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HjjEjlVlgfRLWij SAT I, NEWPORT, Y, FTL>AY, APRIL 30, 1842. H e deb 0Se of (v 011 ^r* Elphinstone's motion in the Prope ^nons> to subject the succession to as o y to the Legacy and Probate Duties, tKf lhe -°?e on personal property, proves the Hk .SirBiB^'f' that ™les us, as weir Pr n-1 nature the arguments upon i°?enitUrgSe/lt "nmunity rests. Aristocracy and N (e^s^tive Ve struck deeply their roots into atte,n a.n<^ s°cial condition of this country, tk^°n the^ equal laws and taxes to ^Qqjj, e ^iffereVfriOUs ^esc"ption6 of property held Hty to bg classes of the community, was all th 6 eate^ by an overwhelming majo- ^!?ent^hiTU^ Reforms are doomed, in a ^°°k at nothing but what it ll squares with existing has determined before-liand ^tlef° ^Se Mrn ^as's °^^eeping things as they \t 0ttr:,ll™'s phrase)>wiu care verJ ?■ duty on j. an<l very much for what is. H»f equ;v esuccession to land was a fair and Nobody ^or Peel's Income Tax, was \() UreGU ^eny • an that the Premier him- ^iw^ed it«5Pif^lnst was» ^at as the House ^<liK0lle's mot; ° tax> to agree to Mr. El- JCaItaxtotSf would be to superadd a new and 6»y Tax o C^e^ule which already imposes Sav w owners and occupiers of land it foP ft' r* ^phinstone, then I propose to iandl sc^e<^u^e* no means, \i f tl ^s' we would considerably rather Nh tay16,!tenants those bound by leases l° outeVhan.that 0Ur order sllou^ be taxed Sr ^tat °Wn Poc^ets» on succeeding frjGS', thus stands the argument d^ri?. however, opposed the motion on ^fe^te^ts°ftal that the land paid less duty Hi J^°rti0n if0?erty' an^ alledging that the hoi. dutie„ the taxes actually received, were thev fi°n ^.transmission of land, even they figured in the returns as sums paid j N J° lhe Perty also that as the motion was I Po/So,1al nrG° equalising the duties on real ^Peopie °Perty> its effect would mainly fall *tia ^arge a° °Wners of small properties, be- Hty I,s> and thtates are generally settled l>y des- setHCa^ and 6 ^aw at present exempts all pro- 1Xlents- ^e^Sona^> which forms the subjects »k O'o dem r 6 first of these arguments was v'lshed by subsequent speakers— f^'on no^°ng t^le rest—wh° clearly showed '< en l^at a n?arly so much as its fair pro- J 11 ^6r ^^t invest £ 5,000. in land v 0 leaves' I? taxes and stamps, whereas the in th "oney at his death, ]u acc°rdin 6 duty to the Exchequer, \k^u a lTl0cker5 to the relationship of the legatee. 4q,aL Ilicick N^6?8 of {jg ° justice, said O'Connell, that a n S^t>B Ve toilr d °r any other rich oligarch, .Hi n^Ce to t,10ns land without contributing %0r;°t leaVe ef revenue> an^ that a poor man °Us life t 6^. hundreds, the hard savings of a^en^S n°V •» relatives, without the heavy y °^ej- ai)nua]l FUn^ /rom it. The quantity of ISi this Passing from one possessor to so gi'eat, that it would b fcf. t° thP .0r the wants of the State without Not5ect this nfam°us Income Tax. U, 1 a it js .?reat good, what is the obstacle ?— ok6 ^tat SeP^nite 6 !aw of primogeniture, say we. ( iRee ^ho ok°^rer men may he kept up in SI °fCun 311 be>e a" chances or e ti*eat leas"t G V which other men are subjected Ul) larpp8 lan means can make them), i QPCfiftCACe thp Masses of land from the general fo f°^ > C°Untry, by entails which, at the vV^ly, an,itr°f the tami'ly> support the heir PI v ound the house upon a rock tNnt ne of h ^jo0f ^is rr! P°^nted out by a precious do- a of0r Pay no tax upon entering into al1 such T eState\ The ProPerty is ex- ''K th ^vhe cause 't forms the ground of °<i8e >,0se whorr l^e ProPerty. real or personal, 'Husj have not enough to build up a 5h ho °ntribute to the exigencies of the k>>°W n0°?e to see a i of t, espect t aw Passed ere long which shall u^L I ^toPeM° persons. aQd less to the charac- V»kether8 nc^ °r l^e nature of its tenure. lle heir paitax.be levied upon every man, v Sl*c<eeds°f filiation or not, at the time th°Ve(l a1S 'he o ? .t^le actual possession 1 V6e e linp considering a man re- 0hirati°ns frnl?"! the ProPerty' or perhaps la "J'ejif ly fee the entailer (as in Scotland), «?' i mple owner' and a11 the rest a« Stfh Proi,n°ie^ernPt him from a suceession- v fth^ning? that the property was his from •>te tha)lay> of re AVe 1101 aH life-renters of the t'ao J1 ^e-renf>Ur 0Wn bodies even, have we l^S?f^ £ .P088eMion? W ^8 heir i )Vre,c'1. what would'st thou have? 'lb to v.0^atOrv Ve Wave succeedi°g wave." 5 e«ti0 "iniself .ever» that Peel seems to re- h reafter r^ght of reconsidering this hin°pertv ol'. a^so the grounds upon which Y ^rd to eqUavms 10 he exempt, in the event ithni. 1SG tllese duties being brought 0,1 at Birmingham, reduced wages }(POrtll nng classes, diminution of our coal and Xe* ^rom a nibbling measure of i dorn RefornV, An<^a petition signed by three mil- lions of men for Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments, it is no time for a smirking, self-com- placent, red-tapist minister to congratulate himself upon the Income Tax, and, like the fly perched on the wheel, exclaim, See what a dust'I raise It is no time for braying at or bullying honest men- tiiends to order and their country—when they per- form their duty to their constituents in the house. It is no time for miserable half-measures but it is high time to avert th6 gathering storm by an equi- table equalization of the burdens and responsibilities of the State, on all classes of the community.
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The Tories have always been celebrated for iheir skill in gaging He opinions <5f the people. The Sidmouth and Oastlereagli clique will be long remembered for their frequent suspensions of the Habeas Corpus Act—that great Palladium of Lnglish liberty. The Tory members of the present ;.Ho«se' ot Commons, in order to show that they are futly pr-epar$d-to pursue the old system, have commenced their gagging" ope- rations in the house itself. The member fetr Mi^s'e boroughs, who has made himself obnoxious to Ihe Minister, by the bold and manly way in which he asserted and maintained the rights of the people and their representatives, to have a reasonable time for considering any measures that might be proposed by the administration for the time being—was.pn Thursday se'nnight made an object of the most indecent and disgusting insult. On the question for a committee to consider the best meansofef. fecting a full, fair, and free representation of the people," Sir Robert Peel took occasion to turn the whole subject into ridi- cule, in a manner which justly excited the indignation of our respected member. He rose to express his feelings, but was not allowed to utter more than a single sentence. Sarcastic cheers, groans, laughter, and derision, were brought into plaj to de- prive him of that freedom of speech to which lie is entitled as one of the representatives of the people. The crime of attempt- ing a reply to the Premier was not to be forgiven. Mr*. Blewitt, finding that all his efforts to obtain a hearing werefruittess, was at last compelled to sit down, but not until he^had given his opponents a just and severe reproof for the course they had pursued towards him. We have taken great pains to^ascettain whether there was in Mr. Blewitt's conduct, language, or de- meanour, anything to excite the ridicule to which he was.ex. posed, and we have been assured by an eye-witness, that there was no ground whatever, in any one respect, for such uncour- teons and improper treatment. Mr. Blewitt is well known in this neighbourhood as a gentleman of good business-like habits possessed of sound common sense, and of mild and conciliating manners. The ill-treatment of such a man by an arbitrary and tyrant majority of the House of Commons, deserves, and will, no doubt, receive the deepest reprobation on the part of his constituents, and we have little doubt they will take some im- mediate steps for showing their sympathy with Mr. Blewitt, and their resentment of the insult which has been put upon him. We are glad to perceive that Mr. Blewitt, nothing daunted by his ill-success on Thursday night, had the courage on the following evening, to stand up again in favour of the rights of the people, by enquiring of the government, if they intended to abolish those provisions of the Savings' Banks Acts, which enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being, to obtain funds for the public service, without the consent of Parliament. On being informed in the negative, Mr. Blewitt immediately gave notice that he should call the attention of the house to the subject. Let Mr. Blewitt persist in this manly course—the independent course of honest duty—and he will soon put a gag upon the Gaggers.
