The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-11 00:00:00

I E_NLNG EDITION. sergeant, that is, a man with a red coat, amongst the ge nteenen opposed to the mob. This was before the firing : they tired, and the men with the pikes began to tear down the windows. Bslieves that he himself was wounded by one of the mob, and n of by a shot from the Westgate. If he knew that there would have been bloodshed, he would not have gone there at all. Had been in confinement ever since he had been wounded. Knew nothing of the prisoner, and did not see him there. Knew nothing of' the Char tists. The only ballot he knew of was balloting for a good name ; and as to Annual Parliaments, all that he knew was that pensions were to be p a id. —(Laughter.) Was no spokesman, but took a pint of beer ; and the only speech he made was to answer to his name. Several told him that those who could not go to Newport would stand in danger of their lives. Has heard of Chartist lodges for females, but knew nothing of them. Has stood in the dock before now, and been tried, but was not set at liberty immediately afterwards. Was eight weeks in gaol ; that was for stealing coal. Re-examined—The value of the coal he stole was not more than three halfpence. That happened six or seven years ago. Saw the soldiers in the Westgate Inn almost immediately, but he believes it was not till the firing begin. He saw the soldier holding the door against the mob, with the rest that were in. Believes that he was examined the very day he was wounded. He was then so ill he could hardly speak. James Hodges, examined by the Solicitor-General— His evidence has already been published in full. He deposed to the conduct of Frost on the night of the in surrection, and as to his being told that Zephaniah Williams was to meet them with 5,000 men, and Jones, the watchmaker, with 2,000 to go down to Newport. He added, that when he got home the morning after being out with Frost's men, he made his wife put back the clock, and then getting into bed, sent his wife for Mary Jones (a witness examined on behalf of Frost) in order that she might prove that he was in bed. She did so, and showed to Mary Jones that he was in bed, and he pretended to be asleep. Cross-examined by Mr. Thomas—He was counted a Tory and a spy, because upon one occasion he had told the Chartists that if they wanted to exclude from sign ing their petition his master and other gentlemen of property, and that if they would have a petition only of the working classes, such a petition would be nothing better than an old rag. He was often after that called a Tory and a spy. In the Black wood he shortly before the 3d of November met a man, whom, as he was dressed like a gentleman, and spoke well, he believed to be a delegate. That man said to him that the men would come down from the hills, and sweep their valleys like moths before the sun. He was told that the man with the glazed hat was called Rey nolds. It was Harris the (the witness) who told him so. He knew nothing of Williams the prisoner being with the mob that night ; but heard them say that he was. [The deposition of the witness made before the Magistrate was here read for hime While it was read ing he said that there was one mistake in it. He had not sworn that Mr. Frost had des:red the wood to be scoured ; but the mob wanted it to be scoured, and Mr. Frost would not let it be done.] On his re-examination he said that he met a man named Thomas, about ten o'clock in the morning of the 4th of November, near to his own house. John Harford was next examined by the Solicitor- General, and deposed to the same effect as on the trial of Mr. Frost, giving the particulars of his being forced out of his house, and compelled to go with the mob, carrying a sword ; in consequence of which he was taken into custody. In his cross-examination he said that he had been a Chartist for a month or two, or something like that. He had paid half-a-Crown, at the utmost, and not for a ticket, as the tickets were net so dear there as at other places. He believed he had paid it towards a petition that the poor people might have a little more money, as he believed that they had not enough. He did not know that the principles of the Chartists were Annual Parliaments, or vote by Ballot. It was nine months or more since he had been to a Chartist lodge. He would swear that he did not know who were the people who came and compelled him to bring the sword. He knew nothing of female Chartist lodges. He believed he was with the mob from six in the evening until the morning, when he left them at the Welsh Oak and went to Cefn, where he made his escape. His sword he sent home by a hollier about eight o'clock in the morning, from a public-house at Risca, to which he went after having made his escape from the mob, having left them at Cefn and the Welsh Oak. He believed it was as near as possible to four in the morning when he reached Cefn with the mob. When he went away, and left some behind him at one in the morning at the Welsh Oak, he proceeded towards Cefn in the direction of Newport, with a part of the mob, and between that and the Welsh Oak he made his escape to a corn-shed, about four o'clock in the morning. He was so ill at the Union workhouse, from the cold and the wet, that he received on that night, that he was like many other people in the world—it was like a man making his will. Ho did not mean that he was, like others, in danger of losing his life for breaking the law, for he did not break the law. Re-examined by the Solicitor-General—He did not know who were the poor people in particular for whom the petition was to be prepared, in order that they might have more bread. He understood them to be the poor people who wanted victuals, and were begging about. It was Mr. Frost he heard speak of that. What he had heard of the Charter was, that the people had had a good charter once in that neighbourhood, but had lost it. They had been been going well up to the time when Mr. Frost spoke to thm, and did them injury. To Mr. Justice Parke, in explanation of his former answer—The colliers had had a good charter, and were doing well if this job had not happened, when they were orth Jed not to work. g ame ; Woolford, gamekeeper to Mr. Phelps at Abercairn, e7ave evidence to the same purport as upon Mr. Frost's trial, with respect to the seizure of his gun, pistol, and powder, by the mob, and their saying that they were going to take Newport. Thomas Rees, the boy, deposed, as on the former trial, to the inquiry made by Mr. Frost at the head of the mob as to where the soldiers were, and the direc tion given by Jack the Fifer to the other boy, Coles, in Mr. Frost's hearing, to go on and say that they were going to have the Weegate to themselves by, and by, and the mob afterwards moving on upon the word o march" being given by Frost seed Jack the Fifer. The cross-examination of this witnee; elicited nothing move. James Coles, the other boy whte; on Frost: trial. _ bore testimony to the same convereation, and whore SECOND DAY—FRIDAY. evidence is quite familiar to the public, was then exa- At the sitting of the Court this morning, mined by Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, and confirmed the tes- Mr. Bellamy, by the desire of the Court, apprised the tunony of the preceding witness, and said that a man jurors who were then present, an d not sworn. that they whom he met on the road told him that about a dozen might retire to their h o mes, b ut to return on Monday soldiers had gone down to the Westgatee—that if the morning, :It nine o'clock. Chartists went down there the soldiers wools make a At the request of Mr. Thomas, the prisoner, Zepha- mess o f t h em . nieli William=, was accommodated with a chair. Mr. James Emery, cabinet-maker. Pontypool, examinee Ilernas stated that Zephaniah ‘Viliieme complained of by the Attorney-General. This witness, as on his former examination on Frost's trial, deposed to his see be fesee• frig William Jones, the watchmaker, of Pontypool, on Th o mas Watts, examined by Mr. Wightman—On Sunday, 3d November, at De, id Richards's, and his Monday morning, the 4th of November, I saw Zepha- saying that he was going round the hills to collect the niah WilLams between the Waterloo and the machine, Chartists, and ordering them to meet at the race between ten and eleven o'clock. He was going from course in the evening, and to his speaking of a pro- Newport towards Cardiff. I