The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-08 00:00:00

JOHN FROST.

(A RHAPSODY, BY THE EDITOR OF THE " STAFFORD-
MITRE GAZETTE," ON TWELFTH NIGHT.)
The Melbeurhe Government has reached its lowest
stage of degradation. Not one of the multitude of
enormities that we have recorded during our brief
career, at all approaches in baseness the last daring act
they have just perpetrated. These traitors to their
enuntre have actually rewarded the notorious John
Frost, the Chartist Magistrate of their creation, with
one of the most lucrative and important offices at his
place of exile, Port Arthur. Who would not be a
traitor ? The Melbourne
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soldiers—levy‘e. erbr
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rebutted with indignation the charge brought against
them of encouraging the monstrous doctrines of
the Chartists, Socialists, and other agitators that
have of late entailed such disastrous consequences
upon the community. Now they are convicted by.
their own acts ; and who will believe them ? Who will.
place the s!iglitest reliance upon their declarations, or
even their oaths, after this mockery of justice—this base
betra) al of the hest interests of their country ? Parlia-
, mi.nt will shortly meet, and will they not then ba ar-
' raigned at the bar of public opinion for this their direct
encouragement of men who openly sought by force of
• arias end (Let's of blood to overthrow the Monarchy,
the Chuff cli, and to remove every vestige of our ancient
and well tried form of government. They will, they
must be so arraigned, and we feel assured that the in-
dignant voice of the country will make itself beard
within the walls of Parliament, and that a vote of" no
confidence" will be carried by a largo majority. They,
have rewarded John Frost, and that is enough to hurl
them from the posts they so unworthily fill. Will their
old Whig friends—will even the " Tail" support them
after this? Surely not. They must fall, and like Lu,-
cifer, never to rise again. We trust every Conserva-
tiveerii:leutaii journalistior,ginct—irs
acquainted with this case of rewarding High Treason
by Lord Melbourne's Cabinet, and also urge the pro-
priety of immediately forwardingnoictipoolartnnitti-isnbCotasunrszseiepCle.larhkai.at:tebvyarye.
Gracious Majesty for the instant dismissal of suci
worthless and traitorous crew. Weak and short-sighted
faithful
Queen'
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trates and soldiers—you did not lead on
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misguided subjects to fall by
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aerno schemes
and
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therefore Lord s i\leriebsotu):::ou,
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, plainly as men
thou likewise • '
told you what to do.
thousands—try if you cannot burn
thou-
sandstretson.
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to
snlag
actions—"an:
our fellow-so
form
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for ' merely
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the confusion 0 mi
Queen's
it conflagration—slaughter, if
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have the
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You
ult will
be sentenced,
ex-
pressly for your use, but this will be all a delusion to
gull the public ; you know what really awaits you—a
free Pa'sagQ to comfortable " scats beyond the southern
main" provi.led for you by your Whig-Radical friends and
patrons. People may say that you will be seat to penal
colonies, but to you they will not be penal ; these penalties
are reserved for knaves—guilty of poverty, and of those
pettl-larceny off.mces,to which poverty urges those who
are not depraved up to the temper fit for your greater
transgressions—your crime is high treason. It may,
as Frost's did, involve murder, arson, robbery', and even
the most paltry thefts, but it is high treason, and with
hi::h treason a Ministry appointed by and dependent on
Mr. Daniel O'Counall, must own a sympathy. The men
had been guilty of the highest crime known to the law.
All England had resounded with ate noise of that
crime, and of their conviction. Ministers had for weeks
pretended that they must leave them to the extreme pu.
nishment. Will it he believed that such men are sent
out without special instructions for the disposal of them?
We think not,

George Stephenson, Esq., announced at a recent
ineetinwat Blaelthurn his intention of shortly retiring frcm
he piofession of ei),il engineering.