Monmouthshire Merlin

As some proud column, though alone, RAGLAND hath propp'd a tottering throne, Now is the stately column broke, The beacon-light is quench'd in smqk8, The trumpet's silveT sound is still, The warder silent on the hill

DOCK OFFICE, NEWPORT, \4th December,1837. An ADJOURNED GENERAL MEETING of the NEWPORT DOCK PROPRIETARY will be held at this Office, on Thursday, the 4th day of January next, at 12 plrfrock. By order. JER. CAIRNS.^ PAonmoittt Hcatrmy, CONDUCTED BY THE REV. E. J. GOSLING, B.A. Will Re-open on Monday, Jan. 22, 1838. THIS School offers to the Public the means of preparation lor the Foundation Schools and the Universities—the sys- tem of Tuition therefore embraces the Latin and Greek Lan- guages, Mathematics, 6cc. The English Language, Arithme- tic, &c., have that attention which their importance demands. ROSEBROOK COTTAGE SEMINARY, DIXTON, Half a mile from. Monmouth, on the New Road to Whitchurch. MRS. M. 0. LEWIS BEGS leave respectfully to announce that her SCHOOL will RE-OPEN on MONDAY, January 15th, 1838. Having had long experience in Bducatiati, and tailing mater- sal tenderness and domestic comForT wfflra w-regû at- tention to health, religion, and intellectual attainments, she hopes to meet with that support she is so anxious to meiit, studiously adopting those modern improvements in School du- ties which her judgment approves as calculated to ensure suc- cess.—Dec. 21st, 1837. CERTAIN IN THEIR EFFECTS, ONLY REQUIRING PERSEVERENCE. DAVIESS COUGH PILLS, Formerly prepared and sold only by Richard Davies, and now by RICHARD AND JOSEPH DAVIES, CHEMISTS, PILLGWENLLY. AND 2, HLGII-TOWN, HEREFORD. THE increasing and astonishing sale of this Medicine evi- dences its extraordinary utility and efficiency, as well as the continued testimony of those who have been induced to make a trial of it inasmuch as not in a single case which has come under the knowledge of the Proprietor, when steadily per- severed in for a short time, has it been unsuccessful; he there- fore thinks he confers an act of benevolence on the Public, whilst he deviates not an atom from the truth by setting it forth as one of the best Cough Medicines ever discovered, and ever repre- sented to the notice of the world. Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, and Asthwas, though of the most obdurate and obstinate na- ture, mus'c speedily give way to its salutary operation. Persons whose constitutions have been detrimentally affected by long- standing; complaints of this nature, will derive that benefit from their u?,e which their enervated bodies require, and which they would rejoice to receive. So exquisitely are the ingredients proportioned, that it answers the precise end of an expectorant, balsamic, diaphoretic, diuretic, or sedative, and thus is com- pletely suitable to every species of disease which results from obstructed perspiration or taking cold; and often, when the most approved and successful means fail in producing an eva- luation of that pernicious matter which causes tightness of the ■chest, or dry excessive cough, and violent writhings, and rest- Jess nights, this has astonishingly succeeded. The following recent testimony is a fresh evidence of the in- creasing value of this Medicine :— I feel it a duty I owe to the world to express the astonishing benefit I have experienced from the use of DAVIES'S COUGH PILLS, I have been for about twelve years subject to a continual cough and irritation of the chest, and for the last two years past, have experienced consider- able inconvenience from that most severe affection. In the month of March last, I was induced to give the above-mentioned Medicine a trial, and found that only two small boxes effected a most complete and radical cure of the above disease, and have ever since been per- fectly free from any affection of such a nature. I also know personally -other individuals who have experienced equal benefit from their use, -and, consequently, beg strongly to recommend it to families as an inva- luable domestic expediency, and to all who suffer from the like alfec- tions. GEORGE MUTTON, Oct. 30th, 1837. Master of the Kitty, Plymouth. I am happy to testify publicly of the benefit experienced from the Use of I'lA.vIEs'S COUGH PW.R.s," being the subject of a suffocating tightness of the chest, attended with much cough and great restless- ness. I tried the above medicine, and fouud two small boxes perfectly relieve, a',ld completely cure me of the affections just referred to; and grateful for the privilege, I earnestly recommend them to all indivi- duals suffering from the like disease;—and at my most" urgent re- Quest." I beg to state, this testimony is published. THOMAS MORE, Carpenter. Other testimonies, equally striking, will soon appear. "Sold in Boxes, price Is I ld, and Family Boxes, 2s 9d each. vVTr<=^ COLDEN CERATE, i -.»',r>ni!ueri<iki'i. 10 Families for its great utility in curing external Contusions or Wounds, and e:si,e. < .oi s- yti iority in relieving and healing Inflamed and Ifl go,, Legs, though of 40 years' standing, Burns, .Ù3, C'hiiulains, Sore and Inflamed Eyes, King's Evil, Piles, nstula, Sore Breasts, Scrofula of all kinds, &c. The Proprietors have been induced, by the very numerous instances of its extraordinary benefit (by which it has acquired the universal approbation of all who have experienced its ef- fects), to present it to the Public, and feel confident in recom- mending it as an invaluable domestic treasure. In eases of old standing Wounds or Sores in the Legs, it is scarcely paralleled, When the Wound has acquired a most inveterate strength, so as to cause a most acute and excruciating pain, it has by a few applications taken away the pain and inflammation, and the ■Wound has sp&edily decreased and healed. TESTIMONIAL. Withington, Herefordshire, October 24th, 1837. SIR,—For the benefit of others, I would earnestly recommend "DA vita's GøLnEN CERATE," from the great relief I have experi- enced from its use; having had SEVEN large inflamed wounds in my leg, which caused a continual and most severe pain, and notwithstand- ing t.ne application of usual remedies, and those recommended by skil/ul persons in such cases, it gradually became worse. 1 was in- duced to ask the favour of the friends of the proprietors of the above T.4eodicine to write to Pillgwenlly for advice on the matter, from whom I received in answer a family pot of the Golden Cerate, to the direc- tions of which I scrupulously attended, and in a few days the inflam- amation had subsided and the pain ceased, and in a month precisely, all fJM wounds had completely healed, and the whole of the inflammation isjitircly dispersed. MARY GRIFFITHS. Sold in Pots at Is lid and 2s 9d each, by the Proprietor. and, by their appointment, by WILLIAMS, Druggist, and AR- MITAGE,Newport; WILLIAMS, Pontypool; DOWDING and11 AR- ROR, Monmouth WYKE and MORGAN, Abergavenny DAVIS and WrtLiAMs, Chepstow EDWARDS, Usk WILLIAMS, Tre- degar WILLIAMS, Silurian Office, Brecon WILLIAMS, Cnck. howell BELLAMY, lioss; VATCHELL, Cardiff; JONES, Caer- philly MORGAN, Merthyr; LrsTER, Cowbridge; HAYWARD, Neath; DAWK, Swansea PRICE, Bridgend 1 ERRIS, BROWN, & SCORE, and PHILP and DOWLING, Bristol; wholesale by ^BARCLAY and SONS, Farringdon-street, London and by all Medicine Venders throughout the kingdom. R:T Purchasers will observe the signature of the Proprietor "Upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box. ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. DTL. BRANDRKTH wishes mankind to consider that health solely depends on the state of purity in which the blood is kept, every part of the body being supplied daily with new blood from the food consumed, consequently, according to the pureness of that blood, so must the state of the body be ttiore or less healthy. To obtain, therefore, the most direct pu- rifier, is a question of no little importance to every individual. It matters not what Mr. Morrison or Dr. Brandreth say about their Pills of Vegetable, but what medicine is really the best. That BRANDHETH'S PILLS are the most direct purifiers, there will be no doubt, when it is considered that they have gained their present very extensive sale —not by Advertisement-but by their own intrinsic merits and their universality is esta- blished by the fact, that their operation is more or less power- ful, according to the pureness of the circulating fluid-for, if taken by a person who is in a fair state of health, they are scarcely felt-but, if taken by one suffering from disease, their operation will be powerful, and perhaps painful, until the dis- ease is conquered, or the system entirely under their influence -this accomplished, small doses, say two, or three, or four Pills, three or four times a week, will soon effect a cure, even ln the most inveterate cases. TESTIMONIALS. (BRANDRETH'S PILLS.—As an admirable domestic medicine, these "ills cannot be surpassed. In boarding-schools, in the neighbourhood ,of the metropolis, they have been introduced by their respective pro- prietors with the most happy results.Ilerald. Brandreth's Pills, which have attained a celebrity in the 'Annals of Physic,' unequalled in ancient or modern times, have performed such astonishing cures, that numbers of the faculty have publicly re- corded their opinions of their wonderful health-restoring qualities."— Satirist. We feel both pleasure and satisfaction in recommending to all out headers Brandreth's Vegetable Pills, as the most certain, most safe ani invaluable Medicinc extant.Thins. We have just heard of a most surprising cure effected by Brand- fetl's Pills the party to whom we allude was on the very verge of the graze, when fortunately she was mdllled to try the effect of Dr. Brand- Tetl's Universal Medicine, and the result was her speedy restoration to pertct health."—Veil's Old Weekly Messenger. "Ml who value their health will do well to make trial of Brandreth's Vegetable Pills."—Weekly Policc Gazette. "is an anti-bilious and aperient Pill, we believe them to be as far bp fo e all others, as the travelling upon the Manchester rail-road is to the wo mile per hour jog-trot of one of Pickford's stage-waggons." Weicly Dispatch. ° Kg°M. — 'he most popular and highly-appreciated medicine in the naval and tailit.ry circles, is an invention of Dr. Brandreth's, known as Brand- reth's Pills. "-Sfanda?-d. The use of Brandreth's Pills will prove of great value in the pre- e servaton of that invaluable bi,ssing-lieal tll. "-Globe. .BtADRETH'S PILLS -We have had submitted to us a list of cures they lave performed, which are truly miraculous. —True Sun. 1' UIANDRETH'S PIl.LS,-The testimonials we have had submitted to us, n favour of that admirable medicine, fully justify our speaking of thee Pills in terms of the highest praise."—London Free Press. Ftlm the amazing number of testimonials we have seen in favour of Dr Brandreth's Vegetable Pills, we feel satisfied they will become the liitft popular medicine of the present day, -GIo71(e,ter Chronicle. W cannot do less than call the attention of our readers to Brand- reth's Vegetable Pills, which are of extraordinary efficacy in the cure of mof of the ills that flesh is heir ui."— Yorkslureman. AI excellent remedy for bile, indigestion, loss of appetite, nervous arecti'n!> of the head, &c.. will be found in Dr. Brandreth s Pills, an estabUt10^ vegetable medicine, of upwards of eighty years standing. -Gl.e.,nwick, Woolwich, and Deptford Gazette. Tie component parts are entirely Vegetable, and as a remedy for bile, jrk head-ache, and nauseau on the stomach, it would be difficult to fi'ndte equal."—JLeeds Times. „ „ fie medicine so universally known as Brandreth s Pills, has per- • such extraordinary cures, in numerous confirmed cases, that many medical men are in the daily practice of prescribing it to their ruitu'its, and with.perfect success."—Sun. w •« o-andreth's Pills, an original Vegetable Anti-bilious Medicine, is w«ii deserving the attention of those of our readers who may be suffer- ing fr»iw bile, nervous affections of the head, and ill all cases of mdiges- Weekly True Sun. Ai immense number of cures and testimonials may be seen at any of the Agents. In consequence of the most unparalleled success, and the wonderfully increasing sale, of BRANDRE'lH'S VEGE- TABLE PILLS, his Majesty's Honourable Commissioners of Stamps 1.we allowed the Proprietor (by express permission) to have his name on the Government label; and the Publiv' t. will observe that none are genuine unless GEO. HODG- | KINSON, 38, t*~street," is engraved on the Stamp,— 11 to counterfeit which is felony. To be had of MR. COSSENS, Monmouth; and every respec- | table M9<ijc»neVender, ia btxes at Is l|d,2s9d, 4s6d,& Us. < On the Sirt/t flf January will he Published, THE FIRST NUMBER FOR 1838 OF THE ATHENiEUM," LONDON JOURNAL OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART, PRICE POURPENCE. (A Stamped Edition, to go free by Post, Fivepencc.) PERSONS intending to take in this Journal from the beginning of the New Year, are requested to give orders forthwith to j, their respective Booksellers, as owing to delays in so doing, much inconvenience has heretofore arisen, and the Proprietor have more than once been compelled, at great cost, to reprint the January numbers. THE ATIlENvEUM IS THE LARGEST LITERARY PAPER, (Sixteen, occasionally Twenty-four, large 4to. Pages): It contains REVIEWS, with copious Extracts, of all important New Works, both ENGLISH and FOREIGN REPORTS (some exclusively and by authority), of all that is interesting in the Proceedings of the LEARNED and SCIEN- TIFIC SOCIETIES with Abstracts of the more important Papers. Also, the METEOROLOGICAL TABLES kept by order of the President and Council of the Royal Society, and furnished culnsively to this Journal. AUTHENTIC ACCOUNTS OF ALL SCIENTIFIC VOYAGES AND EXPEDITIONS. CRITICISMS ON ART. Critical Notices of Exhibitions, New Prints, New Music, the Opera, Concerts, Theatres, &c. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF DISTINGUISHED MEN. ORIGINAL PAPERS AND POEMS. With Miscellanea-including all that is likely to interest the informed and intelligent. THE ATIIKNUM is so conducted that the reader, however far distant, is, in respect to Literature, Science, and the Arts, on an equality with the best informed circles of the NIeLropolis-aiid the Annual Volume (complete in itself) is an invaluable pre- sent to friends abroad or in the Colonies. The Volume for 1837 (nearly 1000 pages), bound in cloth, price £1, will be ready on the 31st of December. The ia published every Saturday, but is st}so -re-issued every Month, neatly stitched in a wrapper. Q, T I S 5 Cr XL A X I S 11 SPLENDID & INTERESTING ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL, TO BE GIVEN AWAY TO ALL PURCHASERS OF Ebic jMagntt," ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS :-I.