The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-16 00:00:00

: 7 lultif,ude of frtlse traitors, whose names uro rs unknown, to the number of 2,000 ;ed. and armed in a warlike manner, that ; .. -*0144,/wfh 'suns, pistols, pikes, s'.vords, daggers, - tild'georis, and other weapons of offence, being then and there unlawfully and traitorously assembled and gat'aered together so armed and arrayed, as afore said, 'against our said Lady the Queen, wickedly, ma licic and traitorously did levy and make war agr ‘inst our said Lady the Queen, within her realm, th At is to say at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, in contempt of our Faid Lady the Queen and her laws, to the evil example of all others con trary to the duty of the allegiance of them, the said John Frost, Charles; Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Revs, George Turner otherwise called George Cole, ZeVnaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkia Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aug, •:oohn Rera, and David Jones, against the form of the ; statute 'in such cases made and provided, and agatr Ist the , peace of our said Lady the Queen, her wn and 'itignity. 44 THIRD COUNT. EN IN (3- 11:1)1TioN. " And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, further present that the said John Frost, Charles Wal- Iters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Wil liams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, being subjects of our said Lady the / Queen, as false traitors against our said Lady the Queen, heretofore, to wit, on the said 4th day of Novem ber, in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days and times, as well before as after, with force and arms, .I to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, maliciously, and traitorously, amongst themselves, and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown, did compass, imagine, invent, devise, and intend to deprive and depose our said Lady the Queen of and from the style, honour, :Ind kingly name of the imperial crown of this realm ; and the said compassing, imagination, invention, device, and intenti on , did t h en an d there express, utter, an d 1 declare, by divers overt acts and deeds hereinafteranen tioned, that is to say, in order to fulfil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treason able compassing, imagination, invention, device, and in tenti on aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Wal ter,, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George T tuner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Wil r,iams, Edmund Edmunds, Jeukin Morgan, Solomon Bri tan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days and times, as well before as after, with force and arms, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, maliciously and traitorously did assemble, meet s conspire, and consult among themselves and to gether with divers other false traitors whose names are to 'the said jurors unknown, to devise, arrange, and ma tr.re plans and means to subvert and destroy the Con rstitution and Government of this realm as by law established, and to alter and change the laws of this realm by force ; and further, to fulfil, perfect, and bring , into effect their most evil and - wicked treason and ,trea sonable compassin g , imagination, invention, device, and intention a f oresa id, they the said John Frost, Charles Waters, John Lovell, Richard Bonfield, John Rees, George Turner,Cole,Zepha niahigen, Solom on B r i tan, Willi am J ones, J ames A ust, J o h n . I Rees, and retavid. Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, 'otherwise Ekimuna called Edmunds, George Jenkin ~r-Io Williams, on the said 4th day of November, in the year afbreso'sd, and on divers other days and times, as well befcs".e as after, with force and arms, at Newport afore , sPetd, maliciously and traitorously did assemble, meet, conspire, and consult amongst themselves, and to gether with divers other false traitors, whose names are to the jurors unknown, to seize and take possession by force of the town of Newport, in the county aforesuid, and of the Post-office there, and to stop and cut off ail communication between Newport aforesaid and the other parts of this kingdom by means of her Majesty's mails, or by the post or otherwise ; and further to ful fil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing, imagination, invention, device, and intention aforesaid, they, the said Jr' on Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard 'Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, in the }ear a'oresaid, and on divers other days and times, as well before as after, with force and arms, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, maliciously and traitorously did assemble meet, conspire, consult, tied agree among themselves, and together a itli divers other false traitors, whose names are to the said juror, tinknoatu, to attack and fight with the soldiers of our sn'd Lady the Queen, then and there being at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and to attack, assault, and obstruct, the Magistrates and Justices of the l'esee of our sai l Lady the Queen, then and there being at Newport aforesaid, and to stir up, raise, make, and levy insur rection, rebellion, and war against our said Lady the Queen, within this realm, and to subvert and destroy 1 the Constitution and Government of this realm, as by law established, and to alter and (Lenge the laws of i this realm by force ; and further, to fulfil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked trcasoa, and treasonable compassing, imagination, invention, device, and intention aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Bentieid, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cl,e Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jen kin Morgan, Solomon Britan, Wiiliam Jones, James I Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false trai tors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, 1 in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days and tim s, as well before as after, with force and arms, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, maliciously and trai torously did purchase, procure, provide, and have divers large quantities of arms, to wit, swords, pikes, guns, and pistols, and divers large quantities of ammunition, to wit, gunpowder, leaden bullets, and slugs, with intent there with to arm and array themselves with divers other false traitors, in order to attack, fight with, ki'l, and destroy the soldiers, troops, and forces of our said Lady :tile Queen, and other her liege and faithful subjects, and to raise, make, and levy insurrection, rebellion, and war against our said Lady the Queen within this this realm ; and to subvert and destroy the:Constitu tion and government of this realm, as by law esta blished ; and to alter and change the laws of this realm by force. And further to fulfil, perfect, and bring into effect, their most evil aid wicked treason, and treason able compassing, imagination, inversion, and device aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Wel ' ten, John Lovell, Richard Benfi Ad, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zeplei niele Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Moran, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, in the . year aforesaid, with force and arms, at Newport afore said, in the county aforesaid, maliciously and traitor ously, together with a very great number, to wit, 2,000 and more, of the subjects of our said Lady the Queen, whose names are to the said jurors unknown, then and there assembled, with divers offensive weapons, to wit, guns, pistols, pikes, swords, bludgeons, stick-, and staves, did parade and march with groat noise and ' violence, and in an hostile and warlike manner, in, through, and along divers public highways, towns, vil lages, and places in the county aforesaid, to wit, at , Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and did then and there attack and beset the houses and habitations of divers liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen,and did then and there force and oblige divers liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen, inhabiting and dwelling in such houses and habitations, and others of her Majes ty's liege subjects then and there being, to march along with and join them, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zepha niah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, and the said other persons so assembled as aforesaid, and did then and there, by force and violence, seize and take divers large quantities of arms, to wit, 100 guns and 100 pistols, and other offen sive weapons, of and from divers liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen, and against their will, with in tent, by and with the said last-mentioned arms further to arm themselves and other false traitors, in order to attack, fight with, kill, and destroy the soldiers, troops, and forces of our said Lady the Queen and other her liege and faithful subjects, and to raise, make, and