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IQGUTH WALES RAILWAY. No. 1.
(AMENDMENT of ACTS—EXTENSION of TIME for
COMPULSORY PURCHASE of LANDS).
Notice is hereby given, that APPL IC A 'l' lON Is Intended to be
Made to PARLIAMENT, in the ensuing Session, for a BILL to alter
amend, and repeal certain of the provisions of the eeveral Acts of
Parliament, hereinafter mentioned, relating to the South W
Railway.
And notice is hereby further given, that it is intended by such Bill
to extend, or to revive the time granted by the South WaleS Itaihsay
,Act, 1845, for the compulsory purchase of certain lands, houses, and
lhereditaments required for the purposes of the railway or railways
:by that Act authorised to be made from Fishguard Bay and Pem-
,broke Dock to Chepstow, and from Newport to Monmouth, situate
in the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other
places following, or some of them : that is to say, Pembroke Dock,
otherwise Pater, St. Mary's Pembroke, Pembrey, Nash, Coshes-
ton, Carew, Lawrenny, Jeffreyston, Yerbeston, Loveston, Rey-
nalton, Begelly Mountain, South Narberth, North Narbei th,
Crinow otherwise Croynwydd, Lampeter-Velfry, Langan, Llandzwi-
Velfry, Fishguard, Llauwnda, Manorowen, Jordanston, a certain
piece of land stated to he extra-parorthial, lying within or adjoin
ring the parish of Llanstinan, Liansth an, Letterston, Saint Dog-
'wells, Saint Lawrence, Hayscastle, Amblestone, Tretga'n, Spit t a.,
:Budbaxton, `Piston, Clarbeston, Illetherstone, Lawhaden, and
'Lianfalteg, in the county of Pembroke ; Llangan, in the corn-
lies of Pembroke and Carmarthen, or one of than ; Egremont,
'Castledwyran, Llandisilio, Llanfalteg, Llandewi-
irelfry, Langan,
,Eglwysfair, Cyffig, Llamboidy, Saint Clair, Ilan-
glaning, Mydrim, Llanflhangel-Abercwyn, Merthyr, Llangunnog,
Llangunnor, Cidelwydd, Llandyfaelog, Saint Ishina,l. kids elly,
saint Mary's Kidwelly, Pembrey, and Llanelly, in the county of
Carmarthen ; Saint Peters, in the county of tile borough of Car.
ttnarthen ; Loughor, Saint John's, Swansea, Llangefelach, Llansam-
let, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Neath, Lantwit-juxta -Neatli, Briten-
l'errY. Baglan, Aberafos, Margam, Kenfig, Coyclinreh, Lanharran,
Peterstone-super-Montem, Llantrissant,Pendoylon,Peterstone-super-
Ely, Michaelstone-super-Ely, Saint George, Saint Nicholas, Saint
Brides super-Ely, Saint Pagans, Llandatf, Saint Mary's Cardiff,
and Roath, in the county of Glamorgan ; Itumnev, Saint M el-
?tons, Llanbad otherwise Peterson, Saint Brides' Llansaintfraed,
.33assalleg, Saint Woollos, Newport, Christchurch, Lan ern, Bisliton,
TWilcrick, Landevenny, Saint Brides' .Netherwent, Magor,
Tilanvihangel, Roglet, Ifton, Calclicott, Portskewit, -Mather!), and
'Chepstow; and also, Llangattock-juxta-Caerleon, Christchurch,
Llanhennock, Kemeys-Inferior, Tredannock, Liam trissant, Usk,
•Gwerhelog, Llangeview,
.Llandenny, Raglan, Llatilshen, Pen -y-
-elawdd, Dingestow, Wonastow, Micheltroy, and Monmouth, in the
county of Monmouth ; and also to extend the time granted by the
South-Wales Railway Amendment Act, 1846, for the compulsory
purchase of certain lands, houses, and heridita ents, re-
quired for the purposes of the lines of railway and
(branch railways by that Act authorised to be made from
?the termination of the line of the South Wales Railway

•as authorised by the erst-mentioned Act, tollagloe Farm, in the
parish of Awre, in the county of Gloucester, and from the said line of
the South Wales Railway to Swansea and the Oystertnouth Railway
or Tramway, and from the said line of the South Wales Railway to
Havcrfordwest, situate in the several parishes, townshltz, and
extra-parochial or other places fo lowing, or some of them : (that is
to say), Tiddenham, Woolaston, Alvington, Lydney, Awre, and
Newrham, in the county of Gloucester; Swansea, St. John's, Swan-
