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FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, WAY 12. BANKRUPTS. W. Stent, Oxford-street, hosier. H. Cundall, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, innkeeper and farmer. „ „ G. Flowers, late of Manchester House, Holloway, u now of Hawk Cottage, Hammersmith, auctioneer and builder. W. Gordon, Colchester, coach proprietor. P. Speyer and J. Schubach, High Holborn, uo J. Furze, Paington, Devonshire, victual er. I'. Wilkes, Monmouth, innkeeper, June 13, July 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. R. Pitt, junior, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, hatter and W°0lTUESI)AY'S LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 16. BANKRUPTS. C. and T. Cooper, (en-mongers, Strood, Kent. C. Altazin, upholsterer, Conduit-street, St. George, Hanover- square. r J. Jones, bookseller, Stafford. T. Price, baker, Liverpool. T. and E. Williams, linen drapers, Liverpool; .I. Lambert, cloth merchant, Leeds. S. and B. Musgrave, dyers, Leeds.

THE MINORITY ON MR. VILLIERS' MOTION-125. Aglionby, H. A. For, Chatles R. Ponsonby, C. F. A. Aldam, W. Gibson, T. M. Ponsonby, Hon. J, Bannerman, A. Gisborne, Thomas Prothero, Edward Barnard, E. G. Grey, Sir George Pulsford, R. Berkeley, Hon. C. Grosvenor. Rord R. Ramsbottom, J. Berkeley, Captain Hall, Sir Benjamin Ricardo, John L. Berkeley, Hon. H. F. Hastie, A. Rice. E. R. flewitt, R. J. Hawes, Benjamin Roche, Sir D. Bowring, Dr. Hay, Sir A. L. Roebuck, J. A. Lirotherton, Joseph Hayter, William G. Ross, D. R. Browne, Hon. W. Heron, Sir R. Russell, Lord E. Buller, C. Hindley, CI Scholefield, J. Duller, Edward Holland, R. Scott, Robert Busfeild, William Horseman, E. Scrope, G. P. Byng, Rt. Hon. G. Howick, Lord Seale, Sir J. Chapman, B. Hume, Joseph Smith, Benjamin Christie, W. D. Jervis, J. Smith, R, V, Clive, E. B. Johnson, General Standish, C. Cobden, Richard Johnston, A. Stansfield, W. R. Collett, John Langston, J. H. Stanton, W. H. Collins, William Langton, W. G. Stuart, Lord James Corbally, M. E. Layard, Captain Strickland, Sir G. Craig, W. G. Leader, John T. Strutt, Edward Crawford, W. S. Ld Mayor of London Tancred, H. W. Currie, Raikes Macauley, T. B. Thorneley, T. Dalmeny, Lord Majoribanks, S. Townley, John Dashwood, Q. Marshall, W. Trelawny J. S. Dennistoun, J. Marsland, H. Tufnell, Henry D'Eyncourt, T. C. Martin, John Turner, E. Duncan, Lord Maule, Hon. F. Vivian, J. H.' Duncan, George Morrison, General Wakley, Thomas Duncombe, T. Muntz, G. F. Walker, R. Dundai, Admiral Napier, Sir C. Ward, H. G. Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. O'Brien, J. Wawn, John T. Elkcc, Edward O'Connell, M. J. Williams, William Ellis, Wynn Ord, William Wood, Benjamin tlpUinatoiie, H. Oswald, James Wood, G. W. Ewart, William Parker, John Yorke, Henry R. Fielden, John Pechell, Captain Ferguson Colonel Philip,; 0. R. Tellers. Fitzroy, Lord C. Philipi. M. Villiers, Hon. C, Fleetwood, Sir P. Philpots, John Stuart, W. Villiers Forster, Mafthew. Plu^ridge, Captain

REBECCA AND HER DAUGHTERS.—There was a tneel- 11 resPecta^'e inhabitants of the hundred of Derllys, held at St. Clears, on Wednesday last, when re- solutions were passed praying that a. rural police be not established, the expense of which will fall heavily on the farmer, and rate-payers of that hundred. Do not those hardened ruffians in crime, Rebecca and her Daughters, tunk they have already done enough of mischief, by des- troymg the gates and the toll-houses of the different trusts, as well as burning the plantation of that generous friend to the poor, Timothy Powell, Esq., of Penycoed, that they must inflict upon the innocent farmer punishment of te pocket, which is most dearly felt, by continuing their wicked acts, and thus compel the magistracy to form a ru- ral police, which, as a matter of course, cannot be effi- cientiy kept up without undergoing an immense expendi- ture. We sincerely hope that those lawless persons will see the propriety, by their peaceable and honest conduct, of not compelling the magistrates to introduce a rural po- lice to protect the property of the people of that part of the county.- Carmarthen Journal. Dr. Christholme,of London, was, on Monday last, so violently assaulted, in the street, by a gentleman of fortune,' named Stratford, that his life is in danger. Mr. Stratford mistook Dr. Christholme for B. Gregory, of the Satirist, in which paper he was attacked. Stratford is detained in custody.

FRANCE. The principal news of Saturday is, that the law, adopt- ing M. Passy's amendment, equalising the sugar duties in a few years, passed by 286 votes against 97. The cham- ber showed itself thus deaf to the singular argumentation of M. Berryer. He advised the French to sacrifice beet- root and its sugar, because by so doing they would increase their marine to the respectable footing requisite to become the rival and the naval foe of England. As war was one day to be the result of this, M. Berryer merely wished to suppress beet-root, in order to bring about a state of things which would render beet-root indispensable. For in case of war with England. colonial sugar may be expected to become as scarce as it was under Napoleof. As an in- demnity would now have to be paid to the beet-root growers for the suppression of their industry, a second in- demnity would then be required to revive il.