levy insurrection, rebellion, and war against our said Lady the Queen within this realm, and thereby to subvert J and destroy the Constitution and government of this realm as by law established, and to alter and change the laws of this realm by force, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid ; and further to ful fil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing, imagina tion, invention, the said John Frost , C ha rles device, and int ent i on aforesaid, they Walt ers , J o h n L ovell , Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Ed munds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, in the year aforesaid, with force and arm s , at Newport aforesaid, in the county of Monmou t h aforesaid, together with a great multitude of fals e traitors, whose names arc to the said jurors unknown, to the number of 2,000 and more, armed and arrayed in warlike manner, that is to say, with guns, pistols, pikes, swords, clubs, bludgeons, and other offensive weapons, maliciously and traitorously did, in an hostile 1 manner and warlike array, march into and enter the tows of Newport, in the county aforesaid, and then and there make a forcible and violent attack upon a certain dwelling -house there situate in a certain part of the said town, in which said dwelling-house divers of the Magis trates and Justices of the Peace of oursaid Lady the Queen, and divers of the soldiers and constables of our said Lady the Queen, were then and there assembled, and then and 1 there with great force and violence attempted and endea- 4•07,v,; 3 '11 . > 7 -.,),,, acP43 • ~,,t 7, /I f t, , r I:: _ vequed to break and enter, and did then and there break and cuter, the said dwelling house whilst the said Magistratcs awl justices of the peace and the said sol diers and constables were therein as aforesaid, end thelt and t here, with great force and violence, attacked and with the said guns and pistol!, then and there 10.~ leas with gunpowder and bullets, fired upon the said Magistrales and Justices of the Peace, and the said :i.oldters and constables so being it the said dwelling house aforesaid, and then and there wounded and beat divers of the said Magistrates and Justices of the Peace and the said soldiers and constables to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid. And further, to fulfil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable conspiracy, imagination, invention, device, and intention aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfielcl, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, in the year aforesaid, with force and arras, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, together with a great number of false traitors, whose ' names to the jurors are unknown, to the number of 2,000 and more, armed and arrayed in a warlike man ner, that is to say, with guns, pistols, pikes, swords, clubs, bludgeons, and other weapons of offence, maliciously and traitorously did ordain, prepare, levy, and make public war against our said Lady the Queen, within this realm, in contempt of our said Lady the Queen r. nd her laws, to the evil example of all others, contrary to the duty of the allegiance of them, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen, her crown, and dignity. "'FOURTH COUNT. " And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, fulther present that the said John Frost, Charles Wal ters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Wil liams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkia Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, being subjects of our said Lady the Queen, as false traitors against our said Lady the Queen, heretofore, to wit, on the said 4th day of No vember, in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days and times, as well before as after, with force and arms, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, mali ciously and traitorously, amongst themselves and to gether with divers other false traitors whose names arc to the said jurors unknown, did compass, imagine, invent, devise, and intend to levy war against cur said Lady the Queen, within the realm, in order, by force and constraint, to compel her to change her measures and counsels, and the said last mentioned compassing, imagination, in vention, device, and intention, did then and there ex press, utter, and declare by divers overt acts and deeds hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say, in order to fulfil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treasons and treasonable compassing, imagination, inven tion, device, and intention aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Ben field, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, in ;he year aforesaid, and on divers other days and times, a well before as after, with force and arms, to wit, at N.export aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, maliciously And traitorously did assemble, meet, conspire, and con suit among themselves, and together with divers other 'also traitors, whose names are to the said jurors unknown, to devise, arrange, and mature plans and means to sub vert and destroy the constitution and Government of this realm as by law established, and to alter and change the laws of this realm by force, and further to fulfil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason, and treasonable compassing, imagi nation, invention, device, and intention aforesaid, they, the Bak John Frost, Charles Walters, John Loved, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, other wise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such like traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days anti times, as well before as after, with force and arms, at Nt wpori aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, ma liciously and traitorously did assemble, meet, conspire, and consult amongst themselves and together with ‘livers other false traitors whose names are to the jurors unknown, to seize and take possession by force of the town of Newport, in the county aforesaid, and of the Pos;-oflice there, and to stop and cut off all communiteition between Newport aforesaid and the other parts of the kingdom by means of her Majesty's wails, or by the post, or otherwise. And further to fulill, perfect, and bring to effect their ' moat evil and wicked treason, and treasonable compass ing, imagination, invention, device, and intention afore said, they, the said John Frost, Charles Waiters, John Lived, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah %Williams, LdrnuLd Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the sail 4:llday of November, in the year aforesaid, and oe (livers other days and times, aS well before as after, with force aid arms, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county eferesaid, maliciously and traiterously did assemble, meet, conspire, consult, and agree among themselves and together with divers . other false traitors, whose names are to the said jurors unknown, to attack and fight with the sol diers of , our said Lady the Queen then and there being at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and to attack, assault, and obstruct the Ma gistrates and Justices of the Peace and constables of our Lady the Queen then and there being at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and to stir up, raise, make, and levy insurrection, rebellion, and war, against our said Lady the Queen within the realm, and to sub vert and destroy the constitution and government of this realm as by law established, and to alter and change the laws ref this realm by force : and further to fulfil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing, imagination, inven tion, device, and intention aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John It,:e, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Briton, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days and times, as well before as after, with three and arms, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, maliciously and traitorously (lid purchase, procure, provide, and have, divers large quantities of arms, to wit, swords, pikes, guns, and pistols, and other weapons of offence, and divers large quantities of ammunition, to wit, gunpowder, leaden l'uLiets, and slugs, with intent therewith to arm and nrray themselves and divers other false traitors, in or der to attack, fight with, kill, and destroy the soldiers, troops, and forces of our said Lady the Queen and other her liege and faithful subjects, and to raise, make, and levy insurrection, rebellion, and war against on: said Lady the Queen within this realm, and to subvert and destroy the Constitution and Govern ment of this realm as by law established, and to alter and change the laws of this realm by force ; and further to fulfil, perfect, and bring into effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing, ima gination, invention, device, and intention aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lo vell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November in the year aforesaid, with force and arms, at Newport a