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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY E xtrqt..s front the illorning Ayers, 10. t '• • ' • [TILE TIM Es.] Our readers will have seen the end of Lord Darnley's motion for an inquiry into the state of ireland - ;, and by the more reasoning portion of them, no doubt, the arguments of Lord Liver peel, for refusing that motion, will be considered ismong the curiosities of logic. "Give me," tooth he, 4 ‘ a specific grievance, and I have no " objection to examine it; but the purpose of the " proposed inquiry is so general, that it must do " more harm than good." The Noble Lord, it appears, .is satisfied to practice as a barber-sur geon : lie will probe a cut finger, or apply caus tic to a scratch ; hut for the higher otlices and more arduous duties of the profession, he is want ►ng either in nerve or intelligence. lie lets the unhappy patient " minister unto himself."— " Specific evils !" Why, have you not a thou said of them ? Diseases from top to toe ! Land lord and tenant--magistrate and mob—parson and parishioner--Catholic and Protestant--population and subsistence—Government and• people—all these relations, and a myriad of others,are so litany specific, definite, and indisputable mischiefs, the least of them deserving the most earnest inves tigation, and the most decisive remedy ; but all together, according to Lord Liverpool, affording such proof of a desperate case, with which no Duman skill, or spirit, or power can struggle, that he tells the Parliament to shut its eyes, to drop its arms, and leave the sufferer to shift for himself ! Is this the language of a Statesman ? er of one who is at once weak. enough to fancy that the world will detect no rottenness which is not recognized by the report of a Com mittee, and uncandid enough to resolve on con cealing it, lest, if published, the nation might extort from him the necessary cure ? [MORNING POST. J 1 _ - In the House of Commons last night the Chan cellor of the Exchequer moved a Resolution to give effect to the grant of 500,0001. for the build ing of Churches, and ably proved the necessity of the measure. He showed that notwithstand ing the erection of ninety-five churches out of the grant of One Million already applied by Parliament to that object, there were still 179 places, with a population of 3,548,000 indivi duals, in which there was no Church accommo dation for more than one out of seven. Mr. Hobhouse contended that a want of religious in struction was not one of the immediate wants of the people, arid moved a set of counter Resolu tions, declaring that it was inexpedient to make any further grant for the erection of new Churches. Ile was only supported in part by Mr. Smith and in Coto by Mr. Ilume, whose arguments, how ever, were of such a nature, that although urged against the measure, they determined some of his own friends to vote in its favour. Powerfully supported by Mr. Secretary Peel and Dr. Lush ington the original Resolution was carried by a triumphant majority of 148 to 59. The business in the Lords was unimportant. The Irish Burials Bill was read a third time and passed, and the Marquis of Lansdown postponed the Committee on the Unitarian Marriage Bill till after the holidays. - [MORNING HERALD.] Some discussions arose last night upon the re- Onction of the Duty on Rum. Of lls. 7d. per gallon the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to re mit This is evidently a small proportion, and . the inadequacy of the relief becomes the more remarkable, when it is considered that the original cost of a gallon of rum' is only ls. The. Chancellor of the Exchequer candidly ad 7 mitteil the great perplexity and - pressure of the Distillery Laws, and stated that . the only reason why', he. had not attempted *some reformation in this'quarter was, that he did not like to have " too many irons •in the fire at once." The whiskey has lately gained greit advantages over rum.in Ireland and Scotland. England - rum would become the prevailing tipple, if the duty were. low, but English gin is an important source o4f revenue.- ftis a task worthy the; ruler of the Eitchequer, to contrive a system of taxes on - spilits, which will give the fair portion of enjoy ments to the,, Plata— ) and preserve the revenue [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who one day utters liberal speeches, and the next holds forth ' in defence of dirty jobs, was last night obliged to draw pretty deeply .on his assurance, and to stand up as beggar for the Church. " That, in the Legislature of a country, which possessed a Church Establishment (quoth the Right Honourable Gentleman), and which Esta blishment it was bound to maintain, he did feel considerable astonishment, in observing an opposition to a plan, having for its. object to afford facilities . to