Monmouthshire Merlin

U S K FISHER Y.—LETTER XII. ( Cont in lied from last iveek.) Munnurs the low cascadc, The tall tree* ttand so saintly; Under tbeir quiet shade The river whispers faintly. I t is the Leisterer's cry! The salmon, oh I oho! A shiniDg path the water bath Behind the shape of snow," The fruiifulness of the Usk in the olden time is well known to many even now living, and whether it be from the quality of the soil that the water passes through, or from other natural causes combined-it is judged to be one of the best river* in the kingdom for the br<^»d and quality of its fish its trout and aalmof) will match any in the world, and the rich and quiet beauty of the scenery which it passes through, in the whole of its course, entitles it to rank as one of the most charming streams Utat flow in our highly-favoured island. A natural enquiry arises as to whether aoy good effect has been produced by the agitation of the subject: to this I am happy to reply in the affirmative. In our own locality, the Crickhowell meeting is the first earnest of further measures which doubtless will be carried into effect. The spirited manner in which the weir Bwisance has been taken up by those gentlemen at considerable personal expense, augurs well for the future much still re- mains to be done to preserve the fish that now may find their "'1 up, from the arts and practices of the destroyers; in fact, this is of equal if not of more importance than the doing away of the weir boxes unlawful nets aie continually and openly used without let or hindrance, and the nightly, and even the daily, poacher pursues and glories in his villainous occupation witliont the possibility, under the present inefficient system, of checking his unlawful practices. It is true, a few conservators are appointed, but what can they do in so large an extent of nver ? They can only use every exertion to prevent the sale of unseasonable fish in the neighbourhood where they reside, they have no means of employing trusty men as water bailiffs, to keep watch and ward upon the evil-doers consequently their eWorta are productive of but little real good. What is to be done in this case 1 Why simply this the owners of the fishe- ries, the gentlemen and tradesmen of the two counties of Mon- mouth and Brecon, ought to meet publicly and form an associ- ation and I now pledge myself that the same would be hand. Amel, supported a fund would be thus annually raised which would be devoted, under proper regulations, to a perfect, effi- cient, and permanent preservation of the river and all its con- tributory brooks and atreants no half-measures will be of any aervtca. I distinctly again assert it could be easily formed: ae^eral gentlemen in Newport have authorised me to state that .J. be happy to become annual subscribers to the asso- «*Vioo many of the respectable inhabitants of Usk, Ponty- 'WOV ^b*rK,v«niny• Crickhowell, and Brecon—together with moat of the gentlemen whose beautiful seats adorn the banks of our lovely river, would, without doubt, gladly encourage it with their countenance and support. Some time ago I was honored with a communication from Wm. Jones. Esq., of Clytha, (who evinces much interest in the woik of preservation,) upon this subject, wherein that gentleman has suggested some practical and excellent hint* for the establishment of an association, and for the ulterior measures necessary to be adopted. This is the only effectual remedy that I can think of for the purpose in the present state of the law, and if a few spirited gentlemen would take the lead 1 am certain it would soon be accomplished. Everything ia this life is progressive, and we may reasonably indulge the hope that the importance of the object, the cause of which I am now again advocating, wit) ttttimatety triumph over «very obstacle. Unfortunately there are three stubborn ene. mies to be conquered in the first instance, viz., ignorance, pre- judice, and setnshneM formidable, however, as the task may be in overcoming these giants, I shall continue to hew away at them until I succeed in cutting them down. At the last July atasions I only succeeded- in obtaining a month's extension of alae old fence time my application was for the 150 day. ai- lowed by the Act, but this was opposed by some fishermen by profession, but poachers in practice their evidence on the sub- ject was curious, and afforded some amusement; for when they were ashed by Mr. Octavius Morgan, M.P., whether it would not be belter for them. if by such an alteration the number of fish could be greatly augmented they answered, they could not tell, but they thought it would increase poaching &c I still contend that the whole period ough\ to have been allowed at least for a time" say two years, oy which, and other protect t.ve measures I think the ry,er would greatly recover from its ?jTinfoSym. I?' l.h8d ,Cft -«r./an inhabitant ol and annliral- Ver^ mCn W'10 °PP°se^ my views ;,d £ rc;rwere con,,an,iy «» °f taking L 011 thrown the winter. (Oh, the Furcifers <) He had repeat, .aty seen them at this unlawful work, and he could prove their having sent gre^ quantities over to Bristol the previous winter, aa^I.i *Pamt' lo 'he fishmongers, where they were salted coarse sold in that state as delicacies. Was there ever such superlative folly 1-and yet these men complain tnd grumble at the scarcity of fish in the river, the decay of their trade, and their inability to pay the rents of their several takings! One of this class, some time ago, in answer to a question from my informant as to how he got on with his fish- ing trade, said, Never worse I have lost more than £50. this season, and it is-all owing to that —— fellow in Neicport whiJ uiritet in the MERLIM, and who has caused the season to be shortened by a month but let him look out for something." Now, gentle readers all, mark this, I do not mean the implied threat at the conclusion, but to the havoc among the fish, com- mitted, and thus unwittingly confessed by him. Out of his mouth will I judge hi.n. He says he has sustained a loss of £50., by his being prevented fishing the month, from the 14th of October to the 14th of November. Now, neither this man nor any of his compeers,, will dare to deny, that with few excep- tions, the salmon «rc Heavy in spawn in this period. A short calculation '11 Ihow the effect of this: say the fish in this state gold on average at 6d. per lb., I know for a fact, that tjey have been privately disposed of to some of the Bristol fish- mongers, whom I could name (shame upon the Bristolians, re- ceivers of pernicious food), at 4d. per lb., and even less than that but say 6d. Now, at that price, and averaging each fish at J'2lb" it would, within a fraction, take 167 salmon to make up that sum. Again, suppose each of these fish (it females) would deposit 25,000 globules of ova, which, if all were to come to perfection, would prnduce the amazing number of 4,175,000 young salmon, and were the fish sold at 4d. aer lb., would require a take of 250, and by the same ratio ^conse- quent loss of future young of 6/250,000? What throk ye of this, ye Usk-side dwellers, and ye Bristol receivers o> spent Nsh Would not the above number be a Jine kettle offish, for a future supply in our river. And mark, these are the conse- quences or only a month's prevention of one man's fishing, and by his own confessiou. What, then. must the gross annual loesbe in our rivers generally? It is no less frightful than disgusting to contemplate it. If any of your readers, Sir, should think the above estimate too high. they are welcome to take off half, there woutd still remain a sufficient number to show what great effects may naturally arise from small causes. I may, I trust, be allowed, without being guilty of egotism, 10 congratulate myself upon some good having been effected by the extension of the fence-time apropos, a merry friend who returned hoine with me from Usk, facetiously remarked, as we rode across the bridge, that he saw the salmon in the river below, keeping holiday, having a general rejoicing, and frisk- ing and leaping for the additional month's life-boon granted PYSCOTTWR. [TO BB CONTINUED*]

J, [ADVERTISEMENT.] To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Stn,—It had not been my intention to take any further notice of Mr. Keaty's attempt to justify his unchristian conduct with respect to the removal of the Hible, &c., from the huuse of one ef my parishioners, had hot his last letter, like the preceding, contained grievous departures from truth. To my own mind, the production is satisfactory, in a~. much as 1 look upon it as proving what I strongly suspected, that Mr. Kealy. in endea- vouring to extricate himself from the unpleasant dilemma in which his indiscreet zeal had placed him, is indifferent as to the veracity of the statements which he thinks fit to lay before the public. Had Mr. Kealy's carrying off the books terminated as he tMmeJ to have apprehended it might have done—in his trans- portation—he must have blamed his own imprudence, and not aither me, or the woman in acting from my advice. On being raformed that Mr. Kealy persisted in refusing to return the books, although the husband of the woman had both written to him and sent, requesting their restoration, I told J lie woman that Mr. Kealy would be compelled to restore them that I would see to their being returned and that if he would not give them up voluntarily, (he husband must apply to the civil authorities, who would insist upon their restoration. She told Mie. husband should make one more trial to recover them, and that he was going down to the Priest's bouse that evening j for lb at purpose. On seeing her the following morning, she informed me that HER, HUSBAND had been to the Priest's house, and that (II 1 before stated) it was not till be refused 10 leave .he house without them, that they were restored. The woman evidently wished to regain possession of the books, and the advice I gave, was from a desire to carry out the wishes of the poor woman, and not fiom any want of charity towards Mr. Kealy it was as a dernier resort, and not from any desire pre- maturetyro hurry Mr. Kealy out of the country, that the lattei of »b« adv.ee was given. The letter which I wrote <o Mr ^eMWjjmor to bringing his conduct before the public, and i ° had not the politeness to answer, "jy candid mind, have exonerated me from the ?' 