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nOVNOVTBSBIAE CANAX. NAVIGATION. WE. the undersigned, being Twenty.three of the Proptie W tors of the Monmouthshire Cana] Xavication, possessed of Five or more Shares each therein, do hereby CALL a SPE CIAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the Proprietors of the said Navigation, and we do hereby Give Notice thereof; And that such Special Assembly is to be hdd at the Canal Officf id the town of Newport, in the county of Monmouth, on WE ON ESDA y, the 1 wenty-fouith day of MAY next. at Ih, I hour oi Twelve o clock at Noon. for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of REDUCING the Rates. Tolls and Duties at present fixpd and payable to the said Companv »r °Pr,e^ors 0Q their Canals and Roads, or some of such Tolls, Rates, and Duties, and to carry ioto effect any resolu- tion that may then be come to on the subject. Dated 7th February, 1843. RICHARD BLAKEMORE, JOHN JENKINS, WILLIAM JEN KINS. EDWARD H. PHILLIPS. A. WADDINGTOX, THOMAS REECE. JAMES WILLIAMS, JOHN D. JENKINS, C. CONWAY. CHARLES PROTHERO, for himself and Co., Trustee, CHARLES LLEWELLIN, JOSEPH LATCH. WILLIAM KVANS, JAMK.S JVVNKINS, R, HERBERT. THOMAS FOVY LER, for himself and Co., Executor. JOHN BUTLER. ROBERT CARNE. THOMAS PROTHERO, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, THOMAS HUGHES, WILLIAM H. BEYAN, WILLIAM MOKGAtf. !A EMIGRATION "DIRECT from NEWPORT O _1:91 V08K.. THE FIRST CLASS, FAST SAILING BARQUE GREAT BRITAIN, q™ T OF NEWPORT, wnc °DS Thomas Shaxton, Commander, Will Sail on 01 about the 3rd day of March, 1843, Wind and Tutc v WeatAiev permitting. Th S00'J accommodation for Cabin Passengers. 1 he between d^fcs, of great height, will be fitted up with every comfort for a limited number of Steerage Passengers, and h'- an P'*cellent opportunity for Persons about to hmi- gra e, this the most eligible time of the year for making a QUICK pas-JAGE_ p NO CHARGE FOR PASSENGERS' LUGGAGE. F .,f further particulars appty to EDWARDS, ROGERS, X CO. (late John Corner, & Co.,) Ship Brokers, Corn-street, or Mr. JOSEPH LATCH, Commercial-road. TO BB LET, WlfH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, A HOUSE, situated in the most healthy patt of Newport There is a laige Walled Garden attached, w»'i stocked with fruit trees. Coach-house, stabling, and every possible convenience for a respectable family. It commands a beautiful view of Newport and the surrounding neighbourhood. Apply to MR. O DWYEK, Office. February 10, 1843. TO timber MI: RCIIA NTS, &c. f O BE LET, WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, A LL those extensive TIMBER and BONDED YARDS, OFFICE, Stc., situate near the Canal, and opposite the Tredegar Wharf, Newport, lttely in the occupation of the late Jones, Jones, Phillij.s,_and Cu.. 1 imber and Slate Merchants. Application to be made to E. PRITCHA RD, Auctioneer tad House Agent, Commercial-stieet, Newpoit. NOTICE. EDWARD R nlTCHARD Respectfully informs the public that the SALE OF DRA- PERY, advertised to take place at the Scotland House, Newport, on MONDA Y, FEB. la. is unavoidably UPOSTPOIffiD NTIL MONDAY, Feb. 20. 1843, »-J 'allowing days until the whole is disposed of, in consequence ol the pro- prietors not having sufficient time l? make the ProPer arrange- ments necessary, in the allotting °> tlie extensive Stock whic» wiii be then offered, comp-^me a splendid and expen»Vve as Sortment of SILK MERCERY, DRAPERY, WOOLLEN CLOI HS. HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, &c., the whol of which has been purchased within th# '.ast three years, at the first London houses, at cash price and in consequence of Mr Davies retiring from business, »'ue whole must be sold without reserve. I Sale to commence precisely at 12 and 6 0 clClck euch day. Particulars appear in hand-bills. MONMOUTH UNION. WANTED, in the above Union Workhouse, a respectabit W Woman, to undertake the situation of Nurse. She will also beexpected to make herse'* inerally useful. Salary, ,02 a-year, and the maintensr-* bouse. Applications, wh "isinnr s to character and ability, must be sen' -:1<: Clcik N 'û,fi:> in the Workhouse, on 01 before T" o:' March next, as theGuar- "eu to .!1t' Ktion on Friday, the 3rd to atteiWthe Board on the da) 9th Feb., 1843. NOTfCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT JOHN DIX, of the Lower Swan Inn, in the town of Abergavenny, in the county of Monmouth, has, by an Indenture bearHg date the 3rd February ins-ant, assigned all Estate aud Effects unto JAMES WILLIAM JONES ol tbe same place, maltster, in trust for the benefit of hiscreditors •k.1. «co„„u ,tre.„d J, Jo^ Abergavenny, February 7th, 1843^^ -^NES, Solicitor. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Trustees^ th^A(RAL ANN'LTAL MEETING of the at Newbridge Inn inth^T TurDp>ke Trust, will be held ««"L-r"'1!- ou! the account" of'he^aKi TrusT™^f°' t'"6 pUrpose °f aud,,in8 :Sdi»r.r,rTteJ;T Eieht Hundred and K y °* ^ecen,ber, One Thousand to the said Trust. -orty-tw°. and on other business relating Dated this *Vi0th day of February, 1843. D. WILLIAMS, Clerk to the said Trustees. TO PUBLICANS AND OTHERS. -a W. WAD MAN, bhass and cock founder, BEER AND SPIRIT ENGINE MAKER, BEGS to inform his numerous Fiiends and the Public ge- nerally that he is enabled to offer Beer Engines, &c.. ]ownp««fIk A" lhan the usual Pnce* on account of the wi» show dlfferent ""trials, as the following list of prices Three-motions, complete, with splendid carved case *8 0 d() 1 nree aitto, pUm case 7 10 0 Four-motions, with splendid carved case, complete 11 0 0 Four ditto, plain case 10 10 0 Five-motions, with splendid carved case 14 0 0 ttveditt0.ptaiocase. 13 10 o With tweaty feet of pipe to each motion. Old Engines taken in Exchange, or Repaired.—The most experienced Workmen sent to any part of the country. Manufactory, No. 4, BALDWIN-STREET, BRISTOL, four Doors from the Welsh Back. N.B. Sole Agent for DOCKREE'S PATENT GAS BUR- NERS, Saving of 17j percent. TAIX VALB RAILWAY. GENERAL HALF rEARLY MEETING. NOfICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT th. Dut GE.VER\L lULF YEARLY MEET. ING of the Proprietors of t. is ( ompany will be held, to thQ Act ot Parliament, at the A KutL Inn, Cardiff. on TUESDAY, the Twenty-first day of February, 1843, at 0.. o dock precisely. Signed, i J. J. GUEST, Chairman. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN, Thettbe Books kept for the Registration ot TRANSFERS jrjll be CLOSED from W EDNESDA Y, the 15th day of Fe' Druary, until after the holding of the said General Half-yearly MHltflg. By order, ♦ WILLIA w BURGESS, Secretary Railway OSes, Cardiff, Jan. 31st, 1843. CARDIFF. VALtrABLZ GBOCERYBVSZXEIS FOR SALE MenN. BRADLEY, BARNARD, CO., A«S DIBICTED BY TJ1E TRUSTEES, TO DISPOSE OF BY TENDER, On TUESDAY, the 14th day of February, 1843, at Eleten o'clock in the Forenoon, THE Valuable BUSINESS of Mr.