The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-11 00:00:00

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KIOTS AT NEWPOIiT. mission to cross theherige, which I understood wasgiven.
--,sp..- I leaped the hedge and got into a d'teir up to the midd:e
APPREHENSION Cl' JONES, THE IVATCH.- in water. While I was in the ditch three guns wcre
MAKER, THE CHARTIST LEADER OF levelled at my head. I thrust one from me and requested
PONT-Y-POOL, AND COMMITTAL or them not to fire, as I would return again. They
FOUR OTHERS, ON THE CHARGE op ? threatened me with instant death if I did not. We
HIGH TREASON. i then proceeded to a stable guarded as before, into
1
which we were ordered, and a guard of pikemen placed
over us. One man who was unarmed, appeared rn,re
friendly to me than the rest, and I applied to him : o
remove me to the Tull-house at the turnpike, as 1 ,as
3o wct and cold. I was brought to the gatchoose
and placed in the bed-room on the ground floor. Toe
house was open and full of men, I requested the toll-
keeper to lend me a pair of stockings. Permission was
then granted me to g
stockin o up stairs to change rny
gs. About that time I looked at my watch. It
was two o'clock. One of the men went upstairs and s ton,'
over me with a drawn sword while I changed my stock-
ings. I was then ordered down again, and remaffied
about three quarters of an hour. We were then again
ordered up stairs. I lay down on a box in the room
and fell asleep. I slept about half an hour, when we
were again brought down and ordered to march, having
been first warned that if we attempted to escape we
should have our brains blown out. We crossed the
road opposite the turnpike, crossed the canal, and then
went up a lane guarded as before. We halted Se'. teal I
times ; but I should suppose we were an hour and a I
half marching. My feet were so swollen I could not
were till we came to Celia We went into a beer house
get my shoe over the heel. I did not know where we
there, and one of the men brought us some pipes and
tobacco, and allowed us to come to the fire to warm
and dry ourselves. This was about an hour before we
got free from them, which was at half-past six o'clock.
1 should think there were 150 persons at the
Can ; the rooms were as full as they could hold. We
then marched on towards Risca. Day was just breaking.
In going along I heard Frost's name mentioned. I ap-
pealed to the man to whom I had before appealed. I
asked him to find Frost for me. He said lie would try.
I said I was an old acquaintance and friend of Mr.
Frost's, and I thought if I could see him I should get
released. We marched to the place where the turn-
pike-road crosses the tram-road, where there is a beer- '
house. The whole of the party stopped at the beer-
house. 1 asked permission to go in. I ordered some
beer, and offered it to them. This must have been past
six o'clock. I heard Frost say, " Mr. Brough," or
" where is Mr. Brough?" I said " Here I am." I
got up immediately, and he approached me. I cam-
plained to him. He asked me first what brought me 11
there ?or how I came there. I said I was glad to see
him there, and requested him to get us released. I
referred him to the parties who took me into custody
for the cause of my being there.. - He said I seas at-x
old friend and a good fellow, and he would t
onocldeavoduer
to discharge rue. He said he hate
tested my politics, though he respected
su per-- FURTHER EXAMINATIONS AND COMMIT- sonally. He said I was dismissed, or disehae reed •
I don't know which word he used. I
imbme:
TALS FOR HIGH TREASON.y
of the men that e
NEWPORT, SATURDAY.—I send' you the continuation diately left them. Ido not know an
were with me. They kept their faces away from rue
of the examination of the several cases up to this time.
when they passed. I think Frost had on n rough greet
The most important is that of Jones, the watchmaker,
whose apprehension was mentioned in my letter of last coat, and a black hat, but I did not notice it particularly.