the professors of the established . religion to attend the Divine Ser vice. TO give to the humbler classes of the community such a facility, was, in his opinion, trot only unobjectionable, but prima facie a great good." Now these are •propositions which will be contested by few ; facilities ought undoubt edly to be afforded to the profssors of the esta blished religion to attend Divine SerVice.. Rut We may concede all this, and still be where we were With respect to,this.. proposed 'grant., The proper question is, not whether the facilities allud ed to ought to be afforded, but whence are the means to be taken by which the faciptiFs will be, afford ed ? Ought not the property of the Church to be made applicable to the religious wants . of., the population r If the •Chu;ch groins, in numbers, the value of its property must 'More than keep pace with this increase.. When 'objections have been made to `tithes, as a provision for the Clergy,. has it• not been over and over again stated , answer, that thN is the only, mode of . paiment whichis suited t o all times, that they rise in amount, as theociety increasei in' numbers, and thus a population 911 never out l iyow the means for the supply of its spiritual wants, We know i n fact, that :the• tenth of the p ro dU c e not onl; • it creases in acriount with the increase - Of popula, tion, but becomes of a greater relative value in proportion to its amount. Why then should not the ChUrch Lands and Tithes be made avail able to the supply of the spiritual wants of an increasing people ? Oh no, says the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, this is not our system —we make the people, who are already ground down by high taxes, and by a mono poly price of food, pay additional taxes to ac quit the debt of a Church which has been gain ing by the very causes that press so severely on them. He reminds us of a Judge, who, on a party bringing his debtor before him, should call on a stander by, who had nothing to do with the debtor, to pay the sum due by him, on the ground that it was proper debts should be paid. We have heard of robbers being very generous in supplying the oppressed with the means of ac quitting their obligations. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is a R o b R o y i n his way, with this difference, that Rob stole from the rich to relive the poor, while the other steals from the poor to relieve the rich. rNEW TIM ES.j Yesterday was the settling-day at the Stock Exchange, when a very heavy account, from the late fluctuation, was adjusted without, as we could learn, any failure of consequence taking place. Consols in the course of the day varied between 961 and 97 for the Account terminating the 25th of next month, which fluctuation may be attributed to the o perations within the Mar ket, as the French Papers and private adrices, which have been received to Wednesday even ing, are devoid of any political interest. Spanish Bonds in Paris continued as low as they had been for several days preceding. The Rentes on Wednesday are quoted at 101 75. The specu lation in Foreign Securities continues with un ababated ardour in our Market, and the prices in consequence continue to advance. Yesterday Colombian Bonds closed at 921, Chilean 86, and Mexican Scrip at 12 to 13 premium. The shares in the Alliance Company continued at 16+ to 17 premium. Application is to be made forthwith, and it is expected permission will be obtained before the Easter recess, for an Act of Parlia ment, empowering the Company to effect Marine Insurances. The grand object of the Com pany is to bring to this country from Fo reign States a considerable portion of their in surances, which they will be enabled to effect upon terms even under those charged abroad, where no duties are payable, and with g reater security to the assured. The Dutch Govern ment have experienced for some time past the want of such an institution, and under the imme diate auspices of the King one is about to be established. The shares of the Thames and Iris Steam Navigation Company, the plan of which we noticed, and pointed out the advantages likely to arise from such an undertaking under proper management, are to be delivered on the 14th inst., and are already , at a premium of 11. to 2. It is supposed that the Con tract for the Colombian Loan will be de-: tided this day, in order to afford the oppov. tunity of communicating thefact to the Republic by the Jamaica Mail about to sail forthwith.