Monmouthshire Merlin

Jib-boom » 7°. CO?RESPC)NDENTS. he may j0 safely ^'S ^l0nesty> must g*ve his n^me, which but un2i?tfj°r*e^' Bobe," U written in the tenderest feeling, WyeSdl- V™ ° »e*W by it* length. The advert' °UT n6Xt' R°ss thoucrl**? f''0"1 4',e resP*ctable host of the Swan, at us till the lath*1*171^ ^P0** mark of the 14th, did not reach Cuerkotl%" YCg

S Ketoport, "ATURDAY, JANUAXIY 23, 1836. for of" '^e ^reign or domestic news of the week cal' for thef^r'a0d aPPears that the note of orthcoming assembly of tbe Commons engages ^DDo^f' a"ent'°n °f all classes at present. That the but Wh Wh°liave the confidence of the people, conw ° lSVe la,em an<* tact enough plausibly to assume eloquent")' ^°ct"nes» an<^> in well-guised and indeed, netel c to arr st general attention, if not ge. '■DU'hlii»'°n 6nce' by an assurance of conformity to the times W.lntsand w»shes and the altered spirit of the their'-MLc. ma^e an effort worthy of themselves and of moral T — that they will, despite of the servat' W^'C^ wholesale cashiering of the Con- the fl lVC 0rP0ratl0ns offers, proceed to a conflict on of ofT ^ar^antlenl for restoration to the emoluments rel w Ch' K °0W Cer*a't1, We are not disposed to quar- e one¡ for this; they have long, very long, fromtl the sweets of place; they have been driven enj°yncnts, and as we never argued for hu- n per ectibility^ but as we must take public men as ther are> an^ ever were> we are free to admit" that of ih r cause for every possible effort oo the part f to endeavour to again obtain a com- • j .° stri"gs of John Bull's purse,—the best sup- in'6 "v V6 WOr'^ but, in admitting this unhappy fail- g, w u st reasoning on human (^perfectibility, we ust ° serve that the people, the producing people, of by their own awakened energies^ ob- a'ne due political importance and station in the scale iUman existence, and having become well aware of the value and importance of an amended Constitution, will not tamely submit to have the direction of their affairs grasped by those whom they have cashiered more. than once forwhat shall we say;—oh i we have it, >n the langoage of D'lsraeli, the younger—for' ignorant stupefaction" to the necessities of the country.— By the voters of the country the question is to be an- swered, whether Sir Robert Peel and his party come; back to office or not. Those voters have already learned ;theietson that the most indispensible condition of the ■ laws in a free state, is the assent of those whose obedi- ence they require and for whose benefit alone they a»e designed. Tbe laws of Reform have been carried -by the resistIe$Sw-3pirit of the constituency of the -United Kingdom and that Constituency wilFbest ap- ^precjate &P*e laws, and sustain which myst accrue therefrom, by seeing that their Jle. presenutiv«s are up and doing" at the next ifteeting of Par^iatrient. Notwithstanding the language of some intense and extreme writers of the Metropolis who would argue that our boasted improvement was a chimera—a thing vouch talked of, but neither felt nor seen. We look upon the Reform Bill as the greatest and most valuable achievement ever won by Englisbmen :-and if carried out in the true spirit of discretion and fitmness-consistent with the fundamentally great institutions of this fine and favoured Country, will produce a change which will be an honour and an emancipation to the present age, and a glory and bless- ing to those who succeed us. We are assured that the general will is in favour of the principles of the present Government. The public approval is collected in their favour; for their measures the public pcwer is concen- trated, and against the probable attempt of the anti- Reformers, the impulse of the country would, we are assured, be- rapid, momentous, and consequential,

TOWN COUNCIL.—On Thursday evening, the New- port Council met at the Westgate Inn, and the attendance of members was again numerous. After the minutes of the last meeting were read, Mr. Oliver called attention to the subject of a motion which he had previously made, and which he was determined should not be got rid of by a side wind he meant the admission of the public to the Meeting of the Council, and he thought be was consulting the advantage of those who had thought him worthy of representing their interests, by strenuously pressing his motion, that the public should have every facility of ascertaining what their servants were doing. He hoped they were not going to r^ake the council like the little parliament that met for so many years at the King's Head, and had been acting unobserved by the public eye he would press his motion every night till car- ried. Mr. Edwards was for giving free access to the public, on all occasions when the Council were engaged in the dis- charge of public duties; he thought it but right and fair that they should know how their money was spent and he hoped that no objection would be made to the proposal. The Mayor considered that there was no necessity for dwelling on the subject with such warmth; when Mr. Oliver made the motion at a former meeting it was deliberately argued, jand then admitted by, he believed, a majority of the Council, that it was inexpedient to press it, as from the circumscribed limits of the room in which they met the public could not be accommodated. He considered the matter settled, until better accommodation was procured, and surely it would be an informality tonmew the question at present.— Mr. Frost said that this was not a Commons House of PWr liament, where a motion lost could not be revived during the same: session; it was, he conceived, competent in every member of the municipal council to renew a proposition which he deemed of public utility, night after night, and with the principle of this motion he so fully concuned, thst be (Mr. Frost) Should, in accordance with his sense of solemn duty, press for free and open liberty for the public to begre- sent at their proceedings. Mr. Frost read the 69th clause of the Municipal Reform Act, in support of his opinion* tha{ Mr. Corsbie believetf there was no valid objection to the a«K mission of the public, and as the principle was allowed,, and no (doubt the motien would be 'carried, perhaps it would be as well to appoint an ollieer to stand at the door and pre- vent the ingress of improper persons (hear, hear) and ihe thought it might be ventured as a suggestion that each mem- ber should have a number of tickets (say six) to distribute to his friends for admission, (Applause.) Mr. T. J. Phillips said he had bo hesitation in saying he was favourable to the presence of the public at their municipal proceedings Jhe was sure there was nothing in their conduct that honest men should be ashamed of, (hear,) and if he opposed the motion on the former occasion he did so from an apprehension that the public could not be accommodated in the room in which they met. If the motion were pressed he would give it his support. Mr. Batchelor thought the time of the meeting should hot be engrossed by a question which was merely one of order; for, as the .Mayor very properly remarked, the matter had been disposed of for the present by the resolutions of a former meeting.—The Mayor: Surely there appears no difficulty in this case, although much time is engaged in controversy upon it; it is a.mere question of order; and it is for you to consider, as men of business, whether you are to rescind your former resolution. (Hear, bear, hear). He would further say of himself, without the least fear of contradic- tion, that those who knew him best must be aware that he had no objection to the admission of the public. (Ap- plause.) It was. merely a question of order and convenience, and as he wished to preserve order, decorum, and consis- tency, he thought the motion before the meeting wns one for future coosideration. (Hear, hear.)-Mr. Wells considered Mr. Olive, quite m order, and he, for one, would request him o persevere in his motion—Mr. Gething w.s desirous that this matter should be disposed of, and made » motion to the effect that a resolution be entered on the book of the Council at the next meeting for the admission of the pub ir! and that regula ions be made a, the said meeting f £ such admission.— Ihis was duly seconded; and afW enssion at all sides of the house, the spirit of the motinn adopted.—Mr. Mullock begged leave io call the attention nf the meeting to the business of the evening. (I1 h"' r\ Mr. Frost asked the Mayor why certain reilutions handed in by him at the last meeting were not inserted in the sum. mouses 1 (the 13 resolutions alluded to in our last notice of the council meeting).