While I was with them I hewed frequent conversations
night. You will observe by the evidence of the prin-
cipal witness against Jones (John Prosser) that the about their success ; that they would have liberty or
Lord Lieutenant of the County (Mr. Leigh) had a death. I heard nothing definite as to any particular
object, or where they were going. I don't think that
I
narrow escape of his life. A large body of the insur-
gents, knew themselves, for they frequently went heel;_
gents, under the leadership of Jones, were in wait-wards and, forwards, as though they expected infore,t,
ins in expectation of Mr. Leigh's return—he had been
to Newport, but fortunately came home somewhat tien• There was a lighted candle in th,..., toll-h
,e
a I i„,
earlier than these wretches anticipated. The witness while I was changing my stockings. I itlentifie
man who stood over me with a drawn sword. ae,
.„ states that a man standing in the passage, who came in
with Jones, asked him (Prosser) to feel his pockets, to saw him before; but lam sure I s:nould lout` Lae
satisfy himself that he had several pistols about his per- again. I heard frequently ordinary names meutioned, 1
son. The fellow had also a gun in his hand. He asked such as Morgan and Jones ; but noee tat struck me,
Prosser if Mr. Leigh had returned ; on his replying in I heard nothing said while Frost was there. I taut r
He
Ifi first
said
told
I :ties . ho
lision dceari slot
toteldu
01
bywas ari AZ--
conversation with one of the men on the road aei, • *
the affirmative the ruffian said, " I am sorry for that,
the public-house about Chartism, and very well he to
as we intended to have attacked him to-night on the
road." The evidence of Mr. Brough, too, to whose
I think they all knew me. Ho asked me in v, hat 1 „ir:_
gued.
Chartist,
Ins' n tln.
case you will remember I alluded in a former comma-
fered from them--was it on universal suffrage? I • 4.1
nication, displays a most atrocious system of midnight
terrorism, and, indeed, the whole evidence is worthy of
that was one of the grand points on whicti I 1•!" I'
the most attentive consideration. But we have not yet
si sered
with them. I said I thought it was inip,,,ssible rdid kn.
years of VAT, and. of sa,,tril
-tieable. He said they were net. seeking,. it ; hut
arrived at the bottom of the plot.
that every man twenty-one
The Mayor is now considered out of danger. A
requisition, signed by nearly two hundred of' the most h
respectable inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood mind and untainted with crime, should enjoy the saTe
has been pre ented to his Worship, complimenting him rightsl as a nobleman, I was led to believe from .hat '
in the highest terms on his conduct during the recent heard and saw, that they toy' these means to ohta:„
occurrences, and requesting him to continue to preside what they sought. Thet was the impression on. y v
I fear we shall not eet to i
over the municipal councils, and at the Bench, during mind. They were contiraually using the words •• Li-
the the next year. Mr. Morgan, who was wounded by u belay or death," Whi're we were baiting on ()tie occa-
sioa I heard one man say_o
pistol ball, is not, I am sorry to say, so well to-day.
pcoorith.to-nig
The examinations continued from my last in the case
rNheew Weh to-night."
had Tks'iesvewraals marchesbetwecu and
lanee,al Tuft,
r.:,...1-
of Partridge.
The prisoner (Partridge) then called William Legg, marches, but eventually went towards Risca. Th a-;
who, on being sworn, was examined by the prisoner. I thing I heard about Frost was an inquiry for " 'asa --,'"
live in Westlake's-court. I remember the body of men." This was after we left the toll-house. It a--'.aa--,'s
Chartists coming down Stowe-hill. I did not see you scantly understood and said that we were g•."w - - con-
(the(the to rue, ~ a
prisoner) there then. That may have been about rna:n body, but lam quite certain that no
_
nine o'clock, The first time I saw you was about when Frost was present about going to
~ stung way, said
twenty minutes after nine, near Mr. Williams's. You derstood, from my being dismissed after
I uu.
were coaling towards the Westgate. While we stood that he was in authority, There -,as
no r
hseeing lamer,
by Mr. Williams's the firing at the Westgate was over ; Frost appeared, 'There.
was
aln• outing whet,
eh shouting outside
it had been over about ten minutes. v.ben new hefl4tes arrive;;, V; hen we arrived there
By the Magistrates—Hundreds of people bad been much shereting, I. have scarcely any doubt that Pwas
running down from the Westgate before that, and they was tha leader oi these men. When he came into'ro'st,
were still running. The prisoner told me we were roam they made way for him. When I was dl ast''va
better off than by going near them. I had thirteen miles to walk. I did not know'- 0...
