The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-18 00:00:00

BRISTOL, JAS. 17.

OPENING OF THE COURT-MARTIAL
ON CAPTAIN TVARRINGT ON.
To-day the doors of the Alerchants' Hall were opened
about half•past eleven, but the President, Sir HENRY
FANE, did not arrive till a few minutes past one o'clock,
when he shortly after took his seat, followed by the other
Members of the Court.
The DEPUTY ADVOCATE proceeded to read the King's
warrant for holding the present Court, appointing Sir
Henry Fane President thereof ; which hiving concluded,
he next administered the oath to the President, and after-
wards to the other Members of the Court in succession.
The names of the officers composing it were previously read,
which it is here unnecessary to insert, as the list was ex-
actly the same as given on the late Court-martial.
Captain Warrington here entered the room, accompanied
by two officers, and took his seat to the left of the Presi-
dent, at a table appropriated for him and his professionrl
advisers.
The Deputy Advocate next read the charges against the
prisoner—three in number, and which are as follow :
CHARGES.

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" lst,—For that he, Ciptain Warrington, being on the
night of Sunday, the 30th of October, 1831, in the per-
sonal command of a troop of the 3d Re,:iinent of Dragoon
Guards, in the city of Bristol, at a time when that city
was the scene of most outrageous and alarming riots, in-
somuch that the said troop had been repeatedly called out
by order of the Magistrates to quell the rioters., and at a
time when several public and other buildings in the said
city had been fired by the rioters, some whereof were al-
ready consumed, and others were still in flames, and
at a
time when, by reason of the circumstances aforesaid, it
was peculiarly necessary that the said troop being then
the only military force in Bristol, should act in the most
prompt and efficient manner for the protection of the
city, and that he, Captain Warrington, as the commander
of the same, should use every exertion for that purpose,
subject to the order of Lieut.-Colonel Brereton, who then
held a chief military command in the city, and when it
therefore behoved the said Captain Warrington to forward
instantly, and without delay, to the said Lieut.-Colonel
Brereton every requisition that might be made, or intelli-
gence that might be conveyed, to him (Capt. Warrington)
or to the quarters of the said troop, calling for the ser-
vices of the,said troop in the city, or showing the same to
be necessary; nevertheless he (Captain Warrington)
being, between eleven and twelve o'clock on the said Sun-
day night, applied to at his said quarters where he was
then in command, by Mr. Thomas Kington, a merchant
in Bristol, and informed by him, as the fact was, that the
rioters were about to fire the Custom-house of Bristol, and
that the presence and services of the troop were urgently
and immediately required in Queen-square, where the
Custom-house then stood, in order to save that building,
or to that effect, did not only refuse to order out the said
troop, or any part thereof, or to take any step for the
purpose so stated, but used no means of conveying the
information so received by him, or the purport thereof,
to the said Lieutenant-Colonel Brereton, or of obtain-
ing from the said Lieutenant• Colonel Brereton any or-
ders applicable to the occasion ; the said Captain War-
rington thereby, as far as in him lay, leaving the said
Custom-house at the mercy of the rioters, by whom, in
fact, the same was shortly afterwards set on fire and to-
tally destroyed.
" 2. For that afterwards, that is, on Monday morning,
the 31st October, 1831, he, Captain Warrington, being,
as before, in the personal command of the said troop of
the 3d Dragoon Guards, then the only military force in
Bristol, and when the riots were raging in that city with
increased and destructive violence, a letter, being about
half-past three o'clock on the said morning, delivered to
and left with the said Captain Warrington, at the quarters
of the said troop where he was then in command, which
letter was front Charles Pinney, E.q., the Mayor of
Bristol, which was addressed to Colonel Brereton, or the
officer commanding his Majesty's troops, and was to the
following effect :
Bristol, Three o'clock, Monday morning, Oct. 31.
SIR,--I direct you, as Commanding Officer of his Majesty's
troops, to take the most vigorous, effective, and decisive mea-
sures in your power, to quell the existing riot, and prevent fur-
ther destruction of property.—l am, &c.

