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1,1-y 3.4 , N1 141 c“rnmeridatin of said public meting. exami,ied and co - sidered wi:ether a no•e , iog of delegates from the various parts of frednid, can be legally held for the purpose speci fied in such res-lution, and your Committee having exa milo,d the law upon that subject, declare it is their firm opinion that a meeting may be held of delegates from the various localities in Ireland, in order to preserve and main tain the existing institutions. and the existing rights pri vileges, and liberties of the Irish people; and they, accord ingly, recommend that, at such period as may be deemed most suitable, such a meeting should he summoned—but they do respectfully further suggest that the summoning of such meeting should be postponed for the present, and until about the period of the next Easter rem s, when the consequences of the present unnatural state of society in England will be so ascertained as to enable the Irish public, with more accurate information and further facts, to decide on the necessity and propriety of holding such meeting. " Your Committee cannot close this Report without proudly boasting of the pre-cmhsent merits of the Irish people during the recent and treasonable agitation in England They feel the most loyal delight that the tran quillity of Ireland•has enabled the Ministers of our most gracious Sovereign to transmit to England, for the pur pce,e of preserving the property and peace of that country, more than one tall of the military force usually stationed in and required for Ireland. " We furthermore exult at the conduct observed by the Irish operatives resident in England—they have exhibited a noble spirit during the recent disturbances in 111.4 country_ they have resisted the delusions, and they have totally avoided participating in the crimes of the Chartists. The Irish Catholic soldiers in England have, of course, done their duty, as they always will, in support of the Throne and Constitution, and it is a tnOst melancholy reflection, that in proportion as the conduct of the Irish people has been meritorious and beyond all praise, has the foul spirit of sectarian bigotry and anti-national antipathy become more envenomed, more continuous, more foully false and calum nious, and, unhappily, more encouraged by wealthier and titled classes amongst the atrocious Tory party in England. (Signed) " DANIEL O'CONNELL, Chairman of the Committee." The reading of this Report elicited the warmest ap plause of the meeting. Mr. O'CONNELL, in moving that that Report be adopted, felt it necessary to call the attention of the meeting to some of the topics contained in it. As he before stated, the House of Peers in England were trying to bring about a revolution against the rights, liberties, and properties of the people. Here, now, just on the eve of Parliam:mt, we find the Duke of Wellington calling a meeting of Peers, at which even Sir R. Peel is not admissible—a meeting of men re presenting none but themselves, and corning together to conspire against the Crown and the people._( Hear.) They want to raise up an oligarchical tyranny to the total suppression of the rights of the people. There was no ty ranny so much to be dreaded as that with which they were threatened. The people had uo cause of dispute with the Crown—they would be loyal and peaceable ; but the conduct of the House of Peers would bring about such state of excitement as would make them regret their ill advised attacks upon the rights and liberties of the people. He (Mr. O'Connell) called upon the Liberal Dress and the Chartist press to arouse the people of England to a sense of the danger which threatened them. He con:- eluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Counsellor GUTHRIE in a brief speech, and carried unanimously. PARTICULARS OF THE STOCK OF COTTON IN THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL 31sT DECEMBER, 1839. 1838, AND 1837. 1839. 1838. 1837. -- --- - Sea Hand 3,550 3,220 1,46j0 Stained ditto BOO 1,330 770 Upland Alabama and Mobile 33,660 17.640 5,760 New Orleans Pernambuco and Ceira Maranham 1,160. 9.050 6,180 Bahia and Maceio 1,750 .8,330 8,330 Egyptian Demerara and Berbice 4OO 640 710 West India Carthagena Laguira, &c 1,060 250 6,310 Peruvian Smyrna . ••• 700 270 . Surat 19,300 16,510 39,940 Madras Bengal Manilla ••• 30 480 206,050 248,340 170,320 STOCKS IN THE PORTS OF LONDON AND GLASGOW, 90 - ra DECEMBER, 1839. _. .. • London. • Glasgow. Atlantic States - :• . . 6,914 New Orleans, Bce. —... ......... ... I 'l ' 3 " , 9,085 Pernambuco Bahia, &c. . Maranham Smyrna . Egyptian 5O 1,000 Demerara and Berbice West India, &c Bourbon .. llO l • Surat Bengal Madras - 31,640 27;792 The brokers think it necessary to intimate an opinion (which they do more that once), that the account of stock " has been made in the strictest good faith," and that it has been " correctly re turned." If we may credit private reports, how ever, that opinion is by no means universal amongst the parties in Liverpool ' who are interested in the matter. It is currently stated, that a leading importer expressly prohibited the brokers, whom he employed, from making any return of the cotton standing in his name, and that, contrary to all former usage, he made the return himself. And as the quan tity thus returned happened to be some fifteen or twenty thousand bales less than was previously suppOsed to be in his hands, the circumstance caused, as we are informed, a good deal of remark, and some incredulity as to the complete accuracy of the stock-taking. If there has been any tampering with the account of stock, it•was a very foolish, and will be found a very fruitless, proceeding, so far as regards any effect upon the minds of the consumers ; for there never was a time when less cariosity was felt about the amount of stock at the end of the year ; and, the announcement of a decrease of 42,000 bales, when the stock was supposed to be pretty nearly equal to that of the last year, and did not produce the slightest apparent sensation on our exchange.— Manchester Guardian. THE QUEEN OF THE BONIS. The Bonis area negro tribe, who live in the forests in the environs of Guiana, and have retired to the steep est and most mysterious parts, in order not to be mo lested by their white neighbours. I believe their name of Bonis is derived from that of the European who or ganised their colony. Strange enough, that• European was a French soldier, who bad deserted from Cayenne, with arms and baggage. To avoid the, punishment that awaited him he fled to the desert of Guiana, and sought a refugeamong a tribe formed of negroes who had escaped from slave ships, or from the plantations of the colonists. He married a negro woman, and obtained the affections of those people to such a degree that they made him King. As soon as he had the command he organised the 7,000 to 8,000 negroes composing the colony, drilled and exercised them, and rendered them formidable war riors. France and Holland, on hearing of this trans- formation, hastened to enter into an alliance with the deserter-king. He died, unfortunately, before he could impart to the colony all the developments he had con templated. 'The negroes, grateful for the services rendered them by their King, have maintained his widow in the exercise of royal authority, and she is quite de serving of that honour. After ascending mountains rising from 400 to 500 toises above the level of the. sea, we reached a vast plateau where the forests were less thick and wild. We soon perceived a long line of'huts, forming a sort of camp. All the huts consisted of four posts fixed in the ground and covered with straw. We remarked one distinguished from the others by its superior extent and elegance : it was the palace of her black Majesty. We moved in that direction, accompanied by a multitude of negroes, who had crowded about us from all sides. We found the black Queen sitting upon a carpet of foliage and taking a frugal meal. On seeing us she came to us with much gracefulness, I remarked in her certain European manners, which she was no doubt indebted for to the Frenchman whom she had married. She made us sit down by her and share in her repast, which consisted of couscous, bananas, bread-tree fruit, and a salad from the palm tree. What pleased me most wes some fresh water, not having drank any for four months past. - After the repast I visited the colony, and, on behold ing some thousands of robust and active negroes, felt fully sensible that France had good reason to deal with them cautiously. The Bonis might, without any diffi culty, ravage all our settlements. They are impregnable in their mountains and immense forests. They have fire-arms, but do not make much use of them, preferring their poisoned arrows, which they discharge with uner ring dexterity. Every negro has his dwelling, and works for himselr. lie is perfectly free, and, when he pleases, goes and sells his produce at Cayenne. ThQ Queen exercises a very moderate authority, being .centent to r ece i ve s li g h t tr ib utes, and to muster her subjects on importune occasions. Tne Bonis have few and yet very little litigation. He who revects the life and property of others is free in his actions, and accounts for them to nobody. When contests arise they are decided by old men, ‘vtr, are called Popos, or papas, or fathers. Thwte o:d men are obj,•cts of great r e spect. When one of th em says, ..In my tim e m a tt e r s we re so and differences cease, and his decision submitted to. Their re li g i on is a mixture of Titichism and Christianity ; they worship little human figures of wood, which anc suspended to their reeks, and cross themselves. When the. sun rises they lie prostrate an d adore it.