foresaid, in the coun t y a f oresa id , ma ll • ciously and traitorously, together with a very great number, to wit .2,000 and more, of the subjects of our said Lady the Queen, whose names are to the said jurors unknown, and then and there assembled, with divers offensive weapons, to wit, guns, pistols, pikes, swords, bludgeons, sticks, and staves, did parade and march with great noise and viol ence i n , t h roug h , an d along divers public highways, towns, vill ages , an d p l aces in the county aforesrid , to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and did then and d hthtereen attack thereand beset the houses and habitations of divers liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen, n force and oblige divers liege sub jects of our said L a dy the Queen, inhabiting and dwelling i n such h ouses and habitations, and others of her Majesty's liege sub jects, then and there being to march along with and join them, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George T urner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams,ill i Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, and the said other persons so assembled as afore said, and did then and there, with force and violence, seize and take divers large quantities of arms, to wit, one hundred guns and one hundred pistols, and other offensive weapons, of and from divers liege s ubjects of our said Lady the Queen, and against their will, with intent by and with the said last-mentioned arms further to arm themselves and other false traitors in order to attack, fight with, kill, and destroy the soldiers, troops, and forcesof our slid Lady the Queen, and other her liege and f a i t h ful subjects, and to raise, make, and levy insur rection, rebeilion,and war against our said Lady the Queen within ails real m , and thereby to subvert and destroy the Constitution and government of this realm as by law esta blished, and to alte r an d c h ange t h e l aws o f t hi s rea l m b y force, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county of Mon mouth aforesaid, and furthe r to fulfil, perfect, and bring to ffect their most evil and w i c k e d treason an d treason able compass ing: imagination, invention, device, and in tention aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zepha niah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th d a y o f N ovem b er , i n the year aforesaid, with force and arms, at Newport aforesaid, in the county afores a id, t oge th er w ith a gr eat multitude of false traitors whose names are to the said jurors un known, to the number of 2,000 and more, armed and arrayed in a warlike manner, that is to say, with guns, pistols, pikes, swords, clubs, bludgeons, and other weapons of offence, maliciously and traitorously did, in an hostile manner and warlike array, march into and enter the town of Newport, in the county aforesaid, and then and there make a forcible and violent attack upon a certain dwelling-house there situate, in a certain part of the said town, in which said dwelling-house divers of the Magis trates and Justices of the Peace of our said Lady the Queen, and divers of the soldiers and constables of our said Lady the Queen were then and there assembled, and then and there with great force and violence at tempted and endeavoured to break and enter, and did then and there break and enter the said dwelling-house, whilst the said Magistrates and Justices of the Peace and the said soldiers and constables were therein as aforesaid, and then and there with great force and vio lence attacked, and with the said guns and pistols then and there loaded with gunpowder and bullets fired upon the said Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, and the said soldiers and constables, so being in the said dwelling-house as aforesaid, and then and there wounded and beat divers of the said Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, and the said soldiers and constables, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid ; and further to fulfil, perfect, and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason, and treasonable conspiracy, imagination, invention, device, and in tention aforesaid, they, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Mor gan, Solomon Britan, W illiam Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, as such false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said 4th day of November, in the year aforesaid, with force and arms, to wit at Newport afore said, in the county aforesaid, together with a great number of false traitors, whose names are to the jurors unknown, to the number of 2,000 and more, armed and arrayed in warlike manner, that is to say with guns, pistols, pikes, swords, clubs, bludgeons, and other offen sive weapons, maliciously and treacherously did ordain, prepare, levy, and make public war against our said Lady the Queen, within this realm, in contempt of our said Lady the Queen and her laws, to the evil example of all others, contrary to the duty of the allegiance of them, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Zephaniah 'Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity." MONMOUTH, SATURDAY. We have not yet had time to revert to the appear ance, &c. of the prisoners when placed at the bar upon a true bill for high treason being found against them. From the evidence hitherto adduced, it would seem that the object of the multitude had been, by force and vio lence, and intimidation, to take possession of the town, as a prelude to their obtaining the command of the whole nation, and becoming the rulers of thousands. Being, however, foiled in their plans, and placed within the walls of a prison, the parties so charged might well have expected that they would have met with the sympathy of their more fortunate fellows who were still at large, and that those who had by their acts and by their writings encouraged them in their mad attempts, would have taken care to provide adequate means for their defence, and to have cheered their drooping spirits by the sight of a phalanx of professional talent ready to render them every assistance which the law would allow. They might have imagined on their way from the gaol to the Court, and when placed at that dread bar, dread indeed to all, however innocent, they should have been greeted by the friendly counsel of some well versed in legal so phistry, and anxious to tender their advice as to the course they should pursue, for theirs was no common case—not like the common felon having merely to reply " not guilty" upon his pleading ; but they were charged with higher crimes, and had many legal forms to go through. They had to ask that counsel and solicitor should be assigned them, to demand copies of the indictments, a list of the witnesses to be brought against them, and a copy of the jury panel ; and yet, when the question was asked from the Bench, " Who appears for the prisoners ?" a dead silence prevailed, and no one answered. Surprise was on the counte nance of every hearer, but to my own feeling I confess the scene was indeed most dreadful. Twelve men stood at the bar charged with the highest crime known to our law, and at such an awful crisis they appeared to be deserted even by those who had defended them in the first ordeal, when before the Magistrates. The effect produced upon their minds must have been that of astonishment and dismay ; they cast their eyes about the Court, but no leader rose to help them. They then were observed to be whispering together, as men doubting how they were to act, and losing every confidence which before had filled their minds, and as they consulted together, the movement caused the chains by which they were bound to loudly rattle, and added greatly to the solemnity of the scene. Upon their again turning and looking with anxious eyes around the Court for some friend to answer for them, the effect which had been produced upon them was evident, and a feeling of pity stole into the hearts of those who were witnesses of the appalling scene. The Learned Judges appeared to be deeply sensible of their state, and immediately said, that as the pri soners did not appear to be prepared to make the ap pointment, they might signify their wishes to the Clerk of the Court at a future time. At length a Mr. Owen, an attorney of this town, rose from his seat, and prof fered his assistance for one of the prisoners ; the others, as if anxious to catch at any straw, instantly begged Min to appear for them, and thus an apparent stranger became suddenly, without preparation, the advecate of men charged with high treason. Mr. Geach, the attorney and step-son, of Frost, arrived here on Thursday, and has since spent much of his time daily at the gaol with the prisoners, preparing their de fence, which, we are informed, will in many instances consist of an alibi, in support of which a large number of witnesses will be called. The prisoners appear now to feel fully the serious nature of the charges against them. Frost. however, maintains considerable firmness, and devotes a large portion of the day to the arrange ment of his defence in calm and perfectly