The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-13 00:00:00

EVEN ING LanTioN •

RIOTS AT NEWPORT

NEWPORT, MIDNIGHT, MONDAY.
EXPOSURE OF THE PLANE OF' THE
Cl/ ARTISTS—COMMITTAL OF FOURTEEN
RIOTERS AT PONT-Y-POOL.
The case of Solomon Britten, another of the ring-
leaders, occupied the greater part of the day. He is
fully committed on the charge of high treason. The
follorvink has been published so-day :

" NOTICE.
" All persons who have arms or other offensive wea
pons in their possession are ordered to send in imme-
diately a list thereof to the Superintendent of Police,
Edward Hopkins, at the Westgate inn ; and to deliver
p all arms of which they may have improperly possessed
themselves ; as in case arms shall be found for which a
good account cannot be given, on search being made for
the same, the parties having such unlawful possession
will be prosecuted.—By order of the Mayor. Dated
Newport, Nov. 9, 1839."
The artillery which had been despatched from Wool-
wich arrived here yesterday. It consists of two field-
pieces and fifty men, under the command of Captain
Bromfield. The Jury who were summoned by the Co-
roner to hold an inquest on the bodies of the ten rioters
who were buried on Friday met this morning ; but the
holding of the inquest was again adjourned for a week,
to enable the Coroner to attend to his duties as a Ma-
gistrate, and to give time for the production of further
evidence.