saw others on the road clamation to be posted at Newport on Tuesday morn :that morning. It was before I saw him that 1 observed ing, which declared their intentions, and which was to numbers going along the road from Newport t owar d s begin w i th, " W e, t h e E xecut i ve G overnment o f Eng the !this. I saw Jack the Fifer that morning ;he was land," and was to be signed " John Frost, President." . nearer to Newport. It was five minutes after I saw The witness also deposed to going to Jones's beer-shop, ,Zephaniah Williams that I saw Jack the Fifer (John the Bristol House,in the evening between eight and nine, llsees.) I saw James Hodges that morning near the end seeing armed persons with pikes, guns, and pistols Welsh Oak about half-past eight. there ;to returning within the course of an hour, and Edmund Lloyd, examined by the Attorney-General— , seeing the armed men leaving Jones's house, and pro- I keep the Royal Oak public-house. I saw the prisoner eeeding to the race-course, about a mile from Panty et Blackwood the week previous to the riot. He was poet, where there were several armed persons assembled, ; here on the Wednesday and Thursday. He blt his an d to Jones ordering the people to go on to the New Inn, ! t orso at my place, and afterwards sent for it. Jones, the . r s.l,s-ID e r x .o a rrn m 9ht inati * as there were many persons there. The witness tried to w at -.l.maker, was in his company that week, and also make his escape, hut four men ordered him on to the New Mr. Frost, the linen-draper, of Newport. [nn, on the road to Newport, where he arrived between 10 e;roas-examined by Mr. Thomas—l had known Mr. and eleven, when Jones ordered the men to turn out, Williams for some time, and his character has been that and proceed on the road to Newport in three parties. of a peaceable, well-disposed man. I know Shell, a cabinet-reaker of Pontypool. I have Richard Pugh, the owner of the Coach and Horses seen him write several times. I have seen him public-house, stated that there was a Chartist lodge held in his house, and that in the week preceding the riot he write the prices of his work and names in the Chartist saw Frost, Jones, and Williams in his house. Cross-examioed—l never in my life heard anything ' ~f Williams but that he was a peaceably disposed man. books. He does not belong to the same lodge.—(A letter was here put into the witness's hand.) The writ lbogris nearly of the same sort of style as Shell's, and I , 'Liege was a female lodge in my house, but that was believeieve it to be his writing.. 1 have looked inside, and i broken up the year before. I cannot tell how many it to be his writing- e . the si w r i Chartist wotaien there were. i . t T n e h s o e m s Thomas n d objected -writ in g t . o this as inefficient proof of Matthew Williams deposed that he was a member i of the Chartist lodge held at Mr, Williams's. the pri- in O T Ar ei h r e b. eT A fnh t r t oe o m r i a a e ps Attorney-General t e n . er al—. d I ee must 4 peeler's, house. He gave in his name on the 2d of No- liisaim i e n d e t v n i e en insp . e . w 11 Te i e Cross-examined s o c- enxnart found. permitted . ; reatber. He had belonged to the Chartists before, but left them. lie would not have joined them if lie had _the inspection. inspection of the letter, on 1 ; net been forced to do so. He stopped at the Chartist lodge until eleven o'clock that night. The lodge was of Shell's ha m nd in w e r n iti n n y g o r m ec a o s lle a e s t t h o a h vi i n s I full. There were eleven men called in together. One him write his name. I have i was to be a captain. The captain was to stop allthe Beaufort Arms, Monmouth, in t h at letter before a g k e n v o e w r le s d ee g n e t gentle ` e ight, and in the morning he was to let them knowbelievee handsl i. of a t man whose name I don't know. I t tr i i T l. to l b o e ld an h - what was to be done. On the Sunday morning the witness met his captain, who told him and others that forges. It was since examined on Fro's I could not swear to its being his handwriting, but t hat m l I said nothinr , they were to reassemble on th e S un d a y eeen im: at six b e lieved it to be his. When I was examined' before t the o'clock, for the purpose of going clown to Newport, Magistrates, and on the last occasion, / and thee' were to prepare. When the captain wa.s about the paper or the proclamation. I have been ex -4 At,ked what they were going to do, he said that they amined since the last trial by one of Mr. Phelps's were to stop all traffic, posting-coaches, and to bide clerks about the proclamation, about a day after thi s liere , to guard the to , Nn. The witness here stated the comm ission was opened, and yesterday morning ; a l so particulars, which have already been so fully published. , at the Beaufort Arms. I did not mention the cireum -1 Cross-examined —Witness was amongst th e wounded ! stances before the Magistrate, or last week on the trial, I at the Westgate. but he had not yet g o t a pe ns i o n f rom b ecause I was not asked the question. I don't recol . the Goverom-:nt, He had a friend in Newport that , lect that the Magistrates told me to tell all I knew. I i he thought would g ive h im somethin g to eat when he I joined the Char tists about a week before the 4th No tot there ; was twelve hours on the road. Can say ; eernber. I paid 6d. then, and got a ticket. I was not li that when he was with the Chartists he beard some ! a Chartist before. I attended a great many Chartist ot ge say of himself, " Keep a sharp eye on that chap." lodges before, but did not become a member of the as- I That was said of himself and others. He was not . sociation then. [The depositions of the witness were watched from Newbridge to Newport ; the only re- : here read, and it appeared that the statement about the 0f , • het on the road was ihree pints of bee r , I t-S h • rient go , • proclamation was not contained therein.] 1 Ainenga fifteen of them. The reason why he went to Re-examined—No question was put to me when ex- I i ,r-, W eetga te was, that ho knew he should be - stabbed amined b efore the M ag i s trates, either against Shell or if he we nt out of the ranks. It was not until he got to , Llewellyn, respecting the proc lamation which Jones fthe Park that he knew they were so severe. Saw a said should be issued. t M C t S P ,C IA 1, CoNj I S:5 " 10 N KIAL OF ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS MONMOUTH, FRIDAY EVENING Moat of the witnesses examined to-day on the trial of Zephaniah Williams were the same as those who had previously given their evidence in the case of John Frost, arift th,_.re:oce beyond their cross-examination by Mr. Thomas, the Counsel for the prisoners, little worthy of publication was contained. I have therefore given the teitimony of such witnesses as briefly as possible. _ . It is believed that the trial of Williams will not ter minate before Saturday night. It is probable it will be followed by that of Jones, and that then the remaining prisoners will be included in one bill, charging them with conspiracy and riot. It is impossible that their trials can be disposed of for a considerable time, if the indictment for high treason be proceeded with. I am told that Frost has been removed to a cell, dif ferent from that which he first occupied. He has sent for the Prayer-book and Bible, which he was in the habit of using. He has given positive directions that none of his family are to be admitted to see him, as his desire is that his whole time may he devoted to prepare himself for that awful change to which his mind is now fully made up. I commence with a report of the trial. of Williams from tfnat place at which th , e examination broke off upon Bulling off the express yesterday evening. Thomas Saunders, examined by the Attorney-General —Ois Sunday, :he 3d of November, I was at Blaen Mair, and on that evening, about seven o'clock, I met forty or fifty men near the prisoner's house. I know the prisoner, and received a card as a Chartist at his house. The men said I must go along with them ; and, they being arme,l, I did so. I saw the prisoner that night on the hills between Beaufort and Ebw-vale. I was brought there by the men, and I saw thousands of armed men with Williams that night. About balk' an hour afterwards they moved on. I at tempted to escape ; the prisoner said , " Stop , I stop," and taking a pistol out of his pocket, held it before my breast. This was between ten and eleven o'clock. I went along with them, and the prisoner said that I must go along with him, and keep the other men up. As they procecde.d, they knocked at houses and demanded people to come out. Some objected, and were compelled to go by armed men. We had candles and lanthorns with candles. I heard as we were going ~long that Mr. Frost was to meet us at the Welsh Oak. At daybreak the men were placed in order, the guns ibeing iti the front, and the pikes next. I heard this said by the mob, but did not see it. We went towards ' i Newport to the top of Stow-hill, to the number of 5 , 000 . I did not hear any firing, but I saw a man who was shot j al.rough the ankle, and the people said to the prisoner, I What ! have you brought us here to be slaughtered ?" A„d Williams said, " Go on, go on ; don't be cowards." Th e veole then dispersed. I saw Williams get a ball f r 6 .. 