From the safety of our Scarlet Pass Crossroads, the correspondent reflects upon the tumultuous events of November 1839, when the town of Newport, in Monmouthshire, became the stage for the last armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. It was a night of cold rain and colder resolve, as thousands of Chartists, marshalled by the fiery John Frost, marched upon the Westgate Hotel, their hearts set upon the release of political prisoners and the redress of grievances long ignored by Westminster. The clash that ensued, a brief but bloody affray, left some twenty souls dead and many more…