The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-09 00:00:00

E VENING EDITION. TOTNES. The election for four Councillors for this borough has terminated in the complete defeat of the Tory party. Three Reformers and one Tory went out of office ; each party proposed four candidates, and the four Libe rals were carried by an unexampled majority, the lowest of the four Reformers having a majority of 60 over the highest Tory. The poll was as follows, the first four being elected : Mr. John Fogwill (R) 205 Mr. Hannaford (T) 135 " Mr. T. Michelmore( R) 204 *Mr. Bentall (T) Mr. Webber (R) * Mr. Huxham (R) 195 *Mr. Edwards (T) 12' Those marked (*) were new candidates. There is 00 W only one Tory remaining in the Council, and he wa3 elected as a Reformer ; but having sold an estate withi n the borough to Mr. Baldwin (the Tory candi date) for, it is said, some thousands more than its value, he has ratted to the Tory party. This person will be relieved from his duties in the Council next year. A mong the rejected candidates is Mr. Farwell, the Tory ex -town-clerk, who was dismissed from that office a bout two y ears s i nce , i n cons equence of his conduct in the proceedings in Chancery tor the appointment of trustees for the corporate charities. Lord Seyrnour's visit to his constituents has given g r eat satisSaction, and the union and energy which per vades the Reform party places the return of the Liberal Sleat'oers beyond a doubt. THE ~ VIVID" HULL SIEAMER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—Observing in your paper of the Ist inst. a Paragraph relative to the situation of the Vivid steamer, °n her plssage from this port to London on the 29th ult., i beg to state for your information that the account therein given is, to say the least of it, a gross exaggera tion, and, there is good reason to believe, maliciously' Inserted to serve the purpose of a party. Had the state ment in question merely emanated from a passenger, whose fears were in proportion to his ignorance of nauti cal matters, he could have had no inducement to state what he must have known to be utt.erly false, viz., that the Vivid did not arrive in London until nine o'clock ( in Thursday morning, whereas we arrived all well on Tuesday evening, having made the passage in twenty nine hours from leaving this port. This being the case, I trust you will do me the justice to contradict the state ment in question by the insertion of this letter. I remain, yours, &c., STEPHEN LEE, Hull, Nov. 7. r•aptain of tho Vivid. [Th e paragraph in question was copied from a Morn ing Contemporary. —ED. SUN.] THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. Last night the comedy of The Hypocrite was Performed at this theatre. The character of the 11)spocrite was sustained by Dowton, who was the qutet, c a lm, can ti ng , w h ee dli ng , sc h em in g , and, at last, bullying beggar of the comedy. His look and expression in certain bits %Acre exceedingly good, parti cularly under the last temptation of the assumed fa vours of Sir John's wife. Upon the whole, however, he acted feebly. Archer's Sir John was a tame and dry Performance, and Vining's Colonel not too lively. Mrs. Stirling took the part of Charlotte, and played with brisk vivacity and some natural archness. Here and there she was graceful and lady-like, and reflected the h!gb breeding of the gentlewoman—a feature often most difficult, and always most necessary, to preserve in this Particular class of lady characters. Not to force the !tanners of the part, is to play it properly. Mrs. Selby and Mrs. Ashton, as the two Ladies Lambert, went r espectably but not brilliantly through their role. Ham .iond, who was very warmly received by his scanty audience, played Mawworm—the low, coarse, ignorant, Preaching•stricken Dissenter. He dressed the character admirably, and gave the whine and the cant, and the drawl and the sigh of a bedlamite itinerant Methodist to the life. SADLER'S WELLS. Mr. Honner, the enterprising manager of this theatre, determined not to be outdone by any of his Ilya's, has produced his version of Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard, and a very excellent version it is. In one respect it has an advantage over its competitors. Jack Sheppard and Thames Darrell, the boys, are repre sented by Mrs. Honner and Miss Pincott, and Jack S heppard and Thames Darrell, the men, are repre sented by Mr. Homier and Mr. Elwin. Thus the vr aisonhlance is kept up throughout the piece. The navel is closely followed both in the working out the story : in the 'dialogue, and in the denouement. Mrs. Ronner's boy Jack Sheppard was admirable, and her husband, as Jack Sheppard the man, albeit his appear ance is scarcely young enough for the part, was a very excellent piece of acting. Miss Pincott, as Th ames Darrell the boy, made as much of the Part as could be made of it ; and Mr. Elvvin's Thames Derrell the man was well conceived a nd carefully acted. This gentleman possesses a Pleasing voice, a good person, and evidently besto ws pains and study on the parts with which he is ”trusted ; let him go on in this course, and he will, by 41 5 talents and perseverance, make his way, and attain c i e l h toally a richly respectable rank in his profession. best Jonathan Wild of Mr. H. Hall, is by the far the w e have yet seen ; his 'Wild is not the mere melo dramaticn villain, he throws an air of cunning, and cool the into the part, which reminds one strongly of friend Jonathan Wild the Great, of Fielding. Our old ;nend Williams was the Owen Wood, and although benevolent old men are somewhat nut of his line, the carpenter of Wych-street, found in him a faithful representative. One of the most effective scenes in t he piece, was that between Jack Sheppard a n d 15 mother in Bedlam, which was adm i r abl y acted I _ 4 7 }loaner and Miss Richardson. The tears of t he audience bore witness to this lady's admirable Personation of the agonized, maddened mother. j The scene was heart-rending. Kneebone, in the hands at. Mr. J. W. Collier, became a character. There is shout this gentleman a dry quaint humour, which tells with an audience vastly. The getting up of the piece re flects the highest credit on the management. The co stumes are correct, and the scenery is closely copied fr om Cruikshank's illustrations of the novel. The effect s in the last scene but one—Jack Sheppard drinking from the St. Giles's bowl, on his way to execu t4M--are worthy of the highest praise ; and this scene we believe is not introduced into any other dramatic versio n of this oft dramatized novel. Honner gave out ! t he piec e f or re p e titi on eve r y night, until Christmas, and if We may judge from the vociferous applause of a it erally overflowing house, he was perfectly justified in ! 0 doing. Paul the Pilot, which has lost nothing of its Popularity, concluded the evening's entertainment. PROGRESS OF TEMPERANCE.—" The work g.,,,0es br ave ly on "—wonderfully. While the Chartists of E ngland are firing upon the Mayor and his Constables t R Newport—while the English papers abouad in mur ders, robb er i es , an d offences of all kinds, the people of Ireland are witnessing the success of one of the most ex traordinary movements ever made in a country—the movement of a reckless and dissipated people to habits of temperance, and, consequently, of respectability and co mfort. —. Dublin Evening Post. [lt appears from oth er I r i s h papers t h at t h e C at h o li c c l erg y ar e exerting nemselves with great success to put down drurlicen -0"5. At laying the foundation of a chapel at Kilrush 6( . 1 0 temperance men marched in a body to the spot, With th e Catholic clergyman at their head, and the W orkmen of an adjoining distillery in the rear. At bungarynn Father Foley has enrolled 15,450 ; in elrk the number already amounts to 61,206 ; and in s everal o th er pl aces th ese m oral "revivals" are making similar progress. In Dublin the workmen prope rl y re fuse to swear to the total abstinence system, but engage to limit themselves to two pints of porter a-day.] BURGLARY. —This morning information was received at the different station-houses of the following darin g burglary :—Between the hours of five in the evening and t en o ' c l oc k on Thursday night last, some thief or thieve s broke into the house of Mrs. Salmon, of No. 13, Chesham-place, Belg,rave-square, and stole therefrom the following articles, viz. :—A pair of broad gold Indian bracelets, with embossed elephants on the clasp ; a circular diamond broach of five or six large diamonds, with hair in the centre ; a diamond half hooped ring of five large stones ; and a box, containing gold an d pearl earrings, besides numerous other articles of value. A reward of 1001. has been offered for the apprehension of the offender or offenders. A wreck of a large vessel was fallen in with on Wednesday morning, about 20 miles off Brighton, by the Industry fishing boat, G. Jasper, master, which towed her until night, when she was obliged to desist. It was only about half the vessel, stern-part, with the name o f " Thornton, of Bristol." The hull only was to be seen, which, from the paint, seemed fresh, as though not at sea long. FIRE-WORKS.