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      CGmtimted from our Second poye-J ttanmadvaaoe of tfee rest ] he was anned vitha cub , sad vent up to the fates wh ei go into the Westgate ysad as if to go in . They wrre fastened from die inside . The man who vent to tha gates retained to tie tody of peoplf , and they then Mited ia front of tha Westgate . The next thing that the witness observed tu that the man fired a gun into the long room where the military were ; this room is nearest to witness ' s house . Bid not see any other of the persons do anything at that window . Heard sereral fans fired . Saw tke windows of the room opes , aad then he went into his house and shut the door . Saw no firing froni the soldier * . William Adams , examined by Mr . Sereeant Talf ( Tft > Hj&m * Lsd fmnmm m >* Caaam ^ tVUtf . )

      " fourd—I am park-keeper to Sir Charles Morgan , of Tredegar-park . The lodge-gate of Mb seat is on the tarnpike-road leading fr&m Newport to Cardiff . I know the person of John Frost , the prisoner . I remember standing . fey the loose on the side tf the turnpike-road on " Monday , the fourth of November , near ten o ' clock in the morning . The lodge gate is about two miles and threequarters from the , town « f Newport . I saw from 200 to 300 people coming from Newport in the direetiOQ of Cardiff ; they were running and walking . I spoke to several , but they passed by me . I got no answer . A person eame up to me whom I snow to be Frost . B . e had a handkerchief in hia left hand which he held up to his face as if he were crying He was walking at & strong pace , but rat mnninir .

      I » sked hint " What is the matter at Newport , that the people ire all running away from it ! " He took his handkerchief from ^ his face . I then knew him to be Frost . Remade me some answer , but I did cot understand what it was . He passed on towards CardHL-at the same pace I observed him coming towards me . I was on horseback at the time . I toned my Jttrse to look after him . He kept the To » 4-fer » boai 290 yards ; he then went in at a gate-- JffX **™ ! to ' some copse-wood round Tredegar rark wafl .. There is no public thoronghfare or path there . The gate ifl a hunting avenue leadin * to a narrow strip of break « eopae—* kind « f belt of wood surrounding the parfewaiL There Ilost sighv of th » prisoner . I am quite sura it was —frost .

      &r T . Philli ps , wko appeared with his arm in a * lrag , examined by the Attorney-General- ^ n the * th of November last Ivna mayor of the borough of Newpor t , having 1 > een so from the 9 th of NoTember preceding .- In the course of Sunday , the 3 rd of November , I received intelligence which induced me totakestepsto preserve the public peace . I gave crder / to the superintendent of police to have a numoer of Bpecial constables in attendance on that day . The intelligence I received was , that there was & moTemeni in the hill district , directed upon xiewport . In the early part of the evening the speca ! constables were divided into three bodies , stafeoaed at the Westgate inn . the Kilo ' s Head . * nd

      toe Parrot- —the three principal inns of the town ; tat a * a later period of the evening those who had beea m attendance at the Parrot were removed to the westgate , so that they were divided into two partes-the one at the Kings Head , the other at toe Westgate . I concerted measures for maintain 2 * ™ f Pe *« e of the town , with Mr . Edwards and Mr . Brewer , two of the magistrates . In the course of the same evening we stationed ourselves at the westgate mn . It was not customary for the magistrates to meet at the Weetgate inn . It was { about nine o ' clock when Mr . Brewer and I went to the Westgate inn . There are two rooms at the Westgate mn between the bow-window and th « d ™*

      We were in that next to the bow-window . I remained there during the night . We received intelligence from time to time of the approach of the mob towards Newport . I had oomaunicationB before I went to the Westgate inn , as early as six o ' clock , boon after we got there we had communications till - «? r" ^ e des P atc De < i scouts to procure information from time to time . I remember sending a person . named Walter , about six o ' clock in theafternoon on Sunday , before I went to the Westgate . Hs was not sent again next morning ; he came back wounded , I should think about eleven o ' clock at afcht . We sent constables w a place called the Jwshes , on the north entrance to the town . More wan a dozen persons were brought before me in custody by the constables in the course of the m > ht

      Nearly all were detained ; the greater portion of them were sent to the barracks about half a mile from the Westgate , the others were kept at the inn m a room on the * ast side of the house , afterwards occupied by the soldiers . We received intelligence of the approach of the mob upon Newport , tiS bebetweea eight and sine o ' clock on Monday . W * heard # f their advances in diff erent points of the road . I Bent for troops to the barracks soon after daybreak . About thirty soldiers came to my assistance , under the command of lieutenant , now Captain , Cray , and Sergeants Daly and Armstrong , lieutenant Gray , on arriving wish the eoldien , first formed them in front of the house . I then went

      oat , aad requested he would march them into the snort-yard at the back of the hrase ^ I returned through tha , howe , and went into 1 i& . court-yard . Soon aster I reached the court-yard r met the m 2 itary coming through the large folding gates , into the yard . They were formed again in the yard , and I directed the large doora to be dosed , which being done , the doors were fastened by means of a urge piece of square iron inside . I took ueatBttrat Gray into a room in the eastern end of the house , and told hia I proposed the soldiers should occupy that room if he approved of it as a proper position for them . He 4 id approve of it ; bat Jiwas necessary it should be ventilated . The

      feoops were marched into it a short time afterwards r ay were stationed there . I then went into ths front passage ; tearaingthat the party were advancmg nptmtbe town , I ordered the special constables who woe about the door to retire within the house . idnwtedtits door to be dosed , which was don * 2 * e < fcor was afterwards opened , and two or three special constables were placed in eharge of it , with orders to allow no one to enter . I then went from tbe passage into a room above , which is called the comnercalrooa , of the same size and form as th « first floor , learning that the body advancing on tha town « 8 coming down Stowe-bill . I could then see a body » f men passing the wine of the house . j

      ormea in column—formed regularly abreast of each <* oer- . All I noticed were armed , some with guns , some with long spears or pikes . I stood a short tome at toe window to observe the appearance and formation of the body . I then ran hastily down ttairs into the passage below . When I got oppositt tile bar , immediately in front of the door , I saw th « heads of what appeared to me a body of men , if not £ Khin , close upon the front porch of the houBe . They were standing with weapons at their sides ; tbeff weapons were carried not horizontally , but vertically by their sides . I ran forward into tb » room where tiie soldiers were , and gave Lieutenant tray the order instantly to load . Whilst the

      sol-«* ers were in the act of loading 1 heard Beveral shotB nred in the passage inside the house . Those shots were before the soldiers had loaded their pieces . I also heard the windows of the room in which th « soldiers were beaten against from the outside Th « lower half of the shutters was closed . I heard a noise against the boards , as if the shutters were pushed against , and the glass above was broken . I perceived the soldiers could not act , the lower part of the shutters tang closed . Captain Gray opened one shutter , and Iopeued another near the centr . of the house . I turned round and found my hand benumbed , and looking u my arm 1 found I had been wounded , and looW down at mv tron ** T

