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1867
Merlin. 1st June, 1867 We this week record with deep regret the death of Sir Thomas Phillips while engaged before a Committee of the House of Commons on a Railway Bill. Sir Thomas as a young man was articled to the late Thomas Prothero, solicitor of this town. He was afterwards a partner in the same firm in which he had commenced his career. He was Mayor of Newport in the year 1839 at the time of the Chartist Riot. On that occasion his prompt and judicious efforts on behalf of the peaceably-disposed inhabitants, his firmness in the hour of trial and his resolute resistance of lawless aggression won him the esteem and admiration of the people of Newport. Sir Thomas was born in Llanelly and was 66 years of age at the time of his death.
"Oh Lord, thou knowest that I have nine houses in the town of Newport,
and likewise that I have legally purchased an estate in fee simple in
the County of Monmouthshire. I beseech thee to preserve this county, and
Newport, from fire and earthquake, and as I have a mortgage in Glamorgan,
I beg of thee likewise to have an eye of compassion on that County; but
as for the rest of the counties, thou mayest deal with them as thou art
pleased. Oh Lord, enable the Bank to answer all their bills and make all
my debtors fit men. Give a prosperous voyage and return, to the "Mermaid"
sloop because I have insured it, and as thou hast said that the days of
the wicked are but short I trust in thee that thou will not forget thy
promise, as I have purchased an estate in reversion, which will be mine
on the death of that most profligate young man Evan Jones. Keep my friends
from sinking and preserve me from thieves and housebreakers and make all
my servants so honest and faithful, that they may attend to my interest
and never cheat me out of my property night nor day." [ Back ] |
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