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

EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. IVINDson, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, Prince Ernest, and i'rince Albert of Saxe Cobourg, attended Divine Service this warning in St. George's Chapel. The Rev. Air. Canning preached the sermon, taking his text from Psalm xxxiii, and part of verse 5, " The earth is fed of the goodness of the Lord." The Rev. Mr. Gore chaunted the first part of the service, the Rev. D. Mark ham, and the Rev. W. Canning officiatel at the altar. The Te D eum an d J u bi ta t e was Nares in F ; the Sanctus and Kyrie Elieson, was an arrangement of Spencer, from Jomelli ; the Creed, King's in F ; the anthem, " Thou 0 God art praised in Sion," (Dr. Green), was sung by Mr. Turner and Mr. Harris, Mr. Elvey, M. B. presided at the organ. In the Royal Suite were Lady Charlotte Dundas, Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Murray, Lady Caroline Barrington, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Torrington, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Hon. Major Keppel, and Lord Alfred Paget. Lord Hill arrived at the Castle from town on Friday afternoon, and took his departure yesterday. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Ernest and Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg, rode out yesterday in the di rection of Englefield Green. In attendance on her Majesty were Lady C. Barrington, Lady C. Dundas, Miss Quentin, Viscount Torrington, Hon. C. A. Mur ray, Lord Alfred Paget, and Hon. Major Koppel. The Royal party returned through the Park. Prince Ernest is now pnrfectiy recovered from his recent indisposition. The Duke and Duchess, with the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, the Earl of March, Viscounts Melbourne and Palmerston, Count A. Esterhazy, Miss Kerr, and Baron Knesebeck, left the Castle yesterday. Mr. Landseer's picture, the " Return from Hawking," was submitted to the Royal inspection yesterday. At the same time the Queen was pleased to command that an engraving should b,..; put in progress from Mr. Leslie's Picture (the property of her Majesty) representing the Holy Sacrament administered to her Majesty in West minster Abbey at the Coronation. On Friday evening the band of the Rifle Brigade was in attendance at the Castle. Sir James Clark arrived on Saturday morning, and left in the evening ; Sir James has been in attendance at the Castle on Prince Ernest. Viscounts Melbourne and Palmerston are expected to return to the Castle to-day. The Princess Augusta attended Divine Service yes terday moraing in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the service was read by the Rev. Mr. Barham. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cam bridge attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, arrived at their residence at Kew on Saturday morning from a a visit to the Queen at, Windsor Castle. Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Kew in the afternoon and remained to dinner. His Serene Highness returned to town in the evening. The Duke of Cambridge came to town in the afternoon. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left Marlborough House.' yesterday morning on his return to the Hague. His Serene Highness embarked from the Tower in the Batavier for Rotterdam. The Batavier left at seven o'clock. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town on Saturday morning, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Viscount Palmerston also came to town on Sa turday, from Windsor Castle. Lord Langdale had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby, on Saturday, at the Home Office. Count Albert Esterhazy arrived in town on Saturday afternoon, from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. The Spanish Minister transacted business on Satur day at the Foreign Office. Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial Office for the Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie. Governor of Ceylon. Sir Richard Bourke, K. C. 8., arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, yesterday from Ireland. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonia 1 Office from Sir A. Woodford, Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar. VASHIONABLE IN TELLIGENCE . ARRIVALS. The Earl of Kilmorey ; Sir Milley Doyle ; the Marquis of Northampton ; General Sir Moore Disney and Miss Sneyd ; Colonel and Mrs. Chester ; L. A. Smith, Esq., M. P., in Belgrave-square, from the Continent ; the Right Hon. Sir Henry Parnell ; Mr. and Mrs. H. Wickham and family, in Hertford-street, May-fair ; Henry Tuffnell, Osq., in Cavendish Square ; the Lady Sophia and Henry D o Veaux. Esq., at Marshall Thompson's, Cavendish oqua ce; W. Henley, Esq., and family, at ditto, from Ox fordshire ; Captain Stanton, at ditto, from the North ; C apta i n R e fnold's, at ditto; Hon. D. Webster and family, at the Efruns:vick House Hotel, Hanover-square, from Paris; Mr. Pulstrord, at ditto; the Honourable Dean of Ossory, at the Cavendish Hotel, from Bognor; the lion. Mr. and Misses Burke, ,at ditto, from ditto; Sir Montague Chapman, Bart., M.P., at ditto, from Paris ; Misses Tay lor at ditto, from Charmouth, Dorset. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. Whitmore and family, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, for Shropshire ; ktrs. and Miss Hodsen, from ditto, for Kent; Page Rcade, Esq., and family, from ditto, for Suffolk ; Rhodes, Esq., f rom ditto, for Otley , Yo rkshire; the Rev. Mr. Tirnson, from ditto; Mr, and Mrs. Bentley, and Mr. and Miss Lomax, from the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover square ; Mr. and Mrs. Jenkyns, from the Cavendish Ho tel, for the Contin ent ; A. Lawrie, Esq., from or dit dittoto, for Scotland ;W. H. M artin, Esq., from ditto, f ; La dy C. Beresford, for Paris; the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, for Walton-upon-Thames ; the Rev. Hugh Willoughby, for Beaconsfield ; Lord Ellenborough, for Sontham ; Viscount Beresford, for Clonmergan ; Sir George Talbot, Bart., for Edinburgh ; Col. and Mrs. Boyle, for the south of France. We believe we may state with certainty that the Earl of Errol is to be Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, in the place of the late Duke of Argyll. The Queen Dowager Adelaide and suite are shortly expected at St. Leonard's-on-Sea , where instruc tions have been sent to engage a marine residence for her Majesty. The Duke of Sussex returned to Larnbton Cas tle, in company with the Earl and Countess of Durham, on Thursday, from a visit to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Should his Royal Highness's health continue to amend, h e will pass the Christmas w ith Lord Dinorben, at Ki'nmell Park, Denbighshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster have :wen seeing a few visitors at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. Viscount and Viscountess Ingestrie have been among their guests'. The Eari and Countess of Aylesford, Viscount and Viscountess Eastnor, Lord and Lady Leigh, Lord and Lady Willoughby de Broke, have been among the guests at Warwick Castle during the visit of the Queen Dowager. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon and family are daily expected at their seat, Highclere House, Hants, from a continental tour of eighteen months. Lord Hill arrived in town, on Thursday morning, from Powis Castle, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Povvis. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, according to the last accounts received from them, w ere about to leave Berlin, for the Lake of Como. The Baron de Stocking, Chamberlain to . his Majesty the King of Wirtemberg, has left the Brunswick note', Jermyn-street, for Paris. His Excellency and mite embarked on Friday on board the Tourist for Ca lais, en route to the capital. The Duke of Wellington, since his appointment to the office of Lnrd Warden of the Cinque Ports, has annually paid to the Treasury, for the public service, the whole a mount o f t h e proceeds of the office. The illus trious Duke, we un d ers t a nd, is confined to his apart ments, at Walraer by a severe cold. HOLKAR HALL,NEAR MILNTFIORPE,WEST mottELAN!).—rr,ua Earl and Countess of Burlington are receiving visitors here. Mr. Frederick and Lady Fanny' Cavendish, 1.. r s . William thceavneonndisßhichhaavred arrivedC avend f i r s o h m , a c m i l la t t li s e . •flie Countess is expected emony of her sister, Lady Chats worth, to be present at the marriage ce.r with Mr. Wenti-Forth Fitzwilliare. Mary Howard, SPA, THURSDAY .—Viscount LEAMINGTON The Earl and Countess of autumn ß.i at and Viscountess Eastnor, are passin g th e . Victoria Cottage.ore are shortly expected from Castlecoole, their scat i c m I ;and. The Earl and Countess Belfast have arrinvedrien. Lansdowne-place, and intend to reside her e d ur i ng the whiter. Lady A. R amsa y is arrived at Newbold Firs. Lady Thompson an d Miss Thompson have arrived for the season at Binswood Cottage. . Lady A. Cu s t, Mr. and Lady seliu,s B r idgeman. Sir Thomas Cochrane, M.P., Sir E. Pearson , Sir E . Colebrooke, &c., are am ong the recent. arrivals. 1 M ELTO N PTO Wit R Ay.--At present the pros i'it'et of the hunting si..,ason is gloomy beyond compart. 