-ON MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1838, A GRAND SHEET OF TEN ALEZANAcs FOR THE YBAB. 1838, Comprehending a collection of information of the greatest value and usefulness to all classes;—it will comprise:— 1. THE FAMILY ALMANAC. 2. THE AGRICULTURAL ALMANAC. 3. THE COMMERCIAL ALMANAC. 4. THE PROPHETIC ALMANAC. 5. MOORE'S ALMANAC. 6. THE FAMILY MEDICAL ALMANAC. 7. THE GARDENER'S ALMANAC. 8. THE LAW ALMANAC. 9. THE CLERICAL ALMANAC. 10. THE MECHANICS' ALMANAC. II.-ON MONDAY, -JANUARY 15,1838, THREE PORTRAITS OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND HER ROYAL PARENTS, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT, Beautifully printed on a large-sized paper, from a steel engraving, for framing and preservation. IlL-ON MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1838, Four Portraits of the Four Monarchs who have reigned during the last 17 years, viz. GEORGE III., GEORGE IV., WILLIAM IV., AND QUEEN VICTORIA. These portraits will be illustrative of the memorable events that have occurred during the above period. The portraits will be printed on large paper, from steel engravings, for framing and preservation. IV.—ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1838, an Accurate Meinwntation of the (Sranti pagcaittrl) of (Qurcit Firtom, On the occasion of her Majesty's visit to dine with the citizens of London, on the 9th of November, 1837, beautifully printed on large paper, for framing and preservation, and V.—ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1838, A CORRECT AND SPLENDID VIEW OF GUILDHALL, Representing her Majesty, QUEEN VICTORIA, with her SUITE, at the GRAND BANQUET, given by the Corporation of London to her Majesty, on the 9th of November, also beautifully printed on large paper, for framing and pieserving. THE MAGNET" is the Largest, Cheapest, and Best Agricultural and Commercial London Weekly Newspaper, PRICE ONLY FOURPENCE. Printed and published every Monday afternoon with the latest state of all the London, Provincial, Scotch, Irish, and Foreign Markets; and complete lists of Prices Current—Containing full reports of Agricultural and Commercial Meetings, Country Fairs every interesting species of Religious Intelligence, and all the latest News of the Week, both Domestic and Foreign, from all parts of the World. Its Mark-Lane report is the only unbiassed, genuine, and authentic one issued from the Metropolitan Press. THE MAGNET," whilst it is the Largest and Best Market Paper published in London, is sold at a price at least TWO-PENCE less than that of the most vaunted of its rivals H Orders received by all Newsvenders and Booksellers, in rI own and Country, and at the Office, No. 30, Holywell-street Strand, London. — — TO MEDICAL MEN. A MARRIED SURGEON, a;tat 28, is anxious to hear of a PARTNERSHIP. Some continued residence in Mon- mouthshire has afforded him a perfect acquaintance with coun- try practice. „ „ Apply, postpaid, to A. B., Merlin Officej Newport. WANTED, AN Unfurnished Pretty COTTAGE, consisting of Eight Rooms, besides Kitchen, &c., with a few Acres of Mea- dow Land, near a Market Town. The situation must be dry and healthy, with good Water, Kitchen, and FJower Garden. A small Farm will not be objected to. re- Letters directed to R. X., post paid, at the Merlin Office, Newport, will be attended to. MONMOUTHSHIRE. 1\TOTJCE is hereby given, That the next GENERAL QUA R J* TER SESSIONS of the PEACE, -for the County of Mon- mouth, will be held at the TOWN HALL, in lJlk, on MONDAY, the FIRST day of JANUARY, 1838; And that the Court will sit at Twelve o'clock at Noon, when the Chief C&nstables and Bailiffs are to attend, and answer to their names, or in default thereof they will be fined. The Court will then immediately proceed with all businest relating to the assess- ment, application, and management of the County Stock or Rate, or any fund or funds used or applied in aid thereof, and make orders for payments, and consider and direct the general Business of the County. All Bills and Demands relating to the Public Expenditure of the County, must be delivered into the office of the. Clerk of the Peace fourteen days before the Sessions, or they will not be settled and allowed at such Sessions. And all Appeals and Traverses, and applicationsfor orders in Bastardy, must be entered with the Clerk of the Peace before Twelve o'clock on the second day of the Sessions. At Half-past Nine, on Tuesday, January 2d, the Grand and Petty Juries will be called over, and are to answer to their names, or in default thereol they will be fined; and all persons bound by recognizances are to attend, as the Court will proceed to try Ap- peals, .Traverses, and Indictments for Felonies, and transact the other business of the Sessions. It is ordered that all Convictions and Recognizances, and all Informations and Depositions, shall be delivered or transmitted, on or before the Friday previous to each Sessions, into the Office oj the Clerk of the Peace.. All Costs allowed by the County must be taxed at the same SeS- nons or they will not afterwards be allowed. Usk. 4th Dec., 1837. JONES, Clerk ofthc l'eace. 'f.9'li,1iJliYl1}J I .&;ifl.{l{[i£¿!1lt.-Æ Price Is 1-Jd per box. 2 FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH for BOTH SEXES. f —The unprecedented Sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest recommendation of the many thousands who have de- rived'benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary they are not put forth as a cure tor all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for bilious and liver complaints, with their many well-known attendant bilious and sick head- ir-he Dain and oppression after meals, giddiness, dizziness, singing noise in the head and ears drowsiness, heartburn, loss of appetite, wind, spasms, &c.; they are acknowledged to be vastly superior to any thing ever before offered to the public. Ind for those of a full habit of body they will prove truly in- valuable • while as a general Family Aperient for either sex they cannot fail to ensure universal satisfaction. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength a healthy action of the Lwer Bowels, and Kidneys will rapidly take place and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appearance, lfSpnffth activity and renewed health, will be the quick result of Xng this Medicine, according to the directions accompany- '"soHbyTT.Prout, 229. Strand, London,—Price Is l £ d.and so'aoy A. •, „ Williams,Chemist,Newport; Phil- 2s 3d per box Monmouth and most of the Agents for .hi1?,™ Mi Thomas Prout,» SU»d, Loo- don," on the Government Stamp. 