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part in the rising , and who goes by the sobriquet of "Jack the Flier , " has been apprehended atBamstaple . Another rnmonr , or , perhaps , more strictly speaking , another Torsion of the same rumour , is that'the individual apprehended is David the tinker , a , person -who filled mi equally conspicuous poatioa in the select list of the Chutist leaders . It is not improbable that both these reports , or rumours of reports , have their origin solely in the desire to realise in imagination the golden vision of the hundred sovereigns offered for the apprehension of each of them . November .
THE HSWFORT SHOTS . ( From the Morning Herald . ) Newport , Thursday . ThVbench of magistrates did not sit yesterday , in consequence of the late amval of 3 dr , Phelps , the crown solicitor , who had been in London anee Sunday on business connected with these inTestigaUoas . There is bnt little newsr stirring with respect to persons or things connected with the recent disturbance , and of that little , the greater part is promulgated ¦ with a recklessness of assertion which renders its truth or falsehood equally problematical . Amongst the flying rumours , one which" - . pretty generally obtains credit is , that a man , who bore an important
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- THB CASE OF "WILIXUt . DATCES . _ This young man , who was apprehended at Canterbury some days ago , was placed before the magistrates this morning . The extremely youthful appearance and rather prepossessing countenance of -fcne prisonersnstained the interest which had been fell from his first apprehension , and the court was greatly crowded dnring the hearing of his case . Mr . Hall , of Bristol , appeared ror -the prisoner . .-Mr . Phelps stated to the court that the evidence was not strong enough to support the charge of high treason and sedition , and he should , therefore , confine tie cases 10 conspiracy and rioL He then called several witnesses , and after their examination , in "which nothing extraordinary was elicited , Tklr .
Phelps produced to the court apaper which had b « a sent in . from the witness Wm . Harris , who had been placed in custody in consequence of theprevaricatioa of which he had oeenguflty in his evidence . It was in these words , — "lam afraid to speak all I know about Wm . Davies for fear I shall be injured when I get home . " Signed with the mark of Wm . Harris . Upon thi 3 document , as well as upon the evidence which had been already given , Mr . Phelps founded an application that the prisoner should be remanded till- to-morrow , as the witness Harris could give important evidence in which he would be eorroborated by other witnesses who would be produced . The magistrates expressed their readiness to assent to the application . . Mr . Phelps , nowever , said that , in order to save the time of the Bench , and persons interested , if the magistrates considered that the evidence as it now
stood was sufficient to call upon the prisoner to find ball to answer the charge of riot , he should feel justified in letting the case Test where it was ; at the same time the prisoner must feel that this was a very lenient course , and if it were not aoeeded to it would be open to Km to carry die ease farther . * -Mr . Hail , the prisoner's solicitor , on consultation with Us . client , intimated his willingness to adopt this proposition ; and it was arranged that the prisoner should find bail to take his trial for riot . Before , however , that course was finally concluded upon , Mr . Phelps applied to have die witness Harris again brought before the Bench . Harris was again examined , and he said that it was trne he had been deterred from giving evidence in the eaiiy part of the morning ; and he would not give his testimony unless he had a paper that no one should "hurt ^ ifm .
The Chairman told him that he need not be afraid , for if any one should open his mouth to him to threaten him , or offer him a reward , the magistrates would liave them taken into custody , if there were 50 fi _ of them . The Chairman also took the opportunity of reproving some persons in the room who behaved with levity and laughed at different passages in the ' evidence . Half the country , he ob-Eerred , -were not serious enough about this inquiry . It was the greatest inquiry which had taken place in England for years . The witness then said that what he had stated in the e » ri j past of the morniog Tras not trne , in consequence of Ms fear of being injured . Roger Eavxes . the fathers the prisoner , had called tim in
- yftisstaxii , wanting to talk to him ., but he refused to a ^ go to him . His examination being then resumed , Slppe said— -I remember the Sunday evening , ^ y ^ yOiaL the people were coming to the reiv . " It was about seven o clock , and ther * were a good many people outside the door of the Coachand Horaespnblic-hoase . There were fifty persons there , if sot more . I saw John Irost and the prisoner standing together outside the door . I saw - William Davies at " the door of the Coach and Horses speaking to the people . William Bavies told them there _ was enougbATo nai tia-arpon . That ^ 3 wSiTsaadyesterday . I was not more than five . affix , yards iroa .- ham at the time . There were other persons between * him and me when I heard
him say that : I thought I heard the prisoner ako say , " Go on and don ' t 3 » afraid . " I suppose I was there about ten minutes . Frost and Davies were outride the door close together . Between Risca and the Welch Oaklsaw a man on horseback , who said a Why the devil do yon not come on fester ! what do you hang back for ! " There were five or six of us together . The' same person said that half the soldiers were gone to Abergavenny , and that there sere enough to eat Newport . I saw John Frost at the Welch . Oak , and heard him say that all them that had pieces were to come forward on theturnpikft i and every one who had guns went iorward . I went into a house and fell asleep , and : when I awoke 5 was light . I saw two men in the isre tnere
-asna room respeetaoiy aressea , ana was -a man guarding them with a pistol . Mr . Frost wa 3 there , and he told them to go on , that they were two scamping fallows , or something of that kind , i do not know where they « -ent to . I think he meant £ hai they should go where they had a mind . We went away , and Irost went down the tram-road towards Sewpart . I went on to go away home , and -I saw Zephamah WjTK « mn standing in the road , ¦ who said " Go on , Harris , what do yon hang back for I" I went on , aad Williams came on after us ^ behind . I . went up the lane _ which turns up to the WaterloOj which , I believe , is about two mile 3 from liewport . I went across a hedge , and then going along the road towards Newport , I saw the people coming back from the town . The people I saw at
she Waterloo were armed , frost had a rough coat on , and ared cravat . Henry George , the witness who had been removed in the early part of the investigation , in order to giro him time to recover from the effects of the IntoxJcaJaon under which he was at the time labouring , was again brought forward , and being now sober was examined . —He confirmed the evidence -of his wife as to a great number of persons passing to and fro before ha house , thfr George Inn , on Sunday , the 3 ri of November . He also said— Isaw "Win . Bavies , the prisoner at the bar , there . I had seen him occasionally pass on Sundays before . I never saw him pass so frequently as on that Sunday Mv house is between his house and the Coach and