—A correspondent informs us that a n explosion of fire-works (the third within these few days), took place on Tuesday, at Kingston, by which a little girl and her mother suffered serious injury, and the house in which the accident took place was saved , fr om destruction chiefly by the exertions of the neigh burs. This nuisance has been strangely omitted in the New Police Act, which prohibits a boy from letting off a squib in the street, while places for the manufacturing tl .ern exist with impunity in every district of the metro- Palis. The French manage these things better, and pro hibit every person from making them, except according to Certain regulations. It is a curio us fact, about which there can be little doubt, that more persons have been 41 ned in ce l e b rat i ng t h e sth of November, than w oul d have been bl own up in the two Houses of Parliament if t `te Gunpowder Plot had taken effect. This only proves that the wicked Catholics are determined to kill Pro testants in one way or another. RE -OPENING OF TIIE MONUMENT. —On T uesday morning the Monument on Fish-street -bill was reopened to the public. The only alteration which has b eett made is the placing of a man in the gallery at the th Lot' e • time fixed for p u bli c a d m i ss i on , an d no Lo me than twenty persons are to be admitted at one time. RIOTS AT NEWPORT. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) NEWPORT, THURSDAY. CONTINULTION. OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE PFASONERS CHARGED WITH TREASON AND SEDITION. The tovln still remains quiet, and the accounts from the hills and mining districts generally a g r ee th a t a dis position is growing amongst the populace to resume their work. 'communication has been received from Mr. Hurnfrey, a magistrate of Merthyr, which gives a satisfactory account of the feelings of the colliers in that district. The , magistrates continue without ceasing their persevering mertions, and prisoners are being almost hourly arrested. We are constantly hearing fresh ac counts of the. outrages committed by the Chartists in various distrii.lts for the few days preceding the out break. The Allyor still remains in a very precarious state. The 16,liowing notices have been extensively posted : 310NMOUTHSH IRE.-ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. Whereas w arrants have been issued for the appre hension of Zepi ,aniah Williams, late of the Royal Oak Inn, in the, pa wish of Aberygtwith ; the above reward will be paid. to ,any person or persons who will bring the said offender to justice. " By order of the Magistrates. (Sign.cci) " WILLIAM PowLLL, Chairman. " Abergaseniiy, Nov. 6, 1839." " Notice is FIE reby given to the beerbouse-keepers and alehouse-keepers within the borough of Newport, that their houses mv,st L(' closed at five o'clock this after noon, and that such houses must not be opened before• the hour of six. to-morrow morning ; and all persons offending against this order will be prosecuted according to law. " By order of the Magistrates. Borough of Newport, Nov. 6, 1839." I stated in a former communication that I was fearful the conspira::y would prove to he formidable, and its ramifications to be widely extended. I have this mo ment seen a co py of a libellous unstamped publication, called the "11re4 tern Vindicator, edited and conducted for Henry Vincent , now a resident in Monmouth Gaol," which has react ied its thirty-eighth weekly number, and is the chief so' dium of communication amongst the Chartists throw ghout the west of England and Wales. It has tended. more, perhaps, than anything else to keep up the excite meat and delusion amongst these misguided men, it being constantly graced with a letter from Mr. Vincent, and frequently by Mr. Frost himself. To show how well. the present outbreak was understood by these men in various parts of the country, and also the feeling with v /Lich they regard the horrible doings of the Chartists at, Newport, I give you a letter extracted from. its colurnr s, written by one of the body in New port. The font ,wing is the letter : " RE - YOLUTION IN WALES ! 6 ' NEWPORT, WEDNESDAY NlGHT.—Everybody I presume has he, and of the rise of the Welshmen ; but few I expect hi tve had anything like a positive or satis factory account of the nature and progress of the move ment. From y our connection with Mr. Vincent, and supposing that thousands will anxiously look forward to the appearance of the Vindicator for the intelligence in reference to tnis matter, I have hastily penned the following par tic ulars, which are at your service On Mon day morning, nine o'clock, about 10,000 Welshmen, h raded by Mr. John Frost, marched into Newport. How far the report that Mr. Frost was at their head is c orrect, I know not ; 1 believe it to be false. Suffice it, however, that a most determined at tack was corn menced upon the Westgate Inn, where the Mayor and Magistrates were sitting in deliberation. It appears that the Magistrates had received informa tion that an attack was intended. The Chartists, who were well armed, demolished all the windows at the Westgate, aad the Mayer was shot, though not killed. The soldiers w'rna were in readiness were then ordered to fire, and as near as I can get at the correct state of affairs, nine of the Chartists were killed, whose bodies now lie in the3'ard of the Westgate. Some of the sol diers are wont ‘ded, but it is impossible to learn how many, this bein g kept quiet. The Chartists withdrew, taking with theta their wounded: there were a few of their weapons lef . .; behind, which are of a most formida ble character. " By this time, I doubt not, Brecon is besieged ; for rumours are fast ,coming in that an immense number have marched into that place. But Monmouth Gaol, it would seem, is the princi pal object they have in view. The extraordinary in fluence Vincent had over them, and the determination which has been expressed (ever since the intelligence of the harsh and c reel treatment he and his fellow-prisoners have experienced) that they should not remain in pri son, may account in a great measure for the whole of the proceeding. In fact, were Ito give you my honest opinion as respects this outbreak, I should say that the Government must have been mad to have thus con tinued the ill-treatment of the prisoners, knowing the millions who were sympathising with them ; and when we reflect on the career of the Whigs since they got into power—the arming the police—the attack on the people of Birmingham—the arming the middle classes for the avowed purpose of putting down public meetings —the establishment of rural police—and the whole list of villanies perpetrated by the Whigs—little short of a physical revolution on the part of the people could have been expected. In any other country than ours it would have commenced much sooner ; but the English are a forbearing people ; yet when once aroused, let history testify to what lengths they will go, and what they are capable of performing. " Mr. John Frost is arrested ; and is undergoing ex amination on a charge of treason. " The virtues of this great man—his noble and dis interested patriotism—his love of' country—his whole patriotic career—has so endeared him to me—and I believe to all who know him—that I am decidedly of opinion his capture will be the signal to make \Vales a scene of most terrible devastation. " Yours truly, " G. M." You will also find in the paper itself an address from the Northern Political Union, and various leading ar ticles and letters from Troubridge, Bradford, Stroud, &c., from which it is evident to me that a very good understanding exists among all the parties as to the oc curences at Newport, and an anticipation that some similar displays will be attempted elsewhere. It would be a great act of mercy to nip their hopes of mischief and anarchy in the bud. I now proceed to give you a continuation of my yes terday's report of the examination of witnesses in the case of James Aust, on a charge of high treason. John Matthews—l again saw Aust at Pentonville ; he said, " You know I was pressed." I uoswered, " No, I do not, for you was with them when I saw you." I said " I did not know whether he was a leader or not, as I did not see him act as leader." Cross-examined by Aust—When you spoke about the Russians, we were near Mr. Guard's house on the turnpike road. Your man was with you, but there was no one with me. Chistopher Kidner sworn and examined.—Lives near Cross-y-Cylog. Was taken from home by a body of armed men. They said we were to go to Newport. I went as far as the Malpas-gate with them. Aust was there. He came out of his house with his gun in his hand. Jones, the watchmaker, of Pont-y-pool, was also with them. We passed through the Marshes-gate. Jones and Aust were the leaders, they were in the front, talking together. They said "We must come with them," Jones said so as well as Aust. We met some colliers. They asked the colliers to go back to Newport ; but they refused, saying, " If you had seen as much as we have you would not want to go." Jones and Aust said, " Then we are done." I saw no bullets distributed. John Phillips sworn and examined.