The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-08 00:00:00

x ~ • ", • T TRAPS FOR ANTI-CORN'-LA:4V REPE ALERS. (From the Teti-Corii-law Circular.) " 13 ware of steel traps and spring guns." I f• r t ••)%e spread to e,..teh the elr.cary, thin it is to eautiou trt.s wssers of those invidious instruments, steel traps and spring guns. • The public mind has never before been so feelingly , alive to the evils, the ijustice, and the oppressive cha racter of the existing Corn-laws as at present ; nor has there ever been so general . a feeling that the time is arrived when the interests of the 'country require that they be totally and immediately abolished. We do not disguise the fact, however, that there is a difference of opinion as to the total and. immediate 'repeal of the Corn-laws ; sonic few advocating a modification of tLe existing laws, others a moderate fixed duty—(who can tell .'vhat a moderate fixed duty means ?)—others, again, a pre.ent duty of Ss. to 10s. a quarter, to decline Is. 'a year till • corn be admitted free. We 'shall examine each of these expedients. First, as to the modification of the existing law. A comparative statement has been circulated between the Bill proposed by Mr. Canning, in 1827, but thrown out by the House of Lords, an the present law pro rased by the Duke of Wellington, and passed in 1828. of which the following is a copy : Average Prices Duty accordinn• to Duty according to the of Wheat. Canning's Bill. D. of Wellington's Bill. 73s 72s 71s 70z 69s 68s 67a ...... 6s 664 653 64s 63s 62s 61s • lB3 603 593 583 573 50s 858 54s' 533 - It will be observed, that the principles of Mr. Can ning's and the Duke of Wellington's . Bills are, alike, viz., those of. a fluctuating duty, with thi.i difference, that the avowed object of Mr. Canning's Bill was to keep wheat at an average price of 635., whilst that of th e Duke of Wellington's was to keep it at 68s. a quarter.* The evils of the present system would not, Now, as to the project of " a moderate fixed duty," there is greater need of warning Corn-law repealers, beessuae it is urged with a speciousness which is calcu latee'anore than any other to mislead, and by a class of pergolas who, affecting great moderation, wish to pass themseivea off to the public as " very good sort .of men," The se men profess, with us, great hostility to the present Corn-law, but do not approve of its total and immediate repeal. They agree with us in thinking -that it is rapidly - injuring the manufacturing and com mercial interests of the country, and that, unless re pealed, the ruin .of the nation will inevitably be the consequence. They agree with us also that the want of employment, and the consequent deficiency of food and 'clothing under which our labourers suffer, are evils to be fairly attributed to the Corn-laws. They concur, in fact, entirely with us, as to the extent and nature of the disease under which the body-politic is groaning ; but they disagree as to the plan which we would recommend for effecting a cure. " Your mode of proceeding," say they, " is much too violent ; you will shock moderate p eo ple." But th e y mus t h ave strange notions of justice, who, whilst 'they admit that millions of their fellow-creatures are robbed of a por tion of the fruits of their hard labour, can yet turn aside from them and bestow all their sympathy upon their oppressors and plunderers. These moderate men would have us approach the landlords with "beaded knee and bated breath," and humbly pray that they will be graciously pleased to be a little more just ; to rob the poor with moderation ! They seem to have a 1 netion that with some show of address and tact, but with plenty of deference, the landlords may be wheedled into the practice of a little honesty. The plan- recommended by this party is, to advocate a moderate fixed duty in place of the present fluc tuating scale. Not that they would justify a tax upon bread in ,the abstract ; they condemn, as unjust, such a . 'node of raising a revenue ; but it is to conciliate " mo d lerate men of all parties. Leaving, then, the question j• astice, about which we are agreed, let us examine how f. sr, ecrun as a matter of expediency, it would be good policy for us to advocate a moderate fixed duty, instead of the total and immediate repeal .of the Corn laws ? Let us suppose that the Anti-Corn-law Delegates, at their= first meeting in Manchester, had come to a reso lution to petition Parliament for a fixed duty of eight 41.;11ings a quarter on wheat; a shilling a bushel would be a ~ moderate" robbery when compared with the pre sent system. Does anybody suppose that half a million of people would have petitioned in favour of such a sclens e ? Nay, would not our lecturers, if employed to advocate such a plan, have been hooted at by every succeerEng audience ? But, leaving the public out of the question (and with the public we include the populace, th e multitude, without whose sympathy no great. political change has ever been effected), let us fol low the Delegates to London, where their petition for a fixed duty had. we will - suppose, come under discus , sion in Parliament, and been made the theme of the Writers and speakers of the day. The matter to be de cided upon would then have involved no question of the 1 great principles—the truth or falsehood, the justice or injustice, the right or wrong of the' .Corn-laws. The point to determine would have been whether a fixed duty, or the present fluctuating one, be preferable ; a most convenient mode of raising the question for the landlords and their party, inasmuch as there is quite as much justice in the principle of a fluctuating, as a fixed duty, whilst there is the appearance of a great deal more. The vote would at length have been taken on the location ; but do any of our readers suppose'it would have been in favour of the supposed petition for an eight-shilling fixed duty ? Let us call their attention to the vote of the previous session, when Colonel Seale's proposal to allow foreign corn to be ground in bead for exportation, was rejected by a great majority, by the eery Members who constitute the present House cf Commons. It was proposed that not a pound of the flour` so ground should be used at home, but they would' not allow foreign wheat to be ground here at all, lest the bran from it should be used to feed pigs and poultry ! ! What, then, had happened in the meantime to induce the:self same men to pass a measate infinitely more opposed to their prejudices and interests ? We shall be told that the proceedings in Manchester, the forma tion at that time of nearly forty anti-Corn-law associa tions (there are now neerly three hundred), and the oresentation of petitions signed by upwards of half a nallion of people, had all contributed to alarm the land lore's, and induce them'to agree to a compromise, But these great demonstrations were bought about by the exampl e of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, which d ecided in favour of the principle of total and immediate repeal. Had the decision been in favour of a fixed duty, there would have been none of that en thusiastic cc-operation which afterwards gave such force to the proceeding of the delegates in London. It must be clear, then, that bad the Anti-Corn-law party identified itself with the principle of a fixed duty' it would have justly failed in carrying out its object ; and it would have, besides defeat, suffered the still worse disaster of losing the sympathy and support of the public. A.t present the organization and character of the Anti- Col-11-law League are felt to be formidable by the land lor.'ls. They are so beetiuse they arc launder( upon the principle of justice, and not expediency. There is'another class of objectors to which we shall briefly allude. They are in favour of the total abolition of the Corn-laws, but they advocate the gradual in pre ference, to the immediate repeal. The question admits of easy solution if submitted to the test of true principle. It is admitted that the Corn-law is unjust, yet it is con tended that it ought to be continued a little longer. If it be good to retain an. injustice for a day, it must be equally so to tolerate it for twenty years, or ' even a hundred. Once admit the right of legislating upon any other principle than that of strict justice, and we place ourselves, to an indefinite extent, at the mercy tf Mel tvrongdoer. We contend that if an injustice be acknowledged to exist, it ought to be at once removed. It is not a valid argument in favour of continuing the evil even for a day, to tell us that vested interests would' suffer (torn a total and immediate repeal of the Corn- 1 laws. Our answer is, that there are a thousand times as many !persons suffering from the operation of the laws. as there are benefiting by them, and the former have a" vested" right to the enjoyment of the fruits of their industry, which must claim precedence of any vested interests which the landlords or their tenants may have appropriated to themselves at the expense of the rest of the community. We have reason to believe, moreover, that the plan of total and immediate would be preferable to gradual repeal, even as far as the in terests Of the agricultural tenants are concerned, espe cially if the tenants be released from their leases in all cases where they desire it, a measure strictly just, inas -1,1u4 as the landlords, having unjustly availed thenz se:ces el their power to make" laws for their own ex .,_ WhO CIUS ire benefit, are bound to make reparation it, a ll are ire d 'ured by the repeal of such laws. Bew,cre then of pretended moderados and moderate * A vain attemPt, as even under this law the average latices of \wheat in 1835 and 1838 were 40:.:. per quarter. Surely the t:andlords must have discovered ere this that they may as well try to regulate the stars by Act of Parlia ment as to regulate the prices of wheat I however, be obvisted by the adoption of Mr Canning Bill, and it will, therefore, have but few supporters. i ,The corn trade would stilt continue a gambling busi ' ness. There would be no remedy for excessive a"- ' tuations in prices, and we should still be subject to 411 the evils of a derangement of the currency attendant 0 'a ateLleinand for foreign corn, and a drain for bullion ( to t " 41 0 01 it. ' . .44....... Nf, fixed duties. "fhese good sort of men" have a great. horror offiuctuatin,g duties ; they derange the currency, and cause great losses to the merchants and manufac turers ; and this particularly affects the class calling themseh - es moderados. But are these the only evils lAnnk thy' Urlenlp;oyed. • Li; ;vl. he Yuki: only half fed. and then look at the diabolical law which taxes these poor wre . tches, as we showed in our last number, to a greater extent than all the State taxes put together. LET THOSE WHO PETITION FOR A• MODERATE FIXED DUTY REMEMBER THAT EVERY SHILLING FIXED DUTY IS EQUAL TO 'A TAX 0N TIIE PEOPLE OF 6,000,0001. A YEAR. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—DONCASTER, 1840. 11oNDAY.-The Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, Tor two-yrs-old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst blb. • Red House in. Mr. Ramsay's br c Sheriff and Fulton ; Lord Kelburne's b f by Jerry, darn by St. Patrick ; Mr. J. Gill names eh cby Muley Alolcch, out of Resolution's dam ; Mr. Hancock's f Evelyn ; Mr. Gully's b c Radical ; Mr. Osbaldeston's is f The Queen of Beauty ; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b f by Muley Moloch, out of The Mystery ; Mr, T. 0. Powlett's b f Kedge; Col. Craufurd's f Ermengardis ; Mr. Allen's ch c Belgrade ; Mr. .Brooke's eh f by Tomboy, out of Lunatic; Mr. Marfleet's br c Lothario ; Mr. W. Seett's b c The Duke of Wellington ; Col. Cradock's b c Pagan • Mr. Stephenson's c Langarian ; Duke of Cleveland's ch c diaour ; Lord Eglinton's b c Assagai ; Sir J. Boswell's b c 'I riumph ; Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's b f Croekery ; Col. Thompson's br f Flying Gib ; Mr. Bell's gr c The Squire ; Lord Westminster's c Satirist; Lord Westminster's c Morning Star ' • Lord Westminster's Lampoon ; General Yates's Simoon; Lord Chesterfield's c by Velocipede, out of Rattle's dam ; Lord Chesterfield's f by Sultan, out of Rewton's dam. TuEsnAy.—The Two-yrs-old Produce Stakes of 100 SM. each, h ft, for colts, Bst 51b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Red House in. (Reduced to a match.), • Mr. Orde's ch c Willie-boy, and Lord Westminster's b f Lampoon. • The Cleveland Stakes of 20 sots. each, h ft, and 5 only if de dared by the first day ''of York. Spring Meeting, with 50 • added. One mile. - Maid of Monten; 6 yrs ; br c by • Blucher, dam (foaled in 1832) by Filho da. I?uta, 3 yrs ; Dr. Oliver, 4 yes ; Smollett, 5 .yrs ; Quid, 4 yrs ; Aurelia, 4 yrs ; Virginia, 5 yrs ; Bellona, 5 yrs;' Malvolio, 4 yrs ; St. Andrew, 5 yrs • Constantine, 5 yrs; Ararat, 4 yrs; Miss Le Gras, 3 yrs; Le Sage Femme, 4 yrs; Van Buren, 6 yrs; Bolus, 4 yrs; Slashing Harry, 6 vrs ; bl fby Lamplighter, out of Spinning Jenny, 3 yrs ; Middleham, 3 yrs; Hetman Platoff, 4 yrs; Sleight-of-Hand, 4 vts. The Four-yrs-old Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h f, with 50 added : colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies Bst 31b; maiden horses, &c., at the time of naming, allowed 51bs ; a winner of the Derby or St. Leger 3lbs extra. Mile and a half. Charles the Twelfth, Hetman Platoff, Aurelia (51bs), The •Provost, Kremlin, The Commodore, The Lord Mayer. Tflonsnay.—The Two-years old Stakes of 20 each, for colts, Bst. 51b ; and fillies, Bst. 21b. T. Y.C. Mr. Blakelock's b f by Voltaire, dam Fancy ; Lord Kel burne's b cby Muley Moloch, d by Actaeon ; Mr. Hancock's f Evelyn; Mr. Osbaldeston's b f the Queen of Beauty, Mr. T. 0. Powlett's br fby Muley Moloch, out of ;he Mystery ; Ge neral Sharp's ch c Lara, Mr. Wrather's gr f by Belshazzar, out'of Hackfall's d ; Colonel Craufurd's f Ermengardis ; Mr. Allen's ch c Belgrade, Mr. Haworth's br c by Contest, out of Minna Mr. Marfleet's c by Gambol, dby Beagle ; Ale.••W. Scott's b c The Duke of Wellington. Colonel Cradock's b c Pagan, Mr. Stephenson's b c Langarian, Duke of Cleveland's ch c Giaour, Duke of Cleveland's b c by Muley Moloch, out of Olive ; Lord Eglinton's br c Assagia, Mr. Parkins's' b c As kerton, Sir J. Boswell's b c Triumph, Mr. Wilkins's br c Vul can, Mr. Bell's b c Thirsk, Colonel Anson's b f La Gitana, Lord Westminster's c Satirist, Lord Westminster's a Morning Star, Lord Westminster's Lampoon, General Yates's Simoon, Lord Chesterfield's c by Velocipede, out of Rattle's dam; Lord Chesterfield's f by Sultan, out of Rowton's darn. Far nix.v.The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs. each; 10 ft; for Three-years-old colts, Bst 61b; and fillies, Bst 41b. The win ner of the St. Leger to carry 71b extra. One mile. Sir C. Monck's br c by Blucher, out of Garland's dam; Mr. J. Gill ns h c Resolution ; Major Yurburgh's b c Milksop ; Mr. J. Gill's ch c Prince Albert; Mr. Clark's b c Alonzo.; Mr. Eddison's eh c The Ruler; Mr. Bowes's Black Beck ; Mr. Shepherd's b c Victory, Duke of Cleveland's clic by Langer, out of Emigrant's dam ; Mr. Singleton's b c Autocrat ; Lord Eglinton's ch c Grevstell ; Mr. Parkins's b c Broadwath ; Sir J. Boswell's br f Miss Nick ; Lord Stanley's ro c De Clifford; Lord Westminster's The Shah; General Yates's Gibraltar. DONCASTER, 1841. FRIDAY.—Park-hill Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, fut fillies then three yr old, Bst 71b each; the owner of the second to receive 100 says. out of the stakes ; St, Leger course. Mr. Blakelock's b by Voltaire, out of Black Diamond's darn ; Mr. Wilson's b by Muley Moloch, out of Silvertail ; Lord Kelburpe's br by Retainer, dam by Ardrossan ; Mr. H. Wormald's ch by Velocipede, out of Midge ; Mr. Han rock's eh Evelyn ; Mr. T. O. Powlett's br fby Muley Moloch, out of The Mystery ; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b by Tomboy, out of Te sane ; Sir W. Bulkeley's b by Birdcatcher, dam by Caccia Platti ; Mr. Wauehope sch Euterpe ; Colonel Craufurd's bor hr Ermengardis ; Mr. Brooke's ch by Tomboy, out of Luna tic ; Colonel Anson's ch Miss Horewood ; Lord Eglinton's br by Muley Moloch, out of Zillah ; Mr. Murray's br by The Earl, out of The Young-un's dam ; Mr. Merry's bl or br by Retainer, out of Helen Aroon ; Mr. Briskham's b Quick ; Mr. Osbaldeston's b Queen of Beauty ; Mr. Clark's br sister to Imogene ; Mr. Mann names b Miss Betsey ,• Col. Thomp son's b Flying Gib ; Mr. Bell's b by Muley Moloch, dam by Ebor ; Lord Stanley's b Sophistry ; Lord Westminster's Lam poon, sister to Touchstone : Colonel Peel's br by SUltan, out of Hester ; Lord Miltown's ch m Semiramide by Economist, out of Pasta. DONCASTER, 1842. WEDNESDAY.—The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three-yrs-old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b ; the winner of the St. Leger 51b extra. One mile and a half. 111 r. Ramsay's ch e Cabrera, by Tom Boy, dam ;by St. Patrick ; Lord Kelburne's eh f by Retainer, out of Emilia, by Abjer ; Mr. Kirby'sch c . Rover, by Muley Moloch, out of Miss Thomasina ; Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b c by Beagle, out of Je mima ; Mr. Sadler's Barrier; Mr. Sadler's Defyer ; Lord Westminster's Auckland. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER. MEETING, 1840. TUESDAY.—Nominations for the Hopeful Stakes Mr. Thornhill's b c by Emilius, out of Ophelia ; Mr. Thorn bull's b f Sister to Montezuma ; Mr. Bird's b f Cast-off ; Fulwar Craven's br f Benedata ; Mr. Nevill's Hillarine ; Duke of Grafton's b f by Mulatto, out of Dublin ; Duke of Grafton's br f by Dr. Syntax, out of Zinc ; Colonel Peel's The Hunchback ; Colonel Peel's tir c Huon, Lord Liehfield's cby Ibrahim, out of Malvina ; Lord G. Bentinck's Gobemouch. WEDNESDAY.—Nominations for the St. Leger Stakes. B f by Augustus, out of Coertezan ; ch fby Taurus, out of Leeway ; b f Ranvilles, out of Zeal ; b c Jeffy, Fitzroy, Ottoman, Cu rrency, Amurath ' • cby Sultan, out of Velvet ; c by Jerry, out of Lucetta ; c by Sultan, out of Datura, Gibral tar, and Grey Milton, SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1840. TUESDAY.—Nominations for the Clearwell Stakes. Mr. Thornhill's ch cby Langar, out of Fidelity ; Mr. Watt's bcby • Plenipotentiary, out of Myrrha ; Lo-d Albemarle's b f Minaret; Mr. Igaieford's b c by Sultan, out of Margellina ; Lord Jersey's b tby Ishmael, out of Misnomer; Lord Jersey's b f Sister to Glencoe; Lord Orford's Brother to Ascot; Mr. J. Day's b f Executrix ; Mr. James Wood's •b c Paul Potter ; Mr. Sadler's Diversion; Mr. Neville's Hilarine ; Duke of Grafton's bl f Dephi; Duke of Grafton's b fby Mulatto, out of Dublin ; Lord Exeter's Brother to Candia ; Lord Exeter's fby Reveller, out of Green Mantle ; Lord Exeter's f by Sultan, out of Varchesa ; Lord Exeter's Cesarevritch ; Colonel Peel's Brother to Whim; Colonel Peel's f by Palmyra, by Sultan, out of Hester ; Colonel Peel's fby Sultan, out of Garcia; Cap tain Gardnor's b cby Camel, out of Cecilia ; Lori' Chester field's f by Sultan, out of Rowton's dam ; Mr. Cooke's b f Es perenza ' • Lord Lichfield's brother to Phostahorus ; Lord Lich field's ch c by Peter Lely, out of Margrave s darn; Lord Lich field's ch c by Langar, out of Portrait's dam; Mr. Etw all's Thistle Whipper ; Lord G. Bentinck's Gobemouche. THE WEATHER.--Since January 1838, when Mr. Murphy was a true prophet, we have had no frost so intense as it is to-day. At 9 A.m. the thermometer stood at 20, and in the course of the night, even in a comparatively sheltered situation, it fell to 17. The cold, however; is not much felt, as there is scarcely a breath of wind. The sky is beautifully clear, and the barometer stands at 30.25. FARMERS'INSURANCE COMPANY.—The value of insurance is too well known to need any elogium, but. the special value of insurance to farmers requires more than mere general consideration. It w. - „s the abolition of the duty on farming stock, as first•recommended for that purpose by the Manager of this Institution, that mainly contributed to put an end to the dreadful incen diarism that stale years ago " friKlited the isle from its] propriety." This is now well followed up. Tie new feature_ of insurance against storms, and the appropria tion of a portion of the profits to deserving labourers, are highly important.