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London, England, 1839-11-06 00:00:00

Were found one brace and a half of pistols, a flask full of
powder, and a large quantit;, of balis and capi ; ucd on C;.!
other prisoner I found two brace of pistols and a large
quantity of gunpowder and ball. Frost, Partridge, and
about a dozen others are now in custody, the former
charged with treason and sedition. The town during
the past night has been tranquil, and nothing like a dis-
turber of the peace was to be heard or seen. Only
one of the military, a sergeant, has been hurt, and he
not seriously. Several of the inhabitants have been
wounded. Mr. Morgan, a respectable draper, living in
Commercial-street, was shot in the chest, and is now
'Pug in a dangerous state. It is due to all the inhabi-
tants to say that they are entitled to great credit, and
that every man among them has nobly performed his
duty.,

Our Member, and highly respected neighbour, Mr.
Blewitt, has been constantly at his post, and indefa
tigable in the performance of his Magisterial duties.
The Magistrates will sit this morning to hear and in-
vestigate the charges against the prisoners, and you
shall again hear from me to-morrow with further in-
formation.
Mr. Blewitt has, by this day's post, written to Lord
Normanby, strongly advising the issuing of a special
commission for the immediate trial of the prisoners.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)

BRISTOL, MONDAY, 11 P.M,
Since I wrote you a hurried account of the informa-
tion I had received of the dreadful occurrences at New-
port, I have made diligent inquiry in every quarter
likely to be possessed of authentic intelligence, the re-
sult of which I shall now proceed to give. It appears
that correct information of the outbreak was commu-
nicated to the Magistrates of this city by Mr. Giradon,
brother of the respected Coroner for Bristol, of whom,
as also from Captain Jeffries of the Usk Newport
steamer, Captain Allen of the Nautilus steamer, and the
guard of the Welsh mail, and three of the passengers, I
have gleaned the following particulars. First, however,
I should premise that the Magistrates of Newport had
gained some information of the intentions of the rioters,
and they were, indeed, assembled at the Westgate Hotel
with all the military force they could muster, about sixty
soldiers of the 45th Regt., a portion of whom were
stationed in the yard of the hotel, and the remainder on
Stowe-hill. The Magistrates had also taken the pre-
caution to send an express to Bristol for more troops,
and about fifty lancers marched from here this evening,
at eight o clock. I learn from the parties mentioned
above, that the Chartists commenced their operations on
Sunday ; and in the course of that day had collected
about 10,000 men, blowing out all the furnaces as they
proceeded, and pressing every man into their service,
chiefly from the neighbourhood of Blackwood, Pont y-
Pool, and Caerfilly.
At four o'clock on Monday morning the rioters
halted, being then near the beautiful seat of Sir Charles
Morgan, Treadeager-park, about three miles from
Newport, and waited till six o'clock for a fresh body
of insurgents to join them from Pont-y-pool. At
about ten o'clock they divided themselves into two
, bodies ; one, under the command of Mr. John Frost,
ex-Magistrate and Chartist delegate, marched down
Charles-street, the principal street ; and the other
under the direction of Mr. Frost's son, a lad of
about fourteen took the direction of Stowe-hill,
The two divisions met at the Westgate Hotel, where
the Magistrates were assembled, and, after giving three
cheers for the Charter, commenced a most furious at-
tack on the Hotel. Every window in the house was
broken, and the slugs from the guns and muskets were
1 flying in all directions. The Mayor, T. Phillips, Esq.,
was wounded, and several of the respectable inhabitants
who were acting as special constables, as mentioned in
my previous account. The soldiers made a sally, and
gallantly charged the rioters, who, after a show of re-
sistance, fled, leaving a great quantity of arms in the
streets, nine of their misguided companions dead, and
now lying in the yard of the hotel, and about twenty
wounded, many of them mortally. The main body then
tetreated into the fields ; amongst them their leader,
Frost, made his escape.
It is very generally expected that an attempt will be
trade to fire the town to night. Several communi-
cations have been received in Bristol to-night, which
rather confirm this impresssion, added to which the
Comparatively defenceless state of the town
nukes rue extremely fearful that some such horrible
attempt may be made. It appears to have been
the intention of the rioters to have taken
Possession of and pillaged Newport, and then to
have marched on Monmouth to liberate Vincent and his
companions from gaol. They have solemnly sworn that
Vincent shall not remain in prison after the sth Novem-
ber, and it is now extremely doubtful whether or not an
attempt was made to release Vincent simultaneously
ly;th the attack at Newport. The greatest excitement
Pre veils throughout South Wales. The guard of the
trail Mates that from 7,000 to 10,000 teen were col-
lecting on the hills near Risca, and it was expected that
an attack would be made at Brecon and Merthyr. The
magistratee of Cardiff had, however, been apprised of
Isbe intentions of these wretched men, and who had
t:" kitting during the whole of Sunday night ; and
u'Y all the respectable inhabitants were sworn in as
n,"penal constables, and the militia and cavalry called
s " Sit pieces of cannon were planted in the streets,
' that it is hoped these precautionary measures will
Prevent any sach serious attempt being made as that
at
Newport.
, 'The following, amongst other private letters, has
teen read at the Commercial Rooms here (Bristol), and
tht,greatest excitement prevails :
.txtract from a letter, dated Newport, 9 a.m.,
November 4 :
, " There is sad work here ; the Chartists are coming
totvn from the hills in great numbers, and all of them
are well armed. Several stragglers have been taken ;
,ore had a sword, pistol, ammunition, and a large iron
hammer about his person, and some others had pikes.
4- gentleman from this town was sent on horseback last
night to Risca to reconnoitre, and was attacked ; he has
lt,wound in the groin six or seven inches long ; he was
%Esc fired at. We are all constables. I have been up
'14.1 night. The soldiers have been under arms since
lesi•erday, and an express was sent last night to Bristol
for more. Information has been received that the
Chartists intend to break open the gunmakers' shops,
and march to Monmouth to liberate Vincent. Business
Is at a complete stand still. I have just learnt that five
Or six thousand are marching on Sir Charles Morgan's
seat at Tredegar."
_ Extract of a letter received by Mr. John Fisher,
vtive-merchant‘Bristol :
" Our town ts in a state of riot. We have had a
most dreadful riot ; in fact, it is not over yet, as we
fully expected the Chartists will set fire to the town
to-night. Dead bodies are lying in the streets. There
are about twelve killed, and a great many wounded.
They came down in a body of about 20,000 from the
iron works. We expect about 200 soldiers by the
Packet from Bristol immediately. No person is al-
lowed to go out of his house. Nearly all the families
have left the town.