30, STRAND. APOLLO AND DAPHNE. A beauteous Nymph, of modest mien, Td'whom no charm was lacking, Her fortune made, as you shall hear, By WA -REN'S famous Blacking! She wore her bonnet tied so close, A peep no one could get, Unless, in walking, by good luck, This beauteous Nymph you met. A wealthy knight was strolling out, Scarce dreaming what was lacking, And little thought that he should fall In love, with WARREN'S Blacking! He saw the Nymph-her form admir'd, 'Twas full, he thought, of grace, But still her errvious bonnet hid From him, her beauteous face ^vLance a youth was walking near, Whose boots, no polish lacking, ■Bespoke much more than words can do, lhe worth of WARREN'S Blacking! The knight he gazed, lie saw the face He wished, reflected there, I hen in an instant, heart, and hand, tk Proffer d to the fair. Sfu I We'.e we,d- and ofl ^e Nymph, When nought, she finds, is lacking, In gratitude attributes all r° WARREN'S famous Bl„nhi«r > THIS EAST BLACKING, ROBERT WARREN, 30, STRAND, LONDON; And SS WLST11 -inpe KinS<lom.-Liquid, in Bottles, and Paste Blacking, m Pots, at 6d, I2d and 18d each K?' Be particular to inquire for WARREN'S 30 STR AND • aU[ other«are counterfeit i I =17— — MONUMENT TO THE LATE DR. BEVAN. SUBSCRIPTIONS for The ERECTION of a MONU- C7 MENT to the Memory of the late DR. BEVAN, in St. Mary's Church, Igonmouth, will continue open until the First day of February next. and will be received at the different Banking Houses in this County, where Lists of the present Subscribers are left. MONMOUTHSHIRE. To be Let, and entered upon at Christmas next, A DESIRABLE FARM, called the DUFFRYN, con- taining about 83 Acres of Land, situate in the parish of .LLANCATTOCK-VIBON-AVEL, nearly adjoining the 14 mile road leading from Monmouth to Abergavenny, and about three miles and a half from the former town, now in the occupation of Mrs. Gullifer. -For further particulars, and fo treat for the same, apply to Mr. JAS. G. GEORGE, Solicitor, Monmouth. MONMOUTHSHIRE. TO MILLERS AND CORN-FACTORS. TO BE LET, and entered upon at Christmas next,—LA- NERAVON MILL, situated close to the Turnpike-road, about midway between the towns of Newport and Pontypool, and within a short distance of the Monmouthshire Canal; to- gether with a newly-erected, comfortable Dwelling-house, Sta- bles, an excellent Orchard in full bearing, and other Lands, making together about Twenty-seven Acres. The above-mentioned Mill (worked by a never-failing Stream of Water) has been lately re-built on a large scale, with a view to wholesale work and as it is replete with every convenience for enabling the occupier to carry on an extensive business none but Capitalists need apply. r For a view of the Premises, apply to Mr. JOSEPH WIL. LIAMS. Skybor Newydd, Lanvrechva and for further parti- culars, to Mr. HENRY EVANS, Solicitor, Gloucester. Letters to be Post Paid. PONTYPOOL. IMPORTANT TO IRONMONGERS. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,-All that the SIOCK-IN-TRADE of Messrs. DEAK1N and VI- POND, Ironmongers, Pontypool (who are declining the busi- ness), together with the good will of the said business. The Stock-in-Trade and the good will of this most desirable business will require a Capital of £1500, or thereabonts,-the mode and time of payment of which will be made satisfactory to the Purchaser, if proper security be offered. The Premises in which the business is carried on are situate in the very best part of the populous and improving town of Pontypool and the concern now offered to public notice is of a description as to eligibility rarely to be met with. Apply (if by letter, post paid) to Messrs. DEAKIN and V1POND, Pontypool; or to Mr. GEACH, Solicitor, Pon- typool. I The undersigned, being a TITHE-OWNER within the 9 parish of LLANVAYER KILGEDDINE, in the county of Monmouth, whose interest is not less than one fourth pait of the whole value of the Tithes of the said parish, do, by this INotice in Writing, under my hand, CALL a PAROCHIAL MEETING of LAND-OWNERS and TITHE-OWNERS within the limits of the said parish, for the purpose of Making an Agreement for the General COMMUTATION of TITHES within the limits of the said pansh, pursuant to the provisions of an Act paseed in the 6th and 7th Years of the Reign of his "I late Majesty King William the Fourth, entituled, "An Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales." And I do hereby also give Notice, that such Meeting will be held at the House of BLANCH JAMES, known by the name of THE CROSS, in the said parish, on Monday, the Fifth day of Febru- ary, 1838, at the hour of Eleven in the Forenoon.—Given under my hand this Twenty-third day of December, 1837. FRANCIS LEWIS, Rector of the said Parish. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—KEMEYS INFERIOR^ ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY METCALF$WALKER, In one or more Lots, at the FULL MOON INN, PENHOW, on Wednesday, the 3d day of January, 1838, at One o'clock in the Afternoon precisely, (subject to such Conditions as will be then produced),— AVery compact and desirable small FREEHOLD FARM, pleasantly situated in the parish of Kemeys Inferior; comprising a Farm-house, Barn, Stable, &c., together with Fifty-three Acres, or thereabouts of very good, sound, produc- tive Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood Land. The turnpike road from Newport to Chepstow passes through the Estate-six miles from the former and ten from the latter town. A Map of the Property, with reference thereto, may be seen at the Office of Mr. Ilenry Williams, Newport; Mr. David Thomas, Mynyddslyne Bell Inn, Chepstow; Salmons' Inn, Usk Penypound House, Abergavenny and at the Auction- eer's, Monmouth. For a view, apply to Mr. Phelps, of Carleon, the Tenant. H EREFO HDSHIRE. VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES, CONTAINING UPWARDS OF EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND, With Manorial Rights. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Messrs. TV HITE, At the BEAUFORT ARMS INN, MONMOUTH, on Saturday, the 20th day of January next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, subject to such conditions as shall then be pioduced,— A HIGHLY DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, J\_ in Lots, forming a safe investment, and comprising PEMBRIDGE CASTLE ESTATE, consisting of a Farm- house with suitable Farm Buildings, and 256A. 3R. 161', of Land (on which stand the remains of the ancient Castle of Peiiibridge), together with the Manor of Welsh Newton, situ- ated in the parishes of Welsh Newton and Garway, adjoining the turnpike road leading from Hereford to Monmouth, distant about five miles from the latter town. The greatest portion of the Land is Tithe-free. THE HILL ESTATE, adjoining, in the parishes of Welsh Newton, Langarren, and St. Weonard's, containing 293A. On. 7P., with a good Farm-house and all necessary Farm Buildings, Cottages, and a Blacksmith's Shop. BUCKHOLD MILL EST A1E, in the parish of Welsh Newton, distant about three miles from Monmouth, comprising a FaTm-house and Buildings, and 65A. OR. 12P. of Tithe-free ST." WOLSTON'S ESTATE, in the parishes of Welsh Newton, Ganerew, and Whitchurch, distant about three miles from Monmouth, containing 198A. 3R. 4I\, with a convenient Homestead. Printed particulars may be had, one month previous to the sale, of Messrs. WHITE, Estate Agents, Coleford, Glouces- tershire; of Messrs. JENINGS and BOLTON, 4, Elm Court, Temple, London; or of Messrs. POWLES and TYLER, So- licitors, Monmouth, at whose Office Maps of the Property may be 8eQ.

