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tjriiiE mebumH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER J, 1843. VIEW OF THE PAST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT. tybody seems disposed to admit that a more ficant session than the last was never held at Jphens. Nothing has been done at a time toost was required to be done, in order to the serious evils now rife in the country, 0 renovate the fast decaying prosperity of the 11, le Whigs were often ridiculed for the bootless of their parliamentary campaigns, and every gillable epithet of contempt was lavished upon .¡¡"Ir legislative proceedings. Compare them, after Coasted session of Sir Robert Peel, l^V^ey seem miracles of successful activity and lca* utility. Notwithstanding they had to \s^e °n a doubtful majority of two or three l^e 0"es ^ave keen a^e t0 muster a tet ^act majority of a hundred supporters, the lat- teen able to do nothing fit to compare veb e0t1' merely because the measures which i5o higk?11 brought forward were so ill-digested, or ^8ed UnP°Pu^ar» t^iat mass of the people ativ ° a^ow them to be forced down their throats The a°C0Unt- \8 jF°yal speech makes no mention of the va- i''giVe eats suffered by the government, nor does ISnt any true picture of the real state of the One would hardly suppose, to read it, t¡OI1, th land was as it were, on the eve of separa- tion at Wales was in a state of Agrarian insur- ebad as even the reign of Swing. 1 hat at e,8 and manufacturers were distressed and >iSnd, was irritated and disaffected. Yet S in U?doubtedly the case. Parliament dissolves eiftie a* 8^ate does it leave the country ? Our \i0 r aDd his country gentlemen separate, after a Hit,. Pa\sed in toilsome, laborious, nothings, to the*1186^68 f°r l^e quantity of dil- ^ger t egislation which they have performed, and 0 f^joy those pleasures, which our constitu- tes^ s 111 store for well-born double-barrel game \)tr ers> and until their wisdom meet again, the c' \t 1. with all its entanglements and confusions h 1ft for itself Pe<l wi^ do the job as before, it is to be and after a more or less expense of human li«> an°ther winter will be made to pass over Wi]i^Lre are symptoms, even now, that the win- dmill anything but a routine one. Our do- %U\s*ionz which think, "Sufficient for the k ttT6 ev^ thereof," always have this draw- the demands of the people become more WVe' an^ more rapidly approaching to ex- wben they are concluded. Chartism, even Sripf8 reorganising itself in the manufacturing W atl<^ isto a "permanent convention" in V lD^am, where, also, Mr. Atwood's movement ff^atens us with its tremendous agitation." The liwcturch of Scotland is far from being quieted tlie °rd Aberdeen's bill, and Ireland already beards fon^°vernraen' programme of a declara- iU0c°f independence founded upon a decidedly de- •j,^ic basis. Paucity of measures, remedial or otherwise, ^esti consequence, because the one grand Vg 011 solved comes to be, will Ireland en- H\ u Pro~Orange government, and if she will not, e people of England prefer a civil war to re- "He. & that government, and substituting a Whig Sat*1 ltS ?*ace That is the question every man j)QbeaSk himself, whether it is better to dismiss Sir m^Peel, °r run the imminent risk of losing jCjtimaWe indeed must be that prime minister C°nh a kingdom. Inestimable the measures 'Wo on a grateful country What are 4 Measures ? ^orn an Exportation of Ma- an Irish Poor Relief Bill, and an Irish (>s »,U! • v !o8tarv,le °f these measures, he kindly allows V, People to get a few barrels of American a ^Xed duty of three shillings per quarter ^ge^eat> instead of a fluctuating one, which h e*Ween one shilling and. five. By the se- Permits machinery to be exported for sale, 1*4 (w. a^ cannot prevent it from being smug- h ^si -°^ t^e country, with the generous intention dUf^tntlng f°reigner to rival the English ma- lsP5rj.re^» who already labours under a sufficient y in the greater dearness of food in this By the third, he delivers the poorest class 7Payers in Ireland, of the burden of those {V but grants no out-door relief to the Irish v tlle expense of the rich absentee class. \th* FOURTH he BRANDS the Irish people as un- K.