3 mau that night; he said it was too large for his , p i, t.o l.,, t rd he cut it, and put it into it, and sa:d, " Here's -a lox tta_m, however." The man who gave the prisoner •he OA bad a born in his hand, and sounded it several , ile a daring the night to call the people together. Cros.saaaatnined by Mr. Thomas—l am not a Cher i tis'. and tiev°r was one. I had a ca rd, and p aid 6d. for I it, abd '2...A. 61 besides. It was said to be subscription '1 t i l monej. I paid the money because my master did so 1 ,hefore ma. and only attended a lodge once. There was ' , t r t ,hal .. Chartist lodge held at Williams's. I was in i aa:onts:,-t ikieni once, be did not advise. I cannot say whether .. , 'e or fifty attended, but I think there were about twenty-five I never said these words, that " I w as a Cla‘rtist in my heart, and I would be so till I (CIA." I did not say to Elizaboth Jones, that I would advise her not to sleep with her husband till he beca any young I a Chart is', and \th at no 1 ac e gut a Chartist. J went to the lodge because my p i tb 'er asked me to do 0. I had my card two months ~,,t urf the riot I was arrested as a Chartist, and was ex „,,i o , Iby Mr. Edwards in the poor-house at New port, no ,chit I said was taken down in writing.—[The d eo) ijans L aade. by the witness before the Magistrates were the., re f.n.red to by Mr. Thomas.] From the place ) why] , I joined t,.•ern to the place where I left is about ( twaniy-two miles: I joined them at seven o'clock in the I -welling, and was fareas l all the time. I did not force s. I was obliged ta g ld them to o on to force the other men o drer on. I did force th em. I w go on. I was 1 oil my way home at seven 0 ;lock. My master was there nl.e. It was by mere chni:ce that I went on. i They did not force me to pay ,both for myself end my ma•ter. They did not force ri:,e t I pay the . I paid the money. I was bound to p a y it, paid 1 money because they threatened my life. I got, an ex tra card on the night of the 3d November. On the c'ght 1 got extra cards the prisoner's son was present. When I paid for them I paid six shillings to the son. card, the policeman, has the cards. The prisoner's so , 'is about eighteen years of age. I paid for one for i ,-,-)y , aaste, as be was in danger. About forty or fifty ,„ 0 „. )drought me out of the house. My master did ' ot . i t t me to get a card. I thought it the s afest wa y 1 e w to get „to a card as well as myself, as I heard that cm ,,,, were gong to kick up a riot that night. We s ky master's house that night. I g ot dit not pa; hi m the car d b .NctiPse there was a riot at his side of the hill. I thoug h t " - I could have ran away, and been ena the ticket. There is no mistake in b ' ed to give my mastc ." to Williams's son. They 111 V having given the m ^c'Y dirt n ot know that ' I was a .clairtist. I did net know tut had a card. I was thaw. I cant say that every n.' not directed to pull out the card as :. 1. gln• I For my first yr , raid for the card I paid three shillings. My emplo; lof . A-ugust i cards. They were purchased on the 304: 1 After I got the cards I considered myself in 2 4 illug: danger as before I got them. The night was dark. There were forty or fifty men present at Beaufort when I attempted my escape, and I was compelled to accent ` pang them to t*iat part of Newport where I left them. I consider myself still in my master's employ. I lost I some goods that were confided to me for sale at a fair. i I was never charged before a Magistrate by my master. I was surrounded by a c rowd when I lost them. My 4 master was debited to the amount of 231. for that loss and some other matters. This witness was re-examined by the Solicitor-Gene ral, and examined by the Court, without eliciting any thing to shake his direct testimony. 't. Tne cards which he purchased at the prisoner's house i were pt. in and read. Toey were marked No. 584, and s t a ted that the Society was established for bettering the political, social, and physical condition of the working claoes• Barnabas Brough, examined by the Attorney-Gene ral—This witness deposed, as co Frost's trial, to his being captured by the Chartists, at, Saii( night, the 3d of November, and taken to thr , Welsh OA, where he was discharged by Frost about six o'clock. He con tinued—l knew slightly George Shell, a cabinet-maker, at Pontypool, sufficiently, I think, to distinguish hie voice. I heard a voice which I knew order me to stand, but I did not tilt aft:l-wards know or recognize it to be Shell's. I have reason to believe it to have been the voice of Shell. I saw him a corpse amongst the slain, and on seeing him dressed in the same clothes as the person wore from whom that voice proceeded, I was in duced to believe him to be the same person. The man who had me in custody when I was taken prisoner said they were going to establish the charter, and that they would have liberty or death. That was repeated more than once. A LAY OF LAMENTATION. GRANDMAMMA LOQUITUR.) ‘• The Vatican and St. TAM' Palace are in CO , . flexion with each other th'un V4E, had imagined.—We ha%e fallen or, other times.—Popery is now gaining an ascen dancy in the land, while Protestantism is diseourao.ed b) the Ministers of our Protestant Queen."—Vide Morning Herold of Monday. Cross-examined by Mr. Thomas—lt was not daylight till about half an hour after I was liberated. I saw the man's dress in the house. The man I allude to was dressed in a flannel jacket. I only saw his back and his stature. It is a very common dress. 1 had not seen his face at all. He guarded me all the way down. I heard his voice a dozen times. He requested me to hold my tongue, and to make no more jokes ; my safety would be better preserved. I did not tell him I knew him, for I did not know him then, though I thought that the voice was familiar to me. Possibly it might not have occurred to me whose voice it was, unless I had recognised the corpse. I was addressed by name several times while I was in custody, but I told my name on being taken. Re-examined—l believe it was George Shell who ordered me to stand. John Roberts, police-officer of Pontypool, on ex amination by the Attorney-General, identified the body found in front of the Westgate as the body of George Shell, cabinet-maker, of Pontypool. He had on a round flannel jacket. Moses Scard, a policeman of Newport, identified a man who was shot in the passage leading to the sol diers' room, and who survived about three hours, and who was called afterwards Shell, as the man whose corpse was identified in the stable by the last witness as that of Shell. Barnabas Brough recalled—He has no doubt but that the stamps on the letter produced are the Pontypool penny post-mark and the Newport general post-mark. Henry Chappel, policeman of Newport. examined by the Attorney-General--I went over to Bristol, to the house of Shell, the father of George Shell. I went there on the 12th November. I received the letter now pro duced from the mother of Shell. . . Mr. Thomas objected to the letter being read in evi dence, because the identity of George Shell with the man whose voice the,witness Brough believed ho re cognised was not sufficiently proved. Mr. Rickards followed on the same side. The evi dence as to the voice ought not to be called in aid of the dress, nor that as to the dress in aid of the voice. Mr. Thomas—There is another objection. The let ter is not dated till the 4th November. The Attorney-General—But the letter was evidently written in his lifetime. Lord Chief Justice Tindal overruled the objection. This was precisely the case in which evidence of the identity of voice and dress should be brought in aid of each other. Tories, list a friend's advice, And get r; ady in a trice, Suits of sables, white cravats, And crape to bind about your hats, For—were out with constant sighing— Poor old Mother Church is dying, D 3 ing fast, 'mid Popish glee, Of decided atrophy, Occasioned by " a heavy blow" By Whigs inflicted, months ago, And followed up with vile intent, By a " great discouragement."