'll'.‘e Earl of Howth will be among w ir absentees this . Vilton Lord season, as also the Earl and Countess . of . ,_ Desart 1,.. ' nrd Cantilupc, Marquis of Granby, an j seve ral lea, 0 0rting Noblemen and Gentlemen. The Earl and Countess o f Rosslyn are at Egerton Lodge, % lie hunting-box of the EJrl of Wilton. The Marquis ui" W a t er f or d and Sir J. . l o hastone are expected to pass the' season here. The Ea rl of Chesterfield, with Lord Col. Anson, Poroster, the Hon. Cecil F orester, H on. a nd a pf;rty, intend to reside at Northampton. Lord Gardiner will take the field here in the ensuing week. ' A great gum. tier of horses have alre ad y arrive d . The health of the Earl of Clarendon having been impaired by his lcng residence in Spain, he had k been re commended to pas,' i the whole of this wintern Italy. Letter s , h owe v e r, Nlve been r eceived from his Lord -4.11), stating that it is. his intention to returo by the end of th e year, for the purknoso of attending to hi s p ublic duties. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. SUDBURY, Nov. 9, 1839. RETURN OF A THOROUGH, TRUE, AND CONSISTENT REFORM MAYOR FOR THIS BOROUGH. The unsucessful issue of the return of all four Tory candidates to the Council, on the Ist inst., reducing the majority of the Reformers to only two, with the un fortunate circumstance of the Mayor composing that majority, being unable to attend from severe illness, combined with the wrathful cunning and crafty manasuvres of the Tories, the Council assembled with agitated hopes and fears as to the result, neither party being able to calculate the chances. In the absence of the Mayor, R. Ransom, Esq., (ill), Mr. Alderman Duff was ap pointed to the Chair. Mr. J. F. S.Gooday proposed, seconded by Mr. Alder man Purr, that Mr. William Spooner be elected to fill the office of Mayor for the year ensuing. Mr. John James proposed, seconded by Mr. G. W. Andrews, that Mr. Thomas Jones be elected to fill the office of Mayor, &c. On the Town Clerk taking the votes, the result was as follows : -......-.. - . FOR MR. SPOONER-8. I FOR MR. JONES-7. Alderman Duff 'Alderman G. W. Andrews Do. Purr Councillor John James Do. Fox Do. William Hill Councillor J. F. S. Gooday Do. William Cook Do. W. B. Smith Do. W. 0. May Do. J's. Barker Do. Thos. Ginn, scn. Do. A. Peacock Do. Thos. Jones Do. Wm. Spooner Whereupon Mr. William Spooner was declared duly elected, made the usual declarations, received the maces with the rest of the regalia, took his seat, and proceeded to the election of the other officers of the Corporation, without opposition, all of whom were re-elected, to the no small mortification of the rabid Tories, who crowded the Court. The bells of St. Peter's Tower, which the evening previous had been ringing to celebrate a wedding of one of their best friends, were left, like greyhounds in their slips, ready, had fortune proved kind, to convey. to their anxious adherents the joyful tidings that Toryism had triumphed. Sudbury has, therefore, nobly done her duty. But, opposed and annoyed as she is by clerical and aristocra tical wealth, and intimidation, unless the Ballot is con ceded, scenes of the most revolting and disgusting practices will be continued, accompanied with arbitrary coercions and cruel persecutions. TRURO, Nov. 9, 1839. The election of a new Mayor took place to-day, when there was a large muster of Town-Councillors ; 14 Liberals were present, and 8 Tories. Robert Michell, Esq., proposed that W. Bullmore, Esq., surgeon, should be the new Mayor, in the place of W. Hodge, Esq. The motion was seconded by W. Warren, Esq., and carried unanimously. Edmund Turner, Esq., M.P., then proposed a vote of thanks, in terms of high eulo gium, which was warmly responded to, to the late Mayor, for his conduct during his Mayoralty. The motion was seconded by G. Simmons, jun., Esq., and unanimously carried. The Mayor and late Mayor re turned thanks. DEVONPORT, Nov. 9. Our election for Mayor took place this day, and was warmly contested. Messrs. Abbott, Hancock, Rees, l3lackmore, Rundle, and Ramsey, were severally put to the vote. Mr. Hancock, Esq., of Stoke, a County Magistrate, was elected. Mr. Hancock is a Whig in politics. PLYMOUTH. Joseph Cookworthy, Esq., M. D., a Liberal also, was elected Mayor of this Borough without opposition. ST. GEORGE'S, UANOVER- SQUARE. (From the Morning Post.) HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE V. THE PARISH OF ST. GEORGE. The appeal of the Duke of Devonshire against the Poor's-rate of the above parish was heard on Saturday last, at the board-room in Mount-street,Grosvenor-square, before a bench of Magistrates assembled in Special Ses sions, for the purpose of determining appeals under the Parochial Assessment Act. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Moseley (solicitor), attended on behalf of his Grace to conduct the appeal. The Vestry Clerk appeared on behalf of the parish. Mr. CLAItKSON addressed the Bench, and stated that Devonshire House and grounds were rated according to the form prescribed in the Parochial Assessment Act, and the gross estimated rental from the rate-book appeared to be 2,7501., and the rateable value 2,5001. He proceeded to show that the gross estimated rental was an amount which included the whole charge of rates and taxes payable or paid on account of the premises under consideration, including the insurance and the annual cost of repairs necessary to he done to commaud the rateable value, and argued that the rating of the mansion and grounds in question was ex cessive and unequal in comparison with other properties, and that the sum of 2501. beyond the rateable value for the gross rental was incorrect, as h far greater sum than that was paid by his noble client without includ ing the cost of repairs and insurance, which facts he would substantiate by the best professional and other evidence, and proceeded to call Mr. John D. Paine, architect, of Lincoln's Inn fields, who stated that he had had considerable expe rience in the erection of noblemen's residences under Sir Jeffry Wyatville, at Windsor Castle, and at Staf ford House, the Duke of Sutherland's ; and also in valuations under the Parochial Assessment Act, having surveyed Lambeth and St. Paul's Covent garden parishes, including the two theatres royal, and in other valuations, parliamentary, private, and parochial. He had taken accurate plans of the mansion and grounds in question for the Duke of Devonshire, and made a valuation thereof, and in his opinion the rateable value of the property was 1,9601. per annum, and the gross estimated rental 2,6661. per annum—the former showing a reduction of 5401. per annum, and the latter only 841., from the amount claimed by the parish. These amounts were the results of detailed estimates and calculations. The house and grounds occupied an area of 3 acres, 3 roods, 1 pole. Mr. Burton, upholsterer and house-agent, stated that he had had very considerable experience in the marketable and letting value of mansions and property at the west end of London, having recently let Spencer House, Lord Cottenham's, and other similar pro perties ; and, in his opinion, Devonshire House and grounds, if let on lease, would not realise an amount above 1,800/. per annum, though perhaps not above 1,500/. The Vestry Clerk then stated that the assessment in question had been made in 1832 and 1833, in the valua tion of the parish by Mr. Rainy and Mr, Harrison, which gentlemen he should call to support the accuracy of the assessment. Mr. Rainy said that, with Mr. Harrison, he had made the valuations before the Bench, and was satisfied of the accuracy of the rateable value of Devonshire House being '2,500/. and gross rental, 2,7501., Rs he I would engage, were the property in the market, to let the same on lease for 3,000/. a year. Mr. CLARKSON wished to know how Mr. Rainy had areived st this conclusion, and only added 250/. to the rateable value, when his Grace's taxes amounted to 306/. 