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TRIAL OF CHARTISTS AT BRECON. ( A.hridgedJrom THE SILURIAN.) In our last, we stated the result of the trials up to Wednesday evening last, including thal of John Jones, a Chartist. Tbe following prisoners were tried ou Thursday and Friday:- David Howell, miner (out 011 bail), was charged with riotously Ilssembling with arms, &c" and a second count in the indictment charged him with an assault on Thomas Meyler. Five jurymen were challenged by the attorney for the prisoner, and five others try the Crown. Mr. Vaughan Williams opened the C'lse hriefly for the prose- cution, and stated that among the other unhappy occurrences of the memorable night of the ad of X ovemher, a party of men with spears and other weapons had potered the chapel known as Ihe Rhyd Chapel, and had compelled the congregation to go out with them. The prisoner had taken an active part on the occasion, and had committed the assault complained of by taking the prosecutor by the collar, and forcing hjm with the rest. Thomas Meyler, an iron-weigher, deposec1lhat be was at Rhyd Chapel 00 the night of tbe Ch irtisi riots. Daniel Jones was praying during his prayer Henry Habbakuk and live or six; mell came in soon after another man came in with a spear something like the sheriff's men have in this Court; the man with the spear said they were all to go out" or they should bave ithe laid the spear down others came in, some of whom had spears they did nothing they at last swore and said they could not wait anv longer; I hey spoke very loud; the women began to cry and told the congregation to go out witness went out, and was collared by the prisoner at Ibe bar he had known him before for two 01' three years back; he is a miner, and worked in the neighbour- hood; he told witness to come away; had something in his hand: don't know what it was; it might be a stick or an iron: he held it up; can't tell bow long it was did not take notice witness got away from bim across Ihe church-vard to the road; did not run there were 40 or 50 men with some things in their bands; it was dark, and he could not seewhat kind of things thPJ were the men came after them to the road and slopped them, and said thev were going too fast, and said they must "come tidy togetbèr they said they would spear witness if he would not stojJ,-In his cross-examination nothing was eli- cited from \\I itness to invalidate his testimony When the prisoner laid hold of him, he said come along froill there. "-In his re- examination, witness stated, that the prisoller's hand was only on his collar while one was passing the other-it was not a fjuarter of a minute. Had no trouble iu getting away from him-he loosed his hold directly. Mr, Nicholl in bis address to the jury for Ihe prisoner, con- tended that a more meagre weak, and unsatisfactory c'lse was never laiel before any Jury: and called several witnesses to prove that the prisoner was pressed by the Chartists, that he made Ius escape, anel that he, With several others hid themsehes in the house of one Edmund Mathias, two or three miles from Rhyd Chapel. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Thomas Killley, 24, labourer, neither read nor write, James GodwiH, 41. mason, read and write imperfectly, and David Brans, 31, roller, neither read nor write, charged, forthat they, together with divers other persons unknown, being members of an unlawful combination and conspiracy for seditious purposes, on tbe night of Sunday, the 3d of Novemher 1839, in the parish of Llaneliy, with a gun, spears, and other offensive weapons, and with threats, putting William Williams, in bodily lear, and compelling him and otber persons unknown, to join the said combination and con- spiracy. Mr, Vaughan Williams and Mr. E. L. Richards concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Vaughan Williams stated the caSe. William Williams, examined by Mr. E, L. Hichards —Is a railcutter; lives at remembers the night of Sun- day of the Chartist riots; he was coming from a public-house at Brynmawr; he was stopped by Kidley; knew him by the name of George ,Evan Davies and another man were with wtness Kidley had a pickaxe handle; he said, "You must come with us while witness was speaking to Kidley, his companions rail off; caunot tell if it was in the parish of Llauellv sa^v many men coming out of Godwin's house with spears and other weapons saw David Evans anù Daniel Thomas with them; Dalid Evans had a spear; Godwin came out with them; he bad something under bis frock: Daniel Thomas had a gun; heard Godwin say. I am going to David go to Ishmael Evans's' Lewis is the man called King Crispin he s'lid make haste and meet at Zepiianiah Williams's, or else we shall not be at New- port before daylight; they went to search several houses; David Evans and Kidley and the other men took willless witb them; David Evans said to a man in one house he must come; "he must join this day whether willing or not; David Evans tolll Thomas to shoot any one who would run away; Daniel Thomas said, Yes, by G-d!" Witness was much frightened knows the King Crispin beerhouse does not know if there is a Chartist lodge there; there was at that time; heard people say one Beddoe was chairman heard of a lodge at Zephaniah Williams's while going towards Beddoe's house, witness ran off and got into a pig- sty they marched on the road Evans had stopped behind at BrYhll13wr; wilness was taken before a magistrate Evans came to him while at work, and ôaid, If I shalll¡àve any imprisonment owing to you, it shall be yom death. Rosser Thomas :Is a tireman in Xantyglo Works; on Sunday, tbe 3d of November, Godwin came to witness's house between two and four in the afternoon told witness not to go to his mas- ter's house, or it would be burned, and all that was in it by master he meant Mr. Crawshay Bailey. Ann Tlw¡¡;as :-18 wife of last witness remembers Sunday, the 3d of November; was at Godwin's house in the evening before six o'clock some men with two guns came in while witness was tbere; Godwin was outside the door and had something in Ills hand, whielt witness thinks was a gun. John Phillips, who lives at Brynmawr, and is Godwin's lanrl- lord, deposed to his having gone into Godwin's bouse about half- past six on the merning of the 3d of November, where he found bim melting bullets. Asked him if he wished to go with the Chartists "he said no, but he said he was afraid aH would be obliged to O'o--they would be sme to rise the next clay. Saw prisoner on the :\Iondayand Tuesday following. By Godwin :-Knows prisoner for four years he has worked a great deal for witness, and be was always an honest quiet man. The prisoners made no defence. His Lordshipsummed up; -and the Jury, witbout retiring from the box, returned a verdict of Guilty Ishmuel Evans, 51, labourer, neither read nor write. charged, for that he, on the 2d dav of November, 1839, as chairman of a certain society, called a Lodge of Chartists, hdd at thc house ot one David Lewis, in the parish of Llaneliy, dirl unlawfully ad- minister certain unlawful oaths, for the purpose of binding Charles Llovd and Owen Williams, to become members of the said Lodge i of Chartists, and for ineiting the members of the said society to arm themselves to resist the laws of this realm, and David Lewis,37, shoemaker, read and write imperfectly, charged for tbat he (lid aid and assist the said Ishmael Evans, as atoresaid., Mr. John Evans, Q.C., and Mr. Charles Powell appeareù for the prosecution, and lUr. Vaughan Williams and Mr. Nicholl for the defence. Mr. Evans opened the case and said the duty of addressing the jury in this case had devolved upon him; this case had ariseu from proceedings connected with the memoraùle insurrection of November last, and the prisoners were indicted under the statute of 37 Geoi-gs- 3, which was enacted against the administration of unlawful oathS, The proseclltion had thus adopted a very lenient course, for if the facts whicb be was instructed he should be aole to lay before tbe jury were fully made out, it would be evident that the prisoners had been guilty of o/rences of a much more serious nature; and though the present inc!ictltJen1 did not in- volve any charge which could endanger their lives, yet it would subjeet them to transportation for seven years. Mr. E then read seetion 1st of 37 Geo, 3, cap. 103, and gave an outline of the facts whieh would be tenrlered in evidence. Charles Lloyd :-Is a miner in the employ of Messrs. Bailey knows the prisoners; Ishmael Evans witness beiieves to ue a patchman Lewis lives at a public-house called King Crispin, and is sOtlJetimes called King Crispin himself; saw the prisuners on Saturday the 2d of November, at the King Crispin witness went there and went into the kitchen; the room was almost full of people the two men were not in that room witness asked a man for the room of tbe Chartist lodge; Ihe man look him into the lodge; saw Evans there; the room was full; Evans was sitting in a chair at the table; at the side of the table; thinks Evans was the only person in a cbair; there was a Bible before Ishmael EV<.ns 011 the table; Ishmae1 Evans desired lhose who were newly come in to stand up; he said if they wanted tu be true Chartists, and 10 keep every think senet to themselves to take up the book; he said" it is God's Word before you, and you must look what you do;" a man then took. up the book and threw it down on the taule; Evans said "Oh, úear! man, do here as you do elsewhere, JOU know how you do before the magistrales three or four, or five of us got up anù kissed the book; Evans then said the time the Chartists were to rise was next Sumlay night, and every- thing was to be kept secret; he said the Chartists were to rise through England and Wales, anù all were to provide arms to de- feml themselves he said they were not to be afraid soldiers were but men like themselves it titey met horsemen, Ine horses would not come without driving; if any men ran away others might run after as fast as them he further said there would he one man over ten, and should uot be without a commander, for John Frost would be commander-in-chief; he said he did not wish to hurt the soldiers, but to