8 ^,ua,.e<1 by a°y s«c'i littleness as thai f hjjjJhWHr. Kealy unblushingly assigns to-me. The attempt represent my conduct as an infringement ot Christian charity, is but a ruse to divert attention from his' own glaring violation of all that is Christian and becoming. Both the man and his child went at separate times in quest ot 'he hooks. Is this want of comprehension as 10 the possibility of the father and the son both goinp, On a similar errand, as. sumed, on Mr. Kealy's part, or is it nattiral ? if the latter, I shall have other reasons for pitying him, than those mentioned in my list letter. With regard to what Mr. Kealy seems to iliin's a knock-down argument, his appeal to Ihe baptismal rrgister, he must have known that he was having recourse to an niter fallacy. In cases where the creed of the parents differs, the baptism of the children is no necessary ciiterion of the reli. gious opinion of more than one of those parents • indeed, ac- cording to our English way of reckoning, it would be difficult to discover how it should be so. Mr. Kealy knows as well as I do, that I can prove the truth of this statement from instances taken from among the attendants at the cliaple in which he offi- ciates but it suited his purpose to overlook this as well as many other facts, and I regret to find he has not scrupled to do so. Whether my authority to visit the parishioners of SI. Woollos, be a mere ignis fatuus, Mr. Kealy, should he con. tinue to officiate in Newport, will have many opportunities of discovering. Schismatics, like Mr. Kealy, may choose to reject my ministrations; but no wilfulness of their own can release me from the responsibility which has been laid upon me, of en. deavouring to diffuse amongst them a saving knowledge of the truth, and to bring all such as are committed to my charge, unto that agreement in faith and knowledge of God, and to that ripeness and perfectness of age in Christ, that there be no place among them either for error in religion or for viciousness in life." I now leave Mr. Kealy in full possession of the public ear, assured, that while all lovers of the word of God will join with me in reprobation of Ihe part which he has taken in this affair, his statements, with respect to myself, will fall unheeded on all who are not prepared like him to vilify the Bible, and prevent men's complying with the commands of our Saviout Christ, to Search the Scriptures." I am, your obedient servant, May 4, 1842, J. B. PHILLIPS.

NEWPORT MECHANICS' INSTITUTE To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sin,—If you consider the following worthy a place in your paper, I shall be obliged by its insertion. \Ve have just commenced a second vear of the Institute, and with very good prospects of suLeeF 5, but we have a debt of £ 25., or thereabout, hanging on the Vieads of our new officers 1 and my object is to excite the individual effort of each member, to liberate them from it, and to place them in a more comfor- table position than they at present occupy. The plan I submit if, for a certain part, or the whole of the members, to contri- bute, voluntarily, as much as they can afford and thus, by one effort, creditable to themselves and of great service to the In- yiitution, to pay off a)! our present incumbrances, and begin the new year without a debt, at least, even though they may have an empty purse. This, I think may easily be effected. We have 120 to 140 members and if j 5 persons subscribed fl. each, it would make £ 5 0 0 15 »> 10s. „ 7 10 0 10 „ „ 5s. „ 10 0 0 20 2s. 6d. 11 2 10 0 SO S25 0 0 This will not be a very heavy tax, nor any great sacrifice in re- lurn for the advantages so cheaply placed within their reach. Itcside, I think I have calculated at the very least, on as small a portion of the members subscribing, as my knowledge of their rjreumstances will permit; and I cannot express a doubt that the proposition will pass unheeded. The Rev. Mr. Francis, and other worthy friends have kindly consented (or offered) to solicit subscriptions but should they ■!o so and be successful, the money can be laid by as a stock for the current year; and should the members nobly respond to my appeal the whole credit will belong to themselves. ) The past year has necessarily been a very expensive one, and I think we may calculate on ending this year without a debt '>1 any sort. My means are very (ontracted, and I therefore cannot make one of the first 20; but I offer to make one of the 10, and 1 u ill send 5s. to you or any one appointed to receive the money, I as soon as I know what reception this proposal meets with. Thanking you for the interest you have always evinced for the welfare and advancement of the Newport Mechanics' In- litute. I am, sir, your obedient servant, Newport, May 9, 1842. H. O.

HOUSE OF LORDS,—FRIDAY, &I»V 6. After some conversation on the employment of children in collieries, Lord Brougham brought forward his measure for the regula- tion of Election Committees, and proposed the appointment of » ommittee of either house to take evidence on the subject. After a discussion of a somewhat personal character, between 'he Marquess of Normanby and the Marquess of London ,ICIlY, on the appointment of Magutrates, the house adjourned.

THE BRAIN TREE CHURCH-RATE CASE.—IM- PORTANT DECISION. Dr. Lushington gave judgment in this case in the Consistory Court, on Wednesday last. It was a most learned and elabo- rate one, occupying above four columns of the daily journals.— He concluded in the following terms :— I am, therefore, of an opinion that this rate, so made by the churchwardens and a minority of the vestry, is not supported by any aUlhorily either in tbe ecclesiastical 01 common law, and it is, therefore, my duty to pronounce this rate invalid, and tolre. ject the libel. I am aware of the heavy responsibility which at- taches tome in discharging this arduous duty. I well know how many evil consequences, or supposed evil consequences may be attributed to me if I have failed to discover the legal view of the case but this I also know, that I have industriously, ear- nestly, honestly, and fearlessly done my best to ascertain what is the law, and, once convinced what the law is, I shall never be induced to resort 10 any subtle or ingenious refinements to defeat that taw and whatever may be the opinion of others, as to the pernicious consequence of it, I am well persuaded, from the history of this country, that the continuance of bad laws and prostration of good laws, have, in no small measure, been occasioned by laudable, though mistaken attempts, to make the law measure according to certain particular notions of justice and expediency and by the invention of subtle distinctions, from which, if injury should result, the remedy ought to be sought for not in the judgment of lawyers, but in the acts of the legislature." The Learned Judge then intimated that he would make no order as to the costs.

MISCELLANY. NOTICES.—Between Swansea aud Aberavon, A Cottich to be let or sell."—On a window in Commercial-street, in this town—" This batber's shop is removed eleven doors lower down." We understand that Lord Brougham has been so highly gra- tified wiih the conversational powers of our accomplished mayor at their late interview at Berkeley-square, that his lordship is about presenting him with a copy of Savage Landor's Dialogues of Illustrious Persons, and other books, in calf binding. IMPURE AIR.—Dr. Reid.in his lectures on chemistry, men- tions the following simple and satisfactory experiment for the discovery of impure air:—A spoonful of lime should be in- jected into a beer-bottle with water, and being placed where sus- picion is attached to the quality of the atmosphere, the presence of impurity would be tested by the appearance on the surface of a white and copious incrustation. This is the best practical test at present known. ETERNITY.—An American clergyman, in one of his sermons, exclaimed to his hearers-" Eternity why you dont know the meaning of that word, nor I either hardly. It is for ever and ever, and five or six everlastings a top of that. You might place a row of fignres from here to sunset, and cipher them all up, and it would not begin to tell how many ages long eternity is. Why, my friends, after millions and trillions of years had rolled away in eternity, it would be a hundred thousand years to breakfast time." AN AIFGHAN ON ANGLO-INDIAN LAW.—An Affghan who had seen India, was speaking of our administration of justice and I endeavoured to gather from him what he considered to be the defects of our Indian rule, as far as they affected his own class, which was that of a merchant. He answered me, ac- cording to the Asiatic fashion, by a proverb—" Give. us a new life, and the patience of Job, and then all will be well." This satire on the tardiness of our courts of justice, coming as it does from/ur Cabool, may perhaps not be entirely without its cffect. AH! ROMEO! ROMEO!—When Miss Tree was playing Juliet in Philadelphia, Mr. Hamilton, in the robe of Romeo, was suddenly taken ill just as the balcony scene was about to commence. When she said to Mr, Lindsey., who relieved Mr. Hamilton, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo!" a Yankee in the pit cried out, Kase t'other man's sick."

