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TO AORZOVZ(TtrXfcAX.ZST8. GUANO. of best quality, may be had by applying to \3T EDW. W. JONES, azent to the Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills Co., at his Warehouse, Skmner-streei, New- port (late Messrs. Hughes and Cu). SOEtSE WANTES ANY person having on sale a Good G ELDING, warranted sound, and fit to ride and drive, may hear of a purchaser, a, a reasonable price, on application to D. J. H., at the office of this paper. GEORGE MATTHEWS, ? I A N O-F OSTE TUNES,, &.0., BIGS leave to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Pub- lic, that his next Professional Visit will commence on MONDAY, the Sixth of November, at ABERGAVENNY erriving at NEWPORT, on WEDNESDAY, where he will remain until the following WEDNESDAY, when he leaves for CHEPSTOW. Instruments Re-buffed, tviih patent Felt, and on the most improved principles. Cabinet, Cottage, Piccolo, & Squ ire Pianos.. 2 Guineas Grand Piano 3 <j;no G. M. bat on Sale a Grand Piano-Forte, in excellent repair-also a beautifully.toned Haip, by Erat, price Twenty- one guineas. Communications addressed 36, Llanarth-street, Xewpott, will receive immediate attention. Monmouth, October 23, 1843. PONTYPOOL UNION. Election of Master of the Workhouse. WANTED, by the Board of Guardians of the Ponty- pool Union, a persoo to fill the offi e of MASTER 0/ the WORKHOUSE. He must be a good Accountant, and of irreproachable character. Salary, £25 per annum, with Board, &c. A single man will be preferred, and security for the due performance of the office will be required. Persons wishing to become candidates are reques'ed to make application, in their own'handwriiing, and to forward the same, their testimonials (free of expense), to the CLERK of the GUARDIANS, on or before TUESDAY, the 31st day of October instant, who will give any further in- formation that may be required. The day of Election will be Thursday, the 2nd of Novem- ber next, when candidates will be rsquired to attend at Twelvt o'clock at the Union Workhouse. By Order of the Board, EDMUND B. EDWARDS, Clerk. Pontypool, October 19th, 1843. RISCA, MONMOUTHSHIRE. TO BE LET FOR A TERM OF YEARS. aISOA OLD MALTHOUSE AND BREWERY, T ^iVU A PUBLIC HOUSE. HE Mallhouss may be entered upon immediately; the Brewery after the First of May next, and :he Publn House after the Second of February next. fm\r,eeD years, an extensive business has bee* J^ ^L,he ab°ve ^rmses, which are situ Bted within ten yards of the MQamouthshire Canal Company', road «t R 3 ".T'lr ow ^,e junction of the two lines 0! ZuJT' andaflHing a ready transit for goods, &e., t, Th mining districts. and Plifnt.60.1 occuP'ers are willing to dispose of the Fixture' For f 'h 8 m srate price, by valuation or otherwise, n a pro n i?1. Particulars, apply to Mess,?. BIRCH am DA' IS, Sollclt.ors, Newport, Monmouthshire. TO IWALSTERS. TO BE LET, with Immediate Possession, A £ ^FORTABLE DWELLING HOUSE and GAR. *TV u situate in Lower Market-street in the town ol v«, with a very convenient Malt-house attached, capable ol making 3000 bushels of malt in the season. One or two pieces of rich meadow land, near the town, may bad with the above, if required. RICHARD, or to Messrs. JONES and WADDD GTON, Usk. Us", 24th of October, 1843, PONTYPOOL. TBOSKANT MALT HOUSE, TO BE LET, TU A -vTS 1 M EDIATE PO s s E SSIO X. HA1 Extensive and convenient Malt house, situate ai 1 ROSNANT, well supplied with an inexhaustible stream o' spring water and capable of wetting Fifteen Quarters of Barley, without the labour of pumping or lifting, with ample room for storing 10,000 bushels of malt, if required; a comlortabl- Dwell In g-liotise is attached, with a large and pioductm anH n er H,th a Two-stilled Stable, Cart-house, Loft, and Outbuildings, inclosed within a boundry wall. the L"tensivfe 'uciative trade has been carried on upon Mr yeais, by the present occupiei. if b'y letter pre-paid. t0 Wh°m aPl,llMtions are referred I NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION. By Mr. fOHcY WILLIAMS, At the WESTGATE HOTEL, Newport, on MONDAY, the 6tl. day of November, 1843, at 4 o'clock in the Afternoon, sevei, very desirable MESSUAGES OR DWELLING HOUSES, SI1 UATED ip o'lub-ro'.v, abutting on the east to the AJon" mouthshiip Canal Company's Tram-read, and now seve rally occup-.ed bv Mr. John ( lark, Mr. Thoma» Hab»kkuk Mr. Heffy Alfrfd. Mrs. Rebecca Stephens, Mr. John Walsh Williams, and Mrs. A. Stuckey. 1 he HOUSKS are now let at the low rent of £ 66. per an- the ground-rent JOs., which will be apportioned at the time of sale and will be said in one or moie lots to suit the convenience of Purchasers. The whole of them are held under a lease of seventy yeais. of which, only 18 years, were, on the 29th of September last, expired. Further Particulars may be obtained by applying to the AUCTIONEER, Commercial-street, Newpoit. BY AUTHORITY OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. Under the direction and survey of the Imperial and Royal Au ihorities, there will take place. Irrevocably on ihe \8th Xorember, J843 the distribution of thi A^Tf'pf T?S A?rsT^IAW LOAN year IS.W^Ve *L Millions francs of the Rothschild and s'Tn ^ouse ^e,srs* A. de 0 ItUEHS I or Bonds can he xiven until the 16ih of Novem- fm. ?*<r x' Tt'fcy contain Gaios of two Estates aiid Mone> trance 1' francs down to 1250 francs, and from 15M,0'■ aown to l'io francs. Twenty-four hundred Gains of CC,;Jnlon Bonds, and in the special distiibution of the Re<! fonds 3'),200 Gains will be obtained, and each Red Bond toust gain a higher or a lower amount. Price of a Con-mon Bond. f I., a Red Bond, £ 2. For £ '3. die purchaser receive, four Common Bonds ol the three different series. For £ 5.,(> Common Bonds and one Red Bond, etc. Detailed Prospec- tuses in En^lisli, which state the full particulars, and Bonds to be obtained at the Banking-house ot Mr. A. J. S I'RA US Keceiyer-Getieral, Frankfort.on-fie-Maine, or at his office, No. 3, Salisbury-street, Strand. Londo-t T-HE "i ARMERS' 4&. GENERAL FIRE AND LirE INSURANCE INSTITUTION. 11 Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. Capital, j £ 500,000. OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON, JI0N-011ARY DIRECTOHS. His Grace the Duke of Rutel The Eail of Stamfcrd and Rutland, K.G. Warrington. Rutland, K.G. Warrington. The Eat\ of Stradbroke. Lord Stanley, M.P. The Earl ol Coventiy. Lord Rayleigh. Ead Ducie. Lord Feversham. The Eai) of Stair. Lord VIscount Ca.,pden. And Suenty-two other Members of Parliament and Gentlemen TH E Proprietary of this Company exceeds 1,960 in number. X The share of Public Favour this Institution h.)s obtained proves the appreciation of its system by a numerous body of insurers. Every kind of Life Insurance, of Deferred and Immediate Annuities, and of Endowments for Children, may be accom- plished at this Otficton terms as low as is consistent with security. A Dividend of Four per Cent, is now in course or paymerd to the Shareholders in this office. A BONUS of one-naif th- progt. on LIFE POLICIES held by Shareholders, and effected since the Kt January, 1843, will be given at the end of everv Five Years, y addition to the sum assured, or by reduction of p emium. In order to insure the henefit of the first quinquen- nial division, Policies must be effected before the ist January, 184 'r • Detailed prospectuses may be obtained at the office, or will be forwarded, post free, upon application. In the Fire Depai