— A. most satisfactory circumstance, to ourselves personally, is to learn that the object so long and earnestly recommended is The Sew Times is about being realised—we speak of the applica tion of British Capital to the improvement of Ire land. A Loan, to be called the Irish Equitable Loan, amounting to one Million Sterling, is, we rejoice to hear, already filled up. This money will be lent on good security for the encourage ment of industry and improvement of land ; and, in addition to the undertakings of the .1 risk Mining Company, will no doubt effect most es sential benefit to Ireland. abounds with a species of sett-slug, called by the Malaya_ Tr e p a ng, of Beech de .Mer ; and the mmense quantity brought from that place an nually by the Macassar proas, is a course of most lucrative traffic to the Dutch, as it yields an extraordinary profit when taken to China. The number of vessels annually engaged in the traffic of this article alone amounts to from thirty to forty of an average burthen of 100 tons. Now, if this valuable commodity is esti mated at the low average of 14 dollars per cwt., its importance as an article of merchandise is easily seen. Another article, likewise of very considerable trade, is birds' nests, which, from the gelatinous substances o f w hi c h t h ey are constructed, are in great request in Chi na , where they are dissolved into a rich soup, and, thus prepared, rank with the richest ingredients of domestic cookery. The trade for the Gulf of Carpentaria will be the same as Batavia. To thos e acqua i n ted with the local situation o f these islands, it will be unnecessary to point oat the incalc u l a bl e benefits to be derived from th e barter of commodities, and for the opening which they offer for commercial arrangements to an im mense extent. From this Gulf a considerable trade may likewise be opened through Torres Straits to Solomon's Archipelago, which abounds with tor toise-shell, mother-o'-pearl shells, and other valu able products; thence to New Guinea, east side of Gilolo, south side of Timor, the island of Te nember, and, in,short, to all the Eastern Archi pelago. The produce of the islands consists of tortoise-shell, mother-o' -pearl, wax,sandal-wood, nutmegs, gums of various sorts , besides other articles of considerable value, fitted to find a ready market in every country in Europe. These distant repositories, when laid open to the skilful search of English merchants, may possibly discover substances, hitherto disregarded, of the utmost utility in our manufactures, and which the present advanced state of chemistry may render of infinite service to the arts. We regret that the want of room obliges us to postpone our further. detail as to this new settlement, which, from its great importance, demands more than common attention. We shall resume the subject in our next. The Clergy resident in the Deanery of Sutton, in the County of Kent, and diocese of Canterbury, intend to petition the House of Lords against the principle of Unitarian Marriage Relief Bill. Thermo- I meter. Weather. 1 (ii . a . r; 1 ',;'• 9 . Do. I • :- r ~,- rEt ' 1 . • I April :ll: CloudyF: Rain . 2 40 144 81 ~.20 .11 :113 . 13 - F a i, - 3 , 3a- I Ad. 83 30,03 . , . Fair Du. 4 40 48 35 .30 5 4l 48 37 . .50 Fair 1; 41 48 37 .50 Do. Do. Cloudy 7 40 47 37 I .20 .03 Rain Do. .4-1 iof Rain have falls __ __ n the above 'aye fallen H. B. Price. 35s 6d to 46* Od 34s Od to 46s Od —s Od to 33s "Od - - - COURSE OF EXCHANGE, April 9. Amstei darn ...................... 13 1 C. F. Ditto, at Sight .......................... II 18 Rotterdam .............................. 1 2 2 Antwerp ................................ 12 5 Ltamborgh .............................. 37 7 24 U s AI tona '• •• 37 8 I+ Us. Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto riourdeaux, ditto Perlin ............................ 7 10 NI ant fort On the Alain ........... .... 156 Ex. Money Vete' sburgli ... ....................... .. . 9 ...................... 10 6 Trieste Madrid Ca(ii2 . . l3ilhoa llarcelon,i.. .. 834 Effective Seville . • • ••• • • ...... 35/ , Gibraltar .............................. soi Leghorn ................................. 464 -V enice, Ital. Liv. 27 0 .lal ta , . 45 - Naples 3Bl 115 per Ox. 504 'alertno )porto •I ......... • • 49 Bahia SO Dui ....... ............ Cur 1..... pei Cent. BULLION. l'ort ligal Gold ,i n Coil' 1.0 0 0 lier Oz. Foreign (;old, in liars .................... 3 17 6 Now Doubloons New Dollars • 0 4 9,t Silver in Mrs. Standard 0 0 0 BIRTH. • On the 31st ult. the wife of Edward Smiles, Esq. surgeon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., the Hon. Mrs. Smith, of a daughter. [URITISH PRESS.] Too much praise cannot be given to the exem plary promptitude with which Ministers ha-ve guarded the commercial interests of this country, by forming a settlement on the north coast of New Holland. The infinite advantages of this to Great Britain must be manifest to every one, on consultin g the chart of the New World, which our British navigators, the pioneers of ci vilization, have opened to the spirit of British enterprize. The Timour sloop of war set sail a few weeks since, with dispatches and in structions for the