19s. Sd., without 4001. for repairs and insurance. What were his ealettlAtions ? Mr. Rainy—l refuse to give them. My rateab l e value is 2,5001. An altercation upon the point, which lasted some time ; ensued, Mr. Rainy persisting in his refusal of all details of valuation, and Mr. Clarkson observing that were they before a Superior Court he would wrest the particulars from him, or Mr. Rainy must abide the result of his refusal. _ Mr. Harrison, surveyor on the part of the parish, justified the valuation of 2,500/., but, like his colleague, refused all particulars. On cross-examination he stated that, in the re-assess ment of the parish, he had observed the instructions of the Vestry, in equalizing the rating for a certain amount (the gross rental of the parish), being the sum proposed to be raised and given to him, and it was his duty to divide it proportionably among the several parochial assessments, 2,500/. being the proportion of the Duke of Devonshire. Mr. CLARKSON—A most singular valuation. Mr. Nelson, architect and surveyor, Charles-street. had valued several parishes under the Parochial Assess ment Act, and had let and purchased much property in Piccadilly and the vicinity of Devonshire House. He considered that Devonshire House and grounds would not, on lease, realize above 1,8001. a year under the usual covenants, and from the detail calculations with which he was prepared proved the rateable value and gross rental not to exceed 1,9601. and 2,666/. per annum. Mr. Paine was recalled and examined in the detail of his estimates, which were taken according to the esti mated value of the land, added to the interest of the cost of the building, this yielding an estimated rental of 2,360/. per annum, from which he deducted 400/. for the average annual cost of repairs and insurance ac cording to the terms of the Act, which left a rateable value of 1,960/. a year ; and then to the former amount he added the sum of 306/., the taxes paid by the Duke, which produced a gross rental of Oa, 1,960/. being the utmost to be expected for the premises on lease by calculation, though in the market he did not think above 1,800/. could be obtained. Mr. CLARKSON then replied, after which the Chair man s ::kted that it was the unanimous determination of the Bench !hat the rateable value should be determined at 2,000/. per being 40/. above Mr. Pane'sassessment. The Vestry Clerk said the Ve`trY " uld reserv e to itself the alternative of a further appe.:l to the Quarter Sessions. Mr. CLARKSON — Before ad opt i ng such a proceed i ng, would it not be better to amend t h e gross rental columnthroughout the rate-book, oth erw i se the whole rate might be quashed on the appeal ? The Sessions then adjourned. This parish, valued on the principle of a proportionate division of a given amount, succeeded last year on appeal in quashing the county rate. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, '',OV.EMBER H, 1839. I MONEY MARKET nn d CITY NEII.-,i (SATURDAY EVENING.) CIIRONICLE.—The statement of the affairs of the Bank of the United States, which we published this morning, has produced considerable discussion in the City ; and although doubts, as we anticipated, are ex pressed as to the value of 83,000,000 dohs. of bills, and 17,000,000 doll. stock accounts, taken as assets, yet the balance sheet on the whole has given general satis faction, and removed much of the misapprehension which existed as to the true position of that establishment. The amount of the mr;agetneets is seen to be limited in comparison with its resources, and it has occasioned some surprise that an institution possessed of such ample means should have found it expedient to suspend specie payments. We formerly observed that this step was adopted as soon as the Directors were made aware that their drafts on Paris had been dishonoured, and that it had become a mere matter of choice whether they should then go on paying in specie, and compel their American customers to redeem their obligations at a sacrifice which must have produced a general bank ruptcy, or adopt the expedient which they have done, so as to enable them to give relief again to the Money Market, and allow the merchants time to meet their engagements. We have already said that this appeared to us the wisest course they could have followed under such circumstances, and we believe that such is now the prevailing opinion in the best informed circles. By ex-• pressing that opinion, however, it will not be supposed that we approve of the extensive system of credit which rendered such a course advisable. On the contrary we have stated a strong feeling against that system, tracing its origin to the imprudent use of the surplus re venue which was made by Congress in 1836, and the premature resumption of cash payments in 1838. Mr. Biddle distinctly foresaw what would be the result, and used every exertion to resist the measure, but was overpowered by the strength of the Van Buren party. The question had unfortunately assumed a political as spect between them, and the supporters of the two rival chiefs, as usual in such cases, lost sight of prudence and the real merits of the conflicting systems, in their mutual exertions to secure the triumph of their respec tive leaders. This induced the United States' Bank, under its charter from the State of Pennsylvania, to en gage in imprudent speculations, and to assist the various States in their vast schemes of internal improvement. They have become holders of bills of different kind:, and of State stocks, to the amount of 53,563,965 dollars ; and it is thus inferred that a large proportion of these securities must be bad, and that they will suffer a heavy depreciation in being realised. It is certainly likely from what we have said that all , tnese securities may not turn out quite equal to the figures at which they stand ; and if an attempt were made to bring them to market at present, a serious de falcation, in all probability, would ensue, but the sus pension of specie payments will enable the bank to retain those securities so as to turn them to the best account ; and as we stated formerly, " making every allowance for bad banking," the statement of their affairs sub mitted to the public distinctly proves that the Bank of the United States is perfectly able to discharge all its liabilities, and we have reason to think that its affairs will stand the strictest scrutiny. We have full confidence in the perfect good faith and resources of the American people. They are a great trading nation, keenly alive to their awn interests, and well aware that it is necessary for the preservation of those interests that they should promptly fclfil their obligations to their foreign creditors. Their first step, therefore, we trust will be to remit specie and produce sufficient to discharge their European engagenients ; next, to show thitt they have profited by the lesson taught them by what has happened ; and, while they narrow their credit system, evince less impatience in their wishes to avail themselves of the advantages pre sented by their rich and inexhaustible soil. TlMES.—Docuownts of this kind (Mr. Jaudon's statement) are always to ho received with distrust when put forth at a period of stoppage or embarrassment, and in this instance especially so. On the fafte of it there would appear to be sufficient to pay all claims, the shareholders included, but the questionable securities muss be in this case of an enormous amount, when it is considered that the validity of a great proportion of them must have been mainly dependent on the conti nuance of that support from the United States Bank which the situation of its affairs will no longer permit. The very fact of the stoppage proves that any very ex tensive realization of these assets was impossible ; and it is known that it had long before come to a stand is America, and that the supplies from England alone kept the machine in motion. It is idle to quarrel, as some people do, with the term "bankruptcy" as applied to Mr. Biddle's bank ; there may be more or less of a di vidend left, according to the honesty of this account and the success of the realization ; but Mr. Jaudon himself is not sanguine enough to predict that all can be paid in full, and the designation of " bankrupt" is not less correct whether the dividend is 19 shillings or 19 farthings in the pound. But the realization in such a state of things and in such a country must occupy a very long time, and be in its results, of all things in the world, the most uncertain. POST.—The best barometer to which reference can be made just now, as a means of ascertaining the opinion entertained in the City respecting the affairs of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, is perhaps, the market for the stock. The agent, Mr..Tandorr, 'has sent to the Morning Chronicle a statement of the liabi: lities and assets of the bank, made up to the Ist of last month, The document is, however, in its present shape, an exceedingly vague and insuflicient,.not to say unsa tisfactory one ; and when we come to look a little into the different items we can feel no surprise that the shares should have undergone a further depreciation ; for the value of those interests has declined since its publication from 161. 17s. 6d. to 161. 10s., or . about 21 per cent. on yesterday. It had been very currently reported and believed that the Bank had stopped cash payments with a large amount of specie in its coffers, say about four millions of dollars, but it turns out that it had in reality, on the Ist of October last, no more than about one million of dollars, or 200,0001. sterling —a sup ply that must be allowed to be quite contemptible when the immense extent of the liabilities of the esta blishment is considered. The improved state of the Continental exchanges, and a knowledge that specie continues to come steadily forward, are almost the only external circumstances, we believe, that can have had any influence on prices. A good deal has been said of the departure of one of the partners in the house of Baring, Brothers, and Co. for the French capital. Many have imagined that nego tions were in progress for the granting of a further credit to the Bank of England by the Bank of France. We are informed, however, that Mr. Bates goes to Paris for no other purpose than that of making sonic arrangements with Messrs. Hottinguer and Co,, in re lation to the protested drafts of the United States Bank. The shipments of flour from the American ports, which will, it is understood, be carried to some extent, must necessarily lessen the demand for grain from the Continent and other quarters, the effect of which will be most beneficial, as it may be considered as, for the most part, already paid for. There will at any rate be no more gold going to the United States for some time to come. HERALD.