The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-21 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. states that it is" a temporary measure only, and a step to the uniform penny charge ?" (From the Morning Advertiser.) Her Majesty has summoned the whole of her Privy Council to attend her on Saturday next, when it is generally u nderstood, though our Contemporaries, with a ludicrous affectation of reserve, do not broadly state the fact, that a communication will be made on the subject of her Majesty's marriage. As a question vitally affecting her Majesty's happiness, the marriage of our beloved Queen necessarily attracts the warmest interest of the people, in whose affections, not less than in their government, she is so cordially enthroned ; but beyond this we do not consider, nor do we wish, that the choice 04 the Royal Consort will exercise any serious influence on the destinies of the British empire. The rights of Britons are held by a more secure tenure than a monarch's will. In despotic governments the " lucky accidents" of liberal-minded Sovereigns may be glorified as exceptions to tyrannical dominion ; but we trust the weal or woe of Great Britain is depen f dent on other conditions. From the infamous, foul, and atrocious vituperation with which her Majesty has been assailed by tee Tories, in consequence of her refusal to conspire with them against the interests of the people, it is more than ever incumbent on all interested in the welfare of the community, to afford unequivocal demon stra:ion' of their abhorrence of such treasonable calura nies, and of their loyalty and affection to a Sovereign who has evinced so firm a resolve to identify her own feelings and interests with those of the nation ; but, at the same time, in the enthusiasm of this demOnstration, it must not be forgotten that the Sovereign of England is powerful only when acting in conformity with the pupular wi 1. By a fortunate constitution of affairs, it happens that in the accomplishment of good the power of the British Sovereign is a lmost unlimited, but the power of evil, whatever the disposition of the Monarch, is happily curtailed of its proportions. I n proof of this, some of the best and most popular measure s have been carried during the reigns of some of the worst and least popular Kings. In necessity, not in choice, has reform its most powerful advocate with Sovereigns. It was this which wrung our great Char ter—not that of " Brummagem " manufacture—from the weak and worthless John. It was this which gently persuaded George the Fourth to grant Catholic Emancipation, and William the Fourth, notwithstand ing the hostility of his consort, to yield the Reform Act, Therefore, grateful as we are for all acts of the Sove reign evincing a desire to conform to the public wishes and promote the good of the comrno..w!alth, we must never forget that the people are the best guardians of of their own liberties, nor from an excess of admiration indulge in the expression of unqualified devotion to Royal authority, which a slight change of circumstances might place in a very different point of view. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) Our readers will learn with unfeigned regret the at tack of illness of the Duke of Wellington. He is one of those men whose name has been a power in itself, with the singular privilege of command ing admiration without exciting envy. It has been to the Tories what that of Lafayette was to the French and American Liberals— a tower of moral strength —nowise dependent upon the supposition of qualifica tions the best adapted for keeping hold of political power, or guiding public opinion while appearing to follow it—but founded upon the firm conviction of his moral integrity—of his spirit, perhaps the rarest of all in the times we live in, of self-sacrce— altogether postponing personal pretensions and con siderations—even that of his own reputation in the eyes of his countrymen—to the disinterested performance of the duty which lay before him. This is the striking characteristic of the Duke of Wel lington's active life ; and is sufficient in itself, without exalted genius, to stamp a great character. The Duke of Wellington, however, has combined the most unquestioned title to the highest glory which arms can give, with the no less unquestioned possession of qualities often supposed to be blunted,by asuccessful career in arms. We hope the Duke of Wellington's illness may prove less serious than it is reported, and we do sincerely hope that the remainder of his eventful life, while prolonged, as we trust, may not unnecessarily be embittered by the heats of parties. We express this hope in no mere p irtisan interest. We believe the Duke of Welling ton's deliberate actions will be marked, to the close of his days, by the sense of justice, and public good. But we could wish that the veteran warrior and statesman, while his life is preserved to us, should not be dis turbed by the mere every-day tumult of party war fare. The wish may be misconstrued ; but it is that of his most sincere admirers. (From the Standard.) , The following apparently official paragraph appears in the Morning Chronicle :—" Summonses have been issued to all the Privy Council to attend the Queen on Saturday next, to receive a communication from her . Majesty. We are not a t lib er ty t o a ll u de t o th e sub , sect of this communication, but it may be readily in ferred." NV e presume that the subject to be submitted to the Privy Council is the marriage of the Queen, which has lately been the subject of pretty gene ral conversation in the Court circles. In what capacity the whole Privy Council is summoned 1 to attend seems to be a matter of some uncertainty. In the case of marriages of Members of the Royal li,:mily below the Throne, the Privy Councillors summoned are accustomed to advise and deliberate, and the consent of a majority seems to be required by the Act 12 Geo. 111. c. 11, as no Royal marriage is left un invalidated by that Act, if not authorised by the appro- I, bation of the King and Council, signified under the ) fireat Seal. According to the analogy of the law, h owe ver, this Act does not bind the actual Sovereign. On tLe other hand, however, the first two clauses of the Privy Councillor's oath bind him " to advise the King according to the best of his cunning and discretion,'" and " to advise for the King's honour, and for the good of the public without partiality, through affection, love, meed, doubt, or dread." Men so sworn can scarcely be summoned merely to receive a communication and register it ; at least it they arc conscientious men, and see anything objectionable in the communication made, they ~. -ill not content themselves with such formal ser vice:. We say this generally, and without reference to t 1 particular communication that may be ex pected--a subject which at present it would be the reierse of delicate to canvass. If apprehensions or ob jections are entertained anywhere (we do not think that zliere as ground for either), it will be satisfactory to :a le public to know that they may be fairly stated and ~avisssed at the Privy Council meeting, as, according t „ ~,,r view, they may be, whether the assent of a ma jority c f .Privy Councillors is or is not necessasy. we Lvh , the highest gratification in being able to present, . f, cl ,l good AUTHORITY, the following account of the real .nature of the Duke of Wellington's late indispositicm. Our readers will see that it 3 for apprehension, that a man removes all groom,: s o justly endeared I. a the nation, and so impor tant to its highest ints,rests, shall be lost to it, or even disabled from contributing bis services as con stantly and vigorously as ire :has been accustomed to render them :—" Dover, Nov. 19, 7 p.m.—Doubtless by this, all sorts of ill-founded rumours have reached the metropolis, rela:ive to the Duke of Wellington's sudden indisposition. You will hear of the ' Alarming Illness of the Duke," Attack of Apoplexy,' &c. &c. Believe in nothing of the sort. Tne facts are simply these : the day before yesterday the Duke took it into his head to 'starve a slight cold,' and tasted nothing of fuod the entire of Sunday. Pursuing the same system on Monday, and finding himself ktter, he mounted his horse to follow the hounds, and on returning to Walmer Castle after the day's sport, his Grace was so exhausted that he actually fainted from inanition, from want of food. By medical means he soon rallied. He bathed his feet, ar, d retired to rest; and this morning desired to rise at his Jima' hour of six ; but his medical adviser recom me I d e i his Grace to remain longer in bed. He did .so , a , ad fell into a sound sleep, and with the taisa s h, g , o f u 'od, his Grace will he, by to-morrow, re vorsa to b is usual health. Rumours here had the D u k e i n , 'INENT DANGE R: Ag ain, I re p eat, Ism believ e in nothing 'of the sort — for in dan g er he nev er was, Para graphs appeared in the Morn . lu ,g Pa pers and pros. 