— Yes, she's fairly given over, She, who lived so long in clover; Once she weighed full twenty stone, Now, she's nought but skin and bone, And the rattles in her throat, Fast-approaching death denote ; Chaunt her dirge then, toll her knell, Miserere Ding-dong-dell ! Cruel case 1 But sterner fate Doth this hapless realm await, For the Pope is coming ever, With fire and faggot, via Dover, With lots of bigots in his train, To raise the Smithfield pile again, And warn us, with ferocious boast, That we must either rat or roast.— Methinks, I see our Prelates first Yield to the Vatican accurst, And, with shaved sconces, one and all Hurry to the Confessional, Headed by Philpotts, in the hope Of being soon appointed Pope, And followed at due distance by The whole discreet Parsonic fry ; While Melbourne, Russell, and the rest— But hold—enough—my labouring breast Cannot express the rancorous spite And rage these fellows' names excite, So, with sad heart, and moistened eye, I close at once my Prophecy LITERATURE. Mr. Baron Parke—The declaration of a co-conspi rator is evidence, and it appears to me that his decla ration is sufficiently proved. The officer of the Court then read the letter, which was addressed, " For Mr. George , Shell, at Mr. Har ris's, cabinet-maker, Castle-street, Bristol," as follows : " Pontypool, Sunday night, Nov. 4, 1839. " Dear Parents—l hope this will find you well, as I am myself at present. " I shall this night be engaged in a struggle for free dom, and should it please God to spare my life I shad see you soon ; but if not, grieve not for me, I shall have fell in a noble cause. My tools is at Mr. Cecil's, where I lodge, and likewise my clothes. Fari well ! " Your's truly, " GEORGE SHELL." John Matthews, examined by Mr. Serjeant Taltourd —I am gardener to Mr. Prothero, whose house is two miles from Newport, and a quarter of a mile from the road. 'The witness then gave testimony similar to that given by him in Frost's case, as to armed men coming to the house, and compelling him to go with them on the 4th November, Thomas Walker, examined by Mr. Wightman—l was a special constable on Sunday, the 3d of November. The witness then proved, as in the former case, that he had beer. sent out on that evening, on horseback, by Sir Thomas Phillips, to get intelligence respecting the ap proach of the Chartists, and that when he had got near to Risca, he heard cheering, and turned back ; that on his way back, near Rigby's, he was stopped by some armed men, who stabbed him with a spear in the thigh, and that a gun or pistol was fired at him and his man, who was with him, and that he finally returned to New port, and communicated what had occurred to the Magistrates. Cross-examined by Mr. Thonsas—l was in the midst of the persons who fired. They might not have fired at me, but at the man who was with me. I did not see the man who fired. • Thomas Latch, examined by Mr. Talbot—l am the son of a merchant in Newport. I was in the Commer cial-room in the Westgate on the 4th November. The witness then proved that the windows of the room in which he was were broken in, and the shutters knocked down. The only person I recognised was Mr. Frost, who walked past the window at the time. I escaped by the back door. Sir Thomas Phillips, examined by the Attorney-Ge neral—l was Mayor of Newport on the 3d Novem ber. Intelligence was brought to me on that day which rendered it necessary for me to take measures to pre serve the peace of the town. Special constables were sworn, and I sat up all night at the Westgate, with another Magistrate. I sent out persons to get in formation ; amongst others was Mr. Walker, who was wounded. Prisoners were made between twelve o'clock at night and nine o'clock Monday morning. I received intelligence of the gradual approach of the people. I sent for mnary assistance to Captain Stack, and a detachment of soldiers was accordingly sent down. The witness then described how he had posted them in a room in the Westgate, and then the attack made by the people in tne Westgate. Witness and Captain Grey opened the shutters of the room at the east side of the Inn, in which the soldiers were, and witness was wounded in doing so. There are three windows in the projecting bow of the room. The people in the town must have been aware that the soldiers had come into the town, and were in the house. The pekiple as they passed were formed in columns with the regularity of a military force, so much so that it would be incorrect to call them a mob. The case for the prosecution was proceeding when our express left. ROME, DEC. 29. fAtAtjj A CORRESPONDENT. heir ,4 pie festival of St. Thomas of Last Sum-- ‘ ll ;tsit wds ;. , ale.mnized at the English Canterbury, Hi g h werc iefoz.e.nt on this oc- Coliege. Several Carditia,.. - Chapel agsjsled in casion ; the singers from the Pope -rdi of 15)64 the august ceremony, and a Corps di were on duty. His Royal Highness the Duke of ~ deaux honoured the College with his presence, and the chapel was on that account decorated with more than usual splendour ; seats for persons of distinction were covered with beautiful tapestry. After Mass, the Very Reverend Rector, Dr. Wiseman, entertained the young Prince with a sumptuous collation, and several distin guished persons were presented. In the afternoon Monsignore Baggs, the Vice-Rector, pronounced a panegyric in honour of St. Thomas a Becket, and the learned divine noticed some facts relating to the life of the Saint. The Princess of Denmirk, formerly the wife of the now reigning King of Denmark, has been on the point of death, but is now convalescent, yet remains in a very helpless state. Her son is the heir apparent. Her Royal Highness is well-known and respected by the English. The Princess is deservedly popular with the Romans, and her exertions as a Sister of Charity in attending the hospitals has endeared her to every lover of humanity.. Her Royal Highness is related to the Royal Family of England. DEC. 31.—Professor Nibi, the great antiquarian, died suddenly this morning ; he has left many learned works. The Archeological Academy have sustained an irreparable loss. It is said that he died extremely poor. PRE-PAY YOUR LETTERS.—We understand that many gentlemen have determined not to take in, but to return to the Post-office, every letter which henceforth may be brought to them by a postman of which the postage has not been paid. The example will, we have no doubt, be generally followed, and will compel the universal pre-payment. THE AURORA BOREALIS.—This beautiful celestial phenomenon was witnessed at Thurso about ten o'clock on the evening of the sth ult. It was strikingly grand and sublime, and excited deep interest. It extended from a south-west to an easterly direction, was sometimes seen to assume the form of a colossal arch shooting imme nse pillars high in the sky, and then suddenly to take the appearance of a gigantic furnace, from which vivid columns of the most brilliant flame we , e seen to rise p er pendicularly.—Edinburgh Courant. The weather in Paris had set in cold at last, with every promise of duration. On Monday night, at twelve o'clock, M. Chevalier's thermometer stood at 2 5.10 degrees below zero on the centrigrade scale, or at 27i of Fahrenheit ; at four yesterday . morning, at 6 2-10 C. , 20i F., but at ten had risen again to 4 2-10 C., 24i F. .CHURCH - RATES. -- On Thursday w eek the in habitants of Melbourne, in Vestry assembled, agreed to a voluntary rate of 21d. in the pound for the mainte nance and repairs of the parish church. Were it not for efforts like these, it is thought the old fabric must soon fall: and what is rather unusual on such occa sions, one Dissenter moved and another seconded the re solution.