—From a Correspondent. e FRIGHTFUL .ACCIDENT.—OfI T uesday alter noon an inquest , was held at Guy.'s Hospital, on the body of William Gates, aged fourteen. The deceased in getting .down from a cart slipped, and fell under the front wheel, which passed over him, and he was brought to the Hospital, and died at eight o'clock on Monday morning. Verdict—" Accidental death." • THE LATE SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE.— On Tuesday night the inquest on the body of the man who threw himself from the bridge over the Serpentine, on Saturday morning, was held at the Hall-way-House, Knightbridge, The deceased's name, it appeared by the evidence of his mother, was Rhodes, a glove-cleaner. He had lost his situation through drunkenness, and be come very melancholy. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." SUICIDE THROUGH DRUNKENNESS.—Yester day afternoon an inquest was held at the Cock and Bottle, Bedfordbury, on the body of Isaac Sayer, a tailor. His wife, young er by 30 year s than deceas e d, said that on last Friday he completed his 70th year, and on the whole of that day appeared very melancholy, in which state he retired to rest: He rose, at six next morning, and in an hour after she found him dead, hang ing by a rope from a shelf near the front door of the she!). They lived happily together, though deceased attempted to drown himself five years. ago. A. nephew of deceased, who cut him down, and two aged and r 6., spectable tradesmen, deceaied's brothers, s?oke in se vere terms of the misconduct of deceased's wife. Drink has been his ruin, as it has been, and will be, the ruin of thousands. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." SHlPwatcx.—Wo regret to announce that the Falmouth. packet, of this port, a beautiful clipper schooner, belonging to W. Glasson, Esq., merchant, Gruen Bank, and regularly employed in the fruit trade, h a s been totally lost at St. Michael s, with all her crew, except the muster. Several other vessels wcrc lost at the same time:`--Fg/volgh Pachet.• FIRE —Yesterday evening, bpt v ve p six t:iid ,o,,e , en o'clock , a fi re broke out on th e premises of Megzre, Hecesiv oi th and Hebble , wholesale leather-yellers, St. adjoining that of Slaughter's CaCee hMouarstei.n's-laEngines from p,andos i treet, with th e C oun t y A nd otherS, were promptly on ..10 spot, and th e 41 4:aes were extinguished befo re g aining an aseey,d,„. is not known how the fire originated. 'Die sto4 y 4 1,1 premises arc insane}. SCN, _LONDON, WEIr F,S n A .JA NUAIt NT 8, 18., 81 1 4 ,1;01N1) hi)" 1 Ja_iikiL, 6 lA THE FUNDS.—(CLOSING BrLITISD FUNDS. • Bank Ini.Ha Stack , K 4. u4 New :3!-4 per (I, .... New 5 tier GIP Lx. El , i ; Ditto SU!I ti (its, Long Annuities to expire Ditto ......... 5 ths. Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan 1860 _ „... TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—l could hardly expect that from a total stranger, as I was to you, till last week, you should hai'e done such honour to the long lefters of mine, which you pub lished in your_ papers of Friday th e 27th, and N on d ay the 30[1) ult.l havo had more than twenty dons for tho,e pApeis, as thty are not to be got at your office. - You are at perfect liberty, if you think fit, to re publish them in any way you please. I only reserve the right 'of these, and anything I may send you, forming parr of the publication I intend bringing out of the :Life of John Hoene Tooke, as m y notes on the passing events Of the day, to which the conduct or opinions of my great master may be applicable. I am not a little proud, as you may . imagine, to see the argument I brought forward at the State trials at Maidstone, forty years ago, adopted and referred to in so able, honest, and determined a manner, by my. Learned Friend, Sir Frederick Pollock, in the trials now so lamentably going'on at Monmouth, and in which he and Mr. Kelly are conferring such honour on our noble profession. .0 ! si sic oinnes ! I take this opportunity of putting the public in pos session of what really did pass in my hearing, upon Mr. Tooke's being accommodated with a chair. He had answered his Surgeon, and ever after steady friend, Mr. Cline, who had asked in the morning before the trial began when would be' the best time to have•a chance of hearing Mr. Tooke speak ?-." When the Court opens ; for the first foolish .word that my old ac quaintance Chief Justice Eyre utters, he or I shall remain master of that Court.' Many things passed there, that do not appear in the State Trials. Accordingly, when Mr. Tooke said, " My Lord, I demand to sit near my Counsel," the Chief JUstice ,puffed - and blew, as was his manner ; and after consulting with the other Judges, 1:e was beginning, " Mr. Tooke, if you ask the indul gence of a chnir," Mr. Tooke interrupted him, " My Lord, ypu don't sit there to grant, indulgences, nor will I accept . any indulgence at your hands. I de mand it .as my right,, and if your -Lordship doubts it, I am prepared. to. argue it as a point of law," and immediately pUlled a bundle of papers out of his pocket, threw them down on the bar, and assumed the attitude of a lion in debate. It was quite plain that if the matter had not been speedily - agreed to, and a chair .placed for him close at the back of Mr. Erskine, the Court would have become a scene of thunder and lightning, ',us-it was now and then afterwards. This scene gave rise to a speech of Edmund Burke's, who was upon the Bench at the moment, and after wards, upon being asked what be had seen, said" he had seen,a unique -Horne, who had turned the tables upon the old 'notion of the lion and the unicorn, and was driving the Judges and Court before him all about the town:' .- • " A DISCIPLE OF JOHN„IIORNE TOOKE. ._ t ~ r ~~ NEWPORT, JAN 3. (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) SlR,—li may , be gratifying to you to know the state of feeling in Newport just at this time. Wednesday evening and. yesterday; when the news arrived from Monmouth that Mr. Frost was likely to be acqu:t:ed, the common people and many of the middle classes were all exultation and joy. ''Numerous groups were collected in various parts of the town; Rumour, with htr thousand voices, had circulated the report that Mr. F. was at liberty yesterday. and was about to come house last evening by the Hero coach; About 9 o'clock the bridge was crowded -with spectators, an . ticipating the arrival o: the coach, and when it ap peared in sight they cheered •aloed, anderied out," Frost for ever," at the top of their Voices. • Most of the poor people and many of the middle class express their delight at the probability- of Mr. Fro St's release, and they indicate the real satisfaction which they feel, even at the bare possibility of " a consum mation so devoutly wished," by their countenances and gestures ; while, on the other band; the enemies of Mr. Frost, not only exhibit the bitterness of their feelings, on the index of the mind, but, with all the ferocity of savages, indulge in (hopeless) expiessed-wiAies and desires, • that would be disgraceful to the most heathenish and - brutalized of the human race. * * Church- . going people, and some of them have assumed the name of " Teachers in Israel," of the mild and gentle brother-loving doctrines of Christianity. Oh, how would, the great founder of Christianity spurn such preacher of his doctrines from his pr&ence 1 How dishonoured is he and his doctrines by such impious pretenders to 1 , piety and BENEvouNcEI • I urn„ Sir, your's truly; ETA. {We havo thought' it prudent to ninit„.a passage, earnestly hoping that it may be an exaggerated ex pression of the real.state of feeling, and .beingunvtilling to add to the exr.speration.—En. Sun] CORN-LAW, EDUCATION, AND THE CLERGY. (From the Speech of the Rev. Mr. Bayley; at Sheffield.) When one-half of the poor man's loaf was gone, and the other iii jeopardy, every Friend of his country and its commercial interests, should become so far public as was necessary to procure the removal of the injurious Corn-law, to which he considered the mercantile classes kiatly attributed the bulk of their present grievances. The Corn-law question was mainly and virtually one be tween the mercantile classes with .the labouring p oor , and the general body of the landowners, the bulk 'Of whom it must be admitted belonged to the aristocratic class. It was no wonder that the feelings of the low er, classes .were hostile to the aristocracy : for, while it was found that the pension list contained its thousands, which for the 'mist part were only added to the superfluities of the arie:ocratic class, the people had not for gotten that the educational question had only been car ried by a majority of two I aucrthat the Lords even then dared to remonstrate with the,Throne that had favoured the instruction of the people. Tile Chartist complained that he was refused the right of voting, because it was 'believed' the class to which he belonged was not suffi ciently instructed to exercise the right with safety ; but the Chartist replied, " If I am unfit to exercise the franchise, because I am ignorant, why does not the Go vernment instruct me, or, at least, provide for the in struction of my children ?"And what reply can be're turned to such questions without refleeting on the classes who oppose a system of national education ? He was aware of another Class of opponents to this question,' viz.