businesslike manner. As an instance of his firmness, it may be men tioned, that while all the other prisoners were loud in their complaints and appeared to feel deeply upon being manacled to be brought to the Court before the Judges, Frost not only maintained his firmness and composure, but presented his wrist to be handcuffed without making a single observation. Mr. Maule, the Solicitor to the Treasury, with the other gentlemen on the part of the Crown, are busily engaged in the preparations necessary for the prosecu tion, and will deliver a list of the witnesses against them to the prisoners on Monday, before which time it cannot possibly be got ready, filling as it does upwards of 30 draught sheets of matter. The Lord Chief Justice's charge has produced such an effect here, that it has been deemed advisable to have some thousand copies of it printed both in English and Welch for circulation among the people of the hills and disturbed districts, upon whom it is calculated that it will produce a most wholesome effect, being, as it is, so clear';;and lucid an exposition of the law and of the dangerous and fatal consequences of joining illegal and treasonable societies. The Haberdashers' Company are the owners of a large school-room in this town, and some time since the authorities of Monmouth wrote to them request ing permission that the soldiers might occupy it during the time of the Special Commission, but to their great surprise and mortification they have received an answer from the Company refusing their request, on the ground that it was inconsistent with their duty as trustees of the Company. The Duke of Beaufort has, however, very handsomely offered the use of part of Troy-house, near this town, for the soldiers, and consequently a consider able detachment will be stationed there, and will be suf ficiently near at hand should their services be required. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REFORM DINNER. —The third anniversary of the establishment of the North Staffordshire Reform Association was celebrated by a public dinner in the Assembly Rooms, at the Roe buck Hotel, Newcastle, on Thursday last. The at tendance was large and highly respectable, and included most of the leading Reformers of the neighbourhood, and many from a distance. Upwards of 200 persons sat down to dinner in the Assembly Rooms, and several parties who could not be accommodated in it dined in adjacent apartments, and joined the company after the cloth was drawn. Behind the Chairman's seat was an effective transparent inscription, the words of which were " Long live our beloved Queen Victoria." On the right of the inscription was a large banner, ex hibiting, in large characters, the sentence " Advance ment to public offices the reward of merit." Opposite to it was appropriately placed a corresponding banner, bearing as a counterpart the words " Honour and ho nesty." Behind the Vice Chairman's seat was a large silk flag, bearin g the inscription, " Education, know ledge, and happiness to all." The words " Magna Charta," formed o f k nots of ribbons, closely resembling dahlias, appeared abov e th e orc h estra , Th e c h a i r, as , fi a ll n e d d by we Ceanplyt.. echo Alainthweareinpgi: opi nion of all the company B i a . d N b . e e been ann Whitmoreap ce d , was Hal in saying that it was most ably filled. Captain Powys officiated as Vice Presi dent. Amongst the company present were E. Buller, E M.P., Hon. Col. Anson, ALp Hon. Sir E. Va vasour,sq”Sir C \Volsci Bart., C. ey, Bart., G. Toilet, Esq. R. E. Heathcote, Esq., and J. A. Wise, E sq ,— Staibrdshire Advertiser—[We regret that we have no room at present to notice the speeches.) THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 16„1839. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Dre. 14. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE IRONMONGERS' COMPANY. JUDGMENT. The MASTER of the ROLLS, in giving judgment in this case (a short outline of which we gave in our Evening Edition of Thursday last) observed that the testator, Thos. Betton, by his will, gave the residue of his estate to the Ironmongers' Company, in trust, to apply a moiety of it to the redemption of British slaves in Turkey or Barbary, one fourth of it to the purposes of education, according to the doctrines of the Church of England, in and near London, and the other fourth part for the benefit of " necessitated decayed freemen of the Company, their widows and children." The two last fourth parts had been duly applied according to the will of the testator from the time of his death. No objects could be found for the application of the moiety directed to be applied towards the redemption of British slaves in Turkey or Barbary ; and the consequence was that the Ironmongers' Company, like faithful trustees, had pre served the accumulated fund, which now amounted to a very large sum, about 150,0001. The ostensible object of the information was to have that accunnlated fund administered under the direction of the Court. When the case came before Sir John Leach he ap peared to have considered that when the testator di vided his residue into a moiety to be applied to one purpose, a fourth part to be applied to another purpose, and a remaining fourth to be applied to a third and distinct purpose, that he intended each of these to be considered as entirely separate. Taking that view of the case, he considered the question as if it had relation only to the first object—the redemption of British slaves— and was therefore of opinion the Court had no ju risdiction or authority to dispose of the surplus to charitable purposes. Some misgivings there must have been in the mind of Sir John Leach, because he expressed his willingness to afford the aid of the Court in the formation of some scheme to be submitted to Parliament. When the matter came before the Court upon appeal, he disagreed with that opinion, and made a declaration that the Court had jurisdiction to apply those:funds cy-pres,:that it had jurisdiction to apply the surplus income, and the accumulation as near as might be to the intention of the testator, having re gard to the bequest touching British captives, which was the first object, and also to the other charitable be quests in the will, combining them all in the conjunc- tive. When the case came before the Rolls Court again, the present Lord Chancellor, then Master of the Rolls, having no jurisdiction to alter Lord Brougham's order, did all that could be done on the occasion, and made a verbal alteration in the order, directing the Mas ter to approve of a scheme for the application of the fund, having regard, as near as might be, to the inten tion of the testator. When the matter came before the Master he was very much perplexed by conflicting claims and contentions as to what inquiries he ought to make under the order of reference. How ever, the Master made his report, which proceeded upon the hypothesis that if the order of reference bore a certain construction, and if the case of the At torney-General v. Gibson, cited before him, were applicable, then the accumulated fund ought to be applied in favour of the trustees of the Mico Charity. It was necessary that some con struction should be given to the order, and his Lord ship was of opinion the Master was bound to consider whether there could be a cy-pres application for the first purpose, before he proceeded to consider the pro priety of the application to the second purpose ; but he was not bound to consider the cy-pres application pre cisely as be would have done had there been no other purpose mentioned in the will. The cases in that respect were entirely different. Where there was a fund to be disposed of cy-pres, and the Court was bound to dispose of it, for the sake of making a disposition, it must act on the suggestions made before it, and how ever remote they might be, the Court would be astute enough to make them more or less according to the intention of the testator, rather than they should fail altogether. He quite agreed with the argument of Sir W. Follett, that if it had been in the contemplation of the testator that the first object would fail, he would have preferred the second and third objects mentioned in his will. Then came the question with regard to the claims of the trustees of the Mico Charity. He (the Master of the Rolls) had certainly never heard a case argued with refined ingenuity surpassing that which bad been used in the present case, and the claim had been put forward with a degree of eloquence and feeling which certainly would excite a strong disposition to do that which was asked if it were consistent with the course of justice. But matters of that sort were to be laid out of the consideration of the Judge, who must look to general rules under which the Court was bound to act. It was purpinted to be made, not that there was an analogy between the objects of the Mico charity, ac cording to its present constitution, and the objects in view of the testator, but his Lordship could not come to the conclusion that that would be a cy-pres application. He was so perfectly aware of the attention which the