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quence thought it right to withdraw from the Associa-
tion. Lovell was one of the leading members of the
Chartist Committee, and I never knew a meeting with
out his attendance. I heard Lovell often say, " They
would have the Charter." I heard him say at various
times, " If they should not have the Charter by fair
means, they would have it otherwise." I saw him with
the mob at Vincent's meetiks
The prisoner was then committed for trial for high
treason and sedition, and was again curried to-bed.
The Court adjourned at half-past eight o'clock to
Monday morning.

VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS!

THE DUKE OF SUSSEX

(Abridged from the Newcastle Chronicle of Thursday,
Nov. 7.)
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At an early hour preparation; were made at the As-
sembly Rooms for the reception of the Royal Visitor
and his distinguished party ; and shortly before twelve
o'clock, a guard of honour of the 98th, from the bar-
racks, preceded by the band, took up a position in the
green in front of the Rooms, to be in readiness to re-
ceive his Royal Highness. As soon as his Royal High-
ness arrived in the town, the bells of the several
churches were rung, and a royal salute was fired from
the castle guns. Below will be found as full an ac-
count of the proceedings as our time and limits will
allow.

MONMOUTH.
(From the Hereford Times.)
On Friday evening last some excitement was created
in this town, in consequence of its being rumoured that
the Chartists on the hills intended coming to Mon-
mouth, for the express purpose of releasing Vincent
and the other Chartist prisoners now in confinement
in our county gaol ; little attention, however, was paid
to it, as numerous reports of the same description have,
for the last six months, occasionally been circulated ;
this apathetic indifference was roused on Monday
morning, at half-past three o'clock, by the sounding
of the bugle, summoning the troop of Lancers, sta-
tioned here, to arms. The violent knocking at the
doors of the public-houses, where the soldiers were
quartered with the sound of the bugle at such an un-
usual hour, caused an alarm and consternation through-
out this quiet town, which it is impossible to de-
scribe ; the inhabitants rushed from their beds, as
though each of their dwellings was in flames ; terror
spread from house to house, and the most anxious in-
quiries were heard being made in all directions, by the
affrighted half asleep people, just aroused from their
slumbers, their heads thrust out at the windows. A
thousand rumours were afloat ; " the Chartists are
coming," was the most common report, and on the faces
of the inquirers (who, scarcely awake, and in their night-
dresses, passed from window to window, the anxious,
oft-repeated question,
." In the name of God ! what is
the matter ?") was depicted the most painful anxiety,
heightened by the glare of the gas-lights, which re-
vealed the figures of the inhabitants, some running to
and fro, others assembling in small groups, engaged in
deep and earnest conversation. In fact, you may judge
of our dreadful state of anxiety, when it was commonly
believed that the town was about to be stormed by thou-
sands of armed and infuriated colliers and miners. In
a short time, all persons had left their beds and were
dressed. It appeared that the Mayor bad, on the
preceding evening, received intelligence from various
quarters in the lower part of the country, to the effect,
that a general rise of the Chartists at the different iron-
works and collieries, would certainly take place on the
Monday. This information determined the Mayor to
instantly order the military under arms ; and the bugle
was accordingly sounded throughout the streets. The
troop of Lancers remained under arms, their horses
ready saddled and bridled ; a despatch was sent to
Bristol for more troops, and out-posts were established
to bring in the earliest intelligence. Monmouth now
presented the animated but melancholy spectacle of a
town awaiting the approach of a besieging army. Bu-
siness, of course, was suspended ; and our feverish
anxiety was kept up throughout the day, by the cir-
culation of reports, as various in themselves, as all of
them were dreadful ; our suspense was at length ended,
by the arrival of the Bristol Mail, from which we had
the fearful tidings that a terrible riot had taken place
at Newport, attended with a fearful sacrifice of life.
THE CHARTIST PIKE.--The following is a des-
cription of the iron head of one of those most formid-
able weapons, the Chartist pikes ; the handle is of wood ;
the length from the point of the spear to the end of the
handle is about six feet ; both edges of the hook are
sharpened, and were intended principally for cutting
bridle-reins. It seems that the Chartists calculated
upon using these pikes very effectively in their expected
conflict with the cavalry. A large number of the pikes
have double hooks, or rather, a sharp-pointed spike
jutting out on the one side and a hook on the other.
CHARTIST MODE OF IMPRESSMENT.—We have
stated that the Chartists forced men of all classes to
join their ranks ; a short description of their diabolical
mode of procedure may not be uninteresting. A band
of forty or fifty Chartists, armed with pikes, guns, and
other mortal weapons, march to a house, and if the door
is not instantly opened to them, they threaten at once
to attack and demolish it. They then enter the house
in a body, and demand that the master and every other
man on the premises instantly join their ranks ; at the
same time stating, that no harm will come to the women
and children, as they (the Chartists) have sworn not to
injure them. If the master refuse, he is then seized and
dragged forth, placed in the centre of the band, a file of
men behind him with presented pikes ; thus is he
marched off. If he attempt to escape, he does so at the
imminent peril of his life. Many of the peaceable inha-
bitants, in this coerced state, accompanied the insur-
gents to Newport, where, in the confusion and defeat
before the Westgate Hotel, they managed to effect
their escape. But by far the larger portion of the
well-disposed, obtaining information of the Chartists'
intention, instantly collected all the valuable property
they could carry and took their flight to Abergavenny.
Let the wife or husband, father or mother, brother or
sister, picture in their mind, the agonizing state of the
hapless men who had sought refuge in Abergavenny, on
Monday, having left their wives and children on the hills,
dependent on the promises of peaceful intent, made by
men who had boasted of their disregard of life and pro-
perty—that state bordered on despair, when the news
arrived of the conflict at Newport. Abergavenny, on
Monday and Tuesday presented all the bustle of a great
fair, but, instead of the appearance of business, all was
dread and consternation. Among the refugees, was Mr.
Robert Pritchard, (formerly landlord of Monmouth Cap
Inn). Mr. Pritchard keeps a public-house at Syr-howy ;
he was visited by a press-gang of Chartists, and reso-
lutely refused to go ; overpowered by numbers, he was
dragged out of his house, when just as he was being
placed in the centre of the gang, his wife rushed out of
the house, and threw her arms around his neck, vowing
that no earthly power should tear them apart ; in vain
did the ruffians attempt to separate them ; she clung to
her husband with the most determined bravery, and in
this state they were thrust and dragged forwards for
nearly half a mile ; at length the rebels finding their
endeavours unavailing, sent Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard
home, and so pleased were they with the courage and
affection of the wife, that they protected them with an
escort.