FRANCE. The Councils of Commerce, Manufactures, and Agricul- ture, have been discussing the duty on the importation of cattle, which weighs so heavy upon Alsace. The agricul- tural interest, predominant under the Restoration, raised the duty to X2 sterling a-head upon horned cattle, and baffled all attempts of even the Government to reduce it. The attention of the Council is now turned to this duty, connected as it is with the high price of meat. According to the Droit, Hubert refuses to answer any questions until he is brought to trial. Some more arrests have taken place.

SPAIN. The Scnluielle des Pyrenees states that General Cordova has been appointed War Minister, and will succeed Ita- manet. The Ministry has been at last settled. The names are Count Ofalia, President of the Council; General Espart Minister of War—Baron Solor filling the office ad iiiterilit, Senor Mon, Finance Minister; Marquess de Somerlos, Home Minister; Senor Castro, Minister of Justice. No Minister of Marine yet named. This is no ministry of fusion, as the French say and it is evident that no under- standing or compromise has taken place between hostile parties. Count Toreno is the presiding spirit of such a Cabinet, although he remain behind the curtain. Count Ofalia is still known as a diplomatist, and as having made part of Zea's Ministry. A man of no rigid political prin- ciple of prudence and sagacity, he will rather check the re- action meditated by the furious Modcrados, than further it. He can have little force, however, for this or any other act of internal government since his name and antecedent conduct must inspire all the patriotic party with mistrust. -If there were any hopes of conciliating the hostility of the Absolutist Courts, especially of Vienna, Count Ofalia would make a very fitting minister. But, in order to keep Ic the patriotic party quiet, and to make successful head against Don Carlos, Count Ofalia must depend altogether on Espartero. The Baron del Solar is a cypher. Senor Mon showed some cleverness as an intendente. lie is, we believe a young man, and Count Toreno will undertake to make a financier of him. Somerlos is a well meaning man, Senor Castro is to be the orator of the Cabinet. He is a Seville lawyer, who has talked much and often of late. Let us, however, wait for the acts of this Cabinet. The news from Saragossa is, that the National Guard is to be remodelled, like that of Barcelona, and the poor ex- cluded. The typhus has got among the Castilian troops around Don Carlos, and he is about to send them across the Ebro, without himself accompanying them, it is now said.

HANOVER. The Augsburg Gazette the Westphalia Mercury, and the German papers at last speak out, and state the general protestations of the magistracy of Hanover against the King's patent. The following are the particulars of an affray attended with blood shedding, produced by the tyrannical decree of the King of Hanover:—On the morning of the 14th the seven Professors were called before the Academic tribunal j three of them—Dahlmann, Jacob Grimm, and Gervins— were told they must quit the kingdom within three days, and the rest were suspended. Dahlmann warned the stu- dents who followed his lectures of what had happened, and entreated them, as a last request, to remain tranquil. The greater part of the professors met, and signed a protest to the effect, that by the Constitution of 1823, which they considered still valid, no persons could be dismissed from employ without trial. They reminded his Majesty that even his own patent, lately issued, promised not to dismiss any occupier of a place without the advice of the council. Ottfried Muller, Schneidevin, Leuts, and Kraut have, in addition to the seven professors, stopped their lectures." As soon as it was placarded at the door of Ewald's lecture room, that his lectures were suspended, the students as- sembled at the hall. The same took place at the other professors'. Ottfried Muller had had put up, I cannot lecture." The students gathered in the market place, and thence went to cry Vivats for 1\1 ullr and Ewald. From them they were proceeding to the Gemerstrasse to Grimm's where a troop of dragoons charged in amongst them. The students grouped togetheraud defended themselves, whilst the dragoons with theirsabres aided by police and beadles, strove to disperse them. They, however, retreated to Weenderstrasse unbroken, and, as they'refused to disperse, the police began to make arrests. It was the same scene of agitation and attachment as during the jubilees, except that now there were eight degrees of cold. About twenty students were taken, but again let loose. At two o'clock, before the anatomical bell, the students again collected and proceeded to cry vivats for Grimm. As they passed by Prince and Gothmar-strasse to the market-place, the ca- valry again charged them, pressed them on the flags, and began to hew them down. Many were slightly, some dan- gerously wounded; blood flowed in the streets. The stu- dents have, nevertheless met and passed the following re- solutions: — 1. No one shall attend lectures before the I st, except the clinical students. 2. Every student shall, whether on foot, horseback, or otherwise, accompany the professors pn their way to Minden to quit the kingdom. 3. He shall be noted as a scoundrel who asks either his honorary or fee from the professor." Dalhmann, I just learn, has been ordered to quit the kingdom, not by Minden but by Witzenhauzen.