—l was taken from my home by force, and brought to Malpas. Jones, the watchmaker, of Pont-y-pool, was of the party. lie said, " Won't he come along ?" the others said " No." " Then bring him along," Jones said. I then came as far as Aust's house. Jones went in and staid same time, and came out with Aust. They stood together in the road talking, and I saw Jones loading a pistol. I saw only one pistol. We then went as far as the Turnpike, where we met some colliers. Jones wanted them to turn hack, but they would not, saying, " We have had enough of it." Jones said, "We ar e d one — we are d one now !" He said so aloud to all of us. In about half an hour Jones went away, and I saw no more of him or Aust. There were about a dozen guns, some pikes, hatchets, pickaxes, bill-hooks, and clubs. In reply to a question from th e p r i soner, t h e w i tness said I saw you by the side of the turnpike, with Mr. police-officer, of Newport, sworn Jones. Henry Chappell, —I apprehended the prisonFr yesterday, at hi s 01 , ,n house, at Malpas. I searched the hou se , an d f ound the loaded gun produced. The prisoner told me to take care as the gun was loaded. The prisoner then said—l was pressed. I was hid i n a cottage, and was pressed. I wish to call a witness. He called William Simpson, who, on being sworn, was exa mined by the prisoner, and said—l am a gardener to Mr. Corder. You were hid in my cottage after the mob had passed. By a Magistrate—l :lid not see the prisoner till 11 o'clock. He was at my house when I came home. He left my house between twelve and one o 'clock,leaving his his gun behind, He did not say whether he had been to Newport or not. By Mr. Blewitt—l do not deny that I enrolled myself as a Chartist. It was my wife who came to my master's and informed me the mo b was passing, and I did not return home till after th ey had passed by some time. I shadom some not ri s n e g e . n A I uksnte knew before tbat osn oni th e a o t f rn t o h r e nin j'liart l is ( L id w h.e e a re r killed. I had reason to believe they w saw they routed before I saw Aust at my house. I p se e lf and l h believe ward and forward to and from Newport.l going back- Aust came to my house to conceal him is gun. When he left my house, at about half -past one, t was v.liat. was the state 011.hikl;;S .iNevk ,or , I I ; ne atly dark when he cause back and took th e gun a'wayas ibut any one meeting him might see the gun unless he THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, 'k OVEMBER 9, 1839. hid it. He told me he was pressed, and some one 1 wanted to take his gun, and that rather than they should do so, he took it away himself. This was when I first saw him. I have seen Aust at the Chartist meetings. I have attended the Chartist meetings up to this time. The prisoner then made the following statement : lam as innocent as any of you. I was pressed out of my house. They were going to press a neighbour named Davis. He came knocking at my door before I was up. I looked out of the window with my nightcap on, and asked who it was, as I was not up. He came again in about half an hour, and told me that three or four men had been using him roughly in the road because he would not go with them. He wanted me to fetch some iron from Newport, and I told him I did not like to go, as there were so many on the road. We went out together into the lane leading to Davis's house, and I beard my young man say there were four or five thou sand coming on the road. I went on towards his cot tage, as he wanted me to breakfast with him. We heard tremendous cheering and firing in Newport. 'This was about eight o'clock. I said my wife would miss me, and I should like to go to the Three Horse Shoes beer house, to hear what was going on. I asked Davis to go with me. He said he would rather I would go to his house to breakfast. We stood talking so long that I said I would rather go back home, as I knew my break fast was ready. I said my cottage was not out of the way as his was, and my wife and child would be frightened seeing the people with such weapons. I went home to breakast. The men came after me, but 1 stood behind my with, who told them I was gone, but they could see me behind her, and said " He must come along with us." Four or five came into the house ; some of them had hatchets. They wanted to take my gun ; it was over the fireplace, loaded with small shot and powder. I said, " they sha'nt have my gun, for I'll take it myself." I took down the gun, and came out with it under my arm. I thought I was in danger of my life if I did not come out. I heard, when I got outside, that they had pressed every one as they came along, and a farmer had offered them a sovereign to let him go, but they would not. The prisoner then called Mary Simpson, wife of the last witness, who, having been sworn, deposed was in my cottage last ,Monday when Aust came in. He had his gun. There was a large party pressing people as they came along. He told me had made his escape from them. He tried to hide himself. It was about eleven o'clock. He said nothing more than that he had escaped from the men. He left the gun, and told me he was going down to Newport. By Mr. Protheroe :—I said nothing to him about where he was going to at Newport. I don't recollect his saying where he had been. I did not hear him say the Chartists had been defeated at Newport. I was not present at the conversation between Aust and my husband. I don't recollect what he said when he came back from Newport. He left our cottage at five o'clock. It was not broad daylight. I did not see him between eight o'clock and half-past eleven on that morning, nor had I seen hips for three weeks before. He came then about sonic plants—that was the only other time he was ever in the cottage. I don't know that my husband is a Chartist—he never said so to me. I never knew he attended Chartist meetings. I am not a Chartist. I never knew there was to be an outbreak of the Chartists. My husband was in the garden when Aust came, and I went to tell him to keep out of the way of the Chartists. lam quite cer tain I did not go for my husband to Mr. Cortices house ; and am quite sure it was not later then five o'clock when Aust left my house. I do not know a person of the name of Jones, a watchmaker, of Pont-y -pool—l never heard of him. When Aust returned in the afternoon Mary Brewer was there. She had been to Newport, and had just come in before Aust. Neither of them told me any thing that had happened at New port, nor did I ask them any thing. Mr. Blewitt, addressing the prisoner, said—The court are of opinion that your statement and the depo sitions of your witnesses have not altered the state of the case ; you are therefore committed to Monmouth gaol on a charge of high treason and sedition, and to take your trial at the next assizes. The next prisoner placed at the her was John Part ridge, the Chartist printer, in whose house Frost and Waters, secretary to the Newport Chartist Association, were found. The prisoner was charged with haying harboured, after having knowledge of their treason. Thomas Jones Phillipps.—l am a solicitor, residing- at Newport. I was not present at the attack, but I arrived shortly after, that morning, from Tredegar iron works, at about half-past ten o'clock. I saw there had been an attack on the Westgate, by the bullet marks, &c. I saw also a dead body on the Mayor's step, and several dead bodies lying in front of the Westgate Inn, I also came into the Westgate, where I saw several dead bodies. I went upstairs and saw Mr. Phillips, the Mayor. I saw that he was wounded. I assisted the Magistrates, and I was present and took down the evidence of parties who inculpated John Frost as the leader of the riot. The propriety of searching Frost's house for papers of a treasonable and seditious character was suggested, and a warrant was issued. I volunteered my services to execute the warrant authorising the search of his pre mises. I went to his house, attended by the Superin tendent of police and some special constables ; it was be tween five and six o'clock in the evening. I did not find Frost there. I proceeded to search the house, haying told Mrs. Frost my object in corning. I possessed myself of all the papers answering, as I thought, the description of those 1 was authorized to seize. The Magistrates offered a reward, and bills offering 1001. reward for the apprehension of John Frost for high treason were issued. I know the prisoner John Partridge. I have known him many years ; I know that he has been intimately connected with Frost for years, and the printer of a great number of his publications. I know that for some of these publications printed by Partridge Frost has been convicted, fined, and imprisoned for libel. On a late occasion, since Vincent's apprehension, I went to Partridge's. It was before Trinity term. I attended the Mayor there for the purpose of demanding from him, as the printer, the manuscript of a paper which had been published in the town signed John Frost. It was a grossly libellous paper on the Mayor. An applica tion for a rule for a criminal information was made to the Queen's Bench, Partridge produced the manu script, which I knew to be in John Frost's hand writing. He refused to deliver up the paper, but said he would produce it any time. He said he was very poor, and was obliged to print anything which was brought to him in order to get a livelihood for his wife and children. On Mon day evenin g last, after searching Frost's house, about 7 o'clock, I proceeded to the house of the prisoner. I attempted to open the door, and found it fastened. I then knocked at the door, and heard Partridge's voice inside. I said, " Partridge, open the door." I thought his voice came from the sitting room. He said lie was gone to bed. I then said, " Get up and open the door, or I shall force it." I was attended by Mr. Stephen Rogers, a grocer of this town. I forced the door ; as soon as the door was opened I saw a person standing within two yards of me, inside the house, whom I found to be Mr. 