CHARLES PINNEY.
And he, Captain W. having read the said letter, and it
being thereupon his bounden duty either to act on the said
letter without delay ; or, if his orders did not allow of
his so doing, then, in that case, immediately to transmit
the said letter, or to communicate the contents or purport
thereof to the said Lieutenant-Colonel 'lrereton ; never-
theless he (Captain Warrington) neither acted on the said
letter as aforesaid, nor transmitted or communicated the
same, or the contents or purport thereof, to Lieutenant-
Colonel Brereton; but, on the contrary, retained such let-
ter in his possession without taking any step whatever in
reference to or in consequence of the same, until sortie time
aftewards, when he was applied to by a Magistrate in
person, by reason of which conduct on the part of hint,
Captain Warrington, the said troop remained inactive in
its quarters for upwards of an hour after his receiving the
said letter, during which interval of time the rioters, be-
ing left without opposition or controul, sacked and fired
several houses, and destroyed a great amount of other
property.
3. For that, during the said 30th and 31st of October,
1831, while the said rioters were perpetrating acts of gross
and increasing outrage in the city of Bristol, so that the
said city fur many successive hours appeared in imminent
danger of destruction, at periods when it was peculiarly
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the protection, of the city under every emergency which
might arise, and when for that purpose it was necessary
that the said Captain Warrington, he being the only coins
missioned officer in Bristol with the said troop, excepting
a young Cornet of not more than 16 months' service in
the army, should constantly remain at or within immediate
call of the quarters of the said troop, while the troop con-
tinued there, in order to superintend and direct any move-
ment required of it, and that in case of the troop, or any
detachment thereof, being ordered out to meet and put
down the rioters, he Captain Warrington, should himself
aecotnpany and command the same; and that he, Captain
Warrington, should at every moment be ready and on the
alert for the the performance of the said services. Never-
theless, he, Captain Warrington, greatly neglected or vio-
lated his duty in the said several respects; and especially in
the following instances:—
" 1. In that the said Captain Warrington, at about
four o'clock on the said 30th of October, when a detach-
ment of the said troop, consisting of about two-thirds or
thereabouts of the disposable part thereof was ordered out
to the city gaol, which was then attacked and threatened
with destruction by the rioters, permitted such detach-
ment to march to that set vice under the sole command of
the aforesaid Cornet, he Captain Warrington meanwhile
retraining inactive in his quarters.
" 2. And that the said Captain Warrington did after-
' wards, in the course of the said 30th October, the troop
being then in their quarters, altogether absent himself
from said quarters and the neighbourhood thereof, and re-
mained absent from the same for a very considerable time,
during which time, namely, at about eight o'clock in the
evening, a detachment of the troop, consisting of nearly
the whole of the disposeable part thereof, being called out
to protect the Palace of the Bishop of Bristol from a vio-
lent attack made thereon by the rioters, such betachment
proceeded to the said Palace, under the command of one troop
officer only, being the young Cornet before-mentioned.
" 3. In that he, Captain Warrington, having returned
to the said quarters during the absence of the detachment
on the said service, Le, in place of thereupon proceeding
to join the same, or of waiting its return, did, before the
return of the detachment to quarters, which was about
ten o'clock the same evening, retire to his bed.
" Lastly,—ln that Captain Warrington, between four
and five o'clock on the morning of the said 31st of October,
when a detachment of the troop, consisting of about two-
thirds of the disposable part thereof, was again called out
to stop the progress of the rioters in destroying the build-
ings in Queen-square, did again permit the said detach-
ment to proceed on such service under the sole command
of the said young Cornet, while he the Captain hianielf re-
mained in quarters.
" Such conduct as aforesaid on the part of Captain
Warrington, evincing a want of vigour and activity requi-
site in the situation in which be was placed, being highly
unbecoming and disgraceful to his character as an officer,
and calculated to bring dishonour on his Majesty's service."
—(Dated at Brighton, 16th Jan. 1831.)
The charges having been read, Sir .HICNRY FAKE rose
and said, " It is my duty, Captain Warrington to call
upon you, by the direction of the Commander-in-Chief,
to know when you will be ready to meet the charges
which you have just heard read? It is not the desire of
the Court to take you by surprise. You shall have all
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Mr. President, and Gentlemen of this honourable
Court,—lt is with great reluctance that I trespass fur a
esffidecetnt, which he read, and which was to the
following
moment on your valuable time ; but as I have only now
heardthe charges against me read for the first time, I trust
it will not be too much to postpone further proeeeding9

till Wednesday, the 25th inst., when I trust I shall be
able to produce witnesses justificatory of my conduct, not-
withstanding the recent melancholy death of Colonel
Brereton.

