The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-02 00:00:00

i SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, it-40

QUARANTINE REGOLATIONS AT

CONSTANTINOPLE.

The Malta Papers, lately received, contain a com-
plete copy of the new sanatory regulations established
by the Constantinople Council of Health, with a view
to meet the convenience of commerce, with a due re-
gard to the preservation of the public health. The fol-
lowing are substantially the provisions of this docu-
ment :—Captains of vessel:arriving there are to be_pro-
vided with bills of health, and deliver them to the chief
officer of the Sanatory Board, who will receive the same
" upon the end of a pole," without boarding the vessel.
There must be three kinds of bills--viz.,.the clean bill,
the suspected bill, and the foul bill. All bills delivered
30 days after the last case of plague to be considered
" clean," and the vessel admitted to free pratique
with all on board. Bills delivered 15 days after the
last day of plague are of the class " suspected," and
must perform quarantine for 15 days if the vessel be
laden, and 10 days if in ballast. Bills within less than
15 days are of the class " foul," and subject to quaran-
tine of 20 days laden, and 15 if in ballast. For " sus-
pected or foul" bills the quarantine to commence on an-
chorage before the lazatet of Kouleli for laden vessels,
but, as the weather may prevent their reaching that an-
chorage, warehouses are to be constructed with as little
delay as possible at the point of Fener-Baktche to receive
cargoes, the quarantine in such cases commencing from
anchorage there. This accommodation not to be granted,
however, unless in stress of weather, and without, preju-
dice to means to be adopted hereafter for conducting ves-
sels to Kouleli. Quarantine for vessels in ballast, foul or
suspected, to reckon also from date of arrival. Foul or
suspected vessels, laden or not, arriving by the Darda-
nelles, to tyke on boat d a " guard of health," either
at the Sanatory. office there or at that of Galipoli, on
the choice of the captain. It the vessel be in ballast,
the quarantine to commence with, the guard on board,
if subjected to the course of disinfection recommended
by the guard. In such case, and the vessel has com-
pleted the period of quarantine in- her'voyage, it :s to
be admitted to free pratique at Constantinople. But if
the vessel be laden, the quarantine in all cases td com-
mence as before stated. On arrival at Constantinople,
vessels not having completed quarantine on the voyage
arc to receive another guard, to be kept on board with
the first until the quarantine has been perfected. Ves-
sels with a clean bill not Obliged to stop either at Gali-
poll or the Dardanelld. Suspected or foul shipS in
ballast may anchor at the entrance of the harbour or the
canal at some distance frem shore,- under inspection of
their guards. Vessels with cargoes to have the same
privilege after discharging at Kouleli, or Fener-Baktche.
Suspected or foui vessels, laden or not, bound from the
Mediterranean to the Black Sea, must take on board a
guard of health, whether intending to perform quarantine
at Constantinople or en route. On arrival, a fl,ig
of two stripes, yellow and black, must be hoisted at the
mizenmast, placed vertically, and kept flying not
departure.

In
case of performing quarantine at Constantinople
the captains must so declare at the time of examination.
If they prefer performing it en route, an additional
guard will be placed on board, to be kept with the for-
mer, and both disembarked before entering the Black
Sea at the sanatory pest of Kayak. Merchandise and
passengers for Constantinople to be landed at the laza-
rette bf Kouleli, and there accomplish their quarantine.
The sanatory boats charged with the examination of the
bills are forthwith to notify the arrival of vessels to their
respective embassies, so that the necessary warrants,
precautions, and firmans for the Black Sea may be pre-
pared. Vessels in ballast desirous of commencing qua-
rantine at the Da-danelles or Gallipoli will be entitled
on previous declaration of intention where the guard of
health is taken, so as to be subjected to the necessary
measures of disinfection.

