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HEBDOMADARY. 1837. DS."n j?un Moon'» Moon Moon R" Sen. Age. Ri*M. Sets. JANUARY. H. M. H. M» H M H M z 7 z j» 33 st ri M 7 41 1 14-S 8 M 9 J# 7 s j u ti .? s; *? 7 47 « 40 21-4 Morn. 10 14
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£ uifeas aefifions. ••••!»! Leiion, j},—2d Letson* I Corin. ir« Bm* !>"Tice.t»t Lcmod, Genciui.—2<1 Le»on, Matthew xx.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE. London, Thursday Evening. The Chamber of Deputies was again occupied on Monday, io discussing that portion of the address which refers to the Quadruple Alliance. The chief feature of the debate was the reply of M. Guizot, which was not terminated when the esta- relic left Paris. A correspondent states that the effect pro- duced by it out of doors was unfavourable to the ministry, as the funds fell and rumours were rife of a change, in which the names of Soult and Sehastiani were most prominent. The accounts from the north of Spain, though they do not speak of any positive movement, are, it seems, favourable to the cause of the Queen, the united force of whose armies, in. cluding the corps of Sarsfield, of Espartero, of Alaix, Ribero, and Narvaez, amounts to little short of 70,000 men. Nut only is the numerical strength of the Christinos superior to that of their adversaries, but their military positions.are so favourable that a simultaneous movement from the various quarters in which they arc stationed cannot fail to prove fatal to the Carlist cause. Dissension is producing its effect in the COllrt or camp of Don Carlos. The "universal minister," Erro, has resigned, and his place has been filled by the Hi. shop of Leon,-an event which the Quotidienne describes as the result merely of personal motives ;-the rival ministers continuing to entertain towards each oilier an amitit- sans bomes,"—something no doubt very like the "eternal friend- ship" so suddenly conceived in the Antijacobin. From Ba- yonne an official account has arrived that from 50 to 60 Car- list officers had presented themselves on the frontiers; they had been disarmed, and conducted to Bayonne. Several foreigners were amongst them they had all quitted the Pretender's army, This news is looked upon as very favour- able to the Chiiitinos, inasmuch as it proves the demorali- zation of the Carlists. Scarcely any business is doing in the Share Market, Eastern Counties are If per share, and Great Western are 45 per share Australian Shares are 9i prem., and Van Diemen's Land Agricultural 13J per share. FouR o'Clock.—Reports have been current of the assas sination of the King of the French. These have had the effect of causing Consols to fall lo 90J. They are now for the Account 901. Foreign Stock has been gloomy. Spanish Bonds are 261 271; Portuguese 50!.
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According to the Gazette des Tribnnaut, Manier has al- ready made important revelations. He is described to be in a state of considerable dejection and mental suffering.
CHURCH-RATES.—LETTER VI.
CHURCH-RATES.—LETTER VI. To (fit Editor of the Monmouthshire Mmlitu Sin,—On perusing the report of speeches at the Pontypool Anli-Church-rateJMe.eting, I were tiol, indeed, disgusted by the same vulgarity and violence which ttS9 displayed else- where, and upon which I have already comtritlt,id but in all the principal speeches I observe the same fallacy, osaslly Called petitio principii, or an assumption of the very point as true and indisputable, which is the real subject of the contro- versy. There are besides numerous other fallacies, especially in the opening speech of Mr. Conway, so palpable and un- disguised, that one wonders how a rhetorical declaimer, hke him, should not have thought it decent to throw a veil of tropes and metaphors over them, merely to cover their naked- ness. As this speech contains the substance of firs whole ques- tion, and seems to have been regarded as almost oritcalar by the meeting, I will proceed to examine its positions seriatim. The first is, that change in the national religion is not hurtful, but beneficial to the country. Which he pioves, by a recital in the changes in our own history—first, from Druid- ism to Christianity-then from Popery to Protestantism— then back again, in Queen Mary's reign—then to Protest- antism again—then, during the Commonwealth, from Epis- copacy to Non-Episcopacy (for it is not easy otherwise to characterise the state of religion during that dismal period)- 'lastly, to a restoration of Episcopacy. Now, if any one asks, what bearing all this has upon Church-rate, 1 am utterly unable to tell him. The only in- ference which Mr. C. seems himself to draw is, that the country has not been ruined by these changes, but is now in a most unexampled state of prosperity. Why make another change then 1 All these changes cannot have been good. For some of them were contradictory to others, and that, too, under similar circumstances, and within a short period of time. But the defenders of Church-rate take no such un- tenable ground, as that all change is bad. They contend, that to suppoit religion by law, is a public benefit and not even can their enemies deny, that under all the changes which Mr. C. enumerates, this principle has been universally a recognised. Prima facie, therefore, the historical review makes entirely against him. But, proceeds Mr. Conway, "ought we not to obey God rather than man ? I claim the right of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience." Why all this rant and fuiy 7 Does any man deny the position ? Oh but you punish those, rejoins Mr. Conway, who do not conform to the Established Church. Let us consider a moment in what this punishment consists. You subject their property to an equal rate with all other property in the parish for the maintenance of the parioh church, which has been the law of the land, under all changes, for 1000 years and you admit them to an equ; 1 voice with every other proprietor in determining what is ne cessarykfor that purpose; Such, I boldly affirm, is th^whole 1 of. 41m transaction, .which., Mr. C. calls punishment and upon which he does not think it beneath him to inflame popular discontent, and to endeavour to rouse the passions of his hearers, by denouncing it as religious persecution. If Mr. C. really believes this to be persecution, he has an obliquity of intellect, which no reasoning can cure. It is useless to refer him to the analogy of all taxation, imposed by the majority of a people on a community,—in which a man would be thought mad, if he were to exclaim, I will not pay towards this road, or that bridge, for I never use them; and. I have roads of my own through my ground, which I find its expensive to 'maintain." It is useless, I say, to pursue the absurdity through all the parallel cases which will occur to any man of common sense. The essence is, I claim t,) be eronerated Irom a legal tax, because I dis- like the. object nf it' Suffice it to say, that the principle is at once subversive of all government, and is only fit for an outlaw, or a backwoodsman of America. There is, however, one attempt—a slight and feeble, and transient one indeed-to maintain the charge of persecution. "The Dissenter pays (Mr. C. is reported to have said) to the support of that which he believes to be morally wrong." Now this is for once placing the question upon its true ground j for it may be called a violation of conscience to com- pel a man to aid that which he believes to be mora lly wrong. Thus, the Quakers complain that to pay tithes and other Church dues militates agairit their conscience; and every year these exactions are enumerated by them as so many acts of persecution. But governments must be very cautious how they allow private conscience to judge of the morality of a public contribution