tment, Insurances are effected at the lowest rates. The usual commission to Solicitors. Agents are appointed in all the Principal Towns in the Kingdom, and where agents are not appointed, persons in active life, aud desirous of being appointed may apply to W. SHAW, Managing Director. C M P I S S S CONSTITUTION HO USE BALLS. TO Sportsmen, Agriculturists, Postmasters, and all Propri- etors of Hones, these Balls are particularly recommended in all cases of swelled legs, cracked heels, loss of appetite and viial energy for Coughs, Colds. Fever or lnflamatiou they are the best Medicine that can be exhibited, anoreove, their operation, though effectual, is so mild, that they requirr no alteration of diet, and if given with a brao mash on Saturday night, will not interfere with the ensuing week's regular work. NEAT CATTLE. The flattering account which the proprietor of the Constitution Balls has received from many highly respectable gentlemen, ot their use for Cows and Oxen, induces him particularly to call the attention of Farmers and Graziers to them, as they will be found a most valuable medicine in cases of Hove or Blown. Scouruig on turning out to grass, or fro'n bad food, Gargate, Hide Bound, Loss of Appetite, Staring Coat, Distemper, Epi. demic, or Influenza. Bullocks tat much faster by occasionally giving a Ball. PREPARM) 011-Y BY FRANCIS CUPISS, M.R.V.C., And Author of the Prize Essay on the Disease of the Liver of the Horse," Diss, Norfolk p-nd sold bv all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country, in Packets, six Balls •iac'i, 3i. 6d. per packet, with a wrapper giving full directions for the use of the Balls, and treatment of the Horse whilst taking them. Any Gentleman using the Balls may consult the Propriety gratuitously, either personally, or by letter, post paid. To Mr. F. Cupiss, Diss. Milton Bryant. near Woburn, DEAR SIR, April 18th. 1843. You must think me negligent for not having replied earlier to your letter of the 13th of March. I greatly esteem your kindness in replying to my various enquiries, your advict proved very valuable, and I c-in assure you I shall never be without your Constitution Balls," they are a most invaluabk medicine to Cattle Keepers, both for Horses and Beasts, to the latter of which I have given several this winter, and experienced the most beneficial results, and I shall have great pleasure in recommending them to my friends; in conclusion allow me tu it hank yo« for yowr kind attention to my numerous ioterroga- •- I rimiio. 8if. your* raspectfully, watlAM PAf{fQN. WANTED, AS CLERK, a Single Man of good Character, accustomed to Accounts at a Colliery oi Mine accounts at an Iron Uork.—Apply by letter post paid, to "A. B., Merlin office, Newport, Monmouthshire. Newport. 2fith October, 1813. THE GENERAL CEMBTSSY COMPANY, NEWPORT. RESPECTFl'LLY inform the Public, that the CEME- TERY&eiog nownearly completed, will, un MONDAY the Six.h of November next, be PUBLICLY and SO- LEMNLY DEDICATED to its SACRED USES. Minister cf the several denominations are expected to at'end and the public are respecltully inviled II, witness the ererrony.—Service will commence at Twelve o'clock at ooou precisely. Newport, 26th October, 1843, BONDING SYSTEM. 21. W. BIOR3TON & CO. BEG respectflllly to inform the Inhabitants of Newport and its vicinity, tnat tney have jiut imported a small par- cel (as a sample), ofa very superior description of Wines, &c., and for the convenience of private families, each case contains one dozen bottles. Prices as lollow, in Bond Port (Royal Oporto Company's 1834). 25s. per doz. Port very good 20 Sherry Brown .V ".V 20s7to 25s. Marsala (Old) jgs Claret, Chateau Margaux, 1834* 45s. Ditto St. Julien, Ditto Medoc *20s" HautSauterne i" 2<)s! Klieimh 4., 4 # ^# 20s. Champagne, Spark'ing, First Quality 50s. Ditto Sparkling t>.# 4oSt Brandy, Pale t. hampagne Cognac, 1822..V. 25s. Ditto, Colourcd Ditto, ditto, ditto, 2.is. Hollands, (Schiedam) .J 15s. SEVENTEENTH PERIODICAL VISIT. To the Mobility, Gentry, Clergy, and the Residents generallu of the County I!( Mommauth. MR. L M O S K L Y SUSG20N-DENTIST, Ot 1 2, BERN KR-SL R REET, OxFUUD-STR E ET, LONDON, HAS the honour to inform his PATIENTS, and those who may wish to consult him, that his next PERIODI- CAL VISIT will commence as usual early in NOVEMB. R, and will, therefoie, esteel11 it as a particular favour of those Partiss who may require his professional assistance, to wait his arrival. Days for the different I owns, and addiess in future papers. Mr. L. M. takes this opportunity id acknowledging the very liberal and encreased confidence reposed in his professional skill and abilities since he commenced practice in this county, now upwards of eight years, and at the same time has much pleasure in stating t)iat his references combine very many of the resident County .vcmbeis (his patients), and the Medical Piofession generally. Constant attendance at Town Residence, No. 12, Berners- street, Oxford-street where Patients can always be attended, and Letters addressed will meet with immediate attention. London 12, Berners street, Oxford-street, Oct. 26, 1843. TO BE LET, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, A HOUSE and GARDEN, fit for a respectable Family, ZjL within halt-a-mile of Newport, upon the Chepstow road. For particulars, apply to Mr. WILLIAM HOPKINS, Hair Dresser, Newport; or to Mr. SOLOMON YOUNG, Christ- church. N B. The Tenant can b accomodated with a Field near the Premises.—Oct. 20th, 1843. LLANTAR2J UM. TO Bh LET, and Entered upon Immediately, HA I desirable F ARM called Claughdu, within thiee miles ot the flourishing town of Newport, consisting of a good dwelling-house, garden, barn, stables, and all other necessary outbuildings, together with 24 acres of pasture, and 20 acres of Arable land; rent moderate. For particulars apply to Mr. MOSES SCARD, at the Angel, Lower Market-street, New. pert.-Oct. 19th 1843. KINGTON TURNPIKE TRUST. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 1 hat the TOLLS arising at the several Gates leading into the town of KING ON. in the County of Hereford also Legion Cross, Milton, Eccles Green, Tilley, the Avenue, Eardisley, and Lyonshall Gate, WILL BE LET ^TMO the best bidder, at the house ot JOHN ROBERTS, at the B. KINO'S HEAD INN, in the town of Kington, on MON- DAY, the 13th day of November next, at the hour of Twelve ) clock ai noon, in the manner direited by the Acts passed in the 3rd and 4th years of the reign of his late Majesty King 'jeorge the Fourth, for regulating Turnpike Roads." The above Tolls will be let for One, Two, or Three years, either together and in one lot, or in several lots, and the loll, 'or s!a"e coachts will or wiil not he txctp'ed out of such letting, a, the Trus'eej shall in those respects appoint. Whoever happens to be the best bidder, must at the same time pay one month inadvauce (if required) of the rent at which ,uch tolls may be let, and give security with sufficient sureties, o the satisfaciiou of the Trusiees, for the payment of the rest of the money monthly, and musi pay for stamps for giving se- ur.ty and also engage to keep and leave the several turnpike houses and windows in repair. At this meeting new Trustees will be elected, in the rooft) of those deceased, or declining to act. N. B. All persons dtsirous of being bidders for any of the I ibove toils, are oesirtd lo attend early, that the Trustees may ■iroceed to let the gales immediately after the hour of lV.elve 'clotk at noon of the above day. By ordet of the Trustees, THOMAS PRICE, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads. Kington, October 4th, 1843. MONMOUTHSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By E. FR I L CHARD On FRIDAY 3!st October, 1813, at the RISCA FAUM.tNthe parish of Risca, Monmouthshire, the FOLLOWING FA21MING STOCK, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE o.;c., Of Mr. Thomas Jones, taken under a distress for Rent, CCOMPRISING 4 capital milking cow s, yearling heifer calf, ) 3 strong cart horses, steady workers narrow wheel waggon, 2 narrow wheel carts, 3 sets harness, roller, ladder, S c., rick of wheat, wheat in barn, rick of hay, iliree acres ot .