It was printed by Thomas Farror at Castle Hill, Monmouth, and published by him at Agincourt Square.

[3] In 1840, the Beacon produced a 200-page special report on the trial of the Chartist leaders in the Shire Hall.

The Merlin defended the Whig government whilst the Beacon blamed it for an uprising that had led to the ring-leaders being sentenced to death.

Although the Beacon did not support the uprising and realised that those involved were obliged to "be dealt with as enemies and aliens".

[10] In 1963, the newspaper's offices and print works were completely destroyed, together with much of the building itself, when a fire started in its paper store.