The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-08 00:00:00

) N MOST ALARMING AND IMPORTANT NEWS FROM MONMOUTHSHIRE. The following appeared in a Second Edition of the Standard of Tuesday last : The following communication was received by Mr. COURT, of the Underwriters' Room, (where it is post ed) about half an hour ago ; and to that gentleman we are indebted for a copy : NEWPOIIT, (MON.) MONDAY MORNING, 4TH Nov. The colliers and iron people are coming down in thousands, from the hills, to this town. Yesterday all the respectable inhabitants were sworn in as special constables, and have been on duty all night to this hour (9 A. M.) It is stated that the rioters are in three di visions' of 6,000 to 8,000 men each, w ithi n a f ew m il es o f th e town ; but only one division is positively known to be at Tyder, within two miles cf us. No one can imagine the cause of the people risit , nd coining here, unless it is to annoy and destroy some o f he property of those magistrates who were so active in suppr issing the Chartist meetings. Yesterday the accounts w3re that they were going to re lease the prisoners in Mon; south gaol, but the fact of their coming this way shows that to be incorrect. The Westgate ind King's Head Inns are ioth barricaded, as well as the Parrot Inn, from whence I now write, with magistrates in each house. The landlord of the Pam Inn was sent out by the ma gistrates at seven o'clock tc reconnoitre, and at eight he was fir d at twice, and most ses ;rely cut across the thighs, and is now laid up in his bed. A bout 6000 men entered t' a town at ten o'clock this morn ing, armed with guns, pi ols, swords, cutlasses, &c., but mostly with a long pole, six 3 nine feet in length, with a pike 12 to 15 inches at the end. They marched through to the Westgate Inn, and then tot possession of the lower part of the house, owing to the special constables stationed there not shutting the doors, and - unning up stairs to the protec tion of the military, of w'. - .lich there were about 30 in all.. The chartists deliberately loaded their guns and pistols before the Westgate Inn, gave three cheers, and then fired into the house, and slightly wounded the mayor -Ind three constables who were -icing the riot act. The soldiers then fired in return, kill( ,1 several chartists, and wounded many more. This alarmed them, and they began to disperse in all directions, and a hour or two, we shall no no doubt be scouring the c -itryy in pursuit of them. Another body of about 6,./ . •-• are outside the town, on another road, where they have halted ~d unless assistance arrived from Bristol to-day, we greatly , prehend that a serious destruc tion of both life and propel will take place to-night. I will write you to-morn if I am alive and well. FURTHER !ARTICULARS. (From the Mornik Herald of Wednesday.) CHARTIST RIOT AT NEWP‘ 'IT-FIRING OF THE MILITARY -TWELV MEN KILLED. BRISTOL, Nov. 1, 8 p.m —1 have just received by express from Newport, particulars f the following alarming riot : NEWPORT, 2 P.M.—The hartists are in possession .of the town. This morning ahon 3000 of the most desperate, and headed by Frost, the ex-nugistrate and chartist demagogue, marched into Newport fro:a the hills, armed with muskets, guns, pistols, pikes, swords. and other offensive weapons (and as I have been told, two small pieces of cannon), and com menced a violent attack on the Westgate Hotel, where the magistrates were sitting. The military were promptly called out, and as their attack was of the most ferocious and bloody character, they were obliged to fire upon them, and several have been killed, accounts vary from between 10 and 20. I have myself seen several in our yard. It is reported that some of the soldiers are killed, but I cannot find how many. I know that a serjeant named Daly was wounded with slugs in the forehead, and another wounded in the arm, but I hope that neither of them are dangerously injured. Some of the special constables have been wounded. Mr. H. Williams, ironmonger, was shot in the head—the slug had penetrated the forehead, but passed obliquely under the scalp and came out at the side of the head, fortunately without injuring the hone. Mr. Williams has also a sabre cut on the knee, and several severe contusions, Mr. Morgan, draper, was also woun led by a ball from a musket, but hopes are entertained that his life will not be lost. Besides the nine chartists I have seen dead, I have since seen several whose wounds are such as would almost certainly prove mortal. The 45th sol diers acted bravely—they acted like men, and but for their noble exertions the town would probably by this time have been a mass of smoking ruins—they charged the chartists and put them to flight in all directions, leaving several hundreds of their weapons in the streets. THREE O'CLOCK.—I have just ascertained that the mayor, J. Phillips, Jun., Esq., is shot through the arm and wounded in the thigh, whether dangerously or otherwise I have not been able to ascertain. Frost has escaped, and it is feared that they will return this night in large numbers, and what will be the end of it God only knows. FOUR O'CLOCK.—I have just received information that a large body of well-armed chartists are marched upon Brecon ; there are, however, 400 soldiers there. It is said that they will attack Monmouth gaol to-night, and liberate Vincent. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) BRISTOL, Nov. 5, SEVEN O'CLOCK, A.m.—l sent yon yes terday a necessarily hurried account of the alarming chartist outbreak at Newport, and I now hasten to communicate a more detailed and accurate statement of the riot, together with such further particulars as I have been enabled to.col lect from quarters which, I think, may be relied on : For some time past the miners and men employed in the numerous iron-works with which South Wales abounds, nearly the whole of whom are chartists, have been known to hold secret meetings, and it has been leclared upon several occasions by those who have been supposed to be their ring leaders, that the sth of November should see no slaves in England; and that upon that day Vincent, the chartist de legate (who, as you are aware, is now undergoing a term of imprisonment to which he was sentenced at the last Mon mouth Assizes, for sedition,) should be " King of the Hills." Information of these circumstances was conveyed from time to time to the magistrates, and a day or two since they were informed, upon authority which it was thought could be re lied on, that the 4th of November had been fixed upon as the period for simultaneous attacks on Newport, Brecon, and Monmouth. This information has proved to be too cor rect, for on the 3d the general rising commenced—the mines and levels in the mountains were deserted—the fur naces were blown out, and the deluded advocates of chartism commenced their threatened march upon New port. They first made for Caerphilly iron -works, where they insisted upon blowing out the furnaces, and com pelled, using the most dreadful menaces and threats, nearly all the male inhabitants of the place to join with them they then proceeded o n the roar : sho u ti ng " Th ec h ar t er or d ea th," and compelling all the persons whom they met with in their route to attach themselves to their forces—their numbers having been increased by tais means to from 40,000 to 50,000 —(two accounts which I have seen state 100,000, but I am inclined to think they mus: be somewhat exaggerated)—they proceeded towards Newpo: t, and at about five o'clock in the morning halted about twt; and a-half miles out of the town, near Tredegar-park, the eat of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. It is understood that the plan, as originally agreed upon, was, that a body of 8,000 •om Pontypool and its neighbour hood should join the main ;ody at this place, that they should then march upon Newpc ..t, plunder it of ammunition and provisions, fire it, and th a proceed to Monmouth, where, being joined by a third dec.achment, they were to break open the gaol, release Vincent hr d the other prisoners, and pillage and burn the town ; and la confirmation of this statement, it was observed that a hale was made near Tredegar for nearly three hours, during which . me several scouts were despatched towards Pontypool ; the additional force, however, did not arrive at the expected Cale, and the order was given to " march," in obedience t which command the mass hurried onwards towards the town. When they arrived at the out skirts they again halted, r the pikes, guns, pistols, sabres, and other weapons N ith .11 they were armed, and which till that time had been .-- some measure concealed, were generally displayed, and ts body divided itself into two co lumns, one of which mare e_d into Newport by way of stow hill and the other by the I. in entrance to the town, Charles street. The magistrates t whom intelligence of the contem plated attack had been co anunicated, had, in the meantime, taken the precaution to cr out the military, about sixty sol diers of the 45th regime t of infantry, and to swear in a number of special constat as, all of whom were drawn up in the yard attached to the estgate hotel, where also the ma gistrates had assembled. „ would seem this circumstance had been with equal care impar; :d to the leaders of the chartists, for they immediately proceeds .1 in the direction of the hotel, and having arrived before it, again halted. They then gave three cheers for the people's charter, and with numerous yells and execrations commenced r fire on the hotel. The windows were soon demolished, alai the bullets and slugs flying about in all directions ; and seveaal persons, including the mayor, having been wounded, it was deemed expedient to call the military into action. Tl:ey were accordingly stationed in the upper apartments of the hotel, and the Riot Act having -been read, and the mob becoming momentarily more furious, the order was given and they fired. As might be expected, from the position in which they stood, every shot produced a fearful effect, and in the course of a few minutes from 10. to 12 chartists were killed upon the spot, and several others dangerously, and in too many instances, I fear, mortally wounded. Finding themselves worsted, and that, from the position occupied by the military, the consequences were almost certain death, the chartists retreated and took to the fields, where they divided themselves into regularly-organised parties. In my communication of yesterday, I stated the particulars of several who were wounded, and I have only to add the name of Mr. Jones, of Pingwonlly, about a mile from New port, who was shockingly mangled. I have just seen the guard of the Cardiff mail, who states that about three o'clock yesterday he saw thousands of men, armed with guns, pickaxes, &c., marching down the railroad from the Risca ironworks with the avowed object of joining the chartists in Newport. It is feared that the worst is yet to come; and you will see, from the-letters which I subjoin, (which correspond with the information I otherwise received,) that a renewed attack was meditated last night. , t" The following letter is posted in our commercial rooms; v-' it is addressed by a highly-respectable inhabitant of Newport ""'to Mr. John Fisher, wine-merchant, of this city " NEWPORT, Nov. 4, 18:39.—0ur town is in a state of ''''riot—we have had a most dreadful riot—in fact, it is not over ;"'yet, as we fully expact the chartists will set fire to the town this night. Dead bodies are lying in the streets : there are about twelve killed, and a great many wounded. They came down in a body of about 20,000 from the ironworks. We expect about 200 soldiers by the packet from Bristol imme diately. No person is allowed to go out of his house—nearly all the families here have left town." The following is from a tradesman to his sister : " God grant we may not be all murdered to-night. I heard a chartist swear this morning, that not a stone of Monmouth gaol should be left to-morrow night, and that Newport should be as hot as ." Mr a surgeon, says : . " I have seen nine dead, and have attended several more, who lam sure will (lie. It is dreadful work. At the time I write this my shirt sleeves are saturated with blood." The following was read in the Commercial Rooms this evening : _ _ _ " NEWPORT, Monday, Nov. 4, 9 a. m.