accomplishment of this most important expedition. This mission and its ob- ject was within our knowledge at the time, but we most scrupulously abstained from observing upon it, being aware of what moment it was that the utmost secresy should be observed, lest the active jealousy of the Dutch should be roased by any intelligence that might get abroad previous to the sloop's departure. She is now far enough on her destination to render all further precaution needless, and our further silence on the subject becomes no longer necessary. Per laps no point of settlement could hare been se .ected better adapted than that which has been here chosen, for the establishing an inter course with these valuable Eastern Islands, among which we have at present no posses sion. It was the sound policy of acquiring one which led to the settlement projected to his Majesty's croverntnent by an individual every way qualified to appreciate its value, and which was adopted by Lord Bathurst, wither decision that does the highest credit to his discernment. The Dutch, having hitherto had no rival, have con sequently engrossed the whole trade in those quarters, and were visibly inclined to act upon the same principle which influenced them pre viously to the late war, of totally excluding our merchants from all share in their profitable mo- nopoly. The inclination of the natives of those islands is well known to be favourable to the English, which not only makes the present ex pedition more politic, but makes it an object of much readier attainment. It will be seen by the charts that the access is easy, the anchorage good, and the communication with Port Jack s" n, the Cape of Good Hope, the Isle of France, China, end India, is immediate ; the situation being nearly central. The Aroo Islands, Banda, Amboyna, Ceram (or the Celebes), 'Timor, and New Guinea, are ail within a few days sail of the new settlement. The Gulf of Carpentaria METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL BY It. -BANKS. PHILOSOPHICAL IgSTRUMRNT MAF,IIR. COAL-MARKET, Amu. 9. Ships at MarkeL Ships sold In Newcastle - !2 10 Sunderland 1 Culin MARRIED. On Thursday, the Bth inst. at St. James's church, Joseph, the son of 11. Wilkinson, Esq., of Wandsworth, to Mary, youngest daughter of Joseph Cantwell, Esq., of Stanwell, Middlesex. On Thursday, the Bth inst. at the parish of St. Luke, Chel sea, Aridrew Lovering Sarel, Esq. of Upper Cadogan-place, to Louisa, relict of Matthew Mitchell, Esq. of Ifengar, in the county of Cornwall, and of Grove-house, Enfield, in the county of Middlesex. DIED. On Thursday, the tith inst., at his house, High-street, Ken sington, Mr. Thomas Davis, i n th e 50th year of his age . On the 15th ult. at Stockholm, Count Von Thott, one of the richest landed proprietors in the province of Scania. On Monday last, at Kentish -town, aged 63, Mrs. Amelia Ilardcastle ' widow of th e late Mr. Robert Hardcastle, formerly of No. 11, Berwick-street, Soho. On the 6th inst. after few days' illness, Mr. Simon Field, of 13radbourn-vale, Seven Oaks, aged 60. On the 2d inst. at his ho use m Nassau-street, Soho-square, Barnard C. Cocker, Esq. On Wednesday evening, the 7th instant, at Knightsbridge, Colonel Robert Ellis, late of the 25th Light Dragoons. On the 9th instant, at Duncroft-house, near Staines, Samuel Jerram, Esq. aged 48.. Ott the 7th inst. at her house in Dockwray_square, North- Shields, after a few days illness, much and deservedly respect. ed, Mrs. Elizabeth Keenlyside, aged 64, sister of the late Richard Keenlysidc, Esq. surgeon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. On the 18th ult: at Cologne, Mr. WallrafF, aged 76, a truly worthy and respectable citizen. He has bequeathd a valuable collection of objects connected with the fine arts to the town, in consideration of the payment of a moderate sum to his nearest kindred. DEMERARA. [Prows the Glasgow Courier.] rut Ats or TIII NEGROES • WIIO WERE CONSPICUOUSLY ENGAGED IN THE LATE REVOLT. We do not think we can occupy a column or two of our paper, with any matter of a more interesting or im portant nature, than with an account of the trials of the several Rebel Chiefs, &c. which took place before a General Court- Martial, in this Colony, during a large portion of the time that Martial Law was in force. They will supply our friends, at home with many valuable facts--and will serve to convince our enemies, if conviction can come home to them, that our situation was by no means so safe as they would wish it to be believed ; and that the suspicions which were engendered in the minds of this community against the Missionary man Smith, were not only not unfounded, but were sanctioned, and borne out by evidence of the most unrefutable description. The Members of the above Court, which sat by virtue of his Excellency 31ajor-General Murray's warrant, were—Lieut.