West Indies.
The Times, 1824-03-16T00:00:00

L trolu itMe Iamarca Courara of Jan. 21.1 - Mi ODAY, Jan. 19, 1824. -Before.their WVorships Robert Gray, Henry Forbes, Robert (Gray Kirldand, George' Hall, George Qlinlan-, Thomas Spicer, 'W1ilijan Robertson, William'- spUte, and Jacob T. Strutnp, ',sqrs. Mrt. Bond and the Rev. ir.' Donaldcon tool; the detence of the prisoners. The piisoncrs rete placed at the bar, and tlie indictment read, of whith tbe follwing-is hin abridgment:_ Iidictaedtit.>Jeahica. SS., St. George's. lfestry 6ltiet, Rrc/erd hilfbutat,rac, Jawnes ThUonlson, Denniiis I&er;. Jdolsi Macfurlarie, 'JbAoi .S'pcdirg, .nd Jam ce Mlfey,ard, be- i1uging to Balcarres plantation, in the said parish , two negro men slaves, Johin tBr.trne, Sdnuaiv Ha - khton alias Aarrisott, to Eliza. beth Mare,' of 'the sime paril''a- free- ws>aman 6f elour f for that they4 on the 4th October laat1,and 16n 'divers other days in the same yPer, togethet with other negroes knd slaves urnknown, did conspire and-coinbine together, and form r.'aebellious conspiracy to kill and ithirdet 'th'e wlite people of the island, and to subvert anld destroy the Government thereof, contrary to the act of- this island, and against the peace of our said LBrd the King, his Crovn, and dignity; and that, on the 5tb day of December, in said year, at the parish aforesaid,- did compass and imagine the death of I the white people of the island: and that, on said d&y, they did felonioutly,rebelliously, ind'wikkedll;, meet together, and then and ithere conspire and cnombine to set fire to, and bum the house and I houses, and other-buildings bclonging to. the white people of this islabd; aud farthcr that, on sime-dav, in order to carry such rebel. lious conspiracy the better into effc4t, did, together with other negroes unknown.. meet for the 'eurpose of administering unlawfuil oaths, and then ind theredid take a solemn oath of secTecv and fidelity to each other, by.. drinking humnan bloodr mixed wjiEl rumn and gunpowder, contrary to said act, &c.; further, that thev did meet unlawfully for the purpose-of learning the usc of arms, &cj and lastly, thet they had ia their possession arms and ammunition witi an evil intent, &c. To wh;ch' they pieaded " net guilty." Thc juirv werc then tswroani 'W- A. Orgill, juin,, Esq., clerk nf the peace, again read the in. dietmlent to thIe eourt and jury, and then proceeded to examine wit. nesses. Charles Mack (warned of the jature of an oath ).-Knows all the p ri but onc,and identifiedacbh tost distinctl v, except Sarnuel Hanghton. Ranaway frot his owner, and was harbouredbyHlenrv Oliver at Balcarres; he was in Thompson's house: plenty negroe;s there ; strangers amnong thein; went for cocos, and on retumn somuch people in the house could not get in. Henrv told them to catch him, but witne*s ran away; cut his fore finger, aind mixed the blood with goriething it a basin. He eaid they must drink it to strengthen for Christmas, and they were to have cutlasses. They were arranged as follows:-Oliverwas to be kin-g, Thompson, secretary, Dennis Kerr, governor; Spalding, drill-sergeant and officer; Miontagnao was lawyer; John illacfarlane, armourer; and the others, officers of different grades. Witness was behind thie door when .James Al inott came from tewn (Kingston) with two mules; saw him call Henry ; sawtwo bags ott the mules; Henry called for a light. but Alinntt -said, *' out the-light ;" ofFered: to hielp them w ith the bags, but thev drorelim away; think' it was- gms' a number of negroes thre'r- they were to rise at Christmas tnd ki' the white people, and set fire to their