*George Gowek, Gro- cer, Tea Dealer, flid Chandler, Duke-street, Caidiff. The Stock is comparatively small in amouut, the Fixtures .d Utensils are exceedingly good. The Trade, which is both wholesale and retail, has been established for many years, and the returns very considerable. The Shop is in the leading Street of the Town. To be viewed, with all particulars, the whole of the 13th instant; meanwhile, apply either to Mr. M. PERKINS, So- |j«»or, Bristol; Mr. J. H. LANG LEY, Cardiff; or at the Otfaes of the Brokers, in Bristol or London. TITUS commission. t notice. TI Commissioners for England and Wales, hereby tlw RYnt fniir1,? C°py of t,,e ^'aft Apportinnment of th« n»M«h of i r aSr^ed to be paid in lieu of Tithes, in £ lSh hLu ri)EVV Y RYTHERCH, in the count^ ot cupation of MV^iiiuS°wm-#t C™HT ju lfhe °,c' Inspection of all Persons?n i'aT^n ? P,a"sh; ,f?r ,h<; j." j ihe^aid parish. interested in the Lands or 1 ithes of ~T~Vchtefor^ommii°ia?r8 farther Give Notice, that, pursuant >r 'for thk pur pose 0f heari'n, ° Tu11,es-a Meeting will be holden tof the inrQded, ip: •aehTteetinc will be held at the Anopj > an^ ,'ia -1 -• ROBfiRx GABB, Valuer. 13# ,I IJ I' In XO SB XiST, i WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, AN EXCELLENT SHOP AND PRE MIS E S, in 41 RRIDGF-STREET. Apply loT. PH1TCHARI). F.SQ.,19. gtow.Hill. GUANO OOWgyAwTLY ON SAiiB. A PPLY to the Importers, G1 BBS. BRIGHT, and CO., C3L28, Orchard street; or at BUSH and CO.'S Warehouses, Baldwin-ftreet, Bristol, where it may be seen. FOREST or OBANS FREEHOLD COAL iHIXES FOR SALE. Offeiing an opportur.-ty for Investment of Money, in a Minera property of extent aad intiinsic value rarely submitted to public competit on. In the month of May next will be offered FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At the Auction Mart, in London (unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due notice will be given), 4 LL those extensive and valuable Collieiies or Coal Mines lY. situate in the Forest of Dean, in the county of Gloucester called or commonly known by the na-rjc nf '3K FV;> Ruy?L°; p .UK KNIJ i\l A I BROOK HALL DITCHES, IVY MOOR HEAO, V\ rill K L) YS. and BIRCHES WELL; logether with all Levels, Cuts, Water-courses, Pits, and v.ans and a No all Roads, I ram RoaJs. and Railways, Steaii' Engines, and Machinery; and all Woiks and Implements ol Mining and of Manufactuie.in.upon. andaboutthe same Col lieiies, or C oal Mines, Levtls, and Premises 1 he Collieries are of a most prodcciive description, and the veins of cral (winch aie of a quality unequalled ) are solid and inexhaustible. Three pits are now in active woik. The Col- lieries possess invaluable loc;ii advantages, and may be de- scribed as a most perfect mineral property. harly in March an advertisement, containing a pnrticalnr description of the above valuable p'operty, will appear, and atter that time, plans, shewing the workings of the several mines, and disiinguishins the respective seams or veins of coal, with proper tables oi elevations, specific gravity, &c.. and otlie. pirticulais. may be obtained on application to Messrs. PKRING, MINF.T. and SMITH, Solicitors, Lau- rence Pountney Place, London Messrs. ISAAC COOKE anfj SO NS. Solicitors, Bristol; Me>sis. J A M ES and WIN1LE, Solicitors, Newnham and Mi. PAUL, Solicitor, Exeter. NO TIME TO BE LOST. rnHE Seventh of M^rch being so verv near ihe Sale at £ 1 — close- and a h'Sher rale h* established very soon HEINE BROTHERS having rem,-ted dunng a Ve! S i tune very large amounts of Money Dividends to their Corres pondents in Great Britain and Ireland Dividends or ?■> nfiO £ '13.000, £ & 000, £ 5 l»00, and £ 3 000 to 1-.ndon K> &*■,«* di;b,r''1 »•<«'» imST? A™; i l>everley £ 3,600 lo Halifax +* on/^ U u £ 900 and £ 6 )0 to Manches- \nn h- ^•'St Kelford. Nottinghamshire; £ t00 to Colne, ta""5h,r"; £ 700 to Ryde. Isle of Wight; £ 000 to Cu.k u,;0 Bradford; and £ 600to Bideford. &c„ i*c they betr call the A II EN 1 ION of those desirous to obtain larze \ioney Dividends.to tne APPROACHING EIGHTEENTH KIBU' 1TON OF LI'IJEC, GUAR \N'l'EED BY THE ti0V hRNMEN 1. 1 his Distrihuuon offers the possibility of obtaining MORE THAN f23 000 upon One Share. 2 400 oi t .e Shares obtain Money Dividends of £ 1 Puce of 1 Shaie £ 2 Shares £ 1. 3 Sharr M 5 .tares £ 5. 6 Shares £ 6, T Shares £ ,'res £ 9, 10 Shares £ 10. Diiect for Shar HEINE BROTHERS, at LUIlt" a* The full prospectus with GRATIS, upon addressing a LAST OF &' ? r -■H.IH3 Ur- J.. "•<; 'oJ- i:' '1 I r1' CO-. nee he con. ven years), has now those who may wish to L. p\ete his present ndmehovs enl Visit until SATURDAY, the it ^•iiiod he may be CONSULTED md TUESÐA Y, at the Angel HoTFL. t%u WEDNESDAY and lllUHSOAY, at the 'OTti., Newport, (at Private Apartments); and on i id SATURDAY, at Mr. Powell's (plumber), reet, Monmouth. Attendance from Ten to Five. From Mr. L. Mi's extensive and well-known practice at his ■ 1 -established town residence (No. 12 Betners-stieet, Oxford reet, where patients can always be attended) lie is enabled to oTor his country Patients advantages never yet attainable ex- pt in the metropolis. The whole of the mechanical depait- iient is designed by himself and ext-cutt-d on the premises, by hich means an accurate and sure fit is guaranteed. all p;es- ,!ire on the gums avoided, and the teeth aie made to answer all purposes of masticati n and aiticulaiion, and are worn with .•erlectease and comfoit upon the most tender gums, without t'<tractingthetemain)ng stump?. Mr. L. M. »* «« ihat. from extensive alterations 11ft tniprMemeMsTMt finislit4i in the mechanical department, 1m is ea^hM to reduce hin Charges very considerably, so as to bring the aId of the Dentist within the reach of all parties. l lr. M. s new I y invented incorrodilile I eetli never change •Mioiir from the effects of medicine or ill healih, and assimilate so closely to nature as to defy deieciion by the clo-est observer. Natural and Artificial I eeth of every description fixed, tr..m ,t singf-, l ootli to a complete set. without wiies or ligatures ol day kind. Scaling, Stopping, Children's Teeth attet,d,d, and every operation pertaining to Dental Surgery. Consultation4 t ree, and specimens shown in every stage of preparation. Mr. L. M.'s references combine very many of the most influ- eiitial families (his patients) resident in the county, and the Medical Profession generally. 4potistant attendance at Town Residence, No. Berners- street, Oxford-street, where Patients can alwavs be attended "d letters addressed will meet with immediate attention. I CHARGES AS IN I OWN. February 1 Ith, 1843.