—Foreiso Per i odical. ' lions an d two' tigers. ___. __ . • _EG ENT ' S P ARK black and of Z OOLOGICAL GARDENS, li Yesterday morning two large young remarkably fine ones, one of them a jet enormous size, were landed from a vessel i n the Pcol, and conveyed in vans lo the Zoological Gardens in the Regent';; Park. A 1,... RUING rE OF (rPl:,f.):i AMONG 11-1 \VORKIN,. CLASSES One of the most oir,incus and alariniez symptoms of the present time we conceive to be the state of ()pillion a Hong our {abet/rin g population. And at no previous Period, do We the history of our country, has there existed, biore intense feeling of hostility between them and t.ne upper classes of society, especially in the manufael.tv;ng districts. Sentiments are openly pro claime(-1, at variance with all the established maxims of law, "snit order, and property ; arid in crowded meetings "t . W•irkincr men such senti men t s a re ra pt urous ly ap - Plew.ded. ' Open attacks upon the goods of others arc '"commended ; and even armed resistance to the law is `encouraged and promoted! The labouring classes virtually proclaim to the up per atlases :—" We have created wealth for you, and made you rich ; give us, in return, as much as will keep us alive ; if you do not, we will take it !" Such was, in fact, almost the very words of one of the speakers, at the Leeds meeting for relicfof the unemployed, onThurs day ; uttered, too, in the very face Of the men of pro perty there assembled to concert measures to reLeve titzm The very existence of such feelings as these, growing 'up inn state where there exists the highest degree of social civiliSation and refinement, and during a period of the most unexampled national prosperity, proves, of itself, that there is something rank and rotte n i n t h e b ase on whi c h it i s a ll founded. The creators of wealth starving for want of food! the artificers and artisans, so mach vaunted as the sources of England's greatness, red'aced to beggary ! These are the gross anomalie s in 'our pr esen t soc i a l con di t i on. A nd the labourers ob serve this ; they are not blind ; and in the wildness of their half-tutored minds, they rise up, and ask " How should these things be r —Lends Times. PROTECTION SOCIETY At an adjourned meeting. O'Connell's consti tuents, held last Tuesday in the Corn Exchange, Dub lin, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the C,)m mitten' who were appointed last Saturday, Mr. O'Con nell stated that the report agreed on was the following : " REPORT. " The Committee, to whom it was referred to carry into effect the spirit and meaning of the resolutions passed at a meeting held in the Corn Exchange, on Saturday, the 28th instant ; and for that purpose to digest and publish a plan of a general, but a legal and constitutional, organi zation of the Irish people; and in particular to take into consideration the foundation of an association, to be denc reinatcd—' Tna FRIENDS OF TDB QUERN •ND IRISH Pao- TZCTION SOCIETY,' beg leave respectfully to report as fol lows " That at no former period of British history, even ashen the desolating sword of the sanguinary Cromwell phased over the land of Ireland, plundering, and destroy lug, and slaughtering, without mercy, all ages and sexes.. meter even at that disastrous period was there exhibited in England, amidst the great mass of its aristocratic and airicultural proprietors, its clergy, and most active laity, such a satanic spirit of rancour, animosity, calumny, and malignity, against the religion and the liberties of the Irish people as at present. " That at the present period this diabolical spirit is em ployed by an influential multitudinous party of public men for the advancement of their own sordid and disgusting ambition. This spirit is fomented, cherished, and aug leented by that party as the means of depriving of office the chosen servants of the Queen, and friends of the Irish people. " That this spirit is animated by the unholy zeal which is infused into it by the machinations of many of the dig nitaries and the great majority of the parochial clergy of the Protestant Church established by law. " That this spirit exhibits itself in the rancour of the foulest, though at the same time the falsest, calumnies against the Catholic people of Ireland, who are constantly described by the partisans of Toryism, at public meetings, and'also in their favoured press, as ' dirty, lazy, supersti tious beasts,' as brutes—as savages —as worse than the c annibals of New Zealand—as robbers—as perjurers —as assassins—as wholesale MURDERERS.' In short— the English- language contains no terms of malignant re proach and vituperation which are net employed by the agitators and newspapers belonging to the English Tory faction. " That the venom of the English Tory party !a princi pally directed against the meek, learned, humble, faithful, and pious clergy of the Irish Catholic people. They are directly accused of being the instigators and promoters of all the crimes attributed to the Irish people—as the ac eotnplices of every species of guilt--they are denominated sanguinary scoundrels," surpliced ruffians,' ASSASSINS, and promoters of assassination, by fire and with the knife MURDEROUS, brutal, TYRANTS, and, in fine, a DE-' MON,PRIESTHOOD 1 t; and such is the exaggeration , of the lying calumni a t ors , t h at i n one of their most recent publications they declare all these charges against the Catholic priesthood to be ' not only true, but WITHIN THE BOUNDS Of THE REALITY OF CRIME •' " That your Committee deeply regret that they are compelled by the force of truth to infer, as an indisputable matter of fact, that if these calumnies were not gratifying )to the great mass of the wealthy in England they would not be•published—it is impossible, therefore, not to be convinced that the influential and leading Tories in Eng land entertain an envenomed hostility, and a blood-thirsty enmity to the Catholic people of Ireland—that they arc anxious for a repetition of the wholesale massacres and detailed executions of the clergy of that people, perpe trated by former tyrants of Ireland. " Such is the awful predicament in which the people of Ireland arc placed—the Liberal Protestants are insulted and vilified —and no class of the Irish receive any commen dation, save the remnant that still subsists of the old ex terminating Orangeists. " Under these circumstances, your Committee are de cidedly of opinion tbat it is absolutely necessary for the Liberal Protestants and for the Catholics of Ireland to combine, in their peaceable strength and overwhelming numbers—to make such combination, in a perfectly peace able, legal, and constitutional manner —to take care not to violate the law, in letter or in spirit—but so to demon strate their numbers and their determination that the san guiaary monster of British Toryism may deem it impru dent to continue its attacks ; and thus will not dare to risk actual violence and bloodshed. " The organisation which we should recommend must be purely protective, and merely defensive : we, therefore, recommend the immediate adoption of the following mca sures:— " First—To call upon every county, city, town and parish in Ireland to hold a public meeting, as nearly to Sunday, the lath January, 1840, as may suit the convenience of each locality, to prepare at each such meeting an address to our Most Gracious Sovereign, declaring their readi ness to defend, at the full peril of their lives, and, it necessary, to the shedding of the last drop of their blood, in defence of the person, prerogatives, and throne of our Most Gracious Sovereign, and to maintain the civil and religious rights and liberties of the Irish people ; and, at the same time, most respectfully and dutifully s ubmitting to the consideration of her Majesty that the Tory party, which has, in the manlier above described, insulted and outraged the character, the religion, and the best and noblest feelings of the Irish people, must neces sarily beßnemies to the strength and security of the Throne, based, as that strength and security must be, on the affec tions and interests of the people, and that, therefore', her Majesty be most humbly prayed never to admit into her Councils those, the dire enemies of her person, her power, and of her people—who seek to make her the first of their sieves, in order that they may, with impunity, plunder and oppress her faithful people of Ireland. " We further recommend that at every such meeting they should be prepared a petition to the House of Com mons, in substance the same as the address to the Queen, changing only suc h t hi ngs as are necessary to be changed in Point of form—but praying the House emphatically to protect the Irish people from the insults and machinations of rabid and sanguinary Toryism. " W e (anther do recommend that the address to her leajeaty be signed as numerously as possible. Your Com mittee have taken into their moat serious consideration the re commendation of the public meeting relative to the for elation of •an Irish Protection Society ; and if it should appear advisable at •the present moment to form such a Society, they conceive it should be framed on the follow ing basis : First—To watch over all Tory and bigottectattacks upon the religion or liberties of any portion of the Irish people to give emphatic contradiction to Tory calum nies ; and to take all legal and constitutional means to protect the characters, properties, and persons of the Irish peopl e from Tory domination and misrule. " Second—To ascertain in every parish how many per sons are registered as voters, or capable of being regis tered, sod in all other respects to aid and co-operate with any other Public body or bodies in extending the registra tion of voters in,the Liberal interest. " Thirdlye...T o prepare drafts of petitions to Parlia ment, said addresses to the Queen, for the redress of all grievances, and the alteration of all unjust and oppressive la ws ; and, in particular, for the reform of the Corpora tions of Ireland .and the extension of the franchise. " Fourthly—That it be an especial purpose of such Society to procure, by legal and constitutional means, the assignment of the tithe rent-charge as speedily as possible, to the Commissioneis for carrying into e ff ect t h e poor- l aws in Ireland, in substitution or in aid of any other funds for the support and maintenance of the destitute poor. " Ftfthly-That it also be the business of such associ. eiation to prevent the existence of all private and illegal societies • whatsoever, and to conduct their with their s o u w o n , p b u u b si i i i i c e i s t s y , not only • in obedience to the law, but as would render it