This request was at once granted by the Court, and the
proceedings were accordingly adjourned till Wednesday the
25th instant.

The Court was tolerably full during the sitting.

BRISTOL, JAN. 17.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —A circumstance occurred in the Guildhall of
this city on Saturday last, which, as illustrative of the
benefits the citizens derive from the system of local govern-
ment under which they live, demands especial notice. A
prisoner was on his trial for manslaughter,—the chain of
evidence wanted a link, there was no evidence to prove his
identity. Messengers were sent hither and thither, but in
vai❑ ; and after some delay the 'flan, as a matter of neces-
sity, was acquitted ! The occurrence, however, led the
Learned Judge (Taunton) to enquire what attorney was
employed for the prosecution, and being told by the
Coroner that no one was employed, as there were no
funds in Bristol to meet the charges of such prosecutions,
His Lordship declared that " it was no wonder crime
so extensively prevailed in Bristol—it was not to be
expected that private persons should bear expenses that
ought to be borne by the public, and, if he rightly under-
stood, a felon in Bristol had an equal chance of prose-
cution or not, as it might happen !"
Now, Sir, it is a notorious fact, that the Corporation
of Bristol are in receipt of very large revenues ; and it is
also a notorious fact that they never publish any account
of the manner in which their revenues are disposed of !
I will not weaken the force of these facts by any comment.
The Aldermen of this city are twelve in number, they
are self-appointed, and, with one exception, they are non-
residents! The Town-clerk is so very rarely where he
ought to be always, that a facetious attorney aptly calls
him the out-of-town clerk ! Sir, the day is coining when
(if it does not previously commit an act of official suicide,)
this body will have to plead at the bar of Parliament. Let
the system be proved to be vicious, and its effects deadly,
and we need not, under the present auspicious circum-
stances, entertain any fear that the claims of justice Gill
not be fully recognised and amply satisfied. Q. B.

Instructions have been given at the Com-
mons to prepare a Bill for the improvement of the tnuni-
cipal government, the police, &c., of Bristol. It is
doubtful whether the efforts to mend the present blessed
corporate influence in Bristol may not create a difficulty
equal to that expressed by the countryman who overheard
POPE exclaiming " Gon mend me ;" the countrymen re-
plied, that " it would be easier to make two perfect than
to mend one that was so deformed."—Morning Herald.
MEMBERS FOR THE POTTERIES.—TWO
Members being assigned, by the new Reform Bill, to the
Staffordshire Potteries, Mr. DAVENPORT has, in an ad-
dress to the inhabitant householders, re-announced his
intention of becoming a candidate for their suffrages when
the proper time arrives. Mr. DAVENPORT'S address has
called forth one from Mr. HEATHCOTE, in which he re-
news the declaration he made a few months ago, that in
the event of the Potteries obtaining two Members, he
should not fail to present himself to the electors. Mr.
WEnowoon, it is still understood, will become one of the
Members, the inhabitants being universally in his favour,
and both the other candidates disclaiming all opposition
to him. The contest will be, therefore, between Mr.
HEATHCOTE and Mr. DAVENPORT, both of whom have
numerous friends.—Birminphum Journal.
The election of General YERMOLOFF to the
Council at St. Petersburgh, which affords great satisfaction
at Moscow, is supposed to indicate some change. General
YERMOLOFF has been for some years in disgrace, and his
view of foreign politics is known to be very adverse to the
system which ALEXANDER pursued, and NICHOLAS has
hitherto adhered to. The change, if any, does not portend
any good to the unfortunate Poles.
REDUCTIONS IN IRELAND.—The office of
Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland is to be
abolished, steo
abheomiltaiodoe inof
the
salaries
saving in g
Chancery.of 1,76 / 4
By thßattle Axe Guard a saving of 2,3731. is effected. The
salaries of the three Serjeants-at-Law are to cease, and the
tislie
odf,
Mastery
abolition of the following is resolved upon :—Usher to
Council Chamber, 266/. ; House and Wardrobe Keeper,
Dublin Castle, 535/. ; Clerk of the Council, 1,349/. ;
Compiler of Dublin Gazette, 2761. ; Joint Solicitor in
Great Britain, :3611. ; Keeper of Records in Birmingham
ottTower,fen,y 0i,g4h16:114/1..a;.;
dCco
lip:
as
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rani,
ibgl
aaenro:fa Dublinfi,,Ck3) i
Committees,
Castle,t:es la4tOe
ComptrollerlHl.o;u se
ooff
Con-
stable of the Castle of Limerick, 336/. ; Constable of Cas-
Lords, 1,332/. ; Seneschal of Manors, 2761.; Customer
Cork, 461/. ; of Kinsale and Killybegs, 92/. each ; of
Drogheda, &c., 3761. ; of Strangford and Donaghadee,
9201. ; Commissioners of Board of Works, 1:
—Limerick 292/. Total
reduction on the Irish Establishment, 12,1151
Chronicle.

