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>. kii, Nzwp ILI U.fl"IC.r;. ft11 •• ^J*esat dispatched Slid, he posted better receive '*&>" ^"T~- '"U before with fees til M I *'■ q'IP,M- 1 ° P M- 130 M- J,0* 2wA,M 9 ° A-Ml 9 20 M" ^0W°J0 A.M 2 30 P.M. 1 30 P.M. 1 50 p M. SSfr'^V- ~-3lP-M- 1 3n.M\ I I 50 p.M. 6*».j'an<ls pi?0' °P°rto. Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malta JO1* Chk ,8,a<><is' ai?jTand tIie East *lldies. every Sunday.— 'hird Tli > Guayra, second day of every month. SS in ,art'>ai?ena lrsday ir' every m°nth.—Jamaica, Lee- VwVin'1* month' SIytrr?th da>- °f'every month.-Anieriea, N Turtle!? every \T Made,ra- Brazils, and Buenos Avres Astfaand TiT,^t!l —France, daily.—Belgium Sunday, ^■SsL'he >r"SwX!den "rsda>—Holland and Hamburgh, Mon- k^I^erran'o ay—Letters from Spain are I || Packet, unless directed via France.

NEWPORT AND NANTYGLO RAILWAY.—We have seen a very nenily executed map of this intended line, daawn and lithographed by Mr. Prujean, surveyor, of this town, which gives an admirable idea of the importance of the line, and the traffic to be expected upon it, from the numerous works and collieries thiough which it passes, and by which means of conveyance their produce must he conveyed to oui new docks. We understand that IVJr. P. has in prepaiation a map, "hich he intends shortly ti, publish, of the works and collieries of this pari of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, and their means of conveyance by tram load, canal, &cc., with the ports of Newport urn) Cardiff. FASHIONABLE PROMENADE. — The great room of the new Town Hall, which presented such brilliant attractions on the night of the 31st ult., has become a fashion- able promenade on Thursdays, when :he exquisite performances of the band of the 7:3rd regiment, are enjoyed by the lovers of fine music. The band assemble at two o'clock, and close their performance at four. On Thursday last. Sir Charles Morgan, Mrs. Ch ules Morgan, and several distinguished fiiends on a visit at Tredegar and Ruperia, Wm. Addams Williams, Esq., and family, LUngibby Castle, &c., See., wete amongst the pio- menaders. TEETOTALISM.—A meeting of the promoters of total abstinence from intoxicating diinks was held this week in Newport. Doctor Reynolds, of Abergavennv, the eloquent advocate of the Temperance principle, whose efforts have been so signally successful during the short period which has elapsed since he joined the ianks of ihe Abergavenny Teetotal So ciely, visned this town on Wednesday, and at the lequest 01 t deputation of the temperance promoters here, the learned gentleman delivered a public lecture at the old Police Court ind so powerful and earnest was the discourse on he abhorred viieof drunkenness, and the excellencies of sobriety, that it may safely be asserted there was not a single iodlvidual of the crowded assemblage of respectable and well. behaved per90ns. who did not feel convinced that he spoke the wolds of truth •tnd soberness. The meeting was also addressed, in conclusion, hy Mr Biiao, Mr Harper, and others, and about thirty persons signed the pledge. We shall give an epitome of the lecture m uur next. COMMERCIAL HINT.—The following passage is selected from a letter written by a leading merchant of Li verpool There are four or five vessels regularly trading ttelween Liverpool and Newport, I understand, taking iron. &c, from you, but aimosi always returning to you in ballast! Would it not be well for your merchants to take advantage IIf this circumstance to remove to you, under bond. sugar, coffee, tea, Nine, spirits, and other articles, which mu-t constantly be m lemand io so numerous a population as that of Newport, to a very great extent, which, no doubt, could be done at the very lowest rate of freight, especially as we believe the ex pense of taking in and hnding the ballast, is greater than he additional expense of light du'.ies due on bringing the ^oods, consequently, what ever amount of freight was received, would all be clear profit to the ship owner, and in all proba bility by watching the sales at our town (Liverpool) articles I •night be purihased very low here. Thm might a profitable ,peculalion be carried on, and the inhabitants of Monmouth I ,hire be likewise benefitted by having superior articles at re. duced prices." I ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning last, as a poor boy named Isaac RUller, in the employ of Mr. Harden, grocer, &c., Commercial street, in this town, was descending d flight of steps from the flour-loft at the back of Mr. Har lea's premises, he fell, and broke his thigh. The unfortunate lad was placed upoo a stretcher, and promptly conveyed 10 the Union House, wnele, we are glad to hear, he is doing well, under the surgical care of Mr. Hawkins. Parties whose names were accidentally omitted in our list of the company at the Town Hall Ball last week :— Mr. T. E. Marsh, Mr H. W. Webber, Mr. Alfred Williams, Air. Hunt, and Mr. Chapman. We beg to call the attention of our readers to \11. L. Mosely's (the Dentist) advertisement, announcing that this is the last week of his attendant e in the county. NOVELTY.—Our townsman, Mr. Clarke, of 39 Commercial-street, is displaying in his shop window some thousands ol new farthings, producing great interest, particu- larly among the juvenile classes, their bright appearance, being fresh from the Mint, having at first sight a sovereign aspect. An extensive robbery was effected at Mr. Her- bert s draper, Skenfriih, near Monmouth, early on Sunday morning last. The thieves effected an entrance through a window over the back door, which was also broken open. A la'ge quau itv of drapery was abstracted by the thieves, who were, how-ver, dctec ed in a curious manner. A labourer, on Monday morning, was p occedlng early to his woik at Wilton, •lear Ross, when he observed a light in an adjoining barn. I lis cunosiiy was excited, and upon going to it, he obseived 1 couple of fellows dividing a booty of drapery anicles, which 'hey afterwards hid under some straw. The man immediaieK proceeded to Ross, and gave information to ihe police. Su jjerinteodent Harrisoo. concluding -that ihe thieves Woul-' relurn In the evening for their spoil, went fo the harn, dC -ofttpanied by another man, and hot ihernselves in a w.tggo" ■>( barley, when, about a quarter to seven o'clock, a fellow ■lamed John Hieks, accompanied by two worthies, approached dIe spot. Hicks, after reconnoilering the place, struck a lighi and entered the barn, whilst the others remained outside. He lien commenced removing the stolen properly, when Harrison jumped Irom his hiding pljce, and, alter a severe sirugyle -ecured him. His companions escaped dunog his strugglr villi the policeman. The prisoner was taken before Thus. Oakley and G. Cave, Ksqrs. o i Tuesday IlIst, when the above facts were depo ed to, and he was fully committed lor trial. The public tea party which was given to Wm. Parry, on Monday evening last, at the New Market Hall Uonmouth, was thronged to excess, dice being upwards ol our hundred persons present, The Monmourh band kindly volunteered its services on rhe occasion, and after the re noval of ihe lea service, dancing commenced, an,1 was kept up with much glee unal a late period of the evening. Th. rite adage that "a great many may help one" was fully ex amplified in ibis instance and from the kind feeling evinced by all classes to the object of then sympathy ai I was afforded, and the proof of the benevolence of our Mo )mou<h neigh hours to wurthy recipients exhibited. The amount realized, ■ Iter paying all expenses, was £ 22 2s. 6d. A fatal accident occurred on Monday last to a lad 'f between six and seven years of age, the son of a labourer, near the Cross Hands, leading to the Old and New Passages, who was run over by the Bristol aDd Hereford mail, li ap- pears that a number of boys had issued from an adjoining sc oo -room, and ran immediately before the leaders of the marl. 