      , perceived . 1 had been wounded there also . The shots proceeded from the outside . I hare ascertained by a baE . I had been wounded before the soldiers fired . -Twasm the act of opening the window-shutters , and I saw no soldier fire before that time The soldiers fired into the street and into the ^ -passage . I caa't telLyou the state of the passage at thet £ n 8 they began to fire ; I was at the other end of the room . I can only speak to one dead body which fell dose at my feet . None of the special constables were killed , But Borne were wounded . I should

      think the firing , did not continue moie than ten mbutas . I did not look into the street , but I was in the passage when one man fell at my feet . I mentaaed to Idpntenant Gray that I had © een wounded , bat I can ' t say whether I told nim before tha soldiers fired . None of the special constables wen armed with guns to my knowledge . Soon after the peace of the town was restored , so far as I know . The wound in my arm was severe . I did not leave the room where the soldiers ) were ' till the affray was over . The present Mayor was with me the whole of th « sight , taking care of the special constables . It was as extremely wet mght .

      Edward Hopkins , superintendant of police , pr » - ooced some pikes , mandrils , asd swords , and a eun The weapons I » w in the hands of the mob were of this description . Cross-examined by Mr . Kelly—Now , Sir T . Phillipe , will you allow me to aek yon what is your boambs or profession 1—I am aa attorney . And in partnership , I believe , with Mr . Prothero * who has been sitting tbere J—I was till the end of tha styeai .. For many years , I believe f—Since June , 1814 . Have yon had any other business or calling than that of an attorney \—l have an interest in torn * tfow , I observe , Sir Thorns * , in this long account 2 p * have given , yon have never once mentioned Mr . msrtBi ** ! -Ihav « B » t . Allow ae to ask if yom know Mr . Frost!—I do .

      How long h * ve yon known hia *—For a period of . seventeen or eighteen years . Was yon well acquainted with liim about tht »* me tin Reform Bill was in progress I—Yes , I ' ¦ ¦ . was . ^ Previous to that tone had you been on good - * B ^> wi tbhin !—I had known very little of him . JjiA'brd bo personal intercourse with him of any - ^ - : fcy JSt year firm any dealings or tnnsMtknf with j j ¦ * - » MB « t « n .

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      Do you know whether there were any differences > etween him and Mr . Protheroe V—There had been . Did these differences continue till , near about the period of the Reform Bill ?—I think not . There was an action brought against him by Mr . Protheroe , and there were two indic tments asrainst him for libel , but I don ' t know when sentence was passed ; but I am not aware of anything having taken place between them since 1824 . " Now , about the Reform Bill did you yourself become particularly acquainted with Mr . Frost !—I met him in public . Had you met him , among other occasions , at public meetings J—I had . You had an opportunity of observing his genera conduct during that time I—I had . T \* WAn W _ ^ L ^ . t , \ . & ^ lV-. . - . « . —

      I need hardly ask you , but about the Reform Bill was there a good deal of excitement in Newport en the subject \—There were public meetings held at Newpor t on the subject . ^^ Was there a good deal of excitement \~ There was a good deal of interest felt . Was there not a good deal of excitement at the time \—I would say there was excitement . You say you attended public meetings about that time I—I did . Have you attended meetings at the same house as Mr . Frost {—I have seen him at meetings at which I have been present . I believe from that time to this Mr . Frost has taken a prominent part in politics , and at publit meetings 1—He has . Have yon yourself done so !—Not Terv p rominent .

      Did you at the time I have alluded to I—I attended a few public meetings , and on two or three oecasions took part . I must ask you , Sir Thomas , whether you yourself had not at public meetings , or at a public meeting , declared that the majority of 1837 , fa the House of Lords , deserved to be guillotined , or to that effect I—Certainly not . ' And you say to that effect ?—I have not . At a meeting at the Guildhall , atTJsk ! Did you Qoi attend such a meeting t—I did . Thi High Sheriff presided : ' ' We must go by steps . I ask you if you did not then publicly make some observation concerning that majority in the House of Lords 1—I may have done so .

      Did you not , in fact ; I ask you on your oath 1—I believe I did . Have you any doubt you did ?—I believe I did . Have you any doubt ?—I have not . Now , will you t ell me what you did say *—I cannot . Did you make any observations importing what that majority deserved i—To my recollection I censured the majority ; but so far as my recollection goes , I did it in no offensive terms whatever . Now I . must aek you , did you say any tiling as to their deserts 1—I believe I did not . Or what you wished they might meet with !—I believe not .

      Now try and recollect yourself , and tell me whether you did not say something to this effectthat you wished they might meet with the fate of certain parties in France ?—I believe not . I > id you make any allusion to any parties in France !—I believe I alluded to what haa occurred m France . Did you not allude to the predecessors of the present King of the French ?—I may have done bo , but I have no recollection whether I did or not . Did you not make an observation respecting this majority of 1837 , in connection with thefate of those persons *—I believe not . Will you undertake to swear yon did not!—I will not , having no recollection on the subject . Were you then a magistrate !—No . Or a mayor ?—No .

      You have been present at public meetings with Frost ' ; did you see anything reprehensible in his conduct!—I have differed with him , but I saw nothing reprehensible in his oonduct at such meetings . . Nothing !—Yes I recollect a ' meeeting where he showed a want of temper towards myself personally . Yes , towards yourself , but was there anything tending to riot or disorder in hia conduct 1—1 think not .