>olal.O(; &c.. The Furniture consists of beds, beadsteods, tables, chairs, •hpsts, fenders, fire irons, pewters, and a variety of other useful articles too numerous to insert. Sale to commence at Eleven o'clock precisely. RSONIFCOU-RASHIUA TO WIT. T the GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the /4_ PEACE held at the Sessions House in Usk, on DAY, the 16th day of October, 1843, the following orders for payment of money were made. „ Mr. Barrett, a quarters'account for the Gaol J Mr. John Merrett, a quarters'account foi the House of Correction at Usk V 8 o2 .Mr. Brewer, a quarter' account as Coroner > o 9 Mr. Hughes, ditto 93 19 111 Mr. Bradford, ditto, as Coronortor the manor of ChePs:ow, for the quarter ending Midsummer Sessions, 1*543 ,7 Ditto for the present quarter 1Z 1U 1] £ he Clerk of the Peace, balance ol his annuel account 5 The Rev. Kenyon Homtray, a quarter s salary, as Chaplain to the new House,ol Correction 50 0 0 Mr. James Boulton, a quarter's salary as surgeon to ditto 20 0 0 Mr. John Mile*, half-a-vear's account as Hall- keeper at Monmouth 44 3 10 E)ishaRead,d)t!o.asHaiJ-keeperatUsk. 7 15 0 .lames Henry Clarke, for printing 426 David Roberts, for repairs to Caerleon Bridge 1G () o Ditto, for repairs to \Vye Budge, lioninoutli 29 Benjamin James, repairs to sundry bridges 4 15 54 ''H.rnes Eanr, fot sera pine 'oad over Newport Bridge 280 William Price, glazier, for repaiis to lown-had, 2 1 o f .'iC.xas Mills, for repairing Town-hall, Usk. 5 6 Elwai-d Phillips, chief-constable, of Monmootl; 1 19 o Robert F. Runnel! chief-constable oi Irelleck 1 10 0 John hvans. chief-constable ot ChrUtchurch lr, (i William Lewis, chief-constable of Caerleon 2 S 0 Bv the Court, W A DD1NGTON Deputy Clerk of the Peace. D2IiCilO!%S' P £ it F U BE E It 11, CAUTION. DELCROIK & SON (the Widow and only Son of the late J. Delecroix,) Perfumers, and Manufacturers of the celebrated I sprit de Lnvande, am Millrj^eurs, Č¡c., <5,c. aie not in any way connected with the person who is now carrjing en business under the name of IJELCItOIX AND Co.; and the onlv MACASSAR OIL and KALYDOR Sold by them are t.'u On?inal and Genlline Preparaiions of a A. ROWLAND & SON, 20, llatton (Ja:iten, London. Widow J. DELCROIX & SUN, 66, Conduit Street, Regent Street, Removed from 158, New Bond Street. THE BRISTOL AND NEWPORT [STEAM PACKETS, USK. <&. 4 RE INTENDED TO PLY DAILY DURING THE A. ENSUING WEEK AS FOLLOWS:— From Br,stol to Newport. J Frort. Npwtiort to Bristol, October. | October. 30, Monday—1U morn —— 30, Monday—9 morn —— 31, Tues — -——— 12i after | 31,Tuesday—9J mom -— FARES: — After-Cabin, 4s ■, Fore-Cabin, 2s Children under 12 years of age, Halt-price. Dogs, Is each. Four-wheel Carriage 20s. Two-wheel ditto, 10s Horses, 5s each I wo-wheel Carriage or Light Phaeton. drawn by one Horse. vith one Passenger, 15s Horse and Rider. After-Cabin, 7s Fore-Cabin, 6s.—Newport to or from Pillgwenlly, is. ))of;s,ts. each. TO and i RO same day with the same Packet (provided a To and t''ro'i'chetbetaken)Af)et Cabrn.Cs Fore-Cabin, 3s. lhe Proprietors ot the above Packets give NOTICE that •bey will not be accountable for any Passenger's Euceaee aor will they be answerable for any Goods, Package orPai^ -^0^0r 1-)din\?pd.) unless Booked at either 'of their Offices in Bristol or Newport; and if above the value of40s. ;r:tered at its value, and carriage paid at the time of booking. I Warehouses for Receiving and Booking Packages Facets ic., Nelson-street, Bristol, and RownUam Wharf Hotwells l'ontypoùl ÚoltIl ihergavenny.—Coaches daily between Iheæ places and Newport. Tredegar Iron Works, through Abercurne, Newbridge and Hid welly,and a branch fiom Newbridge to Nant uglo.— A Coach laiiy between these places and Newport; arnvingat Newport 1bout ten o (dock morning, and starling atone o'clock afternoon Apply at the Bristol General Steam Navigation Company'v Uifice, Quay, Bustol or to JOHN JONES, Ag«n».' Packet Olbrc1. R-ownbam Wharf, HutwtMu. Kodnev Whorf, Nowpon ."It DKZLLZNSR7, BRSSSSS, XKANTLS3, runs, cSto. E\VILLIAM8 has the honour to announce to her nume- t rous Patrons and Friends, her return from London, with a ncv and choice collection of goods, suitable lor the winter season, which will be offered fur inspection, on Wednesday the 1st of November next. A Monmouth, Oet. 25th, 1843. PALKSE'S LAMP GAMBLES, JUS 1 received direct from the Manufacturer's a large sup- plv of PALMER'S METALLIC WICK CANDLES, PRICE'S COMPt (SUES, which require no snuffing. KEN- SINGTON MOULDS, and best LONDON DIPS. now sell- in? at the Maker's prices, by THOMAS CLARKE, whole- i.-ile and ictail lea Man. 31 Commercial-street, Newport. ■MONMOUTHSHIRE. FOR SALE, AT CRUMLAN FARM, TRELLECK GRANGE, Q1X HUNDRED DOZEN OF APPLE TREE STOCKS, 0 ft a large size, fit for planting in Orchards, and of the est quality. Apply to Mr. LEONARD NICHOLAS, Crumlan Farm, Trelleck Grange, near Monmouth. WONaiOUTH UUION. PERSONS willing to supply the above Union with 100 sacks of good FLAT WHITE or PURPLE POTATOES, cf 280lbs to the sack, to be delivered at the Workhouse in Monmouth, free of expence, on or before the 23rd day of No- vember next, are required to send sealed tenders (marked on the outside, Tenders for Potatoes) with samples, to the Clerk's Office, in the Workhouse, on or before the 9th day of Novem- ber next. Tenders may be made for the 100 sacks or for 50 sacks. By oider of the tioard, Monmouth, Oct 23rd, 1843. W, F. POWELL, Cleik. aaiOMMOUTH COUNTY GOAL, WANTED, A Steady, Active, and Intelligent single man, W between the ages of 25 and 32, to act as PRINCIPAL TURNKEY at the Monmouth County Gaol.—Salary, £ 52 per annum, and to resiJe in the prison. Testimonials as to irreproachable character and qualification to be produced to the Visiting- Justices attbe Gaol on SATUR- DAY, November, 4th, 1843, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon S. BARRETT, Governor, County Gaol, October 21st, 1843. CHEPSTOW. TO BE L t. T, AND ENTERED UPON AT CHRlSTMAS NEXT, ALL that capital BARK-fiOUSE or WARE-HOUSE, with Sheds attached, and convenieut Docks situate near the BKIDGE, in the town of CHEPSTOW, and now in the occu- pation of Mr. Prosser. the BKIDGE, in the town of CHEPSTOW, and now in the occu- pation of Mr. Prosser. Also, adjoining the above premises, to he LET, together or seperate, a large TIMBER YARD, with excellent Sawpit, Sheds Stables, and Docks altogether forming a most desirable taking for any party engaged in the Bark if or Timber 1 rade. Likewise to be LE I' and entered at on on the 25th of March next, an old established PUBLIC HOUSE, called the BUTCHERS ARMS situate near the BACK, in the active town, and for many years in ihe occupation of Mr. John Hatton. For further particulars, enquire of the Messrs. Evans, Solicitois, ChcDstow. [One Conoern.]