kill the sageauts and officers; does not know if Lewis was present when Evans said all tbis, but he was present at part of it can't say if he was present when witness kissed the book; after Ishmael Evans had finished, David Lewis stood opposite Evans by the table and said the time was short, fur all the Chartists in Wales and England were to rise OH Sunday night; every man must prepare himself as well as he could, and pre pare arms; he said "if we win, we win, if not we shall be slaves awl transports for life;" he said they need not Icar, they bad meu in their army that could shoot at a target, and those men would point at the officers, rulers, and sergeants, then the rest of the soldiers wjj) be as much Chartists as themselves it was of no use to try to escape from them, that all must go, rieh and poor If they caught anyone trying to run away, they 1V0u!d make him that he could not run any more he said nothing bllltbe sea could stop them; he called on any persons preseut who could use a gun handy to come forward: a man said, by the devill will take one Lewis said if there were any without guns they might have some III Ills house; and that every man was to take the weapon he could use best; he said tbat be would not tell [helll where they were to go with JIr, Frost, uut on Sunday night they should know; a man asked Lewis if he was sure the Clnrtists in England wpre to rise he replied tbat there would be a signal by the stoppage of the coaches he said tbey should know at the Kinjj; Crispin on Sunday night; witness was in the rOOll1 about three quarters of an hour; Owen Williams wellt with witness to the room, and took tbe book; Lewis WHS present when SOllíe were sworn; there were 30 or IIlGre sworn while he was present: witness left wilh Owen Williams the room was full, and some were heing sworn at the tinie; heard it called a Chartist locl;;e the lodge was going on when they went nut; witness went to his lodgings and started fit three o'clock o,n. Sunday morning for Abergavenny, because he was afraid of Being compelled to "-o with the Chartists on Sunday night. Cross-examined :—lie and Owen Williams did not go as re- cruits wem tÍlere because they were afraid, beeallse of the rumours, and went to the lodge to know if those things were true Owen VViiiiams and myself agreed to go together; witness asked Owen \\ïlli<i:!1S to go thought it was a lodge; went in search of a lodge asked at the King Crispin tor the lodge-room made no objection to kissing the book; (lid it of his own accord witness and Owen Williams kissed the book after each ot her; Own Williams stood next to witness there yvas not any interval be- tween them can't say if David Lewis was then prescnt; was in the room first time three quarters of an hour; was out after for a quarter ot an hour then agreed together tn come back to Iry 10 catch where ,1.hi'y were to go 0:1 Sunday night; was In the room hve or tell mInutes before he kissed the book thinks it was five minutes thinks it was more than Jour; will sware something was said before lie kissed the book they did not say anything Ishmael Evans said if any had newly come in they were to stand up; don't remember anything else said; all the rest was said often; left the Ki, Crispin bdween nine at niuÍlt aud three in the morning thinks it was half-past oine; will not swarp it was not eleven wili sware it was not twdve; he will swear was not there after twe] vc; was examined before magistrates after goin" h0me to supper sat I1p tJlllhree (I clock; then went to Aberç:a- Vfcnny ,wi,h Thomas Hopkins and Owen Williams; supped at th'ee In the morning; went 10 Abergavenny because there were soldiers there; did not know before lie went 10 the lodge that he was to he sworn. Re-examined:—Evans said abont taking care what they did, and about the word of God before witness kissed the book: what he said about the Chartists was before they kissed the book. Owen Williams was called, and corroborated tbe evidence of Lloyd, with the exception Ihat he said tbey did not sup together before going to Abergavenny, and said he did not remember all Lloyd said passed at the lodge. David Griffiths was at the King Crispin between six and seven Dn Sunday evening, the 3d of November; there saw David Lewis; heard him ask" have you anything in your bands 1" he replied "no;" be said" get mandrils, for we are to meet on Twyn- cynordy at six o'clock Daniel Griffiths was there at the time. Daniel Griffiths corroborated this testimony. Mr. Vanglian Williams addressed tbe jury for the prisoners and commented at some length on tbe evidence of Llovd and Williams, contending that they must be considered in tbe light of accomplices, whose evidence could not be received with cor- roboration. He then dwelt npon the fact that no form of words ill tbe general acceptation of aD oath were used, and contended that the long rambling speeches made hy the prisoners after the kissing 0.1' Ihe book, could not be considered to have anything to do with tbe case, Mr. Justice Maule summed DP, and expressed bis opinion stron:1 I that the proceedings at the Lodge," described in tbe evidence, amollllted 10 an administration of an unlawful oath, and sairt that as Lewis was proved 10 form part 0.1' Ihe meeting, being well aware of what was going forward, he stood in the same po- rtion as Ishmael Evans. Verdict—Goilty. Severtll witnesses were called to character, with a view to initiation 0.1' sentence; which was, however, deferred. Waller Meredith, 41, collier, neither read nor write; JVlltÎalll Price, 27, col lier, neither read nor write and William Williams, 34, miner, read Hml writp imperfectly, charged with belllg mem- bers of an unlawful combination and confederHov for seditious purposes, and on tbe ni^ht of Sunday, Ihe 3d of November, 1839, in Ibe parish ,)1' Llangunider, with guns. spears, and other offen- sive wpapon", an(I with threats, pulling John Esmond alld John Symonds respectively in bodily fear, and compelling tbem to join Ibe said unlawful combination and confederacy. Mr. Vaughan Williams and Mr. Charles Powell opened for the prosecution, and Mr. Nicholl for tbe defellce Mr. Willi.tms in stating the case s'linlhal he laboured under a disadvantage from tile dilliculty of oht,ining evidence in conse- quence or the great disinclination amongst the people of the bills 10 CDme forward, arising eiluer from terror or unwillingness he called John Symonds: — A collier, who lived at Raseu, in November last rememher1> Ihe Sundav of tbe riots; he heard a noise hetwren six and seven O'CIDCI., and going out saw many men on the railroad, he saw the prisoners together going in the sallie direction as Ibe others: they spoke to witness; Price slid be must go with them he refused unless he should know where theJ were tuning 10.; thev said he should see where thel were uoing bv tbe morning there were near loa men witb spears, pieces of iron and mandrils Price had a pike; the other pri- soners presented guns and said ther would shool him if he did not come; be refused again unless he should know where; Ihey said then they were going to take Newport, and from (here to \lol1lllonlh; he then wellt with them as far as Moant Rascal, about Italf a mile oft", and ran awav from there the prisoners were behind and caught him, and tore bis coat and struck him severely he did not know Ihe road to Newport, but knew Ihe engine passed Ihat wav 10 Newport; on Tuesday be met Price and Meredilb he asked Price bow he came to be angrv to witness more than any others; they said they were forced to do so; when hefore Ihe jlJstices Meredith begged him not to say that be had a gun he replied Ihat be had not shown any partiality to witness on Sunday, and thFrefore he would not show him anv they said they had been at Newport when witness met them 011 Tuesday, and asked if he had been. Cross-examined It is twenty or twenty-one miles from Raseu to Newport be lodged at Philip Symonds; saw first Price; Price spoke first; be stayed, when he saw witness come Dut, to press Ilim; saw the three nearly together did not go tilllhe g-uns were presented JIeredith and Williams spoke just together; ihere were numbers around who said, "make him come;" he was with Ille molt from six lo half-past ten o'clock, and during that lime had oldy gone half a mile; they kept witness at Llew- ellyn's honse, where there was a lodge; does not know the sign it was a fjllartFr 01 a mile from bis lodgings was therc be should think, an honr and a half; there lVere women there; he should not go out, and the people in the pnblic-house knew that they guarded him till they came to Rhyd Chapel on Ihe bridge tbey lired Iheir gnus; went home from Mount Rascal it was near twelve o'clock when he got bome; had no food wilh him when lie joined th" 11l0h was eating his supper whell Ihe mob came; slaved home that night, bnl about fhe on Monday mDrning he went down tn Victoria staved there at a public-house till the afternoon tltat was about four miles in the Newport direcliDn from Raseu returned 10 his lodgings ahonl eight o'clock did not bear tbat the mob hart heen defeated till he saw the people coming back; did u\U,go further did not go to meet Ibe mob; it was between two <mi three when he saw the first man corne back from Newport he had no spe.,r himself; had nothing in bis band; had a Spear head in his hand on Monday night It was about a foot laug, ann he showed it the constables did not gel it at a smith's shop on the road; did not say so while going 10 lighl his pipe lit a boiler furnace, be saw the lIIan called King Crispin put something in the ashes, and witness found Ihe spear ir. the ashes; it was hid in Ihe garden at his lodgings he asked a constable 10 come 10 look for il they could not find it Philip Symonds had hid iI, and threalened to take witness's life if he gave evidence against lhe prisoners he did not mpet Ann Sy- monds al Criekhowell she never asked witness how he couid swear against people he did not know; she did not speak 10. him of any thing of Ihe kind; never told her hp would hang his father In sale himself; knew prisoners well before; halt drank with them in ihe sallie public bouses had drank willi Williams at blew in .September had heen drinking with