The National Register.
London, England, 1821-10-15 00:00:00

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BERM VIM.
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The little island of Bermuda is involved in the
very tenipe4, torrent, and whirlwind" of con-
tention, between the governors and the governed,
between the Legishiture and the inhabitants of the
colony. Papers from thence were received on Tues-
day to the 92(1 of August. The arbitrary imprison-
ment of the churchwardens and the mayor of Ha-
milton—the former for want of sufficient promptness
in adjusting their accounts with the rector, and the
latter fbr an alleged stretch of power in the mode of
suppressing sonic disorderly assemblages of people of
colour—have been mentioned by the American pa-
pers with some expressions of surprise at the conduct
of Governor Lumley.
The follewing account of the case of Mr. Till,
the mayor, and that of a Captain Hayward, who
assisted in tile suppression of the disorderly con-
duct alluded to, is taken from the Bermudian of the
Ist of August, divested, however, of much angry
continent interspersed by the editor:—
" A i•otitulaint nn the trammetion was preferred before
the Jostir es of the Peace, who dismissed It, as not ecg.-
eozahle beret, the in, inasmuch, as Mr. Till was exercising
the prermrativi sor lois Ake. The complainant, instead
of :y plying to it jun idieial Court, bronchi the matter be-
fore the Goveriiiii in person, who acemilingly issued a
general 'Milli rem for voting Mr. Till and Captain Hayward
tiefui e l.im Believing a warrant of this nature to be ille-
gal, they deellited obrilienne to its mandate. Order was
ir,vhll I. lb, tellstahlit to exertne it, and the Mayor shut
himself up iu the Tun it hall and reused to surrender.—
The hall was in consequence iiivented by 40 or 53 soldiers
--the:, did not, however, bore admittance, and the Mayor
remained all night in • stale of siege. Some insnlting
language passed between the populace and the military
dining the time of this singular ditty, but it led to no tu-
mult or mischief. Het wren nine anti ten o'clock the fol
lowing morning, the Mayor 1110112,1 kt roper to mare-utter
himself, and was conveyed to pt ism), having first, through
the medium of a friend, obtained an anthenticated copy
of the warrant."
These are the facts attendant on the imprisonment
of the mayor : we have before given those relating
to the churchwardens. Both parties remained under
confinement at the date of the present advices, and
strict orders were issued by the Governor to prevent
all conimunication with them, without written au-
thority from the Provost or Magistrates. Great in-
dignation is expressed on.the subject by all classes of
the inhabitants. in the colony, and prosecution for
perkily of the who have given, as it is alleged,
false testimony respecting the transactions in ques-
tion, and appeals to the Pirliament of Greet Bri-
tain, are enrrently talked of. •
The Journals of the island of Bermuda, which,
whattver may be the case with the inhabitants, ap-
peetr to be free from all controul, comment in the
strongest language on these transactions. We quote
two specimens from the Bermudian of the Ist of
August
" The churchwardens of SI. George have now- been
imprisoned IS (lass for doing their duty, by an edict of
his Excellency Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Wir Win. Lumley,
K. C. H.; their a i yes indisposed part of the time, and one
of their families labouring under gi eat domestic affliction.
When a representation of this circumstance is made to
his Britannic Majesty, we hope redress will be the con-
sequence; and though his conduct is supported by every
jack in °thee, the sense of tile country is uniformly against
it. Hut when see men sprung Awn the very (begs of so-
ciety ebdeavonring to palm their ignorant dogmas on their
Inlet hitt, and aspiring to rank with th,oie whose shoes
they arc only fit to clean, it is high time to tutu with con-
tempt, and bid them recoil. et their pristine ignorance. 1
and servility, and lint with ' matchless intrepidity of race'
mimic and place themselves by the side of their supe-
riors."

The fidlowing, which (litotes a precedrint to show
the consequence: that may attend the conduct of
the Governor is from the same paper:—
" 114 a his Excellency tier by ebasice heard of a sir-
cimistant r w loch t tok place Dui-many y Pals ago at Halls
fa If siot, we call 11.101 111 hill'. Sir Andrew Mitchell,
this' then Ilifitli couausutler in-chief, having reason to slit.
prat that acme di•eisesa 1111 M his Msjcsty's ships had
tutu c refuge in the stores of Messes. Forsyth, Smith, and
Cu. for a few hours, caused the same to be blockaded by
au ',MCA fillet., for winds (mirage the admiral was pro-
aerated in Eituland. and hail to pay 115,0001. damages and
'spruces. 'I he Attorney-General of Nova Scotia i• said
to have addressed the admiral in the following terms upon
that occasion For bud's sake, Sit' Andrew, withdraw
eons mesa hunlediatety, for it may- be opus' of the worst
day's wink you have ever done.' Let it here be said, if
ever these au eacti,r for trampling 1111" the laws of
his country, Sir .Ands eve Nluschell haul that excuse, ler de.
art 'ion ha I, of %tic lulur in winch we allude, made gigantic
strides low arch the ule•s ruction ot our suits y. The ocour-
tvitrer, hoarier. admit not of the slightest paints lion—
they are or the WA. kes t, deepest die—and let 111 hope for
the honour of slits colony, if our Attolury Central had
been entl•ttnrd, be w.tultl have given his Excellency a
wattling sontil:is to that we loa%e Inrush:Hied its the case
ot Sir A. Mitchell. fte.ides all this, his Excellency has
fosgut that 'Mi. Tid is 'nulled to privileges of Parlia•
which was dye deri here ill the Ease of the Speaker,
who was released on that ctutuni, daring the administra-
tion of Gen. Hodgson. We. have no doubt that several
actions for petits'', will he ht ought against nuns.. than one
individual, and we hope tam the Coup of King's Benet,
will visit this licnintis offence wills adequate puttisluneut."

Th: high wind on Monday se'unight cracked the
middle of the elegant painted window recently pus
'up at Branspeth-castle, containing Mr. Stothard's
design of the Wale of Nevill's-cross, executed by
Mr. Muss.