A LIGHT PORTER. Of Peel's measures the weight must be wondrous small, Since the man has been able to carry them all.

THE KiNG OP THULE'S LAST DRAUGHT. (A Ballad, from the German of GoetILe.) A King there was in Thule, tried And faithful to the grave: To whom his lady, when she died A golden goblet gave. He pria'd it more than realm or rank • • Nor olher enp he us'd, And ever as thereout he drank, Hot tears his sight confus'd. And when his own death hour drew on With unrepining soul; Kingdom and wealth he gave his son, But not the golden bowl. He made a roy;il festival,— Hif peers around hiin stood Within his father,s ancient hall That look'd upon the flood. Slowly he rais'd his weak limbs up And drank with life's last glow; Then flung away the hallow'd cup- Into the waves below. Ha saw it faH-he saw it drink And sink beneath the main; He look'd until he saw it sink ;— He never drankagain. ZENAS.

ELEMENTS OF HAPPINESS. (Selected from Faltham's Resolves, published in 1647.) I Things that can blesse a life, and please, Sweetest Martial, they are these A store well left, not gaind with toyle A house thine own, and pleasant so vie: No strife, small state, a minde at peace Free strength, and limbs free from disease, Wise Innocence, friends, hke and good, Unarted meat, kind neighbourhood, No drunken rest, from cares yet free; No Sadning Spouse, yet chaste to thee Sleeps, that long nights abbreviate, Because 'tis, liking, thy wisht state Nor fear'd, nor Joy'd, at death or fate,

LONDON MARKETS. CORN FEXCFJYTNBE,- MARK-I.ANE, MONDAY, MAY 9, 184;; The supply of English wfieat, b«rley, beans, and again very short this morning.—Good fresh wheat was in quest at full^ the terms of of last Monday. Old wheat firm in price, but the business done, was Bonded wheal inquired for, but in geneial held ra' s|o<t 'he speculative price.— Barley, beans, and peas, all_ we' .lull sale at the rates of this day week.—The arri* oats was large this morning, but moderate of Kngl' Scotch;, good fresh oats supported last Mon v I prices, I ibe sfafe 1/ebf weather sorts were neglected, and very OtiS, able, llldtirfH offetfed riitbtr Ibtfef. Current PrldSs of Qrdiii per Impttlal Quartet"' ssj if) WHEAT English .50 to 72 | Old TITDAS. JJJGS! Rye .34 to 38 I Tick Belli;? Barley 25 to 32 I G»!8 <POTATOE).<»L»L|US Malt .50 to 62 | Ditto (itiSo White Pease (Boilers) 34 to 37 Flour Grey Pease 31 to 32 [ Grey Pease.Sl to 32 [ Official C(rrn Averages and Duty, May 6. g fWht. f Burl. I Oats. Rye.I Beans Aggregate average s< df.f s. rf.f s. d. s. d.| ». Si itf of 6 weeks.59 3 26 9 9 32 10 30 5 <jr. qr. J qr. or. { qr. X' 6 DutyonFor.Corn 13 0 10 0 8 0 10 6f 10 6 L hi. bl. bl. "M, M- 7jf 1 7&I 1 3 I 1 OIL 3|i 1 3 SEED MARKET, MAY 9. n ■ 8. S. {0 0 Turnip,New,perbush. Oto 0 I Clover,white,new.« ^39 RyeGrass,English,do. 30 to 42 Trefoil #40 Clover(red^ng.percwt.65to85 } Rapesccd,perlast, £ 3n^WJ^ HOP INTELLIGENCE.-MAY 9. rtiu The plants are looking beallby and strong since tb# fgt the wind, and the market is very firm, with a good the few samples on the board. The estimated duty jj £ 150,000., with very little betting. The wind is ralb«r again to- lay for the plantations. t0 PmcES.—Pags. 1836, —s. to —s.; Pockets, 1836. —s.; Bags, 1837, none; Pockets, 1837, none; BagS, —s. to —s.; Pockets. 1838, -s. to —s.; Bags, 80s. to 90s; Pockets, 1839, 80s. to 90s. SMITHFIELD MARKET-MAY 9.. „. Tbe trade was rather better this morning, from the #j, stunce of the sudplies not exceeding the demand, "ijst though not greatly increesed, was still more active market day. The prices realized to-day, compared eef, of Friday last, sbow an improvement of 2d. per stone »o veal, and pork. In mutton and Iamb the rates did n°l The accounts from the grazing districts are favourable. Per st. of 81bs., sinking the offal. d< s. d. s. d. s. d. 0 Beef 3 2 to 4 4 Lamb 6 2'% f Mutton 3 6 to 4 6 Veal 4 Pork, 4s. Od. to 5s. Od. WOOL MARKET, MAY 9. d. Per lb. s. d. ¡'. DownTegs 1 OJtol j Half-bred Hogs 1 0} {• Ewes and Wethers 0 11 i Blanket Wool 0 0 0 Flannel ditto.. 0 0 0 Skin, Combing 0 0 0

PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON. BniTISII MINES. fl 0 S NO. Ol NAME OF JJ-S shares COMPANI. 6 2 < a fl 0 S NO. Ol NAME OF JJ-S shares COMPANI. 6 2 < a 500 Anglesey 5 "JT 1 <1,000 Bedford If 4,000 Bissoe Bridge 5 20,000 British Iron 70 & 8,000 Blaenavon 50 L20 Brewer — 79 Budoick — 1,000 Cam Brae — 2,000 Cornubian Lead Company 2 6,000 Cornwall Great United 10J Cuddra 10 |_ 512 Cook's Kitchen — 112 Charlestown — 5,000 Dartmoor Consols 5 10,000 Durham County Coal Co. 37 „ 2,000 Danescombe. — 6,000 De Dunstanville — ,n 200 Diamond 3} 1,200 East Mulberry Hills 3J 256 East Pool — 3°". 4,000 EastTretoil 1 9.2 128 Gavrigan — *1, 100 Great Consols 97 3,200 Great Wh.Prosper. 7J 9? 4,000 Great Wh. Charlotte 3 if 10,000 Hibernian 12J 2I 1 000 Holmbush 14 2,000 Isle of Serk (Guernsey). 11 t&i 20,000 Mining Co. of Ireland 1 6,000 Polbreen 4 1 3,000 Polberou Consols 10 | 2,000 Relistian — 5,000 RedmoorConsolidated 5 10,000 Rhymney Iron. 50 L. 100 Rosewall Hill 180 ,er 800 South Towan 10 tft 64 South Wheal Basset. —" s 4,000 Tregollan 41 2| 4,000 Treleigh Consols. 4* 4,505 TamarConsols 3 if 6,000 Tin Croft 6* 4,300 Tretoil *4 «Q0 1 120 Treviskey and Barrier — JafiO 96 Tresavean — Snrt l20|Trethellan — 4,000:United Hills & ,3 6,000 Wicklow Copper. •> 3,845 West Wheal Jewel.I. 10 LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METAl^* LONDON, MAV 6, 1842. £ SJ 0 Iron, English—Bar ton 0 0 0 to t |5 Ditto Cargo in Wales a /I Hoops .ton .<» 0 n Sheets ton '.15 X Pig, No 1 ton 0 j! „ „ ^lUo in Wales ton \0 t oreign— i Swedes, cn ton J (I J J Russian com o Ji Duty 30s. i sn }i o; per ton. ton Vc 0 J Steel, English Blistered 25 0 ni 0 Shear ditto ditto .45 O 0.. 0 a Cast ditto ditto.45 0 0 j« p Foreign—(Swedes in kegs.. bd.ton jo n Duty 20 ■? Ditto Faggots bd.ton q 9 y per cent.{.Milan bd.ton qc Q » Copper, British—Cake ton 0 Tile ton Sheets q Copper, Foreign (duty 37s-) » 0 Tin, British -Blocks ctet» g q Bars cu)t• /]) Banca y 0 0 to 6 n Straits 0 0 to i |3 n 'I'in Plates-io (-. (box).o.Ito OtoIto ix. ditto. l 16 Oto « j n • • i (Olhe,s in proportion.) «o 0 Lead, British—Pig ton 5 Sheet 'ton Ji 0 Shot ton jL j0 fl Red ton 0„, White (dry) ton 1il-aT9 Ditto (ground in oil) ton*, g 0 p Foreign—Spanish (duty ton L, 0 g Spelter 0 Oto & jO g For delivery 0 0 0 to 0 English Sheets Quicksilver-(duty Id. per lb) PRICES OF SHARES AT BRJSTO^ COMMERCIAL ROOMS. BBISTOI-. r S& Paid. r*tc'ia Great Western Railway Company 65 e4i ua Ditto HalfShares 50 jp Ditto One-Fifth Shares 4 "$?L Great Western Steamer 90 BristolSteam Navigation 130 -tfi .j Bristol and Exeter Railway 70 .f Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Cheltenham and Gt. Western Union 72} ;n Tall-Vale 100 38 Severn and Wye .av35 j8 ♦{{ Kennet and Avon Canal av40 lii.n* West of Eng. & South Wales Dist. Bank Hi #,#2 Eastern Counties 23 jfjO l London and Birmingham 90 "T & & London and Southampton 06 Leeds and Manchester 70 CURRENT PRICE OF GOLD AND slLXjj 0 fa For. Gold in brs. peroz. £ 3 17 9 I New Dollars.4 Portugal pieces 3 17 5 | Silver in brs(*t°