'aced a most gloomy effect in tue metropolis—for w hcee there is much love there will always be much feas.• We are happy in the op portunity of „moving the k aublic alarm. Since th e written, i. foregoing articl e Was • ve have been inform ed that a letter was received at A p si ey House this morning from the Noble Duke' s stewar d , ‘da.t."'d Walmer Castle, Tuesday evening, seven contains these is o'clock, whiff.' words—" His Grace is much better." 1:h,1 inquiries at Apsley House this mornin g were exceet2i.V l Y nume rous. (From the Courier.) Every breeze that blows from the Colonies rs preg nant with the malaria of discontent:, and every ,chip is freighted with a cargo of intolerable. grievances- —and why? They are but the return g — s; pin e sats for value received in the shape of revolutions witho ss . t end and arbitrary changes without measure, Whic h on the opening of every Pandora's despatch-box frog' the Colonial Office spread confusion abroad, breed lute. rnal discord, disorganise the frame-work of society, a n d s h s , ke the security of property. 11l satisfied with the narroa.' , range of the fatherland, where confusion could 11 ,5 , more be worse confounded, the cosmopolite rege- ‘ nerators have stretched their Briare an bands eastward, ° southward, and westward, and the track of their course is everywhere indented as deeply, and marked as broadly, as the path now so well beaten and long trodden in Eng land, leading from pretended Reform to actual rebellion —from revolution preached under authority by Politica 1 , Unions in Birmingham, to insurrection acted without consultation of authority in South Wales. The march of Government has been signalised everywhere by til • same levelling destruction ; with a plausibly professing philanthropy they have, indeed, 'proffered repairs and sconstru aid ordin a n c e s of lath and plaster nave, den - , 4 l/ replace the massive edifices of gotitilp, NeWir ,Cl,l l aflll solid rock which they had en degeonred to tfadeilame. Of the whole scope and terrtCr of colianial',l4:slation for years past, this is the 1 ' ' faithful summary of conclusions ; and until the colo nists claim a larger share of the powers of that self-government, which in theory is so eloquently dilated on and in practice so entirely denied, it were vain to look for justice or to expect redress from a British Ministry as now constituted. If we turn to New South Wales, we perceive colonial misrule in pestiferous action there, as in every colony elsewhere. A Go vernor has been inflicted upon that dependency deeply impregnated with the disorganising doctrines of the day, and fully prepared to carry out in the spirit of an obse quious drudge, all the speculative fancies of his prin epals. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. THE HAGUE, Nov. a—Vice -Admiral H. A. Ruysch died at Rotterdam, on the 14th of this month, at the age of 75. He was Knight of the the Military Order of William of the Third Class, Officer of the Legion of Honour, and Knight Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange will go to morrow morning to Tilburg. To-day we have celebrated the twenty-sixth anni versary of the happy revolution o f 1813. Fl ags were displayed on the public buildings and many private houses, and Divine Service was p er f orme d in the Ch urc hes, with thanksgiving for an event so beneficial to the country. The Ki ng an d t h e R oya l F am ily at tended Divine Service in the Convent Church. ROTTERDAM, Nov. 17.—His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Netherlands arrived here yesterday, and alighted at the Dockyards, in order, as Admiral of the fleet, to inspect the steam-boat, after which his Royal Highness returned to the Hague. We are as sured that his Royal Highness took the opportunity of paying a visit of condolence to the widow of the Rear- Admiral Ruysch.—Dutch Paper, Nov. 19. ST. PETERSBURGH, Nov. 19,—His Imperial High ness, the Grand Duke Alexander, arrived at Zarskojeselo yesterday in good health. According to a statement published by the Gazette of Commerce, the total value of goods exported at St. Petersburgh during the first nine months of this year, was 100,941,333 rubles ; in the corresponding period of 1838, it was 116,960,016 rubles, so that this year there is a decrease of 8,018,683 rubles. The same journal states that at the end of September a c iravan set out from Petropawlaysk, for Tuschend, consisting of 1,045 camels laden with Russian and fo reign goods of various kinds. Up to the sth of November, 1,343 ships arrived at Cronstadt ; 1,303 had sailed.—Journal de St. Peters bourg, Nov. 9. BERLIN, Nor. B.—According to the last accounts from St. Petersburgh, the Empress is still very ill, and great fears are entertained for her. The Grand Duchess Olga, too, continues ill, and the Crown Prince who had been daily expected in St. Petersburg had not yet arrived from Mehelew.* The Emperor is said to be much affected, and to attend all the time that he is not obliged to devote to public business by the bedside of the Empress. News from Constantinople was impatiently expected at St. Petersburgh, because the accounts brought by the last Turkish mail gave ground to conjecture that Ibrahim Pacha would advance, and so bring about a crisis in the affairs of the East. On the receipt of this news couriers were immediately despatched to the South of Russia, in order, it was supposed, to carry instructions to the army and the fleet. A courier was likewise sent to Odessa, intended for M. Von Boutenieff, if he should land there. It was, however, still believed at St. Petersburgh that Ibra him Pacha would remain quiet, and readily re solve to keep his military reputation, since he might probably advance to the Bosphorus, but would then meet with difficulties that would make him repent of such a step, and make it impossible for him to retain his position. These difficulties would become much greater, as might well be the case, if England and Rus sia were fully agreed to act in concert on that point. As Mehemet Ali must be fully acquainted with the state of affairs, it was believed at St. Petersburgh that no change would take place in the affairs of the East ; it was, however, thought advisable to take some pre cautions.—Allgemcine Zeitung, Nov. 15. • He arrived at St. Petersburgh on the 11th in good health. THE NEWSVENDERS' BENEVO LENT AND PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. A general meeting of the subscribers and others in terested in the above institution, which was formed for the purpose of granting pensions and temporary relief to masters and servants engaged in the sale of newspa pers, who from age, infirmity, or distress, may require as sistance, took place yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, in the Lyceum Tavern, Strand. Mr. WYLD was called to the chair, and said that on ordinary occasions it was customary to convene a meeting only of the members of the Association, but there were circumstances which on the present occasion had induced them to call together a meeting of a still more extensive character. The Report would be read by their Secretary, and as it was their first report since the formation of the Society in April last, it was grati fying to find that it was one of an encouraging de scription, and that their Society was in a prosperous state. The Report, after some general observations, stated, that a gentleman holding an important office in their Association had unfortunately been lately placed in difficulties, and that his circumstances were embarrassed. The Committee, however, had much pleasure in being enabled to assure the meeting that the gentleman had honourably promised in a short time to make good all his liabilities to the So ciety. The sum which the embarrassment of that gentleman's financial affairs had placed the Society in danger of losing amounted to about one hundred pounds, and to an infant society such as theirs, it was, of course, of much consequence. Many who had become aware of the circumstance had been, on that account, much alarmed, and many had been prevented from joining the Society. The Committee, therefore, hoped that the assurance which they were enabled to give would dissipate all such apprehensions, as well as the injuri ous effects to which they gave rise. The Treasurer's accounts were then read, which were of a most encouraging nature. A resolution that the Report be received and adopted was then unanimously carried. The meeting then proceeded to the election of Trus tees in the room of some who had ceased to act, and after some routine business adjourned. RURAL PO LICE. HERTFORDSHIRE.