Horses . I saw him at Ids father ' s house before ten o ' clock on Monday mornine . - The prisoner ' s father keeps two horses—one is a chesnut with a flax mane and tail , and the other a bay one , as far as I can describe them . The chesnut is about fourteen or fifteen hands high—the other lower—and jeither for v C ^ ss-examined-- —J was first applied to to give evidence yesterday . I was taken as a prisoner from Blaekwood , and have been kept in custody ever since . I csn recollect ~ rerrwell what liquors I" have been drinking to-day . Has that anything to do with the present case ! I began before daySeht . I believe I paid for three noggins of rum , and drank a glass ortwoout of them—asmaH glass . or two like " a Joey / 1 It was before breakfest that I had the
Turn . I breakfasted , I believe , about nine o ' clock . I had nothing * to drink after breakfast before I came here . I iwlieTe it was abont eleren o ' clock when I came to be examined . I did not come into the house Bupported by a man . I applied at the bar for liquor , bnt according to my recollection it is not correct that I was refused because I was drunk . The landlord knows me better than he did , and yqa can appeal to him . Oh , I am not timid , I am not afraid of any man . ( The Chairman cautioned the witness as to his answers and demeanour , lest he should be committed . ) I came in by myself . It Is vary likely that I asked for liquor Bnu » I hare been in this house , "but I have not Bad it , for it was because I was drunk , if you will .: I was not in cus tody for leaving work . Examinations have been . heW at my honse—the George . -. "_ . Examined by the Chairman—I asked the landlord tans lor nt etai to
- or . noose some liquor , one rsecgive me any . He did not give Any reason for his refusal . - ¦ ' - ¦ . ' . - .. ¦ Daniel Brass examiafid—I am a special constable of this county . Iiada warrant for the apprehefiSJon of Wm . Davies , the son of Roger Davies , of - Blackwood . In consequence of information which I had received . I went to Canterbury and apprehended the prisoner there , at the house of Mr . Davie % the Baptist minister , who , I am told , was his father ' s ¦ - brother * , on the 23 rd of November , about a quarter past eight o ' clock in the evening ' I said to Ion , *• How « re yon , Sr t Yonr name is Wm . Davies , the son of Roger Davies , of Black-: waod . "; He said , Yes , my namB _ ia Wm . Davies . " Ha rose from his chair with a book in his hand , and " T told the officer to take care of Tiim as he was one of the persons I was ia search of . I told the prisoa ^ Htat I wanted him . He said he did not know n&brt I said I ; knew him ; and he said he would ^ efflje with me . I had not told him the nature ofthe r < faB » a * wnst him . At a subsequent periodhe told ma ftatle had thought to go over to Fads . That 3 jjafgs £ BW iaw h * d been left at Hxb Dover coach
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ofike , and that he wi » going from Canterbury . I got the portmanteau . and ^ brought ^ it down here . He gavemetheiey of it , ; jtet there were no papers in it . Canterbury is , I believe , abont 218 or 220 miles from Blackwood . I showed the warrant to the prisoner , in consequence of aavingbeen asked foi my authority . ; - . C ^ ss-examihed—He did cot appear to conceal anything , nox to bo endeavonrirg to secrete himself . ¦ He was reading , ; -and there was a lady in the room with Jum .. -Tho charge on which he was brought here was high treason and sedition , said to have been committed on the 4 th of November . I searched the prisoner at the station-honse , and found npon his person thirty-iour sovereigns , two half-crowns , a sixpence , and some halfpence . — _ Mr . Phdpathen applied that the prisoner should be committed , to answer the charge of conspiracy and-not . : ¦" -.- ¦ . J
^^ The Chairman , in addressing the prisoner , said , Your case has now been under the consideration of the Court for upwards of Bix hours , and it hag t % ken a Tery different feature from what we first «^ ected it would . I am sure it must be perfectly disgusting to the feelings of every honest man to see a witnesswme forward in the way one of the witnesses , Wm . Harris , did . He then goes away and repents of what he said , and sends a letter to the Court , and I am much afraid he has been attempted to be tampered with . I now wish to state , in the presence of every person who hears methat if any
, person dares to tamper with a witness , or to hold up a finger to bias him in his evidence , the Court is determined to make as severe an example of him as the law will allow . I shall make no observations upon your case . God forbid that I or any of my brother magistrates should wish to prejudice your case . We are only sorry to see an intelligent lad , as yon appear to be , placed here under any circumstances of suspicion . I think it due to your legal adviser to say , that the Court entirely exculpates aun from any participation in . the attempt to tamper % 7 itb ihe - itues 3 .
The prisoner was then held to bail , himself , in i -2 ;'< J , and two sureties in £ 100 each , to take his trial for conspiracy and riot ; and the witnesseswere bound over to give evidence . Mr . Hall applied fora restoration to the prisoner of the money which had been taken from his person ; but the Chairman directed him to apply to the Judge . Joseph Davies , who was charged with burglary connected with the riots , and Thos . Daries and John Powell , charged with sedition , were discharged for want of sufficient evidence . Griffith . Brans was next placed at the bar , and Mr . Phelps stated that there was a charge of treason against him , but , on account of his previons good character , he should merely proceed against him for sedition . ~ -
Anne Thomas proved that a number of people came to the Old Bridge Inn , where she Kyed , for beer , from about nine o'clock on the Sunday night until two o ' clock on the Monday morning , and that at four o'clock , after she was gone to bed , one of the pannels of the door was broken in ; that the prisoner was one of the party ; that a number of the persons were armed , and that her mother lost a double-barrelled gun that night . Mr . Phelps informed the Conrt that there were circumstances in . the prisoner's favour , the particular ^ nature of which he was not now at liberty to mention , bnt in consequence of which he would offer no further evidence than that of the witness who iad been examined . - - v . ¦ .
The prisoner was then bound over in Ma own recognizances to answer to the charge of riot . John Morgan , James Rollins , and Benj . Davies , each of them having ~ been wounded on the 4 th of ^ November , were remanded for examination on a future dVy charged with high treason . Thomas Morgan and Isaac Philips , the only additional prisoners remainingfor examination here , will be brought up on Saturday morning . John Gibby , who is detained under a charge of manufacturing pikes for the insurgents , will undergo his examination at TJsk on Monday , in order that the deposition of a p r isoner , who is confined there , may be received aga-xnst him . The Conrt adjourned this evening about seven o'clock to Saturday morning .
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o Mr . B . Pryce ^ Mr ; Todd , yon have ieard wiai btockdale has Baid , would you like to ask him any question ! ¦ : ";¦ . : ,: Mr . Todd—No , Sir , none at all . > - Have von anything to say with regard to th | it paper V-ttothing ; 1 know nothing at all of it . ' Nor with reference to Mr . HeMt-No , Sir , it is my duty to be out at tide time , and upon that occasion I was in that vessel . .: ; ¦¦' / '!¦ ¦ : ¦¦ _^ r B . Prjce ^ -On a former occasion your bby ( Edward Webb ) gave evidence highly in your favour , and therefore we will examine him now .
