Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-01-06

twenty AbA iHiF.g refseDs NEfe PEi APpp tta-
al. and great nfDber coemit;nd, for de- !
stroying tbf.shmg machines and sirs;lsr Of
fences Ja@ sentences passed excited sstsa-
ishnsent by their seser,y~-one Bsu was
transported Cor lie, many Others ISf SOME
years, and the rest 10 imprisonment for Ion
ger or shorter periods, Sir 4. X. said that
the lenIty shown 10 former oiieaJcrs, bad
produced bad eject At Maidstone sever
al persona bad been committed, al tb- iates,
dates, 90 a charge Of arson Az Stamford a
band Of machine breakers had been dispcrs-
cd by an armed force, and tweaiy on; nltted
Formidable parties OF them had risen IN
Huntingdon, and destroyed considerable
property. Fifty were captured IN QUO day
Similar accounts are published Of riots IA
Berkshire, Cornwall and other couados,
which II was necessary to call IN the nlibiory
10 quell
CircaIars have been addressed by Lord
Melbourne, Secretary Tor Hone Affairs, ~
e,LordI ieutenants and Maglstracy 0fCoun-
ties, urging them Oh behalf Of his Majesty,
60 take such measures as away he Caecttal 10
suppress tun8ults and disorders A pFocia-
nation was issued by the kiag on the 25d
November, stating tbat great disorders pre-
vailed in the counties OF Wits, Kent, Sussex,
Surrey, Harris and Rcrss, and commanding
all Justices ofthe Peace and other officers ia
their counties, TO use their utmost efforts TO
bring offenders to justice. reward oil go
IL offered to every prrspn by whom AT oiieu
der is discovered and brought TO conviction:
aud 500 for discovering an incen5iary.-
Special Commissioners have been appointed
to hold offices an Southampton and Wits.
Lord Brougham and Vaux is at the head Of
these commissions The DGke Of yelling !
ton, several Lords Of the Council, The At |
torney General Denuian, sc. are also attach /
ed to them
THE SLAVE TRADE
The annexed account Of the capture 81 !
shaver, from the coast of AREA, alter a
sharp action, was Published by the Board ef
Admiralty on the 93d November For the |
kIled and wounded engaged la the accufsed |
traffic, we have neither reErsts to express,
nor sympa,Les to indulge Most foftunat.
ami proyldential was il, that 10 more OF the
miserable victims Of tho Spaniatds ayarce /
were destroyed IN the eugagement;-
ADMIRALTY 0rFica Nav. 81
Captain Csrdon, OF his Majes'y's ship
Atholl, has Transmitted 10 the Right Hen.
John Wilson Croker. letter from Com
msnder William Broughton, .! his Majesty |
soop Primrose, 10 Captain Gordon, dated al
the Island Of Aseeusion, 9th October, 1880
oil which the following is an extract:
Proceeding 10 execution OF your orders OF
the Sd September, | had the good fortune to
fall in at IL, 50. = M. on the 9th Of that |
month, with the Spanish ship pejos passagero, |
Jose Antonio DO la Vega, master. from |
Wydah, bound to Havana, pierced leY - !
guns but having onlg 20 mounted, and from
the officer when ! sent to board net being !
allowed 10 examine her below, as usual | |
concluded she had slaves on board. Finding
had the advantage OF her in sailing aud
wishing to avoid The eiidsion Of blood 10y a
night action with vessel crowded with slaves.
remained by her until morning, when being
within bail, and st1l res5iutely refusing per-
mission to search her, we opened our fire,
which she returned Immediately, the ships
nearly touched each other, after the second
broacsIde we laid her hoard: aud IN ten
minutes carried her with a loss on our side Of
three killed and twelve wounded, the Yeloz
had 40 killed and 20 wounded, out Of crew
as near as | could ascertain Of $50 men, of
diIlercnt nations, and having on board 500
slaves. five ofwhOm were killed.
Being myself wounded in the act OF board
ing, my place wassa6ly taken by Lieut. But
terrified. seconded by Acting Lieut.. Foley, Mr..
Faser, acting master, and Mr.. Benthan,
Mldshipman, to each Of whom feel deeply
indebted for their jealous excrtons; as also
to Mr. williamson, acting purscr, who rem
dered his services on deck during the action;
aaa ieei called upon to notice Ia particular
the conduct oithe acting surgeon, Mr. Lanes,
who, though dangerously Ill, oxcrted him
self in an extraordinary manner in bis atten-
toH to the wounded, having no assistant on
board, ! cannot speak too highly in praise
oil the gallantry aad good conduct of the
warrant and petty officers aud ships com-
pany, who distinguished themselves not on.
~ tor their steadiness Va aCten, but for their
great personal eAertions il reftting the two
ships afterwards. enclose the killed and
wounded.
n. b i am happy to add that command
er Broughton, and the officer, who were
wounded, are quite recovered, with the ex
cePhon OF Mr. Watts, the boatswain, who
Is still ina dangerous state. (Signed)
A. GORDON, Captain.
THE NEW MINISTRY.
The New Ministry was organised, as stated
yesterday, on Monday the 22d-at which
time his Majesty held court for that OBJ
ject.
Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst. the Duke Of
Wellington, Earls Bathurst, Rosslyn. and
Aberdeen, Viscouat Melville, Lord E.nenbor-
ough, Sir Robert Peel, SIR George Murray. |
the Right Houorabes Henry Gsulbourn. /
and }. HarFies, had all separate audiences /.
oil the King, and resigned their respective !
seal of office, aud then lelt the palace.
AT hall past two O'Clock Earl GREY andthc |
new admrtIsfratlo orr;ra,l 81 ~. |