      Have you had any opportunity ot observing his public conduct as a magistrate ?—I have . How long was he a magistrate {—About three years , I believe . During that time have you seen anything reprehensible in his public conduct!—I would rather not answer that question . I have not approved of his conduct , but he might have believed what he did to be right . You have always lived in Newport V-I have not always lived in Newport , but for twenty years . Have yon heard any particular inquiries made as to His fitness aTa magistrate't—I havenoV

      lias his general conduct as an individual been proper in your opinion I—I should say not . Has his private conduct been proper !—I know nothing of his private oonduct or as to his family . Did you know Vincent ?— Yes , I have seen him . What had you to do with his trial!—The magistrates under the Government were his prosecutors . I know nothing otherwise . Do you not know that the supposed treatment of Vincent since his trial has been the subject of public complaint ! I only know it by seeing it in the newspapers . The Attorney-General here objected to this

      • ourse . The Lord Chief Justice—Then you must produce the newspapers . Mr . Kelly replied . The cross-examination resumed . Do you not know that complaints have become public and notorious as to Vincent ' B treatment since bis trial f- —I do not , except from a partial paper , which iB eaid to be edited by him , called the Western Findicmtor . Do yon not know that his treatment has been the subject of discussion with the magistrates!—No , I do not . You do not act with county magistrates , do you ! —No ; the motion was proposed by the publio meeting on the . subject of the Chartists .

      And directed against them ^ -1 suppose , as far as suppor ting the lawful authority might be supposed to oe directed against them . On the 4 th of November were you at Newport the whole of Sunday ?—I was . At what time did you receive intelligence of a nature to lead you to supply special constables ?—So far back as the Thursday , which led me to make inquiries which induced me , on the Saturday , to give orders for special constables , but not for the Sunday night . When was any one first taken into custody !—I should think as early as twelve o ' clock on the night of Sunday , and all persons taken into custody were brought to the Westgate Inn , where Mr . Brewer and myself were sitting .

      Captain Gray was then called , and was being examined when our express left at half-past four . In the course of tke day the grand jury found true bills against Thomas Morgan . Thomas Davies , Lewis Rowland , Samuel Etheridge , John Fisher , John Batten the younger , and William Jones , for conspiracy and riot ; and against Edward Pilleger , for not . -

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      spBciAi . coaransEios . Monmouth , Thursday , Jan . 3 . After our last express left the following examinations were gone into ;—Captain Basil Gray called , and examined by the Attorney-General—Witness ia now captain in the Queen ' s army . On th' 4 th of Novemberlast was a lieutenant in the 45 th Regiment . The company witness belonged to was stationed at Newport , at the union poorhouse . There was at that time no other military force in Newport but his one company , which was commanded by Captain Stack . Recollects being detached by Captain Stack , on the morning of the 4 th of November , with two sergeants and 28 Dnv&tas . with nrden tj- » vo « vnv « v ; nn « it >> * u «

      mayor . Marthed immediately to the Westgate inn . Left his quarters about a quarter after eight o ' clock , and might have taken eight minutes to reach the ina . On arriving there , formed in front of the buiWmg , and consulted the mayor , who desired him to enter the yard , through the stable-gate . He and his company were then Btationed in a room with three projecting windows . After witness harf made every preparation , the mayor returned to him and informed him that the mob was approaching . At this fame the guns of his soldiers were not charged . The lower shutters of the room were closed . Witness beard loud cheering from the angle turning up Stowe-hill , continued to the front of the building , and perceived over the half Bhutterg certain weapons , and

      spears , pikes . Saw that the mob were forming m front ofthe building ; they appeared to have formed very steadily from the manner in which the weapons came up ; they then discharged a volley of small arms at him , and rushed through the building by the hall-door , which had either been forced or left open ; the windows were torn in different parts by the effect of the slugs and balls ; down to that time witness ' s men had ret loaded their guns ; he gave the word to load immediately ; they loaded with t » all cartridge ; the lower parts of the window shutterg were then opened , ose by the mayor , and one by witness ; witness opened the one nearest the entrance ot the building on the left hand ; he and his men were then namaskei aad exposed to view , and ano-

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      ther volley of small ams were discharged at us . Did not mmediatelj perceive that the mayor was wounded . Witness e s men began firing from the windows is soon as the shutters were opened . Tha mob had effected an entrance b y means of the hal > . The Srwg continued about half a minute f % p Vat window , and the door-way communicating walv the passage of the house was secured , until the r # j had sab 8 ided andthe special constables had got . away froe the mob . The special constables went Into the o&urt-yard . The door of the room where / his men were was thrown open , ana his soldiery . fired into the passage , in which those who had effected an entrance were passing backwards and forwards with _ _ ¦ - . . .

      arms . One of the mob there was killed , and his body was stretched across the passage . The whole affair occupied less than ten minutes ; the streets were soon cleared of all dangerous objects , but the attack in the inner building continued to the last , and whenever the smoke cleared away the mob attempted to force their position . This was after the firing in the street had terminated . The mob attempted to rush up the doorway of . the room where the soldiers were placed , but they always faltered when they encountered their own dead and received the fire of the soldiers . The passage was cleared of all but the dead and wounded in ten minutes . Witness then gave orders to spare their

      ammunition . Saw a great deal of ammunition belonging to the mob . Broke up some and applied it to the use or his men . This ammunition was taken from the pockets of those who were killed . One man had his ammunition made up very neatl y , like a soldier ' s . There were on him thirty or &rty rounds . Saw a good deal of other ammunition less skilfully made up . There were slugs and balls . The slugs were loose in the pockets of the mob . Took some flasks of powder . In the course of Monday morning two prisoners , were taken in the building , in a side room connected with the passage . So no arms in their hands , but ammunition was taken from one of them . When the dangerous part of the mob had dispersed we found nine dead bodies .

      Cross-examined by Sir F . Pollock—How many of y « r peopU were in the inn I—In aUfthirty . When you came up in front of . the inn , where did you go next I—Into the court-yard . s- ' l . « i ; Hiflr Iq&k did . you remain in frantf—AhoU ^ " minute . .. - ~ ' — - ~; - ~ .. _ - -j : -: : — -.- < . You then went into the court-yard j how hmg did you remain there I—About ten minutes . ' -

      Where did you go then V—I then entered the budding , and occupied the room where the firing subsequently took place . How long aid you stay there before you received orders to load !—I received no ordere to load . I gave them . ' Sir Thomas Phillips haB told us he gave you orders to load ?—I do not remember to have received any orders to load .

      What did the Mayor direct !—We considered together , and as there was an expectation that an attack would be made on the inn , he was anxious that I Bhould remain in it , and offered me the room in which the Boldiers were placed . I found that it would answer the purpose , as it was on the ground floor , and communicated both with the street and the house . I brought in my men , but they did not load because there was then no immediate necessity . You say you received no instructions to load

      VrNo , I ordered my men to load when they were fired on ; I then required no instructions , and had no time to look for them ; the mob fired at the place before the shuttera were opened ; and the moment the shutters were opened , my men were exposed , aud they received a fresh volley . V ^ hen y ou was tired on , did you give orders immediately to your men to load P—Immediately , * nd the shutters were opened to allow my men to fire .