—1 he Mayor said that he assured Mr Frost he intended no disrespect to him, or any other member of the Council, by not inserting such notices in the sum- monses; but, after giving them his most attentive consider- ation, he found that so extended series of proportions in volving such a variety of topics (in his opinion, many of them not strictly witlnn the cognizance of the Council) and upon which such diversity of opinion must exist, woul'd re- quire too wide a field for discussion consisiently with the dis- charge of the appropiiate duties of the Council, and he* therefore, did not insert them in the summonses. Mr. Latch then read over and commented upon the 13 resolutions which, being likely to become subjects of future debate and publicity, it is not now necessary to fully allude to thgnu Mr. Frost said that as the Mayor disclaimed any discourtts* be, without hesitation, assured him thai he had no intent^n of offering any disrespect to him (the Mayor) but .he asked him to do his duty, and he would now hand in the requisi- tion of 5 councilmen, to the effect that those notices be d9ly- inserted in the summonses for the next meeting. Mr. O^^n said, that before proceeding upon the recoiJllnendatioDof Gentlemen to the Secretary of S'ate as fit and proper perspns to fill the office of Magistrates for the Borough, he would move that the resolution entered upon the Books of the Council, for limiting the number of Magistrates to two be rescinded and that the recommendation be postponed to the next meeting. Mr. O'iver op^o^ed the proposition lie thought they should proceed to business now he was quite coot on the former evening, but lie was warm now— (laughter.)-he would not postpone. Mr. Frost said, that when Mr. Prothero was proposed by Mr. Owen, he opposed the recommendation, and he deemed it his duty to writelo the Secretary of State on the subject. His letter was to the effect that one of the provisions of the Corporation Act, the 102nd section, provided, that no clerk to the Justices shall be directly or indirectly entrusted or employed in the prose- cution of any oGender committed for.trial by the Justices of whom he shall be clerk. That if this principle were to be extended to the clerks of County Magistrates, it would he of great benefit to the public, as he thought it would soon reduce the county rates, at present enormous; and the letter went on to state that from the relative situations of Mr. Prothero, if a Magistrate, and Mi. Phillipe, his partner, a Town Clerk, he thought that the appointment of Mr. Prothero would be opposed to the principle of that excellent clause and that it would be highly gratifying to several members of the Council to have the opinion of his Lordship before the next meeting, (January 21.) Mr. Frost then read the following answer :— Whitehall, January 19, 1836. Sm-" I am diiected by Lord John Russell to infam you, in reply to your letter of the 18th iost., that the Secretary of State fcas thought it right to lay down the gene- ral rule not to recommend solicitors or attornies for the office of Justices of tbe Peace, under the provisions of the Munici- pal Corporation Act. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, J. Frost, Esq. JNO. PHlLLIPPg Mr. Bachelor, one of the gentlemep appointed on the Watch Committee, said that the Committee had not yet procured a place for meeting and for a police ofiv-e the ground offered by Mr. Oliver was certainly desirable, but they would request some time to consider before closing for it. Mr. Oliver agreed to give them nine or ten days, although a party from Bristol was disposed to treat with him for the ground Mr Edwards thought it was highly necessary they should have the ground mentioned, as it was a valuable situation ation. The Mayor read a letter from Mr. Buckingham, M.P. for Sheffield, on the nature of his claims for compensation for being arbitrarily driven from his station as proprietor of a newspaper in India. (See the Merlin of last week). The letter went on to state, that as one of the great objects of town councils was to give furtherance and weight to the ex. pression of public opinion, he (Mr. Luckingham) shonldfeel obliged to the mayor by his submiting to the council over which he presided, the subject of his claims,—claims which after having been allowed by a parliamentary^committee, had been subsequently rejected and disallowed by the Directors of the East India Company. The mayor said he had read petitions which had been adopted elsewhere, and he thought the subject worthy of the councils codsideration.—Adjourned NEWPORT FLOATING DOCK. We regret to learn from a Correspondent, that dissatisfaction prevails among the Labourers excavating the JSiew in consequence of the operation of the truck system and tbH., from other concomitant grievances, a majority of the men have proceed- ed to the Aberavon Dock Works, near Swansea, and scarcely 40 men were at labour on Thursday last. The subject of the truck shops, we understand, will lie brought betbrtthe House of Commons by Mr. Hume, at the meeting of Parlia- ment next Session the present Lews us to S truck system bein-4. in some respects, inoperative. An unfortunate wig} to beiiig a Publican, it appears has l>een for once a 'whilst under the inSuence of the w of the sparkling blue- eyed Sei.iele," as Leigh Hunt poetically terms the rosy god; of the Tuscan grape, being In the pursuit of feminine felicity" in the classic regions of F, Jar s. Fields, liad three five pound notes, and various sovereigns extracted from his pouch by the nimble fingers of a frail one, vittom the Argus- eyed Policeman reports io be hoa r.-i Another robbery from the person 01 ? C^erieon Agriculturist who, under like circumstances, 1101 u!se'3,> but alae; too dearly," of a large snip, v.ys cue1'ic*1 on ftio,her evening in the past week. We hope uiat <sneniion of our new Municipality will be s^ediiy direc.ed to/he s.-ou.ing and cleansing' of this truly Augean stable, o! Us impurities, and we o,1ine that the bats in quo, ins'ead o. oeing termed the fieid of the Friars, should c'lan^e its cognomen to the .ieid-of CY^RD,K, OF BFA UF 'NR.—The colonelcy of the Royal ftJom.mcdisbiie VJiliiia, which became va('ant by the death of toe Duke of Beaufo l, will, k is expected, be ton- ferred on the prese-u Di Ue, who, as Marquis o. Worcester, served through the Peninsular war, and who. is at present a major in the service.— Belt's Messenger* The following Town Clerks have been appointed o since the operation of liie Municipal Corporation Act Monmouth, T. A. Williams Swanrfw. f. ihomas con, W. Churchey J. Heretoitf, Richard Johnson Gloucesier, H. a,,on 5 Carnarvoii, R. A.Poole; Bath, Mr,'Geoi^e Worcester, S. Sidebot- torn Liverpool, Mr. RadcliiVe. l' MONMOUTH.—COACU ACCIDENT.—Yesieroay week, as the Paul Pry was leaving ibis town .or London, whilst t, passing through Chutcu sHeet, it came in icooiact with; a wa«'on which was standing against tne t,ell inn, and from tlie°violence with which it struck, the splinter-bar, pole, were broken to atoms, and two gentlemen were throw,, inlo the waggon, and a child into a butcher s shop. The horsk, beta" released fro..) their load, set o^, at rull speed, dra-gi^o the coachman, who till then had firmly hut with di,iicully retained his hoi of them, to the uioiind. It fortunately hat> pened that the hind pa<t ol ihe coach became j >mn»ed P'.air^t Mr. Syner's shop, or it must have ovei turned, and the'con- sequences have beert' serious. A s it was, we believe nothiiiw beyond a few bruises weie the ^wuequences, beside the d|- mage to the coach. The horses w«»e caught a s'nort distani'e from the p'ace where the accident occurred, and a fresh vem- cle having been procured the journey was resumed, after half an hour's delay. It is really attooLishing thai coaches pate this dede without mote frequent w c'deius. ceiwe' undec,,toiid thai the followiiig persons have re- ceived their apj«oi.itments as policemen of the borough 6; Mom.iouth William Fuller", Serjeant \Yilliam Wa. liams, Vvtlliam Evans, — Evans, and JOil? Watkins, Pri- vates. fuller, as Serjeant, io leceive 20s per week, and the Privates 14s per week, besides elodiing for the whole force. The old offices of Town Gaoler, Mace Bearer, Beadles, as well as attendance on Sessions, Jvry ROOM, Fails, kc., ate of course abolished under the new system. 