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We understand that Mr. Jenkins, of this town, will deliver a lecture on chemistry, popularly illustrated, at the Mechanic's Institute, on Monday next. The lecturer will con- clude with the administration of the protoxide of nitrogen, or laughing gas. A SOLDIER'S FUNERAL.—Pontypool, April 28.— The inhabitants of Pontypool and its neighbourhood had this ■ ay the melancholy gratification of witnessing a soldier's funeral. Paymaster-Sergeant Dunlop, who for twenty-eight years be longed to the 11th regiment of foot (but who has been residing in Pontypool for some years, where he died, and who was pensioned by a grateful country for his long and honourable services), was interred in Trevethin churrh yard, on Thursday, oo'rtion'nr8tl7 .ours* Colonel Bishop, who commands the fhe InlnHif h"5,mfen.t S,at,0Ded °btained ,he se'vices services of fhe dau a reeinaent part in the funeral to h a raoihir T" WaS 8 Brilish soIdier committed to his mother earth more honourably than was this respected veteran. Ihe procession started from his late dwelling at Tros uant at three ° clock, and the cavalcade (for many respectable gentlemen and tradesmen accompanied the funeral oô horse hack; passing through Pontypool, and up through .he Wood fo I revethen church presented one of the most affecting and in teresting sights that has been for a long time witnessed here The van was led by a detachment of the] lth, with arms re' versed, followed by the band, in their splendid dresses, playing the «• Dead March in Saul." The execution of this magnificent piece deeply affected every individual in the mournful pro- cession. Then came the coffin, carried by the comrades of the leceased soldier, or if not by them, by those who have succeeded them (for he had out lived most of his contemporaries), covered with a pall, surmounted with the regimental flag, on which are inscribed the honourable mementoes of hard-fought fields, in which Dunlop had followed with devotion that banner which now hung round his hearse—" Peninsula," "Nives,Or- thes," Nevelle," "Toulouse," and Pyreonees. His family then followed as chief mourners, and then another de. tachment of his regiment unaccJutered;, Coloriul Bishop I next, then Major Bloomfield (who came fro, N.w port for the purpose), Captain Tobin, Lieutenant Gould, and the rest of the officers stationed here; and accompanied by many hundreds of ) ihe inhabitants of the neighbourhood. In passing through the Wood, and winding slowly up the hill's side, the low murmurs of the muffled drum, and the subdued tones of the mournful music were singularly impressive. The Rev. Thomas Davis read the funeral service, as," slow and sadly they laid him down." When that was done, three vollies were fired over the leparted veteran's grave, and "they left him alone with his glory. We speak within bounds when we say that upwards of 4,000 persons were assembled to witness the sad ceremony, at the place where the hero was buried." Two much praise Cinnot be given to Colonel Bishop on this occasion. We understand the honour done to our brave and faithful soldier was the Colonel's own act; and not only did he thus render honour to melÎt, but kindly indulged the inhabitants with a musical treat in the evening, by allowing the band to play some of their choicest pieces of music, which they most exquisitely played. The inhabitants of Pontypool feel much indebted to Colonel Bishop. On Thursday se'nnight, information was received by the Abergavenny police, that a brass furnace had been stolen f'om Llangrwney, near Crickhowell, and very soon afterwards it was discovered that it had been sold by a very suspicious fellow belonging to the town, who had gone that morning to Gloucester. Police-officer Grubb followed and apprehended him near Monmouth he was conveyed the same evening to Crickhowell, and from thence to Brecon jail, to take his trial at the next sessions for the robbery. We understand that Monmouth will shortly be supplied with two London bags a day by the post office autho nties. The additional bag will be received viii Bristol the mail from which place will arrive for that purpose an hour earlier than at present. On Tuesday last, a lad named Scott had a mira- culous escape of his life in being run over by the mail in Moonow-street, Monmouth. The boy was running from another lad, and not heeding the mail, was thrown by the horses, who kicked him immediately under the pole of the coach, by which he escaped the wheels, and was unhurt. DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF. —On Tuesday morning last, a dreadful accident occurred at the New Church, now in course of erection at Cardiff. There were at the time six men on the scaffolding at work, when, ow ing to a portion giving way, the whole fell, precipitating all the unfortunate men to dte ground. The whole of the persons engaged in the work, immediately repaired to the fata) spot; after removing the poles, planks, &c., in a few minutes they reached the men, one of whom, John Allen, a mason's labourer, an Irishman,was dead, another so severely injured as to allow of but faint hopes of his recovery, and the remainder more or less wounded. They were immediately conveyed to the Infirmary, when they received every attention from Mr. Jacob, the house- surgeon, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Pain. On the evening of the same day, an inquest was held on the body of Allen, at the Angel Hotel, before R. L. Ileece, Esq., coroner, and a respec table jury, when a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. MISSIONARY MEETING AT LLANELLY, BRECON- SHIRE.—On Monday evening last, the friends of missions at Llanelly, assembled in Siloam (Independent) Chapel, to par. lake of Cowper's cup of cheering influence. The provisions were nearly all provided giatuitously therefore, about £20. will be devoted to the London Missionary Society, as the pro- ceeds of this tea party. In the course of the evening, members of the various sections of the Christian Church addressed the meeting, on the subject of Christian Missions: Mr. Thomas, book-keeper, of the Clydach Iron Company, a Churchman, commenced by detailing very lucidly, the rise and progress of the society, and happily pointed out the catholicity of the spirit which has characterised the society from its commencement to the present day. Mr. Vinter, a Baptist minister of that locality, next advocated the cause, in Welsh, and spoke at length on the missionary spirit which forms so prominent a feature in the religion of those who profess Protestantism, and drew a beau- tiful contrast between our own beloved country and some of the continental nations. Mr. J. Hiley Morgan briflyalluded to the labours of the society's agents in the South Seas. Mr. Jayne, a Churchman, who was called upon quite unexpectedly gave evident proofs that the writings on Christian Missions had occupied no small portion of his reading hours; and, as he thoroughly understood the nature of the responsibility of those to whom much is given, and the importance of their working fllr God while it is day, he very earnestly pressed upon his auditory, not only the remembrance of their responsibility, but also in the desire to further the work of missions—the only principle which God could recognize as correct—a view to his glory and concluded the speech of the evening by a very earnest appeal to parents, to infuse into their children's minds a missionary spirit. The Rev. Mr. Powell, of Llanover, and the Rev. Mr. Hopkins, of Llangattock, spoke in Welsh, with great effect. On Thursday evening, Mr. Blewitt presented a petition from the rope-tnakers of London, against the proposed alteration in the tariff affecting their tiade. It will be seen by our advertising columns that Mr. L. Mosely, dentist, of 12, Berners-street, Oxford street, is again paying us a professional visit. We make no doubt his abilities are duly appreciated by those who requiie the assistance of the dentist.