Vessels from the Black Sea with suspected or foul
bills, whether in ballast or laden, must take a guard of
health at the sanatory-office of Kayak, or that of Silvi-
Bournou, if the weather should prevent at the former
place ; but no examination will take place but at the
lazarette of Kouleli, where an additional guard will be
placed on board. Vessels bound from infected ports
in the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, and not desiring
to perform quarantine at Constantinople, enjoy the
Same facilities in that.respect ab those 'froth" thelVje...
diterranean. • But • they 'tire 'pci4dite'd ' ciii*eynNaik'
one of thesan'atery-gthirds On Aeflaiture;
other until 'arrival at.' the ‘Dardanelles. Vessel •
ar"::1
riving from either sea are to undergo an oral eXatiii2,
mination, when captains must faithfully declare th'e
vessel's state in respect of health, and what com-
munications he may have had during the voyage. If
suspected or foul, an additional guard will be placed.
No officer of health other than the sanatory guard
are to be permitted on board either at Con-
stantinople or elsewhere. 'This prohibition " ri-
gorously" applies to Vessels with a clean bill for
ports in the Black Sea where quarantine regulations
are organized, which vessels arc not intended to com-
municate with Constantinople or other Parts of Tar:
key. They need not deliver their bill of health to
the quarantine-officer. No persons are to be allowed
to go' on board foul or suspected vessels bound for
Constantinople, except' the' medical quarantine of,
ficer in the special case of a sick person to verify the
character of the disease. Any vessel with a case of'
plague on board or occurred will be free to depart
without performing quarantine, 'but must take a bill
of health, stating the case of plague. In, order to fa=
cilitate the execution of these sanatory' fornihlities'
vessels from the Black Sea and the .Meditterranean
must hoist at their mizenmast one, of these flags
white for a clean bill White and black for a -sus-
pected bill ; black for a foul bill; Vessels laden or
in ballast from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea
formerly referred to, as ordered to• hoist a flax; of two.
stripes, are exempt froth the obligation of hoisting
the other' flags. To save expense-to steamers making
weekly trips, they may keep" their guards oh board 'all
the time the ports they ran,between.may beinfected or
suspected. Vessels with a clean bill having communi-
cated en route with a suspected or infected place, arc
'subjected to the quarantine regulations required by the
state of health there. Passengers in vessels with a sus-
pected or foul bill must perforn quarantine at Kouleli--
15 days for a foul, and 10 fora suspected bill. Passen-
gers in vessels in ballast front. the Mediterranean are en-
titled to the relaxations before noted in respect of such
vessels. Those wishing to perform quarantine at Con-
stantinople, and on board vessels not able by stress of
weather to put in at Kouleli, may be carried there with
their baggage in the boats of the Lazarette ; the quaran-
tine to date from arrival of the vessel. Offenders against
these quarantine regulations are to be tried according to
prevailing laws in Europe, and handed over for punish.
ment to the authority appealed to. The nanximunt du•
ration of quarantine for merchandise to be 20 days.—
Times.

ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF DURHAM
GAOL.--A desperate attempt was made to break out of*
our gaol yesterday evening, contrived and headed by the
notorious " Duke" Elliott, who, with his comrade
Parker, alias " The Potter," is now under sentence
of transportation for escaping from prison a few months
ago. They were confined in a room together, and had
contrived to get rid of their iroas by means of a file,
which, it is believed,
.they had got pOssession of on
Christmas day, when some friends were permitted to see
them. Elliott sent a message by Williamson, a turnkey, to
Todd, the other turnkey on duty, that he wanted to see
him. On Todd entering the room Elliott complained that
some dirt had been put into a vessel which contained some
of his food. On Todd stooping to inspect the vessel,Elliott
struck him from behind several blows on his face and
head, with part of his. irons, which knocked him down,
'oaf
door,lso ks jogyrchil:ert m. insensible._Fo encountered r t
Fortunately
al
WI
ti
ott
kta then rushed rendered
nr uswhheodmtohhinieth,
the Governei '‘Ves'' in. the. iwnring the
'outcries of Todd;' be ca/led' to 'a .prisoiici- Of the' naine
of Monro, a powerful .man, who is : employed' as a
sweeper of the prison, and on whom he could rely,.who,
.with another prisoner of the name of Sharp, ran to the
large passage just as. Elliott ;had opened the door of
the hall where the .untried, prisoners (to the number
of thirteen), are kept. Monro and Sharp succeeded
in throwing Elliott down, while Wilkinson closed the
door, at the moment three of the men were coming
aut, followed by all the others. The Governor had in
the meantime secured the check gate, and then sent for
a reinforcement of officers from other parts of the priion,
who again placed Elliott and Parker in irons. From
circumstances that hive since transpired there can be no
doubt that the plan of escape had been previously con-
certed with the untried prisoners ; and, had the latter
succeeded in getting into the passage, the officers and
their assistants would have been overnovvered, if not
murdered. Indeed, their escape would have been al.