1. • FTIT N T N F I mr PUT M > »II ■ ■UMAI, I nesday kit, this delightful entertamsient.conceming whi» so many pleasing anticipations had been for somelphe iloa ing in-our little fashionable world, took plaoe and passed of with decided and brilliant success, adding another io the me mfoable events of gaiety, for which theapirited townofAher gavenny is celebrated, liie numerous and fashionable ar rivals commenced before ten o'clock, and by eleven the ba '■ room presented a scene which has, perhaps, been seldon i equalled in a provincial town, and it-is certainly not to much to say, that, for the presence (tfbeawty, robed in t decorations of refined taste, the Abergavenny Fancy Dfeu Ball might compete with the most recherche of metropolitai assemblies indeed the admiring eye was presented »tU> ofaj jects dangerous to be remembered, yet dirticult to be forgatte^ Amongst a circle of about 130, we noticed Mr. H*H, MJS and Mrs. Hall, of I&B»ver Mr. Guest, MJP,, and JtaS: Charlotte Guest; Mr. Williams, M.P., of Llangibby Castl«1 [ Mr. Bailey, M.P.; Mr. Bailey, jun. and the, two Bailey, of Glanusk Pirk Mr. Jones and Lady, of Clyth^: Miss Jones; Messrs/ Philip and Wyburn Jones; M.anF Madame Rio; Mr. And Mrs. Yaaghan, of Courtfield Nicholl and Miss Nicholl.: Mr. and Mrs. Roll*, of tt$ Hendre; Mr. and Mrs. Scudamore, of Kentchurch; Little, of Lansanfiiied Park, and party Mr. and Mr. Cart. and Miss Jenkins^ Mr. Crawshaw Bailey Mr. and Aint' Morgan of Ty Maur; Mrs. Bateman and daughters, Miss Curr of Itton Mr. Needham Mr. Toye, and Toye; Miss Oakley and Mr. Oakley, jun., of Lydart; ]V|T Davies, of Crickhowell, and two sons; Mr. Phillips, 5 Newport; Lord Glentworth; Mr. Gisborne, of lirynderry s Captains Scott and Fuller, and officers from Brecon, in ih^it regimentals; Mr. Jenkins and Sons, of Beachley; and ses veral ladies and gentlemen from the neighbourhoods itf Abergavenny, Monmouth, Usk, Crickhowell, &c. &c. Dancing commenced shortly after eleven o'cloik,.when was ioy and splendour. Quadrilles, waltzes, French wS- Spanish dances, were kept in spirited pace to the fine CfHHp tenham band ;-even the winter's night wore away too r-, pidly, and the sun began to break through the clouds bfoiv the ball was terminated. The most distinguished of ihos* who appeared in fancy dresses were—Mrs. Hal), as a pe^ sant of Salamanca a fair Circassian had never a motij; charming representative than Miss Nicholl, of Usk; Mi^L Jenkins walked in the majesty of beauty, as Mary Queen of Scotts Mrs. Jones, of Clyth?, appeared io an elegant ItfE lian costume Mrs. Carr appeared as the lovely An-ia leyne; Mrs. Scudamore was uabiied i>.s aBetooe'-e; Mt^'j Vaughan and Mr*. Rolls attraiied very tenetal ad.iiiraiio^: as French peasants and the daughters oi Mr. Baitey, personated Swiss peasants, in correct iaste. Mr, Mall, Mr. Guest, M.P., Mr. Williams, M.P., of Llangibby, MMS Jones, of Clytha, and Mr., C. Bailey, wore military u»3j5 forms. The slewanls, Mr. Vaughari and Mr. Rolls, weuE splendidly and characteiistically dressei1 i'ue lornier as Grecian, and the latter as Charles Duke of liuignndyv Needham supported ihe character of an old English ^lUlemfc* admirably; Mr. Bailey, jun., was correcily habited a & Tnrk Mr. Scudamore boi-e well the .chancier of p. man of the olden time Mr. Wyburn Jones, a rich 't'u'rktj! ish ;dress; Lord Glentworth appealed, first, as a Trukisb' Chief, and, subsequently, as a General O/Scer—his tlan^/ urbane manners and pohleness were the subject of praise,1 It would be impossible, in the limits of a haslily-writteq paragraph, to particutaritethe characters: all were respect^ able, and more than we have enumerated;—excellent, predominant costumes were Scotch and Swiss, which ador^f^ many whose names we could not ascertain. 'Ihe b*ll>ro<jrat was decorated with rich festoons, bouquets, and garlands, evergreens and winter flowers. The supper^table was weft,. furnished, and the arrangements generally did credit to t6^. Angel. The entertainment is highly talked of; and some' 9 will remember the occasion with feelings of pleasure-, Though fate command them to the farthest verge Of tht: gn-etl earth, to distant, barb f«t)t cltuies." On Sunday morning last, the house of Jacob WvLtki Cwmyry, near Abergavenny, was broken into by some despe- radoes, who succeeded in carrying off a gun, bacon, and other property. A man named James Morgan, of .Nantyglo,j and a woman have been apprehended on suspicion. j. DEATH BV DROWNING.—On Ihursday night, a poor old! man, who used to carry a basket with small articles for sale,' fell into the river, just below I'sk on Friday morning he was taken out and conveyed to the Bell public-home, at Lanbadock, to await the coroner's inquest. His name and re-1 sidence are not known. He was for years a horse jockey. Perhaps his friends may hear of his untimely death by being- informed that he was generally called Sam, the Horse Jockey," and supposed to be from the town of Ross, or near it. It is to be hoped that the death of this unfortunate indi- vidual will induce the authorities to make a better protection from the river Usk, fiom Lanbadock up to the town. MAD Doo.-A large black dog which had only been two mouths in the possession of Mr. Those Williams, shoemaker, Lantrissent, near Usk, ran off on Sunday, the 10th instant, and did not return till the Thursday following, when one of the family discovered that symptoms of hydrophobia applied. and before he could secure him, he had bitten a grandson of Mr. Williams's in the chest, twe cows, a"^ t"0 .P^.s' .the dog was then secured and chained up, and 1kep t ti IIMonday morning, when he shewed evident proofof the malady by bitting himself and every thing within his reach he was then shot. The little boy underwent immersion at ]N ewport. The cattle and pigs are left to the simple notion of a charm from a cow-leach. It is to be hoped all person. ln the neizhhouihood will immediately safely confine their dogs, as the annimal mllst have done great damage, having been at large in that stale four days. SWANSEA.—A meeting of the parishioners of this town ..as held at the Town-hall, on Thursday last, Dr. Hew- so n, the Vicar, in the chair, to consider the propriety of rais- in a fund for providing a fire engine, in addition to the one already in the town, belonging to the Jvorwich Union l< »re O iice. It was unanimously agreed that the vestry clerk be directed to apply to the respective agents of fire insurance offices to coo tribute to a fund for the purpose of purchasing a good and effective fire engine; and that another meeting be called to receive the supplies. S\iA .SEA PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION. -On Friday, tbe Cth instant, a concluding lectuie on the eye of tiJen, and those animals in which thai organ somewhat resembled lum, wa, delivered at the Philosophical Institution by G. G. Bird, F.s" senior surgeon io our Infiimaiy. The subject oeino one of considerable interest, attracted a numerous audience; the demonstrative points were illusttated by dia- grai,>s and some beautiful wax models, by Schlop. of London, which were well calculated io do justice to the subject; and the supporters of the institution have, every leason to congra tolnie themselves on the auspicious commencement of the session, both in the able lecture delivered, and the future prospect before them. IRON ORE.—The Inhabitants of Dunster, Minehead, TimWrcombe, and WooUen Courtney, are much benefitted by the distovery of some very vatuabte red ifon ore. Mr. C.awshay, of Meithyr, has become the purchaser, by which, means many labourers are employed, besides an imroen»« number of cartá to convey it to Minehead, to be shipped for Car .I i — (JOIIMTTHCN IS TO MONMOUTH COCNTV G AOL.—vTnn. 15. T V it tiny* fi nils, oy W;Hia..i Powell, Oerk, tor a. .pcoirfissory noie of ii>e Vf lite of .:5, the property of Edward PovveU. And on the same day, by the same Magistrate, Yr'.i-iuc!,ed Jomes, for want of sureties for her personal «p- peatarn-e to give evidence against the above named William W?n«, ;or tetony. Sumroa-y of debtors a fid prisoners at present confined in Mo i., oi.ih Cou-»»y gaofi:—'Debtors, 15; prisoners under se<»ence, ? ifial «i-tt»e assizes, 3 total 40. COSIMITMEWIB TO USK HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—Jan. 9th, Tames Griffin, by Joseph Lakh, Esq., Mayor of jSewport, c-Mrged with stealing, in tne pariNh of M. uollus, a vvutch a.id ^ive spoons, the property of yV illiar,. Tinklin.—Same day, Kdim.d fthain, by nie sai?ie i.iagistiate, t harged witli stealing a plane, the property of 'Thomas Milt-hell, of the same .jo-ough.—13th, Cct*arine Net-den, by Octavius Mor- gan, Esq., and James Coles, Clerk, for want of sureties, cltarged wiih using'vio'ent threats towar;ls William Merrett Townseii'1-, of the parish of Si.Voollos.— 15th, Jomes Turner, >"»' J. Wne Gabb and Je'an Irving, Clerks, and Thomas Reece, ijso., for disobeying an order of bastardy thiee '.tombs' hard labour, or pay £ 2.— 16ih, Edvyird Bartholo- inew Thomas, by Richard A. Jvoberls, Clerk, convicted of ■oeing an idle and disorderly person in the parish of Christ- church one month's Imrd bbour.