- Col. Goodman, President; Lieut.-Col. Wray, A. D. C. to the Commander-in-Chief ; Majors Henry Tulloch, D. M. and T. Frankland, ditto, Captains Killekelly, D.A.Q.M.G. Fare. weather, 21st R.N.8.F.; Gapper, Royal Artillery ; Albouy, D.M.; Playter, ditto; Lawson, ditto; Mackenzie, ditto; Lyng, ditto; and Ist Lieut. Ferguson, ditto.—Ths First Fiscal Hey liger acted as Judge Advocate, and Lieut. Crosser, of the 21st, as Assistant ; Secretary, C. Wilday, Esq. On the 2Gth August the Court commenced their proceedings. TRIAL of Prisiner Louis, belonging to Plantation Plaisance. Court Sworn—Ordinary Charge.—Plea, Not Guilty. Thomas Blake examined by the Judge-Advocate.—l am ma nager of Plantation Better Hope, and reside there. On Mon day night, the 18th inst. about nine o'clock, a gang of men came up to the door of my dwelling-house ; they wanted to enter the house. The Better Hope Negroes kept them from entering for some time ; they went away a little bit, blew a shell, and called in another gang of Negroes, who overpowered the Ne groes belonging to our estate. They then began to break all the windows. As soon as I found this, I went up stairs into the chamber, and I locked the door. I remained there about a quarter of an hour before the gang came up stairs. They endeavoured to force open the door, but could not; they broke through the partition to make a wider entrance. They instantly rushed in, and dragged me down stairs ; there were so many, that I could not exactly discover who they were ; they dragged me across the yard, till they got me to the stocks. This man Louis was very active, and assisted in putting me in the stocks. I told him to be careful what he was doing; he said he must do it, or we would do worse with them ; I do not recollect if he was armed. There were about forty or fifty per sons ; some of them had cutlasses. I knew the prisoner before —I am sure he was one who assisted to put me in the stocks. The head driver of Plaisance was there ; I could not say if he , was a leader; his name is Tilla or Silla. Cross-examined by the prisoner.—When the negroes brought you into the sick-house, with cutlasses in their hands, did I not to prevent their doing you any injury?—loo. When you were brought into the sick-house, did you not ask me if the negroes were going to kill you, and did I not answer—No, they will only put you in the stocks ?—I do not recollect. When you were in the stocks, did you not ask me for some water to drink, and did I not bring a basin of water to you Yes, you did. When they were marching you to the stocks, did you not ob. serve me behind you preventing their cutting you with cut lasses ?—I cannot say you did. Did you look behind you at the time ?—No, I &int know that I did. When I went afterwards into the sick-house to see my wife, who was sick there, did you not say, Louis, will you do me the favour to release me from the stocks, and. did I not say, I have not gut the key ?—You did. When yOu said to me, Louis, you see what these negroes have done to me, did 1 not answer, I have not the power to prevent it ?--All he said was, I cannot help it. William Mercer examined by the Judge-Advocate.—On the evening of Monday the 18th, I was on the plantation Better Hope, with the manager, Thomas Blake. It was intimated to us, that the negroes were rising on the adjoining estates, and we immediately put ourselves in the way of defence. The negroes of plantation Better Hope were assembled before the manager's door ; they were repeatedly told by the manager and myself not to behave improperly, or to join the others who were approaching • to the best of my knowledge, it was between 9 and 10 o'clock. An armed body of negroes came into the yard, and immediately challenged one of our negroes, named Quamme--calling him to come and join them, which he refus ed to do as well as the rest of the Better Hope negroes; they instantly made an attack upon our negroes, who drove the first party from the front of the house. One of the negroes had a shell, which he blew and rallied the men again; a stronger re inforcement came from another building; they then attacked, and, in consequence of their numbers, overpowered the negroes of Better Hope ; they immediately rushed into the house, and the prisoner Louis caught me by the throat, and dragged me out.of the house. I was then surrounded by numbers with cutlasses; they began to chop at me, and chopped my hat in three different places, and knocked it off: [The hat was here produced, with three deep cuts right through.] I then receiv ed three wounds on my head, on my way to the sick-house ; they wanted to kill me at once, on my way there, but the man Louis and others prevented their so doing; he was one of the ringleaders and reserved me to shoot m e hi mse lf ; w h en i n the stocks, I asked him to give me a little water, if