Price at Tippins's don't believe there is a sign to tile house; can't fix any date; did notlakedown the dale had worked with him oneday had spoken 10. Meredith near his own bouse has often walked wilil him from and 10 work; was examined before the magistrates spoke ihen 01' the tearing or his coat; don't know if they look it down; when be brouhht dIe spear head did nDI say to his landlady if he had met anv man he wOllid have killed him with it. Mr. Nicholl addressed Ihe jury for the prisoner in a vrry elo- cluenl speech, in which he eommellted very severely on the wit- ness Symonds's leslimonv, and argued from the fact of his having gone on Monday four miles in tbe direction the mob had laken, witbout accounting satisfactorily ror his time, and tbe ftccount he gave of finding llae spear head, thai he most likely was with the riuters from inclination, and now onl.1 sought to screen himself; therefore his testimony ought nol to be relied on ill the 101:11 all. sence or other evidence in ils support (he learned caunsel also contended that no case of conspiracy by combination or otherwise had been made out against tbe prisoners. Ann Svmonds, who was married 10 the last witness's oncle, was then called, and testified 10 having seen, wilen at breakfast on Tuesday morning afler the riots, a pike with him; liei lws- hand took. it from him and hid it in the garden he said he had bought it of a litter up John Svmonds came witb a cunstalJle 011 Satnnlav to look for it il hHd heen given to Rees Phillips, a nonstable, on Tuesday she lemembers asking Symonds how (Ie could swear to peopie he did not know; lie replied that he would hang his father to save himself. Rees Phillips, a constable, deposed to having found the pike in the garden— it was like the spears llseu by the Chartists on Ihe night of the riols. Several witnesses gave the prisoners excp1!rni characters. Mr. Vaughan Williams replied, and laid great stress on Ihe circumstance that though the prisoners seemed to possess the means of derence-Ialellted counsel, an excellenl attorney, and warm friends, thev had nOI p'Dduced anv evidence to show where Ihey were on the Sunday nighl, and contended lhat in the main features Ihe evidence of Ann Symonds substantiated tue lesti- mony of her nephew. Tile jury having retired for about three quarters 0.1' an honr, re- lurned a verdict or Guilty against the three prisoners.-Sentence deferred. John Thomas, -1S, tailor, read and wrile imperfectly, chaiged with being a memher of, alld clerk to, a certain unla" ful com- bination and assembly of armed men, called Chartists, held at the house ol one Llewelyn Davies, in the parish of Llangunnider, for serlitious purposes, on Saturday tbe 2d day of November, 1830. — Mr. augltan Williams conducted the prosecution; hut the evidence nol being conclusive, tbe jury, under the direction of the judge, Itcql/ilted the prisoner. SENTENCES OF THE PRISON ERS.—On Friday, the convicted prisoners having heell placed lhe bar, his Loruship addressing Ishmael tivuns and Ðavid Lewis, said-" You, Ishmael Evans alld David Lewis have heen convict-ed 0/1 Ibe most satisfactory evi- dence, tbe one of ihe offence of administering an unlawful oath to Cbarles Llovd and Owen W illiams, and Ihe olhei of aiding and abetting III the same. This is tbe form wbich the present chargc has, laken, amI you_<^ughl 10 be extremely gratefuI for the lenity wlllch those who hlitre hall tbe management 0.1' the prosecution have shown in adopting Ibat mode 01 proceeding for it appears quite clear from Ihe evidence, that you mighl have been prosecuted for the highest crime known to tile law. The utmost pUlHshmenl to which yau afe liahle under tbe charge on which you have lIeen convicted is very slight indeed when compared IV 111 the ellormity of the crimes which IOU have committed, and which it j. d¡¡¡¡cult forme to find terms sulliciently strong to describe. You were leaders of a hod}' of misguided wretches 1!1 a most treasonable conspiracy, and induced many of them to join III a design of tbe most criminal n¡¡lure, and involving the most exlpnslve schemes or mischief which have been conceived in this country, I am bappy to say, for many years. II is quite clear that thc oath which you administered was an Dath of secresy, admitting these men into lite body of Chartists. It is also plain that on the same night you initiated a great numher 0.1' persons into a combmallOn of no com- mon kind, and the wicked speeches wlllch you addressed to the inf.tualed people whom you had succeeded In collecting together fully explHin Jour designs of open an(1 barefaced treason alld wholesale murder. You desirell them to provlde:1I tnS, and offered to furnish tltem with arms yourselves; yon exhorted tllem to be ready to lake Newport, anil we find by (he evidence in othercises that they did assemble, manv of them wllh loaded guns, which their firing proved (0 have been loaded. And what were they to do with these guns ? W hy, you lold ihetn they were to shoot the officers, and the sel1{ea/JtS: and the rulers; Ihat is 10 warder them. Thai was not only your design, hilt, in fact, yon swore them in to commil murder, 1'0/ in case IOU fwd sIJccfieded 10 your full inten- tiOl1 of taking Newport, no olle 00 rellectinn c¡¡n"clouht bot Ih¡1l the murder of manl innocent men, women, and children, would bave been the inevitahle result. You also. lold them 10 murder the otiicers anG the ureal men; and what did this mean? Why, that all who, hy tlteir own industry, or that of their predecessors, were in possession of property the produce of that industry, were to be killed and plundered; that was the design of thôse who. callN11!temselves Chart Ms. It is well known that many perS0ns in this clJuntry hold opinions that great improvements and aller- alinns mav salelv be made in lhe representation; but it is re- markable that in your addresses we find nothing at all 011 these subjects —they breathe nothing else hut murder alld bloorlshed. You ought 10 cons dt r ourselves ahellors of ihe deaths of those persous wbo have so m;serahl1 lost Ihcir lives on this unhappy occasion, for I cannol conceive anything 11101'1' atrocious l!ia:i your advice to the deluded w etches more ignorant than vourse ves. I do not know what share flf Ihe blame of your cOrHfllct may he attributed to thai, 35 r tiolrlln the calendar that one of yOU can read but imperfectly, and lhe oll:ernol all, Indeed, I his must be mailer or great regret, for the degree of ignorance which could induce yon (0 give, or otllers to take, such advice, must be very gross. The infalllalion must he deplorable which could lead yoj In imagine thaI tbe troops, led by officers as skilful as lliev were hrave, could be heaten ill the manner vou seem (0 10 have antici- pated Was it passihle that you could suppose, even if vou had succeeded to Ihe full extent or your wishes, thalthe lovers of freedom and frienrls of order woùld not have rallied around the institutions of the country? Could you suppose fDr one momi lit that your mischieiou> plans yould have result. d in any thin"- hut terrlhle and general destruction, o. vour own severe & exemplary punishment, if the humanilY of the authorities IVDuld nnt prutect yon trom Ihe just consequences of onr own >llrocitv. The COIIl- passiallate ami earnesl desire of lbe Cnverlllllent to'let oil' all the infatuated wretches who embarked in these proceedings wilh the lightest p- swble punishment, has induced them lair/the expe- riment 01 sparing Ihe lives of the chief leaders of the cnnspiracv and ) for one rejoice Ihat that experiment has been tried, and í hope that no ruture tumult of the kind will render it necessary to recur 10 mare extreme punishments. II appears that JOU Lewis told those men, Ihal II vou lailed II would he a matter oi transporlation only, hut, in this yuu were mistaken, and hy this vou have ruruished those who are opposed 10 the entire abulilion of the punishmenlof deatll wilh the argument, that unless vnu were convinced tint the expedation of Ibeir own lives being sacrificed would have deterred your deluded 10Uowers, vou would not have made use of such expressions. But I feei certain that if such occurrences ÙO 1Ig-ain lake place, it Ivill he imperatively necessary to let the rigour 0.1' Ibe law take lis course tor the actual preser- vation or society. I hope that if there arp any persons present who leel an." inclination to join 111 scenes of the kind, lliey will seriously consider whal I have said; for Ihey must be verv ignorant indeed if thev fancy thaI such lawless alld IreasOllabie undertakings can resull in anything but bloodshed aud destruction. I haveno tiew in addressing to you any lengthened observations, but the object of endeavooring to impress upon the minds of all socli, either present or not, that it is connected with their interest as well as doty to refrain from any temptation to join in any such designs, as they have now been exposed in all their naked de- formity of treason and murder, divested of the least show 01 liberty ■ Treason, and plainly contrary to the law of God and man. You must now be convinced that if yon bad been charged with the heaviest crimes of which you have been guilty, you might have lost your fives and as seven years' transportation, the extreme punishment affixed by law for the offence of which you have been committed, is in your case a light punishment and a great mercy, I shall, therefore, sentence vou to that term." Sentence of seven years' transportation was then passed in the usual form. Walter Meredith, William Price, William Williams, Thomas Kidley, James Godwin, and David Evans, were then told bv his Lordship that he lamented to fiud that men who had, as well as the other two prisoners, borne previous good characters, should have been so infatuated, and hoped that they would altend to the words ne had addressed to the others and when their term of punishment had expired, they ,vo.J!d go home determined to spurn with indignation any person who should endeavour again to seduce them into crime. They were then severally sentenced 10 two years' imprisonment with hard labour, and then to be bound in their own recognizances oC ,)0/. to keep the peace for two years.