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Meilin. Srm,—In an inauspicions moment, when I was brooding ever the misery of not being able to inflict a church-rate qn ^chnrph. a <Bf the intelligence that some strong expressions, caused by: misunderstanding in one of their societies, had been made in their pulpit. This afforded me an opportunity of discharg- ing, not a little of my aceumulated bile, and led me to indite the rhapsody signed Candor," in your paper of last week. On coming, to myself, it appeared to rtiy better judgment, that my publication was uncalled tot 4hat it was written under the influence of bad feeling, and ill calculated to do any good. It is clear, I had nothing to do with disputes among dissenters, and that I should have been better em- ployed in controlling my own ill-regulated mind, and endea- vouring to Xiify, by a consistency of conduct, the members of the church to which I piofess to belong—Here, I confess, is au ample field ofr rftf exertion and, under this impres- sion I vXnture to s'Sbscribe rtiyself a better man than when I most incorrectly assamed the signature of CANDOR." THIS BOROUGH. To the Editor of the Morwiouthshire Merlin. Bntertairiinrtlis opinion dwi » is the duty of eveTy good; ciS^3favo,by all means _to promotecomlort. and weLVira oi others, her ie lo w-citizens in particular, I indwc^ Mr Editor, through die 'aediuraoi your truly twe-; fid columns to call die cttenUon oi th^ powers ti'irv be,' tor one ortwo iings connected tnaUns our proraiang- iowuox' v/bich I. in common witn many more, f-eem co be in uoi^so I feel assured that no apoW wilFbe necessary, because as restuents m the town, Mr. Editor, our interest und our auties m tins respect are sir.iiiar ir not equal; a.id because, too, I know that you eel the-liveliest interest in whatever relates to the prosperity oi"; tile town^td the comfort of its inhabitants. Well now sir, what I wish to call immediate attention to is tlie exce dinaly had, tire dirty, Jdtny state of the roads i)> the trum nariicularly Comniercial:street and Coiamc-rciai- Salutation io PilWull* -is called. I on not knovv exactly ox whom I oustht to complain, but iher- wme where. I am told thai, there is ar Act-x x avliament relating to the roar's in the town, £ .n<l Uir.t fho.trustees or com^sioners, o.- their surveyors, should receive tne olame. N ow, Mr. Editor I do not doubtif those gentlemen vere aware or die. real state of things, they woiu.i, upon recemng a susr^estion from you, r.t once apply themselves co rtmeuy uie m^cnie,. Who W maybe, m«5 whaflif ra .<«ct t,iey possess Ue re- quisite powef tiiJder die said Act of Parharaei^t, I positively do not Ur, and I tnnst, therefore, content myseL at present by sratinS fea coaiidaint, ana ihu eW to; '•o, on the ground thai I ap1- »ior, >ioin^ to i>ili<v.enil;; the evening, 1 *ouau mat uw iootpata w?3 obsttt'Cted by sfcveral great" heaps o* stone .#?i. ot^er ouilo,: ing materials, and bemg unfortunately snort-sighed, snd there beiit", as you are possibly aware, no public tights w :Jhat peir'hWhood, I fafl^ to perceive tne impeuiaients to jlnr safb .>Mress until by fvfelse step I was. to my greaccon-- »ternution and no smr.ll annoyance, thrown Oxi aL ioujrs fonontrst them. To avoid the repetition, X)i su<^» a catafr-c f^^ibe, I tlien tried, the carriage v;ay, yhcre I foejaa myself- fiEte deep in a slippery compound oi' lima jiml sanA tX every* sfep I took. Pray do, Mr. Editor, say something to the trus* fees c.bout the business; Mid if tliey are unaole or unwilling I ^interfere, I hops you will icettlie Town Council to take it- Iq»te sure i;liey may be worse employed. There is, sir, another subject to which. I beg leave to cut your attention-the nprieg of the streets and ways mthe town, and the numbers of the houses in the streets. 1 sure, Mr. Editor, this is a suhjecí; upon which I may safely appeal to your own experience in proof oi the •nconveraence> and uiiiicuitv to which all strangers are expose*. ior vant or B.»ese useful accessories to personal inquirers. 1 -us oug«> io be it iff reiw; and so it is in every well-regulated town. T,c-t us hor>2 it will soon be so here. In •'f gai-d to tlie s'um- he rs oi* the Uou^es especially, I htveiieard coi-.iplai^ts lnnn- Jwerahle aitd 'i -?«(tve mtseK wasted r»xuch time (4»m. b»»je,- Mr. Editor is vaM-.Me to every oodv) in enacavmirs to dis- cover the residences of jjklividi > t ls regarrb>i{t,WiHfii I should. haveiiad m difuculiT. were die practice ot numbering the houses adopt ed. If you will b? so good as to meimon this to the gentlemen of the Town Council, they will. 1 "are no doubt, if only in courtesy to you. devise a means to tvmeay this grievance. Indeed, 1 should tiunk tney mignt .urke f. bye-Ia\ for this purpose. ik> you not- ihint so, too, Air. ^I wis going to sar e. few words about an efneieni body of mghi waulvvtn. or police constables, bot as I perceive by the M>rl „ tfiat this is a subject under consideration by die Town Council, I will only express my hope that some gdod plan for proving the peace of die town may speedily be adontel PM^y r time, Mr. Editor, have I been awoke l,iany oil: them inere through the streets, cursing tnemselves, j each other, till the very echo repeated uie nvjsance I irust t>Uch misdoings will not frequently again • -| Should these hints and observations procuce v result, I shall probably again become your P .J* ■ypon some other topics connected with t locality. J\Ieanwhile I am, Mr. Ecutor, A FRIEND 110 IMPROVEMENT. Newport, 22d January, 1836. fWe shall have the honour of forwarding a copy ot the above to the Council of Newport.]