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(OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA.) Letters and paperi have just been received from Paris, frum C b i a a and India, wtich should have airived in the early part of the present month. The dates brought by this nuii are- Calcutta 10th, Scindt 19th, and Bombay 26th August. From China 26ih June 001). The mails now arrired were conveyed from Bombay to Suez by the Victoria sieamtr, which left Bombay on the 26th Aug., but being driven bick >y stress of weather, did not finally leaue Bombay till the 71h September. The mails reached Alexan- dria on the 4th inst, out her Majesty's steamer Geyser not having then arrived, thiy were sent 011 to Malta by the French steamer Lycurge, whichsailed irom Alexandra on the 7th inst, and arrived at Malta onthe 15th. The overland portion of the mail has been forwarded by her Majesty's steamer Alectc from Malta to Marseilles, and arrived at the latter port on the tfiernoon of the 19ih inst, whence be- ing despatched immediatdy, it arrived at Boulogne within 68 hours. The iotblligence thus reteived has been in a great measure anticipated by that broughtby the Hindostan. The news from India is lot of a remarkable kind. Tran- quillity prevailed in the inteior. An army of observation Will, it was said, to be formed or. the Sutledge, and another in the neighbourhood of Gaulior; hlth were to be ready in the mouth of October. The new CommlDder in Chief. Sir Hugh Gough, would-it was stated—take toe command of the former, and General Sir \V. Nott, of the later. Lord Ellenborough, whose (resence in Calcutta had pro- duced the best results there, was, it was reported, to come him. self to the neighbourhood of A;ra or Allahabad in October, iu order to direct the settlemen of the Gualior Government. Sciude was tranquil, and likeb to continue so, unless dis turbed by any measures ordered rom London, in consequence of misrepresentations which somtblind partizans sent to En. gland from Bombay. Sir Charles Vapier had thus far regu. lated that conquest. The troops w.re healthy. Various rumours were current respecting Affghauistao,- where Dost Mahomed is said to be ruling with a rod of iron —but the general state of the ccuot-y, now left to its own rulers, is one of confusion and anan iy. The news from China is to the 261\ of June, and contains if>erefore nothing that had not been previously brought by the Hindustan. ° » ———4;
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I R E L A N D. DUBLIN, 0 GREAT MEETING OF THE R —OPENING OF THE "CO During the Kist seventeen o and excitement in Irelend, I h meeting as that which took j Hall" this day, on the occas spacious building to the public. elapsed to ascertain the effect upon proclamations and prosecutions, and, <III I I witnessed in connection with this meeting, I would say the proceedings of the government, so farlfrotn suppressing or even checking the agitation, have operated as apowerfui stimulant upon the repeal movement. There has en indeed, a .lull since the proclamation against thfcCiontarl meeting, owing 10 the earnest and energetic afpeais 01 Mr. O'Connelt to the Repealers lo yield implicit cred ence to the mandates of the executive. But tins point gained, the agitation is now renewed with greater vigour iianever -the popular enthusiasm is exhibited, even in he Ilish metropolis, much mote dectdedly than before-arneeliog tenfold more numerous than any precee(lil',g O)e takes place at thf* Repeal Association—the "repeal lent* runs up to an enormous amount—new accessions, mcluJiug the very remarkable une of Mr.Smith O'Brien, are aiiiounced to iiie repeal ranks —in fine,the agitation has obtatied new life, and a degree of importance uever before knovn, from the coercive measures of the government.—Corre^ondent of the Morning Chronicle.
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BRISTOLSLGAR MARKET, OCT. 25, 1843.-1Iere has been a eonsidemble falling off in the demand flr British Plantation sugar during the past fortnight, anc only a limited business has been transacted, for either Reining or Grocery purposes. Fine sorts continue very scrceand command full prices, but on lower qnalaies a fight re- duction has taken V!clce.- Tnere has been a goocdemand for Rum, and nearly the whole of the year's imports has passed into the hands of the trade. WHALEBONE.—The wholesale dealers in ths article who hold stock of last year's purchase, are mating im- i mense profits, the price being now more than dOJble what it was a few months ago. Tiiis is a sad aunoya ce to the | umbrella makers, who find it difficult to sell i the ad- vanced prices. Ooe firm near Cheapside hav* made a clear profit on whalebone soid in the h-it three aonthg, of twelve thousand pounds. j EXTRAORDINARY CI RCUMST AISCE.—The big Lord Byron, of Limekilns, when on her vovage in he end of last month fiorn the West Indies to Liverpool suddenly sprout; a leak without any apparent cause. It vas consi- dered advisable to return to Jamaica, and onthtcargo be- ing taken out and the vessel examined, it was ound that the damage was occasioned by a sword fish, "he sword orbitiot the f;»h had passed through the copjer sheath- ing, then through tiie planking in a slanting drection to the extent of five inches, and also about eight Often inches into the dead wood of the keel, leaving an ope ing in the planking on each side sufficient to admit the land of a i boy. A piece of the sword retained by the cajtain is six inches lung and an inch and a half thtck, of solid bone; but a longer piece remains in the keel. Thfl arength of the swoid-fish must be very great, and it mayliave been the calise of the loss of several vessels. ThE vessel re- ferred to was carried 1010 port with very grea difficulty. — Caledonia Mercury. THE EAST LOTHIAN FARMERS.—The folkwing requi. j sition has been sent to Mr. Cobden. With the exception ot three «rr.a!i proprietors, the whote are the signatures of bona fide ten :ut farmers, none of ihem payirg less than £ "00. a year of rent, and one or two upwuds of two thousand pounds.—Two ol them pay fixed nnney rents— the one fourteen hundred pounds a-year, the other twelve hundred. The rents of the others are leguated chiefly by the price of grair) lia(ldirivior), Sept 1843.—We the undersigned, farmers in East Lothian, b'g to request the favour of your coming to Haddington, wih any friends you may choosekio brio* publicly tn di.cuss with us the important subject of the corn-laws. In the event of your acceding to our wishes, we venture U propose as a suitable day, any I riday during the ensuing month, thai wouid answer yourself, and of which due notice will be given to the public, that all parties may ha'e an opportu- nity of attending, to hear both sides of the question." :\11. Cob,jen and, Mr. Bright have madt arrangements for mtettngthe East Lothian farmers this day, at Had- dington. -n_
FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, OCT.…
FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, OCT. 13 BA NKRUI'TS. E' Brain, Rodney-street, Pentonville, steel and copper- plate printer. ( J. Whipple, Crown-slreet, Finsbury, stay naoufaofnrer. J. G. West, Hith-street, Wandsworih, groter. W, Miles. Birmmghin), upholsterer. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, OCT. 24 BANKRUPTS. T. Wnght, cheesemonger, Clare-market. T. Donkin. victualler, Cambridge. W. B. Cough, grocer, Newport Pagnell, BUCkilfgbRtdlbirQ- H-irris, drrper, B i. groesf, South ilhUltU, llachtftt.