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I M P E R I A L P A R H A M E N T. HOUSE OF LOUDS. THURSDAY, MARCH 26.-Nnmerons petitions were presented, praying for an alteration in the Coin-laws. Lord Redesdale gave noiice that he would move, to-mor- row, for an inquiry into the Exchequer records which had been sold. The Marquis of Londonderry having given notice on a for- mer day, that it was his intention lo present a petition against the Irish Municipal Bill, their Lordships met in con- siderable numbers in consequence of such expressed inten- iion but, 011 unrolling the petition, his Lordship found that it had not been agreed on at a public meeting, and was not numerously signed; he therefore said, he would withdraw the notice for this evening, and bring it forward at a future period, previous to the discussion of Ihe bill. (Laughter.)— The Marquis of Lansdoicne complained of the Noble Marquis having made the presentation of the petition an order of the day, when it now appeared that the petition could not be piesented. The petition was withdrawn. Olvhe motion of Lord Mountcashel, a copy of the instruc- tions issued by the Poor. law Commissionel S to the Poor-law Guardians in Ireland, relating to valuators, was otdered, and their Lordships then adjourned. FRIDA Y, MARCH 27.—The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were passed. CORN-LAWS.—Several petitions on the subject of the Coin-laws were presented, which led to some discussion.— Lord Astiburlon said that he believed the present clamour on the subject of the corn-laws was the result of the industry of a sort ot "joint-stock agitation company."—The Duke I oi Richmond expressed his astonishment that it should have been observed by any Noble Lord (adverting to what the Marquis of Westminster had said) that the repeal of those laws would not have the effeet of injuring the agricultural j interest, because it would not reduce the price of corn, Then why all this agitation for their repeal ? If they could persuade Parliament to repeal the protection, their interests would be destroyed. The farmers would not be able to employ half the men, nor to pay them half the wages they now did and what would be its effect in Scotland and Ireland ? CLERGY RESERVES IN CANADA.—The Archbishop of Canterbury cave notice that, on the 10th of April, he should move an address to her Majesty, praying that her Majestv would be pleased not to give her assent to the Clergy Re- serves (Canada) Bill. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN.—LORD SEATON.—The order of the day for taking into consideration her Majesty's Message, having been read, Viscount Melbourne said—-My Lords, I now rise to move that an humble address be pre- sented to her Majesty expressive of your Lordships' appro- bation of the sentiments contained in her Majesty's message, and to assure her Majesty that your Lordships would be happy to concur with her in carrving her wishes into effect. Upon the early life and career of the Noble Lord, who is the subject of the present message, it is not my intention to expatiate, particularly in the presence of so many Noble Lords whom I see around me, who are so much better able to speak upon such subjects than I can possibly be. Suffice it to say, that from his youth he has been a soldier, and a distinguished soldier-that he has held the most confidential situations under the most distinguished commanders, and borne a considerable share in that series of triumphs which have shed snch a lustre upon the British nation, and con- ferred so much glory upon the British arms. ( Hear, hear.) But, my Lords, allow me to call your attention 10 the subject of the present Message. After having been Governor of Upper Canada, the Noble Lord became Commander of her Majesty's Forces in both these Provinces. During the period of that command there broke out that unfortunate insm rection which, for a time, enli. ely unse t tied that conn try, and which he met with the promptitude and decision, and prudence and precaution, which rendered it of very short duration, and speedily restored the tranquillity of that country. (Hear, hear.) This happened under the (Jo- vernment of my Lord Gosport, and when he left Canada Lord Seaton succeeded to the Government of the Provinces. When her Majesty was advised to send out Lord Durham as Governor-General of the Canadas, the Noble Lord in- stantiv accepted, under the new Governor-General, the post he had formerly held as Commander of the Forces in these provinces; not, in my opinion, the least prudent or signal act of his Lordship's life, and evincing at the same time the moderation of his character, and his anxiety to serve her Majesty in any capacity. He put aside all personal feelings, and acted in the most cordial manner with the new Governor-General. (Hear, hear.) I think, my Lords, this was not the least noble trait in his character. (Heal" hear.) He acted in a manner which did honour to the service, in performing the duty required of him without regard to personal considerations, or to circumstances which might by others be considered humiliating. ( Hear, hear.) j When the war broke out again, he acted with the same promptitude and prudence, and the disturbances were soon put down. I say, my Lords, that the prudence and wisdom ot his civil services were eq nally conspicuous and viduabip and such, 1 believe I may say, as to command the universal approbation of the House and the country, and to merit the honours which her Majesty has been advised to bestow upon him. I callnpon yonr Lordships to concur with the other Honse of Parliament to give him the means of supporting that honour. To this application there has been but one exception, and that a most honourable one. The only obstacle was a doubt in the mind of the Noble and Gallant Lord himself, whether the services he had rendered were such as to merit the honours and rewards bestowed on him. That doubt was expressed to the Commander of the Forces, and I heheve that it was the only dotibt expressed in any quarter, but we, my Lords, rather agreed with the general voice of the country, than with the Noble and Gallant Lord himself and therefore, in the confident expectation of your Lordships' assent I move, that an humble Address he piesented to her Majesty, thanking her Majesty for her most gracious message informing the House that her Ma- jesty, having taken into consideration the services of John, Lord Seaton, as Governor-General of Canada, and Com- mander of the Forces in that province, had determined to confer upon him a signal mark of her favour, and to asstue her Majesty that this House will most cheerfully concur in any measure necessary to accomplish that most impoilant purpose."—The Duke of Wellington concurred entuHy in what the Noble Viscount had said of his Noble Friend, and also praised Lord Seaton for his prudence, ability, and devotion to his duty.—The I uke of Richmond concurred with both the Noble Lords in their praise of Lord Seaton, under whom he had served. The Noble Lord, lie said, had as strong a claim on the country as any man ahve. The Addiess was unanimously agreed to. EXCHEQUER PAPERS.—Lord Redesda'e moved the ap- pointment of a Select Committee of inquiry into the subject of certain Exchequer papers and documents" removed from the vaults at Somerset-house to the office at Whitehall- yard; which motion was agreed i o. METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS.—On the motion of the Marquis of Normunby, the House resolved into Committee on the bill for better defining the powers of justices within the metropolitan police districtand, in doing so, he intimated that it was his desire to introduce a clause giving some general protection to the public againstcom- mon informers," the responsibility of carrying the same into effect being undertaken by the police, commissioners. But the nature of (he protection did not transpire, as Lord Wynford, in the committee, moved some amendments which, at the suggestion of the Duke of IVelington, were ordered to be printed; and the further consideration of the bill was thereupon deferred.—Their Lordships then ad- journed till Monday. HOUSli OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25.—There were a great many petitions presented this evening particularly in favour and against the present Corn-laws. IRISH REGISTRATION BILL.—Lord Stanley having moved the second reading of this oil!, Mr. F. French said the bill would cu) tai) the eiective franchise when it ought to be ex- teiMed. It would throw 011 the electors the onus of defend- ing their franchise twice every year, and subject them to heavy costs. The Hon. Member also objected to the in- crease of duties which the bill would throw on the Judges, aud on these accounts he moved that it. be postponed for six mouths.— .1 Jr. Unices seconded the motion. — Mr. F. Shaw supported the bill, and said he was at a loss to under- stand how Hon. Members for Ireland could, consistently with their expressed opinions and the measures introduced by them, oppose the second reading of this bill. — Mr. S. O'Brien said he could not support this bill. He recom- mended the Noble Lo.d tirst to grapple with the English registration, relieve his own constituency, and then to try his hand 011 Ireland.—Lord G. Somerset supported the bill. — Mr. Bellew opposed the bill, contending that it ought to be headed a bill to limit, restrain, and abrogate, as far as may be, the elective franchise, now existing in Ireland. The Tory landlords now refused leases to (hose who regis- tered their votes, and this bill would add to their power and their tyranny,—Mr. Redingtou also opposed it, on the ground that it-would restrict the franchise.—Sir IV. Sower- villc s. itl he would oppose the second reading, because the whole principle of the bill was disfranchisement. It would disfranchise three-fontths of the constituency of Ireland. A debate ensued, which lasted the whole evening, the Tories speaking in favour of the second reading of the bill, and the Liberals opposing it, all of whom it would be useless io enumerate.— Mr. Pigol, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, showed by the example of Middlesex, that the hill would be a source of much vexation.—Sir TV. Follett thought they ought to read the bill a second lime, unless they were pre- paicd to say that the annual revision was bad in principle. At least the returns just laid on the table of the House show that it is very expensive.— Mr. Shell spoke at considerable length, with great force, against the bill.—In conclusion, he observed—whatever may be the object of the Noble Lord, I know what the effects of this bill will be. I know it will harass the voters and limit the constituency. I ask you when Ireland is in her present state cf political tranquillity, wherefore you should cast among us this new firebrand?— (Cheers.) Why attempt to violate the integrity of the Irish Emancipation Act and Reform Act? But we cannot ac. quiesce in it. I tell yon we have become too like yon to submit to injustice—and such part as Englishmen would act if their right were infringed, such part I trust we shall be prepared to take. (Cheers.) — It was then fonnd, and stated by Mr, O (onnell, that the debate could be concluded that night; and after Lord Stanley had made a pathetic appeal to the House to allow the debate to close, as he had left nn. fulfilled, perhaps, his last duty to his parent, had hastened to town, and dare not be absent for above twenty-four hours, the debate was adjourned. THURSDAY, MARCH 26.