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THE WELSH INSURUKCTION. (Ftovi the Sun of Saturday.) (FUBTHEK PARTICULARS.)
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THE STOCKPOUT TIGTTMS . Correspondence continued from our last . do . 30 . 5 b the Editor of the Korih Cheshire He-former . Si ? -, —Ii appears from the Tepori of a mealing of Gr-xtists , which was ijeld , in Stoukport , oaihe I 4 tli iest ., that eTery person who addressed the meeting , except Leah and filling , pledgedhlmself io use every pc-vrer he possessed , to secure the return of Tories to the Town Council . Perhaps -this scheme of producing a favourable impression on-a Tory jury , should it be such , may succeed ; for the poor felloes tare a trial to stand . Jurors , like others , may wish and believe themselves to be free from prepossessionsirhen they are sot ; just in the same manner , as no 2223 can be conscious of " his mistake at the same THE STOCKPOKT TICTT 3 IS . j Corresponds * continued from our last .
iinie tnai he is thereby misled . The supposition of such a scheme may seem extraordinary to seme chartist ? , but can any _ man attribute such a political phenomenon as theiT joining the T or ies to any motive thai is common ? "Whatever poacdbility might have existed of obtaining the charter , their present pro cee ^ ings are calculated to destroy . If all chartists do as they are now doing , "will not every rational jes- - declare that the person cannot be safely trusted ¦ with , the soffragejWhohiTe been Hnntites , Painites , Cjbbetiites , St « pbesites , and all the ties known aEioaxs ' ' poiirical factions 1 They not long ago worshipped tke WLigs , and policy " handed eve y Tory over io the devil ; and now most fraternally they
offer to the Tories the right hand of fellowship . Had ¦ we Annual , Parliaments , with Universal SuiSrage , and a nation of such political weaihtrcocks , a dismemberment of the social fabric must speedily eiisne ; for neither legislative nor executive powers , could be maintained against the capricious mutability of the multitude , which might rage in boisterous storms for objects qxnie opp ^ .-ke to each other , as often as the moon or seasons ihaa ^ re . 1 b- ?^ of the Cha -tists to re £ ec r on the effect :--r-:-iicceu on tts public mind , by the mono on mauv vf th- ? ir £ ^ g = in Lancashire and other places . It was , " Ks TEAT 15 50 T WITH TS 15 AGAlSsT T'S . " A-id the Epeechss delivered ¦ arequivocaih' assert * W 1 , il : st tho ? e Tvho were not with them -. hoiLid La tt . ¦ : •• : ; A a =. fi ^ -
nncs mthe cay of -ineir power—i . c , tuat ail whe did ' cot adopt their political creed , should be annihilate ! as political heretics . I would ask a : iy Charti ? t if he would ihink it just to compel hisfhujtr , rela : ion 3 , and friends , to political uniformity by snch diabolical means . _ ¦ _ Men who adopt this . mono , for each a purpose , need not preienu to shudder v . Iion iliey hear vf thosa who roasted man to p lease his 3 Iak-: r . Men of sach principles cannot i > e trast . d Triili ihe elective franchise . He forfeits all-claim to political privileges , who would deprive others of th .-: rn . And it seems by the deienainatioii , founded on ilie blasphemed motto , that ** He thai Is not with " ili £ S must es joy neither privilege nor life . I do not believe thit one Charfet in tea ever intended , or Tris > . cd for such inhumanity . But ail history will Inform them that the victors in a civil war , are ten times more blood-thirsty t >^ t > conquering invaders , tvlio Lave no old hatreds ncr local personal mallgxlir to craiifv . The murders of the Irish Rebellion
and of the French Revolution , were not foreseen or intended , yet they blackened the pages-of their bisiorie-. In the language used at our Chartisi meetings , there Is no sober manly argument ; but a matcitless ferocity of slanderous inTeetive supplies its place , ; Eucli as woTild make an indignant people enemies to iiicm were they to hear or see it " verbatim , ui ; - chini ^ ed- and nncurtailed . Tne persons the noses , and even the lips of the ofR .-ers who are deemed * -d- ? - ^ aries , have be ? n spoken-of in snch terms as Tvoal-i lead one to think that nothing would gratify thorn inore than the catting off that nose , and tl > sc lips , in imitation of the Persian Princess who did = a by an envied Lady . Sadler ' s Wells are dreadfully described by Johnson . Leah gives it the
II ? , ykIi several contradictious -which are kept out of -xae report ; and Johnson ' s description alone appears . In all these "fiendish"' speeches ; the c feuii 5 h smiles , "' of the Tovni Clerk are ever and anon mentioned in terms of tlia bitterest reprc-aca Tii-.- . I-sner ofDavies and . Mitehcll reprobates Kni-er , Sefi" -, and Nuitall . ^» o cause-is assig--ed , csci-pt iVa . they are milk and water men ; and Mr . ISuttaL . hid ireea mentioned as dearing to be superintendent . Mr . Sailer , they say , would do anything for money rather than work . To be sure this accusation is very E ; --i « £ asd very moderate iu Mitchell , -who relinqui-iicl a pair of profitable wheels to sell Jerry a ; id tikes ; and got ail the others into prison by the £ XcroIse of this new political avocation . However
it is a Dau wind that blows iiobuiy g&jd , for lie >*< vs thai imprisonmenr will make- them " L-jtter hiiaods , and better members of socieiv ia faturc . " Oa Muniiy nig ^ it last , Joliu ^ o =. -o *» = vrVeu tbr ; : Mr . Sailer was siek and likely to give np the ghost ; and uoless than twice , if not thrice , did he exhort iis audience to ' go down on their knees , that night " and implore the Almighty to take him ont Qt the ¦ world . Suet expressions as these , while a man i > nrr ; s with fever , and his fatally are overwhelmed in sorrow , I leave without a word -of comiaect to the honest indignation of the puLlic . "What sori of feelings and principles mss : such Isa ^ uage- pro-iuce in boys , » fr = ai iiiLiiibers vf ¦ which , go to hear such blessed instruction ! Mr .
Oaslier sympathised with h . 13 great opponent , Lord John Russell , on the death of his : lady , and " Mr . O'Cjnnell , on the death of his wife , founcfa cessation of hostile pens ; bnt neither shame , feeliag , nor decency in Stoekpori , can save an aSicted iataiir &O 3 the saagnicary declamation of this brutal a 55 a 5 an of the little domestic comfort which aSiction has left . In 3 k . GriSn ' s attack upon Mr . Sefi on there was pot a glgmpse of reason or fairness . Anything more dishonest , 1 never heard , and defy any inan 10 point oat anything more so . He cainmciated ilr . Seftoii as mean and nngeDef ous , in pub-ILsMng his answer to the letter of l > avis and ^ iiiL-hell in the JV . C . Reformer , whieh healleced the prLroiiers could never have a chance of stdi-g ; becau ?? their letter stated that ihey had no papsr io read but the IrjutoTi Times . JNow lei me sst ; coald no friend se ^ d the N- C . Reformer to them ; or woold ihev not
be permitied to receive it I Upan aeitlier of " these poists did Mr . Griffin make a single remark . But Enjpjsing that it would not bo permitted them . D >? s the wise Mr . Griffin " know that the insertion of a letter of T ' nrvt length , in ihe Tiznes -tvxil inostiy cost ten guineas ! Yon publish a letter reflecting stro ^ gly jypjn a person in Stockport ; and desire tnat person to p ' -foiikhiis answer in a Ljndon paper which no one interested < ver sees' ! Why Mr . Uiinia did vou not put the prisoners' letter in tiia . t paper where you decently assert the answer should Inn e been ! * Amati must be Si for a celi in Bedlani to answer a pal-ILhed letter , in this way , which you know very weli Tvoald be just the same as no" answer at ail . As an honest man I ask wher ^ a defence should be published , but in the town where the accusation ¦ was published ! you cannot cozen the public ont of their sense ^ however you succeed in the Chartists ' room . I am , Sir , & . & , W . L 6 XG 50 X . Ociober 22 nd , 1839 .
