The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-10 00:00:00

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RIOTS IN MONMOUTH&

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We are happy to learn that the al
county, to which we alluded in our
been suppressed, though the cause is
a subject of discussion among the
long robe. We have received com►.
various correspondents at Abergaveany.
&c. too long to give in their origins'
therefore compressed the facts into
possible.

At an early boar of the month,
2;th nit. the inhabitants of the Si
part of the large mining district n(
port, were alarmed in their beds b:
vast multitude of people descending .
on horseback, in tram waggons, and
of conveyances. Some hundreds
Mr. Homfray's Tredegar Ironwork
groes, eleven miles from Tredegat
o'clock, and, as it appeared after%
immediate conduct and command of three persons,
named Theodore Jones, William Jones, and John
Hall, proceeded by force to dispossess the workmen
of John Jones, Esq of Llanarth Court (then employed
in constructing a new fine of road from certain mine
lands of that gentleman, to connect with the Monmouth-
shire Canal Company's road) of a certain meadow, near
Pouffelin-fetch, in the parish of Monythasloyne ; which
object was, as we have beard, partially effected after a
stout contest, In which the workmen of Mr. Jones were
overpowered, one man being wounded in the back with
blow from a spade or shovel, and his she being cot
through with some sharp instrument. Before half-
past six o'clock, J. H. Moggridge, Esq. a neighbour-
ing Magistrate, arrived on the ground on horse-
back : and, at this time, as nearly as we could
judge, there might be five or six hundred men on
the field ; but the numbers were continually aug-
mented by fresh arrivals, till they probably ex-
ceeded a thousand.—On his entrance into the field, the
Magistrate addressed the people, who were then in
different detachments; but we cannot distinctly report
what was said : the mob seemed to be attentive, and
conducted themselves respectfully towards him. Irt
about 20 minutes after, the Magistrate, having some
of his family and friends around him, commanded si-
lence ; and, calling to him those who had been pointed
est as the leaders, addressed them individually by
name, reprobating their condnct, and ordering them
to take back to their own homes quietly, peaceably,
and instantaneously, the deluded multitude whom they
had confessed to have brought there. This order not
being complied with, the Magistrate proceeded to read
the Riot Act, and afterwards to caution the multitude
present as to the criminal and perilous situation in
which they stood, entreating them as their irieneto
desist and disperse, and concluded by declaring that
if more than twelve persons remained on the ground
after the time limited by law, he would order their
leaders to be seized; and should any act of violence
in the mean time be committed, he declared be would
discharge his duty with vigour at any risk to himself.
A profound silence ensued, which was about twenty
minutes after interrupted by a renewed attack on the
part of some of the mob, consequent. we believe, on in-
structions given by one of the leaders. The Magi..
trate immediately darted into the midst of the scene of
ceetention, seised one of the rioters by the collar, and
committed him to the custody of the civil power. The
man so seised, whom we understood to be in Mr.
Homfray's employ, was, after a stout struggle.
rescued, and, as we are told, finally made his
escape through the river. No further violence.
was, however, committed ; and in about a quarter of
an hour afterwards the mob peaceably departed. We
have, in the above account, confined ourselves for
the present as strictly as possible to a short narrative
of the proceedings, compiled from many particulars re- •
ported by eye witnesses and correspondents from that
part of the country, and we have done so the more so-
licitously, because it has been desired of us, and be-
cause it has been intimated to us that sonic fedi%
which have been imparted to us of a very extraor-
dinary and responsible nature, will become the sub-
jects of legal cognizance. It has, however, been
since reported, that another attack on the works lia‘
been subsequently made, and some considerable por-
tion thereof destroyed. We hope, however, this will
not prove upon inquiry to be the case.
We understand that another fall in the price of
iron is fully expected to take place next quarter.—
Bristol Mercury.)

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