—Yesterday a Special Meeting of Magistrates of the County of Hertz was held at the Shire Hall, Hertford, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of adopting the provisions of the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, for the establishment of a Rural Police in that district. There was a very full attendance of Magistrates, and among them were Earl Verulam, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, Lord Deere, the Marquis of Salisbury, Sir Culling Smith, Rowland Alston, Esq., M.P., and a number of the principal gentry of the county. Lord DACRE in the Chair. He observed that if the Act was carried out, it would nearly double the County rate. Mr. BLAKE proposed the adoption of the Act in the County of Herts. After some discussion, the motion was negatived. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Bellini's beautiful Opera, "La Sonnanzbula," in which Miss Cooper, who was the Amina, sang the su perb music of the part with exquisite taste and feeling, was last evening followed hy a new ballet-divertissement enti tled L'Amour, which was completely successful. The ad mirable dancing of Mademoiselle Pauline Guichard and Monsieur Silvain, would have ensured the success of a ballet of much less intrinsic merit. The tours de force of Mons. Silvain are quite a s toni s hing, whil e th e e l egance o f Mademoiselle Guiehard constitutes in deed " the poetry of motion." They were called for at the fall of the curtain, and were greeted with the hearty cheers of the audience. We cannot close this notice without giving our meed of approbation to Miss James, a little fairy thing, apparently not more than 10 years of age, but whose precision in dancing and elegance of attitude, might serve as an example to many an older votary of Terpischore. The Charivari says M. Viennet, who only heard of his nomination from his p orter on a F riday on his return from the country, is very angry at having been made a Peer without his having been first asked, b u t observes that his calamity is not to be wondered at as it occurred 'on a Friday. As to the ill-natured turn played him by his porter in saluting him with the title of Peer with such eagerness, the Charivari can only suppose that the porter owed a revenge for some piece of malice which his master had practised, probably such a thing as giving him an order for the play to see one of his own tragedies. The affairs of Spain seem settled. Don Carlos has met in France with a touching hospitality. The French gendarmerie have displayed an eagerness of good company in receiving him. He has been requested to select any town for his residence, with the assurance that his demand would be gladly acceded to, provided choice fell upon the town of Bourges.—Le Guepes. Ma, BRADSIIAW'S SPEECH.—The Corpora tie n of 130blin on Friday last conferred the freedom of th e city on Mr. Bradshaw, the Member for Canterbury, in testimony of their approbation of the sentiments con tai ned in this speech ; and our Liberal Press here has b e a n profuse in their epithets of " Traitor"—" Treason" Rebel"—" Rebellion" and so forth.—Dublin Even ingC:23Sl.o°NT. RAST IN RENTS.---A large manufactu rerback over his lea ses , f oun d t h at l an d o f hi s, entire agricultural, which 79 y ears s i nce pa id 12 s : n r ne aw l e tkipay 141. Lord Howick states that ren t s h ave risen 'within 60 years 400 per cent.—Bradford Ob- server.• RIOTS AT NEWPORT• TREASONABLE SPEECHES AT THE CHARTIST MEETINGS. NEWPORT, TUESDAY, ELEVEN P.M. The examinations to-day are of considerable import ance, as developing the organization and proceedings of the Chartists for a considerable time. Etheridge is committed for high treason, and Llewellin for sedition. There are again rumours abroad of the turbulence of the Chartists at Hermaine ; but I think it best not to do more than merely mention the matter, unless any authentic information should be received. Robert, the Bath Chartist solicitor, was discharged this morning. I have just learnt, by a return chaise from Bristol, that " Jack the Fifer" has been taken in that city. Samuel Etheridge was then charged with high treason and sedition. _ _ The first witness called was Thomas Ady—l am a special constable for the Borough of Newport, and reside at Pillgwenlly. On Friday last, the 15th inst., I searched the prisoner's house, where I found various manuscripts, copies of the Western Vindicator, and other papers. I kept them in my own possession. On Wednesday night I gave them to Mr. Phelps. William Trueman Harford Phelps examined—l re ceived the papers which I now produce from the lust witness. They have not been since out of my pos session. Mr. Phelps then produced the following paper : " Let us form into sections by choosing a good, stanch, indefatigable brother at the head of each section ; that is to say, each section to be composed of ten men who is known to him to be sincere, so that the head of each section will know his own. Then five sec tions will compose fifty-five men, with others ; then those five officers, such as corporals, will choose a head officer over them, so that he may give his five officers notice ; so those fifty men is to be called a by-name. Then these fifty will compose a company, and the three officers will choose a proper person to command the 155 men in company, officers and all, such as a captain. Then the three companies will compose 495 men and officers, which officers will be such as a brigade-general. So three brigades will choose a chief, which will be 1,485 men and officers, which chief officer is to be in the style of a conven tional general ; so by these means the signal of w— r— can be given in two hours' notice, within seven miles, by the head noticing every officer under him 'till it comes to the deacons or corporals to notice ten men —the officers to have by-names, not a military name, to prevent the law." " Gay Palace, Monmouth, June 22, 1839. " Citizens and Brothers—Your letter arrived safe— we have long expected a letter from you with general information. We did not reply to your former ones, because we did not think that you expected any. We don't think of you as our friends at Newport (so called) think of us, viz., out of sight, out of mind.' We thank you for the books sent. ' Hudibras' was taken away again by Mr. Dickinson. Have you had it ? We are in tolerable health considering our apart ments ; and trust our foe Prothero and are in pickle. " Waiting your next, we remain faithfully yours, " W. W. TOWNSEND, " For Vincent and Co. " Newspapers are rather scarce." " The labourer toils and starves the more, While tyrants are carousing ; But, hark I I hear the lion's roar, The British youth are rousing. The rich are liable to pain, The poor man feels the smart, Sir ; But let us break the despot's chain, We shall soon have the Charter. I have seen the poplars flourish fast, Where humble briars abound them— I have seen them torn up by the blast Of elements around them. The lightning flashing through the sky, The thunder loud roars after, For to scorch the oppressors—why ? Because they refuse the Charter. Then rouse, my boys, and fight the foe, Your arms are truth and reason ; We will let the Whigs and Tories know That union is not treason. Ye Lords oppose us, if you can— Your own down you seek after; With or without you we will stand, Until we gain the Charter." " TO MR. ETHERIDGE, NEWPORT,MONMOUTHSHIRE. " SIR—At a meeting of the Council of the Merthyr Tydvil Working Men's Association, held April 23, 1839, it was unanimously resolved,' That the Secretary be required to write to the different Associations in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, requesting them to send a person to a Meeting to be held at the Queen's Head, Sirhowy, on the 30th of April, for the purpose of making arrangements for holding a grand demon stration in some central place, then and there to be fixed upon, for the purpose of supporting the General Convention of the Working Classes and other matters. The meeting to take place at 12 o'clock in the forenoon.' " By order of the Council, " MORGAN WILLIAMS, Hon. Sec." Walter Williams—l reside at Caerleon. 