MONMOUTHSHIRE, &c.-The cr...
The Times, 1824-10-19T00:00:00

MTONIMOUTHr9HsItRE, 8C.-ThTe cruelpracticeofelarging the labonring poor with payment of thc poor-rates has of late been adopted in somne of the niinery parishes in Alonmouthshire; and warrants of d.stress have been issued! against persons who are barclv able to maintain themselves and families by the daily labour of their hands. Perhaps there is no measulre relating to the industrious classes, at the sametiame more unjust and inpolitic, than this, and Ewe trust that the known humanity and vigilancc of the resident ma- gi5tracy of that county wvill plit a Sned e and effbetuzal stop to so per. nicious a practice.- Ifereford Independent. 0 EcRATIVFS.-Tlle cotton-spinners still hold out. 7rhe calendereru have taken in a sumberof new bands, who readily learn the business, fo that the most refractory of the old hands are and will b: altogether excluded. The colliers are in commotion, to the great advantage of thle coal-proprietors in the Avrshire and other distant coal-districts. The weavers in the couintry towns, since those in this place refused to work, are most actively employed. So- lictitations for work fronm the most distant parts are pressed upon the manufacturers in this city, and so indignant are they at the attempts at ambulating delerates to bring them into associations, that, in se- veral villages, were they to make their appearance, we learn they would be tossed into the nearest river or stoned. A great complaint on the part of the *reavers who firut began the strike is against those sevo are carrying the trade to Ireland. This they cannot and have no rigbt to prevent.-Gla._orv Coaurier. WVEYraT.L FAIR.-On Tues(lay the hop fair commernced. The numeer of pockets grounded exceeded 7,1)00, but f'ew sales dur- ing that day were effected. Notwithstanding the buyers appeaTed pretty numerous, the planters, knowing that hope were wanted, pitched their prices too high to indutce purchasers. We'dnesday morning was very fine. and the planters were at their post. Sales anon took place, and Farnham hops sold rapidly, from 101. to 101. IIs. and 121. Country hops from 81. to 91. 0s. to 101. per cwt. lVe never remember to have seen so manv weggons load- ing off as about noon on Wednesday. Towards the afternoon, sales becamics duller, and many hops remained for Thursday's and Friday's fair. The horse-fair coDtinued brisk, and fine horscs maintained strong prices. The quantity of cheese grounded ex- ceededl that of many former years: rnuch, however, remained uin. sold on Wednesday. The prices vaRed: beat Somerset, from 57s. to fifs. per ewt. ; seconds, 41s. to 545.: skim, 20s. to 30s. The con- course of people on the hill about mid-day was very great, and busi- ness was never known to be transacted more pleasantly. Few ac- cidents, and very little light-fingered work, lhappened this year.- Cont/q Chronhirle. WVe thiink Manchester dloes not deserve the character for litimi(lity which it has obtained. The quantity of rain which falls at Lancaster, as indicatedt by the rain-gauge, is nearly 10 per cent., and at Kendal nearly '0 per'cent., more than falls here; yet neither of these places are proverbial for rainy weather. The narrowness of its streets, we imagine, has gained for this town its character fer fre. qurent rain. The sun's rays seldom fall on otir pavements, which consequiently continuc lo ng wet, so that pedestrians are constantly retnin(le(i that showers have fallen. In towns blessed with wider streets, those who have Put actually beets in the rain, have scarcely any eyidence that there has been any. WVhen we shall have one wide cleAn street, we shall coinplain less of humiditv than we do at pre. sent.MAfe,nnqhester Ga:ette. Thursdav, the recently inVented syringe for withd(rawing poison frsm the stomach was successfully used at Shrewsbury, by Alr. Bird, surceon, upon a respectable young wonman, who, for rea- sons which it is not necessary to state, had taken a quantity of oxalic acid as poison. Fortunately, however, itS fatal effects were prevented, and the young woman restored to her family and friends, ny the proMpt and timely use of this valuable instrument.-Salo- pqn .Journal. On the arrival oif one of the Dover coaches at the. Brick- layers' Arms, Kent-roadl.!on Saturday evening latt, it was discover. ed that the whole of the luggage of the hind hoot was missing. The r=blbery ,a effectect between that and the Five Bolls, Kent-road, as at the latter place all was right. A chain is usually passed from beneath the coach round the hind boot; this was found loose, and the boot merely secured by a padlock. At present the affair is in. volveti in mvstery. The body of a female, apparently about 23 years of age, was found (trowned below Vauxhall.bridge on Satur(iay evening. Her dress was rather clegant, and by the direction of a dress-ma. ker's card at Pimlico, foxund in her pocket, t7he loAgings of the tde. ceased was ascertained to have been in Dover-street, Piccadilly. She had lately left her service in a gentlcman's house in Grosvenor-place, to be married; but the match vas off, and she became pregnant. The last that was seen of the deceased at Dover-street was on Tlhurs. day afternoon, and from the appearance of the body, she probably put an end to her existence that night. Shie had some change in her pocket, and had left a watch at her lodgings. On Thursday last, an inquisition was taken at Wrest Hlouse, tle seat of the Countess de Grey, on the body of IV. Clarke, who, on the preceding Mlonday evening, was stantling on a platform near the mash-tub in Ladty de Grey's brewhouse, assisting another to cover the tub with sacks. His companion threw a sack to the deceased, who was ont the opposite side, which he endeanuring to catc)h, overbalanced himself, and fell into the scalding liquor. He was taken out immediately, and lived in great agony until WVednes. day afternoon, at which time he expired, the severe scalding having caused an extensive mortification to take place.-Verdict " Acci. dental Deatb."-Deodand upon the liquor, which had been previ. ously thrown away. A Coroner's Inquest was heldt on lVetlnesday, on the body of Al. Daly, who was found dead in the Phtenix Park, Dub. li, on Mlonday morning. The jury returned a verdict, that " the deceased died in consequence of the inclemency of the weatlier." The deceased was a shoemaker, and lived In Ne r-street: it was asce.. tained that he had been at a funeral at Alulhuddart, on the day preceding his death, and lost his way on his return home. OnWVedssesday, aBow-street officer,accompanied bYa lad, arrived at Aylesbury, and was admitted to the prison to see Weaver and Jordan, the two men committed on suspicion of a burglary in the house of.J, H. Pomeroy lIfason, Esq. His object was to ascer- ain if they were of the party concernel in the robbery of Earl Cowper's steward. Having seen the prisoners, he recognized 'Weaver as a desperate character, wvell knowtn in lIondon by the name of Ni- cholls, and expressetl his conviction that he should be able to prove that he was present at the robbery. On Monday se'nnight, H. Drane was committed by the Rev. Mlr. Manning to the Mouse of Correction, at Ipswieh, for refusing to pay the penalty of 21. 7s. 6d. for destroying a quantity of cabbage and cauliflower plants, in the garden of Sarah, the wife of BenjaFnin Harper, of Weybread, labourer. It is a singular circum- stance, that this man is the identical Harper who. more than 30 years ago, was condemned for shooting at, and kil;ing, Briggs, at lIakenhcath, at the instigation of Benstead, his master: his sentence was reversed, he received His illajesty's pardon, and was admitted evidence against Benstead, who was hanged in chains on Lakenheath- common. After hanging a few yeaTs, through the intercession of his family, who lived near the place, the gibbet was talen down.-Col. ehe.ster Gazette.