it was only to wash my wounds, which he refused, and said, the situation 1 was in was the best place for me ; " that he could not help it; he was not the only one;" he was at that time armed with a cutlass. He left the sick-house with others, and some time after returned with others, and brought the manager with him; after the manager was confined, they remained some time in the sick-house. Another party then brought in a coloured man, who was working on the estate; he was likewise confined, and some one of the party was going to chop off his head in the stocks, but was prevented by the others ; after staying some time, they released the coloured man, and went away ' • his wife belongs to Better Hop e . I co nsider prisoner a ringleader,. be cause he took a most active part, and said he would shoot me once or twice. I am confident prisoner is one who confined me in the stocks. Cross-examined by the prisoner.—When the negroes were dragging you from the house to the sick-house, did I not come forward and lay hold of your throat to prevent your being in jured.—You laid hold of me by tile throat, and prevented others killing me—saying you would shoot me yourself—(l think wit ness here said next morning.) When-in the stocks, and you asked me for water, did I not give it you ?—No ; you refused me water to wash my wounds ; it was brought by another negro. By the Court.—l reside at Better Hope; and am overseer. Detence.—The prisoner denies the evidence given against him.—Sentence, Guilty—Death. • Tx tee of Prisoner Multi , 113: belonging to Plantation Foulis. Court sworn.—Ordinary Charge.—Plea, Not Guilty. Mrs. Viralrond examined by the Judge-Advocate.—Mary Walrond is my name. On the night of Monday, the 18th I was at Nabaelis ; were attacked, about four o'clock in the morning, by the firing of guns in the house, and breaking open of doors ; our man-fervant, Billy, rushed up stairs to me, and I insisted to go down to say something, if I possibly could, to soften them; he entreated me not to do so, because his master was killed, he believed, and both our overseers; I then ran to the window which opals into the yard, and threw it open ; they immediately fired at me, and struck me in the arm. I per ceived Mr. Walrond was not killed, but only lying on the ground ; I called out, and begged they would not kill him ; they again fired at me, and wounded me in the hand ; my ser vant Billy pulled me out of the chamber, and locked me in an other room ; just then they rushed up stairs ; he then made his escape; and I was left. I requested to he taken to Mr. Wal rond ; a tall man then protected me from the rest, and the man Sandy asked me if I knew him !—I said no. Ile told me, my name is Sandy, head-carpenter at Nonpareil ; we intended you no harm ; we are only determined to have our freedom. A man of ours, Joseph, then came up, and insisted I should be taken to Mr. Walrond ; I did go to the sick-house, where he was. I found Mr. Walrond and our overseer; the latter was wound ed, and dying ; they boldly insisted they did not murder him ; a great many negroes came in occasionally ; I think it was about 12 o'clock. On Tuesday, a man came in to see if Mr. Walrond was safely locked; I asked him his name; he said he is Murphy, belonging to Foulis estate • the prisoner was the man. I asked him what he int e nd e d ; he said, not to murder me, and I continued questioning him for what pur pose they committed this outrage; h e sa id, to d ec l are their in dependence—that something had come out in the packet, which they could not obtain. I asked him if there was no hope of relief from the Governor, as I heard he was on his Way up He said, Yes, he was last night—that the Governor had held a parley with them at Good Hope, and that he told them- ifiher were determined to proceed in the riot, not to take life; and said, further, that the Governor was g lad to run with his iS" . valry. I replied to him, such I could not think to be the case —I did not suppose he would be such a coward. The prisons( then replied, It was very true, and he then went on to speak of Mr. Smith the parson. He said that they had put him In the stocks at his own request, as other white men had been placed there, to use his own expression as a copy of countenance. I assured him there was no such thing as their freedom, and that they had been misled by Mr. Smith, if he had preached such nonsense ; and he said, Yes, that he had preached every Sunday that they were free, and their freedom was withheld by their owners ; further he did not say. In may way down.. stairs, I was obliged to see Mr. Tucker. As they see Men to possess some sentiments of religion, I thought of speak ing to them of Mr. Tucker's murder, which I had heard of, and being obliged to see him on my way down. After re covering the first shock, I went up to his body, and