—the clergy. They appeared to be resolVed to have an offieial predominance allowed to them, or never to remit their opposition. Theie was another view of the subject which he felt to justify his presence at that meeting, viz, the con nection of poverty with morality ; and that if it might be fairly said many gentlemen present understood the connection. of the Corn-laws with the price of knives better than he did, he hoped there was no person present who did not see the vital connection between popular morality and poverty, and that of both, with a good system of general education, and the direct bely ing of the whole on the happiness of mankind. But be fore these great 'Measures, desirable as they were, could be procured, vicissitudes of fortune must befall another of England's worthies—monopoly ; who, though it had ruined every city of which it had become the patron, and injured every trade which it had undertaken .to augment,had yet been the long honoured companion of the great ; a playmate of John Bull's ; the restorer of many an exhausted exchequer—pity that calamities" should befall such a hoary-headed confidant of kings. By the usual official return - pbblished by the Cus toms, the exportation of the precious metals from the port of London to foreign and cohmial ports for the week ending the 2d of January is as under:— Ounces. Silver coin to Singapore 3,700 British West Indies Bars to Madras and Calcutta 19,2G9 Tlie Honorary Secretary of the Royal Free Hos- ,pital for the Destitute. Sick, having transmitted through Lord Normanby the Annual Report of that. excellent Charity to her Majesty, the Patron of it, has received the following most gracious Communication St. James's Palace, Jan. 6, 1840. . " Sir Henry Wheatey presents his compliments to Mr. Packman, and hers to acknowledge the receipt of the•. Report of the Royal F ree Hos pital, of Greviiie_ street, .Hatton-garden. Sir Henry is honoured' with the Queen's commands to present 'Mr. Packman ivith the . sum of 501., as a donation in aid of the funds of the Society, which Sir Henry will have much pleasure in doing any morning that Mr. Packinan will do him the honour of calling upon him at St. James's Palace about eleven o'clock." " Rev. R. C. Packman, Royal Free Hospital." MRS. S. C. IJALL's NEW NOVEL. —We ate requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of G-eat Marl borough-street has this day published Marian, or, a Young Maid's Fortunes, by Mrs. S. C. Hall, author of Lights and Shadows of Irish Life, &c., in 3 vols. post Bvo., which can now be had a t l all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn "has also just publ i s hed the following New Works of Fiction by popular writers :-1. The Spit fire, a Nautical Romance, by Captain Ch am i er, 3 vo l s. —2. Preferment ; or, My Uncle the Earl, by M rs . Gore, 3 vols.-3. The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong the Factory Boy, by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vo l t ., with all the Illustrations. 255.-4. Th e R omance o f Private Lif e , 'by Miss Burney , 3 vols. ; and; 5. Little Pedlington and the P e diingtonians, by J o h n P oo l e , Esq., Auth o r of Paul Pry, 2 vols. ACCIDENT FROM FIRE.—On Monday a shock. ing accident happened to a girl of the name of Long, who lived, with her parents in White Bear-gardens, Shoreititch. It appeared that the sister was appre hended on a charge of robbery, and had been taken to Worship -street Police Court on Saturday. She was remanded till yesterday. H er parents were away from from home for the purpose of obtaining witnesses as to the character of their (laughter, when on returning home they found that their child had been burnt in a most shockinc , manner. She wat immediately taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. • • • c.._) - Co NI MISSION . TRIAL OF MR. FROST—(SEVENTH DAL) • THE DEFENCE. MONMOUTH, TUESDAY NIGHT. Previous to the commencement of the proceedings Mr. Thor.nas, as Counsel for Lnwellyn, appli e d f or money taken from the prisoner at the time of his arrest., in order that it might be restored for the purposes of his defence. The Court granted the application. • The examination of witnesses for the prisoner was then proceeded with. Wm. Morgan examined—l am book-keeper of Pear son and Hearne, wholesale linen-drapers of Bristol ; they have had dealings with Mr. Frost for many years, end supplied him with goods in the wholesale way. • They so supplied him with goods prior to November last. He had a running account of about 2001. The custom was for the traveller to go round, and to value upon the custo mers Bills were drawn and accepted. There was a bill of 57/ , dated in August, for three months, due by Mr. Most on Nov. 4. I have the bill enclosed here; it is this. The bill is dated Aug. 1, 1839. It is drawn by our, traveller, Wm. Woods, for the firm, upon John Frost, of Newport, accepted by him, and payable at the West of England Bank, Bristol. That was duly paid at the Bank. We had bills of that sort from Mr. Frost four times a.year. Cross-examined.—Our house disposed of the bill by payment to a Mr. Man, of Shaftesbury, and we heard no more about it. John Chaplain—l am bookkeeper to Chapman and Rea ford, of Bristol, linen and Scotch dealers. Thoy had transactions in business with Mr. Frost. Prior to No vember last they had for several years supplied Mr. Frost, and our course of business was to be paid by a bill from Mr. Frost, which was sent to him and accepted. Prior to last November I sent a bill for his acceptance. The last bill; for 1191. Ils., was due on the 27th of October last. Our house had dealt with Mr. Frost in that way for•ten years, - and he was always remarkablypunetual in his payments. This last bill was paid. Cross-examined-_I think I never saw Mr. Frost in my life. The name of John Frost appears in our book. - Re-examined—l never went to Newport in my life. • If - Mr. Frost had come to Bristol it is probable I might have :e ^n him. . Mary Jones examined by Mr. live just by the Blackwood, • the other side of the river;next door to James Hodges. I know him by - hit' face personally these two years. I called. at his house the day of the riot at . New port. I was there between the hours of eight and nine o'clock in the morning. He was then in bed. Cross-examined by the:Sblicitor-GeneraLA cannot tell how early I got up that morning, for my daughter was in a decline, and I was up and down all night. I break fasted that morning aft er I sa w H o d g e s. - I went for milk that morning, and after I had left it at home I turned into Hodges' house, seeing the door open, and I said to •Mrs. Hodges., "Mary, did you hear the people going down?"' says I, " last night," and she showed me her husband, and said, " Here's my old man, thank God." I did le.t - see James Hodges that morning before I saw him in bed. I cannot say if wife was up. I suppose she was in bed as Well as was. Nobody was living in my house but my self and-my daughter.' - Henry Williams examined by Sir F. Pollock—l live at NeWport. I am. an ironmonger. I keep a shop of my own. I remember Monday, the 4th of November. I -saw' persons coming .down Stow-hill. I was at the door of the Westgate when the mob came up to it. I Vas there as .a spacial constable. •The man who first came up to the door said, ."...Surrender up your p r i soners ." Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—l had the honour of acting as - the Mayor's aide-de-camp very early in the morning.. I saw the mob about two miles or two miles and a half off. I went-then up Pic-corner, which is beyond Vredegar-park.• I saw a great number armed in various ways - with pikes, guns, and mandrils. 1 saw one party which was between 400 and 500 in number. When I saw the mob a second time they were about a mile from Newpert. They were then halting and cheering. -As sooa'as I saw the body I returned to the Mayor and told him 'What I had seen. They were then near the nachine. I did not observe whether they divided. When I • re turned the second time I was stationed at the Westgate door remained there until the mob Came down to the - Westgate Hotel. - They passed the front dobr and went • towards.the gates, and then they returned. They were led by the man who spoke tome, and he said, " Surrender lip your prisoners." He had an axe upon a pole.; I received two stabs in the 1)34, a wound in the leg, and a -gun-shot in the head. I received these wounds .frorn this Chartists when I was standing at the door, acting .as a special constable. The mob fried to get in at the, door, and I and other special constables tried to pre vent them, and wetwere wounded while thus preventing them. I heard no groaning from the special constables. 1 convinced - there was no groaning. I fell senseless attcr being,shot. P.'was in the lobby where I had been went - 160. At that time a great many shots had been tired from the insurgent;. .1 was three or four fer.t inside the door when..l was. shot. I saw Oliver and O'Dwyer there acting as special constables. I saw-the Chartists thrust at us u. with their pikes, breaking the windows and doing every damage they possibly could. Did not recover my senses uotil alter the insurgents had retreated. The lobby was full cf insurgents. I was left alone. The rest of the spe cial constahles were _driven in: Those of • the Mob who were In the lobby had pikes and guns. .I am not sure that any of them Were in the paSsage where the soldiers were stationed, but I Think they were. I did not see the con .s make any attack, or attempt to seize . - We were on . the - (l•2fensive. ..The Mayor had positively or dered that we should not attack'. The struggle was going on about - two minutes before I was shot. I did not see the front door shut at all. Ido not know how nianyspecial'eonstables there were. I . suppose there Were a hundred altogether. I think there'rnust have been 20 in the lobby. -The special constables had no other weapons than a constable's club. Before I was shot I saw the guns pointed, and the firing came from the street and street door, The shots Were directed against the special constables. • There r. ere, eight:or ten shots fired. The special eon stabis did all they could to guard the Westgate, and were driven in by an armed body. I saw the soldiers arrive from the barracks. • I saw the soldiers come round the 'corner as if fi . orn Stow-hill. Th a t would be the natural course from the barracks. There were numbers going about at the