Edward Webb was then examined—I am servant to Mr . Todd , and have been for two years and a-half . On that eveaing , - betw ^ een four and six or seven o ' clock , I was cleaning my boat by the shore before I went for my master , who was on board the Vintage . I was shoving off , when a person jumped into the boat .. I had not seen him before . I had ho light . I said , "Holloa , where are you going I ? He answered , M I wish you would give me a shove on board one of the yessels . " I asked him which vessel he was going to 1 He said , " That ' B no difference ; put me on board one of those vesseb . " He asked me where I was going ! -I said , to the Vintage . He said , •' ¦ Give mo a saove there , and then I can cross to the vessel I want to eo to . "
He did not tell me which that vessel was . I shoved off direetly . Whenlgot abngeide the Vintage , he got up the ladder and went on board . No one spoke to him . I remained in the boat cleaning it for about a quarter of an honr . * -1 then went on deck , and then into the cabin to Mr . Todd . We remained on board . I did not see the other man till half-past eleven ; he was then in tie fore part of the vessel . The captain said to him , " Holloa , what do you want herel- He said , "He could not go on shore for the mud ; the boat was aground . " The captain afterwards invited him down stairs , and told him there wasaberth , if he would like to turn in ; he did so . Mr . Todd was then in bed . The captain did not ask the man who he was , or what he was , nor where he was going . I am sixteen years of age . I know the nature of an oath . When on the deck I heard the
captain ask the man who . he was , but he made no answer . I was lying down in the cabin before the fire , when Stockaale came en toard . ; I .. did not at any time hear any conversation b ^ tweon Mr . Todd and this man . The captain was there the whole time ; if any conversation had taken place I must have heard it , and the captain must bjive heard it also . After the man was taken away , there was no conversation relative to him , except the mate said it was about some d—d murder . Mr . Todd went on shore soon afterwards . - Mr . B . Pryce—Mr . Todd , do you wish to make any observation . This is a very serious investigation . This man has been committed for the crime of high treason , and he has been fou ^ d on board a vessel where you were . There was foreign coin in hiB pocket , and there are other circumstances—the card with your name upon it , directing him to a vessel
or which your brother-in-law is the captain . It is also said that Zephaniah Williams is related to your wife .. I would ; not hurt your feelings as a respectable man and fellow-townsman , but it is a thing that requires most serious investigation . What is the relationship between your wife and Zephaniah Williams ? ¦ : Mr . Todd—I believe Zepbaniah WiUiams's wife is sister to Dr . Llewellin , who married my . wife ' s sister ; but that I did not know until after this investigation . I have been quite at variance with my wife ' s relations . I had been out on-that evening boarding the ships as usual . I had gone onboard the Vintage , and desired the boy to come for me . I bad a glass of wine with the captain , and in the meantime tho boat grounded . [ The room was then cleared , and after some consultation between the magistrates , we were again admitted . ]
Stockdale was recalled—I am positive Mr . Todd told me twice to direct my men not to say he was on board . The mate had asked me what I wanted the man for , and I said he had murdered four men , because I knew Bailors were so superstitions , that if I told them he had been guilty of murder nothing could induce them to take him on board . Mr . Todd said , that after Mr . Stockdale had told him he thought the man was Zephaniah Williams , he had begged him not to say ho was there , because he should be verv sorrv to have it
known that h . e had been on board with such a man . He had never seen Zephaniah Williams before at anytime . Mr . B . Pryce—Mr . Todd , this is a case of so important a hature , that we feel it our duty to require surety for your personal appearance , in case further information should be ootained , upon the charge of assisting Zephaniah Williams to escape : we don ' t say a word upon your jguflt or innocence . Tho evidence of the boy is highly favourable to you ; at the same time , there are avast number of circumstances that create suspicion . You must , therefore , find bail , yourself in * 300 , and two sureties in £ 150 each .
Mr . Todd found bail in a few minutes , and was set at liberty . : r . The magistrates have sent " to Newport for the paper or card , with a vi ^ w of discovering in whoso writing it is . - ; . - . ; " -. -- '¦ -- " ;
TERMINATION OF ^ THE EXAMINATIONS . ( From tinz Morning HexaldJ - , -- ' _ ¦ Newport , Saturday Night . t The magL-trates have again been engaged to-day m the examination of persons charged with offences connected with the late riots , but the public curiosity is very much abated as to the preliminary proceedings here , and is directed earnestly and almost exclusively to the forthcoming trials at Monmouth . The following ; magistrates were on the bench : — Thomas Hawkins , Esq ., mayor ; the Rev . Mr . Coles , chairman ; Messrs . O'Morgah , Hall , and Brewer , v- . .
David Joses , alia * David the Tinker . —Although ; David Jones has been arrested , yetj as ho took a prominent part in the lateriots , the solicitor for the crown deemed it expedient to examine witnesses against him , with a view of preferring an indictment for high treason against him at the special commission . The following witnesses were examined , and bound over to appear before the grand jury at Monmouth : — Mary ThomaB sworn—I live with my father at Newbridge . I remember Sunday the 3 rd of November . A party of men came to my house that night at ten o ' clock . They had spears , guns , and other weapons . They had some drink , which they paid for . One of the menspoko to me . I did not know iim . He said "They began the wrong way . " My
motner was present . She Baid " She thought they had by beginning on Snnday night . " The man answered , Oh no , not for that ; we ought to have brought Hemans and Will , the captains' heads , down on bnr spears . " I understood Will the captain to be William Davies , the policeman at Tredegar , and Hemahs , the policeman of Tredegar . I did not hear them say where they came from . Before this twenty others had come , about half-past eight o ' clock , demanding " men and arms . " They were told we had none , and they went away . Our family went to bed about ten o'clock . Between ten and one o ' clock there was a knocking at the door , and a
threat was made to force it open unless they were admitted . My mother , the servant , and myself went down stairs and found the house full of armed men . I know a man called David Jones , , or "David the Tinker . " He was there . He had a gun in hiB hand . He paid in the bar for a quart of beer ; > I have known him eight or ten . years ; I asked him how his wife was . He said that he had left" her worse that , night than ever before . He had bread and cheese . My mother was there . He said to me , it may be the last , bread and cheese I may ever want . The party with David the Tinker came to the house about three o ' clock .: I cannot deseribe David ' s dress .- - ¦¦ " : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - , " : : - .. - ' ' ::: >¦ - .. \
John Jones sworn— 'I -live a ^ ArgoedT'T am a collier . I remember Sunday , Nov .- C < M >« ut twenty men came to my house in . the evening , about six or seven o'clock . They told me that I should go with them . I refused . They then asked me to go into the road that they might speak to me . I went , and they told , me that I shonld go down - with them to Newbridge , toMr . Frost , who was waiting for them . I went down through Crumlyn with them' to Newbridge , where I learnt Frost hadgoneon . andwe were ! to go to Mr . Charles , of the Welsh Oak , at Tynny- ^ comb , w ; ere we were told Frost would be waiting for as . I did not goto the house myself , but saw every one of them pass . On my way 1 was offered a gno , and another ofiered me a cleaver . I did not take