--The publication of a statement of the affairs of the United States Bank, in the morning organ of its agency, has created much attention here to-day. It sthugis assets to the amount of 72,178,244 dollars, its liabilities to the public are 33,306,520 dollars, exhibiting g surplus of 38,671,724 dollars. The amount of specie held L. the bank at the time of its suspension was only 44. - glars. We cordially wish that we could coincide wi t th 0e oAsurance of the iforning chronicle, that this balacp s ,eel 0 ought to remove aid doubts, as to its perfect ability iq },eel all its engagements." We detest the principle of destruyiug credit at home or abrOciii, merely for - argument's .4.; but when we see that the stock. of bullion was so small, mid that amongst the assets there are ,a4Fpitted to be 35,000,000 of dollars ,000,00 Q dollars in stocks, which covers a in lso bil s l o s m , a e nd 7 questionaulel secprities, we candidly admit, in common with many others, that we have our gusgivings as to the final result. At present it would, perhaps, he prudent to say no more on the s ub j ect, which, neverthe less, is one of the most serious character. EXPLJJ.SIoN FROM ETON COLLEGE. -- It has always beer, customary on the evening of the sth of November for the Lay; of the towns of Windsor and Eton to conclude the day with " squibs, crackers, and a bonfire" in a field called the ]ragas, which is on tae Eton side of the river, and close to the Th 4.144, The " Eton boys" have generally been " the foremost in thO fun," and upon some former occasions they have suf. ferred serious injuries from their incautious and careless manner in letting off the fireworks with which they have managed to supply themselves. This year, however, the head master of the college issued strict injunctions, forbidding the boys, at their peril, to be present in the Brocas during the evening of Tuesday last ; and in or der to ascertain that his - commands were complied with, two of the under-masters were despatched to the scene of action, to detect the offenders, if any, and bring them to punishment. It happened that several of the Etonians were present ; but the intelligence that two of the mas ters were likewise on the spot having " spread like wild fire" amongst them, the whole managed to effect their escape (as we arc informed) hefore they could be identi fied, with the exception of' two, who were caught with " the munitions of fun" upon them, their poci,:etz going well-stored with squibs, crackers, and Roman candies. a p v i The next morning they were taken before the head master, the Rev. Dr. Bautrey, who, after severely ad monishing them upon the great impropriety of their con duct in disobeying the orders which had been st4ctly given to the whole school, dismissed them from the col [ego,n4 gave instructions that st e p s s hould be taken to 1e o. *lt s e D in o c;tvc,yed home to their res p ec tive friends L AND iIit , 4..Q.7.IvALL RAILWAY.—It :pears that eXpenses incurred 4y the Corporation of London i the ab ov e ConapAny?; Bill, in ,i the opposing a mounted to 2,4 60 /. — Railway Magazine. line, the last Session .00 arhament, for an extension of tbfa spnuT of the PUBLIC JOURNALtz3• (From the Morning (.hronicle.) Tim Lord Mayor's dinners are now selected by the Tories for an occasion of factious strife. On Lord Melbourne rising on Saturday, with the three other Ca binet Ministers present, to acknowledge the compliment rid to theirs by the highest City dignitary, an attempt was made by sonic individuals to put down his Lordship by groaning. It would not have surprised us if, at such a dinner, the Tories were numerou3i. but we have con versed with persons well acquainted with the City, and accustomed to Mansion-House festivities ; and they as sure us that the number of those who acted the disgrace ful part of converting an occasion of hospitality and free and liberal intercourse, into one of bitterness and a bad spirit was really not great. It is always in the power of a comparatively small number of men to disturb a meet ing ; but this is a power, the exercise of which is at tended with little honour. The disgrace of introducing this bad practice of snaking even the festive board a scene of strife belongs exclusively to the Tories. In former times, as well as now, men have been strongly opposed to each other in politics ; but the social board was kept sacred from the bitterness of party strife. The Whigs and Radicals did not forget what was duo to themselves, whatever opinions they might entertain of the conduct of those at the helm of affairs. There are things in the Tory tactics which reflect little credit on them. The invidious distinction which they evince in their mode of honouring the Queen and Queen Dowager is pitiful. No one would wish to treat theQueenDowager with disrespect; but they are her worst enemies who endeavour to insult the Queen through an affected regard for the former. So far is party insolence carried, that we 'are assured by a correspondent, for whose communication we have not room to-day, that he had just seen a report of a Tory dinner at dinner at Bolton, at which the old Irish Orange toast of " the glorious and immortal memory," &e., was introduced ; and instead of the late sumle,st form of " Queen Dowager," they gave " The Duke of Cumberland and the rest of the Royal Fsmay." This is progressing, as the Americans would say. FROM THE EVENIIIG PAPERS OF SATURDAY. (From the Globe.) It is true that the Trades' Unions have not been poll, tical bodies in their objects or origin, and have, on some occasions, expressly refused to join with the Chartists. The Trades' Unions Lawn represented the several class Interests, or supposed interests, of the, higher paid descriptions of work-people, and have ratilee hear exclusive, and designed to limit competition, than political and democratical in their nature or tendency. The only features of the Chartist conspiracy which we mean to trace to the trade unions, is the system of paid delegation, and intimidation added to delusion. It is the bounden duty of the public authorities to protect the working people from these, so far as their exercise is detected in a gross and unequivocal shape. To what purpose does Govern ment exist in a country, if individuals cannot count on protection from personal violence in going about their lawful avocations in the face of day ; and if missionai ies of open revolt are permitted to pass themselves, where ever they are not known, as representatives of the whole working body, and to turn the credulity of portions of that body to their own ends ! It is our opinion that it ought to be part of the functions of public administration to inform the people, through the press, of those public matters which it m)re directly concerns them to know ; and we cannot doubt that it is its duty to prevent and punish the circulation of false information, and the assumption of false characters by a gang of conspirators. The local authorities have done their duty throughout the whole of the recent occurrence (and not least so generally, where their opinions had been deemed ultra Liberal)—it is for Government to do theirs, by taking effectual means to secure the tranquillity of the loyal body of the people from disturbance by fraud or force. We are far, however, from thinking that the duty of Government stops here. We have already expressed our sense of its duties in one department—the promo tion of instruction. If that Parliamentary inquiry, which our opponents talk of as to the cause of the tumults which have frighted the isle from its propriety for some short time past, be insti tuted, we trust the friends of popular improve ment will see that it is extended to more re mote, as well as proximate and immediate influences. Amongst those we have enumerated the want of ordi nary instruction ; but we are far from regarding that as the only source of the mischief. The best instruc tion which can be brought within the reach of the workpeople, can only save them from such gross delu sions as those we have mentioned, and from such evils (no doubt they are many) as result from their own im providence, but cannot preserve them from discontent, produced by a fluctuating condition, and from evils brought on them by ignorance and improvidence in higher places. (From the Courier.) The more the late outbreak in Wales is inquired into, the more plainl 3 does it appear than the plans of the rioters have been for a long time in preparation. In truth, it has been a regularly organised plot, em bracing an extensive district, and many thousands of persons. How this local insurrection, requiring the aid of extensive contributions for it's funds, and in volving a correspondence and contrivance commensurate with the numbers and space which it included, could have rrisen its height without the knowledge of that ,department of the Government whose especial province it to preserve the peace of the country, has oc casioned much astonishment, which has given place to a more indignant feeling since the suspicion, from recent disclosures, has