BRISTOL PRICES CURRENT OF LBATH#1 RAW GOODS. ib. d' b. lb. d. d. tb- lS \[ Crop Hides perlb 80.35—lltol2j Light.- t° 40 48-U H Irish Skins 35-33 19 » «^ S1 60-15 17 W«lsh 4°",t *1 Foreign Hides .30 35—10 12 „ ty', 40 45—to it so-i 0 Middlings 12 J 3 *5 I' Butts English. 16 20—144 15J ,A •? 24 26-15 Kips, English J \[ 28 SO—15 17 Petersburg^ |« "tea 34 36-15 18 Hi Foreign. J6 20—1 si 25 East India l> 22 2S—14 15 Seal Skins, {! 1' 28 30-12 15 middling' I* tj O Extra strong 31 36-12J 16 large |M Best Saddlers' Baiil. ? Hidss. 37 40-13* 15 Offal, Foreign J Common ditto 85 40-13 13* Foreign Shoul^ 0 Shaved Hides 18 22—14 IS Dressing HW*' „ I Slioe Hides 20 23—13 13| Ditto Sboulde'* Common ditto 27 29—13 134 «( Ditto ditto 32 34—13 I3i n A W 6° itv Welsh Hides I2i 13} K India ..4* Bull Hides tig \-ll Drysalted East — English Horse Hides H I3J Kips, No. I gd- Welsh ditto lo U jOd- 7id. Ji German ditto 13 16 Brined No. I 1 Spanish ditto 14 21 Ditto Shaved, without Dry Spanish j p butts .1 Is to 15B Od each. to *iL'R' Horse Butts 11 |2 Bark VI* HestPatternskins 50 64—26 27 Valonia— ,.g to 65 70—26 27 Shumac y-'YW •••* £ Common Pattern 2a 25 Glue pieces(n«<y IOO 120—19 20 (unfleshed)^ 0 BRISTOL HAYMABKET- § Hay per Ton (old) £ 2 0 0 Straw per Dozen 0 Newport, Saturday, May i'rinted and Published for the Sole the DOWLING, of Crindau, near Newport, ,D General Printing Office, situate in Corn; .{ J-* rough of Newport, by "JOHN O'DWJ kt™ gov*1* street, in the said Borough. Wa^'C]«2 London Agents:—Messrs. Newtonand Co.. ^1,4f». Mr. R. Barker, 33,Fleet-street: Mr.G- B«,y0.3. cery-lane Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-hoase« neai the Mansion-house; and Messrs. I*' pj,pet Crown Court,Threadneedia-street,where arly filed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THVRSDAY, MAY 2. The Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bill, and the Bristol Floating Dock Bill, were read a third tirtie and passed. Mr. Roebuck gave notice that he should on Friday ask Sir 0 G. de Hochcpied Larpent, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Mr. H. Wpliinstone, Captain Plumbridge, Viscount Chelsea, and Mr. < Russell, whether they were cognisant of, or parlies to, any -r.angement by which any one of them was to accept the stew. miship of the Chihern Hundreds, and thereby vacate his seat III that house, notwithstanding that he should have been declared inly elected by the committee appointed to try the merits of the j'nxion against his return. He should also move, at the same lime, for a select committee to inquire whether certain facts onnecred with the proceedings of election committees did not .-institute a breach of the privileges of that house. The hon. member added, that he would put the question of which he <ad already given notice, to Mr. J, Attwood, and Major Be. msfoid. Air- Hutt rose to move for copies of circulars sent by the Se- retary of State for the Home Department to the various town. 1 k-rks or clerks to the magistrates, between the months of Aug. nd Dec. 1841, requiring information as to the state of the ma- gistracy in their respective towns. He supported his motion •>y referringto the understanding on which the Municipal Corpo- itions Act was finally agreed to, with respect to the recommen- .itions of town councils in the appointment of magistrates, and reviewed some of the recent appointments in different boroughs ii,ide since the accession of the present government to office. Ile said that the system which had been introduced by Sir J. Graham was full of danger to the country and if it was to be nnrsued, it might shake the confidence of the people in the ad. ministration of justice. Sir James Graham had hoped that a distinctive motion would lave been made on which he could have asked the house for a lecided expression of its opinion. He said that Lord J. Rus. .e!I, while he was Home Secretary, had not invariably adopted he recommendations of the town councils in the appointment "f magistrates, of which several instances were given, stress iicing laid more especially on the case of Bristol. The propor- noa of Whigs and Radicals to Conservatives appointed in va. I ¡OilS boroughs was very great, as evinced by a list in which the n-iines and numbers were given, and from which it appeared ihatof the 1,026 magistrates nominated by the late Govern- ment, the proportions, not Including fifty-seven to thirteen places which he had not made any additions, and which, therefoie, vore not taken into his calculation, were Ihese: Whig- Radicals 713 Conservatives 226. From this number he had excluded none, but added many and the gross number now stood, in. .tud of 1,206, 1,435. The right hon. baronet concluded by .aying, that if ever there was an evil that wanted redress, it was this unequal disiribution of the magistracy, committed by 1m predecessors in office for party purposes, and by which jus. ii. e was prostitnted in the boroughs of England and he, there. lore, was prepared to vindicate his conduct, cither generally or specifically, with respect to the use which he had made of the prerogative of the Crown, in tempering and moderating this injustice. He had not, whatever might have been the charac. ter of his appointments, the meiitof recommending any one who had been convicted of treason—he was not respjnsible for having made John Frost a magistrate. Mr. F. Maule expressed his astonishment that a Home Se. cretary should venture in the House of Commons to maka the assertion that justice had been prostituted in the boroughs of Kngland. He called in question the accuracy of the list which had been read by Sir James Graham, and endeavoured to show that, in several instances, he had destroyed the previously-ex- isting balance of parties, and had converted the magistracy in these places into a Tory one. Several members then spoke, each addressing his observations with reference to the particular place which he represented, and the object of each being, according to his local knowledge or information, to vindicate or criminate the late Government in their magisterial appointments. Sir. R. Peel said that the Government did not vindicate its appointments on the score of political partisanship. With the present constitution of our society and institutions, it was im- possible to keep the magistracy free from political imputation but it was necessary for the satisfaction of the public mind hat the magistracy shonld not be composed almost wholly of one political party. The present Government, in altering a propor- tion which, in the cases of most of the larger towns, and many of the smaller ones, was glaringly unjust, were merely trying lo equalise the number of magistrates from the two parties in. stead of giving the preponderance to one and they, therefore, rested their vindication, not on the plea that their predecessors had acted from political motives, they also did the same, but on the ground that it was essential to the effectual administration of justice to compose the magistracy of more than one political Lord John Russell said, that if the Whigs, on coming into othee in 1830, had acted upon principles now avowed, there must have been then a sweeping change in the county magis- tracy, fortbed as it was under Tory Lord-Chancellors and Tory overntnents. But he was of opinion that such a consideration aS_r°-j,Cai Pr'nciP,es s^ou'(l be a very minor one in selecting individuals to fill judicial stations. He did not deny that the town councils generally recommended a great preponderance of magistrates of liberal opinions but if the majority of peo- ple were of .these opinions, it was natural that there should be such a preponderance. The noble lord conceded his speech by some references to the steadiness of his own political course as compared with that of S,r James Graham. After some observat.ons from Mr. Williams. Mr. Collins, Lord VVorsley Mr. Struti, and Captain Layard, the debate, .Inch lasted from five till half-pasl twelve, was dosed by are. ply from Air. Hutt, and then the morion was agreed to. F rioav, MAY 6. Mr. Roebuck brought forward his motion, of which he had .ven notice on ihe previous night. On putting the question to the individual members whom he charged with submitting to 1 compromise, Lord Chelsea, Mr. Russell, Sir J. Hobhouse, and Majof tieresford, denied his light to make the inquiry. Captain Plumbridge and Mr, H. Elphioitone admitted that t o-npromises had taken place, though without their cognizance. After an exciting conversation, the debate was adjourned. The Income-Tax Bill was then resumed. Mr. Hume moved that the income should be calculated on profits for one year, and not of three which was rejected by 76 to 27. Mr. Huine then moved that the Act remain in iree for one year only which was negatived by a majority ol ) hundred and twenty-two. I Mr. Yorke then moved a clause to exempt attorneys subject io the tax from the payment of certificate duties; but it was rejected by a majority of a 165.