asked them why they committed such an act ? They then declared, that they did not kill him ; that he lad cut his throat himself' the man J ose ph was s t an di ng b y , an d unt i e d hi s cravat, an d which proved that it was not the case. The man Joseph took me to the sick-house, where I mentioned it to Mr. Waken& I did not see the prisoner at all violent; he had arms when he came into the sick-house ; he had a pistol, carried it in his hand; I cannot say whether he had any other arms; he ap peared to be one of the guards, because he came tt examine the locks of the sick-house; he must have been there, I dare say, two hours ; the prisoner sat at the door, and staid longer than any other, except the first guard. They came in with a paper about five rat.; the first he (Mr. W.) read and signed ; the second he read to me, signifying it was a paper written by Mr. H o pki nson .—[P apers h an d e d to wit ness, and the second one identified.]—The first, witness Cannot recollect ; on reading the second, Mr. W. replied to them, I cannot sign this paper, because you have committed acts of violence; you have murdered both our overseers, and I Will put my name to a paper to prove your good behaviour. A man then presented a pistol to him (he was standing just be hind) and said, you may do it or not, just as you please ; see' , ing that he would fire at him, I entreated to sign it. When f was in the sick-house, where I found him on guard, the dying overseer called to me, and asked if I could get a doctor to dress his wounds. I went to the prisoner, and entreated him to get a guard, and bring Dr. Goldie over toj try and relieve and dress his wounds; and further to excite his compassion, I re quested him to look thro ug h a crev i ce o f t h e door, which had been broken, and see th e s t a t e o f th e overseer, and have mercy'on him. The prison e r sa id, " N o , l et him die." I found it useless to ask him any any more, and he left me. The over seer died at twelve on Tuesday night, when I was sitting up with him ; we were set at liberty again on Wednesday morn ing; I might have gone to the house, as far as I could judge, at any time, but I would not leave the overseer. Mr. Walrond is proprietor of the plantation of Nabaclis ; 284 negroes forra the strength of the whole, to the best of witness's belief; Mr. Reid had taken off, I believe, about 70, a week before this bega n. Cress-examined by the prisoner.—Did I, when you asked me to have mercy on the overseeer who was wounded, and to send for Dr. Goldie to dress his wounds, saying, " No, let hiria die ?"—Positively yes ; I am certain prisoner was the man ; he said, " No, let him die-" Are you certain that 1 had a pistol in my band ?—fie had a pistol, lam certain. [Witness withdrew.] Mr. Walmond examined by the Judge Advocate. I was at Nabaclis on the 18th, at night. About half-past nine, when We were retiring to bed, Mr. Gain s f or t, manager at Golden Crove, came riding into the yard, with a letter from R. Reid, stating a communication to the Governor of an intended insurrection ; and, although not generally believed, recommending me to take arms and ammunition generally kept in the logid or manager's room, and have them with me in the house. Mr. Robert Reid had retired to bed ; I went up to his room, and showed him the letter ; I told him I was determined to defend the property, and went out to the gin-house, where the two overseers were lodged—directed them to the dwelling-house, with what arms and ammunition were there ; four muskets' were immediately put in complete order, which, with my fowl ing-piece, and pistols, were the only arms we had ; about sixty round of ball cartridge in the cartouch-boxes. I directed that two should remain, one on each side of the gallery-door, two :should remain behind the door of the hall, and that as one fired on one side, he should retire to the door within, and the other to take his place. The overseers took the watch, and we were in the hail on the settees : Reid and myself watched from one to four ; I retired up stairs at four o'clock, and lay down, with my cartouch-box and every thing on. Robert Reid in about ten minutes called oute.Mr: Walrond, they are at hand ; at which time there was a most dreadful yell—more like a war whoop (the most dreadful I ever heard)—l seized my fowling- . piece, and was goi ng t o t h e p l ace to repel them, and saw Mr. Tucker fire from the inside of the house, direct from the door; and as I passed him, a shot was fired from the jealousie, below the door,.and he rece i ve d a woun d through the body, andi said, " 0 Christ, lam shot," and immediately fell—l said, Tucker, I hope not, but he never answered. I took my place at the lower side of the hall door, and levelled at the man who had fired from thence; my piece missed fire, and did not go off,. but I retired