most inevitable had not the Governor, unknown to
Elliott and Parker, been in an adjoining apartment. Al-
though Parker did not quit his room, or join in the as-
sault on Todd, he had clearly been a party to the scheme,
as his irons had been filed away ; and Elliott, after knock-
ing Wilkinson down, called upon him to " come on, now's
the time—both the -- are down." It is supposed,
however, that he was deterred from taking part in the
scuffle in the passage by hearing the Governor's voice,
and finding Monro had come to the assistance of the
officers. We regret to state that Todd has been very
severely wounded. We understand that some efforts
aro making to obtain a remission of Elliott's and
Parker's sentence, but this additional proof of their dan-
gerous character must prevent the extension of the
Royal clemency to such daring and desperate offenders.
—Durham Chronicle.

KENDAL ANTI•CORN-LAW PETITION.—
The petition adopted at the meeting of the Working
Men's Anti-Corn-law Association on Monday evening
last, has already received about 1,500 signatures, and
from the willingness and anxiety to sign it, that number
will be very greatly increased. The wives of the ope-
ratives have been most eager in their solicitations to be
allowed to add their names, and finding that it is con-
trary to usage, express the strongest wish that a' peti-
tion should be originated for themselves. The dearness
of bread is an argument that comes home to them, and
the cries of their family speak with a force that compels
siurriotion...Kendaillfercury.

.EVENING EDITION.

his late. M,ji, dty George the Third, with the view of eX_ foelt measures for the safety of the town, special constables 1
I
pmining
.a
gue iNnothe more accurately, in some respects, wefd mantel, and stationed at the most important: points.-
the Act of rlward.th'e 1-„,.rd. Gentlemen, the 7th chap_ There are three principal inns in Newport—the Westgate, °
ter of the 36th of t---Itorge. the Tio'ntl, Mint; " That if any the King's Hera, and the Parrot. These in,J commanded
man shall, within this red:aid, or without the al AIM, corm the principal streets, and there the special constables *ere
ram& imagine, invent, or devisds the death or dethiethee stationed. The Westgate is in the Etlarket-pladc, and was
meat of ortt teem). the King, his heirs of sahitemeare, or any edheidered the most important station of all. The i:layor
bodily harm tending !hetSto, or to deprive hint et them went to elm Westgate with other Magistrates, and sat ,tlu •
of the honour of the kingly ligizer or to levy war dgmest , she whole nigisaat the Westgate Inn, sending out constalSks
his Majesty, his .heirs or succesaMale in this reatren ' for information, and making the best preparations to pre- 1
in order by force and constraint to compel lam er them to serve the peace and it:sfend the town. When ti;e, day 4
change hisor their measures or councils, or to intimidate or dawned intelligence was brooght that the insurgents were
macre° both or either Mouse of Parliament, any persons' advancing, and were in the nadghbourtmod of Newport.
being legally convicted of such Compassing, Sec., by the The Mayor had sent a person. whom I shall aall before you '
oaths of two credible witnesses, or otherwise, by due as a witness—a person of the name of ;Ythilkermeto gain in- ;
bourse of law, shall be deemed, declared, and adjudged formation. Thai person had been shot at, and retemned dan- /
guilty nf high treason." Gentlemen. the third count of gerously wounded. The. Mayor then sent for militant' asais-
the indictment thadges the prisoner with having compassed once. There was in the neighbourhood only one comManY
to dethrone her Majesty the Queen from bet Royal state of soldiers, under the command of Captain Stack, who vielm
and dignity. If it should append 19 )ou that an armed in- stationed in the workhouse, which had been converted into ,
eurrection was devised, that it was carried into effeetnethat a temporary barracks, end is on the outskirts of the town.