cline who must have Seen the soldiers' coming .down Siew4laill. There was - not a quarter- of , a minute between the man speaking to me and the first shot being fired. Re.examined—l mean by the- man speaking to me his sayings " Surrender your prisoners." - I am told that I am to receive a pension from the Government. lam a wit ness for the prosecution. .. • • • To the Court—When they said " Surrender you pri soners," I said " What prisoners?" I did' not hear any one say ". No, .never." Lord Granville Somerset examined by Sir F. Pollock— I em cow Mc tuber tor this county, and have been so for many 3Reirs. I was candidate about the year 1831, at the time of the Reform 131. I have a very indistinct recol leetion of what happened in the canvass.of Newport; but I have endeavoured to recollect the facts. I regarded what happened as a niece ebullition of popular feeling, and I cared very little about it. My own impression is, that there was a gr,lit tumult, win, a disposition to personal violence on the part of the mob collected. I believe. the violence was more directed ac , ainst my brother, then can vassing for the borough of Newport, than against myself. I was not with him when the violence commenced ; Out on rejoining him he told me-what had happened. I saw the mob committing violence, r rid Mr. Frost did his best to prevent violence. I really believe his object was to pre serve the peace. My brother, the Duke of Beaufort, in consequence of the mi , -delivery of a letter, or of the an swer to a letter, has net been abl ; to attend. The case here closed for the prisoner. Thomas Watts was then called, and examined by the Attorney , General-1 live at Gelly-grove, thirteen miles from Newport, and about a mile and a quarter from Black .. odd. I left my house at Gelly-grove about half-past seven on the morning of the 4th of November. I went down the tramroad towards Newport. I 'travelled on horseback. I know James Hodges, who lives at Noxfield, near Blackwood. I met him that morning by the Royal Oak.' That is a mile below Rises, which is nearer to Newport. Where I met him is five miles and a quarter from l'N'ewpoit, and three miles and a half from Pie-corner. When I said " Royal Oak," I meant " Welsh Oak." That is eight miles from Blackwood. I think lamet him there between eight and nine o'clock. From half-paq eight to nine. Hodges was then walking very fast, and coming up from Newpert towards Blackwood. Cross-examined by Sir Frederick Pollock—l am a hollier and a farmer. lam in the service of no one es a hollier. I keep a team for drawing wood. The Trede , -ar Company employs inn a nd other persons. My landlord if , Jones, of Lanarth. I first mentioned yesterday morning that I saw Hodges on the road, and mentioned it to Phelps. I told him I met Hodges in the morning. Mr. Phelps asked me if I had seen James Hodges. It was not until nine o'clock yesterday morning that he spoke to me, and asked rue when I SAW . Hodges, and where I saW hint I keep •my clocks twenty minutes fast, in order to get my servants up early, in the morning, I saw Hodges first oat the Welsh Oak, between'oalf-past eight and twenty rninute.i to nine' o'clock. The Welsh Oak is three miles and a half from Pie-corner. I have been serviceable in this proiccu don, nod will be so again if I can. • Cross-examined-1 am a constable, and had taken 23 of the prisoners ni3 self. Sir Frederick Pollock—What I meant was that you were a fetch-and-carry sort of person—bringing pikes in and out, and so op. Re-examined—l have had the custody of the pikes. I rode down that morning at the rate of ten miles an hoar. The road is a good carriage road. • The Solicitor-General here proposed to call the witness Hopkins. He said that his object was to contradict Gould ; for Gould had stated that Hopkins stood at the door, and rsked the insurgents what they wanted, and that th. i►:sur gents gave a certain reply to that question. Sir F. Pollock submitted that the . Crown could not., do The Crown would in the first instance have proved, hatever happened in the frrnt of the inn, and of a . list of 2.00 witnesses they would have called such persons as they thought fit, and out of the 70 witnesses which were on the body of the bill they alight have called this very Edward Hopkins. Judge Parke remarked that he had been examined. Sir F. Pollock—He was called, and produced a number of weapons: lie was actually sworn to produce weapons, He didproduce them, but his name was not to be found amongst this list of witnesses. Judge Parke remarked that Hopkins was introduced in the middle of Sir T. Phillips's examination. Sir F. Pollock continued, by remarking that blyond the production of weapons no question had been put to hi n! He submitted, then, that the Cro wn h ad no right t o cal him forward to contradict the witness, who • merely g ave a diff:rent statement of the transaction from that the witness on the part of the Crown had originally Given, and the mere circumstance of onc of the witnesses having named Hopkin , , as a person who had taken a certain part in the transaction, would not entitle the Counsel fur the Crown to call Hopkins to give a substantial contradiction to 6,4 which the witness bad stated. 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OtES SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Courier.) Symptbms'have not been wanting for some time paSt that the bonds of alliance once so close, have been sitting loosely of late both on France and England' ; tlat the vows of eternal attachment so liberally and loudly exchanged between the leading Government met: of .both countries, are sharing the fate of fickle lovers' oaths ; and that interests have been found not quite so mutual and identical as, when the inter-alli ance was first built up, • was so fondly imagined. Sundry have been the breaches in the walk once of such compact appearance, and the dry rot lurking from the first in the green wood, with which the lath and plaster edifice was constructed, has Made. such progress now as to threaten from day to day its sudden downfall. So long as England was found, or continues to be taund, of " squeezable" materials, the protestations of France will not be failing in fei g ned ler a-ency, and the sturdy old oak will be stanthered in the parasitical embraces of the ivy, until drained to the dregs of its juices the clinging runner shall Unlock its insidious grasp Of itself, and leave the dry and wither ing carcass of the noble tree to nestle meaner weeds, or he preyed on by the lowest vermin of the field. From the first date of that close alliance the foundations of which were laid in the abrupt and contemptuous abandonment %)y Lord Palmerston of all the oldest and fastest fiends of this country, England, through a feeble and frivolous Foreign Office, has been used and abused by France for her own sole and exclusive ends, until now chat sunk so low in opinion abroad, that accaunted so little formidable in the power of offence, and so compara7 tively valueless as an indispensable support, she is to be cast off on the least show of recusancy with as little ceremony as a worn-out suit. The French press teems with virulent invectives or 'cooler and more laboured dissuasives against the English alliance, not the Press representing the Carltsm or Republicanism, or the jusle millieu. but more or less the Press of all parties and all shades of opinion. As with the Press, so with the public men of France, although in language more measured, and on occasions fewer, but of greater inn men t. On the . Eastern question we have seen M. Guizot fraternize with M. Bcrryer, both sympathising with Russia, and each as strongly opposed as the other to the policy and views of England. Yet of all French Statesmen the first, the great Doctrinaire leader, was once, as longest, the firm unflinching.advo cue of English alliance, against the host of rabid Car lists, lt , _ , publicans, and Napoleonists by which it was furiously maligned and repudiated. • (From the Globe.) " My chief difficulty is Ireland !" was Sir Robert Peel's memorable apology for his abandonment of the Premiership, when office was within his grasp. The Tories seem as much embarrassed as is their leader by the state of Ireland. Its very tranquillity, so long . denied, and now at length admitted, is asserted to be more dangerous—more pregnant with portentous appearances, and more replete with proofs of criminality in the Government, than re bellion itself ! Order, tranquillity,- cheerful obedience to constituted authority, are in'lreland valueless, in Tory estimation. Strange country!where the existence of peace, manifest to all, is denied until the denial is found to be no longe.:eredible even with those most Willing to be de c jived ; then, by the very organs which affected to deplore. the disturbed state of thatcountry, and which attributed the faliely-asserted presence of conspiracy, insurrection, and incipient rebellion,' to the Government, tranquility is there adtrittted to exist; but is also asserted to' be not only valueless, but dangerous! " There is tranquillity in Ireland," at length confesses the TiRTC'S. But then cui bouo What is the use of peace in Ireland ? Such is the sum and substance of three or four elaborate ar ticles which have appeared in succession in that alarmist journal. The following extract contains the gist of the whole : " What is the tranquillity of Ireland worth, we pray you, if it depend on the word of an arch incendiary, to hid' his envenomed hordes of anti- Saxons rest upon their arras just until the moment . arrives when he shall order them to rouse from ,their fox's slumber, and fall on ? What 'is the false tranquillity of that man worth, who forbears not in the spirit of peace, but, in the 5er....