SPAIN. RESIGNATION OF THE LOPEZ CABINET. PARIS, MAY 23.—The following telegraphic despatch I appears in this day's Moniteur.—. "The Regent having refused to sign the dismissal of Generals Linage and Zurbano, the Lopez cabinet resigned yesterday, the 19th. Gomez Becerra, President of Senate, was immedrately charged with forming a new cabinet. The finances were entrusted to Mendizabel. The Congress declared on the 19th unanimously (less three votes) that the resigned ministers had deserved their confidence to the last. "The Congress voted on the 19th an address to the Regent, recommending to him the amnesty, and address- ing thanks to the resigned ministry." SETTLEMENT OF THE SERVIAN QUESTION. We have just received the following letter from our Constantinople correspondent;— "CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 4. Despatches have been this morning received by the Porte which at once put an end to all further discussion upon the Servian question, and set the seal to the triumph of Russia. The Servians, who had anticipated support from England, France, and Austria, have made their full and entire submission. They hue addressed a note to this effect to the Ottoman Government, and are prepared to accede in all things to the commands of the Sultan. "Cara Georgewitch will resign, and submit to a new election, if required, and his ministers. Wuttish and Pentronowisch will prespnt themselves at Constantinople, if this should be insisted T(»on, to stand trial or inquiry. The complications that might have arisen both to the Porte and to Russia by Servian violence are thus avoided, and the latter government may henceforth consider itself as absolute mistress of that portion of the right Danube bank.

DOMESTIC NEWS. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.— May 24th, 1843.—We continue to experience a good demand for sugars of all kinds, and nearly all have been sold at full rates, from 60s. for low, to 70s. for fine bright. PS.—Wednesday, tour o'clock.—We have a brisk demand to day, and nearly all sold at an advance ol Is. per cwt. In the House of Commons, au Thursday night, the Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. We understand that the Forest of Dean Railway Bill, was, on Tuesday, thrown out in committee. A daring act of swindling, by which a farmer was robbed of thirty pounds, was effected at Shrewsbury fair last week; Two persons, apparently strangers, were bargain- ing for a horse in High-street, and it was at length sold for thirty pounds. When the money came to be paid, the seller refused to take it in sovereigns, saying 6d. a piece discount would be charged him at the bank, which he could not afford. The purchaser turned to a farmer who was observing the transaction, and asked him if he would favour him with lix £5. notes, for thirty sovereigns to which the farmer assented, and handed them over to the buyer, who, without giving the promised sovereigns, went to complete the bargain for the horse in the door-way of an ion close by, leaving the horse in the farmer's band. Finding they did not immediately return, the farmer went after them, and found the vagabonds had escaped, leaving IJlm a horse which he did not want, worth eight or ten pounds, for thirty pounds. Immediate pursuit was given but the thieves escaped. ABATEMENT OF RENTS.—We observe with rr.uch plea- sure that Earl Beauchamp has, in the most liberal manner, returned to his Gloucester tenantry ten per cent. on their respective rents. We last week, announced that the noble earl had made the same reduction at his audit in Madres- field, in this county. This excellent example has been followed by many other large landowners in this and the neighbouring counties,in consequence of the present de- pression in agricultural produce. H. M. Goddart, Esq., of Cliffe House, has announced to his tenantry his inten- tion of remitting ten per cent. on their rents due at Lady- day last. Randle Chatham Strode, Esq., at his recent au. dit, kindly abated his tenants of West Cranmore, Somer- setshire, seven and a half per cent. upon their rents then paid, due at Michaelmas last. Sir William Heathcote, Bart., also has announced his intention to make a reduc- tion of ten per cent. from the rental of his Hampshire tenantry. LEEDS.—The movements of this important place, (cer tainly the second if not the first manufacturing town i the empire,) are ominous signs of the times; the atttempt made by the present government to throw the education of the people into the hands of the Established Church, has produced the counter move of a petition for the seve- rance of church and state. On Tuesday, a numerous meeting, convened by requisition, took place in the yard of the Cloth Hall, and after an animated but orderly dis- cussion, occasioned chiefly by the Chartists, who approved of the principle, but wanted the Charter pressed forward as the only means of effecting the object. A petition was agreed to. casing upon the government to dissolve that connection. About five thousand persons were present. Must of the leading Whigs were absent, considering that this was not the time for mooting the point. In particu- ar' t^ward Baines, the great champion of the Dissenters and Editor of the Leeds Mercury, kept aloof; in addition to the avowed reason, it is conjectured that he was afraid lest he should encounter some symptoms of discontent, as his letters against the Factory Bill, evinced far more sp'een and self conceit, that sound and liberal principle— al.d wa* moreover reasoned—with a wanton and irrelevant at ack on the Catholics. For this specimen of bigotry, he has already received, in print, a spirited castIgation from Waterlin the Wanderer," and his ad mirers are not a little disgusted at his thus convincing the public how much more of sectarian animosity pervades his feelings, than an enlarged system of universal toleration. Truly when W8 shake off the yoke of one spiritual denomination, it is not to put one's neck under another, nor will those who would not suffer the lion to invade them, stand tamely to be devoured by the wolf. Trade is progressing with a snail's pace up the hill of improvement, the long and vio- lent rains tend to check its developement. A fortnight of sunny weather would shorten fares wonderfully.—A Cor- respondent at Leeds. FANCY BALL.