its object was to supersede the authority of the Crown, -1 Ca/main Stack sent thirty of his men to the "assistance of
apprehend that, these overt acts being proved by two ere- the Mayor, under the command of Lieut. Gray and two
Mine witnesses, this count of the indintment will likewist! ' sergeants. I believe that the barracks are about half a
be supported. The fourth count, gentlemen, charges the mile from the Westgate. Lieut. Gray brought his men
prisoner with having compassed the levying of war with a to the Westgate, and in a little time tney were stationed in
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viewdo compel her Majesty to change her measures. That a room in the inn, which it is material, gentlemen, I should
is to be proved by overt acts, but if it be proved that there
decnroibreth.to 30'n the ou.Tehabstt innsid side is
thereia. W i
es this plan—if it be proved that the plan was carried the
into execution until it was subdued by actual force, that e:t a gatc-
room trees, fronting
abgw
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window looking out upon the street: In tha, room thee
is, i, levying of war, and there can be no doubt that there military were stationed. There is a correspondie e room
was a compassing the levying of war against her at the western side of the house, where, the MagtatMates
Majesty the Queen, her crown and dignity. Gentle- were assembled. Between these trio rooms is a•corritt:r -
men, before I conclude these observations, which I or passage, which you will find was a scene cf strife,' ,The l
venture to offer with deference to the instructions which special constables remained before the door of the inn th'here i
you will receive from my Lords the Judges, I will they had been placed. The military bad tarot loaded,'and it
beg to reter to the latest authority upon this point, and
will be a fact most material to the case that the soldiers did
there is none higher. From the time when Sir Michael not load their muskets till they were fired upon. Gentlemen,
Foster wrote t) the moment when lam addressing yeu the this being the state of things at Newport, as the-insurgents
I.+w laid down by Sir Michael Foster has been uniformly approachd, Frost at the head of the body -trri giving the
recognised. Gentlemen, what lam going to read to you word of command, they reached the machine at Courmy- '
belle, and there Mr. Frost inquired respecting the military.
is rim of the charge of that great Judge Lord Tcnterden,
in expounding the law of treason on the trial of Arthur He was told by two boys whom he met at the the turnpike
Thistlewood. It is to be found in the 33d volume of the theta number of soldiers had marched es. tbo Westgate
State Trials, page 684, and he here takes a view both of Inn. On that, gentlemen, the insurenta divided, and
the old statute or Edward 111. and the modern one, the part of them turned to the left, and went 4) the hill lead-
36th of George 111. These are his words ;—" Before the ing to St. Wollos Church, whilst another wart kept to the • -
passing of the late Act (meaning the 36th of George III.) right, and went towards the town of Isrewport, throumh ''''
it was settled by several cases actually adjudged— # Commercial-street. This last division afterwards matte '
• Chief Justice Tindal—What authority are you citing-- •up and joined the others. Those who' had gone by St.
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Lord Tenterden ? Nd olins or the Friars went down Stovr-hill, which-lead! to
the Westgate Inn, where Mr. Frost had been 'told ' the
. The Attorney-General—Lord Tenterden, my Lord, be-
military were. Gentlemen, Mr. Frost still walked at. thair, ..
fore he was raised to the Peerage.• In charging the Grand
i)?
Jury on the opening of the Commission as to the evidence head, and when they had passed a place called the est
which was to be received, and how the charge was to lic• Chapel, which is close to the back of alte• Westgate
be established, Lord Tenterden goes on to say that it the insurgents tried to gain admission to the Westgatal
bad been settled by several cases, actually
adjudged,
Inn by the carriage entrance to the courtyard behind thb •I a
and by the opinions of the text-writers on this branch of premises I have been describing. That entrance. Men
the law, that all attempts to depose the King from his
tlemen, is from Westgate-street and when they failed tn-4,
'
state or title, to restrain his person, to levy war against procure admission there they wheeled round to the front
of the Westgate Inn. Mr. Frost was still with them,
him, and all conspiracies or combinations to accomplish
those objects, are overt acts of compassing the death of the and, as it will be distinctly shown to you, was in front
King. That by this Act (the 36th of George the Third) of the Westgate Inn at that time. • The special con ...