Intelligente. NEWPORT. List of Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending the 21st of January. blwards.-Bon Pasteur, Pilard Marie Vincent, Talibont, from Brest; Vansittart, Downe from Honfleur, in ballast; Mary, Holteo Emerald, Holten, with iron ore; Jane, Jones, with slates; John, Newman, with porter, &c.; Susan, Hooper; Rover, Berry; Unanimity, Rollins, with malt; Morwelham, Coleman; Ant, Morgan; Peggy, Hughes; Fame, Tullock; Industry, Thomas, with grain; Friends, ijrimlet; Prudence, Goodin; Victory, Hiscox; Charles, Howe Rose, M'Roon Evans, Friendship; Olman, Perse- verance, Richards Newport Trader, Jackson, with flour; Victoria, Hodge; Swayne, Jenkins, with pigs; Phoenix, Baston, with block tin Elizabeth and Ann, Beynon Hope, Tasker; Robert, Clampit; John and Eleanor, Corbett; Tre- degar, Harwood; Caerleon, Harwood, jun.; Mary, Parker; Swift, Richards; Moderator, Johns; George, Johns; Bris- tol Packet, Scott, with sundries. ■. Outwards.-Briton, Lewis, for Ostend, with iron Julie, Sheldwach, for Marseilles, with coal; Martha, Evans, for Dunkirk with iron; Amanda, BatlaDd, for Toulon, with coal; Mary, Holten, for Jersey Bon Pastuer, Pilard, for Dunkirk, with iron; Astrea, Hutton; Robert, Clampit; Hope, Webborn; John and Edward, Melhuith; Ant, Morgan- Wye, Fleet; Dennis Carthy, Conner; Bristol Packet, 'Coombs Fame, Lowther Blossom, Simpson Jane, Jones; Lively, Geach; Hopewell, Jones; Welling- ton, Owens; Fame, Nelson Eliza, Richards; Hope, Tasker; Cornubia, Harhroll; Henrietta, Jones Joseph and Fanny, Lobbett; Eudora, Addison; Resolution. Penhey; Integrity, Anning; Elizabeth, Lewis; Susan and Ellen, Roberts Catherine, Evans; Vansittart, Downe; Lydia, Williams AVave, Oliver, with iron and tin plates Tredfegar, Harwood; Caerleon, Harwood, jun.; Mary. Parker; Swift, Richards; Moderator, Johns; George, Johns; Bristol Packet, Scott, with sundries; about 200 with coal. CARDIFF. L &t of Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending the 19th of January. Foreign Reported Inwards.—Baltic, Laverick, from Hou- fleur, in ballast.-Ditto Entered Outwards.Harmony, Ma- thewson, for Psdemoe; Sarah, .Willis, for Viano.—liitut (Cleared Outwards.—Providence, Way, for Oporto, with iron- n^as/er« Inwards.—Fanny, Sando, from Minehead, with iron-ore; Elizabeth, Posse.t, from Gloucester, with fruit; Dart, Owens, from Whitehaven, with iron ore Mary Ann, Jones, from Aberavon, with oats Triton, Cormack Indus- trious, Davies; Rochdale, Irvin; New Minerva, Brough; and Robert Lovely, Boyce, from Whitehaven, with iron ore; Eleanor and Grace, Perter, from Waterford, with flour and oats; Hero, Thomas, from Ulverstone, with iron ore; Excel, Parry; and Four Brothers, Jones, from Portmadoc, with slates; Moleskin, Pond, from Waterford, with flour; Jane, Davies, from Aberthaw, with stones Friends, Gambet, from Watciiet, with flour; Lark, Desdawell, from Bristol, with fruit; Friends, Brabine, from Carmarthen, with oats Velox, James and Henry, Mills, from Bristol, with iron ore Ve- nus, Gulliford, from Bridgwater, with bricks; Amity, Ro- gers, from Bristol, with sundries; Caroline, Stone, from Waterford, with sundries; Rose, Ellis, from Fowey, with iron ore; Friends, Sully, from Bridgwater, with sundries; Fanny, Pulsford and Tredegar, Lucas, from Minehead, with iron ore; Resolution, Harris, from Dublin, with sun- dries Bute, Walters, from Bristol, with sundries; Gleaner, Griffin, from Gloucester, with sundries William, Williams, frorri Newry, with oats Briton, Thomas, from Whitehaven, with iron ore; Good Intent, Pill, from Fowey. with iron ore Nancy, Driscoll, from Youghal, with pigs Lady Charlotte (steamer) Parfitt, from Bristol, with sundries; 37 vessels in ballast. Coasters Olltrvaryi,Ocean, Owens, for Dundalk, with iron -and bark; Friends, Davies, for Bristol, with sundries; Mary, Hooper, for Bristol, with iron; Merthyr Packet, Vaughan, for Bristol, with sundries; Victoria, Evans; Wakefield, Wilson ) and Prince Leopold, Carren, for Liver- pool, with iron; Mary, Owens, for Dublin, with sundries; Culloden, Davies, for Dublin, with iron; East Cornewall, Pearce and Earl Ba'hurst, Smith, for London, with iron Robert, Clampet, for Newport, with sundries; John and Robert, Mitchell, for Glasgow, with iron; Friends, Gimblet, for Newport, with sundries; St. George, Pool, for Maryport, with timber and iron 20 vessels with coal. BRISTOL. Arrived, Jan. 19.—The Sarah, Thomas, from Greenock Kitty, James, from Solva Mary, Hooper, from Cardiff; Ann and Elizabeth, Evans, from Aberthaw Lidney Trader, Knight, from Lidney Carleon, Headford, from Bridgwater; Brothers, Bryant; Brothers, Hipwood and Union, Pugh from Gloucester Eleanor, Southwood Vigilant, Hook; Newnham, Rowles; William and Jane, David; andGeorge, Johns; from Newport. Sailed, Jan. 19.—The Ann, Gillard, for Exeter; Bromp- ton, Willinger, for Newcastle Eliza, Jenkins; George and Henry, Chard for Newport. Star (B.) Rees for Dabhn.— City of Bristol (s.) Hyde, for Cork Mermaid (s) Bailey, for Waterford Benledi (s) Matthews, for Haverfordwest. Wind E. fine. PILL. Arrived, Jan. 19.-The Picton, Davies, from Aberthaw Carleon, Davis, from Bridgwater Sarah, Thomas, from Glasgow Kitty, James, from Milford Experiment, Fish- wick, from Bideford Sisters, Williams, from Ilfracombe John, Harding, from Plymouth. Wind E. moderate. LYDNEY. I.irt of Arriv-nl* Sailiy for the week wdisg As 30th of Arrived.—Lydney Trader, Knight, from Bristol, with foreign and British goods; Robert and Ann, Ridler; and Sisters, Knapp, from Newport, with coal. Cleared Out.—Friends, Collins, for Cork Happy Return, Taverner; Princess, Longney; Brothers, Hall; Trotter, Fryer; Hope, Hawkins; Fanny, Allen and Vine, Evans, tor Bristol; Bransby, Prout; Ann, Lewis; Jane, Nurse; Blessing, Duddridge Newport, Probert; Hopewell, Wash- bourn William and Susan, Bryant; William,: Smith Taunton, Furney; Galley, Storey; and Margaret, Headford, for Bridgwater; Sisters, Bray Brothers, Quinton; and Mary, Hathaway, for Chepstow, with coal; Lydney Trader, Knight, for Bristol, with barley and sundry British goods Ann and Maria, Lewis, for Swansea, with British goods; Blucher, Warren, for Tenby, with coal and British goods. LIVERPOOL. Arrived, fan. 18.—The Ellen Jeakinson, Irving, from Lis- bon Tyro, Tray, from Cadiz; Mary Howland, Aikin, from Savannah Rival, Whinfield, from Maranham; Florence, Smith, from Natchez; Johanna, Feiiwick, from Jacobstadt; Werayss, Wyer, from Cadiz Ellen, Sheil, from Wexford Hero, Madred, from Newry Hannah and Mary Tweedie, from Miltown; Alice, Brown, from the Isle of Man; Tho- mas, Irving, from Carlisle; Lion,Goodsman, from Glasgow Sisters, Proctor, from Derddon Lively, Whittle, from Newry Endeavour, from Lancaster Freedom, Cumming, from Barrow: Ruby, Hoy, from Greennock Lady of the Lake, Kermode, from the Isle of Man, and Highfield, Brown, from Dublin. Entered for loading.-The Thomas Carty, Kelly, for Bar- badoes; May, Syms, for Bombay; Heywood. Jones, for Canton Letitia, Williamson, for Charente and Malta Le- veret, Ditcham, for Leghorn; Porcia, Sprout, for Marseilles Nautilus, Parker, for Nova Scotia Lady Stormont, Minu, for Rio Janeiro Bromley, Brown, for Vfcnnice and Ancona; and Hercules, Hillstroen, for Elsineur. Cleared Outwards, Jan. 18.—The Louisa. Myler, for Ark- low. George the Fourth, Parsons, for Newry. Victory, Roberts, for Cork. Industry, Parry, for Holyhead. Betsey, Bence, for London. Widdington, Reid, for Hull. Delight, Tyson, for Ulverston. Arrow, Hall, for Bristol. Eagle, Williams, for Barmouth. Waltar, Johnson, for Carnarvon. Friend. Goodwill, Padstow. Williams, Hughes, for Chester. New Fame, Wright, for Ulverstone. Manchester, Crawford City of Glasgow, Ewing for Glasgow. Sarah, Abbett, for London. Commerce, Batty, for Dublin. Smyrna, Shennan, i for Killybegs. Duke of Clarence, Bannatyne, for Killala.- gr i John Rigby, Roose, for Almwch. Cleared outwards.—The Mersey, Taylor, for Jamaica; Perseverance, for Greneda Sarah, Sinclair, for Savannah ■St. Autonia iiko, Verra, for Lisbon; Orion, Roberts, for Trieste and Letitia, Williamson, for Charente. Sailed.-None.. Telegraphed.—Wind N. W. High water 1 minute past 11 U-M. Off this port, the Gertrude, putting back. Wind, N.W. WATERFORD. Arrived, Jan. 16.—The Timandra, Siickney, from St. John's, N. B. in twenty-nine days, for orders. 17, Emma, jAUen, from Portsmouth. Hailed, Jan. 16.—The Princess Royal, Jenkins, for Cork, from Liverpool. Jane Gordon, Wilson, for Cork, from Ay Sallar, Shaw, for Cork. William, Pen. <) Keay. Liver*. pooL 17, Cornwallis, Green, for Newport. Hippocampi; Vaughan, for Cardiff. Melantho, Toole, Jbf CaraflK Wil- liam and Tom, Murphy Queen, Howe; for London. Diana, jLloyd, for Liverpool. Bee, Daniel, for Milford. Killarney, (s.) Bailey, for Bristol. Jan. n.-Wind, N.W.