Cs o . 4 . ) Answer to Mr . W . Longson . Sie , —The Committee of the Working Men ' s As-EDeiation have authorized me t-o answer vonr letter , ¦ which appeared in the North Cheshire Reformer , of the 25 th insL , which coctain 3 an attack upon the proceedings of many of our members , and likewise a severe one upon Mr . Mitchell , who is within the Trails of Chester Castle . Indeed , if Mr . Longson tai not known that , " be would not have darei ! to say what he has said . Poor Mr . Longson ! I do nnheataticgly affirm that I never saw aletter more devoid even of common sense and grammar .
What a valiant man yon must be , to think of trviijg to get Mr . Sefk > n out of a scrape , and fall Into a worse yourself ! I really do hope that " Mr . ix-fton will make yon some recompense for y-jur attempt , although ii proved a failure ; for there is not the least doubt bat you haTe done a 3 well as tou vrsre able . You have been long known and considered a determined , consistent itadical , of great acn vny and singleness of purpose . Therefore , every true Radical in Stockport is at a loss to know the cause of your impugsmg the motives and censuring tne conduet of Mitchell , your near friend when out of prison . - - \ . ¦ - ' . _ Bu ^ Sir , suppose I tell the secret ? A few shfl-Iiugs from itr . Sefton , for putting the books straight , make a ^ reai deal of diaereuce . The first attack ii ' a , ery gross falsehoodnam-. lythe reason whv the
, , Cusasts are for putting in Tories is because of the jnf tyaweit migct have upon a Tory Jury , It tnms « T ^ l . 3 ^ e nrSI Who mentioned " patt ing in tn ^ Tone = ; and I am not under oail . Mt reason for < iomg so was , because a man whom I resoec ^ had jnadea wager that the Whigs could nofStS and if he won fte money , it was to go to the mi-Eoners at Chester The conduct of-tie auAoJi -nainrn ^ e 1 ^ thxee months las convinced the people that it does not matter which of the two is returned to fl * - Town CotnidJ , both being the enemies of the forking classes . At all meetings where 1 ^ e attended , there has no favour been shown to the Tones , any more than the Whigs ,- bnt mkny of the members considered that It would be better to put in a few Tories , bo that we might hear the truth when they fell out about which shall nlnna »>
the working classes most . Besides , the putting a Tory in the Town Council does net argue that we are gmng up the Charter , keesase it is a local asair ; and if we could find an honest man , whether Tory , Radical , or any other creed , so that we found he acted honestly and uprightly , it is our duty to return him . The party that have been in are all of one side * and to say that we are tarn-coats , becsnse ive put in Tories , is as bad as the teetotallers , ( although I am one myself , ) who would not eat a aood fat duclL
because it nad eaten grains -I Did I not admit-that both factions were bad , * nd opposed to the working classes , preferring to use calumny and spleen , ratotr 4 baa xpply ^ thcmselT& 3 io manly arguiaeni agajnrt fito leading priadplc 3 ehcaied bj as in tie Char-
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ter 1 " In the language used at the Chartist meetings there is no manly argument , " Indeed , Mr . Longson !—we have long wanted such men as you ; and to prove your assertion , as an avowed . JRepnb-¦ icaE , y- > u will not be doing your duty at a Charii ^ t meeting , unless you stand up " and put us right . ^ . Ir . Longson , like all pretended friends , finds fault with men instead of principles . He gce 3 on to say that the speakers talk about the noses and Iip 3 of the officers . I do not agree with that ; for 1 think it shews littleness of mind for any man to fi » d fault wi ; h _ another because he has thick lips , or a large nose , or how he smiles . What is it to any body if the Superintendant of Police has got thick lips , or the TowuClexk a great long nose , or a grinning sort of a smile ? You say that Sadler ' s Wells is teri ^ ^ ggf ^ eS ?—Sdeed ^ Ir " Lofgson 1-wehave long ' wfS ^ chmeri ts ' Voui
ov Johnson as dreadful , and Leah gives his statement the lie . Now it happens I have put the question to Leah , and he contradicts your assertion ; and if Leah did say so , what do Burton and Wrig h ^ , and all the rest of the prisoners , say 1 I have not heard 07 i speak well of them yet ; but , because Sir . Longson goes not for from there toget a few shillings , he can speak well of them , and- would rather the prisoners did so too . No cause is assigned , except that tiiey are milk-and-water m ? u ; and Mr . Nuttall liad been mentioned as desiring to be superintendent . " Now , Mr . Longs on , how are the public to understand what you mean ? Mr . IsuttaH might be superintendent of works , and superiatenUent parson for ought the public Would know , but I supposed you mean superintendent of police-Your next sentence is the worst in the letter . You
soy tint Mr . Mitchell gave up a pair of profitable wheels to sell pikes and Jerry . Now , sir , 1 am prepared to prove that there never was a more industrious man in Stockport than Mitchell ; and I must confess that the accusation comes with very bad grace from a man who has received many sliili : ng ? , perhaps pounds , of Mitchell ' s money for teaching him ijraoimar , and who at the same time cannot spell his same properly . Hundreds arc ready to come forward at any time to prove that Mitchell ' s frcnKs were taker , from him to be made into sclfactors , and that he was a long time before he could ; gL-t a shilling sny wayj and bad it not beea for his i sreadiaef * when in work , he would not have had I-a : i opportunity of commencing in the beer trade . it
UNO crer . _ ibr that Mr . Longson I you make quite ' as bad a job of it as Ivir . Sefton did . You say | Joli--: 5 ou Wirged of them to go down on their knees , ; aiid pray ihai God might take Sadler " out of the I 'iynr } , - ' ll i 5 ra""rrec " t ; it was ** out of hia misery !" ! ~ Winit 50-t of feelings ai . d principles must such lan-: ? 'i : - P produce ia boys , great numbers of which go to | hear s : u-h blessed instruction . ' The word " which , " ¦ Mr . Grammarian , is wroDg . You next talk about ' . tlie sjiuputhy wliich Lord John Riissell obtained ! m « m Mr . Uasiler ; and state that Mr . O'Comiell , on i the death of his wife , found a cessation of hostile i peiis ; bnt that "neither shame , feeling , nor decencv | in Sioekport can save an afflicted family from the i « au-ruir . ary declamation of this brutal assassin of the iiiiie domestic cocrfort which affliction has left . " Yon should have thought about that yourself before you wounded the feelings of Mrs . Mitchell . It L not
sufficient that she should have her husband dragged from her at the dead honr of night , and placed in a dark damp cell , there to remain five or six davs and i ignis ; tlience sent to Chester , aad receive sentence ior eighteen months—it is not cruel enough that she should be left t o maintain herself and child . for that length ct time—( tie child deprived of a father)—bat Mr . Lougsou must endeavour to make the public believe that his old scholar 13 an idle vagabond that would rather get a living by selling beer and pikes , than working at the wheel ! How do you think Mrs . liitchellcould stand to hear your letter read I If > ou could have heard her throbs ar . d sighs , and se ^ -n the- tears running down her cheeks , you would Lave felt foirj , unless you had a heart like » stone . Perhaps it is better for your health you were not there , for she declared she would measure your head with ilie square end of the poker , although she is not a pass ; jnate woman .