been generated, that had the Government exercised the most ordinary caution, the riot and bloodshed which ensued at Newport might easily have been prevented. Admitting that the Government was in ignorance of the extensive preparations of the misguided Chartists in Mon mouthshire and Glamor g anshire, which it seems were known t o every body else, such ignorance can be considered as hardly less culpable than the supineness of the Government in not adopting the necessary precautions for counteracting an insurrec tionary movement which they were aware was orga nizing. In whatever light the affair may be viewed, the Government cannot get rid of its responsibility ; nor have we yet heard any apology offered for the palpable neglect of one of its most important duties, which the disastrous result of this Chartist plot evinces. • (From the Standard.) The accounts received by this morning's mail from Monmouthshire and South Wales are satisfactory— the insurrection seems to In at an end, the labourers in the collieries and iron-works returning to their peaceful occupations. It is worthy of observation, as we pass, that the persons engaged in these two branches of industry supplied the mass of the in surgents, and that at no time perhaps were these branches more active and prosperous—so true it is that real suffering rarely prompts to a violation of the law. We rejoice to find that our powerful Contemporary, the Times, adopts the suggestion thrown out in this journal, that the late Chartist movements shall be made the subject of a Parliamentary inquiry —the total absence of any provocation connected with want or suffering is an additional reason of great weight to recommend such an investigation. Meanwhile we can not be better employed than in preparing the way for the inquiry by examining, as far as they are obvious to the public, the causes that have led to the calamitous and dis• graceful events that have so lately filled our columns. First, let us try to dispose of such causes as arc in our opinion improperly assigned. A Ministerial paper charges the insurrection upon the ignorance of the insurgents. If by this ignorance is understood an igno rance of social and religious duties, we concede it as the predisawaing, though we cannot admit it as the proxi mate, cause. The colliers and iron workers have been unhappily too much loft to the voluntary system, and we see what the voluntary system has done for them. Ignorance of the arts of reading and writing i s , however,- .._urhat is plainly intended by the minis terial writer—and the hypothesis of such ignorance is as plainly at variance with the former statements of the parties who would now reason upon it, no less than op posed to the known facts. The insurgents were generally men engaged in manufactures ; and how pften have we been told of the superior intelligence and loarning of the manufacturing population by those wile new represent them as a class of ignorant savages ? nat Mr. Justice Frost did not regard them as ignorant of the art of reading is pretty plain from his whole course of conduct. He prepared for the rebellion by a long series of libels. A printer was his chief ally and in strument : and almost the last act of pre parationthe explosion was the circula ionof inflammatory Again, we admit that the ignorance of which the voluntary s y s tem however, the consideration was the predisposing presenti, more immediately is the parent cause of the insurrection —but there is not the slight estof provocation from actual ground for supposing that ignorance of read nt a nd placards.n urse, read ing and writing had anything to do in the matter. suffering, it is impossible to assign T any but the political con cernedw. i 1 t i h e which 11 ica proximate e i n are ti agitation commenced by the Whigs and Whig-Radicals, and prosecuted so industriously through so many years. c ie a uaste absence Such agitation, indeed, never can have any other result. -- _ TILE INCREASE OF CRIME.—It appears to me, in some measure, to arise from the high price of food, for when the poor were first thrown on their own re sources, under the new Poor-law, th ere was a decrease il' 1.4 P number of offende rs, which may b, attributed to the low price cf prrolslons. A labourer's wages then would buy two gallons Cif breaidi 41 . 1 double the quan tity of potatoes, more than the present time. lam of opinion, that the repeal of the Corn-laws would be better, force, which will and thus enable them to live by their labour, than entail - - will more the rate-payers have to pay in rates, the less wdl they have for the poor. aognatrlaievacteoutnhteyirthseurfeciTzss,e as s f a o p o l ice spirits a r e conti nually of the Wiltshire Ind e p en d en t . y ; and th e want o f t h em for seuo mi d judgment. n4a A ny Nl t N a t k A en i, foSrPwlißt laTl:d—fittAtenimal DIABOLICAL PLO r r HUMAN LIFE A AGAINST T RADSTOCK. • TWELVE LP. IES LOST . the Bath H era ld , d ated (From the Second Editiov of Friday Evenitrg, Seven o'Clock.) This morning (Fridr43), at fou r o ' c l oc k , one of the most awful calamities ;occurred at Radstock Wells.way Pit, which it has ever been our melancholy duty to re cord, by which, the lives of 12 unoffending fellow -crew— turns have been saerified. At about that hour, the fol lowing individuals, viz.: —Richard Langford, aged 44, Farnham Langford, his son, IG, Alfred Langford, an other son, 13, James Keevil, 41, and his two sons, Mark, aged 15, and James, 14, William Adams, 19, Leonard Dowling P., William Summers, 26, Amos D an k, 13, J01)0 Barnett, 4h and James Pearce, IS. assembled at the pit fgr work; the whole number were hooked on the top prior to being lot down into the pit, when, as soon as their weight was felt fuily on the rope it broke asunder and precipitated the whole 12 to the bottom of the pit, a depth of two hundred and fifty two yards, or 740 feet; by which fri g htf u l oataseroplm they were all dashed to pieces, and consigned to instan taneous death, So terrible was the shock to life and limb in falling this tremendous depth, that, out of the twelve bodies, only one was sufficiently entire to be instantly recog. nised ; the rest were literally smashed and dissevered limb front limb, and presented a sight so au ful and ghastly, that the seven men who had been doing the night duty and were waiting to be relieved by this very party were so horror-struck, that they were found wholly speechless and stupified by the men who went down to look after the party which had met with this awful fate. The evidence below goes to establish, beyond all doubt, that some diabolical malice had caused this calamity wilfully and premeditatedly,aod that the rope was perfectly sound over-night, but had been chipped nearly in two during the night. These wile are at all acquainted with the strength, thickness, and general constructioa of these ropes, are aware that is would be easy to weaken nn4 damage them by a blunt instrument, so that they would preserve the outward appearance of their usual strength, but would snap when the ordinary weight was suss end e d t o t h em, A was quite clear from the appearance of this mew, which was nearly anew one, that it had been so prac tised upon ; for, where it gave way, the fibres were jagged and uneven in the part which had not been tam pered with t hut . , in the rust th ey were a l most as even and level as ii a knife or chisel had passed over and into them. The very night before this same rope had borne a weight of 32 ewts. We lament to say that there is at present no clue to the perpetrator of this diabolical act, and —worst of all —that some of the unfortunate sufferers have left widows and families—viz., R. Langford, a widow and two children, J. Keevil, a widow and five children, and John Barnett, a widow and seven small children. The inquest took place this morning before R. Up hill, Esq., County Coroner, and a highly respectable jury, when the following witnesses were called and examined ;-- George Kingston, bailiff at the Radstock Wells way coal-pit, deposed that on Thursday night seven men went down the pig, when the rope was per fectly secure ; he was at the pit this morning at the time the distressing occurrence took place ; twelve men were hooked on the rope to go down into the pit— when all of a sudden the rope broke, and the end came with great force on the tiles of the shed under which he and others were standing ; the rope beity , made ready again, three m e n wen t d own w i t h as little as pos sible ; when they came up, they told him that the whole twelve were dashed to pieces at the bottom of the pit. In answer to questions put to him, witness further deposed, that he was decidedly of opinion that some person or persons must have injured the rope to have caused it to break ; he left' the pit the night before about a quarter past eight, when all was right. He did not see any one about at the time ; he slept on the works and heard no noise during the night. He knew of no ill-feeling existing among the men, but always con ceived them to be upon the most friendly footing. Thomas James worked at the pit ; was there about four o'clock this morning at the pit : saw twelve men ready to descend ; just as he pulled back the wooden covering of the pit-mouth, before they descended, the top-man, Wm. Summers said " What is the mat ter with the rope ?" I said there was nothing the mat ter, and immediately after that they all fell to the bottom. [This witness also corroborated the statement of the last, as to his opinion of the rope having been wilfully and maliciously injured.] John Frieker was at work at the pit at eight last night. Everything was then all right. Could dis cover nothing wrong about the rope. He deposed to the same effect as to the manner of the rope breaking, and confirmed the opinion of the preceding witness, as to the rope having been wantonly injured. George Short worked at the pit , his business was to clean the coal and help to load ; he left his picker and shovel at the mouth last night, and found them there this morning as he had left them. Thomas Hill worked at the pit : was there imme diately he heard of the disaster ; went down with two others and found all the twelve men dead, and smashed to pieces at the bottom of the pit. The rope was quite sound at eight o'clock the evening preceding. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." HlNTS.—Thursday next is the day fixed fox taking out certificates yearly by such persons as have been admitted as attorneys, or solicitors, or proctors, or writers to the signet, or admitted and enrolled as a notary public, and by every sworn clerk, clerks in courts, and by any member of an inn of court in Eng land acting as conveyancer, especial pleader, draftsman in equity, not being at the bar. Any neglect on the part of all such persons, in not attending to all such certificates, will, of course, be attended with much in convenience and loss. NORTHERN AND EASTERN AND MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Mr. Robert Stephenson, Inving been called upon to report upon the present and future prospects of the former railway, recommends that, in stead of continuing it directly northward to York, through a thinly populated district, it should be carried from Cambridge by Peterborough, Stamford, Oakham, and Melton, and form a junction with the Midland Counties Railway, about half way between Loughborough and Leicester ; thus connecting the manufacturing towns of Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby, and Leicester with Cambridge and the eastern agricultural districts.— Der•by Mercury. DEATH BY TAKING AN EMBROCATION TBRoUGII MISTAKE.—On Friday evening an inquest was held, as seven o'clock, before Mr. Higgs, at the Running-horse, Chapel -street East, May-fair, on the body of Mrs. Susannah Hodgson, an aged lady, resid ing at No. 8, Chapel-street West. Mr. Davis surgeon, of No. 11, Curzon-street, was called in to see deceased on Monday morning, about nine, when she appeared in a very drowsy state and complained of a burning sen sation in the throat. He was told she had swallowed a liniment given to her to rub her back. Emetics were immediately administered, and she was ordered to be kept awake, in order to remove the narcotic effects o the liniment. They were removed, but on the third day depression became so great that it was impossible to prevent her sinking gradually, on accunt of her advanced age and feeble constitution. She died on Thursday morning, at three o'clock, from debility, consequent on having taken an embrocation, composed of narcotics and stimulants. The phial was labelled " opodeldoc,' and verbal directions had been given to use it as a lini ment for rheumatism, with which deceased had been afflicted.—Verdict, " Accidental death," with a recom mendation that such medicines be more fully labelled. FIRE NEAR GOLDEN-SQUARE.--OR Satur day at an early hour the premises of Mr.Leefkins, a marine store dealer, residing in Bridle-lane, were discovered on fire. It originated among some rags and paper, and made considerable progress, but by the timely arrival of engines from the Chandos-street station, the llamas were quickly extinguished ; not, however, until a large quan tity of stock had been consumed. Mr. Leefkins is in sured in the Alliance fire office. STONE FOR TILE Two NEW HOUSES OF PAR LIAMENT.—On Monday, the 28th ult., a p ar ty of workmen commenced operations under the direction of Mr. Nelson, the contractor in the stone quarries of Bolsover Moor, near Chesterfield, belonging to Earl Bathurst. The stone, we are informed, will be 03n veyed to Stockwith, by the Chesterfield Canal, and from thence to London.—Doncaster Gazelle. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH AMPTON RAILWAY.—On Thursday evening, about ten minutes past nine o'clock, as the mail trains were pass ing Wandsworth station, the guard, Mr. Scott, having to leave a parcel there, was handing it to a person in waiting, when, before he could recover himself from his reaching position, h e was s t ruc k on th e h ea d whilst passing the tunnel, just beyond the station, and, violently stunned, he fell off, and the carriage passing over him, completely severed bis body asunder. He was a man universally respected by all who knew him, and his loss will be deeply regretted by his employers. RURAL POLICE IN WILTSHIRE.-- The Committee of Magistrates appointed to obtain partieu lars,&c., relative to a new constabulary force, met in De vizes on Thursday ; and were unanimous in opinion as to the desirableness of establishing this force in Wilts. They recom mended that the full compl ement of men shall be appointed, in order that the operation of the Act may be extended throughout th e country. The i annual expense, it s stated, will amount to 11,000/. Wilts Independent., EXTENSIVE FIRE AT CHELSEA. —Yesterday morning, a b ou t half-past two o'cl oc k, a f i re b roke out in the lower part of the h ouse of Mr. Brian, North street, Chelsea. A police consta bl e a l armed the in mates, who effected their escape by climbing over tho roof, with no other c over i ng b ut their night clothe& Before three o'clock th e fi re engines had arrived, and they were put into immediate operation, but, notwithv standing- every attention, the whole of the furniture, & c ., contained in the house, was consumed. V EN - ENG ED. ITi KIOTS AT NEWPOIiT. mission to cross theherige, which I understood wasgiven. - - , sp..- I leap e d th e h e d ge and got into a d't e i r up to the m idd: e APPREHENSION Cl' JONES, THE IVATCH.- in water. While I was in the ditch three guns wcre MAKER, THE CHARTIST LEADER OF levelled at my head. I thrust one from me and requested PONT-Y-POOL, AND COMMITTAL or them not to fire, as I would return again. They FOUR OTHERS, ON THE CHARGE op ? threatened me with instant death if I did not. We HIGH TREASON. i then proceeded to a stable guarded as before, into 1 which we were ordered, and a guard of pikemen placed over us. One man who was unarmed, appeared rn,re friendly to me than the rest, and I applied to him : o remov e m e to the Tull-house at the turnpike, as 1 ,as 3o wct and cold. I was brought to the gatchoose and placed in the bed -room on the ground floor. Toe house was open and full of men, I requested the toll keeper to lend me a pair of stockings. Permission was then granted me to g stockin o up stairs t o c h ange rn y gs. About that time I looked at my watch. It was two o'clock. One of the men went upstairs and s ton , ' over me with a drawn sword while I changed my stock ings. I was then ordered down again, and remaffied about three quarters of an hour. W e were then again ordered up stairs. I lay down on a box in the room and fell asleep. I slept about half an hour, when we were again brought down and ordered to march, having been first warned that if we attempted to escape we should have our brains blown out. We crossed the road opposite the turnpike, crossed the canal, and then went up a lane guarded as before. W e halted Se'. teal I times ; but I should suppose we were an hour and a I half marching. My feet were so swollen I could not were till w e came to C e li a We went into a b eer h ouse get my s h oe over t h e h ee l. I did not k now where we there, and one of the men brought us some pipes and tobacco, and allowed us to come to the fire to warm and dry ourselves. This was about an hour before we got free from them, which was at half-past six o'clock. 1 should think there were 150 persons at the Can ; the rooms were as full as they could hold. We then marched on towards Risca. Day was just breaking. In going along I heard Frost's name mentioned. I ap pealed to the man to whom I had before appealed. I asked him to find Frost for me. He said lie would try. I said I was an old acquaintance and friend of Mr. Frost's, and I thought if I could see him I should get released. We marched to the place where the turn pike-road crosses the tram-road, where there is a beer- ' house. The whole of the party stopped at the beer house. 1 asked permission to go in. I ordered some beer, and offered it to them. This must have been past six o'clock. I heard Frost say, " Mr. Brough," or " where is Mr. Brough?" I said " Here I am." I got up immediately, and he approached me. I cam- plained t o hi m . He asked me fi rst w h at b rought me 11 there ?or how I came there. I said I was glad to see him there, and requested him to get us released. I referred him to the parties who took me into custody for the cause of my being there.. - He said I seas at - x old friend and a good fellow, and he would t onocldeavoduer to discharge rue. H e sa id h e hate tested my po li t i cs, though he respected su per- - FURTHER EXAMINATIONS AND COMMIT- sonally. He s a id I was dismissed, or disehae reed • I don't know whi c h wor d he used. I imbme: TALS FOR HIGH TREASON.y of the men that e NEWPORT, SATUR DAY .