Monmouthshire Merlin

AT THIS AMOHOfi ttotrds, NEXT DOOR TO THE WESTGATE HOTEL, varied S,ock of WINTER DRAPERY j H 1 bought for CASH, before the advance, in the London, Nprih of England, and -cotcfi Markers, is uow offered to the public DECIDEDLY CHEAP. Widow's Caps, Fancy Caps, and Whiskers. Newport, Monmouthshire, October, 13th 1843. WANTED. COMFORTABLE APARTMENTS, or a FURNISHED CoTl GE for a small lamily ia m airy situation, v-in a carden, and not to Exceed one mile and a half from v»wi:or t Address (postage paid) J Box 35, Post office; New|vr>it JFFSWPOHT DOCK. omcr. 3RD OCTOBER, 1843- THE HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of t'ie r* Proprietors of the Newport I>ock will be hoiu. a at i;,i• Office, on THURSDAY, the SBCOJJD DAY of NOVEMBER n A atlwetveoctock. ByOidt-r. jh-.H. CA RN<. EiiSQISiTT-SITHATED SJiOP. TO BE LET, A COMMODIOUS SHOP and DWELI IN j, at the Corner cf GREAT DOCK-SI KIET, in Llanartn-street, near trie West of England Bank, The central situatMc of these rremists, and being n Ihe entrance of the great thoroughfare leading to the Dock, must remit r lUem desirable for almost anv line ot Shop Business. RENT MOD ERA IE Apply to 1\11. Q'DWYF.R, Merlin Office." TO BE LET. And Entered upon the 1st ot November next ACOMVODIOUS DWELLING-HOUSE, with stable Coach-h .use. and Garden, suuate on Comrr.ercial-rra(l' cccuPatIon Col. Love. Apply to Mr, J'V^RWJ' LATCH, F TO BE LE1\ AVERY COMMODIOUS HOU* o Kn i0 hm wnh an excellent Garden, and r. h,' if required. Possession may be ,laH nn ,TS next. For further particulars "a J"! vS » £ vo v°vu?v* HAWKINS. High street. lpplyt0 Mr.Hi.NRi EDW. MOST EIlVlBL^' M0NMuUTHSHllUi. SITUATED AND DESIRABLE rRBBTi01D PREMISES T n T* "U FoR SALE. TO BF SOLD BY AUCTION. At the v r Mr. II. 1\1. PARTRIDGE, 4 da- f ^STGu rE NewP,0,t. on TUESDAY, the 31st ( y of October, 1843, at Six o clock in the evening, subject a such conditions of Sale %s will be then and there produced ALL that Old-established Licenced PUBLIC HOUSE, A called the" SIX BELLS," attached to the Vicarage ol SI. \\oollos situated on Stow-hill, in the Borough 01 Newport, with Brewhouse, Stable, Garden, and Skittle Alley, containing by admeasurement 756 square yards, cr thereabouts. ? H°°*e Premlses »re most delightfully situated, and offer one of the finest sites for the erection of a private restdenci within the borough of Newport, commanding extensive views "Of the Bristol Channel, Clevedon, Kingroad, the Severn and N>wnFiV!rS* W'n So™e.rse,shlfe coast 'he distance the i }i0^irls inl° the aob,e river Usk, with banks sod splendid scenery. 1 he tenant, Mr. DANIEL JOHN, will shew the property and JOHN' BL'St'T m*T be obtained on application to i«V "LRDEK, Esq., ^solicitor, 27, Parliament-street Aestminster; the Rev. EDW. HAWKINS, Vicar of St' Seer a'ndrHn a If' H' M" PARTRIDGE. Auc- tioneer and House Agent, 144, Commercial-street, Newport. MONMOUTHSHIRE. COPPtcB WOOD. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At ttJ. BEAimvRt ARMS. Monmouth, on SATURDAY, the 2111 day of Odobei. 1843, at Four o'clock in the afternoon, ■object to conditions to be then produced, THE TALLAGE of a COPPICE WOOD, standing upon J the V\ hit^nouse Estate, in the parish of Rockfield, con. taining tbo>A 15 acres (lithe ftee). Mr. Ja'.aet, the tenant, will show the wood and for parti- cular*, ',pp|y to Mr. WHiTE, Land Agent, Coleford, Glou- cestershire. GREAT DINHAM, MONMOUTHSHIRE. SALE or VALU ABLF. ZtlVB AMD DEAD FARMING STOC^L SUPERIOR FLOCK OF 32J Jtj,elar.d and Leicttter$h*ep, Jn-'calf Cows and lJe"Htiftri and Worb-^ 0xe-n wd S(eers wfut I turn of Cart Horses i'jud H]arts> r v AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Be&t 4nd Cheese. Wa6Eon and Plough Tfl -rt „ Trtnbt?. &c..&c TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION n «XTrk» S y,Mrs MORGAN and SON, Or. MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 25rd and 24th da„0r October, 1843 on the Premises at Great DINHAM FARM (within r .ve Miles of the town of Chepstow,) by order of the Rsp«rsenta.ive of the late Mr, John Ball, t"U)NS!S f 1NG of 140 stock ewes, 123 ewes and wethe s lambs. 30 feeding ewes, 2D fat 'vethe.s, ten fat ewes, two 'rams, eight cons in calf, tour in-calf heifers (in good season), nine thiee-rear-old steers, nine two-year-old ditto, five heilen and cal»es,one cow and calf, one lar heifer, ten carl horses and mares, fourteen store pigs, three bacon ditto, one sow and six pio, ODe sow and three pig*, two sows in farrow, five sets of long harness four sets of short ditto, four sets of ox gea.int;. ?'J K ,?■ P Eh ds ?nd, ,races> ^ad atld s,^ps. sid. -saddle ,hi^l r broad-wheelwWMwit|1 single and double of K^o»rf a, VC nwa?s2av fo*r broad" wheel carts, five pa.rs ch«inl nn#» h"" "1 Q'°- 30(1 1,and P>?Ughs. yoke, and marhinp« .»• i0' u^' ^raw*c,1tting macuines, winnowing beam ,o;i :nach«^s corn trys and fans, corn measures, dies ftnmr^fn^iT w.e'|s> rakes, pikes, rakes, sieves, rid- v.-„ .? '• ^10ve<s. and various tools, sack bags, cider limlS* -*9, and slieep cratches, waggon and plough t 2 a °0e wood troughs, tarpauling, wheelbarrow, — *V an.J large casks, about five cwt. of best and two- Bealche^4)> and vJrion, efffCW Older of Sale. <trnx'n^Y^ShuP- CaoC' aud part of ,he Implements. .nLimp°°,^j"a4U, Hal ness, and the remainder of the lmplt'ments and Cheese, OOPPXOB WOOD. Tn or- MONMOUTHSHIRE. ro BE SOLD BY AUCTION, D By Mr. PARSONS, Vn k AHMS Ivn, Chepstow, on MONDAY, the "Jr day of October, 1843, at Five o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to conditions to be then produced. LotI. THE FALLAGEofthe UPPER COPPICE JL WOOD, about 10 Acres, 13 years growth, Tithe free. Lot 2,The FALLAGEofthe GREAT COPPICE WOOD' about 17 Acres, 13 vears'growth, tithe free. The above Woods are standing upon the Goitrey Farm, in the parish of Rewchurch West, and will be shewn bv the Tenaat, Mr. VVM. AIADDOX. For fuither particulars apply to Mr. R. W. PURCIIAS, Pilstone, near Chepstow, or to the Auctioneer, Chepstow. DIOCESE or LLANDArr THE AU l UMNAL VISITATION of the Reveiend and JL Worshipful WILLIAM BRUCE KNIGHT, M.A. Chancellor of the DIOCESE of LLANDAFF, will be held •t the times and places following :— At COW BRIDGE. TUESDAY, 24;h OCTOBER. At LLANDAFF. WEDNESDAY. 25th OCTOBER. At USK. FRIDAY. 27th OCTOBER. At N EWPORT, SATURDAY, 23th OCTOBER. the CHANCELLOR takes this opportuuity of expressinl; ttt hope that all such defects as wete presented at the last Vi. aitanon. will have been set in order, and that Certificates to that effect will be regularly delivered to him at the several places of Meeting by all such parties as have not already certu ned. He will also feel greatly indebted to the several Rural Deaot for any information with which they may be pleased to favour him, in regard to the condition of the Church"s. Church- yards, Glebe-Houses and Lands, See., in their resp live juris- diciioa.s EDW. 8TEF ^NS, Llandaff, 5th October 1843. Dpy. registrar, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVi THAT the PARTNERSHIP hitherto subsisting between t us the undersigned, G E 0 R G- ETA Y i, 0 It and HENRY PARADISE, in the business of LINEN DRAPERS, at Newport, in the county of Monmouth, and carried on under the firm of GEORoc TAYLOR, and COMPANY, ■was this day dissolved by mutual consent, and that the said business will henceforth be carried on by the uudersig ned George Taylor, by whom all debts due to, or owing fro:n the taid Co. partnership, will be received and paid.— Dated this tenth dar of October, one rhousaod eight hundred and foitv three, w GEORGE TAYLOR Witness, William Liodrea. HENRY PARADISE THE SCHOONER CARDIFF PACKET, J. EVANS MASTER IS NOW LOADING at COTTON'* WHARF, TOOI.EY- STaERT, Ix>NDON. for Cardiff, Newport, Merthyr, Aberga- venny, Brecon, Monmouth, Pontypool, Cowbiidge, Bridgend, and adjacent places, and will positively Sail on FHIDAY, October 20th, 1843. For Freight, fitc., apply to the Master on Board ,Mr. R. Barton, jua., Newport; Mr. Thomas Richards, Abergavenny Messrs. Piosser and Price, Brecon .Mr. Scovell, the Whaifinger, London or to Mr. J. G. BIRD, Agent :o the Cardiff. Newport, and London Shipping Company, at Catdiff London. October 5th. 1843. TSB FARMERS' 4&. GENERAL FIRS LIFE INSURANCE: INSTITUTION. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. Capital, ^500,000. OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON, HONORARY DIRECTOH3. His Grace the Duke of Rut- The Eatl ofj Stamford and Ruiland, K-G. Wamngton. The Eail of Stradbroke- Lord Stanley, M.P. 