—The fancy ball at the Assembly Rooms Chiton, on Tuesday evening last was well and brilliantly attended but the ladies and gentlemen all came, with one exception, in propriis personis, unless, as a wit observed, the Yeomanry officers, who appeared in the character of soldiers, yet notwithstanding this puny but almost pardon- able attempt at humour, a more splendid set of uniforms, or men who wore them with more grace or ease, it has not been our good fortune to see. We should, as a chance guess, say, there were considerably more than two hun- dred persons present, and the variety and number of the military costumes, added to the beauty of the ladies dresses (though not fancy),and tbe brilltancy of the rooms, had, altogether, quite a dazzling effect. The rooms did not begin to fill until some time after ten o'clock, from which time dancing continued, with little pause," quad- rilles, waltzes, and gallops, until nearly three O'CIOCK. Amongst the company, independent of nearly all the offi- cers of the Royal Gloucester, and some of the North So- mersetshire Yeomanry Cavalry J. Bayley, Vaughan, G. Berkeley, Hobson, Crawley, Boevy, Sawyers, John Mil#, &c., we noticed many of the leading families of CliftMi and neighbourhood, the right worshipful the Mayor of Bristol, Lord John and Lady Somerset, General Faunce, the Misses Faunce, C. L. Walker, Mrs. Walker, and He Misses Walker, M. H. Castle, Mrs. Castle, Mrs. Callaj- han, Mrs. Palmer, Mr. Whittuck, Miss Whittuck, H Roach, Mrs. Roach, Mr. Roach, Mr. Quartley, M'S. Quartley, Miss Quartley, 8cc. Supper was provided, aid with all the arungemenfs seemed to give satisfaction aid reflect much credit on Mrs. Long's good taste. THE COLLIERIES—On Saturday, a very numer<'JS meeting of the pitmen of this district was held on he Black Fell, for the purpose of taking into consideraton the present depressed slate of trade. Most of the paries went in procession from the respective collieries, preceted by a band, with banners, and returned in the same orcer, the whole proceedings being conducted in the most or- derly manner; as an instance of which, it may be stapd. that though several publicans went to the ground in ClrlS with spirits and ale, none was allowed to be sold.—N<w~ castle Chronicle. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION PETITION.—This inquiry ii'L continues. Various witnesses have been examined vith the view of showing acts of bribery and treating on the part of the friends of the sitting members. The last rØO- lution of the committee is important. It is as follows:- "That the act 4th and 5th Victoria cannot be taken as applying to treating, unless it can be shown that it inlu- ences some particular vote. That counsel must not eiter into evidence as to acts of treating which cannot be sh<wn to have influenced some particular vote, unless such asare charged to have been committed by parties previotsly shown to be agents, except when the evidence whict to prove the treating cannot be separated from that whitf is intended to prove the agency." We understand that the Marquess of Bute and the >rl of Mansfield have received the green ffbbons" vacan by the deaths of his royal highness the Duke of Sussex, tnd the Earl of Abergavenny.—Stamford.

HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, MAY 22. The Bishop of Exeter presented certain petitions relative to projected reforms in the Ecclesiastical Courts, and in doing so took occasion to advert to the bill now before the other house of Parliament. This allusion the Lord Chancellor pronounced to be irregu. lar, and after some fearing between the spiritual and temporal peer, The Bishop of Exeter said he was quite content to postpone his obseivations, on the understanding that the hill to which he had alluded should not be pressed through Parliament when the bishops were absent. The Townshend Peerage Bill was read a third time and passed, after a few observations from the Earl of Devon in op- position to, and from Lord Brougham in support of, the measure. In reply to the Marquess of Clanricarde, The Duke of Wellington said that full particulars respecting the operations in Scinde had not yet reached this country, but when the accounts arrived, there could be no objection whatever to giving the information deaired. In reply to Lord Campbell as to whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, in consequence of what had taken place in the Scotch Church, to make any concession, The Earl of Aberdeen said, as far as he could stale, he might say that nothing had happened to change the views and inten. tions of her Majesty's Government, and which they had already avoned. The Queen's Bench Officers Bill passed through committee and the house adjourned at a quarter to 8 o'clock. TUESDAY, MAY 23. A desultory conversation took place respecting the stite o Ireland, in which one or two noble lords denied the correctnes of the statement made by Dr. Higgins, that all the Roman Ca tholic Bishops were favourable to repeal. Lord Radnor, in presenting the petition for the repeal of the corn laws, agreed to at the meeting at Uxbridge, briefly des- cribed the constitution of the meeting, which was, he said, al. most wholly composed of farmers, and the petition carried by a majority of three to one. Lord Mountcashel denied that the Anti.Corn Law League htd made any converts among the farmers, and designated the meeting as a hole and corner one. Lord Powis presented a number of petitions against the union of the two sees of St. Asaph aod Bangor, aod proceeded at con- siderable length to move ihe second reading of his bill, giving effect to the prayer of the petitions. He was followed by the Duke of Wellington, who, relying upon the report of the Ecclesiastical Commission, opposed the measure. The Bishop of Bangor, however, refused hit assent to the praise which had been bestowed upon the recommendations of the commission, and strongly opposed the amalgamation of the sees. The Archbishop of Canterbury, as a member of the commis. sion, defended the original bill, and was supported by the Bi- shop of London, principally on the ground that episcopal superintendence was indispensably necessary at Manchester, which it was proposed to create a see in the place of the sup- pressed bishoprick. In this view the Bishops of Lincoln and Norwich concurred, but those of Salisbury, Exeter, and St. David's, warmly re- sisted the union of the sees. Lord Powis eventually withdrew his motion, although with the intention of renewing it next session, in case no means should be devised in the mean time for establishing a bishopric at Manchester without robbing Wales of its present episcopal staff. The Earl of Mountcashel postponed his motion on the corn laws till Friday, to which day the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, MAY 22. Numerous petitions were presented against the Factories Education Bill. Lord Howick gave notice of a motion, shortly after