'Is, the coach-nan, pulled up his horses with the greatest a acrity, but the unfortunate deceased could not escape in su cient IlIne, and the wheels passed over him, inflicting severe injuries on his face and the upper part of his boly. e j0" ollowing day. The whole of the passengers signed a document exonerating the cnachman from blame. On Saturday last, about six o'clock in the morn- mg, Mr. Lhomas Rogers, of Dan-y-park Farm, near Crick- howell, left home. Scarcely an hour had elapsed when the unfortunate Mr. R. was found drowned In the canal, near his own house. An inquest was held on the body before Edward Dawes. Esq., coroner, and in .he absence of any evidence calculated io throw a light on the fa.al event, a verdict of rouuit Drowne'l was returned. CARDIFF STEEPLE CHASE.—We understand dul tins proved a most sporting affair, qui.e to the sat.sfaci.on of a crowded field. The first race was won by Ragged Jack. who proved himself a first-rater; but the victory wa-claimed for Tartar, on the ground of Ragged Jack's going ouiside the flag Mr. Bradley's horse by Will Watch, notwithstanding a teJnfic purl of his rider, won the second race. MERTHYU.—Winter has set in here very severely, and the oldest inhabitant does not remember such a siortn ol hail and snow as that which took place on Friday last. Indeed we thought II.ele was a total eclipse of the sun between ihree ond four o'clock in Ihe aflernoon. The wind blew violently, and such were the effecis of the hurncane, that the Pen-y yard blacksmith's shop al Cyfarthfa was completely unroofed1 —However, this day (Wednesday) the atmosphere has as- sumed a summer's mildness. The characteristic features 01 this winter has been humidity, with very little frost and less snow than usual. INQUEST.—William Davids, Esq., coroner, held an inquest at the Castle Inn, Merihyr, on Ihe 4th instant, on the body of William Howard, miner, aged 26 years. It appears that the unfortunate man came to his death by the falling of some rubbish upon him while he was at work in one of the Penydarran levels on the preceding day. Verdict, Accidental Death. DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS OF COLD.—On Sa- turday, the 4th inst., a poor man named John Davies, shoe- maker, of Dowlais, was found dead on the mountain near that place, by some men going to their work at half pasi four o'clock in the morning. He went from home to some distance on the preceding evening, for the purpo-e of deliver- ing a pair of shoes which he had made, and is supposed, on his returning home, to have missed his way, as his shoes had the appearance of his having walked a great deal mille than was necessary to accomplish the journey he had in view, and that he either fell or lay down. and perished thro- the extreme severtiy of Ihe weather on that night. MERTHYR MARKET, SATURDAY, FEB. 4. Our newly erected and commodious market-house was well supplied this day with provisions of ah kinds, and the following list of pitzes may be relied on for its accuracy —Mmion, 51 to 6d per Ib; beef, 4<1 to 7d; bacon, 6d to 7d pork, 5d 10 5^d and veal, ad to 5Jd. v DIIARII oi SIR CHRISTOPHER BETHEL COD- RINOTON, BART.-I he above lughly-respecied baronet ex pired on Sunday last at Dodmgion Casile, Gloucestershire, after a very sholt Illness. The deceased had only survived the death 01 the Hon. Lady Codrington, his wife, file weeks, her LadyshiP laving expired very suddenly on the 1st ultimo. He was eldest son of the first baronet's second son, and on the death o le: i trd bamnet, in 1816. succeeded 10 'hp title. ie a 6 ri ^"r'sl°pher married, 15th August, 1796. the Hon. MIss oey, only daughter of Thomas, second Lorn ? e^' if'8 iGr i°- 'rt,e anc' aunl °f ,'le present peer, b\ /-II.'0"1! K "IB-M'116 3 'AR,IE family. His eldest son, Mr Christopher W,||,ara Codrington, M.P. for East Gloucester- n"r'' L>0 lo family propeity, married, 29'h fef.enirirV t r, y Georgiana Somerset, second daughter ° 16 ,UJ I his first marriage. The deceased J represen ed Tewkesbury in the House of Commons for some I years, haying been elected for that borough in 1807. I BuRatARY.—On Tuesday night last, the bar of the Beaufort Arms Hotel, at Ragland, was entered by thieves. *tid • c^sh box, containing silver plate, and a gold seal with V]iss Evans, Ihe landlady's, name engraven upon it, 3s in sil- ver, and a check for £50, were stolen. The house wn«entere<- hrough Ihe cellar, one door of whi' h opens iolo Ihe bar. am' ihe othe- into Ihe garden, the lai'er of whirh the thieves opened. ttJd so effected an entrance. Suspicion fell on a younll lad re -iding ir. the neighbourhood, who was npprehended in Usk or. 'he following day. The suspicions en ered were strongly corro borated by applying the shoes of the voung mlln to some foot prints in the garden, which were found to correspond. Tht voung trah was brought 10 Abergavenny 10 be examined befo <• the ma^ strates. On Friday, the 3rd instant, while Edward Lle- wellm was remroing home from his work in the neighbourhood of Fal Gerig, in Glamorganshire, ha happened lo turn tnto a collier's cabin, with the intention of sheltetin^ from the volen anil tempestuous weather. Just afier going into the cabin ('he >vind blc rtirig J! the time a hurricane) the cahinfet) in, and i-oni deifly covered ih» m30, 'e weight being so great up >n hitn, thai it was quite impossible lo extrtcu'" himself ( from his perilous situation, and afier remaining there the «hote j of the n: .jht, he was discovered next morning about fen o'clock j by some woikmen belon^iog io Mr. Voung, in a state ol col- j lapse. Medical assistance "8S procured, and every means re I sorted to. but unfoiiunaiely without avail, as the poor man lio gered ti!i Monday nlghl, and then expired. ——=

NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL. A meeting of the Council was held at the New Court on ) Tuesday evening last. Present—the Mavor, and Messrs. Morris. Geihing, Hughes, H. J. Davis, Dowling, D>ivies, fggutden. L Hch, Smith, Burton, Edwards, S Jones, Howard, fownsend, I. mbs, sen., Tombs, jun., ftlorgan, Turner, Johns, Desmond. The report f the Building Committee was read, and on I the motion ot Mr. Desmond, seconded bv Mi. Turner, ir was adopted. Mr. Lanedon having certified that the con'r't'ors were I i entitled to the furiher pavment on account, of £ 150, but thai sum not being in hand £130 was paid on areount. The report of the Committee on the New Gas Bill having been read, a lengthened discussion ensued, the results of which were, sec. 112, thai the Council are of opinion that seven days' notice at leatit be given to parties before the Gas Company proceed to cut off connexion pipes and that the Gas Company be requested to intri.^re a clause to thai effect Stc. i 17. That this clause relating 10 gas refuse beinu turned into the River Usk. be objected to, and that the Town Clerk be requested to wait upon Messrs- Prothero and low- ^ood, and confer with them as to the clauses objected to by the Council. Anri also that the Town Clerk write and ascertain ihe usual charges for gas at Cardiff, and report ihereon, at the next meeting to be called for • hat purpose. COMMERCIAL AND FXCHANGE KOOMS. A letter was read by the Town Clerk. from the committee of ihe above undertaking, accepting the offa of Ihe Town COlin. cil to rent the large room opposite the Court in the Town Hall upon the terms and at the rent arranged the tenancy to com- mence on Ihe 2nd instant. Mr. Edwards fell shocked at the idea of opening the room oo Sunday, which he understood it was the inten'ion of the Com mntee to do. He would never give his consent that such should '■e the case, and he would move That the subscribers to the Commercial room be restricted from occupying the room during • ny porticn of the Sond<v." Air. Turner coidially seconded the motion. Mr. H. J. Davis moved, as an amendment, "That the commercial-loom committee be allowed the use of the roo>i. •rom one 10 five o'clock on Sundavs."—Mr. D. addressed the Councd in a speech of some leng^i, with much force. Mr. Dowling seconded the amendment- Mr. Samuel Junes supponed the motion, and Mr. Iggulden the amendment. On a division ihere appeared, For the motion—Messrs. Geihioe, Johns, Turner, Edwards, lones, Tombs, jun., Tombs, sen.. Desmond, and Mullock. For the amendment—Messrs. Smith, Morris, H J. Davis, Hughes, Burton, Iggulden, Davies, Duwling, and Morgan. Morion carried. Had two genllemerj remained, who were favourable to open doors, the result wot d have been different; but they did not ••xpect the subject Ie be brought on. Want of space co npels us to defer a fuller report of the dis- cussion on the subject, which is in type.