^" ext come 3 myself for a share of the abuse of varu- pet :. 1 would to God yon Tiad spared Sirs . - . jii ' Leli ' s feelings , and spit your nonsensical spleen at mf , which 1 hope for the future you will do , when ' a writing fever conies on . The country ai iar ^ e co nsidered that Mr . Mitchell was sufficiently ssbdnad by the constables , specials , soldiers , officers , magistrates , lick-spittles , and spies , and Sadler ' s Weiis and Chester Castle to boot . But not so with Mr . Sefton . He considered he should receive another blow to finish him . Then comes Mr . Longson , who acts like the boy that killed the wasp , and cut its sling out for feax of its stinging him afterwards . Air . Longson , we will call you the polishcr-off ! In Mr . GriiniTs attack upon Mr . Sefton there was not
a g ! $ r . ipte of fairness . [ Query—Should " glympse " be speit so JJ 1 do say again " that he ( Sefton ) was mean and ungenerous in publishing his letter in the Cheshire Reformer . I have good grounds from the prisoners themselves for saying that they have not ^ a Cheshire Reformer , and it is a very great privilege for them-to have the London Times . You i-ay , Mr . S ., thai I never made a single remark auout the Cheshire Reformer going to Chester ; Why , sarely you take the prisoners for as big liars as yourself . Does not Mitchell ' s letter positively say thatthe Times is the only one they can get to see J And as for the very startliiig expression about the letter of Sefton ' s costing ten guineas to be published in the Times , if he ( Sefton ) would have condescended
to come to the committee , his letter might have been sent to the prisoners for eight-pence . Why should Mr . Sefton go to so much trouble about answering the prisoner ' letter , when he considered it an honour to him to appear in a paper ! And , if I was in the fault for not mentioning whether a IfortTi XJieeftire Reformer went to Chester , are not both Loagson and Sefton in any for not asking or making some little enquiry before they began to decry the poor-helpless prisoners' character ! You talk about . a man beii ; g fit for a cell in Bedlam to answer a pnblished ' etter in this way , which you know very well would be no answer at all . Now , if 1 understand Mr . Sefton aright , there needed no answer , butmervly a few Ikes to the prisoners to thank them
for the kindness they had done him , and request another as early as possible . Mr . Longson , like a drowning man , catches-at a straw to save Mr . S . and himself from sinking . . Now for the last sentence . ' Ion cannot cozen the public out of their senses however you succeed in the Chartists' room . " I have very little to say about that . My speech appears in the Sta- , aud 1 will leave the public to judge for themselves . Ent I hope that Mr . Longson will not come sneaking round the ontside . of the room , like a spy ; out when he hears me 3 gain " cozening" the public thai he will come forward and put them upon their guard . I have gone through the whole of your epistle ; and , having done so , I proceed io give you a little advice . Before you again attack a
disinterested patriot , you should prove where and when you have done anything in a public cause without being paid for it . Answer that , Mr . Sians , alias Longson ; and consider , before you put your pen to paper , whether you are going to write facts ; and if you are uuj vrell ai-qaainted T ¥ ith-srhat you are going to say about Tie People ' s Charter , stay till you are , and have a little of that sympathy and benevolence which at once adorns and delights the heart . What is it that guards our infancy ( which 13 more helpless than that of the _ lowest created beings ) , satisfies its wants , gratifies its wishes , instructs its ignorance , and fostere its dawning reason 1 What is it that in childhood delights and amuses the fiseting hours—calls forth the little exertions of kind offices oue towards another , —and awakens the first
symptoms of the sonl-of sympathy ? What is it that in riper years forms all the blessings of friendship , and " aids our endeavours , consoles our distresses , bears with our infirmities , nor ceases till its last melancholy office has deposited us in the dust ? Ceases , aid I say ! I would not do it such wrong . It tLeu blesses our "memory , and shields our good name from the attacks of envy aud slander ; and by continuing its kindness to onr offspring , or connexions , becomes a perpetual blessing to us 3 What can afibrd _ these advantages , or rather ' -necessaries , in a life of society , but that sympathy and benevolence whieh , being implanted in as by Providence , and forming a part of our nature , are among those faculties we are bound to cultivate ! What is it
that consoles us in our last moments and defends our character when dead , but sympathy ! A person without sympathy , and living only for himself , is the basest and most odious of . all characters . I would like Mr . Longson to reflect before he indulges himself in such passion and anger . " As the command of our passion is the noblest exereise of our reason , it were to be wished that- those who pretend to bo reasonable creatures did not suffer the passion of anger so often to make them like brutes . There never was a more absurd apology than that which is commonly made- for passionate people that they are the best natured creatures in the world . It is true when their anger is over , they are often heartily sorry for what they hare done Jbut this is only defending them
oy proving they are not quite demons ; and that , tnough tncy are rery absurd and injurious for a time , they are not always so . Bat thi 3 will be found a poor excuse when we consider that a moment ' s anger Tnll of tea produce more mischief than whole years of good nature maybe able to atone for . When once people hare habituated themselves to the indulgence of this passion , it is not only their fellow creatures that they injure by their violence . Those fnnous folks will sometimes Tent their rage on a iteV ^ 111111 * ^ ^ ywiU throw chairs and tables about the room , spoil pictures , or break china , when 9 ? that
SnnTrt ^ H ? a d ° «>» cat , or any other domestic animal is at hand . * in short , this sort of peopjarenomore than grown testy children ; and so mucd like ill-bred , humorous infants . The . only fw ^ ' ^ ^ F ? P «* Pteia * e for themselves is that they cannot help this sudden warmth , because it proceeds from constitution ; bnt nothing can be more ^ false than that anger is not to be suppressed ; tor it is observable that they can and do restrain their passion when awed by respect , checked by interest , or intimidated by fear . Does a person ever ifive these violent airs in the pre * e «> ffl of any one
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from whom he has great expectations of advantage , or do we ever see a person show his anger before one of a very superior rank in life 1 No ; ft is generally a poor servant , or a mean-spirited dependant , that is the object of these fiery wretches' displeasure The test of every man ' s good temper is his behaviour to his equals and inferiors . 1 conclude with hoping this advice will be of some service to my fellow townsmen , Sefton and Longson ; and hope if they have any old grievance to settle , which I think there must be , that they will put it off untilthe two prisoners are here to answer'for themselves . Wil . GlUFFIN . Langshut Field , Oct . 28 th , 1839 . 0 r 7 >^ e ^^^^ of ave ^ SSIEn feTfe ^^ r ^
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HISTORY . OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE WORKING CLASSES BT DOCTOR JOHN TAYLOR . No . 5 , CONTINUED . The following observations of Mr . R . J . Richardson , should not be lost sight of—as displaying the spirit wliich very generally existed iu Lancashire , " The people of Lancashire had already determined what to do ; They had petitioned first—they were now kemoxsthatixo ( for demand was the word they used ) in accordance with the constitution—they were armed or arming , and would decide for themselves upon ulterior measures . "
