The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-08 00:00:00

ARREST OF A DELEGATE.

At one o'clock last niglA or rather this tearnng, Mr.
Vincent, Delegate from Bristol, was arrested at his
house No. 5, Greenland•grove, Cromer-street, by a
Policeman of the Tredegar district, North Wales, assist-
ed by Keys, one of the Bow-street officers, on a charge
of heading a riotous and tumultuous meeting, held some
time since, at Newport.
The warrant was issued and signed by five Welsh
Magistrates.

S 3 late as half past twelve o'clock, the Welsh police-
man drove up in a cab, to Mr. Vincent's door, at
which he knocked and was admitted. As Mr.
Vincent was not then returned from addressing a public
meeting which was held at a distant part of the town.
Homan introducAhimself to Mrs. Vincent, the mother
of the Delegate, as a person from Wales of true
Radical principles, and in testimony thereof he said he
had a letter of introduction, which it would be neces-
sary to give into Mr. Vincent's own hands. Upon this
he strutted into the parlour with an ignited " notice
foaming from his mouth, and commenced a violent tirade
against the Whig Government, for the benefit of a gen-
tleman who was stopping with Mr. Vincent. Haying
abused the now chap-fallen Whigs through all the
moods and tenses from the new Poor-law Bill,
the displacing of Mr. Frost, to the pensioning of Co-
lonel Gurwood, much to the edification of his hearers,
he became particularly anxious for the return of Mr.
Vincent, and, on going to speak to his friend whom he
had left outside in the cab, he was fortunate to meet
that gentleman outside the door. He accosted him in
the usual way, by shaking. hands with him and saying
to him he had a letter for him which he wished him to
read there. Mr. Vincent wished to go in and read,
bnt the other persisted in saying that he should not,
whereupon an ultercation ensued, which ended in the
sham Chartist declaring the object of his mission, and
demanding Mr. Vincent's immediate attendance at Bow-
street. He would not, he said, go one step until he had
seen the warrant, which the policeman consented to
produce in the public-house hard by, first presenting
a pistol at the breast of Mr. Vincent's brother, a lad of
twelve or thirteen years old.
-In the public-house they arranged to proceed to BO'
street, where they arrived at half-past one. The friends
of Mr. Vincent then proceeded to the residence of John
Frost, Esq., who immediately came to Bow-street, but
was refused admittance by the office-keeper, who said
to him his orders were particularly directed to keep Mr.
Frost from seeing the prisoner.
Mr. Vincent will be removed to Newport this night
in the mail. It is his intention to go to goal rather
give excessive bail.

ANOTHER CHARTIST ARRESTED

TROUBRIDGE, MAY 7, 7 P.M.—Another Chartist
Mr. William. Potts, a most respectable druggist of Oil
town, has just been arrested and sent to the " Blind
House." The Magistrates, among whom John Clark>
Esq., was the most active, refused to entertain the
charge against the accused this evening, as one of the
ustices who had signed the warrant was not present'
Mr. Roberts, who attended on behalf of the accusal'
protested against the delay as inflicting unnecessary
hardship ; they persisted, however, in their determina-
tion, and refused to let the prisoner out on bail eve?,
for the night. What the charge is cannot be known tin
to-morrow, as the prisoner was not allowed a cop) of
the warrant, nor even to see to see it. Mr. Potts or
plied for permission for his attorney to visit him in his
cell, but this also has as yet been refused! The case
is to be heard tomorrow, and I will send you the par'
ticulars. The town is in a state of dreadful excitement'