N E W PORT. Imports and Eipnrts for the Week ending the 9th of Ftb., 1843. IMPORTS John Daniel, Haves, Youghal, pins Sarah Dickson, Cirroll, li'fo. canle Aid, Jenkins, Wat-rfnrd, flour a coin-. Slar of he Sea, Fi in. C< rk. wheat and oats Ven> s, Thomas, and he Bles-ine;, Doddridge. B id^water flour Sam; son Bryant, 1 tto. tilf-s George, Ta" pJin. Tredccar, Johns, Caerl on, Harwood Mnderatf r. Roberts, Bristol, sundries Somersetshire, siiaun on. duto. beans; Brist I Packet, Fivers. buna. Oxlanrl, 'to. fl iur Newport Trader, Jackson, oluna. R.binson, 'ilouces er sundries Gem, Fryer, ditto, flout Affi^nee, tfntle, Dolphin. Hill Ie, di,to. potatoes; Ann N],Nama,a. C ik, Liigs; Ann, Western. Barnstaple, potatoes; Simeon, Saer, Carmarthen, oats Osprey, Phillips, Jane aod Mary, Phiilip6, Barrow, iron oie. EXPORTS Glouces'er. Proctor, Cuba, 404 tons railway iron; Courser, Varwell, Naples, 44 tons cnal I4f> Ions iron; linnet. Lewis- Reform. Jones Ma>ia and Ann, Jones; Amelia, Jay; Veta- v, Brinsmead Neath Trader, Joues, Liverpool—Taunton, Packed Russell; Edward Proiberoe, Edwards; London- Star water—Rebecca. Attwell, Waterford—Thomas and 'h Swansea—Racer, Strout. Pads'ow—Jane and \i Tr^-ask-c Fowey-Jane and Mary. GUv Newport arj i i'" « Hiscox. Gloucester, all withiion and r-.der Jaeksoty **)■- x*risl0, paving s,one. in plates—Dolphin, Fry, The Market Boais for Bristo., Wlth 'undoes, and 60 vessels ,nlh cual. VESSI-LS ENTERED OUT AND LOAOIVQ nrslntaliun. Ship. Miter. Ton*~ if Jul, j!' Marseilles Gideon Guswell IOC Naples Coniser Varwell 144 Jitto Rouen Lady Anne Page "0 "• New York Great Britain Shaxton 404 it. Thomas Mary Lang Allison J16 ditto I daga Venture Blackshaw. 31C W. H Messina Jubilee Anderson 257 and Co. The John Pan'er. Harries, of this port, sailed from Bombay, Dec 30th 'or Singapore. All Well. freights from Bombay 0 EnuI tnd. 30,. The Blorenge, Banks, of this port, sailed from Calcuttaf Liverpool, 24'h December last.

BUr too C K S. CARDIFF. irrii-nlx and Sailings for the Week ending theQth Feb 1843 ARRIVED George, Hayes, Swansea; Jessie, Huason, ditto; Fame, Thomas dito Ada, Nt* Na,i,ara. ditto; Peudawes, Cog.r, tii'o'-switt Tawton, Rristol; Taff, Hooper. tiito Mary Jane. ilsn duto, Dinas, Peats-m ditto; Rnondd*. Caner dillO B-iierprise ttait. ditto: T!Jorn s and Ann, Smart. d" I -r;il,1, tieynon, d.)to T\\o an' Poiicott, V1Z1 .Martin Minehc.td; East Cornwall, Billing, Penarth >r nouih, Broom, Bristol Chanel; Kanver', Vav iierV-V' Ann, Thomas, Penarth Resolution, iv».q'ney' KI"l,c; Mountain Maid, Davies, Dubl n all in bali* ro'Jt Mules. Penaith, coal.—Ann, Roberts Dundalk, slo,'jS,"to Mariietta, Shepherd, VVbi'ehaven Seymour, CatruihtTs J r>n oie—William. Collins Newport, sundries.—Air ? Jeffery, Bristol; Ptince of Wale; (s P) ditto, general cargo. SAILED. Nautiius Morrison, London Isabella, Kelly. Belfast; Rapid, Pavev, Waieiford; Clnlleneer. An hony. ditto; Regulator, Vng-ee, ditto; Maria and Elizabeth, Williams, ditio; Mary lane, Wilson, ditio; E iza Spray. Rayle; Malys F-^ke, Into; Gcean, Spray, d'tto Fame. Thomas, dit'o; Industry, Murphy, Kmsa!e; Rosduiion. M.iloncy, ditto; C.tmhria, S'amp, ditto: Goweiian, Masker, LI-nelly; Lion, Kemp, POT. • ck Two Sisters. Bushan, ditto: Eliza, Gower, Gloucester; Tre'ieaar.Gainev, ditto Succ ss, Sims, d tto; Ada. M'Njmar:L, fvdeUrd; Aibion. Hocking, duto; Three Sisieis, Baker, Bristol; Swilt, Lawton, ditto; Taft, Hooper, ditto; lhnas., P-arson, ditto; Rhcndda. Carter ditto; Richard and Ann, Pile. Plymouth Georse Haves Falmouth Biothers, Mules, Glamorganshire Canal all wiiiicial.— Pr nee Albert, Sandison, Inverness; Isabella, Kelly, Be-last; Villa Nova. W i I iams, Oporto Phoebe, Richards, Liverpool Hope. Rendall D og- hida; Pilot, Hill, Biidgvva'er; Neptune. Hobbs.di io; Wil- It ms, Jones, Liverpool; Eliza, Marfin, Bndewater; Ann, !:lOtnaS, R,isloi; Dr<im?h<ir, Payne, Slis"; Bute. \V»I ers, i3iist.il • E ist Cornwall. Billing. L ndon. all wilh irjn -Air • s P ) Jeffery, Bristol Princeof Wales (SP) ditto, with general P ) Jef. cir^oes. VESSELS ENTERED OUT AND LOADING FOR FOREIGN PARTS' Ifilmat v n. Ship. Maxtev. "f*- 0,)or'o Vi'lanova. Williams l^-> SieitI'LI I -Fr-i,,ciska liodow 2, 6

GUANO.—We copy the following account of ex- periments with Guano, no. the Gardeneis Chronicle of the 7th ult. :-fi.ving heard and re.,1 so much of Guaoo as a trSv- < n re, I was, last spring, induced to make a trial of it, and I have'found it, in many instances, answer remarkably well, a* Oie following testimonials wiH show. J. Lowe, Eoq.. of Brent, tiled Guano lasr year, and had a Urge crop of barley and oats. He aiko sowed clover with the barley, which is likewise looking veil. This proves it to be a lasting manure, and Dot like ni- rate of soda, only visible just after the fitsi application. Mr. C. Spear, Colebrook Farm, near Plymouth, stales that he ap- died Guano mixed with earth, and drilled it in with the seeds if Swedish lutnips but having used it too strong, a great part if the seed was killed, but Ih.e which came up wee of im- nense size, and were on the 10th of December very gteen, whtn ompared with the other pari of the fier'.? (manuied with bone- itist), and as heavy per acre. He is, theretV»re, peifectly satis- vi with its superior fertilizing qualities. Tbu" gentleman fell r,lo the same error as many o'her of my friends, some of whom Irilled in the dear Guano with the seed consequently, it was 0 powerful, dial, as soon as the seed bursi, Ihe »eget»"ve .c.wers were destroyed. We find the best way of applying i.* s to mix four pounds of Guano with a bushel of ashts or earth. Ur. Shepheard, of Suiton, South Mollon, SIIY": "I sowed one « nd red pounds of Guano on a piece of land lor turnips, in a line through the middle of the fjeld. and manured the rher pa.t of the field w,lh the best rotten dung I could pro- ■ure but the diffVrence in the appeaianre of the crops was so • eat, dial the country people at laige could not h,.lp making e narks about it. The part that was manured with the Guano "uld be seen at a great distance." Mr. T. Moore, KlDgs- iidge, sowed fifty pounds on forty yards of grass land, the re- minder of the field was diessed with strong rotten compost 1';t thai sown wish Guano was far the best, and the cattle hked the herbage much better. It is now as grcn as the rinesl meadow. Mr. Moore, Kintjsbridge, sowed asmallquan- 1 y on a lawn for trial; the part sown with Guano was covered •vith moss, and looted very badly. BefotC the other part! that were not manured, required cutting, this poi-tion of the lawn Aas obliged to be cut twice; the moss was quite killed, and die herbage looked veay fine. These are facts from highly icspecuble men, who are well known in the South of Devs<,n* [ have found it useful as a liquid manure, by mixing tour iniinds in about eight gallons of water.-W. E. Rendle, Ply. moutb. ■■

t-Rt DAY'S LUNOUN GAZETTE. FE .3. BA:hHl'PIS,-F. Cutbush, Kennini;ton, Kent, seedsman. W. Marshall, Worthing, Sussex, butcher.—A. Ed- ivurd's-slreet, Pottman square, cpholsterer.—T. lietridge, of 1, Upper H harton-street, Clerkenwell, builder.- W. Mays, ^udgsiock, Northamptonshire, feltmongel.-I.. Robinson, d-illingdon, Essex, millwrighl.-S. Presland, and H. J. Os' al- eli,lon, Castle court, Laurence-lane, warehousemen.—1. No- >vell, now or lale of Iluddersfield. Yorkshire, cuirier.-F. Cragg, Kendal, Westmoreland, innkeeper.— H. Lane. Derby, nnwteper.—11 Whiston, Clun. Shropshire, shoemaker.—T. Knowles, D. Lewis. "nd F. Dodd. Dudleyi Worcestershire, ■ oumln men. — G Thompson and E. Creswell. Manchester, solici'ois. — 'I. Moss, Newport Grange, Yorkshire, brick- I irakei.— W. Moss. Kinesion-upon-l lull, woollen draper.—C. Pu kslay, Sheffield, meichart.— H. Parker, O. Shore, J.Brewin and J. Rogers, shemetd. bankers.—G I Caswell, Birming- ham, glass dealer, and of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, pump maker.— E. Ollerenshaw, Manchester, hat manufactuier.—R. T.Caitwnght Louth, Lincolnshi e. woollen draper. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, FEB. 7. BANKIU'PIS.—.T. Oveiington, plumb r and plazier. Arund. l, Sussex.—J. Rands, shoe dealer, Sonihampion.— T. B try. brewer, Lewes.—J. Van, gold lace manufacturer, Mriton Kent.- T. Reynolds, jun., merchant, Great St. Hilen's. Hi. shnpsj;ate-streei.— J. Walker, linen draper, Haytield, Derby- shire.—J. Gordon, merchant, Liverpool.—W. Denver and W \ixey, woollen drapers. Liverp"ol.-J.iood,'mllkr B- u Vale. Nottinghamshire.—R. Elliot, merthaut, She<Md—J. Elliott, merchant. Sheffielrl.- T. Walker, brewer, Letds.- W. Jones, ship builder, Cardiff. Giamorcanshire.