Whit- suntide, relative to the late additional impost on coals exported from this country. Mr. Lambton said he would, on Friday, ask Sir J. Graham whether the Government intended to withdraw the educational clauses of the Factories bill. In answer to a question from Sir Andrew Leith Hay, relative to the secession from the Scotch church, Sir James Graham said that ninety-three endowed ministers of the Established Church had seceded, a great number of lay members, and an additional number of quoad sacra ministers had also gone with them, and that her Majesty's Government would watch the pioceedings of the General Assembly with regard to any measures that legally-constituted body might adopt. FACTORIES BILL. On the motion for reading the Order of the Day for the re- newal of the adjourned debate 00 the Canada Corn Bill. Mr. Blewitt said he wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet as to the irregular mode in which the Factories Bill had been introduced. By a Standing Order of the House, passed in 1772, it was laid down that no Bill relating to religious matters could be brought on without a resolution in Committee of the whole House. This Standing Order was acted on in a Bill brought in 1780, and he contended that this Bill as much related to religion as the one then introduced. If the Right Hon. Baronet fell any doubt on the subject, he ought to have given the benefit of that doubt to the immense number of petioners who complained of the Bill. There was also another objection. By one of the Standing Orders of the House, no Bill imposing any charge upon the peop!e could be introduced except in a Committee of the whole House. Now by the 74th clause of the Bill the trustees were empowered to borrow money for the purpose of building these schools, and by another clause the trustees and overseers of the poor were authorised to dis- charge the expenses incurred in the maintenance of the schools out of the parochial rates. If there was a doubt on the subject, he trusted that the Riglit Hon. Gentleman would give the benefit of that doubt to the numerous petitioners against the Bill. Sir J. Graham suggested that the Hon. Gentleman ought to have given notice of a motion on the subject, when that question could be discussed. If the Hon. Gentleman wished to know whether his (Sir J.Graham's) attention had been directed to the subject, he would at oncestate that it had. He would allude to the last portion of the Hon. Gentleman's queries—first, that portion namely which alluded to the Bill imposing a rate. Not to weary the House with precedents, he would only allude to three measures, each of which had been introduced without having previously gone through Committee; those were, first, tbe Metropolitan Police Act; secondly, the County Constabul- ary Act; and thirdly, which was a case directly in point, inas- much as it imposed a rate where no rate had previously been ever imposed, the Act establishing Poor Laws in Ireland. All tl ose had been introduced without having been previously under the consideration of a Committee. Then with reeard to a second point, that there were certain clauses in the Bill referring to religi°Q» he would state that an Act had been passed expressly (jtsgned for the regulation of education in Ireland, which had qui e as great reference t0 mat,ers b( rellgion as the Factories B,i', anl that Act had been introduced without having been previously submitted to a Committee and then there was the Factories Act, which had also been introduced without eoine through Committee. 5 I Sir J. Graham said, after the debate on the Canada Corn Bill was brought to a close, he would name the day when he would proceed with the Factories Bill. 3 After a brief conversation between Mr. Roebuck and Mr Gladstone, about the quantity of corn grown in Canada, and the damage caused to tne wheat by an insect which wai no! named* Mr WodeUouse resumed the adjourned debate on the Ca- nada CoteI BI and expressed his regret that on this question he was compelled to oppose a Government, the princioles of which he had supported for twenty-five years P P Ht Th, JiThl I DUraer0U5 8Peakers' wh0 throw much light on the subject. ?■ anrr:; ,he rel°luti0D9 were carried by a majority of j86 and they are to be considered in committee on Friday next. Sir J.Grah.m said that he should bring on the Irish Arms Blll on Monday next, and Mr. M.J. O'Coooell stated that se- veral members intended to come from Ireland to take part in the discussion. f The house adjourned at a quart^ to one. TUESDAY, MAY 23. A great "umber of petitions were again presented against the Factories Bill; and several were presented in its favour; amongst the latter, one by Lord Ashley, from Manchester, S,gM 26,618 Persons. »" m^es. Mr. Hawes then brought under the attention of the house the claims of the British merchants whose property was confiscated by Denmark during the war with France, in consequence of the seizure of the Copenhagen fleet by the British forces. He moiied an address to the Crown, praying that the Queen would afford relief. r j o I he Speaker acquainted Mr. Hawes that this mode of pro- ceeding was contrary to the forms of Parliament. Mr. Hawes then sought to amend his motion, but this could not be done without leave of the house, to which the Govern- ment refused their concurrence, and Mr. Hawes withdrew his motion, giving notice for a future day. Mr. T. Duncombe called attention to the discipline and ma- nagement of the Knutsford House of Correction, and to the refusal of the magistrates to dismiss the governor, contrary to the recommendation of the Home Secretary, and to the dismis. nlof the Rev. Mr. Browne, the late chaplain and moved for a committee of inquiry into the matter. „ 'T. Egerton defended the conduct of the magistrates. He did not object to inquiry, but he would not consent to a motion which implied a censure on the magistrates. G. Strickland aDd Mr. Curteia supported the motion. *'a,nes Graham admitted that something should be done in is case, and, without binding himself or his colleagues to M*h1CU'ar he theueln that legislative interference 8 "seful than furtl^t inquiry. He felt disposed to !Q the present session a bill for the purpose of grant- 'nfth°»K 6 '.etary of State a concurrent power of dismissal w e'magistrates. With this intimation, he hoped Mr. Duncombe would not press his motion. P 1 fh 8ome. ren)arks from Sir T. Wilde and other hon. mem- TII MTK °? wa.9 withdrawn. Qi' r> p a,nJt Prison Bill was read a third time and passed. I rpught up the Church Endowment Bill, which Ufonday t,me' ant* or^ere^ to he read a second timq on The house then adjourned.