impossible to have any illegal act done contrary to law, without the knowledge of the police and the Magistracy. " Sixthly—That every individual who shall be pleased to subscribe 11., et the lowest, and shall be proposed by one member and seconded by another, be a member of the s aid Society, and that such Society do appoint a Secre tary, and Treasurer or Treasurers, and have its accounts of receipts and disbursements; always open fur the inspection of every member. " Seventhly—That such Protective Society do meet at lea s t once a fortnight in the City of Dublin. " Your Committee have felt it their duty thus to de tail the fora; --and organization of art !resit PROTECTION SOCIETY. But it - has been very strongly impressed upon the m that the immediate organization of that Society Would interfere unfavourably with the present Registration S ocieties—es Well that which meets in Westmorland- Street, as the one which meets in the Corn Exchange. And, as that subject is likely to be fully canvassed at the greet meeting which viiil be held in Dublin on the 10th of January, sour Committee respectfully recommend the p o stponement of the adopti on o f their plan until after the 85 id meeting of the 10. th, by which time they will be able to ascertain the opinions of all the influential friends of Ireland as to the time most suited for the organization of t he said Irish Protection Society. " Your Committee have further, according to the re- i SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, it-40 QUARANTINE REGOLATIONS AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The Malta Papers, lately received, contain a com plete copy of the new sanatory regulations established by the Constantinople Council of Health, with a view to meet the convenience of commerce, with a due re gard to the preservation of the public health. The fol lowing are substantially the provisions of this docu ment :—Captains of vessel:arriving there are to be_pro vided with bills of health, and deliver them to the chief officer of the Sanatory Board, who will receive the same " upon the end of a pole," without boarding the vessel. There must be three kinds of bills--viz.,.the clean bill, the suspected bill, and the foul bill. All bills delivered 30 days after the last case of plague to be considered " clean," and the vessel admitted to free pratique with all on board. Bills delivered 15 days after the last day of plague are of the class " suspected," and must perform quarantine for 15 days if the vessel be laden, and 10 days if in ballast. Bills within less than 15 days are of the class " foul," and subject to quaran tine of 20 days laden, and 15 if in ballast. For " sus pected or foul" bills the quarantine to commence on an chorage before the lazatet of Kouleli for laden vessels, but, as the weather may prevent their reaching that an chorage, warehouses are to be constructed with as little delay as possible at the point of Fener-Baktche to receive cargoes, the quarantine in such cases commencing from anchorage there. This accommodation not to be granted, however, unless in stress of weather, and without, preju dice to means to be adopted hereafter for conducting ves sels to Kouleli. Quarantine for vessels in ballast, foul or suspected, to reckon also from date of arrival. Foul or suspected vessels, laden or not, arriving by the Darda nelles, to tyke on boat d a " guard of health," either at the Sanatory. office there or at that of Galipoli, on the choice of the captain. It the vessel be in ballast, the quarantine to commence with, the guard on board, if subjected to the course of disinfection recommended by the guard. In such case, and the vessel has com pleted the period of quarantine in - her'voyage, it :s to be admitted to free pratique at Constantinople. But if the vessel be laden, the quarantine in all cases td com mence as before stated. On arrival at Constantinople, vessels not having completed quarantine on the voyage arc to receive another guard, to be kept on board with the first until the quarantine has been perfected. Ves sels with a clean bill not Obliged to stop either at Gali poll or the Dardanelld. Suspected or foul shipS in ballast may anchor at the entrance of the harbour or the canal at some distance frem shore,- under inspection of their guards. Vessels with cargoes to have the same privilege after discharging at Kouleli, or Fener-Baktche. Suspected or foui vessels, laden or not, bound from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, must take on board a guard of health, whether intending to perform quarantine at Constantinople or en route. On arrival, a fl,ig of two stripes, yellow and black, must be hoisted at the mizenmast, placed vertically, and kept flying not departure. In case of performing quarantine at Constantinople the captains must so declare at the time of examination. If they prefer performing it en route, an additional guard will be placed on board, to be kept with the for mer, and both disembarked before entering the Black Sea at the sanatory pest of Kayak. Merchandise and passengers for Constantinople to be landed at the laza rette bf Kouleli, and there accomplish their quarantine. The sanatory boats charged with the examination of the bills are forthwith to notify the arrival of vessels to their respective embassies, so that the necessary warrants, precautions, and firmans for the Black Sea may be pre pared. Vessels in ballast desirous of commencing qua rantine at the Da-danelles or Gallipoli will be entitled on previous declaration of intention where the guard of health is taken, so as to be subjected to the necessary measures of disinfection. Vessels from the Black Sea with suspected or foul bills, whether in ballast or laden, must take a guard of health at the sanatory-office of Kayak, or that of Silvi- Bournou, if the weather should prevent at the former place ; but no examination will take place but at the lazarette of Kouleli, where an additional guard will be placed on board. Vessels bound from infected ports in the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, and not d es i r i ng to perform quarantine at Constantinople, enjoy the Same facilities in that . respect ab those 'fro th " thelVje... diterranean. • But • th ey 'tire 'pci4dite'd ' ciii*eynN a ik' one of thesan'atery-gthirds On Aeflaiture; other until 'arrival at . ' the ‘Dardanelles. Vessel • ar"::1 riving from either sea are to u n d ergo an oral eXatiii2, mination, when captains must faithfully declare th'e vessel's state in respect of health, and what com munications he may have had during the voyage. If suspected or foul, an additional guard will be placed. No officer of health other than the sanatory guard are to be permitted on board either at Con stantinople or elsewhere. 'This prohibition " ri gorously" applies to Vessels with a clean bill for ports in the Black Sea where quarantine regulations are organized, which vessels arc not intended to com municate with Constantinople or other Parts of Tar: key. They need not deliver their bill of health to the quarantine-officer. No persons are to be allowed to go' on board foul or suspected vessels bound for Constantinople, except' the' medical quarantine of , ficer in the special case of a sick person to verify the character of the disease. Any vessel with a case of' plague on board or occurred will be free to depart without performing quarantine, 'but must take a bill of health, stating the case of plague. In , order to fa= cilitate the execution of these sanatory' fornihlities' vessels from the Black S e a and the .Meditterranean must hoist at their mizenmast one, of these flags white for a clean bill White and black for a -sus pected bill ; black for a foul bill; Vessels laden or in ballast from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea formerly referred to, as ordered to • hoist a flax; of two . stripes, are exempt froth th e obligation o f hoisting the other' flags. To save expense - to steamers making weekly trips, they may keep" their guards oh board 'all the time the ports they ran,between.may beinfected or suspected. Vessels with a clean bill having communi cated en route with a suspected or infected place, arc 'subjected to the quarantine regulations required by the state of health there. Passengers in vessels with a sus pected or foul bill must perforn quarantine at Kouleli-- 15 days for a foul, and 10 fora suspected bill. Passen gers in vessels in ballast front. the Mediterranean are en titled to the relaxations before noted in respect of such vessels. Those wishing to perform quarantine at Con stantinople, and on board vessels not able by stress of weather to put in at Kouleli, may be carried there with their baggage in the boats of the Lazarette ; the quaran tine to date from arrival of the vessel. Offenders against these quarantine regulations are to be tried according to prevailing laws in Europe, and handed over for punish. ment to the authority appealed to. The nanximunt du• ration of quarantine for merchandise to be 20 days.— Times. ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF DURHAM GAOL.