BIRTH. On Wednesday, Feb. 1st, the lady of VV. W. Secret ac, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. Jan. 21. at Westbury-upoiATr>m, !\1r. Donald Me Dona'd, ■orgeon, late of this town, son of George Mc Donald, Esq of Hrisioi.'to Hizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of W «i. Winu i sq., jf Cane Hall. St l'irceni. On ihe 8ih of February, at Newland, Gloucestershire, by he Rev George Kobrri* B-A.. Vicar of Monmouth. H. la. kson' I sq/of Grove Lodge, n*ar Coleford to Mary Anne, eole-t danehter of V\ illiam R-oen*. Esq of Cole'ord. At Baneahre, on the 24th November last, Lieut, and Ad- uiani Frederic Secretan Gabb. 52nd R gt of Nanve Infantry. hird son of the Rev. J A. Gabb, R-ctor of Shirenewion. to i-lizibeth Ann, eldest daughter ot tt.e laie Archibald Lwart, i-so Madras .Medical Establishment. q' DIED. Lately in this lown, Mr. tt m Taylor, nailer, aged 57. Mrs. Jane Lewis, aged 84 years of this town. At Kenwas, Mr. Geoige Edmunds, aged 84 years. At Llantiirita I,, Mrs. Mary Lloyd, aged 5' At Bassa lit g, 1\1 r. John Leonard, aged 93 years. At Penhuw, Mr. B-njamin Morris, a ed 48 years. Feb. 6th, aged 16 mllIllhs Louis Pigby Mackwonh, eldest son of Lieut. Dmby Mackworth, 29th Kegt. On ihe 2nd inst., at Held House, Piesibury. near Chehen- iam, Tlios. p. Ashwin, Esq.. formerly of Falmouth. At Dany Park Farm, near Crickhowell, aged 61, Mr. Thus. < Ji,eis. VU the 30th ult., at Taunton, Malaehi Blake, EIQ., M.D., Magistrate of the county of Somerset. At Blair Atholl, on the 9th inst., Mr. Donald Donaldaoa, at i h > patriarchal age of 103.

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^Trttl^ NEWPORT, V UHQAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1843. SESSION, SO FAR. ly^Cej^ Penod which has elapsed since the luteal °f tlie session, has already done a Hi upon e, position of the respective fn, • two important questions of free JN policy. ^rins rSt> ^°^ert Pee^s declaration J- C vPreslh! anticipation which has been fre- I So 11 LN ^IE MEELIN, that no further \8e< At r ^aws would be, for the present, 'e^.e of j}, sarne time, however, the guarded !s°nlv -C Premier makes it evident that his \8e^ten(*et* t0 extend t0 tl,e duration of 1 kea SaVs aSl°n' Translated into plain English, He Con> but { ?°unts to this—" I am a free trader 'be fs untrv^ are not risk my majority, by giving %rSt'" ^ent^emen another blow too soon after lovy n.^er ordinary circumstances, with the Vci'^eco Ce corn> *he postponement would K relati Se(lUence> but l^e position of our com- if ardn>°ns w^b the United States renders it K s>e 5* Mth ^res*^ential election is allowed to 4. tis Without any manifestation on the part of \Wes of °Vernment, of a serious desire to adopt \J?Me pT(!j0lnmerc'al reciprocity, and to admit ^16 too n, UCe ■America at moderate duties, Vjj, l^rty Ucb reason to fear that the N ew Eng- 'he n ^in a ^anied the late restrictive Tariff, W,nited ecided ascendancy, and will embark Vr ^s°latfteS ^e^n^ively in the policy of com- J W p <jn" This renders the declaration of ^orn] ^lat cannot venture to meddle TiT^itv avvs ^or another session, a great pub- V5 otli 'lie e°^d witPur°minent topics of the day e those J ^6 a 1 ^0reiSn policy of the late and \^)'aratltjri?ln^stration, and especially the Aff- S' Stfa Ashburton treaty with the United the Whigs and Tories »*e ola* W.C v P^aces» the former breathing W & -e ar(lour> wh'ile the latter adopt 4ty8 0Uoi, p0licy °f peace and nonintervention. *0 jjg' a speech, equal to his best J)4rt the what we have always understood %t a!1(1 genuine tenets of the Liberal ?eHse a jar ls a gr^at evil, an outrage on com- tiv ^t & humanity, when undertaken on in- Le to {j «r°Unds, and at best a deplorable alterna- Ve J a^°Pted only when all other expedients. aHd K° SaV6 ^1C nat^ona^ '"dependence, inte- $ar fr0th L°n°Ur' fr°m unJ*ust aggression. Assum- %inthese PnnciP^s> his Lordship hailed with Ch0,C! Ty arranSement of the differences with ^oi^ion ^tates which, without making anv 5Ui w.lnconsistent with honour, a question ol ti^1 qu as set at rest which threatened to lead to a iaterp1vG ^Ween two nations allied by every O ^is cnS *i • Cent» and language. ^fovipi ° s^on we believe nine Liberals out of COuntry fully agree with Lord W0tl Id ^nsteac^ participating in the indig- sa 0,c ^a^raerston, at what he is pleased to V claim °f national honour, in compromis- t^qiiartg t0 SOme square miles of marshes, not J,chancer So valuable as our Moors, (even with a lcH we insecurity,) and pine forests, 5 r- 1 have gained by a war, rather lament ofN Co °Vernment have not gone further and by tf PO t() ^riva^Tnercial treaty bound still closer the ties W ^rHei ln.^erest and reciprocal benefit which, if 4hiVe^> v/q ?nterPosed by fiscal legislation were re- U- 8o°n render a war between England o^'esejj.111^6^ States as impossible as one between Part* ^°r^shire. It is a stTange infatuation I Patifj any politician who calls himself a libe- *° passions and popular prejudices xi)11'01416 alliance with the great republic of orld, which, with all its faults, and we a are multiferious, is a chip of the old j^Slo^rousand thriving offset of the original *§e irjf'X-°n stock, energy and enterprise, with a till >. S1°n °f fine Irish spirit and intelligence. >j ch strange, however, is the infatuation tVtolT1 COmmit any portion of the Liberal C e Pr 6 ^e^ence the Affghan War. Down a ^tify^^hour no reason has ever been assigned j u W^at ^as every appearance of having been j^v pret Pr'ncipled act of wanton aggression. The te ^as6?,06 assioned for the invasion of Affghan- »tilct "e necessity of striking a blow, to coun- ;jlst hjttj i aitlbitious designs of Russia. Even if M*1* e*c 6611 trU6' wou^ have afforded no suffi- es of" ^°r carrymg fire and sword into the fcl- ^°r aiCounlry with which we had no quarrel, i if ° ^auhul and Candahar, a blow r^ve I 11 ought to have been struck at all should struck at St. Petersburgh and Odessa. L6 ^esi not true' ^or whatever might have been (jj ^lls °f Russia, they had all miscarried and and the disavowal had been offi- CePted by Lord Palmerston before a single h of crossec^ the Indus. Why then do the ^en thousand British subjects whiten the aJl Passes of Caubul ? Why do the tears l^ous V'^y the wail of woe heard from thrice Affj,ian. widows and orphans for the best blood t^ePend1,U1^tan s^e(^ *n defence of its natural .s vj{] er)ee Why are its fertile vallies desolate, j),, s "'ackened with fire, its capital cities de- r')Qtl hand of war ? Who is the culprit? s is tk°Se does the real responsibility rest ? 1,1 ans e question to which every body demands '^d, to er* The East India Directors are, it is l°Pe it He^tion for a committee of enquiry. We 4vrewlll be granted. We hope no party ma- art 0f no criminal lenity or fellow feeling, on the ot Z3 I** a>!jen ,ln authority, will interpose to prevent ^stajj 'nvestigation of the whole of the cir- Brit,CtSConnec^e^ with the ill-omened advance of lsh army, to the westward of the Indus.