'Was in Newport on the morning of the 4th of November. know the prisoner. Samuel Etheridge was in his house that morning at about half-past nine o'clock. Charles Rogers was with me, and Gunter, of Caerleon. Before I started from Caerleon I heard firing in the neighbour hood of Newport. I heard the prisoner say he had been in the square of the Westgate, and he thought Newport would be all his own within half an hour. He did not say how it was to be taken. John O'Dwyer sworn—l was in Newport on Mon day, the 4th of November. I know the prisoner at the bar, and saw him that morning at Mr. Levy's shop, immediately opposite Stow-hill. I cannot say whether he had anything in his hand. He had no weapon, or I should have observed it.—(The witness here described the riot by the mob.) At the time they fired the pri soner could not have walked three hundred yards from the house. The prisoner said—Perhaps it might be thought that I was connected with them, and that, by my being in the town that morning, I had a knowledge of the Char tists coming, or their movements or intentions. I came to town between eight and nine o'clock, for the purpose of consulting Mrs. Dickinson about the time that she or her daughter would go to Monmouth. The crowd between Mr. Webber's and Mr. Loyd's was very great. I did not see any of the Chartists coming down Stow-hill, nor did I look in that direction. I found all the shutters shut and doors too. I went to Mrs. Dickinson's, knocked, and she came to me. Whilst speaking with Mrs. Dickinson an armed mob came in front of the Westgate. She asked me to come in, and I refused, saying I would go home immediately. Before I had left the door one minute the mob had made an entry into the Westgate, and firing commenced imme diately. I passed the front of the Westgate and hur ried down Skinner-street with Mr. Bowen, and then walked slowly towards home. I went to Carpenter's Arms-lane, and stood in Napper's shop perhaps a minute or two. Saw a man having the appearance of a car penter holding his arm, from which blood was running. Had I known the intentions of the mob, or that they had been coming, I should not have conic to town. 1 will next begin with the papers that were read. The papers are not in my hand-writing. I allude to the first you read about the sections. [The prisoner here asked if he was required to prove how they came into his possession ?] Mr. Coles—You are to do as you think best. We cannot give you advice how to act. Prisoner-LI do not consider these things evidence against me. The paper was put in my possession (the one relating to the sections) by a person not now in Newport. There are other papers connected with it, which I believe to be in the handkerchief. They are in the same handwriting, giving an account of the rise of the rebellion in Ireland in 1798 ; and that paper you have read connected with the others gives an ac count of the rise and progress of the rebellion in Ire land, which was intended at one time to have been pub lished. I have no knowledge of its having anything to do whatever with the late movement. I have no need to say anything more, I believe, except I may as well say I have had it in my possession twelve months before I had anything to do with the Chartists at all. I will take Morgan Williams's letter next. The reason why that letter was directed to me was, my being secretary to the association in this town, which I was from January last down to June. That accounts for the letter being directed to me. The cards are next, I believe. They are not in my handwriting ; they are filled up for persons that do not receive them. The figures on the hack I account for by casting up the accounts in the book. The song was sent to me to get printed, which I did not have done. The petition I was employed to copy from the first that was in posses sion of the association, that was drawn up by a school master in Newport, but I don't know who. I was paid for writing the petition that was written for Mr. Ed wards (I was to have been paid, I should have said), who, in consequence of my upbraiding him for his violent language, did not afterwards take it from me. Walter Williams, a witness called here, states in his evidence that I should say the Chartists would have Newport in half an hour. I had left Newport then more than an hour, and the Chartists had run away in all directions. Since the latter end of June, or begin ning of July, I have not written, acted, or done any thing whatever connected with the Chartists. I have attended the room, I believe, three times. I did not see or hear anything that would lead one to think such e deu n ays t y.o amnli. would gr.ht lo h lt a er v se e as b taei e dd e n it th made, si l / 4ai ahg oi a sa n t xr d : t ea when told of of opinion that he must b e comm i tte d to ta k e iat movement would have been made, and when told of it o n o v S e u m n prisoner was then committ e d for hsnigdwhewrtereenatsounp b to i sTbTothhrdeieaal una nimouslyit.s and sedition. John Llewellin was charged with high treason and worn.—l am a laboure r , an d li ve at sedition. I know the prisoner John Llew e lli n . I have joh a n tte l d ag ed gss Pontnewynydd. meetings at his house at the first going off. I belonged to the Working Men's Association. It is more than twelve months since I first belonged to it. The prisoner was a member ;be was treasurer. We paid so much a meeting—id. a night as a contribution. We paid 3d. on admission, and received a card, but I have not got it. It was printed, and had on it, " An nual Parliaments and no property qualification." A man named Davis acted as secretary to the association. The prisoner was there when I paid the money. I have heard him address the members at the meetings. I cannot tell the words, but the subject was universal suf frage, and that we had no secret to know each other by. Heard nothing said about the Charter. Never heard of the Chartist Association while I was there. Have said that I heard J. Llewellin say we must stick up for the rights of the Charter. Have heard him say that. Prisoner—That man is a false swearer. Mr. Coles—You will have an opportunity of speaking by and by. Examination resumed—Members were admitted to the association by ballot. Saw a box there, and had some thing given me to put into it.—(A ballot-box was here produced and the witness said it was a box like that). When we were balloting for a member we had a four square tin given us. Tbat was for the person to come in. The other piece was three-square, and that was against the person.—(The pieces of tin were here pro duced.)—.l remember attending a public meeting in James Llewellin's house. It was a Chartist meeting. This meeting was held on New Year's Day. I cannot judge how many people were there. There might have been 700 or 800, or more. John Llewellin was there. I continued a member of this society, I should think, seven or eight months, or more. After this I gave up, because I did not see that it would come to any effect to do any good. Cross-examined by the prisoner —Heard you say we must stick up for the Charter in your house. The money was paid at the meeting, and you received it at the close. When a new member came in that was one penny contribution, threepence entrance, and one penny the card. Frost was elected delegate for Newport, Pon typool, and Caerleon. David Jones, examined by Mr. Phelps—l know the prisoner John Llewellin ; he keeps a beer-shop. On the 11th January last I attended a meeting. I was in duced to attend, seeing placards about the town con vening the meeting to consider of the Charter,:which was to be submitted for approval and adoption. I should suppose from 700 to 1,000 attended it. The prisoner was there. I can't exactly say at what time the meeting commenced. There was a procession before it of the members of this association, which came into the town at about one o'clock. There was a band before it and a banner. I saw on these " Universal Suffrage," " Vote by Ballot," and other things that they usually advocate. The prisoner was on the hustings at the time, and I heard him propose Frost as a delegate to the National Convention for Pontypool, and I believe he said he had been elected for Newport and Caerleon. I made a memorandum of the proceedings of the meeting. I made it within an hour of the meeting. I took part of Frost's speech down at the hustings. [The witness here, by direction of the Court, produced his notes.] My reason for attending the meeting was, I had attended one before at Palace-yard, London ; and thinking them a dangerous sort of people, I came to see what they were about. Mr. Phillips—Be good enough to read your me moranda. The witness did so as follows :—This Ist of January I attended a meeting convened by printed placards at Pontnewynydd, in this parish, held for the purpose of passing the People's