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      . THB NEWPORT HXOTS . ( From the Morning Herald . ) Newport , Thursday , 12 o ' clock , p . m ., A numerous and influential meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Newport "was held this morning , in pursuance-of a regaisiti ©» i » ihe Mayor , for the purpose of thanking the ' military , and , of memorialising her Majesty on the subject . _ The Worshipful the Mayor , Thomas Hawkins , Esq ., having taken the chair , stated the important and ? ratifyingbbjeet of the meeting ; and expressed , in T ^ ry glowing terms , the gratitude which he was Bure they &U felt to &e Almighty , who had permitted the military to frustrate the most daring ^ THB HEWITT BXOTS .

      THE EXAMINATIONS . APFBSBKSS 10 S Of ZEPHANIAH WJIXIiMS . The magistrates assembled to-day at one o ' clock . There were present—the Mayor , O . Morgan , G . Hall , S . Hom £ ray , and W . Brewer , Esqrs . The court was crowded to an unusual extent in -consequence of the apprehension of Zephaniah Wil-Jiamsj vrho , immediately upon the sitting of the ^ Jonrt , was brought in in custody of the Cardiff constables . Upon his being placed at the bar , Mr . . Phelps , who conducts the cases for the Crown , applied to the Court that the case might be remanded , as he > had not had sufficient time sinee the caption of the prisoner to procnr * the attendance of the neces sary witnesses . " . -

      and lawless attempt which had ever been made to destroy a town jind revolutionise the kingdom . OciAYins Mobgak , Esq ., ( son of Sir C . Morgan , ) recapitulated the ctrcumstanoes of the late insurrection , and conclnded b y proposing the first resolution , which embodied the -vote of thanks to Captain Stack , lieutenant Gray , and Ensign-Stack , * nd th ^ non-commissioned officers and men of Capt . Stack ' s company of her Majesty ' s 45 th Regiment of loot ; &c - - " .- 7 Thomas Pboiheho , Esq ., of Malpas , seconded the Tesolution ; and , in doing bo , alluded , at- some length , io the character and causes of the late

      in-Burreenon . . The resolution was put and carried , with immense applause . - ' The Hev . 3 . Colbs moved the second resolution , and staled _ thai the Special Commission would commence ils sittings as soon as the magistrates lad completed theirs . The resolution requested the Mayor to -convey the thanks of the meeting -so the officers and men "whose conduct they had met to approve . _ - ~ Seconded by Mr . W . Williams , and carried ¦ unanimously . -

      On tke ' mofion of T . J . Phuxips , Esq ., a copy of ihe first resolution -was ordered to be forwarded by the Mayor to the Right Hon . the Marquis of Kormanby . - Seconded by Mr . M . Mobhissox , and carried taaiiiiEousiy . The fourth resolution , proposed by T . H . Phelfs , Esq ., - sad seconded by Mr . Dowuicg , was that a memorial be presented to her Majesty , expressive of the gallantry an&coolness which had been displayed by the miliiary . A committee of influential gentlemen was nominated to draw up tie memorial . The thanks fit the meeting were proposed by the ^ Rer . J .-Coles to the gentlemen of the press The cMnpliment was acknowledged by Mr . Powox . The i hanks of the meeting were voted to the Mayor , with acdamatioa , and the meeting broke np .

      The Chairman , after consulting the other msglsfcraies , said they would do so nponh&ving evidence of theidtjntity and apprehension . " " _ Mr . Samuel Box Stockdale , the superintendent of the Cardiff police , sworn—Having had some bills sent me offering rewards for the apprehenson of four persons , I was induced to apprehend the prisoner . I captured him this morning at about three o'clock , on board the . Vintage , bound for Oporto . I asked his same , and he told me Thomas Jones . The witness having stated the delails connected Trith the capture and apprebenaon of the prisoner , Mr . Thamas Jonea Phillips , magistrates clerk , proved tire prisoner ' s identity , and that he was charged with high treason and sedition . He added that he wasTerymuch altered since he ( witness ) had seeniira last . The ease was then remanded :

      Xvan Edwards was then placed a * the bar and charged with high treason and sedition . Ann Spooner sworn—I am wife t > f "William Spooner , of Tredegar iron-works . I know the prisoner .: He is a watch and clock maker , and lives in Tredegar , by the church- Saw him on Sunday morning , 3 rd of November , at my back door . He aakedif I hada pistol , and I said I had not , I had only one that was not in repair . He said , "Please to let me look a * it , " and 1 fetched it to him . " He told me he would repair it . I don ' t know that he is in the habit of repairing pistols . I said I did not think ne would be able to repair it . He said he

      "Would do so , and bring it back to me on Monday morning at nine o ' clock . He took away the pistol , but did not return ik and I have never seen it since . fie asked me also if I iad got a fcnllet mould . I told Mml had only one , and thai was Tery large and not belonging to the pistol . He asked me to let f £ ? ^ ° ^ y * nd ie *^ ed me the price of it . 1 told him J could not tell himhowmueh it was , aa my Jmsbandhad not told me any thing about it . My husband is & wholesale dealer , and sometimes he sells pistols . He deals in hardware ( ironware , ) and sometimes he sdb bullet moulds , but weliad none put that one for some time . The prisoner took away the bullet mould as well as the pistoL

      ^ Crosa-exammed b y the prisoner—No person brought it down from iny house to tout house the night before . ' " ! w . Timing awom—I am a special constable at Iredegar . -1 know Mr . Harman , the superintendent of poliee there , Tke prisoner is a clockmaker On Sunday , the 3 rd November , Mr . Harman directed me to go to the prisoner ' s honse , and I went there at between tw _ elve and one . on Sunday night . I knocked at the door , and the prisoner asked me from ao upstairs window what it was I wanted . I told him I wanted to speak to him very particularly . He asked me ifl was going to take him away at all . I told him 1 should not take "hrm from the house , and he said he would not let me in . I then went back to Sirhowy . I / went again to the prisoner ' s house at between two and three o ' clock on Monday moraine

      There was a light up stairs and down . I knocked at the door , ana prisoner came again to the trp-stairs window and asked what I granted of him , to be about his honse like that . I told him I wanted to see him about the club or order that he belonged to . That order is the Grand Protestant Confederate Order . I am a member of it . We hold our meetings and pay our money tosnppart one another , if distressed at alL The prisoner is also a member . H « told me he would let me in on condition that 1 would not injure or take him away from his house or the engine . He then Set me in , and I showed him the book of rules , which states that no person shall be admitted a member of the institution who is a member of any other society that is hostile to , or at variwith

      ance , the constitution of government . He said nothing ; and I asked > nwi if ae thought any person « 6 nld be a Chartist and belong to this society . Do not know that the prisoner belongs to the Chartists I . J ^ st a ^ ed iim-Trhat he had been about all the Bight , He said" he had been doing nothing but stop apwithhiB wife , who -was Tery ilL I then said to torn . Where are the bullets you nave been making ? I asked him this in consequence of the information I had * eeeivei He replied that he had not been P ™* ^ * 3 T-, 1 Jtfin *«* « P the caudle and went mothe kitchen . I saw some pieces of lead about She floor , and also a ballet , which was so warm that I could scarcely hold it in my hand . I produce the r ^ Jv 113 ^ , ? " 3 sam - ( The witness here produced bnUetO 1 ften went

      a up to the shop where the 3 > n 3 qner works , and asked him where the bullet i * gj" f ^ l ^" * £ , rodnce it , or otherwise I SSftMi ? - ?* fc 0 ? l ¥ - ^ ften P «>* lced it , t w ^ JV ? ¥ ^ anst ^ TO more bullets in the house . F , w £ t ^¦ $ ?* \ £ ew- H « *» d = ° * made above a dozen . _ Iiold him he must let me have them , and S ^^^ SMftfissSas SS ^ r H&aSfflS

      immm wnw ' Bhouse ^ Thia " ^ SSiSi-&Sffi ^ TJ ^ & ll MoudaymoruW l £ ? jk aad took am before 1 & . HomrriV , amlj&i ^ r The pnamer thenaid toe ballB pn > ducedwSeS * ^^^^ fe >? a l 1 ^ HeSd m ^ XS theChartbtL to pwent ha being taken away br ^ am , and ^ hatjhemight lUy at home with his wifi wno was mpl , * nd had only been confined about a . week . I Tetan » d . wiaiaiepriKHaer , and searched his house . a *_ abput three o ' cloci in themomiM . * « q