^ti lhe rights of free men. ^S(irany man tax his memory with any additional ^aiming to be important, passed by Sir f e^ti S government ? Has he not failed in his °n Scheme, his Scotch Kirk measure, his re- and all his commercial negociations and has he opened a single market, yard of cotton, a single hank of yarn, [fcf Cgle Pound iron 7- ^e contrary, has sbut us out of America, and every other S*tv ^°T coa^ or 'r0n Has he not lost oppor- \^j a^ter opportunity with Brazil, Holland, Por- 1>'ai}d the United States? ,^Ct^ln& t° the chapter of accidents, hoping this, lh ^iti*1^ ^at, and throwing cold water upon every ProP°sal for breaking through the com- t, V *fiti c^ade that was faBt surrounding us with Igbt se* has he not wasted niae hundred and sixty- natorial hours, many of them after midnight (>* [ji11 slow process of enacting an out Chel- \$e ensjoners Bill, and, that great measure of b "^t t^tlVe ^egislati°n»the Ciirt Bill'( t 1 moment> poor-law commissioners re- Us, that the law has been burst through 'ytyfc pressure of the distress, and out-door relief v S ^he rule, and in-door relief the exception. ftM descriptions of paupers have increased, ra*es °n town property increases in a much 4 ih Fa^° ^an those on landed property. At is upon record, that, the wages of {? r'ng man in Wiltshire are 9s. 6d. per week .^ejSetshire, lis, in Devonshire, 12s. 6d. in Setshire lower than in Wiltshire, and in many k Wales from 5s. to 6s. So that pi)df lhe additional labour of their women and v 11» the labouring classes absolutely could not ^ere, one would think, was sufficient ground L- bating on the condition of the working classes. X of poverty of our miners, and in the perver- the truck system, additional reason might n found nay could our eager senators ^^l^11 flayed for another week or two, to en- j\oj:Te\hng measure against toll-gates, sweeping JVpj a^i°ns of turnpike trusts, and a no less Supersedeas of magistrates in one or two ^ey would have afterwards gone to the O^bd 011 ° ^eir partridges with more relish, and ? ^.er conscience. As it is, they must, we fear, ^ith something less than the gratitude j oi th« nation. A BAPTIXIKO IN THE EBBW.—On the afternoon.of Sunday last, the interesting ceremony of baptism by immersion in water was performed in the river Ebbw, at Ebbw bridge, on the Cardiff road. The weather was remarkably fine and a vast assemblage, estimated by some good judges to consist of about three thousand persons, was gathered together to behold the initiation of six members into that portion of the Baptist church which recently seceded from the Welsh society in this town, according to the rites performed by John the Baptist, in the first days of Christianity. The spectacle was imposing in the highest degree. On one bank of the picturesque river, and overshadowed by tall, thick-foliaged trees, stood the minister, the Rev. Thomas Morris, surrounded by the members of the church, and the candidates for baptism. The rev. gentleman was clothed in a black gown, and wore upon his head a velvet cap, in which diets, and standing upon a little elevation above those who surrounded him, he presented a venerable and patri- archal figure. The vast concourse of people crowded around him even to the water's edge; and immediately before him, on the opposite bank, the mass of observers beneath the ancient trees and upon every available spot, wa3 immense while upon the bridge a dense congregation of personswatched the proceed- ings with eager curiosity. Carriage-borne ladies, and horse- men, and even the military from Newport, were attracted thi- ther. The spectacle was the most romantic that could well have been conceived for such an occasion. The service began by singing, and the wild melody of Welsh music fell upon the ears of the listening thousands with something of a weird-like influence then came a service from the Scriptures and next followed the discourses in English and Welsh from the minis- ter, who spoke in the fervid and impassioned manner of those who preac i in the Cambrian vernacular, and with a voice that was heard above the rushing of the river, by groups extended away at the greatest distance. Singing followed, and prayer; and then came breathless silence while the minister descended into the water, and remained there a short while. Every eye was now strained to catch a glimpse of the sacred ceremony. Advancing to the shore again, the minister went amidst the group of candidates, and came forth to the