'L' DDEN DISAPPEA RANCE OF…
'L' DDEN DISAPPEA RANCE OF AIR. SPEARMAN, THE SECRETARY TO THE MASTER OF THE HORS E. Considerable excitement has been created, during the las" tew days, in consequence of the sudden disappearance of Mr. Ralph William Spearman, the secretary to the Earl of Jersey, e master of the horse, under very painful and unpleasant cii eumstanres in connection with the monetary affairs ot that de. p irtment of the Royal household. It appears that, a short lime since, the Earl of Jersey, in consequence of Cerlliln rumours which had reached his lordship, was induced to call i;jon Mr. Spearman to make up his accounts, for the purpose ) ascertaining the .amount of mo, ey in the hands of his secre- IJry, and the mode in which various sums had been disposed Whether this account was rendered or not our informant is not been able to ascertain. On last triday se'nnight ( thich was the last day Mi. Spearman was seen at the office, .tt Pimiico), at a late hour in the evening, he left home, and ,.though he remained away during the whole of the next day ■i:id the following Sunday, no surprise was created at his ab- -;nce, as he was frequently in the habit of sDending those two day" with some portion of his family who reside at Woolwich, K.Hrly, however. in the following week the Earl of Jersey reo ceived a letter from Mr. Spenrman, without either dale or all. drew, in which he stated, to the effect, that, in consequence of he unsettled nature of his accounts with the Master of the lorse, which were in an exceedingly deranged state, it was no, his intention again to return to the duties of the office. Air. Spearman has never been since seen; and speculation is conse. quently very rife as to the whereabouts of the absent secretary. It is expected, by his friends, that he has taken his departure tuber for the continent or America. It has been stated that the amount of his defalcation exceeds £ 10,000 but this sum is considered to be very far beyond the actual sum for which the defaulter will be found deficient in his accounts. It has likewise been siated that the tradesmen'* lulls for many quarlers have not been paid." This rei ort is also extremely incorrect. The whole of the tradesmen's bills due lit Windsor from the Master of the Horse's department have been paid up to the usual period, viz., Midsummer last. In London the case may be different; but it is extremely impro. bable that more than three or four quarters are in arrear. Mr. Spearman wag universally beloved throughout ihe de- partment of the Master of tUe Horse, for his suavuy of man- ners and kindlinefs of disposition, which he evinced to every one of the establishment with whom he came tato contact in the performance of his duties. He was called to the bar about two or three years ago, by the Honourable Society of Lincoln'u-inn, and had held the "PPOintment of secretary to the Maeterof lite Horse duilne a period of upwards of thirteen years. His 0..1 salaty was £ 700 per annum, Wilt. an excellent official residence at the Queen's- mews, and the usual « ceterjs. The appointment rendefed vacant by the unfortunate disapt pearanre, under the circumstances, of Mr. Spearman, has jus- been conferred upon Mr. Geoige Lewis, the eitrktothetta- bles in the household of her Majesty tb« Queen Dowager, by the Master of the Horse.
: DOMESTIC NEWS.
DOMESTIC NEWS. 1It1- New Peeks—After Lord Auckland had taken the oaibc and Ills seat in lilt House ol Loids on Thursday, Lord Rodney took his seal U_ tiie fiist llltipaf,pr ,he ,,ealh of his brother and Lord Pon:n„, y at IlIlokdlv, having been created Viscount Puusonby r)( Imok"ly took the oaths and h.s seat. Viscount Hill ,.x, ,ook the oaltlS and bis seat, and he was lollowed bv L^ J Vivian, who sal for the first time in parliament since tbe death 01 his latber. Amonast the new members who took their se.|j, on Thursday was .Mr. ^mndeis Davies, for Caririarthei].*t>.re III llie room of J, Jones, Esq.* deceased. Conn-laws.—On Thursday the House of Lords or- dered to be lonhwiih prepainl, on motion ol ibe li.irl ol Radnor, leiurns illustrative of the working ol the act oj last session — 1 • Ol averages by which ibe duty on tbe importation of wheal is regulated, from the passing of the aci 5'h and 6'b Victoria, c. 14, lo tbe present time. 2,Oi i»-e weekly averages, as ihey would have been calculated only on the leiurns made from the cities and towns named in 91h George IV, c. 60. 3, Of ibe weekly averages as tney would have been if calculated only horn the addi- tmnal towns named in 5ih and 6ib Victoria, c, 14, distin- guishing each period in which all the said additional towns did not make any returns, and slating from how many .such adHnional towns reiurns were received. The following resolutions residing private bills, were delivered from the House of Commons onSaiurday— That lhe house will not receive ailY petition for bills after the 24111 d..y ol this instant Februarythat no private bill be read the first time alter the 24ib of March „xl -thai the house will not recede any report 01 such private bill alter I nd.y the 26'h day of May next A\veRCr",i!!C^m"'al C°Url' 0,1 Wednesday, the Rev. w. Bai ey, LL.D., Was found entity of wilfully ut- tering a forged promissory note for £ 2875., with the view of obtaining that sum f.om lhe properly of an eccentric character, Robert Smnb, livÎng geven Dials, Jj0nd()1. a rich miser, who died Hitestaie. lie was sentenced to be transported lor life. Lady Matilda Wynyard expired suddenly on Friday evening, whilst silting at dinner with her family. We understand that the late Richard Smith, Esq, so many years senior surgeon lo lue Infirmary, has bequeathed 10 that ltistiiution the sum of four bundled pounds, lhe inieresl on which is to be applied to the conservation ol the valuable Anatomical Museum, which Mr. Smith had placed in me Inbimary in peipetuity.— B> istul paper. It is salt, thai ,)0 jes9 ,|)<ln t,unrjrecj persons have bee^i lost in the late gales. Fui fri«ny yeais ibere has not been so fiitihtful a catalogue of disasters at sea Shipping Intelligence. --Tnere can be no doubt of ■he loss ol ihe Eleanoi, of 'er, as a man in the neighborhood of Dunraven saw a vessel founder at eight o'clock on the morning she sailed 'rOf!1 Ponbcawl, As the weather was fine, with the wind at N.N.W., It is supposed that she rrusi have started a plank, aiid gone down in a moment, as no vestige of hr has been discovered.— Cumbrian• Br/stol Sugar Market — February 8 th, 1843.—The dullness noticed last week as pervadtrig ^yir maiket conti- nues to exist, boiii grocers and refiners operating with pxiieme caution, and ibe sales do not exceed three hundred '•ogsbeads, without the slightest improvement in prices. j great poitjqo ol ihe Mauntius, reported ex Barbara and ^joilla, have been brought forward, and about 2000 bags have been sold al steady prices. I. 7" -DT>.lruction of Dnrrovj Abbey, the late Resi- (tnce of the Unfortunate Karl of Norbury.—VY'e have o allnoullcethe all bljltOlsl dpsUu. oor. 01 Durrow Abbey, by fire: Thi* intended magnificent structure remained in in un rushed state, as lhe enure woiks were slopped im- ■ ne laie.y alier the cieaili ol the laie pioprieior. Thefirt- vas r>t peiceived at half-pas', seven in the morning ol ^cidental'1' C01"'iiUet' 'Sgmii all dav. It was purely Zof Live",o°l •» i rs. '»arp, of Clare-hall, London, has signified her in eni n o yive ihe sum ol iwo bundled pourds toward» prno,ni"'Pn,» m Bamburgh churchyard, to the me ,nory ol (JiaCe Darling Ml'KDER and Mn-r' r—rt ,,r„„,u Ik,. ^wtilatios.—lhere is every reason ° Iiraied «t t C''me 'he Greenacre riass has beer, M .i h,V k 'd! ",e a hornbl, "Ul,l''l 1"" 'M Soaiine m .1.. e.n.1 ,h»' aPpearances ol lhe body, which are :"ZZL ,OT" r"' n„nu,e,l»s,a,e, a."S. w*,n"' <cnbe'"a°nd ».Clli"ii"^ aking, was recen.ly held in u.e «H II 'r'p T"' U"der" .'itunon "be mayor presided I, ° >11' iiousand pounds w„ alread^ e^JT 'd,| ,ve„iy ibousand pounds more e 'and ,l'dt dbou' de,e the work, which win be one ol ^hP"qUlrH 'j'" .■insdom. Several gemlemen pin down 5™i" f ubsenptions in ihe room. An efficiB names Uigent, influential, and act^7^"« "mmmee of ,o adopt the best means of raising ihe necessaj^0'6^ tbe best hopes are entertaioed of success 30 9
SWANSEA PETTY SsES^lONS.—Tuesday…