Charter, and electing a representa tive delegate to the National Convention, to be sent in conjunction with Newport and Caerleon. After parad ing the town with a band and banners, the speakers and association arrived on the ground at one o'clock. The meeting was held in the open air. The speakers were accommodated on temporary hustings, erected for the purpose. A man by the name of Edwards was called upon to preside, who, it appears, is a master baker at Newport. After the usual introduction and two or three speeches had been delivered, a gentleman was introduced to the meeting as John Frost, Esq., a Magistrate for the borough of Newport. Frost said, " The Privy Council, of the number of about 130, receive more of your money in pensions and other ways than the whole amount of the direct taxes paid by the counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, and Brecon, and receive 630,0001. sterling annually between 130 of them. A very pretty thing !" At another part of his speech he said, " Now, just look at the Queen's household. She has an income of 500,000/. annually of your money, besides carriages, servants, and palaces. Besides she has twelve Lords in the bedchamber. Now, what would any of you say if your wife or your sister had twelve great strapping chaps about their bedcham ber? I think you'd beready to discard your sister or look out for another wife. I know I should. And each of these fellows receives a thousand a year." Again he said—" And this is not all—she (the Queen) has twelve grooms in the bedchamber—ay, twelve grooms to the bedchamber. Now, if any of you hear of a gentleman hiring a groom, you know that that gentleman wants him to clean his horses ; but whatever these fellows do for the Queen I cannot tell you." All this was received with cheers and great applause. Vincent said" he was ready to suffer death or imprison ment in the cause of the Charter." He said the House of Commons was a long room, with'a chap at one end of it with a bag wig on, singing out " Order, order, order," with a lot of fellows sitting round, some drunk and some asleep ; and, on the whole, they were a lot of drunkards. gamblers, money-grinders, and tyrants—that the meet ing must join the people of the n or th, an d sen d th e Members about their business, and so have a new House of Commons. He said the Members of the House of Commons ware fools, and enemies, of th e wor ki ng man, and that, some fine morning, the peopl e wou ld r i se and send the Members to the right-about ; and would not the men of Wales assist the men of England in corn pslling them to pass the Charter ? The people in York shire, Lancashire, London, and Bristol, Bath, Trow bridge, and Newport, were determined to have the Charter, and they would crush the tyrants with one blow. He said " the soldiers would not fire upon the Chartists ; and if the soldiers came agains them they would put the women in front of the ranks, and then the soldiers would not fire upon the women, and that half the soldiers would turn over to the Chartists. The working classes produced all wealth, and they ought to have their share of that wealth. The people had been kept down long enough, for the working men had the shopkeepers on them, and on the shopkeepers were the farmers, and on the farmers were the parsons, and the lawyers on the parsons, and the par sons on the army, on the lawyers, and the Government; on the army and the Government there was a pretty little bauble ; that the people of England had all joined together, and now the people of Wales would make a long leap, and stretch it across the Channel, and the English would join the Welsh, and then they would wriggle and twist about (accompanying that with a l t i h t o t le e w b a h u a b I e wer a e t a t b h o e ve to t p hem w , motion as he spoke it) till d own wou ld come e the m e down pretty would come too, and thus they should all be equal, and have equal rights an d equa l property ." I cannot say positively whether Mr. Edwards said anything. I heard him say he had a strong arm. The prisoner was present during the time of speaking. The hustings were twelve feet square, and he was not off the hustings at all. I heard him propose Frost as a delegate, after he had made that speech. I understood the word " bauble" to refer to the Queen, and so did every one there that I spoke to. I attended the Chartist meetings on the sth, 20th, and 24th of April last. That of the sth was held at the King's Head, Pontypool, for which I paid 2d. to join. The King's Head is kept by John Probyn. On the 20th and 24th there were public meetings in Craven-street, in an open space called Newbold-field. Edwards and Jones, and the prisoner, were at the two last meetings. I saw the prisoner out in the road both times, and I heard him cheer the speakers repeatedly. I recollect Edwards saying at the meeting of the sth of April, at which the prisoner was pre sent, that " he had 4,000 able fellows like himself at Blackwood, that he could call together by a blow of his horn to support the cause if required." He said that " every Whig and Tory ought to have a tenpen n y nail drove through his b.—. heart i nto a platform." He said " his hearers were like the children of Israel in Egypt, and that he was Moses, and their masters were the Egyptians, and as the I s raelites had despoiled their oppressors, so would they." I saw a procession on the 26th of May--a large number of persons at Blackwood. I saw the prisoner there. In August I saw a proces sion going to Duke's Town. They started from Lle wellin's house, and he was amongst them. I should suppose there were about 600 or 800 in the procession on the 26th of May. In August I think I counted 130 ; they marched three deep. One of the men I saw fall in was Shell, whom I saw dead here since the riot, and another whom I was told was George Ashman. These meetings created great alarm in the towns and country. On the 6th of May all the shops were closed, and all the Special Constables called out of their busi ness. I belie ve t h ere were 1, 500 Sp ec i a l C onsta bl es sworn in. Cross•examined.—l am quite certain that it was equal property that was said, and not equal laws. In my opinion the meetings would have led to disturbances if it had not been for the vigilance of the authorities. James Emery sworn.—l live at Pontypool, and am a cabinet-maker. I know the prisooer. I was a mem ber of a Chartist Society, meeting at Jones's, the watchmaker, in Pontypool. I attended a meeting at the prisoner's h ouse on the 29th o f O c t o b er , t h e Tuesday before th e r i ots. The pr i soner was p resent, and the room w as full. John Roberts am superintendent of police for the parish of Trevethire. I know the prisoner. He is a housekeeper in that parish. I know of Working Men's Associations or Chartist Clubs being held at his house. The prisoner has told me he is a Chartist. The Magistrates, in one thousand five hundred s p ec i a l constables. I know that a person called Morg an E manue l proceeded against in Consequence of those meetings , swore the prisoner for the expense of erecting the hustings. The Magistrates made him pay 1/. and costs. Saw bills offering a reward for his apprehension. I searched the prisoner's house. I found in the house the ballot box which I produce, some portraits of Chartist leaders, Frost and Stephens, in engravings of the National Con vention, and two banners, one bearing the inscription " Universal Liberty" the other the eye of Providence. I also found several Numbers of the Jrestern Vindicator and the Champion. Mr. Phelps here said there were other witnesses, but they were not present, and therefore if the Court had any doubt upon the minor charge of sedition he would ask them to remand the prisoner, Mr. Coles—Let us hear his defence. The prisoner then spoke as follows :—With respect to these public meetings which I am charged with be ing held in my house, and with myself attending at other places, it is not my intention to deny, for they all have been public, and no secret at all is encouraged in those meetings, so far as I have understood. If I had found out any secrets I should have immediately aban doned them. It appears to me to-night that I was chiefly to blame, owing to the exertions of those associations. I was only one single individual myself, and with respect to that meeting held on the Ist of January, 1839, it was not I who ca led it. It was not held on my premises. Evan Emanuel, the turner, you just spoke of, he hired the field where the meeting was held, of James Bevan, of Pontypool, and he came and asked me if he should erect part of the hustings against nay wall, which was in this