stables were before the door, and the insurgents asked, •
the compassing, .devising, or intending to depose the King
from his Royal state and title is made a substantive act them to surrender. One of the constables said thety., .
would not surrender, on which the command te, fire. was
of treason; and thereby the law is rendered more clear
•
and plain, both to those who are bound to observe it and to given—by whom you will hear from the witnesseswitnesses; 'arid
immediately the firing begun upon the bow-window of tile
those who are engaged in administering it. He goes on
thus :—" It is proper you should understand that the pom room in which the military were stationed, and theinsom
p
gents attempted to break through the front door of filei and circumstance of military array which attend actual
warfare are by no means necessary to constitute a levy
ill-
in, porch to the interior of the house. They used dlieir pies I, .
of war under these statutes. Insurrections however
f9r the purpose of forcing the door, and, having succeeded, 1
,
arranged, provided, or orgdnised ; any innovations of' a they got iota the hall and the passage heading 'from the
public nature, or for the redress of public grievances, in Magistrates' room to the room where the military ware
which the parties have no special interest, are deemed stationed. Gentlemen, it was now the time for Lieute-
nant Gray to do what became him as en officerof her Ma-
levying of war, and consequently the compassing such in-
surrection, to tom el the Kin to than e his measures jesty, and a good subject of this country, whir wished to
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preserve the lives of his fellow-subjects, and rte take care
will be to compass war againstg his Majesty within the
,
that universal confusion should not occur. Oedema were
statute. Rebellion, at its commencement, is rarely found
to present the appearances of military discipline - or array,
given by him to the military to load. They loaded.
mention to 3 ou, gentlemen, that the room in which they smere
although a little success will soon enable it to
assume .1 seould
them." Thus, you see, Gentlemen Lord Tenterden lays stationed was that in which was the bow-window, that Mat !
down the same principle as Sir M. Foster. " Insurre-e- projecting window, having three sides, not being.circular. ,
lions, however ill-arranged, provided, or organised ; or
The shutters of this window were closed, and the glass had I
any innovation of a public nature, for redress of public been broken by the shots which had been discharged. But
grievances, in which the parties have no special in
whilst the shutters remained shat the soldiers could not
serest, are deemed instances of the actual levying of use their guns and flee on the insurgents. Gentlemen,
war," obviously with his approbation, and according to
Lieutenant-Gray, who on that occasion acted certainly in
a manner which is above all praise, for.the moderation,
the law of the land. Gentlemen, I really am not aware
the firmness, the energy, . and, intelligCnce he displayed,
that any difficult or doubtful point of law as to the
went to open the shutters of our part of the window. The
interpretation of either of these statutes can' possibly
arise in this case. I shall therefore proceed to give
you Mayor went to open another part of the window, and
a short outline of the facts, which I understand Kill -be Sergeant Daly to open another. As the Mayor opened
clearly proved in. evidence before you. Gentleman, for the shutters he received two wounds, one in the shoulder
that purpose I must remind you of the geographical situa-
and the other in the hip. Sergeant Daly.was also wounded
tion of the county in which these disturbances took place. in the head by slugs, which passed into it, and
.the gun
you call the
You are probably well acquainted with what
which he had in his hand had its lock knocked off ley a ball,
" hill districts " in the county of Monmouth, It iMof a
which had been fired by the insurgents. The soldiers were I
triangular form, having for its apex a place called Risea,
then ordered to fire. Gentlemen, at this time the incur-
about five miles from Newport. - The hese is at a-distance gents had gained the various advances to the house.
of from fifteen to twenty miles as you ascend the country '
On the west side you have Nantyglo and Beaufort iron.