'i he Earl of Covetitiy. Lord Rayleigh. I The Eail ofStradbroke. Lord Stanley, M.P. ThtEartofCofehtty. Lord Rayleigh. I Earl Ducie. I Lord Feversham. The Eail of Stair. Lnrd Viscount Campden. And Seventy-two other Members of Parliament and Gentlemen TH F. Pioprietary of this Coinpanv exceeds 1,960 in number JL The share of Public Favour thi* 1 restitution has obtained proves the appreciation of its system by a numerous body of insurers. Every kind of Life Insurance, of Deferred and Immediate ■Annuities, and of Endowments for Children, may be accom- plished at this Office on terms as low as is consistent with aecurity. A Dividend of Four per Cent, is now in course of payment totheSharfhotderstnthtsomce. A BONUS of one-halt tlu profits on LIFE POLICIES held by Shueholders, and effecteo aince the 1st January, 1843, will be given at the end of every Five Years, by addition to the sum assured, or by reduction ol p-emium.. In order to insure the t)e;x-nt uf the first quinquen- nial division, Potietetmutt beeSected before the 1st January, 1B44. Detailed prospectuses may be obtained at the office, or will be forwarded, post free, upon application. In trre Fire Department, Insurances are effected at thelowes1 rates. I he usual commission to Solicitors. Ale"t. art appointed in all the Principal Towns in the Kingdom, and where agents are not appointed, persons in ««tiT9 hfe, aad duiiout of being appointed, may apply to W. SHAW, Managing Director. ON SALE RED LAMMAS SEED WHEATS, from Berkshire Apply ro JOHN liELLlCAR, Skinnei-street. PSINCE OF WALES WEST-END COAL YARD, NEWPORT, MONMOTjrHsHIRE. WH. WILLIAMS, respnctlully inloims the Inhabitants W 4 of Newport and its Vtcinitv, that he receives a DAILY supply of the BEST RED ASH COAL, which he continues to SELL at the REDUCED PRICE, and in Trams, the same price as at Pvecorner and Rhewyderrin. Lime-burners' and Blacksmiths' Coal, constantly on Sale. Agricultural produce taken in exnha^ je for Coal. Good accommodation for i\kn Horses to shelter them from the inclemency of t're weather. PILLGWENLLY, NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE TO BE LET, I WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, AN EXCELLENT OWSLLIN^KOLFSE COMPRISING two large parlour, W capital bedrooms ,V kitchen*, pantries, and the other usual domestic fho-s, small garden, a newly-built Countinj-house or office Or;prrge-n00Inua, jf'n,ng' vvith a sePerate entrance from the Mreet. J he whole late in the occupation ol Thomas Wedlake t-sq., deceased, The,, premises are most eligibly situated, and are well- "iateit as a residence for a medioftl ftan, or any respectable lamily. Rates and Taxes moderate. rh r a Ver-y spscious Walled Garden, well-stocked with Dolce frntt tre>3S, and coach house and stable adjoinioif which niay he rented with the above If require' A'sa a most Commodious SHOP. conveniently fitted up with Shop Fixtures, and a DWELLING-HOUSE adjoining com- prising a sitting room, three bedrooms, good kitdltn, cellars, and small couit, with an entrance at the back, late in the occupation of Mr, Facev, Grocer. These Premises offer a most desirable opportunity for carrying en the very lucrative tradt-1 of Ship's Chandler and Ironmonger, or Grocer, being in the centre of Pillgweuly and near the new Ship Dock. For viewing the above and for further particulars apnlv t o Mr. PHELPS, Solicitor. Newport. Newport, October 13th 1843. MONMOUTHSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, CROWN INN in the town of Pontypool on WEDNES DAY. the 25th day of October, 1843, (and not ont he 18th as before advertised,) a very desirable COPYHOLD r ARM; ALLE D PANTYRYNN FARM, inthe parish r. f Monylhusloyne, in the bounty of Monmouth, and Manor of Abercarne, ",it+l the Coal and Minerals underneath, now at work in the neighbourhood, containing: by estimation 28A. 311. 24p., with all necessary buildings newly erected, and replete with all conveniences. The Farm is in an excellent state of cultivation. For a view ol the Premises, and for all particulars, apply to the Proprietor Mr. DANIEL LEWIS, at Pantyrynn Farm. MONMOUTH UNION. fTTANIED. in the above Union Workhouse, a steady »f MIDDLE AGED MAN, to act ft* PO(ITER —Salarv £ 12. per Annum, and mch Provisions as the House alrords.. Applications, with Testimonials, to be sent to the CLERK i at his Office, in the Workhouse, on or before Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of FRIDAY. the 20th instant. Applicants will be expected to attend Personally, at the Board, on FRIDAY, the 20th instant i-on which day the Election will take place, By order ol the hoard WILLIAM FORTUNE POWELL, Clerk. October 12. 1843. TITHE COMMUTATION. TO LAND SURVEYORS. PERSONS desirous ol Apportioning the Rent Charge in Commutation of the Titties of the Parish of Llantillio Crosseny, are requested to send Tenders for making two Copies of the map and bouk of reference, which is, completed, and a tield Apportionmentof the Rent Charge, including attendance at Appeal Meetincs, and specifying the time by which 'he business would be engaged to be completed, 10 T H OS. TU 00 It Esq., Wyesham, near Monmouth, or to the Hostiey Inn, in the Parish of Llantillio Crossenny, before the 1st of Novembei next, when a meeting of the Landovvnersjwill take place, at the Hostrey Rt I o'clock, for the purpose of appointing such Ap- portionel as they may approve. T^,e LMd-ownefs will not be bound to accept the lowest Tender. WHEREAS a Petition of SAMUEL DEAKIN, at '1' present and for Twelve months past re^ittinat Blae- navon, in the parish of Llanover, and county of Monmouth, and being a Mineral Agent to the Blaenivon Iron and Coal Company, at Blaenavon, aforesaid, an Insolvent Debtor, having b-en filed, (in the Bristol District Court ot Bankruptcy), and the Interim Order for Protection from Process having been given to the said Samuel Deukin, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament holden in the 5111 and 6th years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said Samuel Deakin, is hereby required to appear in Court, before Richard Stevenson, Esq., the Commissioner aciing in the matter of the said Petition, on the 20th day of October inst., at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Bristol District Court or Bankruptcy, in the city ot Biistol, for the purpose of being then and there examined touching his Debts. Estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act. All persons indebted to the said Sh-nuel Deakin, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. E. M. MILLER, 19, St, Augnsiine's Place, Bristol, the Official Assignee, nominated in that behalf by the Commis- sioner acting in the matter of the said Petition. ill J. H. POLLOCK, Deputy Registrar. HENRY DAY, Solicitor, 6, Bridge Parade, Bristol.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. (OVERLAND MAIL FHOM INDIA.) BY EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS. THE CHINESE TREATY. By extraordinary express from Paris, we have received the Overland Mail from India, with news from China, In- dia, and Alexandria. The Chinese treaty, which has been so anxiously looked for, has been brought over by Majol Malcolm; the ratifications were exchanged on the 23id of June. INDIA. CALCUTTA, AUGUST 9. The military intelligence of the past month is not of a very abundant or interesting character, The most impor- tant point is that connected with the health of the troops in Scinde, and that, we regret to say, is not, taken altoge- ther, of a very satisfactory character. The party that moved out against Shere Mahommud suf. iered very severely from the extreme heat 01 the sur), as did also those that remained in Hyderabad, and Captain Hood's battery in moving up from Sehwan lost nine Eu- ropean gunners in that short march. S,r, C. Napier s re- port exhibits a total loss from this cause, in two days, ol one officer and fifty European soldiers. The nature of these attacks appears to have been most sudden, those inen who had led intemperate, lives being the most predisposed to them; they were in more cases struck down most unexpectedly, and seldom survived above a few hours. The last death we hove to record amongst the officers is that of Lieut. Pottinger of ihe Bombay 15'h regiment of Native Infantry. The evil of which Sir C. Napier has already made so strong a report, the paucity 01 European officers, conti- nued to be experienced to t-ven a more injurious extent, owing 10 the number of casualties caused either in the field or by sickness, as also consequent on the hf-avy lisi of officers rendered incapable of any duty from fever and other illness. The same deficiency was h::lt at Kurrachec and Sukkur, and in fact, on the present constitution of the ;t.'my, must always exist, whenever a force is exposed to ticiive service or the effects of an insalubrious climate. At Kurrachee and Sukkur the troops had enjoyed better health than at Hyderabad, and though the sick lists were tolerably heavy, the stations, particularly Sukkur, were rather popular than otherwise. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. By the arrival of the fast-sailing slup, Ilibernia, Capt. Benting, at this port this day, we have received our files of New York papers to the 19th ultimo inclusive. The Ilibernia has made a good voyage of eighteen days and a half from port to port. The packet ship Garrick had ar- rived at New York on tha 19th. The papers do not pos- sess any items of political interest here, beinti chiefly oc- cupied with speculations upon the success of the several candidates for the next presidency.