      « Kind a buttet-monia If 0 . 38 . with a buUe in it feorteen other bnlleti and a piece of lead . He told * 3 fflK 2 SSBSSBBteS * ft& ^ ? , " ^ S ^** afl Bk « the pendnlnm of a ^ lock § 1 ^ T ie **** * o the ChartiBt Lodge on the Saturday night , - where he had remained till it was W Jf ** * j /^ ^ i **** subscriber , but had apt attended fora considerable time . On the Friday night a person , came to his shop , and asked how the Chartists got on-. He said he did notat first undertfand _ what he meant , but the person told him that tnere wasto be a lodge held on the Saturday night r ^^ SSJS ^ Ki ******* That aftJhe " line pnaoB «»> S » d l&raaed Ms work on the Saturday

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      night he went -ap to the lodge . I asked him whit the intentions of the Chartists were , and he replied he did not know , bnt they were Tery angry towards me , and that he supposed the reason was because I h&d taken Vincent . That he nerer would hare made the billets bnt for the situation in which bis wife was . I saw the prisoner at about ten o * clock on the Monday morning . He was at Mr . Homfi ay \ in the yard . He had a pistol in Ms pocket , which he endeavoured to prevent being taken from Mm . I , however , gotit and secured it . It is a new pistol , and the prisoner said it had been given himto repair , but did not say by whom . Ann Spooner was again recalled , and identified the Tttfftrtl ao KoT «( T >^ inf « Y « n ~ . « vTn » H .... X . 1 ^ 1 ¦ . * iu a * ± ZS ^ ' £% i& ^^ . & ±

      <;—• " ~ - - >"" n «»« » ucpiiouuer uauirom ner on me Sunday . ¦ - - . . - ¦ Henry Crow sworn—I am a special constable of rredegar , and know the , prisoner at the bar . On Monday , 4 th NoTember , I asked him what could lnducelum to make bullets at this time . ( I held out no threat to induce him to say anything to me . ) He said he had been to lodge , and they haa a consideration of the illness of his wife , and said they , would let him free if he would stay at home and make bullets lor theny ;~ which he did accordingly , as he was in hopes of getting a few shillings for the benefit of his family . He also said he did not think he was doing wrong—that he had made some bullets , and would make more , because he found it was a profitable trade .

      Mf . Thelps said , from the course of the evidence it would seem that the prisoner had acted- tinder coercion , and he would therefore withdraw the charge of bigh treason , and leave him to be dealt with according to the discretion of ihe magistrates . s The prisoner ' s father told the magistrates that the Chartists had threatened his son's life if he did not obev their orders . The prisoner in his defence said he had been in

      the habit , in the course of his bnsiness , of repairing guns and making bullets . In the present instance he should not have done so if he had not been threatened with the greatest severity—nothing but fear made him do it . The prisoner was then bound over in the sum of i' 100 , and two sureties of £ 50 each , to appear and answer any charge that might be preferred against him . - . Beo ^ min Richards was then charged with sedition . The evidence having been gone through ,

      The prisoner said / in his defence , that he was pressed on Saturday night by some men , who ordered him to go and take something from the house , and he got the handle of a-: sweeping brush . Heathen Treat -with them to several places , and at length into a public-honse , where he escaped , and stayed at the back of the honse till day-break , when he saw" the people going towards Newport , and he took it into his head to go down . The prisoner was then felly committed to take his trial . Evan Edwards was then recalled , and told that the magistrates having considered his case , found it impossible to hail him , and he was therefore committed for high treason and sedition .

      ( From the Times . J Newport , Not . 22 . Magistrates present—The Rev . J . Coles , the Mayor , Mr . 0 . Morgan , Air . Homfray , Mr . Brewer , and Mr . PothergilL David Lloyd was placed at the bar , charged with high treason and sedition . Morgan Harris being sworn , was examined by Mr . Phelps— "I remember Sunday night , the 3 rd of Nov . instant . I was at home and was going to bed , my wife being gone to a neighbonr ' s , when I heard a great noise of men approaching the house . There « as a little girl in the room , and the child cried . Three ' men came into the room ; the first man that came in had a pike in his hand , another had a

      cntlass . The first man ordered me to . rise immediately , and I did so , " and went down into the kitchen , and there I dressed myself . It was tea nunutes to ten when I dressed myself . I did not know either of the men who came up into my bedroom , nor had 1 even seen . them before . When I came down stairs there were twelve or fifteen men there . They were armed Tariously . I know David Lloyd , the prisoner , be lives at the Argoed . He keeps a beerhouse . The prisoner is David Lloyd . He was in the house with the arced men . It was very wet weather . I went away with them , not of my own free will , but I was afraid of my life if I did not go . I went nearly a mile and three-quarters with them , as far as Newbridge . I saw a sight of men there . I then

      sought an opportunity , and ran away , and got home again between twelve and one . 1 saw no more of David L ' ovd . The next day I went to Abercairn . 1 met a shoemaker called William Da-TiB ; we went into a house at Abercairn , and had a quart of beer * ach , arf' some bread and cheese . I saw a great number of men coming from Newport ; this was the day of the riot . " . Hannah _ Harris—I am the wife of Evan Harris , the Ia 3 t witness . I was at home on Sunday , the 3 d of November , in the evening . My husband went to meeting , and came back about half-past nine , or before . . He had hia supper of bread and cheese . I went out abont thirty yards off to a neighbour ' s hoase , leaving no one in the house but my husband and the little childreniiLbed . I . left my husband

      down stairs in the kitchen . 1 stopped . about ten minutes at the neighbour ' s house , to the best of my knowledge ; when 1 returned I found a number of people in . my house ; they stood in the kitchen . I saw one of them with a hay-fork in his hand , another had a gun , another with a priming-wire , and one with a spear , one also had a cutlass . I know the prisoner ; he was there with the men . The room would hold about thirty men , but there were fifteen or sixteen present . I did not know any of the men but the prisoner ; they ordered my husband to dress himself and go with them . They took my husband awaj , and the prisoner went with them . I had not seen the prisoner before that night for many years , but I know him perfectly welL I did not notice h \ 3 dress , for I -was afraid and trembling My husband came home again and knocked at the

      window about twenty minutes past twelve o ' clock . I let him in ; he went to bed , and was at home all night . The ^ Rev . J . Coles—The Court has taken your case into consideration . You are a man advanced in years , and ought to have known better , bnt the Magistrates hope this will be a warning to you , and yon are therefore discharged . The Rev . J . Coles , addressing the prisoner , Thos . Bray , said—The Magistrates do not want to commit more men than they can help , and as your master , -Mr . Heinfray , has spoken in yonr favour , go home aod work like an honest man , and attend no more of those meeting , which have led so many poor men "into tronble . You are discharged . Thomas Llewellin was then placed at the bar , charged with treason .