present Lord Chan cellor always gave to oases of this kind, that he had no doubt the case of the " Attorney-General v. Gibson," received very serious attention on the part of his Lord ship ; and if this case had been at all similar to that, he (the Master of the Rolls) would so far have distrus ted his own judgment as to have found it very difficult to come to a different conclusion ; not that he thought authorities binding in such cases, they only furnished lights, and afforded examples which might be efficacious to a certain extent. But the Mico charity, the single object of which was the benefit of slaves, was extremely dif ferent from the object of the testator in this case : and his Lordship was therefore of opinion that the scheme of the Mico trustees could not he considered a scheme for the cy-pres application of those funds. He was also opinion that the scheme brought forward by the relators must also be refused. Then came the remaining ques tion, whether the scheme of the defendants, the Iron mongers' Company, ought to be adopted or put under a further course of investigation. With regard to that a question was raised, namely, whether the last purpose mentioned in the will was a charitable purpose, which ought to be benefited by this surplus. The testator stated " in consideration of the said Com pany's care and pains in the execution of this my will, I give the remains unto 'necessitated decayed freemen of the said Company, their widows and children, not exceeding 101. a year to any family." It had been ar gued that that gift was to be considered as a remunera tion, or wages, for the trouble imposed on the Com pany. His Lordship was not of that opinion. The testator appeared to have been closely connected with the Company—he desired to be buried in the burying-ground of the Company, and it was not less a charity because the testator appeared to have had a peculiar motive for directing his bounty to flow in that direction. Thinking, therefore, the principle on which the scheme of the defendants was proposed was a pro per principle for the Master to act on, the next question was as to details. Of those he was ignorant, and con sequently thore must be a reference back to the Master, to inquire into the scheme proposed by the Company. Mr. TURNER, on behalf of the Seaman's Hospital Society, applied for their costs. They had been brought before the Court in consequence of having gone in before the Master, under th e a d vert i sements i ssued b y I him for claimants. Mr. PEMBERTON observed that the Master had taken an erroneous view of the order of the Court directing the reference. The whole of the char,ties in England, Scotland, and Wales, would have gone in before the Master under the advertisements, had not the relators put a stop to it by presenting a petition to the Lord Chancellor, who directed the Master to issue no further ad vertisements. The MASTER of the ROLLS—I think you are enti tled to the costs of the petition Mr. Turner—they must be paid out of the fund. The Mico charity, I ara afraid, has created the whole contest. Mr. KINDERSLEY said that his clients (the Ironmon mongers' Company) did not wish to press for costs against the Mico trustees, because! those costs, if or dered to be paid by the trustees, would have to come out of a charity fund. The MASTER of the ROLLS thought that was a very honourable concession on the part of the Company. A decree was then made, referring the case back to the Master to examine into details, and to approve of a proper scheme for the distribution of the funds, having regard to the declaration of the Court. Cost of all par ties out of the fund. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 14. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in London, before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Special Jury.) ROBINSON V. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—This was an action by the plaintiff to re cover from the defendants compensation for injury and damage sustained by means of alleged negligence and unskilfulness. Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Watson appeared for the prosecution ; and Sir P. Pollock, Mr. Thesiger, and Mr. Cleasley conducted the case for the defendants. The trial occupied the whole of the day, but the facts were confined within extraordinarily small limits. It appeared from the testimony of a large number of witnesses that on the night of the 12th of September, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the Caledonia, London and Hamburg steam vessel, was coming on the homeward bound voyage, when, about six miles from Harwich, she came in collision with the collier brig White, belonging to the plaintiff, the result of which was that the latter had been put to the expense of about 901. for repairs, in addition to the loss he had sustained in consequence of her being laid up for 10 or 11 days, during which such repairs were proceeding. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff's case went to attribute negligence and want of proper care by the steam-boats' crew, whilst tho witnesses for the defence cast the whole of the blame upon the master of the brig . The former stated that the steam vessel had passed over the hawser of a collier which was at anchor, and that in conseq uence of neglectful looking out and bad s teer i n g subsequently she had been run athwart the Nk hitc, whilst the latter denied that they had done so, and said that the collision had bee., caused by the helmsman of the White having altered his course. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 14.—The Rev. Charles Hatch, M. A., Fellow of King's College, in this University, has been presented by the Provost and Fellows of that society to the Vicarage of Fordingbridge, Hamp shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Joah Furey. The Very Rev. Dr. Peacock, Dean of Ely, was on Monday last, elected a Senior Fellow of Trinity Col lege, in the room of the R. H. Greenwood, deceased. On Saturday last, the Norrisian prize was adjudged to D. Moore, of Catherine Hall, for his Essay on the following subject :—" The Divine Origin of the Holy Scriptures may be inferred from their perfect adapta tion to the circumstances of Human Nature." At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred : DOCTOR IN MEDICINE.—Richard Wellesley Roth man, Fellow of Trinity College. MASTERS OP Alas.—Harman Hicks Lewis, Trinity College ; William Henry Rough, Trinity College ; Michael Hutton, Catherine Hall ; George Saunders Elwin, Catherine Hall ; Robert William Beauchamp, Christ's College ; Robert Maulkin Lingwood, Christ's College ; William Stoung Hore, Queen's College ; James Abbott, Queen's College. BACHELOR IN THE CIVIL LAW.—John Henry Pro wett, Trinity Hall. At the same congregation the following graces passed the Senate : To present copies of works printed at the Pitt Press on account of the University, to the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia for the use of Windsor College in his Lord ship's diocese. To confirm the Report of the New Library Fund Syndicate. dated Dec. 5, 1839, and inserted in our paper of last week. The Rev. Robert Nowell Whittaker, 8.A., of St. John's College, in this University, has been collated to the Vicarage of Whalley, in the county of Lancaster, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, vacant by the death of the Rev. N. Noble. CRAVEN SCHOLARSHIP.---The Vice-Chancellor has given notice, that there will be on Monday, the 27th of January 1840, at nine o'clock, an examination of can didates for the Scholarship upon this foundation, lately holden by Mr. William A. Osborne, of Trinity College. The Norrisian Professor of Divinity has given notice that his lectures in Lent term 1840, will commence on the sth of February. A meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on Monday evening, Dr. Hodgson, the President, being in the Chair. The papers read were—A Memoir by Professor De Morgan, on the Foundations of Algebra ; a Memoir by Mr. Ansted, on the Geology of the Tran sition Rocks, in the north-east of Bavaria, and the Saxon Principality of Reuss ; and a Memoir by Mr. Fisher on the Malformation of certain parts of the Nervous System. THE NEW BlsHor.—Although the fact is not yet officially announced, we believe we may state with toler able certainty that the Very Rev. the Dean of Exeter (Anson), uncle to Lord Lichfield, is to have the bishop ric vacant by the death of the late Bishop of Lichfield. —lVestern Luminary. A FOX-HUNT AT COLCHESTER.--.tl very novel scene, and some animating sport, occurred in the Bo tanic Garden, on Tuesday last. The fox-hounds were in a meadow adjoining the garden, and immediately after a fine fox run across the terrace walk, in the middle of the garden. The hounds followed in rapid succes sion—away they chased around the garden in full cry, while the riders were impatiently waiting to see their young herbalist bound over the wall, but in vain ; Rey nard wished for another turn round these delightful walks, and then be dashed in and swam across the water in the garden, and made his way up the broad walk. The dogs being so close behind him it was feared that he would bounce into the conservatory ; but this was ❑ot a convenient time for him to look after grapes. He ran up the wall to conceal himself' amongst the ivy, and became lost to the dogs. By this time East Hill was thronged with people, anxious to witness such a novel exhibition ; at length they gave a great shout, when they espied Reynard perched triumphantly on the top of Mr. Clark's dwelling-house. He was shortly handed down, and was killed in the garden of the Rev. Dr. Seaman, a great number of pedestrians being in at the death. LAIGH CALTON LIBERALITY.