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ANTIQUITY OF FREE MASONHY.—The antiquity of free-ma- sonry must be very great, as the plates in Lor<l Kingsborough's large work on the antiquities of Mexico and Peru, and Baron Humboldt's work, show that masonry was practised by Isabeans of that part of the world. The Polynesian Islands possess ma- sonic remains through the whole of Tuikey. Arabia, Eoypt, ) artary, China, and Japan, masonic remains are to be found indeed, travel where you may, masonry has been before you.— VII the ancient religions down to Henry VIII.. all forms of good government, were modelled on masonic principles: all lan- guages—-all the ancient sciences were on the same plaB»«— Fretmaioni' Quarterly Rtvitwfor April.
HORRIBLE MURDER AT MERTHYR.
HORRIBLE MURDER AT MERTHYR. The towp of Merthyr was thrown into milch escitcment on Saturday afternoon, in consequence of the discovery of the body of an old woman, of the name of Edwards, hid under a bed. stead in her own house, a wretched hovel in Plymouth-street, near the tram-road. It appears that the deceased, who was 70 or 73 years of age, resided as above, her son and his wife living with her, and sleeping on the bed underneath which the body was found. The old woman having been missed by her neigh- bours for some days past, inquiries were made of her son as to where she was, in answer to which the son stated, that she had gone a few miles into the country. On his leaving the house Saturday morning he told his wife that he was going to Dowlais t0 gCu 4 3nd P,r,icularly ordered her not lo look under the bed. After he had left, the vvife, excited by curiosity to know what it was her husband was so anxious to conceal from her, went to a neighbour's house, and told two women of it, who agreed that the wife ought to see what it was. The three women then returned to the house, and raising the foot vallance of the bedstead, were horror struck at observing the body of the poor old woman underlie bed, partially wrapped up in a sheet, and qutte dead. The alarm having been given, the superinten- dentof, police wais sent for, and from the information obtaiued by him suspicion pointed instantly to the son as the murderer, the more readily so from the son being the person who was two years since committed for the murder of a poor Irish girl, an un. ortunate woman of the town. In that case, the evidence not being deemed conclusive, Edwards was acquitted on his trial at ij,ss15es\ Ir-rmation was immediately given to the coroner, Davies, and at 5 o'clock the same evening the coroner and a respectable jury assembled; having viewed the body, the in. quest was adjourned until six o'clock Tuesday evening, in order to allow time for the post mortem examination of the body. INQUEST ON THE BODY. T Tuesday the adjonrned inquest was held at the Angel Inn. Edward Davies and J. S. Dyke, Esqrs., surgeons, who had made a post mortem examination of the body, and also several other witnesses, were examined relative to the last time of seeing the deceased, &c.&c. The evidence being gone through, the Coroner made some appropriate remarks to the jury before they retired, which was hut for a few minutes, when they re- turned into court with a verdict of "Wilful Murder against Richard EdwarJs, son of the deceased, and that her death was caused by strangulation." His wife had been set at liberty, having been bailed to appear when called upon. APPREHENSION OF THE MURDKRER. Six o'clock, Thursday Evening. Notwithstanding the praiseworthy exertions of the constabu-, lary force, in going far in search of the murderer, it was thought by many that "Dick" was concealing himself near his old habitation, consequently many were on the look out, and about five o'clock this evening he was seen by John Thier, miner, of Cyfarthfa Works, in the woods, near Pound Level, about a mile from his residence, who immediately gave information to the murderer's father-in-law, who with his two sons, and five others captured him, and brought him safely to the police- station, amidst the huzzas of the thousands who evinced their joy that the foul murderer of his own mother had been taken. He was kept in the station about a quarter of an hour, and then conveyed to the lock-up-house by the police and had it not been for them the populace would have executed lynch law on him, such was the excitement produced on seeing him so in different to what he had committed, and the indignation against him. It is supposed that he will be examined by the magistrates to-morrow, and, of course, committed to take his trial at the next Glamorganshire assizes.
THE NEW TARIFF.
THE NEW TARIFF. On Saturday last, a numerous and highly respectable meeting of agriculturists was held at the Bridge Inn, for the purpose of taking into consideration Sir Robert Peel's tariff. Mr. Thomas Pride was unanimously called to the chair. Mr. Henry Collins then briefly addressed the meeting, pointing out what an injurious effect the proposed measure would have on the agricultural interest if carried 10'0 ope- ration, and concluded by submitting to the meeting a pe- tition to the House of Lotds on the subject. Mr. H. M. Partridge moved, and Mr. Morgan Williams, of Penycoed seconded, that the following petition be adopted by the meeting. Carried unanimously. To the Right Hon. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Par- liament assembled, the humble petition of the owners and occupiers of Landin the neighbourhood of Newport, in the county of Monmouth, Sheweth,—That the proposed alterations of the corn-laws, combined with the provisions of the tariff, have excited in their minds the greatest surprise and the most serious apprehensions. They cannot but believe that the new scale of duties will afford a very inadequate protection, aod that the tariff will be com- pletely subversive of those principles and that policy which have, through a loog series of years, governed the legislature in reference to British agriculture, and during which this country has attained its commerce, wealth, and power. Your petitioners humbly conceive that all contracts, whether agricultural, eccle- siastical, or mercantile, entered into upon the faith of the exist- 109 laws, will be virtually broken, to the great injury of one or other of the contracting parties, and they entreat your right ho- nourable house to provide by some legislative means, if not for the preveatioo, at least for the mitigation of such too probable VOUS injustice. our petitioners anxiously and earnestly declare that they are not actuated by any desire to enhance the price of corn or any species of food to the consumer, by ex- cluding an adequate supply they are conscious that in the welfare and happiness of all other classes their own must be in- volved, and particul-uly that the prosperity of our commerce and manufactures is essential to the value of the land but they are nevertheless perfectly convinced that the weight of the aggre- gate taxation of the country presses so heavily and forms so large a proportion of the price of every product of industry, and of agriculture in particular, that it is impossible for them to compete with foreigners, whose burdens are so maeh lighter, unless they are allowed that protection which, under the foster- ing care of the legislature, they have hitherto enjoyed. Your petitioners earnestly implore your right honourable house to reflect upon the serious consequences that will ensue from any shock 10 the agricultural of the country, especially at this moment, when the most spirited and determined efforts are heing made for its improvement in every part of the British em- pire; and they declare their conviction that the contemplated reduction of prices will necessarily be accompanied by such a reduction of wages as will operate most fatally on the condition of the labouring classes. Your petitioners therefore beseech your right honourable house to reject, or at all events, materially to modify, the proposed bills for the alteration of the corn-laws, ind the tariff of duties under which various other foreign pro- ducts of agriculture are to be admitted into the markets of this country. And your petitianers, as in duty bound, will ever pray. Mr. Bake,r of Langstone, proposed, and Mr. John Sal- lows, of Pantregoch, seconded, that his grace the Duke of Buckingham be requested to present the petition to the House of Lords. Thanks having been voted to the chairman the meeting adjourned.