either of them . I remained a short time at Newbridge . I was told that I should teke either the gun or the . clearer , instead of the stick which I had . Wefollowed the tram-road till we reachedRisca , and from thence the turnpike-road until we reached the Welsh Oak . I saw David Jones at Sir Charles Morgan ' s park . He had something like a mopstick , with a weapon at the end of it , about twelve inches long , the mopstick being three or four feet long . I afterwaxda saw Jones at the turnpike gate ; it was at this place I saw him , but he had not the same weapon with him when 1 saw him again . I never knew much of him . They called , many peoplei by their names out of the Loose . J know the ' prisoner ; we . went to sohooltogetter . 1 Mow Charles Harris ' s house as vPontymeatw . ' I Baw the prisoner The had
there : about twelve o' ^ ock . prisoner nothing in his hand when lie went in , but he returned with a butcher ' s cleaver . I then said to him to havepity , " as there was a child eight or nine years old in the louse nnrsing a child tw 6 months old ; the mother is gone to look for the ' father , let them alone for pity . The , child was crying . I said , "Isaac , leave it there . " He said ^— - your eyes , 111 split your head . " He took the cleaver . I saw him next morning between eight and nine o ' clock at Sir Charles Morgan ' s park . Hundreds of armed people were there . Prisoner then J » d a sword , which , he took from our forge , which had been burst ; at half-past eleven o'clock ; there was then a sword in John Griffith's house , which is distant thirty yards from Harris ' s . The prisoner did
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not take that sword ; I ^ saw ^ another take it . Tie sword was about two-and ^ a-half foet lbhgi with a brass guard . I do not know the man who took it . I have not Been him since ; I asked prisoner what he had done with , the cleaver . He said , ^ Oti ,-- — it , I dohH know . ' ! tl ' came with : thern ^ about Ifty yards below Stow church , I tried to runtaway , but opuld not , aa they prey « nted me . The men at the park were generallyfarmed , most ofthem with guns , and all Borts of arms . I was threatened if I did not come out of my Jipuse ; I said , "I would eooner die in my hbuse tlian be taken from it . '' They did not tell . --mevwhere ^ they Were going , or wliat : they . were going to do at Newport . I cannot say whether I saw Frost there or hot I do not know him . ; . / ;* :. * ,
Isaac Williams , alias Isaio Phillips , alias Ben ; was placed at trie bar , chargod with Dnrglary , ¦ -4 n breaking open- a . . house , and stealing a sword ; cleaver , &cw - ¦ ¦ : '¦'¦¦' i .. '¦ : . . '¦ ¦" :- ¦; : ' : - \ ¦; . ::.. After a long examination , ; i ; , : Mr . Phelps , on the part of the prownj abandoned the charge of burglary , but pressed that of felony agajnst the prisoner for taking the cleave ^ and he was eventually committed oh the charge of felony . " '• • , - ' - " > : ' f ;' - ^ - '' V ' ; - ¦ " ¦ " : -: ¦ ¦ ¦"' : ! -v ^ -- -.- ' - John Gibbs and : William Stephens , manufacturers of pikes , were remanded to Tuesday ; they will be transferred to Monmouth Gabl , where they will be kept until they are brought up lor examioation . : r- :- . ¦ ¦ . .- . - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ... ¦•' ¦ - . . --,- ¦ - ¦ ¦ ., - : •¦ ' . - . -- ¦¦ : ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ..: ¦ --
This having terminated all the cases connected wittiheUteriot 8 ,- ' .-. '¦ •; . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ :.--. v' - : ' . - . V ;' - . - . ; - - ' - . . .. ;¦ The Rev ; Mr . Coles said , th ^ the magistrates had to express theur great satiafaclion ^ ^ on the conclusion of the examinations , which had occupied them seven or eight hours each day fin ^ thirtyrthree days . He would not hesitate saying that it was one of the greatest investigations that has for some time taken place in the country . The magistrates iave done their duty fearlessly , zealously , and impartially . There are in Newport a great number of people whose characters are well marked ; and who , he trusted , would not attend meetings similar to those which have involved their town in such tumult and
disorder . To the inhabitants the magistrates were particularly indebted for their zealous co-operation as epecial constables . They also returned their thanks to the gentlemen of the law who attended the examinations , especially those who conducted the prosecutions . The magistrates had also id acknowledge the zeal of others , who ; though ; : not engaged in suppressing the late / riots ;' .. had expressed their readiness to render their ' assistance should their services be required . ; They were also indebted to the gentlemen of the press , who , sinking all party feeling , appealed to have n 6 other object in view than that of securing the peace of the country . Their- reports have been most impartial . '¦ ¦ ¦¦
Octavius O'Morgan , Esq ., Baid that he and his brother magistrates xould not separate without acknowledging ; the zeal , ] iactivity , unwearied ^^ attention , and ability , of their chairman ; who presided over those intricate and very difficult examinations . He ( Mr ; O'M . ) assured thenj that he looked bpon the Rev . Mr . Coles as a most valuable friend , one on whom he relied with the greatest confidence . The other magistrates also expressed their high sense of the great \ services rendered by the Rev . Chairman . . " v - ' . ;¦ -.-. ¦ : ¦ ¦ - :- ¦ ¦ ¦¦ :: ;• . ; ¦ . ¦ - :. ;; ' , ;¦ The Rev . Mr . Coles acknowledged the compliment . Thus termirated this most interesting and labo
rious examination . Since the riots , 125 prisoners were examined , of whom thirty-one were committed fortrial . - : ¦; . - . ;¦ , - ; ' :- ; ; . / :, - ? . : -- - ; . . - ' , ¦ , ¦; . . .: ' ; . ¦¦• : The Mayor said that ho had just then received ia letter from Lord Hill , in which his Lordship stated that he had presented to her Majesty the memorial of the inhabitants of Newport' in reference to the gallant conduct Of Captain Stack * Lieutenant Gray , Ensign Stack , and the men ucder their command , and that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to express her royal approval of those officers being promoted . , Capt . Stack is now a brevot-inajor , and Capt . Gray , who has been unattached since his promotion , has been appointed to a company in the 71 st , now on their way home from India .
( From the Tvmes . ) Newport , Saturday , 11 o'clock , p . sj . In consequence of the large circulation of the paper called the Western Vindicatory containing language of tho most violent kind , the magistrates of Glamorganshire and Cardiff have addressed a letter , of which the following is a copy , to the Marquis of Normanby : — : ; •• CardirTiDeti 5 , 1839 . "My Lord Msrqub . ^ i'he county and borough magistrates , who have this day met at the To ^ n-haU here , for the purpose of investigating charges against persona connected with the late outrages at Newport , being fully . persuaded that a paper called the Western Vincli caior , published for Henry Vincent , ( now a prisoner in
Monmouth gaol ) by Fiancia Hill , of No * 14 , Northumberiand-place , Path , ^^ hasbeenone of thepriBcipal cauBes of such outrage , have cause to be intercepted a packet of these papers , of the date ofthe 30 th of No-Tombcr , dlrootod tn Mr . TJayia , Newbridge , Glamorganshire ( twelve miles from Cardiff ) , » dutrlct in wHitilL Ch ' attigm has very -widely spread , einae ^ Oy beg leara to call your Lordship's attention to the extensive circulation nnd mischievous tendency of the said paper , and herewifli tiananiit to your Lordship the intercepted packet ; and I amauthorUea by JohhBrocii Price , Esq . and the Rev . George Thomas , county magistrates , anA Chailes CWfts WilltamSj Esq ., late mayor of Cardiff , to add their names tomine in making this communica tion to your Lordship , c
" I have the honour to be , &c , ^ RReece ^ Mayor of CardlflV ¦' ;< The following letterlias been ^ received by the late mayor ; it was addressed in this manner : — w On his Majesty V : duty . T . Phillip 8 iJuo . Esq . The latp Mayorj . ¦¦ ' - . .. . - . - . '¦ -Newport , - ' : . '¦" . : : ¦ ' . '¦ ¦ V - ;¦ ' . i Monmouthshire . M THE SUPPKS TIME .