works ;on the east Blaenavon and the hills in the neigh: Th?), acre. in the - passage leading-to the room in whack
the military were assembled, and, if the order to fire bad
not then been i
g-ven. there is. no reason so doubt that the
bourhood, Blosage, I think, being :one of the height's. military wOuld all have been .massacred. . The order, hewe 1
The country is. intersected by • deep glens, watered by ever, was given, and it was speedily.and- effectually dis-
rapid streams, the Rumney being on the west, and the 'charged. The insurgents in the passage wasp fired
Sirhowy parallel to it. Then come the Rivers Ebbw tip. upon,, and several of them fell, and were . killed. :11:e
per and Ebbw Lower, which join and flow down towards shutters being also removed from the ivindows, the men
Newport, and near to that is Lanthewy and the river Avon, directed their pieces through it, and thus had corn-
In that country, as you are aware, are mines of coal and mend of the space in which the insurgents we're drawn up.
iron. These mines have of late years been worked to a very They accordingly fired into the street ; and several of the
insurgents were wounded and' fell, and the others were
great extent, and those mountainous hills, which 50 years
speedily dispersed. Mr. Fros had not been seer. after the
ago were almost uninhabited--a few shepherds' huts only
being scattered up and down—are now the seat of a tiring first began, and they fled in every direction. • Zepha-
niah Williams was about ten minutes too late, • but he did
dense population, estimated, I am told, at 40,000 per-
sons, employed in working,the iron and coal-mines, and in arrive at last with the Nantyglo men, a band almost as nue
supplying the wants of those so engaged. Gentlemen, lam merous M
.as that led by Frost himself. William Jones, of
afraid the population which has thus suddenly sprung Pontypool, did not come 'water to Newport than Afaipas,
up is, in many. instances, not the most peaceable. lam but he was proceeding onward when he heard of the dale
afraid that a degree of ignorance prevails which is much asters which had happened to his associateeoin, Newport.
to be deplored, and that many of those who live here are He likewise fled, and the men who were with him dis-
subject to be practised upon by designing men. It would perscd. I should mention, Gentlemen, that these three
appear that this population had been organised to a consi- parties, in their progress, scoured the country, nndpressed
derible degree by _societies established amongst them, so various persons, whom they compelled to march wiah them,
that on any occasion a command might be issued and cir at the same time seizing all the arms they coultkfindetaen-
ciliated amongst the population, and speedily obeyed. It tlemen, Mr. Frost himself was seen soon ahem ethe;4emt m
will appear, gentlemen, that the prisoner, John Frost, who of his associates in Trod:Tar Park, aboutetwo millet. trOdal • h
had been for many years a linendraperain the town of New.. Newport, making his escape into a wood, and he was ap-
port,
possessed extensive influence in this part of the country prehended in Newport on the Monday . night; In:Mhef
—the hill district of the county of Monmouth. Newport, house of a man named Partridge istls. and pow-
you are aware, is the place_ from which the coal and iron der in his pocket. He was seen in Comp:ler-vial...Wee,
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obtained in the mines is exported. It is a considerable which leads t 'Tredegar, after the action was over,
town, and great importance is atteched to ft. It is the
retreating up the street. He ryas seen in the Park escap-
highway from South Wales to Bristol, Gloucester, Bir-ing into a wood, and he was' imitrehendcd in Newport on
mingham, and the north of England. It will appear it the Monday night. Gentlemen, thus tranquillity was re- .