POLICE I N tEL L I G E NC E. NEWPORT POL ICE.—MONDAY, MAY 1. Hefore Thomas Hughes and Thomas Hawkins, Esqrs. [Continued from our last week's paper.") Mrs. Hannah Rees. heller known through Newpoit ahd the country side. as Mrs. Higgs, was placed :\tlhcbar,charged with stealing a shovel, the property of Mr. W. H. Wittiams, proprie- 'orof the "Coal Establishment, Cardifi road, West-end."—Mr. Bothomley. from Mr. Phillpott's office, appeared to defend Mrs. Rees, if a lady of her prowess would condescend to be defended, lod, indeed, considering the athletic proportions, the warlike propensities, and known temperament of his fair protege, the indertaking of Mr. Bothomley was one of no ordinary peril. As soon as the case was called on the defendant, who is tall, masculine, and exceedingly formidable in appearsnce, dilating tier ample chest, which heaved with the Vibjence ofcohteiiding emotions, stepped forward, aiid opened such a fire on the pro- secutor as would quickly have put him to the rout, had he not been protected by the authority of the tribunal to which he ape pealed. Nothing daunted, and warming in her eloquence, she approached the prosecutor, who very prudently retired beyond arms' length, when the magistrates interposing, suggested to Mrs. Rees the propriety of allowing Mr. Bothomleyto mtnage her case, lest, in the warmth of her teal, she might overstep the hounds of discretion. This tecommendation considerably abated the choler of Mrs. Rees, who, though proverbially headstrong and impetuous, can moderate the violence of her temper at the suggestion of expediency, and yield to the whisperings of that deep and pervading cunning which finds no inadequate expression in her small, deep-seated, And unsteady hazel eye. —Mr. Williams having been sworn, stated that about five or six months ago he lost a shovel from his coal-yard, but had tin •uspicion of the thief until abtsitt two months since, when Mrs. Rees called him into her house, and showed him the shovel, now produced, which was the one he had lost, and lold him that his man had been there to claim it. Witness told her it was his property, and he would swear to it, she then said that she would pay for witness's oath that Laurence, his man, was one of the greatest thieves in the neighbourhood and that the sho- vel was hers before she let the yard to the prosector; and that she would prove this by the evidence of a man who lived on the hills.—In his cross-examination, prosecutor said that he rented his coal-yard from Mrs. Rees, but that he gave it up yesterday, having first paid the rent.—Mr. T. J. Phillips, said it appeared by prosecutor's own statement, that he had seen the shovel in prisoners possession, two months' 3;;0, and, therefore, it ap- peared strange that the charge was not lr. Mnhi bdore.}'he prosecutor said he was waiting for the testimony of the man on the hills, whom she had spoken of; besides he did not wish to put a neighbour to expense, nor to bring her before her betters. —Mr. Bothomley submitted that the charge offelony w as done away with, as Mrs. Rees had promised to return the shovel.— Prosecutor, who appeared to be ruffled by this remark, said, Stay, stay, Sir, she said no such thing; not a word about giving it. I wish you may get it.' "—Mrs. Rees could not stand this, and was about to open again, when Mr. Hughes said, Now, Mrs. Rees let me beg of you to be quiet."—Mr. Hawkins: "Mrs. Rees, you must be quiet."—One of the officers here stepped between Mrs. Rees and the prosecutor, and the cross-examination went on.—Witness received two notices from Mrs. Rees, to quit the last was a notice that she would apply to the magistrates to "eject him.-—Mr. Bothomley here .sked witness why he did not take the shovel when Mrs. Rees showed it to him.—Witness Oh, oh yes, indeed—take the shovel eh—(Loud laughter)—aye, aye, that would be a nice business, would'nt it? I wish you may get it i would you take it? (Roars of laughter.) 1 did not want to have any little brains in my skull knocked out."—The Court which was ex- ceedingly crowded, was here convulsed with laughter and Mrs. Rees feeling thatfiesh and blood could stand i' no longer, rushed forward towards the witness, who wisely retired in the direction of the Superintendent of Police. Much noise ensued, which was checked by the Magistrates, who said they did not see any ground for the charge of fefony two months, at least, had elapsed since the prosecutor saw the shovel in the prisoner's possession and he had not brought forward the charge, The parties seemed to be on bad terms, and ihe magjstiates would dismiss the case. THURSDAY, MAY 5. Before the Mayor, ritos. Hawkins, and Thos. Hughes, Esqrs. Patrick Fleming, a private of the 11th Regt., at present stationed here, was charged with stealing a watch, the property of John Waters, landlord of the iJlume of feathers, in Com- mercial-street.—It appeared by the evidence that the prosecutor lost the watch, on Saturday the 16th of April, and on the even- ing of the 20th, it was found by a corporal of the Illh, se. crcted in the bolster of prisoner's bed. Prisoner, on being asked by the scrceanl, how long he had had il, said for nine or ien days.—The watch was produced by Superintendent Hopkins, and identified by prosecutor.—Committed. Anne Lewis (alias Glove and Shears), and Mary Lockyer, two unfortunate women, of forbidding aspect, from Friars' Fields, were charged with stealing 18s., from the person of Sa. muel Hewer, from whose evidence it appeared that he had been a servant to Mr. Rees, of Holybush farm, and that on Monday the 2nd inst., being Caerleon fair-day, between 11 and 12 o'clock in the mornings he went, with another man, named John Long, into a public-house Called the New Ship, in Friars Fields, and had some drink. Long shortly afterwards went out, and the two prisoners came in. Prosecutor then commenced drinking with them, and, by his own account, he paid for several quarts and pints of beer, quite enough to m?ke him, and those that were with him, drunk. The women then took his hat and handkerchief, and nent upstairs with them, whither he followed them, and had more drink, and here, after much disgusting proceedings, the prisoner lost his money.—The charge Wall fully proved, and, of course, the prilloners were committed for trial. Cases, like the present, suggest a remark which we have often heard made, and which is not without rea- son to support it, viz., that while it is necessary to vindicate the justice of the country by the prosecution of offenders of this description, yet it is a scandal to public morals, and a grievous hardship on the public who have to pay the cost, that fellows like the prosecutor may unpunished rush recklessly into danger, and throw temptation in the way of unfortunate beings, who, but for the profligacy of the other sex, would be obliged to have recourse to someTiohest means of obtaining a subsistence. Patrick Coogan and Daniel O'Connell, the Stewards of the IIibernia Independent Benefit Society, were summoned by Daniel Cronin, a member of the Society, for illegally ex. cluding him from the Society.—Mr. Woollelt,for the stewards, objected that the Magistrates had no jurisdiction, the matter having been already decided by a committee of the society, and the Act of Parliament providing that the iragistrates shall have jurisdiction only where the dispute shall not have been so decided.—Cronin objected that the committee which decided the case was not legally constituted the rules require that no "i'6?! i F *'le sociely s^all on such committee unless he shall have been two and a half years a member, and as more than onc mcmber of that committee was less than that period on the boois, the committee was not legally constituted.—The stewards were ordered to restore the complainant to all the ad- vantages of which his exclusion deprived him. Mrs. Anne Richards, a person rather respectably attired, and beyond the middle age, whose sharp angulas features, quick pe- nftrattngeye, thin pale lips, drawn tightly over discoloured Ucth, and general fidgelly and uneasy manner, bespoke her iI. shrew, appeared to answer the complaint of Mrs. Mary F-vans, who was much her junior in years, and heller looking in the face, but low, fat, dumpy, and vulgar.