BELGIUM. The attempt of Holland on the independence of their country in asserting her right of sovereignity over the forest of Grunnewalden is the cause of much excitement. The following is an extract from a letter, dated Brussels, 18 Dec.:— Yesterday the Ministerial Journal was all pacific, and made light of the Grunnewald affair. The public took the Ministry at their word, and was comparatively tranquil. This was con. firmed by the news that answers from London and Paris had arrived, stating that the two Cabinets took upon them to arrange the differences, and to obviate any recurrence to arms. From Frankfort also word came that the Germanic Diet refused to meddle with the affair, it having taken no part in the Con- ferences of London, nor in the Treaty of 22d May. In the teeth of all this, the Journals of Luxemburg have come with reports, and even proofs of the determination of the King of Holland to push his pretensions and execute them without delay. The Echo publishes letters of the 15th from Luxemburg, saying that, M. Servains, government-surveyor, has received orders to measure out to-moirow the portion of the forest of Grunenwald to be immediately cut down." The Echo adds that it has this from a certain source, and that it is understood in Luxemburg that the cutting down the wood supported by troops, is to commence on the 18th (to-day) lheJoitnmZ d' Arlon says that the Prussians have driven away. or taken up all individuals that venture into the forest, so that there can be no obstacle to cutting down the wood. Letters from Brussels state that six battalions had set out for Luxemburg. They left on the 20th by the rail- road, with the intention of sleeping that night at Namur. The following is an extract from a letter, dated Antwerp, Dec. 19. "The 7th regiment of the line has left our city this morning to proceed to the province of Luxemburg. Letters from Ghent say that other troops have likewise set out for the same desti- nation. It is said that we are going to surround the forest of Grunenwald with a cordon of 30,000 men. The die is cast- we are going tu act a v.umcdy. mu liuugei 01, the war department, swelled till it is ready to burst, will pay for the seats.- Belgium papers. His Majesty of Holland is truly an indefatigable per- sonage. Whilst lie is keeping the Belgians on the qui vivc for the woods of Grunenwald, a point which he must yield before the instances of the French and Euglish governments, he starts another and. more serious subject of dispute, by renewing his pretensions to stop the ScheIdt. The Pi •eairseur of Antwerp has a letter from Flushing of the 16th, stating that the Dutch Minister has resolved to make all Belgian vessels coming to or from Antwerp, on the road of Rammekens, submit to a declaration of arrival and departure, and to the consequent payment of the dues for lightage, &c. I The Commerce Beige of the 21st notices this, and says "Two new facts have come to render the present question more complicated; one is the determination of the Dutch Government to impose duties upon all boats passing the Scheldt; the other is the march of troops from Central Holland into North Brabant. Some persons explain all this by the necessity in which the cabinet of the Hague finds itself to get negociations recommenced for a final arrangement. The votes of the States-General on the budgets imperiously oblige the King of Holland to use all the means in his power to induce England and France to demand new conferences at London. The question of navigation duties on the Scheldt leads naturally to this."

The Austrian Lloyd contains a letter from the captain of the Austrian steam-boat, which was recently run down and damaged by the French man-of-war steamer, of a hundred and sixty horse power, the Dante. The Austrian captain affirms that the act was wilful on the part of the French commander, and he has entered a protest on the subject at the office of the Austrian consul-general at Smyrna.

A PROFITABLE BEATING.—Our readers can scarcely have forgotten the bastinado given last year to an English gentleman, Mr. Churchill, at Constantinople. Lord Ponsonby interfered with some spirit on the occasion, and the Turkish minister made his peace by offering Mr. Churchill a mercantile privilege to export a certain quantity of oil duty free. This privilege Mr. Churchill is said to have sold to a Greek merchant for about X4000,

Domcfttir twø. Lord Brougham has entered a strong protest against the Civil List Bill, embodying the main arguments which his Lordship lately opposed to its passage through tha House. In the House of Lords, on Tuesday se'nnight, the Lord Chancellor gave judgment in the celebrated cause of Mor- ris and Davies, which has been before three juries and the Lord Chancellor, and been pending for nineteen years. The decree of Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst for the defend- ant was confirmed. By this decision it is settled, that pos- sibility of the husband's access does not of itself give to the children of a married woman the rights of legitimate off- spring. The evidence in this case left no doubt of the pos- sibility of the husband's access to his wife, the mother of the plaintiff, but this favourable presumption was rebutted by full evidence that the plaintiff was the son of a person with whom his mother had an adultrous connexion. The ^esfirte, iich there has been so much litigation, was originally worth S2000 a-year; but it has been greatly re- duced by law expenses. THE QUEEN'S PROCESSION TO THE HOUSE OF LoRfis.— The Queen went in state on Saturday to the House of Lords, to give her royal assent to the Civil List Bill. At half-past twelve o'clock the royal procession was formed in the following order:—A carriage drawn by six grtys, conveying the Honourable Frederick Byng and the other gentlemen ushers, and the Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard in waiting. A carriage, drawn by six bays, convey- ing Captain Seymour, groom of the robes, Lord Kilmar- nock, page of honour, and Colonel Greenwood, silver stick in waiting. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, in which were the Honourable Colonel Grey, equerry in waiting, Master Cavendish, page of honour, Mr. Rich, groom in waiting, and the Honourable Colonel Cavendish, ch rk marshal. A carriage, drawn by six bays, containing the Treasurer of the Household Lord Hill, gold stick in wait- ing; and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. A carriage, drawn by six black horses, conveying Viscount Falkland, lord in waiting; the Lord Steward; the Coun- tess of Mulgrave, lady in waiting; and the Marchioness of Lansdowne, first lady in waiting. The state coach, pre- ceded by the Queen's marshalmen two and two, the Queen's footmen in state liveries two and two, and by a party of the Yeomen of the Guard in full costume. The Queen was conducted from the state rooms to the conch by the Marquess Conyngham, lord chamberlain, preceded by Lord Charles Fitzroy, vice-chamberlain, her train of crimson velvet and ermine being borne by Lord Kilmar- nock and Master Cavendish, the pages of honour. Her Majesty wore a splendid circlet, stomacher, and ear-rillgs of diamonds, with the ribbons and star of the order of the garter, and an armlet having the motto of the most nohle order: the dress was white, with deep bullion fringe. In the carriage her Majesty wore a long tippet of ermine. Opposite to the Queen sat the Master of the Horse, and the Duchess of Sutherland, mistress of the robes. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—On Saturday, while her Majesty was returning from the House of Lords, a young man, having the appearance and manners of a gentleman, about twenty years of age, ap- proached the carriage, just as it had entered the Park frem the Horse Guards, and taking out a letter, which he had in a silk handkerchief, presented it at the carriage window. He of course attracted the attention of her Majesty, the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Earl of Albemarle; but he was promptly seized hold of by some policeman of the A division, and conveyed to the station-house in Gardnt r!s Lane. We understand that he was afterwards taken to the Secretary of State's office, where he underwent an exa- mination. FIRE AT OSCOT NEW COLLEGE.