water's edge, leading a venerable female by the hand, whose pale cheeks, grey locks of straggling hair, and white raiment, had an unearthly sem- blance. Immediately that they touched the river's margin, there uprose from voice* on shore loud Hosannahs and Hallelujahs. the minister joining loudly in the strain, as he went down with the aged and tottering candidate into the deeper water. After an appeal to the multitude around, the minister delivered the exordium, aud then immersed the aged novice, who suddenly rose up out of the water, apparently much exhausted, and was led ashore amidst loud and joyous welcomes by singing. The next candidate was an interesting young female, who walked down into the water without any hesitancy, and with apparent satisfaction. The same routine of ceremonies was performed and two other femates, and two males, were also admitted into the church in the laroe manner. The females were all arrayed in white garments, and the males in black cassocks, with a belt around their waists. As soon as the ceremony was completed, a triumphant song was sung on the bank by the members of the church, who had received these baptized in their midst. The concourse then slowly separated—many with ribald jests and profanity on their lips, but the greater portion evidently im, pressed with the jolemnity of the ceremony they had just wit- nessed. The scene along the road was very striking—the high- way, for a quarter of a mile, appearing to be crowded by per- sons and to many strangers, who were passing and re passing, the sight must have raised much wonder and cnquiry.-From a Correspond en t. REBECCAISM.—In our last, we stated that two excellent gates had been thrown over the garden wall of Mr. Pain, from St. Woollos churchyard. We have since heard that these gates, and some others, were stolen from premises in the vicinity of Bryn Hyfiid, the residence of Mr. L. Edwards, and that a similar gate was discovered in one of the fields of that gentleman. There is no doubt but the witless and wanion fellows who committed the outrage, were impelled thereto only by a spirit of miichief, or a desire to plume themselves on de. serving the title of Rebeccaiies. PREVENTION OF REBECCAISM.—We under- stand that a special general meeting of the trustees of roads is announced for Ihe 13th instant. at Brecon, for the purpose of considering the justice of discontinuing twelve toll gates. We should much like to hear of an announcement of a similar meet ing near Newport. Rumney and Caerleon gates are subject- of grievous complaint. J J NEWPORT RACES.—A correspondent writes that a large number of horses may be expected, and if the weather continue fine, the course will present a very animated appear- ance. An ordinary will be held the first day at the King's Head hotel; on the second day at the Parrot hotel, where, at 9 o'clock on the evening of the latter day, the slakes will be paid. BALL AND CONCERT.-A correspondent informs us that the director and conductor of the concert which took place at our town hall, on Monday week last (an entertainment which delighted a numerous and fashionable audience), are re- quested, by distinguished patronage, to make arrangements for a ball and concert. We have heard that the dispute long existing re- specting the pathway over the Newport Union House grounds, which was said to be thrown open through the intervention of our townsman, Mr Latch, will at length be satisfactorily ter- minated, the Guardians having purchased the right of Mr Lewis Edwards to enter upon the pathway over a hedge beyond the .Union grounds, from a footpath laid down by the side of the highway from the Bull Ion gateway to the foot of the intended tyedge-stile. Thus every object the original mooters of this matter had in view, will, we sheuld think, be satisfactorily met, affurding the public an opportunity of enjoying a very pleasant ramble, and beautiful scenery, within a few minutes' walk of Newport. LEAZING.—The harvest in this neighbourhood must this year be unusualiy abundant, or if it be not, faimers must be extremely generous; for we have never, in previous years that we remember in Newport, observed so many leazers, I or gatherers of the stray ears of wheat, going from Newport in J the morning with cordage, and returning at night with heavy burdens of corp. We observed, likewise, a large number of corn fields in our own vicinity, during last week, which have been rapidly cleared of their golden grain." APPOINTMENT.