houses. Thelmeeting was two weeks before Christmas; obeah man (Thompson) was always in the hiouse with them, who said the mnixturc would Pstrengthen them against the white people. Did not see thenn with guns and powder, except Henry, who had one on Sundays; they had- wooden swords; the bags were very heavry; John Spalding was an officer'; did not see him take the oath, but he sold poWder. Macfarlane was to grind cutlasses the obealh man picked bush, and rubbed their skins with it, which 'would prevedt the white men from holdinig them. Saw them distinctly through the house take the swear over the:trink; there was a light'in the house; the blood front Oliver's finger was mixed with runm and powder, or dirt. He heard themn say they were to rise the night after Christtnas - they were to rush in and nurder the overseer and bDokkeeperon Balearres, and then comn. mcnce a general mnasicre up'as far as Cedar Valley. Their signal was to be four candtdin on a board or torch, and shoewn fronm she tops of thc barbique walls, a' general signil to that neighibourhood to be- gms. Saw theni mustcr frequentlv', and drill with wooden swords- it was tiese ren.; tiot boyi; met eicrySaturday ; had fifer, drummer, &c. Sammyg is ifier, and the dnmmmer waS son ot'Dentis Kerr. Saw the piisoners with a great crowd of neg,roes shelday they took thegreat swear; marched front the negro houses to thc cow-pen at Balearres which is just belon* the house, rearl a haltf acre enclosed within a atone wall;' from this 'spot they were to issue on the night of the conspiracy to murder the oterseer and bookkeeper. Tie night the matters werc arranged, gutards were put on te bride, and other phtccs, to prevent a surprise. Thley were, however, disappointed of the play that was appointed at dlu'lett.hatl. owing to its bednz stop. ped by Mir. Mlendes, the overseer. They thenl proceeded to Balcar. res, and took' the swear in the house. Prisoner said on t}us occasion (King Harry) they were clever like buckra, and would fight themn. titness was nerer seen by prisoners when he observed their pro. ceedfugs ' and *heu he 'saw' what was going on, witness went home to Lis master and told wvhat wvas going on. Thev, no fools thes' no make buckra see theni-they wait till buckra went to bed aneif asleep, before they mtustered. On the night of the promised at- tack, the watchuistsl was to give them notice when buckra and book. kdeper hatl gonc to bed; Montagna s house' was the Court-house. Henrv hae a fo ling.piece, powdtr.horo, and siot-bag. When thev drank out of the basin, thev knock ground with foot, and say, "They must stand to the 'bAttle." Saw all tc prisoners with his own eye drink, e_.'cvot Haughltbn; Brame. and Spaldin_g- whonm he did not see on the night of the swear. Spalding was ati oftur* saw him at other times. Thompsounas secretary.James Pearce harboured witness ini his hMuse atB41caires.The prisonerssiished to catch him,ars he wasnot suit- able forttieir jatuse'. He' strayed from them; lived in coffee-piece they said witness'iwould see what tIhey were about, and lie would go tell npon them. - "itness returned to Cambridge estatc, Port- land,' where' he belonked, and 'ave himself up, in cotisequence of what hesaw ging bri,' end 'acquainted his masterof the Circumstance 'The Bench said, they bad a letter from M r. Lambie, his owner, dated 23d December,'offerhigngtoa end Charles Alack, if the magis- trates requirdd his evidence. When witness was getting thatch for Oliver, -he told him, that wvhen be saw 'distiilt company eame, witness would not come nearit, nnd he afterwarnds dove hbil away; hle saw plenty nf company go to his house. Vitliess then went to Pearce's house. (Here the dlThrent Prisoners questioned witness; John Brane said; - You did not'see mie have the potvder; Baptiste told you since 'vou have been 'chxined together." Oliver asked :' U'as it Fridav or Saturday ni, ht wben I cttt my finger ?"