—There is sad work here : the chartists are coming down from the hills in great numbers, and all of them are armed. Severalistragglers have been taken : one had a sword, pistol, and ammunition, and a large iron hammer about his person, and some others had pikes. A gentleman from this town was sent on horse back last night to Risca t ) reconnoitre, and was attacked he has a wound in the grc in six or eight inches long : he was also fired at. We are r. it constables. I have been up all night. The soldiers have been under arms since yesterday. An express was sent to 1 :istol last night for more. Infor mation was received that le' chartists intend 0 break open the gunmakers' shops, at 1 march to Monmouth, to liberate - Vincent. Business is at t stand-still. I have just learnel that 5000 or 6000 are ma hing upon Sir C. Morgan's seat at Tredegar." In consequence of the { press referred to in the above let ter, the 10th Lancers, st ioned at Bristol, marched at two o'clock this morning. I ould have stated that the express did not arrive here till he yesterday afternoon. I have just seen a gent nan from Cardiff. He states that information of the riot ai - ed there this afternoon, and that the mayor and magistra immediately took every precau tion for the preservation the peace. The staff of the Car marthenshi re militia, sta led in the town, were called out, the pensioners were arinc and eight field pieces distributed in the p r i n cipal streets ; 400 d suppl y o f b a l l and powder was served out, and ever separation made. (From the Worrr • Journal of Yesterday.) The following is an e) :t of a letter addressed to a gen teleman in this city : " ON Mourn, Nov. 839.—1 received official intelli gence on Sunday evening of the discovery of a deepl P, organized rebellion on the part of the Chartists on the Monmouthshire Hills, and that a general rising would take place on Sunday night or Monday morning, for the sole pur pose of marching to Monmouth to release the Chartist prisoners confined in this gaol. I immediately took precau tionary measures, and the Lancers were under arms and ready for action all night. During the night I was called out of bed in consequence of an eminent ironmaster and his lady passing through for Cheltenham for safety. He gave positive intelligence that many thousands were then assembled, armed and amunitioned, ready for the march. Their first plan was to overpower the soldiers at Newport and Abergavenny, to prevent their intercepting them.—To-day (Monday) we have been on the alert, swearing in special constables and pensioners, and to-night we have established a horse-patrol of gentlemen (the Vicar at the head) to keep look-outs on the different roads. I have applied to the Mayor of Bristol for an additional troop of soldiers." " MONDAY NIGHT, Ten o'Clock.—We have just received intelligence of the commencement of an attack at Newport. A body of about 1,500 miners, &c., armed with pikes and musketry, marched to Newport ; twothirds taking up their position on a hill in the suburbs, and the other 500 descending into thelown. The rioters planted themselves opposite the Westgate Hotel, where the 29th Infantry were placed, and fired into the house. This was returned with blank cartridge; upon which the mob repeated their volley, one of the balls striking the cap of a soldier. The Infantry then fired upon them, and the action became hot. The result was that seven of the Chartists were killed, besides others wounded, altogether fifty. The detachment then retreated upon the main body, and the whole retired to the hills, vowing ven gence, and protesting that they would renew hostilities with considerably increased numbers. The Mayor was wounded in two places, the thigh and the arm, while reading the Riot Act ; and narrowly escaped with his life. A fellow attacked him, and would probably have succeeded in slaying him, but that a soldier killed him on the spot." " TUESDAY MORNING, 10 o'clock.—l am glad to say that Frost, the late Mayor and Magistrate of Newport, (who was cashiered by Lord John Russell, and who was conspicu ous in the affray,) was captured last night, with three loaded pistols and ammunition in his possession. He is considered to be the leader of the chartists in this county. I hope this will settle the affair. There has not yet been a repeated at tack. It seems the detour to Newport was an after thought on the part of the rioters; their original intention was to come to Monmouth direct. Ido not fear them here—we are well prepared for them." (From our own Correspondent.) HEREFORD,—WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6.—The passengers, guard, and coachman, of the Bristol mail, which reached this city at half-past ten o'clock last night, report that the num ber of rioters killed amounted to no fewer than seventeen. None of the soldiers were hurt, except one who was wounded by his own musket. The person sent express from Newport to Bristol with intelligence of the occurrence reported that he saw the Mayor, Thomas Phillips, Esq. wounded and bleed ing whilst reading the riot act ; it is said that he is dangerously hurt. I heard it reported by this conveyance that a most ac tive person amongst the mob was Mr. Frost, the ex-magis trate, who it will be recollected, was indicted at -the last Monmouthshire Assizes for using seditious language ; but the case was traversed, and he was liberated on bail, and it is said that it was a person immediately behind him who wound ed the mayor. This is given only as a rumour. I hope that Mr. Frost, grateful for the favour shown him at the Assizes, was rather engaged in checking the violence of the mob. It is said that he is in custody. I understand that about thirty dragoons crossed the passage yesterday (Tuesday) on their way to Newport from Bristol. Brecon and Lkuidovery are full of chartists.—At the date of the last accounts, Newport was tranquil, as was also the to wn o f M onmou th, where it was at one time apprehended the chartists would come and release Vincent from the gaol. LATEST PARTICULARS. (From the Times of Yesterday.) NEWPORT, Nov. 5, 2 O'CLOCK, TUESDAY MORNING.— You will be glad to hear that the proceedings of the Chartists were yesterday brought to a crisis here. Thousands of them came down into the town yesterday morning from Tredegar and other ironworks and collieries on the hills. They were all armed with guns, pistols, swords, pikes, and other wea pons, and led on by the notorious John Frost, the Mon mouthshire delegate. When they entered the town, their first inquiry was for the military, and where they were sta tioned ; and being informed that a small detachment of them was stationed at the Westgate Hotel, the mob were formed in front of it, and immediately commenced an attack by firing through the windows ,into the house. The military, under the direction of our excellent Mayor, promptly re turned the fire, and in a very short time several of the rioters were deprived of life, and lay weltering in blood—a horrible spectacle for the survivors, who very soon retreated in great disorder and in every direction. Great praise is due to the military for their cool and determined conduct. The Mayor was wounded by a gunshot in the left arm, and by a severe cut in the right side, which has quite disabled him ; but I am happy to say that he is now doing well, and reported by his attendants to be out of danger. He has acted altogether with great firmness, discretion and determination, and has well entitled himself to the thanks of the country. I last night searched the house of Mr. Frost for treasonable and seditious papers, and possessed myself of all his manuscripts ; and I also searched the house of his printer, a fellow of the name of Partridge, where I met some resistance, and was obliged to force my way in. To my great astonishment, on my entering the house, the first person who met me was John Frost, for whose apprehension £lOO had been offered. I immediately secured him : his printer, Partridge, and ano ther person, I found there concealed. On Frost's person were found one brace and a-half of pistols, a flask full of powder, and a large quantity of balls and caps ; and on the other prisoner I found two brace of pistols, and a large quan tity of gunpowder and ball. Frost, Partridge, and about a dozen others, are now in custody, the former charged with treason and sedition. The town during the past night has been quite tranquil, and nothing like a disturber of the peace was to be heard or seen. Only one of the military, a ser jeant, has been hurt, and he not seriously. Several of the inhabitants have been wounded. Mr. Morgan, a respectable draper, living in Commercial-street, was shot in the chest, and is now lying in a dangerous state. It is due to all the inhabitants to say that they are entitled to great credit, and that every man among them has 'nobly performed his duty. Our member, and highly respected neighbour, Mr. Blewitt, has been constantly at his post, and indefatigable in the per formance of his magisterial duties. The magistrates will sit this morning to hear and investigate the charges against the prisoners, and you will again hear from me to-morrow, with further information. Mr. Blewitt has, by this day's post, written to Lord Nor manby, strongly advising the issuing of a special commission for the immediate trial of the prisoners. THE NEWPORT CHARTIST RIOT ARRESTED. NEWPORT, Nov. s.—Upon my arrival in Newport early this morning, after travelling all night, I found the town in a state of the greatest excitement, but that the riots had been for the present put down, and the magistrates were about proceeding to examine the prisoners who stand charged with high treason. The examinations I subjoin verbatim, as they are most important, and tend to unr ave l th e d eep ly-laid con spiracy of the chartists. It is here worthy of remark, that hints were given to the high sheriff (Mr. Leigh) that his house was about to be attacked, in consequence of which he applied for the military from Newport. The magistrates of that borough, in consequence of secret information which they had received, declined, fortunately complying with his request, and thus alone has the town been saved from being sacked and burnt. It was the intention of the chartists to have been in Newport, and to have made the attack, at one o'clock on Monday morning, when no one can forgsee the dreadful consequences which might have ensued. They were, however, delayed in their march by waiting for the various bodies to join, and thus their entrance did not take place until nine o'clock on the Monday morning, a circumstance to which, combined with the indomitable courage of the few soldiers of the 45th, the preservation of the town may be ascribed. Upon arriving opposite the Westgate Inn, we were particularly struck with its desolate appearance, all the windows being destroyed, the window-frames broken to pieces, and marks visible where bullets, slugs, &c., have injured the premises. Within were drawn up the handful of the gallant 45th, and in the large room, again temporgtily refitted, the magistrates were sitting in examination. The loss of life has, however, been shocking, upwards of 20 of the deluded chartists having been shot to death, while others who are severely wounded are not expected to survive. In addition to which we are informed that some dead bodies have been found in the adjacent fields. We have been unable to learn the names of those killed, as they are strangers in the town. One of them has, however, been recognised as a deserter from the 29th regiment, and another, from his union card, is found to be of the name of Griffiths; but beyond this. I have been unable to ascertain. There are from