otherwise the taxes would fall off la. mentably. Would Mr. Conway himself, for instance, con- tend that Quakers ought to be exempt from war-taxes, if they choose to plead conscience against them. I trow not. No the utmost extent to which an enlightened government goes in meeting this plea of conscience is, not to enforce the law, provided its object can be attained equally without it. Thus, an affirmation is accepted from a Quaker, in lieu of an oath, because they have not only given demonstrative proof that their plea is genuine, by submitting to any punishment rather than comply but the interests of society also are judged to be equally se' ure under this pledge from such per- sons, as they would be under the sanction of an oath. But does Mr. C. mean seriously to maintain that the Dis, senter thinks the repair of the parish church morally wroti" ? Or is this only an error of the reporter? Or is it a paltry trick of a demagogue, who, in default of argument, touches a chord, to which he well knows the piejudices of his hearers will respond, and bear down by clamour what neither he nor they can overcome by truth. I verily believe there is not one man of common honesty among his healers who would lay his hand on his heart and say, that this is the reason why he objects to pay the rate. And if this be not the reason, there is no other reason that will not go to the utter dissolution of all civil government. To what purpose is it to reiterate such vapid truisms as these :—" Human enactments may arm the Episcopalian with authoiity to enforce the bodily attendance of the Dis- senter at his place of worship-he may possibly compel turn to conform to his ceremonies—he may thus make his neigh- bour a hypocrite, but he can never make him a worshipper." If the speaker means that Episcopalians are doing this, or attempting to do it, he says what he must know to be untrue. If he does not mean this, he is only occupying the cars of his audience, and the pages of your journal, with trifling and unmanly declamation. Better would it be to say at once, let there be no national religion-no form of Christianity re- cognised by the State. In matters of religion, let every man do that which is right in hit own eyes, and let the govern- ment of this nation, which in all our laws and in all our books is pronounced to be a Protestant Government, abandon the title, and renounce all care of the spiritual interests of the people. This proposition is at least open and honest— not crafty, and insidious, and seditious, like most of the de- clamation (for I cannot call it reasoning) which is uttered at these assemblies. It is needless, sir, to pursue the subject through thetither speeches that are reported. With a little variation of man- ner they all ring the changes upon the same fallacy-putting tomcience for will, and calling the maintenance of a parish church, religious persecution. There is, however, one lover of truth, who has made himself conspicuous among his brethren-the Reverend Thomas Thomas, lie is pleased to say, that if a bill for the abolition of Church-rates were brought in, the whole bench of bishops would probably now, as they have always done, resist the just claims of Dis- senters, and strive to maintain and perpetuate the reign of religious intolerance." I would refer, not this Reverend Gentleman himself (for that would be evidently useless), but those who listen to him to an extract from the Resolutions of the London Committee of Dissenters on the abolition of the Test and Corporation Acts, which will be found in my third letter. If you will allow this letter also a place in your columns, you will, I am sure, not serve the cause of peiseculion, nor injure the cause of truth. 1 I am, sir your obedient servant, CHRIS UANUS.
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^tupping Unteliiwnte* v2 NEWPORT. H Lisf of Arrivals and Sailings for the week cviing the 19th of January. Inwardj.—Sisters, Bray, with malt. James, Cft>michnclr. Sutton. May Mower,- Gravels. Hannah, Burk, w: oats and flour. Alliance, Jents, with hay. William and Sttsan, Bryant, with flour and ijefns-. Speedwell, (jravell, will* butter snd oats. Ceres, Know! with sail. Mary, Slee- Rjsi#, with mG. Carpenter, Sinclair; Hero, Jones Charles, Howe; Pfey,-Tfver; Bristol Packet, Oainey; Moderator, Johns; G'ecft^ft', Actons ;• Carlton, 1 rcdegar, Coombs; and^wW, j$i*ba«!lswith sundries. OLTWAttDS.—Maria, Stft&txitTSi for Antwerp; Margaret, 'Nia, I*r g. Williams Aquilla, Daniel; j«?ghton, Davis fe^y. !h- vies; Catharine, Evans: Saplfr#, .Evans -.Loudon, t a:<y Vi"d, Richards Prudeuce, llobi:.} Industry, i bourns, i Thomas and Sarah, Hiscox; Acti>"«, Beimand. Aunt, Evatt; Alicia, Walsh; Waterloo, J,<ack)cr: Renown. Evans Charles, Howe Robert, Clampitt; Alert, iiurau Mary, C'u«¥mitfg; Good Intent, Jones; Mai^ Ann, Beer; with iron and tin. ga;, Coomui; Carleon, Harwood Mary, Tiver Bristol fackef, Gainey; Moderator, Johos; George, Johns Swift, Richards with sundries. CARDIFF. List of Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending the 17th of January. Forfign £ stsred Outwaiids.—Pi?vk, Poyntz. for Ha- vannah. Jane, Pattyson Anna, Milora, for Naples Ven- tura, Antonio, for Vienna.—Cleared Ourw'^nns.—Harriet, Strout, for Philadelphia; Maria Magdelina, Ficis, for Bre- men, with iron. CoASTi ns Inwards.—Lady Charlotte (steamer) Parfitt Friends, Davies Bute, W alters, front Bristol, with Eliza, Davies, from Ajilford, with oats. Julia,Stuckley, frw* Chep'stow, with iron ore. Fame, Wright, from Penzance;, with sundries. Hope, Tasker, from Newport, with hrick and' tin. Abbess, Harris, from Neatit, with castings. Thomas Prothcroe, Nicholfs, from Fowey; Merriman, Jones, from Minchead with iron oto. Olive Branch, Jones from GJos- ter, with salt. W'illiam, -Tearo, from Lydney, with stone. Resolution, Reid, from Porthcawl, with bricks and iron. Peggy, Davies, from Newport, with bricks. Betsey, WTi- liams, for Gloster. with salt.. Gleaner, Bick, from Gloster" with sundries. Fame, Greenfield, for Swansea, with'tin. Dolphin, Fry,from Bristol, with hay. Amity, Rogers Ann, Collins; from Bristol, sundries. Sisters, Lewis, from Car- martheD, with oats and poiter. Providence, Parker, from Bridgwater, with floar, &c. John and Ellen, Price, from Portmidoc, with slates, Fifty vessels in ballast. I CoASTEits Outwaubs.—Adonis, Ketr; Acorn, Griffi-Lb., for Liverpool; Hero, Harrison, for Dublin; Five Hundred and Seventy-four, Elder, for London Camilla, Warnocfc, forBelfasi, with iron. Cheviot, Thompson, for Liverpool, with iron and tiu. Dart, Wadley, for Liverpool, with iron. Mary, Hooper, for Bristol, with iron and coal. Kbenezer, Ilore, Blyth Mary, Thomas, for Swansea Ceres, W eeks, for London, with iron. Thirty-eight vessels with coals. LYDNEY. List of Arrivals and Sailings for the week pnding 18th of January. Arrived.—Agenoria, Vivian, from London; Lydney Trader, Knight, from Bristol John Birkin, Ball, I'u.'o Mil- ford with foreign and British goods. CLunED OUT.NautIlus., Codd, for Wexfox) AUGR, tian, Devan, for Youghall Francis, Hart (reoiRy Jirmvn, Ilall for Cork, with John Byrkin, Ball, lor Milfordl with oak timber. William, Pearce; for CauliH Ann and -Alin Maria, Lewis, for Neath Lydney Trader, Knight, for Blis- tol with British goods. Robert and Ann, Ridler Grati- tude, Knight; Trotter, Fryer; Utility, Rowles Ann, Haw- kins Sarah, While; Beisey, Nurse; Argo, Clemmeuts Independent, Gowcr; Sisters, l*ryer, William, Longney Weekly Dispatch, Coates Happy Return, Clarke Caro- line, Malpass John, Morgan; Gem, Lonitnev William, Williams; Sally, Knight; Margant, Morgan; Fly, Wil- liams Princess, Hart; for Bristol; Rebecca, Hooper He- gulator, M'Neil; Eliza, Prosser; Union, Beynon; Indus- try, Mo^ford Jane, Nurse for Bridgwater Sisters, Bray Union, Mecbin Vine, Evans Bee, Rymer; for Chepstow, with coal.