--A desperate attempt was made to break out of* our gaol yesterday evening, contrived and headed by the notorious " Duke" Elliott, who, with his comrade Parker, alias " The Potter," is now under sentence of transportation for escaping from prison a few months ago. They were confined in a room together, and had contrived to get rid of their iroas by means of a file, which, it is believed, .they had got pOssession of on Christmas day, when some friends were permitted to see them. Elliott sent a message by Williamson, a turnkey, to Todd, the other turnkey on duty, that he wanted to see him. On Todd entering the room Elliott complained that some dirt had been put into a vessel which contained some of his food. On Todd stooping to inspect the vessel,Elliott struck him from behind several blows on his face and head, with part of his. irons, which knocked him down, ' oa f door,lso k s j o gy r ch i l:er t m . insensible._Fo encountered r t Fortunately a l W I t i ott k t a then rushed rendered nr uswhheodmtohhinieth, the Governei '‘Ves'' in. the. i wnr i ng the 'outcries of Todd;' be ca/led' to 'a .prisoiici- Of the' naine of Monro, a powerful .man, who is : employed' as a sweeper of the prison, and on whom he could rely,.who, .with another prisoner of the name of Sharp, ran to the large passage just as. Elliott ;had opened the door of the hall where the .untried, prisoners (to the number of thirteen), are kept. Monro and Sharp succeeded in throwing Elliott down, while Wilkinson closed the door, at the moment three of the men were coming aut, followed by all the others. The Governor had in the meantime secured the check gate, and then sent for a reinforcement of officers from other parts of the priion, who again placed Elliott and Parker in irons. From circumstances that hive since transpired there can be no doubt that the plan of escape had been previously con certed with the untried prisoners ; and, had the latter succeeded in getting into the passage, the officers and their assistants would have been overnovvered, if not murdered. Indeed, their escape would have been al. most inevitable had not the Governor, unknown to Elliott and Parker, been in an adjoining apartme n t. Al though Parker did not quit his room, or join in the as sault on Todd, he had clearly been a party to the scheme, as his irons had been filed away ; and Elliott, after knock ing Wilkinson down, called upon him to " come on, now's the time—both the -- are down." It is supposed, however, that he was deterred from taking part in the scuffle in the passage by hearing the Governor's voice, and finding Monro had come to the assistance of the officers. We regret to state that Todd has been very severely wounded. We understand that some e ff or t s aro making to obtain a remission of Elliott's and Parker's sentence, but this additional proof of their dan gerous character must prevent the extension of the Royal clemency to such daring and desperate offenders. —Durham Chronicle. KENDAL ANTI•CORN-LAW PETITION.— The petition adopted at the meeting of the Working Men's Anti-Corn-law Association on Monday evening last, has already received about 1,500 signatures, and from the willingness and anxiety to sign it, that number will be very greatly increased. The wives of th e ope ratives have b een mos t eager i n their solicitations to b e allowed to add th e i r names , an d finding that it is con trary to usage, express the strongest wish that a' peti tion should be originated for themselves. The dearness of bread is an argument that comes home to them, and the cries of their family speak with a force that compels siurriotion...Kendaillfercury. .EVENING EDITION. his late. M, j i, dty George the Third, with the view of eX_ foelt measures for the safety of the town, special constables 1 I pmi ni ng .a gu e iNn o the more a ccurate l y , i n some respects, wefd mantel, and stationed at the most important: points. - the Act of rlward.th'e 1 - „,.rd. Gentlemen, th e 7 t h c h ap _ Th ere are t h ree pr i nc i pa l i nns i n N ewport —the W es t gate , ° ter of the 36th of t-- - Itorge . the Tio'ntl, Mint; " That if any the King's Hera, and the Parrot. These in,J commanded man shall, within this red:aid, or without the al AIM, corm the principal streets, and there the special constables *ere ram & imagine, invent, or devisds the death or dethiethee stationed. The Westgate is in the Etlarket-pladc, and was meat of ortt t e em). the King, his heirs of sahitemeare, or any edheidered the most important station of all. The i:layor bodily harm tending !hetSto, or to deprive hint et them went to elm Westgate with other Magistrates, and sat ,t l u • of the honour of the kingly ligizer or to levy w ar dgme s t , she whole nigisaat the Westgate Inn, sending out constalSks his Maj e sty, hi s .h e i r s or succesaMale in this reatren ' for information, and making the best preparations to pre- 1 in order by f orce an d co nstraint to compel lam er them to serve the peace and it:sfend the town. When ti;e, day 4 change hiso r th e i r measures or councils, or to intimidate or dawned intelligence was brooght that the insurgents were macre° both or e ith er M ous e o f Parliament, any persons' advancing, and were in the nadghbourtmod of Newport. being legally convicted of such Compassing, Sec., by the The Mayor had sent a person. whom I shall aall before you ' oaths of two credible witnesses, or otherwise, by d ue as a witness—a person of the name of ; Y thilkermeto gain in- ; bourse of law, shall be deemed, declared, and adjud ge d formation. Thai person had been shot at, and retemned dan- / guilty nf high treason." Gentlemen. the third count of gerously wounded. The. Mayor then sent for militant' asais the indictment thadges the prisoner with having compassed once. There was in the neighbourhood only one comManY to dethrone her Majesty the Queen from bet Royal state of soldiers, under the command of Captain Stack, who vielm and dignity. If it should append 19 )ou that an armed in- stationed in the workhouse, which had been converted into , eurrection was devised, that it was carried into effeetnethat a temporary barracks, end is on the outskirts of the town. its object was t o s up e r s ed e t h e aut h or i ty o f the Crown, -1 Ca/main Stack sen t t hi r ty o f hi s men to t h e "assistance of apprehend that, these overt acts being proved by two ere- the Mayor, under the command of Lieut. Gray and two Mine witnesses, this count of the indintment will likewist! ' sergeants. I believe that the barracks are about half a be supported. The fourth count, gentlemen, charges the mile from the Westgate. Lieut. Gray brought his men prisoner with having compassed the levying of war with a to the Westgate, and in a little time tney were stationed in t viewdo compel her Majesty to change her measures. That a room in the inn, which it is material, gentlemen, I should is to be proved by overt acts, but if it be proved that there dec n r o ib r e th. to 3 0 ' n the ou.T e h a b s t t inn sid side is there ia. W i es this plan—if it be p r o v ed th at t h e p l an was carr i e d the into executi on unt il i t was su bd ue d b y actua l force, that e:t a gatc- room trees, fronting abgw LI. .. window looking out u p on the street: In tha, room thee is, i, levying of war, and there can be no doubt that there military were stationed. There is a correspondie e room was a compassing the levying of war against her at the western side of the house, where, the MagtatMates Majesty the Queen, her crown and dignity. Gentle- were assembled. Between these trio rooms is a•corritt:r - men, before I conclude these observati ons , w hi c h I or passage, which you will find was a s cene c f strife,' ,The l venture to offer with deference to the instructions which special constables remained befor e the door of the inn th'here i you will receive from my Lords the Judges, I will they had been placed. The military bad tarot loaded,'and it beg t o re te r to t h e l atest authority upon this point, and will be a fact most material to the case that t h e so ldi ers did there is none higher. From the time when Sir Michael not load their muskets till they were fired upon. Gentlemen, Foster wrote t) the moment when lam addressing yeu the this being the state of things at Newport, as the-in surgents I.+w l a id d own b y Si r Michael Foster has been uniformly approachd, Frost at the head of the body - trri giving the recognised. Gentlem en , what lam going to read to yo u word of command, they reached the machine at Courmy- ' belle, and there Mr. Frost inquired respecting th e m ili tary . is rim of th e c h arge of that great Judge Lord Tcnterden, in expounding the law of treason on the trial of Arthur He was told by two boys whom he met at the the turnpike Thistlewood. It is to be found in the 33d volume of the theta number of soldiers had marched es. tbo Westgate State Trials, page 684, and he here takes a view both of Inn. On that, gentlemen, the insurenta divided, and the old statute or Edward 111. and the modern one, the part of them turned to the left, and went 4) the hill lead 36th of George 111. These are his words ;—" Before the ing to St. Wollos Church, whilst another wart kept to the • - passing of the late Act (meaning the 36th of George III.) right, and went towards the town of Isrewport, throumh '''' it was settled by several cases actually adjudged— # Commercial-street. This last division afterwards matte ' • Chief Justice Tindal—What authority a re you citing-- •up and j oined the others. Thos e w h o ' had gone by St. ~ Lord Tenterden ? Nd olins or the Friars went down Stovr-hill, which-lead! to the Westgate Inn, where Mr. Frost had been 'told ' the . The Att orne y -G enera l—L or d T enterden, my Lord, be military were. Gentlemen, Mr. Frost still walked at. thair, .. fore he w a s ra i se d to t h e P eerage.