'John Frost. We apprehended him. The prisoner Partridge was in the room dressed ; he had no appearance of having been in bad, and if he had been in bed at the time be said so, it was impossible for him to have dressed in the time. I told Partridge I came to search for some manuscripts. He hesitated a little, and then took me to an inner room and gave me two files of manuscript papers, which were brought into the outer room. Frost said, "If you expect to find any of my manuscripts here, you will be disappointed." I told him I had secured them already. I found another man named Charles Waters there ; we also took him into custody. Those two men, when they were brought down to the Westgate, were searched arid seven loaded pistols found upon them, with powder and bullets, caps, &c. Waters also had Lucifer matches. Frost and Waters have been committed for treason. Frost ap peared to have been out a long time, and was very wet ; his shoes were very wet, and he told me that he had taken off his trousers to dry, and that he then had on Partridge's. He begged to he permitted to go into his house to change himself. I told him I could not permit that, but that I would send for anything. He appeared harassed and fatigued. I also apprehended Partridge. I have no doubt but that Frost and Waters were there for the purpose of concealment from justice, and that Partridge knew them to be there for that purpose. Partridge did not say that he did not know that Frost and Waters were there. Partridge's house is in a lane near Pentonville, in Newport. Cross-examined by the prisoner—l believe the pri soner's coat was off, as also his stackings. Frederick Wood—l know the handbill produced (lOU reward). It was published at the Merlin office on Monday afternoon, November 4, about four o'clock. About fifty were printed before five o'clock, and a great number afterwards. I delivered about twenty to Michael Daly. It was before five o'clock. He was to post them up about the town. Michael Daly—l work at the Merlin office. I know the bill produced. About a quarter before five o'clock on Monday, the 4th instant, about twenty of them were given to me to circulate. I know the street in which the prisoner lives. I stuck the bills up. I posted one up about one hundred yards from the prisoner's house. It was light when I posted them. There is a gas lamp at the corner ; the gas had not then been lit. It was posted near the gas lamp, so that it might also be read alter it was dark. There was a great number of people about it to read it, and one read it aloud, and then another said, " There's enough of that sort up." I don't re member seeing the prisoner that day. I did not take one to his house. The prisoner, in defence, said—l was going by Mr. Hawkins's, on Monday morning, with a parcel. Mr. Hawkins was at the door. I took the parcel down to Mr. Hillman, and I saw him, and he asked me when h e should have the remainder. I told him he should have them down in a very short tire. While coming up from there I met William Legg, and while we were standing the crowd came down Stow•hill, from the hills. I said to Legg we had better go out of the way. He said, " Where ?" and I, said I sheidd t 0 have a glass of lice:e, and then perhaps we should ut; ow, of the way. He said, "as the public houses in Llanarth-street were shut, perhaps we could have a drop in Friars-fields ;" we went into Isaac Wil liams's, and we had .one pint of beer. We stopped a considerable time driaing it, because we were afraid to go out, and when we came out we went along the canal, and 1 said I would go up to Hill-street borne, without going through the town. I stopped a considerable time at home, and then came down Cross-keys-lane, and up Corn -street, and wert 'nto the Ship and Pilot-boat, where I stopped until nearly four o'clock in the afternoon. I then went towards home, and called - in at William Meyrick's, a beer- o shop, where I called for' a pint of beer. I was not there very long before Charles Waters came out of a back-room into the kitchen, where I was. He asked me how I was. I said, " Very well, how are you ?" Waters said, " I am very ti re d, are you going home ?" " shall go home directly," said Ito him. He said he was very tired and wanted to lie down. " Well," said I " my wife is gone up to Abersychan this fortnight, you can come and lie down in my Louse." We went into my house, and sat down a few minutes, and I said to him " As you are tired, Waters, you had better go to bed," and in a very few minutes I went into the same bed with him ; this was about six o'clock. I left my daughter up down stairs sewing. After I was in bed I went to sleep, of course. Some time after my daughter came to me and waked me, and said, " M r . F ros t i s down stairs, father ;" and we both got up and went down stairs, and Frost said, " I'm very wet and tired, I want something to eat ; have you got anything in the house ?" I said, " No, indeed, Mr. Frost, I have no cheese in the house nor cold meat, only bread." He asked me if I could get him something to drink and a bit of cheese. I said I would send my daughter. to see if she could get any. She got half a pound of cheese and a quart of beer, and while he was eating the bread and cheese and the beer Mr. Phillipps came in. That is all I have to say. The prisoner was then remanded until Thursday. WESTGATE INN, THURSDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Thomas Partridge was again placed at the bar. Thomas Jones Phillipps further examined—Frost's house is 400 or 500 yards from the prisoner's. I believe there is a communication between Frost's garden and Pentonville, where the prisoner's house is. It was quite as easy for Frost to have gone to his own house as to the prisoner's if he had thought proper. (The libellous paper printed by the prisoner, and written by Frost, upon which the rule for a criminal information was ob tained, was then read.) Isaac Evans, sworn—l am a clerk to Mr. Withers. I know the prisoner. Have known him several months. On the morning of Monday, the 4th instant, between eight and nine o'clock, I went to the weighing-machine to meet the Chartists. I saw them coming in a body, armed with pikes, &c. There were great numbers. I did not see John Frost there. As soon as I saw them I returned towards Newport, and on my way I met the prisoner going on the road to meet the Chartists. I did not sea anything in his hand. I saw the Chartists going down the lane, and I went down Commercial street, and came oppcsite the Westgate, and saw the Chartists commence the attack. No attack was made upon them until after they attacked the house. Partridge must have seen the Chartists when I did. Jeremiah James, of Commercial-road—l saw the pri soner at Leven o'clock, Monday morning, at the Ship and Pilot ; he came in cursing and swearing, and said there would be such work in Newport that day as was never known. I was much alarmed, and went away. At that time nothing openly had been done in Newport. The prisoner said he would call witnesses ; previous to doing so,! Amelia Partridge was called by the Magistrates.— Mv father came home about six o'clock on Monday evening with Waters. They sat down and had their supper. They went to bed, not directly ; I can't tell what time. John Frost came in while they were in bed. lie came from the door to the window, and stood there for about a minute ; this was outside. He then knocked and came in. I asked who was there, end unlocked the door. He did not say who he was, but said, " Open the door." It was about half an hour after father went to bed. Frost told me to call my father up. I had told him my father was in bed. I went and told my father that Mr. Frost was below and wanted him. My father undressed when he went to bed. He got up and came down, and Waters after. My father did not say any thing to Frost. I think he was surprised, and did not expect to see him. He did not ask him why be did not go to his own house. Waters and Frost whispered. I didu‘t, hear what Waters and my father talked about when they were at supper. Waters was not in the habit of coming there. lie never slept there before. I have known my father before to go to bed at six or seven o'clock, when he was tipsy and when lie was sober. My father went out in the morning. I was awake be fore it was light that morning. It was quite light when my father was: called. It was more than half an hour after it was light. Some one came to the door and called " Partridge." I know Henry Frost ; he is son of John Frost. I don't know who called my father. I did not see Henry Frost at our house that day, or the day before. Henry Frost was in the habit of bringing papers to my father from Frost, and taking others to him, but. not for a month past. I went out of the room when Frost came in. I went for cheese and beer. lam obliged now to close my despatch. The exa mination is being continued. NEWPORT, THURSDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK'. Mr. Thomas Jones Puillipps has just received a let ter from the hills. The following is an extract : " All is quiet at Merthyr and the neighburing works. The colliers are returning to their