THE MONMOUTH CONSERVATIVES…
THE MONMOUTH CONSERVATIVES AND THE CORN LAWS. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIP.,—The Conservatives of Monmouth, if we tire to judtre by the language of their organ, are thrown into very needless alarm, by one litile ray of Free Trade light, which ha> not, indeed, penetrated them, but only glanced by them. A little pebhle has been thrown into a frog pool, and a featful croaking has been the result. At the dinner of the Monmouthshire Farmers' Club, Mr. Crawfunl, of Ijlackbrook, spoke very briefly »|!(j generally oo the beneiits of freedom and competition in agricultural pursuits, as io every other branch of industry, and especially of the ad- vantage of long leases—the very question which Sir Robert vantage of long leases-the very question which Sir Robert Peel had introduced about a month befote, and also at a Farm- ers' Club meeting. The unpremeditated after-dinner speech of a few minutes' duration, produces, first, a notice and a misre- presentation, and at the end of ten days, the commentary of a whole column of letterpress, with deep regret that there are not room end time for more. It is chiefly rematkable for the swinging Bill, without letter of credii, which it shows, and the supposed credulity and folly of those who, it fancies, will ho- nouritatsight. A few aaniples will be sufficient to show this, There is but one opinion, says the commentary, on tlip bad taste of introducing the question of freedom of industry and long leases, at a farmers' meeting yd the speech was well received hy the meeting and that portion of it which related to leases, according to the report of the writer himseif, with "cheers." 1 lie "one opinion alluded to, therefoie, is pro- bably, only the individual opinion of the wiiier. Sir Robert was out of the pale of good taste at Lichfield, and Mr. Craw- furd at Monmo'it'). according io this arbiter of good taste, who has neither followers nor imitalors. Neither of them violated any ruie of the societies they addressed, and the bad taste, therefore, seems to consist only in differing in opinion frem the arb'ter elegaiitiarum of the Monmouth Beacon. Our coltlmentator will have it that .Mr. Crawfurd's examples of the benefits of freedom to industry are ill chosen and unfor- tunate. Accorcing to his showing, cottons, muslins, and iion, owe as much to protection as landlords' rents. lie is unwise and indiscreet in saying so. All these things are incomparably cheaper in this countay than in any other country in the world, the all-sufficient proof of which is, that we furnish other na- tions-ail the world over—with the yearly amount of thirty. five millions sterling of them. On the other hand, cora is dearer with us than wi h other civilized people on earth, the ample proof of which is, that we export none, while, during the five years ending with January last, we imported sixteen millions of quarters, every one of which cost us, at least, a pound beyond its intrinsic value, in honest industry, of which sum there went into the treasury of the State, as a bread tax, but £ 4,500,000!—the balance, as every man of sense must feel, being thrown into the sea, a sacrifice to a bad theory. If the whole amount of the nominal protective duty given to our staple manufactures, were given to the corresponding ma. nufactures of foreigners, our industry would be untouched for no foreigner, in his senses, would import them, any more than a sirnilar amount of production would produce a re-export of coals from London to Newcastle. Your contemporary, sir, is at variance with Sir W. Raleigh, with Mr. Crawfurd, with the climate, and much worse! with the matters of facts recorded in the returns of the Custom House. We had six good summers, that ripened our wheat, and quoting these alone, he forgot that they were followed by four bad Ðnes Ihat ùid not ripen it. Our agricultural resources are so great, according to him, that we require but three days' consumption of foreign wheat in the year. During the last five years we have con- sumed of foreign wheat and wheat flour alone-to say nothing of other bread corns-to the amount of twelve millions and a half of quarters. Last year we consumed nearly three mil- lions of quaiters, that is-not three days' but seventy- and-three day»' consumption, or one-fih part of the whole, when estimated at the largest 1 The palpable suppression of truth implied in his statement, is anything hut religiously honest. la the teeth of a monopoly, and against a million and a quarter of government duty, we consumed in the two IlIst offi- cial years, six millions and a half of quarters of foreign wheat -equal, on a full allowance, to the consumption of the same number of human beings. With a free trade and moderate duties, we shall not, in the same length of time, have imported animal food enough for half the consumption of any one second j rate town in the kingdom. When Sir W Raleigh, therefore, said that England w-*s fitter than other countries for rearing and fattening cattle, and lees fit I for growing wheat, than m4ny others, it may be inferred from this large experiment that he was right in the sixteenth cen- tury, and the editor of the Monmouthshire Beacon wrong in de- nying it in the nineteenth. When Sir Robert allowed the free importation of animal food, he did no great good, but he did no harm. The I ories, how. ever, believed that their friend had ruined them, and brought the price of cattle down by 25 per cent! yet they go on floun- dering, and refuse to be set right. In the after-dinner speech, it was argued that a free trade in corn would be followed by steady prices, and moderate ones. It has been so in Holland and in Switzerland for cenluries-in ¡ two countries of poor soil, large population, and great agricul. tural skill. It has been so for as long in the rich and populous plains of Belgium and Lombardy. It has been so in the United States of America, in peace and io war, in prosperity and in confusion. In seventy years' time, there has been but one year of sevetity in America, and in that same year the price of corn was 25 per cent lower than the average prices of England. In short, freedom has secured moderate and steady prices, wherever the experiment has been tried. Has nature, then, made an exception against England ? or is nature so ciotchefy I as to have lent herself to a bad argument? In no country in the world," says the dogged monopolist, have the prices of grain fluctuated )e-.s than in the (Jolted Kingdom." This is sjid of a country in which, within the Tace of seven years, there have existed all prices, ,m 36s up to 80s-where even in the shori period of two years re has been a fluctuation ot upwards of 120 per cent- where ne year the people pay but £ 27,0(10,000 for their hread; in cond, £ 45,000.000 and in a third, £ 60,000,000 and ere, on the average of all years, they pay for it by one half Jle than any other people in Europe. There is no country in the world, except in a very barbarous one, destitute, of roads, bridges, canals, capital, and industry. in which such violent fluctuation in coin is possible. We must go for a parallel to some remote province of Russia or Turkey. No such fluctuumn in price is to be found in anv imported commodity of which the trade is open. It is not found in drugs, or sp.ces—11 is not found in hernp or tallow. It did not. in the same seven years exist in tea, notwithstanding a three years' war with the only producing country nor did it exist in cot- ton or tobacco, notwithstanding the currency blunders and con- sumption of America. Of these commodities our warehouses always contain from one to two yeais' slock, and therefore vio- L lenl Buctullion is illlPossiole. For our supply of corn we de- t pend, not on the activity of commerce, but on the inconstant sky and the slippery scale, and fluctuation or want are inevi- table. The long article contains not one word about ihe lon& lenses —the part of Mr Crawford's speech which, by the writer's own showing, most interested the fdrmers. Perhaps like Sir Robert he is going to take a long time to consider them and probably like Sir Hobert, too, In the long lun to reject them. In lieu of the long leases, we have a recommendation 10 the farmers to stick to their pariah churches and the protective duty, and not turn tinkers, or free traders—isurely, a preposterous 'and im- pertinent injunction, whether as to church or farmer seein^ hat piety has nothing to do with monopoly, 0r even with tithe's or turnips. Surely the Conservative agriculturists of Monmouth are sadly mis,.presented by their wou d-be organ 1 who would make them appear to re swallow all the loog.rejected errors of an I ordinary understanding. if they are not iliev ale positively in a vttry awkward piedicament in reference lo [heir own leaders, and some day or otner we may expect to find the Home Secre- tary w io has declared toat the principles of free trade are those of every man Of common sense-writing them a des- patch to te etn, a* civilly ag sucf, a thing can be done, that they are not mcluded in his category. I have the honour to be, sir, Your obedient servant, Cnepstovv, Oct. 23, 1843. PiULALE FHES.
■r r..-THE TRUCK SYSTEM.