THE EXAMINATIONS.—MONDAY, Nov. 1 1 .
Magistrates present—Thomas Hawkins, Esq.,
Mayor ; Rev. Mr. Coles, Octavius Morgan, Esq., (son
of Sir Charles Morgan), George Hall, Esq., Lewis Ed-
war
ds, Esq., W. Brewer, Esq , and Thomas Jones Phil-
liK Esq., Solicitor. The Court assembled at ten o'clock.
r. Maule, Solicitor to the Treasury, was present with
the Magistrates during the day. Previous to the open-
' ingot' the business of the day, a wretched woman, with
an infant in her arms, came into the room, her face
bathed in tears. ; She said—" Your worship, I hope
You'll excuse me ; I ask your pardon, but I hear my
husband, your worship, is killed in the late riots ; I
know it is him by his coat. All that I have to ask your
a orships is, that you will give me a line or two under
Your hands."
The Rev. Mr. Coles (interrupting)—Alt! my good
woman, I see what it is, you want to get your husband's
Property. Ido net want to hurt your feelings ; but it
is 0 •
wing to the advice of a great many of you women
thatt, v.e owe al this. You had better go home, and tell
the 'other women what I say, " that if they had given
tmtir husbands better advice this would not have hap-
Per.ied." On being interrogated, she stated her hus-
;',and's name was Farraday. The Magistrates then
banded the woman over to Mr. Hopkins, the inspector,
and requested him to transfer her to Mr. Phelps to re-
ceive her evidence.
_ The first prisoneNbrought in was Charles Groves,
Secretary to the BoglaChartist Society, eighteen years
of age, remanded for further evidence.
John Oliver sworn—l am a printer and stationer.
1 know the prisoner. He worked for me as a printer's
apprentice last summer. I saw a large body of men
come into the town on Monday last. The principal
Part were armed with all sorts of weapons. I saw
them form up. My house is about 100 yards from
this house. I knew of a body called Chartists in this
town. I have several times had conversations with
the prisoner on the subject of the Chartists. When
n e worked for me, he sometimes left his work earlier
In the evening than .I wished him to do. This was
after Vincent was taken ; I believe in the summer time,
in the very long days ; I offered to pay the prisoner any
sum to continue to work longer in the evenings, as I
wanted to get the work forward. The prisoner said he
would go to attend the Chartist meetings. He
said so more than two or three times. I said
I wondered at such a lad as him wanting to
interfere with the Chartists, for he could know but
very little about it ; and as to grievances, he
could have none. He said he attended their meetings,
and would attend them. He said they were determined
to have the Charter, and if they could not get it one way
they would have it another. The witness, in correction
of a previous part of his evidence, said, I should have
stated that when I made the prisoner an offer of any sum
to remain longer at his work, he said, " No, not if you
would give me 51." I told him more than once that I
thought he had seen enough of the Chartists when Vin-
cent was here, to satisfy any reasonable man what their
aim was -
; and I went so far as to say it was the destruc-
tion of property, and I feared bloodshed. His answer
Was, " I hope it will be got without that."
Stephen Rogers sworn, examined by the Rev. J.
Coles.—l know the prisoner at the bar. I was on
duty on Sunday night, Nov. 3, as a special constable. I
had a number of special constables under my command.
MY directions were to take my men to the poor-house,
and keep a good look-out between the Cross Hands and
the Turnpike-gate. I took the prisoner in charge at
the Friars. He was taken about five o'clock on Mon-
day morning. I asked where he was going ? He said,
4 What's that to you ?" I took him into the Turnpike-
gate. He had a black velvet jacket on. I then said I
must insist upon knowing where he had been. He said
be had been to St. Bride's. I did not examine him for
arms. I then took hint into custody.
The next witness called was Henry Hazel], who
the
as chairman, and was the principal speaker at
in,ie Juvenile Chartists' Society, and who was in eus-
,-,'Y ; Ent the Magistrates declined to take his evidence
"`' Present, and be was remanded.
Charles Jones, the prisoner's master and uncle, agreed
to become bail in the sum of .50/. for his appearance at
the Assizes. The prisoner was then committed.
Morgan James, taken up on suspicion of aiding in
the escape of Wright Betty, one of the rioters, was
discharged, there being no evidence to prove his con-
nection with the rioters, and was then sworn to give his
evidence in the case of Thomas Aurelius, the next
Prisoner placed at the bar.
Morgan James sworn, and cross-examined by Mr.
P. rotheroe—l know the prisoner. On Saturday last I
ilved at Pillgwelly. Some time ago I enrolled myself
n Chartist at Newport. Attended a public meeting
at Blackwood on Whitsun Monday. I know John
if‘rost, and Jones, the watchmaker. of Pont-y-Pool. I
tee
them well. Those two persons were present at
Lee meeting'at the Fleur-de-Lis colliery, about sixteen
miles from Newport. They both addressed the people
there on the subject of the Charter. I saw them after-
wards at another public meeting at Duke's Town,
till ye Sirhowy. They urged the people to persevere
they got the Charter. They spoke of moral force
and Physical force. I heard them say, " Have it in a
quiet way if we can ; but if not, we will have it." They
al Town
the meeting there were men enough in Duke's
to take the Charter by force, and physical force.
Tll re were many persons in Duke's Town ; thousands,
f eY said, were coming, some from Tredegar, some
i,coto Sirhowy, some from Duke's Town, some from
rn m"Y-Pool, Elber Vale, Blackard, Merthyr, and
wrY other places. The men had gone from their
„tilt at the furnaces on that day. I heard Frost
wile Jones say the men were to lend their hands
win 4 they were called upon. The men replied, "We
'we will," and made motions with their hands. I
Ztennot say exactly what Frost and Jones said, but I
Iti4td some of them say the men had a right to carry
4;14' I heard them say every man had a right to have
48. Frost and Jones were both there when that was
,1 ' I was at home about five o'clock on Saturday
Mt
-en'cg. In consequence of something I heard I left
Y borne and my work on last Saturday night, about
i,;elee o'clock. After I got to Pillgwelly I went on to
k "'Port. I saw Jenkins Morgan and a cowman. I
tl,°%, Jenkins Morgan to have been a Chartist. He
nnsilv,,ed me, how do the Chartists get on about you ? I
sh"'" they were more quiet than they had been. He said
e wondered at that. I then asked him if there was
anything going forward ? He said there was, but he
reti"ed to tell me what. He told me that things were
very uneasy on the hills, and I said, for God's sake do
tell mehow it is with them. He said it was no use for
Me to go upon the hills again, as there would be no work
done there, I saw Jenkins Morgan again the next
to ay•• It W about eleven o'clock at night. He came
iny house-as
I was not in bed. He said he was captain
of a gang of ten men. He told me I was his man.
He then said Frost was en the hills, and he was coming
down that night with thou
soldiers. They were coming downsands of, men, to attack the
o'clock, before daylight. , to iNewport at two
Inc Charter would be the
law of the land. He told me I should be in danger if
I did not join ; but if I did I should be in no daner
because Frost's men would attack the soldiers. .
gOt;
that I went with them to the outskirts •of thi; town,
with several other men. He told me there waswde;
at Crossfield's warehouse. I did not find
any Powder,
nor any of my party. He said that the whole of the king-
dom would rise at the same hour. He said the Charter
would be the law of the land. There was a secret word
by which the Chartists were to know each other that
'light. If a Chartist met another on that night he was to
teY " Beans." The reply of the Chartists was to be
- Well." If a person did not answer to the catch word
''',e knew he was not a Chartist. If the Chartists took
tniS Place there was to be a signal given to the Chartists
outside the town. The signal was to be by sending
Squibs or rockets up into the air. I did not hear the
firing on Monday morning last. I was at the Court-y-
-bel,la Weighing Machine that morning. About ten
°l.',c'oek I saw Frost ; he had about 60 to 100 men with
'4lal- and was coming from the town. He appeared to
"me from the Salutation going up the hill. That is
the direct road from this house to the Weighing Ma-
thine. It is about a mile from this house to the Weigh-
jag Machine by the Salutation from this house, I heard
the men say they were going to take the whole king-
tictn, and to make the Charter the law of the land. I
heard Jenkins Morgan say those words—he said it out
,aloud so that every body could hear him. I have also
beard it from others. I considered that to be their
tbiect. I know the prisoner 'Thomas Aurelius. He
as. not one of the men that was with our party on that
w
blilt• I have not seen the prisoner for two months
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I saw him now.
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, . nen by the Rev. Mr. Cole—liie peison in the
Duke's-town had very owl. st the meeting at Duke'ry long black
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