-It was on Sa. turday.) 'John Baptiste:_.War on Mullet-ha]l one night, and went to Balcarres, and heard a fife and drum; took hat and stick. and went to the negr6 hodses;-- 53ii j jack-ass saddled, the house quite full; Montagnac said, as wit,ese went in, " I'll make vou clerk." lie got some-rum and gave' to drink; then he said, " White peoIle wouild not give three days iti the 'week, as GTovernor wished to do and-wermusttakeit." They'then proceeded to muster, marched and exercisd,'*d ma'rched 'the King to his (Joseph Thompson's) house: Oliver and Joseph' Thomnpson sitting together; an obeah man tmade Oliver cut his lnger and put the blood into a basin, mnixed it -with rawm id poyder , they aUl dink of' it, and Oliver strike' th' ground with hif' foot, and say, All must stand the bat- tle." V5Witness attended other meetings; related siniilar circui. stan&es 'to preceding witniess. Anotber night Johni Brene told witnuen to go to Oliver and' tell him to hide the guns in the bush, as the white people were' going tn search the houses for tbemn. NVit. ness stated, thr bags were 'Spanish bags, tied round with Lords, brought by mul6s. Tdhn Mtacfarlanie also-is ait officer' had a blacik stick to ex-crcixe-with; then giving the ivord of. conuand, mounted on a jackass. Oliver was fKing, and has beeti for six years; John Braeme hacl powder; James dEeynard brought the guns; 14 in number, fioni KingsfPon; knows nothingof Haughton. The guns were got from a brown man named Lecesr e. The night after Christ- ruas they were to kill m11r. 1,arman, overseer of l alear-res, then kil and burn all up anI down the river. A brigand negro was harbour. ed on Balcartes, and'i t concert with Henry Oliver. WVhen exerais. iha, they ntarehed asgood as any wbsite mten. The g-uns were short like the maroons. Witnees was clerIc, an(d counted the guns,' an3 put the dumber down; 'as he could tell one thousand shingles, ne stirely could tell 14 musket5. Does not knotr of' guns on other prop^rties; does inot knots where they hid the guns; did uot see any powder brought from town; Henrv had powdcr and banll Jatnes Brieme tirnde the ball.;. Oliver walked aU about to entice ithe people to. join; lie did nothing. ott thie' property. It i5 three years since they cosnutenced this conspiracy- they collected usuney to give to> persons in Kingston -one was teacher, who wrent about;' another 'was a. ruler,. who collected; and when they hadl enough, they sent thle mosey to Ktingston and buy gdins. Wvitness w-ent with James' Rr;sne to Leeesne's for guns; it was at dusk, anti tbey were' pelced rin Spanish bags. Vitness made a grand dautee, 'wljien'HewnryOlivIer w"a to "COne and ask people to in' in the honspireey. Witntss corroborated the testimony. he taing'the grand 5*esar, nitgel the blode, &c., and drank it. Witnsos bad a sweid, and 6dnaburgit epaulettggiven him, as3he Was an offcei-. Witness took swiat' 'a Whes 'Oliver cot his inger, and rpedthe blbol ifito the basin, the obeal-Tran took iteiidm-mixed it, and' whte they drink7-it, Oliver- strike -grouhd and a*deto each "You stand to battle," and each said '" Yeg." They then exercised again. Spa'ding icas'ans'ffseer, but he did not see him take swear. Oliver and Brairen ook two days to hide the arms. 