THE REVENUE. The account of the revenue shows an inciease for the year of £ 5,944.789. This includes the sum of £1.314,406 obtained from China, which muslbe deducted to get at the loerease in the revenue derived from ourown lesources.which.oo this principle, was £ 4,630.383. The properly tax has yielded, in the year, the sum of 14.738,213, the whole increase in the year being less by £ L08,830, than the produce of that new tax. We me happy io see in '.he quarter an increase of £ 240,515 in the Excise, which indicates more employment, and greater power of consumption amongst the people. We aho see with sntisfaction that the Post office continues to increase, and is £16,000 more in the quaiter than in the coresponding quarter ut last year. The stamps, too, have increased £ 18,886. which, will) other items, including the propnlv fax, EI,734,000, make the total increase in the quarter £ 2.068,345. That is the favouuble si le- The increase of our exports, of which so much has of lalt: been said, has not yet led to a very 2re-it increase of imports. The Customs revenue, u liich in the year is £1,136,155 worse than last year, is £ 414,460 worse than in the corresponding quaj-ier of last year. A falling off in the duties on corn, and the changes made by the tariff, parity account for the diminu'ion but that is a pront that our trade has, unhappily, not yet revived to the degree -thtch the public. from their continued exertions, have a fI::hl to expert. The whole decrease on the quarter is £ 502 414. which, deducted from the increase, shows a toial increase in the quarter of £ 1,565,931, which is, however, less than the pro- duce of the Income-tax for the present quarter, by £ 169.069. On every item of ordinary tevenue, it will be remaiked, on which there is an increase in the quarter, there is an lncreast- in the quaiter. The improvement, therefore, has been late in coming, and it may fairly be set down to two favourable har- "fists, and the low prices in the su:nmer months. Let us hope, is it it now beginning, that we have passed the climax of those evils which have been brought on us by unwise legislation, am) let us take a seasonable advantage of this present relief, to place our commercial system on a sound and saie foundation. place our commercial system on a sound and saie foundation.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—At the Court at Windsor, the 2nd day of October, 1843, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. It is this lay ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Parlia- ment, which stands prorogued to Thursday, the 19th day of October, inst be further prorogued to Tuesday, the 14th day of November next.