• In charging the Grand i)? Jury on th e o p en i ng o f t h e C omm i ssion as to the evidence head, and when they had p asse d a pl ace ca ll e d the est which was to be received, and how the charge was to lic• Chapel, which is close to the back of alte• Westgat e be established, Lord Tenterden goes on to say that it the insurgents tried to gain admission to the Westgatal bad be en se t t l e d b y several cases, actually adjudged, Inn by the carriage entrance to the courtyard behind t hb •I a and by the o pi n i ons o f t h e text-writers on this branch of premises I have been d e scribi n g. Th a t entrance. M e n the law, th a t a ll attempts to depose the King from his tlemen, is from Westgate-street and when they failed tn-4, ' state or title, t o restra i n hi s person, to levy war against procure admission there they wheeled round to the front of the Westgate Inn. Mr. Frost was still with them, him, and all co ns pi rac i es or com bi nat i ons to accomplish those object s , are overt acts o f compass i ng the death of the and, as it will be distinctly shown to you, was in front King. That by this Act (the 36th of George the Third) of the Westgate Inn at that time. • The special con ... stables were before the door, and the insurgents asked, • the compassing, .devising, or i n t e ndin g to d epose t h e Ki ng from his R oya l state an d t i t l e i s made a substantive act them to surrender. One of the constables said thety., . would not surrender, on which the command te , fire. was of treason ; an d t h ere b y t h e l aw i s rendered more clear • and plai n , b o th t o t h ose w h o are b ound to observe it and to given—by whom you will hear from the witnesseswitnesses; 'arid immediately the firing begun upon the bow-window of tile those wh o are engage d i n a d m i n i ster i ng it. He goes on thus :—" It i s p ro p er you s h ou ld un d erstand that the pom room in which the military were stationed, and theinsom p gents attempted to break through the front door of filei and circumst a nc e o f m ili tary array which attend actual warfare are by n o means necessary to constitute a levy ill- in , porch to the interior of the house. They used dlieir pies I , . of war und er th ese statutes. Insurrections however f9r the purpose of forcing the door, and, having succeeded, 1 , arranged, provided, or org d n i se d ; any innovations of' a they got iota the hall and the passage heading 'from the public nat u r e , or f or t h e re d ress of public grievances, in Magistrates' room to the room where the military ware which the parties have no special interest, are deemed stationed. Gentlemen, it was now the time for Lieute nant Gray to do what became him as en officerof her Ma levying of war , an d consequently the compassing such in surrection, to tom el the Ki n to than e his measures jesty, and a good subject of this country, whir wished to p g preserve the lives of his fellow-subjects, and rte take care will be to compass war against g his Majesty within the , that universal confusion should not occur. Oedema were statute. Rebelli on , a t i ts commencement, is rarely found to present th e a pp earances o f m ili tary discipline - or array, given by him to the military to load. They loaded. mention to 3 ou, gentlemen, that the room in which they smere although a littl e success w ill soon enable it to assume .1 seould them." Thus, you see, Gentlemen Lord Tenterden lays stationed was that in which was the bow-window, that Mat ! down the same p r i nc i p l e as Si r M . Foster. " Insurre-e- projecting window, having three sides, not being.circular. , lions, however ill-arranged, provided, or organised ; or The shutters of this window were closed, and the glass had I any innovati on o f a pu bli c nature, for redress of public been broken by the shots which had been discharged. But grievances, in which the p ar ti es h ave no spec i al i n whilst the shutters remained shat the soldiers could not serest, are deem e d i nstances o f t h e actual levying of use their guns and flee on the insurgents. Gentlemen, war," obviously w ith hi s appro b at i on, and according to Lieutenant-Gray, who on that occasion acted certainly in a manner which is above all praise, for.the moderation, the law of th e la n d. G ent l emen, I really am not aware the firmness, the energy, . and , intelligCnce he displayed, that any difficult or d ou b t f u l po i nt of law as to the went to open the shutters of our part of the window. The interpretation o f e i t h er o f t h ese statutes can' possibly arise in this c ase . I s h a ll t h ere f ore proceed to give you Mayor went to open another part of the window, and a short outline o f th e f acts , w hi c h I understand Kill -be Sergeant Daly to open another. As the Mayor opened clearly pr ove d i n . ev id ence b efore you. Gentleman, for the shutters he received two wounds, one in the shoulder that purp ose I must rem i n d you of the geographical situa- and the other in the hip. Sergeant Daly.was also wounded tion of the county in which these disturbances took place. in the head by slugs, which passed into it, and .the gun you call the You are p ro b a bl y we ll acquainted with what which he had in his hand had its lock knocked off ley a ball, " hill district s " i n t h e county of Monmouth, It iMof a which had been fired by the insurgents. The soldiers were I triangular for m , having f or i ts apex a place called Risea, then ordered to fire. Gentlemen , at this time the incur about five miles from Newp or t. - The hese is at a-distance gents had gained the various advances to the house. of from fifteen to twenty miles as you ascend the country ' On the west side you have Nantyglo and Beaufort iron . works ;on the east Blaenavon and the hills in the neigh: Th ?) , acre. in the - passage leading-to the room in whack the military were assembled, and, if the order to fire bad not then been i g-ven. there is. no reason so doubt that the bourhood, Blosage, I think, being :one of the height's. military wOuld all h ave been .massacred. . The order, hewe 1 The country is . intersected by • deep glens, watered by ever, was g iv en , an d i t was speedily.and- effectually dis rapid streams, th e R umney b e i ng on the west, and the 'charged. The insurgents in the passage wasp fired Sirhowy parallel to it. Then come the Rivers Ebbw tip. upon,, and several of them fell, and were . killed. :11:e per and Ebbw Lower, which join and flow down towards shutters being also removed from the ivindows, the men Newport, and near t o th a t i s L ant h ewy an d t h e river Avon, directed their pieces through it, and thus had c orn - In that country, as y ou are aware, are m i nes of coal and mend of the space in which the insurgents we're drawn up. iron. These mines have of late years been worked to a very They accordingly fired into the street ; and several of the insurgents were wounded and ' fell, and the others were great extent, and those mountaino u s hill s , w hi c h 50 years speedily dispersed. Mr. F r os had not been seer. after the ago were almost uninhabited--a few shepherds' h u t s on l y being scattered up and down —are now the seat of a tiring first began, and they fled in every direction. • Zepha niah Williams was a b ou t t en m i nu t es t oo l a t e , • but he did dense populati on , est i mate d , I am told, at 40,000 per sons, employed in working,the iron and coal-mines, and in arrive at last with the Nantyglo men, a band almost as nue supplying the wants of those so engaged. Gentlemen, lam merous M . as that led by Fro s t hi m s e lf. William Jones, of afraid the popul a ti on w hi c h h as thus suddenly sprung Pontypool, did not come 'water to Newport than Afaipas, up is, in many. instances, not the most peaceable. lam but he was proceeding onward when he heard of the dale afraid that a degree of ignorance prevails which is much asters which had happened to his associateeoin, Newport. to be deplored, and that many of those who live here are He likewise fled, and the men who were with him dis subject to be practised upon by designing men. It would perscd. I should mention, Gentlemen, that these three appear that this population had been organised to a consi- parties, in their progress, scoured the country, nndpressed derible degree by _societies established amongst them, so various persons, whom they compelled to march wiah them, that on any occasion a command might be issued and cir at the same time seizing all the arms they coultkfind e taen- ciliated amongst the population, and speedily obeyed. It tlemen, Mr. Frost himself was seen soon ahem ethe;4emt m will appear, g en tl e m en , t h at t h e pr i soner, John Frost, who o f hi s assoc i a t es i n Trod:Tar Park, abo u tet wo millet. trOdal • h had been for many years a linendraperain the town of New.. Newport, making his escape into a wood, and he was ap port, possessed extensive influence in this part of the country prehended in Newport on the Monday . night; In:Mhef —the hill district of the county of Monmouth. Newport, house of a man named Partridge istls. and pow you are aware, is the place _ from which the coal and iron der in his pocket. He was seen in Comp:ler-vial...Wee, e obtained in the mines is ex p orte d . It is a considerable which leads t 'Tredegar, after the action was over, town, and great importance is atteched to ft. It is the retreating up the street. He ryas seen in the Park escap highway from South Wales t o B r i stol, Gloucester, Bir- ing into a wood, and he was' imitrehendcd in Newport on mingham, and the north of E ng l an d . It will appear it the Monday night. Gentlemen, thus tranquillity was re- . evidence before you that in the week preceding Sunday, stored; and, Gentlemen, it willhe for you to say, if. these the 3d of Nove m b er , a pl an was formed for-it general facts be true, whether there is any reasonable doubt of thm rising of the population of the district, to take place on the unlit of the prisoner Frost. And how are these facts to night of that Sunday when it should arrive. Various consul- be proved. Gentlemen, with regard to the main circum tattoos were held, at which Mr. Frost was present. Those stances no doubt whatever can be entertained,Ond I shall consultations were held chiefly at a place called Blackwood, prove the facts by witnesses oho are above exception, who betiveenßumney and Sirhowy. There is a public-house there were unconnected with the circumstances, and who were called the Coach and Horses, where there was a lodge or so- employed in trying to establish peace and to restore tran ciety, and where me e ti ngs were h e ld , an d where it is clear quillite. With regard to the d ec l ara ti ons m ad e by Frost, this scheme was d ev i se d or mature d . There was, particu- which I have av o id e d t o d e t a il f u r t h e p resen t, the proof of larly, a meeting held on the Friday before Sunday, the 3d of these will much depend on the evidence of persons who were concerned with him in the insurrection. When my Nov. Deputies atte n ded a t th at meet i ng. There was a Learned Friend comes to remark upon their testimony, he return of the armed f o r ce w hi c h cou ld b e mustered ; and it would appe ar th a t t h ere t h e p l an or scheme was laid will probably call them accomplices ; but, Gentlemen, down which was a ft erwar d s to b e carried into effect. whether thes e ar e v ol un t ar y or com p u ls or y w itnesses, there Whet, gentlemen, was t h at lap It will a ear that is no doubt that th e i r ev id ence oug ht t o b e r e ceived with pl ? great suspicio n an d we i g h e d w ith anx i ou s c ar e ; but if you orders were to be i ssue d f or t h e men to assemble