'Tey arrived uith 'the ai'ms at first cock-crow; siever sawf more than 14 nams, ex- cept th 'fo'sling.piece; -at'they killed the white people they were to take their tiis. ' They got the gn rl!;from Lecesnefor the't'irpose of killihSthe w1hite pe-ople,bro wn and black, 'that opposed their cause. Lecesne sid he -could supply them witl as many gunanad' ammu. nition -tieymight Want. Licesne asked, for some little money which Oliver gave igo:t'fod witness he was goingtosown, for she ptdpsoseofs6Etbg with haimi for -gunse Lecesne svas not to besceen inslatn bdsisnesa; Oliver- was so bathenactivenman; and, as soon as sli6yh~ad'n'ti; he tepuld 'sehd them tzoOppsfom-Kn FltuEn.~ They' baa' riilerM "at' J1ateQ Kfldare, Bybrookj4MuUett-haU-- Mlifonut 'Pleasant- @ll6way, ind pletity mdr'e. "tlraUd'ea ruler at isfite'tes, b 'efisie'eeii-The- >eywas collected mnder : Castefots(,rtown v,.-isole in Kingston-d; it. forthepurposeof bayiNgarms apd asmunnition. WVhe heiatswthi3 neig elv, ~ ~ enh leAsv,herweig theY3 tlad him it ta& !' ulay;" but they Ain -spoke of "the day" htre: theY were ' .to?act-i-t - was itheir combpany thhut was -otr c0mnew ema Kingston -to belp ther; there. was-a brigand. from .ouse a t~ I ftoest ethem (he has -escaped),. his-name is fim b g b man vr laten -a canie Gately ffom S. 2Da,b . ingo; rldit ) was saiod,cont ; Iwere Ir t freem .hand did as-they likd ; wtnes 6ew bm ~ll-he. w"re a litleacilCifix oi,,br- l ha agu olude i;t sbl e sad,hay~ afe Chdsbrmasjf he ai..h~swa abad couintry, beapke' -th' negWes- could -not-do as theY lilea, the wentb.ack-an&trcturned to~St. Domingo.vfi' h ad a belaf that tb nd.eforekthtrCdays-iatthey wogk - arnd . rom Lec snes BeYore tO.At, l hrg c l Yrii, the! wuseve whwodc tagnar said Viti was Lswiow;:t y wer in gfet, ihe said, Fridata,Sat turdy anongstd t Nb yetsbead itnd wnapartv ia- Englandc islhed to dot he dood -motgnte red dost bo 03rer daysinthe wieek: he (Alontagnao).madc the law,. Heardhhat t-he-Kjng at home seit- oeut to. give the-negroes Friay and Saturday. a boy- from G P ctolds Thine so ' they, were tO get it after CgristGmshoo saw Iul 'ago one evening toi -blNe cr's Ouse. A Xr. Atkin'son, a mason, -wrote.the tiekets for wltniesY dance.. Did not -nsow who read the letters fromn -L,eces,ne to Oliver. Casedfor -the Urosv rlosed. - By Mr. s oiztor,-Knewv. of nuo white, or brown person being acd n qnahd ewoldthvheinitededrising. Oliver weynt freqitently to Kingsioni. -Oliver wvas introduced to ollcime b. Baptte, the brigand.. t wit- ness was pJbesent-n, Latte's when aaptiste ofl'ered to introduce Oli- ver to -Ldcesng he said he was a Inge toni, iand would supply us with every thin;g we anted, if we had any' thing to do, meaning risitng;liealso introduced withgs to.Lecesue rnabisname-sake. He tola thaeiheiwouldnhelp lie mout, and theywo gtOe-- ton they wantcd,.anit dometf not. Iidie auny thing from-hein. we wer mustering auidc making. burgin before wie knew ieesne.. They were learning aine exercise to tight the regular soldiers and anyone else; the were towbeclevere oaugh to J oilg any body. pOlier ehterer hintogadefenre, sn.whic , hor, o h criinated hiBlaselr, by acknowledgingmthe exernise witht . e said the cat on liis -finger wai the bite ofoaog, and the y mron finge t ftro a whitlow. Dr. M'-axwell thought the later the incision of a sharp instre- mient. t r. Larke as -ovrseeron BalearTes.nce as backward at h.is work, but does not recollect lin beiang away two. t gr three days at a tiine- p5new him away one. impossible to hear the drums and. tbfesftoin the house, ats the distance where the negro housesare. The nules were broecghp from town very late atonight for noruieo time back. Baptiste recalled, and said, told MT. Larmass thlat lie and Oliver miadle bargaini to) miurder hiim ; t'o takb place the day after Christinas. rt voss ton sidoiths before Christmais btlbret they brought-thoar.the from L.