sea, and Llangefelach, in the county of Glamorgan ; Prendergast,
tUzmaston, Wiston, and Rudbaxton, in the county of Pent-
:broke ; and also to ex•end the tine granted by the last-men-
;:tioned Act for the compulsory purchase of certain lands,
'houses, and hereditament& requir d for the purposes of the
;new or altered lines of railway by the last-mentioned Act
,authorised to be constructed, in lieu of certain portions of the line
'of the ienth Wales Railway, and of the Monraouth branch thereof,
as then authorised to be made, situate in the several parishes, t
alliPs, and extra parochial or other places followitw, or some of
them; (that is to say), Loughor, Swansea, St. Joins's, Swansea,
Llangefelach, and Liansamlet, in the county of Glamorgan : Lien-
VYanor, Ilanlefaelog, St. Ishmael, and Kidwelly, In the county of
'Carmarthen ; Mydrim, Llannhangel Abercwyn, mid Llangynog, in
the county of Carmarthen ; Llantrissant, Llangibby, Llanllowel,
Llangeview, Usk, and Gwerhelog, in the county el Honinouth ; and
*lse to extend the time granted by the Gloucester and Dean Forest
tallway Act, 11$40, for the compulsory purchase of certain lands,
l'Q'nsca, and horeditaments required :or the purposes of
'ts• much of the last-mentlo •ed railway as Iles between
o Junction thereof with the South Wales Railway,
Chet parish of Awre, in the county of Glou•
ceater, and a
point at or near the Bth mile of the Gloucester and
Dean Forest Railway, as marked upon the plans the, ot referred to
In the last-mentioned Act, situate in the several parishes, townships,
and extra-parochial or other places fallowing. or some or them ;
(that is to say), Awre, Newnham, and Westbury-upon-Severn, in the
vs:4Y,t3' of Gloucester.
, And that it is intended by such Bin to alter, amend, enlarge, and
Zln Pert repeal the several Acts following relating to or affecting the
enth ;gales Railway Company; (that is to oar), the S.aith Wales
_ ailway Act, 18 5, the South Wales Railway ( tinendinent) Act,
1646, the South Woks Railway (Amendment) Act, 1847, and the
"lonsester anti Dean Forest Railway Act, 1815,
Dated Cis leth day of Noeemb3r, 1849.

W. 0. and W. iILT.NT, 10, Whitehall, London

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. No. 2.
of (REPEAL and ALTERATION of POWERS as to rlItEaT
I) (REPEAL
RAILWAY and WORKS, and as to TOLLS THERE
...O.NSTRUCTION of new RAILWAY in the FOREST of DEAN :
tVEVIATION of LINE: CROSeING of PUBLIC RoADS IR-
e"GEMENTS with VALE of NEATII RAILWAY' coal I'ANY as
USE of STATION, Sao.: POWERS to SECURE ADVANTAGES
On the RE-ISSUE of FOIIFEI FED and on Ua ISSUED SHARES:
'LIRCIIASE of LAND for WHARVES in CHEPSTOW; and
AMENDMENT of ACTS
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
Made to PARLIAMENT, in the efieuing Session, for a It ILL to alter,
;'Wend,
and repeal certain of the provisions of the several Acts of
.2trelarnent hereinafter mentioned, relating to the South Wales
And that it is also intended by such Bill to repeal the clauses and
Provisions of the South Wales Railway Amendment Act, 1847, which
relate to the alteration, diversion, widening, and improvetn of the
-.Forest of Dean It iilway thereite mentioned, and to the construction of
the lines of railway in the said Act au horised and described, in lieu of
to the
portions of the said Forest of Dean Railway, and wit ck relate
the maximum rate of charge to be made by the South Wales
ailway Company, or by the Forest of Dean Railway Company, in
respect of the conveyance upon the said Forest of Dean Railway,
arid the branches thereof, or upon the railways in the seid Act
authorised to be constructed in lieu of portions of the said Forest of
bean Railway, of the several articles, matters, and things therein
Mentioned, and which relate to the providing of locomotive power
Upon the last-mentioned railways.
