TABLE OF CONTENTS. VOLUME 71. Chelmsford Sessions.-Bloody- No. 2.-To the Readers of the Regis- ter; on the new plan of publish- ing it.-No. 1. History of George IV.-The Affair at Battle; Good- ging Soldiers.-Ireland; Repeal of the Union.-Preston Election. No. 3.-No. 2. History of George IV. Praise of the Bishop of Winches- Military Force of Great Britain. No. 4. To the Ministers, on the only effectual means of putting a stop to the Fires.-Repeal of the Union. England.-Parliamentary Office. -Foreign Affairs.-The Press and No. 5.-Cause of Reform.-To the Labourers of England, on their duties and their rights.-To the land.-Proceedings in the Parlia- Tithes; Select Vestries; Borough No. 6.-Combination against the Min- C6 Evils.-France.-Reform, and the intrigues at Court-Meetings in Lincolnshire, and Worcestershire. Parliament: Tithes; the Middle- sex Petition; Trevor; Straw being No. 7.-Belgium.-Wiltshire Benett. Cobbett.-No. 3. History of George No. 8.-To the Landowners of Eng- No. 9.-French Republic and Eng- lish Reform.-Whig Indictment.— fairs. Parliament: National Faith; Tithes. Breach of Faith. Reform. Game Laws. Poor Laws. Evesham; No. 11. To the Labourers of England, on the Scheme for getting them to go away from their Native Land.- To the People of Preston, on the Parliamentary Reform.-Preston No. 12.-To the Hampshire Parsons on the Reform Bill.-To the Rea- ders of the Register.-a Bill to Hunt's Baring's and Palmerston's France; Letter of Mr. W. Cobbett. fires), in case the person making such discovery shall be liable to be prosecuted for the same. And the Lords Commissioners of our Treasury are hereby required to make payment accordingly of the said Given at our Court at St. James's, this twenty-third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, in the first year of our reign. God save the King. Here, in the case of the setting fire, is a freehold estate worth twenty-five pounds a year; or, an annuity for life of about forty- five pounds a-year, though the informer be only twenty-one years of age; and, if he be from forty to fifty years of age, here is I SHALL, under this head, put upon re- cord the hangings that are now going on. I shall not, except in the way of explana- tion, make any remark, or state any fact, from myself, and shall not venture on the insertion of any private, or written com- munication; but shall put on record merely what I find in the public papers. On Friday James Ewen, convicted of arson, and Thos. The trials are taking place by SPECIAL Bateman, for highway robbery, accompanied with cir- COMMISSIONS; and a Proclamation cumstances of savage barbarity, underwent the extreme penalty of the law in front of Springfield Gaol. Ewen, it was issued before the trials began, offer-will be recollected, had been found guilty of setting tire ing a reward of a hundred pounds to any one to the barn and stack of Mr. Sach, farmer, at Rayleigh. was very slight, but the principal witness, a man named who should cause any one to be convicted The circumstantial evidence to connect him with the fact of some of the acts of violence; and FIVE Richardson, who had been imprisoned as an accessary to HUNDRED POUNDS in the case of the crime, swore that the prisoner had, unsolicited, told him, after the fire, that he was the perpetrator, and urged SETTING FIRE. But the best way is him at the same time to join him in firing another stack belonging to Mr. Blewett, the next evening. to insert the Proclamation itself. was known to be a notoriously bad character, and circum- stances subsequently transpiring to cast suspicion upon his evidence, the most strenuous exertions were made, by a number of the most respectable inhabitants, to save Ewen's life, but without success. Ewen protested his in- nocence, in the most earnest manner, up to the last mo- ment, though he freely confessed that in his life he had been guilty of many offences. His wife and two children took their farewell of the unfortunate man a few days previous, and his brother was admitted to him on the morning of his execution. No commiseration was excited for Bateman, who had robbed and cruelly ill-used an old man, upwards of 70, by stamping his head into a ditch, and crushing his ear off which was found buried six inches in the mud. About nine o'clock, after leaving the chapel, the culprits ascended the platform, Ewen with great firmness, and Bateman discovering much agitation. Upon placing the rope round Ewen's neck, it was found to be too short, upon which he observed, "It's rather a tight fit." The halter was obliged to be spliced, and while this was accomplishing, Ewen remarked to a per- son who stood near, "It's rather cold standing up here." The ropes being adjusted, the bolts were withdrawn, and the prisoners were launched into eternity. They strug- gled very much.