Ultimately the amendment was carried by a majority of 23 to " 20 . In introducing his motion , Bailie Craig said that his views or plaas would be perfectly legal , and urged this as a reason why the discussion should proceed . Now this may or may not have been true , for " as yet these views have never been promu gated ; but in the first place any consideration of the question , then would indubitably have stultified us , because- it wonld . only have been looked upon by the House of Commons as a threat which , they were , bound to resist , and have ensured the insulting rejection of the petition—in the second place , althongh Mr . Craig ' 3 plans may have been ' -perfectly legal , he
could not _ have prevented other plans from being brought forward aa an anicndment which were any thing but legal , and the discussion of which would have brought down the whole terrors of the law upon the Convention and the country , before either were prepared to brave them , and the work which they were sent to perform not half-. ' completed—and in the third place , as Bailie Craig himself stated at an after period as a reason for his deserting the Convention in the hour of danger at Birmingham ; he had no uuthorlty from his constituents even to consider Ulterior . measures . I shall return to . this subject a- | ain in speaking of the . Birmingham proceedings . In the meantime I pass on to the minutes of the
Sitting of Tuesday Vlth February . Members present all day : — Benjamin Hadley , John Pearce , John Collins , R . K . Douglas , Patrick Mathew , John Richards , P . M . M'Dowall , Charles Jones , John Frost , W . S . V . Sankey , Alex . Halley , James Moir , Dr . John Taylor , Robt . Low ie , - Richard Mealing , William Lovett , Robert Hartwell , George Rogers , Henry Vincent , Win . Carpenter , Jas . Wroe , L . Pitkethly , John Deegan , R-cliard Marsden , A . S . AVade * D . D ., William Gill , Wm . Rider , F . 0 . Connor , Wm . G . Burns , Wm . Cardo , Ch . H . Neesom , Hugh Craig , Benjamin A . Tight , Thomas R . Smart , John Skevington , John Good , 36 .
Present part of the day : — Thomas C . Salt , Abram Duncan , Robt . Knox , Matthew Fletcher , Joseph Wood , R . J . Richardson , James Taylor , James Fenny , Peter Bussey , James Whittle , James Mills , Geo . J . llarney , J . B . O'Brien , H . iletherington , 14 . Absent all day : — Richard Moore , John Cleave , George Loveless , J . P . Cobbett , 4 . Wm . Carpenter , chairman . £ 1 . was handed in from Mr . Cia . ris of Ca terLury .
Dr . Taylor reported' that copies of tho address had been handed round among the members fortho purpose of receiving any suggestion , to be noted on the margin , ai : d thatthe committee would be able to report on Thursday . Mr . Hadley said the rules and regulation committee were not prepared to report . Air . Mathew said the committee were not prepared to report respecting the missionaries . Ou a motion by Messrs . Salt and Burn 3 , it was resolved , ** That if Colonel Thompson has any written commuuication to make to this Convention , we shall be happy to receive it . " The Secretary was ordered to write to him to that effect . Mr . O'Brien ' s motion was secondedby Mr . Knox , and after some discussion agreed to . ( The motion deprecatsd all agitation for the Corn Laws , and was given at length in the proceedings of tho 8 th . )
A motion was made by Mr . Vincent , seconded by Mr . Moir . to ivsert the resolution adopting Mr . O'Brieo'a motion in the Morning , Evening , and Sunday Tape's . An amendment was proposed by Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Dr . Taylor , and carried , " That the Delegates be requested to send a copy of the resolution to their constituents' as soon as possible . " On a motion by Messrs . Douglas and O'Connor , the following resolution was agreed to : " That Friday be the day for the meetings of committees , and that no meetings be held on Saturday . '' : On a motion by Messrs . Hadley and Vincent , it was resolved , ¦ * ' That two Reporters be engaged for to-morrow ' s proceedings . "
^¦ OIICES OF MOTIONS FOR WEDNESDAY * - BY MB . HETHRiNGTOX . u That the Committees appointed to wait upon Members of Parliament do meet on Friday next , at twelve o ' clock , for the purpose of revising the list of members to be visited , and making such transpositions and alterations as may be deemed advisable . "
BT MR . COLLINS . " To move that members sitting on committees when the names are called over , be coiriidered present . " BY KE . T 1 GIIT . "llat the Secretary of the Convention inform the Socialists that " written communications which point to the most effectual means to be taken by thei suffering peopleto gain their speedy emancipation will be received . "
BEMABKS . In remarking upon yesterday's proceedings , I forgot to mention that petition sheets signed by 53 , 000 names were handed in by Mr . O'Connor . The motion relative to Col . Thompson wa 3 in consequence of a wish expressed by that gentlemau to address the Convention with a view ( I believe ) of inducing them to support the Anti-Corn Law : Parliament . And while all had a high respect for Col . Thompsonf it was still necessary to decfine receiving his opinions of allow a dangerous precedent which might lead to the worst results , for if one person , not a Member of Convention , was to be allowed to iatroduce his peculiar vie" wa , another would expect the same pr ivilege , and instead of a body of men solely attending to the orders and interests of their constituents , we should have degenerated into a
debating club , where " questions of Socialism , Free Trade , and every subject but the Suffrage would have occupied our tune . It was not that we had any objection to enter iuto a consideration of the question of the Corn Laws , out of . the Convention , as will be seen by the proceedings of a later date , where the mere announcement . of the Convention having accepted the requisitions of many oftheiur habitants to attend the great meeting called by the anti-corn law gentry at the Grown and Anchor , and to defend the interests of the community against these men , prevented the meeting from being held , after it had been advertised in many of-the London papers , but it was because we did . not think the time cf thei Convention should be taken up in such profitless discussions . ' ¦
Aunost the ; whole of this day s proceedings were taken up by O'Brien ' s motion relative to the Corn Laws , aad a more admirable display has seldom been witnessed than was made by p'Brien in introducing his motion . The obj ect was less to enter into a discussion of the Corn Law question , than to discountenance any agitation for it , until in Universal Suffrage the workw ing classes had some guarantee that they would not be excluded from all / benefit in the change , and in this view I felt boucd to coincide , though holding opinions different from my brother delegates as to the effects of a repeal of the Corn Law . I was induced to take this course for many reasons , although I had long been a Com Law repealer , anu had been one of the original directors for Glasgow , of the Anti-Corn Law association . I was averse to placing more power in the bands of the manufacturera and capitalists , which . the repeal of these laws must