f DOMESTIC NEWS. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 11, 1843.-We con. tinue to cxpci'nce a good demand lor all descriptions of British Plantation Sugars, and full prices have been paid. The purchases lor the week amount to about 600 hhd> the advance on Brown Sugars from the lowest point of the Market is 2s. per cwt. There has been a better demand for Rums, and several lots have found buyets at former rales. The Right Hon. Edward Ellice's spacious mansion in Arlington-street, which he purchased from Sir Francis Gondr:cke, Bait., for £20,000, is undergoing a course 01 decorative repair, pieparaiory, it is said, to the Union ol I the right hon. gentleman with the Dowager Countess 01 I Leicester. THF, GOODWIN SANDS,—A few days ago efforts were made for planting on the Goodwin Sands an iron beacon, constructed on the principle of Mr. Steward's ponderous footed pile; but as ihe lugger employed for cari-yii-g it out was found insufficient for the weight, the task was deferred for a few days—Canterbury Journal. The Bombay Gentleman's Gazette tells us there is a rumour that Lord Granville Somerset is likely to succeed Lord Eilenbotongh as Govenor General ol India. SAVINGS' BANKS.—That some alteration in the aflairs of Savings' Banks is in contemplation is evident. A few months back, a return to government, by order of the House 01 Commons, was made of the separate cost of management; and now, by order of the National Debt Commissioners, a return is called for of the number of persons who last year made deposits, at any one time, of sums exceed ns: twenty pounds. By the present law, any person rnaj deposit to the amount of thirty pounds in a year, that is, from the 20ih of November to the 20th of November, nd may carry the account up to £ 200., principal and interest. These rates are generally consi- dered too much, as well as the rate of intefesl, which ave- rages 3k per ce it. Those very useful institutions were established for the purpose of convenient and safe deposit and withdrawal of persons in plain and humble situations in lite but the intention (like many other good intents) has been most scandalously abused by individuals well- conditioned in the world (even independent) depositing both for themselves and their children. Remedies, no doubt will be applied. It is rumoured 'hat the Grand Duke Michel of Russia, who has arrived in England on a visit to her Majesty, will visit Ireland. A gentleman in the Grand Duke's suite, was lately in Belfast.- Banner of Ulster.

CALAMITOUS FIRE IN JAMACIA.—The Tay steamer arrived at Southampton, brings inform .)n of a dreadful conflagration which broke out at Kill., at mid.day ol the 26th of August, destroying nearly 400 houses, and a vast deal of other property, to the amount of £ 350,000. computed at a rough calculation The wind was very high, and the fire spread with the greatest rapidity, the negroes looking on vvith unconcern, and not lending a helping hand to extinguish the flames; there was besides a great scarcity of water. Had not the sailors in harbour, soldiers of the 60th regiment, and the respectable inha- bitants of the town rendered assistance, the whole must have fallen a prey to the devouring element. There was only one life Jost-ihal of a gentleman who was killed in consequence of the bursting of a shell. Fever, how- ever, ensued, and affected those principally who had over- exerted themselves, and several lives fell a sacrifice. The lire broke out in the Weslern part of the town, and con tinued burnir.g for 24 hours before its ravages wen slopppd. There is no reason to believe that it was the work of an incendiary, but that it was purely accidental in its origin. The coloured population are, as stated, accused of betraying great apathy during its continuance, and to have been guilty of numerous peny robberies whilst the work of destruction was proceeding. The greatest promp- titude had been manifested by the adjoining localities to raise subscriptions tor the temporary relief of the most necessitous class of sufferers, and a warm appeal is made to the mother country by the Jamaica press tor sympathy and aid in their disiresu.—The Tay brings 147,000 dollars There is no news worthy particular notice from any oiher colonies. We have the usual complaints respecting the deficiency of field labour, and the customary amount of speculation on the emigration question. The Cologne Gazette says, from Berlin The Customs' Congress has just decided the question of the import duty on raw English iron. From January 1 it is to pay 15 Saxon groschen (about If. 87c.) the quintal This determination was adopted unanimously. The Prussian Plenipotentiary has protested against the pro- ceeding, seeing in this new cuty an attack on commercial liberty. The trade has felt the effect of this new measure. It is not yet known whether the Congress wittordfr other impoit duties. The manulacturers in al! the Prussian provinces, as well as in the other stales composing the Z<<lverein, would like to see their industry protected at the expense of the consumers." BARCELONA, SSPT. 27.-The members of the Junta are evincing all the recklessiiegs of desperate men, and appear determined that this unhappy city shall experience ail ihe extreme horrors of war. Yesterday aud the day before the insurgents were hard at work making defensive preparations. Several long thirty-two pounders have been placed en barbette to defend the breaches iii the ramparls, I batteries are being constructed before the Ca thed; ai, and in the Plaza de Palacio, fronting the Sea-gale, and the numerous bales of cotton contained in the warehouses and Custom-house have been put in requisition,and now form bail-proof loop hooled parapets, and traverses across the principal streets and squares. All the ammunition and provisions in Fort Maiazanas have been removed into the Cathedral, and its vaults are converted into a powder magazine.

LOSS OF THE INDIAN MAIL. The following letter contains some additional particulars of the loss of the Memnon. It does not confirm Ibe first accornt, that the treasure had been saved. For the mails there is no hope whatever. The small number of passen- gers, a most loi lunate circumstance, is owing to the mon- soon, a period when none will embark except from abso- lute necessity — Aden, August 29. I am very sorry to have to inform you of the total wreck of the steam-frigate Memnon and the coal-ship Captain Cook (hound for this place from England with 700 tons of coal for the Government) On the :251h, the first lieutenant, a midshipman, five passen- gers, and three seamen, belonging to the Memnon, arrived in a small natfve bost, reporting the total wreck of that vessel off Cape Guardafui, crew and passengers saved. It appears she left Bombay, on the20th of July, and, although againsta heavy monsoon, made a splendid passage as far as the Cape. She was lost at eleven o'clock at night on the 1st inst., under steam, bluwing Vtry hard, with a high sea on at the time; when t Ie land was observed a head and the engines were reversed. ,Ile soon gathered good way astern, but unfortunately they could not keep her stei n en to the sea, the wind and tea acting on une quarter, which threw her broadside to the shore; they at- tempted to flil on her again, but before they had time she struck with a tremendous ciash amidships, which started the frame of the engine and carried away the foremast; she gave a few more heavy plunges and drifted further on the shore,.ivhen she settled and tell over, with her deck towards the sea They managed to get a ÍJoat down, and the passengers and same of the crew were passed into it down through the lee paddle-wheel, where it was comparatively smooth, and landed without much difficulty. They saved some ammunition, a little piovision, and small arms, but noihing else, not even the mails, or their clothes. As they could not get water where they were wiecked they inarched nearly twenty miles to the westward, and en- camped near a little village called Uloolah, where they are now. She had only "even passeogcls. one of them a hdy. who, with a gentleman, still remain with the crew (the other five passen- gers are in Aden). TIle Tigris left this on the 27th, with provi- sions and water, to bring them over. On the march one of the men went mad with the heat, and knocked his brains out against a rock, which was the only casualty that had occurred when the first lieutenant left them. The Clive and Constance returned this moruinc from the wreck of the Captain Cook, not having recovered anything valuable, and in consequence of having there received information of the loss of the Memnon they had not sufficient \\ater or provisions to proceed at once, so returned here for a supply, and will sail to -morrow for Cape (Juardafui. to see if anything can be saved. It is supposed that the boilers and engines (in the fine season) may be recoveied. SEPTEMBER 4.—The Atalanta arrived here fiom Suez on the 31st ult., and started again at midnight.