- blance of it, lies in wait for battle? O'Connell and Dr., lurray between them confess that the peace of Ireland hangs on a contingency, and that the very hour in which the Queen shall exercise her prerogative in such a manner as to withdraw her patronage from them—that the very first accession to office of a Ministry which does not hang its power on the votes of a majority moved by the will of Murray, O'Connell, and Co., shall blow the se-much vaunted peace of Ireland to atoms?" Most marvellous discovery in the science of Govern ment ! " The peace of Ireland hangs on a contin gency !" Does not every good that a Government can bestoW, or a people enjoy, 'hang, as the peace of. Ire land hangs, upon " a contingency ?" The existence of the Moriarchy, and the preservation of the people's liberties, depend upon contingencies. What social blessing, what moral enjoyment does not ? To assert the worthlessness of national peace, because it must cease when war breaks out, is a position which, stripped of the pompous verbosity of the. JOurnal which asserts it, is too puerile to provoke any feeling more dignified than contempt. _ • (From the Standard.) Mr. Kelly yesterday closed the defence of Mr. Frost at the Monmouth Commission by a very powerful speech. It was expected that the trial would probably terminate this. day. At the conclusion of the defence Mr. Frost being called upon in the usual form to add, if he thought it proper, his own observations or arguments to those of his learned advocates, replied with firmness, and with a mani fest feeling of gratitude—" My Lords, I am so well satisfied with what my Counsel have done for me, that I have nothing to add." The acknowledgment was prudent and just, for never was a case of defence conducted with more zeal or kith greater ability. Although still restrained from offering am remarks upon the merits or probable issue of the trial, we may congratulate the Conservative party and the Conserva tive press upon the noble position occupied by them dur ing the whole progress of the investigation. Though re presenting the class most deeply interested in the pre servation of order and• the security of property—the class which has never excited the ignorant by enormous lying, or sought to traffic in the evil .passions excited by distress—the Conservatives and the. Conser vative Press have, with religious care, abstained from every act or expression which could even by remote consequence prejudice the case •of the parties upon trial. They have . not taken the opportunity of the moment, when the leaders of the Chartists are in jeopardy of their lives, to inflame the public mind. against the principles and practice of the Chartist Association. Tiley have left it to the Whig-Radi cals, the Ministers, and their press, to hunt the lives of men already secured within the meshes of the law, by denouncing them as "ruffians." It is fitting that they who have led men into transgression should proVg the cruel persecutors of those whom they have seduced. From the first tempter to crime, the liar from the beginning, " the first Whig," to the Exanziner's eternal topic—Jo na than Wilde—it has been the same, and ever will be. The Shah of Persia, according to a letter from St. Petershurgh, has offered to the Russian Govern ment escorts for all convoys-of stores, &e., crossing his territories, for the expedition against the Khan of Chiva. A poor woman, wife of Walter Phillips, miner, at the Coalbrook Vale Iron Works, near Nantvglo, was delivered on Tuesday week of four fine enildrcn, three girls and a boy. The mother and the children are getting, on as well as possible.—Welshnzaii. One o the trawl boats belonging to this poi t saw, one day this week, just outside the Lizard, a fine whale, blowing up the water to a tremendous height. This is the second whale which has been seen by the crew of the same vessel during the last fortnight.—Fal• mouth Packet. Few persons are aware . that 100.0001. was left to the University of Oxford by Michael Angelo Taylor, to build a picture gallery and lecture rooms coc.- fleeted with science and arts. A dispute having arisen between his relatives and the trustees respecting the will, the latter, rather Shan risk a suit in Chancery, have agreed to take 75,0001:, and have begun clearing the foundation for the building. They have removed the old houses at the corner of Beaumont -street, St. Giles's, nearly opposite St.-John's College, which is the most central they could meet with. A curious discovery was made last week near Sherfield House, Southampton—a bed of oyster-shells, several feet in thickness, having been found about four feet beneath the surface of the soil. They were not petrified, but bad been preserved in a bed of sand. this. • a P tf s'ee tit., that . the qieStiOri — Which ryas de= SliCa a; be put should be submined to the Court. The Solicitor-General thou said the question which I wish to ask is this, " Were you - 'at the-door of the West gate Inn? Did you ask any of the insurganta what they wanted. and did any one answer that question? Sir F. Pollock objected to the question -being put. It was not because the.witnesses for the-prisoner gave a dif ferent. account of that transaction, the , whole of which the Crown might have proved; it wasnsot because that a man who as a witness gave the name of another witness that the Crown had a right to recal that wit ness so named, for the purpose of contradicting the statement made by the witness for the defence. He would put this case. Supposing in the course of a conversation certain matters are supposed to pass, and the persons who were present are called, three or four indivia duals,- to prove what was the conversation upon the one -side, and others are called to give a statement upon the other. If, on the other side the men. called gave; a -dif fer( nt complexion to the conversation, and if in the course of it he mentions a statement made by John Oakes, a 'person who might have been called as s witness, but who was not examined as to any part of the conversation, and the witness being - asked as to the conversation, says yes,- I do recollect it, and John Oakes made remarks, John Oakes, he apprehended, could nut be recalled so as to say lie had n o t made those remarks, and still more, he could , not be recalled to disprove something which he had the opportunity of disproving in the first -instance. The Counsel for the Crown could in their original case have given any explanation of the transaction which they might have thought necessary. They had that man (Hopkins) in the box for that purpose, and they did not examine him. An account had been given ()acne side, and then ugon the other. •The Crown, therefore, could niot call a witness to. disprove a part of the case of the- defence which they might have pulled out. If the One'slide proved one new fact, and the other proved some other new/act, he appre hended that gave t h e f i rst no right tocall back.a witness todii.preme the new fact stated in the second instance. Mr. Kelly considered that the evidence of Hopkins was inadmissible on the very clearest grounds. In this case wows-were things. This was tire very essential part of the case upon which the life or death of the prisoner depended. The question was, what was' the intention of the multitude in attacking the Wesegrite ? This could be only collected from what was Saidat the time, thus making every word that was - uttered upon tiro one . side and the other an essen tial and - important point of the transaction. In cases of high treason they were bound to•produce all the witnesses hi their power that were cognizant of the transaction. Here the, witness had been examined before as to all that he had learned of that. transaction. Here he might have been called upon, in th e fir s t in s t ance , as to what he - had known about the matter. He appt ehended that anything said was not merely a specific -declaration, but it was a fact in the case, and constituting a part of the transaction. [dc subinitted that whatever was said on one-side or the • other should be proved •in the first instance. If this wit ness was permitted to oonte and say he did -nrst ask such or such a question, they, for the prisoner, might call another witnass too t and. prove that- he did ask seclequastienS; nrathus they might- go on calling half dc.zeps of wittieSses on es ch side for the rnere'object of contra dictiver eaelnother. The Attorney-General said be should confine - himself to this point—whether or nottbisawidence in reply was that or Was not which they-had a right •to produce. lie sub mitted that it was strictly evidence in reply.- The first question they proposed to put to.the.witness was; whether be iisked the • insurgents what they wanted? Now, he wanted - to know could not that question be put to Edward Hoeking? • Judge - Parke—That is not exactly the case. ther you.cart get the answer to it. Thie Attorney •General—That is the first question. ChicfJustice Tindal—That is the.only . question you want. The Attorney-GeneralViTe should contented by as'-ire that. The Chief Justice said that he considered that the ques tion should be put. In criminal as well as in civil cases, Where a matter arose cx improvise, and that no man could have foreseen, it was but right that the Crown as well as the plaintiffshculd have an opportunity of explaining that matter, thoiieli bound to make-out their cose in the first instance. • Even if the .Crown had examined Hopkins all through the transaction, they never could have foreseen that a witness for ttie prisoner would have referred to Hop kins as making a particular declaration, 'and therefore it never could have occurred to theta to put this question. Judge Parke stated that if it could have been foreseen Harkins could • not he recalled. But here a new fact was stated by the witness for the prisoner. Judge Williams said that the CrOwn must be confined to that question only, It is whe. Solicitor-General (to witness)—Did you ask any of the mob on the 4th of November what they wanted ? Witness—l did not. Sir F. Pollock then (addressing the Jury) said--_.I bare but one word to say to you, Gentlemen, with respect to the evidence which has been called in reply. My Learned Friend Mr. Kellywill, lam 'tare, do justice all the topics which may arise on that part of the cage 113 well ;,.9 the rest of it. I should be sorry to abuse that indulgence which I have already•received from you and my I,:rds, in the long, very long - address which I made to you ycg,!er day, if I now occupied your time more. My address to you now arose simply ! . eom an anxiety that, no put of the deface of the prisoner should be prevented by anything 1. tb-;t has occurrcd,this day. I &a:di make bat tth renvirk, that Hopkins and a number of other witnesses that been calicd.were not called. T Icsv were, with Mr. Williams, in the list of Witnesses for the t:,own. Mr. Wiiiiams was not examined, and you mny 111,1ge of the t.) (. 