At a few minutes before twelve, his Royal Highness
arrived at the Assembly Rooms, where he was received
by the members of the committee, and other gentlemen
assembled, the guard of the 98th regiment presenting
arms, and the band playing, " God save the Queen."
In the picture-room he received
ADDRESSES FROM THE CORPORATE BODIES OF NRW-

CASTLE AND GATESHEAD,
which were read by the Town Clerk.
His Royal Highness read the following answer :
Mr. Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses,—l accept
with the warmest gratitude the kind expressions con-
tained in your address to me. With every man of high
honour, next to the self-satisfaction derived from a con-
scientious conviction that he has performed his duty
honestly and uprightly for the benefit of society, the ap-
probation and good will of his fellow-citizens and coun-
trymen, ought to be the object of his ambition, as it is
his highest reward. I, therefore, feel deeply the com-
pliment you have paid me. Seventeen years have now
elapsed since I visited your loyal city, when I had the
honour, as well as the pleasure, of laying the foundation
stone of a building which was then erected for the use
of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle.
It affords me great satisfaction to learn and to see that
the improvements which have since taken place in this
town and its neighbourhood, and which have benefited
the country in general, emanated from this enlightened
institution, supported by your energy and liberality.
am, therefore, greatly indebted to those gentlemen who,
at that time, allowed me to co-operate with them in
erecting so noble an edifice, while on the present occa-
sion I rejoice with you at the result of such spirited and
munificent exertions ; and fervently do I pray that the
blessing of a benign Providence may continue to shine
on this city, as well as on all other enlightened, liberal,
and charitable institutions of this land.
The Rev. WM. TURNER, as one of the Vice-Presi-
dents of the Literary and Philosophical Society, beg-
ged, in their name, to return their best thanks to his
Royal Highness, and to assure him that they held in
most grateful remembrance the kindness of his Royal
Highness in sanctioning the foundation of a buildihg
which had been of great advantage in promoting the in-
terest of literature and science in Newcastle.
JOHN BARRAS, Esq., Mayor of Gateshead, with
several members of the Council, presented to his Royal
Highness their dutilul and loyal address.
His Ro) al Highness read the following reply :
" Mr. Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of. the Borough
of Gateshead,
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" I thank you for the hearty welcome you have
afforded me. Being so closely allied to, and connected
as I am with her most gracious Majesty, my beloved
niece, by ties of blood as of personal affection, the
assurance of your attachment to me is most gratifying
to my heart, inasmuch as it 'is a pledge of your devo-
tion to her sacred person, who desires only to govern
her people according to the principles of the British
Constitution, established by the laws of the land,
which have declared the rights and duties of the Sove-
reign, as well as defined those of the subject, and the
strict observance of which must tend to cement indis-
solubly, mutual love and confidence on both sides.
" These were the conditions to which my forefathers
agreed and pledged their faith when called to reign over
the destinies of these realms. I have always supported
these principles as a faithful and loyal subject, and I
trust that so long as a scion of the House of Brunswick
exists, he or she will never forget those pledges so cor-
dially and religiously given."
His Royal Highness afterwards attended the
♦NNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND

SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE FINE ARTS,

which was held in the small Assembly-room, and which
was crowded to excess.
The Earl of DURHAM took the Chair.
After the Report had been received and the prizes
given, and after Mr. Ord, M.P., Mr. Easthope, M.P.,
Mr. Hull, M.P., and Mr. Hawes, M.P., had addressed
the meeting,
His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, amid
much applause, said, in the first instance he trusted they
would allow him to express the great pleasure he felt in
listening to the Report which had been read, inasmuch
as, before one got connected with a society it was only
right to know the objects for which it was established,
and to ascertain if its conductors had acted up to the
professions which they had made, and certainly, from
the Report, be would say that the account given was
both gratifying and encouraging to him.—(Applause.)
At all times it gave him great and sincere pleasure to
see science advance, not only amongst the higher orders,
but amongst the industrious and middle classes, because
such an advance was best calculated to raise the moral
character of those in the humbler ranks of life, and lay
the foundation of all that was good in well-regulated
society.—(Applause.) Institutions cf this nature de-
served the highest support ; as a humble individual, he
would be proud and happy to contribute, as far as he
could, to this excellent Institution.—(Cheers.) As had
been stated by the Honourable Gentleman who seconded
the motion, he presided for seven years over the Royal
Society, and it was a great object with him to produce
unanimity and good will amongst all its members, which
was not the case when he succeeded to the situation.—
(Applause.) He then said to himself—are you capable
of entering into the details of these learned Societies
—and he candidly confessed that, with the knowledge
he had, he was not capable, but he thought, by keep-
ing the members of the Society in good humour, and
in making them feel that what was for the benefit of
one was for the benefit of all, he could promote the
success of the Society. They had the good sense to
see that the suggestions he made to that effect were
valuable, they carried them into effect, and the merit
rested upon their shoulders and not upon his. He
approved of the resolution which admitted the lower
orders to the exhibitions of the Society ; it would im-
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(From the Hampshire Telegraph.) prove their taste and learn them to have respect for
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9.—The Revenge, 76, Capt, works of art ; it would learn them that eyes
Hon. W. Waldegrave, arrived on Thursday from ought to be used as eyes, and fingers as
Plymouth ; she will be paid wages on Wednesday next, fingers, and that touching was what they were not
and proceed next day to the Mediterranean. The Re- permitted to do. Formerly it was unsafe to allow the
venge returned to this port not twenty short of her lower classes to view works of art, so great was their
complement, which will be completed by volunteer sea- proper.sity to disfigure them, but by making them thus
men coming round in the Mercury, from Sheerness. familiar with them they would not only get a taste for
Sailed on Monday morning (with the wind from the them, but they would themselves become guardians of
northward) the Hercules, 72, Capt. Barnard, and works of art. Such a privilege would also have a ten-
Scout,corvette, Commander Craigie, for the river, to be dency to draw them from certain places of resort, from
paid off. spirit-houses and ale-houses, where little good was to be
The Sapphire, troop-ship, Mr. Nembhard, master, got, and where they could merely gratify an illicit pas-
was towed out of the harbour on Sunday, and immedi- sion ; but by an attendance upon this institution, the
lately proceeded to the river Clyde, where she will em- better feelings of their nature would be awakened,
bark the service companies for Gibraltar. The Athol, they would be exalted in the march of life, they would
troop-ship, Mr. Bellamy master, now at Cork, is also command the respect of others, and that would)li teach,
ordered on the same service, them to respect themselves.—(pi
The Firefly steam-vessel, Lieut. Winnett, will call anxious to support all such institutions, and, thougeh"as
here in a few days from the River, for the Mediter- longer President of the Royal Society, he was still P
I-neo
raneaa, and will take dispatches for Sir Robt. Stopford. sident of another Society for the Promo Promotion of Arts, Ma--
The Madagascar, 44, recently returned from the nufactures, and Commerce, and it would afford him ()Teat
West India station, is preparing for commission. Ru- pleasure, on his return to town, to report to that So-
mour says she is to relieve the Seringapatam, at Bar- ciety what he had seen here, and he hoped that Society
badges. would contribute as mnch as they possibly could to the