      Without opening the ghutters your men ccmld not fire , unless they fired ia the air ?—Soldiers don ' i do that .

      Bat many of the shots fired by the mob were in the ceiling ?—M « ny . The practice of the mob , then , was different from that of the military ; and all the barm they did wan to break the windows and damage the ceiling ? And alw to wound the sergeant of my company and Sir T . Phillips , the mayor . Did you not give the order for loading before you opened the shatters ?—Yes . How long did you remain in the room before the firing over thenhuttewintoih » ceiling commenced ? —Somewhere about five minuten .

      Re-examined by the Attorney-General—Before you opened the shutters had there being firing against the shutters ? -Against them and through them . The shutters were damaged and . torn by that firing before I opened them . Didyo * see any shot marks in the shatters on a level with you ?—Perfectly on a level . Xae shutters protected us in a great measure . .-. Can yon telLwbether the bail * on tb * ceiling sad -glanced * g * n » Cfb « rtnrttwrP- > -Vw . ni * iy < ' " * Sir F . - * P ottoek -3 C wisH ? C * ptatt **« Fr * y , ~ yott weald answer the question . Can you tell that those shots had glanced againtt the shatters then P —I cannot .

      By the Attorney-General—If they had glanced igainBt the shuttere , would that account for their lodging in the ceiling ?—t cannot account ^ for the direction of a spent shot : it goes in any direction Before opening the shutters , did balls strike the shutters on a level with yeu ? - —Yes ; I did not tee balls in the ceiling till afterwards . By the Foreman of the Jury—Did the mob fire at the military after they were completely unmasked ? —They fired a volley on us immediately the shutters were opened ; and they might have fire i a great deal more , but our fire covered theirs ; and I could not tell what they did , in consequence of the din and the noise which prevailed , excepting from the wounds which our party received .

      The foreman asked whether they did not fire oa the military after they knew they weie in the room ; might not the shots which entered the room have been the result of the continuous firing before the shutters were opened ?—By the Court—Did the mob deliberately fire upon the military after the shutters were opened?—I have every reason to believe that they deliberately fired on us when we were unmasked , and I was prepared for it . Are you satiified that the mob saw you at the time they fired into the room ?—I am natiified they must have seen us : the windewa extended to the very floor , and exposed us . I was in my uniform , asd the soldiers were in a line behind me .

      Can you speak with certainty as to the mob seeing the soldiers as well as yourself?—They must have seen both me and the # oidiers . Mr . Kelly—Will your Lordships ask how many of the soldiers Tecived wosnas after the shutters were opened and the saldiers were unmarked ? By the Court—You hear the question , Captain Gray ? what is your answer ?— Only one soldier was wounded . Sergeant Daly , of the 46 : h Regiment , was next called by the Attorney-General . Sir F . Pollock objected to bis description as stated n the list of witnesses and tae Court allowing the validity of the objection , the witness was not examined .

      Thomas Walker sworn " , and examined ty Mr . tVightman—I live at Newport .. I remember Sunday evening , the 3 J of Novemter . I am a special constable . I weat out on that evening to the hille by the order ofthe Mayor . I went on horseback at about ten o ' clock . I went towards Riaeav A ,. map named Cfearle » Webb went with me . I mot a party of men , and passed through them at Bigby , about three miles and a half from Newport . There were atorat twelve men . What were they doing ? : Sir F . Pollock objected to the quettion , on the ground that the acts of those twelve or fifty men , whichever they might be , ought not to affect the prisoner until he was shown to be present , or connected with those parties .

      The Lord Chief Justice—The question is perfectly relevant . Mr . Kelly followed , and contended , that whatever these men might have done , Mr . Frost could not-be prejudiced by their actions . The Lord Chief Justice . —Let us hear where Rises is ; it may be towards the spot whence they came the next morning , and if bo , certainly the evidence will bear . He-examination resumed —Risoa is upon the road to the bills . I know the Cefp ; that is in the road towards Risca from Newport by the tramroad . The tramroad of which I have been epeakin ? leada through Tredegar-park . I saw twelve or sixteen men ; they stood under the / wail . Icouldnoteee what they had in their hands , it was too dark . I went to the Wesh Oak , and on to near Risca , Did you hear anthing ?

      Sir F ., Pollock objected to the question—My Lords , this is not an indictment against the prisoner for aeonspiraoy , in which you mty almost prove anything ; bat although you may do this , even then you must show that your evidence affects some one person connected with the conspiracy . Here it is said , that there are twelve persons standing under a wall ; well , suppose it to be so—for we must not disguise from ourselves the fact , that when Mr . Wi ghtman asks the question , " Did you hear anything P" he expects the answer to be that he heard firing . But is this to be given against the prisoner—is he to be made answerable for every stray shot which may have been fired that night , by whatever party P The objection being overruled , the examinatioB proceeded .

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      Exhumation resumed—I heard a noise , cheering , » 7 . d a gun ftred . It appeared to come from a great ¦ Inany people . This watf about eleven o ' clock . I was then about a mile from the Welsh Oak . The found appeared to be further , up the hills , and above Risca-bridge . When I heard this I returned : it was ramin , and a very dark night . On my way back , when I got to Rirby ' * , which I have mentioned , isawjoine . persOTiB . It might then be about twelve o cloclu J « aw some men , who tried to sto » me , aud BHt . ' " — ^ " *^ T ^ T ?^^ Tr "' " ? T

      oDoame in tue thigh . There were twelve or sixteen ; tneywere across the road . 1 can't sayjf they wer « *«» d , but I was stabbed with a sharp instrument . Wken I was stabbed , there was also a pistol or gun fared . It wa * from one of those persons . I was stabbed . in the thigh . It was a considerable wound . I think the pistol orgun was fired atWebb , ! . t ? nth mft * 1 WM a Kitle on before him . I went to Newport , and I reported to the Mayor what had occurred . I was then very weak , and was earned into the hong ** . - ¦ ¦

      Baron Parke—Surely , that in not material . ? vIK ^ " * i . hie Jwtwse—Yes ; they must show that thiB was fared with a view of preventing communicationd with Newport . Tke ^ Iwat 6 r-General--M y Lords , the next witnessif shall c » U will be very long , and I therefore oeg to ask your Lordships whetheryon will now proceedor adjourn ? The Judges decided , that in consideration of the f ?! 3 a L and ttojvfr , the Court should be adjourned nriat to-morrow morning . ^ The Court wau , at mx o \; look , adjourned accord-Monmoath , Friday Afternoon ,

      Quarter to Five o'Clock The Court re-assembled this morning , and the prisoner John Frost being replaced at the bar * Matthew Williams was- sworn and examined by Mr . Sergeant Ludlow—l live at the Argoed it is about suefcen or seventeen miles from Newport : it iii lathe , mil country ; there aw mines just above . 2 * 'SRSiKrtf ^?** ^ November , Twent to the W # Ulh Oak ; Ruca lies in the direfdon between Jirgaod . -jMi Newport . The Welsh Oak is at Risoa : « wass 4 tontmidiuriitdlattwenttoaiaWel » hOak . I ^ tWpri « mwJ ^ Ero « uh ^^^ * w » c - * itti . me . I saw Froat speaking tiy Buolner aaanand there was a great many around the blaca .