—Mrs. Evans being sworn, said that on Saturday evening last, between six and seven o'clock, she was coming from Pill, where she lived, 'o the market, at Newport, when she met the defendant, Mrs. Kichards, who attacked her in a very abusive manner, spit in her face, and told her that she kept a female in her house, whom she designated by a very improper, though very common epithet; she also pushed her, and, altogether, considering the state she was in," she felt at the time very considerable alarm for the conscquences.—Mrs. Richards, who though advanced In years, was evidently in as thriving a state as Mrs. Evans, here interrupted the witness to assure the magistrates that she was not at all tobtame, because Mrs. Evans kept a young person in her house, who was constantly visited by her (Mrs. R.'s), son, who, when he came home, after being in her company was accustomed to beat and abuse her and his father.—Mrs. Evans, however, did not allow all this to go for nothing, as she also went on addressing the magistrates while Mrs. Richards was slating her case, assuring them that the statement, so far as respected the young person who lodged with her was untrue, she being a very inoffensive and virtuous young woman.— The ma- gistrates, however, after many fruitless endeavours, succeeded in checking (he volubility of Mrs. Richards, and asked Mrs. Evans if she had any witnesses to produce, when she called George Bennet, but before he was sworn, the mayor asked Mrs. Evans if she was sure Mrs. Richards spat in her face, to which, having replied in the affirmative, the mayor observed, that she mast have a very good water-spout.Bennett being sworn, stated that he saw the parties on the tram-road they were shoulder to shoulder, pushing one another; ho heard no words, and saw no spitting, in fact, Air. Bennett recollected nothing except in so far as his memory would be likely to serve Mrs. Richards, whose husband, we understood, belonged to the same profesi on as Mr. Bennett, a coal-shipper.—The Mayor to Mr. Hcnnett You saw no blows 1 No.—No spitting? No. Nothing but them there women shoving one another ? Nothing. —The mayor (laughing) They must have been like two rams, then. This sally was of course received with a laugh by 'he Court—Mrs. Richards here again, leaning over the magistrates' table, addressing the mayor, began to urge her wrongs, when his worship said—Now, Mrs. Richards, stop. Mis. Richards went on.-His Worship Mrs. Richards, I do tell you stop. — Mrs. Richards went on,—Flis Worship, much excited, ex- claimed, with great emphasis—Mrs. Richards, stop, I do tell yon to stop, Mis. Richards.—Mrs. Richards, seeing that her eloquence had no effect, and perhaps dreading the conssquences of further importunity, allowed his worship to proceed, who said—Mrs. Richards, this is a very serious case you assaulted that there young woman,and spat in her face; though the witness Bennett said nothing of it, I believe that witness knows more of the matter than he do wish to tell. I could inflict a very heavy punishment upon you, but at present you will be fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Mrs. Richards, who appeared to think that she had got cheaply out of the scrape, paid ihe fine and costs, and observing that she had a sovereign or two vet to spare, cast a rather sinister squint at his worship, and whisked out of Court. William Curran was fined 2s. 6d. and costs, for an assault on Johanna Palmer. John Ellis was charged with assaulting P.C. Iluxtablc. in the execution of his duly.—li appeared by the evidence of lluxtable, that the prisoner was in company with John Jones, who was convicted in the penalty of iof. und costs last court day, for creating a riot in Bane's Well. They had both got drunk at the bid-ale," held at George Blacks, in Wedlake's Couit. Jones was stripped lor fighting, and the prisoner Ellis .Ui abetting him, and holding his clothes, and when the officer attempted to take Jones inlo custody, he wasresisted and struck by prisoner.—The Mayor said, that though he has as tender n feeling as any one for the poor, yet he would be glad any one would lay an information against the bid-ales, for they are the greatest nuisances.—The magistrates would convict the prison- ers in the penalty of 10s. and costs, or one month's imprison. ment. William Davis was charged by Mr. T.J. Phillips, under Martin's Act, with cruelty to a dog.—Mr. Phillips stated 'hit he saw the prisoner that morning throw a poor dog over the nidge, and when the dumb animal would creep through the mud o make his escape, the two-legged brute would catch him, and 'brow him over again.—Mr. Phillips applied to the magistrates o pospone the case, in consequence of the absence of Captain I artitl, who was a material witnesl.-Remanded. FRIDAY, MAY 6. B?Jt>re the ftlayor, Thomas Hughes, William Brewer, Thomas Hawkins, and Thomas Prothero, Esqrs. FORcrBLE ENTRY. this morning, the office was crowded by persons anxious to hear the proceedings in it case of forcible entry, which gaV6 rise tuntuchinterestinthetown. When the maolslrates took their Seat?, the following persons wepe charged by Mr. T. Wpotjett; who appeared for Mrs..Atirie Reed, with forcibly entering her premises, fh Comriieifcial-street, on Thursday, the 5ih inst.: — Messrs. Thomas Price, Watkin Richards, W. M. Townsend, and John Rowe, Robert Cole, George Gould, Wm. Thomas alias Young Bumper, and Wm. Holmes.—Before the evidence Has gone into, the mayor rose and said, that it had been com- municated to him by a very respectable gentleman that morning, that he had something to do with this business. He denied it; he had not seen l\lr. Richards during the week, and he did not knovy anything a-botit wjiat had OCttijred till ten o'clock the night before. If he fell any partiality it would be to Mr. Gough, whom he had known, because lie had never been in Mr. Price's company six times in his life. It was a complete false- hood that he had anything to do with the business.—Mr. Gough was then called, and examined by Mr. Woollett: He said, I know Mrs. Anne Rees, who has a house in Commercial-street, in this town she is tenant for that house, of Mr. Joseph Navies, of Cardiff- Mrs. Rees had a sale of her furniture at the house, on Wednesday and Thursday, Vesterday evening (Thursday) I was at the house, at the close of the sale, and I sawall the defendants there (naming them.) They were under the direction of Price and Townsend, who gave them orders to keep possession. Immediately the auctioneer announced the sale over, Captain Richaids delivered to Mr. trice, what looked like a (lease, and said he gave him possession of the premises on behalf ol Mr. Davies, the landlord. The whole of the defendants were present at the lime, i then said that Mrs. Rees had riot given up possession, as the period of her tenantcy had not expired. Price replied, lhat possession had been given him, and lie would keep it. Townsend pointed to the men and said they were his • he also said that the Mayor had given him authority to act. Several of the men had large sticks in their hands, Price had no stick, but he frequently gave directions to the Inen.