SWANSEA PETTY SsES^lONS.—Tuesday ££13.1. SOMEWHAT BI',FORE HAND. ,Jaroef Mr. Melvin attended as the solicitor of a Mr. Wi a.uotyi't and a Mr. Wittiam Daoes, both of Sketty, in thIS jpas8'0? ansneran information preferred agninst them for c»s^i on certain land in pursuit of game; but previous to ipforms being gone into, Mi. Melvin took an objection 10 c|ie0,5_* Hon filed, and the summonses served thereon upon /l15;e prof Et appeared by hisstatentent, which was confirmed on 1 daY 0 duction of the information, thai it was dated the pd ,be January last, and the summonses served on that b' trespass alledged to be committed was therein g ihe 24th day of the same month and year, being -titer the information given and served. On the doco jgijlf ( produced, and peiused by lhe respectable bench of I' presiding, it naturally excited their risible muse es"coos'a made the mat:er stdl more ludicrous was that tBi, be, .a instructed to serve lhe sutnmooses on the par"ei (j, t anxiety lo do ihe requisite, served the originals, jn,te»d J and signature of tbe magistrate set and subscribed, i,ed,' t ihe copies. The informations were consequently 9u-|eg) "PPjg the informants retired home to their several nomiC ,síoo lenily by nd means pleased with their e Swansea. ^3ce
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Pk £ semt Health of Dk. jSoutdey.—We do not envy the heart of the man who can read without deep emotion the following extract from a communication from Mrs Southey (formerly so Well known as Catherine ow es) to Mrs. Stgournpy, an American authoress, in an- swer o a leiter in which the latter lady desired to be re," me-nbered to the Laureate: —" You desire to be rernem- .jored ° htm who 0f -ThaUba, the wild and won-I droits tale. Alas my friend, the dull, cold ear ol d«ath is no more insensible than his, rr»y dearest husband, 10 all ■TkTT from the world without. Scarcely can I "2 '° t S fl P00rconr>fO'i of believing that he still • m .ie a most complete unconsciousness has not ™?re na.n MX years s'anding, although more than VItpr tf» e has wrtttpri even Ins name. A ter the deatn ol Ins first wife. Edith/of Ins first love, v t^. was or several years imane, Ins healih was terribly 1a en. et or the greater part oi a year that he speni vnh me in Hampshire, my former home, it seemed ps-r- r-cily re-establisned, arid be used to say,that it bad surely pleased God, that the last years of bis life should be MPPy* But the Almtabiy s will was otherwise. The utle cloud soon appeared which was in no long time If. ivershadow all. In the blackness of ils shadow we stilt ive,and shall only pass from under it to the poitals of the ) ;rave. The last three years have done on me Hie work ol •verity. The one sole business of my lile is that which, I ertly believe, keeps the life in me—the guardianship m > y dear, helpless, unconscious husband."—Leeds Inttili- xencer. f. Y dear, helpless, unconscious husband."—Leeds Inttili- > y dear, helpless, unconscious husband."—Leeds Inttili- xencer. Mr. T. Edwards, jun., of Ross, was admitted an aitor- ley of her Majesty's court of Queeo's Bench, in Hilary mn last j
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORI)S.-TiitB,D«v. Fta 2. After the leading c the Ruysl speech, which we e*ve in our last, their lordships \djouined until five o'clock. S iortly be- fore that hour the Lor! Chancellor took his seat upon the wool- sack. Lord Campbell gv- notice cf amotion for the 13th of Feb., for the appointment c' a select conimittee to inquire into ihe present state of the b w respecting defamation and libel. The Marquess nf Clanrica.de ga»e notice that he would move on Monday next, for returns to show the operation of the poor-law in Ireland. THE ADDRfcSS. The Earl of IWia moved, an » Lord Eglingtoun seconded, ■ he addiess of the house upon the subjecl of her Majesty's speech. Theaddress of their lordships was Utile mme than I running commentar upon the topics adver'ed to in the royal -peech, bestowing, how-ver, a more emphaiic con^raiuUtion ipon the subject of the Washington treaty, the ,net»onmions ■Mtli the Por>e for the rmntentroce of the privileges of the t'orte in Syria, and the conclusion of a great nnd important ommeicial ireaty with Russia, from which considerable advan- ces might reasonably le expected to accrue to each of the ou ntries, The Marquess of Lansdown expressed his aoprobation of the ludirious manner in which the roy-l speech lud been framed, uth the vie. of preventing the expiession of any difference of • pinion as 10 the teims of the address, yet hoped this general ipprobaiton would not be construed into a concu'rfince in all he points adverted to or passed over in the speech from the hrone. With regard to the coin-laws especially, no mention if which hid been made in that speech, he believed that no period had ever occurred in which grea er embarrnssmeni had >een occasioned to ihe irade and internal resources ofthccoun- try, than since the present corn-laws had come into operation. He regarded the conclusion of the treaty of Washington wiih satisfaction, not unmixed with resjiet that the granting of such large concessions had not been made the means of anatiiing olher important matters ol settlement with the United Stales, wh C'I It,ll remained piolific causes of misunderstanding, and lelerred especially to the question of the Oiesjon boundary and lie 11ht of search. In adverting to our Eastern successes, he took occasion 10 notice the prevailing impression that some 'inwillingness had l>een manife>ted, on the part of Lord Ellen- hurough, to ie-enter Afghanistan. He complained of the pa- rauiaph in the royal speech by which the successful issue of the China war was aiirihuted to the libtralby of parliament," aod conleoded Ihat Ihe increased means of couducling Ihe war had been suggested by Lord Auckland, for whom also he claimed the honour of having pointed out the verv plan of operations by which the espedi'ioii !•«. I at length socce 'Ie i. Afler speaking in feeling terms of ihe p. i o .i h whie'li the glt11 mdSS of those who had suffereti sevi-ji; Oisiieas bad borne with their privations, his lordship ^onclude.J deehniogto. clfer any opposition 10 the address. The Duke of Wellington, in reph, vindicated the justice of the Chinese w .r, and, contrasting tse force which had been employed by the late and by the present government, he com- plained that, after the omission in the royal speech of any allu- ston to ourdisastettio Affghanisun, Ue noble marquess should have introduced such a topic, and declared that he was ready to justify every order or movemen:, either one way or Ihe other, the Governor-General had given since he took upon him ihe adminisiiation of the affairs of India." With respect to the treaty of Washington, which had also been prematurely brought before their lurdsiiips, lie expiessed his general appro val of Lord Ashburton's conduct, but wished that nil further —■ • • i '1, uapers were regularly ,nrd. Ellenbo- ien':ast upon l acuatiooof to e- L winch ni>. jj| o'clock. s,j HOUSE The Speak, of ihe mem1 <nd procer speech "c-8 tOOmem was adjo S seaker Onthemonooc. for the following places. r Loleraine, for Bodmin, lor the «. fie I county of Cavan. Sir T. Freeman'le gave notice, on behalf of the Judge Aw vocate, that be would, on the 9tli of Febrmry, move for leave 'o bring in a bill relatj.e lo the adinir.istraiion of ecclesiastical 1 usitoe in England ami Wales; a|f0 on behalf of the noble lor.! the Secretary for the Colonies, that he would, on the 141!¡ 01 February, move a vote of thanks to the officers and men 1If!. -ased in the Chinese war; and to Ihe Governor General oi India, and to t ie officers am) men employed in themitttaryope. rations to the west of the Indus. Mr. Wallace gave nonce thai he should, on the 14th of Fe. oTihecCounUy!,infcQ!,0n °",ie ',0USe i0 Stress ■ J health OF TOWNg. l r"t ,nnon Save notice that he should, on the 14th of uary, rm« in a bill for the lmptovemeat of to«ns by pre- veniing bunals therein. br Lord A>h'ey save notice that on Thursday, the I6'b of Fe- her^lVl' 16 move that an humble address be piesented to "Jes,y. Prsying that her Majesiy will be graciously J ease to take into her instant and serious consideration the res, means uf diffusing the benefits and blessings oi a moial ptcpl '°US e^ucaIlon among the working classes of the lJr. Bowringgave notice that he should, to-morrow, move lor a copy of t he charter granted to the Royal Mail Steam X a. vigation Company. TII E ADDRESS. Lord Courtenay rose 10 move art address embodying the to pies of the speech. He declared Ins peculiar satisfaction at the adjustment of the differences with America. He congratulated his hearers on the successes in Afghanistan. He rejoiced in tie fortune which had attended our effoits in China, and hailed Itl the results a hope of extended maikets for our domestic pro. duce