pp armed on do sift it, and find no good r easo n to doubt its veracity, you. the evening of S u nd a y, th e 3d o f N ov. There were to be will not hesitate to beli eve th e e vid ence g iven by such in three principal di v i s i ons . O ne was to b e under the corn emend of. John Frost hi mse lf, w h o was at that time stationed dividuals. In such cases e v id enc e of this kind must be laid before th e J ur i e s w ho t r y th e m, for it is , vident at Blackwood. A no th er di v i s i on was to be under the command of Zephaniah Williams. Zephaniah Williams that treasonable conspiracies Ere net concocted in public; lived higher up the country. He kept a beershop at and how can they he proved but by the employment of Colebrook Val e , on th e ' Ebb w , near N antyglo. He was pies and inf o r mer s, who se ev id ence , it i s t ru e, is generally to collect the m e n u p t h e country, an d to b ring them down condemned, and often disbeliev e d? But still such cases towards Newport. Th e thi r d di v i s i on was to be under the must be proved by the evidence o f a s soci,ces. In this command of a person of th e name o f Willi am Jones, a C , I,C, however, I propose to call n o spies, no informers, for watchmaker at Pontyp oo l. H e was to co l lect the pee- none such wire employed ; h u t I p ro p os e to cell persons plc mere to the north and west, and b r i ng t h em down who we re engage d, inure or less, in the insurrection ; and and they were all t o meet somew h ere near Risc-a or . ; d'hn, I submit, may be trusted if their evidence be con: sistent, an d if it b e corro b orate d as to t h e ma in facts to ~ Cefn, and to c o m e on t o N ewport . Th ey were to be at Cefn about midnight on S un d a y, an d b e i ng assem- which they w ill s p ea k. O a t h at ev id ence n o doubt will bled there, they were t o marc h to N ewport about two exist in your minds wth regard to the guilt of the prisoner. Gentlemen, it gives me s i ncere sa ti s f ac ti on to find that he o'clock in the mornin g — a t i me w h en it was expected that is defended by g en tl emen e f th e first ernineece and the dr at there would be no pr e p ara ti on to rece i ve t h em, when the talent at the b ar o f E ng l an d: All hat zeal, learning, and inhabitant s wou ld b e b ur i e d i n s l eep, an d entirely disarme d of all suspicion or app re h ens i on o f d anger. T hey were, eloquence can accompli s h. will he achieved in h s cause, so when at Newpo.t, t o a tt ac k t h e troops w h o were there, that the result of this trial must satisfy the public - , justice • or tile country. I own'it, seems to Me tliit on thc proof of to take possession of the town, and break down the bridge * Met, my Learned Friends will have a difficult tasieto.pem which is there across the Meer Usk, to stop the mail, and form. I think they will hardly deny the law of nelson as nounced. The mail not arr i v i ng i n Bi rm i ngham in an then, by a sig na l, th e success o f t h e sc h eme was to be an den; and here was an insurrection o. men .fortitiddble hour and a h a lf a f ter i ts usua l time, those who were in it was laid down by Mr. Justice Foster ;rid Lnrd 'Tenter_ from their timbers, met for a public purpose, and ac cumstahce that the pl an h a d succee d e d , an d there was to be concert with them in th a t t own would know by that cir wally engaged in conflict with the Queen's troops, n o t a gene ra l r i s i ng t h ere, and i n Lancashire generally, and ac cidentally or in a sudden affray, b u t pu bli c l y , preme d'. tatedly, and designedly. 'Will my Learned F r i en d sa y elsewher e . G e n t l emen , t h ere never was a charter law universally and instantly established. There never was that it was a private object the prisoner sought to obtain 7 did divialotet rmeeveetngt.(elrotrheapuprriiivoast,eogf the remotest - chance of the scheme being accomplished. What this was lamat a loss to conjecture. It was nut But had if not most providentially happened that the night between Monday was one of the darkest and grievant c s e ing p T h h t e itos insurgents to b c most tempestuous that ever was known in England, it is presented to the Queen, or to either of the Houses of Par difficult to conjecture the degree of mischief which might !lament. It was not an affray arising out of disputes be have been wrought before the insurrection could have beer. tween the masters and servants engegedi in the coal and ) suppressed, and peace and tranquillity restored. Gentle- iron trade. It was not a sudden outbreak arising from men, John Frost, the prisoner, remaining at Blackwood the want of employment or the want of food; for I believe d the men under his command did assemble considerably that if inquiry be made, it will turn out that the coal earlier than - the other divisions. He crossed over and iron trade has not been in a more prosperous cpn- , from Blackwood to a place called Newbridge on the dition than it was when this insurrection occurred, that 1 Ebbw, and came by Abercarne to Risca and the Welsh the wages of those employed in it were high, and Oak, and there he was early in the night ; but from the diffi.- that those persons who were engaged in the insurrec culties which presented themselves the other divisions who tion had no pretended private grievances which were to come from the upper parts of the countr •• did not they wished to redress ; and what conclusion must be arrive until long after the expected hour Zephaniah drawn from tl • ifthe -speakthe th 9 That . amho was to hring thassembled for a public object, with armed force, to change tillafter d l• h not arrive William Jones, who b . was to the law and the constitution of the country. Unless th I bring his division from the north and offencebe satisfactorily made out. there can be no quell west, did not arrive at the appointed time. non,Gentlemen, that it will be yourduty to acquit the A man of the ' • name of Britton who commanded a and that you will have great satisfaction in doing party of this division, did arrive in time pr i soner , but Zephaniah Williams,so;but if the evidence clearly anti satisfactorily este with the others,likewise was too late. John Frost, h• • blish es the ease against . him, you will no doubt act the eying come to Risen, remained there until shortly manly part which it will be your duty to perform—you before daylight, and it was then thought. necessary to muster the forces there collected, and to will not shrink from your duty whatever may be your feel- i march on towards Newport.ings. Gentlemen, it imports all persons, whatever be their There were collected at that time, accordi ng to t h e b est computation that could be situation, that the law shall be respected and obeyed— made, about whether they possess landed property, or whether they be guns or p 5 000 men. M an y o f them there armed with pistols, ' istols, many had spears or pikes, and many were merchants, or tradesmen, or labourers—whatever may provided with an instrument called a mandril,' which, as I be their situation, whether it be high or humble, it iir understand, is a short instrument made of iron for picking ports them all that such tumults as this thould be coals in the mines-_a very danger o u s an d d ea dly weapon suppressed, and, for the sake of exa m ple, that punish if used f or h ost il e purposes, resembling a pick a x e in shape. meet should take place. Gentlemen, .I have given ,‘ Others had scythes fixed on sticks, and thosedavho had I you a•shoA outline of the frees of the cede. I have omit not Weapons of this kind were armed with sticks and , ted some circumstances which will, however, be detailed bludgeons. Mr. Frost commanded them, and they in the evidence, and I hav e avoid e d many expressions of marched tow ar d s N ewport, T hey marched i n m I i- the prieoaer whimii will he stated to you by the witmessem s ' litary order, five abreast as I am informed. 1 whom I shall tithe call. It has been intimated by the , The word was given front time to time by Frost, and they counsel for the prisoner that the proper forms dietetic" by ' came down from Cefn by Pie-corner to Tredegar Park, law have not been observed towards the prisoner. , •Ifth at ' the seat of Sir Charles Morgan, and through which the be the case, you till let him have the benefit ofohe hype ' high Way and a tramroad pass. By the time they had got eularity.. •But I believe it will turn out that the forms of ' to Tredegar Park the day dawned. There inquiri es we re law have been strictly pursued, and thet every effort .has ' made-by Frost as to the position of the military. I may i been made to give every advantage allowed by it to here menti on what had been passing at Newp or t during I the prisoner ; and that every_edepartaientedenerhicirsthe - ; - • ' d the night. Intelligence-had-been tadught to - NeWlort ou 1 fameimution has been conducted, has been influenced by the S un d ay ' n igh t o f w h at was passing. in the hills. Mr. the desire that the accused should have ample oppor- Phillip s , wh o was t h en th e Mayor of Newport, immediately Wilily for preparation, and for the vindication of their 1 SECOND EDITION. I BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock 178 India Stack 3 per Cent Red 91% Ditto Bonds :i rier Cent Cr., — ' Ditto Old Annuities — 3 per Cent. Red aiN Ditto Sew Annuities new ;l iii per Cent 1. Oh Ex. Bills, 1,000/.......2d 1 pm. New S tier Cent. L. ing Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 1 dls. Jati. 