Assemble to the sapper of the great Gpd , to eat the ^ flosh of kings , captains ^; mighty ; men , and the flesh of all bond and free , both small and g < eat . "Every battle of the warrior is with confuBed noise and garments rolled in blood , but this shall be with burning and meat for the fire Jesus Christ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ <^ --ryj& ' : Vr ! - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ Mahershalalhashbuz : '~ . ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ;• :- .. - . cat : / :: .: • ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ... : ' ¦ Armageddon ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " - ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' " A % ' ' ' / : ' ¦ ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ TheHolywar ' ' - ¦ ¦'¦ . " Selah / :: ¦ : : ; " ¦'¦ ' ¦ - ¦ - .-¦ ¦; ¦ . Eoee digitus Dei ^ Habeas Omno « . V
; -weat Babylon , No vw 29 w " Sir ^^ We continuei to cratch all your mbtibns ; and we are sorry to see you surroundea by a midnight darkness no mortal power can ^ remove , or you would yrelcome tho truth , and return to your duty both towards God and man . y ^ ; M We read your letter , wherebyA yoti ^ ascribe : your preservation to Providence , and so you indeed do wen ; but if Providence protects you , or yon are really under his care , what have you fear i Mayyou not safely defy all the world in arms or a savage ^ enselesa multitude ( whose foolish , cruel designs no OiriBtian approves ) ! and this you woulc enabled to
Da do if you altogether reallv executed the gospel . law towards God and tnan ^ Do you not allhear the yoice of God ( byhia mighty works ) warning you to fly from the wrath to cornel If not you . musUe twice d 6 ad , ; &c . Are all your actions conformable to the hew law ^ - « Lovei one another ?' . Underthe highest-authority we are how bound to tellyon plainly that " you are adrift-all benighted . ' \ We tell you , alas ! GAveisllian ' a blood cafls for vengeanceto Jehovah ( like Abel ' s ) from thepaxiBh palace at Brecon , and most assuredly Jehovah wil execute judgment upon all her murderers , and upon ' all hypocrite * , opprfiasors , and idolators ,:: « L who disobey and disbelieve : ¦ '• : , * '
The Gospel . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ > :.: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ - •¦ ?< r Of ; ¦¦ : . ; .:. ¦ : ¦ :. ' ¦ ... . " ¦¦ . . - ' - ¦ .- '¦ ¦ Jesus Christ ¦ ' - . : : > ' :: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .. - ' ¦ ' ¦? :: ' - > jr- . ¦ ¦ ¦; . ¦ , ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ . Mahershalalhashbtiz . ! ' :-, ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ... ¦ . ¦¦; - ¦¦ &s'i * n ± :: -- : : ^ ' . - : - ; ¦ ; - : A voice against Bab ylon - ¦ , | i . > : ¦ ¦ ' vahnouaciri g v ' -: : ¦ - . v : ¦ ¦ r The destruction df the Gold Image :-. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ' . ' . . . ¦ ^ ' ^ ¦ . - .. ¦ " ' - . : . - and- " - ¦ "• ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :. ' : ¦ ¦ ' ~^ ' : ;¦ ' : ; " The Mystery of Iniquity . ^ f ^ : * letter , bears the London post-mark / ' dfeS'W : ^ ' ^ * ^^ Siying thev noticQ £ tS ?^^' * ^ PP « r » as contained i 5 the letter toi Mri Phillips , proceed ? ithus : — :: ¦ ; , ' f : ; ; : ^ « v ^ w * ^^ .: F % » n * .- or teteatcorjnis , and rule absolute , is transmitted to the Mayor , % n&issued ^ all pnncea , and rulers whose record death wariini ¦
u near . /; ' : . ¦¦ - ¦' ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ - . .. - ¦ ¦ . > :- ¦ . ' . ¦ ,: T - ' " ¦ ¦ * " * " "Hallelujah ^ ^;; - "' - . ' ' . ; ' : ^ ; ; > - " V ; ;; y ; . ; iriSyf ^ ^^ l ^* « w special commissionwill enter , &fonmouth at teno ' clock ¦ -mTuSday ¦ Sfflfe- ^ u- ^^ S opened the commission , WL proceedto church ^ to hear divine service , anlS ^^ m ^^ s ^ ms ^^ m ^^^^ iM Every chaise in Newport is engaged for next w «^ V to-Manor witaes 8 e 8 to Mbhaioutl ^ " - * *
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EXTENSIVE PORQERY—EXTRAORDXKART CONFESSION OP . ' t ^' - ' T ' 4 ^^ / - % ' ' ¦; TFrvmthe ^ West ^ . J ^^ land- ; Cinsety ^ ve ] Jmrngl ^ J OThe attentiob of thei MajRistraW of Chandos louse , Bath , was fnUy occupied on Friday . Saturday ^ Monday * : and Tuesday last , in the investigation of one of the most remarkable and ingeniouscases of forgery upon record . The forged doouments are leases , jceleases , ' deeds of gift , joint promissory notes , &c . The accused parties are . a mother and three sons , hitherto respectable farmers , residing m the neigbbourhood of Prome , and also a person of tho nwne of Sealv . & lawvnr ' a « W 1 r n /» t
y et m cu 8 tody , but for whose . . apprehension ^ awarrant has :-D ! Be . n- . isBaed . - . ¦ ¦' , ' : ¦ ¦'¦ : ¦ •• ' .. - , ' ¦ . ¦;¦¦••;• . • ¦ .: •; ,: / : X . \ , . ¦ ¦ . ¦ .:-. - : ; . :. . TheiioUier . who has beeh forBdmotime separated : rpm her husband , has resided with her sons at MarstoiL Bigott ; about . three miles from Frome . The father of the prisoners , Thomas Candy , the elder , wnow lmng at Cloford , about five inilea from * e Tf ^ siaence of his sons . Some time in January kst , Mr . . Thomas Whittingtoi ) , solicitor , at Bath , advertised in the newspapers thaV he -had some money to lend on mortgage , in consequence of which wt-w- *^ Pwsowrs , Thomas Cand y , applied to Mr . Whittington on the Subject , statiiw that he had in estate at
Marston , on whichAe vranted to raise the sum of £ 490 . He also stated that his father , who was savYespeeUftle farmer , vras dead ^ his death having taken place in 1835 . ^ '; ?« « eaui Upon theproddction of the necessary deeds , and the prisoner , Thomas Candy , takingoutlettersof administration ^ in- the Prerogative Court of Wells , ^• J ^^ d ^^ ibbon . of BatS , who is a client ^ Mr . Whjttington > j agreed to adVancb the money ; The inortga ^ awas executed by the wholeof the pri-8 ^ v ahdthe 4 eeds were deUvered into the hands ^^ 7 ; f ^ Subsequentl y-certain circumstances SEFVi ? tlie M « ^ g « of Mr ., WWttington , by whichhi ^ BUspicions were excited thatall waa not nght ; He dpnsequentlv went to Uarat ^ ^ a
thathe became fully convinced that the whole of the documents were forgeries . , « v « y * wi « SS 2 ? i . ? ti * - W ^ : aild P * nftl 1 « taation ^ n and has received a tolerable education - and on her comin ^ f ag ^ as entitle * to the sum of ^ E 7000 lef t her bylier father , which she received . She has been , SnSai ^|?^ ^ * ^ ««^ dfora e S ^ " ^™; produced ; a fo rmidabl e file iof forgeddeods ^ which he received from ^ Thos . Candy , for the purpose of effecting the mortgage . The pri-& ££ ** ¦ £ ***** * ^ W ™* f ° * these deeds , ^ J ^ ^ ™ &m-. m executed , they ali
& » m % e ^«> t H « n-Lord Cork and Orrery , to Mr . d ^ ate 24 th April , 1810 , purporting to be from thelate About the middle of February last , three other deeds , were left at the office of M > . ^ SbS-^ fe ^^ k ^ ^ t ^ oa , by Thomas Cindy , all ipfwhjoh .-he . hM since . diBcovered are forgeries . A S 2 TP ? . deed ^^ % * prepared , v previoasly to w W ° ^! the' pneoner , Thomas Gridy ? had taken mj& * £ & administration ; sworn mi ^ es ^ S 'Z& ' J ' ^ ^^'^^^ - ' ^^^ - ^^ ' ^ |»» asEsffiS £ Hass
The Bigh | Hon , ; the Earl of Cork and Orrery exammed the two MseMated Oct . 31 ; ia 27 ^ n ? pui ?^ Krt S . ^ j " , " ^ wto Mr !/ Thomas ¦^ OT- -: % -5 ta K : ^ -fiwiorf ^; S » wv « d : * h « Bi : tobS or by his . authority . Other ^ tnesses wereeffl ^ ^ s'gnatwes to the deeds were ibrgeries ^ *^ ^ mmm ^ mm Jtrancis : Candv observfid tKitr W « ii' ^ Z ^ K . ¦;