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Sugar from Chfskuts.—The manufacture of sugar from chesnuts, says the Bon Sens, will probably soon become an object of as much importance as that from beet-roof. Some processes of extraction have already yielded 14 per cent., which is more than equal to the average produce of the beet- root. The oursng-ootang, Jack, which has for some tnr.e past so much occupied the attention of the Parisians, died of cold on Tuesday, at the Jardin des Plantes, in despite of the great coat he was made to wear, and the other precautions adopted to shelter him from the rigours of The season. Women AND Men.— "A woman s head is generally over ears in her heart. Man seems to have been designed for the more superior being of the two but, as things are, I think women are generally better creatures than men. They have, taken universally, weaker appelitiles and weaker in- tellects, hut they have much strooger affections. A man with a bad heart has sometimes been saved by a strong head, but a corrupt woman is lost for ever.Coleridge. t>
FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. JAN.…
FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. JAN. 13. Bankrupts,—Charles George Webb, of Long-lane, Per- mondsey, woolstapler.—William Monckton, of Tunbrid^e- Wetts, grocer.-—Affw«der liamui, of Filth-.street*. Soho- squaic, cabinet-maker.(jeoige Daniel, of T;¡anci.-llÎaCt, Strand, bUt-broker.—Joseph Swartz Massett. of Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, stock-broker.—Joseph Gainer, of Stone- house, Gloucestershire, ink manufacturer.—Samuel Dutnbell, of Liverpool, saddler.—Joseph (jrecn, of Liverpool, grocei. —Lamock Harlow, of Hulme, Lancashire, builder.—Joseph Swanwick, of Leigh, Lancashire, and of Stockport and Prest- bury, Cheshire, silk-manufacturer.—George God her, of Liver- pool, wooUen-dtaper.—Johu M'lntyte, of Manchester, floor- cloth manufacturer.
TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE,…
TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, JAN. 17. Bankrupts.—Robert Rolling, of 29, W ailing-street, and 39, Ludgate-hill, City, cheesemonger.—Edwin Bryant, of George-yard, Lombard-street, City,.merchant.-—Geoige D.- niel, of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, perfumer, Jan. '20, at half-past one. and Feb. 28, at one, at the Court ct Bank- ruptcy. Mr. Belcher, official assignee and Mr. David Jones solicitor, Sise-Iane.—Will/am Augustus Bartlelot, of Kegent- itreet, perfumer.—Charles Bean, of Long-acre, coachmaker. -John Wimble, George Wimble, and Henry Wimble, of Maidstone, wharfingers.—Thomas lowler, now or late of Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, butcher.—John Lain^, of Great Tower-street, cork-cutter.— William Birkbeck Hanoi) of Milnthorpe, Westmorland, timber merchant Williai'u Cooper, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, carpet-manufac- turer.—Henry Fiske, of VVatton, Norfolk, grocer. Thomas Noblet and William Noblett.of Manchester, cor n merchants —Georgg Dixon, of Manchester, woollen cloth-manufac- turer.— Benjamin Williamson, cf Middleton, Lancashire iron-founder.—Joseph Weight, of Manchester, merchant.-—' William Knowles, of Hyde, Cheshire, cordwaincr. John Warren Buchanan, of Liverpool. Cooper. n
SPORTING."
SPORTING. The Monmouthshire Hounds will meet on Saturday, 21st Lanellan Bridge. Tuesday, 24th While flail. <> Thursday, 26Ih. Lanvaplev. S.ituiday, 28th Lanvihangel Cr;rcorney. At Half-past Ten o'clock. The F. D. H. ( Al r,, Carr's Hounds) will meet on Monday, January "23d Trelleck. Thursday, 26lh Tiow Green. Each day at Ten o'clock-weather permitting.
PRICES OF STOCKS.
PRICES OF STOCKS. I r~~i FOUR o clock. Friday Sat. Mon. j Tuos. i Wed. jThurs. Bank Stock IflOj 209* 209$i 210 j India Stock 255J '256A 2.V, 2Sr> id S per Cent. Consols 89$S'jJ j sgj ,,jl Old 3J per Cent op 1 S per Cent. Keduced Ann. 90 83$(»i qij 3J per Cent. Reduced PS t>s!| Sis^ 09 ypf New 34 per Cent 071 97 £ osj 93I India Bonds l-ls. p.jl4s. p.rr?t. p.ltSs. p. i.Ts. pJ-20s. t>. Exchequer Bills .+i4s. p '»'*». p. 'iOs. -p. 21s. p. 22s. p.'tfi'/ u' Consols for Account 00 | 8!>| UU gg £ s>#| yj Long Annuities 15^ 13a 15
COUNTRY MARKETS.
COUNTRY MARKETS. Monmouth, Saturday, Jan. 14.—Wheat, per quarter Im- perial measure, 62s Od to 67s Od Harley, 38s 4d to <W« im'" Oats.Os Od toOsOd. uo Bristol, January 17.—Wheat, per quarter, G2s 1 Id 37s 2d Oats, *24s Od 0s Od Beans, 43s lid 56s 0d. le"' Brecon,Tuesday,January 10—Wheat,perhushel Imneri-,1 measure, 7s 6d to 8s 2d liar ley, 5s 3d to 5s 6d •' Oak 3d to 0s Od Malt, 00s Od to 45s Od Peas, (is 4d \0 oh Beef, per lb. 5d to 6d Mutton, 5jd to 6AJ p0,u r j n Butter, fresh, 14d; salt. U.^d to lsOd.-Fut pigs £ per sco.t' Hereford, Jan. 14.—Wheat per bush. Imperial Measure' 7s 9d to 7s lOd; Harley,4s9d to 5s Od; Beans, old. 6s 8d to 7s Od ditto, new, 0s Od to 0s Od Peas, 5s 9d to Os O.l • Vetches, 0s Od to 0s Od Oats, 3s 6d to 4s 0d. Gloucester, January 14.—Wheat per bushel of 601bs 7s 9d to 8s 2d Barley per Imp. Quar. 39s 0d to 42s Od Bean., per Imp. bush. 6s 4d to 6s 6d Oats, Imp. Quar. 26s Od to 34s Od Peas, Imp. Quar. 46s Od to 54s 0d Malt Imn Quar. 46s Od to 62s Od l".ne Hour per sack of 2ft()lbs. 50s to 52s.