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To the Editor of the Monmouthshire. Merlin. SIR,-8eing one of those whose occupation confines them within the bowels of the earth for a considerable portion of their time, and whose wants and condition have aroused the sympa- thetic feelings of our legislators, so that by their educational enactments we are to be removed from one degree above the brute creation, to share the same privileges as other citizens and subjects, whereby our finer feelings may bring us to dwell upon subjects at once grand and sublime, 1 often think what a moral change is to be effected. But. sir, the collier's life, though represented as being shrouded with ignorance as well as darkness, is not always gloomy and melancholy. Being blessed with lather a more numerous progeny than some amongst ihi-m, 1 was going to aay whose souls are wrapped in melody, after my daily toil is over, in approaching my dwelling-place, my ears are often saluted with the sweet vibrating sounds flowing from Cambria's de- lightful minstrelsy, or the modulated tones of an organ, mixed with song, to me almost seraphic, and this within the circle of my own family but notwithstanding this, I am one of those who sometimes love to roam abroad, especially at the approach- ing season of the year, when smiling spring, with gentle gale, moves upon the mountain-top with its refreshing breeze, and beautifies its summit, decorating it with the purple heath- flower's bloom and having another object in view, occasionally descend into the valley, my footsteps being directed to one of those ancient, but truly Protestant, places of worship where our forefathers bowed their knees in prayer, and where, beneath the venerable yew-tree's shade, their ashes rest in undisturbed repose. But I intended making a few comments upon what is termed the Government Education Bill. Passing by the framer's motives in the bill itself, which to me are truly objeclionable. although I admire the doctrines of the Established Church, and there are but few of the articles but which I can subscribe to, yet I think it would be wise in our rulers to separate the educational clauses from the factory bill pass the latter, but leave the former for more mature deliberation, and not create hatred, malice, and ill-will between the different sections of the Christian church, bearing in mind that the same divine precept enforced by the Head of the Church holds good collectively as well as individually, Love one another as I have loved you." A SOUTH WALES COLLIER. May 8th, 1843.

To the Editor o f the Monmouthshire Merlin. Si*,—Upwards of seven months have now elapsed since we celebrated the opening of our splendid dock, and I for one can never forget the assurances that day given by the projectors and committee, to use eveiy possible exertion to make it beneficial to the town and trade of the port. Since that time I have nar- rowly watched its progress, and I confess, until lately (con- versing with persons in business who might piomote its welfare) I could not comprehend the reason that it was made so little use of, and the river preferred even by ships of large burthen. On examining closely every circumstance connected with the dock and iis management, I find its interests, instead of being allied with the trade of the port, are at present in direct oppo- sition, and unless a reconciliation takes place, it is obvious all this fine architectural and engineering display will have been exercised, not for service, but for show. The present dock rates upon the shipping are, I understand, excessive, and not less so upon the merchant. It has been argued in favour of the rates of the Newport Dock, that they are lower than those of any other dock, or at all events not higher than those of anv other in the kingdom and I understand when any question has been raised upon this point, Cardiff, the only rival port we have in this channel, has been proposed as the test. Now I beg leave to say that unless some alteration has been made in the dock rates of that port since July, 1842, only one month preceding the printed dock rates of Newport, there is a very great difference, ahhough the capital expended in the construc- tion of the former so much exceeded that of the latter. In comparing the two, I find in the Cardiff table of rates that a vessel ariiving from America, the United States, the West In- dies, or any other port in Asia, Africa, or America, is subject to a charge of ninepence per ton, with liberty to lay six weeks and re-load again, without further charge but according to the Newport dock rate, a vessel making use of our dock from and for such a voyage, would have to pay twentypence per ton, viz., ninepence per ton inwards, ninepence per ton outwards, and twopence per ton rent, there being only four weeks allowed free. after which there is a rate of one penny per ton per week. the difference is full 120 per cent. in favour of Caidiff Again, I understand there is an additional tax of nearly six- pence per ton upon coals, and one shilling per ton on iron, chargeable to the iron and coal merchants, for such vessels as load in the Newport dock, there being at the same time no ra. cility, accommodation, or convenience whatever for loading: on the contrary, their men are obliged to be sent from town at least twice a-day, and before they can provide themselves with such temporary accommodation for loading the vessels which their own ingenuity can devise, a great part of tbe day is spent without making any progress and as the shipping- interest is so much depressed by the very low rate of freight, time for loading and discharging is much shortened but the delay experienced in the Newport dock is now, I understand, so proverbial that both merchants and ship-owners in many cases have stipulated for vessels to load at the respective wharfs. It was my intention to have suggested a remedy for these objections against the dock, and which I flatter myself, would, with some improvement, have obviated the present differences: but not knowing how far you may deem my observations worth your consideration, I leave the matter at present in your hands, and shall have much pleasure in again reluming to the subject, if 1 find you think it worth your notice. OBSERVER. P.S. In addressing to you the above lines, allow me again to assure you that I am actuated only by an earnest desire to promote the best interests of the port. We may be unques- tionably proud of our dock; it is a noble work, and boasts of the finest entrance lock in the world. In the name of common sense, let all who have proper feelings for the advancement of our commercial interests, do their best to invite trade to the Newport dock.