-The general impression amongst the WILLIAM R.-Whereas great multitudes of lawless and disorderly persons have, for some time past, assembled themselves together in a riotous and tumultuous manner, in the Counties of Wilts, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hants, and Berks; and for the purposes of compelling their em- ployers to comply with certain regulations prescribed by themselves, with respect to wages, have had recourse to measures of force and violence, and have actually com- mitted various acts of outrage in different parts of the counties above-mentioned, whereby the property of many of our good subjects has, in several instances, been wholly destroyed, and their lives and properties are still greatly We, therefore, being duly sensible of the mischievous consequences which must inevitably ensue, as well to the peace of the kingdom as to the lives and properties of our subjects from such wicked and illegal practices, if they go puished; and being firmly resolved to cause the laws to be put into execution for the punishment of such offend- ers, have thought fit by the advice of our Privy Council, to isne this Proclamation, hereby strictly commanding all Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and all other Civil Officers whatsoever, within the said counties of Wilts, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hants, and Berks, that they do use their utmost endeavours to discover, appre head, and bring to justice, the persons concerned in the riotous proceedings above-mentioned. And as a further inducement to discover the said offend- ers, we do hereby promise and declare that any person or persons who shall discover and apprehend, or cause to be discovered and apprehended, the authors, abettors, or per- petrators of any of the outrages above-mentioned, so that they, or any of them, may be duly convicted thereof, shall be entitled to the sum of Fifty Pounds for each and every person who shall be convicted, and shall also receive our most gracious pardon for the said offence, in case the EXECUTION OF THREE INCENDIARIES AT MAIDSTONE.- John Dyke, otherwise Field, and William and Henry Packman, brothers, were executed on Penenden Heath, on Friday. The first had protested his innocence of being concerned in the fires; but the two latter, who are quite boys, eonfessed their guilt. A troop of Scotch Greys at- tended, for fear that any disturbance should take place. Henry Packman addressed the crowd, and accused Bishop, who gave evidence against him, of having instigated him to And whereas certain wicked incendiaries have secretly by are, in many parts of the said counties, destroyed the corn, hay, buildings, and other property of our subjects, we do hereby promise and declare, that any person or persons who shall discover and apprehend, or cause to be dis- I shall, by and by, collect all these trials covered and apprehended, the authors of the said fires, so that they or any one of them may be duly convicted thereof, shall be entitled to the sum of Five Hun- together, with as full an account as I can dred Pounds for each and every person who shall be get of all the circumstances relating to so convicted, and shall also receive our most gracious pardon (except the actual perpetrator of any of the said each. 2 VOL. 71.-No. 1.] 1315013 Bancroft Librar LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1ST, 1831. HANGING OF ENGLISH LABOURERS. [Price 1s. fires), in case the person making such discovery shall be And the Lords Commissioners of our Treasury are re wards. Given at our Court at St. James's, this twenty-third Here, in the case of the setting fire, is ESSEX. AT CHELMSFORD, FRIDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE. cord the hangings that are now going on. WILLIAM R-Whereas great multitudes of lawless and We, therefore, being duly sensible of the mischievous And as a farther inducement to discover the said offend- to the barn and stack of Mr. Sach, farmer, at Rayleigh. KENT. AT MAIDSTONE, ON CHRISTMAS EVE. WM. PACKMAN, Brothers. EXECUTION OF THREE INCENDIARIES AT MAIDSTONE.- John Dyke, otherwise Field, and William and Henry And whereas certain wicked incendiaries have secretly so convicted, and shall also receive our most gracious B WM. COBBETT, |