      John Hnghes was then sworn . —I am a collier , living at the Fleur-de-Lis . I have aot been sworn to secrecy , or to keep secret the Chartist doings . On Sunday night , 3 rd of November , I did hear a rumour about the Chartists : I beard that they were going off that night down to Newport . I know Lewi 3 Lewis . _ I saw him that night . About nine ¦ o ' clock ih&vmght I was in my own house ; it is in the Rhymney valley . I saw some men that night I saw 200 , 300 , or 500 . Some men came to my house about ten or twelve . I did not see anything in their hands . They asked me to come with them . I Baid I shonia not like to come from home that night . It was Tery-wet and dark . I did , however , eo with them . They saidthey were going down to Newport .

      I came with them as far as the turnpike-gate on btow-hilL In our way down we stopped at the Welsh Oak ; that was about eleven or twelve o ' clock . I drank two pints of beer there . I saw a great many men there . I believe there were 1 , 000 men there * 1 went into the honse . I saw there Lewis . Lewis , Thomas Thomas , and John Jenkins , that 1 knew there i there were lights in the house . "We came down to the Welsh Oakby the tram-road " we came through the Brind and Gellygroes . I know where the machine is . I donot know a place called Qnarramwr . Many of the men carried lights or candles ; the men were armed-with pikes and jnaa , swords , &c . The men I met at the Welsh Oakwere ^ o _ a J ? i ;* ST 8 ** many of them . I sfeyed at

      the Welsh Oak about an hour . I then went outinto the road , where I stopped three or four hours , and left the Oak about seven in the morning . We then came down the tram-road to Tredegar Park . When we went away from the Welsh Oak 1 did not hear any word of command . I saw Mr . John Frost twice that morning ^ 1 saw him in Tredegar Park . 1 heard tan tell the men to go down to the tramroad , and not wralk upon the grass . IknowTbos . Llewellyn , the prisoner attheliar . He was there ; he had amandril on his shoulder . I Baw him in the Park , . That was the time I saw Frost : We were all coming down together . I did not see theprisoner after . I had a anall bit of wooden rod in my hand . It wasabout two feet long , not as big as an inkbottle ( which wa * shown him . ) It was a nut-tree . When I came to ^ Stow I stood there a bit , and then lft \ i ° ^ Il ? ow ae WaterloopubUe 4 ouSe , thiB 6 J notsei th 7 " thS one rtJ 611 did not

      Sd ^ t ^ ^ P ^ 7 er ; I SJn ^ wt ^ Pa ^^ . I hear aS ^ 'SS'KMrfiStgai B ^ d ^ P ^^ - ^ Newport before " " * ° " » ' * W *>™ % doubfwafMSS ;?^^ ^ and there is no PhS ^ ortfe ^^ Wi < " * dayto-Mr . ^ S ^ SSSI aboMhJfput riz o ' clock . John offiSiT ™ 'S j % « 5 sr fi 3 are 5 ? & ^ S a s » g i&ns s £ nssfff

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      ^< kihem '' iiid / I- ' ^ ' ^/ wiih''ihem' % ; 8 toij ^ liill : We stopped at the Welch Oak . ^ 1 do not know IsraelTirman . Oh , yes , I know the quack doctor by sight . I Baw him here yesterday . I did not see him that nj ^ ht . I met . a great many men aithfr 4 i ? v ^^^ ' 7 nore - ? . ever saw before . I cannot tell how many , they were too many for me to count . There were more than a thousand ; they were armed with pikes , guns , and various other things . I cannot tell exactl y what time we got there , but think it was about eleven o ' clock . I went . into' the house with John Hughes . I went in to try to get some li ^^

      beer . We were thereuntil about daylight . 11 > ow John Fr » st . I saw him there . I have seen Jones , the watchmaker , once . I know Zephaniah Williams . I did not see him there then . In coming up the road which leads up towards Stow-hill I saw him . I know David Parry . I did not see him at all . I know Thomas Llewellin , the prisoner . I know Abraham Lewis very well . The prisoner was there . I tried to make my escape , but could hot . We halted in the park . The prisoner was there marching with them . Had a mandril . John Frost was there , and gave directions . From the Welch Oak to Stow is four or five miles .

      By pris » Eer . ^ -r am quite sure you carried the mandril , or I should not have sworn it . I saw Israel Finnan at the Welch Oak . ¦' _ •

      there was a knocking at the door . Some one asked for Firman to come out . T only heard one person speak . They said— "Come out , Sir , come out directly . " They called Firman by name . His wife said he shonia not come . They then demanded that he should come , and that they would have him . The door was opened to let me out . The old man went out . I didJiotremohstrate \ vith them . When the old man went out he told his wife that he would go to the woods . Then I we-1 home . When I went out I did not &ee any one . I went home , and on my way I called for my horse at Elias ' s , the publican ; As I went home I saw a good many with candles in their hands . I did not sea them armed . I have known Israel Firman some time . I never , saw him

      with pistols . I don ' t know if he carried pistois . I know the prisoner Zephaniah WiLiams . 1 have not seen him in our neighbourhood for some time . Thomas Sanders sworn ^ -I live at Abersychari . I have a shop tinder Mr . Daniel Lewis . Heis a linendraper . I know the prisoner Zephaniah Williams . I remember Sunday , 3 rd of November inst . I was at Bryn Mawr . I had spent the day therewith Mr . Marsden . I was ,-however , in several other houses in the course of the day . I left Bryn Mawr at about sev « n that evening , and I went through Bl&ine on my road to Abersychan . I met from forty to fifty men . They were going towards Waun-a-Lychan , aud on for Beaufort . They pressed me , and said , " You must go along with us . Some of thorn were

      armed with guns , pjkes , and pistols ; they , then said , " As we are sor near to the Chartist-bouse , you had better have a card , " and I said I would have two cards . Zephaniah Williams ' s house was close by . They then took me in there .. He keeps , I believe , a public-house—the Royal Oak . I sa ^ Mrs . Williams , the prisoner ' s wife , in the bari Llewellyn Williams and the-servants , and several drinking in the kitchen . When I went through towards the bar , I said , "I suppose , as lam take a ^ I must have cards . " I said it to the prisoner's wife and son . I drank a glass of beer , aud went along with Llewellyn Williams across to the little parlour , where I got a _ card for Daniel Lewis and myBelf . Daniel Lewis is my present employer . I then went along with those meu who were waiting outside . I

      should say that Llewellyn Williams is about eighteen years of age . We then went on through Wayri-a-Lychan , by way of Beaufort , and over the hill , until we got to Ebbw Yale , where I saw the prisoner standing on rising ground . The weather was yery rainy , and it was verydark . The prisoner had an umbrella , which he held to , cover him . I should think it was then about-ten o ' clock , as near as I could guess . When I -got to Ebbw Vale , I saw a great number of people besides the prisoner . Some had candles and lanterns , and others candles in their hands , which they sheltered with their hands from the rain to keep them lit . The prisoner said to me , " What , are you come here V aud he said , " Come here tome ; " and I went and stood by him . They