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. State of education, as connected with the various denomi- nations of Christians in the parish of Bedwelty, county of Monmouth, April, 1843. The number of inhabitants in this parish, according to the last census, was 22,170. Since, then, however, owing to the depression of trade, tbe number must be some hundreds, if not thousands, less. The number of Sunday schools, at the pre- sent time, belonging to dissenting congregations, is 45. The attendance at these schools every Sunday, 8292. TheEstab- lished Church has had, of late, three Sunday schools. There is also one "British and Foreign School, two of what some here term National Schools, but with what propriety is questionable, and twenty or more of day schools. At all of these the Bible and moral lessons are taught, and at most of them religious catechisms, especially those attached to dissenters. There is neither writing nor arithmetic taught in the Sunday schools. At the Sabbaih schools conducted by the nonconformists, the principal care is to instruct the scholars in the leading and plain truths of the Christian religion. 0 At, bythe report of commissioners, some Sunday scholars in the manufacturingdistricts of Monmouthshire have been pointed out as so very ignorant as not to know the name of God, and as ignorant of the name of Jesus Christ, it is but fair and just at the present awful crisis, that the public should know that it is impossible for any one to attend the Sabbath schools con- ducted by dissenters without hearing of the name of God and that of our blessed Saviour; and also these school's are com- menced and closed by prayer, when the name of the Supreme Ruler is invoked, and supplications offered in the name of the Redeemer, as our meritorious Mediator. In order to have a correct report, children, when examined out of these schools, ought in fairness to be questioned in tbe language they know, nnd in which they had been instructed, and not in that which is foreign and unknown to them. We should be most happy if that great and deservedly celebrated writer, Dr. Vaughan. were to know the ancient language, I presume, of his forefathers, and favour us with a tour to exa- mine our Sunday schools in the upper parts of Monmouthshire; and there can be no doubt, with those who know the state of Sunday scholars here, that he would, with pleasure, in tire next edition, revise some parts of his popular work, "The Age of Great Cities," at least in reference to the Wrelsh population. Too much has been made by interested parties of that deistical movement to Newport. When the excited state of most popu- lous parts of the kingdom at that time is considered, and espe- cially the dense population in those districts out of which that insignificant few were gathered, and the many unfair means used to augment that small number, only about five hundred out of hundreds of thousands, it should be considered a glorious failure on the part of the rebellious and sceptical party, and a decided triumph of education and religion on the part of the population in general. It is neither honest nor just, to con- demn thousands, a whole country, for the wicked conduct of a few, as ignorant and disaffected or else the metropolis should be considered the most ignorant spot in the whole kingdom, and Sir James Graham's bill of education should be applied to London as an experiment before any other place. I really he lieve that the proposed system of education by the present Go- vernment, was not caused by the ignorance of the manufacturing districts, but that it is owing to their being possessed of too much knowledge as the workmen of those districts are by far better informed than most of the labourers of the agricultural parts of the kingdom, and are too much instructed in liberal principles, and too well informed in politics, histoiy, and the manner in which their superiors and governors rule over them, as well as too much educated in religious liberty and dissent from the Established Church, to please the tyrannical spirit of the high church party. They think, no doubt, their exclusive sectarian education would enslave tha minds of the people to their contracted and selfish scheme. Connected with the present attempt, we have reason to fear. with this feeler of appointing the higher clergy to judge what books are to be perused, that ihere is an eye to the continent, and to our neighbour the King of France's oppressive law, and if we quietly submit to the present manoeuvre, the next will be to curtail the liberty of the press, as Sir James's plan can never be perfect in design without this. Before closing these brief remaiks, allow me to say that I think it would be very desirable were the Dissenters united, to make a report, for public information, of the state of education in every parish of Ihe upper part of Monmouthshire, that all may see who strive most to ameliorate the condition of their fellow creatures. Respected brethren of all dissenting denominations, pray be not bantered and daunted by unfair representations. Let the truth be known, and it will overcome all falsehood, and in the end triumphantly conquer. Yours, &c., C ■ — L 0 WENT.

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sin,—I have just happened to light on the following quota- tion which occurs in Dr. Vaughan s work, entitled The Age of Great Cities, and as it seems so relevant to a vexed question now before the public mind, I trust you will give it insertion. It is made from the Report trom his Majesty's Commissioners for inquiry into the Administration of the Poor Laws, p. 362 We believe that if the funds now destined to the purposes of education, many of which are apphed in a manner unsuited to the present wants of society, were wisely and economically employed, they would be sufficient to give all the assistance which can be prudently afforded by the state." Dr. V. adds. The names of the Bishops of London and Chester appear on this commission, and the above passage is attributed to the pen of Dr. Blomfield." I am, Sir, Yours, respectfuUy, Llanarth-street, May 23, 1843. T. PARRY.