field ? I certainly gave him liberty, so that no injury was done to the wall. He erected the hustings himself, so I did not consider that meetings of those kinds were illegal. None ever told me that they were. Two months or a little more previous to that Lord John Russell, Secretary of State, said at a public dinner at Liverpool, that public meetings were not only lawful but commendable, for by public discussion he thought was the best means to elicit truth. Upon these considerations, myself, with many others, thought these meetings were perfectly legal, so under such considera tion, I thought we were perfectly right in attending those meetings. If any one had told me that these meetings must be stopped, or put down I certainly would have been the first to stop it ; but with respect to the language described by the witness here to-night as hav ing been used in those meetings, I abhor it, but at the same time I do not believe that one-half of it is correct as stated by the witness. I have always advocated peaceable means lawfully and constitutionally. I have always rejected, or despised, or abhorred any appearance of violence. I advocated the case of the Radical on this subject in the Charter by means of praying and pe titioning, peacefully and lawfully, the Legislature, and no step further would I go with them, or any man or set of men in the world. Now, concerning the delegate John Frost, as the chosen delegate for Pontypool district, I was the person appointed to name him, and another person to second him. Mr Frost was not chosen as delegate for Pontypool in conjunction with Newport and Caerleon ; he was delegated from here and from Caerleon some months before he was chosen for Pontypool. I dare say chief part of the gentlemen here have known of that body of men called the Convention ; we named it a committee to watch the presentation of the National Petition in the House of Commons. Now, concerning this committee, I be lieve, as far as I can understand, of forty-nine in num ber, it is perfectly legal. The subscriptions that have been collected amongst the associations have been to pay so much a week to the members to support them while they were there, and the association in that neigh bourhood contributed for Mr. Frost till the National Petition was presented, and I believe there has been none since paid him to my knowledge. Now, perhaps, I might state a few words with respect to my situation in Pontypool. I have had notice to quit my house half a year, and the time is now just up, and I have not been able to obtain any place to suit me since I had the notice. I was informed about three weeks since that I might get a place to suit me at Aberdare, so I went to see if I could, and also looked at Merthyr Tydvil. I could not obtain one, either at Merthyr or Aberdare, at the time I wanted it. I went to Ilwane, and stayed three or four days, and was in prospect of having a place there, but could not get it to suit my purpose ; consequently 1 went on, intending to go to my own country native home, to see if I could get suited there, for I had made up my mind to leave Pontypool. I shall reserve what else I have to say for my trial. The Magistrates having consulted, considered there was sufficient evidence to justify them in committing the prisoner on the charge of sedition. The Court rose a little before nine o'clock. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Standard never was more mistaken than when it charges us with a disposition to drag the Queen Dowager unnecessarily before the public—" If Queen Adelaide," says our Contemporary, "is popular, as indeed she is, and will be, while Englishmen honour virtue, her's is the popularity which follows, not that which is run after ; for it is impossible to show that her Majesty has canvassed for it otherwise than by the graceful exercise in comparative retirement of every vir tue that can adorn a woman's character." Whether the Queen Dowager exercises her virtues gracefully or un gracefully is a matter into which we should never think of inquiring. She derived whatever import ance she once possessed exclusively from the situation she filled ; and, though the people of England bore no goodwill towards her during the Reform struggles, from a belief that her influence was exercised against their interests, yet, believing her influence at an end on the accession of Queen Victoria, they wished to forget her. But the Queen Dowager seems determined that the people shall not continue in a state of indifference towards her. She is at no pains to conceal the un charitable sentiments she entertains with regard to her Royal Mistress. During her recent absence, her great delight in the societies in which she mingled was to indulge in ill-natured criticisms on the Queen. When she was at Lisbon, for instance, the decrying Queen Victoria was her favourite theme. At the Duke of Palmella's she took every opportunity of sneering at her Majesty, whose most innecent gratifica tions were tortured into charges against her. Among other grounds of dissatisfaction with the Queen, was her visiting Drury-lane Theatre and the Opera. In the true Mrs. Candour style the Queen Dowager observed that she was not aware whether her Majesty was a fre quent attender of Church, but it could not be doubted she was a frequent attender of the theatre ; and the enjoyment of an opera on a Saturday night was not, perhaps, the best preparation for Sunday devotions. Her conversation ran so much in this vein, that it gave considerable annoyance to those on whom she inflicted her visitations. In fact, it was evident that the Queen Dowager, while running down her So vereign, had her own supposed virtues constantly in her eye. R e ti remen t becomes the position and the age of the Queen Dowager ; but who, that had not laid aside the charity that best becomes a Chris tian, would think of making the tastes and inclina tions of a lady verging towards fifty, and who has run her career, the rule for a young Queen entering on life, with all the freshness of feeling natural to her age ? George 111., who is the et erna l th eme of Tory eulogy, had a strong relish for the theatre, even at an advanced age, and was a great admirer of actresses, like Miss Duncan, more remark a bl e f or t h e exuberance of their animal spirits than their gracefulness. Yet, who ever thought of r e p roac hi ng G eorge 111. with the plea sure he derived from the theatre? We should nev e r h ave t h oug h t of noticing these ebullitions of the Q ueen D owager did we not see her bent on mischief. She is evidently delighted with the opportunity which the Tories have afforded her, of acting a part which she thinks may annoy her Royal Mistress. She mikes a parade of her Tory predilec tions, and of her hatred of all who support the Go vernment of the Queen. She parades herself through the country, and seems anxious to shew her Queen how much higher she stands with the Tories than her Mistress. But Queen Adelaide is mistaken in quitting the " graceful exercise" of her virtues in retirement, to be come the puppet of a faction. The Tories used her merely as an instrument for annoying the Queen, under an impression that by playing off the Dowager against the reigni ng S overe i gn , they might mortify and intimi date the latter. They are prepared to cast off Queen Adelaide at a moment's notice, if the Sovereign would only put herself in their hands. Queen Adelaide, like too many of the party whose views she seeks to pro mote, may sneer at the exercise of virtue for the sake of its own reward ; but she will assuredly reap nothing but future mortification from the part she is now acting. Let her take warning in time. THE LATE FIRE IN WIDEGATE-ALLEY.-- Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock the adjourned Co roner's Inquest upon the bodies of the eight persons destroyed by the above fire, was resumed before Mr. Payne. The Coroner read the principal points of the evidence to the Jury, and they returned the following verdict :—" We find that the deaths of Peter Flood, Mary Flood, his wife, John Flood, Mary Flood, and Margaret Flood, his children, Daniel M'Carthy, James Hennessey, and Harriet Hennessey were caused by a fire the origin of which is unknown. About two years ago a gentleman, whilst bathing at Prior's Haven, Tynemouth, lost from his finger a valuable gold ring, and, as a matter of course, considered it as for ever gone ; but no, fortune would not have it so ; last week a girl who was seeking coals near Clif ford's Fort discovered the identical ring with the owner's name engraved thereon, and immediately restored it. What renders this more strange is, that it had been washed round a projecting point of rocks, and thence about a mile into the harbour of Shields.