—Derby Reporter. QUARTERLY RE VIE IV, No. CXXIX. Murray, London, 1839. The " Printer's Devil" furnishes the subject of one of those lively, picturesque articles which of late have been so ' frequent in the Quarterly Re view, and ensured such general approbation. We can guess the writer of this dexterously-handled paper, if only from this vivid sketch of the streets of London at day-break, which forms an introduc tion to his account of the interior arrangements of Messrs. Clowes' printing-office : " In a raw December morning, just before the gas lights are extinguished, and just before sunrise, the streets of London form a twilight picture which it is interesting to contemplate, inasmuch as there exists perhaps no moment in the twenty-four hours in which they present a more guiltless aspect ; for at this hour luxury has retired to such rest as belongs to it—vice has not yet risen. Although the rows of houses are still in shade, and although their stacks of chimneys appear fantastically delineated upon the grey sky, yet. the picture, chiaro-oscuro, is not altogether without its lights. The wet streets, in whatever direction they ra diate, shine almost as brightly as the gilt printing over the barred shops. At the corners of the streets, the gin-palaces, as they are passed, appear splendidly illu minated with gas, showing an elevated row of lettered and numbered yellow casks, which in daylight stand on their ends unnoticed. The fashionable streets are al, completely deserted, save by a solitary policeman, who, distinguished by his warm great-coat and shining belt, is seen standing at a crossing drinking the cup of hot saiop or coffee he has just purchased of an old barrow woman, who, with her smoking kettle, is quietly seated at his side, while the cab and hackney -coach horses, with their heads drooping, appear as motionless as the brass charger a' Charing-cross. " An Irish labourer with an empty hod over his shoulder, a man carrying a saw, a tradesman with his white apron tucked up for walking, a few men, • far and wide between,' in fustian jackets, with their hands in their pockets to keep them warm, are the only perceptible atoms of an enormous mass of a million and a half 01 people—all the rest being as completely buried from view as if they were lying in their graves. " But as our vehicle proceeds, every minute imparts life to the scene, until, by the time Blackfriars-bridge is crossed, the light of day illumines the figures of hundreds of workmen, who, unconnected with each other, are, in various directions, steadily proceeding to their tasks. " Among them, from their dress, gait, and general appearance, it is not d.fficult here and there to distin guish that several are printers ; and as we have now reached the gate of one of the principal buildings to which they are marching, we must alight from our ' cab,' that we may by a slight sketch delineate its Ul terior for our readers." The passing allusion to the cab and hackney coach horses " with their heads drooping," will re mind the reader of one of Box's minute, feli citous touches. Several descriptions, equally graphic with the one we have just quoted, appeared in a late article on " Ameri can rail-roads and steam-boats, which was attri• tinted at the time—and as we surmise, justly— to the vigorous pen of the Editor. But to pro ceed. Having given a general sketch of the Pi int ing-office, the Reviewer goes on to speak of the compositors, whose duty it is to arrange the types in conformity with th e MSS. copy t h at li es b e f ore him. Here is an amusing sketch of this useful, intelligent body : " By eight o'clock all the compositors have arrived. Miny in their costume resemble common labourers ; others are better clad ; several are very well dressed, but all bear in their countenances the appearance of men of considerable intelligence and education. They have scarcely assumed their respective stations, when blue mugs, containing each a pint or half a pint of tea and coffee, and attended either by a smoking hot roil stuffed with yellow butter, or by a couple of slices of bread and butter, enter the hall. The little girls who with well-combed hair and clean shining faces, bring these refreshments, carry them to those who have not breakfasted at home. Before the empty mugs have vanished, a boy enters the hall at a lust 4 , 74 ))f, with a large bundle under his arm, of morn '^u newspapers,,,--this intellectual luxury the compositors • -dly subscripOtan, allow themselves to enjoy. ^n with th e different Presses,they copies, and fiNg thrt news 4 'ne Article 6 of lie by a free.. From their convex,.. nage to obtain the very cam._ of the day is known to them—the different papers are critized, applauded, or comic... ' an hour or two before the great statesmen of the country have received the observations, the castigation, or the intelligence they contain. One would think that corn. positors would be as sick of reading as a grocer's bov is of treacle ; but this is not the case, as is proved by the tact that they not only willingly pay for these newspapers, but often indemnify one of their own corn munity for giving up his time in order to sit in the middle of the hall on a high stool, and read the news aloud to them while they are labouring at their work ; they will, moreover, even pay hi m to read to them any new iessions-, the race i gained by him who is to contain interesting in 'B not always f b o o r o m k ati w on h . i — ch A t m he o y naCompositors, as in all other pro apparently the avviftest. Steadiness, coolness, and being performed by the eyes, tor, with considerable velocit y are attention po si his are work more prici consider pavlla i 7 e eagerness and haste, On t he attitude of a com depends. The operation fingers, and than direction, the rest of the body s hould be kept as tranquil as possible." moved in almostarms which every The description of the the bye, G o ld sm i t h has ren d ere d c l ass ical—is not less just th an t h at of "Reader" — whom , by the co mpositor. We subjoin it accordingly ; and from the lines marked in italics, ale satisfied th at i t is a portra i t drawn direct from the life. Indeed, we a l mo st imagine we could name the indi v id ua l —a poet of n o mean calibre— who sat for it :—. " In a printing establishment ' the reader' is almost the only individual whose occupation is sedentary ; in deed the galley-slav e can scarc ely be more closely bound to his oar, than is a reader to his stool. On entering his cell, his very attitude is a striking and most graphic pic ture of earnest a tt ent i on. It i s e vident, from his out line, that the whole pow e r of his mind i s con centrated in a focus upon th e page b e f ore him ; and as in mid night the lamps o f t h e ma i l, w hich illuminate a small portion of the road, seem to increase the pitchy dark. ness which in every other direction prevails, so does the undivided attention of a reader to his subject, evidently , abstract his thou g h ts f rom a ll o ther considerations. A n urchin stands by rea di ng to l t h e reader from the copy-- furnishing him, i n fact with an additional pair of eyes ; and the shortest way to a ttract his immediate notice is ; to stop his goy : f or no sooner does the stream of th e child's voice ceas e t o fl ow, t h an the machinery of th e man's mind ceases to wor k — s omething has evidently gone wrong I—he accordingly at once, raises his weary head, and a slight sigh, will; one passage of the hand across his brow, is generally sufficient to enable him to receive the intruder with mildness and attention." " Minas's Sieges of the Peninsula" is no other wise rerriarkal;lc than as containing' in ahnost every ir,os studied abuse of .ip,aer:ll. V Ito in One place is described as " the greateSt charlatan that even France has prod uce d." How ungenerous —how ill-founded is this sneer? Was it by quackery that Napoleon gained the battles of Lodi and Arcole, and crushed three armies, each every way his superior, in his first Italian campaign—the most extraordinary and triumphant that the world ever saw ? Was it by quackery that he crossed the Alps at St. Bernard, and rushed down, like an avalanche on the astounded Austrians at Marengo ? Was it quackery :hat won the hard-fought battles of Austerlitz and Wagram ? Above all, was it quackery that conceived and executed the noble project of the legal code ? We have no very great sympathy with the characters of conquerors ; still it is impossible not to admit that Napoleon was the greatest of the race, and won ilk laurels far more fairly than Caesar. " Tyt ler's Collection of Ancient Letters" contains a striking passage, wherein the duties of a