—A number of petitions for and against the Corn-laws were presented and some notices of motions were given. IRISH REGISTRATION BILLS.—The adjourned debate on this bill was resumed by Mr, Sergeant Curry, who admitted the defectiveness of the present system, but contended that the bill of the Noble Lord would add to the defects, and at the same time, greatly reduce the number of voters, at pre- sent so greatly disproportionate to the population.— Col. Perceval supported the bill, and the O'Connor Don opposed it. — Mr. IVarburlon observed that, before the Noble Lord brought forward this measure, he ought to have demonstra- ted the good effect that had resulted from annual renistra- tion in England. There was a growing opinion in England that the benefits anticipated fiom the system were not re- atised that parties were unnecessarily pllt to a great annllall expense, and that in effect theie w'.s an annual election going on in the counties under the name of an annual re- vision. He objected to the bill, too, that it would materially reduce the number of voters in Ireland, and strengthen the arguments used by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin-that justice was not to be expected by the people of Ireland from that House.—Dr. Stock contended that, while the bit! professed one object, it was a blow aimed at the universal body of the electors of Ireland, in violation of the national faith pledged at the passing of the Reform Bill.—-Sir James Graham observed that the course of the evening's debate had shown how little pretence there was for the adjournment on Ihe previous night. There had been no anxiety to speak, and least of all on the part of Ministers. It was said that ihe object of this bill was to narrow the franchise; that consequence might follow, but the measure would really protect the registry, prevent perjury, and vin- dicate the law. It was only the fictitious votes which the bill would reduce; and unless its opponents WPI e conscious thai the votes they relied on wet e fictitious, they had nothing to tear.—Lord Morpeth said it was natural when a bill was brought forward for the purpose of entirely re-modelling the system of registration in Ireland, that the Government should previously ascertain the sentiments of the great body of the Irish Representatives on the principles and details of the measure. His Lordship then referred to the speeches delivered on the subject, and observed that whether he con- sulted his own dispassionate views as to what was the ten- dency and what would be the probable results of the bill, or whether he referred to the impression generally conveyed to him from vat ions quarters in Irelaud. and which had found such an eloquent and emphatic expression in that House, he must say that he had 110 hesitation whatever in at once de- claring that he was prepared to give his most strenuous op- position to the further progress of the bill. The main pro- vision of it he conceived to be annuat revision and the double appeal; if he might judge from past experience, he would say that the powers given by the uill would be abundantly called into acti n. The Noble Lord then went into a com- parison of the provisions of former bills wil h that now before the House, and concluded by declaring that he should give his vote against the second reading of the measure. — Lord Stanley supported the bill at considerable length. He said that great complaint had been made of the fewness of the ilish electors, iu proportion to the Irish population, as com- pared with the electors and population of England. That tewness arose in no small degree from the unwillingness of the poorer tenants to register. They were distracted between the influence of their landlords on the one hand, and that organised power on the other, which subjected them to de- nunciation in their chapels, expulsion from their society, and danger to their verv lives. It was no wonder, he said, that the unfortunate tenant, harassed between those contiadic- tory fears, did not come up to register and press his claims. It was such causes as those, arising from political agitation, that produced the disproportion between the number of electors in England and Ireland. And now," concluded the Noble Lord. "I leave this bill, brought forward to cor- rect acknowledged abuses-with no parly views-I trust I have not treated it so—I leave it in the hands ot the House, with perfect indifference, so far as I am personally inte- rested but with feelings of the deepest anxiety for what I believe will be of the greatest benefit to Ireland and the empire-and with the fullest conviction that no case has been made out against the second readingofthis bill."—Ur. O Counell next spoke, declaring that the allegation of de- nunciations ill chapel was an unjustifiable calumny. The Hon. Member then went at length into an examination of the principtesou which the Noble Lord (Stanley) had con- structed the Iiisli Reform Bill, and condemned that Noble Lord as hostile and unjust to Ireland. [The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was here betrayed intosoine remarksper- sona) to Lord Stanley, which were immediately repressed by Members Oil both sides of the House.] Mr. O'ConucU then entered into long statistical details of the comparative popu- lation of English and Irish counties and cities, and the pro- portions of electors in the two countries. If out of the comparatively small constituencies of Ireland, lage numbers were now to be cut off as fictitious, to what, he asked, would these constituencies be reduced ? He objected to this bill on principle, because it contained no provision for enlarging the franchise, and because it disfranchised all Ireland at once*! The most objectionable of all its clauses was that of the annnat revision the measure would be met with high in- dignation by the Irish people, and he implored the House to oppose it. The Noble Lord (Stanley) was dissatisfied with the county registration, but they had done every thing for the counties of England and Scotland, which they had withheld from Ireland. It was in vain that he implored the House to do justice to Ireland; the people of Ireland were wet nith scorn and insult. They were proving not- withstanding that they were the highest people on the earth —they were rising in morality-they had given up improper practices and adopted temperance; despise them, insult them or not, observed the Hon. Member, he believed them to be the equals ofEnghshmen in a political view, and superior in morality.—The House then divided, the numbers being for the second reading, 250; against it, 234; majority 16. This result was received with loud cheers from the Opposi- tion s^de of the House, and the bill was read a second time. [It is to be regretted that there were 52 Liberals absent on this division.] Col. Sibthorp rose and said :—" I do hone, Sir, that after this night's division, the Noble Lord (John Russell) will humbug the country 110 longer." (Lang/tier from both sides.)—Adj. FRIDAY, MARCH 27.—A great number of petitions were presented for and against the Corn-laws and on other subjects. MUNICIPAL HEFORM.-M, Hodgson Hinde moved for and obtained the appointment of a seleet committee to inquire into the operation of a Municipal Reform Act on the privileges and private property of the freemen of cities and boro'iglts in England and Wates and how far it might be amended in this respect without interfering with the general efficiency of the measure. KING OF HANOVER'S PENSION.— Mr. Hume then moved for leave to introduce a Bill, the object of which was to suspend the payment of the Duke of Cumberland's annuity whilst he should continue King of Hanover. He reminded the House that he had made a similar motion in 1838, but without success. Since that motion the King of Hanover had had time to reflect, and it was to be wished that he had followed the example of the King of Belgium, who, since his accession, had declined to receive a shilling. Indeed, he thought Ministers ought to compel him to do so. The Stat. 18 George III. c. 31, which gave G0,000i. to the then King. a.s a provision for his younger sons, reciied that those Princes had 110 other income. If it had been anticipated that one of them would become King of Hanover, that grant would not have been voted or at least it would have been left liable to be superseded, with liberty to him to resume it in the not improbable event of his being obliged to return to this country. The 21,0002. allowed to him might be enough to pay the loan which the Chancellor of the Exchequer would, in all probability, have to borrow, to cativ 011 the business of the country. When he saw the Mother of the Queen obliged to rent a house, while the King of Hanover held one-half of St. James's Palace, which he locked up, keeping the key, he must say that it was such an extra- ordinary circumstance, that he did not see what ihe Go- vernment were about to allow it. It was their business to see that the public property was taken ca e of, and he did not see why they did not interfere is such a case. He un- derstood that the Government was about to resume 400 or 500 acres of land at Kew, which the King of Hanover, for- merly possessed. If they had the power to do this, why not also withdraw his pension? He would put another case. Suppose the King of Hanover, as a Member of the German Contedei acv, declared war against England, should we en- able him to carry on that warfare by our means? Again, suppose he succeeded to the Throne at" England, would not such a change, allowing him a larger means of support, annul his present pension ? He held, 011 sound principle and in point of economy, that his pension should no longer be granted, it having been at first, given as "an honourable means of support," and the reason of it now failing in con- sequence of the King of Hanover being an independent Sovereign. The Hon. Member concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the Pension paid to ihe King of Hanover. Lord John Russell observed, the annuity was granted to the Duke of Cumberland for life, and for life it became the properly of the King of Hanover. He might have charged il with debt, or otherwise have disposed of it. With respect to the question whether, on becoming King of Hanover, the Duke of Cumberland ought to have surrendered the whole or a part of the income derived from this country, different opinions might be entertained, but it was not a subject for Parliament. With regard to the question whether her Majesty should resume the occupation of the apartments in St. James's Palace, that was a point for the consideration of her Majesty. If her Majesty had seen fit to provide a p-ivate residence for her August Mother, the expense of that establishment would be defrayed by her Majesty her- self, and not by the public. There were many demands (continued the Noble Lord) upon the Piivy Plllse-many in which her Majestv had no personal interest, but it became her to continue what had been done. Thus the Queen had taken upon herself the debts of his late Royal Highness the Duke ot Kent, and various other expenses, for which there was 1:0 legal claim upon her Majesty. If besides those heavy expenses her Majesty should be disposed to contribute to- wards the expenses of