The National Register.
London, England, 1821-10-14 00:00:00

BERMUDA.

The little island of Bermuda is involved in the
very " tempest, torrent, and whirlwind" of con-
tention, between the governors and the governed,
between the Legisl•sture and the inhabitants of the
colony. Papers from thence were received on Tues-
day to the :?311 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 rise an alleged stretch of power in the mode of
suppressing some 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 fallewing account of the case of Mr. Till,
the mayor, and that of a Captain Hayward, who
a-sisted in the suppression of the disorderly con-
duct alluded to, is taken from the Bermudian of the
Ist of August. divested, however, of much angry
comment interspersed by the editor
complaint on the I•..usactlolt was preferred before
the Justices of the Peace, who dismissal it, as not cr.t;•
sizable bethre them, inasmuch, as :%Ir. Till was exercising
the prerogatives of his office. The complainant, instead
of applying to a juridicial Court, brought the matter be-
fore the Governor in person, who accordingly issued a
general warrant for citing Mr. Till and Captain Hayward
before him Believing a warn ant of this nature to be ille-
gal, they declined obedience to its mandate. Order was
given to the constables to execute it, and the Mayor shut
himself lip in the Town hall and relined to sort ender.—
The hall was inconsequence invested by 40 or 5 t sulfite's
•—li:ey did not, however, force admittance, and the Mayor
remained all night in a state of siege. SoMe insulting
language passed between the populace and the milita►y
dm iog the time of tlii, *Molar duty, but it led to no In•
mutt or oils. Itiof. Bet ween nine and ten o'clock the fol
low tug mooning, the Mayor thought proper to surrender
himself, and was conveyed to prison, having first, through
the meth= of a friend, obtained an authenticated copy
of the wartant."

• 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 advises, and
strict orders were issued by the Governor to prevent
all communication 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, mid prosecution for
perjury of those who have given, as it is alleged,
false testimony respecting the transactions in ques-
tion, snd appeals to the Parliament of Great Bri-
tain, are currently talked of.
The .Journals of the island of Bermuda, which,
whatever may be the case with the inhabitants, ap-
pear to be fre_ from all controul, comment in the
strongest language on these transactions. We quote
two specimens from the Bo' mudifin of' the Ist of
August
The clinrchwardens of St. George have now been
inapt isoned 15 dais for doing their ditty, by an edict of
his Eseelle cv Lit ut.• Gym the lion. Sir Wm. Lumley,
K. C. B.; their wives indisposed part of the time, and one
of their families labouring under peat 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 condom is supported by every
pick in ettece,the sense of the cometsy is uniformly against
st. But when see men sprung from the very dregs of so-
ciety endeavouring to palm their ignorant dogmas on their
superb/is, cud aspiring to rank with those whose shoes
they are only fit to clean, it is high time to turn with con-
tempt, and hid them recollect their pristine ignorance,
%%Ohl • matchless intrepidity of face'
swim, and place themselves by the side of their supe-
riois."

The following, which qnotes a precedent to shiw
the consequences that may attend the conduct of
the Governor is from the same paper
Has lily Excellency ever by chance heard of a eir-
enin‘tam e Murk INA place not many yeas' ago at Hall.
fa a? If tint, we can inform him. sir Andrew Mitchell,
the then naval COllllll.llllll-I'ill.Chillf, baying reason to sus-
pect that some dem.; leis flout his 'Majesty's ships had
taken leftige in Ilse sluts, of NI olio's. lot syth, S.llith, and
CO. foe a few hours, caused 'he saute to be blockaded by
an tamest !love, fur which outrage the admiral was pro-
...ruled in Lllo4lllli, and hod to pay 15,00.11. damages and
expo nee,. 'I he Allot nes, General ut Nova St idea is said
to hats ailifiessed the admiral Its the todowing terms upon
that occasion Fur God's sake, S.r Andrew, withdraw
cont men immediately. for it may lie oar of! the worst
;1•Is'• %tusk you have ever done; Let it here he said, if
ever Mete Was an rkense Inv tininpling: idodi the laws of
his country, is Andrea 'Mitchell kid that excuse, our de-
sertiun hat, at the time to which we allude, made gigantic
strides towards the destruction of our nevy. 'lice occur-
truces, hou ever. admit not or the sherd st palliation
they are of the lila' Lest, deepest die—stud us hope fur
the honour of this ettiUlly, et WIC y General had
Lean mossalteil, he wuntil have given his Excellency a
wash sag mita. to that WP Ilsvr 111 the case
of Sir A. Alitelis 11. Besides all this, his Eseelleticy has
forgot that alt. Tiil ;a eultied to pi Lileees of
went, which was decided hest in the ca.c at the Speaker,
who was roomiest un that ground, tinting the arli 1111 l 'stra-
tum of Gen. Huil.s in. tVe have no doubt that yeses al
actions fur pas Ivry will be brought against more than one
individual, and we hope that the Cow t of King's Bench
111 visit the to moos off. nee with adequate patitslino o ."

The high wind on Mond.ty se'nnight cracked the
middle of the elegant painted window recently put
up at Branweth-castle, containing Mr. Stothard's
design of the battle of Nevill's-cross, executed by
Mr. Nluss.

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