—Wednesday evening considerable excitement prevailed throughout the town hy a rumour that the new Roman Catholic College at Oscot was in flames. The intelligence was brought by a horse express, which had been dispatched to the Birmingham fire-office (in which we understand the building is insured) for assistance, the moment the fire was discovered. En. gines were instantly forwarded from this and the other tn- surance establishments to Oscot, n. distance of five or HX miles, and in the meantime the utmost anxiety was evinced to learn the fate of this magnificent institution. On ar- riving at the spot, it was ascertained that the fire h. d broken out in the upper story of the building, where some carpenters had been at work. They had incautiously lighted a large quantity of chips in an open fire-place, and from the proximity of a portion of the rafters to the binn- ing wood they speedily caught fire. The flames were spreading rapidly along the roof when they were disco- vered by the workmen, through whose exertions they were eventually extinguished, without any serious damage hav. ing been sustained. Had the fire obtained an ascendancy before it was discovered, from the high wind that pre- vailed, and the difficulty of obtaining water, there is little doubt that the whole building would have been destroyed. -Birmingham Philanthropist. ROBBERY OF ELEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS.-On Thui-s day se'nnight, David Gilbert, a gentlemanly-looking man, somewhat advanced in years, was indicted before Mr. Baron Gurney, at the Central Criminal Court, London, for stealing divers promissory notes, Bank of England and promissory notes, orders for money, and other securitie s, amounting in value to eleven thousand pounds, the pro- perty of the District Bank of Yorkshire, and the Commer- cial Bank. William Harrison deposed, that he resided at Leeds, and that on Sunday, the 26th of November, he acted as guard to the Express coach, on the journey up to London, in the place of a person named Howell. He had with him a carpet bag, which contained two bankers' par- cels, which he had received from the Yorkshire District Bank and the Commercial Bank, the first directed to Wil- liams and Co., and the second to Messrs. Jones and Loyd. On arriving at the Bull and Mouth Inn, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the day in question, he had oc- casion to go into the office, to look after a parcel belonging to a passenger of the name of Frost, and he laid the carpet bag outside the office door for a moment. When lie came out lie found the bag was gone, and on looking about him observed the prisoner going out of the yard the back way, with this carpet bag under his arm. Brought him back to the office, and he there said that the witness had acted harshly towards him, and that it was a mere mistake on his part. The prisoner was very fashionably dressed, and had a gold chain round his neck. He had quite the ap- pearance of a gentleman. John Ellis, one of the watch- men employed at the Bull and Mouth, deposed, that he observed the prisoner lurking about the yard for several days before the robbery was committed. The jury, with- out hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty.—Seven years' transportation. LABOURERS' FRIEND SOCIETIES.-Tlie Society at Had- low, Kent, has drawn up its second report. The facts which it states are the following :—32 families have been received into the society, to whom were let eight acres c f land, being 40 roods to each, at the rate of 40s the aur. During the first season some of the tenants pioduced a crop worth at the rate of £ 32 per acre, and this, it should u. a, au.ii'g mc v.uiiager s leisure hours, in no case interfering with his regular employment. In the summer evenings might be seen 60 or 70 parents and children, cultivating their allotments, which tim- would otherwise have been wasted in idleness or thrown away in the beer shop. During the summer a public meeting was held, when the subscribers and friends in- spected the allotments, and awarded prizes to the best cultivators. The committee had decided on extending the system through the parish, and have taken 10 more acres, for which they have already forty applications. Pay- ment of half.a-crown a year constitutes a member of the society, and so well have its objects been received, that most of the ladies and gentlemen in the parish have be- come subscribers. In receiving the tenants but little re- gard is paid to the applicant's character, as the object of the society is to reclaim the ignorant and reward the in- dustrious; and the propriety of this plan was made appa- rent at the last meeting, when one of the tenants received a prize for good conduct, who had been previously consi- dered one of the worst characters in the parish. A gentle- man last year, in want of a gardener, inspected the various allotments, and was thence enabled to select one. By spade husbandry the ground is made to produce double the quantity raised by the plough; to which must be also taken into account the extra manure thus obtained. GREAT FLOOD IN LANCASHIRE.—The neighbourhood of Manchester and the rivers Irwell and Mersey have been swollen in an extraordinary degree by the rains which pre- vailed in the early and middle part of the last week. One of the results of this inundation was the carrying away of a bridge, over which the Grand Junction railway passes, near the town of Warrington, which occasioned a slight interruption to the travelling on the line, the details of which have already appeared in the papers. But the da- mage done to property in the vicinity of Manchester has been more serious. Several cottages near that town have been severely injured, and a mill in Satford, with its ex- tensive machinery, the value of which is estimated at £1000, together with a variety of goods on the premises, have been rendered useless. Near Cheadle, three gentle- men belonging to Manchester had the narrowest possible escape for their lives, as a coach which they had hired to carry them home was caught in the great flood of Wednes- day. The narrative of the hair-breadth escape4 of these persons by flood and field appears miraculous. They were overtaken on the road by heavy rains and driven into a field, where the water immediately filled the coach. They requested the driver to loose the horses and "Arive to the nearest house for assistance. With the greatest difficulty he succeeded in doing so; but the persons sent to their rescue, although armed with ropes, dated not approach sufficiently near fof feaT of being drownefL ^vKere' however, ultimately sa?c<J, after every one had given them up for lost. On the north road, in the neighbourr.poa ot Preston, the rains were equally severe and the conse- quences as alarming. The mail, after leaving Preston or Liverpool, was unable to proceed for a considerable time, as the horses eoold not oppose its violence. The inside of the coach was cmpletely fillud \vater, and the passen- gers were obliged to get out to avoib drowning. A dog, which had been put into the boot for safe\„v> drowned. In Yorkshire lhe rains were equally heavy a. alarming. t Bradford jMater in the Beck rose rapidly, and soon overspread the neighbouring banks. The conse<}oevnce was that in a short time the cellars, kitchens, and padob. rs of the houses in the lower part of the town were compIettJy full. There was a large quantity of goods in the various shops destroyed or seriously injured. Several horses were drowned, and many persons narrowly escaped with their lives. In one instance three persons lost their lives by the flood, and it is feared that many similar instances will shortly come to light. The accounts from other parts of Yorkshire bring similar distressing details. TAXED CARTS.