—" Noo, Willie," said a smith in the Low Calton, as an induce• went to increased industry on the part of his appren tice, " if ye stick in t'yer wark this week, when I gang o'er to the High-street on Saturday, I'll buy you a new file !" Almost as good as the printer who told his " devil" to stop work and . begin distributing.—Edinburgh Observer. DEPARTURE OF A NEW ZEALAND PRINCESS FOR HEit NATIVE COUNTRY.—Yesterday an immense number of persons assemhled in front of the Lord Lovat pUblic-house, in Ratcliff-highway, for the purpose of witnessing the departure of a young New Zealand woman, who has been for some time staying at the public-house above named, to embark on board the ship Coromandel, now lying at Gravesend, bound for New Zealand. The woman in question has been in this country for several months, and was brought over by a seaman named Wilkinson. to whom she was married on their arrival in England. She is the daughter of one of the aboriginal chiefs, and during the time she has been in this country has been presented to the Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, and a great number of the nobility and gentry, and has excited considerable interest. The climate of England has agreed with her very well, it being very simi lar to that of her native country. Wilkinson, her husband, sailed from Scotland about four yeas ago in a whaling ship, and was shipwrecked off the Bay of Islands, and, after great difficulties, managed, with three others, to reach the shore in safety. The New Zealanders at first mistook them for Frenchmen, and were about to sacrifice them, in consequence of the crew of a French whaler having murdered a number of New Zealanders a short time before, but, finding they were English, they were treated in the kindest manner, and employed them selves in capturing seals for a long time. One of the chiefs took a fancy to 'Wilkinson, who soon afterwards married his daughter according to the custom of the country. Wilkinson will accompany his wife back to New Zealand, and intends opening a warehouse for the sale of English commodities, their passage out being paid by the New Zealand Company. The Coromandel will carry out a great number of emigrants, and an im mense quantity of English manufactured goods. A band of music and a vast concourse of persons accompanied the New Zealand Princess and her husband to Black wall, where they embarked on board a steam-boat, and were conveyed to Gravesend. NEW CONVENT AT DOCKIIEAD, BERMOND say.—The ceremonial of the professions of six of the " Sisters of Mercy" took place yesterday at the Catho lic chapel in Bermondsey, recently erected by subscrip tion, from the designs of Mr. Pugin. High mass, per- formed by Mr. Collinridge, was celebrated at eleven o'clock, at which the Right Rev.:Dr. Griffiths assisted, after which the novices were introduced, and, after the usual preliminaries, a sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Maguire, and a collection made towards the funds of the convent. When the sermon was concluded the " profession" took place, the novices, attired in the plenitude of worldly ornament, repeating the accustomed formula, whereby they renounced the world, and dedi cated themselves to works of charity. Tbis ceremony over, they retired, and assumed the sober garb of Sis ters of Mercy, and the service, consisting of antipho nies and prayers, was concluded. The assemblage of spectators was numerous, and the collection apparently a very good one. Amougst the nuns who were clothed was Lady Barbara Eyre (second sister of Francis Earl of Newburgh), who has been a liberal benefactress to the chapel and convent, and has taken the vows under the name of " Sister Mary."—.Morning Paper. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Friday the po lice received the following information :—On Wednes day evening, between the hours of seven and eight, as Mr. Edward Davis, farmer, of Stapleton, was returning from Kingston-market to Preston, he was attacked by four men, two of whom seized his horse while the others presented pistols at him, and having dragged him off the horse robbed him of 651., consisting of gold and silver, and notes of the Hereford Old Bank and the Pro vincial Bank of England, and also a check for 451., pay able to Mr. Davis, and drawn by Mr. Charles Boden ham upon the National Provincial Bank of England at Hereford. The villains also took his silver spectacles, a knife, and other articles. A reward of 50/. has been offered for the discovery of the robbers. MICHAEL ARMSTRONG, THE FA N C li T ch o a ß el Y BOY ; —.The sensation produced pr:ldrsu.cedTrthroughout , the manufactur ing Arm strong," has, it is said, been greater than was ever occasioned even by the greatest fluctuation in the market, or the announcement of a general strike ; and many are the names of the great cotton lords that have been whispered as having supplied the fearless authoress with a prototype to her Sir Matthew Dowling. Some, indeed, affect to know the precise locality of Dowling Hall, while others can point to the identical chimneys of Brookford Factory, and direct the inquirer to Deep Valley Mills. Every one, in fact, has a shrewd sus picion of the who and the whereabout, and Mrs. Trol lope's name in many counties in Britain has become as e u s n t p im al a a t t e a , b wa le htico a hn s eh it avw w sie j a u s ,st in the United States. The pub lic, however, h ave now an oppor tunity of forming a d ue of been the meritspublished,of this entiresingular pro duction,n m plate, in three volumes, with all the illustrations, and a more touching picture of human misery was never be fore presented to the sympathy of mankind. The moral effect produced by these remarkable disclosures will be felt throughout the country, and will tend more than a thousand Acts of Parliament to bring about an ame lioration in the condition of the factory people. In deed it is said that the work of reform has already begun in certain quarters. Heaven grant it true! THE DESIGNS FOR THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. —ln the discussion on the petition of Mr. Grellier, the architect, on Thursday last, in the Court of Common Council, Mr. William Jones of Bishopsgate Ward, spoke in support o f t h e pet i t i on , a nd Mr. Rich ar d S . Jones, the Chairman of the Royal Exchange Committee, spoke in explanation of the conduct of the Committee. EVENING EDITION. Mr. Baron ALDERSOg had proceeded sonic way in summing up, when The Jury, stopping his Lordship, said they would not trouble him to go through the remainder of the evidence. They were perfectly satisfied on the matter. They were of opinion that the verdict ought to go for the plaintiff—Damages, 95/. The verdict was accordingly taken in that way. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dic. 14. LEES V. BERRY. This was an action for malicious arrest and false im prisonment, to which the defendant had pleaded in jus tification that a felony had been committed on his pre mises, and had also specially pleaded several facts as forming good ground of suspicion against the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Bompss and Mr. Peacock appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Andrews and Mr. James for the defendant. The plaintiff, it appeared, had been an assistant and shoprnan in the employ of the defendant, who was a linen-draper and hosier in the neighbourhood of Lisson grove, Paddington, and, on the morning of the 30th September last, the defendant gave the plaintiff in custody of a policeman, on a charge of having embezzled three shillings and two sixpences, and z:aused him to be taken to a police station in the first instance, where the charge was taken down in the usual manner, and thence before Mr. Rawlinson, the sitting Magistrate at the Marylebone Police-office. There the defendant was sworn and made his state ment ; but, after hearing the case, the Magistrate dis charged the plaintiff, on the ground that the money was not found on his person. The plaintiff was in cus tody from about half-past eleven till haif-?st two o'clock, and for that imprisonment he now sough: com pensation. The defendant, loy his pleas, had alleged that the money in question had been secreted in a cer tain part of the defendant's shop, and having been dis covered so secreted by the defendant, it had been re moved, marked, and then replaced by the defendant ; and that after that replacing it had been abstracted, the plaintiff being the only person who had access to the place where the money had been so secreted. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff was directed principally to proving the arrest and imprisonment. The principal witness on the part of the defendant was an apprentice of his of the age of seventeen, who swore that he had as long as three months before this transaction observed the plaintiff, when he had received money from the customers, put a portion of it only in till. He made a number of other statements, which, looking at the verdict of the Jury, did not appear to obtain much credit. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, said that this case was of the utmost importance to the parties con cerned, as it most seriously involved the characters both of the plaintiff and defendant. This was not like the common case in which the mere question was whether the defendant had probable cause for what he had done, for hereupon the evidence was applicable to the pleadings ; the first question which they must decide was whether the plaintiff had been guilty of felony by abstracting this money, which had been secreted be neath the till in the defendant's shop, removed and marked by him ; and in deciding that question, of course, they would require evidence as strict as if this were a criminal proceeding. The next question for them was whether the defendant had proved the facts alleged in his plea as just grounds of suspicion, or, at least, had proved enough to constitute a just ground of suspicion. Now one of these grounds was, that the money had been abstracted from a position which, during the interval between the replacing of it by the defen dant after he had marked it, and its abstraction, was accessible to the plaintiff only. That marking and re placing occurred on the Sunday night, and there could be little doubt that the place after that was accessible to others, for the apprentice boy stated, that he and his master had looked at it on Monday morning. He would, however, in addition, ask them to consider whether the place was accessible to others but the plaintiff, after the defendant and his apprentice had seen it on Monday morning. The Learned Judge made some comments on the conflicting statements applicable to those questions, and left it to the Jury to decide between them. If they found for the plaintiff, then they must give such fair and reasonable damages as would compensate him for the injury he sustained. The Jury, after some deliberation, returned a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages 701., finding that the felony had not been proved, and that the place was ac cessible to others. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, Dim 14. JUDGMENT IN THE MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY ' S ATTACH- ME NT. Patterson, Manager of the North Scotland Banking Company, Plaintiff ; the Marquis of Huntley, defen dant ; Majoribanks and Co., garnishees. The defendant sought to set aside the proceedings in this attachment, on the ground that, being a Peer of the United Kingdom, he was privileged from being sued in an inferior Court, and consequently an attachment against his effects, in order to compel his appearance, could not be supported, and ought to be set aside. The RECORDER . delivered judgment. " If," said his Lordship." I felt any doubt on the point raised in this case, I should not decide upon the motion, but should leave the Marquis to raise the question of privilege." His Lordship then took a review of the different cases which had been cited, and dwelt particularly on that of Lord Mountjoy, reported in Leonard, 209, as showing that the rule ought to be discharged. It appeared to him that the privilege of Peers was founded on the supposi tion that a Peer, by reason of his dignity, had ample goods for the satisfaction of his debts. By being subject to attachment a Peer was not necessarily restrained in his person, but it was the only means of compelling him to appear to the process of the Court. The distinction between that process and that of arrest had been fre quently recognised. An attorney was not subject to ar rest, but his goods might be attached. A party who had been once arrested could not be arrested again for the same debt, although his goods had been attached. A Peer •f the realm could not be arrested, but his goods could be attached. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. A female of respectable appearance and address re presented to the Lord Mayor that she was the widow of a man of considerable military rank, and sought his advice as to the mode of proceeding which it would he advisable for her to adopt, in order to obtain restitution of the pay of an officer's widow, from which she was debarred by means of a forged marriage certificate, pro cured by another woman, who now enjoyed the allow ance, while want stared the real wife in the face. The LORD MAYoa asked the applicant whether she had the certificate of her marriage with the deceased officer ? . The Lady replied, that she had, and produced the document, which appeared to have been regularly at tested. She likewise produced several letters from highly respectable individuals confirmatory of her claim. She had, she said, every reason to believe, if she could obtain a passage to the country on the Government of which she had the claim, the title to the allowance would be at once recognised, and the pension would not only he settled upon her, but the amount of back pay, from which she had been excluded by the machina tions of the pretended widow, would be placed at her disposal. The LORD Alwvott desired to know whether she had applied to any official of the Government on the sub ject ? The lady replied that she had written to Lord Palmerston a statement of the facts, and referred his Lordship to persons who were ready to certify as to the truth of her allegations, but the reply of his Lordship was that the Government. had no packets to the coun try to which she was desirous to go to establish her claim. Her husband had seen a vast deal of service, and had fallen a victim to it at last, and she was in a state of complete destitution. As to the truth of her claim there can be no doubt, and if some benevolent in dividual would promise her the passage, and advance her five pounds, she would repay the whole, with the deepest gratitude, upon being placed upon the pay-list. The LORD MAYOR said it was quite impossible that, situated as he was, he could give anything but ad vice, which was that the lady should make an experi ment upon the Consul for the country to which it was necessary to repair. Mr. Hobler said that the case appeared to be one in which the kind and benevolent offices of the press might be efficiently employed, for the town abounded with charitable individuals who might consider the case one which was entitled to their sympathy, confirmed, as it appeared to be, by documents, the authenticity of which there appeared to be no reason to quest"' GUILDHALL. charged be- George Daley, a lad 19 years old , bd , hi s own v i v: g s , h y fore Mr. Alderman WHITE with and on suspicion confession, stolen 60/. worth of cloth, of having stolen 150/. worth more. woollen-ware houseman, stated, that Mr. Anson, of No. 106, Nvo on the 13 th ult., the ware house was entered by. co lh were st o l en . O n that me ans of skeleton k eys, an d eleven pieces of black w ith him, locked the warehouse night a friend, who street door. The pri soner,door, and ,el 0 ck witness nex t who is the porter , came as usual for the keys at m l w o ocakrsne d g t , h e returned in afew mi nutesin but ' hi m that he found the warehouse door and half a pile of the black cloths missing. Wit nessopen, the place. Ti , 1 hastened to ..e sauttars were not yet seven to o inform down, and the warehouse was so d ar k t h at h e cou ld not tell that a nything had been stolen. This, however, did not strike him as suspicious, but two of the ser geants of police closely interrogated the prisoner, and searched his place of residence. Nothing transpired to a t all implicate the prisoner till the present week, when, in taking stock, they found some of the pieces of buckskin had been cut, and there was a deficiency of 110 yards. As this could only have been done by the prisoner ; witness taxed him with the robbery. He at first de nied it, but, on being told he should be forgiven if he would afford such information as to how he had dis posed of the property, so as to lead to its recovery, he confessed he had pawned it, and named the shops ; but as this confession related only to the buckskin, and he persisted in saying he knew nothing of the robbery of the black cloth, although, from the facility with which he could match the keys, and his subsequent conduct, there was little doubt upon the subject, witness thought he was not bt.sund by his promise of forgiveness. He had not made a full confession, and therefore was not entitled to be forgiven. He begged the prisoner might be remanded for a week, that some further inquiry might be made. Mr. Alderman 'WHITE asked if there were any marks of violence or of breaking open the premises ?