expressing a deep sympathy with his suffering couoiry- men, but deprecating all pariial sacrifices as between the differ- ent classes of British industry, and avowing his confidence in the dispositions and abihtit-sui her Majesty's present adviseis to relifve the country and promote her wellaie. Mr. P. W. S. Miles seconded the motion with much modesty and oIbllity. Mr. C. Wood said that, unless the produce of theintome. tax should be double the amount at which :\Jr. Goolbuin cal- culated it last year, the deficiency in the current quartei cou!d [Jot be made up. Sir R. Peel trusted, from the tonfe of the house, that the ad- dress 10 be laid before her Majesiy would be unanimous. On the subject of the American treaty he should be prepared t" show, thaI, if i. had not obtained fur us all which we were strictly entitled to expect, it was, on the whole, an eligible ad- justment. His own sincere tespect tor the United States, and hi* eirnest desire lo preserve a jjood understanding with iheii people, made it painful for him 10 say that the recent ni"ssnge of the pre.ideol did not give an accurate representaiion of >• ha' had passed in Ihe negotiations. We had not claimed the rtgh 'tarch, which was a belligerent rigiit! What we hilC) claimed was only the rithi ol visitation—the right to visit a ves- sel bearing the Ameiican flaj; for the purpo»e of asceriaining whether she be really American which it on that visit she • houjd :urn out in be, she must 06 bbtr.^Scd, even .l.ftu^h ..ill" should clearly appear at all points a slaver. On the subject o finance, he admitted that there was a great defi' iencv- 'J,)! |l,<* income-tax had not yet come into productiveness. Undoubt- edly there had been a great falling off in the excise, mainly on ihe article of mail but that had arisen, in a great degiee. from the veiy unfavourable harvest of 1841. There still, indeeii existed severe distress but 1st not the housti infer thence thai there must needs he a permanent diminution of consumption. Another cause of the late falling off had been the disiurbeo fate 01 the manufactuiing disuicts. This was not a fit occa- sion for entering at large upon financial sta-ements; but he did now discern some favourable changes on which he could not forbear from founding good hopes. It was complained that the speech announced no new measure with respect to corn. He had no such gieat measures of change to piopose as gentlemen seemed to expect. Whenever he should make a l'haoge, 11 Yo QuId be a change accordant with the principles he bad pro- pounded. Loid John Russell, in reference to Indian affairs, said there were a couple of proclamations too remaikable to be passed over, Oue of thenr. contained such a misrepresentation of a pre- ceding uoveroor's policy as Was seldom unettd even in Ihehedl of party debate and it breathed, wiih respect to Afghanistan itself, a npirn rather of revenge than of calm aid statesmanlike policy. The other proclamation was so oddtywordtd, tha- many people were thoroughly persuaded it was a hoax. For his wn pail, he viewed it more seriously especially in respec of ihe tore which t. took, a sirange tone for a Christian t0' vernor, ot reverence for the objects OflrJohlrous worship. Win regard io Ihe Ame.ican treat,, he doubled whether any ireaty would be advantageous which on its very face was detr.menta ,CL' e coun ry c"nssntir)^ to jt. Coming now to domestic affaIrs, hd would OP. tHe that the expeneote of the past YU/I had confirmed h,m hi. objection lo the sliding scale, and his convicMon that a fixtd du ,fc 'd< H> 04/1, however, hea* nmj, it .hat Sir R. Peel w,' ld 1 g nlIS' *ch convinced hiri, in the com.laws, f -vet make much furlher al.eratto, anti-corn-law league Va V ,0 !he °PlnionS °f ,ht -u me thing which Vo m,t"S'e' WOullJ P,0^,0un, 6 ['ul an end io agnation. He must sh\ '6 °P,n,on he h,vj alwaysexpressed, by his vote and oilier- "I¡;e, the 'n^' 'e ta* had been confirmed by the expe- ^nce of what bad r. ally happened. He was not quiie con ot wnh thei manner lu which ihe speech bad dealt wnh las year s disturbances. iir C,vNnpi" C0D(; ra;,ed Lord Ashburton's treaty, i". Wallace w. sure the speech would be received wiih ^satisfaction in every quatter of the kingdom. I Lord Staniey would bow th»t it th# inttntioa of | ministers, on the approaching motion for a vote of thanks, to claim for Lord Elleoborougb a shata in the honour of our In- dian sucre<ses, Lord Palrnerston said, as it was bis intso'ion to brincr the ? Asliburton treaty by specific: motion under the notice of the house, lie would not now follow Lord S'anley into the details o' j the subject. As to India, he wished to know whether t"e thanks proposed were to include Lord Ellenborough, Sir Roberl lnglis would not condemn thegenera) policy of Lord Ellenborough, bLq hp. must express his deep disapproba- (ton of tb?t passage in one of the proclamations in which a Christian governor, on n subject connected wiih religion, em- ployed language such as no Mahomedan ruler would have suf- fered himself to use. It was 001, as Lord Stanley had pUI it, I a mailer of tasle; the government ought not to take that sort of (!rollnd-they ouyht 10 discontinue such an officer. Mr. Vibiers complained 'hnt the spee< h disregarded the suf tarings of the people at home. i' would not do to say there were no remedies. Remedies there were, and which the people I dpêOed and Jesireå. Loid Howick thought it the (Iuty of the house, passing by all minor topics, to apply itself to the subject of the national dis- tless. Air. Hume called on Sir R. Peel to carry out his o vn prin; i- pIes. It his fiiends would not let him do so, it was his duty 10 lesion. Mr. Ferrand said no good would come until machinery wns taxed. The opposition rnighi cheer, and rail upon the tight I lion, baronet to carry out their principles he had been seduced by iheir smiles last vear and how had his measures answered ? t Mr. Ewart aryued in f<vour 01 free trade generally, and re- commended in particular the reduction oi the duties on tea and 1 on sujJHr, the opening of the trade with Ceylon, and, above all, the alteration of the Corn-laws. Mr. Milner Gibson condemned Sir Robert Peel, for still holding oiii 10 the occupying tenantry the notion that, without a repeal of the present duties, it would be possible for them much longer to empioy their capital salely in the cultivation 01 I corn land. Mr Brothei'ton asked whether Mr. Ferrand, in proposing to tax or abolish machinery, intended to include the plough and the harrow I Mr. G. B-mkes would not presume to assign the precise i causes of the distress which all admitted; but one of those I causes he believed to be the feverish uncertainty and anxiety kept uo by the unconstitutional body called the Anti-Coin-law- League. o Friday, FEB. 3. POOR-L,W; (IHELA:-i[»). Mr. M, Gratian mq iiied whether it was the intention of Government to make any alterationin the Irish poor la w duiing the piesent session ? I.ord Eliot said it was not tiie intention of the government to propose any alteration in the Irish poor-law at piesent. Mr. G. Palmet gave notice that he should move for a select committee to suggest some measures to prevent shipwrecks. CORN LAWS. In answer to a question by Mr. Viliievs, Sir R, Peel said, he did 001 think a fixed duty on corn would he so beneficial as the present law. He was in favour of a graduated scale of duty. He had no intention whatever to aher the present law (hear), and he intended to resist any at. lempt to alter it (hear). Air. Vtlliers gave notice that eti an early dav he should move for IIn inquiiv into the existing <oin-laws, willi a view to 'heir immediate and total repeal (hear). CaptrllD Frzroy gave notice of moving to bring in a bill for the better examination of mates and captains ou board merchant vessels. Mr. Ferrand gave notice of a moiion for the 7.lh of March, relating to the allotment of waste lands in England and Wales. LOllI Howick gave notice that on Monday se'nnight he should bring the subject of the distress which existed in the country before the bouse.—[Left snting.] Monday, FFB. 6, Ir. Cobden asked Sir Roberl Peel whether it was his in. on to maintain the present prohibitory duties on sugar, i the Hon. IJaionet said he did not consider it consistent his duty 10 answer Ihe question. rd Palrnerston put some questions !o Sir Robert Peel re- I to ihe commercial relations with liriiiil, and the Slade <es: and the answer was that the Eraz lian Government had rutted that the treaty would last till November, 1844; bui would give no definite answer with respect to the other esiion. ti answer to questions from T ord Palrnerston, Sir Robert said no commeicial treaty had yet been formed with Por .al, and that the delay was so injurious to trade, that n Jlllrl be necessary to terminate the neuociations altogether, or "Ike some new arrangements. With legard to FrilocP, hp ted that he had every reason to believe a beneficial arrange- nl would be made, not only as regarded trade, but generally lly connexions between ,he two countnes this communi- tOn was ieceived with cheers. In answer to a question trom Mr. Williams, The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the inquiries into the frauds in the Custom-house were actively cariied on, and that in a short period the result would be laid before the House. Mr. Roebuck put some questions to SIr Robert. Peel, reo specting theuocuments to be laid before the house relative to the Affsjhan war; but theansweii were very evasive. Mr. Walter ^ave notice tint he would call the attention of the house, on that day fortnight, to the question ol the poor- law. Mr. Tuffnel moved for leave to bring in a bill to disfranchise Sudbmy, which was supported by SIr Robert Peel, and the bill was read a first time. After some routine business, the house adjourned at seven o'clock;