APRI AMTI-OP1UM AGITATION. Inted copy of a memorial drawn up for pre- n to Sir Robert Veel, by merchants, manu- the t^' and °thers, directly or indirectly interested i China, in which the opium trade ?e iof0 neo<^ has been sent to our office and when J °Ur readers that the memorial is signed J"st CQ ^ra of 280 houses, some of whom hold the [«itish ^ercial and manufacturing stations in the 8 h empire, we need plead no apology for mak- ing the document the aubject of a leading artiole." Previously to offering any observations of our own we shall quote a few passages from the memorial which is exceedingly well composed, presenting strong facts and fair deductions. 1. That it woald be eminently advantageous to the commer- cial and manufacturing interests of Great Britain if the trade with China were placed on a. firm and mutually satisfactory basis the demand for woollen and cotton goods having been considerable at some former eras, and there being reason to I bslivve that it would be far greater, were the obstacle which has ft during the last few years, effectually removed. Of tiiis we are assured by the declaration of Lord N ipier, in 1834, that it is a perfect axiom that the Chinese people are most aniious for our trade, from the Great Wall to the south- ern extremity of the empire by that of Sir George Robin- son, in 18S5, that the result of his inquiries was the conviction that the people are intensely desirous to engage in traffic and by the evidence of Sir G C. de H. Latpent and others, in 1840, before the Committee of the House of Lords. 2. That our commerce with China cannot be conducted on a permanently safe and satisfactory basis so long as the contra- >unl trade in Opium is permitted. This your Memonulisis deem to be mefragably proved by the firm and persevering esistance of the Chinese Government to the introduction of the drug into the empire, whatever may be their motive, even under circumstances in which it might have been mlde a considera- ble source of revenue; by the amount of complaint and ini- tated negociation to which at various times it has given rise by the manner in which it has long been carried on, in artred i',els.se's» w'11'1 an audacity which rendered it necessary for the Chinese government to interpose in oider to prevent the smug- glers "associating themselves with the desperate and lawless ot their own large cities;" producing, in the opinion of the late Superintendent, a state of things in which 'serious accidents and sudden and indefinite interruptions to the regular trade must always he probable events," and which led him to warn Lord Palmerston several years ago, that though the trade was proceeding tranquilly at present, the vast opium deliveries at Whampoa under extremely hazardous circumstances might certainly at any moment produce some grave dilemma. Simi- lar anticipations had been previously expressed by gentlemen whose long acquaintance with the subject gave weight to then opinions. Thus Capt. Alsager, who had made nine voyages to China in the service of the East India Company, stated in his evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, in 1830, in answer to a question respecting the probable effect of a great increase of the smuggling trade, 1 think that would ead to not and disturbance, which would put a stop to the trade altogether;" and Charles Majoribanks, Esq., seventeen vears in the Company's service, most of that time in their China factory—" One of the greatest changes that has taken ;ilace, and which, in my own opinion, will, sooner or later, affect the security of our trade, is the enormous extent of the smuggling trade now carried on in China." 4. That the suppression of the opium trade can only be ef- fected by the prohibition of its cultivation in the dominions of the East India. Company, and of its transmission through their teiritories from those provinces in which it is produced, not under their direct control. That the Chinese government is unable effectually to exclude the drug. is rendered evident by the events of the last seven years, which have demonstrated the sincere desire of the Empetor to do so, and the nullity of his neasures however vigorous and severe these measures having IIJly produced a corresponding degree of desperate advsnJuit* upon the part of the smugglers." while it has been admitted 'hat the rapidly increasing introdnction of this article into China was not called for by urgent demand on the part of the Chinese, but impelled by our fiscal measmes in India." We are happy to find so powerful a current of public opinion, and in the most influential channels too, set in mption against the destructive effects of the trade in t'his poisonous drug, and we hope that the voice of humanity will be raised by all parties, and become too powerful for the mammon-interests irrayed against it. We know that many difficulties surround the sub- ject, because many accumulate fortunes by the ini- quitous traffic; but when we find such establish- ments as the Gladstones, the Croppers, and the Heyworths, of Liverpool; the Ashtons, the Cob- dens, and the Bannermans, of Manchester and the leading firms of other chief towns of this great commercial country, without distinction of political creed, solemnly pronouncing the opium trade a na- tional injury, and invoking the power of govern- ment to suppress it, we need not be dispirited. We had not seen, before the perusal of the me- morial before us, the comprehensive view of the subject which it is necessary to take, to grapple with it successfully. Most writers seem to think, with the famous Commissioner Lin, that the Queen of England can, by her sole fiat, put a stop to the growth of opium, and with it the traffic." Like that respectable Commissioner we also, anxiously standing on tiptoe, await a reply" from the English Government to this effect. But we confess we cannot see, in the first instance, who has the power to put it down. The Board of Control cannot, of itself, order the East India Com- pany to give up the cultivation neither can the Parliament do so very easily—as it would be a di- rect interference with the East India Company's tights. The only mode in which this desirable ob- ject can be effected, is by the consent of the East India Company and with reference to the interests of that great company in the trade, the memorial says— Evidence has been given before a Committee of the House 01 Commons, that the fluctuation* in the price of the drug weie often ruinous to those engaged in the traffic, and that it was in its very nature a gambling trade." To a small numbe: 01 persons it has proved gainlul, but many have been plunged liy it into misery. Par-tees and native meichants ol India. with a few well known British firms in the East, by whom the trade has principally been carried on, derive fnm it large, though precarious advantages but to Britons engaged in honourable eommerce with China. to the growers and importers of wool and cotton, to the manufacturers of this country, aud the thou sands of operatives in their employ, it is grievously prejudicial It was justly characterized by the late chief Superintendent in China, when. writing respecting that portion of it which was transacted within the liver, he declared it to be his deliberate ■ pinion that in its general effects it was intensely mischie- vous to every branch of trade that it was rapidly staining the British charactei with deep disgrace and Hnallj, that i ex- posed the vast public and private interests involved in the peaceful maintenance of our regular commercial intercourse with this empire, to imminent jeopardy." Opium forms one of the sources of the revenue of India. There are two kinds—the opium of Malwa, a dependent power, and the opium of Patna and Benares, territories belonging to the East 1 ndia Company. A transit duty of 125 rupees per chest is levied upon Malwa opium, by the company, on its passing into their territories. They enjoy a mo- nopoly of the opium grown on their own territories, which they buy from the growers at a certain fixed price. Compared with the sale prices at Bengal, this monopoly amounts to a duty of 200 per cent. on the value. The transit duties and the profits of the monopoly form, in this, a very large item of Indian revenue—much too large, we fear, for the company to sacrifice willingly, influenced by a re- gard for the morals of the Chinese, or the philan- thropic feelings of the people of Great Britain. Another obstacle to abolishing the trade is this— the trade between India and China, which is prin- cipally in opium, is so large that it enables the company through this channel to remit home to England a sum of upwards of three millions sterling annually, to pay its dividends, interest on bonded debt, military pensions, and stores, with other ex- penses, which it would have the greatest difficulty in doing but for this said opium trade, because India sends very few things direct to England, in compa- rison to what England sends direct to her. Opium to the value of four millions sterling is sold every year to China by India. Part is paid for by Sy-cee silver, and the remainder is paid for by teas sent to England, which thus form the remittance above mentioned, of three millions, required by the com- pany. It will thus be seen that, without this circuitous trade with China, [ndia would be very much em- barrassed to remit her annual payments to England and consequently all the holders of India Stock, the half-pay officers of the Indian army, their widows and families, are at this moment dependent upon poisoning the unhappy Chinese, for their incomes —for there would be infinite difficulty, as matters stand, for