-cesne's. Before that, long, long, thev tnustered~with wooden ,,words. ndr. Wilkinsd n has seen Oliver iacofhfeepiece withi a-gun, hirch h.e hidamongst the bushes; witness went in -search ofb the King wvhicb he discovered atmong the bushes close by Oliver,who hiad ah ctutlass, and winess-vasa atraid to take thie gun; he illoweduwitneoa for the purpose of pr-eventing hisi taking thie gun ; it was within -reach of the cutlass. The watchmrlan said Oliver was going to- shoot tI wild hogs. . Hen ra eynai dp-Saw a fowlinghpieeeof another ion at KilAare, Whoos it wa.s for Sam Haughton, who was pretent, and did not deny it. . Wittess saw the free man Baptiste, sad he and another man would have takben him had they not been told by Air. WVilams that they lad no right to follow him. le leaped out of the window of ah ouse, and ran off. - sors spJoblin, a blaeksmith..-Knows Sanluel Haughton i he and witneas were carrying-two gunsd e it was the-ear before lst; wit. nesst mends gans. -The gunsbelonged to Coolsad hat htongvha them to hims when -he watdone with them he gave them back-to jajhon Shot birds with them. an 1mp -rtgHamilton.adavid Bams ask-ea witness to go over t Balearres to see some fnn; Spaldin asked hint afterwards to go over, and lie asked what for, when Spalding said, they were rmus- tering and mraking a little fhnt when witniess told him to take care and remember wheat became of Sanbo John,. of Liguanes., an. his party, who were hanged -for suich musterings.; upon which- he sold, that he would not have any, more to o with) it. James Giscoime.-4ohn Baptiste told hir they were mustering at Balcarres, and invited hi- to go and see the fun; but witness said not, antl I told him they were foolish people, and they would better leave it alon.-. Olive; never tell -him nothing. hr. Bour2Dn said, fom the very clear s anner in whieh the case was imade out, he should have little to 'oIler, to- tbeCour-t; but merely' to make a few remarks on the evidence-as regarded H: usthton, who was emet criminated in any otherway thal having hail fire-armsin his possession; and as Haujhton had iot been iadiea d unider the 48tb clause, hemustthereforebeacquitet. There were six counts,allof which were capital. Withrespect to the~ bringing up of the arms, the first witness said it -was only two weeks belorn, Christmas iald the second -said it was two l indietedifor icnw a materialtifferentsa One l te wineses ws a acessoy,tnd had become) King's evi- dence, theragefor hit ttemen should bo;e taken with caition; and the othergeasyrol a nrunawdy,to w e tstimosny much credit could not be atoacheetratd He then caled David Sitheriland, who stated that the Run Haugh- ton had was hiis property, and he repeatedly lent it to Haughton to shoot game. He is c-Wder of' Haugton, who is a nfaithful servant, atIcl isa good character; and a wjurm tn also spoke to his hearacter, who had known -him to be out shooting wvild bogs. .ion. . Lamotte said, that a week before the Kingston- Races, he ifot Baptiste with a, mue and a bag witi a gun on the top of it, aboutten to'clockuin the vorenoon. amr.Mendes, of AMullett.hall, proved that Baptiste brought up a gun ofhis about that time, and so-great confidence did he place in Jim, that he intrustedhim to carry his miritia armas at guard before Christmas. Prisonm ser poe in their defences-denied all participation in the conspiracy.Haughton said he had a fowling-piece terelv for the pr pei of shootiiig hogs, which was borrowed from oivr.