—I sen d' you t h e cont i nuat i on diately l e ft th em . Id o not know an were with me. Th e y k ept their faces away fro m rue of the examin a tio n o f th e severa l cases up to th i s t i me. when they passed. I think Frost had on n rough greet The most important is th a t o f J ones, t h e watc h ma k er, whose apprehension w a s ment i one d i n my l etter o f last coat, and a bl ac k h a t, b ut I did not notice it particularly. While I was w ith th em I hewed frequent conversations night. You will ob ser v e b y t h e ev id ence o f t h e prin cipal witness against J ones (J o h n P rosser) t h at the about their success ; th a t th ey would have liberty or Lord Lieutenant of th e C oun t y (M r. L e i g h) h ad a death. I h ear d not hi ng d ef i nite as to any particular object, or w h ere t h ey were going. I don't think that I narrow escape of his life. A large body of the insur gents, kn ew themselves, for they frequently went h ee l ; _ gents, under the leader s hip o f Jones, were in wait-wards and , forwards, as though they exp ecte d infore,t, ins in expectation of M r . L e i g h' s return —h e h a d b een to Newport, but fo r t una t e ly came h ome somew h at tien • There was a lighted candle in th , ..., toll-h , e a I i „, earlier than these wretche s an ti c ip a t e d. Th e w i tness while I was c h ang i ng my stockings. I itlentifie man who s t oo d over me with a drawn sword. ae, .„ states that a man standing i n th e p assage , w h o came i n with Jones, asked him (Prosser) to feel his pockets, to saw him before ; but lam sure I s:nould lout` Lae satisfy himself that he had several pistols about his per- again. I heard frequently ordinary names meutioned, 1 son. The fellow had also a gun in his hand. He as k e d such as Morgan and Jones ; but noe e tat struck me, Prosser if Mr. Leigh had returned ; on his replying in I heard nothing said while Frost was there. I taut r He I fi first said told I : ti e s . ho li si o n d c e a r i s lo t t o t e l d u 01 bywas ari AZ-- conversation with one of the men on the road aei, • * the affirmative the ruffian said, " I am sorry for that, the public-house about Chartism, and very well he to as we intended to have attacked him to-night on the road." The evidence of Mr. Brough, too, to whose I think they all knew me. Ho asked me in v, hat 1 „ir:_ gued. Chartist, Ins' n tln. case you will remember I alluded in a former comma fered from them--was it on universal suffrage? I • 4 . 1 nication, displays a most atrocious system of midnight terrorism, and, indeed, the whole evidence is worthy of that was one of the grand points on whicti I 1•!" I ' the most attentive consideration. But we have not yet si sered with them. I said I thought it was inip , ,, ss ibl e rdid kn. years of V A T, and. of sa,,tril - tieable. He said they were net. seeking,. it ; hut arrived at the bottom of the plot. that every man twenty-one The Mayor is now considered out of danger. A requisition, signed by nearly two hundred of' the most h respectable inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood mind and untainted with crime, should enjoy the saTe has been pre ented to his Worship, complimenting him rights l as a nobleman, I was led to believe from .hat ' in the highest terms on his conduct during the r ecen t heard and saw, that they toy' these means to oht a :„ occurrences, and requesting him to continue to preside what they sought. Thet was the impression on. y v I fear we shall not eet to i over the municipal councils, and at the Bench, during mind. They were contiraually using the word s •• Li the the next year. Mr. Morgan, who was wounded by u belay or death," Whi're we were baiting on ()tie occa sioa I heard one m an s a y_o pistol ball, is not, I am sorry to say, so well to-day. p c o o r i t h. to-ni g The examinations continued from my last in the case r N he ew Weh to-night." had Tk s 'i e s ve w ra a l s marches betwecu and lanee,a l Tuft, r . :,... 1- of Partridge. The prisoner (Partridge) then called William Legg, marches, but eventually went towards Risca. Th a - ; who, on being sworn, was examined by the prisoner. I thing I heard about Frost was an inquiry for " ' a s a --,'" live in Westlake's-court. I remember the body of men." This was after we left the toll-house. It a --'. aa -- , 's Chartists coming down Stowe-hill. I did not see yo u scantly understood and said that we were g•." w - - con (the(the to rue , ~ a prisoner) there then. That may have been abo u t rna:n body, but lam quite certain that no _ nine o'clock, The first tim e I saw you was a b out w h en Frost was present about going to ~ stung wa y , said twenty minutes after nine, near Mr. Williams's. You derstood, from my being dismissed after I uu . were coaling towards the Westgate. While we stood that he was in authority, There -,as no r hseeing lamer, by Mr. Williams's the firing at the Westgate was over ; Frost appeared, 'There. was aln• outing whet, eh shouting outside it had been over about ten minutes. v.ben new hef l 4tes arrive;;, V; hen we arrived there By the Magistrates—Hundreds of people bad been much shereting, I. have scarcely any doubt that P was running down from the Westgate before that, and they was tha leader oi thes e men. When he came into'ro'st, were still running. The prisoner told me we were roam they made way for him. When I was dl as t''v a better off than by going near them. I had thirteen miles to walk. I did not know'- 0... John Morgan—l am a grocer, living in Newport. I country very well, but I made the best of m : )e know Partridge, the prisoner, and have known him for the point I knew best —the tumulus on the e•I 3 S) . v 'es to many years. I saw bins on Monday morning last at verge of the hills—Tym Barlwin. I was so. ' •of I", rig about eight o'clock. It was at the end of Cross Keys- that I spread my Mackintosh on the fur7, o ) lane, opposite Mr. Harry's. Heard him speak to some laid down. I was frequently obliged to d, „ rushe s and one who was with him, and heard him say distinctly to got home, I was so dreadfully fatiguad. so befor e I With the x - Charles Evans that he would meet him in five.and- ception of the intervals which Ih , sevc_ mentioned, I e as twenty minutes at the Waterloo, which is but a short in duranc e from half -past ten on, tere-Aay night till Lail distance from the Porto Bello weighing-machine, and past six on Monday mornine about thirty yards from the tram-road, leading from the Mr. William Alerit To .. eynsend here forced his way collieries and iron works at Risca, and the hills to up to the front of the f t -. able, to make an applicatioi, tr., Newport. see one of tl • eie Prism` ors professionally. Partridge, interrupting the witness, said, " That is By tle, Rev. J. ',", ~,_ _tJoics : What profession are you • s , completely false." •Pewnsendl.—An Witness—What I have stated is strictly true, Mr. Sir B. Mall —Are attorney. re you a certified attorney ? Nicholls was by Inc at the time, and I then named i` Townsend —N ... o ; but the prisoner des' m to him. sistance, y as- i By Mr. Blewitt—Partridge, have you anything to Sir B. Hall—Where did you sec the • prisoner say why you should not ho committed for high treason ? Townsend—ln the roomin this house where 'Ale is The prisoner said—l call God to witness lam innocent confined. of the crime I am with, charged I have i nothing else After a long altercation, whick, interet d ~ en to say ; but I hope the Lord will have mercy upon my ceedings of the Court for near ) e s ' an hours• cb r j- ,1 -.. .half co st r .-- :pp , •are,, wife and children, that he had gained accefe s to the priso Mr. Blewitt—The Magistrates are unanimously of Williams, by a false re to an ' 4".' Ebenezer and now attempteri 'opinion that you should stand committed for high tree- to impose on the Beeich that he was, attorney. Ile son. They sympathize with your wife and children, was therefore, and o n account of a. and are sorry that you did not think of them earlier. viour before the 'Magistrates, o ,dere(iis indecorous Leila to be committed, The prisoner was then removed in custody, and brought up 'gain to-moarow, In the case of James Aust, who was yesterday tom- The case of Thomas Day . * les was then resumed. mitred for high treason, the following additional evidence John Davis sworn—l alit a special constable. Was was adduced to-day : lon duty at the top of Stowe-hill morn ing William Phillips having Leen sworn, said—l live at last, with orders to detain all suspicious audfiv lookin g per suns. Malpass, near Newport. I know the prisoner. He I saw the prisoner between four lives in the same parish. I employed him last year in morning. He was coming from town t ' o d 'clock th'' ' t w h ar s the te e ta my garden for a few days. I had some conversation pike, on the road to Risca. I stopp ed e l with him, and asked him what could make hint a Chart- his 'business. He said he was goin PP to 07C and e a eke • 1 ist, as he was very well off. He answered it was time for a job of work. I said I coul g d e 1 