      then made their way to the bottom of the hill—the whole multitude that stood there at the time . Afterwards there was a great crowd of people met . us . Thea I tried to make my escape , but I was called back by the prisoner , who said , " Stop , stop , yflii must go along with me to keep these men on . * Then we went along , and there were houses called upon ; they knocked the people Vp , and pressed the people as they went along , threatening to pike them if they did not . When the prisoner called , out to ; me , " Stop , stop , " he pulled a pistol out of his pocket , and held it before , me , and said , " You mast go along with me to keep these men on . " We went along the tram-road until we got to Pontaberbege . There waaastay there , for the men wero drinking , aric

      they could not get them out . They then * Cleared the house . I then asked the prisoner , what was he goiug to do ; and he said that they were" going f through Newport and Tery likely on to Monmouth ; and I wted him what for , but he gave me no reply . Then the prisoner hired a tram , and I got into the tram , and Beveral more people . He said he got the tram for the purpose of conveying those who were unable to walk . It was a dreadful night ; I never suffered such anight in mv life . Another tram wot then hitched to it , which was also loaded full of men . Thea we came on to the Welsh Oak . There was a great number of people there . The party who had left the mountains with mecame down to the Welch Oak . I think there were more than 5 , 0 p 0 came

      down from the mountains with Zephaniah Williams . A great number of . them were armed with p ikes , guns , pistols , &c . They some of them had lights , and there were lights in the trams . I did not leave the tram from the time 1 got into it until-1 came to the Welch Oak . I have been at Risca . The Welch Oak 1 b near Risca . I think when we arrived at the Welch Oak , it must have been drawing on for three or fonr o ' clock ; for we had been on the road all night , and it was daylight when we left there . The prisoner-was therew He led the partv all the way . I did not see the prisoner in the house . I saw a chaise ; the chaise stood there then t they came along the tramroad all the way , the men with guns first , and pikes after . As we were going

      along 1 saw the prisoner put an extra ball : into his pistol , which was given him by a man who h > d a maudril . The bullet was too large , and he cut it with his knife , and then put it in tne pistol , and he said , ' Here ' s two for them , however . * It was an old-fashioned pistol , as long as a horse-pistolr The man who gave him the ball had a mandril on his shoulder ^ and a horn m hia pocket . He blew it several tunes to summon the parties together . We came through Sir Charles Morgan ' s park , where the men Baid they would not go on . The prisoner was there , and a man in a plaid coat together , and the man with' the horn and myself . I came , with them

      towards Isewport , as far as the top of St 6 w-hilJ . The prisoner was there ; he was wiih the patty leading them on . That was the last time 1 saw him . He was then opposite the church or a h'ttle below it . When I came there I saw a wounded man carried up , shot through the ancle . When , the wounded man was seen the men were making their retreat ; and they said to the prisouer , " What , have you brought us here to . be slaughtered \ " The ? prisoner said "Go on ! go oni don ' t be cowards ! "' I then made my retreat as fast as possible , and that was the last time I saw Zephaniah Williams , the prisoner , until I saw him to-day . . " . . : . / , K

      Prisoner—I shall not ask him any ^ questions : I leave it for another day , as I think he will think proper to oorrect nine-tenths : rif what he has stated ..-. . ¦ ' :-.- — - ¦¦' - ¦^ - . -- — -- - ' - ¦ :::: ' ^ -i . ' . " - ; ' ^ - - ;^ . i- % ; : The prisoner was then remanded until Monday morning . His case ig r considered so important , that it is thought it will take up two days' inquiry . The Court then adjourned until Monday morning . ( From the Times . ) Newport , Nov . 23 , Twelve o'clock " at Night . UNBAST-STAIE OF MBKTHTB—MAHCH OP * ROOPS FOn CAKDIFF FTIBTHKB EXAMINATIONS OF THE PRISONEES . . ¦ - . - - ¦ ¦

      Accounts having been received from Merthyr which are not of a satisfactory character , and which state that the workmen there are rather uneasy , one hundred men of the 45 th Regiment have marched ' to-day for Ourdiff , on the Merthyr road . We are happy to say that at the Tarteg things are wearing a very satisfactory appearance . The men have returned to their work , and all U at presentjauiet . . : The Western Vindicator is still irculated through the hills ; almost every cottage having one , and ia exerting itself , as last week , in endeavouring to stii up the people to ^ Uberate the traitors in Monmouth Gaol . SpeaMng of the Weleh rebellion , the Vindii cotor of this day says—

      " But the question now arises , what avails it that we agitate morally , if we find that all moral means hare failed ! And why is it tkat moral means hare failed to produce effect ! Is it because Chartismhas been defeated ! No . Is it because Chartism has been proved erroneous ! Ko i Ib it because the enemies of Chartism have prpyed Universal Suffrage to be dangerous \ No . Is it because the Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Q , ualificaticn , Payment of Members , have been shown to be evil and mischievous I No . Moral force has failed by the united opposition of prejudice villany , and physical force . ' . 'What remains , then , to be done ! How shall the Qiartista proceed I Moral force has failed ; and ,

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      alas ! physical force has failed likewise . We cannot fight against armed bodieaoTwell-organized butchers of , mankind . We move morally ;; : yet advance not . We move , physically , and bur motion becomes retro-¦ gtade . ; ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ V :. ' - ' ^; . / ' - - - : .-. ' ; . ' ; - r : ' .-v :- " -y- } . : i :: ' - .. - "And are we to sit quietly down .. anil relinquish pur cause . l Are we to become tacit slaves : to pur oppressors , conteut with what they , in their inercy , shall be pleased to mete out to ils ? Never I CJiarti 8 ts , remember the words of Mr . "Vincent last week —V L 6 t there be no unmanly shrinking : ' Desert not your incarceratod friends . .. " Butto the question ; How shall the Chartists proceed ? Let them raise the ^ standard of Resistance to Oppression ! ' ¦ Beware of soldiers ; ya cannot fight with thern ^ Be wary in your movements '; ye are beset with spies . Be cautious in your apeeches , for anything is seditiou . . But in the name of Liberty cease not to iwprry : your ehemiesi Your name is

      Legionifor ye are many ; and your ri ghts muat be enforced , if not conceded . -Ourcounsel is ^ -Organize ! organize ! organize ! " | : ¦ / ! : : This paper has now been allowed to be published brty weeks with < I state it advisedly ) a full knowledge of its charactOT by the Government , for not only were copiea of , it -sent to the Htfme-omce , but a gentleman of rank here , who Ib also a magistrate of the county , determined ^ that Lord John Russell should not be ignorant of its trea 8 ODable character and fearful that ^ those seht ^ , tb thejpublic office might be cast aside by the clerks without ; meeting Tiis Lordship ' s eyes , actually enclosed copies of the paper addressed . to Lord John RvjBsell at his private residence , and yet the paper has been allowed to go on unpunished until sedition has reared its head in fierce rebellion . The following requisition ha * been presented tb the Mayor , who has called a meeting for Wednesday next : —

      " TO MR . THOMAS HAWKINS , MAYOR OF JiEWPORT . : " We , the undersigned inhabitants of the borough of Newpprt and ito vicinity , deeply senaible b £ the gra ^ cious interference of Divino Providence in diverting calamity from the town oh the 4 th instant , jfespectfiilly request that-you will be pleased to call a general meeting of the inhabitants on some early day , in order that opportunity niay be afforded toI every member of the community publicly to acknowledge the Divine protect ion , and to dovise auch measures as may insure to Mr . ThomaB Phillips , junv , theilate Mayorvtheniagistrates of the borough , and others employed ou that occasion , some ' , expression of the sense wHich the inha i bitants entertain of the lii ^ h jwrviccs which nave been rendered them by the above partiefl .