Several parishes in Hampshire are so over-
burdened with poor that in the neighbourhood of Win-
chester and Alresford both men and women are to be seen
in gangs, on the turnpike and cross roads, breaking stones,
the former being allowed a shilling per day, and the wo-
men ninepence. In the by-villages the price is consider-
ably less, the man being allowed only ninepence, and the
women sixpence per days—Morning Paper.
BIRD FANCIERS.—It may not be generally
known, that a species of fraud is carried on to a great
extent by a set of fellows selling sparrows about the me-
tropolis, dexterously painted, so as to make them resemble
bullfinches, for which they ask the moderate price of a
crown a piece. An old gentleman of the name of CRoss,
who resides in Bishopsgate-street, was lately cheated in this
manner, by giving ten shillings for a pair of these hand-
some birds.

Last week there was discovered on a goose-
berry-bush in Dundee a blossom fully expanded—fresh,
strong, and healthful, with the berry as well formed as
though the summer had fostered it with its kindly beams.
There were likewise seen, in the previous week, two red
butterflies, floating about on buoyant wings with as much
lite and activity as if they had been already disporting in
the warmth of a Ally-day sun.—Scotsman.
A notice was posted last Sunday on the
chapel of Dunmore East warning the people against paying
tithes, and threatening death to the clerk of the chapel if
he did not publish it in English and Irish.— Waterford
Mail.
A BANKRUPT ABSCONDED.—JAS. HOUGH-
TON, of Soho-square, haberdasher, and late of Wood-street,
ecarpesdi
teo,r
swwa ri et
with
oau sl ea tit.; aen
s,
uambankrupt,money.
s abscondedfrhim-
selfomhis from his residence in Kentish-town on the 11th in-
stant, and placed his luggage in the Dover coach, by
which conveyance he is supposed to have left London for
France. It has since been ascertained that Bank of Eng-
land notes, amounting to upwards of two thousand five
hundred pounds were paid to him a short time previous to
his absconding. One hundred pounds reward has been
offered for his aprchen'ion.