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P 0 L ICE I N TEL L I G E N CE. IJ|V^ V* NEWPORT POLICE.—THURSDAY, ArRIL 21. Before Messrs. T. Hughes, IV. Brewer, and T. Hawkins. FORGED CHARACTER. A young man, who g^ve his name John Rosser, alias Ro- berts, was charged with endeavouring to obtain a plate as groom, in the service of Mr. Hughes, of King's Hill, by means ° -a 'orged character. It appeared by the evidence of Mr. Hughes, that the prisoner (whose name was John Rosser, and not Roberts) applied to him for a place as groom. He agreed to take him and prisoner referred him for a character to Mr. Yarworth, of Hadnock, with whom he said he last lived. Mr. H. wrote a note to Mr. Yarworth on the subject, which he delivered to prisoner, and in a few days after he received a letter in reply purporting to be from Mr. Y.; the letter bore the Usk post mark, while Monmouth is the nearest post town to Had- nock. I his and other circumstances excited his suspicion, and he wrote to Mr. Yarworth by post, enquiring if he had written such a letter, and received from that gentleman a reply in the negative. He then sent for prisoner, who came to him, and he gave him into custody. Mr. Hughes put in the letter purport- ing to be written by Mr. Yarworth.—Mr. Bothomly, from Mr. r. G. Phillpott's office, who attended for the prisoner, applied to be allowed to see the letter and the information. Mr. Prothero said that in the present stage of the proceedings, Mr. Bothomly could not see them. The prisoner was remanded for further evidence. Anne Knox, alias Nanny BwJch, and Mary Cecil, alias Pickax, were charged with being riotous and disorderly in the streets on Monday night last. The prisoners, who are two of the most incorrigible of those unfortunate and abandoned females who infest this town in such numbers, and who have been frequently committed from this office for all manner of offences, except "treasons," including" felonies, misdemeanors and breaches of the peace," were proved by P.C. Huxtable to hove been riotous and disorderly in Llanarth-street, on Monday night last, were committed to the House of Correction for three months each. James Pell was charged by Mr. Harris, the Assistant Over- seer, with deserting his wife, and leaving her chargeable to the parish.— Mr. Harris being sworn, stated that he was requested by the neighbours of the unfortunate woman to visit her, when he found her in a state of dreadful distress, and suffering under a loathsome disease, contracted from her husband, who had some time previously deserted her.—Mr. Hawkins said that he understood the poor woman had some property when she mar- ried the prisoner, who having spent the whole, left her to perish or to he supported by the parish his conduct towards her was most disgusting, and he should be committed to the House of Correction for one month. MONDAY, APRIL 25. Before the Mayor, Thomas Hughes, fV. Brewer, and Thomas Prothero, Esqrs. Thomas Beale, landlord of the Coach and Horses, attended on an information charging him with allowing drunkenness and disorderly conduct in his house on the night of Sunday the 271h of March.—Sergeant Cormack, of the Newport police, being sworn, stated that about a quarter past 11 o'clock on the night of the day laid, he was approaching the Coach and Horses, when be heard a great noise in that house. He went in and saw a man whom he afterwards understood to be Mr. Beale's brewer, at high words with two soldiers of the lltli re- giment the brewer struck one of the soldiers, and this was the first blow he saw struck. Witness separated the men, but the brewer followed the soldiers, and re-commenced the row. Wit, ness then called on the landlord toassist him in separating them again, but he said the man was his blewer-he would not see lum put upon, but would see fair play. Witness told him he would report his house for having obstructed him in the per- formance of his ^7" lll|am Morgan was called for the de- fence, and he stated that he was brewer and maltster for Mr. Beale* On the night in question, witness asked ihe Iwo sol- diers in to treat them with a quart of beer, and after they had irank some of tt, without aoy provocation they threw a glass of It in his face a row then commenced, and Sergeant Cormack came in and caught hold of witness, who was struck several tunes by the soldiers, while he was so held. Beale endeavoured ill in his power to put an end to the fight, and did not say any. thing about seeing fair play. The witness then went on to con- iradict the evidence of Sergeant Cormack in several of the de .nils which he had stated.-—Mr. Prothero suggested to Beale • hat tt would us aeceis«rjt for him to call oth" witness*# to os. I gativs the testimony of Sergeant Curmack. At present there was much contradiction between his evidence and that of the witness for the defence f Morgan); and in hi3 opinion, Ser- geant Cormack was most entitled to credit; he had done his duty on the occasion, and as it appeared to him (Mr. Prothero) he had done it well.—The Mayor having enquired of Superin- tendent Hopkins as to the character of defendant's house, and being informed that it was a quiet and well-conducted one. his Worship ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 2s. 6d, and costs. FORGING A cii A UACTEft. John Rosser, alias Roberts, was placed at the bar, having been remanded from last court day, on a charge of endeavouring 10 obtain a situation as groom in the service of Mr. Hughes, of King a Hill, by means of a false and forged character, purport- vv' 'lave heen written by Mr. Yarworth, of Hadnock.—Mr. Woollett appeared to defend the prisoner.—The evidence which i Ir. Hughes gave on the first examination of prisoner was read oyer to him. It was to the effect that the prisoner, who gave his name as John Roberts, applied to him 10 enter his service as groom. Having agreed to take him, and settled upon the ter^s> he asked him for a character, and prisoner referred him vr r arworth, whose service he told him he had just left. Mi. Hughes then said he would write to Mr. Yarworth, and directed prisoner to call in the evening for the letter: prisoner d d so, and received the letter, directed to Mr. Yarworth. In a day ot two after, Mr. Hughes received a letter, dated from Hadnock, and signed with the initials of Mr. Yarworth's name, giving prisoner an excellent character, and answering the letter he had written in all the enquiries it contained. Mr. Hughes having some suspicions that the letter was fabricated, wrote by post to Mr. Yarworth, and received a leiter in reply from him, stating that he had not written the letter alluded to he then sent for prisoner and charged him with forgine the character; prisoner said that the letter was written by Mr. Yarworth in his presence, after which Mr. Hughes gave him into custody.— James Harrhy, hostler at the Westgate, was examined, and said that he had known prisoner for some years that his name was Rosser and not Roberts and that he was in the service of Mr. Essex, surgeon, of Pontypool, until within about three weeks. The letter was then put in by Mr. Hughes.—Mr.Yar- worth Was next called, and stated that prisoner, whose name was John Rosser, was in his service about four years ago, as farm servant; it was four years since he left.—The letter being handed to Mr. Yarworth, he stated that it was not his writing that he knew nothing whatever about it. Mr. y, gave prisoner a good character for honesty while he had been in his service, but he had not seen him since he left.—The Mayor then ad- dressed th^prisooer on the enormity of his offence, which was one of a very serious nature, as it would enable persons of the worst character to enter the service of gentlemen who, in the security of their own dwellings, might have their throats cut by those persons in the dead of the night. In consideration of the character he had received, and in pity to his Eged father, who was present, the magistrates had decided to convict him in the pena)tyof.f20. and costs. HIGHWAY ROEBERV. Thomas Jones and John Edwards were then placed at the bar, charged with highway robbery within the borough of New- port, on the night of Thursday, the 21st inst. The prisoners were Iwo as ruffianly-looking fellows as we have seen for some time the latter, who wore a leather apron, and had the appear- ance of a smith or nailer, is a person of very bad character, and well-known at Merthyr under the soubriquet of "Shony Shance."