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They evidently rejoice that in some degree the plague of hunger will come•in aid of the usual impatience of order and love of disturbance which characterise lame multitudes under mild systems of government. The Whi g hate certain of the laws, especially the laws estaolished for the protection of British agriculture, and they exult even in a national calamity which affords a better chance of creating multitudinous clamour and violence against those laws." The entire article is worthy of such an exordium. Ignorance and falsehoodstrive for the pre-eminence from its commence went to its close ; and leave the reader undecided whether the former or the latter prevails. It is ut terly false—a malignant libel on that portion of the public press, to which we belong, which adv ocates the modification or total re p ea l of the Co n-laws, to assert of it that, either by direct or indirect attempts, it has excited the people to " violence of action against the existing law," in order to compel its repeal." We demand the name of the Journal in which any such attempts have been made, and the language which by the most tortuous ingenuity can be construed into any such meaning —in order that we may join the P&st in its reprobation. Where has the language of " exultation" been employed, because it has pleased the Almighty Controller of the seasons to visit this country the last two years with deficient harvests ; in consequence of which extensive privations and sufferings are endured by the labouring part of our countrymen ? W e have indulged in no such exultations—have not heard of or read any such expressions of delight, at what must excite sympathy and grief in every bosom not absolutely devoid of those feelings which belong to our common nature, and without which man is a rebel against his kind. The fact of such deficiency in the harvests has, it is true, been• adverted to ; it was za cessary to advert to it, for the purpose ofillustrating and establishing the position which it went so far to prove ; viz., the folly of excluding from our markets the corn produce of other countries, when' it may be ob tained at a moderate price in exchange for our manufac tures, which would'thus be extensively consumed by the nows corn-growing hut u t; compelling whichSatesfrmits purchase t h h a e s y e are in attend its cultiva is by any'of the accidents which specie at 'exo rbitant, rate,. when Ole the.,home sup ply Lio n rendered insufficient for the demands of our inha bitants. . • (From the Sitindard.) A very great. portion of our 'paper is this day occu pied by the proceedings at the Monmouth Special Com mission. After the Jury had been sworn, the Attor ney-General having previously set aside some nine or ten of the panel (a fact which we notice for .Lord Normanby's observation), and after the Attorney- General had opened the case against Mr. Frost in a speech, calling for no particular remark, except, per haps, that it was prudently free from any allusion to the preparatives of the rebellion—after these preliminaries, Sir F. Pollock objected to the examination of the first witness called, on the ground that the delivery of a list of witnesses to the prisoner had not been made in the . form prescribed by the statute. The list had, indeed, been delivered more than the required ten days before trial ; but it had not been made in company, and at the same time, with the delivery of the indictment, as the law expressly. and distinctly commands. The objec tion was argued with extraordinary learning and talent by Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr. Fitzroy Kelly for the prisoner; and it was resisted at some length by the Attorney-General, who, however, could not deny the fact alleged, and was compelled to adm't that the terms of the law had not been literally complied with. The decision of the Court was as follows :—" Chief Justice Tindal said,--There ap pears to us to be sufficient doubt to reserve the point for further consideration. I am not prepared to say the objection made on the part of the prisoner is valid, but it is a question upon which no direct decision has taken place, and which calls for very serious consi deration.. It is the more important, that the same ob jection may apply to the severa l other -cases in which the indictments have been found, and the prisoners arraigned. We purpose to take a course on the present occasion which will prevent the possibility of an over hasty d ec i s i on opera ti ng to the prejuc'ice or disadvantage of the prisoner, and from causing a failure of public justice. We shall allow the trial to proceed, and take the opinion of her Majesty's Judges on the validity of the point, provided such proceedings shall become ticessari. To-morrow morning we shall proceed with the evidence." It would be presumptuous and indecent in us to anticipate the decision of the Judges to the extent of saying that the slip of the Crown lawyers is Jatal to the .prosecu tion ; but a very strange slip it is, and, if not _ . nn intentional onc, it proves extraordinary slo venliness somewhere. That nothing harsh as against the prisoners was designed, we freely admit. They have had all the benefit intended for, them by the law, and the question must be admitted to rest upon a mere technicality. The objection, however, must not be regarded the less upon that account. The forms of the law are the subject's defence against oppression ; and if these forms come to be violated in cases where their effect is indifferent, they will in time come to be violated in all cases. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The performances nt the Haymarket Theatre have attracted, the following distinguished fashiomibles during the week • The Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Augusta of Cam bridge, Prince GeOrge, Prince Louis Napoleon, Earl of Cheaterfield, Earl of Pemb ro k e , E ar l o f ch ar l ev il le, Earl of Lichfield, Count d'Orsay, Countess end Ladies. Seffon, Lord St. Maur, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Cralien, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir George and Lady Wombwell, lion. Col. Molvneux, Hon. C. Greville, Orby Hunter, Esq., Massey Stanley, Esq., Captain Hicks, and Lord Castlereagh. FRUITS ON RELIGIOUS QUARRELS —An action has been brought against the Colonist newspaper, for a libel on a Roman Catholic priest, contained in a paragraph charging him With extortion at the confes sional. The paragraph stated th a t a. P rotestant wo man had married a Catholic, and p ar ti a ll y con f orme d to his religion, bUt could not be reconciled to the practice, of confession. She contrived to evade the duty for a long time, until a pi iest happened to be stationed in the immediate neighbourhood. Escape . was no longer practicable, and therefore to make the best bargain she could, the old lady bethought her of lumping the sins, and agreed with the priest for a clear conscience on payment of two pounds, On coming to the confes sional, however, reverend father found the list so enor- Mulls that he insisted he had been deceived and en trapped, and refused to g rant the prude n t p en i ten t ab solution unless she would pay him down the sum of five pounds. The demand was complied with, but the church lost its convert. The damages were laid at 1,000/. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 501.—LiverpoolPaper. " In reference to the police of Chelsea" (no ticed by our Correspondent, another resident of the locality writes), " a more effective, a more vigilant, or a better body of mon than the policemen of Chelsea 6« re cannot possibly be." STEEPLE CHASE AT CHELTENHAM.—The Steeple Chase for the Berkeley Hunt Handicap sweep stakes came off last Tuesday, on the Race-course. The day was fine, the spectators numerous, and the assem bilge of nearly all the sporting gentlemen in the neigh bourhood, gave the scene the greatest animation ; al though ten horses were entered only four started, namely, Mr. De Winton's Nimrod, rode by himself ; Mr. Cridland's The Doctor, rode by Mr. J. Lovesy ; Mr. Stoughton's Pic Nic, rode by Mr. Healey ; and Mr. Wood's Gilbert. rode by Mr. Craven. The start was from the Grand Stand, and the horses, after a cir cuit of two miles, and hav;ng to make three gates and several stone walls, returned in the following or der :—Mr. Cridland's The Doctor, Mr. Wood's Gilbert, Mr. De Winton's Nimrod, and Mr. Stoughton's Pic Nic—unfortunately, in coming in, the Doctor went the wrong side of the post, and the stakes were awarded to Mr. Wood's Gilbert. THE FUNDS-(CL-OSINGPRICESO MOi I UTH SPECIAL Cu AI TRIAL 'OF FROST—OBJE6TION • RESERVED. M'ONMOUTH, WED?iiSDAY Neenr. This morning the greatest interest prevailed to hear the trial, and at a very early hour all the avenues of the Court were besieged. The moment it was known that an objection affecting the validity of the indictment was raised, the interest increased tenfold ' it being the general opinion that if the Counsel for the defence could succeed in getting that point reserved the lives of the prisoners at least would be safe. Mr. P. O'Connor was in the Court the whole day. TRIAL OF MR. JOHN FROST. The prisoner was placed at the bar precisely at nine o'clock. Mr. Talbot opened the case on the part of the Crown. The indictment, he said, charged the prisoner, John Frost, with other persons, as being guilty of the crime of high treason. The firstvount stated that he had levied war against our Sovereign Lady the Queen—that count stated certain overt acts. The second count stated a levying of war, but no overt acts. The third count was foe, compassing and imagining to depose the Queen ; and' the fourth count for conspiring to levy war againgst the Queen to compel her to change her councils. Sir F. Pollock said that lie presumed that his Learned Friend was then about to open the facts of the case, and he, therefore, with the permission of the Court, and per haps with that of the Learned Attorney-General, took that which was the earliest opportunity afforded to him, to make an objection, which must be disposed of before a single witness could be put in the box. The Attorney. General said he should interfere. Sir F. Pollock said the objection he had to make must come out sooner or later, and what he wished to do was to sive his Learned Friend the trouble of making a speech which could not be sustained by evidence. The prisoner here had not a list of witnesses;, pursuant to the statute. After a desultory conversation, in the course of which the Attorney-General said he was ready to put the fact in issue whenever the proper time arrived for doing so, but that time had not yet come, and he therefore insisted upon proceeding with his statement. Chief Justice Tindal said the Court could not 'nterpose with what was the regalia' mode of proceeding, if the Avorney-General insisted upon proceeding. ' The Attorney-General then rose, and