forty to fifty of the chartists wounded, and several of the inhabitants, among whom are The mayor, shot through the arm with a slug, and severely wounded in the groin. Henry Williams, a gunshot wound in the head, the bullet having passed through the scalp, but without penetrating the brain ; he has also a severe cut across the knee, and a stab from a pike; after receiving these injuries he was trampled upon as dead; he was, however, rescued by some friends, and there are hopes of his recovery. Mr. Morgan, linen-draper, shot in the side by a pi s t o l bullet, which, after passing through the integuments, lodged in the rternutn, from which it has been extracted. Sergeant Daly, of the 45th, two slug wounds in the head. And several others slightly wounded. The magistrates, the moment they had reason to antici pate the riots which have ended so fatally, issued the follow ing handbills:— " BOROUGH OF NEWPORT, COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. " The justices of the borough strictly charge and require all persons who have been sworn in as special constables for the borough, to attend at the Westgate Inn at nine o'clock this morning, in order to perform active duty. " Dated this 4th day of November, 1839. _ _ " By order of the Justices." " BOROUGH OF NEWPORT, COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. " The justices of the borough recommend th e i n h a bit an t s to close their shops to-day. " Newport, Nov. 4, 1839. " By order of the Justices." During the course of the riot the following proclamation was extensively circulated:— " Our Sovereign Lady the Queen strictly chargeth and commandeth all persons being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habita tions, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for prevent ing tumults and riotous assemblies. " GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. " Borough of Newport, Nov. 4, 1839. " The Riot Act has been read. " By order of the Justices." Notwithstandinz, however, these exertions, the deluded wretches marched upon the town, and proceeded in their work of destruction ; and it being perfectly apparent that Mr. John Frost, the quondam member of the National Con vention and Russell justice of the peace, had been the pri mary leader in the treasonable enterprise, the magistrates issued the following reward for his apprehension : " JOHN FROST.—£IOO Reward.—The above reward will be paid to any person or persons who shall apprehend and bring to justice John Frost, late of Newport, draper, who stands charged with the crime of high treason. " By order of the Magistrates. " Borough of Newport, Nov, 4, 839." Mr. Thomas Jones Phillipps also, under directions from the magistrates, proceeded to search Mr. Frost's house, who was nowhere to be found, and seized all his manuscripts. Mr. Phillipps was then further led to search the house of one Partridge, a printer, and, being unable to obtain peaceable entrance, Mr. Phillipps burst the door, and there apprehended Frost, Waters, and Partridge, Frost and Waters having in their possession several loaded pistols, two powder flasks, some bullets, lucifer matches, &c. The prisoners having been conveyed to the Westgate, were this day placed under examination. THE EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS JOHN FROST, THE LATE MAGISTRATE OF NEWPORT, AND CHARLES WATERS, FOR HIGH TREASON AND SEDITION. Upon the prisoners being brought in, Frost appeared for a moment to curl his lip with scorn and contempt, but in spite of all his attempts at self-possession betrayed evident marks of trepidation. WEiters, the other prisoner, walked up boldly to the table, but became evidently very depressed during the examination. The magistrates present, Mr. Reginald F. Blewitt, M.P., and Messrs. Hall, Brewer, Edwards, and the Rev. F. Coles, having taken their seats, Mr. Blewitt, as chairman, com menced the examinations. Mr. BLEWITT.—John Brost and Charles Waters, you staad charged with treason and sedition. Do you wish for any professional adviser? r•\ \ h \l\ s ' Both the prisoners declined. Matthew Williams was then sworn (the witness was badly wounded in the thigh). lam a quarryman, or- paving -stone cutter, at Argoed. Last Saturday night, about ten or eleven o'clock, was in the lodge—Chartist lodge—held at the house of William Williams, at Argoed. A great many were pre sent. There were two persons acting as stewards. I didn't know them. The house was full-50, more or less. They called eleven of us by our names. We were new members. They said we were bound to come to.our captain's call. He was a stranger to me, and a collier. We were to have a captain over us. We were ordered then away. The captain had our names on a piece of paper. They told me we were to give 5d., but I said I had none ; it was one of the stewards who asked me for the money. I said I would pay them another time. Some of the men did give sd. each. The stewards named a captain over me ; his Christian name was Harry—don't know his other name. I should know him again ; the captain was to give us some instructions. On Sunday morning we were to meet between nine and ten o'clock, near the chapel. I was a new member at that time. Next morning was going to my chapel, and met my captain and three or four besides myself ; we stopped awhile until we all came together, five in the whole ; the others didn't come then ; we agreed to meet them at six o'clock that night in the same place. We went to the lodge that evening ; dare say 100 there. I knew George Reeves, he was there; he (I've been let into a secret) told me. There was some of the persons who said " what did us want in Newport ?" There was talk of going to Newport ; they asked, " What were we going to do there ?" G. Reeves said, we was to go there and stop all traffic, or all trade, and the coaches, and the post. There was somebody did ask him whether Mr. Frost was hard by ; yes, he was at Blackwood, and he was to go forward. Frost here objected to that evidence. Mr. Blewitt.—No, not against you, but of general con versation. Examination resumed.—After that, they said if we did not have Mr. Frost before us, we should go no further. It was agreed that we should send after Mr. Frest to stop him on the way ; he was to stop at Newbridge until we came there, or we would go no - further ; we were to rest at the Royal Oak at Cefn-ty-Mareliog. That Sunday evening, after we left the lodge, every one was to go home and have refreshment. I went home, and went to bed. We were to meet again as soon as we had had nourishment ; they came to the roornand rattled at the door for me, but I would not go, the weather was so bad, and the night so dark. A great many came after wards' and said they would break the door if I did no t come out. I was obliged to go, and a guard was placed over me. I went with a party down to Newbridge. I only took a stick with a great nob on the end of it. We were joined by other large parties, most of them armed with sticks, guns, a great many with pikes, one sword, and stakes. I knew most of them by sight. A good many acted as leaders. There were strangers who came from Blackwood. I don't remember the names of one of them. At Newbridge it was said that John Frost was gone ahead, and we was to come after him. I saw the prisoner Frost at the Royal Oak, a beer-house, near Risca. There were a great many with him, some of them armed. I can't tell if all, as it was dark. The prisoner was walking about:from one place to the other. He did not speak to me. I saw him speak to several, but not in my hearing. He was not then giving directions. Did not know the pri soner Waters. Frost went away for about an hour, and he came back with some men with hi m . I b e li eve they were armed. All this was in the dead of the night. Several hun dred of us then went on to Newport. We went in marching order. When Frost came back I did not see him do any thing then ; but he gave orders, and put us in the way to march. He did not say " March !" or Halt !" as I heard. We halted in many places that we might come together. Frost was with us as we were marching ; sometimes he was in front, and sometimes at the side. We came thrOugh Tredeger-park ; it was then about daylight. We came from Tredegar-park to the top of Stow-hill. We halted at the weighing-machine. I can't say who told us to halt. I did not see John Frost then ; but I saw him again before we came to the Friars. He was walking on one side. I did not hear him say anything. The last time I saw him was opposite the Roman Catholic chapel, two doors from the Westgate. He was walking then on one side. All this armed party were marching in the middle of the road down the hill, and he wes there. I did not see where he went. We came on to this house. I was behind hundreds, but as I came round the corner I heard some one say, " No, • never," and then the pikes were drove against the door. I didn't hear any orders. There were guns, and I heard the order given, " Fire, fire." When they cried out " Let us break the windows," I stepped forward. I was'nt there two minutes before I was knocked down, I believe by my own party. I lay down when the ball struck me, and the officer came to me. I didn't see Frost since till now. He had not arrived. I can't say if he had a cane in his hand or not. 1 have spoken the truth, and I don't know how soon I shall die. I wish to God I was dead before I came here. Mr. Blewitt.—Waters, there is nothing in this to affect you beyond a general account. If you, Frost, wish to put ques tions, you can do so. Examination resumed.—George Reeves didn't tell-me by whose direction this was done, but thathe had been with Mr. Frost. • Cross-examined by Frost.—l have been examined before. I should not know the gentleman's name, but I know Mr. Edwards. It was not Mr. Edwards, but the other gentle man. No promise was made to me if I would give this evi dence. I was forced out of my.house. I might have turned back at the Royal Ook, but not till then, as I was guarded. I might have run away then. John Rees (a lad of about 14).—1 am son of Rees Rees, a constable ; am between 13 .and 14 ; he lives at Pilgwently. Yesterday morning I was down by our house about a quarter to nine. A man was coming down the tramroad on horse back, and he said the chartists were coming, and me and another boy ran up to the machine and we met the mob. They were armed, some with guns, pistols, pikes, and some with mandrils (an iron collier's to o l). I saw the prisoner Frost there, and he came in front of the mob ; I (lid not see the other prisoner; and he stood by the side, and be asked a boy where the soldiers were; this was Mr. Frost. The boy answered and said there was about a dozen gone down to the Westgate. There was another man on the other side of the crowd called " Jack the Fifer" ; his real name is John Reas ; he had a pistol in one hand and a pike in the other. Jack the Fifer told the boy to go back and tell them they meant to have the Westgate for themselves. It was spoken loud. Frost could hear it. He was on the other side of the turn- pike-road ; and another man in the crowd said, Yes, they wanted a waistcoat very bad, as they were very wet." Then Mr. Frost was standing on one side, and Jack the Fifer on the other, and they both said " March !" Frost not very loud, but the other very loud. The crowd marched; then one party went up by the Friars, and the other party came down the road, and met them at the top of Charles-street. I "flaw them divide, and I ran across the fields ; I saw them meet again by Mr. Hopkins's house. I didn't see Frost after. I stopped by Mr. Hopkins's house until the firing was over, lam sure I know Frost ; it was the prisoner. lam sure it was him I saw and heard cry " March !" I know him well, because I saw him the day Vincent was taken, speaking out of his window to the mob. The boy to whom Frost spoke about the soldiers is James Farmer ; he works at Mr. Phelps's yard. Thomas Bevan Oliver.—l am a printer, of Commercial street, Newport. I am a special constable. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, I was by the front door of the Westgate, stationed there by the mayor, to see that no one but constables came in, and those who had a right. We heard some hallooing upon Stow-hill, and a great number of persons presently came down, and marched in front of the Westgate, some armed with pikes and some with guns, &c. They were a rude set of weapons. They marched along in front of the Westgate, seemingly in order. I was at the door. It was open. The head of them milked along as far as the other corner, and then came round to the front door. Previous to their coining to the front door, I saw the pri soner Waters with them. I knew him. He had a gun in his hand, I believe a double-barrelled one, but I am not ex actly certain. As he marched along he pointed the muzzle of the gun towards the windows ; it was in a threatening position. I did not hear him say anything. I did not think it was to direct others, but to threaten some persons whom I supposed to be at the window. The first of the mob then came to the door. The leader of them said (I believe he is one now dead) " Surrender yourselves our prisoners." Mr. O'Dwyer and Superintendent Hopkins were then standing along side of me and Mr. Venn. One of the party at the door with me said, -" No, never." The leader immediately levelled his gun at my head ; on seeing which I pushed the door against the muzzle of the gun, which went off, and the ball passed so near my head that it quite stunned me. That was the first gun which was fired. Just then I saw Mr. O'Dwyer tumble, and I suspected he was shot. I then thought it was time for me to make the best of. my way off. Immediately after heard several other guns fired, but I can't say by whom. I returned into the house, and went out at the back door. After the dispersion of the mob, I again came into the Westgate and saw several lying dead. I should say the firing lasted 20 minutes. I am quite sure Waters, the prisoner, was the man; I have known him ever since Vincent was examined. Waters declined asking any questions. Samuel Simmons, labourer.—l live at Newport, near the Salutation. Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, I was by the machine. I saw a large crowd of peo- Tle armed with guns, spits, pike s , an d a ll sor t s o f thi ngs . hey came up the lane by the Friars. I saw the prisoner Frost at their head and many others. I didn't see him give directions, but the boys were hallooing, and he put up his hand to stop them ; they stopped by the turnpike. Mr. Frost stopped them. I heard Frost say they had better show them selves to the town first. He turned round to them. I don't know what he meant. They came down Stow-hill. Mr. Frost was walking at their side. I came down with them all the way. They came and tried the Wesgate yard gate, but it was fast. Frost was with them ; he was just by the anchor shop. I heard him say, " Turn round, and make your ap pearance to the front." lam quite positive he said it ; I was not three yards off. I did not hear him say anything else. The crowd rushed in all at once, and they began to fire. They turned round as he directed them, and came to the front of the Westgate, where they rushed in and began to fire. I made the best of my way off ; 1 went over to Mr. Mullett's door. I don't know whether I saw Waters there. I should think it was nearly ten o'clock when I last saw Frost near the. Westgate. The prisoner Frost declined asking anything. Edward Hopkins, police-officer of Newport.—When the tumult occurred I was at the door of the Westgate. There was only one attack upon the house. I saw the prisoner Waters ; I know him well. He carried a gun. I didn't see him use it. He passed by the door with the rest of the crowd armed. Didn't see him take any part of the affray. I didn't see Frost there. I searched Frost. He delivered these things up to me from his pocket—one pair of pocket pistols loaded, one other pistol loaded, powder flask and balls. He gave them up when I was going to search him. I searched the prisoner Waters, and found on him four pistols, one powder flask, and a quantity of bullets, (the pistols were primed and loaded,) a pistol wrench, a bunch of keys, and a number of lucifer matches. Thomas Jones Phillips assisted me in search ing him. - Both prisoners declined asking any questions. Thomas Jones Phillips.—l am a solicitor residing in New port. I went yesterday evening to search for papers in the house of Partridge, a printer. I knocked at the door, but no notice being taken, I knocked again ; this was between 6 and 7 o'clock. I then heard Partridge's voice in the house. I said, " Partridge, open the door." He said, " I'm gone to bed." I said, " Get up and open the door ; if you do not open it, I shall force it open." I immediately put my shoul der to the door and forced it open. I was attended by Mr. Rogers, the grocer. The first person who presented himself to me on entering was the prisoner Frost, who stood within two yards of the door. Mr. Rogers laid hold of hi m by o n e side of his collar, and 1 laid hold of him by the other. and we said, "Mr. Frost, you are our prisoner." He said, " Very well ; I will go with you directly." " No," I said, " we are not prepared to take you now, you must wait ; he retired to the fireplace and sat down, and took some bread and cheese, and said, " I suppose I shall be allowed to eat this bread and cheese," and I said yes, and he ate it. I then addressed myself to Partridge, and said, " Partridge, lam come here to search your house. I want your manuscripts." He procured a candle, and we went into an adjoining room, where he handed me the files of paper in this bag. The pri soner Waters was also there, in the same room with Mr. Frost ; the files of paper were Lrought into the outer room. I was examining the papers, when Mr. Frost came up to me and asked me by what au-hority I took these papers. He said, " If you expect to find any of my manuscripts among them, you will be disappointed." I said, " I dont expect to find them here, I have them already." I had previously searched Frost's house, but I did not find him there. Frost walked to the fireplace, and I told Partridge that he also was a prisoner. 1 then desired a young man to go to the Westgate and make the necessary communication of their being apprehended. A party of constables came to our as sistance, and the prisoners were brought down here and searched ; the pistols, &c., now produced were found upon \%, •.‘ A-4- 4N05, N • i~ .x, \ S them. Mr. Frost walked down with me. Waters was also taken and brought to the Westgate. The prisoners were then remanded for two hours, at the end of which period they were again brought down ; they were asked if they had anything to say. Frost.—l have nothing to say ; I will reserve it for my trial. Waters.-1 shall also reserve for my trial whatever I may have to say. Both the prisoners were then committed for high treason, to be tried at the next Monmouth Assizes. ALARMING RUMOURS OF ANOTHER ATTACK UPON THE TOWN TO-NIGHT. The most alarming accounts have been received by mesen gers just arrived of the Chartists being again seen in thou sands upon the hills marching upon Newport ; the greatest excitement prevails. The 45th are under arms at the Westgate. A troop of the 10th. Hussars arrived to-day, and the special constables are parading the streets. The magis trates have ordered the public-houses to be closed, and every possible precaution is being taken. Whether the rumour be false or not I cannot say, but the magistrates believe it to be true. As lam now obliged to close, in order to be in time to express it to Bristol, I shall give further particulars in my next. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR—MONDAY .—Her Majesty, attended by several of her royal suite, walked on the terrace and in the slopes this afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Lady C. Dundas, drove to Kensington Palace this morning. Her Royal Highness will return in the evening to dinner. Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg continues to improve from his late attack of jaundice. _ Lord Edward Howard arrived at the castle yesterday even ing. The Hon. Mrs. Grey left the castle this morning. Lady C. Barrington and Lady Cowper drove out'this after noon, in a carriage and four. Lady Fanny Cowper drove out in a pony phaeton. _ . . The royal dinner party this evening will be the same as yesterday, with the exception of the above arrival and de parture. WINDSOR—TUESDAY EVENING.—In consegnence of the unfavourable appearance of the weather, her Majesty has re mained within the castle during the day. Lady Charlotte Dundas took an airing on horseback. The following took their departure from the castle this morning :—The Dowager Lady and Lady F. Cowper, Lords Clarence and George Paget, and Lord Edward Howard. Sir James Clark arrived at the castle to-day. Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg is considerably better. With the exception of the departures, the royal dinner party will be the same as last evening. WINDSOR, Wednesday.—The Queen walked to-day for some time on the terrace of the Castle, and also on the slopes. Her Majesty was attended by the ladies in waiting and several of the gentlemen of her suite. The Duchess of lent, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg, took au airing in the Park in a pony phaeton this morning. Lady Agnes Byng arrived on Monday at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. Charles A. Murray has re turned to the Castle. The Countess of Uxbridge and the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget joined the Royal dinner party last evening. The Rev. Dr. Markham will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party this evening. The other guests at the Castle will be the same as yesterday. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. (From the Courier and Enquirer of October 17.) WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18.—The appearance of matters in Wall-street, becomes brighter and brighter every day, and those who have hitherto entertained fears that our bank would not be able to continue specie payments dur ing the suspension of those south of us, are now confident of a happier result. Specie continues coming in even from Canada, to which there is usually a drain, which is probably to be attributed to the British Commissariat there, hav ing been supplied with dollars from Mexico. Again, an opinion is gaining ground—and we may have reason to believe it is correct,—that our bank may rely upon the assistance of the general government should they need it. A wise measure called for by the interests of the United States Treasury, as well as by those of the country, and lastly, the State Bank and Bank of America are offering to draw on England at 94 per cent., and their drafts are, we learn, not founded on shipments of specie, but on open credits. • (From the Courier and Enquirer of October 18.) THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17.—Stock have de clined to-day. United State Bank Shares which opened at 83, fell to 78, but at the second board recovered 1 per cent. Delaware & Hadson Canal Co. declined 2 to 21 per cent. Bank of Kentucky 11 per cent. North American Trust and Banking Co. 2 per cent. 3,500 dollars Treasury Notes were sold at 1004- to 1001. European Exchange is abundant. Besides the bills offer ing by our banks, shippers of flour and the new crop of cotton are drawing. The rate of sterling bills is from 91 to 10 per cent. Little however has been done in exchange to-day. To-morrow no doubt the transactions will be important for the steam ship which sails on Saturday. There is little doing in specie, and no change has taken place in the rates. The packet ship Louis Phillippe, for Havre, takes out 48,000 dollars in specie and besides, which is deserving of notice, 300 barrels flour. (From Ike Courier and Enquirer of October 19J FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER lB.