evidence before you that in the week preceding Sunday, stored; and, Gentlemen, it willhe for you to say, if. these
the 3d of November, a plan was formed for-it general facts be true, whether there is any reasonable doubt of thm
rising of the population of the district, to take place on the unlit of the prisoner Frost. And how are these facts to
night of that Sunday when it should arrive. Various consul- be proved. Gentlemen, with regard to the main circum-
tattoos were held, at which Mr. Frost was present. Those stances no doubt whatever can be entertained,Ond I shall
consultations were held chiefly at a place called Blackwood, prove the facts by witnesses oho are above exception, who
betiveenßumney and Sirhowy. There is a public-house there were unconnected with the circumstances, and who were
called the Coach and Horses, where there was a lodge or so- employed in trying to establish peace and to restore tran-
ciety, and where meetings were held, and where it is clear quillite. With regard to the declarations made by Frost,
this scheme was devised or matured. There was, particu- which I have avoided to detail fur the present, the proof of
larly, a meeting held on the Friday before Sunday, the 3d of these will much depend on the evidence of persons who
were concerned with him in the insurrection. When my Nov. Deputies attended at that meeting. There was a
Learned Friend comes to remark upon their testimony, he
return of the armed force which could be mustered ; and
it would appear that there the plan or scheme was laid will probably call them accomplices ; but, Gentlemen,
down which was afterwards to be carried into effect. whether these are voluntary or compulsory witnesses, there
Whet, gentlemen, was that lap It will a ear that
is no doubt that their evidence ought to be received with
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great suspicion and weighed with anxious care ; but if you orders were to be issued for the men to assemble pp
armed on
do sift it, and find no good reason to doubt its veracity, you. the evening of Sunday, the 3d of Nov. There were to be
will not hesitate to believe the evidence given by such in-
three principal divisions. One was to be under the corn-
emend of. John Frost himself, who was at that time stationed dividuals. In such cases evidence of this kind must be
laid before the Juries who try them, for it is , vident at Blackwood. Another division was to be under the
command of Zephaniah Williams. Zephaniah Williams that treasonable conspiracies Ere net concocted in public;
lived higher up the country. He kept a beershop at and how can they he proved but by the employment of
Colebrook Vale, on the' Ebbw, near Nantyglo. He was pies and informers, whose evidence, it is true, is generally
to collect the men up the country, and to bring them down condemned, and often disbelieved? But still such cases
towards Newport. The third division was to be under the must be proved by the evidence of associ,ces. In this
command of a person of the name of William Jones, a C,I,C, however, I propose to call no spies, no informers, for
watchmaker at Pontypool. He was to collect the pee- none such wire employed ; hut I propose to cell persons
plc mere to the north and west, and bring them down
who were engaged, inure or less, in the insurrection ; and
and they were all to meet somewhere near Risc-a or
. ;
d'hn, I submit, may be trusted if their evidence be con:
sistent, and if it be corroborated as to the main facts to
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Cefn, and to come on to Newport. They were to be
at Cefn about midnight on Sunday, and being assem-
which they will speak. Oa that evidence no doubt will
bled there, they were to march to Newport about two
exist in your minds wth regard to the guilt of the prisoner.
Gentlemen, it gives me sincere satisfaction to find that he o'clock in the morning—a time when it was expected that
is defended by gentlemen ef the first ernineece and the drat
there would be no preparation to receive them, when the
talent at the bar of England: All hat zeal, learning, and inhabitants would be buried in sleep, and entirely disarmed
of all suspicion or apprehension of danger. They were, eloquence can accomplish. will he achieved in h s cause, so
when at Newpo.t, to attack the troops who were there, that the result of this trial must satisfy the public-, justice •
or tile country. I own'it, seems to Me tliit on thc proof of
to take possession of the town, and break down the bridge
*Met, my Learned Friends will have a difficult tasieto.pem
which is there across the Meer Usk, to stop the mail, and
form. I think they will hardly deny the law of nelson as
nounced. The mail not arriving in Birmingham in an
then, by a signal, the success of the scheme was to be an-
den; and here was an insurrection o. men .fortitiddble
hour and a half after its usual time, those who were in it was laid down by Mr. Justice Foster ;rid Lnrd 'Tenter_
from their timbers, met for a public purpose, and ac-
cumstahce that the plan had succeeded, and there was to be concert with them in that town would know by that cir-
wally engaged in conflict with the Queen's troops, not
a general rising there, and in Lancashire generally, and accidentally or in a sudden affray, but publicly, premed'.