work." The lettc{ is from Mr. Humphrey, Magistrate of that district,. MONMOUTH, Nov. 8, 1839. Yesterday evening, about eight o'clock, John Par ridge, the printer of Frost, awl James Aust, were brought to the county gaol in this town from Newport. They, as well as the two first prisoners, Frost and Waters, were fully committed on a charge of high treason. There was a good deal of excitement in the town as they passed through. In fact, although from the com plete overthrow which the Chartists received at New port it is not very likely that they will make a second attempt, yet, as the attack on the gaol was their first object, and as, now the number of prisoners in it is in creased, it is considered here by the authorities that it is much better to be fully prepared against any emer gency. The guard of constables and the militia staff still continue at the gaol. The Magistrates continue to meet daily, ready to receive any intelligence that may arrive. The Lancers stationed here also continue to be fully prepared, so that should any attack be made we shall not be taken by surprise. I have just seen in the gaol the two prisoners Par tridge and Aust. The former is a man about 50 years of age, he seems much fatigued and dejected. Aust is a young active man. The following are the names of the Magistrates who signed the committal :—Mr. W. Brewer, Mr. Lewis Edwards, Mr. Reginald J. Blewitt, Mr. George Hall, and Mr. James Coles, clerk. We are in hourly expectation of the arrival of more prisoners. I have just learned that Jones, of Pontypool, a watch maker, for whom a reward of 1001. was offered, has been apprehended by four miners, who will get the reward. I have obtained some of the names of the persons who were killed, which I send you—David Morgan, of Tre degar ; William Evans, miner, Tredeg,ar ; Abraham Thomas, Nantyglo ; William Shell, Pont-ypool. The gaol here is well secured, surrounded by a strong wall, about twenty feet high ; so that while there is a strong guard inside to defend it, there is but little danger of any attack being successful. We are, how ever, anxiously expecting the arrival of the military, as there is at present here only one troop of the i2.th Lancers, 36 men in all. The town is quiet, but still much anxiety prevails. Should anything occur I shall immediately communicate it to yok. HALF-FAST Two O'CLOCK. Two other prisoners have just arrived. John Rees, aged about 50, and Richard Benfeld, about 25. They are also committed for high treaso*. They were brought up in two carriages ; there was noescort of military, but merely two constables, one in cich carriage. I have heard that all at Newport is tranquil, not a man to be seen upon the hills. All the prisoners are in the same ward. Frost's wife and daughter have been permitted to see him, but in presence of the governor of the gaol. TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CONVEN TION, AND THIRTY-FOUL OTHER CHAR TISTS, FOR SEDITION, Sze. LANCASHIRE COUNTY SESSIONS. (Before the Rev. J. Bitooxs, Dtputy Chairman to Lord Skelmersdal - 3,) James Finney, one of the late "re?rese.nt a ti ves o f the people," in the National Convention for the borough of Wigan, Leigh, &c. aged 42, and Crcorge Bellamy, aged 47, were indicted at these sessions f 4 having, with other evil-disposed persons, assembled together in a tumul tuous manner, and by loud shout; an d i nt i m id at i on, t b h y en their lla/ vToglent and addressed the ' terrified the peaceable inhabitants o f L eigh , in this people so so sse an a dt m he b r ed , and and inflam matory language endeavoured to excite the persons so assembled to cease from la bour, and to hold a national holiday, and exciting them to acts tf viol ence aga i nst residentthe property the Leighand persons Union. were 23 other Chartists to lit tried f or o ff ences connected with the assemb la g e of t ie peoisio of her her Maje s t Y's liege pl subjectse and the stopping of the factories, but th e case of Finney and Bellamy was t r ied separately. The in ou consequence o pikes, swords, and daggers produced, which had been taken from the court-house ex h f ib t i h te e d quite number e urarlike appear ance,of insurgents. Most of the former were three-quarters of a yard in length, and mounted upon Piles six feet long. Mr. Cross, a barrister of Bolton, s t ate d the case for the prose cu ti on , from which it appearel that f o r w e e k s after the Ist of August last fie whole of the manufac turing districts about Leigh, Atherton, Bedford, Pen nington, Wigan, &c., was in a complet e state of rebel lion, from the thousands of anned persons assembling to stop theifactories and enforce the keeping of ";a national holiday" until the People's Charter became a law. There were ;tlr - cral revollit:,. 4'1‘=0 . :.; . held, at which Bellamy had acted as chairmai, anti Finney as a speaker. He produced the following paper, which was issued on the Ist of August, exhorting the people to cease hem labour : " Working men !—You have been instrumental in electing the General Convention to watch over your rights and interests ; it now becomes your bounden duty to render every assistance in your power for carrying out this great and glorious object, viz., the People's Charter. " Working men, after petitioning and remonstrating the present miscalled House of Commons, and to no effect, all future hopes being therefore destroyed, the Convention has provisionally fixed the 12th day of August for a genera! cessation from labour ; you are therefore requested, nay, your duty demands your pre sence in the market-place, therefore, to declare your willingness to carry out . the national holiday, before God, and in the presence of many of your enemies, who will no doubt be intermixed amongst you. Industrious bees, i►t behoves you, one and all, to leave your hives and swarm into town around the standard of liberty, and if you are not to have an equal share of that which you produce, at once tell the drones that you will cease producing, and are determined never to produce more, until such time as your legal and con stitutional rights are conceded, or that the People's Charter becomes the law of the hind. " By order of the Committee, " RICHARD BROOKES, Secretary." Thomas Darwell, the constable of Pennington, Mr. James Hayes, a cotton-manufacturer, and several other witnesses were then called, and proved that on the Ist of August a large number of persons, to the number of between 2,000 and 3,000 assembled in the market-place of Leigh, armed with pikes, sticks, and bludgeons, some carrying crowbars on their shoulders. There was a cart in the centre, which was used as hust ings, on which were Bellamy and Finney, both of whom addressed the mob, the former acting as chairman. Finney was heard to say that he had been charged with running away from the National Convention at Birming ham in order to save his neck from the gallows, which he denied to be the fact, and alleged that he had left the Convention because he could get no money to sup port himself with. Resolutions were moved and se conded by the prisoners. It was further proved that other large bodies of workmen, who were assembled by She sound of horns, had congregated together on the 2th aad 13th, and other days named in the indictment, the prisoners taking part in the proceedings. They commenced meeting by four o'clock in the morning, and continued to conduct themselves in a tumultuous manner during the whole of the day, travelling from one township to the other, succeeding by threats of violence in compelling the operatives to turn out of the different cotton mills. They subsequently attacked the police, and expressed their determination to cease work until they had won their cause. The inhabitants of the district were in terror for their lives and property, all the shops were closed, business was at a stand-still, and it was only through the prompt measures of the Magis trates, who read the Riot Act and called in the mili tary, that eventually the mob were dispersed and in duced to resume labour. These facts being proved, and " the Member of the People's Parliament," and Bellamy, having been clearly identified as principals, the case against them was closed. Bellamy, a little sturdy fellow, with one eye, dressed as a collier, whom the calendar described as being scarcely competent to write, in his defence denied that he was in any way connected with the riots, and said they might as well charge him with instigating the whole of the agitation which had pervaded England as to con nect him with these disturbances. The evidence against him was of the weakest kind, nothing having been proved to show that he was appointed chairman. He had ever maintained for himself the character of a loyal and honest subject, and to endeavour to consign him to a dungeon as a rebel was a maevolent and wicked act. He denied having ever received a farthing from society but what he had worked laboriously for, and had never the most remote idea of living on the plunder of others, or of leading innocent men into error. He had assem bled with his fellow men to make known their griev ances, and if that was a crime Lord John Russell, and not himself and colleagues, was to blame, as the then Home Secretary at a dinner in Liverpool had stated that the people had a right to meet in an open constitu tional manner to discuss and endeavour to remedy thr.;tr miseries. If he