inevitably have done , because upon more intimate acquaintance with many leading manufacturers , I found their whole aim was to amass riches to themselTes , while the health and happiness of the masses never occupied their thoughts j 1 found them almost all alike intensely selfish , the natural consequence of a life spent solely in the acquisition of wealth , for while they hesitated not a moment to bonmit an actual robbery oh the agriculturists under pretence that the latter robbed the people , they would neither agree to give the people their political rights , which alone could protectthem against oppressionnor on the other hand Tvould they sanction a clause in their proposed bill , which I often urged upon them and which was to the following effect . .-. " And be it enacted , that all persons holding mortgages or bonds over landed estates , shall be held and considered pro tanfo joint proprietors of said estates , and that by so much as the money rental of these estates is diminMod by the repeal of
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the Corn Laws , by so much , arid in : proportion to the amouHt of their mortgago shall the interest upon their debt be diminished : and be it also enacted ^ that the experices attending the trivnsfer of lands be abolished , and every facility consistent witlithesecu ^ rity of title granted to tho proprietpr wishing to dispose of his patrimony . ' 1 hesitate not to say , thai had the Corn Law Association adopted and promulgated this -. clause , that they would have met with . comparatively little opposition , and soon carried their point . For it ia evident that to the man , who . is not in debt , it is a matter of iiiditference whether his inouey reiit bei diminished or not , provided that with the so diminlslied amouut of rent , he can purchase an equal or greater amount S ^ fffl ^ feS ^ i ^^ ^^ fe
of the luxuries and cpmforts : of life , which I maintain would bo the effect of a repeal of the Corn Law . To the poor lando \ yner who' is in debt , however , it is a very different matter , for he has to pay a certain amount of money as interest , whether liis rentsare diminished or notj and as almpat all the landed proprietors in- . Britain ,.. ( at least eightrtentha of them ) " are in this position , they naturally rebel against any proposal which even appears likely to diminish their rents . I say appears , because I do not believe , at least I am farfrom convinced , that a repeal of the Coru Laws would diminish-the ibbhey rental of the landlords . I should be glad ; to fiud that it did so , but under no circumstances could 1 be induced to tako any ' part in any measure wliich went merely for a trausfer pC property from onei sot of to
tyrauta to anotlier- ^ -frpm lauded aristocrats monied ones—and which * while it robbed one portion of tho community ,, secured no equivalent advantage to the whole . -For-my own part , of the two I much prefer the lauded aristocrat . He has some feelirigs of humanity about him , and soine interest in see'iig tho people about him ¦ cheerful and dootetited , if only to prevent his own oars aud eyes from being offended by ' -. a ' , contrary , picture . Tito mouied and manufacturing aristocrat is free from any such feeling . Educated to believe that money was the supreme good , the acquisition of it the only noble employment , aud secure in an over-pppulated coun ^ try * of any amount of victim 3 j he rushes on in his debasing career , heedless of the tyranny , he practices or the misery he : creates .
Tho dishonesty of many , and of tho great majority of thelcaders of the anti-Corn Law ' movement , ' ' is proved at once by tho timo they chose for their agitation , by their refusal to join thei people in their demand for political freedom , by tho infamous tyranny practised against their workmen . { Vide cotton spinners of Glasgow and ; othofs . ) By their refusal to adopt tho clauses before related , ; and more than all by their admission , that without a reform in Parliament they never could carry -their object . Therefore the Convention did right not only in discountenancing , "but also in denouncing them . Mr . Douglas ' s motion that Friday be substituted for Saturday as a committee day , and that no moefciugs bo held on Saturday , was acquiesced in by almost , if not all , tho hard-working delegates . Ono or two idlers objected for tho sake of popularity to
any day being left unemployed—but it must not be fcuppbsod that because there was ho moeting of Conveiition on that day , there was no , business done ; on the contrary , I believe that with the exception of tho idlers alluded to , there was no day on which tho members were more fully occupied , either in writing to their constituents , callihg on Members of Parliament , or in attending meetings in- ' tlio district round London . To the great majority evbn the Sabbath was -anything : but a day -pf rest , and even with these two days cessation from attending the Convention . I for ono felt that in order to do my duty to the Convention , to my constituents , and to the country ia the manner 1 could have wished , even more time would have beou necessary , and I feerconfident that when the community reflect upon the inimenso and unexpected amouiit of labour , which devolved Upon us , they will acquiesce in this opinion . John Taylor .
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* By an over-populated country , I would . npt bo understood assaying tliat this country is so ; on tho contrary , I believe that it is not oue-teiitu so populous as it ought to be weru lit properly governed . But under the preSLUt infernal system of tyrdnuy arid ¦ wholesale murder , it is so in so far as regards the manufacturin " classes . . '' - ' ¦ ' -. . ¦ ... . . ¦;
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CHARTIST RIOTS AT NEWPORT . ( From the Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle j APPIIEHENSION OF JONES , THE WATCHMAKER , THE CHARTIST LEADER OF PONT-YtPOOL , AND COMMITTAL OF FOUR OTHERS , ON THE CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON . Newport , Friday . The town begins to assume the appearance of order and healthy tranquillity , and I trust that the well-judged arrangements now being made under the direction of Colonel Considine and Major Cook , with tho concurrence of the magistratesseconded
, by tho untiring perseverance of Mr . Blewitt and the whole bench of magistrates , will have the effect of bringing the whole of the offenders to justice ; but jjyery succeeding examination tends to confirm the impression that a very extensive conspiracy existed , and of course it will boa work of some time to trace it through all its ramifications . Four others have been committed , and the evidence adduced in the course of their examinations , as I haye stated above , still further expose the extent arid nature of the conspiracy . The following bill has been widely circulated throughout the district : —
' HIGH TREASON . —FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD . " Whereas tho four undermentioned persons stand charged with the crime of high treason , committed at Newport , in Monmouthshire , on Monday the 4 th of Nov . instant , a reward of £ 400 is hereby offered to any person or persons who shall apprehend either of them , or give such information as shall lead to either of their apprehension : — "William Jones , of Pont-y-popl , commonly called or known as' Jones tho Watchmaker . ' , : John Reesi of Tredegar iron-works , mason commonly called or known as ' Jack the Fifer !;' ^ David Joiies , of Tredegar iroli-vrorks , collier commonly called or known as 'David tho Tinker . " "Johu Dowelliri , of Pont-y-pool , beerhouse ^ keeper . " By order of the Magistrates . " Dated Newport , Monmouthshire , Nor . 7 , 1839 . "
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FWRTHER EXAMINATIONS 4 VND COMMITTALS FOR HIGH TREASON . Newport , Saturday . The Mayor is now considered out of danger . A requisition , signed by nearly two hundred of the inost . respoctable inhabitants of tho town and neighbourhood . has been presented to his Worship , complimentihg him in the highest terms on his conduct during the recent occurrences , and requesting him to continue to presido over the municipal councili " , and at the bench , during the next year Air . Morgan , who was wounded by a pistol ball is not ;! am sorry to say , so well to-day .