John Morgan—l am a grocer, living in Newport. I country very well, but I made the best of m: )e
know Partridge, the prisoner, and have known him for the point I knew best—the tumulus on the e•I3S). v 'es to
many years. I saw bins on Monday morning last at verge of the hills—Tym Barlwin. I was so. ' •of I",
rig about eight o'clock. It was at the end of Cross Keys- that I spread my Mackintosh on the fur7,o )
lane, opposite Mr. Harry's. Heard him speak to some laid down. I was frequently obliged to d, „rushes and
one who was with him, and heard him say distinctly to got home, I was so dreadfully fatiguad. so before I
With the x-
Charles Evans that he would meet him in five.and- ception of the intervals which Ih,
sevc_ mentioned, I e as
twenty minutes at the Waterloo, which is but a short in durance from half-past ten on, tere-Aay night till Lail-
distance from the Porto Bello weighing-machine, and past six on Monday mornine about thirty yards from the tram-road, leading from the Mr. William Alerit To ..
eynsend here forced his way
collieries and iron works at Risca, and the hills to up to the front of theft -.
able, to make an applicatioi, tr.,
Newport. see one of tl •
eie Prism` ors professionally.
Partridge, interrupting the witness, said, " That is By tle, Rev. J. ',",
~,_
_tJoics : What profession are you •s,
completely false."
•Pewnsendl.—An
Witness—What I have stated is strictly true, Mr. Sir B. Mall —Are attorney.
re you a certified attorney ?
Nicholls was by Inc at the time, and I then named i` Townsend—N
... o ; but the prisoner des' m
to him.
sistance, y as- i
By Mr. Blewitt—Partridge, have you anything to Sir B. Hall—Where did you sec the •
prisoner
say why you should not ho committed for high treason ? Townsend—ln the roomin this house where 'Ale is
The prisoner said—l call God to witness lam innocent confined.
of the crime I am with, charged I have i
nothing else After a long altercation, whick, interet d ~ en
to say ; but I hope the Lord will have mercy upon my ceedings of the Court for near)es ' an hours• cb
rj- ,1-..
.half co st r
.-- :pp,•are,,
wife and children, that he had gained accefes to the priso
Mr. Blewitt—The Magistrates are unanimously of Williams, by a false re to
an ' 4".'
Ebenezer
and now attempteri
'opinion that you should stand committed for high tree- to impose on the Beeich that he was, attorney. Ile
son. They sympathize with your wife and children, was therefore, and on account of a.
and are sorry that you did not think of them earlier. viour before the 'Magistrates, o-
,dere(iis indecorous Leila-
to be committed,
The prisoner was then removed in custody, and brought up 'gain
to-moarow,
In the case of James Aust, who was yesterday tom- The case of Thomas Day. *
les was then resumed.
mitred for high treason, the following additional evidence John Davis sworn—l alit a special constable. Was
was adduced to-day :
lon duty at the top of Stowe-hill
morning
William Phillips having Leen sworn, said—l live at last, with orders to detain all
suspicious
audfivlooking per suns.
Malpass, near Newport. I know the prisoner. He I saw the prisoner between four
lives in the same parish. I employed him last year in morning. He was coming from town t ' od'clock th'''t
whar s the te eta
my garden for a few days. I had some conversation pike, on the road to Risca. I stopped el
with him, and asked him what could make hint a Chart- his 'business. He said he was goin PPto 07C
ande a eke • 1
ist, as he was very well off. He answered it was time for a job of work. I said I coulgd e 1 uto
im'k
not a low Vail to
for them to do something, as the great men had had it pass. Mr. Rogers •
came up just then, and k gave him
ail in their hands long enough. I said, why I hear, into his custody.