      , On the night before that I had been at the hoose of WilUam VVifiiams ^ at Argoed : ha keeps a beershop . There was * Chartist lodge held at bis house that night . I was atWilliams ' s from nine to ten o ' clock . i 5 f ** ™ of people , and I saw some outside . They were most of them colliers . Oar names were called ovot there . I wan anew member . A person took down our names . I had a person put over meaadjiuriet more as a captain ; tbJerewere ten wider the captain . Some money was called for from us—6 dVeach ; the captain was to bide there all night : this was the Saturday moht I «• + h *

      capuui again the next morning . We were told on the Saturday night that we were to meet him next morning between nine and teno ' clock , by the caapel . i met my captain near the chapel accordin * ly , and inpnrsuance of what passed there we met again at about mx o ' clock in the evening ; there were many other persona there . There was a lodge again held on the Sunday night . I attended it ; it was between three and four o ' clock on Sanday afternoon . It was held at the same place aa before , Wo . Williams ' * . At that lodge an appointment was made for our meeting again at a later hour . We were to meet together to provide for Newport .

      , Sir F . Pollock—But you mast ask by whose direction . Examination resumed—A person mentioned the Cetn . 1 did not go there . There was the Oak mentioned , and 1 went there . 1 had previously gone to bed about six o ' clock , and between that and seven there was a knock at the door , and they said they wanted the men out of the house and my wife said there were no men there then , they knew better and split the door in , and then 1 cried ont " 1 am coming , " Thare was a person put over me to guard me , that I did not run away . I took a stick with me , and I went with a great number of others to Newbridge . Newbridge lies in the wav to Riara .

      We met witn many lots on the way , and I can ' t say how many there were , it was so dark ; but there wu a great number of men . Most of them had some weapons or other ; many had spears , some had tuns I did not see any with swords in the night ; it waii a very wet and tempestuous ni ght In consequence of something ; I heard at Newbridge , we went on to the WeUh Oak , where we met the prisoner . There wew a great many there with Frost :. they were variously armed . Istopped at the Welsh Oak until almost . daylight . The party went from the Welsh Oak down towards Newport ; we went throneh Tredegar-park , and p assed by the machine 2 !?* £ ^** Jfc * w' ¦*•¦« # »» we '

      . « went by the Fryan , down , Stowe-bill . I know the Roman Cathobc chapel it is near the Westgate . I went oo to the Weitgate . I last saw Frost by the Roman-Catholic chapel I am « ure I eaw him there ; fe ^ iwd s com © withAe party fnpsv the WeUbOak . i in front . When I was at the Roman Catholio chapel there were perhaps 400 or 600 before me . As I turned round the corner of the Westgate I saw them going up tothe Wertgate front door with their tona and gpeara and tunas-rand- - I heard some nemoi ! m ___ . _ . _„ .. _ . » ,, .. u , * 4 wnuu buuio person crv

      out , "Fire , " twice or three timea . 1 believe there were captain * over every ten , bntl did not hear only my own order . There were persons giving directions as weswent along , but my captain was not mere Before we set off from the Welsh Oak or Newbridge 1 did not hear any one say where we were to go , no ' farther than we were to go after Mr . Frost . I did not see a perwn of the name of Re »» that night , for 1 bey pardon ; when I said that I did I made a mistake ; as 1 believe the man who it was eaid came as a messenger from Mr . Frost was a man of the name of George Reed .

      The Attorney-General—The witness , my Lord , inhis deposition , had stated that the man ' s name w- » s " Rees , " but he now finds it to be M Reed . " Examination resumed—Did you hear that person say where you were going ? Sir F . Pollock objected to the question . This was at a time previous to the prisoner ' s having been shown to be at all I in connexion with the matter , and therefore whatever any person might have then . « aid as to whflre they were going , or what they were going to do , could not be evidence against the prisoner at the bar .

      Lord Chief Justice Tindal—But supposing in answer it is said— " A messenger came and gave directions as to where to jpin Mr . Frost , " is that to be shut out ? It ia shown that thi » body did join Frost , and to show how , we must go bv steps . J Mr , Baron Parke—Perhaps the more regular way will be to object to the question , and then the point will be argued upon that question . Sir F . Pollock contended that nothing which was said by Reed at that Chartist lodge could be given in evidence , against the prisoner , as he was neither prenent , nor had he at that time been shown to have had any communication with them . Lord Chief Justice Tindal—You had better brother Ludlow , ask— "Did any body give

      diiec-Mr . Baron Parke—For suppose five passengers had come up to them i and said that they were to go and meet Mr . Frost , that you know would be evidence . ' Mr . Sergeant Ludlow—Were any directions riven youatthe lodge ? 8 Witness—I heard at the lodge where we were to go to . -We were to go to Newport . George Reed told us so . It was at the lodge . . B Did George Reed give any directions to vou . or Bay anything further ? J «*» » Sir R Pollock objected to this being received in evidence ^ against Mr . Frost . Their Lordships would . owerrev that there was no evidence of Mr Frost having met mem at all earlier than at the Welsh , Oak : that they were to meot him there I admit , ' my Lords .. < '

      Mr . Baron Parke—We have not got that in eviyet , Sir Frederick . Sir F . Pollock- ^ -No , ay Lord ; but I concede that [ do , however , object to the vague directions riven ) y any other person as to what they were to do , as > eing received as evidence against Mr . Frost , unless it wera shown that he was either present it some prior meeting sanctioning thi * course . Lordships that this could not be evidence against Mr . Frost . To any questions ! asked as to Frost ' s having met a party at the Welsh Oak and accompanied them to Newport , we do not object ; nor do we object to evidence that there were direction , to follow Air . Frost .