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The -deeds have certaiDly been exocuiwlDyi master hand . Although they must have been executed since March last , ; they bear every resemblance toold deeds ; , the parchment having been diBcoloured the wax wearing the appearance of having faded from age ( two of the Mspeotivo deeds bear the date of 1798 and 1802 ) , the tape having completely lost its colour , and . eome very , old - ^ tamp ^ i , have been affixed to the parchments . The engrossing , also , is in the old-fashioned style . ' ¦ " .- . A better deception was , perhaps , never practised . : v : ; ; ; :
y / : '/¦; ^ yXFrom the BqfaChroniete . ) i ; James Sealy , the principal in the late ingenious forgery ^ has been apprehended . last Tuesday he underwent a long examination before the magistrates at Chandos House , when he made an ample confession of the whole transaction . The prisoner is forty-two years of age ; but appears considerably older , and hn has lost the sight ; of ^ his right eye- He ia of a very diminitive size , and was shabbily dressed ; So far from being daunted at the situation in which he was placed , the prisoner was remarkably communicative on the subject of the forgery . He waa also very facetious , and related many anecdotes of his chequered life , coolly observing that he supposed
that he had obtained some notoriety in the world , and that his name would be handed" down to P <> 8 terity .:,-. '¦ ¦ ¦• ' ¦¦ V :--:. ' : ¦ . - ' ' ., - '¦ ¦¦ ' ¦/ : ¦ r \ -. ' ' " " v- : ; - . \ . •;¦ The ma 7 ? is , trates asked . . theprisoner if he had any answer to the charge . Putting his hand in hig pocket , he said , "I wish to read this paper , " pro * ducing a written statement . After receiving the usual caution , it waa read by the prisoner in a firm audible voice , amid the most profound silence and intense interest . The following is a copy : — v ; : tf About the month of January or February last , a person of Frome recommended me to Thomas Candy as a person who could engross ; this was told me by Thomas Candy himself ; I was not then at home , but at Mr . Hawkes ' s onice in Frome . In the
evening , Thomas . Candy came to my house , and asked me if I could engross ; I told him I could ; ho said he wanted me to do some skins ; I was much surprised at hearing him use the word 'skins , ' as most people who are not aware of the nature of deedsj genjBrally call them writingsj he did not then bring any papers with him ; neither did he tell me of what nature he . intended them to be ; after I had been with him about an hour at a public-house , where I had two glasses pfc beer , he s « d he wanted ine to look over an abstrwt , ; which he would bring to me in the course of a day or two ; we fixm parted , and I wentbome ; he asked me to come to hia house at Marfitoh on the following Sundavrl went , and me an
^ jpmas Candy produced abstract , and asked if I could make some deeds from it ; his mother , himself , Francis , TheopiiiluB , Wimani , and , I think , one other brother and sister were present . Mrs . Cand y was dressed in mourning . Thomas told me his father : was dead , and had crape round his hat . I war a complete stranger to the whole family . In a fewr days Thomaa Candy called on me again , and asked me what akins were necessary . I told him , and he procured them . I engrosBed themi ' taking me ; substance from the abstract , which was in the hand-writing of Francis . Preyiona to my engrossing them , Mrs . Candy , her daughter , and two sons . Thomas and another
wlunn I did not know by ham * \ called at my house ; Mrs . Candy was . dressed in * widow ' s ' weeds ; shetold me her husband was dead , and at the same time said , "There was no fraud intended ; M was not as though any person would be a loser ; they wanted to raise a little money for a short time , or till they could get the deeds from the trnsteeff under her settlement ;* ' I advised her and her sons to file a bill in equity , and compel the trustees to i giye up the deeds ; Mrs . Candy asked me ; who Bh ^ had better employ ; I recommended her to my then employer , Mr .- Hafwkes ; she said she did not like to employ him , ; but > turning to her son Thomas , remarked , ~ Tom , as you are going to Bath , you had better get a lawyer there to do it . " This was finally
arranged . She ' asked me what I should charge ; I told her I could not exactly tell , ^ as I did not * now how ; many folios it would he ; she also asked me when I could get it done ; I replied epme time in the course ofthe webk . , Tom came to' me ; with two or threo of his hrpthers , and looked at the deeds after I had engrossed them ; there yiras no signature then , nor seals , ipr endorsements . Tom then : said ^ pomthiff to one of the skins , "This skin must be dirtied ? ' I informed him it was not yet fimshed , on which he took and robbed it on iis velveteen jacket , and dirtied it a little , and I took my pounce patch and rubbed it in the coal ashes , so ^ as to give it the appearance of originality . ' . I made my ink from the
common ink , and mixed it with some garden mould , and tinged therediuk with aMtfle Wick . I made use of very common wax , and the tape , which was a bright green , I discoloured with vinegar . Tom caHed a short time afteri and asked me if I had finished : on- my replying in flie negative , he was very angry . He gave me two sovereigns , and I promised to let him have the skins the next night ; he did not , however , coma to his appointment . In a few dayB he came and gave mo thirty shillings and asked me for a receipt for £ 4 ^ saying t hat ho had a great deal of trpoblo , and ihiit he should keep 10 a . I agreed to this . He said he wanted the re * ceipt to prbdoce to his mother . He took the deeda
away : w » tfrbimy » long with ? quantity of old useless leases , ' ^ rtuch h ^ let me have to take off th « stamps to affix to the blank skins which he provided tor me Some time aiFtejf ^ this - -he ^ brought me a declaration , which he said he had got done at Bath by a lawyer's ^ lerk , yho was ^ ycry clever fellowj « gned ,-as declared , beforei Lord Cork . This I copied , and he left my ihpuse . In abont three or four monlhs afterwards ^ ^ he ^ came again , and told me he could not get ffiedMd > fromSw trustees , and must have w > me more inade , but neve > told me in V hatway itwas tohe / doniB ;; at another time he called , and gaveme the name of a field on which he wanted toraise about ieKO ; h © Baid / flaefool ofan Aincle . of his was now at the Doint oiP death - H «
wisned me to make some deeds , and a d « ed of gift , but weBt away . withoutvgivnig any : instructions ' In about : a week or ten days / he paid me ano-* er visit , whea he" told me U hadZFixrS te , S S ^ w * *? ^ ^ !? " ? deBd 3 > » ° furnished me with the name of a field , as : weU as the names of ^^ some . partie > . ^ . 1 ^ wrote .: ; them ? oh tort skins , and _ afterwards affixedtan old itamp , takeJ from one ofthe old leases whichhe ^ had ^ nfshS at Marston ; i wasto ^ liawtod ^ 3 ^ f 6 r iny trouble ! but ^ yrew edSs ., and this was mbot ftsVwhicI f ? . had borrowed upon a watch that day ; i ¦ £ ? &S ^ ; % r « &en * bsent froni Frome / and S ! l ^ ^ v ^ frThomaS X&nd ^ or ^ e ftuSTV ^^ » y : ^ fe ^^ yemgn ; on . jne Sunday I left Frome ; now a , month a ^ i «*
*« naay , i called on Mrs . ^ dy , and' ^ toldlers ^ yered , and that we should all be transported rmeanabout a fortnight after I had written-the last deed ««^ a mohth- ^ fore I : had let the ^ S ^ s S Th ^ asbrought-me a letfer fromtteVStamp ^ Offlce , ^ mersetHouse ^ respecting the administration to ^ gcts ^ a Thomas Candy , and , in a co ^ ersS li ^ 5 - ' ¦ *!¦ ° 5 ^' that , his father was then ahve ; thwwasthefirst time Iiheardjhe washing S > y ° unev « . * o besure , 8 wdreyourfatherwai tSW ^^^* ' fsaid Sd a Known it I never would have written a snxorU 7 « J . and added , ' how coul d mSS Ii'fe" ^* " $ * . m ^ ° ^ « Mnd : yQu , wm get vburi