And that it is 'mender" by such Bill to enable the South Wales
Railway Company to make and maintain the line or lines oc railway
next hereinafter-mentioned (that is to say)-A railway to commettee
at the commencement of the said Forest of De. n Railway, at the
summit of the hill above Churchway Engine, in the township of
East-Dean, in the Forest of Dean, in the county of Gloucester, and
to proceed thence to a point at or near the south-eastern corner of
the reservoir known as the Dam fool, in the said township of East
Dean and Forest of Dean ; ant also to commence at the extremity
of a branch of the said Forest of Dean Railway, at or ne r 11 himsey
rit, in the said township of East Dean and Forest of Dean, and to
proceed thence to the point at or near the south-east.rn corner
of Dam Pool aforesaid, where the said two lines will unite, and
thence proceed to and terminate by a junction with the line of
railway authorised to be made by the Gloucester and Dean Forest
Railway Act, 1846, at or near a point in a field numbered on the
plans of the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway referre I to in
the said Act. 71, in the parish of Newnham, in the
County of Gloucester; and also a line of railway to commence
at such last-mentioned point of junction, and to terminate at a
Point in the parish of Awrc, in the county of Gloucester, situate
• lit or near the southern extremity of the Bubo Pill 11 harres of
The Forest of Dean Railway Company, and which said intended
Hoe or lines of railway will pass from, in, through, or Into, or
be situate within tile several parishes, townships, and extra
parochial or other places following, or some of them; (that is to
taY), her Majesty's Forest of Dean, East Dean, Ayleford, Cinder-
,rnZ Bilso. holy-Trinity, St. John's, Worcester Walk, Little Lean
dWalk, Ruardean Walk, Rlakeney Walk, St. Brivals, Newnliam and
iYre, in the county of l-loucester ; and it is intended to adapt to
the Pimp° es of the said intended new line or lines of railway so
• Lnuch and such parts of the existing Forest of Dean Railway as will
of
e Ph
to the purposes thereof, and to abandon such portions
the said Forest of Dean Railway, and of the lines of railway
Abe nthorised by the South Wales Railway Ameudineut Act, 1947, to
nstructed in lieu of certn portions of the said Fo rest of De
et '734, as will as become unne vary in consequence of the con-
an
ruction of the said intended new line or lines of railway.
a, And that it is else intended by such Bill to authorise the con-
aelrriction and maintenance of a deviation in the line of the South
les Railway, as shown upon the plans and sections thereof re-
to in the eouth Wales Railway Amendment Act, 1846, and as
authorised by such Act to be constru ted ; such deviation corn-
a,a-4,11g at a certain point in a field numbered on the last-mentioned
rms. 122, in the parish of Lydney, in the county of Gloucester, and
t„lnsahting at a certain point in a field numbered en the same plans
parts Said parish of Lydney, and being situate wholly within the
u of Lydney, in the comity of Gloucester.