W WHUP'~4i? wSewid" intelligent CLERK, who sinessofan A J*°° ,an £ » aQd understands the general bu- anciue and rnr_ ^T3 Office, particularly in the Convey- who cannot ail!?m0n departments. No one need apply ability SNKR;„« E JATISFACTORY testimonials of integrity, AnnlC .• y* assiduity. CROFT aSoltu„ (if by letter, post paid) to Mr# ^J^jPontypooL—Pontypool, Jan. 7th, 1836.

ZATBST 2NTEX.LXGSVCS. LONDON, THURSDAY Evkmtr*. PAUlS. MONDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.Extract of a letter from a volunteer correspondent: As I told you in my last letter, M. le Due de Broglie has persisted in asking the dismissal of M. Humana. The King consented to this dis- missal yesterday morning, and the resignation offered by the Minister of Finance was accepted. Overtures were imme- diately made to M. Sauzet, to whom the Trade Department was offered. M. Thiers was intrusted by the Duke de Broglie to bring forward this negociation. It is reported that M. Sauzet expressed his gratitude for the proposition made to him, and his wish to be a member of the Cabinet, provided that M. Passy, his friend, would enter the Cabinet with him. Had M. Sauaet accepted the Trade Department, M. leComte Duchatel would have been called to the Finances. As it was necessary that the Cabinet should be completed for the sitting of this day in the House, where explanations were to be asked of the Ministers, the Duke de Broglie called upon the Comte d' Argont, Governor of the Bank, and formerly member of the Cabinet for the Trade and Home Depart. ments. M. d'Argout immediately accepted; and yesterday, at ten in the evening, he gave his oath to the King, and as- sisted at the Cabinet Council which was held in the Tuiileries. My opinion is that this appointment is pnly ad interim, and that during this session M. Passy and M. Sauset will be called into the Cabinet."—London Paper. The resignation of M. Humann, being considered decisive of the question of delaying the reduction of the .French. Five per Cents, for an indiefinite period, has given ah im(>i)UeJ>oth to the French and British securities. Consols hafe thr* morning, «n the commencement, improved a quarter per cent., the quotation for the Account beings a| this hQur, 91 J, and for M6ney Ql £ Exchequer Bitts remain without altera- lion at 17 19, and India Bonds 3 5 pm. The advance in Fives has very little increased the amount of business trans- acted. The foreign market has undergone little change, buMll the securities in which business has been lately doing, continue firm. There has, indeed, been an improvement in Spanish and Portuguese Bonds to a small extent; the Active Stock of the former being this morning 50 to 5Qi, the Five pee Cents, of the latter 84J, and the Threes 544. Dutch Stock has also advanced the Five per Cents, to 103$, and the Two.and-a- half to 55!. The transatlantic Securities have undergone no change to require notice, there being nothing in the recent accounts to JUStlry the eXpectation that the governments of fh/naaidat\nn f s have. ser»ously turned their attention to thehqu.dat.onof any portion of the dividends. lators, and there^as^bfee^a jj^n/^Vourite arena.°* fespecu- vesterdav to + Drem-" lD' amon8st others, which declined rr^teZV;hU b« thi, moioiog al f, »htct ""M ™'iirSmTw wUb11.8,. "■ 0f that day, announces the SL S „ °the- Pan? Jour^ in the following official fornT^l nunutenal squabble Louis Philippe, &c.YlweRh^NC^ • Article 1. The Connt ordained as follows :— named Minister Secretary of sJw*' ^eer of France' is Finance, in the room of M trl. lhe Department of accepted. whose resignation is "Article 2. Our Prp«i^, i ■ with the execution of the present Council » charged Jan. 18, 1836." P ord,t»ance. s T „ i3.We believe that there is at least more PARIS, J • • • nQl ^mething else, in what has b6en exaggeraUon,ein ious q( Duke of Qrl aassured, on the contrary, that the marriage of the t Lrv seriously contemplated. The princess spoken PrnCfhi dauchter of Donna Maria Charlotte, consort of the ? r t Francis de Paula, and sister of Queen Christina. Thfs Joune princess is fourteen years of age. It is said that k l irome to Paris in a few months with her mother, and fk*#Till marriage will take place in a year. that the hart^ an English diplomatist, has arrived at Pans u-' to Constantinople. It is said that he is the bearer of important despatches for the English Ambassador in Tur- ke^he Aleesiras, Triton, Nestor, and Scipion, of the line, i ihe Artemise frigate, now at Toulon, have received, as we are assured, orders to be ready to put to sea at the short- "Vnostcript to the Ammician of the 14th, says" A tele- aohic dispatch of tbe 13th announces, that Admiral Mackau f inat left Paris, and that on his arrival at Brest, the Ju- niterYon board of which he will hoist his flag); the Terpsi- ihore and the Oreste, will put to sea. They wilt be fol- lowed' in a week by the Jena and Sante Petri of the fine, and by the Hermione frigate." BRUSSELS, JAN;. 19. In the Chamber of Representatives yesterday, there was presented, among others, an analysis of a petition ftpm the proprietors of the forests of Ash, in the district of Louvain, asking for an augmentation of the import duty on Ash tim- ber from the north of Europe, and likewise of a petition from the tanners of Namur, supported by the Chamber Of Com- merce of that city, desiring a commercial treaty with France, or, if that cannot be effected, the accession of Belgiunj to the German commercial union.—The Chamber afterwards con- tinued the general discussion of the budget of the Minister of War, which was not closed till after a very long debate. The discussion of the aiticles was then closed>-lhe Moniteur contains a Royal Ordinance, the object of which is to prevent accidents at the places where the iron r^i^roads. cross the ordinary roads, canals, or rivers. Pertoiw<» f'>ot or on kinds are noM«T*o^a along the roads, in sight of the tnuns drawn by steain engines, till the latter have passed. They are to let the train pass, and remain at the distance of ten yards. The masters of ships, vessels, and boats of all kinds must anchor or stop at the distaoce of 100 yards from the bridge which he wants to have opened, and cannot proceed till be receives permis- sion from the bridge-keeper, who is to let him pass as soon as the train is gone by. The Merchants of New York have already sent large orders to Europe to make up for the loss of those destroyed by fire. Among other orders given in Belgium, is one for 7 000 chests of window glass, which ten manufactories cf the district of Charleroy are to deliver at the beginning of February next.—Uumal du Commerce d' Anvers, 20th Jan. The Lord Chancellor was present at the cabinet dinner given last evening by Viscount Melbourne at his residence in South-street.