Family Notices
MARRIED. At St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Ycrv Rev the Dean of Carlisle, January 12, Thomas Brand, eldest son of the Hon. General Trevor, to Susan, eldest daughter of the Honourable C. C. and Lady Catherine Cavendish DIED. On Sunday last, at Crickhowell, in consequence of ner- vous fever, brought on by great exertion in his Master's s(!r- vice, deeply and most deservedly lamented, the Ilev. H,.„rv Vaughap, aged 38, Vicar of that place, and late millist.:r (if Park Chapel, Chelsea. On Thursday last, after a few days' illness, Hu-h !(m„ Esq., Solicitor, of Abergavennny. On Tuesday, the 17th instant, at his residence, Bullmoor Edmund Jones, lisq., aged 73 years. He will long lie re' gretted by all who knew him, being generally beloved bv the rich for his unaffected courtesy and urbanity, as well as bv the poor for his meekness and benevolence. January 16th, at Shank's-honse, Dorset, the Rieht For viscount January 11th, after a lingering illness, aged 32, K ':z beth second daughter of Mr. C. rotten, Maryport-stmt"
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J MONMOUTHSHIRE! BOROUGHS. { 4 Ta numerous and respeetable MEETING of the IK. | A HABITANTS of NEWPORT, convened by the Mayor of the Borough, and held in the LaHcasterta^ School-room, on Wednesday Evening, the 18th January the following Resolutions were passed with acclamation--—' Proposed by J. Latch, Esq., seconded by Mr. J. Corsbie 1. That it is with sincere regret we are made acquainted with the determination of our present Member, B. Hali Esq., of Llanover, not to become a Candidate for the repre- sentation of the Monmouthshire Boroughs at the next disso- lution of Parliament. That we consider his conduct through- out the three Parliaments in which he has had a seat in the Mouse of Commons, to have been uniformlv consistent with *he liberal and constitutional principles which he avowed at his first election. That we, are of opinion that, by his unre- mitted attention to th? arduous duties of his situation by his zealous a,nd un deviating support of the various measures i ? Cm bfcwll submitted to trie House, either for the re- i S-°S'°r 5he ""Pavement of our political in- kUtuents3' Cntl t0 tlie w»rmest thanks of his con- Edwards, seconded by J. Owen, Esq. VV 18 .^le decided opinion of this Meeting, that some lasting Memorial should be presented to Mr. Hall, by his constituents, in order to shew their grateful sense of his pub- ic services. That a Committee be appointed to decide upon tie best means of giving effect to the above resolution, and constituents, in order to shew their grateful sense of his pub- lic services. That a Committee be appointed to decide upon the best means of giving effect to the above resolution, and constituents, in order to shew their grateful sense of his pub- ic services. That a Committee be appointed to decide upon tie best means of giving effect to the above resolution, and that such Committee consist of the following Gentlemen:— f Mr'natC^ Mr. Owen, [ M^AuSy; Mr. Edwards. Po°H?,9e? Mr- s-Igguldcn, seconded by Mr. T. Wells. deeming it is highly important that the Mon- "r should be represented by a Gentleman Siimt lf™"11? S' pommittee be now formed for the SortTTAa ff with the Electors of Monmouth, New- of wcuriiw rtiifpf ^rCt| and t0 co»sider the best means follow/,0f auch a Candidate; and that the such Commfttee™6" ° re1uested to beco>»e Members of Mr-6rn'v' Mr. Turner, Mrf^ie' Mr. Wells, Mr fc. r Mr- °'weu. i £ AUf g' Mr. Chan^with,. s-r,; h Mr. L. Edwards, Mr' TowilsePd>
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rfc i TP CORRESPONDENTS. J he verses headed Hers part we then but when again to meet f" ei,ince so"le poetical Senitn, but the writer would do well not to be, nt present, so anxious J or publication. iVe are reluctaittly obliged to postpone "veral locals," and a Jew advertisements. Our friends uould oblige us, and pre- Tr d'sal>l"}'Jntm(:'u //> themselves, by early eommunications. A Constant Header. next publication.
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jjriKlE iie^liim[| Keiuport, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1837, THE MONMOUTHSHIRE BOROUGHS. MR. HALL has announced his intention of retiring from the representation of the Boroughs of Monmouth, Newport, and UsK, on the dissolution of the present Parliament. This intelligence comes with surprise upon tile county, and must be a source of the deepest regret to all, who can sink the politician in the man—the par- tisan in the well-wisher of his country, and be, there- fore, free to pay adequate tribute to the merits of an honest, faithful, and enlightened Member of the Legis- lature. We thus speak generally, because from the moment Mr. Hall entered the House of Commons, he shewed that he did not consider himself the representa- tive of any particular interest—watched not the move- tneots of this or that party to regulate hit votes- hearkened not to the whispers of the coteries on the tff ih*rMtv, *«Wte« duet,—but boldly tKmseientronsty ^Discharged ffie high and solemn duties, which his position imposed upon him. Edmund Burke says, « thi(l we must not be peevish with those who serve the people, for none will serve us while there is a court to serve, but those who are of a nice and jealous honour." Mr. Hall need not entrench himself behind such indulgent favour. To the most querulous he may submit himself for examina. tion, and confidently trust to the result of the scrutiny. The use of character is, to be a shield against calumny. t To all men it is valuable-to the public man, essential. Without it, his words are unlistened to, his votes re- garded with suspicion, and he himself an object of mor- tifying indifference. Mr. Hall's character has been long before the world under its panoply he first went to Parliament, and that character has since found in him a rigid and scrupulous keeper. He was ever the uncompromising advocate of his principles-the candid and fearless avowant in his place in the House, of those lenliments which he proclaimed upon the hustings. Politically separating from such a man, is an event which his constituents must deplore, and for which they were not prepared. The recollection of other times must crowd upon them, and any mind being at all re- trospective, cannot avoid contrasting the state of the United Boroughs now, with what they were, when the comparatively feeble voice of independence called Mr. Hall from the seclusion of private life, to take his place in the front of the battle then about to be fought, of which only the perversion of the Constitution could temporarily deprive Englislimen-freedorn We do not wish to raise Mr. Hall's fame by depreciating the merits of those who were then opposed to him but it is a FACT, as notorious as that light is opposed to dark- ness-Toryism to the general welfare of the people- that for a century before the glorious struggle of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, the Monmouthshire Boroughs were an appanage of the princely inheritance of the Ducal House of Beaufort. They were bestowed upon the nominees of that house, and they franked its dependents into Parliament—not with the concurrence. but always against the aggregate wish of the inhabitants. And why?—the power was all but omnipotent—to dare its terrors, was hardihood-submission was general- because opposition was considered fruitless. The insane declaration of the Militaky Minister against Reform, aroused England from her long inglorious slumber, and the body politic, from the heart to the minutest vein, began to pulsate with a strong and a strange emotion. Agitation came directly to our doors, and Mr. Hall was selected to break down the barrier which high influ- ence had set up, and to burst asunder the bonds of ser- vitude in which these ancient boroughs were then bound. Had he and those who then supported him an easy conquest to attain ?