atrand that it is also intended by such Bill to authorise the con-
ta,..",e,tion and maintenance of certain portions of the lino of the
thuua Wales Railway, according to the levels thereof as shown upon
ee sections to be deposited as hereinafter mentioned ; one of such
ivrrn, extending from the road numbered on the plans of the South
A4Railway referred to in the South Wales Railway Amendment
Inc road
,847, 24, in the parish of 3lagor, in the county of Monmouth, to
numbered 9 on the plans of the South Wales Railway. re-
LnreTel to in the South Wales Vailway Act, 1,45, in the parish of
in the county of Monmouth, and being situate wholly within
leg two last-Mentioned parishes; another of such portions extentl-
- from a point in a certain field numbered on the plans lastly
Lue_ boned 37, in the parish of Caldicott, in the county of Mon-
i7.l..4_ti!, to a point in a certain other field numbered on the last-men-
Plans 60, in the parish of Portskewit, in the county of Mon-
ia'"rnitz Tut being situate wholly within the two last-mentioned
al-tether of such portions extending from a point in a cer-
)Z.u._ueld numbered on the last-mentioned plans 82, in the parish of
sa,-.gant. in the county of Glamorgan, to a point in a certain other
Manbered on the last-mentioned plans 17, in the parish of
laafon ; another of such portions extending from a point in a cer-
lc.ar field numbered on the last-mentioned plans 15 i the parish of
in the county of Glamorgan, to a point in, ascertain other
numbered oft the same plans 44, in the same parish, and being
situate wholly within such parish.
And that it is also intended by such Bill to authorise the construc-
tion and maintenance of the line of the South Wales Railway across e
_ several turnpike or public carriage roads next hereinafter speci•
1_ cia the manner which will he shown on the plans and sections to
road deposited as hereinafter mentioned-(that is to say) a certain
nal numbered Co the plans referred to in the South of Wales Rail-
-7...! Amendment Act, 1847, 13, in the parish of Bishton. in the county
.7,1 t Monmouth ; a certain other road numbered on the plans referred
!ti In the South Wales Railway Act, 1845, 14, in the parish of Roach,
the common
county of Glamorgan; a certain other road passing over
common or waste numbered on the plans referred t• in the
In South Wales Railway Act, 1845, 27, in the parish of Llandaff,
tin the county of Glamorgan ; a certain other road numbered
the plans referred to in the South Wales Railway Act, 1845, 58,
In the Parish of Peterstone-super-Ely, in the county of Glamorgan •,
4t certain other road numbered on the plans referred to in the South
Wales Railway Act, 1845, 11, in the parish of Laaharran, in the
County of Glamorgan ; a certain other road numbered on the plans
referred to in the South Wales Railway Amendment Act. 1847,
277 A, in the parish of Coychurch, in the county of Glamorgan; a
certain other road numbered on the plans referred to in the South
'ales Railway Amendment Act, 1846; 4A, in the parish of St.
Ishmael, in the-county of Carmarthen; a ;certain other road num-
bered on the plans referred to in the South Wales Railway Act, 1845,
40, in the parish of Llanelly, in the said county of Carmarthen ; a
certain other road numbered on the plans referred to in the South
Wales Railway Act, 1845, 19, in the parish of Saint Peter's, in the
county of the borough of Carmarthen ; a certain other road num-
bered en the plans referred to in the South Wales Railway Act,
1845, 1, in the parish of Mydrim, in the said county of Carmarthen ;
St certain other road numbered on the plans referred to in the South
Wales Railway Act, 1845, 21, in the parish of Clarbeston, in the
county of Pembroke; and two otter roads numbered res ectl vely on
the plans referred to in the South Wales Railway Amendment Act,
1846, 17 and 31, in the parish of Uamaston, in the said county el
IrernbrOke; and to alter or repeal such of the rrovisions of tile seve-
-Bal Acts of Parliament relating to the South Wales Railway as may
be necessary for the purposes last aforesaid.
And that it is intended by such Bill to enable the South Wales
Railway Company to take and purchase, by compulsion or other-
:1,18o, certain lands and buildings situate in the parish of Chepstow,
in the county of Monmouth, for the construction of wharves and
Other accommodations for steam and other vessels, and means of
access thereto, and for other purposes; and also to enable the
Routh Wales Railway Company, to let the same or levy tolls or
dues for the use thereof.