—Mr. Woolleit, who acted as Mrs. Rees's solicitor, asked the defend* ants their names, when Townsend said, my men, you have got no names, you are here by my orders, and I shall indemnify you the defendants declined to give their names. Townsend said he was there as clerk to Mr. Clarke, the attorney, of this town Richards said he acted on the part of Mr. Davis, the landlord and Price seemed to have the general superintendence of the whole. I asked Price and Townsend several times if they meant to beep possession, and they said they did. The appearance and manner of all the defendants was such as to cause me to feel much alarm and apprehension. A carpenter was biought in by the defendants, who put a staple and padlock on the front door; all the defendants (except Richards) and others to the number of fifteen were in the room at the time the carpenter told me he put the lock on by direction of Capt. Richards; I could not have gone into the street without tres- passing on other persons ptopeity. Mr. Morgan asked to get in, but he was told that the door was fast and he could not come in he then went to the window, which was fastened by Wm. Thomas, to prevent Morgan raising it, Morgan broke a square of glass in the window, unscrewed the fastening, and came in through the window; several persons followed Morgan, and upon their coming in, Townsend said to the defendants, Now, my men, rank and file, now for your pistolsthe de- fendants then went together on one side of the room, Price then sent for beer and eatables for the defendants, and said Now my boys, make youiselves comfortable, I shall give you what- ever you want;" I found it nesessary to send for assistance, the force about me of the defendants being too strong, and I would be afraid to remain among them without assistance. In his rross-cxamination by Mr. Prothero, Mr. Gough said, with the exception of what 1 have stated, I saw no acts of violence com- mitted by the defendants; 1 cannot say that I saw any act of violence at all. I did not want to go out of the house, there was no restriction put upon my person or actions. The defend- ants were present when Morgan broke the window and came in, and they did not attempt to oppose his entrance. Richards appeared to be under the impression that Mrs. Rees's tenantcy had expired. Mrs. Rees had received notice to quit on the 1st of May, or at such time as her tenantcy expired. (YVitness here put in the notice.) There was a sale on the First of May; Mrs. Rees had not given up her tenantcy.—To Mr. Hawkins the padlock was put upon the front door, and so far I was under restraint; I am certain if I asked they would not let me out at that door.—To Mr. W. M. Townsend I acted on behalf of Mrs. Rees, and have no direct interest—oo interest but hers she paid £35. per annum for the house, and has not underlet it to Mr. Woollett at an increased rent; her lenantcy has not expired I swear her taking was a November taking. Price frequently entreated the men to be peaceable. There were not more than seven persons in the house on my pait, and of those three were women. Mis. Rees had not at all vacated possession.—John Morgan was next sworn and ex- amined by Mr. Woollett: he said he was a carpenter, and the day before he was told by Captain Richards to put a padlock on Mrs. Rees's front door, witness did as he was directed, and fastened the lock, but did not give up the key 10 any one he afterwards look off the lock by the direction of Mr. Woollett; sawall the defendants in the house; Townsend and Thomas were the only persons whom he saw with sticks.—Mr. Gough being re-called and examined by Mr. Prothero said I asked Price and Townsend to go out, but they refused, and Piice said the men were there by his directions.—Mr. E. V. Jenkins examined by Mr. Woollett said I am a druggist, and live opposite Mrs. Rees's house was there yesterday between four and five o'dock, and saw several of till defendants, two or three of whom had sticks heard no directions given by Price he came into witnesses's shop, and asked him to step out, that they were going to do something, but witness did not go.—Mr. Woollett was next sworn and said I am attorney for Mrs. Bees, and have been for some time endeavouring to obtain for her a lease from her landlord, Mr. Joseph Davis, of Cardiff, which he has contracted to grant her. Yesterday I attended the sale at Mrs. Reea's house, and saw Price, Richards, Townsend, and the other defendants there; towards the 1 lose of the sale my suspicions were excited, the defendants were present in the house, and I can speak particularly as to Rowe, Thomas, and Coles, as having lafrge sticks I took pre- cautions to secure the premises as well as I coutd just before the close of the sale, I saw Townsend go up to Mr. Pritchard, the auctioneer, in an angry manner, and address something to him which I did not hear, but I heard him say something about the Mayoi seeing the men acting together, and armed with sticks, I considered there was danger; I went into the sale room and saw Townsend reading what I understood to be a notice to quit. Richards gave what appeared to be a deed into the hands of Price, saying at the same time that he gave him possession for Mr. Davis. I asked Mr. Price if he meant to lake possession under that deed,and he said yes. Mr. Gough and I 'hen asked him to walk out, and he said lie should not. I then asked Price if iheoiher men were there by his authority, and he told me they were. I asked the men for their names, when Townsend came forward and said Don't tell your names, you are here by my authority, and I will indemnify you." Richards told me that he merely acted in the exercise of his duty to deliver possession to Price which he did pursuant to in- structions from Messrs. Prothero and Towgood, Mr. Davis' solicitors, that he had given Price possession, and we might fight it out between us. 1 then went to Mr. Hopkins, Superin- tendent of Police, who shortly after came. I again asked Price and others of the defendants to leave, but they still refused. Immediately after a padlock was put upon the door. J then became alarmed, and endeavoured to get some persons into the house I again desired Townsend and Price to leave, as Mr. Gough and I intended to hold possession for Mrs. Rees. I asked them if Thomas and the other defendants remained in the house by their authority ? They said they did. 1 again lold all the defendants to go out, but they would not. 1 did not consider it safe to remain in the house all night. I got out at the back-door, and went through a garden into Charles-street. 1 went to Mr. l.J. Phillips office, and gave instructions for an information, and returned to the house. I got in through the window, which was opened for me by some one inside. I said 10 I rICe and lownsend, "Once moie, as Mrs. Rees's attorney, 1 must request you 10 leave this houye but they refused to go out; the other defendants also refused, upon a similar request being made to them. I then got out of the win- dow, and went to Mr. Phillips' office, where I completed the information, and got a warrant. I returned to the house, and got in through the window. Mr. Hopkins was at the time out- side of the house among the crowd, who had collected in front. I then desired some one to open the door, which was done. Hopkins then came in, and the defendants were taken into cus- tody. I then cleared the house of all but three persons, whom ivh ,re 10 ca,e —Cross-examined by Mr. Protheio When the men were taken into custody there was no opposition or resistance whatever. Morgan and his party being present at the time through the whole business, theie was not the slightest attempt to injure any one there was not-even a verbal threat; I was determined to retain possession, and to enable me to do so, I sent for force. There was no opposition when I ordered the lock to be taken off; it would be no use and they knew it; "bile I was piesent, there was no attempt to retain possession by force.—Mr. Woollet applied to the magistrates to remand the case in consequence of the absence of a material witness, Mr. Pritchard, the auctioner. If the magistrates would ad- journ the case till the next morning, he would take care to have i\lr. Pritchard in attendance.— The case was then adjourned till Saturday morning.— i\Jr. Prothero said the case was an im- portant one, involving some nice points of law, and requested Mr. Woollett to get any cases that might be in the books, to as- sist the magisiiates in adjudicating. The entry of ihe men was legal, it being perfectly competent for them to attend at the auctton their possession also was not attended with any force or violence whatever; the question then would be, whether, under entry circurTla,ances magistrates could convict for forcible SATURDAY, MAY 7. Jiej'ore the same Magistrates. The magistrates took their seats on the bench at twelve o clock. j'eii0-urJ was much crowded throughout the day.— itr" o W e rl.tc'larjl» auctioneer, being swom, said, he sold Mrs Rees s furniture by auction, at her house, in Commercial- street, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 4th and 5th instant. owar s e c ose of the sale on Thursday evening, Mr. 1 owns- i10 na,j'i C.