The Grand Duke Michel, like other continental grand dukes, has brought over with him some people bearing most extraordi- nary names for instance, in his mite we find a Prince Del go- rou-ki, a General Tols-tny, a General Lanskoy, a Captain 1'et, ten-ban, and a Colonel O garret. Thelaiieris no doubt a very high personage in his own country, hut officiates bele, we be- lieve, in the capacity of groom of the bedchamber to Prince Dnl-gp-rmi-ki Sir Peter Laurie, saddler, tried hard to be facetious at the Sheriff's dinner, in proposing the healths of Drs. Croly and Vivian, observing that they (Ihe company) all of them hoped for benefit of clergy." Dr. Croly retorted this very happy allu- sion as lolloivs .—" Sir Peter Laurie has alluded to benefit of clergy I shall exhibit my gratitude to him, by hoping that the worthy knight may never require the plea but in case it should fail him, I promise that the sheriffi' chapl iins will feel bound to see ihe last ceremonial of ihe 18w administered, with all the consideration due to merit in niisl.rtune." Much "laughter" at the expense of Sir Peter followed, but Sir Peter pronounced itja gattouis bad return for a clerical compliment. An individual who desires not to be behind the spirit of the age, ought to be constantly before (fie public. There are two ways of accomplishing ilns one is bv talking everybody deal, and secondly, by wiiting everybody blind I flatier myself I have done SOMETHING O. both. When 1 have done talking, I begin to write, and when I AM lired ol scribbling, or the public sick of reading, I AM geneially M capital cue tor more talk. It Sampson did so much with the jawbone of an ass, what won ders might he not have achieved with such a jaw" as mine -ht Ex-Chancellor.

FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, OCT. 6 II "AKKnuius. P. A. Nuttall, late of Cheltenham, hot now of Edward terracc, Chalk road, Islington, newspaper vender and publisher. E. K. Bullm;n, Lee(h, cabinet maker and upholster. J. Bedford, Meliiia place, Westminster road, iron mer- chant. J. Harvev, St. Mary Axe, City, builder. G. Ivee'ing, Manchester, brewer and re,itiler of bepr. J. Brpoker, Southampton row, Bloouibsbury, carver and gilder. S. Gould, late of St. John's, N. B now of Liverpool merchant and commission agent. 'IL'ESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, OCT. 1 0. BAsxxma. J. and R. Davies, drapers, Chiswell-st., Middlesex. F. W. E. Barandon, merchant, Philpot-lane London. J. Mallett, miller, Hadley, Middlesex. J. Millington and T. Salter. calico printers, Manchester.

REBECCAISM: EH WALES. DESTRUCTION OF DOLEHIRION GATE, NEAR LLANDOVERY. This gate was demolished some time since, and subsequently replaced by another; but as Rebecca had given intimatIoll 01 intention to destroy the second gate, it was considered prudent to have a guard ot constables to protect it. At day-light, on Tuesday, the 3rd instant, the constables went home, but scarcely had the* left, when the Rebeccaites came and demolished the gate, and were in the act of unroofing the gate house, when the chief constable, who had received information of the outrage, galloped back to the gate, when the IC beccaites all scampered off The policemen, however, id ~n- tified two of them, named Thomas Aioigan and Thomas Lewis, who wete subsequently apprehended, and committed to take their tiial for the offence.

ORDINATION. At an ordination held by the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, in the Cathedial of Llandaff, on Sunday week, the following gen- tlemen were admitted into holy orders :— DEACONS.—John Griffiths, St. David's College, to Blaenau Edmund Leigh, St. David's Co-lege, to Eglwysilan Owen fudor H. Phillips, St. David's College, to Trevethio William Gabriel Davies, St. David's College, to St. John s. PRIESTS.—John Marre Leir, BA, Oxford, to St. Pierre L. Charles Lewis, divinity student, Cowbridge, to Tredegar; Rd. N. D. Brown, St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, to Chepetow George Thomas Waison, BA, Trinity College, Dublin, Ie. St Nicholas William C. Bowen, St. David's College, to Coychurch Wm. Jenkins, divinity student, Cnwbridge, to St. Donat's Thomas Lewis, divinity student, Cowbridge, to Glyncorrwg J0l.n Morgan, HA. Trinity College, Dublin, by letiers dismissorv from Limerick. The ordination sermon was preached by the Rev. W. B. Knight, the Chancellor of Llandaff, who also presented the candidates. The Lord Bishop preached in the evening and upon both occasions, the Cathedlal was as full as ever we beheld it. On Thursday night fast, a melancholy accident occurred at the Rhy<iydeled coal pil, Gower. Two men were descending, when the chain gave way, and, melancholy to relale, a man named Joho Jones, of Frog street, Swansea, was killed, leaving a widow and seven children. T';e other man was severely injuied. We regret to state thai a clerk in the employ of Mr Whit- tingion. auctioneer of Neath, has absconded, taking with him about £200 auction mnney.— Cambrian. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident, which terminated fatally, befel Mr Levi Griffiths, woollen manufacturer, ol this town, on Tuesday uight last. In examinin¡! his factory, as was his usual l ustoni, previous to retiring 10 rest, it is supposed thai he fell factory stairs on the boiler beneath, as he was found, about six o'clock 00 Wednesday morning, on his back, in a state of in, sensibility, by his little boy, whom Mrs. Griffiths had sent down stairs to look for his father, in consequence of not finding him in bed. On examination, the back and back part of the head were found to be seriously injured. He lived for twenty-four hours afler the accident, having expired it about one o'clock yesterday morning.—Ibid. CuvI'.CH ROBBERY AGAIN.—Llangunider church was broken in'o on Wednesday night or early on Thursday morning week, and'the surplice, with other trifling articles, stolen therefrom, io the value of about three pounds. The communion plate ha I been brought from the chuich by the cleik, on Sunday evening last, after service. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, a fine young man, aged eighteen years, named Charles Jonts, residing at ihe May railway lodge, near Brecon, met his death unùer Ihe following circumstances It appears that on that morning having been doing something to the lock of a double-barrelled gun, he ioaded it in the presence of a tailor who was at work ,„ the kitchen, and subsequently laid it down on a dresser. In a short time afterwards he entered the kitchen and took up the gun, his mother being engaged about the fire place, and the railor at the window, when they heard a stifled discharge, and heard a person fall to the ground. On rushing to raise him up, they found that the charge had entered his eye. and passi Ig up. wards, had come out ihiouab the upper part of the skull, caus- 109 instantaneous death. From the position of the wound and the circumstance of the report 01 ,he "un being hardly heard, is evident that the unfortunate man must have been looking in!O i le ariel with the uluzzle close to his eye, and the accident is attributed to his having changed the triggers of the gun, by placing those of another into the lock which did not exactly ht. and consequently were liable to shift with a slight movement. An inquest was held on the evening of the same oay betore Henry May berry, Esq, coroner, and a respect- able jury, when a verdict was found of "accident death," Silunan. CARMARTHENSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The general annual meeting ot this society was held at Park y-velve', Car- marthen, on Ihursday se'nnight, wrien the show of cattle, lioises, sheep, pigs, and implements 01 husbandi y was excel- lent, and tarexceeded those which had been exhibited at any former meeting. The attendance of gentlemen agriculturists was more numerous than we recollect 10 have ever seen before, which proves that the society is rising fast into that importance j*. resPect in the estimation of the country which it so highly deserves. The arrangements under the supetintand- ance of the secretary, Mr. George Goode, were very complete, and gave universal satisfaction. i'AT*L ACCIDENT.— Mr. Stephen Davies, farm-bailiff to G. Llewellyn, Esq., of Baglan Hill, met his death under the fol- lowing melancholy ciicumstauces —In company with one of his servants, he was removing a load of suaw on the Brombil tarm 10 doing so, he rode on the lop of the straw, which was not securely loaded, and he in consequence fell off with part of the straw, and receiving a severe injuiy on the head, he ex- pired in a few minutes. He had been a trusty servant of Mr. Llewellyn's for many years, and was highly respected by a large circle of friends.