the notice is hereby given, thet maps, plans, and sections of
said intended railways and works, together with books of
reference to suck plans, and also a copy of this notice its pub-
lished iii the " London Gazette," will be deposited, on or before
the 30tk day of November in the present year, with the clerk of
re Peace for the county of Glamorgan, at his office in Cardiff;
his
with the clerk of the peace for the county of Monmouth, at
"al' office in Usk ; and with the clerk of the peace for the
itfluntY of Gloucester, at his office in Gloucester ; and that a
-)Y of so much of the said plans, sections, and books of reference as
relates to each of the parishes in or through which the said intended
13taii,,lwaYs and works are proposed to be made, and also a copy of the
~``` Gazette" notice, will be deposited, on or before the 30111 day of
l°Yentber In the present year, with the parish clerk of each such
;atish,
nil Part at his residence ; an in te case of the Forest of Dean, or
V 1 thereof as may be d extrah-parochial, at the Speech Itouse in
.., said Forest, and with the parish clerk of the adjoining parish of
eatilenhans.
And Notice Is hereby also given, that it is intended by such Bill
Ae enable the South Wales Railway Company to purchase lands and
asea, by compulsion or agreement, for the purposes of the rail-
Yll and works FO intmded to be authorised ns aforesaid ; and also
'to enable the South Wales Railway Company to levy rolls, rates,
Ind duties for and in respect of the use of the said intended rail-
"TS and works, and to grant exemptions from each tolls, rates,
loid duties
3'and that it is Intended by such Bill to vary, repeal, or extinguish
" existing rights or privileges in ny maner conected wth te
~ncle and houses proposed to be purcahased orn taken,n or whichi wouhld
to ruanner impede or interfere with the construction, main-
fnanee or use of the said intended railways and works, and to eon-
ers other rights and privileges.
„rand that it is intended by such Bill to take power to alter, divert,
,!°P op all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways,
of canals, streams, and rivers, within or adjoining to tile afore-
Parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or any
ei„,."1111 with which it may be necessary to interfere In the construe-
-. T the said intended railways and works.
I,that it is also intended by such Bill to enable the South 'Wales
,aileray Company and the Yale of Neath Railway Company to
enter into such arrangements and agreements with respect to fee
i
'se of the station or stations of the said railways at Neatly and rho
7ks connected therewith, and with respect to apportioning and
keanal or other sum for or in respect of such station or stations or
tlert thereof, or for the use thereof by the said two companies or either
Dc„.ll'ern, as may be mutually agreel on between them ; and for that pur-
:e to enable the South Wales Railway Company to convoy or assign
42a L.oe Vale of Neath Railway Company such portion or portions of the
- station or stations, and the land and works connected therewith,
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'said/111r. Baron Parke, happily'still spared to us, "had
a reason which the Lord Chief Justice did not know
for watching you narrowly, and he will remember ray
saying to him, when you sat down, ' Brothsr Tindal,
did you observe how carefully Phillips abstained feren
giving any personal opinion in the case?' To this the
Learned Chief Justice instantly assented." This is
my answer to the second charge. Thirdly and lastly,
I am accused of having
endeavoured to cast upon the
female servants theguilt which Iknew was attributable
to Courvoisier. You will observe, of course, that the
gravamen of this consists in my having done so after
the confession. The answer to this is obvious.
Courvoisier did not confess till Friday ; the cross-
examination took place the day before, and so far,
therefore, the accusation is disposed of. But it may
be said I did so in my address to the jury. Before
refuting this, let me observe upon the disheartening
circumstances under which that address was deli-
vered. At the close of the, to we, most wretched day
on which the confession was made, the prisoner sent
me this astounding message by his solicitor—" Tell
Mr. Phillips, my counsel, that I consider he has my
life in his hands." My answer was, that as he must
be present himself, he would have an opportunity of
seeing whether I deserted him or not. I was to speak
on the next morning. But what a night preceded it !
E: vered and horror-stricken, I could find no repose.