LOSS OF THE GREAT BRITAIN. [The following details of the wreck of this ill-fated veMet-" the first thai entered Newport Dock at its opening-will pOI- sess an interest with many of our readers. It is addressed by the unfortunate captain to her owner, Joseph Latch, Esq" of this port.] On board the Barque Philadelphia, of Bremen. My Dear Sir,—Painful as the task now is in my writing the present, it must be communicated and under the dis* tressing events, my heart is lifted up with thankfulness that my life, and those of the people, sufferers with me, have bee" spared. The Great Britain is no more—her career has been short and trying. We proceeded to the westward, after leaving the channel, encountering a succession of gales, but without any bad re- suits till the 5th of March, when we were arrived in lat. 47* 20, long. 34.40, and encountered one of those hurricanes which sweep destruciion in its ravages. It commenced at Ibree o'clock in tbe morning, and by five, we had the ship laying to under her close-reefed topsail. At eight, tbe sail, a new ODe, blew quite out of the rope. She then lay under her poles, but buried in the awful sea. Till three o'clock, p.m., all well. The ship, although labouring hard, made but littl.water. not more in four hours than we pumped out in five minute* *| one pump. A tremendous sea broke on her bows, broke in the rails, and the violent jerks snapped off the bowsprit at th. night heads. My foremast then lay unprotected, and every moment I expected to see it fall—cut away all tbe bowspw gear*, got forward the stays to the ship's bows, and stay*<j the masts as much as possible. The night comiog on, pitchy dark, nothing more could be done. The ship would not wear—the gale truly terrific, it being scarcely possible ,6 hear each other speak with the loudest bawling. At elev«<> at night the main-topmast fell, broke off wiih the force °' the wind. To this time even the ship made but comparatively ti tie water. At three, a. m., 27, the foremast fell, breaking off eigh^e*0 inches above the deck. We were now a complete wreck- The darkness of the night, and the fury of the hurriclne. prevented our getting at it to cut away anything. The surg" ing of the ship was truly frightful. The pumps were DO" continually kept going. At eight a.m., a sea again struck 1'16 vessel forward, and turned the cutwater fore and aft on the left or larboard side, tearing with it the main etem do wI! to the scaaff six to eight feet under water. The leaks now 10. creased, the water rushing in through the bows like a lIyer, the wood ends laying all open. Got a sail and threw the bows filled with oakum and ends of rope, which ease (he rush then with the carpenter cut the ceiling, where be got at inside, forcing oakum outward anywhere, but tn water had gained in night under the forecastle deck, and tb< ship settled much in the water. Nothing now appeared before us but death. We toiled at the pumps, but three of the crew gave up to despair. aDel could not by threats or entreaties be brought to exert tbel11- selves. The cries of the women and children sometime' fell on our ear, but this I need not describe. Towards the afternoon the gale abated, and the sea ft'j very much. Our longboat was uninjured. The crew rus'{J| into her, and all resistance was vain. I threatened 10 di*8" 6 her if more lhan half left the pumps to get ber ready ft' ? last extremity. She was easily got across the decks, aDt* put about 1 cwt. of pork, a box of bread, compass, ony tant and quadrant, and a sail in her,—in short, every1"" S thought necessary to keep such a number from starvatioo a short time. All being in her, nothing would satisfy_but launch her into the water. I endeavoured to persist but the pumps were left, and at that time four feet water well, and the water in sight forward. The boat was launc'1 or rather flosted off the deck. Poor Webb and another 8PfU0)j into her before she cleared the side—the ship fell on her, filled the boat—she passed around the stern, and we got t ,0 people on board again, but poor Webb was drowned. f»a the pumps now, there was nothing left in a last trust to. Night again coming on, I cannot describe. D'vl the crew seven at a time, two hours—our pumps worked more like engines than pumps—four of the crew during I night gave up, but all the others toiled fully. j Daylight, 28th. The water had not gained—got the overboard, aad cut everything away—got the chain cable' out of the fore bold, and let them run overboard, which hg ened the vessel much forward. All now turn hard at the pulP the whole day, and we free two feet of the water. » 29ih. We are all worn out—boils appear on all my *° legs and arms, and our limbs are benumbed by being c0Dt,0i,|< ally buried in water. Since Saturday we have not been • to cook any victuals. Still the water same height. I get AI ship before the wind, and run to the eastward all day* night violent gales again—the only sail left, the new mam- sail, is torn in pieces from the yard the sea boarded us a and washed away the binnacle and compasses, broke tlte, tbÎ and split the port-head. 1 cannot go further to descn e # wreck—my heart sickens. These last scenes scarcely exc feeling—my heart was bound to exertion, and if all *ai j'$fd death was certain, and to meet that event the most cal'" peared to me the only relief to our sufferings. At 2, Daylight, 30th. Nothing in sight—noon the same. uødet p.m., a sail coming right towards us. At 4, close to »*i close-reefed top.sails. After a great deal of got a buoy from them, and two of their crew attache led tll' to their boats. They returned to their ship, and we au 1° empty boat back to the wreck—only two at a time, row, could go. I placed my brother and the best seam ^eDt to run the boats, determined to remain to the °J* t yif more jumping to the boat lhan she could carry, the nearly closed all—the sailors so frightened and anxious on board the vessel, nearly tilled the boat, and the ID3'6 j a seaman declared if I did not come into the boat to coou her, they would not return again. t I was obliged to comply, and after three trips those wboO1 trusted for rowing, were tired out. The vessels were ne»r'y mile apart, and only eight taken off. Night came 00, *e)t dark, "ad high sea. Drew lots for other two to row the I had yet fourteen souls to take off, and seven of them s^-fJ children. Two trips 1 made, three of them each time, the t four children and mother—the youngest child only 18 nj0D((Ja old, which I placed in a bucket, and safely brought it J ship. Next start, 11, p.m., I brought the father and boys on board.. f I Thou Great Deliverer, make my heart thankful \° I boys on board. t Ib/J I Thou Great Deliverer, make my heart thankful \° lb' I strength thou gavest me to peiform thy will, and in instrument of saving twenty-three immortal souls from a 0 Dl grave 1 The exertions of my brother, and Pecks, a Bridgwater, I ever shall remember—fear seized on alllbe I have, with the wreck of the unfortunate ship, lost eve9|e>» ° All my exertions were used in saving the lives, reSa everything else I would have lost mv own in the eo, On my coming on boald. I was exhausted. From the S tJ11 night to the following Friday morning, I had not cbaog clothes, or eaten a mouihful of bread.. <, d tJ. We were very kindly treated in the vessel that 0". » She belongs to Bremen, and was bound to Philadelp'1,a^t|, D my arrival at Philadelphia, where I was landed on the cftj Apiil, my passengers pioceeded to the westward, »D° to New York. I am, sir, yours. THOS. [To Mr. Joseph Latch.] qJ!

