The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-05-15 00:00:00

RIOTS IN MONMOUTHSHIRE.

!dime hot we stated Ike safe arrival of the greater part cf
s mime, of tbai • wagguas, uuder the poltroon of the Scots
Goya sad ye:notary, at the place of its destitixtion, on
'lhus-Amy week; but we are sorry to be sow compelled to
add, that rotsritbstanding the number of rioters wounded,
mid some very severely, mhos of them during the Melt de-
stroyed.... dioabled about' e waggons, which (deserted by the
Where is the course of the day) bad been lett near the Mon-
mouthshire Cassel Compauy's reservoir at Lanbilleik fbiir
of three, with their mutes..., were roiled over the pretiplee,
and dashed tie° the river below ; others were souk Is the
reservoir, and the wheels of about &unfree more broken to
pieces or the road. Not eostenr, however, wttb these depre-
datioss, the coals (more thaw Iwo ions in each sraggoa) were
set os ire, mid with every thing combustible about the wag.
gum, totally consumed, some of the great mama a lire
continuing or burn lull Moseley musing.
Whilst this was effeling is the valley above Contain, so-
othe. body grouters, In the night of Smudgy or early.. Mon-
day mooting, attacked and destroyed, in several places above
thelB GO le. stone, nearly half • sole of theStrhowcy tram-road,
situated in the paralleled valley leading up to Tredertr crow
Works; not Daly. were the Iron plates ripped up sad tarried
away, but the stoneblucka retool and rolled down isle the
river, and in order to prevent a further supply being seat up,
this due public work, from which the country (and no portion
of it more then the workmen themselves) have desired such
great advantages, was thus felumously destroyed, Great
numbers of the work•people have, however, since bee* em-
ployed upon the road, and we are happy to leans that it is,
by great exertion, already restored to Its former state of use-
fulness cad repair.
A letter frogs Abergevenny, dated Saturday eveniug, woe,
that " every thing is at peseta tolerably quiet ass the lulls ;
but the mesa have not relented to their get k."
Henry Lewts, basket.maket, of the parish of Lanbilleth,
has been committed to Usk gaol, by J. H. Moggridae, Ewl ,
for awaiting and threaleaiiig to kill s temptable of Lahini
Ira; for Obereig the orders sat the Stew. W. Pewell, a Ma-
gietrate s( she comity of Monetooth, on the 2d of this *oath,
hen the attack was mode or tote coal weapon., near Crash u
—(tilorcester Joanna)

RIOTS IN STAFFORDSHIRE.

[Fro. the Staffentekire Advertiser of Saturday lest. 2

Tar soot* WtWeell strict .of this emanly Mill cormisties is
a very onsausfartury state, the miners geset&lly refuel*. Its
work for the reduced wages, and the mantra persisting tit
lbeie deleruiseatios net le employ them at the old ones.
Indeed, the few mantles who have Iptberto estutinued
piy the old rase of wages have lately taken the determtirr-
tiun of reducing them, • very namerous tweeting of the
trade havlog been held al "Faisal on Tuesday last, wtes it
was osanimously resolved net Its give soy Giber wages Ibis
those fur which the meg refuse t-t a wk. Is cetwoogseece of
the disposition which bad bees manifested to offer viofeeee
to persons aid property, it was deemed adinvible to rmyte
more extensive arraugements for present* the rein of the
district, mad foot, troop, of the )Ismarsory 6,8111 were -
dered on duty in the neighbourhood till Omit places toold
he supplied by regulars. Mr. Littleloo. them Lieutenant_
Colonel, left town to lake the cummaud of them. In the
court, of the teeelk, Earl 'Talbot, the lord Lieutenant, et.
sited the treighbowe hood, where he (Iterned such measures
with the Magistrates, as it is hoped may prevent sty evil.
consequences to the public peace from the cootiseanceof
the struggle between the uneaten and the men. Tine yen.
menu malty have bent ewe relieved, after having bees
thmiked by the Lord Lieutenant for the promptitude with
which they had turned oat to support the civil power. They
have hewn reylsced by a detachment of the 73et regimmit tat
isfaotry, soother if the U, and smother of the Scotch
Greys. During the week the Magistrates, • ' ed by par-
ties of the ilkilllllll staff and yeomanry rivalry, apprehended
many of the ringleaders in the late distarbaucet, and lodged
three in the toasty gaol.

The boxing mateb for 100 guineas aside, b. t weer Cooper,
the Kipsy, and a %Woolwich moo, of the 'issue of Sharpe,
was In have lake* plate yesterday as Fladdingtou, near
Bromley, Lest, hint Magisterial tatrriereile• revealed
it, and after • cocullows yowl*, a flag wU farmed at Wim-
bledon Common, and from theses 10 Proxy iintb, shine
the fight would have taken place, bat Skaffa did net make
hie appearance, to the dibappoilitmetia tiosaatds oho
started to me it.
Up to Saturdory afternoon the increase of the t• •
venue for the first five weeks of the present quattr,,
etimpated with the corresponding period of
year, a stated, on vety good authority, so be near!,
360,000/.

A ►ubscription hes been opened sat Gloucester for
the relief of the starving poor in the uuth•wpl
belstsd. A bubacriptints lies beets afro smelliest et
lonmoutb.

The pernicious practice of desertion of firma
by the truants is unhappily woltiptyicg in Itfr—
mouthohne with the increare of dilate... A firmer
considerable farm in the parish uf:klooythui—
! loveir. slot only dammed loie form, but drove off tits
stuck by night, et:.1140n% ut 101 sheep, S utpeu,
5 oxen, t three-year old heifer, 3 yearlinchelfetr.
two yearling bteera. besides humeri auhl colt., 1.601
• seas huwever overtaken by Iris aid veld he
auction on Monday last. The lour•year old cm)
gOl,l for 81, the pair, the thrte-yeat olds for 5/. the
pair, The *ether uhrep could not be *lda' 6s. 4d..
a bead, and irrn, boeght in at that price. on acctruct
ul the landlord. as were the rat ling sheep at 2s. ed.
a piece, and the ewes and limbs at 5s a couple.

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