The oxaritinations cpntinued from my last in the case of Partridge . ¦ The evidence of Partridge ' s daughter was not matoriaL It was principally confirmatory of the fathor ' s statement , with some trifling discrepancies and improbabilities . ¦ : The ¦ prisoner . CPartridge ) then called William Legg , whg , _ on being ^ sworn , was examined by the prisoner . , I live w Westlafce ' s-court . : I remember the body of Chartists coming down Stowe-hiil I did not see you ( the prisoner ) there then . That may have been about nine o ' clock . The first time I ^ m . 'f * about twenty minutes after nine , near ^ . . Williams b . You were coming toward 8 - the Westgate ^ ; YOu asked . toe wheto ^ could get a glass of ^ beer , ; r Baid , I supposed riot inJownVbut wwould go _ dowri to the ^ nionvand ^ et some Wti e we stood by Mr . Williams ' a the firing atSfe Wejgate was ; over ; it , had been over ^ fout Sn By the
^ Magistrates-Hundredg of peopj e had ^ m ^ mm-M
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in Newport . I kpot / Jtartridge , the . prisoner , and have known nim for riiany years . I saw him ou Monday morning last , at about eight o ' clock . It was at theendbf Cross Keys ^ larie " , pppdsiteMr . Harry's . Heard him s ^ eak to sbhie one who was with him , and heard hiin . say distinctly td Charles JEvans , that he would meet him in fire arid twenty minuteg at the Waterloo , which is but a ^ pP distanoe from the Porto Bello weighing [ .. machine , ; and abont thirty yards from the tram-road , leading * from tba collieries and iron works at Risca , and the hills to Newportv - •• ' .. ' ' ¦; : '¦¦¦ - . ' -.. ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ .: ' ; . ; ' ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ::- . - ; ¦ . ; '¦ ' ; ; . ; . . ;¦ Partridge * , interrupting the witness , said ^ " That ~ M completely false . " . . Witness—What I have stated is strictly true . Mr ; NichoHs was by mo at the time , and I then named it krnim . " / > .- ; , . . ; ' i ' -v :. .- - ' .- - , - ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' :. ¦ . . ¦ . ; . - ' . - ' : ¦ ¦ - . - . ; . ' . ' ¦' . - " ' . ;{•; '" By . Mr , Blewitt ^—Partridge , have you anythine to say why you should riot be comntitted for hign ¦ ¦ ^ Kownhimrfbr many ; & & *«
treason ! ¦' - , ; ¦" . : ' /¦ : :: .:- ; s . . ; ' .- - . ' . "¦¦¦ :. : v-: ; , ¦ " ' v The prisoner said—^ 1 call God to -witness I am innocent of the crime I am ' charged with . I hava nothing else to say , but I hope the Lord " will have mercy upon toy wife and children *; V ¦' /¦ ' v : Mr . Blewitt—The magistrates are unanimously of opinion that you should stand committed for high treason . They syinpathise with your wife arid children , and are sorry that you did not think of them earlier . ^ , . ' : ' . ¦ - -, : : "; - : ¦ ¦/ . ' . ' ... . .-. ' ,. . The prisoner was then removed in custody . In the case of James Aust , who was yesterday committed for h | gh treason , some additional evidence was adduced to-day ; ¦' . ' ; . ' ; "; The pris ^ er was then fully committed . ThomasDayis was then placed at the bar , charged with high treason , in having been taken in arms against her Majesty . ..
John O'Dwyer sworn : —I am a special constable . On Monday morning last , I was oa duty at about six o ' clock . I took the prisoner into custody , and brought him before the Mayor , on suspicion of his haying arms about his person . I then searched him , took from him a kind of tomahawk , a . pistol , a flask of powder , a bag of bullets ;' .-and '; a cutlass , which had been recently ground . When the Mayor inquired what he did with such , things about him , ho said' hd had them to defend himself . I laid '' -all the articles on the table , and Hopkins , \ tlie superintendent of
polled , tookpharge of thein . I believe he stated he was a sawyer , arid going to Cefii , to seek for work ^ It was about tlirce hours previous to the attack on the Westgate Hotel that - the prisoner was appreliended . The mob . who attackedtho Westgate Hoitel were of the same rank in life as the prisoner . They were armed with . various weapons . I saw nonei unarmed . . I have no doubt .-.. ' that the prisoner intended to be one of that party . The prisoner had also a tobocco-bpx filled with percussion caps ; . H « was very wet arid muddy .
Superintendent Hopkins produced the arms taken from tho prisoner , and stated that the charge in the pistol was so wet that he could Hot draw it . Stephen Rogers sworn and examined- —I am a special constable , and was acting during the whole ofSuuday night last . One pf my company appreheuded the prisoner at the turnpike at the top pi Stowe-hill , and I received the prisorier from him . I cxaniiried liimy : I did npt threaten or hold out ^ ny protnise to him . He said he was goiiig to Cefn to look for a job of vrork . I said I should take th » liberty Of aeridirig him dbvvuto the Mayor . This wast at five o ' c lock , on Monday moriiing . We were stationed there in conseqiience of riots being anticipated . The , rioters were expected to come , from Bassalog and Risca : Men coming from " the hills ** would come that way . I know the Cefn .
Barisabas Brougb , being sworn , said : I am a brewer and wine merchant , ' . of ^ Pont-y-pool . At about half , pasis nine o ' clock on Sunday nightlast I went pom Newport to P 6 nt-y-pool with Thoma # Watkins , a currier . Tleft my gig at Cross-y-cylog I left , and v e proceeded on foot towards Pont-ypooL When we were about half way between that place and the New Iun , we met a body of armed men , who ordered us to stop . Some of them had pikes , some , gmia , swords , aud mandrils . The nightwas very dark and wet ; but from tho sound of their voices and the tramp of their-feet , I should aay there were about .- ' / forty , or fifty men . They Ordered us to stand , and deinanded our nanies / We
did so , and said who we were . Amongst the ' voices I think I heard that of Sheli , one of the men now lying dead in . :, the stable , who was a -carpenter of Pont ^ y-popl . He . appeared to be giving orders- to the party . I remonstrated against beiug deprived of my liberty ^ He told me tp hold my tongue , and I should be care taken of .: I then approaclied ium for protection . He then gave orders to four or five armed men to come and take " the prisoners , " and immediately > wp men with pikes came before us and two behind . us , and a man by my side with a pistol , which he told me was loaded , and we were marched towards Newport . The first halt we made was near the Marshes Gate , at the entra , nce into Newbort .