-was the field denuded of foes, and had it only to be walked over,? We speak of the occurrences of only a few years back, and, therefore, in the recollection of the great majority of the electors and of thousands who cheered them on in the performance of their patriotic exertions. He was opposed by two powerful families, the respective heads of which were all that was estimable in private life, and who were justly surrounded by hosts of devoted, independent, and ad- miring friends. Besides whom, those adherents were not absent who always cling to the footstool, or hang upon the outskirts of power, and who, to propitiate a nod of recognition, would make their zeal, far, far outrun discretion. The odds were great, but the determination of a constituency willing itself FREE, was not to he over- borne its spirit and energy rose above the efforts of its would-be masters, and the United Boroughs of Mon- mouthshire proclaimed, by a triumphant majority, that they had thrown off their fetters. But the battle won, was nothing further to be done—was the soldier to leave his colours,and the encampment to be broken up? No! a greater battle had to be fought—the contest here ms for local—the Mrp^gle in Parliament for general liberty. Tfye second Magna Chartu unobtained, the I oligarchy Would have proceeded to repair the structure of their slightly shattered power, and oN the next getite- ral election, would have made success atone for previous disaster. But they were foiled, discomfited, and the scep- tre of their rule was then broken by the uncompromising votes of an uncompromising House of Commons. Earl Grey was recalled to office, not by the predilections of the Sovereign—the meetings of the people-the an- nounced march of the Bii-mitigham Unionists to Hotins- low,—biit, solely by the vote which the House of Com- mons came to, on Lord Ebrington's motion. That vote carried the Reform Bill, and saved the empire from a convulsion. On that vote stood Mr. Hall's name; and looking downwards, we find it conspicuous in the di- visions on every question, in which the solid interests of his country and the cause of civil and religious liberty, were at issue. Happily for the nation at large, those labours, in which he so faithfully and firmly bore a part, were not barren. One of their best fruits was a mea- sure by which the Municipal Corporations of the coun- try were regenerated, and a constituency created in the several boroughs, to maintain their independence, and thfreby have a responsible share, in the guardianship of public liberty. Mr. Hall could, therefore, come at the end of every Seuion, without dismay, and, unintimi- dated by the fear of reproach, give to those that sent him, an account of his stewardship, and, with the plain confidence of an honest servant, rest secure in the equity uf a candid and discerning master. Mr. Hall, in his address to the electors, with an honourable candour, fully explains the reasons that induced the determina- tion to which he has come. They speak for themselves, and require not the discussion of the publicist. His constituents unfeignedly regret their existence, and with that moment far distant when they will have to separate from an old and tried representative, and receive from his hands a sacred trust, which comes back to them un- tarnished by ambition, venality, weakness, or indiffer- ence on the part of him, in whose custody it was so- lemnly placed. Mr. Hall, after announcing his intended resignation, offers a few words of parting advice to the majority of the electors-to that majority which has the power, if they adopt his counsel, of securing a representative worthy of themselves, worthy of the country and of the cause in which the country will soon have to fight a momentous battle. And whose advice should the inde- pendent electors accept more willingly, or weigh with more attention ? The esteemed individual who gives it is both able and sincere, and gives it as their faithful servant and their anxious friend. The electors ought to be, therefore, solicitous that his mantle should not grace the shoulders of an incompetent successor.- Moreover, the advice itself must have the assent of every intelligent man, who is conversant with the position of political parties, or the nature of elec- tion contests; and melancholy indeed will be the re- sult if its importauce be not duly appreciated. Let us entreat particular attention to three leading points of a that advice. The first is, a caution not to place confi- dence in an untried candidate. The present juncture of affairs rendars such prudence essentially necessary. The great parties of the State are engaged in a deadly strug-, gle-the issue of the contest in the next Parliament, will decide for years to come the fate of both. Either the Tories will regain the ascendancy, and for another cen. tury act the part of Lords, over a nation in vassalage— or the Reformers will make a final change in the cause of civil and religious liberty, which shall utterly disperse their foes, and render the power of the people of Eng- land as permanent as it is beneficial. The vast conse- quences of the approaching combat, will prompt the high Tory and Court party to exert their utmost wiles to deceive and circumvent, and failing in which, by their intimidations to fashion the wavering and indolent mem- bers of the House of Commons to their purposes. The future representative of these boroughs should therefore be known, well-known, as a man of integrity, firmness, and, though last not least, as a man of business. The eyes of the electors, we are happy to find, are at this moment fixed upon a gentleman who possesses all these desirable qualifications in an eminent degree-we allude to Mr. REGINALD James DUWITT, of Llantarnam Abbey. Is there a Reformer in the county who does not know the principles of this gentleman, who has not heard of his zeal and exertions in their cause ? Not one! He has given his most ardent support, both personal and influential, to those that struggle to open these bo- roughs. He has proved himself an attached friend to silt those raaawrres which have* already beenxjHrried bjSf a liberal Government, and which promise such a ricn harvest of prosperity and freedom,—and is an unflinch- ing advocate for the full developement of Reform-not only according to the letter of Lord Grey's memorable Bill, but in the most honest construction of its spirit. That he is a man of intelligence and energy in business, is attested by his connection with the great banking esta- blishments in this and a neighbouring county, and by the able manner in which the onerous duties devolving upon him are discharged. Therefore, should he be sent to Parliament, that "grand foe of the offices of active life, that master vice -a degenerate and inglorious slosh -wtll not make him flag and languish in his career." Mr. Blewitt is also worthy the consideration of the constituency of these boroughs, as the representative of one of the most ancient families in the county, who re- sides constantly amongst us, and spends an ample for- tune in the improvement of his estate, diffusing happi- ness among the tenantry committed to his care. The two other points of Mr. Hall's advice to which we have adverted, more particularly concern the conduct of the electors themselves. He solemnly enjoins them to be united and fearless. We feel it incumbent upon U3, as public journalists, to add our most emphatic entrea- ties, that tlie independent men of the boroughs will not neglect these duties — a division among Reformers is what the Tories are everywhere labouring to effect. Their motto is, Divide and Conquer. We are sure the intelligent men of Monmouthshire will not be the Dupes of such a stratagem. Our readers will perceive with pleasure, in our columns this day, the manifesta- tions of right feelings by the Reformers towards Mr. Hall.