—the steamer -Liver pool, which sails this day, will convey to Europe the first in telligence of the suspension of specie payments by the Pennsylvania Banks, and of many banks south of them, un less the London packet ship Wellington should arrive before her, which is not improbable. On the departure of the Wellington, the suspension alluded to, was of such recent occurrence, that we contented our selves with simply noticing it. Sufficient time had not then .elapsed to consider this event iu all its bearings, to reflect on its many important consequences, and its probable effects ; and even now, though we purpose to enter more fully on the subject, we shall principally confine ourselves to a statement of facts on which reliance may be placed, for we arc still too much in the dark as to the immediate causes of the catastrophe, to venture a decided opinion on the causes which produced it, or the consequences which may be expected to flow from it. All the banks in the city of New York (with a couple of trifling exceptions, not worthy of notice) continue to meet their engagements in specie, and are amply able to meet their circulation (which may be presumed to be much curtailed), and their deposits in specie, if demanded. There has, how ever, been no run upon them for specie, nor, foreign ex changes being in our favour, and the balance of indebtedness with other parts of the union being also in our favour, is it well possible to conceive from what quarter any such demand should come. If it should come, however, our banks, we repeat, are prepared to meet it in specie from their own re sources, and should these by any possibility fail, they will have the support of the federal government. This latter fact may appear strange in foreign countries, to which the cry of " divorce of bank and state, and sub-treasury," has reached ; but it must be recollected that by law the federal government is only permitted to receive its dues in specie, or the notes of specie paying banks ; and if there are none of the latter —and there would then assuredly neither be specie—fOrth coming, the government would be placed in a sorry predica ment. New York is, therefore, the only sure foothold left in which the government can collect its revenues. But while we speak thus confidently, nay advisedly, of the ability of the New York banks, it cannot be denied that they maintain it at the expense of the commerce of this city, which is suffer ing to an unparalelleled extent. This day has been, on 'change, one of the severest pressure. Money scarcely to be had on any terms, however unquestionable the security of fered. 'lt may be, therefore, asked, is it not possible that our banks, yielding to the necessity of the case, will be in duced to bring their credit to the support of individual cre dit, whereby they would increase their liabilities to an extent which might endanger their continuance of specie payments. We are very far from being sure that, in view of the general interests of the country, it would not be better they encoun tered this risk ; but there is almost an insuperable obstacle to their doing it. By a law of the state of New York, on the suspension of tpecie payments by any of our banks, the chancellor may in terfere, stop their business, and appoint a receiver of all their assets; and it is understood that the chancellor (nothing loath! according to custom) would be very willing to take this responsibility upon himself, which, putting the interests of the holders of stock in our banks out of the question, would, to the mercantile community at large, be still more disastrous than the course which the banks now pursue. There is, however, another view to be taken of our posi tion, and a more favourable one, which is, that the banks having felt their way, and found that there is no danger of a demand upon them for specie from foreign countries, will be able to afford the same facilities to mercantile enterprise which they have done, in other times, without endangering their actual position. That this state of things has arrived, or will very speedily arrive. there are many indications. Bills on Europe, to-day, were offering. under par, and could find no buyers. When this state of our foreign exchanges is once firmly established, we think the banks may be under no ap prehension, and that their interest then, as well as inclina tion, will lead them to afford that aid to the mercantile com munity it so much needs. The banks in the Eastern States continue specie payments, with the exception of those in Rhode Island, a manufacturing district, which sells chiefly to the Southern States, and which, depending entirely upon its..returns from that quarter, have not, in view of the probable suspension of the banks there," thought proper to push their people at home. The Boston banks seem much in the position of the New York banks— able to meet in specie at present all the demands that may come upon them, but fearful of increasing their liabilities to an extent which would meet the usual requirements of the commmtity. A meeting of merchants, it will be seen, has been held in Boston, calling upon the banks to extend their discounts; but it is not believed it will have any effect on the determinations of the directors. The banks south of us have all stopped specie payments, as far as the intelligence of the suspension in Pennsylvania has reached. Charleston (S. C.) is the furthest point at which it has been received, and there all the banks, except the Bank of Charleston and State Bank, had suspended. It is pretty clear, that these will also follow, and it is not improbable we shall announce the fact, in a postscript. We disclaim, in the most pointed manner possible, any pretensions to superior prudencetn the part of the banks of New York, or better management or sounder capital than the banks of our sister cities. Those who have suspended there will, we are satisfied, eventually be as able to redeem their liabilities as we are. The position of the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania will no doubt be looked at with peculiar in terest in Europe, and we hesitate not to assert our p er f ec t conviction that all its liabilities in Europe will be punctually met. An exposition of the causes of its suspension has been published in some of the papers, which it has been assumed comes from an official source. We believe no such thing, and we caution those interested against giving to it such importance. The bank has put forth no statement of the causes which led to its suspension. All are left to their own conjectures. We may tlierefore venture ours, which is, that it is the impossibility of disposing of the large amount of state securities which it holds, that has led to its embarrass ments. -Largely involved as the bank was in our Southern States, holding there an immense amount of debts—in the ordinary course of things the most secure,—it has converted, as the better alternative, individual debts into state debts, calculating on the facility with which the latter were sold in Europe ; but in this it has been disapeointed, by the unfor tunate consequences of the failure of the crops of grain in the north of Europe. The value of the bank shares (the debts, we repeat, are out of the question) depends thus upon the solvency of our Southern and Western States; and of this no one, in this country at least, entertains a doubt. In looking at the prices current for all our public securities here, foreigners must keep in view the high rates of interest now paid for the use of money, and that it is to the interest capitalists to sell at a loss even state securities or bank shares, which pay but an interest at most of 7 per cent., when they can invest their money here on security as good, which will give them 25 per cent. interest. . A great deal of curiosity was excited at Haydon-bridge, on Saturday last, by the exhibition of a turnip of the white globe kind, which was grown upon the estate of M. N. Parker, Esq., of Hilltions, measuring one yard and 3 inches in cir cumference, and weighed 3111b.—Newcastle Journal. UNITED STATES. The following extracts comprise the most interesting ar des of news in the papers brought by the Liverpool : FIRE AT MOBILE. (From the correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) MOBILE, Ocr. 8, 1839.—Again has our ill-fated city been visited by a most destructive conflagration. Another fire broke out last evening between seven and eight o'clock, in an untenanted house on the corner of Conception and Dau phin-streets, which the unwearied exertions of the citizens for hours were unable to arrest. The wind was fresh from the east, blowing directly across the city. The only water to be obtained was from the river, which was to windward of the fire, and as there Were not enough of engines and hose to lead it around, the machines were entirely useless—in fact, scarcely twenty hhds. of water were thrown by all of them combined.• To say how many houses and stores were destroyed is now an utter impossibility, but the devouring element has left twelve large blocks, but so many heaps of burning ruins. Rising twenty houses were blown up by pottiti - , but as the wind was very strong for the first four hours, that expedient proved almost entirely unsuccessful, until near midnight, when happily it became calm, and at Franklin-street the progress of the flames was arrested. For the information of those who are acquainted with the localities of Mobile, I will give you the boundaries of the " burnt district." Every building within Conception-street'on the east, Centre-street on the south, St. Francis-street on the north, and Franklin street on the west, is levelled with the ground. The amount of property destroyed, it is thought, will not fail short of A MILLION AND A HALF OF DOLLARS, and the misery and distress it has occasioned is truly heart rend ing. Not less than 1000 persons are made houseless, anti almost every article of their property destroyed, even after it was, as they thought, conveyed to a place of safety. • So very rapid Was the progress of the fire, that what at one moment was considered a secure spot, the next half hour was but a heap of blazing ruins. The buildings destroyed were, with but four or five excep tions, all of wood. Those on Dauphin-street were mostly retail stores, and those on the other streets dwelling-houses. The fire was evidently the work of an incendiary, as the place in which it originated had been unoccupied for the last six months. None of our wholesale dealers and commission merchants suffered, as they are principally located on Com merce, Conte, and Water-streets, near the river. Amidst all our calamities, I am happy to say that the sickness is abating rapidly. The burials on the sth were only 1, on the 6th. 2, and on the 7th, 9 ; of these 9, the greater part were old cases from the hospital. SECOND FIRE IN MOBILE. (From the New York Gazette of October 19.) We gave yesterday morning a brief account of the fire in Mobile, on the night of the 7th inst. Another most destruc tive conflagration took place on the following night, the par ticulars of which we find in the following letter, in the Com mercial Advertiser of last evening. The loss by the first fire is estimated at a million and a half of dollars. " MOBILE, Oct. 9, 1839.