If I slumbered for a moment, the murderer's form
arose before me, scaring sleep away, now muttering
his awful crime, and now shrieking to me to save his
life! I did try to save it. I did everything to save
it except that which is imputed to me, but that I did
not, and I will prove it. I have since pondered much
upon this subject, and I am satisfied that my
original impression was erroneous. I had no
right to throw up my brief, and turn traitor
to the wretch, wretch though he was, who had
confided in me. The counsel for a prisoner has
no option. The moment he accepts his brief, every
faculty he possesses becomes his client's property. It
is an implied contract between him and the man who
trusts him. Out of the profession this may be a
moot point ; but it was asserted and acted on by two
illustrious advocates of our own day, even to the con-
fronting of a King, and, to the regal honour be it
spoken, these dauntless men were afterwards promoted
to the highest dignities. You will ask me here
whether I contend on this principle for the right of
(
doing that of which I am accused, namely, castiog
the guilt upon the innocent? I do no such thing;
and I deny the imputation altogether. You will
still bear in mind what I have said before, that I
scarcely could have dared to do so under the eye of
Baron Parke and in the presence of Mr. Clarkson.
To act so, I must have been insane. But to set this
matter at rest I have referred to my address in the
Times—a journal the fidelity of whose reports was
never questioned. You will be amazed to hear that I
not only did not do that of which I am accused, but
that I did the very reverse. Fearing that, nervous
and unstrung as I was, I might do any injustice in
:he course of a lengthened speech, by even an
ambiguous expression, I find these words reported
in the Times :—" Mr. Phillips said the prosecutors
were bound to prove the guilt of the prisoner, not by
inference, by reasoning, by such subtle and refined
ingenuity as had been used, but by downright, clear,
open, palpable demonstration. How did they
seek to do this ? What said Mr. Adolphus and his
witness, Sarah Alacer ? And here he would beg the
jury not to suppose for a moment, in the course of
the narrative with which he must trouble them, that
he meant to cast the crime upon either of the female
servants. It was not at all necessary to his case to
do so. It was neither his interest, his duty, nor his
policy to do so. God forbid that any breath of his should
send tainted into the world persons depending for their
subsistence on their character." Surely this ought
to be sufficient. I cannot allude, however, to this
giant of the press, whose might can make or unmake
a reputation, without gratefully acknowledging that
it never lent its great circulation to these libels. It
hail too much justice. The Morning Chronicle, the
Morning. HeraM, and the Morning Post, the only
journals to which I have access, fully corroborate the
Times, if, indeed, such a journal needed corroboration.
I'he Chronicle runs thus :—" In the first place, says
my friend Mr. Adolphus, and says his witness Sarah
Macer—and here I beg to do an act of justice, and to
assure you that Ido not, fur a moment mean to sug-
gest in the whole course of my narrative that this
crime may have been committed by the female ser-
vants of the deceased nobleman." The .3.Torning Post
runs thus :—" Mr. Adolphus called a witness, Sarah
Macer. But let me do myself justice, and others
justice, by now stating, that in the whole course of the
narrative with which I must trouble you, I beg you
would not suppose that I am in the least degree seek-
ing to cast the crime upon any of the witnesses. God
forbid that any breath of mine should send persons
depending on the public for subsistence into the world
with a tainted character." I find the Morning
Herald reporting me as follows :—" Mr. Adolphus
cafled a witness named Sarah Macer. But let me
do myself justice and others justice by now stating
that in the whole course of the narrative with which
I must trouble you I must beg that you will not
suppose that I am in the least degree seeking to cast
blame upon any of the witnesses." Can any dis-
claimer be more complete ? And yet, in the face of
this, for nine successive years has this most unscrupu-
lous of slanderers reiterated his charge. Not quite
three weeks ago he recurs to it in these terms :
" How much worse was the attempt of Mr. Phillips
to throw the suspicion of the murder of Lord IVilliarrt
Russell on the innocent female servants, in order to
procure the acquittal of his client Courvoisier, of
whose guilt he was cognizant ?" I have read with
care the whole report in the Times of that three
hours' speech, and I do not find a passage to give this
charge countenance. But surely, surely, in the agi-
tated state in which I was, had even an ambiguous
expression droned from me, the above broad dis-
claimer would have been its tfficieet antidote.