a private residence for the Duchess of Kent, the public would not be called upon to bear any part of the chaige. He would make no observation ou what might have been the conduct of other pelsons with respect to these apartments in St. James's Patace but with regard to her Majesty, her Majesty's advisers could not give any other advice to their Sovereign than that it would not be proper to interfere with the noble and generous conduct towards all the Members of the Royal Family that had hitherto been pursued. Colonel Perceval was distinctly authorised to state, that no application had been made for the apartments in St, James's Palace. He understood that the Duchess of Kent had ob- jected to those apartments, as being in every respect incon- venient and ill-adapted for the accommodation of her Royal Highness. The King of Hanover derived no profit fiom the land at Kew, the rents of which were paid to the office of Woods and Forests. Of the 21,0001. not a shilling was taken out of this country. The money was applied to the dischai ge of his just debts, with the interest that had accrued on them, and to a provision for those who had been in the service of the Duke of Cumberland when resident here. 23 in number, and whom he did not tliink it consistent with his honour to throw upon the world Nhpn he quitted this country. Under the existing Acts he had the same right to this income which any gentleman lud to his estate. L01 d John Russell said it was new to him that the apart- ments of the King of Hanover in St. James's Pal,ice had been declined by the Duchess of Kenl, as inconvenie t, and that that circumstance was known to lii- Majesty Mintsteis. This was a statement altogether new to him. Colonel Perceval slated this 011 the authority of Sir Fre- derick Watson, the gentleman who nonaged the affairs of the Kiiiii of Hanover io this couutrv. Mr. Warburton, in reply to the observations of the Hon. and Gallant Colonel (Peiceval), that the King of Hanover had a right to his income under the existing Acts, said this would be true no longer than while the Acts lasted, and the object of the present motion was to reieal them. It never was in contemplation that the income siven to the Duke of Cumberland should be continued to a Foreign Potentate. It was given to a Prince of the Blood Roval of the English race. The case, lie observed, stood upon a sense of pro- priety both 011 the part of the Duke of Cumberland and of the House. The Marquis of Camden lud given up l'ie large income lo which he was entitled as Tidier of the Exchequer Solely 011 account ol the di-tresses of the country, and surely it would only be becoming in the King of Hanover to relin- quish his claims. After some further debate and a reply from Mr. llume, du,: House divided when the numbers were—fot the motion, ti3; against it, 70; majority 13. TURKEY AND EGYPT.—Mr. Hume moved an address to her Majesty, for such parts of the coriespondence between Lord Ponsonby. the British Minister at Constantinople, and Lord Viscount Palmersion, her Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs, as lelate to the negotiations in the years 1839 and 18-10, between the Sultan of th Sublime Porte and Mehemet Ali, for the hereditary possession of Egypt and other provinces claimed by Mehemet Ali, and for the settle- ment of peace between him and the Sultan and for the delivery by Mehemet Ali of the Turkish fleet 10 the Sultan." -Lord Palmerstou said, that as negotiations were still pen- ding, lie could not, without obvious inconvenience to the public service, consent to the production of the required papers.—The motion was withdrawn. On the motion of Col. Wood, a copy of the circular let- ters issued by the* Poor-law Commissioners, relative :0 the latingof the inhabitants of parishes in respect of stock in trade, was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a quarter past twelve.
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SINKING OF THE TYR,I.—On Thursday morning, Mr. Lewis, Coroner for Essex, and the Jury 1 e-a-semblea at the Theobald's Arms Tavern, Gravs, to inquire farther touching the deaths of W. H. Sheen, passenger, and J. Smith, R. Mason, and U. P. Walker, drowned on the 12th of February by the sinking of the Tyrian, which was 11111 down by the Manchester steamer. The evidence went to shew that the steam from the Manchester, as she approached the ill-lated vessel, burst out, and immediately after dashed against her, from which it was clear that those 011 board the Manchester must have discovered the danger, and stopped the engine, or the vessel must have gone over the Tyrian, and every person on board must have perished. The Cap- tain was heard to call Starboard, starboard—harder star- board!" and directly afterwards, "Stop her." The wit- nesses on behalf of the Captain testified to his anxiety to prevent the collision, and his distress at the accident, whilst others gave their opinion that the catastrophe originated from nothing but carelessness. The Coroner summed up, and read over the whole of the evidence, commenting 011 it as he proceeded, and said it was for the jury to decide whether the deaths of those persons who lost their lives by this unfortunate occurrence arose from the chain of the tiller getting foul, all accident, which it appealed might have hap- pened, or whether it arose from any negligence of the Cap- tain, who had charge of the vessel. If they were of opinion there was any gross negligence, they might return a verdict of Manslaughter but if otherwise they should believe it was the result of accident, they could return a verdict of Acci- dental Death. In either case the Jury had the power to couple their verdict with a deod.tnd. He would leave the case in the hands of the Jury, confident they would return such ave, dicl as would satisfy the ends of jllslice. The Jury then retired, and after an absence of two hours re- turned with the following verdict We find a verdict of Manslaughter against Captain Joseph Polwart, the master of the Manchester steam ship, and a deodand of soot. in each case."—The witnesses were then bound ovei to appear at the next Assizes, and a warrant was issued for the appre- hension of Captain Polwart. He was in the village early in the morning, but was compelled to go home in consequence of ill health. He has suffered very severely since the accident. The high repute which F. and T. Taylor's Concentrated Meat Lozenges have acquired in the opinion of the faculty has caused a most unprecedented sale, and when we consider how es • senlial they are in Families where prompt nutriment is the object we recommend them without lie silation, more especially to those who may have been preinaturelv deprived of their masiicalorv power, as well as to those who have passed the meridian of life in fact, they are invaluable to the invalid, whose digestive organs cannot bear the tardy progress of animal nutriment in the usual course of nature. None are Genuine but (hose bearing the signa- ture of E. and T. Taylor (on the small portable box which con- tains them), of 17, Loiver Holborn, London, which may be ob- tained in every principallolVlI throughout Ihe kingdom. PHYSICAL ATTRACTION.—Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of the power of attraction combined with his astronomical re- searches has immortalized his name. There are numerous at- tractions in li(e-Fasliioriable attractions, Musical attractions, Dramatic attractions, bnl none so important as Physical attrac- tions, and judging from the immense sale of the celehraled articles prepared by Mr. Wray, or IlollJOrn-bill, his name must be pecu- liarly attractive— particularly to those labouring under disease; the celebrated Balsamic Pills and Alterative-Tonic Powders pre- pared by him—no medicine in Europe can compete with. It is in lac the Ne plus ultra" of the Therapeutic Art. INTERESTING TO LADIEs.-The more delicate the beauty of a female, theinore susceptible is it lothe efl'ects of our rigid win- ters. The fine skin of lovely women is not calculated to withstand exposure to their own climate, without the assistance of some soothing application to allay the smarting irritability pro- duced by the action of a wintry atmosphere. No discovery has effected this purpose except (ROWLAND'S KALVOOR, the abdi- cation ot which not only removes the tenderness of the skin pro- duced by cold, but all cutaneous eruptions. In addition lo these advantages, by imparting a pliancv to the surface, which is de- lightful and luxurious to the sensation, it decidedly prevents Ihe skin from being susceptible lo the attacks of bleak biting winds. —See Advertisement. AN ITCHING PALM.—On meeting the other day in Hyde Park, Lord George B —— and Mr. L 1 got into conversation, when the former remarked that lie was very ill-" very ill indeed Mr. L-I appeared astonished, and declared that he saw no in- dication of malady, and that tie was not aware that his Lordship was subject to Gout, Rheumatism, >crofula, Glandular Com- plaints, Paralysis, or had a wound, or, indeed, any external dis- order. If you had any of these," continued Mr. L-I, "I could recommend you a decided means of cure in lfollovay s Ointment,' and its auxiliary, Holloway's External Disease Pill. "I know their virtues,' rejoined his Lordship; "ex- traordinary—extraordinary !-but my complaint is past even the efficacy of that celebrated Ointment and Pill, for I have an itching palm! I want gold, L 1 go!d! g,dd, —— J SI) MM A RY of OBSKRVA TTOSS on lite Wind,$c., at Swansea, by J. TV. G. GUTCH, Esq.,for the years 1836-7-8-$9. No. 1.—'Number of Observations in which the j No. 2.—Number of Observations in which itrained J No. 3.—Mean height of Barometer Wind blew. when the Wind blew from. | when the Wind blew trom. Total T0tal Totai I Mean of 1836. 1S37. 1838. 1839. Numberof Points. 1836. 1837. 183 •. 1S39. Number of I'oiuts. Number of j Points. four Observations. j Observations. Observations \ears^ 139 51 179 88 457 N. | 58 13 G9 31 174 N. 457 N. 2989 08 39 135 30 272 S. 9 35 10 90 111 S.W. 2(32 S.E. 2957 20 80 62 100 262 S.E. j 11 38 34 42 125 S.E. 249 S.W. 2967 11 05 17 153 249 S.W. 31 16 56 13 l!ti S. 18!) N.E. 2965 17 (i0 27 85 189 N.E. 1 16 35 32 14 97 W. 15S N.W. 2978 53 76 17 31 177 N. N.W. 18 16 28 13 75 S.S.W. 156 E. I 2085 23 66 58 29 176 W. 22 21 10 9 62 N.N.W. 146 N.N.E. 2989 27 79 17 35 158 N.W. 14 28 7 11 00 N.W. 116 S. 2983 14 63 59 20 156 E. 9 9 10 25 53 N.E 109 S.S.W. 2969 56 25 51 14 116 N.N.E. 23 7 18 48 N.N.E. 97 W. 2973 24 26 38 21 109 S.S.W. 8 11 10 6 35 S.S.E. 87 S.S.E. 2979 18 23 31 15 87 S.S.E. 4 23 1 7 35 W.SAV. 44 W.S.W. 2927 2 29 5 8 44 E S.E. I 7 10 11 I 5 33 E. 44 E.S.E. 2972 3 31 1 9 44 W.S.W.: 4 9 2 15 W.N.W. 30 W.N.W. 2981 2 17 1 11 31 N WW. 1 8 1 1 11 I E.S.E. 8 E.N.E. 2988 4 20 5 1 30 E.N.E. 2 5 1 8 E.N.E. S.E. bv E. 3004 W.by X. 2910 E. bv N. 3015 Wr. by S. 3018 E S. by E. 3011 II N. byE. 3030 1st lable.— t lie tirst tatite is arranged to shew that during the four years observed, the N. vvas the prevailing wind, next the S., and so on in the proportion of the numbers marked in the column of totals. 2d Table.-The first shewed that the wind from the W. S. W. occurred 44 times this table shews that it was accompanied with rain 35 times out of the 44, and so of the others. 3d Table, like the others, is arranged with the highest numbers at the top, shewing the winds accompanied by the greatest and least atmospheric pressure.