had given offence to the law of his country, he had done so in ignorance, having kept within the constitutional limits of the law, as appointed by Lord John Russell. Under these circumstances he confidently hoped for an acquittal. Finney, the Delegate to the Convention, took the same line of defence as Bellamy, both declining to call witnesses, but stated that the constables who had given evidence against them could, if they thought proper, give them a character as honest bard-working men. The Chairman said they might call the constables if they thought proper. The prisoners said, that if the constables did not choose to do so of their orrn free will, they would not detain the Court. The Chairman, in summing up the evidence, said that to prove a conspiracy against the prisoners, it was not necessary to show that they were present at the riotous assemblages ; it was sufficient if they were the means of instigating the people to assemble for an un lawful purpose to make out a case of conspiracy. The evidence given clearly proved the meetings to be illegal. The paper produced in court, and the evidence given, evinced that an illegal body calling itself " the National Convention," had fixed, a day . for a national holiday. An attempt to enforce a notional holiday was an offence against the laws, and it was for the Jury to say whether the prisoners were a party. to Batch proceedings. The Jury, without hcsitatton, found the prisoners guilty. The Chairman then said, that as there were other cases of a similar description to try, in which parties would be involved in different degrees of guilt, he should defer passing sentence till they were all disposed of. George Smith, aged 26 ; William Wilcox, 37 ; Richard Harrison, 30 ; Thomas Massey, 23 ; Thomas Smith, 41 ; John Collier, 33 ; John Blackburn, 21 ; James Boardman, 23 ; John Dutton, 26 ; William Nixon, 45 ; Matthew Starkie, 22 ; John Chalson, 45 ; Alexander Cross, 23 ; John Hurst, 25 ; William Kay, 21 ; Thomas Dean, 19 ; George Smith, 33 ; John Baxendale, 24 ; Joseph Webster, 35 ; James Battersby, 24 ; Richard Eckersly, 22 ; John Shuttleworth, 55 ; Luke Wherrall, 28 ; William Moss, 36 ; Jeremiah Rigby, 27 ; and Peter Heaton, 49, were subsequently indicted for having, at Pennington, West Leigh, Bed ford, Tyldesley, Atherton, and other places, with various other persons, paraded the said townships in a tumul tuous and riotous manner, and by threats and intimida- Lion compelled ethers to join them in compelling the nr,illowners and manufacturers to stop their mills and turn out their hands, and threatening acts of violence if they refused. Mr. Wilkins defended Baxendale, Battersby, Ee kersly, and Webster ; the other prisoners were unde fended. Mr. Cross stated the case for the prosecution, and having called witnesses to prove the case, Mr. Wilkins spoke for the defence, and denied that sufficient proof had been adduced to show that the prisoners had been in the assemblage of people with any improper intent. The Chairman then summed up the evidence against the prisoners, stating, that although the Learned Counsel's eloquence was of a high character, the jury must confine their attention to the facts disclosed in evidence. The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty.' Ten other deluded individuals, belonging to the Chartist party, were subsequently tried, and found Guilty. The Chairman said, that he should defer passing sentence until he had consulted his brother Magistrates. The sentences were expected to be passed that even ing, hut, as it was growing late, they were deferred to some other day. LAUGHTER.—An anonymous writer (1769) classifies the different laughs as follows :-1. The wide-mouthed or indecent laugh. 2. The gracious laugh, or the smile. 3. The laugh of dignity orprotection. 4. The silly or simple laugh, which must be distinguished from the na• urally ingenuous. 5. The self-approving laugh, or that of sheer vanity. 6. The laugh of eor tesy, civilised compact, or fashionable usage. 7. The laugh of affectation, or disdain. 8. The laugh of sin cerity, openness, invitation, and serenity, that in a pleasing manner diffuses itself over the whole coun tenance. 9. The laugh of hypocrisy or dissimulation, or (according to the vulgar phrase) in one's sleeve, which must be distinguished from-10. The laugh of determined or absolute malice. 11. The laugh constrained, is that observable when we make an effort to repress an unreasonable impulse. 12. The laugh extorted, or machine!, is brought on by excessive tickling, or by wounds of the diaphram, or by certain noxious beverages. 13. The laugh caused by the sore ness of the mind, despite, resentfulness, desire of re venge, mixed with a certain pleasure that is in near alliance with pride. And lastly, 14. The laugh inextinguishable, as homer calls it in Greek, but that in our vulgar phrase, may be ex pressed by the outrageous or horse-laugh, whose explosive bursts we cannot stop. In 1662, an Italian astrologer published a treatise, of about six sheets, wherein he distinguished the different tempera ments of mankind by their different modes of laughing. Thus the hi hi hi notifies melancholy people ; the he he he phlegmatic persons ; the ho ho ho those of a san guine di s position.—Gentleman's Magazine. DUNDEE TRADE.—We can as yet state no improvement in our commercial relations. There is no appearance of a fall in the prices of the raw material in the foreign markets, while the prices of yarns and linens remain stationary here. The manufacturing of cotton-bagging, at one time a s t ap l e art i cle of our trade, is at a complete stand, with little hope of any revival, as it can be purchased cheaper and of better quality in Russia, where the raw material is grown, and labour can he had at a lower rate. It is also alleged that our manufacturers have d one t h emse l ves an i rrepara bl e in jury Jute ju ry by using and other rubbish in the making of 1 this artiele.—Dundee Courier. SPIT IT or. the PUBLIC JOURNALS FR On 7 .'HE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Furtht 1r arrests have taken place at Newport. Our correspond ant has supplied us with an unstamped publication : , called the " IVestcrit Vindicator, edited and conska ted for Henry Vincent, now a resident in Monmouth gaol," which has reached its thirty-eighth weekly tart nber, and is said to be the chief medium of communios tion among the Chartists throughout the west of Ei s gland and Wales. In an extract from this paper, in the letter o f our correspon d ent, t h ere is a sort oft Z 1 of indictment drawn up against the Whigs, and it is cations to observe how much there is in com mon bet% Peen the Chartists and the Tories. The writer in I e Western Vindicator has as great a horror of " the e stablishment of rural police," as some of our Tory Contemporaries have. The prevention of disorder is • wise precaution is not to their taste. One thing, however, transpires which we do not like. Notl dng could be more wise than the care taken by the Go vernme n t never to outrun pu bli c op i n i on in their pro ce edings against the Chartists, by the adoption of procee slings which might savour of persecution, and enlist syr apathy in their favour. So far so good. But . it would appear that the same wisdom has not been dis played in %he treatment of the Chartists under sentence in gaol. in fact, it appears from the extract, that the harsh trt at merit of Henry Vincent in gaol had power fully exci tee t the W e l s h men, and facilitated the projects i of the ns24 •ators to this foolish rise. There is in this country a g reat hatred of whatever seems to savour of persecution ; and we trust care will be taken by those in possession of authority that the power committed to subordinates be not abused in the case even of the hum• blest individual. If the charge be groundless, the know ledge that it is so will bo productive of much good. (From the Morning Post.) We this day continue our narrative of the proceed ings consecrt tent on the late distressing events at New port. In at ldition to Frost and Waters, Aust has also been comnrit ted on a charge of sedition and treason ; and, when ti le letter of our correspondent came away, Partridge, t he printer, was under examination before the Magistr ates. Some particulars of the conduct and (temcanour of the two first prisoners, since their com mittal to thi gaol of Monmouth, as well as of the pre cautions tak en by the authorities of that town, will be found in tb e letter of a correspondent on the spot. What way have been the immediate causes of the outbreak—what the ultimate designs of the insurgents— and whether the combination have been as extensive and as well organised as report has stated— are questions that, with our present information, it would be pry !mature to discuss. But one point is per fectly clear.: faith cannot be placed in the insinuations of the Ministerial newspapers, that the disturbances had their ori;in in pecuniary distress. It wig be found distinctly stn ted in our letter from Newport, that in that district " trade is prosperous, and the miners and colliers all earn from twenty-five to fifty shillings a week." This important circumstance must not be lost sight of by those who are anxious to form a correct opinion on. the subject. (From the Times.) The insurrection. of South Wales has been what is called a " jaw-bre , sker " to Lord