—Afiliction upon affliction crowds upon this doomed city. When I wrote you yesterday, I in tended to have given you to-day a more detailed account of the fire of the 7th (Monday night), which we thought the most dreadful affliction ; but a new horror has cast that, for the present, into temporary oblivion. Last night the Man sion-house was fired in an unoccupied room on the third storey, in a remote part of the building, and in such a way as to give it a full sweep along the whole building. It suc ceeded, and the consequences are awful. While I write (at 8 A. as.), the Mansion-house is literally destroyed—the un furnished Government-street house is a heap of ruins—the Merchants' and Planters' Bank (a fine structure, which cost 250,000 dollars)' is nearly down—one of the market-houses is burned—and the whole range of buildings opposite, from Court to Government-street, is wholly destroyed. Loss in calculable, and the certainty that- it is the work of villains, deepens the horror of the scene. Late in the night, while the Mansion-house and Bank were in a blaze, and the street crowded with a thousand men, a daring attempt was made to fire the row of brick buildings on Royal-street, opposite the bank. A blazing barrel was found filled full of combustible matter, under the eaves of the house, in the garret, where, had it not been discovered by accident, it must have enveloped the whole row in flames in a few minutes, and added many thousands to the loss. • It is not even sure now that it is safe, though I think the fire will not extend much farther. The guard-house and mayor's office were on fire, but it was put out. I write in great haste, not knowing whether this will go - by mail to-day, as the post-office is destroyed ; but all the papers and letters will, I believe, be saved. I may not have another opportu nity ,c write to-day, and have snatched a moment to scrawl this. We are, as you may suppose, in a state of utter con sternation. Insolvency, and pestilence, and fire, have been visited upon us in such a rapid and alarming succession, that we are in a state of stupefaction. " Every body grieves for Callum, of the Mansion-house, almost as a brother. Never did a quiet and modest citizen, such as he is, win more univessal affection than he has done during the season. his purse has been open to the sick and needy, at all times, without stint or question—his house has been their resort for food, medicine, and encouragement, during the pestilence ; and only last night, the night selected for consigning him to utter destruction, his spacious house was given up, in part, to many whom the fire of Monday night had made houseless women and children, and he was watching by the bedside of a dying friend. And the fiends selected him, at such a time, as the object of their particular atrocity ! HEALTH OF THE SOUTH.-SAVANNAH. Reports are circulated in the interior injurious to the re putation of our city for general health. We have heretofore refrained from noticing these reports, as anything we would state, would be, in some measure, contradicted by our bills of mortality, published weekly. These bills give all the in terments within the city, including all the suburbs and hos pital cases. In a commercial city like Savannah it must be expected, with so large a resident population, (embracing many good subjects for autumnal fever, that there will be in the autumn more deaths than at any other period ; but we say on good authority, and assure our country friends, that there is no epidemic now, and none has existed during the summer. Until the last fortnight, the deaths have been few indeed, exhibiting remarkable health fora southern city, with F o mixed a population. The sickness recently has been con fined to the outskirts of the city, but we are advised that there are very few cases, at this time, of fever. Most of these are in the confines, and the few which exist in the heart of the city can, as well as the very few deaths which have there occurred, be traced to imprudence or unseasona ble exposure. We have not heard of any non-resident who has visited us being taken sick, but it has been remarked to us by a friend, that the minister of our largest churches would not, had he been in the city this summer, have been required to officiate more than- once in his congregation. This too was not a case of bilious fever. Let all who choose to visit the city use common prudence at this season, and we believe they will be as exempt from attacks of any kind, as any other southern city on the Atlan tic coast. If they will expose their hospital cases, and all cases in their suburbs, we will compare our bill of mortality since 1820, (when various causes introduced an epidemic,) and we fear not the result. Large numbers of emigrants, arriving here in the hope of employment on our railroad and other works of internal improvement, are certainly fit sub jects of disease in any southern climate. They should not come out before a frost; whereas, since the first of Septem ber, the steerage passengers from New York alone amount to 331. Deaths for the week ending October B.—Elias Jenkins, Germany; Abraham Mesirole, fever, New. York ; Ann Smith, Germany ; Ellen Hopkins, England ; Mary Fury, ditto ; William Campbell, fever, New York ; J. J. Winne, bilious fever, ditto ; R. H. Pitman, fever, Rhode Island ; Thomas Hinds, fever, Massachusets ; henry Arnold, fever, New York.—Savannah Georgian of October 12. MOBILE. A private letter from Mobile, under the date of 6th instant, says—" the sickness is so rapidly abating that we cease to in quire the daily number of deaths ; in a week there will not be a aingle case of fever."—Courier and Enquirer of Octo ber 18. AUGUSTA. If we cannot say to our absent riends that the fever has abated in this city—our list this morning gives the gratifying intelligence that the number of deaths are diminishing, more, however, from the want of subjects, than from any favourable change in our atmosphere since our last notice. We are still without rain, and until we have enough to cover the bottom of our river, (which for the most part is now dry) it will not be prudent for our absent friends to return to the city. As soon as we get a heavy rain, we look for a change in the weather, (which still continues warm) accompanied with a black frost.—AyuBta Constitutionalist. NATCHEZ. NATCITEZ, Oct. 4.—The yellow fever has been very severe here since the 14th of September. The whole number of interments for the month of September amount to 71-58 of which were from fever. This, in a population of only 1,200, the balance of our citizens having left the city,) is a frightful mortality. • Natchez is almovt deserted ' • out of 58 stores on Main street, but five are opened, and it really is calculated to pro duce on the mind of the hale and hearty man a mournful hypocondriac feeling. Our physicians endeavour first to salivate the patient ; when this is effected not one out of fifty die.—Correspondence of N. 0. Bulletin. NEW ORLEANS, The bustle that is now seen in our streets looks very much like the revival of business. A number of vessels have arrived from the north, with goods for this port and the up country. The carriage of the cargoes from the ships to the warehouses, and thence to the steam boats, keeping a number of drays and hands employed, and recals to mind the busy scenes of winter. We notice also the arrival of many passengers by the steamers. The morning papers of yester day contained a long list of new corners. The manifest abatement of the epidemic has emboldened many to come into the city, who would perhaps have acted more wisely to have staid back a few clays longer. We would not say any thing to encourage the return of absentees yet a while. It my be said indeed that the fever has almost lost its epidemic character. The cases are few, and generally assume a mild aspect: But although residents of the city are thus favoured, it is feared lest strangers may not enjoy the same immunity. The fever having prevailed here two months and upwards, has attacked nearly all among us who are liable to the con tagion. If, therefore, the epidemic has not entirely disap peared, the arrival of fresh subjects may occasion a return of sickness. Under such circumstances the safest path is certainly the wisest—to wait a week longer, which can do no harm to those who are absent. In the meanwhile a change of weather may take place more favourable to health. At present it is warm and showery. The probability is that on clearing off the weather will be cold, as frequently happens at this season. Until some decided change in temparature, approaching the character of winter, we would not advise strangers to venture into our city.—New Orlean's Bee. MISCELLANEOUS (From the Evening Star, and the Courier and Enquirer.) Captain J. D. Bailey, who has just arrived in the Cam bridge, has taken command of the Liverpool, packet-ship, South America. All the banks at Harrisburgh, Pensylvania, the scene of loco foco mobs that attacked the capital, have suspended. We learn that several of the banks in Philadelphia are sup plying themselves with small notes from Delaware and New Jersey, with the object of relieving, to some extent, the dif ficulty that exists with regard to change. It is said that the U. S. schooner Boxer is daily expected of New York from Mazatlan, Mexico, with 1,500,000 dol lars-100,000 dollars for English account, and the balance for the New York banks. The St. Louis Republican thinks that not less than twelve hundred thousand dollars have been shipped from St. Louis for the east within the last five or six weeks—the high rate of eastern exchange making it an object to buy and transport specie, and draw against it. We mentioned on Monday, that the National Bank had refused to receive in deposit the notes of the Dry Dock Bank, and the North American Trust Company. We deem it in cumbent upon us to say, that this was the proceeding of a solitary institution not acting in concert in this measure with the other banks; and that neither the Dry Dock nor Trust Company have heretofore kept any account with the National. The new steam-boat Naoini, Captain Taylor, which arrived from St Louis yesterday, has brought 100,000 dollars in specie, consigned to George 0. Hall, Esq. of this city. She has also come freighted with a valuable cargo of produce. Since writing the above, 100,000 dollars more of specie has arrived from the same place, by the steamer Prince, and consigned to the same individual,—New Orleans Picayune. Sept. 19. The first new cotton at Newbern, North Carolina, came in October 2, from Mr. Busick's plantation, Jones' County. It sold at 10 cents. We learn from the New Orleans Prue American, as the result of the late investigation into the afthirs of the Branch Mint, that the superintendent, Mr. Bradford, is to be remov ed, and the Messrs. Maxwell and Tyler, now both deceased, are proclaimed the only two honest men that have been in the concern. The brother of the late Mr. Tyler, it is stated, will probably be appointed coiner. We have been furnished with four pods of Sea Island cotton. from a plantation near Charleston, illustrating the effect of the recent unexampled drought on that staple. The lowest pod, or that plucked nearest the bottom of the stalk, Is fairly opened and matured. The next in the ascending scale is but partially openedand matured—the next more defective —and the topmost one is thoroughly wilted and dried, as if exposed to a severe and untimely frost. The field from which these pods were taken promised fair, two months ago, for a yield of 1501bs. to the acre ; the estimate is now reduced to 701bs, or 751bs. per acre.—Charleston Patriot. Already 8000 bales of new cotton had arrived at Charles ton tip to September 27. The 27th of Sept. was observed at Charleston, South Carolina, as a day of thanks g i v i n g an d p ra y er , in consequence of the calamitous afflictio n (n ow h a ppily abated) which has visited that city. Two interpreters for the Amistad blacks have been found at last, being native Africans, of the crew of the British brig of war Buzzard, still in our harbour. When they arrived at the prison, New Haven, the joy of the captives at meeting with two of their countrymen was uncontrolable. They all left the breakfast table, and literally, the account says, drag ged their brethren into the prison door. They are said to confirm the imperfect details hitherto obtained of the story of the captives. _ Natchez seems doomed to fires as weir as to pestilence. Another destructive conflagration occurred Sept. 26, and laid in ruins the entire front of the square on Canal and Wall streets, including the entire edifice of Mr. Parker, and the Southern Exchange, the residences of Mr. Soria and Mr. Howell, and the law offices of Carson and Hewitt.