Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1863-12-05 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MONMOUTH AND SOUTH WALES.— Nov.-26,—The state of the Iron and Coal Trade has not materially altered sines last week. If anything, the enquiries ire more active in the Iron Trade, and quotans are firmer. The advance in Scotch pig, the great regulator of the market, has renewed the substantial confidence felt before, and increased stimulus has been imparted to every branch of the trade. Some of the makers have been asking as mach as £7 ss. for bars, f.o.bi, and the average price obtained is £6 17. 6d. to it Rails are quoted £6 12s. 6d. to £5 17s. 6c1., f.o.b. In the Coal Trade there is also a corresponding degree of activity, more especially as regards steam. There is , hardly a steatu coal colliery in the district but what is fully employed, and the demand continues so good at Cardiff that many vessels are Obliged to be placed on demurrage, in consequence of the inability of the calm y proprietors to send down sufficient coal for the requirements of shippers. More activity is evinced in the house coal trade, and at Newport and Swansea the shipments are increasing. The house coal collieries are fairly employed. The tin-plate works are kept in pretty regular work. 'There is an improvement of late in the demand, but the chat-Coal makers complain that there has not been an advance in prices proportionate to the advance in iron. Coke-plates are in good request. SALE OF CoPPEK OR.—At the sale of copper OMB at Tabb's Hotel, Redrutb, on the 26th tilt., the folio wing companies were purchwiers Tons. Vivian and Sons Freeman and Co 24Bk. Grenfeil and Sons 229 . Sithe, Willymos and Co. ' Williams, Foster, aLd Co. 4571 . Mason and Elkington Bankart and Sons . Copper Miners' Company .... 292 k. • Charles Lanka Sweetland, Tu:tle, and Co , 193 i . Puticlawdd Copper dot  Amount. . £4083 4 3 . 994 7 3 . 1299 1 3 . 2201 13 3 . 3763 10 9 . 1703 15 0 . 2025 10 6 •. 1373 6 9 .. 352 10 3 .. 511 13 3 .. 228 10 0  Total At the Ely Merthyr Colliery Company general meeting, held at the company's offices on Monday, to receive the statements of the directors, the report of the engineer, dild to alter some of the clauses in the Articles of Association, Mr Shepherd, C.E. (the company's engineer), explained the position of the seams of coal from his late investigation, and gave it as Ins opinion that a more valuable property, or one that could be worked at a cheaper rate, did not exist in the 6 milt Wales district, iieveral other gentlemen also spoke of the property, and corroborated all that Mr Shepherd stated. A resolution was adopted to increase the company's capital, and to commence the necessary works for opening the colliery without loss of time. A vote of thanks was paseed to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated,  teem  James Naylor, who was confined in Norwich Castle on the charge of murdering his wife at Dereham, has died in prison. The Morning Herald, October 23, 1862, speaking ef the Plate in the Exhibition, says, "Mr BENSON, who has a medal for plate, exhibits some beautiful things?' limesures Argentine is a splendid material composed of various metals, with a heavy deposit of pure Silver, forming one hard ennpaut body, possessing all the beauty, richness of colour, and durability of Silver, at a fraction of its cost. When the Argentine and the real Silver are placed side by side, the most skilful nudge cannot distinguish between them, while its durability is so great that after many pars' wear its appearance remains unaltered. During the last sevonteen years it has been so well received by the public that its manufacture has been extended to all those articles usually made in Silver, viz., Spoons, Forks, Dinner, Tea, and Coffee Services, Waiters, Bread and Cake Baskets, Candelabra, Dishes of all kinds, Epergnes, Claret Jugs, !sc., &c. A Sample Spoon with be sent post-free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of 30 stamps; and an Illustrated Catalogue containg 300 Engravings and full Price-list of the various manufactures, both in Argentine ansl solid Silver, will be sent to any addres on receipt of six stamps. A Prize Medal was awarded to J. W. BENSON for "Excellence of manufacture, Argentine and Eleetro Plate." Post-oftlee Otders and Cheques should be made payable to