Such is my answer to the last charge; and, come
what will, it shall be my final answer. No
envenomed reiteration, no popular delusion,
no importunity of friendship, shall ever draw from
we another syllable. I shall remain in future, as I
have been heretotore, auditor tantum. You know well
how strenuously and how repeatedly you pressed me
to my vindication, especially after Lord Dentnan's
important conversation with you, and you know the
stern disdain with which I dissented. The men;
conscia recti, a thorough contempt for my traducer,
the belief that truth would in the end prevail, and a
self-humiliation at stooping to a defence, amply
sustained me amid the almost national outcry whicn
calumny had created. Relying doubtless upon this,
month after month, for nine successive years, my
accuser has iterated and reiterated his libels in terms
so gross, so vulgar, and so disgraceful, that my most
valued ffiends thought it my duty to them publicly to
refute them. To that consideration, and that alone, I
have yielded; in deference to theirs relinquishing my
own opinions. If they suppose, however, that slander,
because answered, will be silenced, they will find
themselves mistaken.

" Destroy the web of sophistry—in vain—
The creature's at his dirty work again."
No, no, my dear friend, invention is a libeller's
exhaustless capital, and refutation but supplies the
food on which he lives. He may, however, pursue
his vocation undisturbed by me. His libels and my
answer are now before the world, and I leave them to
the judgment of all honourable men.

C. PHILLIPS.

WARD OF FARRINGDON-WlTHlN.—Yesterday a
wardmote, which was numerously attended, was held at
the gaeen's Arms Tavern, Newgate-street, " for the
choice of a Common Councilman for the ward, in the
room of Mr. T. Pearson Hayward (deceased), late one
of the deputies of the ward." Alderman Thomas Kelly
(alderman of the ward) having taken the chair, said that
since the annual election an Act had passed the Legisla-
ture, which he thought a great improvement upon the
former practice of electing Common Councilmen, as the
election was now limited to one day. A great inconve-
nience was suffered by the continuance of the election for
three days, which caused a very great hindrance to
business. The Alderman then directed the precept of
the Lord Mayor to he read, which having been done,
Mr. Warwick proposed Mr. Thomas APGreger, who
was foreman of the inquest of the ward; and Mr. Welch
seconded the nomination. Mr. Edward Knight proposed
Mr. Christopher Phillips, whose nomination was seconded
by Mr. Emery. A show of hands was taken, when the
choice was declared to be in favour of Mr. Phillips ;
upon which a poll was demanded for Mr. M'Gregor.
Ald,rman Kelly stated that, by the recent Act of Par-
liament, the election must take place on the following
day, between ten and four o'clock. He should therefore
attend to-morrow (this day) to take the votes of the
friends of the candidates. The wardmote was then ad-
journed to this day.
PUBLIC THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC RELIGION.—On Sunday a pastoral from Bishop
Wiseman was read in all the Roman Catholic churches
of the metropolis, ordering a solemn thanksgiving to be
performed next Sunday in acknowledgment of God's
mercy in relieving the kingdom from the awful scourge
of cholera, which propitious event will be celebrated by
high mass and a solemn Te Deum in every place of
Roman Catholic worship. The Bishop's pastoral
especially enjoins works of mercy, such as feeding tee
poor, clothing the naked, and contributing towards the
support of several public charities, as the most Christian
mode of acknowledging Heaven's mercy.
LAUNCH or THE PitoroNTls.—A fine screw steam-
ship, built of iron, by Messrs. Mare and Co., Blackwell,
from a design by Mr. T. Waterman, jun., was launched
into Bow creek at 3 39,P.M., yesterday. The Propontis
will be the third constructed for the General Screw
Shipping Company, and of the same class as their two
vessels the Bosphorus and Hellespont. Her dimensions
are—length 175 feet, breadth 25 feet 6 inches, depth 17
feet 6 inches, and tonnage 531 86 94, and she is to be
fitted with auxiliary engines of 80 horse power, by
Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, and will be com-
manded by Captain Brenan. Air. Thomas Jeffs named
the vez,svl, and hroke a bottle of wine on her bows, in
the presence of E. Zorab, Ezq., Ottoman Consul-General;
James Lansing, Esq., managing director; Captain Ford,
of the Ottoman navy, superintendent; and t~ nember of
gentlemen who witnessed the eeremor-