      Mr . Baron Parke—Bat you object to declarations & ^ SB SSt ^ SSgjSS& wards you do not object . Mr , Kelly—No , my Lords . The Lotdi Chief Justice—Do the parties for ' the Crown intend to carry it farther than to thai point ? TneAttorney-General rose , and was about to reply , Mr . Baron p ^ ke said-But , at present , y « n have not shown that there were any directions to meet Frost . Had you not better prove that fact ?

      The examination resumed—We had direction ! at Newbridge to meet Mr . Frost ¦ , wSiSPSt that he was goae on to Cefo-de-Maehoir . W . were told this at Newbridge , at about toToSocf on Shi Sundaynight . Tke W * elch Oak Is hlghw upthan the Cefn . We were told at Risca that thsv ^ halted tthe Welsh Oak , and itwassali tUt M > . FroVt wasthert . I do not know who it was said that , but it wag s mob of persons at Risca bridge . It was at tke lodge that we were told by George Reed that we were to go to Newport ; this was at Argoed , and at about fire o ' clock on the Sunday evening Most of the persons at the lodge went with me to the Welsh Oak , where we met Frost Mr . Sergeant Ludlow—I now propose to ask the witness , my Lord ? , if anything was said before they

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      cams to the Weiah Oak of what they were to do at Newpor t ? Sir F . Pollock—I think this cannot be asked , although I admit , that after Frost joined them , the vague observations of any of the party migkt b ? madf , perhaps , matter for remark , but only so ; bat any observations made previously is not admissible , merely because they were , tol i that they were to meet Frost , and that they did , afterwards do so . Now , how could any one , according to any reasonable construction of the rules of evidence , which are sufficiently loose , and very properly so—how could any one seek to make the prisoner answerable for the vague expressions of any one of , say 609 persons , previou 3 ly to . nu being sho wn to be at all mixed up with them , merely because g ome one might have said that they 1 . I-. i _ ' . ' ! ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ! ¦ i i . ¦ — w ^

      "ere w meet nimr 1 doubt very mnch whether , eyen m the ordinary case of a conspiracy , in which almost anything can ' j e proved , I doabt whether w !^ « neof the conspirators who was not iadicted with the rest might kare said in hia private chamber , or to another person not connected with the conspiracy , would be evidence ajfainat any one but himself ; against himself , if indicted , it most surely would be endence : but it certainl y would not be evidence against any other of the conspirators . Your Lord-« upj will , perhaps , recollect that in Lord George l » ordon s case it was sought to prove what were his intentions—then all London wag for 10 davs in the hands of an infuriate mob . The Lord Chief Jusnces house was , I believe , burnt down ; there were dWhireH , and yet he was not held accountable for those acu .

      Mr . Justice Williams—Because these things were done afterwards . Sir F . Pollock—Some of them were afterwards , but some of them were , I believe , consecutive . Now suppose , for instance , that at a meeting of the * v } Lod e resolutions were put as to what was to be done ; that certainly would not be evidence against Mr . Frost , unless it was shown that he was connected whh it . The question put was , with what object was it that you were to go ? and he submitted to their Lordships that such a question could not be put as evidence against Mr . Frost . Mr . Kelly followed on the same side . The question sought tobeobtainsd wa % whatwere Mr . Frost ' s mtentw ^ .-ffow ' i ^ hiB . m ^

      sons > or eviaence ^ -first IronTacts dofle ^ by hm of those with whom he waa acting in concert , or by the declarations made by him or them . Now , no objections had been taken either by his learned friend or himself to anything being given in evidence which was done or said from the time the assembly On the Sunday night took place , and the prisoner was one of that assemblage , although it might have been out of his hearing ; but bis learned friends were now proposing to prove the intentions of Mr . Frost , not by anything done or said by him , but by a something said in his absence by some person who , it was said , was his messenger , but who had not been shown to be so ; nor was it even attempted to be shown that the prisoner knew anything whatever

      oi the matter until he now heard it for the first time ; now then could that . be made evidence against him ? He would now call their Lordships' attention to Mr . btarkie ' s observations , vol . ii ., p . 234 , under the head <* Conspiracy , " in which it waa said , "It seems , however , pn the other hand , that a mere gratuitous assertion inculpating himself and others , although made by a fellow-conspirator , would not be evidence agai i il . one but himself . As against himself it would be evidence , upon the general ground that any declaration or admission connected with the charge , be it oral or written , is admissible in evidence against the party who makes it , but as against another person it 18 no more than the mere gratuitous declaration of a stranger not upon oath . " Now this showed .

      tneretore , that there must be evidence to go to the jury to show that Reed , when he madehis statement , was acting in conjunction with Frost , and for this conspiracy . Mr . Starkie then went on to say : — Although in general , upon principles , already advened to , the act or declaration of one man is not evidence against another who is charged as a fellow-conspirator until such a privity or community ° f design has been established between them as affords a reasonable presumption that the act or declaration of oae is the act or declaration of the other , made with hia sanction , and therefore indicating his mind and intention ; and although it follows from these principles that such a connexion must be established before the acts and declaration

      of one man can properly be used as evidence to show the design of another , yet in some peculiar instances , where it would be difficult to establish the defendant ' Bprivity without first proving the existence of a , conspiracy , a deviation has been made from wisral 8 , * na evidence of the acts and conduct of others had been admitted to prove the existence of a conspiracy previous to the proof of the defendant ' s privity . " Then Mr . Starkie cites Hardy ' s case . JSut this was an indictment for high treason , and he would suppose for a moment that a meeting was to be held under the presidency of the High Sheriff in the County Hall of Monmouth , and that a person intending to be present at that meeting sands a messenger to another person at a distance to meet , n , im ^ the counter meeting . - . ; Bjpposethat ^ hatjn . ecti

      ng cnanges ita character , its legal character , and becomes a treasonable meeting , and the first person remains there until it is dangerous to his safety to remain any longer , and that he iB afterwards indicted for high treason , could the declaration of any other party made previously be used as evidence against him because of its being eaid that he had sent a messenger desiring the . attendance ofthe other ! Supposing , for instance , that Reed had said , " We are ^ assasinate every magistrate , to break down the bridge , and then to march onto London and aepose the Queen , " would this be evidence againBt Mr . Jtrost ? Their Lordships would sejs that if anything which occurred befoie he was shown to be connected with the matter was to be evidence

      against him , how fearful if would be . Whatman ' s lite would be safe ! How was he to defend himself against that which he then heard for the first time , and by which it was sought to affect his life ! He could not conceive in what mode their Lordships could Bubmit this evidence to the jury . Reed , who was supposed to , have made this communication with the authority of Mr . Frost , who was not one of the parties to this indictment . If he was living , why was he not produced ! Mr . Baron Parke said he did not understand that the question put by the learned sergeant applied particularly to Reed . He took the question to be , * Was it said at the Chartist lodge at Argoed that they were to go to Newport , and for what dutdohr i "