—Loss 100,000 dollars. The schooner Catherine, Dundas, of Baltimore (or so re ported), has arrived from Sierra Leone: She is a prize to H.M. brig Dolphin, who captured her on suspicidn that she was a slaver. Four of her original crew are on board : the remainder, thirty in number, were discharged on the coast, She was fitted out at the Havana, and has her original cargo on board. An American register is said to have been found among her papers. The cane crop of Louisiana is beyond all precedent. Mr. Creecy, near Yazoo city, Miss., picked, a few days since, 4,7761b5. of cotton with twenty-six hands, six of which were under the age of twelve. There is infant slavery, it seems, in picking cotton as well as in manufacturing it into yarns. _ _ An exchange paper says, rather equivocally :—" At a Ittte fire in Norwalk, Ohio, the ladies turned out and did duty, relieving the men at the engines, together with other assist ance that was needed in supplying the hose." The naughty girls. A WESTERN "BUSTER."—The Cincinnati Despatch says :—The Mr. Surtees mentioned as having disappeared from the counter of the Mechanics' and Traders' Bank in Cincinnati, is pretty well known in this city as a hard cus tomer. He has been known to order up sixteen punches into his room fora party of three, and then to knock dmin the waiter or salver on which they were brought to him. On one occasion, while upon a " bender" in this city, he threw an elegant little gold watch into the grate, and upon the whole appears, from all testimony, to be a " severe buiter." He always had plenty of money—and had good business talents, and much shrewdness, when not upon too hard a frolic. PATENT DEMOCRACY AS INTERPRETED BY THE OHIO Loco Focos.—The following is from the Canton (Ohio) Register:—At a loco foco meeting lately held at German town, Ohio, the following Fanny Wright resolutions were passed:—" Resolved, that we as democrats will not support any candidate for any office, who will not come out in oppo sition to the so called Temperance societies, Bible societies, Missionary. Societies, Sunday schools and Colleges," (which were pronounced aristocratical.) " Resolved, that we will not support any person who makes long prayers or sour faces. Resolved, that we will oppose all those who belong to a certain society or denomination, perhaps the strongest in the union, who are the originators of the Temperance societies, and whose clergy dictate to their members what they shall eat and what they shall drink, for we thick such more danger ous to the liberties of this country than the Roman Ca tholics." NATIONAL THEATRE.—Miss Van denhoff, last evening, took the audience quite by surprise, in the very handsome and correct manner that she played Julia, in the Hunchback : her readings, points and conception of the part, as might be inferred from the excellent instruction she received, were perfect throughout. Her voice wants modulation, and oc casionally is pitched too high. She is, however, quite young, possessing an imposing and graceful appearance, and all the materiel necessary to constitute, in time, a finished actress. On being called out, with her father, they were both cheered with great enthusiasm. FR - OM FLORIDA.—In the south, it appears, by accounts to Sept. 21, that Sam Jones, with 200 warriors, was still near Fort Lauderdale, making great professions of friendship, while in North and Middle Florida the country is overrun by small scattering parties of his tribes, who constantly effect the object of their shrewd tactics, by falling in ambush upon detachments of our troops, whom they shoot down and scalp without resistance ! But it is an old story, and scarcely worth repeating. We give, however, the freshest and latest sample, which is from the St. Augustine News of Sept. 22 : —" Indian News.—The baggage train between Wacassassg and Fort Fanning, with an escort of seven men, was attacked by ten Indians. Loss-1 white killed, 3 wounded ; 2 horses and 4 mules killed, and waggon burned." ANOTHER FLORIDA TREATY.—By a correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot, at Tampa, Sept. 20, we learn that forty Indians had come in there, when General Taylor commenced negotiating with them, and agreed to surrender up the fifty five lately captured by Lieut. Hanson, for 13 of the 120 en gaged in the massacre of Col. Harvey's detachment. Thir teen whites was the number massacred. The arrangement would look as if General IVlacomb's treaty was still consi dered binding by both the high contracting parties in South Florida. LOG-BOOK OF THE STEAM-SHIP LIVERPOOL, The following are extracts from the Log-Book of this mag nificent vessel:— OUTWARD VOYAGE. Date. Wind. Dist. run. Lat. Long. Sept. 21 Calm. 22 S. to N. by W. 177 miles 51 57 N. 616 W 23 S.S.W. S. 180 „ 50 58 11 50 24 W.N.W. to S.W. 150 ~ 50 48 16 5 25 N.W. to W.N.W. 110 ~ 50 16 18 50 26 N.W. to W.S.W. 140 „ 50 11 22 12 27 W.N.W. 112 ~ 49 52 24 47 28 W. 140 ~ 49 23 28 15 29 N. N.W. 89 ~ 49 11 30. 1 30 W. 180 „ 48 55 34 0 Oct. 1 W.S.W. S.W. 173 „ 47 29 38 26 2 W.S.W. 137 „ 47 21 41 - 38 3 N. 167 ~ 46 11 44 27 4 S.S.E. to S. 219 „ 44 51 49 15 5 N.W. 165 , 44 6 52 40 6 W.N.W. 168 ~ 42 37 55 50 7 W. &by N. 205 „ 41 50 60 23 8 N.N.E. 243 ~ 40 59 65 30 9 N.N.E. 255 ~ 40 9 70 49 10 W. by N. Daylight running through the Narrows. REMARKS EACH DAY. Calm and fine weatiieiloiii Li:m7;6 l Q the moorings and proceeded down the river ; 11 30 passed the Rock Light house. Moderate breeze and fine ; spoke Zephyr steamer fron Holy head to Dublin. Ditto ; 1 a.m, Cape Clear Lighthouse N.N.W. two leagues. Strong breezes, with heavy swell from the northward. Strong breezes, with heavy squalls of wind and rain. Strong gale, and cloudy; with heavy head sea. Gale increasing, with a very heavy sea running. Continued gale, with heavy sea from the westward. Increasing gale ; sea running very high, and breaking on board, foreand aft. Strong gale, and dark and cloudy ; with heavy sea from N.W. Strong breezes and,xlOudy ; with long westerly swell. Hard gale, with haVy westerly swell ; 1 p.m. wind shifted from S.W. to N.W., and blew a perfect hurricane for about an hour and then abated. More moderate breeze, sea going down fast. Moderate breeze and fine weather, with long westerly swell. Strong gales and squally weather. Heavy squalls, with rising sea from north. More moderate, with heavy rain. Moderate breeze, and fine clear weather. Ditto running towards Sandy Hook. 6 a.m., moored alongside the quay at New York. HOMEWARD VOYAGE. Date. T:---- - ------ Wind.Dist.Lat. Long. Oct. 19th N.W. N. ~ 20th N.E. ~ ~ 9 f 21st N.E. W.E. 115 39 42 69 26 22d E. by N.E. 152 39 48 66 21 23d E. 155 40 57 62 54 24th S.E.E. 190 42 28 59 20 25th N.W. 205 43 12 54 45 26th N.E. N.N.E. 165 43 20 50 49 27th N.N.W. 188 44 37 47 18 28th N.B. N.N.E. 204 45 34 42 28 29th N.N.W. 216 47 8 38 0 30th N.N.W. 223 47 55 • 33 10 31st E.S.E. 205 48 46 28 15 Nov. Ist E. E. by N. 131 49 51 24 48 2d E.N.E. 159 50 22 21 7 3(1 N.E. 218 50 42 15 47 4th N.E. by N. 230 51 10 11 21 sth N.W. 270 52 44 5 26 REMARKS EACH DAY. Light and cloudy, three proceeded to sea, passed the North American in the river. Strong gale and cloudy, with heavy sea running. Strong gale and cloudy, with easterly swell. Moderate breeze and strong agitated sea. Stiff breeze and cloudy, with easterly swell. Hard gale at midnight, and squalls of rain. Strong gale and dark clouds, with heavy sea. Hard gale and cloudy, with heavy sea. Strong breezes and cloudy, with northerly swell. Steady breezes and cloudy, with northerly swell. Increasing breeze and cloudy. Fresh gales towards midnight, with heavy sea. Strong breezes and cloudy, spoke brig Oscar, of Dartmouth, from Quebec 17 days. Fresh gales and cloudy, with heavy swell from N.E. Fresh breezes and fine, spoke American brig Fame, of Boston. from New Orleans to Hamburgh, 49 days out, spoke barque City of Waterford, 30 days from Quebec, Unsettled breezes and cloudy, spoke brig Bromley, 35 days from New York. Increasing breeze and cloudy. Strong breezes and cloudy, passed in the channel packet ship George Washington, and ship lronside ; at eight got pilot off Point Lynas. R. S. FAYRER. BARONESS LEHZEN. — The true' history of a person who has acquired such influence over the Queen of England may not be without its usefulness. The Baroness Lezhen was born in Saxony, where her father, an humble cowherd, em ployed her, in early years, in attending to his cows, i n milk ing, and other occupations of the diary. By some accidental circumstance she was-seen by the celebrated Duchess of Old enburgh, who adopted her, placed her at a school, and having rendered her a proficient in the language and other accom plishments, sent her to this country, with a strong recom mendation to her friend and protege, Prince Leopold, who, out of gratitude to his royal patroness, obtained her a situa tion in the household of his sister, the Duchess of Kent, where she was first received as a waiting-woman, and after wards promoted to the _post of nursery-governess to the Princess Feodore, (now Hoettlohe,) a daughter of the Duch ess of Kent by her former marriage. Eventually she was en trusted with the early education of the Princess Victoria; and having obtained a complete ascendancy over the Duchess of Kent, became a very disagreeable person to all the rest of the household, more particularly to Sir John Conroy, who knew her "whereabout,” and could fathom her intriguing spirit, and therefore watched her closely. In 1828, George IV. being anxious to show some attention to the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victor a, invited them to Windsor ; and during their stay, at the express wish of the Duchess of of Kent, created the cow-keeper's daughter a Hanoverian ba roness, that she might be ad m i ssa bl e , b y the side of ber youthful charge, at the royal table. Her dislike to Sir John Conroy induced her to sow the seeds of discord between mother and daughter, but they did not germinate until after after the death of William IV. MISCELLANEOUS. s teal° A failure is said to have taken place in G l asgo wje-rdi to the extent of sixty thousand pounds—Scottis h -AO 7 4 , ASHBURTON ELECTION.—Mr. M 4 Killi, one •ift „ ' e of Messrs. Horsley, Palmer and Co., of London, 0 9 0 0 red himself a candidate for this borough, on the case interest.—Eireter Flying Post, The contractors of the Glasgow and. Paisley Fa bride, getting on briskly with their respective portions. 1 . 1 ! i „ c tha in Tradeston are going on rapidly, and the bra4-eitish crosses Dixon's railway is now nearly completed.—' Guardian. 1 i sh W a e n s i on t e n e s b ti y tu t t h i eSus o Sussex Protestant. Association." We doubt not thifs, will be hailed with delight by every true friend to nw e b x e E ee x t p it r le es d s aTthiet tgehntodnctl a t n o d e oc i E S; i testant institutions. Mr. Smith, of Blore, exhibited, at Asbourn fair, 01 ' ot her day, the 21st ult. a Cotwold ram, weighing 3921b5; ram of his own breeding, the weight of which was pirosY They were considered by all judges to be the fin est a ever exhibited at this fain—Sheffield Patriot. The Shrewsbury Chronicle says, that a fartorr P', - f t westry was so enraged with his barometer during th,'',; o thef' favourable weather, that he broke it to pieces ; an d 3;0 to because the "glass " did not suit him, brought it W t " de Italean," to get it altered. MORTALITY IN KENUALr—A great number Of - o .ly' have been swept away witin these few weeks past, bY ~•; 1 0 called the scarlet rash said to have originated is 00 1 '1 ; 1 0 of the atmosphere, caused by the late rains.-- I rlP inD very plent in the town. THE reva NEW JuDGE.—Sir Robert Rolfe, solicit`t-giustic is we understand, appointed to succeed the late Alf"ler Vaughan. The elevation to the bench of the learned general will occasion a vacancy in the representation of mouth; but the Writ commanding the election 0 , 11 / 1 1, moved for till the commencement of the session. -u - WITCHCRAFT.