Few newspapers were established in Wales in the 1820s and 1830s. Both the "Cardiff Weekly Reporter" and the "Newport Review" were launched in Cardiff in 1822, and in 1836 the Welsh-language weekly "Cronicl yr Oes" ("The Chronicle of the Age") began distributing from Mold in North Wales. 1836 also saw the printing of a West Wales paper, the "Cambrian Gazette: Y Freinlen Gymroaidd" ("The Welshmen's Charter"), based in Aberystwyth. All four were short lived. More successful papers from that period included the "Monmouthshire Merlin" (Newport, 1829-91) and "The Welshman" (1832-1984). In 1843, "Yr Amserau" ("The Times"), which was to become the first successful Welsh-language newspaper, was launched. Established across the border in Liverpool by Gwilym Hiraethog, it was later bought by Thomas Gee of Denbigh in 1859 and amalgamated with "Baner Cymru" ("The Banner of Wales") (1857) to form "Baner ac Amserau Cymru". This became a powerful influence on Welsh life, and through its most notable contributor John Griffith, writing under his pen name "Y Gohebydd" (The Correspondent), the paper would champion radical causes, including the defence of Nonconformist views.