(Noberaud. James e,iynard cried bitterly, declaring himryelfto be totally icno- cenT. After listening wtn lnuch-attenition to wiat theyf hadl to say, the iur.Y retiret. Indeed the prisoners had a niost fair and iispxaria ttial, and everv matter that was uirged in their favour or exculiiation war. most djs~aasionatcly investigzateti. The Juory havinog retired for three quarters of an iour, returned and broutght in a verdict-thaoI. Oliver, R. thontagnac, b. Kerr, wams Mrevenard, Jrohn-aclisefrlne, Jhises- Thompsn gunilth, tof ;allov the ihar:clie.tohn Spaldingh, guilty rofther ath, lthiv andof tour~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~n othth countsaJofhnr fromin, guily. ofte the 6tout-ani insamuel I_au"he eton,guiltya of havingarus Oinvhesrpossesion, bubt with no evil- inten- The Benchcstated to Ilaughton, that he was acquitted and dis- chnarged, but cautionbed bun how he acted in future, which lie ear- nestly assured their Worships he should do. The Jury then valued flit other prisoners, after which thedir Wuror- ships daocyeped to pass sentence asi fliowe by-Jameas Thompson, sesterda e,morn Joame erd n Spabling, and James Brsse, t he ransorte forlife andiftey return, to be banged ; andlincry wholer, convichd Monragnac and lDennis Kerr, to be hanged at suchtime and pl fromhisGraceas the Governor ryappoint, renove IoruthcFrol ote same patv.ran Jan.e 2nbsa.] f i Bto.entAY. Jaii. 20, 1824. A nezro named f Wor n ro Park, belonging to Iter Boreal estate, was placed at the bar, indicted for atteiidin"- unlawvful imeetings, aiid was arraigned, but the witness not atrendi'ng, the prisoner was dis- charged by proclamation, and Mr. Moore's recognizance directedl- to be estrcattd. Daces, beloneis,g to 0. Quinlan, Esq., and David and Philip, in possession of D)orothy torrison, Str attendrevng astnlawful meeting on the night of tIme 228 Njoveai ber last, were placed on their trial. Mlr. Siinis..-Witness had heard of thits meeting ; and on this par- ticular night heardl the drumming and witness, in company- with Mr. Grahamn, proceeded to tthe pace, which is an etiupty house, and found abouit 411 'or 50 imen thieze all oi whom, except prisoners, esaped throughi the windows ana doors. Thiere were no wonien among themn. rlere was no riot, hut dlrimminnlg; there was no dancioig-; these drutuniffigs had been f'requent previouisly to thui time it was at eleven at night; did not coiiceive it to be a seditious iieetinig, buit they disturbed the neighbourhood by this drurumaing: MissFoser gve vey god carater of her two negroes. 'lhe wir setencd t thensiIga~ punishment of receiving 24 lashseac, ii conequece o haIn-aready uindergononaloiig con- Two negroe belonginig to iMr. Phillips were indlicted for liar- bouring runaways frfomi Gibraltar estate.u4a~ilty. anid seaitenced to a month's; impri-sontment.-The Court adjournedA till February.. There are snll seren more -prisoners in Buff Bay gaol, to be tricil for being concerned in the late conspiracy-George Taylor, to Bir- nato Vood, who, on his way to the gaol, handcuffed, threw hiimself into the river, with a desijni to mnAke a-way wi-th himself, but he was prevented f~rom -accomplshing 'his purpose;, John Smith, to lalloway ; Sarnedie, )"I 1i7ltthall, and brother -to Oliver ; and f'thr others. KlIsGSTON, 'JAWy. 30. Extract of alettelr fromn Buff Bav ,dated the21th instant:-" The dleath-warrant of' Henry Oliver hias been received, and he. is to be execuited on Friday, tlie 30th 'iliCtanL. Dennis K'err and Richiard Mlontagnac are to be transported. A negro namied Prince, to Paul Laniotte, Esq., has been committed to gaol for examinationi, touch- ing the late coDnspiracy. The militia, 'which had mouinted guard for some days past, were yesterday againt relieved by the Maroons."