—Northern Times. The Dumfries Courier says, " We are enabled to state, although not on the authority of Mr. Ewart, that he intends to become a candidate for the honour of representing the Dumfries District of Burghs, in the event of a dissolution and the retirement of General Sharpe, of Hoddam Castle. Mr. Ewart's talents and principles are well known, and most Liberals will con gratulate themselves on the prospect of securing his services." THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1139. •-• STITUTION. We were favoured yesterday with a private view of several copies taken from the paintings of the old masters, by some of our young students in art. The majority of these copies are in oil, but there are some in water colours, executed with great spirit. Titian's famous picture of " Diana surprised in the Bath by Actaeon," which belongs, we believe, to the collection of Lord Francis Egerton, seems to have been a great favourite with our young artists, for the copies of it are almost innumerable. Among the best of these we may mention the two by Miss Drummond and Mr. Buckle. Rembrandt's " Jew"—Vandvke's " Por. trait of his Daughter".—Rubens's " Pythagoras and his Pupils"—have also been the subjects of copy ; nor arc any of these attempts devoid of merit, while some—such, for instance, as Miss Ellen Ranshaw's " Jew"—show considerable pro mise. We wish, however, our young students would not be quite so chalky in their colouring, especially as respects the human countenance. During the whole time we were at the 13ritish In stitution there were scarcely four persons present. ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. DOVER, N0v.20. His Grace the Duke of Wellington passed a good night, and is considerably better to-day. Lord Fitzroy Somerset arrived last evening at Walrner Castle, with Sir Astley Cooper, and they remain, with Dr. Hume. A dinner party that had been invited for to-day has been postponed. (From the Morning Herald.) WALNIER, Nov. 20. The Duke of Wellington is reported something better to-day, having had several hours' sleep dur• ing the night. Dr. Hume and Sir A. Cooper were in attendance on him at the Castle. Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty, drove up to Apsley House, yesterday afternoon, in one of the Royal carriages and four, with a special message from her Majesty to inquire after the health of the Duke of Wellington. The Noble Lord was informed that Colonel Gurwood, who was then at Apsley House, had just received an express from Walmer Castle with a letter from Lord Mahon, stating that the illustrious Duke was much better and out of danger. Apsley House was thronged throughout the day by the nobility and gentry anxious to learn the state of the illus trious Duke. (From the Times.) It is with unfeigned and grateful rejoicing that we find ourselves authorized to remove entirely whatever alarms may have been caused by the me lancholy announcement in yesterday's Times, of a dangerous attack of illness having visited the fiist man of this age and nation. The language in which the intelligence was made public must have led almost everybody to apprehend that something in the nature of paralysis or apoplexy had befallen the saviour of his country. We can assure our readers that there was no shadow of foundation for such a fear. The Duke having lived rather full one day, had starved him self the next, eating on Sunday last, as we under stand, nothing more than a crust of bread for his dinner. The next morning, after an equally slight breakfast, lie mounted his horse, and went out for some hours with the harriers. After his long fast and violent exercise he returned home in a state of much exhaustion, and fairly, in a fainting fit, dropped off his chair ; after which he went to bed, giving positive orders that a dinner, to which he had invited several military friends, should proceed as if nothing had happened. His Grace slept com fortably all Monday night, awl has since been rapidly getting well. The only really distressing fact about the case is, that the Duke, at the age of 70, does not seem to have yet discovered the value of his own precious life, and generally takes no more care of himself than a boy of 18 or 20. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by Lady Barham, arrived in town at twenty minutes past three o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons from Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and suite followed in three carriages and four, and included the Hon. Miss Cocks. Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Headfort, the Hon. General Sir William Lumley, and Lord Alfred Paget. Lady Fanny Howard was the lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The Queen was received on her arrival at Bucking ham Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and the Comptroller of the Household. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yesterday afternoon. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace last evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Earl of Errol, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Albe marle, Viscount Melbourne, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Cocks, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Headfort, Hon. Sir William Lumley, and Lord Alfred Paget. _ _ The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese beck, left his residence at Kew yesterday, on a visit to the Right Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley, at his seat, Hall Barne Park, Bucks. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday in a carriage. The Committee of the Lords of the Privy Council on Education had a meeting at one o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Council Office. The Lords present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Labouchere, and Sir George Grey. Dr. Kay, the Secretary to their Lordships, was in attendance. Summonses were issued yesterday and on Tuesday, to all the Members of the Privy Council, to attend a Council at Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yester day afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by all the Ministers except Lord Morpeth. The Coun cil sat an hour and a half. Mr. Warburton had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial Office. Mr. Potter, the Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Blewitt, Mr. Scholefield, M.P., and Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yester day at the Home Office. The Earl of Errol and the Earl of Uxbridge returned to town yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Despatches from Colonel Cockburn, Governor of the Bahamas,werc received yesterday at the Colonial Office. ANOTHER KICK TO THE WESLEYANS. (From the Watchman.) CLERGYMEN REFUSING TO INTER THE BODIES OF CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN BAPTIZED BY WES. LEYAN MINIETERS.—A case of this kind recently oc curred in a parish in Norfolk. The Curate was re quested to bury an infant who had been baptized by a Wesleyan minister. He refused to perform the usual service, on the ground that the child had not been duly baptized. The father applied to the Vicar, who de dined noticing the circumstance, saying that he should. not interfere with the Curate. Application was then made to the Bishop of the Diocese, from whom a very prompt and satisfactory reply was received. " I have already," says his Lordship, " expressed my opinion to the Rev. Mr. on the subject of his refusal to bury your . child, namely, that it i s aga i nst the law of the land, according to the decision of Sir John Nicholl, in the case of Kempe v. Wickes." He adds, " I have taken such measures as are in my power to prevent the occurrence of a proceeding so much to be deprecated on , every account." A s we h ave lately heard of severa l similar instances of refusal (produced, we have no doubt, by the adoption of the Oxford Tract principles), WO mention the present case, as suggesting the proper wr-y of proceeding. Let a respectful letter be addfev.,ed, without loss of ti me , to t h e Bi s h o p of the Di'acese, stating the cir cums t ances , an d so li c iting his interference. We have no doubt but that such a letter would be effectual ; and, if sent by the first post, a reply may be received before the usual period of interment, s o th at there may b e a v i s ible renunciation of the obnoxious and illegal refusal. „QuEsT.—EFFECTS th O e les b l. : of CORONER'S I PERANCE.