THE GRAND DUKE MICHEL.— This Russian Duke, now on a VISit to this country, has been most hospitably received in ail 'Vlh'161'8" 'lursday morning his Royal Highness Prince Albert,accompanied by his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke, "'s h.e'ene Highness Prince Hoiitnloe Laugenbourg, the Eail ot L,iveipod. and Prince DolgortjuKy, proceeded to the royal preserves in the Gieat Park, in lhe vicinity of lhe Flemish farm, and naa between three and four hours' most excellent sport.— His mperial Highness shot with admirable precision, bagging ,r?^e^se number of pheasants and paitridges. During the y "race ot labbits, nearly 100 pheasants, vvith an excel- »fi»fi j partridges aud hares, were bagged by Prince p, n 's.usirious visitors. On Friday the visitors and the nee reviewed the First Life Guards, the 13th Light Dra- goons, and the 3rd battalion ot Grenadier Guards. On return- 109 froOl 1he review, the Grand Duke took leave of her Majesty proceeding soon after to London. EXTENSIVE SKIZuhe OF SPUHIOUS TEA AND TOBACCO.—An evtensue seizure has recenily been made in London, by the Officers o xc'se- of a large quantity of cigars, consisting en- tirely o tie r ubarb, oak, and other leaves ol English growth, w ithout one puiicle of tohaeco. Thev al-o to. k into custody a young man, w o was, at ||le n,0menl of I heir eniiy, engaged in 'be mum1 ac uie of Ihe spunous articles, and also a large quan- tity of leave* io i i ereot stages of preoaration. Ao unlicensed Jedld In lea, named Richard Randall, residing al Chiist- rhurch, Hants, was ast week convicted in a penally ol £ 100 for selling spurious tea to ihe pooler classof inhabitants in that county. DEATH OF G. W- YVOOD, Esq M.P.—This lamented io- dividual, who has een, or 1!lany years one of the most distin. guished manutdClurers In the North of England, who was Ie, presenta'.i^e, at t ie nmeof his death, for the Borough of Ken •lal, and who sat in a fOlmer Parliament for the Borough 01 Manchester, expire suddenty on<J evening last wed;, at the rooms of the J,lrerary and "'losophical Society in Manchester. fhe attack was apop exy, and his death was instantaneous. Several medical gen1 ^ni^n yere in tLe room at the moment he was seized; they lesolved instantly l0 opeQ ,he ,ernpora| ar. tery, but before that t0" be one, and it was efl.:cted in less than two minutes, he had ceased to exist. EARL GREY.—The lealii of Ear! Grey during the last lew days has rallied, and somewhat relieved the anxiety ol his loidship's family and numerous friends. — Northern fimes, The marriage of Lady Evelyn Leveson Gower, second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and Lord Blantyrei was solemnized at Trenihain on Wed- nesday n'night.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot oblige the writer of the lines on Kite-plucking," without offending modesty. The eighth commandment extends to literary as well as chattel and other property. Some newspapers seem not to take this view of moral obligation, in reference to original paragraphs. The Hereford Journal cuts out our local matter weekly, with- out acknowledgement, whilst it gives credit to another print, of opposite politics to ours, for any little matter takc-n there- from. This is mean and unfair. The Times, Morning He- rald, Morning Pns t,and other Conservative journals, assign authority, when w eare honoured by their quoiing from our columns, and we hope thit in future the Hereford Journul will do likewise. THE TRUCK SYSTEM.—On going to press we this morning re- ceived intimation, which appeared authentic, that Truck is J discontinued in this town. Humanitas," and A Foe to Truck," are consequently withheld. rhe account of the festivities at Llanover arrived too late for insertion in the MkRLIN of this day.

ITTIES OF HIGH water ai~xbwp5rt: HIGH WATER. DEPTH AT DAYS. EVEN. DOCK GATE "E' 'd 0 R VE OCT. II. M. H. Jù FT. IN. 15, Sunday 9 39 10 7 23 6 16, Monday. 10 22 11 3 17, Tuesday 11 30 11 40 20 11 18, Wednesday 12 36 1 26 21 4 19, Thursday. 2 19 2 49 23 11 20, Fridty 3 30 j 3 54 27 2 21, Saturday 4 29 4 51 29 10

W fc,EK.LV CALENDAR. Oct. 15.-Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. Lessons for the Morning Service, Ez'kiel 20, Luke I, v. 39. Evening Service, Ezekiel 24, Galatians 1. 18.—St. Luke. Mood's Aof..— Last Quarter, 16th day. 59m. after 1 afternoon