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au R LETTER BOX. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin, Sip.,— Many and able have been the letters and papers rela- ] ting lo ihs Newport and Nantyglo Railway, which have 00. rained publicity through ihe pages of your valuable and lode- pendent paper during the p*st \0 months, the whole of which up to this lime I alii gratified to find rema:n Dot only unrefuled but unquestioned, notwithstanding you have, wiu: your usual fai'Oess, offered your for such purpose 10 Ihe Mou iicrtjib- j shire Canal Company, The silence maiul-iined by th's Com- piny, under thfhHavy lashings they have received, IF s as a -limulant, if any r/»r» required, to the exertions of tiie pro- "olers and supporters of ihe :a;!w?y, I will now, witii your permission, endeavour to threw some j additional light upon the evils that have so ion; affiicted, and nil continue to Htflict, the trade of the towu of Newpor?, Had ihe county of Monmouth 2en!-rallv. In my letter of Ihp. 24th utt., I showed clearly that the coal and iron masters in this county have to pay charges vaiyiog from 33 to 330 per cent greater for the convert nee of their pio- duce 10 its shipping por! than theii compelitois in vaiious other poits of the kingdom paid, and in so doing, I be^ to assure your readers that the cases cited weie not releried, cases, bui ihat I could increase them twenty lo!d Ít necessaiy. Burdens such as these in the present aue of improvements, are surely enough to destroy the prospeiity and trade of any port. I am informed upon undoubted authority ihnt in two only of the northern counties of England, namely. Northum- berland and Doihanri, the quanliiy 01 coals raised in 11336, amounted to 4,4r¡(J,OOO tons, and that in the sbmt spate ol six \ea,s, it "as increased two lIIiUiÔm ,:1' t" for In 1842, the quanliiy amounted to 6,400,000 tons-ail increase of nearly 50 per rent. The increase in the north of England and south of Scotland., will be found in about the same ratio. Upon the Uuffivn Llynvi and Poilh Cawl Railway in the year 1835, the quantity of coals conveyed was 7062 tons only, whilst in the leu months ending October, 1842, the quantity ivas increased to 29,266 tons, and presuming ihat for the re- mainiug IwO months 0/ that year the aveiage was maintained, would give in mund numbers 35,000 tons, or an increase in seven years of nearly five hundrtd per cent. At Llaneliy, the increase in the trade in coalm the same period has been 75 per cent. At Swansea, in the last ten years, the trade has nearly don- bled itsdf. At Caidiff, we find that in eleven years the coal trade is trebled. It will, 1 conceive, be needless 10 multiply these rases (or it 1 more are required, we need only refer to every coal shipping port of any importance in the kingdom to find a similar result. In the midst of these astounding facts, what have we to say of our own shipping pon—Newport Does il not possess one of the best navigable rivers in Eng land ? Is it not backed with an immtnselv rich tract of coal. fidd and minerbl deposiib ? Does not the quality of its coal stand undisputed? Was it not Newport coal, the produce of our mountains, that first achieved the great and glorious work of bringing us within thirteen i ays of America? 11 these questions ale to bt: answered in the affirmative, ItO" •omes it that the increase in its shipments of coal fall so very far short of those of other places ? I know of no reason 10 be given for such an anomalous state of things, other thall. the extravagant rutes of tonnage ejucted Inl the {\JolilnollthshÏ1-e Canul Comp(lIlY, Ulld the bad callstruetioll of their roads. Yes, these tire the only true reasons that can he assigned foi Newport having only increased her shipments of coal a paltry 12 per rent. These facls. undenied and undeniable as they are, are mat 'ers lor grave ronsideralion to the merchants iind traders c Newport generally, but more particulaily to those who have re "enlly localed ItJemselves there with the "Iew of prosecuting "II honourable as well as profitable business. They musI not shu Iheir eyes, and be blind 10 the serious evils and drawbacks al present existing—such evils as do not exist at other places out they should one and all unite as one man with a bold de leiminalion to place Newport on an equality with other poris An effectual measure to bring about this :;tate, so ioug wishei tor by many. is now before them. under the most favourable and promising auspices, and nothing is required to give it a speed) and easy succc-ss, but their co-operation with the provisional commiitee of the Aewport and Nan'yglo Railway, Now tha ihe reilway office has beta opened, let him that cannot takt four shares, lake t-.vo, ar;d he who cannot take fen shares, tke five, and soon, and this great woik will be at once accom- plished. Do not he mere idle spectators of the sreat effort no" being made for (lie emancipation of the trade of Monmouth- shire, nor incur the risk of the painful reflection that ma) arise in your own bosom before another month passes, that tin trammels which now enthral you, have failed to be removed, owing in your own individual apmhy. J am confdentlhat the natural advantages we possess in ou' mineral basin, coupled with the superior quality of its roals fOI steam and other purposes, together wiih an inexhaus i bid supply, will, when lhe railway is compleled, speed II) place Newport ill its true position among the coal shipping ports of bii ain, namely, at the head of the list. Let the merchants and traders oÎ Newport not be deterrec from co opeioting with the railwav committee, merely be cause the iMonmouthshiie C'anal COlllpany ale opposed to lhe measure, Their opposition will be as chaff btfure the wind, when sifted by an eniighiened committee of the House 01 Commons. Neither let them think that the opposition of Sir C Morgan will avail eilher, even should it be prosec ited. 1, for one cannot believe that so truly good and estimable a man as Sir Charles Morgan is acknowledged to be, can, by an* possibility, after a public life ot si.\ty yens, du'ing which long period S'jj ha3 always acted honourably up to hi.