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Acel DENT.-On the night of the 13th instant, as the second-mate of the brig City of Aberdeen, commanded by Capt. Mouroe, was attempting to get on board that vessel, the unfortunate man's foot slipped, and he fell about fourteen feet coming in contact with the Quay-wall he was taken in a state of insensibility and conveyed lo Mr. T. Hier's sureerv Commercial-street, and, on examination, it was dis- rove.ed'he had dislocated bis right shoulder, downwards the usual means were adopted, and the injured limb was replaced W'WeCarey'requested to state, that all notes and drafts of the Abergavenny Old Bank hitherto payable a..he bank- U <;ir lames Esdaile and Co., will in future be paid ITthe house of Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co., bankers, London. The Lord Chancellor 1 ns been p eased lo appoint Mr! Arthur Richard Gab.ll, C.ickhowell solicitor, a Master Extraordinary in Chancery, for ttking affidavjw in that Court,
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woMHQiryHgmas soaouan8. On Monday last, Mr. Hall, the present respected Member for the Bortfiigks, published an address to his constituents, in which he announces his determination of net ag?.in offering himself for the honour of representing them, in the event c'f a dissolution of Parliament. As Mr. Hall's intention had been previously known to some of the leading Reformers in the boroughs, measures had been taken for the purpose of acting with promptitude immediately after the publication of the address; In the course of the day a requisition, signed by a large number oi liie principal inhsfliitants of the borough, was presented to the Mayor, who, in compliance therewith, convened a public meeting for Wednesday evening, the 18th, at the Lancasterian School, at six o'clock. The announce- ment of Mr. flail's intention having caused a great sensa- tion in the borough, at the appointed hour a very numerous and respectable assemblage of the inhabitants attended, when, on the motion of Mr. Latch, the Mayor of the Borough was called to the chair. The Chairman stated that the present meeting was called in consequence of a placard which was published in the town by Mr. Hall, their present member, announcing his in. tention not to come forward as a candidate for the honour of representing them at the next election. All must regret the determination of Mr. Hall, as it will deprive them of the services of a gentleman who has represented them with such assiduity and zeal. The object of the present meeting was to secure the services of some gentleman who would take care of their interests and advocate their rights in parliament. Air. Hall had told them in his address to exercise great caution in the selection of the individual to whom they would confide the important trust, and he (the Mayor) begged leave to en- force that wise recommendation. It is truly a matter of great importance seriously affecting every inhabitant of the boroughs, for the representative whom they would select will be confined to the care oftheir deepest and most important in- terests the selection, therefore, of that individual should re- ceive the greatest consideration. What was the reason as- signed by Ilr. Hall for declining again to come forward for the honour of representing the boroughs in parliament. It was indeed a very sound and a. very sufficient one, namely, ilie-immense expense attending a contest, which his duty to his family would not allow him again to undertake. Bad- indeed must that system be which thus deprives a devoted consti- s tuency of the services of a faithful and intrepid representative. What honest man that hears this can be opposed to the bal- lot, by means of which money would be rendeied unneces- sary, and electors could exercise a conscientious choice, with. out apprehension of the consequences. In the ordinary Jr. fairs of life when men are about to select individuals to tran- sact business for them, what 49. they look for but integrity and zeal. Under our present system of representation those qualities are useless, and the possession of a large fortune is the first requisite in a candidate. Under that corrupt system candidates must hive the command of large sums of money, and must spend it profusely in treating, and in other ways. Can the views of those menf be honest who are ready to ex- pend such large sums for the acquisition of a trust which, if ugrightly administered, can return them no pecuniary profit. The ballot, gentlemen, continued the Chairman,the ballot is the cure, and the only cute for those evils and the circumstances which have this night brought us together furnish the strong- est facts to show the necessity for its immediate introduction. (Great applause.) He concluded by saying that as this was a matter which deeply concerned every inhabitant of the boroughs, he called on them to come forward and express their sentiments, and whether friendly or adverse to the measures which would be proposed, he would ensure to every speaker a patient and attentive hearing. Mr. Latch rose and said, he thought he could not com- mence better than by reading the resolution which he would have the honour to propose. [He then read the 1st resolu- tion, expressing approbation of the conduct of Mr. Hall in parliament.] He would appeal to the better feelings of the constituency, if Mr. Hall's public conduct did not fully en. title him to their thanks and gratitude. (Hear, hear.) Zea- lous in support of the interests of his constituents lie had been unremitting in attendance to his duties. He (Mr. L.) deeply regretted his secession and earnestly hoped they should be able to supply his place by as honest and as efficient a representative. (Loud cheeis.) Mr. Corsbie seconded the resolution and said, that on look- ing at the whole of Mr. Hall's parliamentary conduct, he fufly coincided with his friend, Mr. Latch, that that gentle- man was entitled to the thanks of the electors. When Mr. Hall first came forward to rescue those boroughs from thral. dom, he did so in the certainty that it would be attended with much expense, but those expenses have been so much greater than was anticipated, that he can no longer undergo them. (hear, hear) Mr. Hall has been one of the most consistent reformers in the House, and he need but appeal to his con- stituents to testify the zeal and alacrity he has ever evinced in attending to the local interests of the boroughs. (Cheers.) It now becomes the duty of the electors to choose another re- presentative in the place of him who has been driven from them by the evils of our present mode of election.. (Hear, hear.) Ip exercising this choice it will be ueceSsary to ob- tave "determined upon a cawlidak^he woul^er^^f^Mitr Wiat success would depend on thfeir maintaining a perfisrt unanimity so that they should give him the undivided support of their party. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Edwards in (proposing the 2nd resolution said, that he much regretted the necessity which obliged Mr. Hall to retire from the representation of the boroughs, having served them faithfully and for so manyyears, the electors were too deeply impressed with the value of those services to part with Mr. Hall without regret. It was their duty, however, now to secure the services of some other gentleman, and he could assure them that a better opportunity for a gentleman of liberal principles to come forward could not present itself. There are but few constituencies in the kingdom more zealous or more devoted to the liberal cause, and that in the face of lemptations of no ordinary kind, than the electors of those boroughs. (Loud cheers.) Above all things he would im- press upon them the importance of requiiing from any candi- date who might come forwaid a distinct pledge on the subject of the ballot; and he hoped they would not give their votes to any man who was not ready to support it. (Cheers.) Mr. Owen seconded the resolution and said, that the zea lous and faithful services of Mr. Hall fully entitled him to some lasting token of the gratitude of the electors. (Cheers.) Mr. IgguWen proposed the next resolution for the appoint. ment of a committee to consider the best means of securing the return of a liberal candidate. While on his legs Mr. I. would make one observation as to the duty of the committee. They should select a gentlemanof liberal principles, and above all a good reformer. 