to the corner where the gun with the bayonet was, and, my servant Billy handed it to me, just as Mr. Forbes had fired. Forbes then turned, and was retiring to the inner room, but was shot immediately through the back —he cried out, " 0 God, I am shot,' and, reeled to an arm-chair in the inner ro o m. I me t Mr. Robert Reid re tiring from the upper end of the gallery ; lie said Mr. Wal rond, it is of no use—us two are opposed to numbers ;he went to the yard-window; not regarding what he said to me, I passed by hi m , a nd p rocee d e d to t h e b ac k steps, where I found numbers coming up; I immediately fired down the steps, and, as the pirce I had was l oa d e d w i t h sma ll b a ll , I think I wounded two ; I was surrounded by numbers, seized by the collor on both sides, and dragged down the steps in a brutish manner. They raised me. after I was down, and I begged for my life, as I thought 'they were going to kill me. The man on my right hand I thought to be my own man Prince, and said, Prince, will you murder me in this barbarous manner ?—He said, I am not Prince, but I am your friend—you are a good m an , l ove G o d, an d have not debarred your negroes from having their meetings. In m y way, I was met by my servant Joseph, who said they should not murder me, and was then forced into a room. Soon after, they brought in Mr. Forbes wounded, and forced me to the upper room, where the stocks were, and confin ed me in the stocks ; they did not put the feet of Mr. Forbes in ; I begged them to have mercy, and take him out ; they, did so._ The gang had mostly left the yard, and a ser vant belonging to Mr. Reid, head driver of the estate, called Jemmy, came and took my feet out of the stocks. Rod ney, belonging"to Bachelor's Adventure, the guard over me, made some si g n, a nd they return e d ; one o f them chopped. Jemmy on the little finger. Rodney was on guard all the day; very kind to me, by allowing my feet to be taken out of the stocks, but replaced them when any of them was coming into the yard. About five, or half-past five, the gang returned, when I was rep l ace d by Rodney, an d t h e door locked ; it was ordered to be opened, and I to be released, provided I would sign papers, which I requested to see. I was taken out, and two papers were presented to me at the door. A man named Sloane held a pistol in his hand (he is now in confinement at Paradise); another man, said to be Telemachus, presented me the papers--[Papers handed to witness, and identified]—On reading the second paper, two overseers; tie 4 fellow who hand ed the papers said, What's that you say, Sir ?" and im mediately Sloane cocked the pistol. Mrs. Walrond whispered, " 1411, , dear, sign them," and I did so. I did not see the pri soner there, and know nothing about him. lam interested ; two-thirds of the half 146 slaves are the number in which I am interested. Mr. H. Whitlocke examined by the Judge-Advocate.--I am manager and Attorney or Foulis—the strength of the gang is 149. About twelve o'clock on the day of Tuesday, 19th y at the time I was in the stocks at Foulis, I saw this man, who came and said to the guard, he was sent by the Captain to see that they were doing their duty over me, for he was ordered that they should look particularly sharp to see that I did not escape. Foulis is the fifth estate from Nahaclis. He said he was going to the Hope, to see that the guard was doing their duty there ; he was armed with a cutlass, apparently a new one. DEFENCE.—On Monday night, when the revolt broke out, I and the other negroes of the estate threw grass in the even ing, when the head-driver, Daniel, called us together, and ordered the whole gang to meet him at Philip's house, where all those who were willing were sworn on the Bible. I re fused to do so, when I was asked by Daniel if I was ever bet ter than the others, and whether I had any regr.rd for my own life, for that he would certainly kill me if I did not join. I held the Bible in my hand, but refused to swear, saying, I did not know what he was going to do with me. When the white men Were put in the stocks, Daniel again ordered roe, under a threat of my life, to go and see if they were all se cure Daniel ordered me to s t an d guar d over t h e pr i soners, but I had no pistol, as stated by Mrs. Walrond-1 had a cutlas in my hand. Daniel informed me that parson Smith had said that we were to get our fieedom, and then ordered us all down to the bridge. On Sunday, Daniel insisted up on our throwing up money for Parson Smith, and, to the best of my knowledge, collected four joes among our negroes alone, which Daniel carried to the Parson, along with Philip. Foulis negroes were ordered to Mr. Spencer's, by Daniel. — Sentence, Guilty, Death. Pr4nted and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the Str.S. by J: CARSTAIRS. OrrrcE, 112, strand;