SPOTTING. The F. D. H. Hounds :Mr. Carr's) will meet on Monday, Jan. 25th ..Ayfesmore Lodge. Thursday, 28th. i». Tlfe Kennel. Each day at Ten o'clock. 00 Thursday last, the Monmoutlishire hounds had a dashing field day; almost 70 assembled, and a tine fox was turned off at Ragland Castle farm. Reynard bent his course in prime stile, through Llanarth, by the llill Farm, crossed and rercreraed the river, and, after a glorious run of two hours, the varmint met his fate at Coalbrook. Several of the hwses exercised the still- vaulting agiKty of their rider^ and others were treated with grueljtn the evening. At last Shrewsbury races, the botough members' plate was won cleverly by Mr. Giffard's Traveller, but the weight Tra- veller ought to have carried being disputed, Mr. Painter's Bridegroom walked over for the stakes; and the dispute was referred to the Jockey Club. The Club have now decided that Traveller ought to have carried the extra weight for walking over for the Holyoake Stakes at Wotverhampton, after the two dead heats with Lady Moore Carew and that, therefore, tbe plate at Shiewsbury should be given to Mr. Painter.

BRISTOL IMPORTS. in the Eliza, from Newfoundland-J. Butler & Co. 1 cask berries, 256 casks train oil and blubber, 3 bundles fish, 2 tierces herrings—Ferris and Co. 69 casks train oil and blubber. In the Lownes, from Messina and Marsala—T. J. and V. Hellicar— 45 tons brimstone, 50 bales linen rags, 3 pipes 3 hds brandy, 2 pipes 2 hds white brandy, 3casks argols, £ 75 quar- ters linseed, 150 bags nuts, 30 cwt pumice stone, 30ewt cork- wood, $4 dunnage mats, 4 pipes 20 hds 70 qr casks wine-J. Battea, 26 boxes lemons, 25 boxes oranges-Order, 2 qr-easb W'ln\he James, from Catania and Messina—H. Bush, 78 tons brimstone, 50 casks sweet almonds, 126 qrs linseed, 200 bags nuts, 20 cwt corkwood, 200 cases 420 boxes lemons, 3 cwt pumice stone—R. Miller, 1 box oranges. 7 qr casks In the Confidence, from Liverpool—Verpiere & Co. 34 bales welds-Order, 10 casks 20 bags coffee. In the Ospray (sp) from Dublin—Shapland. Wreford and Howe. 1 box linen—S. Waring, 10 hds 5 brls 25 half-brls porter-Oftler, 1 case bottled wine, 1 box tea, 2 barrels porter, 2 half-brls beef, 1 box candles, 103 pigs. In the Star (sp) from Dublin-R. Kilsby, 1 box linen- Order, 6 logs mahogany, 9 bags hay seed, 2 bales tow, 1 box linen, 82 pigs, t carriage. In the City of Bristol (sp) from Cork-Order, 96 firkins 5 kegs butter, 2 packs feathers, 21 boxes eggs. 31 qrs 2 bushels oats, 110 cwt. oatmeal, 42 cwt pollard, 426 cwt flour, 51 bundles hides, 27 bales leather. 540 pigs. In the Express (sp) from Cork-Order, 3 tes glass, 1 box quills, 35 firkins butter,36cwt pollard, 9boxes eggs, 14 bales bacon, 17 qrs 6 bushels oats, 10 bales leather, 338 pigs. In the Nancy Brown, from Cork-Order, 100 pigs. In the Mermaid (SP) from Waterford—Order Q00 Jn the Killarney (si-) from Waterford—Order 1 h £ f lico, 41 bales bacon, 750 pigs. ca* In the Betsey, from Waterford—B. Oirden u.i —jW ait and James, 209j barrels wheat—Order, 2^Jblirrels Ih the John and Mary, from Waterford J TO r- brls vyheat, 102 brls oats—Order, 56 qrs 2 bush^la In the Lark, from Newry—Order, 210 qrs oats CORN BROUGHT COASTWISE. Aberthaw, 285 qrs barley, 8 qrs wheat Hn „ Barnstable, 64 qrs barley, 85 qrs oats, 75 Qrs whof» i cOUrr* flour—Bideford, 1400 bushels barley—V bushels 107 qrs barley, 4 qrs oats, 555 busbpt«^r *?>^5 44 sacks flour, 97 sacks malt, 1296 bushels bpan. w'16at» 297 qrs barley, 20 qrs wheat—Gloucester 1Q7 t-liepstow, Haveifordwest, 40 sacks barley, 57 sacks'SIH- — 100 qrs barley, 300 bushels oats—Laugharne oats—Milford, 339 qrs barley, 56 qrs oats, 31 qrswlieat

GLOUCESTER (FOREIGN AND IRISH\ In the Susanna, from Zante— Fox, Sons ind r i«? 85 caroteels currants and a quantitv of b In the Sarah and Eliza, from Waterford r i and fustic. 380 sacks flour, 300 brls wheat—Wait Jam'Mn j .^turge, brls oats—Pliillpotts, Baker, and Llovds <vvwi ^°* ^85 M'Cheane and Bartlett, 106 sacks flour-S. Bowl v on KtSC" bacon, 1 hhd lard. "owly, 20 bales In the Elizabeth Maria, from Port Rnot, T Sturge. 47 tons 8 cwt oats. "usfi-J. and C

OPORTO, JAN.—The French steam-boat La Cir«. A -o natte, of Boideaux, last from Rivadeo, io Spain i n* days has put into Oporto in distress, the boiler' ha*' °uf'een at sea, the crew consisting of fifteen men and wV,n° ^urat bound to Marseilles. J tW0 P^^nger,, AMSTEHDAM.—The British bark Bride U»e R-nh e America, laden with timber, bound for Hull •In with in tat. 31. 43., long, 44. 14., on the .2d ihst Sh 1U dismasted and a perfect wreck. The carpenter RnK»-. vr W^s hurst, and seaman James Thrussel, .'saved and r the Texjtl. arrived at the

LAW. —————== — emjRT-^ KING-S BENCfr—w Rex. v. Justices ofWouceetershire Y' M¥.-6reavearraoved for a rule Nisi tQr a ing the Justices of Gloucestershne to tailkJ^mus ^lrect- a Special Session, for Mopping up a footwav aa,< ^der that couptry. The object of the motion waf 1a whether tbe Municipal Corporation Act interf jurisdiction of the couuty Justices, by exlenftlnoffu boroughs. The Act for regulating Municinal n Hl^s of had made Clifton a part of the borough of Rr;^0ip0,r*t*01* Reform Act had conferred on tlie inhabitant u voting at elections for Members to serve inP r "8^t-°f the borough. By the provisions of both tlmf*ame-nl only made part of the borough for the purposes Of t",A -ets 13 —the powers of county magistrates were mi lb^e/Acts fered with by the late acts of parliament that!» nmch inter- to ascertain where they bad jurisdiction in r W3S merly there would have been no doubt • anrf65 ^^iere ^or" cessary that their duties should be defined ti*4 U "l88 was made to this Court, for the purpose of K -aP^'cat*°a construction put upon the several clauses Unav,nB a fixed question was founded. At present, Justices v%h'ch. th« act, and were in this unpleasant situation th^f^rt™ act they made themselves liable to actions of t y d>d they declined they were liable to appHcajjQ^^P*83' ^"d if mandamus. In the preseat case, a partv dp*i a w"ls °f a footpath at Clifton but as Clifton was Dart t° ConV€rt borough of Bristol, the county Justices, at 'Si*. • 1 cJ^e summoned for that purpose, at the Clifton HoM 1, OM' tained strong doubts whether they had iuriJr • matter, and had therefore refused to make su» object being, by that refusal, to bring the casi'j r* l'ie'r Court, and obtain its construction of the act?6 t '"°re the iutenlion of the Justices to shew cause vyas not and he should feel it his duty to call their Lor^k- l!s ru'e» tion to the different sections of the act applv;n P s atten- The learned gentleman then argued at consid^ '1 i^'e case* upou the voluminous provisions of the Corport^^ a cited several cases iu support of the application iQn and Lord Den man said the Court wished to look tions of the Act referred to, but that some diffi Sec~ as to the course which ought to be pursued. Tr Was clear that the Justices were right io the ;Di»ir.r"^ite had no jurisdiction, of course no rule wnnl 1 1 l^ey but if that were a doubted point, it would b 8railted — with the Court whether a mandamus should gt6at magistrates to act wliere it.was not clear to .