—Edward Waters, the prosecutor, was then called, and being sworn, stated tha' he was a labourer in the employ of Mr. Lewis, of Penyland, in the parish of Christchurch. On Thursday night last, about 12 o'clock, he was leaving town on his return home, and had 2s. 6d,. a purse, a handkerchief, and other things in his pocket: on reaching the canal bridge, near Mr. Masters' shop, he met three or four persons, who came up to him from the canal the prisoners were two of them one of them, Jones, spoke to him, and Rsked him if he knew where they could get some drink, to which witness replied that it was time to go to their lodgings. Edwards said they had no lodg- ings, when witness said it would be better for them to go with him, and he would let them lie in the shed, than to walk about the streets. It was a fine moonlight night. Witness added that if they stopped about the streets, the police would have them, when Edwards replied that he did not care a damn for the police. As witness turned to go away, Jones knocked him down, and while he was on the ground, Edwards and the other man rifled his pockets of all he had the other man, who is not in custody, held his legs; they kicked and abused him while on the ground. They then ran away towards the bridge over the river, but returned again, when Jones said in Welsh, "If he does not give us more money I will kill him." They then searched him a second time. Mr. Windham Hawkins then came up, when the prisoners ran away again. On searching his pockets, he found that all he had in them when he was knocked down was gone. He then went to the station.house and gave a description of the prisoners. Witness had been shown a handkerchief by Sergeant Cormack, which was the one he lost while on the ground.—A handkerchief and a purse were here produced, which witness identified as his property.— Mr. Windham Hawkins was next called, and stated that on Thurs- day night between 12 and 1 o'clock, he was standing at his brother's front door, when he heard a scuffling on the bridge, and on going towards it. he observed three or four men on the ground they were on the witness Waters, kicking and abusing him the men ran off in the direction of the bridge when wit- ness came up he picked up Waters, who was bleeding pro- fusely from the head.—Sergeant Cormack, being sworn, said that on Thursday night he was on duty at the station-house, a little before 1 o'clock, when Mr. W. Hawkins and Waters, the prosecutor, came in in consequence of what they told him, he went over the bridge and through the turnpike gate, along the Caerleon road he listened and heard some men talking on the road a little a.head of him he then went on softly, and saw three men near the road going to Fair.oak hill; he got past them, and then turned round and told them they were his pri- soners; he had his cutlass in his hand, and told them if any one of them attempted to run away, he would run him through with the cutlass. Jones satd he had done nothing, and witness observed if that was the case, he need not be afraid the men then endeavoured to pass him, when he seized hold of Jones and the mate not in custody, with his right hand, and Edwards with hi$5tif' they then struggled, and Jones and the third man got off, witness, considering Joues the principal, let gn Edwards and followed Jones he called on him to stop and surrender, but he would not, when witness made a thrust ai him, and wounded him in the arm he then stopped, and wit- ness brought him towards town on his way he met Mr. Haw- kins and Waters and police-constable Huxtable, and told them to go into the fields in search of the other men witness then went on with his prisoner, and as they reached the end of the bridge, Jones struck him a blow on the side of the head with a stone which he had in his hand a struggle then ensued, duo ring which Mr. Hawkins came up, and they both brought him and lodged him in the station-house—Police-constable Harlow deposed to having searched the bridge where Sergeant Cormack and the prisoner Jones had the struggle, and found there the purse which had been produced, and identified by Waters.— Police-constable Huxtable deposed to having been ordered by Sergeant Cormack to search the fields for Edwards and anoihei man he did so, and went to a shed in the cricket-ground, where he found the prisoner Edwards lying dowt) wjtnessnn(j' police-constable Hewishtook himtntocustody, and brought him to the station-house.—The prisoners were committed for trial at the next sessions. Thomas Thomas, on the complaint of his wife, Susannah Thomas, was bound over to keep the peace for 12 months. John Lewis and Morgan James, beer-house keepers, were se- verally fined 40s, and costs for an offence against the beer-act. THURSDAY, APRIL 28. I Before His Worship the Mayor, and T. Hawkins, Esq. — Lawrence was placed at the bar on suspicion of having stolen potatoes, in his possession.—Superintendent Hopkins stated that this man was found at 3 o clcck in the morning with a quantity of potatoes in his possession, but he had no evidence to prove that they were stolen. He said that persons were fre- quently taken into custody by the police under similar circum- stances they go out to the country and steal the potatoes, but the police are unable to obtain any evidence against them.— The Mayor cautioned the prisoner not to be found offending in the same way again, and dismissed him on the understanding that he was to leave the town immediately. Elizabeth Sims, an unfortunate girl, with a black-eye, was committed to the House of Correction for a month, with hard labour, for being dtunk in the street, at a late hour on Tuesday nighl laSI. James Crawshay, charged with being drunk and disorderly in the streets, was discharged with a reprimand. Mary Anne Edwards was placed at the bar charged with stealing 6d. from the person of John Clarke.—Prosecutor stated that about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night he was coming along Commercial-street, when he met the prisoner and another girl, one of whom asked him for something to dnnk he said he had no money, when one of them touched his waistcoat pocket, in which be had 6àrl" and said "yes, you have money here, here is a half-penny he took the half-penny from prisoner, and on putting it into his pocket, he found that the 6d. was gone, and charged them with taking it. They denied it he then went home and afterwards came out again, and gave prisoner into the custody of a policema :1.-C.mmitted for trial. Robert Britton was charged by Superintendant Hopkins, with exposing goods for sale on the carriage way and pavements, whereby he obstructed a thoroughfare, contrary to the town act. —Superintendant Hopkins proved the offence, and stated that he desired defendant to remove his barrow from the pavement, in Griffin-street, near the market, and that he refused to do so, and kept it there in defiance of him.— Britton said he did not know that he was offending in exposing his goods for sale, and that many other persons did so as well as himself. He paid two shillings for hM; standing in the market, but could not sell his goods, while those outside who paid nothing, sold large quaoti- ties. He therefore was obliged to come outside.—The Mayor j said that in consequence of Britton having a large family they would convict him in the penalty of only one shilling and the costs, which Britton said he was unable-to pay.—The Magis. trates gavethe superintendant strict directions to prevent all ob- structions of a similar nature in future, and to lay informations against all who would refuse to comply with his orders. Sarah Brown, wife of Thomas Brown, pilot, was charged by Eliza Newman with breaking her window on Thursday night last.—Bound over to keep the peace.
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ABERGAVENiS V: POLICE.—APRIL 27, 1842. Bejore the Hon. W. Rodney, F. fl. Williams, Esq., and the Rtv. G. W. Gabb. Jane Wash was charged by Mary Jones, of Penycae, with an assault,-1< lUed Is. and to pay costs. Richard Lloyd Davies, agent, iVantyglo, was charged by George Perks, cleik, in the same place, with an assault.—Al- lowed to be settled out of court. Hugh powell was charged with beating and ill-treating his wife,-Severe,ly reprimanded and ordered to pay expenses, 6s. tid,-On leaving the court, he struck Grubb, police officer, who very properly brought him immediately before the magistrates, who fined him 10s. tor the assault. Anne Johnson was cha.ged by William Crump, of the Lion Inn, with damaging a fence in a field in his occupation. Mr. Crump not appearing, the case was dismissed. Josiah Morgan was charged by police-officer Grubb with being drunk and disorderly in the street.—On the piisoner con- fessing his fault and promising to live a more sober life in fu. ture, the case was withdrawn, and Morgan, after beino repri- manded, was discharged. ° r John Leach was charged by Mr. Thomas Morgan, of the Angel Hotel, with embezzling the sum of £ 2. 15s. 6d. his money.-Dismlssed.
