The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-15 00:00:00

RIOTS IN MONMOUTHSHIRE.

In oar last we stated the safe arrival of the greater
part of a convoy of coal-waggons, under the protection
of the Scots Greys and Yeuraery, at the place of its
destination, co Tborsday, week : but we are song to
he now compelled to add, that notwithstanding Ike
somber of rioters mended, and some very severely,
others of them during the night destroyed or disabled
about 20 waggons, which (deserted by the hslliers Is
the course of the day) had bees left near the Mew
monthshire Canal Company's reservoir at Lanhilleth;
four of these, with their contests, were rolled over the
precipice, and dashed into the river below; oaken
were sank in the reservoir, and the wheels of Aid
fourteen more broke. to pieces on the road. :MO
content, however, with these depredations, the he*
(mete than two tow in each wagger) were set on fire.
ad, with every thing combustible about the waggon,
totally consumed, some of the great muses of fire con-
tinuing to bare till Monday morning.
Whilst • this was effecting in the valley above
Crwalia, another body of rioters, in the night of So-
day, or early on Monday awning, attacked sod d.l
mord, in several places above the IS mile stone,
surly half a mile of the Sirhowey tram-read, she-
eted in the parallel valley leading up to Tredegar
Iron-works; not only were the iron-plates ripped up
and carried away, bet the atone blocks raised and
rolled down into the river ; and in order to prevent
a farther supply being sent up, this One public work,
from which the country (and no portion fit more
Asa tie workmen thenssalvee) have derived aneb great
advantages, was thes feloniously destroyed. Great
*umbers of the workpeople have, however, since been
;employed upon the road, and we ars happy to learn
that it is, by great suedes, already restored to its
'former state of usefulness and repair.
A letter from Abergavenny. dated Saturday eves-
, ing, says, that " every thing is at present tolerably
quiet on the hills; het the moo have not retorted to
their work."
Henry Lewis, basket-maker, of the parish of Lam-
hilletb, bestrewn committed to Usk gaol, by J. H.
Meggride, His;., for aseanitiog and threatemieg to
'kill a ostesuble of Lanhilleth, fur *belying the orders
of the fn.": Poweii, a magistrate of she. toasty
Altseaseath, a the 2d of this month, when the attack
was made on the coal-waggons near Gremlin.—
(cfoucesier Jorrsiet)
UP ER-TR BATA! BAT.
[FROM THE ORIGETON CHRONICLE.]
" 'Tie better to prevent than cure diseases ;"—so
thought a worthy parish-officer is a well-known vii.
lege not many miles from Lewes. It appears that a
wan, his wife, sad several children, who are now re-
siding In the parish, have excited the fears of the
men in power, lest, by some mischanee or other, the
family should become dependant on the parish. The
man it seems is not a parishioner of the place where
be resides, but as he has lived there for more Mau
twenty years, without having ever wade applies.,
Lion to the parish for relief, be considered Miura
entitled to the liberty of dwelling unmolested is a
place which had become dear to him on many accoeots.
But he might become burthensome ; and to prevent
this, the prudent man in authority resolved to drivel
him from his quarters by batik or by crook. The beet
means of effecting this seemed, to the faithful trustee
of the parish interest, to be, to induce the man to ac-
cept from him a shilling, as preparatory to his'
" swearing to his parish." The trap scrupled to re-
ceive money from time officer, who informed him
that he meat take it, as the law was now altered,'
and ail must depart to the parish to which they
belonged. Thus was the poor man inveigled
into receiving what may be considered parish
relief, contrary to his will, and thus was a
handle given to the man " dressed in a little brief
authority" to proceed in hie act of expelling this
poor yet worthy family from a place hallowed by a
twenty years' residence, and endeared to them by ties
of the tend kind. They have not yet been carted
to their parish ; bat they are in daily expectation of a
summons from the great ones to quit their station, and
to seek fur a new home,

ECCLESIASTICAL PUNISHMKSIT.— Sunday last the
church-yard and the streets leading to Bethnal-green
church were crowded by thousands of spectators to wit-
ness the ceremony of a young woman, named Sarah
Green, doing penance, by order of the Surrogate of the
Ecclesiastical Court, by standing in a white sheet in the
chancel of the church, for railing her sister-in•law, Mrs
Ann Johnson, wife of Mr. W. Johnson, of the above pa-
rish, •• W—e." However, the ceremony of standing in
the sheet was dispensed with, to the disappointment of
the multitude; but the female, who was a very fine
young woman, attired in a white dress, repeated the fol-
lowing recantation in the vestry, in the presence of the
rector, churchwardens, the person calumniated, and five
or six of ker relations:—•• 1 Sarah Green, wife of J.
Green, bare uttered and spoken several scandalous and
opprobrious words, against Ant Johnson, wife of Wm.
Johnson, of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, to the great
offence of Almighty God, the scandal of the Christian
religion, and the injury and reproach of my neighbour's
credit, by calling her • IV—e. 1 do, therefore, before
God and you, humbly confess and acknowledge such
offence, and am heartily sorry for the same, and do ask
her forgiveness, and promise hereafter
her in the like manner, God assisting tae." The female
appeared very mach affected ; and after the form was
gone through was led out of the church by the beadles,
wbo conducted her safely through the mob, and she was
conveyed home in a coach.