—P. C. Hewish, No. 4, of the Newport police force, having retired from the service ill, John Walters, of Pillgwenlly, has been appointed in his place. As Hewish has hopes of his speedy recovery, the situation will be nominally his for the next three months. He was an active officer, and has conducted himself since he entered the force about three years since, with marked propriety, no charge of any sort ever having been preferred against him. We hope, therefore, to see him reinstated shortly. CRICKET MATCH.-A return match was played at Newport, on Wednesday last, between the officers and men of the 73rd regiment and the Pontvpool club. The following is the score — OFFICERS AND MEN. Istinnings. 2nd innings. Bisse, b Davies 5 b J. Williams 5 Simms, b J. Williams 3 b Davies 0 Fitzclarence, b Davies 4 ran out 5 Martin, b J Williams 0 leg behind wicket. 0 Turpin, b Davies 9 b C. Williams 0 Littlehales, b J. Williams. 0 not out 24 Wm. Loveilay, b Davies 0 b Davies 11 Boole, b Davies 0 b J. Williams 13 G. Loveday, not out 3 b C. Williams 5 Bicknell, b Davies. 0 b Davies 7 Byes. I 6 Wide balls 0 I No ball 0 I 25 78 1st innings. 25 Total. 103 PONTYPOOL CLUB. Stephens, c Fitzclarence 2 not out 2 George, b Fitzclarence 1 run out. I C. Cairns, c Loveday 0 b Littlehales 0 Towgood, b Bisse .1 not out 2 C. Williams c Martin 1 bBisse. 2 E. Cairns, runout 2 b Bisse 8 J. Williams, b Fitzclarence » 4 b Bisse. 10 E. Davies, b Filzclarence. 3 b Bisse 0 Chandler, c G Loveday 8 b Bisse. 0 Rudge, b Bisse 2 T. Edwards, not out 1 £ Littlehales 0 Byes 0 o. 4 VVide ba 1 )a 2 8 No balls. 0 0 27 37 Ist innings. 27 Total 64 lvjajoruy In lavour of the omcers and men 39 The first game, which was played at Pontypool, terminated in favour of the Pontypool club. EBBW VALE WORKS.—A report is current in our iron market, that an enterprising Baronet, of paramount influence in the iron trade, is in treaty for, and likely to be «fuI v-r-° »e Ebbw Vale Works* A Visitor," who complains of his ill success *1? ,'n our county, had belter subscribe «• ae «ng Society, which meets at the Angel, in Abergaveony. Our correspondent's manner of complaint, praising the nnr, and abusing the products, reminds us of the unsuccessful Irish angler, who remarked, when asked,- "What sporll replied, • Och, the sthrame was so illigant, the divil a ihrout wants to lave it!" SHIPPING IN THE PORT OF NEWPORT.-We are glad to announce that our fine dock and river now present a fo- rest of masts. Much business is being done in the loading of coal and iron, and freights are up. It would give us additional pleasure to add that the coal owners were realizing a profit by the enlarged operations of business: such, however, is so far from being the case, that a loss rether than a gain is the result of present coal exportaiions. ROBBERY OF R. BLAKEMORE, ESQ., M.P. -At the Liverpool Assizes, several true bills have been found 'gainst Anderson, the person accused of having received the proceeds of the Preston Guild robbery, as well as those of the laie X3000 robbery of Mr Blakemore. No day has yet been appointed for the trial. The number of witnesses is very great. ROWLAND'S MACASSOR OIL.-There cannot be a more just criterion of the excellence of any article than the attempt to imiiate it. The very idea of a counterfeit is a proud testimony to the great utility and value of the Original. The universally high repute of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL has in- duced some unprincipled Shopkeepers to try to impose upon the public a spurious imitation for the genuine; and who, to in- crease the deception, have copied the Labels and Bottles of the Original Article-for which fraud the said parties have latelv been punished in a Court of Law. The principle on which ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL (the Original and only Genuine) is prepared, is confined solely to the knowledge and practice 01 A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton Garden, London, who are still at an immense expence in completing its preparation. Any Sahinbanco may pretend, purely to give an analization of its ingredients; but the fact is, the amalgamation of this purely vegetable compound neutralizes