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[ADVERTISEMENT.] To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merhn. There is no slander in an aliened fool, Though he do nothing but rail. SHAKS?r.4.RE. SrR>—In my letter of the '28th nit., I stated from whence the Brown restimonial" emanated, and in that of the 19th inst., that it was a failure." I will now state the reasons and the manner in which it did fail. The subscription was commenced i on the night of the 16th of August last, when I was requested 110 solicit the co-operation of a gentleman of influence in the parish. I had an interview with him, the result of which was, he respectfully declined taking any part in the matter; this I made known to Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Hu'shea, and others connected with (he Blaina Works, and from their luke. warmness in the affair, which I attributed lo the heavy drains made apon the;" purses by the organ and concert, and their consequences, the plate was abandoned, and this I consider a "failure." It was afterwards proposed that a dinner should be substituted for the plate, consequently a meeting was held at the BlaioA Inn, on Saturday night the 21st of August, for the purpose of taking the matter into consideration, and to make the necessary arrangements for the occasion, Mr. Hughes in the chair, when it was agreed that a dinner should be given to Mr. James Brown. Mine Host" was called in and asked what he would get it up for, his reply was that he could get up a dinner for from half-a- crown to twenty shillings each, but that a very good one could be had for twelve shillings and sixpence each and after somf difference of opinion the twelve shillings and sixpence dinner was agreed ■upon, but here the dinner had a very narrow escape of a "failure." One of the gentlemen present wishing to in crease the amount to twenty shillings, twelve shillings and six pence of which to be paid for the dinner, the remainder to go to- wards purchasing a Silver Tankard, to be presented to Mr. B. on 'he occasion, assigning as a reason that the thing would off with greater eclat; but not only this, that he had spoken to Mr. B. on the subject, who told him that he- would prefer receiving some slight token of that sort to all the dinners we could give him, for the dinner when eaten would be forgotten, but that the Tankard would serve as a "lasting memento" of their esteem, and could be looked upon in after-life with much pleasure but this did not take, and finally it was arranged to have the twelve shillings and sixpence dinner, and that Mr. J. Brown should be waited upon with an invitation. On Mon- day, the 23rd of August, Messrs. Hughes and Hobbs called at my house, and told me that they had had an interview with Mr- James Brown, and that he had thankfully accepted their in- vitation then said Mr. Hughes, all that remains to be done is for you to go with us to Basket's, to give orders for the dinner. —I am appointed chairman—I must see you again to compare notes with you. J went down with them to the Blaina Inn, when Mr. Hughes, and pot I, gave the order for the dinner. Mr. Hughes appears to forget having stipulated with Mine Host" that a sucking pig (not a learned pig") should be pro- vided for the occasion he also appears to forget the arrange- ments he said he should make, to have prepared coloured water for his own drinking yes, no doubt has forgotten all this, as it is convenient sometimes to forget-it ap-p°ars so In this case- Who was it that appointed Mr. Hughes chairman ;2r the occa. sion? Was he self appointed? if not, it would appe*' that some hole and corner" work had been going on before ho waited upon me. On the Tuesday morning foIlowing I saw Mr. Basket on the road (not at my house), on his way to Abergavenny, when he asked me if he was 10 proceed in making preparations for the dinner, in answer to which, I said, you heard what Mr. Hughes and Mr. Hobbs said last night, I have heard nothing to the contrary, let the dinner be a good one." Any person ac- quainted with Mr. Basket will readily perceive that the words, in point of fact" are peculiar to himself. To my surprise T was afterwards sent for by Mr. Hobbs, who on my arrival sent for Mr. Hughes, when they told me that they had just seen Mr. James Brown, who had desired them to have the dinner put off' that he expected some friends connected with the works would be there the next day, and would be stay- ing there all the week, and that he should be so engaged with them as Jo preclude the possibility of his dining with us on the day proposed and that he regretted much that this circumstance had not occurred to him when he accepted their invitation the previous evening. They wished me to go with them to the Blaina Inn to countermand the order for the dinner. I at first refused to go, but ultimately went, we saw Mrs. Basket, and Mr. Hughes, not I, countermanded the order, and this Messrs Wilcox, Hughes, Hobbs, and Basket know to be the truth, although they have lent their name to a barefaced falsehood. On Saturday, the 28th of August, the day the dinner was to have come off," I met Mr. James Brown at the Blaina Inn, who expressed to me his regret at having disappointed us, assigning the same reasons for it as were given by Messrs. Hughes and Hobbs; and furthermore Mr. B, told me that he was not at all surprised that the attempt to get up a subscription for a piece of plate had failed, that I had gone the wrong way to work-I had started in the >crnr,L< quarter—that I ought 10 have taken the bull by the horns." I pity poor Wilcox-I pitied him at the time it was an- nounced the dinner was not to be," for the disappointment he expeiienced in losing the opportunity he expected would have been afforded him to repeat the lines he had written expressly for the occasion," in praise of the puesi or the day. How came it to pass that Mr. Hobbs (the man of TANTA- U«»I IMPORTANCE"), should have asked Mr. B. to accept a service of plate and a dinner, when he knew that the attempt to get up a subscription to purchase the plate had failed. Mr. Hobhs was present at the meeting of the 21st of August, and knew from what had transpired at that meeting that Mr. B. was to be asked to accept a dinner only, in this we see a Bug of the largest kind, commonly called the Hum-bug. Since when, I should like to know, bas Mr. Basket kept a minute book 1" I have yet to learn that he would know a minute book if he saw one. In all ordinarv minute books it is considered requisite to attach a date, not so with Mr. Basket's, a fine day" is sufficient data for a man of his understanding the thing" (as Cobbet has it) exhibits upon its surface proofs positive of being manufactured for the occasion' poor fellow, bn more, modest in future, do not so easily let yourself be made a tool of, do the thing" a little more decently the exteriors to your organs of hearing protrude too much, and proclaim your near relationship to a certain long-eared animal, called by the polite a "Jerusalem PODY." And now, Mr. Editor, I have given a plain statement of facts, and whatever stratagem may be resorted to by Messrs. Brown, Hughes, and Co., to distort them, and even if a "dozen others" should come forward to sllpport them in their dirty work, still this statement of facts will remain incontrovertible. Coalbrook Yale, I am, your obedient servant, April 28, 1842. CORNELIUS JN. GUEST.