thus proceeded to address the Court and Jury—May it please your Lord ships, Gentlemen of the Jury, in the discharge of my offi cial duty I have the honour of attending here to con duct this important prosecution. I hope you will believe that. my only object is that the facts of the case may bl fairly laid before you ; that truth may be fully investigated; that innocence may be vindicated, if inno etnce be found to exist; and that you will only pronounce the verdict of guilty upon clear and convincing proof. Gentlemen, it is highly important that parties accused should be zealously and ably defended ; but it is' littewise of importance that the law should be vindicated, that the peace of society should be preserved, and that when crime has been committed guilt-should be brouetst to punish !twit. Gentlemen, I think that no one will deny the ne cessity .for the solemn inquiry in which we are engaged. There has recently been in this county an armed insurrec tion—the law has been set at defiance —an attempt has been made to take possession of the town of Neispore_ there has been a conflict between the insurgents and the queen's troops—there has been blood shed--there has, too, heen the loss of many lives. Gentlemen, the intelli. gence of these outrages has caused great alarm and dismay thkoughout the kingdom. Various prisoners charged with having been concerned in these outrages, are now accused of having committed the highest crime known to; the law. Not only on account of the importance of: the occasion, but from the forms of law, it be capie necessary for her Majesty to issue a Special Commission for the trial of those charged as offenders. Ai bill of indictment for high treason was found by a 'Grand Jury of the county against, amongst others, John Frost, the prisoner at the bar; but still be is to. be presumed to be innocent. All the idictment says is this, " that he should be put upon his trial." I need haidly caution you, Gentlemen of the Jury, that you are to dismiss from your recollection all that you have read and all that you have heard upon this subject. You are to be guided entirely by the evidence, and you will proceed as if you never had heard of the case until the indictment was read to you. I further use the liberty of saying, that you are not to regard my statement, either as to the law or as to the fact. - The law you will receive from the ye neirahle Judge's who preside over this Court ; the facts („yeau Wilt4seate' froM th'e w ‘ ithesseg, and you will be guided b s 4lo- evidences ther glee, 'Enid the Credit that youthink testimony is entitled to. A most important charge 1:40. given -to you, -- 131. 'it ' `. l:3 n rw _glint or iiihbeetree orfho Prisoner. which bears upon the No h men can h ave higher fun c ti ons to diseharge. Tho life and th e u tation of the ac6accusedare in our hands ; but thires? is likewise in your , heeds, the public safety, and the public justice of the couptry. The indictment against the prisoner John Frost consists of four counts. The two first are for the levying of war against her Majesty in her realm, the third is for compassing to depose the Queen from her royal state and dignity, the fourth is, for compassing to levy war against the Queen, to compel her to change her measures. I believe, according to the instructions I have received, that.there is evidence to bring home the chargé against the prisoner on,each of these four counts ; but it is probable that your attention may be chiefly directed to the counts for levying war against the Queen in her realm, Th ese two counts are framed upon an aneient:Act of Parliament, passed 'in the 25th year of the reign of Edward 111., a statute which, has been consi dered the safeguard of the liberties of Englishmen-- another Magna Charta__a statute' which, if proper l y en forced, is also th e safeguard - of the public peace and arane quillity—a statute' which Is neither to be strained, nor in vaded; nor frittered' away. ' There had been. complaints made in the reign of Edward the Third that the law of treason was vague acd uncertain, and to rescue the country from that miserable servitude this statute was passed. It is entitled " A Declaration of whit Offences shall be adjudg ed Treason," an d . th us b eg i ns :—" Ifem---Whereas ther e have been divers opinions, before this time; in what cases ireaaon shall be said and in what not, the King. at the re quester the Lords • and Commons, made a declaration, as hereinafter follows, that is to say, when any man doth corn pass orimagine the death of our Lord the King, or -if any 'man do levy war against our Lord the King in his realm, or adhere to his enemies in his realm, and thereof be prove ably attainted of open deed, by the people of their con dition. It is hereby delared to be substantially treason to levy war against the King in his realm. That is to be proved by acts that are to be done, and must be proved clearly and satisfactorily." But where there has been a breach of the peace, and even that is effected by an armed force, it is not sufficient to establish the crime of treason. The treason must be committed to attain some public ob ject, and thus you will find it guarded by the Statute itself for it goes on with the proviso, " And if percase any man shall arm in the realm, or shall ride about armed with in ' tent against another, to assault or retain him, such in the mind of the King in his Counsel shall not be adjudged to be treason, but judged to be felony, or trespass, according to the law of the land, as of old time has been used and the case required." You have then the line drawn by the Statute itself, for it is not to be held treason to use arms, for a person to arm to attack another person or retain him, wherever a private revenge is to be gratified or private grievances redressed ; the private object, when at tained by force, and force be used, it is not an offence against this law. It does not amount to the crime of high treason ; but where you have an armed force, and set ting the law at defiance for a general object, that is an offence comprehended in the Act of Parliament—it is a levying of a war against the King. It does not mean merely heading a force belonging to a pretender to the Crown, as in the instance of the wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, or in rebellions such as occurred in the years 1715 and 1745, but it is with an armed force, setting at defiance the supremacy of the law, and joining together to gain some public object. This does not rest upon my authority; but I will state to you that which is said upon this subject by one of the most eminent, learned, and constitutional Judges that ever adorned the English bench--I mean Sir M. Foster. He has defined the offences which the statute comprehende, and after pointing out it does not apply to private causes, he goes on to say that assemblies, such as those of the Earls of Gloucester and Hereford, where blood has been shed, were not trea sonable assemblies, for they were not arrayed against the King's Majesty, but for purposes of a private and personal nature. 'Upon the same principle, the rising to claim as a private right, or to remove that which was regarded as a private nuisance, was not to be dealt with as a levying of a war within • the statute, even though there have been great outrages committed. He instances the rising of weavers in the neighbourhood of London, for the purpose of destroying looms, for though there were serious out raga's there, yet these were to be regarded and con sidered as the dealings in private trade. Five of the Judges, he says, were of a different opinion ; hut still the Attorney-General only prosecuted the parties for a riot. There were various other instances then given of eases in which the statute did not apply ; but every insurrection was to be regarded as a levying of war against the person of the King which had for its object to alter the measures of the Government, or to take evil counsel lors from about• him. All these were thelevying of war within the statute. Then follows a passage to which I pray your particular attention ;it was this that an in surrection, in order to throw down or alter the established law, or to change the religion, or to enhance the price of all labour, all rising in arms to effect these innovations, and to do this by an armed force, was, in the construction of law, High Treason within the clause for levying war, for though it be not againstthe person of the King or his Royal Majesty, still it has a direct tendency to destroy the bonds of society, by combination and an armed force ; insurrec tions to redress national grevances, or to reform real or imaginary evils of a public nature, and an insurrection not especially interesting those rising to effect it, are, by th , a construction of law, a l ev yi ng o f war aga i nst t h e King s crown and Royal dignity." It will not be said, I hoPe, lo this case, that we a re resort i ng to any construct ive or in terpretative tre ason . W e see k h ere to b r i ng t his charge within the ve r y case d e fi ne d b y t h e A ct o f P ar liamcntas that Act of Parliament has ever been enforced since the time of the reign of Edivard 111. If those treasons be not punished, what safety i s th er e f o r s o ciety t what pro tection against the ambiti on , aga inst wrongly-directed zeal bringing about a revolution? If such atttempts can be made by one they can be made by many, and the conse quence must be the general dissolution of society. Sir M. Foster proceeds to remark, "that if a sudden quarrel arose and death ensued, that mightberefn o e lo r n yd ov b e u r t nn t i h e e n r t e . was no intention again s t th e Ki ng 's person Where, as in another case cited by the Judge, a sudden quarrel took place with soldiers, there might be a great riot, but it could not amount to the crime of treason; but shs ta n where the attack on the Ki ng ' s troo i p e s ct, ha th s abtewenas u premedi tated and designed for a general oh tinily an offence that came within the Act of Parliament." Gentlemen, I may now briefly allude to the laws as they are connected with the other counts of the indictment. They are framed upon an Act passed in the 36th year of 1.