historian are defined and expatiated on with singular eloquence of style, and justness of thought. Gladstone on Church and State is just the sort of high Tory diatribe that we were prepared to meet with in the Quarterly Review. " The Church," we are told, " does not promulgate her faith as her own opinion —quite the reverse. She proclaims it as a message and declaration intrusted 'o her care, which may not be altered, or dimi nished, or enlarged by any human voice, and is independent of human fancies." Why, this is the very fault that we find with the Church 1 She promulgates a set of despotic, .ndigestible dogmas, under the name of " Thirty [tine Articles"—not one of which but is clearly of human manufacture—and then compels us to be lieve in them as opinions emanating from heaven. Is there no fraud, no priestcraft here ? The Quar telly Reviewer says no—" quite the reverse." In all cases, however, wherein the interests of the Church are concerned, he is a guide whose judg ment cannot be depended on for an instant. We should just as soon think of pinning our faith on the lawn sleeves of the Bishop of Exeter. " Ernest, or Political Regeneration," is a critical notice of a Chartist epic which, it seems, has lately been with drawn from circulation. From the copious extracts given by the Reviewer, we augur favourably of the poetical abilities of this unknown writer. " Tra vellers in Austria and Hungary" is plea sant gossip, nothing more. In the article on " Seditious Meetings," suggested by the late Newport riots, we meet with the following high-Tory theory :—" there are times and places in which it may be all very well to talk of the po pular rights of meeting for the free discussion of grievances, and other such common places, which nobody that we know of denies in the abstract; but that which is harmless on one occasion, may on another be highly dangerous," The plain English of this is, that people may meet and dis cuss their grievances, so long as there is no chance of their obtaining redress ; but the instant—as in the celebrated case of the Reform Bill:---there is a prospect of their grievances being • listened to, and removed, then their meetings become " highly dangerous." We have here the main article of the Ultra-Tory creed in all its unmitigated into lerance. fulfil their promises, and the settiers adhere to the rules for good goveininent adopted on ILAvipin EHand, the colony cannot fail to inerca The Company," according to Mr nov: !naturiug its plans for coniiiicto: kIV " is AMERICAN SLAVERY AS IT IS. New York, 1839. on an extensive scale in the enNuing ear. V Sates to the amount of 7,000 acres of country land have been effected at 11. per acre, in the few months succeeding the period of the preliminary sales ; and free passages continues to be offered to purchasers upon the terms which will be found in the Appen dix. The Company will also make an allowance of GO per cent. for passage-money to purchasers not proceeding direct in the Company's ships, granting them special land orders, which in such cases are not transferable. Intelligence from the colony may be expected early in the spring of the coming year (1840), and will be communicated to the public in a supplement to the present work." This is an admirable exposure = got up and pub lished under the auspices of the American Anti ' Slavery Society—of the horrors of the slave sys tem, as pursued in the southern districts of the United States. Nothing that the wildest imagina tion can conceive, surpasses the cruelties inflicted by the planters and their overseers on their wretched negro victims, as we find them recorded in this ser viceable, plain-spoken pamphlet, not on doubtful or anonymous authority, but on the testimony of a thousand übirnpeachable witnesses, who do not speak from mere hearsay, but from a personal know ledge of the atrocities which they denounce. Twenty seven hundred thousand persons, men, women, and children, are, it seems, at this very moment in slavery in that boasted land of freedom—the United States of America I And what is tFe course of con duct pursued towards these hopeless wretches ? "We will prove"—to quote an emphatic passage in the Introduction—." that the slaves in the United States are treated with barbarous inhumanity ; that they are over-worked, underfed, wretchedly clad and lodged, and have insufficient sleep ; that they are often made to wear round their necks iron col lars armed with prongs, to drag heavy chains at their feet while working in the fields ; that they are often kept confined in the stocks day and night for weeks together, made to wear gags in their mouths for hours or days, have some of them their front teeth torn out or broken off, that they may be easily detected when they run away ; chat they are "frequently flogged with, terrible seve rity, have red pepper rubbed into their lacerated flesh, and hot brine, spirits of turpentine, &c., poured over the gashes to increase the torture ; that they are often stripped naked, their backs and limbs cut with knives, bruised and mangled by hundreds of blows with the paddle, and torn by the claws of cats drawn over them by their tormentors ; that they are often hunted with blood hounds, and shot like beasts, or torn in pieces by dogs; that their ears are often cut off, their eyes knocked out, and their flesh branded with red hot irons ; and, finally, that they are maimed, mutilated, and ' burned to death over slow fires I All these things, and more and worse, •we shall prove I. Reader, we will establish all these facts by the testimony of scores and hundreds of witnesses, by the testimony of slave-holders in all parts of the slave-states, by slave-holding Members of Congress, and of State Legislatures, by A m b assa d ors to Foreign Courts, by Judges, by Doctors of Divinity, and Clergymen of all denominations, by Merchants, Mecha nics, Lawyers, and Physicians, by Presidents and Professors of Colleges, by Planters, Overseers, and Drivers I We will show, not merely that such deeds are committed, but that they are frequent ; not done in corners, but before the sun ; not in one of the slave-states, but 111 all of them; not perpe trated by brutal overseers and drivers merely, but by magistrates, by legislators, by professors of reli gion, by preachers of the Gospel, by Governors of States, by gentlemen of property and standing, and even by delicate females moving in the highest circles of society I 1 .” And the land in which these atme-itisrn-Air MTP 9f W!IiP 11 Pv7 the Devil him - -if might blush=ap pgrPetrqte 11 P4` 41 4 1 of equality, of civilipilion,in a land of freettui,,, word, America I Shame on e people OM can practice such fiendish cruelties—gti;l heavier shame on the Legislature that can sanction them r INFORMATION RELATIVE TO NEW THE SPITFIRE,3 VOLS. album, London, 1640. This is another of those tales of the sea, which of late have been so common ; and is from the pen of Captain Chamier, to whom the public is already indebted for the popular story of " Jack Adams." The hero of the narrative is Albert De Laney, the younger brother of an English Baronet, of great wealth and excellent family, who, by his re serve and harshness, drives his young relative from home, and compels him to seek his fortune at sea. Unfortunately, after having distinguished him as a common sailor in a great naval engage ment, Albert deserts from his ship, undergoes many sad vicissitudes of fortune ; and at length, as his only resource, allies himself with the pirate crew of the Spitfire, who, struck by his dauntless bearing and perfect seamanship, appoint him Captain. At the bead of this lawless band, he ravages the West Indian islands ; obtains lots of prize-money, which he remits, from time to time, to England under a feigned name ; and ultimately, being tired of his connection with the pirates, takes the opportunity of the Spitfire's being wrecked on the coast of Ireland, to abandon his dis orderly mode of life, and become, what is called, a " respectable man." The tale ends with his reconciliation with his elder brother, who has long since repented of his injustice, and his marriage with Laura Mackenzie, to whom he had been at tached, previous to his accepting the situation of a pirate chief. The chief merit of this tale lies in its numerous and stirring incidents, for it contains no well-drawn characters, and is certainly not to be commended for the novelty of its plot, or the inge nuity with which