-f BANKRUPTS from Friday's…
-f BANKRUPTS from Friday's Gazette. To Surrender in Basingkall-street. THOMAS COKE JOHNS, punier, Red Lion court, Fleet-street, AprilS, May 8. Att. Hutchison, CIOV\I> cenrt, Threarineerile street. ø. JOHN MOULDER, victualler, High slieet, Vauxliall, April 3, May All. Harpur, Kfiinin^ion cross, d SILAS BARNARD HUTCHINS, victnallfr, IVest street, Walworth ro* April 7, Mav 8. Atis. Marso). anrt Co., Church row, Newingtol'' bmis, LonOon. THOMAS ARNISON, onil.ler, Little Tuttou street, Westminster, April 1' \L,} S, Art. Pope, Gray's Inn senate. JOHN FIELD, bnilder, Bennett street, St. James's street, Westminglefl Apnl 7. May 8. All. Pike, Old Bin tin^ton street JOHN GREEN, oilman, KniKhtsl,ri<1»c terrace, Hyde park, April 3, "JAY S, Air. Milter. Sack\ille-slreet. WILLIAM INGI.IS, leather factor, Well street, East Sinithfield, At <y 8. Alls. Lovvless and Co., Hatton court, Threartueerile stre^ London. To Surrender in the Country. WILLIAM PURCHASE OWEN, wine merchant, Exeter, April 13 MJF S. at the Clarence Hoiel, Exeter. Alt. Turner, Exeler, JOHN ALEXANDER GRIFFIN, merchant, Liverpool, April 15 at the Clirenrtnn r<>i>ins, Liveipool. Alls Hoklen and Clarke Liver pool, or ay lor and Co., Be'Uoid ro« London. ROBERT MELLOWS, grocer, Suxkport, Apnl 16, May S, at the COL* M.issioners' rooms Ma,ichesler. Art,. and Back, Chance lane, J.onuon, or Lingaid and Co., Slockpoit. JOHN I AVLOR, miller, VVillowhnlin, Cumbeiland, April 10 May 8. tile Biisli lull, Carlisle. Alts. Momisey and Gray, Staple'Inn, Jjd* fioii, or Mounsey, Carlisle, JOHN BAKER SYMES and FRANCIS BLAXCHARD, tailor,, Reinta*- VV n «' Sotner^tsln.e, A»"H 11, ,\101) at ihe Somerset HoteL Ve Is. Atts. Adlinglon and Co., Bedlord row, London, 01 Wl.islonoory. 9 JOSEPH MASSEY, worsted spinner, Hahergham Eaves, Lancashire April lo. May 8 at the Bull Inn, ISiuniev. Alts. Scott and BenDe^ Lincoln s Iiiri-helds, London, or Shaw and Anii.-lale, Burnley. J-,I.WARD I)* t. R, linen-manufacturer, Batnsley, Yorkshire, April May S, at the Town hall, Shelliehl. Alts. Hocotk and Wilkin oaf*. lholo" ew close, London, or Alence, Harnstey. T"hS^VESTu> '«,al ",erch' Wem, .Shropshire. April in, May* rft ihe Shoe Hall, Shrewsbury. Alts. I'ownall and Cross, Staple In* Loivlon, <>r Walm^lry, Wem. K WILLIAM BEASTALL, draper, Nottingham, Aoril 14, May 8, at tM Georsse ihe founh Ino, N\,uinKha.n. Alts. Johnson and Co., Tempi" London, or Cowley, Nottingham. JOHN ROBIN* VIVIASR, dealer, East Stonehonse, Devonshire, April «t :M.r> b at the Royal Hotel, Plvinonth. Atts. Poole and Gainle"" Ura) s Ir.1} square, London, or Baron, Plymouth.
COPPER OJ?E
COPPER OJ?E Sold at TL'.RT:O, March 26, 1&10. VI INKS. 21 CWT. mtCl.ASKKS. PRICK. no to n1! Nevill, Dn.ce, & Co. £ 4 13 M"l('s Ro>al Co. and Vivian Sc Sons 4 15 { !>' 10 lot U ittiains, Foster, and Co. K t •• !>!> Ditto 7 ,1 « Duto 87 i)ltto p ij1110. 82 Ditto •• n » Ditto 81 Vivian and Sons k o t I>i'to ;8 ()jllo nil D1110 77 1 t Ditto 73 Drito 7 I Dmo 71 English Copper Co. 4 a I Ditto 65 Freeman and Co. 7 c I j)i(to {jo English Copper Co. •• 4 2^ •• •• 11 Mines Royal Co ]] 8 19 J Hallriibeagle 77 Vivian aurl Sons 4 o 0 7G Ditto I £ o Uto •• 6tf Dilio, Williams, Foster, anrt Co., anrt ry. innrn, Bdllen, James, & Co. 3 0 TV, 0 "• • • 57 Vit»urs, Bauen, James, and Co.. 3 18 O"to 5t> Ditto i 7 I JJuto 35 Vivian and Sons a a I <>0 33 Ditto "til United Mines 101 Freeman and Co. g KJ t Udto 93 Sims. Willjams, Nevill, Drnce," & Co. 4 12 t U|l'o 92 P. Gremell and Soils, and Sims, Wil- ly lyams, Nevill, Drnce, & Co. g g t "O .78 Freeman and Co., and Sims, Wil- T.o.u I, lyams, Nevill, Drtue, and Co. 7 15 lrethe||an 102 P. Gienlell a.ill Sons 3 .] "!««> •• 04 Dim, f' 6- WhT •* '• m Dl,tl> •• •• •• •• 5 2 « Dili "en Sims, Willyams, Nevill, Druce, & C'o. 37" n 0 •• •• 54 Dillo 1 in f ",i,o •• « onto .7 ;• •• ? « nJ[)° •• 31 Vivian and So»9 « ( 0 •• 28 Mines Royal Co., and Vignrs, Batten, !->• James,anrt Co. 7 0 6 r" 20 Mines Royal Co I « n.m n!5 94 IWr, and Co. 5 [7 6 Ditto' ?? 511" vv'">a,,ls. Nevill, Druce, & Co. 5 S rji 0 •• •• 74 Ditto r, 1 0 Tres rvean lau P. <enfell and Sons fj, (t lo Dj„0 •• 4 13 Godolphin 78 Freeman and Co 6 Wh'perVan kt p"8'1 C"PPer Co-a1"1 V'ivian & Sons 3 17 vvn. lenan 67 P. Urentell and Sons 4 q 6 "• 49 V>viiii and Sons, and P. Grenfell and Sons A tirP"!? "> I4 Vivi!ln anfl Sons 9 3 f» VVIi. Prudence.. 61) P. Grenlell and Sons t ,« 4 G. St George.. 57 Freeman and Co .1 tf VY li. Unity 22 Eoiiluh Copper Co. D ID # Ditto 12 Williams, Foster, and Co. Tregollinan Cons. i-urs, Batten, James, and Co. 7 u 6 Total 3.'J/1 Average Produce, <$-—Quantity of tine Copper, 2."8 tons 18 rut 0 or Amount ot Sale, .1:11,\10: ts. 0(1.-Average Standard, £113 15s. High Water in Sivansea Harffonr and at the Passages, FOR Tin: ENSUING 1VEKK. Days- _S_^ANSJV Hvr.BOUR. THE PASSAOHSJ Morn. Even, ■fleiyfits."Morn. Even, j H. M. H. M.| p 1 H v „ I Saturday, April 4 7 0 7 H U V 8 20 8 £ f Siniday 5 73, 7 51 „ „ J „ £ 8 33 } Tuesday « '2 S 21 2 ;i 9 32 » 54 | u" '• b 5:> 9 ""I 18 (i !i 10 10 10 40 Wednesday, 8 9 45, 10 III 15 2:>IJ 5 || i4 Miiiraday 9 10 4* .1 ir, 13 0 H 12 8 12 45 f Frl,U> 10 12 .) 12 56 12 1 I) 1 90 2 16 AIOON'S AGE.—Fust Quarter, 9th day, till. 7m. morn. L
IBarjuts. *