■r r.THE TRUCK SYSTEM. i<' e Eattur of the Monmouthshire Merlin, .i ?0Ir0,,«~A great deal has been said pro and con, on ths su j c of the ruck System, and tho admirers and sup- portets Of hit; mode of satisfaction to the artisan and workman for tiieir labour, insist that it is not generally conducive to the interest ot their operatives, inasmuch as it not only keeps them ou o debt, but also from public houses that it is, in short, a great convenience to their families, the being supplied by their masters, with tea, sugar, biead, butter, eggs, and hard- ware in lieu of money. I cannot, however, after liearini;, reading, and maturely considering what has been advanced on both sides of the ques- tion, but pronounce the Truck System one of the greatest inflictions with which the labour of this country has been ham- pered for ages past, that it is fraught with evils, and by its most unfair teadency renders a man discontented, dissatisfied, and disgusted with that state of life in which it hath pleased Fro. vidence to place him. Tiiat before 1 have done with the subject I shall be enabled to make what I advance apparent, I think few disinterested men will deny and first with regard to keeping the men out of uebt, 'thank you for nothing" may be their reply to theTruckite, or you take especial care to keep us always in debt, instead of your paying us (as by law you are bound to do) our wages in the current coiu of the realm. You insist upon our dealing at your snop. We must have bread, butter, su^ar, tea, salt, PePPel, mustard fr) ing-pans, grid-irons, porridge-pots, shoes, tn(»tpraaS' *°^acco> snuff, cheese, chalk, and a thousand Cf us fiAat3M?ul feposiiory. Our wages go for them, and few L von th-6 w'lat yuu c'ia'k UP t0 us5 f°r. in order to evade in vn I l.h<i *aWl you have llle ingenuity to put it all j-n ur 'edger to us as cash, and insert in our books cash, 1 tn knn«i"1i'eat' S0,K'S- s0 '!ial is utterly impossible for |U? had nf w lat quantity or what kind of article our wives 'amines Rai,^U ,rin5 l'le month. We apply to you for our fi oi ihe bal»nn«.P at the hazard of our lives, and are told 1,'ive overdid C0IplQ5 to us is sixpence, or a siiilling, or that .onsenuLntu" ,r°m 1,18 shoP and are in debt; and rrt^tu d, ciLretUrn ,10rn° ,0 our Indies, with sorrowful hearts and di,contented minds." r ^i r.irk'fVaVb ot 'he artisan or labourer who works fjr a tradesmavfri,iS* No'v- V" Ed.tor, if you or I So or V" mnlitv and nri S r°p for ail'cles required in our family, ft vve can co,?. wl,at °rdered are «et down in the P(l noon Not ^q"fotly Judse whether we aie or are not |,Xi io deal it Track shop™"10'' 'h,! com' October 19. 1843. »<"■„
GEOLOGY, &c.¡
GEOLOGY, &c. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. S1R > ~1 v e,,W-' ,8 u re n 0' i e e d a remark of "A South Wales Collier, y s papeP( anc] (0 |(le |)0([) 0f |)J8 o(). servation I be^ to add ray tesi,„,otlv> Ulat „ ,here jg a cjass of very useful men in >- "'P*1'lly. who, unn«sis>ed bv educa- tion, ate sound prun colliers an(1 m,neis> T|)U |# n (acl borne out in the c?U,el £ a »'«" works of Monmouthshire rtnd Glamorgafis nre. jority of under^iouod agents Of Which arc to njy k-ho h,ve from th. iiiiisi -it., a shrewd, ponatriktivo losiop acquii very accurate knowledge of the geola> and phenomena of the coal fields in their sever well as cotrect ideas of the basin generate, other hand, I know colleries to be entrusted t men wl10 are utterly inccmnetent to conduct the may be in possession of assurance enough to Will selves in attempting it. On this subject (the practical), as well as on the other mathematical) portion of the duties of a mining agent, I hnve. during the experience of a number of year, made observation* which, at the request of some gentlemen, members of the truly valuable Mechanics' Institute in your town. and who are con nected largely with coal mines in the neighbouibood, I have consented to arrange, and deliver a public iecture llieron at the Institute, one of the ensuing winter evenings; and the same shall appear, with your permission, Mr Editor, in the MERLIN, together with further remarks which 1 may make thereon in my leisure hours. My acceding to A South Wales Collier's" request through the columns of your next paper would consequently disarrange the heads under which I intend confining the matter of my intended lecture; and as surveying is so peculiarly connected with practical mining, I believe he will consider it injudicious of me to publish my opinions in a crude state; but obliged as I am to him for his suggestions, he shail find I will avail my. self of them, and enumerate the best instruments, &c, calcu- lated for the various departments of mineral surveying, as also some observations on the method of surveying, and the conduct- ing and management of collieries generally which I more par- ticularly shall direct to the proprietors of lands containing mi, nerals, and proprietors of mines, that, if acted on, will, I be. lieve, conduce to their mutual benefit. As great and ruinous losses have been incurred by coal mer- chants who blindly repose in the skill of persons of neither cxperiencen or knowledge in mining affairs,and which is equally prejudicial to the interests of the landlords, I intend comment- ing and offering a few remarks on the qualifications requisite in an underground agent. Intheinterim.Iam.&c. Cardiff, October 24th, 1843. ARTHUR O. DA VJES
ABERGAVENNY. .
ABERGAVENNY. PUBLIC MEETING IN THE TEMPERANCE HALII On Tuesday evening se'nntght, a meeting was held io the Temperance Hall, Abergavenny, to discuss the merits of Total Abstinence principles There being a rumour afloat th*' the society had suffered a loss in the person of Mr Danie'. president of the society, and as it was thought he would a'K" the meeting to give his reasons for the course adopted by bl the meeting was rather a full one. The chair was taken by Mr Conway. Messrs Powell and Clement went into a short discussion 1 connexion with ihe subject after which, D: Reynolds read the following letter, which had that ing been leceived by the secretary from Mr Daniel, their president My dear Sir,-I exceedingly regret the neceasity which compelled me to withdraw from your-l must not say Out- truly excellent and valuable society. Looking to the past operations of the society-—ito the did monuments of its success—to the delightful associa''00^ | which have arisen out of its operations—to tbe large brotb*r' hood which now fills its ranks—looking to ihe kindness which I have been regarded, the position in which I was and the period that has marked our connexion, you will g\" me credit when I say, that I do exceedingly regret the necessity which has compelled me to adopt the course 1 hove dont' Mine was no half-hearted adherence to the good conse-no Pro* fession of attachment to a principle with a practice at variant with it and now, ii does not comport with that honestv wbicb under all circumstances I think the best policy to practice • thing and avow another. 1 now allude to the reservation of pledge, in reference to the medical use of alcohol. I feel that that reservation, whatever be its value, I cannot use either as refuge or protection. I therefore, adopting what I think lbO more straightforward course, have de'.ermined for the present to withdraw. You will therefore have the goodness to erase røl name from the pledge book. With the greatest respect, both to yourself and to the otbtt officers of the kociety, as well as each of its members, I am yours, very truly, j' If Mr. \V. Saunders. JOHN DANJI!L. Mr. VV. Saunders. "JOHN DANIEL/ The Doctor ihen entered into the letter in minutta, pa«s> warm eulogium on the character of Mr Daniel—his cooduct and undaunted courage in ihe midst of difficulties. said Mr Daniel was not an ordinary man, as would appear ft* the letter. After delighting the audience with one of the addresses we ever heard him deliver, he moved the j resolution :— f That the warmest thaaks of this meeting be given to Daniel, our late esteemed president, for the integrity, abil'1?' zeal, aod generosity which he evinced during the yeara in he was connected with this society and that we trust < causes which have produced his temporary secession may be 'Pf*. dily removed, that we may have the delight of again back to our society a man for whom we must ever entertaio 1 sincerest emotions of gratitude and attachment." The resolution was unanimously passed. Mr White then rose, and in a speech that at once did bono. to his head and heart, he instructed and entertained those heard aim. We weie especially struck with the keenness elegance) of his sarcasm. In reference to the resolution, said he believed Mr Daniel's was an honest conviction, ho* ever he might disagree with him, and that his life would < stand in the way of his conscience. He said Mr Daniel always been esteemed by the young as an honest and det1 mined man and be it was who had planted and nourished their bosoms their fixity of principle. The reclaimed dmnbj! stands a splendid monument of Mr Daniel's exertions. then touchingly alluded to the feelings lhat now swelled bosom of the reclaimed drunkard's wife, and gave an iosta" of the result of Mr Daniel's example. A family in Aberg" venoy some three years back was visited,and presented a of the most degraded misery. A few days ago it was again, and the cup of bitterness had been exchanged for cup of joy—ail was now happiness. A youthful l that family was asked how so great a change came about, aP" the child replied, Mr Daniel haa been here!" VV b* continued the speaker, were the laurels which decked brows of ancient heroes, and what are the stars or orders cC ferred on modern chiefs, 1011. one moral honour 1 They j as mere chimeras. He said the opinion was, that if Mr L came to the Teetotal meeting, he would be insulted. That". whispered in the ears of Mr Daniel by the snangtr—by tW who knew nothing of the secret springs of Teetotallers' He did not believe Mr Daniel would for one moment such an ideo. He did not believe Mr Daniel would take interest in ihe society. The tears which have often bedewed cheek when he saw the drunkard reclaimed-the impass language when he spoke of the splendid results of those pfl ciples which were dear as life to his bosom, told a far difft tale. He warned those who had, goblet in hand, drunk st abf pot house the cup of intemperance, in connection with a that all true Teetotallers yet reveled—he warned those f had sung the paean of triumph in these houses, not to 1, boa Mr Daniel had any fellowship wiih the gin bottle. H* 'eft the society under the prescription of a medical man, lie felt confident that Mr Daniel would soon return to fill 1 now-empty chair. j Dr Reynolds ajain rose, and in an able, enthusiastic, merry speech, described the benefits of Teetotalism, aød disadvantages of drinking. f Mr Thomas rose, and eloquently advocated the CIO ø Teetotalism. It was then moved by Mr White, and seconded by Mf* Saunders:—1 hat the chair now vacant, bu left so, until -I" Daniel shall return and re-occupy it.. The resolution having been unanimously carried, thl 0 separated.
