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Mr. Moggi'idge, and other gen- 

 tlemen, have been among them 

 since Satm'day until this after- 

 noon. Two or three from each 

 colliery accompanied them down 

 to Bassere village to a meeting of 

 the Magistrates — what the result 

 has been I liave not learned. The 

 Duke of Beaufort, as Loid Lieu- 

 tenant of the County, and Lord 

 C. Granville Somerset, are liere, 

 and a meeting is convened to take 

 place to-morrow, at the Kings 

 Head Inn, in tliis town, of all tlie 

 Magistrates in the neighbourhood, 

 when some plan it is hoped will 

 be devised to persuade the men 

 quietly to resume their labovw. 



Another Relution. — The latest 

 accounts received on Saturday 

 from ]Merthyr-Tydvil, in Glamor- 

 ganshire, mention the continu- 

 ance of restored tranquillity. Ac- 

 cording to private letters, the dis- 

 contented are only kept in awe 

 by the presence of the miUtary. 

 During the disturbances on the 

 19th instant, some of these mis- 

 guided men weie touched by tlie 

 bayonet, which excited among 

 theai a salutary alai'm, and has 

 cau.sed them to refrain from the 

 repetition of their violence. It is 

 also stated, that there is no im- 

 mediate prospect of an effectual 

 cure of the existing evils, unless 

 circumstances change materially, 

 as the men can scarcely find the 

 means of subsistence at the pre- 

 sent low rate of wages, which 

 the masters cannot afford to in- 

 crease. 



It appears by letters from New- 

 port, that a party of the Merthyr 

 rioters had gone into ?tIonmouth- 

 shire, with the intention of put- 

 ting out the blast at the furnace 

 at Blaenwen, and getting the woi-k- 



men there to join them. The 

 men belonging to the iron-works, 

 who refused to work on account 

 of wages, endeavoured to seduce 

 the workmen at the collieries, 

 and other great places of em- 

 ployment. The colliers hesitated, 

 but, according to one account, 

 they have retui'ned to their duty, 

 and the collieries are again at 

 work. Mr. IMeyrick, solicitor to 

 the Bench of Magistrates at Mer- 

 thyr, has written to contradict 

 tlie statement that the workmen 

 had been reduced to the wages of 

 Is. ))er day. None had less, he 

 states, than 10s. per week ; and 

 the minei's and colliers, who form 

 tlie great body of workmen, had 

 at least 15s. per week. The wages 

 of the firemen, who also form a 

 considerable body, average from 

 2Is. to 2.5s. per week. The Higii 

 Sheriff, Sir H. Protheroe, im- 

 mefliately circulated an address 

 among the latter, urging them to 

 return peaceably to their employ- 

 ment, and at the same time warn- 

 ing them against the fatal conse- 

 quence of acting otherwise. This 

 address is stated to have produced 

 the most salutary effect. Being- 

 informed that the colliers had ap- 

 pointed a meeting on the 23d, be- 

 fore they could assemble in any 

 great number, he arrived at the 

 Rock, their place of rendezvous, 

 with a detachmentof the 55th regi- 

 ment, and the Swansea yeomanry 

 ca\alry. The Deputy Sheriff im- 

 mediately seized the ringleader, 

 who was sent off to Monmouth. 

 The High Sheriff and the Duke of 

 Beaufort then addressed the mob, 

 who, after a short time, quietly 

 dispersed. 



On Sunday, tlie 22d, as some 

 young men were nutting in th2 



woods 