Aust, they are about to pull Mr. Protheroo's house Cross-examined by the prisoner—I h sty known
hef you
down and Mr. Blewitt's, or otherwise turn it into e three or four years, and never knew r
, the arm o you..
poor-house. He said, " I hope I shall live to see it." The prisoner, in his defence, sal,' the arms were for
I then got in a bad way with him and have never em- his own protection. If he had dr
Joe wrong, he was ver •
ployed him aince. He did not deny being a Chartist. sorry ;bi
but as he had a wife B,nd four children ' )
. cepen-
Prisoner (interrupting)—No, I never did, because I dent ess him, ha hoped their Worships would consular
considered they were fel. ° Peace, law, and order." thesn.
Examination resumed—When I spoke to him it was He was then committed to take his trial for
nkli
the day after a Chartist meeting at Newport, just before treason.
Vincent was taken. He left my work to go to the meet- Richard Benfield and John Rees were next aslated at
ing, and it was in consequence of that I spoke to him. the bar, charged with high treason,
Cross-examined bythe prisoner—I cannot say you told Isaac Venn said—l ern a special conste 'old • was , on
sue the Chartists did not wish to destroy property. Ido duty at the Westgate on Monday re •
.orning last. I
not remember you saying any such thing, was appointed to keep the a eoorway by the m
. ayor.
The prisoner was then fully committed. There was an attack on the hotel. 1
i let morning. It
Thomas Davis was then placed at the bar, charged commenced at about te. '
ilne o clock, As I stood at the
with high treason, in having been taken in arms against door a mob of P P e armA marched, about four
her Majesty.
abreast very regularly , doun the hill, and a man with
John O'Dwyer sworn—l ant a special constable. On a gun t'o ah f s our, As far as I could judge. . They were
Monday morning last I was on duty at about six o'clock. nut attackedec f rorei the house first ; abouth ehigadht or nine t
I took the prisoner into custody, and brought him be- came up to the
a gun itt 1
fore the Mayor, on suspicion of his having arms about his hand, (same door.an d s Oneok ot o 0
mt
ee. them,
flay stick., I
his person. •I
then searched him, took from him a kind and sait'e, "in here you shall not come."
of tomahawk, a pistol, a flask of powder, a bag of bullets, said, " You have got our prisoners here, and •,,,le,rv,,aani
and a cutlass which had been recently ground. When have them out." I believe the man is one f. - "'"
0 the,se
the Mayor inquired what he did with such things about now lying dead in the stable. On saviv g this abey
him, he said he had them to defend himself. It was fired and rushed in and filled the passage.
TheY fired
about three hours previous to the attack on the West. instantly I spoke right in through tha •rassage. They
gate Hotel that the prisoner was apprehended. The that were in continued breaking euat.a ass and making
mob who attacked the Westgate were of the same rank towards the bar. Two of' the Cho...
lets were shot by
in life as the prisoner. I saw none unarmed. I have their own men who were ouhside. .1
stood in the pas-
no doubt that the prisoner intended to he one of that sage all time time. They slat aiht
molest me, as I
le do
pm ay. The prisoner had also a tobacco-box filled with not think they kre-,v,. me
I resolved, in. 1,,,
.to be a constab.
percussion caps. He was very wet and muddy.
y own, mind
, to make my
Itarnabas Brough said—l am a brewer and wine- eseepe as SriOn as the
merchant, of Pont-y.pool. At about half-past nine firing they began breaking firingevery
ceased. After the
o'clock en Sunday night last I went from Newport to I should think the firing lastedry thing they came to.
abouta quarter of an f
Pont-y-pool with Thomas Watkins, a currier. I left hour ; but I was too much agitated to notice particues
tey gig at Cross- -clog, I left, and we proceeded on lady. In the mean time 1 saw five dead in the p
foot towards Peet.y.peei. When we were about half sage and the doorway. After the firing I was card 4-
ered
way between that place and the New Inn, we met a to shut the front door. I walked over h dead ' .
t e "dies
body of armed men, who ordered us to stop. Some of of three to shut it. I could not shut it on acct
f /ant of a
them had pikes, some gons, some pistols, swords, and dead man's arm lying between the door and
,ite from.
mandrills, Th© night was very dark and wet ; but I took the arm up and put it outside. I
from the tweed of their voices and the tramp of their who came in, there was such a rush ; bre(' ',.-..hkeinnolt
itimil
feet, I should say there were about. forty or fifty men. shut the door I turned round and sa• 'chwe risoneras
They ordered as to stand, and demanded our names. , one standing hi the parsage by tie Ar
the
pandnone,
on;
We did so, and said who we were, Amongst the voices I standing in the other 0
corner. Pantry, _ .
r e had a long pole m
I think I heard that of Shell, one of the men now 1 his hand with a spear head at a '
.he top, and a spear was
hie who was a car le
lying dead in the sta ~ .. I liter of by the other. think it we 5 Rees who had the spear.