Melbourne and his col leagues. It is p alpably and notoriously their own work ; and the country, let them make what grimaces they please, will :number it among the blessings of their Liberal Administration. Will they deny that the thing which bears the name of " movement" owes its crigin to themselves exclusively ? Will they deny that the whole United Kingdom has become one vast magazine of fretful dem ocracs; since they undertook to bully and beat down the other branches of the Legislature, by force of the House of Commons alone ? Can the Ministers deny, that if politir.;al conflict and animosity have over grown the,: *kingdom within the last seven years— one half of men's time being wasted in attend ance on, civic or political electicns, .and their though'.s withdrawn from family interests and wel fare to the promotion of one or more merely facf:tous ends—it is the fruitful genius of Whig-Radical arnbition we are to thank for such a revolution in the popular character of England ? Are there not suffi cient materials in the case of this wretched offender, Frost, to establish the charge against the Melbourne Administration, that to wage successful war upon Con servative principles they have brought anarchy into the field, reckless of its recoil upon their own political ex istence ? From the time when " honest" Lord Althorp, then a Minister of the Crown, received addresses from and wrote encouraging answers to the boisterous confe derates of Birmingham, leagued together undisguisedly, that they might intimidate the Parliament, lawless tur bulence from that hour has overspread the land— existing institutions, of whatever kind, have been openly assailed and put upon their defence against every wild innovator that smote them, the onus being laid, not upon the Revolutionist to justify his ap petite for change, but upon the ancient law and order of society to palliate on its behalf the crime of self-pro tection. The Rornish disturbers of the peace of Ireland, and avowed enemies of the British Crown and people, have been robed in judicial ermine by tha Melbourne Cabinet—the most offensive among them been sworn Privy Councillors to the Queen, and others placed high among the functionaries of the Executive Government, because these latter had each of them seats in the House of Commons, and backed up the most flagitious jobs of Ministers by their votes. The anarchists of England, of lower pretensions than their Irish aI - lie s, have been turned into local Justices, and pampered with sundry sorts of offices yielding pay, because they could command votes in bo rough towns and do dirty work for the friends of Ministers in their respective districts. Mr. John Frost has for many years been a linen-draper at Newport, in Monmouthshire. For twenty years or more he has professed himself a furious Radical, and during the Re form Bill fever, and up to a late period, supported the Whig-Radical Government, by which, in return, he was mawkishly fondled and caressed. Some fourteen or fifteen years ago this exemplary personage was tried for grossly libelling Mr. Prothero, the present spirited Mayor of Newport, or his brother, was found guilty, and amerced in damages, or heavily fined, after, we be lieve, a reprehension for his conduct from the Bench. Being unable to pay the fines or damages, he was sent to gaol, where he remained some months. FROM THE EVENING PATERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Courier.) it would be well for the future interests of this coun try, if the suspension of specie payments by the Ame rican Banks were to lead to an inquiry into our whole system of currency as respects our internal commerce, and as respects also our monetary relations with America and with other states. What fact can be more extraor dinary, and more disgraceful to the knowledge of this advanced age of the world, than the fact which is now before us ; that two nations, among the first, if not themselves the first of civilized states, should have the means of producing wealth to an almost unlimited extent; that they should have within themselves the power of creating all products, except those depending on the sea sons, that can minister to the wants or to the luxuries of mankind, in the most boundless profusion ; nay, more, that they actually do create those products ; and that the very abundance of the mechanical productions of the two countries should lead to embarrassments, difficulties, and privations among all classes engaged in the pursuits of industry 1 But this is not all. Fixing our attention on the condition of Great Britain, we find that this country is pre-eminent in its capabilities of production ; and that at the same time, among all the civilised na tions of the earth, its inhabitants are in the mass, without exception, the most exposed to the vicissi tudes of want, of comforts, clothes, shelter, fuel, and food. That there must be something wrong in the go verning power which fails to remedy the inconsistency of overflowing abundance and extremity of want existing in the same country and at the same time, seems, on the mere stating of the fact, too clear to need the aid of ar gument. The remedy for this state of things may give rise to a difference of opinion ; but at any rate tnere can be no difference of opinion as to the fact. In seeking for the remedy, we think it may be useful to lay before our readers some remarkable facts relating to the question, and to offer a few observations on their bearing and tendency. The first fact that strikes our attention is this : that the embarrassed state of the currency in England and America which has led to the present suspension of specie payments in the latter country is not a novelty in either country ; on the contrary, that it has occurred frequently before in both countries ; and that it may be traced to the same causes. We will first take the money crisis of 1797 ; we will take the opportunity to state, by the way, that Mr. M'Culloch, whose authority is considered of some weight by many, and whose re searches and statistical statements are acknowledged to be valuabl e by all, attributes the money crisis of 1797, not to over-issues of Bank paper, but to poli cal causes ; however, for our present purpose, it is suf ficient to state that in 1797 there was a money crisis. In 1821-2 there was another money crisis ; another in 18' 1 3, another in 1837. and again another at this present tim e i n 1839. Eve r y one of thesreihemdoneayt crises, it i s t o b e o b s erved, w the tim e , more or le s s, to overproduction and over trading, or, in other words, to too produced by the product-creating in endeavouring to dis seminateemp powermuch of the country, _o and too much industry 1 these products 3 t T i:absurdity of a throughout the community. Passing by, for the moment , duction of things which nineteen-twentieths of th e commu nity being embarrassed and impoverished by its excess of pro the want ewcaonntunofunl t o y c n o e n a fi r nearly in oura a s t t t a e t n e t o io f n r t e o be t l h li e im onfr m om e. will diate causes of t he mone y crises which weh:ni%o• wasnu enu- merated. u I n 1797, the Bank of England, as pa y it'S notes in gold ; at the same ti me t h at the demand to d o f the public for it's notes was rapidl y increas ing i n proportion as the wealth producing power of the c ountry required an increase of money to represent it. Mr. Pitt saw at once the simple remedy ; he argued, if gold cannot be procured wherewith to represent or to carry on the monetary transactions of the country, re course must be had to some other sort of money ; if the nation will be content with bank notes, why should not EVENING EDITION. represent value as well as gold ; if go ld wer employed it would not be used, it would on l y repre l sent the value o f some thi ng e l se ; if b an k notes w ill serve that purpose why s h ou ld th e y not b e em pl oye d i n the place of go ld ? B es id es , M r . Pitt saw c l ear l y t h at the ti me h a d arr i ve d w h en i t was a matter o f necess i ty for hi m t o c h oose b etween two courses ; e i ther to make Use of th e expans i ve currency of paper wh i c h had the power o f a d apt i ng i tse lf to the wants of the community, or of a r bit rar il y restr i ct i ng the operntions of pro duction an d tra d e to the limited amount by which they cpc hor bankoou scl cpeduoar usab n tnsbeheotl erte elys: e; ; p wp r i ‘ai e asni s perd e re. n rw t ibc e h,e d oi a ctut ta b : sms y we ea; d t s h eat e ctih mi hes s ei oo m sßnct a ao l tn l nhi kssee q oqnw u nu a eel ey n l s .1 t t. cc i rk t uei n y cr:tr i ewo o nnn f Fe—y g rAe o : oi l me d ft wastthhae d t time until the peace of 1815, a period of eighteen years, of unprecedented expense, of unparalleled politi cal difficulty, with the opposition of the whole Continent of Europe arrayed against us, the state of the country was one of unexampled prosperity. Between 1797 and 1815, a period when paper was the currency of the country, unrestricted and unembarrassed by the attempt to represent it by gold, there was no money crisis. It was not until the plan was formed of returning to what was called " a wholesome state of circulation." that a money crisis re-appeared. From 1816 to 1821 this plan of returning to cash payments, or, in other words, of attempting to represent by gold a circu lation which had outstripped the amount