      The answer to that question might show that a certain number of persons assembled at the lodge having a definite object in view . Supposing that object to have been to take possession of Newport and assassinate the magistrates , w * s not that admissible evidence 1 It would be for the jury afterwards to judge from other evidence whether the prisoner at the Dar had concurred in that design . Mr . Kelly apprehended that the evidence was not admissible . Supposing such words were used at the Chartist lodge , still , if it was not proved by some act that Mr . Frost participated in the design , the whole of the evidence was useless . On the other hand , if any act was proved on the part of Mr . Frost , by that act he must be iudared . and not bv the

      evidence now proposed to be adduced—not by what was said b y other- persons , of whom the prisoner knew nothing . That evidence might be good against the parties who uttered the words , and against those who heard them , because their acts might be coupled with the words ; but Frost could not De bound by what somebody had said to somebody else , unless it was communicated to him , or unless Frost had given precise authority for the utterance of the language . The Attorney-General was about to repl y , but the Court did not deem it necessary to hear him . Lord Cbief Justic « Tindal said , it appeared to him that the evidence was admissible on tie principle established , in « U other cases . What its value might be would be matter for observation

      at a subsequent , period . It was very true that the mode of showing conclusively that a conspiracy had been entered into by various persons washy showing antecedent acts that brought them together . But that was not the only mode of provwg a conspiracy . ' Its existence " might be shown by acts afterwards done by the parties , leaving it to be inferred by the jury whether or not there was a common design among the parties . The question now was whether , when the prisoner was found accompanying a cer tain body of men from the Welsh Oak to the Weetgate inn , that which had been resolved on by this body of men ahoald be admitted in evidence f Undoubtedly this evidence , if it should have no reference to facts afterwards to he proved , must fall to-tha ground ; but if an agreement had b ^ en come to by a body of men to do the very thine

      which was after wards done in the presence and with the participation of the prisoner , it might be supposed that the design of the mob was commnni cated to him as they went along . At any rate the Court had n » right to anticipate at the present moment what the effect of the evidence might be as respected the prisoner . In one way it would make no evidence against him , while in another point of view it might be evidence , supposing it to be strengthened by other evidence afterwards to be given in the course of the investigation . Mr , Baron Parke and Mr . Justice Williams expressed the same opinion . Mr . Sergeant Ludlow then resumed the examination of the witness , and pot the question which had been objected to .

      Witness said they ware told to fo to Newport They were to go there to stop the coaches , and post , and all traffic . Witness asked what they were going to do besides : it was said they were to stop there to guard the town . Met Mr . Frost at the Welsh Oak at midnight . After that , witness was told that Mr . Frost had gone away . He saw Frost afterwards coming back to the Welsh Oak at the break of day , together with a great many others , who followed him . They kad in their hands spears , and cons , and arms of different kinds . The people who had gone to the Welsh Oak at midnight waited there mnttl Frost same , and then went on to Newport . : ¦¦

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      mS * V ? nZrt ? £ ( ^ v , * PoUock-Witne * firs * SvLfiSf e * ^ k& pak at midnight . Had seen £ TLWrtf uldknew N * - ¦ ' ^ w him coming back at break of day . between six and seven o ' clock Between midnight and . break of day made no £ qmnes for Mr . Frost . The lodge took place on Saturday night at Argoed . It was a lodge of SS tiats . Had not beeu at the lodge before since last harvest . Paid no money or attention to them Had been at their meetings three or four times when ha went to the house for a drop of beer . The lodge wag heldat Argoed every Saturday night , and this wa » publicly known , he supposed , all over the place . A » the lodge they paid a pennyanieht . Witness rti < i

      not see them eat or drink . Two persons were sitting at each end of a large table writing names and receiving moneyi . The room would hold about twenty persons . M ore were present on the Saturday night , because some were coming up and some going down . Knew that Geerge Reef was present ; Reed ia a shoemaker . Has known him for eight or nina months . He lived about 100 yards from witness . Reed is a married man . Witness knew the publican where the lodge was held , and two or three more by their faces . Do not know any man of the name of George Reeves , but in making his statement before the magistrates respecting the messenger , he said his name was George Reeves , instead of Reed , and a collier instead of a shoemaker . On his solemn oath does not know a man of the name of George

      iteeves , lmng at Argoed , within 100 or' 200 yards ) of him . Witness came to that court , from the Union at Newport . Is kept in the "Union . Dare say it ia not the first time he has been in confinement . Does not know where he has been in confinement before . Has been in confinement once before , six or seven yeartagPjin'the j'aolatUBk . He was confined for three months . Waa convicted at the sessions for taking , a bH of coal . Means by " taking , " stealing a bit of coal . Witnesawas wounded in front of the Westgate inn . on the 4 th of November , Was take * up as one of the Chartists about ten o ' clock in the morning . Has been in confinement ever since . I * waa at the meeting at Argoed' on Sunday night that it was said they were to go to Newpor t to stop the coaches and all traffic . George Reed , tke ahoemaker , said so * Reed also said . ?? Be sure toTtfiturarma with

      carr > the meeiw ^ p ^ eeabljr ihton # i Ue country t —instead of that we are carrying * arms , and we know that it is againfi < fthe law ; " but the messenger said , " If we do not break the old law , we shall never get a new one . " They were to do nothing beside * stopping the coaches , stopping the post , and all traffic at Newport . Witness first agreed to give evidence for the Crown when examined . Was examined by Mr . Edwards , a magistrate , at the West * gate inn . Was examined before that time by Mr . EdwardB who came to him while witness was in his bed . Mr . Edwards said to him , " Matthew , how be you ! " Witness replied . ° Very bad " : V when Mr .