^I.15 'e l° 'n^or,n me that be was employed by the landlord to take possession of the house; he also said he had thesanc .on of the magistrates to lake forcible possession, and ,0 hold it; and, ,0 order to carry it into effect, he had eight 0, ten ugly fellows, who wete ,eady to turn us out, and if there Was any opposition, to glve Us > b- ood hidin „ witness saw the defendants there, and thought three of llieiu had sticks. lr1 Ty- 1 ,i,en «p *ei1 s°me- 0 uolv'e saj,i ?i'n^ rc,llrn saw all the delendants in the room" y W°Uld not their hands to strike any one, but that hey were determined lo remain in the house, and if any one attempted to tu.n them out they would knock him down, lhat was stated Iou,| enough to be heard by all present. I he conduct of the defendants caused interruption lo the witness in the sale, but he did nm r„„i ,u examined by Mr. Prothero Dul, £ T and Thursday, the front door i.? Wedne,?,W walk who chose there was no l, would be made by persons making a forcihl^ s .aS out; the entry of the defendants^X l" in quietly like other persons; w|lal 'towT^' «hey «alked c Jo me to feel any a/arm l'd,d not see at v 3 !"{ M n0' done by any of the defendants Thomas however °LVi° to me, and pointed towards the door, which 1 un il™! ? intimation that I had belUr be oft i Ta^ pe?l?a l"8 To Mr. Townsend Ycu came up to me in a complimenUry manner, and it is incorrect to say that y0tt addressed me in an angry tone.—This was the case 111 support of the infoimation. DEFENCE. John Morgan, the caipenter who was examined yesterday. was again called, and on being sworn said, that when he was taking off the lock, he saw no person present with a pistol; he saw the men come in through the window the person who had the pistol used it in endeavouring to lake off the lock; it was a double-barrel pistol does not know whether that person was brought by Mr. Woollett or Mr. GoUgh. Mr. Woollett was present when.the pistol was produced—Cross-examined by Mr. VV'ooliett The person v?fio had lh £ 6'lslol, was wiih Mr. Woolleit when IVLT. Woollett ofdeted witness (6 1 e'kfe off the lock. Mr. Woollett must have seen the pistol he made no remark, nor did he appear to be surprised when he saw il.—To Mr. Prothero I do not think the pistol was brought there for the purpose to which it was applied, but for some other purpose. —To Mr. Woolleit: I was ordered to go to the house of Capt. Richards, and not by Mr. Woollett.—Samuel Valentine, ex. amined by Captain Richards, slated that he was at the sale at Mrs. Rees's, on Thursday, between six and seven o'clock, and liaw a man there with a acuble-barfel pistot the person who had it said to witness, Sam, this Is the boy that will go it, when one is off the other is ready." The man tfhfi had the pistol came in with Mr. Morgan he is a servant to Mr. Mor- gan, and came in through the window.—Witness, in his cross- examination by Mr. Woollett, said, does not know his name, but knows his person well; his Christian name is Edmund had no doubt as to the man, as he knew him for years; was not acting in coricert with the defendants; was told by Mr. Woollett to leave the house, and did sO Immediately no one asked witness his name on that evening. Had been frequently before the magistrates had been in prison at Usk. Edmund Williams, Mr. Morgan's man, was here produced, and witness swore positively that he was the man who had the pistol. The witness admitted that he had been in gaol at Bristol, once for an assault and once for passing a bad half-crown.—Mr. Wool- lett applied to have the witness Valentine detained, as he would prefer a charge for perjury against him.—The witness Morgan, the carpenter, was here re-called, and swore positively that Williams was not the man who had the pistol.—Edmund WII. liams, examined, said he was present in Mrs. Rees' house on Thursday he had not a pistol in his possession that day. In his cross-examination by Mr. Prothero, witness admitted that lie was convicted of stealing coals, about eight years ago, and was ihlpfisbned fof it at Usk.—Mr. Woollett then addressed the magistrates* at some length, contending that the evi- dence produced fully supported the information.—Mr« Prothero said it was a deplorable state of society when so many men could be found ready to come forward at any time to do any act of violence that might be pointed out to them. It will be neces- sary to teach them that they must not act so now; that that tendency must be repressed. There was no doubt that the con. duct of the defendants was highly reprehensible, and that they were guilty of a breach of the peace; but he entertained very strong doubts wheiher they were guilty of forcibly entering in the meaning of the statute. It appeared to him that Mrs. Rees could not proceed either under the statute or at com- mon law, having neither a lease nor the freehold. Under these circumstances, he thought it would not be fair to commit, when it was so very unlikely that the defendants would be convicted in another court. On the whole he would put it to the magistrates whether the justice of the case would not be fully satisfied by binding over the defendants to appear at sessions, to answer any charge which might be brought against them,-The Mayor said I agree entirely with Mr. Prothero, who is more comprehensive on points of law than me. t have considered this case a good deal; 1 was up late last night, and up early this morning sifting through the acts I have at home, and I do not find that there was any forcible entry licre. There was a great deal of what was very improper done, particularly of Townsend, but I would hot give much weight to that; see what he said about the magistrates, but no one be lieved him see what he says of the landlord, that's not true he said too he would give them a b-y hiding," but it was not done. They went on well together, eating and drinking to- gether, and when the door was ordered 10 be opened, there was no objection made. In my mind there is no forcible entry but if it was, it is a case turning on a pivot, as Mr. Prothero says, and he hoped the gentlemen on the bench would adopt the course pointed out by Mr. Prothero.—The magistrates appear. ing to entertain different opinions on the case, Mr. T. J. Phillips proceeded to take their votes, when Messrs. Hughes, Brewer, and Hawkins, being a majority of the bench were of opinion that the charge laid in the information was proved the defend- ants were consequently committed.—Mr. Brewer said he thought George Gould should be discharged, he being described as Benjamin Gouid in the information and warrant. Mr. T. J. Phillips said that he having pleaded and answered the misno- mer, it had been recently decided in another case, that the proceeding was regular.—The Mayor: I think I am right yet, and not me alone, but I will read you—Mr. Prothero here interrupted the Mayor, observing that as a majority of the magistrates had already given their judgment, the Mayor could not call upon them to reconsider it.—Mr. T. J. Phillips st ited that the magistrates would take bail for the defendants.—Mr. Prothero said the lowest possible amount of bail should be required for the defendants Rowe, Thomas, Gould, Coles, and Holmes, as from their condition in life they would no doubt find it difficult to obtain bail.—Mr. Hawkins proposed that £ 50. bail should be required for Price, Richards, and Towns- end, and £10. for the rest.— Mr. Prothero The effect of that would be to send the five men to gaot he would propose that £5. be required for them. This was finally adopted.—Mr. Prothero One of the defendants, Mr. Townsend, may perhaps find some difficulty in obtaining bail for £ 50.—Mr. Townsend Not the least, Sir,—I can find bail for a thousand if required. —Mr. Prothero: I think Mr. Price and Mr. Richards ought to find bail for the other five defendants.—Mr. George Gething become bail for Messrs. Price and Richards, Mr. W. N. Mor- gan for Mr. Townsend, and Mr. Penny, brewer, for Rowe, Cole, Thomas, Gould, and Holmes. The Court did not ad. journ till half-past six o'clock in the evening.