« . « u » ngea , put can maKe the accessary return to ^ vernnwnt , ? provided you furnishin ^ wS JS tff tFStyf * # * 4 ^ a . m <> ntI » after IhadnS out the first deeds , Tom , in cbmpany ; withTis two ^ Si ^ aiimiii ^ lS ^ s iaSni rate ^ ||^^ pSmfeSd 1 er y ^^ o ^ fflvjng ^ e . a ^ tet ^ of ^ epfr SiS ^ S ^ lMM ^
SSier ^ ti !^ n % " ^ * ^ todyf againS ; on t ^ ii ^^ K ^ iv 5 r i * 1 ^^ 1 ^ 1 tfift 3 trR » le Court SaSlfSar ^^ : % N ! # ^ i * . ^« iAfJ ^^ Wgy ^^ dtheprison ^ ^ P ^^^ - ^^^»^ l ^ to ^ S ^ r ^* " ^ "l « "ifcdy-- - if the Guildhal ^ SnS ^ T ^ ^^ ?^« ll i : b y ^ Frome officer * ^ TO ^^^ motto waa ¦« Dvjm vioimus viea ~ SiiS ^^ ^ ^ misfortunes could nerer rin ^ ¥ * OrfS ^ Fk laiai ^ whai quarter otM S ^ l ^ fr iM * habitation ^ or whether he faref S ^^ y ^ 7 day , br ^ wkiher ^ e endured th * m 3 ^ ^ Ro ^ Tery , aiid eked- out his exiBtenca u ^ cnajns and dungeons , " : !
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W f&i- — - ? at , BAi » BWDGB . -On | Saturdayla s ^ i- i ^ ^ ? ?? $ ** heavy irairis , ^^ the river Bann »^ rf jLS ?* X swollen ; sci ihuch so as to create ^ fwerabto ^ ann . ; among the owners of bleach-^ ns ^ and pihw n ^ u&otnri ^ wS 'Stt& H ** & « f J ^ Wiv er ; / Among ^ OM who sufifered . hy ^ h e flood , t ^^ Gcbrge { Grt ^ bifd , ^ q-v BeUeayey-house , ^ quanti ty pf whose timlw Wjamed : away . : Td ~ sava lifcif possible , ¦ # gfawford , andfbur ^ of His men ^ got Into ^ boat ; b ? t , l « rtiM ^ # ? tt 1 , ?^ intd ' a «« neht , and being nnm »| S ^ l ^ P ^^ ^ alarm& ^ heh Mp * W w « ® 5 ? ° f the men leaped but ; and the boat np ^ . i tw ^ Tv ?^ «» e other -tnree were drownflt ^ mmmm ^ i ^ m ^*^^« : ^ ^^^*
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( From the Times . ) Carding Thursday , Dec 5 , Midnight . MOST IMPORTANT EXAMINATION . —MR .
TODD , THE PORTUGUESE CONSUL AT CARDIFF , HELD TO , BAIL TO APPEAR WHEN CALLED UPON TO ANSWER ANY
CHARGEHELATI 1 SGTO THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS , CHARGED WITH BEING GUILTY OF HIGH TREASON . _ ^ In consequence of the evidence given by Superintendent Stockdale , as to the apprehension of Zftphxniah Williams , the magistrates thought it right to institute a further investigation , and Mr . Todd . the Portngnese Consul resident at Cardiff , was summoned to appear before them to-day . " - The following magistrates attended at the Town Hall : —
Mr . John Bruce Pryce , the Rev , George Thomas , the Her . James Evans , county magistrates ; Mr . R . Reece , Mayor , and Mr . Charles Croft Williams , borough magistrates . Mr . Todd , having taken a seat in the room , was addressed by Mr . B . Pryce : — "Mr . Todd , in consequence of circumstances that have occurred relative to the apprehension of Zephaniah Williams on board the Vintage , the magistrates have considered it their duty to summon you before them . They have taken the examination of Jeremiah Stockdale , the Superintendent of Police , and there axe circumstances which demand » very serious investigation , as they tend to implicate yon in having assisted in the attempted escape of that individual ! I am sure the magistrates will be most happy if you can give a satisfactory explanation of the matter . *
Mr : Todd—I shall certainly give such an explanation as I can , and I hope that will be deemed satisfactory . Jeremiah Stockdale -was then called in , \ and directed to relate what took place on Thnrsday , the 21 st of November , when he apprehended a person on board a vessel called the Vintage , who afterwards turned out to be Zephaniah Williams . Witness—I had received a number of hand-bills , ; which I caused to be exhibited in the different shop windowB , giving a description of the person of Zephaniah Williams , and offering a- reward for Mb apprehension . This fact was generally known in Cardiff . Circumstances occurred which indnced me on the night of Wednesday , the 20 th of November ,
to order my men to be in readiness at twelve o ' clock . JLt that time I went to several housea , and on board several vessels dose to the shore , and I ordered the men to remain until there should be sufficient water for us to go off in a boat to some yessehi that were outside the sea-lock .. As soon as the water had risen we took a boat and went alongside the Vintage . She was lying with her Btern in the mud , about a stone ' s throw from the sea-lock . She had struck upon the mud as she was leaving the harbour , and was compelled to wait till the next tide . We got on . boaxd the Vintage jnst after three o'clock in the morning . Assoonas Igotondecklsawamanjumpup from the after cabin , and I then discovered that there wa ? a watch on deck . T got mv men no to
take eare that no one came out of the seaman ' s berths . I took one of the men . "who was on deck down with me into the cabin . I had my own light with me . When ha entered the cabinvthe first person he saw was Mr , Todd adcep . I had not the slightest idea he was on board . Mr . Todd" is the Portuguese Consul , and the Vintage was bound to Oporto . The mate had just before told me that Mr . Todd and his brother was on board , but , he added , he did not believe it was his brother . The captain was asleep in his berth . His name is Williams . - I awoke Mr . Todd . I had a p istol in my hand . . I awoke the captain , and asked him whom he had on board . He replied , " Only the creWi" I then proceeded to search the vessel , and directly found a
person , who proved to be Zephaniah WflHams , lying in the boys' berth . I asked the captain who he was , bnt he denied all knowledge of him or of his being there . As I was arousing the man the captain said to him , "What do you do here ! " He made so answer . I then asked Mr . Todd to tell me seriously if he knew who or what the man was , bocause I had my gHspicions . Mr . Todd said . * -I don't know auythiag at all of him . " I ordered the man to be searched and handcuffed . I found upon him a case of 5 Q 0 copper pistol caps , 102 sovereigns packed up in papers , some loose caps , some silver , a silver pencil-case , and eleven Spanish dollars . I told Mr . Todd that I suspected the man to be Zephaaii&h . Williaina ; I" asked him His name ; he told me . he was Thomas Jones , of Bridgend . I asked him . when he came from Bridgend ; he replied , the same evening , " He Baid he was a native of Merthvr .: I asked him when last T \« -waa at Mp . t
thyr ; he said he eould not recollect , bnt that ie had been living for the last twelve months by going about-among his relations . He said the money he had waa his own , and that he was thinking of taking a ttip ; I asked ilr . Todd ' s boy , who was . also on board , if he knew him . He said he did not , but that he had iumped into his boat as he was pushing &om ^ t he diore . I found a piece of paper on Williams , on which-was written '' R , J . Todd , " and under it "EdwardHead , vessel Comet : ' The Comet had sailed the day before , she was commanded by Edward Head , who is Mr . Todd ' s brother-in-law . After I had found the paper , I again asked Mr . Todd if he knew the man . He answered that he didnot . I told hun I had found hia cawi upon him ; and he hegged me not to show it to any one , and he twice asked me to desire my men not to say that he was on board the vesseL I don't know in whose handwriting the writing on the paper was .