1 hough not friendly to the principle of pledging generally, he thought it would be the duty of the committee to require,from the candidate a distinct and positive pledge on the subject of the ballot. Mr. I. at considerable length pointed out the benefits to be derived from the ballot and concluded by hoping that at the next election every con- stiluenev "ill call upon the candidates lor a pledge on this vital subject, (Applause.) Mr. Wells seconded the resolution. The Mayor in putting it said, that the appointment of the committee was a matter of much importance, for on the com- position of that committee the success of the election will mainly depend. The meeting was, therefore, deeply interested in the nomination of the committee, and to them it should be left. There was some discussion as to the number of gentle- men of which the committee should consist. The Chairman observed that it would be unwise to have too numerous a committee, as in that case their plans might be defeated. It would be the duty of that committee to enter into correspondence with gentlemen, and it would be highly inexpedient that that correspondence should be revealed un. til it was in a state to be submitted to a public meeting of the electors, whose province it would be finally to decide on the steps taken by the committee. The names of thirteeu gen- tlemen were then successively moved and seconded, as mem- bers of the committee, and adopted by the meeting. Mr. Corsbie being called on, came forward and made the following statement to the meeting. On Thursday, the 12th, after he was aware of the determination of Mr. Hall to retin;, it was intimated to him that Mr. Blewitt would be an eli<>i- ble representative for the boroughs. Having mentioned this to Mr. H., he said that Mr. Blewitt's opinions were, he believed, in accordance with his own, and that if he would pledge him- self on the question of the ballot, and as to the generalliberalilv of his opinions, much advantage might be derived from having such a member. He (Mr. C.) consulted the leading Re- formers here on the subject, in consequence of which he, and Mr.Dowling, proceededto Ll intarnain, where they had an in- terview with Mr. Blewitt. After some discussion upon these points, Mr. B. gave permission to be put in nomina. tion, reserving tohimself the right of declining, if, onconsulting his friends, he found it expedient to do so. 1 he communica- tion being one of such importance,it was reduced to writing at the time, and signed by himself, Mr. Dowling, and Mr. Blewitt. Mr. Corsbie then begged leave to refer the matter to the decision of the meeting. Mr. Dowling addressed the meeting at some length, on the present political aspect of the boroughs, but from the limita- tion of our space, we are unavoidably obliged to pass over his speech, and those of other gentlemen, merely with brief aHusiuns.—Mr. Dowling enforced the necessity of a strict adherence to the impoitant advice judiciously given by their justly-esteemed member. Firmness of purpose, a concentra- tion of exertions, and active zeal in the good cause, would ensure an addition to the victories they had before gloriously won. He dwelt on the merits of the ever-faithful band of Monmouth Reformers, of whose patriotic devotion to the principles of rational liberty, he was long a witness and lie looked with entire confidence to their unswerving political integrity in any trial that might arise. He felt much satis- faction that the Reformers had directed their attention to Mr. Blewitt, as a candidate for the representation of the boroughs his public principles are anexcepiionable-as a resident coun tl y gentleman he is well and justly esteemed-and as a land- lord he is beloved. Mr. D. took a view of his public piinci- ples, of his assiduity and talents as a man of business, and of his character as a landlord and county gentleman, which met the repeated cheers of the meeting. The Mayor then came forward and said, that & few mo. ments since a placard was piase^-id f i he an address from Mr. Bailey to the elector: c-l': !'orQ\tg,.s: This address he would read to the meetic, g, and begged •» trespass on their patience while he made a few remarks «>n its contents. He then proceeded to read the address, soitle passages in which elicited loud expressions ot disappro- bation from the rneefiW. In that address Mr< Bailey states that his political principles are alrSad? bpforti the e ecioIJi hat, he would ask, are those principles 1 They lory In the strongest sense. (Cheers.) What is the definition of the word Tory ? A man who governs by violence and by the sword. For fifty years, during which, with short intervals, the reigrr cf the Tories continued, every oppressive measure —every law subversive of the liberty of the subject, was car- ried by that cruel party. (Loud cheerS.) forget 'he years 1817 and 18191 (Hear, hear.) Who d.a Sot re- member the cold-blooded massacre at Manchester, where 500 men, women, and children were killed and wounded for peaceably assembling to exercise their undoubted light of petitioning for a redress of grievances- (Loud cheers.) 1 hose things could not be forgotten nor would it be forgotten that the Tory ministry of the day publicly returned thanks to the perpetrators of that cruel massacre. (Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. Bailey belonged to that party, and is pledged to support It-R party which had increased the debt to Such an amount as to weigh down the energies of the eountrJ-a debt which would ultimately produce a greater change than any that has been seen in England since the Norman con- quest. (Hear, hear.) What did Mr. Bailey mean by imper- fections in the constitution ? it is all imperfection (cheers) for instance, the Court of Chancery—how does he propose to remedy the abuses there ? How will he deal with the abuses in the army 1 (Hear. hear.) We have there no less than 480 Generals after twenly-one years of peace. (Cheers.) Not a word of rednction of^taxation, the overwhelming amount of which has reduced the people of these countries to a de- plorable state of misery and crime. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bai- »«y, he had understood from those who had good opportuni- ties of observing him, was an amiable and accomplished young man, and in every relation of private life a most esti- mable character; but it was with his public character they had to deal-as a politician-and in that capacity he belonged to a .fiar^y which were derermined to carry things to extremity, •tad at such he would not suit them. (Cheers.) The Mayor fcjhen alluded to the proceedings at the last election, and de- precated in strong terms the corrupt practices they had re- 11 course to. He also repeated some instances of great virtue evinced by persons belonging to the working classes, who had resisted the temptation of biibes upon that occasion. No CtaM, he observed, were so deeply interested in having good members of parliament as the working men, one half of whose earnings is absorbed by taxation. He concluded by stating that, as a dissolution of parliament was expected to be at hand, he trusted every person would do the utmost in his power to en- sure the return of those men who would be most likely to con- duce to the public good. (The Mayor sat down amidst loud applause. Mr. T. Hawkins then addressed the meeting in a very ef- fective speech, and was followed by Mr. Perkins, who spoke with great energy and feeling. Both gentlemen were loudly applauded. After which, Mr. Owen, in a neat speech, proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor, which was seconded by Mr. Latch, and tarried with three rounds of applause. Before the meeting separated they gave three hearty cheers for Reform, three equally hearty for Mr. Hall.