4 : 17,1 at1.40 . 4.4.441n0. ,‘ • t • frritc. . Attorn? . !-C;enera!,‘,Cry victor and situatiqn, s 1). C cha- v ti) coif t:n I C'- l is Itl,e I CIL ;not in equa . ,:‘ c.< , I , :, :: .. } ,-, L t t,: !I II vw t:-.,, la. 610,i ;: ''', • : :., '' . ',-. :, t-cl 111 l- :v:- .;; • ~, ~r, ~... , ' ' • .. ,; ; , '., . ~:. ,„ ~..t :orills, ti.o L . I. ,F 1 :t: tt .: :' ' 1 C .-. !., a. r,:. •nt ,;.: , , iir.try. '..1,, 1 , t.l: . : 'd ‘ : ' 1. ~ ' • -• ,; -,lte t f . ,•• ii. , :. ': ~.. ~. ,•• r : ; tli 7 ,-.. t' , .: • : , ail " t. . • : . :c. rc.'tir tile 1.1 Lev-. - , ?I S C. „ as ~~,: ..;At vine of the testimony that hits been given by the'evidence le•re tiele. a1e.... (k r,. :A. ... .. .. oral:rise who might have been celled end yet Y. ere not, es I ea taestatut, a ww,,,:!ii ; ...Le didiling el li .. .. well as by those who have been called anti exarnined. You eof coneassires, aid irese•e• e ei d edeth ca . da S ara a t ae , can do this with effect when searching into the truth of svais•i „lees eat arise li, ie-e .• I e-..e ..-- e • :s . a •_ ale leeet-- that which really did occur. , - 7.4 t , fill;`.;;;(1.I . I: i, " : -, :.: . •, )i. : e el air. Kelly then rese to sum up for the prisoner—My :•. e ' - -it eetiea.fra• - ,es ...L . . ~ a-seer e C ~,, r ` Li :;:- [i!7l Lords, and Gentlemen of the Jury, the time lets at length e nerase .:•, e Tine a so, n e e.e• e. n ee e l,a • ;; , arrived when the duty devolves on rue of addressing you in the disoe . . e aete. s ~• Y - is. ,i I;. , I ~ .41,4. , ,L,::i i,,_ . (I , 2fl'nee of the life of the prisooce at the bar—fer, Gentle- du its :se.e.: and . acto ... e !, a ... :ed ::-, e'e -.(e . sa. a a as iran, his life is eominitted to your bands—a duty by far the reme ' lea.. , . h --.,- .•• : e , .eseep ire, , nen • es) a l e_ mote solemn, the most painful, and the most atvful which I tl, e - . 1 .- , ' a.,el s '''''r ' ;-, -iti..t- the S.ea - tent -.0 , ea is :s e e :. -. ' s • ir, corder tc con- titute, the, erite e as tees _ have ever yet been c all e d en. to ' , discharge. Gentlemen, :: .sse -e, . ; e , e linete treason. In hie 1e a &Theta' p. I had felt that the fate of the prisoner deuce on m y ability to perform the task allotted to me, I never wou'd a e se n• 'ad' d l''''' aria'arisr "itbili l'h• •sl ne es Base consented to place myself under so f ear f u l a res ' ponsa. ea-- .1 oe' a'.• e thials; ' , • ALIA veneer- 're, ee a- o, : s : . •. s - ; a •" ; secontily, it omit. Is e e ,!eeyi ee .-:eat bility. But I have felt that he is amply protected by t h e b e e law and by the Constitution (SU:is coontry, by enlightened, •aesdest tee •i .- .e . ; tliirdly, it a must be a _lee, i ngt p i . v , a; learned, patient, and impartial Judges, a n d ebove all, un - 'apaiesteass-Ke . .-• iii li7s -0 rt. a - real in . , Saohe? leoveser, der Providence, by that mighty and itn;reguable rampart ear may be ha . a, tessteemsn-„if .a ' tnan.gOaailaespeaa witch yet encompassea and covers - every subj ec t of this t of 10,000 or it e 000 rano—The march eeross rim cersey realm, guarding him in the enjoymeint of his tights, his and seize, it _son, or ever, put toadeeta the Otiee;• liberties, his property, his character, and his life e -a Jury of 1 subjects, that is a levying of war eettaiely, .butch ae Isis fellow-countrymen. Gentlemen, it is to this protection i high treason, and, to make it high, traaeres,:itna aet that I commend the prisoner at the bar, tind,in the observe- farther, and the war so levied must be leveed kte' enes te e s e _ ' lions which I shall feel it my duty to make to you, let me vereign. I new, Gentiencien, coma (0 the au.:stien what beg you to bear with me if I, perhaps from inadvertence, or is a toys ing of war against tie - , Sevsadge? staid her., from the pressure on my mind, perplexed and troubled• we have undoubtedly to 1- anent that from the time of the as it is by the responsibility which rests unson . me, I passiNthef this statute, whereas all other treesans were should, by repetitions, which may appear to you needless, held strictly to he nely treesoes when, tk. , ey cane within, or by calling your attention to matters which y ou ma y d e e m the. precise ail di feriae words of the etatute, from causes to he irrelevant, tress rather too heavily upon your patience to. which I may cerhapa briefly advert-afrOm ti-e power of and attention. Let me in the outset, Gentlemen, beg your the Crown, from the corruption of Judges, and, what is forbearance, because I hope, nevertheless, by calling the stiii mere to be regretted, feria the servility of Jurcrs— attention not only of thei r Lordships, b u t of y ou also, to allat is called a coustructive levying of war against the' the law of England as affecting the dreadful charge nnw I Saver' itch' has occasionally been admitted in direct veal brought against the life of the prisoner at the bar, to con- travention of the terms and spirit of this admirable statute. Vince their Lordships, and every one of you now assembled Much is it to be lamented that the Crown should., during to try this great question, that by that law the prisoner i s t h e strugg l es o f et h er days, .have thus triurrip 'clearly entitled to a verdict of acquittal- at ioer hands, aelepenclence if Jurors and th e c l ear de ay of Judges. From some remarks that fell from the Learned Attorney- Bu: I will venture t o sa y t h at h a d FOCI) . 'lied ever Ca? c u d :03 heretofore General in his opening, it scented to me that he antici- I preSided on the Bench as we hey lilted we ought in some measure to deviat e f ro m th e di rect more modern times, eq ettele construction would ever and honourable course before us in defending th e prisener have been recordea in ',.: been blessed with in i'' - e logsl annals... Gentlemen, with something like an attempt to induce you to depart the point to 'inich lan desirous t o ca ll y ear p er ec u lar from the strict letter of the law. . I may h ave mistaken attentime it et ,a is stage cf the case is that there is a distinca my Learned Friend; but if I did not, let rae assure him, ;,ton beles - cen mere levying's:if war and trensba ageiest the your Lordships, and yeu, Gentlemen of the Jury ; e e fat- Severeign. You can all understand that to levy War against from it, I implore y ou solely t o be guidedle,i the raw in the the Severeign of tee cuusery is not a riot. .To constitute verdict which you give, It is ia the' law, in the strict, a !sasing of wccr there must be rnerchings of ermed bands undeviating predernineatee of the hew, that I place ray —there rroat be military array and military diecipliae_ hope, my only trust t - and my prayer to you, therefore, is there must he the raising of regular forces to make war that you be governed by th e law—th at you adhere to the' ag,aiestehe forces of 'the Sovereign, as a foreign enemy law alone_because by that law t 'shall prove to you, would do, or as, has occurred in the relit:thou of 1745, or clearly and satisfactorily, that the prisoner, whatever be the hebellion ef 1715, or any other civil war in which forces. tire ee teat of his crimes and reisdemeaaeurs, however high were drawn up. That is the ordinary and plait' meani .g his crimes and misdemeano ur s for which in another form he of the levying of wee. That is the 'eornstructioa which a can be, and yet may be, indicted and punished; by the ery woeill put on it, and I say that it rag it always to have law of high treason is a t guiltl e s s of high treason as any one been left to a jury, as a question of 'face whether the Ras of you, Gentlemen, whose duty it will b e , I tr u st , e re long prosed before theta amounted to a I , vyin.7 of war; Inat to pronounce him so. G ent l emen , if t h e pr i soner ' at the unhappily', Gentlemen, in the tirne. of henry VIII, a-dum ber be at this moment- in any jeopardy, it is from the tier of misguided men rose up Mid • combleea , fagether danger of the l aw not pr e va ili ng, or front its not being uge i r ,, t a statute t;';11;•11. lead been passed regiaetingohe clearly and perfectly understood: It is from this that the sieve of labour. 'racy thomehr, I suppose, teeeire wages s • - facts now in eviden ce b e f ore you , w hi ch undoubtedly die.