      " Newport , November 19 , 183 ? . ' ' [ Here follow the signatures of 84 persons . ] " ¦ In compliance with the abovo requisition , I hereby convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of this to > vn and its vicinity , to be held for thu purposes there ; n mentioned , at Mr , WilUams ' s large room ; Commercial-atrect , on Wednesday next , the 27 th inst , at twelve o'clock . " Thomas Hawkins ^ Mayor . " Newport , November 22 d , 1839 . " ;

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      PtlBLlC MEETING IN SI ^ D ^ ; : ; :. ; c :. ; ' .. BEHALF OF MR . Wofcti f > : : \ \ : . ; It wasanhpuhced in the Star 6 i Saturday- last , that Mr ; Feargus O'Connor would address the people at Sunderland on the evening of that dayi . Mr ; O Con i nor havihg also communicated his intention to Messrs . Williama and . Binn 8 , iBb 6 ksellerS j of Stinderland , those truly ( Estimable and ; respectable young gentlemen immediately Vp ' rpceeded tb engage 9 ie large Assembly Rooms , where the Radicals usually hold their meetings .: She rooms ' . weti taken , but Mr . O'Cpnhpr ' s name was > not . mentioned . As span ) however ^ aa -iti waa ^ discoyered that tjhat gentleman ^ as . tb' ^ dre SS '' ° -the . ' % 'dicals , ; it . ^ ai ^ 'in tiinateB ' 'tb Messrs . Williams and Binns that a clause in the

      lease' required a compliance with sbnie seyere conditions , ior coriforinihg to which there wasi noli then tiihe , and that consequently Mr ; O'Connor could not be allowed to speak in the "Assembly Rooms ., The Radicals ^ havingbeen noticed by bills tliat the meeting would take place in the Assembly Rppmj great conr fusion arosevcbunterrplacardsi were issuedrr-and at five o ' clocK , when Miri O'Connor arrived , a general desDondency' prevailed . ¦ _• ¦ . ;¦ , ¦ . . ' , : . , ¦ ' 5 » f o ' clock vvasth * hour appointed for the meeting ; and at a quarter of an . hour before that time ; a messenger came to inform Messrs . Williams and Binns thati the conditions in the : lease could be oyprcomei Hand-bills were instantly sent round , the : Radicals became bellmeh , criers , and scouts , and . athaif-past six . there was a glorious meeting . Mr . Williams was unanimouslv called to the

      chair . He ppeoed the meeting by cohgratulating them upon Mr . O'Connor ^ ^ Vpresence j aud stating that is he had to attend a ¦ meeting at Newcastle upbn that night , he would simpl y ¦ : introduce him to their nbticej reminding them that . the object was most holy , and the result , if achieved , would be mpst fl oripus ^ -it was the liberation of their friend land rother patriot ^ John Frost . ( Loud and long continuedcheering ;) . '¦' . ¦ 'Mrv \ O'Connor had a plan to subm't for their conBideration , of which he ([ Mr . Williams ) highly i approved , and in the carrying put of which he felt convinced every £ pod man in Siinderland would co-operate . With these few observations he would make room for their long-tried and valued friend . Feargus O'Connor , who , upon pre senting himself , was received with the most rapturous applause . /

      Mr . O'Connor said that Mr . Williams had already anticipated hi in in the deyelopement of his plan ; they Bcemed to approve of it ^ and therefore , it was likely te be successful . He hoped in those days of violent party profession that the same latitude ! would be allowed to him asto Whigs and Tories ; and if it was '' nPt , he had tliis satisfaction—that nevrouldtake it . ( Ciitiers and laughter . ) If the Whig declared himself ready to dio : tor the principles bt his order , he was dehpuiinatea a patriot ; if the Tory prea « hed revolution , ; aud registered his vow to die for the ascendancy of his jparty , ho , top , was a patriot ; but if the Radical said that he was ready to risk life for the establi&hmeht of his , whic ^ were the onl y true principles , he was a rebel , a murderer , a destructive

      , and a traitor . ( Loud cheers . ) But no matter ; it ' being a ^ Ch artist was being a traitor , then did he glory in being a traitor . : ( Renewed cheers . ) Frost was called a traitor . Did they think Frost was a traitor ? ( "No , no . ") No ! but let them observe that the magistrates , whose decisions should be impartial , had already declared Frost and others to be traitors .: Yes ; he ; % ould prove delinquency , folly ignorance , and partiality pu the part of the magistrates . Their court was but the initiative ; and , as it cannot be pure , it -should at all eyepts ^ evince as little palpable corruption as need be , eyen for form sake . But what was ; the fact 1 Those LyonrguBes took upon themselves : to declare several persons guilty of high treasoD , by actually committinfir others

      for what they called , harbouring traitors . ( Cheers , a « d cries of ; " Triie . ") Well , but one of the maxims of the Englishlaw . ; was , that , every man should be esteemed to be innocent until found guilty by . a jury of his country ; and that the benefit of all doubts upon trial . should be given to the prisoner ; but here , as in cases of Irish Courts-martial , in 1798 , we find the case reversed ; in irelaud , the man : was shot at tight j for : foar he should become a rebel betore morning , and : he wag tried the following mofniiigl ( Cheers and laughter . ); So at Newport , the ¦ m agistrates have already decided that Frost is ' a : 'traitor ; and then , they ask for a special commission to try hint : ( Gheerso Mr . O'Connor then explained the hardship of a , spedial commission , by which the game

      legal aBliataiico which might be had at a general assize for . eighteen guineas , was , raised , by special commissions to five , hundted guineas ! - ( Shame , shame . ) It was a . shame , but crylnjr . ^ Sbamej " would hpt meet it ; ( Hear , hearO And i therefore , as he had discovered the truth bf the saying , that "what was every man ' s business was no man ' a business , ' . ' and also , believing in the old proverb ; "If you wish to have your business done , go ; if not , send ; " he had made it hia business , and had come ; and , being there , his busihes was to tell them , that if he could help it , Frost shoiiid not be the victim of neglecti ( Loud cheers . ) y . There were pressing emergencies . ' .-which Vypuld not ^ wai t for systematic organisation ; there were times when theliorse may die

      while the grass wasgrowing : and as he found by the Morning Chronicle that the special Cpmmissioawasto issue ' - ^ immediately , time would not admit of ¦ delay . ( Hear . ) Added tothisj he 7 reall y found that the pebple were bowed down beneath heavy taxation , and only existed upon the caprice of the eniplbyera ; and therefore , though well inclined , they : were not . able -to defend their friend by ypluntary contribution , while the ' means of prosecuting him wpuld be bayoneted but of them , ( Loud ¦ cheers . ) His prbpbsal then wag , to stand in the gap at this all-impo ; rtant crisis . The defence of Frost and the othisr persons would cost £ 1000 at least . ( Shame , shame . ); The three barristers alpne wpuld take five hundred guineas jaud in the matter of fee the solicitor never allowed his