the company to pay them without the opium trade. Hitherto it has not been found that China would take English goods sufficient to ex- change for all the tea she sells. She rather prefers to take opium or bullion; and the effect of annihi- lating the opium trade would be to force English merchants to take out bullion to Canton, and the Company to send bullion from India thither to buy teas, to send home as a remittance, which would be the same as sending the specie home to England from India. One objection to this is, that India could not stand the annual drain of the precious metals, to the extent of three millions. Again, would not other nations profit by our humanity ? It is doubt- ful whether the independent powers of Malwa would not continue the cultivation under the temptation of the enormous prices which smugglers would not fail to give. Turkey, Java, and Sumatra, would also fill up the vacuum by an enlarged cultivation of the poppy, and China would be inundated by the produce of regions which at present do not think of the trade, only because it is not sufficiently gainful to induce them to oppose the British. We have thus. in fairness, admitted a case for the pro-opium party, which is, however, only sustained by the principle of expediency, whilst it is covered with immorality. Let us now consider the means of reforming this pestilent and gigantic evil, to which we trust the enlightened merchants and manufacturers of the United Kingdom will direct their influence and ef- forts. The only way which we can see to put down the opium trade effectually and beneficially for all r parties, would b. to reduce the duty on Bohla. tea to Is per lb., so that it might come within the reach of the millions of consumers in this country, and induce amongst Chinese the consumption of English commodities in return. There is no doubt that the Emperor would wil lingly agree to let in our manufactures at low du- ties, and encourage their use with all his power, provided we offered to abolish the growth of opium, and assist him to put down the traffic. The trade with China would thus be immensely increased, and if at the same time we lowered to one-half the duty on Indian sugar, the trade would be so great that there would bo little difficulty in finding a channel of remittance for the Company's three millions of annual expenditure in England.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. IMPORTANT EDICT. The following is the answer leturned by the Emperor of China to the report of the commissioners :— TRANSLATION. in reply to the report of the Imperial Commissioners, Keying, Elepoo, and Newkeen On the 27th of the "th Moon, Sept. 1, the following Impei ial edict was received:— Keying and his colleagues have sent up a document, con- taining a report and rough sketch of the articles of the conven- rion discussed at a personal conference (with her Britannic Ma jesty's Plenipotentiary in China). I have inspected the report, and have a full knowledge of the whole of II. I, the Emperor, seriously considering the evils to the un accountable number of the people, and 'he important conse- quences to the greatness, power, and station of the empire, can nol avoid being constrained Bnd forced to grant what is Ie quested. ills but one time of Ihe billerness dod trouble, hlJ hen ease, repose, and peace may he reckoned on for ever an<- not only 'he two provinces of Keangsoo and Chekeang he pre served entire, but tue empire will be held to^o'lier in its inte- gri'y As 10 those Items m the rep011 relaling 10 trade, then are some that are improper, and require further considera tion. Now, as the barbarian ships are willing In leave th.- Cha'ng fiver, and are also willing 10 retire from Chaouposu hi I' — hat which 'hey have before requested relative to a free trade af five poils, the country of Fuhchow must be excluded per- mission 10 trade thither cannot by any means he granted, bUI another port may be exchanged lor it j iliey may be allowed I. 'rade, coming "lid gOIng, at the four pons of Canton, Amoy, Nuigpo, and Shanghae. As io the matter of the Hong merchants' deb's the said great ministers must necessarily accomodate themselves to cir umstances, and in a perspicuous edict explain the matter thus 10 the English. "The saiii nation his traded with China for more than 200 lears, and heretofore all has been harmony and good-will; an" 'he trade has always been iransactei by baiter and money. Bu1 as the H mg merchant- and yourselves have between you mu ■ ually transacted the aft.irsof irade, our public offi< ersha\. IlIthello never examined into, o troubled diemselves about, Ih, trade. The affairs of the rise and fall in prices, whether 10" or IlIgh. aie petty, trifling matters. Further, our speech afl" language are unIntelligible 10 each other and most fie.) dedly the district officers will not be able to manage the mat'er Herewfter, the Chinese meichani- a' at) the ports will ad.i(>. extraordinary modes of giving trouble and cheating, e\en t. • cutting,' dial .\4, demanding excessive discounts, when rher. will be no lundrt -ce or fear of laying a clear statement of llu case before the dr tier officers, who will certainly punish Ih, said merchant (del, iquem ): decidedly there will be no iodul gence shown. As to the £ 6.000.000, it is proper rhai 1 should give them, by which my sincerity and good fdfhwii) be man: lest; and ihey are to be collected from the salt commissioners and provincial treasuries of the three provinces of Chekeang. Keangsoo, and Ganhwuy, the richest supplying the deficiency- of the poorest. As to correspondence being conducted on terms of perfect equality between the officers of ihe two governments and the barbarians who have been made captives, and the Chi nese who have been seduced (into the employ of the Enghsh), 1 grant all those supplicated favours. Let ihe captives be re leased. And I order that all the matters (the ihtee just men tioned) be allowed which have been requested. "Further wih reference to whal is cuntained in the report about sealing the said barba'ians do not require your seal as proof, but the Imperial seal of the empire to be fixed as a gua- rantee (of the treaty); so I shall nol fall in dignity, and the feelings of my imperial station will nor be lost. Before I have disseminated my Imperial rescript to each 01 I the dependencies of China, all sealed wiili u>e Imperial SPill 01 I the empire and I order that my rescripts be sent under a flying seal with the despatches from the board of the civil office, and I they are to be forwarded in the ceremonious manner, and all the clauses which have been dearly reported may be properly managed. From the time of this settlement, the said great ministers I must especially report 10 the Emperor, behaving wi'h perfect sincerity, of the things supptnated there are none which have not been granted. From this epoch of a thorough—free— trade, there should he everlasting peace ao.1 harmony your nalion should ai-II treat «s with mutual, perfecI sincerity and certainly not again commence mdirary operations, in direci opposition 10 heavenl\ principles for nut only have you already caused troubles and confusion lu many provinces, but you must not again come, seeking causes of quarrel and war and just so. the coast and territories of the province ot Canton, Fahkeen, Teawon, (For- mosa,) Chtkeang, Keangnan, Shantung, Chilfre, and Shonteen (Peking), the barbarian vessels of war are not allowed to enter and frequent. Since at this time we ire at peace, of the officers and troops in each province there are some that should be sent away and others detained. We have already consulted, as to the an- Cient rilies of China, her signal pyramids and batteries; and it is proper that they should all be rebuilt, successively, accord- ing to former custom these have not been of modern erec'ion they were built for the purpose of guarding agamsi and seizing the pirates, and were not established to guard against the said bwbarians anri we cert810Iy must not incoherently and dlsor. deily produce suspicion and apprehension. Those distant pro. vinces have not jet heard ot, or possess a full knowledge of, the peace; if any of your (barbarian) ships abrupdyenler, and are suddenly attacked, \ou must not make this a rauseo' screening yourselves, botrowing pretences, and mouthing. • ■ I fie whole of the above matte s rest wholly in the deep consideration and extreme care oi the said minister and his col leagues, let them be wholly tilje and smcere m deliberating and deciding, and so for ever poi :m end to the risings of war there must not be the least misconception or misunders anding This is not an affair or lime to be idle or to dismiss the mailer in a hurned, remiss, and irregular manner, but regard n wi'h sincere and erious attention With siocere and serious atten- tion legird i Hurry on this edict more than at the rate of 600 teaday. aDd orde" him (Ktytng; to inform himself of itsconlents. Re- spect thi It would appear, that on the ariival of Sir H. Potlinger a fong Kr.n\ negotiations are to be commenced with the Chi oese commissioners, for the purpose of settling the oetdlls of our future ccmmert ial artangements. The conferences are to take p ace on the island of Laoiao, half way between C-tnion and 1 onij ong, where preparations have already been madr lor the itception of the Chinese officers. I r 18 reported to bi die opinion of the Viceroy, that Americans and other foieitjnei- .111 henceforth be admitted 10 the same privileges as those con :e:rred on the British by the new treaty; and it seems that o. he arrival or the commissionets. a notification to tbis effect n likely to De Issued, ,0. P. Q. IN THE EAST.

