central Irish Railway (Grand Junction") co^n "eat Dublin with Sligo, Galvvay, &c., is proceedinz wifiC(:n? exampled rapidity. Un~ JULY 12.—A large number of Orange fh"s ca by the police and magistracy in Ulster, have'be U< warded to Dublin. The Presbyterian population^ II '.I I F I*. *» l)S\p generally withdrawn from all connection Wjth iv Oi'.iin't! Lodges, ov theit partisans ~"e