of all the gold that could be procured from the face of the earth, was steadily persevered in ; and with correspond ing steadiness the money difficulties of the country in creased up to 1821, when that memorable state of things occurred which induced Lord Castlereagh to pestpone the actual return to cash payments till 1825. What was the effect of this postponement ? Immediately the country began to recover itself ; confidence was restored'; trade revived ; the prosperity of the country re turned ; and Mr. Robinson, the Chancellor o f th e Exchequer, was so boastful of the happy state of things, that he gained for himself the unlucky sobriquet of " Pros perity Robinson," in which coOromen he delighted for a brief period—till when ? Till 1825, when the attempt to return to bullion payment; or in other words, the attempt to represent the trade and the money operations of the country in gold which did not exist in sufficient amount to represent it, or even partially to represent it, produced the same result as in 1797, and as in 1821.' The next " money crisis" was in 1837. And in this, as before, the same cause produced the same effects. By an ingenious fiction, the six or seven millions of gold in the Bank cel lars was supposed to be sufficient at any time to pay its eighteen millions of notes, and provide also for a country circulation of notes to the amount of about twelve millions more. And so it was suffi cient, as long as the gold was not asked for ; but when a demand for gold took place, the Bank quickly discovered, and the public as quickly took the alarm, that seven millions of gold were not sufficient to repre sent thirty millions of paper circulation ; and then the usual confusion began. The amount of real wealth in the country remained as before ; but, the Bank having reduced the amount of it's notes, and the amount of the circulating medium being thereby reduced, there were not adequate means of representing the transfers of that wealth in ordinary operation. Lastly, in the present year of 1839, the same evil principle existing, the same evil consequence ensues. (From the Globe.) The riots at Birmingham and Bolton are only just put down, and the masses in various parts of the king dom, where the Anti-Poor-law and Chartist agitators had succeeded in exciting disturbance, awed into sub mission by the presence of a large military force. Is this the only remedy—the only protection against re newed attempts at disturbance? Are we to wait for na tional tranquillity and "security until we have consented to adopt the Chartist dogmas ? until we have a Parliament elected by universal suffrage, imposing upon us laws for establishing a minimum of wages and a maximum of prices, dealing with the national credit on Mr, Attwood's plan—sponging out the national debt, re ducing the defensive force of the country so as to leave us at the mercy of our humblest rivals, and bring ing to bear on the foreign policy of this vast empire the wisdom of legislators who, up to the period of their election, have been employed behind a shop -counter, re tailing tape and calico, or weighing up ounces of tea and pennyworths of tobacco, and after the day's dealings dispensing Chartist wisdom to admiring artisans ? We trust there is another alternative—an alternative, the efficacy and practicability of which we have invariably insisted on, and the adoption of which is not only desir able, but has become absolutely essential to the safety of the country. We believe it is possible to render the people of this country contented, even under the fluctu ations in their physical condition inseparable from the changes to which a commercial people are exposed, by raising their moral condition, and by teaching them how inseparably the interests of the poorest arc interwoven with every other class. IV* would that e d uca ti on founded on the basis of religi on teach the labour ing classes subordination to " the powers that be." (From the Standard.) Accnrdin to the latest accounts from Monmouth shire, the insurrection in that neighbourhood may he considered as thoroughly suppressed. The organi zation of the insurgents, which was more perfect than might be supposed, has been completely de ranged by the arrest of Mr. Justice Frost, and the sample of resistance which his fol lowers received at Newport is not calculated to encourage then to renew an attempt against the authorities, now warned of danger and prepared to stand on their guard. It is one of the happy securities for public order, that as an unorganized insurrection is always feeble, one more elaborately contrived is sure to sink be fore the first vigorous and successful blow struck at it It is now pretty plain that the Chartists bare deceived themselves by that array of force originally prepared to deceive and intimidate the public. Frost and his local accomplices, calculating upon their assumed million of signatures to the People's Charter, expected that their success at Newport and Monmouth would serve as a signal for a general rising ; there is no reason, however, to suppose that the event would answer these expectations, for there is no account of preparations elsewhere. Fortunately, however, the experiment was not t:ied, and whatever might have been the effect of the success of the rebels in the first in stance, the gallant inhabitants and troops at Newport have taught a lesson which cannot fail to work beneficially upon the disaffected everywhere. The Chartists may, now know, what they appear not to have known before, that though sometimes wayward and sometimes passive, or sullen through disgust and resent ment—as they were in 1830—the great mass of the British nation will never be themselves rebels against the law or permit rebellion by others. REPRESENTATIVE PEERAGE.—There arc now no fewer than five candidates in the field for the Representative Peerage—all " good men and true ;" —namely, Lords Crofton, Muskerry, Lucan, Caledon, and Blaney. Of course there will be no contest, for, on a comparison of the respective strength of the par ties, the weaker will retire. Our wish shall be couched in the language of Tom Crib's celebrated toast—" May the best man win." We would respectfully suggest, that it would simplify these elections very much, and prevent all feeling of annoyance, if a standing Committee were elected from amongst the Peers themselves, before which not only the intentions of Noble Lords to seek the repre- sentation should be laid, but the claims and pretensions of the parties be also submitted ; and then the nomina tion and eiection would he tantamount ; and the trouble and inconvenience of five or more (as is at present the case) proceeding in a canvass at the same time, and with a constituency not exceeding one hundred and fifty, would be altogether spared.—Dublin Evening Mail. AN OUT-DOOR PATIENT.— This morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, a great number of persons were assembled round the Charing-cross Hospital under the following circumstances. It appears a horse that had been driven by a drayman belonging to the Union Ale Brewery of Lambeth had been very severely injured in the nose by a cab driving against it A person who witnessed the circumstance gravely advised the dray man to take his horse instantly to the Charing-cross Hospital, where it would have instant attendance and relief The drayenan, putting his hand to his hat and thanking the gentleman , proceed ed to the hos p it al forth with. On his arrival he p ushed throu g h th e throng, and, having gained ad mittance, he asked for t he house surg eon, who, on ascerta inin g the p ur p ort of the dray o m through raud atlemtuajollky ees",b . u e t d but, neverth e l ess , wentan's v outside the door up the w oun d (a large out ac ross the nose) to the i nfinite amusement of the by - stand ers. saw THE PARAPHERNALIA OF THE NEW MAY ORALTY.—The carriage of Sir Ch apman Marshall, the n ew Lord Mayor, is painted a rich dark lake colour, relieved white and ornamented with gold ; the pannels are adorned with heraldi c d eco rations, executed in a masterly style, with his arms in the centre, with the City Armsand those of his Company(the Innholders) on the quarters, with their supporters, crests, mottoes, Sze. ; the inside is lined with rich white figured silk, the seat cloth is of plum-coloured cloth and velvet, orna mented with fringe and lace, and a profusion of rich hangers. The carriage, which is extremely handsome, is the wo r k mans hi p o Mr. Joall, of Tottenham-court road. The state liveries of his Lordship are of claret coloured cloth lined with white, and most tastefully em broidered, and do credit to the skill of Mr. Crooks, of Throgmorton-strect. TACITURNITY OF GENIUS.—In con versati on Dante was taciturn or satirical ; Butler was silent or caustic ; Gray and Alfieri seldom talked or smiled. Descartes, whose avocations formed him for meditation and solitude, was silent. Rousseau was remarkably trite in conversation—not a word of fancy or eloquence warmed him. Milton W 35 unsocial, and even irritable when much pressed by the talk of others. Addison and Moliere were only observers in society ; and Dryden old us—" has very honestly t My conversation is d u ll and slow, my h u mour saturnine and reserved ; in s h or t, 1 I am none of those who en , deavour t o b rea k j ests i n com pany, or make repartees. C - • - - 11:441 \-4 SM I 1 4 L