- Live, ami let uve, "nfffc for ihe veiy firs time in hi" life stand opposed to It. measure that to a dead certainty will be the means of immediately affording relief-in fact, supplying bread to the wants of upwards o 2000 families for the next two lo three years, besides afford ing a good, sound. Rnd permanelll relief to a whole .1istri., now suffering, with other parls of the kingdom, from the tin depression of irade and manufactures,—a suHeiin irnieiially aggravated by the extravagant rates uf loir/lag exacted BU tie Monmouthshire Canal Company, and the b.M construction of their roads. The sacrifice io he made by the venerable Baronet in Ih. proportion of liaffic to be diverted from l is mile of train-rnat. by the railway, after the years of rich benefit derived by him will, I trust, but weigh as a feather in the scale, when he set" lirit by its saciifice, a whole country is to be so maieiially ben«f}ited. Anlllt is to be presumed that Sir Chailes Morgan does not overlook the f*c!, that every facility in transit is an addition In ihe exiensive tracts of minerals of which he is the owner almost incalculably exceeding the amount of one milers ton. nage dues on the small quantity r.f lrattic which (he railvva\ will divert from his park road. The indefatigable, untiring, and cnl"pri,iug Member foi our boioughs, boldly leads the van-we are truly fonllllat 10 laving such a leader. Let us follow him in a right spirit, and we shall soon accomplish what we desire. He have two honouiable men as representatives of oui county, one of whom has long been iried, and always found supporting the true interests of h:s constituents. The oihei has been but recenlly electsd, aud if words deliberately ul teied by this gentleman go for anyihing, his support of the proposed railway is also certain. It bag been said that J\1r, Oclavius Morgan will be influ- enced by his father 10 oppose the me'ssuie. I do not think sn. for he too well knows that he was sent to St. Stephens, not to protect his lather's one mile of Iram-roa'l, but to sup- port and maintain the true interests of the couniv. Let your readers not be deceived bv any specious pro- mises from the Canal Company of amelioration in their rales of tonnage, coupled with improvement in their rorl/JS. It is requisite, accoiding to their Act. that votes representing three fourths of their shares should support a reduction of lonnages, before any reduction can be made and I understand that neail, a sufficient number of shareholders have declared that no re dnction shu11 be made, but promise to improve their line. And what does this amount to? Why that they will in fa-l perpetuate the evil so long complained of by thei, Ireighteis, and at the best give them a bad line of railway, in lieu of a bad line of Iram-road. The Monmouthshire Canal Company talk of raising the sum of £ 100,GOO, for the purpose, as they say, of enabling them to give all the relief to the freighieis that is proposed to be afforded by ihe railway. Recollect lint this comes from men who say that our rail way will cost double what n is estimated to cost, or £560000 Suppose, for example, that they admitted it could be made fai £280.0UO only, How on earth can they say that a so I i I a r y £ 100.000 will make their line as efficient astheraitwava .L280JIÚO, and especially recollecling that ihey—lhe i\ion momhshiteCana) Company-hove 40 miles of road 10 alter, exclusive of making an entire new line of 10 milt's to Pon iy poo I ? We have a rich specimen of the sort of railway upheld by till, Monmouthshire Canal Company at Bl inavon! II is impossible, in the existing nature of things, that tht Monmoi'ihshire Canal Company can give that relief which ha- so long and so much in vain been called for that relief which the necessities c! the county demand, and that relief which tht Railway will assuredly give, because of the dead weights they have to cairy. For instance, look at the Canal fro o Pontypooi lo Newport-a mosl expensive line to keep in repair, ami although, as far as ihe Monmouthshiie freighters aie concerned, it may be superseded, yet, they are compelled 10 keep it in repair, as long as ihe Hreconshire Canal exists. Then. again, is their cs Crumlin Canal—lhe £300 per annum to C. H. Leigh. Esq., of Pontypooi, in considera- tion of services rendered and to be rendered. All these things combined render it impossible for them to give, as I said be. fore, ihat relief which the necessities of the counly demand, and. in despite of iheir opposition, will HAVE. I I may be asked why should I take so deep an interest in Ihi, umleriaking, and give myself so much concern about it. Tt, whICh I reply, tha' myself and family have properly amounting 10 something like £40,00U, which is seriously prejudiced by tht eitravagant rates rj TONNAGE exacted by the Monmouthshire CU nul Company, Illlti the had construction of their roads. Heyom lillS, we huve Induccd men wiih a much larger rapilal lhanlhai of the Monmouthshire Canal Company, 10 come t'cd embark (I • n this rouniy, and, which is also prejudiced in the same man- ner, and I have a desire to alleviate these men, as well as III) own family, fiom so heavy and useless a burden. As to the Hfufway, I can silttly re<omrnend it to the cap! ia!i?t as n legiiima<e and honest undertaking, in whiiri Ishall cheerfully invest, to the exienl of my meisns, and Horn which I verily believe handsome returns will be made- I am, Sir, Your obedi"111 servant, JAMES BROWN. Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Works, Feb, 7, 1843.
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Fortifications AT Hong Kong.—Intelligence was n»ceived#on Monday at the bead quarters of the ioya' •Sappers and Miners, at Wooiwich, that two sergeants two orporals, and ihiriy privates of that corps are to pioceeo nioieriiaiely 10 Hong Kong, in China, where they i ill h. employed in the fortifications under the command ri Ma- /T Aldnicli, ol the royal engineers, w'ho has aires iy lei 'Voolwich to prppare for a passage to that siatior. Of. ie intelligence being communicated to the men and vo. onteers being called for, a number, gremly exceeding the complement required, offered their services.
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MONMOUTH. Tat Bsti'AsxGiMG Fracas AT Mosmoutb.—We thoul have contented ourselves with the little paragraph of a ta* lines which we gave of this sffair, and not have troubled out- selves to return to a sub-'e?' which might be consideied meitlF laughable incident, a wonder for a dflY or two. and no more, ii it! -Tot our Gloucester contemporary become elabom'ely wrath- ful agains: 's and given to the world a pompous version of the slory not altogS':h^r consistent, as we are told, with the facts of the case. Yet we ^e inclined to give oar contemporary Ihe credit of having received his information from- a party who Ie ¡ \Iy did know something of what did actuaHy occur, that paity being, we believe, no other than the Rev. &' Robert* himself, who, in addition 10 his clerical ohaiaete*. combines a practical acquaintance v,itb the duties of a •• gea- tleman of the press. Ue acquit him of course of beir.g the author of the pungent c~!ogium upon himseif which ciaces the a -tide to which we allude fcrt with that exception, we believe we aie not far wrot.g when we g?v<1 him ciedit for all the lite- irry talent, uoodiaste. and Christian charity which distinguish that composition. I lie rev. gentleman, therefore, cannot quarrel wrtli :>s for again revetting II, a hole matter which, but tor himself, migSft by ibis lime have slept in oblivion. He has the ment of originaiift- an unseemly quarrel in hi3 own parish,, and of carrying 'he w, i'ntn a wider tield. But befoie wt pro- ceed any further let us ease our conscience by a full confession of all that we did in connection with this business. We re- ceived the week befoie last from our jugular correspondent, a raiher long account of the proceedings ic Monmouth; but we: were a little pressed tor room, and we also thought that 111oiteh, according to that account, the rev. vicar had tendered, himself both ridiculous and offensive in the eye 01 several uf his parishioners, yet the subject was not ol importance sosticient lo* call upon us to set aside other mailer and devote halt a column* or more room, to the task of adding to that rev. functionary s. notoriety. We therefoie adopieil, without alteration, aahort paragraph which we found in the columns of our respectable' contempoiaiy the Bristol Gazette, little thinking that by so doing we should find ourselves stigmatised as the organ of Chailists, Romanists. and Dissenters," and be charged with ■laiblmg :ind "spicing" up an article with which we had leally no more to do, tiian the scissors and paste operation of boirowing from a contemporary. As far as we can understand the genilema.i's vindication of himself in the Chronicle, the object is to show that he did not rush up to the belfry, but walked the?e with calmness and dignity that he did not "upbraid the ringe?s," but genttyretnonstfated with them; that he did not ihunder over their heads the terrors of the ec- clesiastical court." hot soothingly attempted to throw oil on the troubled waters, and. in Me mild spirit which so well becomes a Christian minister, "maintained the most perfect self-pos- session during the trying scene; that his conduct tbroa,%hotft was a pattern of meekness, forbearance, and charity; audi- furtlieimore, that his lefusal to allow the bells to ring for a mar- riage performed at the Catholic chapel high moral piiuciple. He tells us he acted from principle, on grounds of ecclesiastical propriety;" and we ais led to in- fer that he expressed his adherence to this principle with the utmost modeiation of language and amenity of temper. Not so Ihe opposite parly; for if we are to believe the CHRONICLER Wr. W. A.Cossens made an inflammatory address to the men,- and they responded to st, and to the worthy vicar's mild aa<n pastoral remonstrances, by cheering, hissing, and hooting" Now the story, as told to us, weais a very different aspect. Mr, Cossens, as we are informed, had nothing to do with the Taos- action till he saw the vicar rush up the bellry stans, and then he followed him, and on hearing the rev. gentleman indulge 10 a vehemence of vitupei uion raihei uncleiical, he ventmed remark that such language and demeanour were very unDe- coming. We are told his words were, thai such conduc; wouw make Mr. Roberts the contempt of the town." The rev. gentleman replied to this. and en'ered into a veiy unseemly "angle, and in the end, after working himsell into a phienzy of rage and excitement, he left tlie place, and the bells run? on. So much. if our information be correct, for the mildnfl and self-pos.