      inferiority ; For this then they should be prepared ; and his proposal therefpre was , that individuals ; clubs , or societies possessing funds for which they now . , receive four per . cent , should lend to him ( Mr . O'Connor ) £ 1000 at six per cent , upon as good security ; and which £ 1000 shpuld be expended uppii the defence of Frost and otheM . ( Loud and long-cpntinued cheering and waving . ofhati ) The people had been so drained that they could not do it in a moment ; and , if he could command it himself , he would not have : passed the threshold of his dopir to have made the appeal . ( Lbud cheers . ) He would take the nation's word , which was . the nation ' s bond , fprrepaying as much as they were able ; and if he bore all , and had to sell his coat , he would no in his

      shirt-sleeves rather ; than that his frieud should go undefended , ( Hear , ' hear , and . loud cheerihgO Did they approve of his plan , and would they back him 1 (" Ayej aye , " and cheers . ) He believed that a more honourable man—u more : tender-hearted man , oi- a braver man did not exist than John J ' ros $ —Xloud c ^ rgj-and ^ t , invrstiug for the " blpdd of the ir victim , - -the . 'i nfernal and bloodthirsty ' : Times had already commenced tp instil the poison into , the ears bf those whpshbuld be unbiassed- CQroa > s and hissesi ) . He had been very much irritated by . Whig prosecutions ;; but yet -w-ouiided feelings had never madehimprefer the tyrant to come to the tyrant in power . ; ( Loud cheerBO The Whigs-were as bald as their worst enemy , could wish them ; but a slight taste of would teach

      Toryism them that worse if possible , remained behind .: ( Cheers . ) He had no doubt upon his mind that a firm cdufsV upon the part of the whole people would save Frost frbin his enem es ^ cheers ^ whUe he had no doubt that perseyera ^ e bn the pajt pf the pepple wpuld preserve them from „ ¦ all enemies . The new Whig plan S ^ n * ! ^ Pu ^ * ¥ J « « w- - ( Hear , and clieers . ) Well , let them take a lot of theni—and hayi ngalbt pf . them--aud himself amongst them—they would find , for every head cut off that ten thousand heads would spring up . ( Cheers . ) The lopping off ot leaders was never mjurions to a public cause 7 on the cbntrary , give rise to emulation which their existence held in , subjection . For instance , he happened to be in Paris at the death of Talma , the great ; actpr . It was discussed in a cpffee-hpuse whether thta eyentwould be injurious or serviceable

      to the ' s ^ e , arid the unanimpus decision waa that for | he one luminary a thousand lights would sbine , upon" whom the darknega of hope had before cast the extinguisher . v ( Loud ; cheers . ) New energy—new study—new zeal and pride would create a thousand Tahnas for the one which - had gone . So with the Par ^ -jp with the : churcbb--so with mediciue- ^ so with allother sciences—and so with patriotism . ( Loud and long continued cheering . ); They were / not to their owa acts of deyotibn half so much indebted tor their present position as they were to the tyranny of their oppressors . ( CheersO They might have fallen asleep on thei * unopposed journey , while they were roused to action byi the stinging taunts and malevolence of their opponents ; ( Loud cheers . ) They

      uveq in new umes ana they Required hew men to goyern them . Steam -navigation , steam power production , transniisrion by railroad , gas , the printin « machine , freshened by new ideas and propelled by steam velocity ; were above the drowsy cbinpre . hension -of him who rests in security while ; he lolfe in the . humiliating posture of ¦* royal parasite . ( Lpud *? l ?^ ^ continued ^ eenn g , ) Sucb ^ vsk thepositibn of . the tallpw-bramed Mdbournei ^ who Iiihts the palace with wick ; while ^ the world is illuminated with gas , v (( Jreat cfieerin jgO . If the Scptch cbtenantere had been , unopposed in their assault ^^^ kgainst bppreS sion , their causey like reform , might now be w « nH ; n ^

      r tai slowv and jrtoddrog way ^; ^ ut as pejfsecution is the high ; roadVeleyatioh , sp ^ did bodily Werinl act , as a ^ ^ meutal spar tp ^ press them Pnward in their course until they gaineS in a season that wWq | T i unopposed ^ might ; yet hare been unacebmSe ? ( Loud and long . cpntinu 0 a . 6 heering . ) TlirS sorbing question , at least * Kh every ^ worSneSh S ^ & ^ SaSS ^ liS ^^ ^ m m ^ Mm ^ mmm ^^

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      J /^ d , wouldUl » a ^^ and cheers . ) , This nincompoop , who , he ^ wau toldf . was ch ^ steneii ^ Mr . fiqueers '' froniihe sim-Iaiity that existed between the schoolmaster of Do-the-boy 8 HaU and the editor ' . of ikzHetald an to . the mode ^ pf stretching their legs- ^( grestt Iatighterimd cheers)—had recently attempted to get up a present excellent and patripiifl mayor . Dr . Brpwni ( Cries of "Three cheers for hital" ) What w » a the charge of this creature against the first magistrate ! It was , that when a drunken poh ' ceman preferred a charge agaihBtSybbD , the inayoi : said that the popi had just as good : a right 16 keet . and discuss tlieir grievances as thd ^ rich , ^ and . that ^ ^ he ^^ ( the niaypr ) would never be a party to sho winie DartialitV ' to one

      class abovei another ^ and he '; discharged Sybon . ( Loud cheers . ) Now if this plan had been universally puysuedj , they never would have heard of physical force or outbreaks . ^ ( Hear , hear ; and oheerg . ) No , nb ! they had attempted to cut off the safety valves , and public . opinion , when smothered , was sure to burst all : the : fetters ; that = Burrounded it , while , if allowed vdiple « pme , ventjiVwould have : rested Satisfied with progressive improvement . ( Loud cheers . ) Oh ! if thet Welshmen had but fiOm- ' mitted their recent act in aid of Whi ^ Hefwin ^ would treason hive been their crime , would tiro Whigs have been their accusers , and would Williams have been their judge ! V ( Loud and long-continued cheering . ) Jdf ; O'Connor then entered Into an account bfthe state of the country . He eiplained the prpspect which . presented itself of success , and ft O ti f f ^ W ^ ^ % ^ fl ^ A % J ^ *« «« J ^^ r ^ 1 ^ v 4 * **** « ^ h « . * m £ ' rife * A ^ m ' rih ¦ b ^^ & a . « ^_ _^ . - XL . _^ . ' vkuhvuou io lounuve tuoaiB

      , ^^ ^ ^ vuv (* ou |» orgaiuati any uyuu ) . who would entrap them into secret associations . He . tol « 31 them where their ; strength and their weakness lay ; and , after speakiDg an hour and a half started tor Newcastle to attend another meeting ! bj * the same purpose .. ' '• - . - , '' ...- .: ''; \' "' - . ¦ . ¦ -: ; .-. - . -: ¦¦ ¦? :- ' ;;^ v : ; During Mr . O'Cdnnor ' a address , the policemjiii ' whohad arrested Sybpn : without a warrant ' caoKfto ' t- edoor , and refused *) pay-more tha * sa-fiwf-penny towards the expanses ^^ of the room , the ^ neffofadmjssion being one penny ; / Great ' obnfMbns awse when the fact was announced by' the-collector ^ 'at . the door , whenMr O'Cobhorsaid— - " Let ^ ^ th ^ feflpw :: in , and I'll giye him-thejworth ^ pf the ^ theifiijf- TiiB

      penny ;' andhe ^^ fu ^ y redeemed pl ^ dge ^ ^ the fellow man was literally : compelled to blush . X When Messrs . O'Conripr : and - Williams ; left the room , this fellow ,: whose name iaBoswell . followed them for ¦ ¦ & . inile _ -to Mf > ¦ WiUiams ' * residence , and made ^ evoraX . ineffectual . ' attempts to : separate Mr . Williams from Mr . O'Connpr , with ;' . a ^ view , as-llr . Williams stated , of taking him to thb-station-house upon spmefpaltrycharge .- •; ., . ' . ' :.: " . . . : > ,-:- .: ';¦ ' ' Nothing could exceedtthe enthusiasm of the ' men of Suriderlaridy and th ^ ir ex pression of Melitytbwards Frost . At half ^ past eight ¦ '¦ ' o ' clock-, -Messrs . O'Connpr arid WiUiamff started ior Newcastle .