- wee nut high coca h. ' • They wilie s t to have free close a case of guilt against him, which preee hint to have labour and high:. wages.. ' They rose• up, •I will not committed a great and serious violation of the lawv which 'say iiires rebellion, although it. awns. efterwerds held in another shape subj ec t s him to indictment and punish- so, but iteo of err tumult, to Compel the audio preside upon „or ramt, should induce you to punish him, not for that crime rities to niter the law, to 'repeal' the statute, and teat which he has really committed, but for that greateratal etbich und e r Ruch aee t.. ,„ . es 110 ,,, seeuld be eedd.ed ne more then a eommoa nfroh'ae higher degree of.guilt which is imputed to hit ley this betlea Ycar saelvas a mere eeteult ueea a eel:stable, was' ill those . de - ys t indictment. I therefore, Gentlemen, earnestly Claim attention whilst I proceed to- RArlit, • you, 'so far' ns I , aeld te he a le:vying. of wet. ageinst the SuVereign, and high Ow eorrection of the. Leeriest treason. Thei.e, Gerais:a:ea, can, and subject to idea . Lad the. foundation of Judges, acquainted with the law es it effectS this high ear:strut...five end intetpretative treastet; end that shows and serious charge, *nod if foriunatele I eau succeed the danger ,Allieli I know eote will avoid ia this C4Se. Of in making you clearly u n d erstan d el a 4 the law is as affect- ' etepping rine heir's llreadth beyond the strict lav or renson ing the charge of high treason hat i n this indietraent, i, nod jeatice. The. facts of a case strained, perverted, Stis undertake to say that the most doubting amongst .Youo tested, sonounting to a mere tumult, was held to be a levy if there be any one so doubting when ho refers to 111,‘ ',pg. of war egainst tae 'Sovereign. Wh-t was then fact is evidence of the witnesses, will not only ,and that the now become doctrine, The foundation which was then laid Charge has not been proved, but that it has actually been is row, embodied, and so you must be guided. G e ntlemen, disproved by the witnesses for the Crown themselves, It I •shall trot trorhie you wail other decisions that have been is the duty of the Crown to . establish the charge ef hasa r, pronouaeted Si a eimilar miture. I believe in the next reign treason as laid in this indictment, before i t , la the duty 1 reastines to euil down enclosures were held to - have been of the prisoner•to rebut it , and I shell s h eer you be0r . ..1 levyire‘nof we ' re Still in those days the Judges were not in all doubt thet the n Crown had et Se y eeecded in establish- - deoendeet. • They slave vvav, they yielded, they • h aled usr ' ing this proof.. Let us mho for cur guide the law itself. themselvee for the Crown, Upon which they were depen- The question it not •li.ere whether a. gre;kt and alarming cent for their °tikes. The consequence we , , that, as oxen riot has been coramitted-dthe queatiew i^ even . a .i• C ther blood haa been slied—the t itlVS • . rowo required it..av, and often by consuaieg with e h hot we e... as. t,e , before . . before a , Leturn is not whistlisr the Judece the cases were brought high crimes which are settynt to b • punts.' 1 ' I .• of ... - ' -1 ) -- .. e able by the law tecv e ere he ,i to -a , a rev i"7 .v."" sip tae ~:aeing have been perretrat a k 1 t --.utliie question is, whether the I of injo-ures tar.. :, 1.1 r. I be a'leyying if war against the prisoner at the bar has been, by legal and competent . Queen - i - e - e ; ia .. e •• . e, Gentlemen, I have referred to witnesses, proved to he 7 1) 1 'l I - • guilty eyonc a, reasonable teeseess .. as oe • : e • . ses : first, fer the purpose of urging doubt in be Minds of any one ofyou here present ofl • • • -t ~. .... iee :- -i . , peat, becsuse I feel that in what I iavieg es; - “, ' '-' , " . ~. .. . ;.-.(f the ••• ,le of , levied war against her Ala' ' Jetty with tne treasonebie liass• .1, .1 - .i.• •e .. e s...en la s a.,„ or ee pui t eee arg intentions stated in. this ind etrrient. And, Geatic- in, lateen V: ~- cal:,. . •i •:ioaNFiioltito atteetien the grievous men, it is important that no f ' d . should eon fusion or uncertainty eieser toe e i. et,y w ~e i this case, fo r it requires many prop?sitions to be e s t e - • elcui importance. I shall Msw proceed, G ent l emen , t o m y bushed. Tire Crown can not t4eeeed trethis indictment by second obj -et, and reld . you to what many hundred years establishing one proposition oak>, lint it is required to es- alter the passitil of the statute, and in some reigns after th.e tablish several, to which I am about to rail soar attention, deeisioas to.svhice I h , :•ve. alluded, tine great Lord Hale and they all must be proved to your sausfection by comps. says op the subj et of these decisions :—" The first eeso tent legal evidence. Let roe say, then, that is not merely. lution that I find of this interpretative levying if war e is a by what is called levying of war that Mr. Frost is le Le rseslution clod by my Lord Coke, P. C., pace Ice, in the proved guilty of high treason. It is not because Mr. Feceit time of lisery VIII., for enhatering servant's' weges : and may have been proved to have Leen himself at the head of i the next ie time was that of Burton, 39 Rlinaheth, Coke, an armed band, o? vast and alarming numbers, who maraca t P. C., page to, for reisalet an armed force to pull down through the highways of the kingdom into the roh:n. of heeloAreageneralhi, TMs is nesy settled 'oy these instances Newport, mai teere committed run oi,Vitgo vs - Melt racy met , (,tll3 of tie,: like kind, hereefaer . mentioned. The amount to 4 leyyjag o f e ar , th a t is not enough to satoty preceasliae egaiest laurton 'and les retnpAninns ,was not the law of high treason. The Counsel f.,i: the Crown mese teeee sa e atetute el the 25th cf Edwerd 111., whtioda satisfy you that the prisoner at the bur has levied vet"-. F,C' hod, 'that in rew eases the Parliameet shauld certainly, that is the first point; but thee they must pro.- b.. feet ceroultielS but uson the statute of alie 13th geed to satisfy you that he has homed wv agausetlicrala- of KiisoLeth, - ler eonseiring to levy vae . whieh heth jesty. It is n o t en c nit that he conducted an armed heel not &bet clause ofeenseiting the Pe:lien:. at in new eases; and a multitude of persons, nor that he timed in eeneer t and t4crefo:',D"svelos to Lave - a latitude to the Jadges to i. ~~I~.C:.Yj Si l~`P~ 4 I ct E V ?-4 7, NT iV f 4 P, .4i 1!;N. othe - , others in concert with I,in. It is Co, enough to prove thiA he has done ail these acts. at they must also prove that he' levied scar against the Queen ant her Governm,!ut. N. r does what is required stop even here, for it must he further proved to you that 'be has thus levied war against the Queen end her - Government with the intention and design 'Anted in this indict menu; and moreover, to which I shall hereafter have to call your attention, these three things inalt b.m ;stablished by the evidence for the Crown—not that fie prisoner muvbe called upon to disprove them. b-tt that they 'must bees tablished before you in behalf of the prosecution by clear direct, positive, affirmative evidence'i sod these three things must then be proved—first, that: the prisoner levied war; next, that he levied war against her Majesty; thirdly, that he levied war with theintention "rated in the indictment, which is, by force to. alter th.r laws end to sub veer a-id overturn the Constitution of this reAlro. To the investigation of the proof as to these• three points, then, Crentleinen, I beg to implore your most careful attention. It is, Gentlemen, extremely• necessary, inasmuch us for centuries a struggle has existed on the law of high treason ; and inasmuch as that stru , :gle, whenever it has been made meanifest between . tile Crown on the 4:11-C S:(1, the sub ject on the other, is as to,w:lat shall be deemed hitb trea son—it i 5, :soy, exceedingly important that you shOuld bear in• mind th,t this law of treater', more than any oilier law, ought to be watched, and has been watched, with jealous and d j g a r r e i e a s t , caution, lwnuo Got theirm el v y l i o b t y c J e t u i d o g n e o s, a b ly u t o n l m:r f e u e: i p ‘c - t c c al a l l y l otherwise oVerWimelming power -look for safely against the of the Crown. And it has happened in the coarse of cen turies that Englishmen who have. Leen in Your situation_ who have occupied the honourable post which'.. - m now oe espy at this moment—l venture to sav that, ti r ad,r -Provi dence, to them, to a British Jury, to a J ury composed of honest, bold, loval, iishmen. brave, uncemp rom i s i rr Er that we are at this moment indebted for eq. th g, e freedom which we now enjey.. Ycs, Gentlemen, t o .th em , to t',•eir discrimination, to their courage, to thei r iu3tice—bre,st isg end opposing the power cf the Jar:e , „ your predecessors in cases of 'high" tredsOn, we owe that the unhappy prisoner - now at - the bra'; and all others tyho may hereafter be in his cituation, way stanl firw ar i and claim the defence of the law, now rendered liberal, • e ' n _ lightened, and just, and may throw, himself I•tr . his !.?"lt nr his innocence, f o r hi s Ho sod death; nines of. a Jury of his • peers and felloe - -enuory And again call on you. as the Atternes-GOnerel , has . done, and as I am sure you will d'o, to eischarge that duty committed. to you fearlessly, llrmlr, - and ire partially, as your predecessors hove • , done, and in - such a way as shall confer " honour tifon yburselves, and ensure the safety .en'l lihertie's of your countrymen. Haying mede•th, se chicrvatio_.3„ I now piocecd to call your attention to the io,nner in whVm the law is laid down those Volt authoritie whose ric e _ trines are net to he irnpugn.'d, trod who oll7ht to gu'de vour mind in time consideration of this care; nod I do this with the less rt.dutuance, Gentlemen, for if .over there was a case ii. .which it bee,me the duty of an rdvocate to p'''et the law . tartan the Jury, it is the ease' now - belor• err For I do rot strut Lore to deny that Mr Frost,`,the pticuter at the bar, is f . 1,11:t of a gre.a end enc:racti offence—that he had been per to a riot of the most seriatri and nisi-w -ing. chai aeter—that, although he bileself has bucn guilt less of the fact, he .has joined with those Who afterWarc:, have shed bunion blood--G.Aitlcrnen, it is right tn - s.-,y•ti:::.lt Air. Fr;,:st deeply deplores nod deeply talent-Us -thi• choly ( cent retices of thatunh,ppy day, - ar.! perimpa even those WhO have most se. , verely suffered from' it,'-atcl 'Who have ineruased it , canes .t doriore them mere. He is goiithss oftlia . ilet himself; still it must that he bore a pat terming and leadiniz, if you please, those n-en who ,Ift - ar,is, in• rile exciterrie.n:7 :ma lteniy of tai t - nom.?llt, con - Inii:kd the crimes 'which all so deeply la...tent. It is bee,ase of the unfortunate part 1 - 41,ich Mr. in the 11.in-3 - Actions of that tlay—it• is- be_ outrage of the armed i•nialti rction of 'peace, of pro_ I is be- ei t bt)r , tucie—:t i 3 b-ca prt:„ , of litTS tot . /iP occurrc (‘,Au-e y; , u v4rry r.:L!urttliy • !!)f.c.e cc , tVr , ges l.tiniAmont; rti l'C'b.ttise ,d ~~, , , c tV1111.!:1 to the sgui • r L , that I am ae . szech VOl - to • ,n'r-1 1 a•k c:cs tgro to aittell" ti) Ci ' ; • v .1;• • olir ra ( .v r n -tree- ~~l:Citii t~lv .. ?t the 1