all attempts to seperate its com- ponent parts: therefore such a declaration only brings disgrace and contempt on any wretched pretender. ROWLAND's MA- CASSAR OIL is a compound of the most costly materials, has stood the test for neatly fifty years, is patronised by the Royal Family of England, the whole "eiite" of the aristocracy, and haut ton," as well as the several Courts of Europe, while the thousand* of testimonials in its favour, and the general use of it in all countries, sufficiently confirm its value M a nourifher, premier, and beemtifier of the Human HaIr. r Last Saturday, the neighbourhood of the Iron- works were visited with a very severe thunder storm. Du- ring the storm some loaded trams were passing near Victoria, on one of which was a woman, named Lewis, from Crumlin, and her little boy' whether from fright, or other cause, the poor woman fell on the road, before the wheels, which passed over her, inflicting on her very severe injuries. The man in charge of the trams seemed so completely paralyzed, that he was incapable of rendering the poor sufferer any aid. Fortu- nately, Mr. Thomas Duffield, from Risca, was near the spot, and, after lifting up the poor creature, left his horses and ran for medical assistance. The woman was removed to an ad- joining house, where she lies without the slightest hope of her recovery. SFRIOUS ACCIDENT.-Misconduct of Engineers. A dreadful accident occurred at Pie Corner, near Bassaleg, on Tuesday, owing, to the gross carelessness of the man in charge of the Fanny, Tredegar Company's engine, employed in driving coals from Tredegar Iron Works, to Newport. This engine, on her way from Newport, on Tuesday, was followed by one of the Rumney engines to Pie Corner, wherere the Rumney road branches off, previous to which there is a place for feeding the engines with water. After the Tredegar en- gine had been supplied she moved on about two hundred yards, when she stopped, and "as left by the engineer, stoker, and latch-opener, who returned to a public-house, where they were joined by ihe man belonging to the Ruinney engine* Some labourers who were making repairs on the road, near where the Tredegar engine stood, weie annoyed at her being in their way, and one of them being more foolish than the rest, Jumped up, thinking to move her on a little way, when, by letting the steam on the wrong way. with full power, she reversed with awful rapidity, driving her large iron trams with great violence against the Rumney engine, which thus moved and backed with great force against a team of horses, belonging to Mr. William Hodges, of Risca, and very narrowly escaped killing evety one of them. I wo, however, were injured, one of which, It is feared, will never again be of any use, and the man in charge of them nearly lost his life, trying to save his master's horses. It is impossible to say what damage might have been done to property, and what number of lives might have been sacrificed had not the Rumney engineer got upon his engine, and put her to work against the Lady Charlotte, the engineer of which found some difficulty in stopping the rod by which the steam is regu. lated, that having been put out of its place by the fellow whose miscondut was the cause of the acccident. Such was the power of the two engines working against each other, that the large iron trams were thrown one on the top of another. Th egross misconduct of the men will, we trust, be visited in the most ex- emplary manner, by their employers. On Tuesday last, an alarm of fire was caused at Monmouth, by the arrival of a man on horseback, from Mr. Bullock, of Wyeseal, near Llandogo, who was dispatched for the fire engine, as a large hay rick had taken fiie on Mr. B.'s premises. The engine was promptly dispatched, but by the timely assistance which was rendered in cutting the rick through the progress of the flames was arrested before the arrival of the engine. On Tuesday last, Mr. Green, a gardener, of Mon- mouth, fell from a tree and dislocated hisshoutuer. THE RETORT COURTEOUS.