--Mr. Anson replied none. Mr. Alderman WHITE said some of his constituents in the woollen trade had received similar visitations. were no symptoms of breaking in, but e ither some 9ne must have been concealed on the premises, or the entry was effected by false keys. He asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything ? The prisoner replied he had told all he knew, and he had the written promise of forgiveness if he did so. The prisoner was remanded. BOW-STREET. James Bowyer, a h;bouring man, was charged with stealing a bundle of printed paper belonging to the Poor law Commissioners. The risoner was stopped by the police, and giving an equivocate ;j: account of the manner he became possessed of the paper, was taken into cus tody. Mr. Cope, of St Martin's-lan.2, stated that the paper had been sent by the Commissioners for him to bind, and that it had been taken out of his passage The pri soner was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH STREET. A coalheaver named William Brewer, in the service of Mr. Wright, Old Swan-wharf, Chelsea, was sum moned before Mr. Dyer by the police, at the instance of a gentleman in Gower-street, named Savage, for h Av i N ; caused an obstruction with his waggon in the public street. Mr. Savage said he was passing along Jermyn-street at mid-day, when he saw the defendant back his wag gon against the kerb, and then throw on the pavement the coals of two or three sacks. It was impossible for foot-passengers to get along, especially females, with out great inconvenience. Inspector Beresford said it was the practice of coal. heavers, before putting the coals into the ce :lar, to form a sort of funnel round the cellar-hole with the contents of' some of the first sacks, by which process they exl"" dited the delivery of the coals, but they very ranch obstructed the foot passengers. Mr. DYER read the clause in the New Police Ac t which operated on the case. The clause allowed a rea sonable time for unloading and loading, but, at the same time, a penalty was imposed on any one who did not so place his vehicle as to prevent an obstruction. The driver said he delivered his coals in the way b e had been in the habit of doing daily for the last ninee years. He had placed the tail of his waggon clos an against the kerb , and so managed the horses that obstruction of :he road took place. Mr. Savage said it was true the defendant left room} for one carriage to pass' ; but had he drawn his waggon parallel with the kerb two carriages might have passed abreast. say that an A o l b r s . t D ru Y et E io rt n w . as l o t f w o a p s i n b i u o t n 0 0 m i i n s 3 ownasseonfsethteo nature of every person should carry on his business in such,' w h a e T, as not to form an impediment to the busness or ot people. Perhaps it would have been be tter bad de b th Act made it imperative for those who ha d goods to liver to perform the operation by a seated hour ; u , t . there was no law to that effect, and, as the proceedings cau tion, in the present case were only meant as a future he would award only a nominal fine of Is. and costs. 11ATTON-GARDEN. This journal, last week , contained an acc o unt a Mr. M'Carroll having b e en robbed, by u nder pre named Shelford, of a fifty - pound note, tence of getting him an appointm ent in the service of the London and Birmingha m Railway Company. i Since the commitment of the above-named prsoner, A/Marro!' has traced the note w hich had been paid of a personat the Bank of England to the hands of a man name d Charles Rickerby, the same individuA who was neatly killed some time since by Captain Smith. whilst endea vouring to deprive that gentleman of five hundred pounds, as the price of delivering up two thousand pounds' worth of stolen bills. The prosecutor stated that he went to the prisoner's house, and demanded of him where he got the 501. note ; and he answered that a stranger had called on him, and told bi' that he would pay two pounds owing to him (the pri soner) by Mr. Gullen, an attorney at Sunbury, Middle sex, if he would change it, and that he went with the stranger to Mr. Holland's, in Drury-lane, who changed the note. The description Rickerby gave of the stran- ger exactly corresponded with that of Shelford. The prosecutor went to Sunbury, and discovered that the a ccount given him by the prison e r was false, no person of the name of Gullen ever having lived there in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The prosecutor and the officers having stated that they could, on a future day, produce evidence proving that the prisoner and Shelford were in league together, he was remanded for a week. The prisoner asked if bail would not be taken, and was answered by the Magistrate is the negative. THE MARKETS. O UNTR Y CORN MARKETS DUREN /heat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Paws. Per Quarter. s. to s. js.to $ s. to s. s e s. 43 s. to s. 62 —I 33 25 41 56 68 ' 32 38 22 34 """ 42 M0rpeth......... 44 68 28 35 20 26 48 40 40 Penrith 66 39 26 -- 3 3 Shettield 63 36 9 4 52 44 Winchester ... 68 80 34 45 23 27 42 46 35 35 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.al s.d. sd. 00Cardiff 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 44 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 . Carmarthen... 00 87 0 0 00 0 29 56 00 0 0 w Cowbridge...... 10 0 11 0 0 0 56' 9 0 4 0 5 0 5 9 0 0 0 0 Swansea 3 . 4 10 8 4 0 5022 34 56 60 00 00 Per Roll. Barnardcastle 11 6 21 0 80 93 70 88 90 12• 76 0 C Durham 126 176 70 3 060 8 10 0 130 86 9 0 .... 16 0210 7 0 901 5 0 09111 0 9 0 Richmond 5t0ckt0n.......... 13 0 16 S 9 0 0 9, G• 8 0 7 6 8 G 0 0 0 0 NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.—Dee. 14. Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland 49s. 725. 7ls. 765. -- Norfolk and Suffolk Os. 71s 731 765 . 2nd Scotch 6la. 64s —s• 6SL UNTR Y CORN MARKETS DURING LAST Per 8011. Barnardcastle 12.6 21 0 8 0 931 7 0 8 8 9 0 12 0, Durham-- 126 176 7 0 3 0 6 0 Belo 0 1301 Richmond ..... 16 0 21 0 7 0 901 5 0 8 0 9 I 11 0 5t0ckt0n........ 13 0 16 8 9 0 99, G 0 8 0 7 6 OG, NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.-Dee. 14. Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland 49s. 70a. 716. 763.' --- Norfolk and Suffolk Os. 71s l2, 765. -- Berwick and Scotch 6la. 64s - Foreign 6ss. '7ls. w..• 6 9 5. 78 s. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 4os 425 -6. -5. -- Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk mss . 455....... -6. - Grinding and Feeding P2s. 365. 1 Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 633 736 . --•11. Beans, Small 36s. 40s - 8 .-5. -- - Tick 42s 443. -5. -s. Pease White 425. 438..... -6. -4 . -- 2 Gray 8 4 -a. --48. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ...... -.s -6. ----- ----- Feed - Foreign Flour (per sack) sls. 536....... -a. -s. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET-Doc. 13 V'neat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk a, Ms. to 67a. Lin. and Cam. -- Yorkshire -s. 50s. to 6 25 . 'White s. 665. to 70s. , 653. fire 74f. fine 70f. fine Obi. fine 84, . fine 76°. Barley, _ Norfolk— Foreign, R e d —s. 60s. to Foreign and Suffolk - 8 . Whit e —s. —. to 745. nne fris_ , to 455. line 48s. ---- Lincolns hi re Yorkshire Wold —s. to 3i 8. fine 33- Beans, New Old 42s. to 403. fine 48s Oats, Potato —s. to 32e. fine se , --- Poland —s. —s. to 325. fine: : 61, _--- Vriezland and Small —s. .-.4. to 230. fine 30e. -- I*..zaling ........ 13d. to ;4d. per Stone. Shelling Malt 3ss. to 38$ Od. per Lea_.;' . 465. fine 52 8 . per Loay. ...e Rapeseed kberdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar (File) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso Kirkaldy Perth k' Tha HA Wheat. TCII M. Barley. .RKETS Oats. Beans. --- oatm•Al 56 t o 40 40 42 70 to 80 27 to 30 24 to 27 —to 30 43 20 27 17 45 33 35 46 50 24 26 17 18 SO 4-6 65 26 31 18 22 22 26 48 68 26 49 23 27 40 42 60 61 33 34 23 32 48 5 4 65 72 30 36 24 25 3: 2 33 N 53 4 5 48 23 20 19 '.2. 3 2 34 1- ''' 36 :33 60 ^4 30 40 25 35 41 44 size of the measure varies throughout the c DDINGI'ON CORN MARKET. —Doi. 13. D 2 Wheat. Barley. Jats. ec as i e. 741 Od 43. 61 26 , " 44s 061 (iO6 Od '384 6d 25 ' " 4 . 25 Od AALv4KvSrWhsaEge°diael:,:tl .. (.8.73., Barley. t . i . e ( .: T . y e . I . m .. A 21 2 .: ( 1 7 69 a ;. : 2 1 : . 1 1 .: 2, 4 1 1 :itt?. d Pease. 1 Beans'. I 12s Od 43i Bd 1 28: fed 44a 01 '44 Od vs Od 381 Od ~ 42. Od 21s Sd • !Cs 4d 36, f 'd :'5 Od - 4 '' 81 40 Od 4 o' 04 - - 4 0 42 43 -. )untry Beans 46s Ad 28 , 0 4 , S2l at, First Second Third First Second Third ."•—"''"'-----!---------- PLATE SUITED FOR PRESENTATION ---- A. 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On the lith of Octob er, at Rio de Janeiro, Edmond Tiber ghein, Esq., Consul of his Ma j est y the King of Belgium, t° Clara, third daughter of John HenryEr DIED. On the 13th ins t., at Norman Hill, near Dursley, Glouces: , tershire, John Blag den Phel p s, Es q ., of Oriel College, Oxford youngest son of th e late Rev. James Phelps, aged 24. rre ., _ cf . printed and Published by 11117 RD() YOUls' 'ti d No. 112, strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in county of Middlesex.—Monday, December 16, 1839. L.,