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'J A D Y E RTISE M E NT.] Wert thou the Son of Jupiter, and no more But what thou art, besides, thou wert too base To be bis groom."—SHAKSPEARE. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—That your correspondent, Mr. Brown, should descend to such trickery and meanness, such shifting and subterfuge, to those that are acquainted with the Man is nothing to be won- dered at. How well Byron describes him in some of his paint- ings of character, where he says, he Devotes to scandal his congenial mind, Himself a^living libel on mankind." Mr. Brown's last letter (positively, as he calls it), is quite in keeping with his former productions. The first thing worthy of notice in his letter is the very plausible manner in which he sets forth his claims to credibility. Good Mr. Brown, being acquainted with your urbanity of manners and amiability of disposition, I will venture to ask you one or two questions your letter suggests. If you declined accepting a service of plate and a dinner, why did you blame the Centurion," for" begin- ning at the wrong end first" 1 Why did you teU him he ought to have taken the Bull by the horns"? Unfortunately, for you this inexperienced hand began to canvass with a mem- ber of one of the most respectable families in the county, and it seems that in that gentleman's opinion the services done were inadequate for such a compliment. Had it been otherwise I have no doubt, from his accustomed liberality, the application would have been responded to handsomely, but his refusal was at once a damper; the aspect became cheerless and gloomy;, and the sanguine hopes of your admirers were suddenly blighted. The whole scheme fell to the ground, and this is what I before I called" humbug." You say you will not shirk my challenge. Th"n why not come out with your £50, to my £20., to be dis- tributed among the poor do you fear being "open to the reflec- tion of being generous before you aie just." Now for your proof that I have not fulfilled my engagements, in connexion with the opening of the organ. Although it may not be always proper to answer a fool according to his folly," Mark, now, how plain a tale shall put you down," I merely related to you a conversation that had passed between me and Mr. Howells, the gentleman that was to have been the conductor at the opening of the organ but that gentleman hav- 109 declined-either from choice or necessity—my engagement to him (if anv) was done away. Subsequent to which, I had no conversation, much less an engagement, with any party connected with the affair; and your assertion to the contrary, is false, to say nothing of the liberty you took in writing to mine host of the Greyhound [nn, to accommodate three of the most expensive professionals at my expense, without even con- sulting me on the matter; although, by some subsequent ar- rangement, the order was not acted upon. And as regards any statement of account, none was ever received by me, shewing the amount of money received from the church and concert, and to what purpose such monies were applied. I have yet to learn, that any subscriber to the organ, has been furnished with such an account; and I think they have not been properly treated in not having such document for their satisfaction. Now, Mr. Editor, your Truth-telling correspondent next states, that Mr. Baskett, to whom the nmount was due, sent the account repeatedly, and that he once called upon me him- self for a settlement this is quite in keeping with what he has before stated, as I have met Mr. Baskett repeatedly, and he never once made any allusion to it. Be it observed, that Mr. Brown's gratuitous offer, to make his affidavit to the truth of his statement, is of no import, and is but a beggarly substitute for conclusive evidence. In the next paragraph, Mr. Brown says, I deny having felt or expressed any hostility to the testimonial (to the rev. genttemanthathasteft.) I thank thee for thy recollections of childhood. A liar need have a goi,d :reinory, lest he contra- dict at one time what he says at another," Good Mr. Brown, your veracity may be relied upon who could for a moment doubt it ? I will not stay to enquire into the motive that induced you to write your first letter, as that must be obvious to every one but look at every letter you have written, and insomuch as you have them carefully placed in a book which you carry about your person, but more especially for the purpose of preserving as a memento of your undaunted courage and superior wisdom, and which will, doubtless, be handed down as a heir loom to your posterity, and you cannot fail (at least the readers of the MERLIN cannot) to see that HOSTILITY is the most distinguishing feature of such letters. I will venture to ask, if any portion of the parishioners felt disposed to present their pastor with a tes. timonial, what was that 10 you and, as Byron writes— What art thou better, mcddliug foo), than they." Have not they a right to do as they choose? Then why at- cmpt to dispuie that right. He wishes, Mr. Editor, to flatter your readers into the belief, hat he knows of no act in his life, that he need fear the admo "ilion of any man. Had I been accessory before the fact, 01 eiting a party of young men together to go cricketing on the iibbath day, I should fear being held up to public senrn. Mr. Brown s proteslations against being consideied a de- 'miter, do not alter his position. I will ask him if he is not a partner in Th. Cool, Calculi- ting, attd Beneficial Company i if to, he is a defaulter to mei having; maile an honourable engagement to me that not become a member of ihe 1'enepcinl Company witlnnq» gVjBMB time in addition to which, I refer him to Mr. ThomKti8*K| kins, of Abercart)* who can inform him that to his knfiUjagu he is a defaulter lo rrfc, His inquiry as to why irrelevant matter should have been introduced into the controversy, may be easily answered by reference to his Small book.-See letter 2nd of a Resident." He congratulates himself upon having stood alone in the controversy t his two first productions disprove this, and there- fore need no fuithei comment from me but the Mare's Nest discovery of the writer oí iinius," looks even worse than this: that his productions do him much credit-that they display taste, tact, and talent, of no common aider, will be generally admitted. In conclusion, I beg to apologise to your rewfers for the large space I have occupied in the columns of the MEIVI-IN and in taking my leave of them, it is with the conviction That, where no honour's to be gain'd, 'Tis thrown away in being maintain'd." I am, your obedient servant, TOM LL. BREWER. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT. Imports and Exports for the Week,'ending April 28th, 1842. IMPORTS. Charles, Howe, Bridgwater; Industry, Meritt, ditto Gan- net, James, ditto Unanimity, Mitchell, ditto Blessing, Dud- dridge, ditto; Jane aod Mary, Guy, Gloucester, flour.-Ro- bert, Clampitt, Cardiff; Gertrude, Newman, Liverpool Gla- morgan, Jones, London Hiii'on, Evans, Cork, sundrles.- William. Smith, Bullo; William, Smith, Gloucester, metal.- Dispatch, Cox, Bridgwater Three Sisivrs> Prole, ditto, bticks. -Ann, Clark, Bristol, free stone.—Friend. Burnard, Water- ford, flour, oats, See.—Eleanor and Mary, Evans, Barrow; Magdalen Ann Sophia, Davis, Barrow, iron c'e.—Venut, Thomas, Bridgwater, pot atoes.-A Ifred, Pearse, ^oughal, cattle. And the Market B, -s from Bristol with sundries. E )RTS. Agenoria, Jones, Ch Mary Roberts, Perry, Stettin Tamelane, Car1 .my, da Glide, Hodson, ditto; Isabella, Rae, Marseilles; Casar, I rmenta, Ghent; Anna, Mc.Donga!, Hamburg; Lord Bruce, Poole, Dantzic; Emanuel, Breck. woldt, Altona Courier, Freeman, ditto William, Smith, Liverpool Alfred, Pearse, Ycughal Gallant, Climo, Fowey j Sarah Ann, Prowse, Dartmouth; William the Fourth, Rees, London, iron.—Chieftai' Dunn, St. Thomas Pomona, Legg, Malaga Adonit, Morel, St. Thomas, 170 tons Sophia, BiD- deman, Pillan, coal.-Bristol Packet, Prewitt, Bristol, potatoes. -Robert Lawe,Sutton. Cork, empty casks and coal.-Glamor- gan, Jones, Cardiff, sundries,-William. Smith, Bullo, ballast. -Providence, Watkins, Liverpool; Magdelena Ann Sophia, Davis, ditto Robert, Clampitt, Cardiff; Eleanor and Mary, Evans, Belfast; Active. Belman, Topsham Mary and Jo- sephine, Dark, Wadebridge; Carleon, Harwood, Bristol; Laura, Clarke, Porthleven; Eliza, Spray, Hayle Elizabeth and Sarah, Johnson, Swansea, iron and tin plates. The Market Boats from Bristol, and 140 vessels with coal. e
BUTE DOCKS, CARDIFF.