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      MEETING AT NEWCASTLE ; i % ^ HALFOF : V ;¦' . '¦ ¦ ; :. ' ¦ ; .- ;' . - ¦ ME , ' 'FEO ^ .:: ;;; ' - ' : \; - 'V : ^' ' - ; V , 0 " - ; Althoug h but short notice had . been . giyen of Mr . O'Connor's intended yjsit to fTewcastle ; and notwithstanding that some ' foul play waa practised somewhereand notwithstanding that Mr . O'Connpr did not arrive till ten o ' clock , yet did the bravo working meni by thei » arranjfeniehts , ' , deyotibn , and patience , show , themselves superior to all sectiphal and : pettifogging interference . ; At ten o'clock , as"Mesars . O'Connpr and WilUama madei their appeaiance bpposite thin Assembly Kooms , they were loudly : cheered , and immediately proceeded to the hustings ¦ C / -: ,: ; ' - :: - - ' . ' -V ¦ •' .. . " . ¦ .. '¦ ¦¦ ::: ' ' ¦ ¦' " y ' . ¦ - ¦

      Upon the- motion ot X > r . H « MEyl 4 r . ' 'Williams ,: of Sunderlarid , was called to the chair ; and to ebow the estimition fe whidi that young gentleman is held , even put of iis own jpiality , there was no ' demand for a townsman ; but , on the contrary , his appointment was sanctibned by general , acclamation . In opening the proceedings : . ¦ . ¦¦/ - ¦¦ ' ¦" / . ¦ : - ¦ / ' - '' - ¦ . . '"""¦ ¦' -, ;; ¦ '• . ¦ ¦ •'"' ¦ ' .- ' . '"'' . '¦"¦¦ ¦ . : ' The Cuaihman aaid t that te had just left a glbripus meeting at Sunderlanq % for'the same purpoee thit they were then a ^ embledi aud if he ; did not make a wrong calculation of the spirit of the men of Newcastlei he felt- assured that their enthusiasm ttnd determination would be equal to that of his own townsmen . ( Cheers . ) In tKis hgly miasipn , which was for the "defence and

      liberation of , -, -the glorious ;) FrPst ^ - ( lpud cheers- and waving of hats )—Mr . O'Connor : had T ^ noured the men xif-Sunderland iahd Newcastle by his first appeal ,, which ha nieant---. t ^ make generally t 6 ' the nat ion ; . Jbbbtibe response , then , be equal to the compHiuent—let STery liian put his Bboulder to the wheel , arid the work would be easy of accomplishment The plan intended to be subinitted : tpV them : by Mr . P'Coririor . iwas Jfeaghly approved bf by the men ot ^ ^ Bunderland , and tie waa sure would be asfwell received byttie men of Newcastle He would , not take up morel of their , time , than to rejoice that ftir . O'Connor ' -was yibi fr ^ ej : and that tlio hpnpur ^ as conferred upon Wm of inteoducing bo old a friend to so triumphant a meetinaBT : ! ; : ; . ; .: '

      . Mr . O'Connor then rose , and was receiyediwitn loud cheers . He said that Dr . Hume , in proposing the chairman , had remarked that there were naturally many dispositions in that room , and that there was :: a reporter also in the room who- was capable of giving a report as varied as their several dispoaifibn& Jlr ;' Williams Had said that he ( Mr . O'Connpr ) was then tiSe . Nowhe cared not vhat the several dispositions may * e , but before : he had- done he pledged himself to make all good ; men , of oo ' ejioindr and : act in coaeert upon one giverippi 4 t . As to ' th ^ b ; &iend , the repqr&ay he migbTt be aaMjf ^ JbommtKed toifhe cnstodyi , safe-keeping , and gnardianship of tbUr-iriend , and his countryman , Mr De Vear . ( lioud ; cheera , ^ &bni i ^ t : ^ bus and staunch ; patriot they might "« jpect the truth .: whateTOi fell from

      the pen of hJrix whoin the chairman hai jipiropriately ^ dcsignated aa the wlnged » bd {^ neMercurj ( Loud cheering arid laughter . ) As to hisMing tree , true his body was atlarge : but hew , in , Hie midst of so much misery in this sea-bound dungeon , could mental freedom be said to exist ? Was that freedojiu ; which incarcerated virtuei and aJlowed-rice to Stop abroad ?—wasthat . freedom , -which " grarited reform tp . yiolerice aud refused its blessings to reason ? ( Cheers ) Was it freedom to ^ hold-theiir friendiFipat in bonds-l { loud aid long conanued cheer 8 ) --whil « i - ' . the' faction who had driven the people to despair were' his persecutors arid prosecutor ^ Mr . O ^ Connor then tet ^ airiedHie plan which he had proposed at Sunderland , which was loudly ^ cheered . ^ He said - . that ii Me flrat instance he woiild

      meet the law ' s quirk by the law ' s quibble , and to the iawuig of - « ifflcient funds fo ? that purpose the minds of the working classes should be rbused / : ( Cheers ;) r ^ ow , in fltatSI the deplorable situation in which necessity compelled tben > to leave their : best friends , he ^ ^ instanced as aproof of their poverty—put iot of their ingratitude—that they bad not wherewithal to save the niost devoted P ^ tnpt ^ from absolute wanb There was oue man who had laboured incessantly in their cause fornirie yearstS ^ SSti ^ * - ^*<> . trpniUs dVyotion to them , had been driven from house to lodgings—from ££ * * £ ¦ S * " ^ «»^ Si-S pmt to chop-and fromchop to cold bbne-and that person was James Bronterre O'Bnea ( Cheers . ) > TliuB n ^ Wr ^ % Witness * heirtrlends suftS ? SSl J ^^ ? T ? Persecutionbrought thenvto

      . . ^ toat misery Whed ai their sorrowa . Thus ^ fr was : wit £ V-i Jrtf ' * hc p 6 ^ love * ^ i wWle poverty p «> - gudedthepossibility of . ^ rvjnghim , ¦ &th ? a an 3 S that the men yhp . lived . uppn their : industry i wbuld , if %$ l ^ . ^ ^ ^ ece *^ tor bJa eififcutibn , subscribe £ 50 , 000 for . its . execiitipiL : fH ^ r / hear . and oneers . ) ^ Here it : was announced- that " tnere' was a sp ^ n ^ room . taking notes , Aipori wnich ^ r ; b-CPnnorrep led , ^ Then let him tell Lord Melbbuirie that ¦^ S ^ I "' , P * lfliu > JndigifttibH is about toiipset 2 i , f ± W a 11 ' -P 0 W Which Is based upon injustice r and let him also fell Daniel Q'ConneH and the ininioriB or the Court , that we > anxlougly ieofcforthe landimr of Pamel and his ; 5 OO , p 66 ; fluting : men } : ( Loud x 4 ee > s , ) That we believe taat Irishmen so loye liberty thai on . heir first . tread on British ground the magic wand of ireedom would > e pat to their [ ibi in ^^^

      y Deing free , they : wouldjbin , their Eri gliatijretfeniri oneuniverfevl demand ^ i t ^ m ^^^ J ^ Xet him , a 1 sb ; tell the ; whole ; tribe of t ? SSnS language of the Prince , ot ^ ^ Orange . ^ S&So ? ing for it ! ' / ( tong continued cheeHigv ) M * o'COnnoi

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      FURTHER EXAiMINATIQNS , A number of prisoners having been brought in yesterday , . , . ' . The magistrates consequently Bat last night at the Poorhouse ^ and . Roger Davis , of ^^ Biack ^ pod , for ^ wiipso apprehensipn a regard of £ 25 Ayas advertised , and wnp was apprehended at Canterbury , on his way to Dover , la order to make his escape from the country , Moses Horner , Wilhain Horner , and Thomas Daviee , were among the prisoners ; .