tatedly, and designedly. 'Will my Learned Friend say
elsewhere. Gentlemen, there never was a charter law
universally and instantly established. There never was that it was a private object the prisoner sought to obtain 7
did
divialotet rmeeveetngt.(elrotrheapuprriiivoast,eogf
the remotest-chance of the scheme being accomplished. What this was lamat a loss to conjecture. It was nut
But had if not most providentially happened that the night
between Monday was one of the darkest and grievant
cseing pThhteitos
insurgents
to b c
most tempestuous that ever was known in England, it is presented to the Queen, or to either of the Houses of Par-
difficult to conjecture the degree of mischief which might !lament. It was not an affray arising out of disputes be-
have been wrought before the insurrection could have beer. tween the masters and servants engegedi in the coal and )
suppressed, and peace and tranquillity restored. Gentle- iron trade. It was not a sudden outbreak arising from
men, John Frost, the prisoner, remaining at Blackwood the want of employment or the want of food; for I believe d
the men under his command did assemble considerably that if inquiry be made, it will turn out that the coal
earlier than -the other divisions. He crossed over and iron trade has not been in a more prosperous cpn- ,
from Blackwood to a place called Newbridge on the dition than it was when this insurrection occurred, that 1
Ebbw, and came by Abercarne to Risca and the Welsh the wages of those employed in it were high, and
Oak, and there he was early in the night ; but from the diffi.- that those persons who were engaged in the insurrec-
culties which presented themselves the other divisions who tion had no pretended private grievances which
were to come from the upper parts of the countr •• did not they wished to redress ; and what conclusion must be
arrive until long after the expected hour Zephaniah drawn from tl • ifthe -speakthe th 9 That
.
amho was to hring thassembled for a public object, with armed force, to change
tillafter d l• h
not arrive
William Jones, whob . was to the law and the constitution of the country. Unless th I
bring his division from the north and offencebe satisfactorily made out. there can be no quell-
west, did not arrive
at the appointed time. non,Gentlemen, that it will be yourduty to acquit the A man of the ' •
name of Britton
who commanded a
and that you will have great satisfaction in doing
party of this division, did arrive in time prisoner,
but Zephaniah Williams,so;but if the evidence clearly anti satisfactorily este-
with the others,likewise
was
too late. John Frost, h• • blish es the ease against. him, you will no doubt act the
eying come to Risen, remained
there until shortly manly part which it will be your duty to perform—you
before daylight, and it was then thought.
necessary
to muster the forces there collected, and to will not shrink from your duty whatever may be your feel- i
march on towards Newport.ings. Gentlemen, it imports all persons, whatever be their
There were collected at
that time, according to the best computation that could be
situation, that the law shall be respected and obeyed—
made, about
whether they possess landed property, or whether they be
guns or p 5 000 men. Many of them there armed with
pistols,
'istols, many had spears or pikes, and many were merchants, or tradesmen, or labourers—whatever may
provided with an instrument called a mandril,' which, as I be their situation, whether it be high or humble, it iir-
understand, is a short instrument made of iron for picking ports them all that such tumults as this thould be
coals in the mines-_a very dangerous and deadly weapon suppressed, and, for the sake of example, that punish-
if used for hostile purposes, resembling a pickaxe in shape. meet should take place. Gentlemen, .I have given ,‘
Others had scythes fixed on sticks, and thosedavho had I you a•shoA outline of the frees of the cede. I have omit-
not Weapons of this kind were armed with sticks and , ted some circumstances which will, however, be detailed
bludgeons. Mr. Frost commanded them, and they in the evidence, and I have avoided many expressions of
marched towards Newport, They marched in m Ii- the prieoaer whimii will he stated to you by the witmessem s '
litary order, five abreast as I am informed. 1 whom I shall tithe call. It has been intimated by the ,
The word was given front time to time by Frost, and they counsel for the prisoner that the proper forms dietetic" by '
came down from Cefn by Pie-corner to Tredegar Park, law have not been observed towards the prisoner., •Ifth at '
the seat of Sir Charles Morgan, and through which the be the case, you till let him have the benefit ofohe hype '
high Way and a tramroad pass. By the time they had got eularity.. •But I believe it will turn out that the forms of '
to
Tredegar Park the day dawned. There inquiries were law have been strictly pursued, and thet every effort .has '
made-by Frost as to the position of the military. I may i been made to give every advantage allowed by it to
here mention what had been passing at Newport during I the prisoner ; and that every_edepartaientedenerhicirsthe- ; - • ' d
the night. Intelligence-had-been tadught to-NeWlort ou 1 fameimution has been conducted, has been influenced by
the Sunday 'night of what was passing. in the hills. Mr. the desire that the accused should have ample oppor-
Phillips, who was then the Mayor of Newport, immediately Wilily for preparation, and for the vindication of their
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