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE BY A PARTyOf TURN-OUTS.. sPei»ie On Thursday, 18th inst., about 11 at night, a«*aochei' outrage was perpetrated in ihe neighbourhood ja^j' ter by a party of 3()0 or 400 persons, chiefly ^tlC0(i!, a0g I armed with blunderbusses, guns, pistols, blu almost every description of weapon, who, in the rt10 patfl'j manner, forcibly entered the brick-croft of l\1e:;SfS. el1 and Henfry. Some disputes which arose bet to tn ø Pauling and his workmen, some months ago, e f c0]if, turn out of the brick-makers; their places were 0 f supplied by other men, and ever since a systetn 0 I actf 0(1 ance and IIItimidation,accompanied A 11 violence, has been practised towards the new ban ^t attack being expected on the night in questi"0' grlffj. were placed 011 the premises, 12 of whom we.rev The mob commenced the attack by firing a v0 g#' was returned by the defenders, and a sharp fire the tained on both sides for about 15 minutes, wheP .¡J)ltte" retreated; before they went home a portion cefl, T j very extensive damage on the property of the it of the watchers on the premises were wounded^ sfyereJ of the watchers on the premises were woUndfdj sfyereJ supposed that several of the assailants have suffere ¡and 4 Several of the rioters have been apprehend I Magistrates are actively engaged in enqulrlllg affair. We regret to state a still more serious of the rioters. On Tuesday, 2000 of these heade gtai' 60 disorderly soldiers, attacked the Oldham R08tirelY, for the purpose ondssailing the Police; molished the Station House, the Police flying for eneral le The greatest alarm is felt by the inhabitants » ( no one being able to say what may be the res flagitious proceedings. REPEAL OF THE UNION.—The most Re** j^iciy It Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, has ^ak' avowed any participation in the movement, u t to effect a repeal ol the legislative union.. ,^5.-— SCOTCH CHURCH.—Secession of the nflQOa a8Pffr? Scotch Church question is assuming a most se *o40 alarming to those ^favourable to Establishmen^ e0(j large number hav# seceded, relinquished jf1 (°r ments, and thrown themselves upon their gntto0*1 ffi' port, who are rallying round them with ?,ear A 0°v( .H< DUBLIN, MAY 18—Patronage of the e°. p{ ment.—The Evening Post, in referring 10 30 e eplSi Mf' Morning Chronicle, in relation to the ° a8 tl)i* ji) Mr. Lane Fox, says:—"Such mounteban I Lane Fox are Mr. O'Connell's most efficien1 are „o b! swelling the ranks of the repealers. After e0'(ertai"e J|I' extreme opinions broached by him a^°h:shops those who have been made judges an t0 present government, only that they con jaSt them a little less extravagantly. I't wa* v_the that one of the chaplains °^Lor^.I e _reaChiog person who publicly declared, wht P pr0te»ta jjj* Popery, that 'Jesus Christ was the fart J(i obtained a valuable hvmg ■ diocese of Waterford.—Evening Chron:

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH CLOCK. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Medin. SIR,-—The sagacity of some individual having discovered that the hands of St. Paul's Church clock, had remained, for a short period, stationary at half-past six o'clock, and who in- stead of enquiring the cause, communicated to you his import" ant discovery, was noticed in your paper of the 19th instant. Not being apprehensive that such observations are calculated to injure in the least, the conductor, nor depreciate in public estimation the merits of the clock, as its steady and correct per- formance has been hitherto justly appreciated, but for the in- formation of the public allow me through the same medium to state the plain facts. Owing to^ie exposed and damp situation in which the clock is placed, theconductor found it essential to its preservation to clean it, and it was during this operation that your informant discovered the hands of his false prophet stationary. May 1 also ask the favour that it may be acquitted of the charge of false propheiying as it has no pretension to thfl gift. I am, sir, ONE WHO EXAMINES BEFORE HE CONDEMNS.