^Pel sess authority at all events, the Court t 505" 10 shew cause against the rule, as the Co » 'he Justices to decide so important a question on it« not. the Court took time to consider whetbm- Vlew a one — granted. Whelher the rule should be

y BXRTH. a in.1 W LatCh' Wife °f the M**ot of Newport, ol a son. IMARRIEIX On Monday last, at Abergavenny, Mr. Davis, of Morisoa's Breweiy, to 'infin Michael, daughter of M'- « T«! 8. of nr .¡" On le 18th instant, at Westtfh, rierefftrH.»>: „ Robert Forsayth, of Whitchurch, Hants eldoci Forsayfti, Esq., of Clifton, to Frances Jane sott <>f Thbs. ter of the late Thomas Baynton, Esq., ofoiif. S^dangh- Dec.ao, at Great Su Helen's, London r n ",uYv vidson, bf the ship Concord, of Bristol' in ?> C daughter of the late Mr. Henry Dyson Bronte r ,cca> Only Hart Inn, Tbetford, Norfolk* "^oke, of the White At Fort Jackson, on board the canal boat n 22d of October, Mr. Thomas Maynhood. of a;ene8se' Pn the a widow lady of Ohio. The ladv to Mrs. Buffalo, and the gentleman at Jordan- 011 board at other. After a long courtship of one hundrp^anc:crs to each miles, they proceeded to tie the nuptial knot ^orly-threo Fort Jackson officiating.—Montreal Herald & maS*strate at DIBD. On Sunday last, after a long and serious in sidence, St. Lawrence, near Chepstow Rilu,s' at h'8 re- Esq., in his 76th year. This gentleman w&a Watkiqs> by^all who had the pleasure of his acquaintn«*,U ^teemed SODDEN DKATH.— We regret having this week to record the death of Mr? Mnrholy d«ty Corras, Herefordshire, and late of Dixio^ formerly 0f Monmouth, which took place 00 Sunday Co\lage, near awfully sudden circumstances. The deveaspd k§ st' u°der Divine service twice during the day, thouoh k atte°ded plained of being slightly indisi>osed after duin^ l'acl com- and lay on the bed for a short time after tea if* retired it, and whilst speaking to Mrs. M., be sud«tW 1 a °n pired. This awful calamity has plunged a aQd ex- family and a large,circle of lrienJs ii,i0btK„ mi^"respected On tlie 9th inst., aged 63, Mis. Cecil v :^Pe*taWctian. Cecil, of Osbasion, near Monmouth. °f Mr. John Suddenly, on Sunday laM, in lief third vet., r ter of Mr. James l oung, Royal Oak, Newr^« ane» daugh- On Sunday last, the 17th instant, after «.hls residence, St. Lawrence,near CuLa.nd gerious ard Watkins, Esq., in his 7Gth year. This i Ps.tow' Rich- much esteemed by all who had the pleasure was ance. 'acquaim. On Ihursday night, at Lanusk-iuxta-Usfc Parker, farmer, in the 78th year of his. age • a'» 1 ^s*ac man. a truly hot^gj At Nantyglo. on Friday, the 15th instant, aired on Mr. George Perkins, carpenter and joiner. H» k » 8 years the Traveller's Rest Lodge of the Independent ({S°n8ed to Fellowa, Nantyglo and the brethren, to the v of Odd wards of500, testified their respect and of ut). m ing his remains to the grave. He was Sij follow- churchyard. 4U«irred m Blain* On at Penrose, near Ragland, at the d age of 92, Mr. John Mason, forinerty,of the Ceor Usk. ine George lun On Wednesday se'nnight, Mr. Hill, of p. Abergavenny. Qe i unch-hoose On thr I2th inst., at his; residence, Adpl JernCgaA, Esq. in the 86 year of his age ~place, Wm. yeftrs thfe principal, Architect in the towii »n!i w-a^ many of Swartiea. ^ffhbonrhood H Itlyyttyberllan, neSr T i,» mafl ienShiirerj Sarah, the affijetiohate and ^^ww^Jonea, The deceased h^ «iv«Iy andv was an accurate observer bf men &nA «*ten- She was distinguished by the fervour of her at^k ttDers native soil^to the customs and language of to her well as by the courtesy and general r7mrT> as meanour." of fcc, On the llth inst., aged 90, Mrs.Conlev Q,i the painter, and mother of Lord LyndhiJ^i Copley daughter ot R. Clarke, Esq. nurst- She was tfa On the 10th inst., aged 73, Mr. Georce u Coleford, one of the first founders of the vu arri*. sen. of in that town, and for many years one of it. V" COI»nex»n respected supporters. Chief and most On the 5th instant, in his 30th year M Mansel Lacy, Herefordshire. T-Gough of On the 7th instant, at Whitchurch, Herp £ ^.j Bellamy. ^re, Mr. W On the 8th inst after a lingering illness u Esq. He was next brother of MajorGifraifi' J- Giffard in the county of Stafford, nephew of the lati» b ChillinKtori and related to almost all the high Catholic »r » Devon historically distinguished family of Giffard °c^aey. -phe ceased was a member, came into England *^ch the de- queror, and was founded by Osborne GyffaHi1''1 Con- Walter Count Longueville, in Normandy • du brother of rous era of the Plabtagents, it was ever in' a h'08 •t',e chival- tion and in the disastrous time of the Stf,1,„OIninent »>osi- then chief, Peter Giffard, Esq. adhering We find its fidelity to the falling fortunes of the Charles* desperate of tlie family, taking au active part ia th S* and several younger, after Ihe fight of Worcester. t>e es.caPe of the Lodge of the Giffards, the Pendrels bein„0Sc°bal was a keepers, and the tried loyalty of the celehra»f.^1frely house- rather to be attributed to their attachment to »k • ought and feudal superiors, than to any abstract landlord* the King. of duty to At Smallthorn, near Burslem, John pavnA and 9 months. A few minutes before he diyears three grand-children to him, and divided hi« 11 Ca"ed his 5d—2d each he gave to two of them, and id « j!* w^'ch was told them to behave well to their mother. third, and