IBarjuts. MARK-LANE, LONDON, Monday, March 30 —This morning the show of samples by land carriage has been shod. and in the early part of the morning our millers seemed disposed to buy more freely at a slight advance upon this day week for the best qtudilies; towards the close of the day, however, the trade became sluggish, and some quantity being still left unsold, Ihe prices of this day week olllyars supported. Iu tile foreign trade there is a very slow sate at last week's prices.—Malting barley fo; very fine parcels is in good demand, at <t slight improvement in value but secondary qualities move of slowly at forme, quotations. New beans of,chic!, there has been a fat, supply, are taken off on much about the same terms as last week V "7 pea* support last week's p. tees and maple, and grey are the turn dearer.—The arrival of oats has not been particularly large, but the trade, notwithstanding has been rather languid, ami there is scarcely any variation in the value of good fresh corn from the quotations of this day week No altera- tiOft in other articles. PRICE OF G R A I N. Pe I- Imperial Quarter. S. 8. MM Wheat, Kett 51 to 71 Maple *K//»Ii Fine 56 68 White. 35 3S 74 79 Boilers,, 4:1 )J •• •• 50 62 Small Ben>i9 40 £ lne 60 70 Old 4g Superfine 74 76 Ticks SO Harrow ..30 41 35 40 Feed Oats 0 P"rley 27 29 Fine > .A. Du o, line mailing 38 44 Poland "i± o1 »».aU S3 W Fine E,ep 68 Potato 27 29 H°g[W Vfnt?R 38 Fme £ 1 I'OliH, per Sack of280/6. 50a- lo (;2s. Seconds 53<-(o55<. B ^VGRAr'E PRICE OF CORN, per q7. ho. Ihe Week ending March 21, 1840, and by which importation is regulated. s. d. I ». <Z. » d i Vlie.it .67 0 Oats ■>j 0 I Beans 40 3 y I' 38 9 Rye •* •• 37 3 Pease.40 2 PRICK OF SnHDS. II. s, s, t s urnip, Swedes, per l>u»h. — to — (Clover, Red, per cwt M S'Trj,8 1S| Flemish.ja g„ Mustard, row.. 21 22 New Hamburg 7-2 7* V'l,te 12 14 French ;o 71? Canary per quartet 75 83!Trefoil 30 42 Caraway 50 vi Tares. New 60s. Old :1 Coriander 12 11 PRICE OF MR AT.—SMITHFIEUI, March 30. There continues a scarcity in the number of beasts, and there beiu q no want oj buyers, the trade is again so bns:. that everything of qua' lihj has been sold early at high figures, the terms in some cases extmd- illg to 4L 10d—Of sheep, although the supply is very moderate, there are enough for the demand, but choice descriptions are not lower, a prime Down realising 'ts. 2d.-I.amb,f, for ihe. very nice sorts, may be quoted at 7s., ami for other kin,Is downwards 10 (k id — The value oj calves is about the same as on Friday, viz. from -1s, to 5s. 8d.—Iti pigs also we see no alteration. To sink the offal—per Slbfe. Beef 3s. Sd. lo 4s. lOd. Veal 4, Od to 5s 8 Million 3s. 6d. to 5s. 2d. [Pork. 3,. 8d! lo 5s! 0 1* (is. 4,1. to 7s. Od. Head of Cattle this day. Beasts, 2,481; Sheep, 21,870 Calves, 74; I'igs, 450. I Head oi Cattle on Friday. Beasts, 421 Sheep, 2,<)l(); Calves, 130; Pigs,590. NEWGATE and LKA DEN M LI..—By the Carcase. Beef. :u. Od. to -Is. Od. Veal. 3s. Sd, to 5s. 4d. Minion 3,. Od. to 4s. 2:1. Pork. 3s. 4d. to 4s. 8d Os. Od. to 0s. Od. PRICE OF TALLOW AND SOAP, per ClVt. S. d. tI, d. 6, d. rown Tal/ow.. 52 0 "1 ff 4,9 0 I Cnifl diito 70 (t Yellow Russia.. 4!) G Ditto Ilongh 20 1)1 Palm — it Ditto Sorp 54 « Yellow Snap — 0 Greaves" 14 0 While clitia. 0 JM oil led ditto.. ti2 0j Dregs 5 0 PRICE OF IRON. £ ~~s. d, :E. s. d. British Bars, Staffordshire 0 0 (I to 9 15 0 Welsh 0 0 0 to 8 15 11 Pigs, Staffordshire 0 O to a 10 0 Welsh II 0 0 to 0 0 0 BRISTOL PRICE CURRENT.—March 27. Our market has been rery dull (his week, and the few sales effected since our last hare been at a reduction of from li. to li. 6d. per cwt. iu the rales obtainable last week. SLUAR. 8. S. COFFEE. it per GI /ofj'2 i Fine djti.i iZUtollIf Dry Brown (ill 61 Very line 112 150 -Middling tij (iti r.m. 8. rI. 8, d. Good middlings Gi (i8 I Jamaica fpe.rua!.) 5 0 6 0 Good an,1 fine.. 01) 71. Leeward Isle 3 3 4 0 Molasses 33 35, LOGWOOD. y s. il. s. Jamaica (per ton.) 9 0 10 0 COPKI.K. St. Domingo .12 0 13 <» Jamaica, triage (per cwt.) 80 90 Campeachy |-l o 15 0 Ordinary !)2 100 Fustic, Jamaica .8 0 -9 0 Good ditto 102 100: Cuba ,12013 0 Finp rlillo 108 112 on,. Middling Its 120 Gallipoli (per tun) 55 0 50 0 Good rlitto 130 1!I Sicily 52 0 53 0 Average I'rire of Brown Muscovado Sn^ar, for tae week ending 11arch 31, 39a, :Jld, per C\\I, PRICE OF LEATHER. lb. lb. d. d. lb. lb. d. d. Crop Hides 30/,>35.. 11 fol^ German Horse Hides ..13/olf> Ditto ditto 40 48..13 14 Horse Butts <1 11 Dillo ditto 50 lit)..15 It! Call'Skin-. BestP. 5i3 64..SO 28 Foreign Hides 30 35..12 t. Ditto (common).. 65 70..25 27 M.riiltinss •••• ..12 13 Ditto ditto SO 100..20 21 Bulls, Foolish It! 20..14 15 Ditto ditto 100 120..18 20 Ditto ditto 24 It, Ditto ditto 30 15 Ditto ditto 24 30..16 17 [risn Skins .13 13 Ditto ditto (extra) 34 3!17 19 Welsh Skins 31 40..14 16 i g., 16 20..I I 15 Ditto ditto 40 45.. 14 17 Ditto ditto 22 25..11.1 15^ Ditto ditto 15 56..IS 21 Ditto ditto 28 30..15 16 Ditto ditto 27 35.. 12 13 Ditto ditto (extra)3l 36.. 16 17 Kips, English and Welsh >5 17 B. Saddlers' Hides 37 40.. 11^ 15.] Dillo, Petersburg 6 8.. 17 19 Common ditto 35 40.. 13 14.j Ditto ditto 9 10.. 14 17 Shaved Hides 18 22..13 10 I Ditto, East India ..16 19 .shoe ditto 20 23..11.} 12 £ I Seal Skins, Small ..17 IS Commnnditto.. 27 34..II 13 Ditto, Middling ..14 16 Welsh Hides .11.} I2.J Basil* .M)t Bull dillo .Ill tl Shoulders, English ¡¡ 11 Kn^lish Horse Hides ..):()<) Ditto, Fotei^n 8 It Welsh ditt0 .11 IS Beliies. English ..71J Spanish ditto .12 15 Ditto, Foreign 6J S Do without Butts,12s. to Iris. 6d. ea. Printed and Published by WILLIAM COURTENAY MURRAY AND DAVID REES, At No. 5s. W I ND-STH F.ET. SWANSEA. SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1840.