      Edwards said , " Well , you must tell me the truth , and how you came to this , " and witness then told him . Mr . Edwards examined witness ' -before being taken to themagistrates . Mr . Edwards didnot say that if witness told the truth he would get off . Did not think at all about , being imprisoned , because at that time he expected to die . Mr . Edwards told him he would be severel y punished . He was afterwards carried to the magistrates . When called up in the morning , witness took a . waMngstick with him . Had no other weapon ; it was a walkingstick , but not trimmed off . for he took it in a hurry in his hand to go

      with the people . This happened on Sunday night , about seven o ' clock , before he had beeji in bed aa hour . Never was in gaol on any other oharge , excepting about the coals . Does not remember being in custody on any other charge . Remembers being taken up some few years ago at Newport for leaving his children ^ though he had not left them ; had only gone to seek for employment . Was not detained on this charge half an hour . That was the only time he was ever taken up before . Was never charged with sheep stealing . The coals he stole were worth 1 jd-, and he wasimprisonedthreemonths for taking them .

      Re examined by Mr . Sergeant Ludlow—When Mr . Edwards came to witness , was very ill in bedj and coqsidered bis life in danger . By the Jury—Did not know who took down } the name at the lodge . It was with the captain thai they made the appointment to meet a second time on Suuday . George Reed said himself that he was a messenger from Mr . Frost ; waited at the Welsh Oak from midnight to daybreak , because he was afraid to go away ; witness understood that the

      people were to stop there until Mr . FroBt came back : three months ago , if he had met George Reed , should have addressed him by the name of Reeves . James Hodge oalled and examined by the Solicitor-General— Witnesslives near Blackwood ; knows Mr . Frost ; remembers Sunday , November 3 . Mr . Kelly here observed , that he intended to take an objection to the description of this witness , as given ia the list of witnesses ; and proposed to him some questions on the wAre dire . :

      The Solicitor-General objected , that as the witness had been sworn in chief , it was too late to swear MmQn ji » . viare ' jfire ^ „ . . -- . '¦ : 7 " '' - " ¦ " Mr . Baron Parke said that some Witnesses had already been first sworn in chief , aha afterwards examined on the foire dire . This was certainly an irregular course , and it would be better in future to adhere to the regular form of proceeding . Mr . Kelly was then permitted to examine the whaesa , who was described as being of Woodfield . near Blackwood . From his evidence , it appeared that he was at Monmouth on the 11 th December , where he stayed about two nights ; that he then wens

      to Newport and stayed two nights there , and then returned home , where he remained three , four , or five daya . He afterwards left ^ iB house and went to Newport , and lived at the Salutation and other public-houses , until his presence was' required at Monmouth . ¦ Mr . Kelly submitted to the Court whether th * description in the list was sufficient . It was no * only necessary to look at the words of the statute * but also its spirit and object . ' He need not remina their Lordships that Lord Tenterden , had laid it down on the subject of treason , that the description of the witnesses must be such aa would enable them to be found . ' - .- ¦¦

      Lord Chief Justice Tindal said ,, the . object of re * quiiing the description was that due inquiry mighe be made respecting the character ofthe' witnesses . Mr . Kelly submitted that the object was more extensive . It was intended to give to : the prisoner an opportunity of sending parties on his behalf to see the witnesses himself , and not merely to make inquiry about their character . It might be just essential to the prisoner for some person aeting for him to see a particular witness , in order , if that witness were going to speak to a certain fact , the prisoner might be in a condition to contradict him .

      In this very case the witness in the box was a very important one ; and it was of the utmost consequence to the prisoner to have been able to find this witness , and cause him to be identified . What information did the description in the list afford , Woodfield , near Blaekwood , might be the witness's ; general place of abode ; but then he went from his home just at the time , or even before the time , when the list of witnesses was delivered to' the prisoner , and left no word where he was to be found .

      • Lord Chief Justice ' . Tindal—How would you haw described his abode ! . , Mr . Kelly would have described him as being of Woodfield , hut now residing at the Salutation public-house ; Newport . Mr . Baron Pake—According to tha evidence , b « was at home on the 17 th of December . Mr . Kelly—I . think you will find ( it not so , mj Lord . He was examined before the ; grand jury oa the 11 th of December ; he stayed in Monmouth two nights . This brings it to the 13 th . fie then went to Newport , and stopped these , two nights , bringing it up to the loth . He then goes home , and . remain * there three , four , ' or five days . Mr . Baron Parke—That brings us to the 17 th of December . ¦ ¦?? : '¦ .

      Mr : KeHy—The . evidence waa givenby the witness with some degree of uncertainty , He migh * have left his house at the time the list * of witnesses-was given to- the prisoner , and certainly before it , eouid be acted upon . ¦ -,. - . ; v Lord Chief Justice Tindal—According to the witness ' s own account , he waa moving about from public-house to pnblic-house ; andif hehad oeen described as living in one of these publio-houses , it mighthave been objected , that as the man had a pjace of abode , it ought to have been given . Mr . Baron Parke thought the Solicitor for ihs Crown was not bound to state more than tbeplaee of abode of the witness . ?

      The Solicitor-General then resumed the examii * tioa in chief—Witness remembers Sun / lay . Nov . fad . In tha evening of that day , about seven o ' clock , was at the Coach and Horses , a * Blackwood . Mr . Fresi was there . There were a great many persons is . the room . During the time witness and Frost w « s there , in the room a man was present wearing % glased hat , who said he had just come from Newp ort j that the soldiers were all Chartists , and tbst their arms and ammunition were , packed op ; sad that they were ready to come up . It , was only fw them to go down and fetch them . He asked if ssj person wanted ammumtioo . It war ssid thai tWe soldiers were in the barracks . , The man also mM that people ought to be out en the road with gust to stop any person thai passed . He said . "Com .

      brothers , it is time we were off . Our enemias turn flying in all directions , aad we oughVto have beem down these two hours . ' * The people , sflerwhal this man said , went all on the roext Boas were willing to go to Blsokwood , knd aisour tk « wood , and some would not . Tliiirn jtia s " itijpi tion * at the time when Mr . Frost pui hittaeff sk their head , and told them to fojlow him . Djpwi Hail the people turned about and followed Mr . Froaa There w as no particular form dbBeryeu in m > rehlfjL Mr . Frost told them to follow him t © 4 h © Cefn . He ( FroHt ) said they should tb «^ , jne « 4 Z ^ phtfiiaJl Williams , with 4 , 000 men , and Jones , at PonlypeeL with 2 , 00 ^ . They then went towardslU Gr ^ hUM ( CbnHnueiiafiur SWxmJ

      (From Our Fourth Edition Of Last Week.) ;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2666/page/3/