uto im'k not a low Vail to for them to do something, as the great men had had it pass. Mr. Rogers • came up just then, and k gave him ail in their hands long enough. I said, why I hear, into his custody. Aust, they are about to pull Mr. Protheroo's house Cross-examined by the prisoner —I h sty known hef you down and Mr. Blewitt's, or otherwise turn it into e three or four years, and never knew r , the arm o you.. poor-house. He said, " I hope I shall live to see it." The prisoner, in his defence, sal,' the arms were for I then got in a bad way with him and have never em- his own protection. If he had dr Joe wrong, he was ver • ployed him aince. He did not deny being a Chartist. sorry ;bi but as he had a wife B,nd four children ' ) . cepen- Prisoner (interrupting)—No, I never did, because I dent ess him, ha hoped their Worships would consular considered they were fel. ° Peace, law, and order." thes n . Examination resumed—When I spoke to him it was He was then committed to take his trial for n kl i the day after a Chartist meeting at Newport, just before treason. Vinc en t was taken. He left my work to go to the meet- Richard Benfield and John Rees were next aslated at ing, and it was in consequence of that I spoke to him. the bar, charged with high treason, Cross-examined bythe prisoner —I cannot say you told Isaac Venn said—l ern a special conste 'old • was , on sue the Chartists did not wish to destr o y property. Ido duty at the Westgate on Monday re • .orning last. I not remember you saying any such thing , was appointed to keep the a eoorway by the m . ayor. The prisoner was then fully committ e d. There was an attack on the hotel. 1 i let morning. It Thomas Davis was then placed at the bar, charged commenced at about te . ' i l ne o clock, As I stood at the with high treason, in having been taken in arms against door a mob of P P e armA marched, about four her Majesty. abreast very regularly , doun the hill, and a man with John O'Dwyer sworn—l ant a special constable. On a gun t ' o ah f s our, As far as I could judge. . They were Monday morning last I was on duty at about six o'clock. nut attacked ec f rorei the house first ; about h e h ig ad ht or nine t I took the prisoner into custody, and brought him be- came up to the a gun itt 1 fore the Mayor, on suspicion of his having arms about his hand, (same door. an d s One ok ot o 0 m t ee. them, flay stick ., I his person. • I then searched him, took from him a kind and sait'e, "in here you shall not come." of tomahawk, a pistol, a flask of powder, a bag of bullets, said, " You have got our prisoners here, and •,,, le , rv ,, a a n i and a cutlass which had been recently ground. When have them out." I believe the man is one f. - "'" 0 the,se the Mayor inquired what he did with such things about now lying dead in the stable. On saviv g this abey him, he said he had them to defend himself. It was fired a nd rushed in and filled the passage. TheY fired about three hours previous to the attack on the West. instantly I spoke right in through tha •rassage. They gate Hotel that the prisoner was apprehended. The that were in continued breaking e ua t. a ass and making mob who attacked the Westgate were of the same rank towards the bar. Two of' the Ch o ... lets were shot by in life as the prisoner. I saw none unarmed. I have their own men who were ouhside. .1 stood in the pas no doubt that the prisoner intended to he one of that sage all time time. They s l a t aiht molest me, as I le do pm ay. The prisoner had also a tobacco-box filled with not think they kre - , v ,. me I resolved, in. 1 ,,, .to be a constab. percussion caps. He was very wet and muddy. y own, mind , to make my Itarnabas Brough said—l am a brewer and wine- eseepe as SriOn as the merchant, of Pont-y.pool. At about half-past nine firing they began breaking firingevery ceased. After the o'clock en Sunday night last I went from Newport to I should think the firing lastedry th ing they came to. abouta quarter of an f Pont-y-pool with Thomas Watkins, a currier. I left hour ; but I was too much agitated to notice particues tey gig at Cross- -clog, I left, and we proceeded on lady. In the mean time 1 saw five dead in the p foot tow a rd s Peet.y.p ee i. Wh en we wer e about half sage and the doorway. After the firing I was card 4- ered way between that place and the New Inn, we met a to shut the front door. I walked over h dead ' . t e "di es body of armed men, who ordered us to stop. Some of of three to shut it. I could not shut it on acct f /ant of a them had pikes, some gons, some pistols, swords, and dead man's arm lying between the door and ,ite from. mandrills, Th© night was very dark and wet ; but I took the arm up and put it outside. I from the tweed of their voices and the tramp of their who came in, there was such a rush ; bre(' ',.-.. h k e i n no l t i t i mil feet, I should say there were about . forty or fifty men. shut the door I turned round and sa• ' c h w e risoner a s They ordered as to stan d, and demanded our names. , one standing hi the parsage by tie Ar the p a n d no n e, on; We did so, and said who we were, Amongst the voices I standing in the other 0 corner. Pantry, _ . r e had a long pole m I think I h ear d that of Shell, one of the men now 1 his hand with a spear head at a ' .he top, and a spear was hie who was a car le lying dead in the sta ~ .. I liter of by the other. think it we 5 Rees who had the spear. Pont-y-pool, be giving li e appeared to g g orders to At this me- t Is . t ' „nen ieu er san t Gray came up with his the party. a remortstrated against being deprived of sword ` L i-awn and said, as Here are two of them." aitr t my liberty . He told me to hold my tongu e , A I 1 MP' ; tow-placed them under th - - -them into chestody, and • should be taken care of, I then approac.l.6, him for guard in the soldier's room. lum quite cent • e am tection. He rh ea, gave orders t,':, iour or five - - t i ne pro err : 1 prisoners were not in the housebefore the attack, men to come and take '..110 " prisoners," and "`rdl Bazil Gray, Lieutenant in the 45th regiment of Foot, ). two men &te a , , wito pikes came before Us and two sworn.—l received orders on Monday morning l a behind 114, and a men bY my side with a pistol, which a little after eight o'clock, from Major Steel: just, at he sold me was loaded, an we e vere marched towards ' teed to the Westgate Hotel, and put myself. ,to pro- under d. the. Newport. The first lash we made was near the Marshes orders of the Mayor. Irepaired there ' Gate, • at the entrance Ude Newport, I requested per with thirty men, and formed in front of thunerae immediate bui1 t ''.....""".."............................,................................. - , . ...............................,-.....-^^^"..rims.......—_ NEWPORT, FRIDAY. The town begins to assume the appearance of order and healthy tranquillity, and I trust that the well judged arrangements now being made under the di rection of Colonel Considine and Major Cook, with the concurrence of the Magistrates, seconded by the untir ing perseverance of Mr. Blewitt and the whole Bench of Magistrates, will have the effect of bringing the whole of the offenders to justice ; but every succeed ing examination tends to confirm the impression that a very extensive conspiracy existed, and of course it a ill be a work of some time to trace it through all its ramifications. Four others have been committed, and the evidence adduced in the course of their examina tions, as I have stated above, still further exposes the extent and nature of the conspiracy. The following bill has been widely circulated through out the district : " HIGH TREASON. --POUR HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. " Whereas the four undermentioned, persons stand charged with the crime of high treason, committed at Newport, in Monmouthshire, on Monday, the 4th of November instant, a reward of 4001. is hereby offered to any person or persons who shall apprehend either of them, or give such information as shall lead to either of t'ueir apprehension : William Jones, of Pont-y -pool, commonly called or known as Jones the Watchmaker.' " David Jones, of Tredegar ironworks, colli er , com monly called or known David the Tinker.' " John Rees, of Tredegar iron works, mason, com monly called or known as Jack the Fifer.' " John Dewellin, of Pont-y-pool, beer -housekeeper. " By order of the Magistrates. " Dated Newport, Monmouthshire, Nov. 7, 1839." Since this was issued, Jones, the principal leader of the Ponty-y-Pool division of the Chartists, has been ap prehended. Re was recognized in a public-house by the landlady. He attempted to make his escape, but was pursued into the woods of Crwm-lyn. Finding escape hopeless, he drew a pistol and threatened to shoot any one who approached. His pursuers were, however, determined, and he at length surrendered, saying he know his fate and was prepared for it. Jones is under going his examination to-day. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. This morning the Coroner, W. Brewer, Esq., and a Jury of fourteen gentleinen of the town, proceeded to view the bodies now lying at the Westgate Hotel ; but as the Coroner is engaged in the examination of the prisoners the farther investigation of the inquest w•as adjourned till Monday. efil e t ern Et is