BUTE DOCKS, CARDIFF. Arrivals Sailings for the week ending 27th April, 1842. ARRIVED. Dolphin, Fry, BristuJ- freestone.—Lady Chailotte, Jeffreys, ditto; Prince of Wales, Da"ies, ditto, general cargo.—Permute, Smith, Brest; Niobe, Glen, o'jtto Sarah, Guy. Bristol; Pen- calernick, Rule, ditto; Dinas, C»f!er, ditto; Swift, Tawton, titto; Ann Eliza Jane, Lesante, ditto; friends, Beel, ditto; Otter, White, ditto; Rhondda, Friar ditto; Taff, Bailey, ditto; William, Maggs, ditto; Caroline, Routes, ditto; Thomas and Maria, Watkins, ditto Elizabeth, Godge, Hoyle Ocean, Spray, ditto Nancy, Andrew, ditto John Harvey, Edwards, ditto; Fame, Franfell, ditto; Trelissick, Andrew, ditto; Marys, Peake, ditto; Wave, Rees, ditto; Park, Gre- gory, ditto Rivilre, Read, ditto; Pendartes, Cogar, ditto; Carnsew, Cundy, ditto Betsey, Symon s. ditto Eliza, Lewis, Ilfracombe; Sir Alex. Mc. Kenzie, Davies, Waterford Rose, Condon, ditto; Harmony, Meyler, ditto; Lawrence Fornstal, Butler, ditto Star, Bishop, Bideford Vulcan, Radford, Wex- ford; Adventure, Johnstone, Southamton Yarmouth, Broom, Bristol Channel Mary Jane, Wilson, Duffries Mary, Buse, Bude; Apollo, Bryant, St. Ives; Betsey, Coats, ditto; Joseph, Care, ditto; Countess Fortescue, Hollow, dillo; Lavinia, George, Falmouth Favourite, Stone, Dubtin Jane and Mar- garet, Fairly, Cowes; Unity, Williams, Cork Active, An- ;hony, Penzance; Mortoo, Morton, ditto Jane, Johns, ditto Brothers, Gnstavus, ditto St. Agnes, Pearse, Swansea Fly, Andrews, ditto Gironde, Galeghitiy, Rochefort and Charante Resolution, Gibbon, Dungarvon Eliza, Sims, Gloncester; Wern, Golding, ditto; Cardiff Trader, Barrett, Bridgwater, ballast. SAILED. Pilot, Me. Donald, Whitehaven, timber.—Yarmouth, Broom, Bristol Channel, baiiasi. — Bristol, Jones, Bristol; Lady Charlotte:, Jeffreys, diito Prince of Wales, Davies, ditto, general cargo,-Sislers, Guy, Bristol Providence, Clements, ditto Dinas, Carttr, ditto Swift, Tawton. ditto Dolphin, Fry, ditto Friends, Beer, ditto Rhondda, Friar, ditto Taff, Bailey, ditto; William, Maggs, ditto; Sarah, GIlY, ditto; Desire, Barnes, Ilfracombe; Eliza, Lewis, ditto Hope, Mal- pass, Gloucester Eliza, Sims, ditto Wean Collier, GoldiDg, dilto; Elizabeth, Gudge, Hayle; Ocean, Spray, ditto; Pen- dtenick, Rule, ditto; Nancy, Andrew, ditto; John Hanrey, Edwards, ditto; Fame, Granfell, ditto; Trelissick, Andrews, ditto Marys, Peake, ditto Wave, Rees, ditto Park, Gre- gory, ditto j Riviere, Read, ditio; Carnsew, Cundy, ditto; Sir Alex. Mc. Kenzie, Davies, Waterford; Mary Jane, Wil- son, ditto Rose, Condon, ditto Star, Rishop, Gweek Vul- can, Radford, Wexford Mary, Buse, Padstow Favourite, Stone, Dublin; Jane, Johns, Penzance; Active, Anthony, ditto; Joseph, Care, St. Ives Betsey, Couch, ditto; Lavinia, George, Falmouth Adventure, Johnstone, Londou, coal. VESSELS ENTERED Ot'T AND t CEDING FOR FOREIGN PARTS. Destination. Ship. Master* ions* Quebec Mary .Hardie .296 Messina Nuovo Raito Maborg 130
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SlI IPWRECK .-A most distressing accident occurred near Ilemsby on Wednesday sennight. In consequence of a signal being observed flying from a foreign vessef, a part of the company of boatmen lately established at Hemsby, put off in their large yawl, the wind at the time blowing very strong from the north-east. Having left a pilot on board, about half-past three o'clock p.m. she was coming on shore, and when within two or three hundred yards of the shore, and a quarter of a mile from their own doors, a heavy sea struck the boat, which had at that time eighteen inches of water in her, and which with the lurch ran over to the leeward, and caused her lee gunwale to go under water, in consequence of which she nearly filled. This was quickly followed by other seas, one of which breaking into her foresail turned her bottom upwards, and most melancholy to relate nine men out of the eleven were drowned, seven of whom were married men, leaving six destitute widows and fifteen fatherless children. All this occurred within sight of their wives and friends, and indeed within hearing, as the shrieks of the perishing fisherman were heard at his own door. A subscription has been set on foot in the neighbourhood for the benefit of the bereaved widows and father'°ss el tl^ren.—Norwich Mercury.
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An account of < JIought down the Canal .luring the week :— TONS. GWT. Thomas Protiiero. 75 Martin Morrison.. 400 Thomas Powell 225 R. J. Blewitt 225 John Vipond 325 Monmouthshire Iron a id Coal Co 100 John Maund 75 Richard Morrison 100 Daniel Littlehales — R. Williams 25 William Thomas. 25 Total 1,575 IRON ?- •• •• •• 1,358 Tons 2,933
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An account of coal brought down the Tram- road, during the week. TONS. CWT. Thomas Prothero ) .014 19 Thomas Powell 0 1,497 18 Rosser Thomas, and Co .« 350 1 Thomas Phillips and Son 2c>! 16 Clements, Jones, and Co 360 J3 Martin Morrison 426 8 W. S. Cartwright 948 16 J.F.Hanson 228 10 Rock Coal Co. 429 13 John Russell and Co 1,036 11 Cope and Latch 722 17 S. Homfray and Co. 1,535 8 J. Poole, jun. — — Total 8,813 10 IRON 645 16 Tons. 9.-159 6
Family Notices
BIRTHS. April 25th, Mrs. Edward Thomas, Anchor House, in this town, of a daughter. On the 20th instant., at Springfield, Herefordshire, the lady of Wallace Hall, Esq., of a son. April 20th, at Wells, the lady of W. I. Welsh, Eaq., mayor of that city, of a son. MARRIED. April 27th, at Caerleon, by the Rev. Joseph Claik, M.A., Fellow of Christ College, Cambridge, Henry Clark, Esq., of King-square, Bristol, to Jane, daughter of John Jenkins, Esq., >f the former place. Lately, Mr. David Roberts, builder, Monmouth, to Mrs. H. Lambert. On Friday, the 22ud inst., at St. John s Church, Brecon, VIr. John Williams, of the King's Head Inn, to Miss Elizabeth Davies. April 19th, at Walcot Church, Bath, Compton C. Domville, Esq., 85th regt., eldest son of Sir Compton Domvill. Bart., o Isabella, daughter of Sir George Arthur, Bart., Governor of Bombay- April 7, at St. Mary's Church, Cheltenham, Lieut.-Colonel Vlarcus John Slade, son of General Sir John Slade, G.C.H., to Charlotte, youngest daughter of the Hon. A. Ramsay, of :hat town. DIED. On Thursday, the 2tst inst., aged five months, Henry Hasle- vood, infant son of Mr. Richard Morrison, Pontypool. On the 14th instant, in her 12th year, Emilv, youngest laughter of Mr. Henry Phillips, Cardiff. April 25th, at Llandogo, aged 18 years, Frances, third laughter of Mr. C. Chown, R.N., beloved by all who knew her. At Golynos, April 18th, Maria, the infant daughter of Mr. ). W Peirce aud on the 23rd, Esther Mary, also the daugh- er of Mr. Peirce ;theu only children. An instance of the nelancholy uncertainty of human life, At Guernsey, on the 12th instant, Sir John Brigges Bart., orm^rly of Blackbrook, in this county. March 31st, on board her Majesty's ship, Formidable, at iibraltar, by falling accidentally from the mizen-top, at the arly age of twelve years and a half, Villebois Stuart Lukin, he beloved son of the Rev. John Lukin, FActur of NurtHae, iltnw.