1 requested permission to cross the hedge , which : I understood was given . I leaped the hedges and cot into a ditch up t » the middle in water ; Willie I was in the ditch three gunV were levelled at my head . L thrust one from me and requested therii not to fire , as I wouid return again . They threatened me with instant deathif I did not . We then proceeded to a stable guarded as before into which we weio ordered and a guard of pikeirien placed over us . One mail , ' unarmed , appeared more ^ friendly to me than the rest , and I applied to him to remove me to the Toll-house at the turnpike , as I was so wet and cold . I wag brought to the gate-house and placed in the -bedroom on the ground flopr . Thehbusewasobenand iun ot
men . . 1 requested the toll-keeper . ' to lend me a pair ot stocljings . Permissipri wa 8 then granted motp _ gp up . stairs to change my stockings . About thattmie _ rioo ; ked at my watch . . It was ^ vo o ' clock . One of the men went up stairs and stood over m » with a drawn sword while I changed my stopkingsv I was then ordered down again ; and remained about three quarters vof an hour . We were then again ordered up stairs . I laydown on a boxin : the roVin , and fell asleep .. I slept about half an : hour , w hen we wereagain brought down aud ordered to march ^ having been fi « t ^ warned that if we attempted to escape . we shoald have our braihsblowii : out . We crossed the jpad-opposite the turnpike , crossed the " capal and . then went up a- lane guarded as bfifom
we halted several time ^ but " . Ilhould sub pose ^ were an hour and a half marching . My S 5 so ^ wollen J could not get ^ my shoe Oyerthe heel . 1 did not know where we were till we came to Cefn We went into a beerhouse there ,, arid one of the men brought lissome pipes and tobacco , and allow ^ oVna to come to the fire to ^ varm and dry ourselves ^ This was about an hour ^ beforewe got free from thorn whichwas atha ^ past six o ' clock . I shlufiS £ ? » f ere . ppersonsiittheCefn ;; theroo ^ sSe as ^ fulLas f tey could hold . We then marched on towards ^ Ilisca Day was just breaking . Ingoing along I heard Frost ' s name meritioned , - I appfSf to the man to whom I had before appealed . Tasked ^ wtofinaKc « tf (» r ffle ^ -. He :-miU % wSairy ^ I 1 ^ ni ' ¦/? ^^ / acquaintance and friehdWMr . ^ ^ v \ r X thbu ^ , co « ld see hini I should get released . W e marched to the place where the turnfe ^^^^ l ^^ -r ^ i Wherether eisabeerhouse . Ihe whole of . the party stopped at thebeerhouse , I askfcd permissiou to go in . I ordered some beeri and . oftered itto / them . ^^^ Thia must have S P « «^ u cl 0 ^ ' heOlTd Frost saJ » " Mr . Broiich " or ^ Where , i 3 Mr .. BroughT- 1 said , * Here I am . I golf up immediat ^ v , / and he approached me I complained to him . He asked meI first ^ hat brought me there , or how 1 cama there I said I was glad to see hijn there , and requested him to get us released . I reftrred him to the parties wh ^^ took meinto custody for the cause of my being S He said I was an old friend , aud a good tbUow and he would endeavour to : discharg e ^ ae . W ^ ii * ll hated and detested my poUtics , though ho " respectel me persouaU y . He said I was dismW ^ rvS ? Ir m ^ i ^ Bm
hemsS fi rff , Jv ^ * think that tnoy knew fi ^ sia ^ h SShSf ^ n SlPtpsss ^ s i ^ l ^ p ^^* ^* Stf ^ i , J he ^< i nothing said while Frost Sras hf road & WW ™ M <* with one of the men on tKn ^ Wrf ^¦ '¦ ffl ^ P ^ c ^ ouse , about Chartism , and very well he armi ^ H « « . »? ^ w m «
aU ^ naS ^ f u ^^ *? name . I think they them P W ^ iT ^ 6 a 9 k fI mo in ^ I differed from of ^ Sr ^ A ™™**\ Suffrage 1 I said that was one said iffl I ? " * ' *^ Offered with them . il m H «^ a £ * as impossible aiid impractical eiervWw ? they were not seeking it ; W that SS ^^ y eirs of sgef and of sound mmd and . untainted mth crime , Should enjoytha Kw ^ i , ^\? JX ? blemaD- : l ™» led to beUeve , tSSn fed andsaw thatthey took these meani ^ obt ain what they isousht . That- was the imbreswere
^ on m y ^ d ^ They ^ ere continually using th « hn ^ " Llb ^ y ^ eath /« : WhiIe we halting Wi ¥ \ i ^ vn * ¦'¦ 'toiwd' on » man say- " ! fear w StL ^ fi ^ . ; N 6 w P 0 ft to-night ^ - ; This was betTeeen tho lane and * the € efn .: We liad several ¦ ¦ SS ? va ? -Tr ^ - c ° V S 1 t 6 r ^ Qarch es , but eyentually went £ ^» ' . The tost thiug : ! heard abo « t : Frost weleSffi ^ w ^ ^ ^^ m ^ a- " ' This was after XS / ** , T , t 0 }™? use . :-,. It-. y rza ^ ^ coristantlynnderstood ? f ai that . we were going to meet a maia body , outlam quitecertain that nothing was said when sfn ^ i-e ™ ^ Present about going ^ to Newport . Iunderstood , from ^ my being dismissed afte ? seeingFrost , thatho was in authority , Tiieri -Traa > o shouting ( Continued ! in our ilh page . J '
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^ Sincetlus wag issued , Jones , the principal leader of the Ppnt-y-Pool division of the JChartists , has been apprehended ; He was recognised in a public house by the : landlady . He attempted to mako his escape , but was pursued into the woods of Crwrn-lyn irjuding escape : hopeless , he drew a pistol , and threatened to shoot any one who approached . His puj-suers were , however , determined , arid he at length surrendered , saying he knew his fate , and was prepared for it . * Jones ia undergoing his examination to-day .
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, INQUEST ON SHE BODIES . This morning , the Coroner W ; Brewer , Escfc , and a jury of fourteen , gentlemen of the town , proceeded to viow _ the bodies now lying at the Westgate Hotel ; but as the Coroner is engaged in the examination of the prisoners , the farther investigatieri of the inquest was adjourned till Monday .