it is unravelled. Many of its incidents are, however, replete with spirit and dramatic tact ; and among them, we may mention the scenes which take place at the pirate's cave ; the murder of the old negro ; the execution of the chief mate,. Carlos ; and above all the chase of the Spitfire by the British frigate, Hebe. ZEALAND. BY JOHN WARD, rsQ. London, J. W. Parker, 1640. _ _ No people at all approach the British as colo nists. The Dutch are tyrants in their colonies ; the French know as little of practical colonization as of boxing, and even the Spaniard and Portu guese, with all the vast extent of country which th e y have occupied, are centuries behind us in the great art of conciliating the settlers to the mother country, or in turning the connection between them to the advantage of either. The condition of the United States, which haslfrom small beginnings become a great and mighty nation, within the memory of many now living, is perhaps the greatest triumph in this respect that the world has ever exhibited. The people, in fact, seem made for emigration, They are to be found in every quarter of the globe, spreading the language, manners, habits, and religion of their native country. One of the latest and most astonishing colonial enterprises is that now directed towards the Antipodes. Corn. panies have been formed for sending out settler.: among the cannibals of New Zealand, and as a proof how readily the people enter into schemes of this sort, we may state from Mr. Ward's book, that shortly after the formation of one of the Companies, it realized a land fund of 99,9901., that the departure of the first colony took place last year, amounting in men, women, and children to 1,123 souls, freighting ten ships and investing in machinery ar.d agricultural imple ments nearly 100.0001. They have made arrange. writs for establishing scl- )ols and churches, a li terary and scientific institution, a New Zealand Ga zette, and a public library. In fact, the town will he built, and the colonists will have settled down into a well regulated community before the French, who are talking about something of the same sort, have made up their minds on the subject. The climate it is well known is excellent, and if the Cpmpally THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. This is a work almost entirely devoted to Free masonry, but not being initiated into its mysteries we cannot presume to make any profane comments on the topics of which it treats. We regret our ignorance the more as the secret art appears to in. spire fluency of speech, sublime language, and poetical ideas. Speaking of the visit of the Grand Master (the Duke of Sussex) to the North of England, the writer sap, " The very heavens 44., claimed the visit as a happy presage—:-.by almost an Italian sky—and the heart delivered its outpourings in grateful incense upon the altars of public and masonic fidelity." The valedictory address for 1839 is equally eloquent. We wish we could transcribe the whole document--here is a specimen. It com mences thus :—" For six years have we availed our selves of the means which our position gave us, of looking behind the mask"—and then follow ten varagraphs all equally eloquent, and all begining " Six years ago," and of whieh the last runs thus :—" Six years ago, and complimentary tributes were few and rare, now merit rears its head, and gratitude is frequently recorded on the Minute Book, and in the heart of the Mason. The Illus trious Chief, himself, is among those whom it bath delighted the Craft thus to houour i —the Fe4ivqi of 1838 will live in the remembrance of all the Craft, and during whatever life may remain, in our me mory that eventful day will he ever a lesson, neither of yesterday nor of to-morrow." Leaving, however, these sublime congratulations, and coming to topics on which we may venture to give an opinion, it is but fair to state that the " Masonic fntellivoe very ample, and well ar range d, an d will no doubt convey gratifying information to many of the Craft. PRINGLE'S RESIDENCE IN SOUM 41'RIC21. Mpxon, Lqn(lo4, Another of those cheap and elegant republica tions, for which we are indebted to the well-directed enterprise of Mr. Moxon. We have here, for the comparatively trifling sum of three ;' , ltillinos and sixpence, Pringle's account of his residence in South Africa, for which, when first published, the charge was, if we remember rightly, not l ess than a guinea I But cheapness is not the only recom mendation of the republication before us ; it is of singularly elegant appearance ; is printed in a taste ful type, and on the best paper ; and is just of the shape and size which most collectors of standard works covet for theit . memoir of the author, from the pen of his friend, Josiah Con der, is prefixed to the edition. PICTORIAL SHAKSPE4RE, -NAT NY. C. Knight, London, IR4O, The present Part contains the whole of that noble play, Cymbeline, to which a variety of useful explanatory notes are attached, together with origi nal criticisms on the principal characters, wherein some of Dr. Johnson's harsh animadversions are justly denounced. The pictorial embellishn B m 4 AN A as usual, of a surermr 9rck of elicvllencoq lIISTORY qf IVAPOLEUN.—Paris X, XI, XII. Tyas, London, 1840. We like the spirit in which history is writ ten, which iy 1p c,f foarless impartiality. It is easy to perceive that Napoleon is something of a favourite with the author ; but then he never allow s this foeling, in the slightest degree, to interfere with, or bias, his opinions. Such was not the case with I - Tazlitt, whose life of the Emperor can not, consequently, be relied on, for it is one con tinned stream of panegyric throughout. The ablest portion of the work now before us —so far as it has yet proceeded—is the account of the decisive battle of Austerlitz. WTON'S -44V-PSC4In GARDENING. _ rqrss VB. is XL Lony-dian, London, 1840. This republication of one of the most useful works of its kind in the language, is now brmiji; eoncliasion and is illiltr~tr with frequent upto ffttut tiW pen of Mr. Loudon, the editor, and upwards of Lwo hundred and fifty characteristic en gtavings. In addition ; we have a mem o i r Repton, which exhibits him to oreat advantage in all the social relations of life; together with a. co pious alphabeti ca l i n d ex . Mr. Repton, it may bQ remembered, was the individual selected 4g 41441ie the requisite alterßtigli; RilC-1 iillpfckvemegts in the Pavilion at Brighton; and Qeorge the Pouith—_ then Prince •of Wales—professed himself so de lighted with Mr. Repton's suggestions, that he de-. dared they should all be adopted without the slightest variation of design ; unfortunately, hOw., ever, the scheme fell to the ground from want of funds ; and the Pavilion was, some years after wards, completed, in its present motley and in congruous style. Many of the parks and palaci 'of our uoitilitY LIM indebted for the beauty and grandeur of their aspect to the graceful' designs fur nished by Mr. • Repton, who, as a landscape-gar, dener, still, we believe, retains his supremacy, 421471 C JOURN4L. • The captu re of (;huzni and th e occupation o, Cabul still form interesting topics in this Journal. We do not observe much news of importance, savo the statement which the Editor gives, as a matter of fact, relative to the charges brought against Sir John Keane. He states that thp prisoners put to death were part of a band of desperadoes who had justly earned their fate by the inuri.:ers they had perpetrated on our unarmed camp followers—kii, stabbing one of the Shah's officorii . in his presence, and for shooting six of the party who advanced to receive their submission. Though the particulars were given with most circumstantial detail:,, wa considered at the time - that 4n Engiish officer of high standing, and long known for his good con duct, was not likely to commit deeds of which any civilised nation (except one) have the ntm,4 ror. Spain monopolises the trade of shooting Pti‘ "P"§ in PA WOW, The particulars of lb). E v f-imT if 14,7 f 17‘ T. -, 7 , saction, under the. heNd of" Calcutta News, as wen as Ihr,;t'rrnrn,ut the -nuttier of Lieut.-Col Henl::ng, The domestic or- tic~'i 8:. d !(h , t!eics offer rr topics of reina,76.. 