(From the Morning Post.)
CHARTIST RIOTS AT NEWPORT.
(LATEST PARTICULARS.)
BRus•TOL, MONDAY EVENING, 12 O'CLOCK.
i,..Sinee my letter of yesterday, in which I communi-
rjr!ed the particult
..rs of the dreadful riot and loss of
•4c et Newport, i,l,etnmonthshire, I have lost no time
t' making inquiries in every quarter in which I thought
rrect information, and such
I, likelY I could elicit c,"
rutieulars as I have been L'nabled to collect fully bear
nut the statement which I sent you.
There is every reason to be;jeve that this is not a
aIKIen
the outbreak, but a premeditat,nd attack, as ono of
(re k;hartists had admitted that they
have " for
determined monthsthe
ned upon having their liberty, an,..1 releasing
victim Vincent." From the accounts received there is
every reason to fear that the seditious principles of
Chartism have been widely promulgated throughout the
Counties of Monmouth, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, &c.,
It_yl that nearly all the coal-miners and ironworkers of
those counties have yielded to " the voice of the
"narruer," and become the advocates of revolutionary
and republican principles.
~
.The following copy of a letter which I have received
415 evening will give you full particulars of this horrible
(ktbreak
atea
"
For several weeks past the Magistrates of this
ok.county(Monmouth) have received intimations that
a nest was meditated. They were at first attributed to
'Pirit of braggadocia in which the leaders of these in-
t°
ln men have from the first indulged ; but at
8,-gtill, coming as they did from so many quarters, a
a° ;ataer degree of importance was attached to them,
vit....a1l possible preparations were made for the pre-
th. lAtin of violence and the preservation of the peace of
N: 'town, On Saturday last a miner, who came into
he' Port for the purpose of purchasing marketings, was
ti ta„" by more than one person to state that the Char-
t: ; Would have possession of the town before the
ij"ht °w night • and statements of a similar kind having,
othert course 'of that day and Sunday, been made by
the, Persons, the utmost alarm for the safety of
Ive c:"wri prevailed. A number of special constables
gi,r- 'sworn in, and the soldiers (a part of the 45th Re-
te -11„1:" °f Foot) supplied with ball-cartridges. Yes-
Prr;3e,(Sonday) we received information that dreadful
tri°Jeemngs were being taken in the mountainous dis-
P 141; that the Chartists were breaking into houses,
thel'"ring them of arms, dragging their inmates from
erder -beds, and compelling them to join their ranks. In
wet r to test the accuracy of this intelligence scouts
Cline sent out, one of whom was fired upon by the
tll,-trwklta and otherwise ill-treated,but not so badly but
aim. le was enabled to return and communicate the
heen°g intelligence that the different iron furnaces had
vvitla ul°wn out, that the men had armed themselves
4worngulls and other offensive weapons, that they were
ter
..to be revenged on the Newport Magistrates.
I teed the persecution of Vincent," and that they m-
in 48;11_ Plundering the town aid afterwards laying it
Arad,: ; As you might expect, this information
ton,'_en. i the utmost degree of consternation in the
know_ W.tl h, when upon the following morning it was
041., u.that they were advancing, was increased to the
thelirsolute terror. Our worthy Mayor, Mr. Blewitt
Member for the Borough, Mr. Brener, and all the