-ession of the vicar. And now a word or two for the "principle on which be says he acted. We are not going to contend that, after the Fy I'usal of the vicar to allow the bells to be tung, the people 'iglit in setiing his orders at defiance; but we do think that membeis of our national chuich establishment are sornetin>e exceedingly fond of making that establishment a much greater eye-sore to dissenters than need be, and that a very little christian forbearance and good temper on their paits. would a gieat way in promoting a general spiiit of tolerance, aD_ would tend to make dissenters look w ith respect upon an es lablishment, which is calculated, if its ministeis were to up to the lenour of their holy calling, to t'arry peace and con fioid and religious knowledge into all parts *he kingdom. i contrary temper,—If the indulgence in all l~01'1s °' P^tl3Ljth noyances and the use of harsh epithets in iefere.nce \yf_were mother people,—such as "heretical and sjhisK^tic, 0f bitrly to convert persons so abused from their pecu. ur n1-°:oUs, thinking, and to cause th n>'o adopt more orthodox oplD WE we could understand the policy of such conduct; bu.1 *Laps, think that dissent is not likely to be put down by such n» j,e we humbly and respectfully suggest to Mr. Roberts that v might be more successful by trying a more conciliatory The question involved (says the Rev. Mr. Roberts, throœ¡;, his friend, the Editor of the Chronicle.) is one of great 'MP°T0. mice. 'The church is the established church, and those dissent from her cannot expect to be invested with her p'1 leges [i. E. that of having the bells to ring at their rnairiageSOj lie mairiage at lhe Romanist chapel was a ceremony c°af sidered by the church heretical and schismatical, and the vie uf Monmouth could not conscientiously recognise that cerem*" which he must have done had he connived at the ringing ol hells." Of course, we cannot be expected to guai;e the J""r. of a vicar's conscience; but we know that a good deal ol s casm has been thrown on the idea that dissenters have c0l?saye ences—the "conscientious scruples" of these people^ been treated as something extremely ridiculous— a vicar s c? a scientious scruples against bell-ringing for the marriage 0 y Komanist, are deserving of mote respect; but when these bells, which are only to be lung for membeis of the ment, want new ropes, we apprehend the vicar and chur wardens will not experience any very severe qualms of co: science, when they call upon dissenters as well as churchy to pay their lull share of the rate. But let us look at this c' j]s- of conscience a little more closely. In Monmouth, the of the parish church have been accustomed to be rung aPoac^a.' nianiage of almost every decent tradesman, and even erf' nics have not been without a share ol that honour—nearly aJJ<J w'eek for a long time past, there has been a rehearsal by oi voune ringers • and a very few weeks back a strange illowed for two days togeihei to peal song tunes upon Irom morning till night without let or hiudrar.ee; and il oie& md the rest of lhe inhabitants listened no doubt wi1 leal oi pleasure to the profane music without its cxCIt. ifcis? their consciences any extraordinary tumult. But beyof 0c-- lie bells send forth theii joyous sounds upou every P°'jtlC p)aCe" casion ol excitement, and vihenever a horse-racing ,a t'iey ring away with a continual gladness which kn°rUpleS" bouiuU. Whoever heard of the vicar's conscientious s .^al inder any of these circumstances'? But :be moment a ^|)lC|i paiiy proclaim then vows at another shiine than that a tbe ue offic iates, and ask to have the customary glad peal froT? C6 parish bells,—ihat ir, mient a sioim is raised in the COtisC of the virar which impels him to act in such a manner that je* "ne of his lay parishioneis thinks it not too piesumplUOUS to .Jj monsirate against sucn an outbreak of violent temper aIJd hsr5 d language. And who are the wedding party that have IhIS exlnbltlon of derIcle bile 1 Members of the highest ,r and connected with the fan ilv of the second functionary io L,, county, the Hii;h Shenff of Monmouthshire. Among TH6C° pany present upon the occasion were the heads of seve f county families of the first station, including the 'a(|L>p' Lord Granvilie Somerset, M.P. to ail of whom the illibeia' j|p luct of lhe vicar must have appeared coarse and m0st((|jj, tuned. We know something of Monmouth and we kno^ ihat though there may be Chartisis, Romanists, a. u^bi* senters" among the population, it is a town where the ,n tants generally display a very friendly disposition tow»r other, and where differences of sect and paity, thoug je0d» strongly marked, have a less baneful influence on priv^,e^j|| W ship and mutual respect than in most other places. ERVE^°( 'lie vicar of Monmouth's own fault if be does not bin,self that influence and respect in the town which e)l f" tMiri entitles him to but to secure this it would be aS aS him in future to be as tolerant towards his ncighbou.rs irflself, expfctsthem to be lesuectful and submissive towards gpiit Other clergymen in Monmouth have maintained S°?c|iiii<; J and have been respected and beloved by dissenters a" m. y men, and we see no reason why the Rev. Mr. Robe. Is ,91>° he equatly fortunate but the way to secure these ^^Lers ° by instituting ecclesiastical suiis against his Paris%,tf<*5' engaging in quarrels with a party of bell-ringers. Joa rnal.
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MaUTOCK.— A lew Uays since an at a small village not tweniy miles from 0i^V\e j through tho too prevalent and ridiculous cUS,oD^h°'s \i' I recourse to fortune tellers. The young l° gd I daughter of a neighbouring clergyman, was >" I tend lo the future destiny which the old sy ^ts I her was certain to be hers, however much sl'e ieit inclmpd to avoid such a connexion' f* [tiO0 0f a slone mason, also living in the same locality' ^e p rior io her in birth, parentage, and educaii00, r> a*1" a0 girl listened to the old hag with much a'|en b,ajne<J ft. ibe course of the next day the gay Lothario interview wiih his lady-love, made arraogen»e" js,9no ma, and forthwiih pioceeded en route TOR 11 gioCe B Jersey. We are informed that-they have n° 0j i,e?'d of' ,REHE1LSL0L>$I' Ihe Late Da hi no Burglary,— OF 'ast9ii^ one of the Burglars—In tbe YORKSHIRE- j 'ura'ay, we gave an account of a mosl (^rin°) (he t empre murder, which was con)nii'Ie^ err a fI' T a5 a flIl1 Sunday morning, at thehou-e of M'.Th°r,,i's )a ,i,a ^0 called [Jail Moor, near Skelion. On 1,ue- at bLi'tOP, namesl Joseph Mason, a labourer, residing Ma„ce 0 has beeri apprehended through lhe V,a ^a9 b'° Chalk, the superintendent of lhe ciiy P° iC 'ksQ-' a"ra up at York Casile, before VV. T. r>ucsb«ry». ^agi^is Laycock, Esq., two of lhe North R' ^cerned )0 ^0' charged wiih being one of lhe parlies c°^ j0{ ibe outrage. Mr. Anderson, solicitor, aPPear^or the de ^ecution, and Mr. Watson, the solictor, From the evidence it appeared that o" Ide -o" the burglary Mr. Carr arrived at York»a" g1ated he uon of one of tbe burglars, whose voice the Pr,S-r'P" wear lo. On Monday last Mr. Chalk tbe Mason, whose appearancecorrespon e and aS ,jiL1 uon uiven by Mr. Carr, to be appre lf.n eJ's VOICE' o" •s Mr. Carr and his son beard 'be 5erv»ot it once said "That is ibe man 1 ^ool1' Hearing lhe prisoner's voice, at once sai t bis & 1 ihat it was the voice he had heard on t e' n0tbifltf j t'ouse was broken into. The pns°ner JO tt>e ypffc" in his defence, and was fully comnii a5Jjze9. ■ « take his trial for th. offence at the nex