0" Nroqeets in tlic North West of India," gives some interesting details of the circumstances which led to the march on Cabul, and gives a favourable idea of the abili ties and exertions of Sir A. Barnes, and of the judgment of Lord Auckland in deciding with such promptitude on the attack. THE CHURCHMAN—and THE VILLAGE CHURCHMAN. Painter, Strand. The first of these monthly publications professes, like all other organs of the endowed sect, an un compromising hostility to national education, unless its object be to instruct the people in " those pure and apostolical doctrines professed by the Church of England." " The Churchman's Christian Course" details the progress of the Church- Christian from the period when his godfathers and godmothers " promise and vow three 1 things in his name" which they never do and never can perform—inasmuch as one of the things so promised and vowed is that he shall " believe all the articles of the Christian faith"—to the time when his body is committed to the ground by a priest who states at his interment that the Church entertains a "sure and certain hope of his joyful re surrection to eternal life," though his past life may have been . the most abandoned that can be imagined. " Voluntaryism in America" pretends to cry down any other system of re ligio❑ than that which is established and en dowed by the State. It is a tissue of absurdities founded upon certain fictions promulgated in Capt. Marryatt's late " Diary in America," the most imaginary of all that amusing author's works. " Papists prohibited from reading the Scrip tures," is the title of an article to which is subscribed the name James Rudge, D.D. It is a disgrace to any man, more particularly to a Doctor of Divinity, to be either so ignorant, or, if nct ignorant, so un principled, as to assert that the Catholics are pro hibited from reading the Scriptures, when the con trary is notoriously the fact. The Reverend Doc tor appeals to the Council of Trent in proof of his uncharitable assertion. But the inference that any candid person► would draw from a prohibition found there would be this, that the Catholics, like other sects of Christians, are infinitely more liberal and enlightened in practice than the standards of their system would lead the world to supßose. Let us ask Dr. Rudge if he can lay his hand upon his heart and say that he believes that all N O, IO do not believe the nozstery contained in the Athanwsian creed " shall perish everlastingly ?" Yet such is the doctrine of his sect. The 4 , Vil lage Churchman" is intended, we suppose, for a humbler class of readers than the " Churchman," but though there are many things in it s that an calculated to do good, it is still wanting in that spirit of charity which is, above all things, coin. mendable in a religious publication. FINE A RTS. PORTRAITS OF THE QUEEN, PRINCE ALBERT, AND TIM: YOUNG PRINCES OF LEININGEN. Colnayhi, London, 1840. We have just seen three miniature likenesses of the above illustriaus individuals which, we under stand, it is the intention of the Messrs. Colnaghi of Cockspur-street, shortly to have engraved. These portraits have been painted by Mx. C. Ross; and in addition to their extraordinary fidelity as resem blances, they are in the very first style of att. In deed, j deed, we h a d no notion, before we saw them, that so much breadth and force of colouring could be imparted to miniature painting. The best —or at least the most effective and inte• resting--portrait is that of the Queen. She is re presented sitting in a chair of state, above which are emblazoned the Royal Arms. Her attitude is full a ease and dignity, and the contour of her countenance so strikingly true to nature, that no one who has once seen the original, can fail at the first glance to recognise the resemblance. The head is just gracefully holt ; and there is a play about the expressive mouth—a something not. exactly a an - tile, but approaching to it-- that :h aws t h at the Queen is en gage d i n a light a n d c h eer f u l trai 4 n of reflection. T o h er _ left ar m i s attached plain gold bracelet, on hich is a sm a ll miniature likeness of Prince Albert. w The iiVilpery and subordinat e details of this picture are handled with exquisite tact, and the fl s, tints, which in most miniature paintin are too apt to be a smoot h dead white, gs like the cold poli s h o f ivory have as much mai, warm, breathing life about them, as even Lawrence himself could have imparted to his aristocratic beauties, We could have wished, however, to have .sieim the swell of the bosom a little more strongly de fined, by the deeperitng of the shades, The pit of Prince .Albes is little, if at all, inferior t ortra o this master-piece, The likeness is a half-length one ; 1 and we are assured, on competent authority, is the.. ;; mast correct that has vet appeared of the young Prince. The features, are essentially German in their charAPt?r the countenance not oval, but ra- 1 they Taunci ; the forehead ample—quite enough ie ; and the expression Calm, pleasing, anti net by any means wanting in intelligence. The por traits of the young princes of Leiningen are chiefly to be oominended for their archness and spirit of character. The colouring is rich without being tawdry ; and the dog which one of the boys is fondling in his l a p i s as bola and truthful a bit of painting, as..if it had been executed by Landseer.. f.`ll:oheupspectatorof will no fail to ob serve t h e gracefu l this picture. We know not when we hash .4e4 - 4 a collection of family portraits that will. leader bear a close examination, THE PROTES7' OF THE COUNCIL OF SPIER S. This historical picture, which is one of the cle verest ever painted by Catermole, is, we understand, about to be engraved by Walker. It is in water colours, and represents the famous meeting of the Council of Spiers, at which Luther and his friend Melancthon attended, together with some of the most, illustrious Princes and ,Grandees of Germany, the Pope's Legate, several Dominician Friars—the sworn enemies of the Reformed religion—and a host of Bishops, Priests, arid minor German and Italian Nobles. In the fore-ground, just facing the spe c t ator , s i ts King Ferdinand, in a ch air Al' state ;. his attitude is that of deep reflec tion, and something of perplexity appears in his countenance, as if he . had not quite made up his, mind, whether or not to take a prompt, decided iii the g r ca t ;e li g part ieus crisis that IrAj ri!,..en. Close he"side him is the Pope's Legato, swelling with self importance ; behind, are two mitred Priests; and just under these appears the figure of a Dominican, Friar, whose strungly-marked countenance expresses world of - skill, dissimulatian, pride, and re ligious intolerance. We do not often meet with a in , ;re striking face than this. The deep-set eye, the broad, knit forehead,,and the scornful lip, are pour trayed, oia . Haydon, with uncommon Vigor, and at once rivet the spectator's attention. On the opposite side, stands that illustrious Reformer, Luther,, calm but resolute, attired simply in a black gowa.), and gaping at the scene of pageantry with a, look of subdued triumph that seem s to say, ck Be the obstacles what they may, I feel morally assured that the seed which I have sown, will bring forth fruit in due season, and that my re forms will must he Successful." The back , grouted is filled with a vast variety of figures, who are atrangea with consummate talent, and add greatly to the picturesque effect of the scene. The colawin,p, throughout, though not deficient tti richness and brilliancy when these are requisite, is chiefly remarkable for its chasteness and sobriety of tone ; there is none of that meretricious glare which we h ave observed in some water - eo l .our drawi ngs , vviMe nature is sacrificed to efFect. The chmoters, too, are all well discriminated ; and the small groupe of Dominican Friar s in the foreground, show nearly as much breadth and vigour of execu tion, as if they had . been trashed off in oil s . W ere we disposed to be Avid in our criticism, we should say that 4 little more of marked character --more of oar.nast attention--thrown into t 4.4 countenance of Luther, would not have heei, amiss. FATAL AcciDENtr.—This moruing, a fi ne youth, 14 yard of ag e , was, with oth bo skng 6n the Su rre y C ana l , when he WI into the ys, water ati and was drowned. A number of ons end eavour i ng to save him, 144 I Rvul y met With pers similar fate, but were • now caud'''ate for histrionic honours is about to uPP(''" at Covent-garden Theatre, in the arduous :daract( rof Hamlet. The name of the new tragedian is Moore, from the Dublin Theatre.