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and prisoners aro being almost hourly / arrested . Wo are constantly hearing fresh accounts of the outrages committed by tho Chartists iu yaripus districts for the few days preceding the outbreak . The Mayor still remains in a very precarious state . Tho following notices ^ havobeen extensively posted : ^ " MOriMOUTUSIHRE . ^ ONE HUNDRKD POUNDS -REWARD . " Whereas warrants have been issued for the appreheusion of Zephamah Williamsj late of tiie Itoyal Oak Inn , in the parish of Abeiystwith ; the aboyp reward will . be paid to any person or persons / who will bring the said Offender to justice . " By order of the Magistrates . . ( Signed ) "William Powell , Chairman . " Abergavenny , Nov . 6 , 1839 ;
Newport , Thursday . CONTINUATION OF TIIB EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON AND SEDITION . The town' still ' remains-. quiet , and the accounts from the hills and mining districts generally agree that a disposition is growing -amongst , the populace to resume their work . A commuuicatipn has been received from Mr . Humfrey , a magistrate of Morthyr , which gives a satisfactory account of the feelings of the colliers in that district .. The . magisfrates continue without ceasing their persevering exertions
"Notice is hereby given to thebeerhouso-keepers and alehouse-keepers within tho borough of Newport , that their houses must bo closed at five o ' clock this afternooi ) , and that .. g ' ueh . houses must not bo opened before the hour of six tp-morrow / nioruing ; and all persons offending against this order will l > e prosecuted according to law . " By Ordor of the Magistrates . " Borough of Newport ,. Nov . 0 , 1039 . "
I stated in a former cpmmuTiicatipn , that I was fearful the conspiracy would provo to be formidable , and its ramifications to be widely extended , I have this moment -seen" a copy of a libellous unstamped publication , called tho u Western : ' } r indka . idr :, edited and conducted for Henry Vincent , now a resident iu
Monmoutb . Gaol , " wlucli has reached its thirtyeighth weekly number , and ia tho chief mediurii of communication amongst the Chartists , throughput the West of England and Wales . It has tended more , perhapsj than anything else , to keep up the excitement and delusion amongst these misguided men , it being constantly . graced . ' . with a letter from Mr . Vincent , and frequently by Mr . Frpst himself . To shew how Iwell tho present outbreak was understood by these mon in various parts of the country , and also the feeling with wliich ; they regard the -horrible doings of the Chartists at Newport , I give youa letter extracted from it ?} columns , written by orie of the body in Nevvpprt . The following is the letter :- ~ : ¦
" REVOLUTION IN WALES ! " Newport , Wednesday night . " Everybody I presume hasheard of tho rise of the Welshmen ; but few I expect have had anything like a positive or satisfactory accouat of the nature and progress of tho movement . From your coriuectiori with JVIi-i Vincent , and supposing . that thousands will anxiously ' 'lookfor ward to the appearanceof theFihdicator for the- intelligence iu reference to this matter , I have hastily penned the following particulars , which are at your service : — V On Monday morniog ,- nine o'clock , about 10 , 000 Welshmen , headed by Mr . Johu Frost , marched into Newport . How far the xepprt that Mr . Frost was attheir head is correct , I know hot ; I beliove it to be : false . Sufliceit , however , that a . most deterinined
attack was commenced upon tho Westgate Inn , where the Mayor arid magistrates ;• were sitting in deliberation . ¦ It appears . that the ; magistrates had received information that an attack was interidedv The Chartists , who were well armed , demolished all the windows of tho Westgate , and the Mayor was shot , though riot killed . The soldiers , who were in readiness , were then brdpred to fire ; and , as near as I can get at the correct state of affairs , nine of the Chartists wore / killed / wli 03 e bodies now lie iri the yard of the Westgate . SOme of the soldiers are wounded , but it is impossible tolearn how many , this bemg kept quiet . The Chartists withdrbw , takirig with them their : wounded : there were a few of their weapons left behind , which are of a mostformidablecharacter . -
V By this time , I doubt not . Brecon is besieged ; for rumours are fast coining in thatan unniense number haye ma / 'chedinto thatplace . - : " But Monmouth- Gaol , it would seem , is the principal object they have in vieWi The extraordinary iunuenceViuceut had over them , and the determination which has been expressed ( eyer Bince the intelligence of the harsh ' and cruel tttetruerit % ki and his fellow-prispner 8 have expefiericed ) that : theyshould hot remain in prison ,, may ' account in » great measure for the , yrnt > le . oi the proceedings . In
fact , were I togive you my honest Opinion as respects this outbreak , I Bhould say that the Government must have been mad to hayo thus continued the illtreatment of the prisoners , knowing the millions who were sympathising' with them ; aud when vyo reflect on the carebr of the Whigs since they got into ; power—4 he arming the police—the attack on the people of Birmingham—the ; arming the middle classes for the avowed purpose of putting down public meetings—the establishment of rural police—« nd the whole list of villaiueis perpetrated by the Whigs ^ -little short of a . physical revoJution on the part of the people could hare ^ been expected . lh
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^^^ ^^;? ffl ^«^ fi ?^^ ' any other country than ours it \ rpuld have commenced much sooner ; but the Eiigiish ; are ^ ^ aibrbearing people ; yet Tfhen o » co aioused / let history testify to what lengths they will go , and what they are capable of performing . v "Mr . ^ lohn / Frost is arrestedj arid is undergoing examination on a charge of treason . "The Tirtues of this great man-rhisnoblo arid disinterested patriotism—¦ his lore of country —his whole patriotic career— -has so endeared him to mo— -and I believe to . all who know him—that I am decidodl y of opinion his capture . will bb the signal to make Wales a scene of most terrible devastation .
"Yours truly , "G . Mw " You will also find in the paper itself an address from the Northern PoliticaVlJnion , and various leading articlea and letters froni TrouDridge ; Bradford , Stroud , < fec ,. from which it is evident to me that a very good uriderstanding exists among all the parties as to the occurrences at Newport , arid an anticipation : that somo similar displays / will be attempted elsewhere . It would be a great act of mercy to riip their hopes Of mischisf ana anarchy in the bud . Newport , Thursday , Twelve o'clock . ¦ Mr . Thomas Jones Phillipps has just received a , letter from the hills . The following is an extract : — '"' . '• ' . ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ ' . ¦ .- ¦'¦ : " All is quiet at Merthyr and the neighbouring works . The colliers are returning to their work . " The letter is from Mr . Hump hrey ^ magistrate of that district . Monmouth , Nov . 8 , 1839 .
Yesterday evening , about eight o'clock , Johu Partridge , the printer of Frost , and James Aust , were . brought to - 'the-county . ' gaol-in this town from Newport , They , as well as- ' the . . ' two .-first prisoners , Frost and Waters , were fully edinmitted on a charge of high treason . There was a good deal of excitement in the town as they passed through . In fact , although from the complete overthrow which the Chartists received at Newport it is not very likely that they will make a second attempt , yet , a $ . the attack on the gaol was thuir first object , and as , now the number of prisoners iii it is increased ^ it is considered liere by the anthpritied that it is much bettor , to bo fully prepared against any ' euie > gency . The guard of
constabes and the- riiilitia staff still cpntinue at the gapl . The magistrates continue to meet daily , ready to receive any iriteUigence that may arrive . The Lancera stationed here also continue to bo fuily prepared , so that should any attack be made , wu shall not betaken by surprise , / '; . I . h £ u-o just seen in the gaol tho two . prisoners Partridge and Aust . The former is a man about fifty years of age ; he seems much fatigued and dojected . Aust is a young active man ; The following are the names of : the Magistrates who signed the ¦ committal : '—Mr . W , Brewer , Mr . Lewis Edwards , Mr . Reginald J , Blewitt , Mr . George Hall , and Mr . James Coles , clcrlv . We are" in- hourly expectation of the arrival of more prisoners ;
1 have just learned that Jones , of Pontypool , a watchmaker , for whom a reward of £ 100 Was olfered , has been apprehended by four miners , who will got the reward . I have obtained some of the names of the persons who wero killed , which I send you—David Morgan of Tredegar ; William Evans , miner , Tredegar ; Abrfthaui Thomas , Nantyglo ; William Shell , Poiitypooh : " ' . ''¦ ¦' " - The gaol here is well secured , surrounded by a strong wall , about twenty feet high ; s » that while there is a strong guard inside to defend it , there is but lit'lo . ' dau-ger of any attack beL ^ g successful . We are , however , anxiously expecting the arrival of tho military , as there is at present here only one . troop of the I 2 th Lancers , thirty-six men in all . The town is quiet , but Still much anxiety prevails . Should aoything occur I shall immediately communicato it to you .
Half-past Two o'Clock . Two : other prisoners have just arrived . John Roes , aged about fifty , and Richard Benfield , about twenty-fivo . They are also committed for high treason . They were brought up in two carriages ; there , was no ; escort of military , but merely two constables , one in each carriage . I have heard that all at JN ' owport is tranquil , not a man to be seen lipoa the hills . AH the prisoners are in the samo . Ward , Frost's wife and daughter have been permitted tp sec hinij but in presence of the governor of the gaoK
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1083/page/6/
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