The Tribune, 16, Captain Williams, was at Gibral- object of this Institution.—(Applause.) In conclusion,
tar on the 22d ult. his Royal Highness said he had to return thanks to the
The Pelorus, 16, Commander Harding, was at Syd- Noble Lord in the chair for introducing him to the So-
ney on the 3d June. ciety, and it was one of those debts of friendship which
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Pring, left Halifax, for I he would rather rejoice in increasing than diminishing.
Jamaica, Vera Cruz, and England, on the 21st Sept. —(Great applause.)
The Crocodile, 28, Captain Milne, was at St. John's, The Earl of DURHAM said it was with some degree
Newfoundland, on the 21st September. of pride and satisfaction that he introduced his Royal
The Andromache, 28, got on shore on an unknown Highness to them that day ;he felt a pride, seventeen
rock, on the Magdalen Islands, on the sth September. years ago, in showing a Prince of the House of Bruns-
She remained there ten hours, but by throwing over wick the industry of this important district, but how
her shot, and pumping out her water, she got off, and much more did he now feel when he could bid his
has since made no water. On the 24th September she Royal Highness look around him, and almost defy him
was at Pictou. to identify the place as the same which he then visi-
The Waterwitch, brig, Lieutenant Matson, accord. ted.—(Great applause.) When his Royal Highness
ing to private letters of August last, has made a cap- saw the commerce on their river, when he saw their ar-
ture of, and sent into Sierra Leone for condemnation, a chitecture wnich struck every eye, when he saw the
Portuguese schooner, having on hoard 354 slaves, sight of the present day, when all ranks and, he would
The Media steam frigate sailed on Wednesday, for fain hope, all Parties—(Applause)—of both sexes met
Woolwich. to welcome and encourage him—when he saw all this,
The Nutria transport sailed on Tuesday with the was not he (the Noble Chairman) entitled to congratu-
depot of the 18th Regiment, for Chatham. late himself on being the instrument of introducing
The Fearless steamer called in here yesterday for him.—(Great applause.) He had been sent to various
fuel, on her passacre to Woolwich, and with men for quarters of the world, yet, at either extremity of
the Revenge, the world, his thoughts had never been absent
The Barretto Junior, having been many years in the from his native country, and he had never failed
East India trade, a
is now taken up as a transport, and to flo every thing in his power to benefit it.—
will call here in few days to take detachments to the (Great applause.) He had visited Germany, Italy,
West Indies. A portion of the 82d Regiment will Russia, and America, and he had seen the finest collec-
embark from this garrison. tions of art thrown open to the public. We beat them
In Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal in our mechanical skill, we beat them in the production
George, Messenger steamer. of the material (he did not mean the raw material), but
NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Cap- we were deficient to them in the higher branches of
tain—Thomas Bourchier, to the Blonde. Commander design, and why ? because we had not sufficient
insti-
R. Hall, of the Sheerness Ordinary, to the Wan.. tutions to elicit that talent which lay dormant in the
derer. Lieutenants—H. J. W. S. P. Gallway, Sir P. working classes. Let not the higher orders suppose
W. E. Nicholson Bart., and W. C. Metcalf, to the they had all the talent ; there was in the lower ranks as
Blonde ; Thomas Creser, to command the Hope much talent as existed in theirs, but they had not the
vice Rees, deceased ;
packet, William Hoseason, to means of bringing it out. To remedy this they ought all
command the Alecto steam-vessel ; Justice Peter Roe. to engage in the one great object—the advancement and
pel, to Royal
Master—E, M. Sohvaefferer,
igsn, for service of the Pigmy. glory of the human species—(Applause)—and it would
Ch
affers, Ito the Blond. Second Mas. give him sincere pleasure, if, at their next meeting he
ter—J. Doyle Pascoe, to be Senior Second Master of could congratulate them on the increase of the
the Athol troop-ship. Pursers—James Lyall, to the Society. He was sure that the germ of ingratitude did
Tyne ; John Porter to the Blonde. Assistant-Surgeon not exist in Society, and that its members would exert
—George Doak, to be Acting-Surgeon of the Harle- themselves to the utmost to realize the hopes which had
quin ; Henry Edmonds, to the Fantome. Mate—E. been formed of them. He could only say that, born
H. R. Proctor, to the Britannia. Vol. Ist Class— near them, and almost bred amongst them, they might
John Daniel, to the Ganges. Gunner—William White, command him, at all times, in everything which could
to the Blonde. Boatswain—Thomas Archer, to the promote their honour and prosperity.—(Great applause.)
Blonde. Carpenter—Robert Jackson, to the Blonde. i The company adjourned to

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.