H T Iril E iVIEIR LIIMjf FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1843. THE GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION AGAINST IRISH REPEAL MEETINGS. The blow which the ministry have struck in Ire- t land, is certainly the most memorable event of their a government. Be the consequences what they may, the Tory cabinet are now embarked on a policy of t coercion towards Ireland. Irish grievances are to be met with the terrors of the law, and the violence I, of military force. The Clontarf meeting, which was to have been p the last of the monster" assemblages, has been s summarily prevented by a royal proclamation, is- a sued some twenty-three hours previously to the time ° notified for its gathering. So sudden and unex- pected a demonstration of vigour on the part of the a government, almost at the eleventh hour, and when h n it was hardly possible to convey the intelligence b to the approaching multitudes, has caused immense II excitement among the Repealers, some of whom n do not hesitate to assert that ministers wilfully II sought to engage the ignorant peasantry in collision II with the authorities. n For our own part we acquit the government of any such intention. It would have been so useless JI and treacherous an act of cruelty, that only a Cas- ° tlereagh ministry, urged on by their love of blood- J shed, and fanned in their fury by such papers as the n Standard, could have perpetrated it. But the more « important part of the measure, is the evidence it 5 affords of Sir Robert Peel's want of plan in his J Irish policy. That a statesman should have adopted „ an unwise scheme of policy to counteract a growing 3 danger, was possible, but that he should have 0 permitted the repeal agitation, which from the first Q looked ominous, to proceed for a year and a half, e until it got to such a magnitude as to endanger the g t, 0 integrity of the empire, trusting all the while to the 0 v chapter of accidents, and at so late a period to come: forward with a measure of coercion, in a manner which proves that his previous inactivity proceeded d from no pre-arranged design, but from sheer terror a and helplessness, is a proof so signal of the fatuity of Conservative councils that every man in the country must see the unfitness of the ministry to meet an emergency like the present. v Whatever Sir Robert Peel may have thought of the Repeal agitation at the commencement, it is c clear from the present proclamation that he confesses he was labouring under a mistake. To sit still, with 5 folded arms, watching until the river of Repeal ran 'J dry, was obvious insanity. To wait patiently un- IJ til all Ireland was organised against the govern- ment, was fool-hardy and reckless, if it were in- i tended from the beginning that Repeal attempts 0 should be put down by coercion. The ridiculous Ti attitude in which the two parties stood fronting i each other, yet averse to strike the first blow, con- 1 stituted a truce which turned more to the advan- tage of the Repealers than of the government. What I has Sir Robert Peel gained by his last year's inac- t tion ? < At the beginning, the cry for Repeal was not louder than it has often previously been under the government of the Whigs. Ireland might have < been conciliated by a commencement of justice to that long..oppressed country,-by granting her a 1 fair share of government patronage to Catholics as well as Orangemen, a more liberal municipal reform, and a few extra representatives. I Measures, such as these, would have gone far to stifle the cry for repeal, although the body of the monster being the poverty of Ireland, no measure can send it to rest until the relations of land- lord and tenantare settled upon an equitable footing. But doing nothing except pouring troops into the country, and erecting fortifications and barracks, and superseding repeal magistrates, even though accompanied by smooth spoken words in Parliament, and manifest reluctance to irritate the people, was not the way to succeed, especially when our eyes were fixed upon the facts that Mr. Ward's motion for a reform in the temporalities of the Irish Church, Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion on Fixity of Te- nure, and Mr. O'Brien's motion for a committee to examine into the grievances of Ireland, were all re- jected. > We do not dwell upon the mistakes committed by the ministers in passing gratuitous ir. suits upon the Irish, such as the firebrand speech of Sir James Graham, accusing the Catholics of di3regarding their oaths, and sundry other outbursts which showed the animus that pervades the Conservative party. Speeches, which as Lord Bacon said, fly abroad like darts." They did their work in blowing repeal into a flame. Meanwhile, what was O'Connell doing ? In the first place he organised u Repeal Associa- tion, which extended over every part of Ireland. Clergy, Repeal wardens, pacificators, arbitrators, captains of hundreds and captains of tens, &c., all obedient as a well disciplined army to his commands, all obeying with fervid fidelity the least word from the Corn Exchange, where the Liberator reigned supreme, whose matchless influence and whose reign were founded on the wrongs of his country. In this manner was the beginning of the summer passed. By degrees, the various functions of civil government were about to be usurped, and the courts of justice set aside by the repeal courts of arbitration. A council of three hundred Irishmen, duly elected as delegates of the Irish nation, were to start up a full grown Parliament, wanting only the Queen's signet to make it complete, and, in a word, the country was all organised, and fit to rule itself as thoroughly as if it it had been a foreign nation like France or Prussia, with whom we were going to war, and who would have no civil disturbances or internal anarchy to distract them from bestowing their full and undivided attention upon their ene- mies. To crown all, it was necessary for O'Connell to inspirit his followers by the actual sight of their physical strength for this purpose, meeting after meeting was called, The masses considered his motive to be the establishment of confidence in themselves, and, if possible, to daunt their enemies. I hey assembled in vast multitudes unexampled in the history of modern times. Spirit stirring ora- tions, promising national independence, and a social and political regeneration, were addressed to them by the chiefs, whom they trusted and reverenced, -ind O'Connell saw. ere the year was concluded. that he had succeeded in raising the minds of his countrymen to red heat,-that he had now to tem- per their ardour with caution, and the victory over the government was inevitable. Thus stood matters when the threatened assem- blage of a monster meeting at Clontarf, at which a numerous body of horsemen were to attend, fright- ened the government into their precipitate act of co- ercion. k f" Of itself it ia but a half measure, for every acquainted with the Liberator's tactics, knows he will not commit himself,—" he knows a worth two of that," as he said the other day, already he has issued a proclamation urging Ti Repealers to obey the law. It will put down meetings, but the meetings have served their ?j. They were to have ended at Clontarf under w 6, circumstances. The Repeal Association exists, apl *i< the Corn Exchange meetings continue to give I i watchword to an organised and an obedient pop" bib lation. |5| Ere government can effect its object, it niO" T venture upon another and a bolder step* lj, must declare the Repeal Association illegal, and 1 must be prepared to seize and try Mr. O'Conitf i for sedition. The martial law prints advise theifl. do so, for this alone will bring matters to a cris'f.' »j Who will bell the cat ?" What minister wO^, recommend the arrest of .C Ireland's Liberator' Would they get a verdict against him from an Iflf o jury ? or if they changed the venue to lIster or U1 Orange counties, would the people of England al1 *1 low him to be tried by his political opponent Lastly, would the people of Ireland permit a bosW ot finger to be laid on him ? 01 Such is the aspect under which affairs in Irela" present themselves to us at the present montf11'' After two years of a Conservative government, have Scotland, and a large portion of Wales in' t| state of permanent discontent, openly expression r( itself in outrage, while across the channel, we$>» holding the wolf by the ears, uncertain from post to 6 post, whether, through some rash act of the Oran^ II. local government, the news of a rebellion may n.l' 8, be received. It would be really worth while to what we should lose if we conciliated Ireland. II¡ t(

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE- THE TRUCK SYSTEM.—Mr. H. J. Davis*0^ firm of Birch and Davis, having been appointed cI rcll, jtt magistrates for the divisions of Newport and Christj, b:øø HevJs, James Coles, Thomas Pope. and Hugh W 'gCier" a petly sessions at Mr. Davis's office, on Saturday ,e",d last, for the purpose of transacting county business, ial workmen who are in the employ of Messrs. e:ppl" ¡O, Logan, contractors for lhe new barracks at Penylan' ^|»t" a( the Bench for advice and aid as to Ihe best method o certain sums alleged to be due to them for work ^i done. The magistrates, upon investigation, ^u"v e%p'e! p) could not assist the applicants, although they kino e<jst iheir sympathy, and regietted lhat there shou p|ic*^ cause for such application, for they considered in o0 were really aggrieved. The work having been r(1)»n piece" system, and not by the day, the Cba the Bench had no power to enforce payment. ju*" the men, that as far as it lay in the power of they might rely on obtaining redress and the wj,jcb id traies in very strong terms reprehended the C0U.rsevt.0rk'I,e been pursued by the contractors in forcing their ■» jl ,<» submit to the Truck System. Oue of the ihat this system was about lo be abolished by tu c#g|i, and that hereafter lhe workmen would be paid o' applicants then left.—Several cases of non-pay ^gfe *r were subsequently settled, 'lhe purties summo re (t>* the parish of Risca, and after an examination o ti»e cases, they were ordered to pay. It app parlies were chiefly new residents in Risca, a" dentally observed by the Bench, that ^wott'J|.ia lb*r$ highly privileged parish, if new comers might se of all rates.