V* |wv\ L NEWPORT POLICE M onday. Fra 6. 1842. BtJ'ore the IWuunr end nwuji Hriofipj. rhmnns Pnilhtro, Tho mnt Hawkins, DI/d l.t-wh E'twardi, Esquires. A poor and wretched locking object, wilh II. foolish varan s'are. and Ihe general look of a demented man, named Genru Wdson, was placed III the bur, charged with being found 1 of a ball "f old ilOD, under 'Ospi"lnIl8 circumstances \|r. Superintendent Hopkins stated that on Friday la* aboe nidiPe dav, he s'opped the pn«oner in Comme-cial street, an -xnmined a bag whi"Í1 he carried on his hack, having a sus|>' •inn thftl it contained so'ne IInr :on of a of lead, stole from the premises of M>. Pro'hero, at Malpas Co'rt. fl, found Ihe Iihu 10 contain fiist, a large bundle of shavings ind having taken thnse out, he discovered lhat enou;1 old iron was »t the bottom to form two tram-plates; butr. tnaik could be d xcnvf-red upon anv piece by which to identify it. Ihe prisoner told him lie had picked up the iron by H'- nana' side, and « as aomg to lake it to his home. Ori beiru isked bv 'he Bench if he had anything to sav, 'he prisoner le narked lhat he found the iron by the canal side, an'! though here Wd; 00 tin in taking it away to make a trifle hv, as lo NilS in want. His Worship informed hi", thai It was 8 sin 'i lake the property of anybody, vvNch he might ri.td lying by Ih. road-stde, or anywhere eise. It was iTO' bis, and he should have considered tint there was an ownfr tor It somewhere. ['here was no proof of his having taken it feloniously, and he was therefore discharged. The poor'ellow promised'o regard his Worship's caution in future, and gladly elbowed his wa\ through the crowd 10 'he street. DISCI'S! INC NUISANCE. Mary Ann Jones and Mx'^arel Morris, the former possessing a rubicund countenance, and a superabundance of fat, and the (alter we-ring ihe most shrivelled and utiobuosive apoloey fo; H face thai could be well ima-ined. were ch-rged will) being Irtmk. and a common no'-ance. This was one of the ten rhou sand disjiistinf cases which mijht every we>-k be broooht before 'he Bench, if the natural delicacy of 'hose »ho are loo fre- mi-ntly .he vidi ns. and 'he di-e^'d the rougher sex have for ••;ing publicly assmled bv harpies and bullies, .lid not «uffei such cases to pass w'hnut r'-bl.c notice. he very 'owes, an.; most abandoned of Friars' Fields depraved and isgustm, e- males, whose ve.y name is a taint on society, are a'most mgh-ly. and in even ihe broad day, beard cursing and swearing ana using the most obscene lang. 'ha can offend the ears of de- r i„ -na in pursuing then victims ncacy, and no' unfienoenily glorv. K ,L J i L I r i ,„ blacKjJuard oaths, anc footsteps with shorlts of dertsmn, witr» o bar were of this the uilesl obscenity. I he two prisoner* at abandoned and ruffianly charac'er.—P«C. HuXtS'' e W*S °" beat at Pill, on the evening of Friday last, when he > Ihe public street, Ihe vilest language and Ihe loudesi oath", te ed by the prisoners, who wete in company »• iih a sjnldter. I He tlesirerllhe pri,oners 10 willI: on, and not use such disgrace- ful hneu8t!e 115 he had just heard. Margaret Morris immp. liately assailed him. and wi'h a patten and her teeih she in- flicted severdl wounds 'jpon him, thp other assisting her after- wards 10 escape. They were both at length secured, and con- veyed to the lock-u?. P.C. Huxinble further staled thai the pfitooe's. amongst others of a similar class, were com plained of by the respectable and prudent females of PII)- !wenlly, as being Ihe greatest nuisance Ihat the plare cnul.t suffer.—The Mayor passed severe animadversion 011 their repio naie mode ef life, and sentenced Ihe prisoners to (Jne month's Imp,i.onrnenl each, with hard labour in lilt. House of Correc 'ton at Usk; al Ihe same lime informing ihem that jf e'er (hpI •vere brought before the Bench again, they should be more se verely punished. SOLDIEnS AND CIVILIANS. Whether il he thar soldiers unemployed in their proper dVO- ca ion, brHvery an,1 become puerile and dastardly ii that they only exhlhtt n sp\lir, purposely kept alive, of qu-" lelsome aod bickering animosity aoainsr civilians, we need no' 10W slay 1o examine hut 'he following case will lit least pio^r :hat when opportunities off-r, they are not allowed to pass by if soldiers assailing the civilians in some uricourteous shape 0 .thl!r, and finding their uo' otirteou* conduct returned in a per- haps more tangible form.—Two labourers, residing at Pill •nmed William Richards and Charles PIIng, were this da, charged with hiving committed an assault upon Joshua Fell, ■■■ jrrvale in the Grenadlpr COlIwanv of Ihe 73^.—-Fell state.! fiat on the evening of the 1st of February, he was letlltlJln, 'rem the barra. ks, at or ab >u', eighl o'clock in the evening, t- Colonel Love's, whose servant he is and that on passim, hrough Pill he observed a master of a vessel beating a soldier; JpOO which he interfered, fousht with the capaln, and go <riocked down for interfering. That on rising he was struck se- veial blows by the prisoners, who sprung upo" hIm from II 'owd. which had then gathered, but that he did not return heir blows, saying \c> 'hem that he knew ilieir names. Thai he then walked off, snd left the crowd without further remark. This evidence was s«.r uted by two other privates, one of whooi .rated that he was the man that the captain was beating, whet- jrivate Fell interfered. He said dial the captain rushed upo" him as he passed quietly along, and knocked him down for, a- ■e alleged, striking a bundle out of his hand. Tfut he was ■io*. the soldiei who struck the captain s bundle away, nor die •.e see it done.—Then followed several witnesses, fnenu- "i the accused, and among them, Rees, the constable, at Pill ^wcnlly. These declared, on oath, that the row ws? begun bv •ome soldiers waotonly knocking the bundle out of the cap 'ain's hand that one soldier was knocked down by the capta) or doing so. that several soldiers then closed round ihe cap ain, saying he had insulted a soldier, and beg-in to sttike hi" viih canes and fi<ta that the complainant Fell was amon*. 'ho»e who assaulted the captain a011 that upon his inlerfeting vhen Ihe caplaln was knocked rlown amongst (hem, one of th. "isoners simply plared his hand on Fell's shoulder desitint. lirn not 10 inierfere, as 100 many npún one man was not f-i, day;" that neither of the witnesses saw Pring Or Richard strike Fdl. a olow, "nd .h<1t no hlolN. could be siruck h; j ■ V the prisoners without iheir oh,ervlng 11.- I he witness Rees also added, dial after (he row ihe soldiers retreated owards their bairacks, and having reinforced their number', -turned again 10 Ihe Cambrian heer house, whiiher the Clip tain had Re.1 aImed, with slates, s'ones, &c.. and shollljog lhat they would have 8 Challist row-Ihat (hey would pull f lown ihe houses and thai tliev wellt imo the C>nbnan, and -llneks, ami dre«dful fries, and tumuli were immediately heard. rhe whole of the wÎ1nes..e. lor the defence ma le it Appear that 1 'lie soldiers had been guiliy of a wanton and fi-igrant of ihe peace, and of shameful cruelly and violence aoJ hat ihe prisoners "ere not guilty of striking F.-ll a single blow, >u' that he was vety forward In 1111: molt of soldiers, in reluru 1 nsj lo the row, and behaving unmanly «nd violently.— The case ■ci upieO the Courl a considerable length of lime; and through- ■ ill the whole of the proce^mg demonstrations were cojptaniN being made by the paruzans of the prisoners.—The Mayor a lenuih said. thai (here "as DO direct evirleGce to prove Ihe pn -oneis guilty of (he assault with which they had been charge.- -!h.- evidence was very conflicting but he advised them i. .void sueh ilistuibances in fUlure, as thev too frequently led II •eiious consequences. Theywefe then discharged.—The mer eft the Court wilh their host of witnesses a. hdfueodsinhigh ;!ee.