Pont-y-pool, be giving
lie appeared to g gorders to At this me- t Is. t '
„nen ieu ersant Gray came up with his
the party. a remortstrated against being deprived of sword `Li-awn and said, as Here are two of them." aitr
t
my liberty. He told me to hold my tongue, A I 1 MP' ; tow-placed them under th
- - -them into chestody, and
• should be taken care of, I then approac.l.6, him for guard in the soldier's room. lum quite cent • e
am
tection. He rhea, gave orders t,':, iour or five - - tine
pro
err :
1 prisoners were not in the housebefore the attack,
men to come and take '..110 " prisoners,"
and "`rdl
Bazil Gray, Lieutenant in the 45th regiment of Foot,
). two men
&tea, , wito pikes came before Us and two sworn.—l received orders on Monday morning la
behind 114, and a men bY my side with a pistol, which a little after eight o'clock, from Major Steel: just,
at
he sold me was loaded, an we e
vere marched towards ' teed to the Westgate Hotel, and put myself. ,to pro-
underd. the.
Newport. The first lash we made was near the Marshes orders of the Mayor. Irepaired there '
Gate, • at the entrance Ude Newport, I requested per with thirty men, and formed in front of thunerae immediate
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NEWPORT, FRIDAY.
The town begins to assume the appearance of order
and healthy tranquillity, and I trust that the well-
judged arrangements now being made under the di-
rection of Colonel Considine and Major Cook, with the
concurrence of the Magistrates, seconded by the untir-
ing perseverance of Mr. Blewitt and the whole Bench
of Magistrates, will have the effect of bringing the
whole of the offenders to justice ; but every succeed-
ing examination tends to confirm the impression that a
very extensive conspiracy existed, and of course it a ill
be a work of some time to trace it through all its
ramifications. Four others have been committed, and
the evidence adduced in the course of their examina-
tions, as I have stated above, still further exposes the
extent and nature of the conspiracy.
The following bill has been widely circulated through-
out the district :
" HIGH TREASON.--POUR HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.
" Whereas the four undermentioned, persons stand
charged with the crime of high treason, committed at
Newport, in Monmouthshire, on Monday, the 4th of
November instant, a reward of 4001. is hereby offered
to any person or persons who shall apprehend either of
them, or give such information as shall lead to either of
t'ueir apprehension
:
William Jones, of Pont-y-pool, commonly called or
known as Jones the Watchmaker.'
" David Jones, of Tredegar ironworks, collier, com-
monly called or known David the Tinker.'
" John Rees, of Tredegar iron works, mason, com-
monly called or known as Jack the Fifer.'
" John Dewellin, of Pont-y-pool, beer-housekeeper.
" By order of the Magistrates.
" Dated Newport, Monmouthshire, Nov. 7, 1839."
Since this was issued, Jones, the principal leader of
the Ponty-y-Pool division of the Chartists, has been ap-
prehended. Re was recognized in a public-house by
the landlady. He attempted to make his escape, but
was pursued into the woods of Crwm-lyn. Finding
escape hopeless, he drew a pistol and threatened to shoot
any one who approached. His pursuers were, however,
determined, and he at length surrendered, saying he
know his fate and was prepared for it. Jones is under-
going his examination to-day.

INQUEST ON THE BODIES.
This morning the Coroner, W. Brewer, Esq., and a
Jury of fourteen gentleinen of the town, proceeded to
view the bodies now lying at the Westgate Hotel ; but
as the Coroner is engaged in the examination of the
prisoners the farther investigation of the inquest w•as
adjourned till Monday.