      M As agamst . the prisoners Thpnias Davies , and Moses aud W » ll » am : Horner , a female far advanced in pregnancy was a principal witness , the uiar gistrates , notwithstanding their having adjourned until Monday , determined to take her evidence againstthe prisoners , and held a sitting last night at the Poprhpuse . / Magistrates preserit-The Mayor , ' Mr ; T . Hawkins , Mr . W . Brewer , and Mr . G . Hall . . Theprisoner having been placed at the batv charged with high treason and seditiori , . Mary Thomas , wife of William Thomas ,-was then swpru , and said , "I live at Jtlynyedao , in the parish ot Myny thusdbyne . On the 3 rd of November instant three men came , to my husband ' s house . Thev came

      in the morning at about eight o ' clock . My husband was then ; in bed , but rose before tlioy went iiiyay . They looked abbiit , and from their conduct I observed that they took notice of my husband ' s two guns , which were hangiug upiin tho kitchen ; they were both double barrelled . We keep a beef-hoUse . The three men called for a quart of beerj which they drank and paid for . They stayed nearly an hbrir , and then went away . The two prisoners , William and Moses Horner , were two of the persons irithe house , and of whom I have beenspeaking ., / I don't know the other person ' s name J but he is not in cusr tody . I believe he is out of the-way : ' " - The same eyening , about six o ' clock , a largo number bf persons came to my house , the house was fuil pf them , and the three

      prisoners at the bar were among themw The prisoner Thomas Davies asked Wo for the , guns , and I told him they were gone ; he then went iotb tho cellar arid brought up a reaping hook , and another man , whose name Ldbn't know , and the prisoner Wm . Horner , took hold of a shot belt hanging in thekitchen . Seeing them take hold bf the shotbelt , I also laid , hold of it and twisted it round my arm to prevent their taking it . I cried put , and said they should not have the belt , and Thomas Davies , who was then in the cellar , asked what was the matterj and Williarii iHorner said t was ^ not willing to let theim have the shbt-belt , and then Thomas Davies said , " D—n her , take it alorig , take it along , ' and thea they ; dragged iae put into the road . The prisoner Thomas Hprner a ' sb came into the house at the same time with the Pthers , ' and left the house at the

      Bame ; time as the rest did . One of the party , whose naine I don ' t knbwj took away a dagger belonging to my husband ; The giiiis were placed up stairs in tho bed-room , concealed between the head of the bed and the > vall , my husband having hid them theib since the men came in the morning . I did not wiali my husband to have anything to do with it , and I requested him tb fo from home , and told him I would stay at home y myself rather than he should go along with tho Chartists . My husband left home about an hpur before the mop came ; he had been gone about an hour before they came the last time ; They -took' away the shbt-belt ^ whieh contained about threo pounds ot shot ; It was a single B shot . One of the men had a double-barrelled gun . I dbriH know his namo . Oil Monday morning my littje boy found a mandril near ourhouBe .

      John Hearne sworn . —I am a carpentor , living near the Greyhound at Poritlandfraith . About half past eight on Sunday morning , the 3 d inst ., 1 weri ' i nto thaGreyhouud to call for a ^ pint of beer therb was a Marge number bf people in the house , who were . all taiiing in Welch . I think I was the only Jinglishman m the house j t jhey were talking abput * e Chartists . I know the prispner Davies ; he formerly lodged in the sa , me house with tne ; hei ' wais one of the men whom I saw at the Greyhound , and the only man I knew , except the landlord . U drank my beer , and went home t « iriy lodgings , and remained at home until after tea-timein the evening ^ Thomas Davies did not come home until after teatime to his lodging . He took tea at the saine time

      as . 4 did . and after we had done tea , - the prisbrier lbomas Davies asked me if I would go up with him to the / Greyhound ; I went with him ; In going rrom our lodgings to the Greyhound we passed by a black smith ' s shop ; there was a heap of tools ealled mandrils ^ lying on the ground ; the prisoner picked up two of the mandrils and hid theni in ashed behind the hlackamUh ' s shop--it is a . shed into which they put \ horses ; the prisoner ^ aid We can take them tp-night as wo go down ; "We then ; went to the Greyhound , and I called for a pint of . beer . The prisoner Thoirias Davies then came ; up , and asked me if 1 would come up and enter . He told me that there was a room up stairs-,: where the entries were bade .

      Hfrwanted me to enter the : Chartist Lodge ; : I tbld hinTJwouid not go up stairs ib onterV He" said I had better , and that if I didriot , it wbiild be hard upon mie after I came home again . I did hot see him after until he came homo again on Monday evening . It was about ten o ' clock at night . When he came home , I asked him where he had : been , and how it was below , meaning at Newport . He said ttiere was a : great number wounded arid killed at Newport , andthatthey came away as fast as th « y could . The prisoner told me he had been at the last wituess ' s honse , arid that they , had taken a shot-belt a , way from , there . He said the woman there was a very strong brie , but that he and other two men got hold of it , arid took it away . The prisonex' told methat oh hiswaydowri to ^ Newport he went into Mr . Strickland ' s house

      . at the machine , arid that he took a lantern arid sbme caridles away from there . I then said to him , " Who was with you ! " arid he told ine that the other prisoners , the two Homers , were with him , OriThnrsday evening last the prisoner Davies gate me half-» -crpwnj and told me to go to the hbuso pf William Thpmas , the woodward , arid tell him that he ( Thomas DaTies and the others concerned with him ) would giye him half-a-crbwaa-piece ^ if he wouldiot saV anythmg about what had taken place . : : . : Cross-exuaiined- ^ l did riot give my name down to be entered at ; the Greyhound to the Chartist lodge when : Thomas Davies was there . The prisoner Thomas Davies did npt . give me half-a-crown tb have some beer at Thomas ' s house , where I Was to go tp tell Thomas what I-have said before . The prisoners wrere then remanded until Monday .

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      :-. " .: ' r ' .. - /' -: ¦ " ' ""¦; . . !» . , . .. ¦¦ < ' ;¦ :: ¦ .. - - . ¦ .. ' ¦ ., Detbjition of the Maiis . —Oh Saturday morning last the mail-trains by the Sputhsimptbti railroad die not arrive at the termirius , at Nine Elm 3 , until near eight o'clock ( consisting ; of the Deybnport , Exeter , Portsmouth , and Southampton mails ) , being _ riearly two hours anda half behind the usual hour . iThe delay was caused by the exteniriye inundations in the western counties . i

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1085/page/6/