—A solicitor of Cambridge has bee n ,, aP cts to, by a poor but respectable woman, to bring 91",/bqr against a rich neighbouring farmer, for accusing h er ', t wo! a witch. The farmer had an ass, which no force pet would induce to o and he therefore concluded, thatttit + $ mat was bewitched, and charged the would-be pia"' the deed. fors * : It appears that the consigners . er' opium in Bengal's taken legal opinions, have resolved to bald their con swi , liable for giving up their consignments of tht iirtg; t ° ,it V. intendent Elliot, without their authority ; and in t,'„'"Olit . understood that the consignees will look to CaP ° l for reparation ; thus, out of this peculiar transaau°ll3forg' very intricate legal proceedings may be anticipated . '" icy Herald. CHnioos FACT.—Twelve tin packets of preserved vloger in a wooden box, have been brought up from th e Pr; George ; stamped " Conserve Artichena de Catron' thf: seilles." Neither vinegar nor pickle had been us A c",: t rel had been boiled and placed in airtight vessels, an d 6e fresh and fit for use as when first enclosed: 'fief "`"- fifty-seven years under water I—Kentish Observer , r joe OUTDOING JONATHAN.—A farmer in the neigh b°ll o ot l X:; of Ashbourn, in getting up on Monday last called Brown George, which had been set on a 1 3 ,1 0 0 newly dug-up peaty turf land, last spring, nea r ,;(oc i ' l Wood, was completely set fast in getting up one Of I , #` and actually went to fetch an iron crow with wbicb scet sb' complished his task , and turned out several potatoes,„,irill' ing between two and three pounds each.—Sh e yield f ' 01 . 1 1.1 THE CUSTOMS, GLASGOW.- - h • • creas e 4 0 e growing t i n te- if Customs duties , payable at the port of Clyde, et'! f evince most pleasingly the industry and enterpr" a sort of P. ece e. mercantile community. We have been informed tba.a of' ness continues to extend so rapidly, that the dutic s ! .. s co l to the end of October, show an increase of X62 ,ouu ' ,1131,t t ' pared with the corresponding period of last year ; an end of 1839 the duties are expected to reach nea r " l altogether, half a million sterling.—Scottish Gnardia ti je ' . Preparations are making at the Lazareto of Ma l l e ni of t ba we learn by the papers of that place, for the recePW-tyel Duke of Orleans, who will have to perform qu aran svit his return from Africa. " Instead of naked walls_Lftplor: most total destitution of furniture," says the , S . r"ittl.. " the prince will find the building converted into 611 'e abode. Chambers and saloons, suitably decorated ,110:` arranged to receive the prince and his suite, and o ,, c acio lil ings with vases and festoons of flowers have been - distributed in the apartments." , b , olfl i e ll ROMANCE IN REALITY.—M. de S—y, his family, fell in love with a young widow, the v e " of the house of M—l. Between the two families $ ob t Capulet and Montague hatred existed, and a I° ll pending, the result of which would impoverish The young lover suddenly cooled in his attentions be Ot t a lawyer—and, devoting himself to s t u dy, cained t . 510. 1 ; . 0 for his own family, ruining that of his lady from his only hate, but with a chivalrous spirit o °l ' - o bno c . t il to his age, country, or profession, he no sooner an d 0 ) , , the judgment than he waited on the young widow , the offer of his hand and heart restored her f or `, 1 0 friar, a nurse, a phial, and, perhaps, a Shakspe ar '' make a play of this story. n • CURIOUS CASE OF HORSE STEALING.—f. -13 " 511, 6 Hurley, who in addition to farming a small quantiticee,boi, is occasionally employed by Mr. Shelly, tile t , ,‘,40 5c ,,1 breeder and trainer, who resides near Maresfiold , brc` io had been entrusted by that gentleman t o take t " - ofv) mares to London. He stopped to bait at the Hal f i c ler t ,, i/11 $ the Godstone road, and, while, he was there, the c s n him that a suspicious-looking man had just Pu t 11 1,a 3be i '4 horse, which he had very good reason to believe a varit:, stolen somewhere out of the country, and hewislic d s‘• to go and look at the horse. Burl e y a t first refus e 0 00 0 4 was no business of his; but he at length consented , ai t hiS fi in p into the stable he was very much surprised to "" e horse, which he supposed was quietly grazing-, at 11°I ; t 1beo l i ,,I paddock, was the object of the ostler's s uspicion.. ne il, who had brought the horse w as i mme diately qucstlo. co r was ultimately committed to take his trial. r bo• A GENTEEL HINT . —An American conteraP °- :the tains the following advertisement, " Mr. Brown Wl', woo nour to announce that he has received instructiop'rriet;4 pose of by public auction the balances due to the Pitfor tb of this journal, which have remained undischarg e ol slop years ending Midsummer last. The day of sale be," be announced, when particulars with conditions ni'll'i.hoor at the office of this paper, and the inns in the neighb ° l ot lc REPRESENTATION OF RA DNORSIIIRE.—Ac the sciI6 I gistration of this county a great number of 1 111- '. o aPpg supporters have been knocked off the list. Th e ;,boteplt be that at the next election Mr. W. (who g oes the 1 . 11 , W o o with the radicals) is certain of defeat ; and Sir . 1° sit fief will take his place. Mr. Wilkins's majority °Y 9r ,pri se : t V, at the late contest was only 27 ; an d these were r el l i r e, 0 0 some of our conservati ve neighbours of Brecon' err,/ had votes in the' county of Radnor, and, to thele`,peo' shame, supported Mr. 'Wilkins out of perso nal , d o Bristol Journal. Fr i ENORMOUS SEAL.—A great seal was taken , t Itb , r t. last, near Dublin, by an old boatman named Ta l° * r e W h ip , ' fishing with a line and bait-hook, he saw the creatu,r(Py ing on the waves, and manfully gu ll e d his boat too, ilit%ir Having approached near enough, he, in a rude I c ° e ; tb&IP rope over his prey which accid en t a lly caught sin the tenor fin, and embraced in its noose the fore part 01 ,0 He then, by the force of his oars , d ragg ed the stroqtoovii mal after his boat, to shore, a distance of yo re a c ti , ,,er miles, where it died immedi a t e ly a ft er being st -11 weig` I. eight feet long, nearly six in circumference, an wards of five hundred pounds. DEATH OF THE HON. ARCHDEACON TR LINASLOE, OCT. 31, 1839.—1 t is with pain an reg I have to announce to you the de m ise of this 9 011 t minded, and excellent Christi an , which took plaees-feleror Macknay, at half-past twelve last night. TYP " of the disease which removed him from the scene c og:; 4 0 ; fulness, and carried him off in a few days. , 14e fit terd,',6 ° infection during his spiritual vocation, ' l3 ' . .ltr.g the sick bed of one of his poor parishioners. 'r ol l t` o ?, he was unceasing in his endeavours for the spire his vld,r of those to whom he was, sent to minister, arl ie " CIP" and conversation exhibited practically wha t t i t should be in word and deed.—Leinstcr ExPre ss. FetO V' C b t A i t A FLIGHT OF CROSSB I LL S .—L a t e Iy at es- „, h t of b t> shire, this rar e an d b eau tif u l bi r d was seen in an') orcT t %, 18 or 20, alighti ng on th e 't ops o f p i ne trees °` boltvit° cone of which it opens with adroit neatPo s ' e c10. , 0 44 in one claw, like a p arro t, an d p i c ki ng o ut the a n d e cri were of various colours, brown, green, yellow , our, har IjiriTg and some entirely o f th e mos t l ove ly rose e,°';., F er ll ",bV e 3 and climbing and fanciful attit u d es , and Lonel i i rel ft o, group of small paroquets. Their unusual st, e the quick chirp of linnets, b u t muc h louder , fir l i'd attention. These birds are natives of Germany rennees, and are very rarely seen in England. STEAM-BOAT COLLISION.—About half-Po evening of Friday last, and when it was da .1 4 st e collision took place near Port-Glasgow, betsel P 'pas se j, l' if e ; Royal Tar, proceeding down to Greenock with froolAli.4el and-the City of Glasgow on her homeward trip t he ps: o pool. As the latter is by far the heavier sh i P' the e j was so severe, that a large hole was driven in t° 50 0 13 0: 0 ,,, the Tar, and the forward part of the deck was vr ere , ,,t , P` o i splinters. On the concussion the passeng er ed f ° ' oo! i s 4 from their feet, and the utmost alarm pre_v, Bl l o .o,, s , 4 The smaller steamer was carried into Port-u,t,"has r:g since moved up the river for repairs. The l't,pis-l c vi l' cut-water. It is reported that a boy was faun" the accident, and is supposed to be droo l° to 40 br Guardian. 05 ,0 0 0 j9 THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—There is everY t r oo'i-oire( lieve that the " course of true love"- does, ll . ° ,o o 4irr " smooth" at Macaulay's "Windsor Castle, ' d and his nurse, the Baroness Lehzen, exnee te / r od 0, 1 : 0 # this proceeds from Tudor temper vagaries, ° r f tbe tr c t o io o towardness, to which we alluded last Y ea “ r Prince's disposition, or from the fact that 0 3 , George of Cambridge is returning to &g i ro )t ri e every personal and mental accomplish men`i: Cas l o`l 7 o Sir James Clark has again been a guest at tu,'" ts of $ ,,„,c4 now useless to argue upon this indecent floilti ° 74s ' feelings—'tis but another feather to the Car,,iifi e. that Camel shall not be the people of Englan:,, 7 ,1 i n teP DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF PASSION.-- Wer just reached this city of an event which tee ort os o , last few days at one of the Monmouthshire f r oo l o sto a very melancholy nature. It would Ono! 0 , 11 0 . t ter,1,4 formation that on Monday last an ironm , aste , _ o f rr;: r es j oi we do not think it right in the present stal %o publish, was engaged in paying_his men, wh e % the e ci l ter arose between him and one of the labourers, in the which the former ki c ked th e l a tter with so rb s , to 'pi if, groin as to produce consequences so seriou' de ath: oo ,s o l minated on Thursday in the poor man s 0 0 4 : nouncing so painful a fact, we have some coP e d in oblot'': ing enabled to state that the person u j i o n i v n o t l i d ' e , sl os le ct io je t';li; sw c h a e l aa a rl m ethh it oy y ldier is roni n nm o aa t st o e n rs e of the well-known ilootc',0;,01 meet. This event is comparatively t o h f e t n h l o e re be t f o or b e e to have created great excitement annrteaogrnirlegetdsttell:titi; miners of the district generally, who were 01 _ 1 _,i,ich , 0 0Th ing from that discontent and disquietude '.`. t dew 0' art!' A. ,11 ,, generated amongst them by some of the . 5 0 —Bristol Journal. ch „atl IRISH MANUFACTURES.—It gives US '0° 1 ; t ll,e f 4 learn the increasing demand for that beatitittliorics:oe. the Irish Poplin, now so very fashionable..acostut,,,,oo,i'/, bility and gentry for morning and even in ' i5h ,(3 .04 01 ,411t this we are chiefly indebted to the Que n ,', l l 3ll r A l o oly share of royal patronage on this, as well os_ e - a riag cc asi ol tgo facture generally—her Majesty invariably ha s c,„.1 4 0 1 ,, brics. For many years the Duchess of Ken' oc iasnes4; ordered dresses of Irish Poplin, which has sap' jo: te e,, r them into more general notice. The s a hri bits he participated in by the Queen, promoting itie t'llsc!cde and enterprise amongst her subjects this '• e tl prt well as amongst those less remote—her ni e t e ij ial lu d rr e ,s l 'o llo dered last week several dresses both flow&iiee;1 0) 0fo , Those forwarded from Atkinson and Co.,ocadi' yen on the new prjnciple by the French 'l,l_l.o,loL:oiteoi are considered to equal the most admireoi r d „ % 911 ..5 1) ;t i 1 i foreign loom for brilliancy of colours a i n e lglnfsi'd . ef i et We understand that the Queen of f n c e as tle, !, ( 1, transmitted to her, whilst at Windsor 10 . 0 0$ b y poplin dresses both tissued in gold and . ce fir l e n ' e nir,"eg_A from patterns ' forwarded from this e xtens l 11 , 0 1 11 , e styvoi the,Duchess of Kent. This branch of r . u , s ororctiot!," theiremployment families t i o n a! Dublina rge portion o.em ark o a f bl i e n i f l o u r s t t ,h. z e o . ::: ;r or o c i c e ic r - e o r r; P r produced, as we have no doubt by a P. ° Fsaafi ° their time and regular ernploymen t ' -- Letter. r i4