—One day during the past week, a luckless knight of the cleaver residing at Mon- mouth, lost from his shopboard a joint of mutton. On going in quest of the offender, he discovered a vile cur regaling him. self with the missing mulloh, which he had already shorn of its fair proporiions. The canine thief was immediately recognised as belonging to the establishment of a solicitor in the town, who keeps a well stocked kennel. Our worthy fiiend the butcher, whose wit cuts as keenly as his knife, repaired to the man 01 law, and asked his advice under the circumstances, not men lioning the name of the dog's owner. Make the person pa> the worth of the meat, or sue him," was the prompt advice ol the legal gentleman. Then," replied our ready friend the butcher, I hope to obtain the amount of my loss, as the dog, sir, is yours." The solicitor expressed his regret at the misfor- tune, and enquired the charge of the joint, hoping some deduc- tion would be made, as it was an accident which he could not prevent. A reduced price was accordingly asked, and the money was paid, when the butcher, with a complacent smile, turned on his heel to retire, but was as soon re-summoned by his legal adviser, who reminded him that he had taken his ad vice, for which he (the lawyer) demanded 6s 8d. The butcher looked hatchets: but the solicitor stood by his order, and was imperative, and the demand was paid-the butcher's wit being for once overmatched by the acuteness of his professional friend. CARDIFF.-On the 28th instant the Red Lion Club of the ancient Order of Ivorites, attended divine ser- vice at the parish church of St. John, in this town, where » most appropriate discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Campbell, after which the brethren with constume and para- phernalia, walked through the principal stieets, and afterwards returned to their lodge, where they sat down to an excllent re- past, and enjoyed the remainder of the day as they ought to do, in rational conviviality and brotherly love. SOMETHING CHEERING.—The arrivals of vessels in the Bute Docks, as well as the Old Glamorgan Canal, have been more numerous for the last ten days than for a considera- ble period.. This, we trust, augurs well to inqure better times. SOMETHING ALARMING.—The good people of the most crowded parts of our town were not a little alaimed on Monday morning, by an extensive and dense column of smoke, which almost befogged the whole of our environs. The odour of this visitation was in an extreme degree unpleasant. A ge- netal turn-out of all hands, anxious to know where the seat of the supposed conflagration existed took place, many scores with- out hat or bonnet, were seen driving in one vast human cur- rent, when it was at length discovered that a most unclean stack of chimnies had caught fire, occasioning the eclipse. The fire was speedily extinguished, to the no small satisfaction of many. CRICKET. -A match was played between the Tredegar and Rhymney cricket clubs, sportiogly, on Thursday the 17th inst, on the Tredegar ground, which terminated in favour of the former. Score—Tredegar, 61 and 43—104 ;j Rhymney, 23 and 51—74. On Friday, the 25th instant, the return match was played on the Rhymney ground, when the Tredegar club again proved victorious. Score—Tredegar, 34 and 72-106; Rhymney, 74 and 25-99. In this game the play on each side was excellent, and well contested. Both days being extremely fine, there was a great concouise of spec- tators, particularly of the gentler sex, who seemed very much interested in the manly sport. It is rumoured that a match will shortly came off between the Rhymney and Tredegar and the Dowlais and Merthyr clubs. We are sorry to learn that Richard Fothergill, Esq, has lost, within a few days, four calves, two cows, and one of a pair of two-year old heifers, intended for exhibition at Court-y-Bella Cattle Show this year, all of which have died of "blaek quarler." LAW. At the Bristol Assizes, held last week, M °^-e 1 ,r Ausl'ce Coleridge, in the cause Mc Donnell v. it,3' ? •' -/r ^rovvder and Mr Butt appeared as counsel for e p ainti and Mr Cockburn for the defendant. This was an action to recover a sum of money due on the bond of the wellm r i8Tn 10 P,aintiff the year 1832. Mr T. M. Lie- defence Mr'T^rVPD0Ved-jlhe execuI'on j and on behalf of the were called to n rlru*f?e' solicitor, and MrSteph. Fletcher, its discharge, but °f CerI,'n °f m°aey' Deared to havp )«.«,„ °J' however> on cross-examination, ap- shortly summ-J V" i' 'i'' '"If attorney, Mr T. M. Llewellin, Newport. Defendant's attorney, Wm. Matthews, Pontypool.

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