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:::. ' : ;; , , ; . s- . - ^ F ^ o ^ tkeTit ^^ J , } ¦;;¦' ; : ;; : . ^ ' J , ¦ Mpnmouth , Dec . 8 , 11 o ' clock , p . m . In consequence of a despatch received at ifewport yesterday afternoon from Lord Normanby respecting the : seditious publications so -widely disseminated through the country , stating it to be the intentions of Government ( at length ) to use active measurea for their suppression , a seizure was made last night at Newport at the house of Edwards , one of the Chartists at present under sentence in Monmouth gaol , of a large quantity of Western Vindicatorsicai other seditious publications , which were kept oh sale by Mrs . Edwards , and measures have been tiken by the Newport magistrates for the prosecution of the vendors . V ;
Upon our arrival here this evening we took measures to- ascertain the state of the town , which we find to be still in alvery excited stated Every mea ^ sure ,: hpweTer , which miUtary prudence could spgr gest has been taken by (^ lonelCbngidihe to frus - trate any sudden attack upon the gaol j or any part ofthe . town . : \ : ; :-,: \; .: ;; v ^ : \ , ¦ : ,:- ¦ ; ¦ - :: '¦ - ¦ ; - ' : ¦¦ ¦;; '¦'¦ ¦¦ : ; . ;¦ ¦ ¦ j The military force here at present is but small , consisting of one company of the 45 th Foot , and a troop of the 12 th Laucers , the whole being under the command of Major Armstrong . ; Two companies of Rifles will , however , arrive here to-morrow , the billots for . them' being .. drawn * and the' Horse Artillery , from Newport ^ will be placed between the two towns , so as to be capable of being brought
into the town within two hours , if needed .: : ; . The accession of military strength by the arrival of the Rifles will be very acceptable , for being , as there is , a constant guard of twenty-four men at the gaol , twelve inside ^ arid twelve . ' . without ,- who form a complete chain of . pickets , any one acquainted with military tactics will readily be aware that such performance of duty by a single company , must be sufficiently arduous . ^; V : : " "In addition to this guardfbr- the protection : of the gaol , loopholes haye Hbeen , ; by Colonel Considine ' s orders , cut in the walls- and at the entrance lodge of the gaol , in order to render ^ ther fire from withm more effective , and ; in fact , to enable the little garrison to keep up a constant fire , which would
completely enfilade any party attacking the gaol . The . arched gateway of Monqew Bridge , leading to . the ; town , v has likewise been ; put in : a state of . defence . : The shops on each side have been appropriated for the reception of military , to > prevent any successful attack ^^ upbtt ' the town , and yidettea of horse patrol the surrounding roads to the distanco of thr ^ e or four miles from sunset till ; six o ' clock in the evening , the White Swan ; being appropriated as a guard ^ room for them , to which they bring thei ? . reports every half-hour during the night . And > indeed , if the ruindurs afloat here be true , these precautions are not unnecessarily provided , for there appears to be a : great feeling of uneasiness in some portion of the huls , arid a very respectable commercial gentleman , who arrived here yesterday , states , that as he was coming from
Abergayenny on Friday Bight he saw a rocket thrown into the air upon tbe hills ; in the direction of Nant-yrGloiiVi which , in a few minutes , was followed by , another in an' opposite direction , and , as he supposes , near the Garway-hillg . We understand that application has been made to the HaberdasherB , Company for leave to allow their free school here , founded byJMr . Wm . Jones , of that company , to be appropriated as a barrack for ^ oab company ; -of the Rifle Brigade , and that the National Sehool-room will be used as a barrack for the other company ^ : ' . \/ ¦;¦ '' Lovell , who was shot through the thigh , and three other prisoners , arrived here to-day , ancl have been conveyed to the gaol . ^ v ' . ' ,: . ¦' . ' - Zephaniah Williams continues in the same dejected state as when taking : his examination before , the magistrates of Newport . Frpst , on the contrary , ript only eats and sleeps well , but appears upon the whole to be in good spirits . ¦ ; - ¦¦ < :
^ HB SPECIAL COMMISSION . , Every preparation has been made here for the reception of $ e Judges ; the Assize-haU having been properly fitted , arid the lower portion partitioned of for the better security of the prisoners . Their Lordships wrote to nave the Judges' seat made- large enough for four persons ( the three Judges and the High Sheriff ) . Any alteration has ; however , been found unnecessary , it being ascertained , upon measuring the seat , that it was
snfficientlv large . Their Lordshipsi it ia understood ; will sleep on Monday nightat Barrett ' s Royal Hotel , R pg 8 , and they will be met at half past nine o ' clock pn Tuesday morning at" Crocker ' B Ash , ' about two miles from Monmouth , by the cavalcade , consisting f the High Sheriff and ;^^ other pfilaiale , ^ the ia velii ^ men , and the gentlemen of the cbuntjr in their carriages , who will escort their Lordships to the Assize Hall .: ; ¦ .. ¦¦¦ - ; ¦¦ ' ¦ ; . ¦ ; - ; -:.: . -. "' .- >; ¦ ; . ; . :--. ; ¦" : ;;¦; . ... Some of tho subordinate officers of their 'Loirdships' establishments have abeadV arrived here .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1087/page/6/
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