—Yesterday an Inquest was held before m Mr. Baker at the London Hospital James and Ann Cronan, of the respective ages of three conductpp ea red months, and one year and nine months from the evidence that, owin g to the culpable appeared of the father and mother, who reside in Market -street, London-docks, a fire broke out in their room on Tues day morning, and set fire to the bed clothes. They were said to have been both intoxicated. A c hild age d five years slept at the foot of the o b x e e d rt , io w n bo aw fi o rs k t e per ceivedhis the fire, and after much mother, but so soundly did she sleep that the fire raged unperceived in the bed in whi c h s h e , three children were yoo lying, her husband, and c to au b s t e ir t n ho t i b r e d t e w o o th. long enough, and so fiercely, as g r e . r ß ch ak il e d r 7 o n ft i o n r such co m a e m ot a i n o n g e o r o as th t e o culpable negligence of parents, this being the fourth case of child burning he had presided at within two days, told th e mother of th e d ecease d c hild re n that she nar hroelry children. yhielsdneraeped being committed for the manslaughter of • Verdict ” 4e6ilental Death." EV.EVENING EDITION. Li, - IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of ALA. AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWELVE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND, THREE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED , ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED, TWO HUN DRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONE HUN DRED AND FIFTY, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, tie. ecc. THE DISTRIBUTING DAY BEING NEAR, and Maras clearing off most rapidly, A RISE IN PRICE will sooa:occur. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OE MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING ; THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 1839, Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; S.r Oliver Surface, Mr. Bartley ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Harley; Joseph Sur face, Mr. Cooper ; Charles Surface, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Crabtree, Mr. Meadows ; Moses, Mr. Keeley ; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Orger ; Maria, MI" Lee. After which the popular Farce •f HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Matthews ; Dicky Darling, Mr. Mea dows ; Becky Morgan, Mrs. Orger. To-morrow, Love, with The Beggar's Opera. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller , 167,. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The production of Ainsworth's " Jack Sheppard," has attracted complete overflows, and been pronounced to be the greatest achievement ever yet attempted, it will consequently be acted every Evening. THIS EVENING, Nov. 21, Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrating all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivant• Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Neville ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Mi' s Grant Mts. Laws, &c. To conclude with an Extraordinary Drama, in Two Acts, entitled THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTERS; OR, HELL'S BELLES. Astaroth, Mr. Neville ; Cerberus, Mr. Cullen ; Diavoline, Miss Martin! Robert, Mrs. H. Vining; Polycarpe, Mr. W. Smith; Tambour, Mr. Ross. HIGH-WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE T0.0,10R110 IV. Horning 5 5 minutes after 2 Evening 19 minutes after 5 LONDON : THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 188 P. It is singular how much party feeling blunts or perverts the sense of justice. For some days, in order to blacken the Ministers, the Times has not hesitated to speak of the men, only committed for trial at Newport, as traitors and rebels. Not con tent with assuming their guilt, it goes back for years to aggravate it. To spite the Ministers it seeks in the bye-gone and forgotten writings of JOHN FROST the means to blacken him. With at least an appearance of malignity to the indi vidual, rarely or never surpassed in the public press, while it meant, we suppose, only to damage the Ministers, it yesterday quoted a passage from a pamphlet of FROST'S, written as long ago as 1822, which is calculated to kindle alarm at his opinions, and make him an object of hatred to all men of property. That gentleman is accused, by some enemy with a most malicious me mory, of having written a pamphlet seventeen years ago, in which he recommended that the farmers who had suffered great losses by the con duct of the landlords in Parliament should, by way of repayment, seek to possess themselves of the land. There is a particular abhorrence amongst our opulent classes of all levellers, and all equalizers of property, and no more effectual means could be found of exciting hatred agains t Mr. FROST in the minds of that class of me n who will constitute his jurors, than quoting passa ges from his writings to prove him an enemy o f the property of the rich. At any time it would be most improper to stir up the public animosity against a man because he had written some unpopular opinions seventeen years before, but when that man has been committed to gaol for high treason, the con duct of the Times in doing so is most unwarrant - able, unjust, and cruel. Heavy enough does the charge against Mr. FROST weigh on him, and why should the Times aggravate it, by laying before the public a partial and exaggerated description of his past errors ? He will find it difficult to defend himself against the charge of treason, alarmed as many persons are at the progress of Chartism, and it is not the usup:i course for Journalists to enhance such difficul'.ies, by nourishing prejudices against an accuseld man, in the minds of his jurors. It may d'Aeat the object of the law. He may plead the impossibility of having an impartial trial after such state ments have been circulated, and w 1 :10 will deny that such pleading will be proper ? If the progress of the law should be stopped, an d any crimes which have been committed rermrin unpunished, the Times may have to answer for it. made, a cat's-paw of b In this case ur Contemporary ysome veryseem s to have been malignant old enemy of Mr. FROST. Lord JOHN Rus - SELL, says the Times, was formally invited to read tliGse sentiments of Mr. FROST, before the Noble Lord appointed him a Magistrate. That inviter had most probably had a pers° l4l quarrel with Mr. FROST, and treasured up th is pamphlet and his knowledge of Mr. FRosT's opi nions, with a view to injure him. Whoever th at person was, who has nourished a hatred for many years, such as seems unknown, except in border counties, and amongst the Arabs, who transmit their enmities from one generation to another, he has made the Times bow do his dirty work, a - nd the dirty work is appropriately re-done by the Standard and the Courier, which gave circulation to this at tempt of an old enemy to prejudice, in the public mind, on account of former cor,duct, a man who stands charged with a definite wet of treason. All these Journals act horn the same motive. r They aim at the Ministers through Mr. FROST. B disparage 'notoriothuse Ministersdemocrat and leveller e who „strate.But supposing appointed, him a Maui r they ese expectiig him to as a P nti which his enemies have now brought against him ' to 3 ..ie true, without one redeeming circumstance , Oile conduct of which he is now accused happened thirteen or fourteen years before he was appointed a Magistrate. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, admitting that it was brought under his notice by some enemy of Mr. FROST, wisely refused to pry into what were Mr. FROST'S opinions and conduct thirteen years before. What justifiable reasons Mr. FROST might have had for his opinions and his conduct under the Tory regime, when he and all his class were excluded from all parti cipation in public affairs, when a share in mu nicipal government, and in the r epresentation, was denied them, and when the only justice they re ceived was a Tory insult, it was then impossible to ascertain ; and Lord JOHN RUSSELL would have entered on an endless inquiry had he gone into an investigation of the opinions and conduct of every man recommended to him for a Municipal Magistrate for a period of fifteen, or ten, or even five years, before he appointed one. Party spirit raged wrathful in every municipal town in the kingdom ; and had he lent an ear to such representations as those made by Mr. FROST'S enemies, we doubt if to this time he would have appointed a single Ma gistrate. What he did in the case of Mr. FROST, as in all similar cases, was to attend to the recommendation P -5 • •*'" r er • • • „ AL. < Zin i-trt.