ABERGAVENNY POLICE.—FFB. 3, 1843. Before Cenr^e (1 old ring, Esq. William J imes remanded Irom Inst Wednesday for steal I n | AO iron aims of a carl, the property'oi Mrs. Junes, Tregare. Commuted lor trial. FEBRUARYS. Before the H(1), TV. F. Ko/bieu, Hev. J. W. Gabb and J, Greenfield, Esq Hannah Jones, a mosi abandoned character, was charger' villi stealing from the i erson of a farmer, £ 52- Ihe polio dialed that 'bey had ier,t ewd-nce lo b'ir. £ ii »oine lo ih prisoner, but the party ioLbed had committed suicide since 111, •barge viHS made. The prisoner was severely cautioned and discharged William Collar! and John Maddy were charged by Grubl with being diunk and disorderly in the street, llepiimdndeo ,1.10 dlschllr\1.ed.. Mark King was charged with assaulting Morgan, the reliev lug offi, er, Ordered oui of town. Thomas Cadick was summoned for wages by Ed. Powell, of COdlbrook Vale.—Case rli<mi""e".

MERTHYR POLICE.—FHIDAY, FEB. 3. Before G. R. Morgan, Esq., and the Uev, C. MaY/Jerry. William Lloyd, of Rhyu ney. miner, was charged by Ebe- nezer Williams, of Dowlais, with removing his yo ds to evad^ payment of rent due to complainant. Onlered to pay dooblt 'he value of the furnilutt so removed, or six monihs' imprison- Inenl. William Jenkins, Job Bevan, Thomas Bevan, and Evar, brines, colliers, of Dowlais, were charged by G iffith Roberts also collier, of the same place, with an assault, on the 23rd nil Thomas Hevan and Evan Jones were discharged and William Jenkins Hod Job Rev^n discharged on payment of costs. Daniel Bowen, Evan Davies, Thomas Francis, Rob. Davis, John Janes, Benjamin Williams, Adam Newell, Martha Jones, Samuel Hloom, John Jeremy, William John, and Rich. Beck alluf !\II!Tlhyr, welt: summoned for non-payment of poor-rale. Thomas Francis and Maiiha Jones, wete recommended by tlit magistrates to Le excused on account of iheir poverty. Th, test were oideied 10 pay dierespecuve sums demanded, and the expenses. John William Henry, miner, of Dowlais, was charged b\ HanOHh Gliffi>hs, on behalf of her son, lor non-payment 01 wages amounting 10 10t>.— The complallJaot was ordeied lo pay, wilh costs. Elizabeth Instance, married woman, of Dowlais, charged by Ann Jones, also mairied woman, of the same place, with stealing aD eatihein pliO, romphunant's property, OD the 31s> ult. Committed lo Cardiff Gaol 'o take her Uiai at the next GUmorgan Assizes. Several oihei minor cases were disposed of. No business of any importaoce was brought before the magistrates foi hearing on Monday.

BEDW EL I Y DIVISION. On Tuesday last, ihe 7'h ins'ant, there was a Petty Session- for Ibis division held at Newbiilge. Ihe magisiiaies preserr were Joseph Davies, Esq., of Bedwas, and the Rtv. J. Evans of Beifwel'V. COLLIERS' TURN OUT—INTIMIDATION. James Jenkins, »n agent to Mr Cartu i tglti, coal proprietor 1 appeared to answer the complain! of Ri.-hanl Lew-is, rigeot t Mr. Pro'heio, also a coal proprietor, for usmi; words ol inn midaiioti towards Henry Hams, a man employed in fippin oals at LlanhniOal Fr.im lliiriss cvidei.ee ii appealed h> was employed at the Blain uffyn C'ollieiy, belon^m* lo Mr Pio hero, under Richaid LeAts. tht conHvicior. The men Irat colllelY turned oul on ,he 7011 of .r ,nuarv, suhs'q'j..nl" to which some ot ihem were brought before the mntiistiatts a- Pornypool for leaving wjthoui nonce. Iliey afterwards wen buck fo their employment, and were a' work on die 2nc nsiant. 00 the 4ih he was 'ipplDg coal, on Ihe tip. "lrel' he prisoner came up on hoisebaok and said, Damn you. sou must not send your coal down to Newport, or else yo>j hall be burned—you and ihe trams and ihe coal io hell, y."1 Ismned set of toads, that y(Hl are." Witness (obi one of In- fe^pw• workmen what Jt-nk ns said, and he also went an' old his employer, Jii. hard Lewis. The men had Ihen gOI.r in to work undtr a new ..grcement. The witness being <'ross-e»aminett by Mr. Cartwrighl, ad .inted thai Jenkins »as trotting his hone at die nine h. oade use of the woids, but was near enough foi witness u itar him. Morgan Ro?ser, a tipper employed with last witness at the ime referred to. staled that he saw Jenkins pass by upon a m* oorMT, and httrd him tar something to Hank, bit was Mt near enough to distin2u'-h uords, but H =>rrip immediately old him thst he li;:d nmde use of the words which be bad worn to to-day. Richard I.ewis «*«< n-x' sw-nj. He stated 'ha' he wa* "n'racor for the Bh.in uifvn C"ili'-ry. under Mr. Piche.o. 'le mnde an »g<vt'e':t »iih ihe others on ihe 2nd ultimo, Ider which drey worked till the 7:h, when they turned oui. •several of ihem were brought t)efo,e the magis'r-ies at l\>n vpool, when liieit case fully .20re into. The m n mid tiev "ere afraid to g> to work, ujon which the magistrate ■romised lo sff.jid 'hem prn'e n«n if they could subs'ao'iate ■•iv of threats be'is used towards litem. Hanis 'old 'im io the presence of nir:e or 'eri colliers employed a' 'he • ork*. what Jenkins had said. The colliers were iniifnida'ed^ ■nil afraid to go t;> work, unles* I would set r watch—th^v ■ltd t would be better for them 10 go lo prison for two years, han 'o be burned to hell. The men were so aftaid, that 1 boucflii i' necessary 10 set a watch, and to furnish them with !-in, to defend themselves. Being cross-examined by Mr. Cartwright, the witness staled hat he knew Jenkins was in the employment of Mr.Cartwrightr nd that he was more aftaid on that account, because he sus- iecied tha1 Mr. Cartwright had sent him to make use of lbs- hreats, Mr. Cartwrighl being much dissaiisfied with :be price tI which coals have been selling 3t Newport. The prisoner being called on, disavowed the words attribn. led to him. Mr. Cartwright gave 'he prisoner a good charactei, being iff 'us employment fer nearly three years as a watchman. The prisoner was committed for two nionths to the County Gaol, without hard labour.