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Brussels papers state that Holland has lost oil, of its honourable citizens—the House ol Orange one of 'L'l'j bit: servants—the diplomatic body one of its most (listing*1'' nembers M. Falrk, minister of the King of Netherlands, ued at Brussels of an attack of gout. The den.ise of 1 mnister adds to the chronological list one more celebrated whose death was occasioned by that tormentiug duease^— Nodoubt is entertained that the several valuable lives which recently fallen viciima to this nfflictive disease might liave spared io society, ha4 th»f taken Blair's Q««»t and Rha*01 Pitta I
PRINCIPALITY. .
PRINCIPALITY. BEBECCAISM. CARMARTHEN, OCT. 23, 1843. The presence of a military force in almost every nook and village in the county, as well as a number of the metropolitan police force, has not, it would seem, effectually daunted Rebecca and her daughters, who still continue, though not so extensively, yet with the same determination of purpose, of destroying turn- pike gates, and wreaking out their vengeance on those whom they suppose are hostile 10 their illegal proceedings. In my last communication, I intimated to you that an attack had been made on the house of Rice P. Beynon, Esq., of Saint Clears, the same evening that Bwlchtrap loll-gate was destroyed. The party, consisting of between two and three hundred persons, fired into that gentleman's bed-ioom, and threw several large stones through the window of the bed-room adjoining. Eleven slugs were found in different parts of Mr. Beynon's bed-room. Afier the destruction of the gate, the party deeming it advisable to have an occupier of the toll-house of their o. n choosing, proceeded with hot as and guns to the house of a labouring man of the name of James Thomas, who some time ago lost an arm by an accident, and consequently became chargeable to the pa- rish, and knocking loudly at his door, aroused the inmates. His wife, evidently much alarmed, was the first to answer the sum. mons. The Rebeccaites told her there was no cause for appre- hension, for they came as friends, and thinking she and her hus- band had suffered long enough from poverty, they had provided for them a better dwelling, and were come to convey them to it. Remonstrance was in vain, and they soon packed up the furni- ture and effects in the house, and placed it in a cart they had brought with them for the purpose and having made the man and his wife get in also, they carried them to the Bwlchtrap toll- house, which has been unoccupied some time, and there depo- sited their load and passengers, and formally installed them in possession of the premises, requiring of them only, that they should remain there, and not take toll of any one. They then left their bewildered tenant to settle himself in his new habtta lion, and returned in the direction of SainI Clears, and left the following notice affixed to Mr. Beynon's door. which you will perceive, relates to the proceedings I have just detailed I beg that Rebecca Gav Posesion to James John, of the House that was formerly Belong to Pulltrap Gate, and if any Person will come and Throw him out, Rebecca will, and her Children will, remember him in Future Time. The First will come that there shall be drag between 4 horses.-Rebecca and her Children." The following day a similar notice, with the sum of 4d, was placed under the door of the crier of Bethlehem chapel, in the neighbourhood, with a note, commanding him to publish it in the usual manner, on the following Sunday, Jamei Thomas and his wife stiil remain in possession of the premises. They profess to have no knowledge whatever of the parties who com- mitted the outrage, and no clue has yet been afforded for their detection. This day week (the 16th instant), Mr. Frederick Kynaston, of Blaenycorse, a very respectable gentleman, re- ceived a threatening letter. On Saturday morning last, six persons were apprehended by the London police, charged, on the information of one Richard Williams, with having, on the 71h day of August last, with divers evtl-disposed persons, unlawfully and maliciously thrown down, levelled, and otherwise destroyed, a certain turnpike toll-house, the property of the trustees of the Three Commons district of roads. Three of the prisoners, John Jones, VVillium Jones, and Thomas Jones, are respectable young men in their spheie of life, and sons of a stone mason, residing near the village of Llanddaiog, in the county of Carmarthen. Another prisoner, named Sed} Morgan, is a servant man on the farm of LIwynshinkin. Thomas Harry, also a prisoner is a servant at Llwynmawr and Henry Williams, apprehended on the same charge, is servant at the Saxe Coburg public-house, in Porthy- rhyd, and distant about twenty yards from the gate in question The "certain turnpike tol!-house" ambiguously referred to io the arrant of commitment is no less than the Porthyrhyd gate, all account of the second destruction of which appeared, at con- siderable length, in the Swansea Journal. The information laid against the six persons appri hended is of a very questiona- ble character, and is supposed to have been induced by the tempting reward offered by tire government for the apprehension of the Rebeccaites. The informer, R. Williams, was tried at the list quarter sessions for this borough, on a charge of ob- taining money under false pretences but was acquitted on an informality in the indictment, the learned Recorder then making the following observations, which appeared in your last Journal although the case is made out in fact, yet the indictment is bad on the f,.ce of it. The piisoner must consequently be ac- quitted, as in the case of his conviction, no sentence can be pronounced by the court." I am also informed that,on the statement of the same Richard Williams, warrants are issued against several other persons. whosa appreheosion is hourly expected.-From a Correspondent of the Swansea Journal. There are now at least 150 of the I.ondon police in the dis- turbed parts of Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Cardi- ganshire. As we stated last week would be the case, they have Outn stationed, with small companies of foot soldiers, under the command of non-commissioned officers, in all the villages an;i tmall towns throughout the country, and thus a system of surveillance is kept up. i here are oolicft and soldiers ai i I ontyberem, Llanelly, Llanbedie, Llandilo, Llandissii, Tre- garon, Llangendeirne, Llandefeilog, Kid«elly, Conwil, Pon- tarcothy, Porthrhyd, Brechfa, Llansawel, Llanfihangel, Llan- byther, Narbcrth, St. Clears, Laugharne, ant, in fact, at all the small towns throughout the country. The 76th Foot has furnished men to accompany the police, and from six to ten of the infantry are stationed in each town or village with the police. The expense to the county of having all these here, is, we understand, no less than six hundred pounds per month. — Welshman. APPALLING ACCIDENT.—A young man of the name of David Randall, sged 18 years, who was employed at the Me lingryddan Chemical Works, near Neath, last Saturday, when standing on the top of one of the boilers, which contained a large quantity of boiling liquid, suddenly slipped into it, and although instantly taken out by some of his fellow workmen, he expired in a few hours. LAMPETER.—-Ibis little town has lately been excited by symptoms of rather an alarming nature—no less than the so. ciety of sixteen policemen and twenty soldiers have taken up their position here. It has been generally reported that Re- becca has signified her intension of attacking the college, but, however true this may be, it is very certain some policemen arc- on the patrol every night all is consequently tranquil. There is a large meeting to be held on Mynydd Oseyn, on Monday week, a mountain within two miles of this town, and it is an. ticipated it will be something of consequence, as a numerous body have desired the lordl-ieutenant of the county to be present on the occasion.—Swansea Journal.
HEREFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
HEREFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. On last Monday week, the third lecture on the His- tory of England, was delivered in .the Hotel Great Room, by Sir Samuel R. Meyrick, K II., president of the above Institution, and we venture to assert that it was the most entertaining and instructive of the series. It was re- marked by the Lecturer that it was in the reign of Henry the Second that we have the fiist record of the learned judges going circuit:— Your notice has been already called to the Parliament or Great Council which met at Northampton in 1170. To this we are indebted for that valuable institution on which was founded the circuits of the judges. These judges of assize were ap- pointed in lieu of the justices in Eyre, or en route, i.e. travel. ling justices, who, if not called into beius; by this Parliament were then first regularly established. They made their circutt round the kingdom once in seven years for the useful purpose of trying causes. The value of their services was soon appa- rent, and by Magna Charta, they were directed to be sent into every county once a year. It is to the iudges of the land that in early times the people weie indebted for the assertion of their rights, and for fixing thereon a secure basis for resisting oppression of the crown on the one hand. and the encroach- ments of the church on the other. No establishment has more truly done its duty to the state, for generally speaking, then and to the present day, they have administered the laws with an impartiality unknown to other countries, untempted by bribes, and unawed by threats of power." 'i lie costly trappings and gorgeous parapharnalia with which the iioble slef-d of Richard I, surnamed Coeur de LIOII was invested, would, in our days, strike the beholders with astonishment if such a sight presented itself in th circle of Hyde Park I shall couclude this lecture with a description of Richard's parade appearance, when not in atmour, given by Vinesauf, who accompanied the King, and has cbronickd his actions. He first describes his horse, which, lie tells us. was of the Spa. nish race, tall, a nd elegantly formed, his neck, long and arched, his chest, broad, his legs showing bone and spreading: in a word, the proportion ot his frame, and the round firmness of his limbs defied the pencil of the ablest artist. He champed his golden bit, and with lestless eagerness submitted reluctantly to the tein Richatd vaulted on his back. The saddle spotted .vith precious stones, glistened in the sun, and upon the hich cantle b-hind were two lions of gold, each with one paw in the act to strike, seeming to growl defiance. (Such appears on his shield on histiist seal). The monarch s spurs were of gold A satin tonic, rose-coloured, was bound round his waist, ami his mantle striped in straight lines, and adorned with half- moons of solid silver, shone besides with brilliant orbs, in imi- tation of the solar system. His sword of tempered steel hung on his thigh. The hilt was of gold, the belt of silk, and silvei plates bound the edges ot the scabbard. On his head he wou- a scarlet bonnet, on which were embroidered in gold the va- rious figures of birds and beasta. He held a truncheon in his htnd. aud the apecUtors IxAttd vyitb yvaiader I tht gorgaoua jih&mpisfl of tit, eroi* j I W 1"1 I ,oq"e"! » .he gf»* ,itSoff< sanding boo na "hD ^-viiiory, among w -t!re several grntllyitlg ]so to observe the p 10 <enre of individuals who have been hitherto unaccustome"; ■Jive their attendance at public lectures for the dusemina"0" ions? truthful and comprehensi»e doctrine# of which the fell', rend lecturer is one ot the ablest and most auctessful gxp ets; and this incident has caused the greater satisfaction, is one of the many proofs dllily occurring, that those whose slitutional apathy or ill-disguised hatred of popular liberty, duced them to be the resolute upholders of things I II are," are now beginning to re-consider their opinioo" lod feel that the honest course of restoring to the people those II' tical rights of which they have been unjustly despoiled, in the end, for them, the bf-st policy, if they are not cont«p| sacrifice, from an insane jealousy of democracy, all the P0''1' rights that they themselves enjoy. l is well to encourage position to concede, on the part of the middle classes, and Iitigiy attribute the grateful movement to the best and mo*' (| L ictetested motives — but while we do so, we should act tbe pill of treacherous friends did we not remind them,that whether I,i. will or not, the people will attain political power by the *c vity of those forces, which he must be blind who does not are now moving the masses; and the share of power "hichr the new distribution, will be assigned to those classes, ji pend, in no small degree, upon the sincerity and extent of present aod future dispositions to grant. t The chair was taken by the Mayor soon after seven when his Worship introduced the Rev. T. Spencer, who received by the auditory with a burst of applause. 4 After a few introductory observations, the rev. gentlefolo proceeded to point out the deep interest every class in sciell acd every individual in every class, has in making himself i quainttd with those subjects which affect the common wea'i treated with just ridicule the absurd notion, that none but privileged classes ought lo meddle wiih such matters. He lb' took a rapid view of the state of the working classes in l i country wiih respect to their political and social condition, showed that all the evils under which they suffer are the '<• of class legislation. To remedy this deplorable slate.of thi"" a recurrence must be had to the original intention of go, efir meal, which was instituted for the protection of ail-DOl of- class or classes, but of the whole community. To effect tb^' ihe governing power must represent all, aod this can be effected by giving to all a voice in the election of t° verninj power. The rev. gentleman then proceeded to dis^ the various substitutes which had been suggested for full jy1' such as the Household Suffrage, the Reading and WriiiDgSu Irage, aod others, aod showed them all io be either impractic* or insufficient, and finally proved that that extension of the ''8 of voting which is now understood by the phrase Comp'4'. Suffrage" is the only effectual remedy for the evila now weigh down the energies of the country. But a> the ject of thus extending the right of voting is to ascertain the "lsb.1 of the community from the widest practicable circumference, is necessary to adopt means to ensure that the vote of each ID. dividual shall be the honest expression of his wish but J majority of voters will be dependent oo their employers •" j others, who may have an interest in the selection of certain j dtviduals who do not possess the confidence of these voters, latier, if they be obliged to vote openly, may be reduced to painful alternative for a working man—either to oppose b øI employer's interests by voting honestly, and to be deprived hread, or to sacrifice his conscience and what he considert J" cause of truth, by yielding to the influences which control hi"" To remedy this, he proposed the ballot, and scattered the flit" pretences, unworthy the name of argument, which have bf dishonestly brought forward against it. The rev. lecturer net proceeded to recommend annual parliaments, as the most lual means of keeping members honest, and exposed the silly, fallacy that annual parliaments implied a continual changiog ( measures, for it by no means meant an annual changing of rp4tPo as those who had honesily and efficiently discharged their duties one year, would be certain to be entrusted the next, while lb01* who had failed to do so, would be very justly rejected. Spencer next declared himself an advocate for the ebolitioo & the propelty qualification, and that members should be paid K their attendance. The rev. gentleman went fully into each p the foregoing points, supporting them by the most unanswered" arguments, and exposing the principal fallacies which tT* brought forward by ignorant or dishonest men against them. We have seldom had the pleasure to hear a more instruct' or entertaining discourse, aboundingin all tb« knowledge whi' has been brought to bear on this imporiaot subject, and tered in a continuous uninterrupted current of chaste and ØloaI persuasive eloquence, without a single effort to make a display, or to treate effect. He was enthusiastically applauded throu gh out his address.. At the conclusion of the lecture, the Rev. Mr. Parry a vote of thanks to the reverend lecturer, which was with acclamation, and gratefully acknowledged by Mr. Speacer, Mr. Lewis Edwards moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor, which, having been seconded by Mr. W. Edwards, bookeellcr, was carried unanimously.