- JAw UARY- .30. Yesterday morning Joaquim Hernauidez, Pablo Soto, and John Olivier, who were convicted of piracy at the last Admiralty Ses- sions, hut received a' free pardon from hIis Grace the Governor, were remnovedl from the gaol of' this -city,v and cartrled on) beard of His; Majesty' ship Serapi-, to remain there until ani opsortunity offer to Sena them to Puterto-Rico. Yestrda for ngmos. elogin toAiry Castle estate, namled Jame Robrtso, TomasRobetso, Richard Rtobertson, tusdh Georg Robetsoi~ wer brouht beore Ale M. ittlej9hn anid J. T 0.Haris,Esqs.,agitraes,ausesuledat the Gourt-house, at alfwa-tre, n he arsho St Adre. hey werechre witn Imp roper conduct in refusing to do tlieis work, and for snakin . use of' threatening language towards thc h ead driver and the book- keeper. M r. Archibald Heluilton, the bookkeeper, was examined, who deposeth that Richaijl Robertson and-George Robertson bad,one day last week. refused to go eatlv 'to theii work, in consequence of ,hich the head-driver had sent for hin),. and he directed that they should be flogped, when they - made use of threatening latiguage towards tie driver, and were very sulky and unwilling to go. to their business. It u-as cleatly proved-ltat they lid no just cause of complaint against the overseer or bookkeeper_ iti. fact, they ae- ;nowled"ed that they were all well found 'in every thing1 and had the usual time all0twed -them for breakfast and diunnr,- liut that the heatd driver had worked them hartier than what they wvere accus- tomed to. The Magiktrates'acquitted the two- first namaed, and ad- monished thenm as to i their future condtuct. The two ls tter were or- dered to receive 30 lashes in the-workhouse, and then delivered over to the rreprsentative of the property. DEMERARA. ( From the Deneerara Gazettie.) GEOTsGE-TOwr, J-r. OO. His Excellency tha Comesnder-in-Chief, in reprieviinr the rebel-. chief, Jack C-ladstonte,-untilh his ajesty's pleastire shall be k9qwni I has, we kave good reason to -believe, exercised the -discretionary power thusinvested in him with every disposition towards. the in. - terests and the welfare of this colony. * Aicautiour andu alcuatig| pvlicyis certainly e;dvisablein cases of this kdid, and itsequires that, the contngencies of:tuch tn atof -f-mercy: should: be weighed -with t codlest deliberation befbte it- be.pt-into force.- His Excellency has;nodoubt,very justly-considered, ttiat no distinitiion were-to. be made between the blood-tbirstyasd htsani2e the regroes..' in fhe dvent of another revolutionaryeffOrt, *ould have Iittle.cause fo0t dis.. pinying tow ords us seiat had soth' been shown towards themselves; aistt'it;on2y-' rhuaios fo ba proved,'i how far thedntlividual thus sel&tedes au ts exampofle oftheKiig's:elemency L-desdr)iug of it. - - Sinct our lasyatimems mote ofthe,rebelsnegeoes;hare,ben leaged,- KcrLu otbzeseye ece-LOWd , of P ortel Uop;, 1,000ibecrPe1d, of Clonbrook,do. ; Srcmi', Of Eatoote, 700. Amitin5-of Cqvp, TOO.; Jessamin, of Sucdpss, -1,0OO; jibn j, C Ottb, 260 O anai August, *2 S,uccesi 300 -They w&er nh4 4at the New Bar mks; -and we have no doubt that'J.lzck ($Jl'jdstone *hAal~&ull lricwof,tlies~Wiifings helbas amiisted to brin - ppon his tag~~condou&~~aesaofIlj8 Rtwe copfortz ~i o n a y S h r w ~ b c y i ~ t i l l h c r e . F l e ~ a s a p o i ~ t h atb n i s ' h ir e -e i lftEST INDIES. .JA !TO TRIAL OFTHE CONS'PrRATORS AT nTI.p RnA v