THE TRUCK SYSTEM IN NEWPORT j The grievances under which the Principality labours, the generality of instances, of an agricultural kind yet ( are some, we regret to lay, taking their origin in bra ache. il industry which are not agricultural, and as such, more uadel fo the controul of public opinion, because the instances occur, 0 lt in remote rural districts, among a scattered population, but t" t the towns. These latter instances may very fairly be supposed to co'c* within our power, and it is proper therefore that public opi0' 01 should be brought to bear upon them, as it ever shall be "P" II any grievance, affectiug the welfare of the people of Newpof or any other town in Monmouthshire. We allude to System' • Xtt We are induced to make this matter the subject of a Ie3d|B» article, in consequence of letters and verbal complaints whie t, have reached us, touching the practice of Truck in this neig* 0 bourhood, as well as by a report of a public proceeding which b took place on Saturday last, taken by our reporter, in which tbl magistrates evinced a sympathy with the poor, and a dispolilioO I; to redress their wrongs, which we uniformly find to distingu^ those gentlemen, and which we shall never be slow in co&' \1 mending. tl The discussion that look place in Parliament on the ject of Truck, when Mr. Ferrand made his celebrated ) on the manufactmert, would lead the public to suppose that tJJ < instances in Wales were few and dubious and that, for most part, persons who used the Truck System here, «dop'" it in remote districts, and solely for the benefit of the woikn,<lj|' whom they desired to supply at cheaper rales than the sfl>* shopkeepers would or could do. And, in candour, we beh< this to be so in some few instances on our Hills-at leul, tI think that companies of great capital, who laid in their in large quantities, and on low terms, might make the Tr" • System aa honest dealing, and a blessing to the poor, in*t* of its piesent character—an infliction, if not a curse. As this apology had the air of philanthropy about it, 'y objections were raised, and few members took the trouble 4 examining it with the view of pointing out the sheep floll) 1 &oa,s- One influential house was named, and an indignant aoi" was made, rebutting the attack. Suspicious persons, continued io believe that the illegal and oppressive practice' tne Truck System were not wholly abolished in Wales, thoul; doubtless, "a heavy blow and great discouragement" w give to ihem by the force of public opinion. It grieved us, therefore, to hear that certain parties it* town were charged with having recourse to the obnoxio*JJ tem, which is as hostile to the interests of the fair trader, is repugnant to the manly pride and independent feelings of' workmen, besides being harsh in itself, and contrary 10 established laws of the land, which enact very severe Pen,4 against all persons convicted of paying their workment in other than the current coin of the realm. jp We cannol conceive any sufficient plea that can be set up suppoit ol this practice. \t If the contract, work, or business be such as to afford wages to the workmen employed, it cannot be right or hourly to interfere with the honest profits of traders who III p round you, who are, or may he, perhaps, good custo">eri you, or, at all events, who do not interfere with you iJani own particular branch if trade, or means of living, 1 a manner of way. Then why grudge to them their fair share of the which results from the circulation of a large sunt of unavoidably brought into the district ? Why teek to lize the whole profits arising from the consumption oj the •" ing classes? ,0 In the profession" called liberal, it is forbidden to any Ølbil to practice any other than that which he has selected lIS own. The lawyer cannot interfere with the divine the divine the physician or the physician with the soldier. The div's! of crafts precedes the division of Jabour-each class challlO out and fencing abour, as it were, a domain of its own. t In the one instance this arose out of the state of society J the middle ages, when the corporations or guilds formed clo" monopolies, and in the second instaoce, it resulted from 1 various sub-divisions of labour, and from necessity. But as all society is dependant, one upon ar.other, it J# lows that any thing approaching to exclusive dealing, is h0* to its first principles. ,ff Those who practise the Truck System are, perhaps, the first who weuld cry out against any attempt to retaliate, by PI,it ling them to the ban and yet it would be no unjust nor uj^j proceeding on the part of all those tradesmen who deprived of all chance of any benefit from the circulati"0 ^ll large sum of money, by the cupidity of those who grasp 'j jlr ihe profits that can, by any possibility, be extracted out 'o refuse to have any dealings with them, and to e*«rl influence, to the same end. The parties more particularly alluded to, enjoy the ad*a^ fjj' of a government contract—nobody disputes their title qr profit, which, it is to be presumed, they have succeded1 taining, after a fair competition, by undertaking the taskc" Jf vj than their rivals; but if the extra profits to be gained b'tc,l' 1 ing their workmen in commodities, instead of the curre" tC of the realm, were calculated upon in making that est"*? this, of course, is but hypothetical—it would almost afford ground for calling for its abrogation. We have very often had occasiou to remark on the 1111 power which money, in this country, confers upon tt* P°^ ors, and the great necessity that consequently exists for cising it humanely 2nd considerately. 1/1 bf The poor must always be dependant, and always liab'^ /1"- involved in debt to iheir masters from necessity; but il J thing to make this getting into debt the rule, which jei^ j be, if the Truck System were legalised, and another, 1 it as it stands, the exception. The modern labourer is 'pjufj too much of a machine. He is already too much f r < within the precincts of the forge, the mill, the mine, jjir lactory. It would be cruel to deprive him of that indereØ, jfll, —which consists in the faculty of "doing what he l1"e r his own," in his few moments of leisure, and spen^ hard-earned wages, when and where he likes, wiiho"' ||i' that the chain of dependance is for ever around his oeck njl he is indeed a machine as complete as those whose e,etvp voluiions resemble in 'heir wearisome monotony, his j borious life. The spirit of the country is averse to undue controul 0<l^i wages of workmen. Two instances lately occurred"^ showed that the authorities rather sympathise with ployed than the employers. The coalheavers of Lofld" the thralls of certain public house landlords, who for the captains of ships who wished to unload in the r' -^0 j the understanding that they weie to spend a certain pot J their earnings at iheir shops, in beer and spirits. Sf5'S The tyranny of these middle men, and their Truck became at last so intolerable to the poor fellows, that r their case laid befoie Government, and a bill was ps eI' their emancipation. t pl'y In Liverpool, the other day, a turn out of sailors 'ujp' caused by lhe behaviour of certain brokers who g0' s fitti them, and in return discounted their shipping notes he»'v,ie at the small charge of £ 1, or £ 1 10s, out of £ 4 193,0Jt!r i' charges for iheir lodgings and clothing This l0t uit>1'' Truck System has been opposed by the Mayor and t'ie .jj tf ) ties of Liverpool and having been publicly exposed, Vi in all piobsbiliiy cease. (