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Monmouth.—The Ball at the Beaufort Arms, on Thursday evening last, must be highly gratifying to those who take an interest in the revival of that social intercoure between the gentry of the town and its vicinity, which once rendered additional charms to a residence in a neighbourhood so rich in the beauties of scenery. The assembly was highly respectable and brilliant, comprising the elite, both as to fashion and beauty, within many miles of the town. About 130 ladies and gentlemen were piesent, and nothing was omitted to render the night joyous. The stewards, Major Marriott and Mr. Cobb, were indefatigable in their polite at- tentions to the company. The supper displayed the best de- licacies of the season, and the arrangements the good taste of Mrs. and Mr. Whiting. The band from Hereford did their duty well, and dancing did not terminate till near five o'clock. On Tuesday last, great excitement was caused amongst the Reformers of Monmouth, by the unexpected announce- ment of the intention of our much esteemed member, B. Hall, Esq., to decline coming forward as a candidate, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. Notice of a meeting to be held at the Bell Inn, on tbe same evening, was immediately given for the purpose of deciding upon the proper steps to be taken on the existing emergency. This was accordingly held, and, considering the short notice which was given, the meet- ing was well attended. Mr. Thackwell was called to the chair, who briefly explained the cause of their assembling up- on that occasion, regretting the decision Mr. Hall, had deemed it his duty to come to, but expressing a hope that the meeting would concur with himself in their determina- tion to give their votesto no candidate who may present him- ^^jillLoJVji dissolution of Patliament^but one who should prwss Jfimilar prTncipTes, and possess quatifies worthy tbtrmen-'who have beeu so well represented by Mr. Ilall. Mr. Thackwell, then eulogised the highly honouiable, patriotic, and consistent conduct of Mr. Hall, during his caieer as re- presentative of these boroughs, and concluded by calling on Mr. George, to propose the resolutions which had been pre- pared. Mr. George, after some appropriate observations, ac- cordingly moved This meeting deeply regret the determi- nation of Mr. Hall, not again to become a candidate for the representation of the Monmouth Boroughs, it being their unanimous opinion that Mr. Hall has, throughout the whole of his parliamentary career, mosl scrupulously adhered to the principles which he avowed when he first solicited their suffrages acting upon all occasions as a faithful representa- tive of the people, and ever mindful of the local interests of the boroughs." This resolution was seconded by Mr. T. Swift. It was also resolved" That the Chairman be re- quested to tender Mr. Hall the unqualified thanks of the meeting, for his conduct as their independent representative." It was also further moved, by Mr. E. Richards, seconded by llr. r. Powell That a Committee of Electors (twelve of whom were named) with power to add to their number, be appointed for the purpose of co-operating with the indepen- dent electors of Newport and Usk, in making arrangements to secure the freedom of the boroughs, in the event of a dis- solution of Parliament, and that the electors now present, pledge themselves to support a candidate of liberal princi- ples. These resolutions having been carried unanimously, the meeting broke up, fully prepared again to fight the battle of independence under the hitherto victorious banners of reform. We record with much pleasure the best thanks of the poor of Rockfield, to their benevolent and kind-hearted be. nefactor, R. Willis, Esq., of Monmouth, for his usual do- nation of winter necessaries. On Thursday last, a writ of inquiry was held at the County Court, Monmouth, for the purpose of deciding upon the merits of a demand which was instituted by Phillips, v. Thomas. The claim was for a sum of 113 17s 8d, which the plaintiff alleged to be due from the defendant for beer and refreshment furnished to his men by the defendant's order. The defence attempted to be established, was a set off, but failing to prove it to the satisfaction of the jury, a verdict was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. Mr. John Roberts, the efficient police-officer, of Pon- typool, having heard that two men, named James Gould and Henry Stokes, were apprehended in Bristol, having in their possession a horse and a bundle of women's wearing apparel, upon suspicion of their having stolen the horse, which they slated they had taken foradebtofapersoninthe neighbour- hood of Pontypool, and the bundle they had picked up on the road, he immediately caused an inquiry to be made, whether any horses were lost, and ascel tained on Sunday morning that two were missing-one belonging to Mr. James Bevan, of £ 9ol, and the other to Mr. James Kemtys, of Gelly Pisty Farm, near Pontypool he also found that Stoke had worked for Keme)s, and Gould for Bevan, for a short time. The horses were stolen on the night of the 10th instant, and he found that Stokes and Gould were not seen about there after the 10ih, Roberts started for Bristol on Monday morn- ing, and recognised the men, and also the horse, as being 'he one lost by Bevan. The bundle of clothes Stokes stole from a young woman named Elizabeth Williams, who lives near Kemeys. They were on Thursday brought before Digby Mackworth and James Hunt, Esqrs., at the Panteague Petty Sessions, and were committed to Monmouth Gaol on both charges, to take their trials at the next Assizes. J. Roberts thinks that Kemeys's mare will be found near the Passage; as she was Jame they did not take her over the water. She is a brown mare, aged, and in foal has a white mark on one of the hind legs, and is about 13 hands high. Stokes and Gould are natives of Somersetshire, and had been at Pontypool abeul two months. Newport POLlCE Office.— Monday, Jan. 16.—Before John Frosi and Joseph Latch, Esqrs.:—William Flint, mas- ter of the Emma, for wilfully and negligently damaging the George, of Newport. Damages five guineas, and costs.— John Bibb, master of the Caravan of Cork, for wilfully and negligently damaging the brig Jane, of Plymouth. Poxtypooi. Police.—January 13th.—Before Capel Han- bury Leigh, Esq., Ann Phillips was charged by George Daniel David Davis with using threats towards him, inas- much that he is afraid she will do him some bodily injury, committed for refusing to enter into a recognizance with two sufficient sureties to keep the peace for three months.— George Hughes, charged with being drunk and riotous in the town of Pontypool-convicted in 5s and costs. At a Petty Sessions at the New Inn, Panteague, on Wed- nesday, the 18th January, before Digby Mackworth and James Hunt, Esqrs., Edward Herry, charged by John Saun- ders with using violent threats towards him—entered into a 10 keeP.11'* peace for six months.— Wi liam Iruuams, charged with refusing to pay amount of wages due to James Edmunds—ordered to pay 13s 9d and costs.—James and Thomas Lewis, charged with refusing to pay wage due to James Edmunds—ordered to pay 15s 3d, and costs.— u Pavi. re,aiier of beer in the parish of Trevethin, charged with keeping his house open for the sale of beer before one o clock oa Sunday—convicted in 40s.—John Wo»<«., John Watkin$,jun., and Eian Jordan, cfrsr^scl witfi' a £ StTu.T- ing George Smith, in the parish of Trevethin—dr^cMnrged.— Edward Oeory for refusing to pay wages to Joseph Chu/y and Isaac Jsf'e'i^s—.ordered 10 piy £ 4.2s 6d and costs.- P,t ti-ici; Furtou, charged VT?fh" a'fra&ftfffg Jeremiah Lehan, in the parish of Trevethin—cotivictecf iff Is Frid costs,—Jacob Wil- liams, Edward Hurtcorth, and Joseph Po'rh'i. cbargtd with using dogs for the purpose of killing game in !<i £ plfrfsh of Goyirej—all pleaded guilty, and convicted in 10s 6d and cù'sls.-lItnri/ Stokes and James Gould, brought in the cus- tody of ^oh'n H?U, sergeant of police, from Biistol, charged witii stealing s* h'or^e, tlfe property of James Bevan, of Ponty- pool, and also chads'? stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of ftlafj esmmitted to take their trial at the ensuing assizes. Commitments TO Monmouth COUNTY GAC'T.JAFI. 18, by Pigby Mackworth, and James Hunt, Esqrs., James G&iild, and Henri! charged with stealing sundry articles of wearing apparel, the pttmrty of Mary Williams, of Treve- thin. On the same day, the afcfve were also committed on a charge of stealing a gelding, the proper'^ Of James Bevan, of Trevethin. Commitments to Usk HOUSE OF CORRFCTTO-Jaiii 7th, Henry Morgan, by C. H. Leigh and James Hunt, Esqrs., charged with assaulting Thomas Walkins, of Monythusloyne —2 ifionths' imprisonment, or pay £ 3. 4s fine and costs 9th, Jacob Edwatdt, by C. H. Leigh Esq., charged with stealing, in the town of Pon(ypoif){ sis pounds of beef, the property of Mr. Morgan Edmonds; t\tthi Charles Card, by J. H. Pritchard, Esq., charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of William Fletcher, of Carleon ISlfr, Arm Phil- lips, by C. H. Leigh, Esq.—Three months, or find safeties for using violent threats towa.ds the Rev. G. D. D. Davis, of Mamhilad. On Tuesday last the convicts were removed from the House of Correction Usk, vii., Francis Bor/meand Thomas Howarth, for life Andrew Bourne, for seven years; James Phillips, for fourteen years.