Next Friday week is named as the day on
which the execution of the Bristol rioters will probably
take place.—Bristol Journal.
Monday last the village of Newport was
thrown into a state of great terror and consternation by
the appearance of two powerful factions named KENNEDY
and MUANANE, who came in to tight an opposite party
of the name of DEVITT. In consequence of the admo-
nition of the priest on Sunday, the latter faction did not
appear; but for fear of a collision Major CARTER, chief
Magistrate, with a company of the 74th Regiment, from
Nenagh, and a strong detachment of police arrived early
in the day, and remained until the KENNEDIES and Mun-
s.ariEs had dispersed. The latter had armed themselves
with sticks, scithes, and guns. Monday next, however,
has been appointed for the grand conflict between those
sanguinary miscreants; but we hope an exemplary punish-
ment will await them.—Lianerich Chronicle.
Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a gen-
tleman called a coach off the stand in Cornhill, and get-
ting inside he ordered the coachman to drive to Portland-
place, but did not name any particular spot. The coach-
man drove on until he arrived at the end of Portland-
place, and on opening the door he discovered the gentle-
ma❑ sitting on the seat, apparently dozing. He called
him and used every means to arouse him, bat finding it
impossible to do so, he called two policemen, who, on
examination, found that he was spite dead, and they
directed the coachman to take the deceased instantly to St.
Giles's station-house, where medical assistance was pro-
cured, but to no avail, the unfortunate gentleman being a
corpse. On searching the coach a phial which had con-
tained laudanum was found, but nothing to lead to a dis-
covery of who or what the deceased was. On his person
was found a silver watch, gold chain and seals, a white
cambric neckerchief, a lancet, and a penknife. An
orange, an apple, and a black riband were also found in
the coach. The deceased appeared to be 24 or 25 years
of age, well formed features, and dressed in black, with a
crape round his hat, with " JOHNSON" marked on the

CHOLERA AT NEWCASTLE, GATES-
HEAD, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
NEWCASTLE.UPON.TYNE, JAN. 15.

The disease still continues extremely virulent and destruc-
tive in the villages on the banks of the river Tyne, both above
and below Newcastle. It is worst in the village of Newburg,
and this is not difficult to explain. The situation of the
place is almost sufficient to account for it. It is at the
bottom of hills which nearly surround it, and on a level
with the river ; if to this it be added that the village is
suffered to remain in a remarkably dirty and filthy state,
while the inhabitants are understood to drink considerable
quantities of ardent spirits, it will cease to be surprising
that the disease should be violent and destructive when it
once obtained a footing. There have been since the
10th instant, when it first broke out, nearly thirty deaths
in the village alone, and there are several cases under treat-
ment. It is, I hear, intended to establish an hospital ; in
the mean time, in addition to the ordinary surgeons, Mr.
Frost and Mr. Fife were giving their assistance, and two
medical gentlemen from London have kindly volunteered
their services. It is to be hoped, therefore, the disease
will be speedily checked. Last night the Rev. Mr.
Edmondson, the Vicar of Newburn, fell a victim to it.
This, when the circumstances are known, can scarcely
excite surprise, though without explanation it would ap-
pear appalling, as the cholera in this country has, with
very few exceptions indeed, confined its ravages to the
lowest class of the community. Mr. Edmondson was an
old man, upwards of seventy, and conceived himself
pretty well skilled in medicine. He was a good
deal, I am informed, among the sick, performed
the funeral service for the cholera dead, was ob-
served sometimes to tremble while he did so, and was
very apprehensive of taking the disease himself. He
was attacked on Saturday afternoon and would not suffer
medical aid to be given: he had attempted to cure himself,
and when he could not succeed he thought the efforts of
others must be unavailing: it is not to be wondered then
that he died the following night. It appears to be abso-
lately necessary that medical aid should be more accessible
in country places than it is, or the consequences must be
serious. I have, I think, before observed that many of
the persons seized at Newburn had previously diarrhoea,
which was neglected. lam told that some cases have oc-
curred at Bell's Close, where the people's lives were abso-
lutely lost for want of assistance. The villagers were too
much alarmed to go into their houses: they put food in
at their windows, and before surgical aid was afforded
they perished ! With a disease so rapid in its progress it
is easy to imagine many such cases may occur in country
places, without timely medical assistance is afforded.
There are more cases I hear at Scotswood, at Walker, at
Bowden, at North Shields, and also at Hartley, near Blyth.
It prevails at Hetton, near Durham, likewise to a consi-
derable extent, but I am glad to be able to say that there
are very few cases remaining in the township of Byker.
I believe not more than 6or S. The report for Newcastle
to-day is ❑ot quite so favourable. It states there are 21
cases and 12 deaths, but there are 21 recoveries, and there
are only 63 cases in all remaining. At Gateshead the
disease is di-appearing fast; there are are only ten cases left.