—The owners of taxed carts will do well to have their names legibly painted on their vehicles if the regulations as to the exemption of gigs from taxation be not strictly attended to, the penalty of f3 5s will be strictly enforced. By a late decision of the Judges it appears that the name, &c., must be painted in legible characters on the back part of the body; if no body, then upon the pannel. Neither the surveyor nor the commissioners can give relief. CLERICAL INTOLERANCE.—About a fortnight ago, a poor woman who had just lost an infant about 16 months old, applied to a reverend curate, in the borough of Stroud, to ask him to officiate at its interment. Where was your in- fant baptised ?" was the interogation of the priest. At such a chapel, answered the poor woman. Then let the people at the chapel bury it," was the haughty reply. He knew there was no burying yard at the chapel, and therefore the dust of the child was to remain unburied. Whether his after cogitations may have suggested that an infant sixteen months old was not the fittest object for intolerance to pour out the vial of wrath upon, we cannot say, but the parent was sent for, and the following very sane and learned in- terrogations delivered in writing. With what mutter was the child baptised ?" 61 Ifith what words was the child baptised ?" When we saw these queries in writing we could hardly believe our eyes. For an apostolical priest to be so ignorant of ecclesiastical doings in the country in the various denominations, was at least no credit to his re- verence. He knows, or as a parochial priest he ought to know, that all denominations use water in baptism. Or if they use any thing else he ought long before this to have ascertained it, that he might warn his parishioners against such wickedness. He should have known, that all Dis- senters, whatever interpretation they may put upon the words, use the form prescribed by our Lord. But what if wrong matter had been used and wrong words uttered, would he have deprived the child of a grave on these ac- counts ? The poor child could not help it, and to scourge the dead for the living would be such a superfluity of ven- geance, that even bigotry blirshesat the thought of having such a foul task to perform. Even Paganism suggested that it would be indecent and cruel to refuse the dead a grave. We should like to know what text of scripture there is that directs a kind and forgiving follower of the Saviour to refuse a grave to an unconscious infant.-Chet. tenham Free Press. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 18.—SEVERE HURRICANE.—To-day the weather has been most stormy. The wind, which is now north-west, has blown during the latter part ot the day almost a hurricane, accompanied with heavy rains, and although there are not any accounts or ross amongst me shipping on the coast or off this port, yet little doubt is entertained that in a post or two we shall have details of several wrecks upon the northern and western coasts. Con- siderable anxiety was manifested on 'Change to day re- specting the New York packet which left that city on the 1st instant; she is, however, under the command of one of the most able and experienced men (Captain Bursley) in the Liverpool and New York packet ships, and great confidence is placed in his 'skill and judgment, and the more so as he is so well acquainted with the entrance to this port. We notice with the greatest pleasure that the commer- cial reports furnished by our correspondents and others represent a general improvement to be taking place in the woollen, worsted, cotton, linen, hosiery, and lace trades in the towns of Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, Halifax, Rochdale, Wakefield, Manchester, Liverpool, Barnsley, and Nottingham. A decided improvement just at this period, which is usually the dullest in the whole year, is a very cheering symptom of returning prosperity, and affords ood hopes of increased comfort to the working classes. Moreover, the appearance cannot be owing to an excessive circulation, as both the Bank of England and the country banks have largely reduced their issues and increased the itock of bullion in their coffers. According to the latest return of the Bank of England, its stock of bullion now amounts to X8,172,000, and its circulation to only E17,998,000 the former being increased f740,000, and the latter decreased S346,000, within the last month.— Leeds Mercury. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—For some time past a desperate band of poachers, amounting in number to nearly thirty, have been committing depredations in the preserves of the neighbourhood of Cranbrook. On Saturday week they visited the grounds of T. L. Hodges, Esq., at Ilemsted, and their numbers and purposes be. coming known, preparations were made by the keepeis of the neighbouring estates to give them a suitable re- ception if they should continue their practices. On Mon- day week the band was seen at Bull Wood, the property of Mr Roberts, of Glastonbury, whose keeper and assistants, being only five in number, were compelled to give way before the overpowering force of the poachers. In their retreat, however, they met with the keepers of Lord Beresford, and thus reinforced, they returned and attacked the enemy, A severe contest ensued, in the course of which one of the keepers named Allchin, was knocked down, his head cut open, and otherwise severely injured. While lying on the ground, one of his brutal assailants kicked him on the head, exclaiming with an oath, There's one done for." Ultimately seven were taken, and have since been committed to the couniv gaol, and there is every probability that many others will he captuied, as tiie .nvaiei part are known, though the faces of the whole band were blackened, to avoid recognition. MANSLAUGHTER.—FATAL PYOUIRTIN R*JNFTIII«TCI> v^n mesuay morning an inquisition took pfece before Mr. W. Carter, coroner, at the George and Dragon public- house, New-cross, on the body of Charles Regan, aged 30, an excavator, who came by his death from the injuries he received in a pugilistic encounter on Sunday week 1a51.- Mr. John Hawkins, surgeon, of Deptford-lane, said that on Monday, the 18th instant, he was requested to attend the deceased he found him lying in bed, at his residence in George-place, New-cross; the deceased was labouring under severe internal injuries, which he (witness) under- stood had been sustained in a fight on the day previous the deceased was in great agony, and stated that he had been kicked during the affray; the injury inflicted was to such an extent, that witness informed deceased he would not recover, and he replied that he was a done man, and it was all up with him." He continued in great agony till Tuesday morning, when he died. He had since made a post mortem examination, and found internal injuries suffi- cient to cause death, occasioned by a violent blow or kick in the abdoinen.-William Broker,an excavator, employed on the London and Croydon Railway, had known the de. ceased for a short time. On Sunday morning, the I Otl1. instant he was in the Jolly Postboys, a public-house at New-cross, in company with several other of his brother workmen; amongst them were the deceased and a man of the name of Thomas Smoker. In the course of the morning a dispute arose between them, at the termination of which Smoker got up to leave the room, when the de- ceased jumped up, and, without provocation, struck him a violent blow with his fist in the face. Smoker returned the blow, and they both went into the open road, and had a regular fight; in the last round they both fell; the de- ceased was undermost. In getting up Smoker asked de- ceased whether he would have any more, when the other replied," No, I won't; I have had enough." The deceased then left the ground, and witness saw him no more alive. The witness, in answer to numerous questionsfrom the co- roner and jury, said that Smoker was a very inoffensive man. He never saw him kick the deceased. They made several attempts to part them, but without success. Seve- ral other witnesses were examined, and they corroborated the above evidence. The jury, after some deliberation returned a verdict of manslaughter against Smoker; who was committed on the coroner's warrant to take his triaj at the Central Criraioal Court,